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l - e. 1 ' ' t• is • i• rd Ist ed he n; he nd tee rt• of .he at led - /ea ate of. to In. alt ,arl the lace Izl, ren, lu• lea. tea Dt• fro Vat, mat vet. ,die Jim Am t 2. Another dramatic fete, similar to those which, of late years, hate attracted so much attention in this city, will be given in honour of the Anniversary of his MaJzsvy's Accession to the Throne. The dinner intended to be Boven on that day, by the Naval Officers resident in ath, has been postponed in consequence to the 31st. Aairrat.s.z6-Sir Prederick Robinson, Dowager Lady Ekbo and family, Archdeacon Probyn• dblenel and Mrs. Burslame, Colonel Drummond, Lleinenant'ClA WWI D'Arey, Major Jollffe, &e, &c THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. The circular, of which the following is a copy, was transmitted from the Home Office to the Magistrates of the different Police Offices in the Metropolis: _ _ " Whitehall, Dec. 29. Genrunisit—T am desired by the Marquis of Lanadown to state, that you will postpone the adoption of the plan you were directed by my letter of the 20th instant to carry into effect on the lit of January, until the sth of that month. In the meantime, a :Printed form will be forwarded for your guidance. (Signed) " S. M. PHILLIPS." Yesterday the printed forms alluded to in the above tircular were transmitted to all the Police Offices. The teports are to be prepared by the sth, ready for publi cation in the Hue and Cry, and great hopes are enter• slimed th At the adoption of the new plan will materially aid in the apprehension of offenders. TAUNTON. JAN. 2. The whole of the c —n— ountry, for many miles round Longport, still presents an unbroken lake. The inha bitants of that town have, as usual during such weather, suffered considerably from the incursions of the flood. The quantity of rain fallen lately has been greater than ever remembered. Yesterday from seven in the morn ing until four o'clock, p. N., the rain descended in tor rents, accompanied by tremendous squalls of wind. Last evening the Bridport Mail, on its approach to this town, was stopped on a bridge near Ilminster for nearly an hour, the flood which rolled beneath, from the break ing of a parapet wall, rendering it for some time doubtful whether it were prudent to proceed. WHITEHAVEN, JAN. 1. CELEBRATION OF THE EARL OF LONSDALE'S BIRTH DAY. On Saturday last, the birth day of the Right Hon. the Earl of LONSDALZ was celebrated at the Black Lion Inn, in this town; and although in number the assem blage on this occasion has often been greater, we be lieve none ever surpassed it in cordiality and sincere attachment of all present to the noble house of Lowther. The pleasures of the table were enjoyed until a late hour. WORKINGTON. The Noble Earl's bitth --- dayvr;s likewise celebrated at the Grren Dragon, by a numerous party of Gentle. men. After " the King," the Royal Family," &c. had been given, the health of the Noble Earl was given with three times three hearty cheers. The healths Of Lord Lnuther, Colonel Lowther, Colonel Lushington, &c. followed. Several neat and appropriate speeches were made by the President and other .Gentlemen present, highly complimentary to the House of Lowther, and at a late 'hour the company separated, with a resolution to met nest year on the same occasion. CARLISLE. Upwards of forty Gentlemen dined at the Bush Inn in honour of the day. RICHARD FERGUSON, Esq. of liAticer Lodge, President; Major WILDE officiated as Vice Chairman. The usual toasts were drank, including the Noble Earl's health and many returns of the 29th December, and the Meeting was kept up until a late hour in the most agreeable manner. PENRYTH. The Penryth Dinner was a spirited one, Jamas PA !t -am Esq. Preside:a. HENSINCIMAM. Tke celebration of the Noble Lord's birth day was kept up at Hensingham in the true old English style. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE,. The Critic (again well performed in all its parts), faith Killing no Murder, and the new Pantomime, at- tracted a Lull and elegant House last night; and the whole of the performances went off with infinite eclat. COVENT GARDEN. • Love ix a Village was repeated at this Theatre last night. Before the curtain rose, Mr. FARREN presented himself, and announced to the audience, hat owing to the severe illness of Miss KELLY, he bad to request their indulgence to allow Miss Gowaan to fill her place. They assented to this unanimously, and certainly had no reason to repent of their choice, for we have seldom seen this character better performed. Miss Goer/saris acting was natural, easy, and at times very pathetic. She did not attempt to move the audience by mere crying or violence, or wild extravagant conduct; but evidently displayed the feeling and spirit suited to the character of Madge. She was much applauded. The Pit, at the rising of the curtain, was quite full; and bttore the commencement of the pantomime the other parts were sufficiently thronged, The rest of the Opera was performed in the same effective manner which gave it so much eclat on a former night. SURREY. Last night a new piece, in two acts, was produced at this Theatre, from the pen of a Mr. STAVIORD, which evinced considerable power of imagination and know ledge of stage effect. Part of the plot is taken from the opera of aari ; but this is atoned for by the introduc tion of Several new characters and situations. The part of LIN* was played by G. RAYNER with great feeling. Mrs. Firzwiu.rase sustained the part of the heroine Susan, and her acting, which is always good, was last night singularly effective. The last act was very power fully given. The piece was received throughout with approbation, and given out by RAINER for repetition this evening, and till further notice. INGLISLI THEATRICALS IN PARIS, Dec. U. As I anticipated, the English Comedians have neither lost in profit or reputation by their change of Theatre. On Monday Jane Shore was played to an overflowing howls and the entertainments of Thursday night (Ham and Ihree Weeks after Marriage) were given by )wand. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of ligitax a large party in one of the stage boxes. The i . uke of OitLIANII, and the OILLZANS family (les enfans d Ortizans) weie also present. The audience was, as ever, numerous and fashionable—indulgent towards the bad, and warady kind towards the more distinguished artistes. Yesterday the Marquis Wat.t.asury bad an interview Lord Viscount Gooesscu, 44 two hours. at Lis LardsWO in Dow pt, ..e Hon g gum DOUGLAS had a grand Dinner Pan, Tuesday, se his resideace at the Admiral ROBERT WILMOT HOILTON, Esq. M.P. antartainia tr Party to dinner on Tuesday, at his bows, Iliclunead. L'id Banal E, eldest inn of the Earl of Comma Lug. his majority on Tuesday week. The occalgla etas " 1a with great splendour at the Noble Lire residence ) Limos. 'Cent. A 4 1 14 abliii of clothes, beddiag, and eatables, was die. by his Lordship intents the poor of the neigisboarbood. Pit, at the &tore the I parts were wan perfori it so much Last nigl this 'Meats evinced co; }edge of sts opera of C 4 lion of Vein of w Mrs. Fll Swale, and Bight singe fully given, approbatio; this evenini ENGLI As 1 anti kit in profi On Mond; hose, and IA and lk command, Sat With a Duke of 0 d'OrtLEA MI ever, DORM bad, and artistes. Yesterda with Lord V house in Dos Tl'e Hon an Tuesdays nolittitT distinguished terra ce . rd Ha attained his hoisted with g Place, Keut, tributed by k DUBLIN, Dtc. $l. Titt Rev. Ma. Maamits.—lt is intended, on the part of the prosecutor in the action brought against Mr. Maguire, to move for a new trial, during next term, on two distinctgrounds, namely, the discovery of new evi dence, and the alleged fact that one i,f the witnes.es for the defendant personated an individual of the same name. If the latter fact can be substantiated, no doubt the new trial will be granted. The s am e R ev . G ent leman has publicly declared, with reference to the offer which it was said some time ago had been made to him frOm the Archbishop of Tuam of 1,0001. and a living of 8001. per annum, if he conformed to the Protestant religion, that it came through a Protestant Gentleman of great respectability, who told him he was commis sioned to make it by a Protestant Clergyman of the Archdiocess of Tuam, the latter of whom, according to the Gentleman's story, as related by the Rev. Mr. Ma guire, showed a letter containing the offer, which he de clared came front the Archbishop. Thus the new ver-, sion of the story runs; the former was, that th,c, Cler gyman showed the letter from the Archbishop to Mt. Maguire himself. 17. • Dec. 90.—A quarrel of a very serious neat* has broken out here between the 2d Dragoon Guards and the sth Regiment of Infantry, which has for these few last days kept a very populous part of this city in a state of the most extraordinary commotion and alarm. The dispute originated thus :—Tuesday night Joseph Fin nerty, a soldier of the Guard?, attempted to get uut of the Royal Barracks, in Barrack -street, after hours, and was remonstrated with by. a sentinel of the sth Foot, then on guard at the barrack gate. Finnerty was intoxicated, and endeavoured to get out by force : to prevent this, the sentinel placed his firelock in front towards the drunken man, telling him he should not stir. The latter, however, persisted; and either not aware that the bayonet was on the firelock, or careless, from intoxication, of the event, rushed forward,.when the bayonet penetrated his heart, and be fell hirandy dead. An inquest was held, and a verdict a accidental death was returned. Not so easily were the coming.' 'lions of the deceased to be satisfied; and accordingly, on Wednesday and Thursday, whenever they met any of the sth in the streets, away front barracks, they at tacked and beat them. On Thursdey a large party of either regiment met on the quay; near the barracks, and a general engagement between them took place, they drawing their swords and bayonets. In the skir -1 wish which ensued, and which lasted upwards of half an hour, to the danger and terror of the *hole street and passengers, several severe wounds were inflicted, and it was with great difficulty a large,military party fromthe adjacent barracks could put a n end to thi s amity com bat. Mote than twenty individuals have -Meal Sent to the hospital wounded, but, with the exception of three or four, not dangerously. Throughout the entire of Friday, no soldiers of either of these regiments were allowed out of barracks, as the most terrible conse quences were anticipated, should they again meet in conflict. The Commander of the forces has, however, taken the wisest precaution to prevent any recurrence, by removing the sth Foot out of this garrison. They marched yesterday for the south of Ireland. STATE OF TIPPERARY. Sunday night the 30th, at the early hour of between nine and tea, the house of a tolerably comfortable farmer, named John Tierney, residing at Lisrnacrory, in the parish of Ballingany, in the county of Tipperary, - was attacked by a large party of men, some of whom were armed. They knocked at the door, saying " they came to search forConnaught men." They were answered' that the objects they sought were not there, accompanied with a refusal-to admit them. The fellows immediately smashed in the door, and seized Jane Tierney,- the daughter of the occupant of the house, and dragged her forcibly away, declaring their intention to compel, her to marry one of their party, named Leahy Let .the same time threatening, if her father had recourse-to the law to recover her or punish them, they would burn the house about his bead. Tierney, as soon as they went off, ran to the house of a neighbouring clergymv and magistrate, the Rev. Mr. Conolly, to whom he COMM. nicated the outrage. The Rev. Gentleman's son and son in law (Capt. Doolan, a chief constable of police, then on a visit) immediately pursued the aggressors on foot, whom they were enabled with considerable diffical,:y to trace through the mountains of Lower Ortnonsk After proceeding thus, about twenty miles, theyforwisately apprehended Leahy, concealed under a bed. : Ameehy was brought before Mr. Conolly, who took thir-deposi tions of the girl and her father, and committed */ pri soner fully to take his trial at the next Clonmel Assizes. There are at present confined in that gaol upwards of 150 persons for trial, more than half of whom are for capital offences. The young girl above alluded to was taken away from her father's house neatly naked, and suffered much during the night from the frost and cold, as well as the rapidity of her forced journey. The following passages occur in a leading French Journal, both published within a week-of each othe r : "We have said it, and repeat it -4hs battle o f Nitrathiiiiitiketed Lie affair of the East."—December le. "We have said it, and repeat it--Me hotly INtwarirs taitipticates Me stairs of the East in Me stow serious manner II" Yesterday a Court of Direttors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the com mand of their respective ships, viz.—Captain Jamas Wautaa, Macqueen ; and Captain Ttioatas 13Lasz, William Fairlie, con signed to Madras and China. Extract of a letter received from St. Petersburgh, dated the 7th of December last By an order of the Minister of Finance, the Department of Foreign Com merce has given notice, that all imported cloths and kerseymeres of a dark colour, will be liable to confisca tion, should they exhibit the slightest tinge (or shade) of green: " While Mr. Fawcett was performing the character of Antonio in the Marriage of Figaro, on Tuesday night, a villain was also anxiously engaged playing , his part. As is customary on dressing for Antonio, Mr. Fawcett deposited his ordinary apparel on a chair in the dress ing room, appropriated to his use, and placed his valu able gold watch on the table, without of course appre. bending any such result as that which actually happen. ed. After the play had concluded, Mr. Fawcett retired to his room, but judge his surprise, on finding that both his watch and clothes had disappeared. An alarm, of course, was instantly given, and the police engaged at the theatre used every possible exertion to discover the robber, but ineffectually, as no clue whattver had been left. It is suspectedi however, that some of the men employed about the pantomime was concerned in the business, as none others had access to the theatre. Saturday evening last four men were seen in one of the sweets of Maidstone very much intoxicated, and Novo( them was so far gone, that it was at last- found necessary to convey him home in a wheelbarrow. A young man, who witnessed the operation of loading the barrow, was verrandignant, and called the votary of Bacchus a beast. oung man," said a woman who was wisp tho •• patsy, " don't say so ;be s not to blame ; he gonadal help it, for the liquor was given to kin... • - - •;i .11.- ; . 'DREADFUL MURDER. On Tuesday night, as Mt. Halls, the Sitting Magis trate of Bow -street, was about to leave the office, after Ithe termination of the business of the evening, a mes senger arrived, almost breathless, with a communication from Mr. Justice Holroyd, informing the Magistrate that a murder had been committed in the neighbour hood where he resided, at the house of a Gentleman named Lett, No. 11, Montague-place, Russell-square, under extraordinary and mysterious circumstances. The Learned Judge suggested the propriety of an imme diate inquiry into the affair, and that active officers should be sent to the house to use their utmost diligence in discovering the murderer. Mr. Halls, with that promptitude which ever distinguishes him, not only dispatched two officers, Salmon and Gardiner, but he employsd Furman, the active constable of St. Giles's, and without delay proceeded himself, with Mr. Stafford, the chief clerk, to the scene of the horrid crime; the particulars of which we shall proceed, in detail, to lay before our readers. The victim of this almost unheard of act of inhuman barbarity was named Mary Jeff, and the poor creature was of the venerable age of 75 years. Her hair was blanched by time, and she was in a state lof decrepitude. This poor old creature had been for 20 years the servant of Mr. Lett, the brother of Mr. Lett, Magistrate of Surrey. In the situation of housekeeper she had gained the respect and esteem of her master and mistress, and was particularly respected by her young master, Captain Lett, whom she nursed in his infancy. For some time Mr. Lett and family have resided at Dulwich, and Mrs. Jeff had the sole care of the house in Montague-place, and kept a couple of rooms in rea diness for the temporary use of any member of the family, when business called them to London. She had been twice married ; her first husband was named Knight, by whom she had a son, who is now living, and is a feather manufacturer, or a plummier, in Cur sitor-street, Chancery-lane. Her second husband, Mr. Jeff, died ahortly before she became Mr: Lett's house keeper. She hat:air two nephews, and a grandson, to whom she was mu& attached. It has been stated that the old Lady was prnirrieus in her habits, and that she kept by her a considerable sum of money, the produce of her yearly savings. Of this fact we have not been ale to ascertain anything positive. Some motive must have induced the commission of the dreadful deed, and it was naturally supposed that her property was the object the fiend had in view whet% he perpetrated this piece of butchery ; but it has not been ascertained, we believe, that plunder was net the object which instigated the crime, for *ugh the drawers were all ransacked, not any prorrwhas been missed.. The old Lady was' seen about eiglit'o'clock, on Monday night, standing in the hall of her Maker's house, talking to a man dressed in blue, wearing t white apron, by the pot-boy of the Gower Arms public-house, in Gower-street, Bedford square, who usually' took her a pint of porter every evening. As soon as he had deliveted the beer she shut the door. On the following day she was not seen by any person, which created much surprise in the mind of an elderly woman, who was servant at a house next door, in Montague-place, because the old Lady was daily in the habit of coming to her to have what they called, is a little gossip.° Some persons came to the door and knocked in the course of the afternoon ; and receiving no answer, went away. The servants at the next house, not seeing the window-shutters opened as usual, thought that something had befallen the unfortunate woman, which suspicion was strengthened at a late hour arriving Fed tie shutters still remaining closed. The female who had been the intimate friend of the Old lady. after knocking at the door ineffectually, employed a man to get on the top of Mr. Lett's house, and !to enter at a window. The man effected an en unite, and proceeded down stairs into the }louse keeper's room, which is a dark room in the front of the groand floor. A spectacle here presented itself which was an dreadful that the man was for a time horror struck. After recovering in some degree from the fright, he proceeded to the front door, and let in the servants of the next house; and upon receiving information that Mrs. Jeff was murdered, they proceeded to the servants hall. At the top of the suirs leading thereto they found a candlestick, with a candle in it half burnt, which had been turned in socket and extinguished. On enter ing the servants' hall, they discovered the body of die unfortunate old . tronisn. lying on its back on the floor, between two chairs, with bet throat cut from ear to ear, and her clothes tinuiated with blood. Her head, which was attached tolhe neck merely by a bit of skin, was lying in a pool:of clotted blood. 'The body was quite stiff anctcold, and there is every reason to believe the deed was committed on Monday night; and from the situation of the body, the chairs, and a table, iris believed the mur derer had been sitting with her, and probably she had been regaling him before he destroyed her. A pint pot, containing a small quantity of beer, was standing on the table. The fatal wound inflicted must have been received in the apartment where she was discovered, as there were no traces of blood beyond the immediate spot; but in some 'of the drawers up stairs, there were marks of blood, as.if the murderer or murderers had been there with bloody bands. Upon the first discovery of the deceased, it occurred to some persons that she might have committed the act herself; but very little examination was necessary to prove the groundlessness of such a supposition. There was no weapon near her, by which she could have inflicted the wound; but there was lying beside her a razor case, and little doubt re mains that her murderer had, in his hurry, omitted to carry off this, which may, in all probability, lead to his detection. The razor case cannot be recognized by any of the persons acquainted with' the house, so that it must have been brought there by the author of thi s atrocious act. On the arrival of Mr. Halls, Mr. Stafford, the chief clerk, and the officers, Salmon, Gar diner, and Futzmaa, at the house, a surgeon was sent for, and he examined the body, and said decisively that she had been murdered. It was then discovered that the pockets of the deceased were turned inside out, and several drawers in tbehouse had been rifled; they had all War marks of bloody fingers on them; on the table there was a small workbasket, which was also besmeared with blood. The officers were dispatched by the Magistrates to apprehend a person said to be a near relation of the deceased. The officers took the man in custody within half an hour, and he underwent an examination before Mr. Halls. He was asked where be was oa, Monday night, and he replied with 'apparent unernbarrasstnent and candour. He stated the hour be left his house on Monday, and that'll! went by the coach to Brentford. He mentioned the different places which be called at on his return to Wein cal foot, and whither he went after his arrival in London, at eight o'clock at night. The Magistrate ordered him to be taken to St.Giles's watch house, anUtetained there till inquiry could be made into the truth of his statement, and the Coroner's Inquest had been held on the body. Information was immediately sent to Dulwich to advertise the family of Mr. Lett of the circumstance, and in the coarse of the night Mr. and Mrs. Lett'arrived in town. In the confusion and agita-1 I don of the moment they cannot tell what the villain' *r.~ may have earried oft, but they do not think much be longing to them halkfleerc JIWIEL. • Mr. Lett, the Magistrate, also airived at the house, and the most vignroostarg•--.....ti0ns were made to discover 'the assassin. It was directed by the Magistrates that the body should not be removed from the position in which it was found till a Coroner's Jary had examined it. In the course of yesterday another respectable sur geon living in the neighbourhood carefully examined the wound in the throat, preparatory to his giving evi dence upon the Coroner's Inquest ; and he is decidedly of opinion, from the nature a the incision, that it is a most foul murder, and could not have been inflicted by her own hands.—Salmon remained at the house the greater part of the night: and yesterday Gardiner and Furzman went in pursuit of another person '•egainst whom suspicion has been excited, from his having re cently visited the deceased, and from the Magistrates being of opinion that the murderer was very intimately acquainted with the house. Yesterday evening Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, received information of the Ira. gical event, and he immediately issued his warrant for the convening a Jury to sit on the body this day. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Halls again proceeded to the house, and had an interview with Mr. Lett, the Magistrate. Gardiner and Furzman were admitted, and they received some information, and were dispatch ed in a coach to execute the orders intrusted to their charge. The nephews and grandson of the deceased have been examined. The pot boy of the Gower Arms gave a more minute description of the man whom he saw on Monday night talking to the deceased, but his description does not at all correspond with that of Knight. The latter persisted in his entire innocence of the crime, and declared that he was not aware of the occurrence till the officers came to his house and took him from his wife and five children. The grandson of the deceased was in constant attendance yesterday in Montague•place. The sensation created by this dread, ful transaction in the neighbourhood is very great. FATAL ACCIDENT. Yesterday se'nnight an Inquest was held before RD • LOWRY, Esq. Coroner, over the bofy of Mr. Robert Norman Boustead, of the Tax Office, a young Gentle man of the greatest promise, who, to the deep "egret of an extensive circle of friends, perished the evening before by a fall from his horse, near Newby Cross. The fol lowing evidence was adduced :—Mr. 11. Est tinson being examined, deposed, that he and the deceased left Car lisle in the morning for Wigton, where they dined; that they returned in the evening about bee o'clock, at a very moderate pace; that wken between Wigton. and Newby Cross they meta cart, which occasioned witness to check his horse a little, while deceased trotted in ; that he continued, as he believed, it being daik at the time, about one or two hundred yards behind the deceased for some distance, until near Newby Crosz e when his horse suddenly bolted at some object on the road, which it would not pass; that hearing a groan, he procured assistance, and found the deceased lying on the road, bleeding profusely. his hat at some distance from him; that he had him conveyed to Newby Cross, where he languished about two hours in a state of insensibility, and then died. This witness also deposed, in answer to questions from the Coroner and Jury, that the horses were not restive, that the deceased had not met with any previous fall that day, that they had not exchanged horses, that neither he nor the deceased had drank so much liquor as to incapacitate them from managing their horses.—Mr. It. Abraham, surgeon, of Carlisle, deposed, that he was called to the deceased, and found him perfectly insensible, bleeding from the ear and nose, with other symptoms of concussion on the brain, and with a contused wound on the back part of the heads. that witness considered him in the most im minent danger, bled hiss immediately, and dis patched a messenger to Carlisle for further assistance; but that the bleeding afforded him no relief, and that he died before any other medical man could arrive. The witness added that he had examined the deceased's hat, and found that it had not been on his head at the time when it had struck the ground ; and that in his opinion the immediate cause of - death was concussion of the brain, attended probably , with the rnpture of some blood vessel within the cranium.—The Coroner charged the Jury, that if they tholight that there was anyevidente, of which he said bre saw tickle, that the death of the deceased arose 'hawse* vicious qualities in the animal which he rode, ik, v wcwild.,becorse their duty to signify their opinion by a suitable tieociond on it; but if it was their opinion that his death arose from accident, they would return a verdict to that effect. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The general opinion seemed to be, that the deceased's hat had blown off, and had caused his horse to so wire so as to unseat its unfortunate rider.—Carlisle Journal, - -- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The stock of Cotton at the close of the year being this day announced, and although heavy, yet being less than was anticipated, more con fidence was felt in the future prospects of the market, and 2,000 bags were sold to-day at very full prices, The stock is 542,700 bags, against 257,806 bags, at the close of last year. SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK TRADERS —The etpedition with which these vessels have performed their yttyage downwards within the last week, is not often surrhsed ; and being before Christmas, must prove etceptable to the tradesmen to whom goods were consigned. The Waterloo, which sailed from Galley Quay, It four o'clock on the 21st, arrived at Ipswich Me same night. and the goods next morning (Sam - day) were deli t ered before the commencement of business. The Union, which left Galley Quay at six o'clock on Sunday morn ing, arrived at the Salt Office gray next morning (Monday) at two o'clock, and her goods, both for town and country, were unloaded in a few hours; and the Stevens, which sailed on Tuesday morning as 7 o'clock, arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Besides which, it may not be uninteresting to many of our readers to know that a load of goods, sent for the first time from London to Yarmouth, by way of Ipswich, and consist ing chiefly of Christmas fruit, was delivered on Satyr• day last, much to the satisfaction of the parties, in time for market, the vessel having sailed the preceding Wednesday.—Sufait Herald. . DEAF AND I.IIIIML.—LIt 11114aportant fact. that cases of congenital deeineas._kis mere 'reliantly than perhaps we are yet aware of in the power of the Surgeon to supersede the troublesome process of educating the Deaf and Dumb. This, of course, is done by first ascertaining that the defect is remediable, and then applying the proper ald ; for, we find, on Inquiry, that in several Instances which came under Mr. CU UMW/ own care, that by comparatively simple means, the patient har been funtiged, first, with the exercise of hearing, and, subseqneutly with the gift of speech ; before, therefore, the child is placed ceder the care of dame benevolent individuals who interest themselves in the peculiar turd* of imparting information to such as are thus aillieted, jt ',ugh( to be an invariable rule to submit him to the inspection of a step oa, wbO may discover that the greatest possible benefit may be cunterted on the sufferer.—Extracted from the Lowden Medical liepository, or Mr. Curtis', Clinical Report 4f the lihwl.Uis persaaryfor Pismo el the Bar e ~ _ cell did 1 in ith vie ,yal ice. Moo ; t. me rai, wir J. I G. rarer NB; ■e.. ism: ,ter A!, we. 0.- , for 4 A* ,ur- Old f in, the