The Express. — London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

set independently of it. Binee the day before yes tied iy,they have renamed their alleginne- to it, for the assolations above 'summated show that the majority is the National Assembly who were determined not to advance ow.: quickly than events rendered nears ory, wi4, now that the resistance of our princes and annarillas leaves them no et/native, go through with their work. The people ask nothing more than ewe and will be sa'irfled with nothing short of it. The public spirit ham re-awakened with an energy it has never before displays& The most moderate men have beer me the most determined in their hostility to Use artisans which reveals itself in all the memorise the more powerful governments of Germany. Repub lican opin:ons have been macre advanced within the Lot fortnight than they could have been . by prop"- gundism in year', or possibly in centuries. The simultaneous dissolution of the chambers at Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden, proves clearly that there is a preconcerted schema—that the realisation of the unity an d lihorty of Germany is rimmed by " a coospiracy of the kings of Germany." 'Them words are in the mouth of every man you meet. Many have long en tertained this opinion, but the last few days have opened the eyes o! all who have no interest in keep them shut. Wortembarg, agitation, within the limits of the Jaw, has overcome the resistance at the king. who has surrendered without giving battle ; and tor this rea son the pemle have been moderate, and cry " God save the King!" It is to be feired that legal and pacific agitation will not produce the same resulta in ether parts of Germany. Blood has already been shed at Berlin ; they . have been fighting there again, and the probability is that in the long run the pen will have the upper band. The legal and lre agitation, consomme, d with the sanction of e parlia ment, will ran through the whole of Germany, and el the Prussian dominions in particular. It may be passible to resist it by artillery in Berlin, Bres lin, and some other great cities; but it will be impossible to meet it in every town and village, and ere long Berlin will be almost isolated in Prussia. Ido not believe that the government will long be able to maintain this position ; but the more obstinate ther efforts to =attain it, the lees will they be able to encode it without leaving behind them the last remains of moral authority, perhaps of material power. The .Mier acts with goodwill against mere &urgers, bat he will act reluctantly when he sees the whole people arrayed against him, rich and poor, great and little, men and women. The King of Pius's' has staked everything upon the hazard, and he will lose the game. The peaceable and legal agitation has began ha Rhenish Prima*. The town council of Cologne here Invited all the music pal corporations of the Rhine province to meet on the B'h of May, to deliberate as what measures ought to be adopted, and to send • deputation to Berlin to 'slight= their most religious sovereign.. This example is sare to be followed is the ether provinces. In Bavaria—especially in Rhasish Bavaria—the affair annum, a more threstimiow ao. peat : thee the people are beginning their rele;able @illation by providing thees with arms. The most carious part °Mee' proceedings is that the rialisttr ies, both in sad outer the parliamest, are pepersuaded that all this will tend to realise their dar ling sebum of making an Empnor Frederick William I. It will be a rare eight to see an emperor ht handcuffed to Frankfort to undergo a No : the King of Prussia has lost the imperial crown, and certainly will not regain it by the blood that has Sowed, and has still to flow, to overcome his resistance to the establishment of the liberty and unity of (Jemmy. I know many imperialists of yew terday who are republicans to-day, and who were imperialists merely , because they thought that a stage must be pawed through to reach a mum distant terminus. Thole who imagine that the Kimg of Prussia will come out emperor from the battle in which he is about to be beaten and baffled, either are very blind, or have a very strong faith. fhe gate sof Berlin are shut against the pacific agitation, for there Wrangel's sword bears sway ; but that sword once broken, the gates of the palace will be open to those who last year halted at the foot of the throne, but will met halt them this time unless some god works a miracle. BRUNSWlClL—lmroarster Pamela:owe OF run CHAMBER or Dartrrne.—On the 2nd inst. the Brunswick Chamber, after reoeiviog from the special committee on German affairs an able report (in which it was asserted that the conduct of the Prussian, Hanoverian, and Saxon governments would, in all probability, lead to serious coot , ets), passed a resolution to the effect that ministers should notify to the central executive in Frankfort that all the armed force of the duchy is at its disposal for the maintaining and carrying out of the German imperial constitution—leaving it to the above executive to de termine the way inwhich that force may be employed. One of the members observed that when there was an appearance of popular anarchy last year, the govern ment distributed weapons for its suppression. He de nanded,now theta sWI moreterrible kind ofanarohy was instated is high quarters, that the same precautionary measure should be taken. Another member stated that the King of Prussia had urged all the German govern ments to put down agitation, and had offered for that purpose the assistance of his troops, and at the same time held out the prospect of Rand= aid. " Those governments," observed the honourable member, "that attack the National Assembly and the conatittvion are in the position of external enemies of Germany, and such foes mast be strenuously resisted. In the evening sitting of the chamber on the 2nl, ministers announced that, as smatter of course, all the resources of the duchy were at the disposal of the central execu tive ; that they considered a genteel arming of the in habitants of the duchy necessary ; and that a diatribe. ion of arms should take place. The chamber m e ber expressed its satisfaction at the statements of the ca binet, and adjourned. B AVARIA.—REPOBLICAN INSURRECTION.—Saas thousands of ultra-democrats, the majority of whom are armed, are at present in a state of open isannee tion in the palatinate. They have declared the go vernment guilty of high treason, appointed a one mittse of safety (composed of five members, all repub licans), and issued a proclamation to the army, calling upon it to aid the canes of the people, and not that of " treacherous prime.' PORTUGAL. The Oriental Company's steam packet Iberia ar rived at Southampton on Saturday evening, and landed her mails. Her dates are Gibraltar, April 28; Cadiz, 27; Lisbon. 29; Oporto, 30; Vigo, May 1. Our correspondent writes : LISBON, Aram 28, 1849. Carlos Alberto, the ex-Bing of Sardinia, who ar rived at Oporto on the 20th, intends, it is said, to buy NI estate, and fix his residence. His arrival in the Peninsula has put the ultra-rogreidatas on the qui ries. Disappointed as they were in their hopes by the premature death of Don Pedro, upon whom they then looked as the future Emperor of Iberia, they have now directed their attention to Carlos Alberto, who may yet be destined to play an important game, should he enter into their views. It I. somewhat singular he should have directed his cures to the extreme boundary of the Peninsula, and not have gone to that receptacle of fallen majesty, the British Th a i The case of the crown jewels is now being dis cussed by the papaws. The facts are these : the jewels, which are of immense value, were taken to Don Miguel when Lisbon was evacuated by the royal troop in 1833; when the Quadruple Trestp expelled him from Portugal . tat keeper of the jewels was ordered by that plisse to deliver them hats the hands of Don Pedro, is beig the pstwir et the crown, and not liable to be tarsal to prime us sr advantage. It appeared that two or three of the crown jewels were not among those delivered ; but, is remedy that, Don Miguel sent the whole of his own privets jewels, that a selection might beUads of then to the raise of those missing, shoul d . they not be forthundog. Don Pedro did not however ropes' le this act ia a similar way by retsraing these beyond the value of the miming ones, bid sent them all to be deposited in the bank of Lisboa. Don Miguel has, therefore, not only been deprived ei hisjewele, but it is said some have been change:l,lol that not only the property of the crown bet the jewels of bon M iguel have been disponi Certain it is, that in 1847 jewels to a vast son* were shipped far England, and those jewels bast*, to the crown ; that certain jewels found tbdr war into the poesusion of a German Jew ; that whet the vex was over intrigues were carrying on In Ueda to endeavour to diddle the Jew out of them 'ply without paying bim the money he abased um them; that, in consequenoe, the crown jewels of Portugal were rut to —, in Germany, for gaiety—that is to say, lest the intrigni re should get them out of the Jew's hands. These are facts of a neture that do not admit of con tradiction; yet the hornet government papers deny these, or rather deny they were ever disposed of, and my they are Jellabas : to which it I. oecessory to remark that con unique articles which had been taken from the churches and deposited in a certain plea, whim they could be viewed by the venerator of such articles and the curious in general, were not in that place in 1848, and no one (of the place) could sr would tell what Whams. of them. The wine district of Oporto is in the greatest dis tress, owing, as petitions to the Chambers say, ti the dissolution of the Oporto Wine Company in 1834 ; and the various measures adopt. d sines then, which gave a latitude rot only to the adtdteratin of the wines, but al.o to thatfof introducing into Oporto and Villa Nova wine. not the growth of the district, in oonarquenco of which tracrodit haa fallen upon the wine', and consequent low pion. They pray for protection, not entirely for what they enjoyed b , fare 1834. but that the laws of 1843 may be enlarged, and a different &Winton. The government hays oistaked a loan in England to pay the prize money, but from whom? But they have got it, and the security is nothing worth. In this way will they pay prize money ft r capturing the fleet of Don Miguel in 1833; that te, Englishmen pay Englishmen for capturing the fleet of Don Miguel fa Donca Maria in 1833; but the Portuguese treasury have paid Englishmen for capturing tbo Oporto Junta Fleet for Donna Maria in 1847, which has not yet been brought to a question in the Commons House of Parliament. The chambers are to close on the 2d of Jane, and sothicg is yet done. The law of elecdoas, and that an the roads have been sent to committees— but the budget, the fearful budget, has not even been inentioned, except as to the in,nia ten having been asked when they intend ti bring it on, and been told that if they intend to defer it to the last few days of the session, and then ask for a vote of confidence, that they need not expect to have it. This looks well ; and the Chamber, badly constituted as it appeared on its election, may vet turn out to be the real reprftentatives of the people, by refusing to a profligate min'ster suppEcs which will sever be given any account of. Tne Minister of Finance, when paymen►s are to be mad•, gives Betioe of them a fortniglit beforehand ; but when the day arrives, there is no money, except for favourites—others are left to starve. Exchange upon Lends'', 621. Discount of Lisbon Bank-notes, 44 to 48 per cent. THE COURT. Prime Albert, stt nded by Litat.-Calonel the Hon. AIOZIWIff Goethe. went ta the Horticultural meeting at Chiswick oa Saturday. Yesterday her Majesty tad Prince Albert, the ladies and geatleawa of tMcoast, and dos domestic household, attended airbus mercies la the prints ah.pil of Buckingham Passe. The Hon. sad Zoo. C. Leslie cAirwas7 officiated. The Disko sad Dutton of Counbrdge went from their resides.. et Yew SIB Batarday to the lioniculturat Show at Chiswick. A CABINET Councii. was held on Saturday at the PomiiroMoe. It was attended by Lord J. RasselL the Lord Casacollor, the Marquis of Lanad mile, the E url of Mato, Sir G. Grey, Visecaat Pelaserstea, Ewl Grey, ins CheateUerof the Zzahequer, Sir F. Baring, Scr J. Hobbes's*, Lori Campbell, the Right Roe. R. L .boucceve, the Eul of Carlisle, sad the Marquis of Clearicarde. The council act two hours sad a lislf. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Rwreawr, had sa iaterview with tbaig osneellor oi the Roche gam ea Swards', at his cal •lal residence in D ;wising...treat. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonisl-Mllva hoar the covert or of Gibraltar. The Doke of Wellington sod the Marquis and Merebloneas of Salisbury, attended the early meek., and received the sacrament, yesterday, in the Chapel R .yal, St James's. The sermon was prea hed by the Rev. T. Mills, 'ad the sacrament was administered by the Reverend Dr. Wesley. Tag ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Earl of Wu., u pre game of the Royal Society, had his second conversaziose on Saturday nifht at Soinenet-hoes:. - - THS ROYAL ACADEBIT.—On Bslurday the preal eldest and members of the Royal Aegamy of Arts, gave the oustmary maims/try banquet, at the apartments of the society is Trafalnarsoquare, previous to the °ponies of the eiMbities for the senses. The president, Sir M. A. She., wee unavoidably absent from indiwonitinn. The banquet was famished by Mews. Willis of the Thatched House,:and was of a very sumptuous character. There was an unusually large party, covers being laid for 160 persons. TO-NIGIIT'S DEBATE 1141 THE /IOITSE OF LORDS. —Oa Friday, says the Morning Post, "a very numerous meeting of pens took plain at use residence of Lord Stanley, sad came to Oa unanimous resolution to oppose, by all con , 'Stational mesas, the bill for the repeal of the Navigation Laws." Oa this eabje Cl the Herald remarks :—"Sixty mem bers of the linos of Lords was present, awl it was unanimously resolved by them to uie every constitutional means whereby the bill for the repeal of the Naykatiou Laws may be defeated. This great teat is ominous of in• puteat results; but let it be bone in mind that these results km yet to be reached. The address responding the speeek has the throes at the commencement of the present union was carried in the House of Lords by • ;IVdimly ilk , two gulag filly votes Sixty peen Unmade's yesterday at Lord Stauley's to oppose the navigatlee bill—s great, but no: a conclusive fact"— We Wrest the following from the Globe :—" We believe that there is no longer any doubt that the ministerial measure on the Navigation Laws will pan the Ilouse of Lords by a eats sink:city. It is said that this result is maid attrib table to the meeting of cousarrative peen at Lord 's reeidence on Monday lot." HER himarrY'sTex.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prises Albert honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with their pre. eines. The suite in attendance on her Majesty and his Itlyal Sighs's' included the Marchioness of Douro, the How. Mies Macdonald, the Earl of Morley,General Wanyu,land Lieut.- Col. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also honoured the theatre with her presence. In attendance uptaker Royal Highness was Lady Augusta Bruce. - - Lizvr.-Gammu, Si ft LOPES NICOLL9, This diedagaishod gesual other, who died oa Friday, at his seat sear gram eared the army as as ensign is the 46th Foot, is troths, MA He arra soder Lord Lake is the Mahrars woe, and was ptheast at the battle of Amstar sad at the eisp Nth athrsft et emir Otter. Is 1808, Major Nthrile Masi Lord that's army is MIAOW is the Woe* yosnits possesdad with the expeditiss nada Omni fteaml to Ms* Almeria, sad coaruaded a others at dto smelt es Isms Ayer. is 3.17, 1807. la 1808. he 'thirsted he Opt* sad artheaded a hoodoo it the 14th For as the barb of Craw, is Jeatiary 1809, for his lonia. "a width earths ha receithd pai t w o rld ; soon thilith arth IdwatA th siesel N& them tbe 'spa des SaWelehroa. He eabserthatly served sway years I. the Had ladies, sod, err( theHepath war he scausaaded the forth whisk asessorth the porsos el Immo. la Art, 1815. He sunwards sarrirded a brigade is the Pindaric" war. At thin ergo ot Ihrtsthere. is 11126, Mther.Othoral Nicoll' casmassdod the aststriateary diaries, whisk divi sion sushi tho hi Watt es tho lilt et J ,108. For this gather swim to was the same yew a H.C.B. Is 1833. 81, Jasper Missile Werth thiesel of the 93rd Foot ; la 1840, he was removed to the eolthery of the 360 t Feat ; sad as 1843 to that et the 6th Feathers, which is thus vacated. The late Sir Imre towri was also thes atandor-thahiet la the East Isar. from 1839 to 1643. PEWIT/1M BUICIDZ ON TN. MIDLAND RAILWAY. —Oa Thursday sorsiag thee/miasma the WEIN* Dolby, p wha* urine is Notdagbon drew tea eels*, shindy after pond dee Leataagess, elesnef a am staailog by the NW of the lime, ea a orearag bermes tbe Leatialete Maillde Railway. Maid isselkiely alter first dis own*/ him he saw Na threw hie hat up into the air, sad them sat idaself Meal tits lea art the treia pissed OM bill beds. The i was eloped as eses es pereible, and on retaades te die spit tran they time bha lying ea dee with the upper pet of hie heal emegidelyereleal treat t lee he lower. Zwompirani Mu ea the Ink, oaf reneevei bin to the Not ables. Frees the MOO la the bat it apparel that the ikerasere nese was George Barrows, ea .sierra, of Iterallarae, The calf is... weirtable tsr fhi asehiag mate it si r shaw iesit a wife sae sis *Bina Mee bees hit he ea shoed seadtion, is that its wee shoat at be re mule le Nottlesten trout Raifingesa, which weld be an falai* dboodia. A Mew= or l Ili Dnr.—lt appears by the Period** En Pobres, of Oporto, that a muter Ash win driest OK shore at Posse do Varsiss, ea the 13th ult. They are issenat what ads it is, but its illaessions and hen au One gives: Eh 88 bands and 9 inches long, and motors Is ere Waist part nearly 20 hands—its tail being Is the form of a feu- 4t kin 4 great fins, 2 great ass on the kiss. the moat sad eras of a pig ; with 3 ordcn of web, groat and smell; the smith 14 hands in circumference, Ikea the meth to the seek 6 orders of glib, every one having& largo heed of the sin of a hand ; skin win as reach is that of a seal, and black ; it appeared to be a aide ; thallium , it is supposed will give upwards of 88 gallons of ail. This Ash was accidentally strangled by the cords of the ass which ars used for eateklag that kind of Ash called here " Palisades" which resemble the hack—and which had dosed the gills end towed the fish aloes. STANFIELD HALL.—AII the furniture and effects in fltanfleld•hall will be geld by liales warlon daring the en. gala' wrath, as the haft 11. set sulk there in future. Thelien is to let.-IVorfire Pressiels. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1549. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FETE AT CHISWICK. On Saturday the first sower show of the season took place et the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chaseriek. Is the Gunton the sus shone briliastly ; bat at two o'clock, just as the visiton were to the • thuodentorne came an, and Itteavy, r = ✓ein destreyed all the bops of the day. Two or three thou mad ptivom, the sujonty of whom were Wise, bad entered the gardens before this unfavourable thugs took pp aos in the weather, and these victims of the plasutett4 moca.ing were seen townies and., the marques and thronging the eon- servitor'. When the rale had dose its wont by seaming the walks to mad, and soaking the lawns till they felt lake wet sp Ages, the lan came out again, and those who, sa -1 daunted by wet feet, made a circuit of th e a:- hairdos, were gratilled by the sight of • most charades ettelemim w "Mies plants. The Anima — always the retain bowies of the first flower show— er re in the lam possible condition and the richest variety of hot ; whilst the winpustnaty scanty attendance of admirers Bare then who were repeat a bettor opportunity than is warily 'Herded of seise and appreciaung the really pr eemie display. After the ankles, perhaps the "oaths cane as at in excellence. The oft/Luis were curious and rare, and the palarunituns maintained their anal character for variety and bcanty. Amongst the roses were many choice blooms, but others seemed Iliggiag, es though, like their gamin's, the weatiltr did not suit them. MENDICITY SOCIETY. A meting of the supporters of the society for the suppressiao et mendieity was held, on Eleturdey, at the invitation, Ityd Lioo-squart The Iliaryuis of W ZSTIUNITII, the president of the emitty, in the chair. The report wee read, which stated that the vontastima end drainage of the establishment had been improved. A new rule had been adopted, that no person who had not been six months in Leaden would be considered e Aided to read. All the expectations that had been anticipated hem the adoption of this role had been ree.th.ed. la January, 1848, 22,298 persons had been re lieved, of whom 21,678 were Irish. In January, 1849, he total number relieved was 2,127, of whom 1,175 were Irish, and 962 English, thus 'howbeit that whereas in the fogs& month the Irish applicants were to the Eaglish as 30 is 1, in the latter they were only as 11 to 9. In alluding to be reeeikte sad expenditure of 1847, as compered with tame of 1848, it was to be recollected that the new roles di I not come into operation till April, 1848. The income of 1847 war 8,5531., that of 1848 was 6,4201., the decrease in the latter year being attributable to the fact that no special call w made on the public. The expenditure on mendicants 14 1847 wee 3,4971. ; in 1848, 2,14 W. The number of meals riven in 1847 sou 239,171; in 1848, 148,161 ; Ia 1847, of 68,829 came which mime before the society, 908 were only investigated ; in 1846, of 27,463 caw, 1,161 were investigated. Of 1,262 vagrants apprehended in 1847. 625 were committed ; in 1848, out of 1,485 apprehended, 979 wen committed. The number of Mitring Priers had diminished frame 8,027 Ia 1847 to 6,747 in 1848. There were 35 begging imposters convicted lest year. The total receipts from the Ist e f January to the 31st of December amounted to 6,4201. 7s. Id., the ex .enditurc was 4,9541. 3s. 2.3., leaving a balance of 4681.3,. 11d. The report was thea received, sod other formal business transacted ; after which the 'seeder separated. SAILORS' HOME AND DESTITUTE SAILORS' ASYLUM. The annual meeting of these institutions took place on 8 . hurley, at the Hanover square Rooms, Admiral Somas, 11.1 , in the chair. The Hoc. Capt. Marna read the report of the Sailors' Home. The committee congratulated the friends of the institution on the rapid progress which it was making. Amongst the donations during the year bad been one of 4001. from the Queen Dowager. The report alladed to the foundation of toe &Mon' Home at Liverpool dining the year. There had Men 112 ships manned by the Sailors' Home. The number of boarders reotived into the its•itution during th e past twelve months was 4 633, making a total of 41,99 3 mince the formation of the levitation ; and of these 11,191 were old hoardsre. The total recti•its of the year, including a balance in band of 6701. at the commencement of the year, amounted ;to 7,8921. and there remained a balance in band of 6431. A amlar report of the Destitute Mon' Milano ' showed that, since its commend-meat, 27,843 icemen bad been re lieved, and a number of them had been sent to tea.. During last year 1,340 had been received into the institution, of whom 130 Gime from the hospital ship. This number ex ceeded that of kw year by 193. The receipts from donations and sabscriptons hod been 5801.; and there remained a bathes in hand of 1371. The report baying been adopted, Admiral Lord Ramona moved the appointment of the committee which was seconded by the liar. J. Czato, of Leamington ; and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CORONERS' INQUESTS.--SATDRDAT. ALLEGRO SUICIDE PION WATERLOO BRIDGE.• Before Mr. Higgs, at the Spotted Dar, Strand, en the body of Mr. Henry Ford, aged 38. Mr. W. B. Cooke, c ovipositor, stated that he had known the deesased for eeven or ei4ht year., Ho was a compoeittr at the Morning Chro nicle office. On Friday morning he met him at the Bell Tavern, in Wellingtowstreet, Strand, about five o'clock. At that time he was certainly not tipsy, but had been drinking, and was very much depressed in spirits, Witness left the Bell an hour and a halt afterwards with a friend, and the de ceased followed to Waterloo-bridge. The deceased put down a penny and walked on, but witn.se called on him not is an so fast, as his friend wee troubled with the rheurnat , un. He ch ly turned round, laughed, and then went on at a quicker pace till he reached the third recess, when he got on the seat, knocked his hat off, and climbed over the ;tulips'. Witnas ran to the spot, and could just see him through the balustrades falling tram the ledge euuide. His impression was that he threw himself over. A boat was procured, and he was taken out in about four or five minutes. Mr. James Wilkie, another compositor, who was in company with Mr. Cooke, gave similar testimony as to the deceased's conduct after laving the Bell. He, however, had some doubts whe ther he had thrown himself over the parapet, or had fallen. The jury ultimately returned a verdict "That the deceased died from fracture of the skull, caused by a fall; but whe ther that fall arose from accident or his own act they had not sufficient evidence t 2 show." CALLS TO MR BAR.—MIDDLE TEMPLE. —A far ther call to the bar of students of this Society was made on fletturday lost, and they minimise the followinv patlemen William Pike, Esq , David Solomon , . Esq., Robert ache ...re! Wilmot Sitwell, Esq., William Taylor Hely, Eeq., and Henry Binrahonto, g sq , JUVENILE BALL AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—On Friday evening the Lady Mayoress gave a juvenile ball, which was attended by upwards of three hundred children. Dancing commenced in the saloon at right o'clock, end in the roans cf the evening a series of dissolving views and other amusemenb were exhibited in the Bryptien Hall. THE CANADA (et.), Captain indkine, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Halifax and New York, with a lavabo/ of pasesegen, and about 2 ,7 001 . in specie oa Ire ht. Denten BLOCKADE. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet " John Bell," Captain Cechy°, arrived in the river last resist from Hamburg bringing, in addition to the regular mails,a general cargo. I This is die Stet vessel that has arrived in the Loads river den estaiii-lanset of the blockade, Wise," other than die sidlesey mans sad presagers, a privilege having jam been cataadme to the lean boats for earrrue goods. SALE CF THE MONTCALM GALLEYS OP Plcrtiane, —On Saturday the oak of this gallery of pictures woe re sumed sad smainded at the rooms of Messrs. Christie and Muss, Kieft-street, St Issas's. The following were the most inarestiag specimens disposed of : "Le promler Sentimest," a lovely girl is a wbi'e dress, by Grouse, sold for 610 guineas ; "La Illivempe," the bead a • beautiful girl, and " L'Ecollm," the head of a boy, els by Gems rea lis ed 600 ItUltitta " The Slam," hos the ad leads of the Prins de la Pain, by Mnrillo, sold fir 416 pisses' " Ways reposing in do Cloud.," • cablest pith Sam bY woki he 670 I n " The adoration of the Shepherds," an sitar Sem, bv Phillip de Chsusegme, Inallesi 1166 "nines'; "A Village Fite," from the royal col. Wks et Madrid, and bearing the arms of Queen Elisabeth • Remben ea the hack of the panel, by Tarsiers, sold for 270 gables ; "La Cha rn els Emboarisfae,' by P. Votiveness, 290 guises; NO of theme s of Alexander, lb) pions; " • Noah plaakia, • rom a Vise of' Ristesse s " by Guide, 219 "elms; " Two Dutch Yen-of- WeR Dire a Strew Irene " by Backbuyssn, 240 1.48:41/6in '?lesylittiAlletigalleato it; b g r e ,, i llll :t a ir ig i sise ,r a ; esedisr is a irish drub, by Rembrandt, 210 guineas; " Le Ibuslead D'Oablies," by C. du Jerlin, 206 gausses ; " A fins& Rocky Seise os the Coast ot Calabria," by thirster Rees, 190 obsess; " Two Smokers," by A. Ostia& 176 ; " A Grand Lands's, with Conan's, Village g:e se h e , &a," by J. Ruystiael, 190 guineas; " The Annan elation," from the eollectioa of Taurgot sad Rolle% 170 guineas; " A Soalptured V ro sse," containing Cowan, , and " A Group of Pooches, Nerdarines, and P ' the pair by Jan Van Havasu , 316 guinea ; "T e rran aa r v iltorm," a view on the coast of the Mediterranean, by Vernet. 165 guineas " The Birth of Bashos," from the Orleans by'N. Paste, 138 guineas; " Le Debaqueusent dor Viers" a harbour some by Benham, 110 truisms; " One Odalisque," a nymph lyteg on • conch, by H. Vernet, 102 guises The other sedum realised equally large priest, aod the sale of the entire collection 'Mounts to about 10,0001. MILTTARY, NAVAL, AND COUNTY SERVICE CLUB Croelford's club-boss Me mostly been rescued from the state of dallidatiNl into which it was fast falling by the emandeire of the newly-formed Military, Naval, and Coady Swim Club, who have selected it as their &Welk and, under their eupain tandence, it bee undergone snit a thorough renovation and purilleatioa a WA to the baps that the voodoo genius loci has been ellesenelly sea far ever exmllea. An entirely new third eery bashes sided to the building, which ama teurs the bli baked, and dreseing-rooroa of the new ester of which am perfect in their anurpmests. drawing-rooms, with the noble hail aad leaftglitisa waist, load' to them, have been demand end Mumma le a styled costly elegance sad els- I bens eplemilecirs.wkish, combined with the greatimw of thdr praprikata, assacitates them ono of the mcet argal- Asset suites aptelmats of which say palace ar dab it tie kingdom caa boast. Oa Saturday lest, the aseiabers of the tommittee, sad the patrons of the dab, semegst whoa are included some of the mat distinguished diem in the British envier, were at home" WE their fair and &Anse -1 able friends, sad afforded them an may of kesseeting the varied wines. of the estaWi lawt. An elegant collation was provided by them on the ooresiise, of which upwards of 1,600 paws partook is the amuse of the day ; end we have het to add that the duties of hosts. which de volved epos the members of the committee present, were dieekarded right gallantly and etramsonsiy. Fine 11( right morning, between 4 and 6 o'clock, a lire broke out in the premien belanglee to neap anoint Rill, Req., No. 24, Partlami plum. The Rases eontosented is Me stabling and coach imam at the rear of the private asansioa, sad although an W` 'kris waggly's, an miasmas promptly arrived, the whole the kwer part of the huddle( Demote enveloped is flames. The sombrasa (who lima there with his toady), museseded in remains hie wife sad children, wises he returned to the mashies, for the purpose et saying, if possible, his master'. horses and carriages. He isontrived to brig two horns out uninjured, bat whilst is the sot of leading the third oat, the but became 03 pest as to overpower both man sad horse, =4 they fell In the valet of the israft Tim jskitiag phiagteg el dm anima famed some of the nyetwegamsM amr, any howl dm him itsZris Acmes, ea 6 the ualbetmati imehassit Vag at i A polies imitable who was on duty there wee oeeded is pulling the witortunate man out, bat not mail he was seriously harmed, sad he was afterwards removed to the hespital. The imam were unable to get the meMery over the Gem natal the stabling, a mobboute, thee* valuable carriage; sad a horse worth 100 Owns, were destroyed. Mos. 6,6, sad 7, Weymouth-street, armapied severally by Mr. R. H. bons and lin. 'sewn, also received some damage. The whole of the sufferers were insured. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION AND THE DIRECTORS. The Committee of Investigation have issued the following remarks in reply to the observations of the directors upon the report of the committee : The Cowsitu" of lanstigation feel it to be their duty net to permit the shareholders to mate, as they are summoned to do oa the 10th lust., for the purpose of taking into wasiders tion the report which they have made, without noticing its " observadons" which the di•actors have made upon that report, and more particularly upon that portion of the ob venation, which bee reference to what is called " the vital question of dividend." Ti., direction, while they admit in general terms the truth I of the charges made by the committee u to the manner in which the aosounts have been dealt with, Dave attempted t. impute to the committee the offence of "great esegoration" is their repat, in reference to the sum of 320,6731., which has, in the opinion of the committee, been improperly placed to Capital Account. It would appear that three objections are taken to this opinion : I. That in respect of " 64,0001. and upwards" for interest, "a similar practice has ben pursued by all other railway companies —that it is defen'ibls upon substantial grounds, and that the shareholders have sasetioned it." 117fitaiiiTrii;: - ;i 7 iii:oiNii7riiiTrisra, chiefly eon nested with Rolling 6 Stock," that t were properly to espitaL 111. T c the complaint of the committee should hoes been, that no depreciation fond had beentoesed out of rerenne daring the period. Yens eosnalttee, in reference to Sate objections, reply to the— Firer,—That the 84,0001. forms no past of the sum of 320,5721; bat, even if it had, they eau attach no value to " the patios of all other railway companies," until they are able to aunt that such practice is consistent with the usual custom adopted in mercantile affairs • and as the directors have omitted to state the "substan tial grounds" upon which they say it is " defensible, " and your committee can imagine nese, they elan of core can no reply to any, nei:her can they admit that any sanction of the shaseholdera. if such were the case, would justify any deadens from a correct prieniple. To the second objection your committee rerly That in charging the directors with improperly sending a largo amount of cisbureements to capital account, really ap plicable to re , they have done so openly, and laid be fore the shareholde rs the full particulars of every item so charged, in order that they ought judge for themselves. After a most careful re-investigation of these charges, your committee are quite prepared to be judged either by the opinion of the shareholders— b 7 invariable custom in all other affairs—or by what will ultimately be found to be the necessity of the case ; for wesen the capital acoouot is closed, as it is admitted on all hands it must be, then all disburse ments must come from revenue ; so that the real test by which to settle all such questions is, are they charges which will in the wicking of the railway occur again, or are they such as will not near? If they are, they must go to revenue fur the future, and upon this prindie your com mittee feel they ought to have been so charged daring the past To the third objection your committee reply Tat they are quite aware, that had a depreciation fund been farmed out of bursements in question could have been charged, no complaint of this description could have attached to the directors ' • but it is precisely because no such fond his been formed—but, on the contrary, the means cut ae which it ought to have ban formed have been distributed in dividends, while, at the same time, the charges which should have be an defrayed out of it have been paled to the debit of capital account that your (cantina repeat the charge of exhibiting false accounts to the share holders. The distinction attempted to be drawn by the directors is not one of substance, but of mere form. If a sufficient amount of reserve to bear the charges is citation bad been from time to time carried to a depreciation fund, thochhargee could not have been placed to capitol, but would have been practically borne by revenue account. And what does this attempted distinction prove but that the directors, under the shadow of a distinction in point of form, cannot avoid admitting the impropriety on the one hand of the capital having been augmented b 7 such means, and on the other of having improperly increased the amount apparently applicable to dividend ? Your committee now reply to the observations of the diree• tors upon that part of the report which relates to the traffic accounts cal the half year terminating 4th January, 1849. I.—The item of wages in carryinr department, 2,2971., is stated to be wholly incorrect ; it is not so—but the ex planation is intricate, and shall be given in the words of the accountants. " Mr. licaely deducted from the earnings on cartage a:- count dark; the half-year ending Jan. 4, 1849, the sum of 85:1.45. This was dons to ever the depreciation of horses sad carrying stock in his dispaelment. The profits of cartage are broughtinto the last halt 's account, as prepared by the accountant', alter ;teasing this sum as a charge, and which, under a correct system of management, ought to be placed to the amid d MEd ' By the mile elegimi by the dossiers in bringing in to the eaU yeady monk de esselple sad disbursements only, it ha the sad ef giving souneeliallead of capital the credit for tits esposelatien so mope* preeided for by the superin• eeriest oldie earryieg derremeat "The oder item of differeam fa the not cf 1,4461. les. 5d., remind de enure of bluffest ea calls, which the account ants, k their report, page.; give thew opinion, ought nut to be pissed to revenue amount, istearaseh as ell the interest to menu has sot bean charged to that amount." e ir r et i o e f old materials, 1,1221. In page 8 of the seeenstaste' report, the reason is set forth, why it is madded this should not be credited to revenue : these nuke, as the directors do sot notice, they have most probably overlooked. On reassideratiost of the matter, the committee mantas the ogmlen they More a:premed. 111. Roped', of Bee dmnetratema, 13,6881. There aappgpseesss es be no differenee between your committee and the dhemlme veepedine this item ; both sore that it ahead beporthini eat of the last baltymes trade amount — the comm by make it a direct charge, the directors, by kink/ a baked le moor ft. IV. Uhssildiag twe engines £1,381 New mime tires and springs m2,365 £8,748 The directors dispute the propriety of this charge, because the stuns were paid in the half-year's account ending July 4, 1848. It does appear from an examination of the traffic books, Oa the payments were so made, but the date of the entry dwerging them to capital, which was the mistake to be comma& was not made until the lest half-yetT ; and in this ease de directors have corrected an oversight, into which the emensikee were led by the kresekrity of not bringing thew sums its dm addesslion beck at the proper paned. V. 'Mikhail at poillementary charges, 1,3711. No perds• of this amount is kr parliamentary expenses, sad is a owed diary against the half-year. VI. Repaks el malt wag. gam, 2,9291. It is admitted that 2,2291. of this sum was paid for roofing new waggons " with iron reefs in lien of nine ;" and as both the sae end the ken rood were charged to capital, and only one of them rensmia ia oilstones, donne only the oculd on any pretence be charged to capita l The 700 L appears to have paid fork the previous haltyror. VII. Interest on unproductive espital, 7,1831. It mum be obeerved, in 1116/1110111 to this um, that the revenue amount has already been credited with the interest en 500,00 W. (the amount .1 the unproductive capital.) This interest, amounting to 12,6001., was emitted to be charged to the debit of istarest account in the construction books; if it had been so Aerie* it would have resulted in Increasing the mount of 7,1881: to 19,6831.-12,5001. of which only being applicable to capital m the total meant of interest on an gmsdnetheVl capital. the balance, vie., 7,1831., must necessarily TmNI.N. . The Amp dr locomotive engines, 84,478/. Hod redrode to the report, page 18, it will beam tied poor ommeitese do not onside: that the whole d tbk mma weed have been properly chargeable to the manse assenne ado post half-year, had the slake of the company ken kept la proper order ; but the locomotive engines and ear- Awes have sot only been purchased out of capital in the first , leetanee, but they have also been replaced and rebuilt out of digever sines. uterus famished by Mr. John Hunter, the boo motive superintendent, show that the loss sustained % e lle company from locomotive urines and car worn out, and for depredation , amounts to 201,3091. bs. 9d. No fond having been set apart until now, by the direction either for the reused of the rolling stock or of the " permanent way," the shareholders will see the serenity (tor treating the 84,4781. as the committee have done. Although the result is the same, whether the expense of renewing the locomotive stook be paid out of a fund set apart fur the purpose, or be defrayed when it arises, yet the better pulley appears to be, that this expense, whisk cow keeps pus, or nearly so. with the trolls, should he paid at once out cf seventy _p than that a feud should be set apart which easy In applied to other purposes. The renewal of the ails, sleepers, and other mater iaki of the permanent way, which is not curtest and mestant, cencaly be met by a fund set apart so prevent irreaular deemeds upon the revenue, and oases quota fluebastion of dividends. The expense of renewing the sleepers alone, will, accord ing to the report of the reddest engimser, dorms_ this and the text four years, antosat, by his estimate, to 246,4001., or to 49,2801. per mum. Although the committee believe that Mr. Samuel has taken sae:tress view of the came, they ere bound to attach some insporteace to a written report presented to the directors before this ismatigatiess began. The assets and liabilities of the company have nut even now been laid before the committee la a clear and business late shape ; and it was on this amount the oomanittee were compelled, in their report, to treat this important subject so generally. The statement they have obtained is of conside rable leng:h, and it is summed up by the company's ao countants in the follow's. yammer ; MUM _ _ _ Available asses £117,408 8 2 Other awe* 108,722 1 8 Coaikesat met 176,124 15 4 £402,256 6 2 Liabilities, immediate tutu prig 162,684 0 0 Other liabilities—At:musts tad ocottrosts 194,484 0 0 Ditto Disputed 21,733 16 2 Norfolk ditto 37,073 0 0 £415,856 16 2 Bonds felling due in 1849, after July 4.... 171,200 0 0 Bonds felling due in 1860, and subsequently 1,293,679 0 0 £1,470,779 0 0 VIIRTHIR CONTINGILNCIIII. Expense of making the extension t) Wisbeach Harbour, and tho branch hi. from Snelford to She p reth £160,000 0 0 In addition to the above awasetaiatd sums, the company is indebted largely to variant, parties for work done, of which no stomata can be obtained until the whole are advertised. The important inquiry now arises, how are these liabili ties to be provided for ? Of the first alas of the assets said to be available, there may be considered 105,7501. applicable for immediate use. Of the second class, your committee consider that not more than one•half will be realised, and that not a: an sexly period. Of the third class, they ars of opinion, that not more than 40,000 f. can be made applicable, and that not immediately, to the discharge of the obligations of the company. It, then, the prcposed dividend be paid, it must be replaced by borrowed money, and will therefore, in fact, be paid out of capital, and thus sanction the continuance of a practice which admits of no defence, and which has brought the com pany'. affairs into their present state; such being the case, your committee put it to you for your own deeilion whether you will add to the liabilities already enumerated, the large amount unwary to make the dividend is guercioo. WILLIAM CASH, Chairman. Tsonas CHRISTY. RIMY V. RAM BUM= Bum. JOIIIPX GLYNN. WILLIAM MAYHEW. °soma Mask. Taomu Brumwoon. THE POISONING CASES. Three juries are now engaged intim investigation of eases of suspected poisoning, one at Bath, another at Basting% sad a third in the Isle of Ely. In all instances there is too mach reason to fear that the suspected crime has been committed by relatives of the sufferers, but in neither instance can the verdict be given for some days to come. Each ems has been before referred to in the Espreas, and the following report will be found to contain the latest particulars• POISONING IN SUSSEX. The adjourned inquest was resumed on Saturday. It has already been briefly aanenmed that the mysterious illness of Benjamin Goering gave rise to the belief that the deceased husband of the accused Mrs. Goering, and two sous, whose symptoms of illness were all alike, had met with their deaths unfairly. Richard Outing, aged 66, the father, died on the 13th of September, 1848; George, one of the sons, aged 21, on the 27th of December, in the same year ; and another son, James, agtd 25, on the 6th of last March. The coroner directed the exhumation of the bodiee, which had been interred in Gaveling Churchyard, and the contents of the stomachs were forwarded to Mr. Tiller, the preeror of chemistry, at Guy's Hospital. The analysis is act complete in all the cases as yet, arsenic, however, in quantitits has been found in two instances, and there is little doubt as to similar painful discoveries being made in the others. Henry Pitman, a druggist, residing at Creek, in Hastings, was now called. Oa Monday, the 2nd of April, the prisoner came to my shop with a six-ounce bottl- ' and asked for some medicine tuber son. It was sweet nitre and capivi. She had had s miler before. She did not pay for it. On the 24th June, 1848, I moved to my present abode. I recollect her coming to my former shop frequently. In the course of last autumn 1 remember her buying some arsenic it my house. Sae had a pennyworth at a time, and I used to give her one drachm, or sixty grains. 1 recollect that on one occasion she had two-peanyworth of arsenic, in separate parcels. She desired to be served with it in two parcels. She said one was for herself and the other for another party. Another occa- sion after she bad two pennyworth. Benjamin Ge ring, the son of the sensed, said : I am 19 years of age, and am • eon of the prisoner. I reside at Guest ling, and for the. last 12 months I resided with my mother. My father, Richard Gearing, died on the 13th of dept., 1848. That was at his own house. He was ill from Friday Alt till the following Wednesday . My father was sick wLoa he was taken ill. I did not see him from the Sunday until the Wednesday upon which he died. I did not think be was so ill. Ido not know whether he was in great pain. Mr. Pocock, the surgeon, of Winchelses, attended bin. Mr. Pocock only saw him once. I saw my father after he was deed; there was not much alteration in hie furs. I might have MIS him ones or twice after he was dead ; his face was scat black. The lid ot the coffin was screwed down on the Friday. George Goering, my brother, died 27th De amber, 1848. He was twenty-one yenta of age. He was ill Isar days. He was very sick when first seized. Chairman : Did anything particular occur to him attache was 'ohm' t —Witness (reluctantly): He kept craving for water. He Aiwa appear to be in very great pain. He drank water. My brother, James Goering, died on the 6th of last March. Ho was ill three weeks and five days. He was sick. Clerk: Who laid the bodies out ?—Witnese: My mother laid my brother but not my father ; Judith, a nurse, did that. On Good Friday last I was taken sick ; it was rather late is the day. I had previously been in good health. 1 dined at home on that day. The family consisted of my mother, Willis., Edwin, and my brother William's three little children. We had what we usually had for breakfast —bread and cheese, and bread and butter, and tea or coffee. Oa the Sande, morning I got up and fol lowed the bu llocks. I returned to breakfast • little after eight. I felt sick after breakfast. My mother was there. We had tea. I was not there when it was made. I generally had sugar and milk in my tea. My mother had bresk'ut that morning. The cups were kept in the cupboard place. I was very sick alter breaker*, I noticed what I threw up was of a greenish colour. I had no medical advise on Sunday. The neighbours sent Mr. Pocock in on the Monday. 11y mother told me I had better have advise. On Saturday, the 21st of I April, I was stain taken ill, sick, with heat and pain in nay stomach. My mother had her breakfast wi.h me. She baked that morning. We had breakfast together, as usual. mother helped me to what I drank. We had oar tansaps se usual. I was taken sick after dinner. I had I of bread to tutor, i t with some butter and cheese. drink from • cup. What I threw lip was of a greenish colony. I had the emu burning_seira- Men. That sickness continued till the Tuesday. Mr. Foos& end Mr. Tieshurst cants on the Wednesday. Clerk : I believe you belong to a benefit club ?—Witness Yes, I do. Clerk Your father belonged to the dab ?—Witness : He did. Cierk : And your brothers, Gimp and Jams ?—Wit non: Yes. Clerk—Now, don't you knew that upon the respective deaths of yourfather and brothers your mother had a cer tain sans of money ? Witness—l don't exactly know, but there are more than 100 members in the club. Clerk—Then she would have Si. on each death ? Wit ness—YeeLair, if each member pays kis shilling. Clerk—The society allows to sick members 10s. a week for the first three months, and 6.. for the nine months ? Wit sess—Yes, sir. Clerk—When you were ill who got your money ? Wit des--I had it, and I gave it to my mother. Mr. F. Tioshurst, surgeon of Hastings, went into • lengthened statement as to the appearance of the lad Benja min Oaring, and the treatment pursued towards him. A pardea of what he had discharged immediately after his last 'Meek of dances had been forwarded to Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital for =striation, the result of which was that the presence of a sufficient quantity of amnia to cause death was discovered. This winters was under examination when our report left (six o'clock), but It was arranged that the prisoner should be remanded. ran POISONING AT BATH. The inquest was again resumed on Thursday evening, when Hannah Savech deposed—l live at 10, Galloway. baildings, and have been in the habit of selling . oranges the Bath market-plaes; within the last seven ore ight weeks I have seen the prisoners Wm. Harris and Charlotte Mer chant often talking together, and have seen her leave her basket and go away , with him two or three times; a month ago last Batarday I saw her standing on the top of Bridge street as I passed; ea my return in a quarter of as hear or twenty minutes I saw her and Hurl going along North gatnstreet together; three weeks ago last Baturaay, sa I was coming from my house I saw Harris in the AbSey green ; spoke to him and said, " Mr. Harris, you know that woman that you talk to In Om market-place," be said " Y, s ; " told him she had had • heavy trouble .Nis mom lag ; Ye said, "Is her sister dead ? " I said, "I:l4lltinsband n dead ; " he said, " Mer husband I never knew she had a husband." _ _ --- /ri7o;er Barth—And I never did. Wimew—l told him she had had a husband for years put, and ha bagged me to let him know the truth whether she had a huebta or not, for she had been keeping him in darkness. Be mid ha and she had brought all things together to the Mkt of getting settled, not knowing that she had a husband t sad that he had called an auction and meld evetything he had with the intention of going to America, but he had received a letter from his tea containing a 401, cheque to prevent his going. He seised ate if I thought I should see Chariot.' Mar - chant, and Midas if I should see her to tell her to come to him tomorrow &hest the cheque which belted to draw on Thorn. day. He added" Whittle crooked I'd roake straight with her." the next time I saw Charlotte Marehant we. en the day after her marriage to Mr. Harris; had heard et their marriage end could net believe it, end went ever to me ; kn..ebed at the door and asked for her, and Mr. Herds celled her end she are to the door smiling ; said to her, " You soon forgot your husbAnd—ain't you ashamed of yourself?" and sbe pushed the door to and went in, making me no answer at all. Joseph Knowles was at Harris's house en the 22nd of April, sad said te Mrs. Harris, " I hope this isn't true what i have heard : the people my you have poisoned year has bend ;" she said, " I am innocent of anything of the kind ;" she said, about three weeks ago she and the child were drinking some tea, and she gave her husband some out of the lame pot, sad afterwards he was taken sick with a retching; sb• said she and the child drank of the mine tea, end it did not hart them ; but her husband had been before, haying get hurt fighting. Daring the conversation, Mr. HAM' came in, end. as WHIMS was leav ing, he took him by the arm, and led him down the garden. Witness said, " How ante you to get into this trouble ?" end he said, " I'm duped—what has she bean talking to yon about ?" W.toess said " talked to her, end she says she's innee+at." He said ," I hope she Is; end if she isn't,' hope they'll bang her." Prisoner Harria—l did say so, end I do hope it. Kedah Harris said, a day or two after Idle. Harris mar ried, I sent for Mrs. Stagier and asked her if she knew when she went to church with the women that site had buried her husband only two or three days before. She said neither she nor Mr. More knew that she was a mar ried woman till a few days before her husband was buried, sad that he had been completely taken in ; but, as he bad chosen to look over it, she had no right to Interfere in it, for he had been a great friend to her and her husband. William Birds, who resided in the house with deceased, described at some length his illness. Oa the Friday after he was buried, minims went into his room when a number of pools were there drinking tea; Mn. Merchant appeared in better spirits than he had ever yen her before ; she would in general scarcely pus the time of day, but than she wee laughing end joking with any one ; on the next day th e said that her doctor bed tell her that her husband's inside was nurly gone through hie drinking and Ding about iu his eoutitter days; she also said, " He cannot have much leR in him, for he threw up buckets full." It tried now past ten o'clock the inquiry was again ad j darned till Thursday next at ten o'clock, and we under stand that, in the meanime, one or more bodies will be exhumed. The prisoner, Charlotte Harris, still continues exceedicgly ill, and it is thought, should not some amend ment spe ed ily take place, that her illness may end fatally. TIM POISONINO AT wrrcaroao. At Witchford, in the Ideal Ely, several wow, more orpe daily children, have recently died very suddenly after only • few hours' illness, under circumstances giving rue toe strong munition of poisoning. At the present time Mr. W. Mar shall, the coroner, is engaged in an inquiry which cora inenced on the 17th ult., sad which extend. to two cases only, namely John and Susan Bailey, aged respectively about two and four years. They are the children of John Bailey, en agricultural labourer, residing in Witchford. It appears that the children were left in charge of their mother on Saturday, the 14th alt., when at noon the same day they were seized with violent vomiting, and purging,. shortly after partaking of their dinners, which consisted of meat, pudding, and bread and butter. These sympterna increased in seventy, s in the space of six. or eight hours both died. Previous to death they both com plained of great thirst and exceed,. pain in the abdomen, the usual characteristics of poisoning. Mr. Menial, the 'ur ge**, had since made a pot-mortars, examination of both bodies, and Mr. Pearson had made an analysis of the con tents of both stomachs, the result of which satisfactorily proved that both children had died from the effects of arsenic. The coroner, after several adjournments, remarked that al though the cause of death had been satisfactorily established, the labours of the jury could not terminate at the present point, as they had to amertein, if possible, in what manner and by whom the poison was administered. The inquiry was, therefore, adjourned. WORKS OF ART PRIM RiME.—We read in one of the Paris journils More than forty cases containing sacred valet, sculptured marble statues, and pictures, are pow under detention at the custom-haute. Theis objects come from Rome, where they were purchased by a company of German Jews, at the head of which is M. Brucker. The catalogue of the articles sold at Rome by the revolutionary government include 2,500, for which only three millions of franca have been given, although they are at least worth ten. The restitution of thew articles will be easy, u in the margin of the catalogue the name of each person connected with the purchase Is given. SINGULAR RENCONTRE.—A short time since R poor woman, residing in Manchester, had the good fortune to learn that a legacy of 2001. had been left to her by a de ceased relative. Her husband bad gone to America. and, finding that it was necessary before the money could be pad to her that he should be present, she wrote to inform him of the event, and to request his return. They met by appointment in Liverpool, not many days age, and drew the money. The wife foreseeing now no difficulty in the way of accompanying her husband back to the land of hie adoption, since his only excuse for leaving her behind on the previous occasion was poverty, expressed her intention of becoming his fellow-voyager. The husband could urges* objection to a proposal apparently so reasonable, and the day was fixed for their departure. The husband, however, having the greater part of the 2001. in his pocket, gave his wife the slip, and she wandered long through the streets in the neighbourhool of the docks in Liverpool expecting that he would rejoin her. At the door of a house she was passing at length she attracted the attention of a female who, like her, appeared to be awaiting the arrival of a second party, and who observing her wearied appearance invited her to rest in the house. Having accepted the invitation, eke was pressed by her good-natured entertainer to take some refreshments, of which there seemed to be in the house a greater abundance and of a better quality than might have been expected in a house of the kind, for it was but aa humble lodging house ; and, to encourage her to partake, the stranger observed that they had been making merry. She said she and her husband had recently come from America, in coesequence of a legacy of 2001. having been left him, and that he had drawn the money in Manchester, and was that day expected is Liverpool. She added the particulars, which corresponded singularly with her visitor's position, and the suspicion which crossed the mind of the litter may readily be anticipated. To be brief, the husband and the two wives (for such was the fact) soon afterwards put an end to at uncertainty on the matter by staggering into the house in a state of intoxication, where he was claimed by both the worms, and " a scene" was the result. The husband and his new wife, however, bad partaken of too many good things to be able long to maintain the strife which was the natural result of such a discovery, and were soon fast asleep. The first wife, thus left to gain time for reflection, and not having drank so deeply as her companions, bethought herself of the money. To search her hosband's pockets was • work of but lathe difficulty, and in a few hours she was on her way to Man chester with 1901. of the money in her possession. Whether the husband has gone with the wife of his second choice mess the Atlantic, or meditates returning to his first love, Idies not appear, but the latterseems to have made the matter se secret among her neighbours, and it has been a subject of much gossip and merriment smeng them that the biter has been bit, and that she should so singularly have been pre vented from becoming the dupe which it is now evident the heartless scoundrel was about to make of her. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM TOG eutter.—A vary shaking accident occurred in the Bristol river on Wednesday to • gentleman named Hunter, a partner in the firm of Hunter and Co., ail-makers. K. had accompanied a friend on board of the Pomona as far as the Holum, and was returning by the Samson steam-tug. He was sitting on the hatchway of the engine -house, smoking a cigar, when he accidentally overbalanced himself, and he fell among the machinery and was crushed to deem. The deceased, who was about 30 years of age, was highly respected, and has left a widow, but no A HINT FOR CONSUMERS OF " POLONIES. " The Liverpool Mercury says, on Tuesday an application was made to Mr. Rushton, the circumstances of which, if proved, would produce rather a distaste for an article of food usually looked upon as a dainty, and commonly known as the Ger man sausage or polony. Inspector Jones, of St. Martin's Market, said he bad good grounds far supposing that a cer tain polony manufacturer in Dryden street was in the habit of making up such articles from hore&fiesh, which he pro ctored from the knackers' yards The polonies were made by the person alluded to in his own dwelling-house, the horseflesh being chopped up with a machine, then mixed with bread, and seasoned, to make it savoury. He (the inspee tor) wished to know if he could have a warrant to go and search the premises. He knew the horse flesh was taken there, but it was speedily disposed of, and nothing could then be found except the sauxeres.—Mr. Rushton : Have you ob'ained any of the pe lonia ? Inspector: We got a sausage maker to compare them with others, but they are se Weed it is difficult to form any idea as to the composition after being made up.—Mr. Radon If they are bad, I should think the parties who make them may be proceeded spinet for selling what is unwholesome fad th can i not ? an l d ni g ec l i d e e to :as ausss : t T o k es e ttie l are s q u o p s a po Titi e ) .. e — l V l red r. R u us d h r t : o sp n7 s d h n out w el e not say so when it is known from what they made.— Mr. Rushton : We have no power to interfere, if people like to eat horse flesh in sausages; the Act of Parliament does net prevent them making seusages of horse flesh j but if they expose that which is unfit for human food they may be brought up under the act. Inspector : There is about five cwt a week of horse flesh got from the knack e re' yards at Vauxhall road and Hirkdale :it is made into sausages, and supplied en twenty or thirty shops in Liverpool and other parts of the country.—Mr. Rushton : This exposure will damage the polony trade.—lnspector : They pay a farthing a pound . for the horseflesh, and get a large shoulder for 154., weighing about 70 lbs. They are thus enabled to sell the sausages at a cheap rate ; they have put abased it for years from the knackers' yards, and the sellers were given to understand it was taken to the boarding houses resorted to by capttins, to feed dogs.—Mr. Rushton : Toe can only deal with It as unwholesome food. Inspector: It cannot be rectegnited; I have had a person in the trade to examine it, end he could not say the polonies were unwhole some.—Mr. Rushton All you can do is to be on the alert ; you cannot, under present circumstances, enter upon the premiss; but it you find anything which is unwholesome as food, the act may be brought to operate. The inspector then left the court. r N r K Ye tI to i, •