Star. — London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

OPERATION UPON ROO LAO, CRINESE FOR A TUMOUR IN GUY'S HOSPITAL. (NT AN EVE.WITNISF.) n consequence of Saturtley lust being the dry appointed for remov ing the extraordinary abdominal tmnout froth the Chinese, Hon Loo, and the particulars connected with hip snivel in this country for that purpose, having been pulliely nmicell by the daily press, (bur's Hos pital, at an early hm ur in the mourning. was absolutely besieged by the most celebrated medical and scientific men in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. Amongst the crowd of medical, scientific, and nonmedical indivi duals who were present to witness the operation, we may enumerate the following:—Sir A. Cooper, Mr. Copeland Hutchinson, Mr. Titus Barry, Mr. Parke (brother of Mungo Parke), Dr. Stroud. Dr. Bright, 21r. Scott, Mr. Pidcock, Mr. Morgan, Mr. B. Cooper, Dr. Hodgkin, Mr. Calloway, Mr. Green, Mr. Travers, &c. At one o'clock Sir A. Cooper antered the operating theatre, and stated, that in consequence of the smallness of its size, and the number who would thus be peccluded witnessing the operation, it would take place in the L.rgc anatomical theatre, whither a lush was immediately made by those assembled ; and although this Theatre will hold nearly one thousand persons, it was crammed in every part within two minutes of time doors being opened. At half-past one o'clock, Hoo Loo was ushered into the Theatre by the sister and nurses of the Ward " Luke," with that appearance of good humour in bia coun ty:at:cc (laughing, buoyant, and spirited) which he has been remarks able for manifesting ever since his introduction at Guy's. Indeed, he appeared to interest every one present in his " future fate," and no one betrayed a greater feeling, of :;nxiety (without a particle of ner vousness or trepidation) to bring the operation to a successful issue. than Mr. Kcy. This was an enxious moment to all parties. Every one appeared confident of a fortunate termination In consequence of die well known skill and experience of Mr. Key, and the excellent spi rits of the Chinese, which never fuorsook him until Nature became exhausted, as the sequel will prove. It is perhaps necessary to ob serve that Mr. Key was assisted throughout the of oration by Sir A. Cooper, Mr. Calloway, Mr. B. Cooper. Dr. Addison, and other eminent individuals connected with the hospital. - tl wrn, Foley. Toe patient being laid on the table, reclining on pillows, the ope ration was commenced by making two eliptical incisions from the outer margin of .he peduncle of the tumour to the apirous process of the rubes on each side. The knife wa s t hen careful fotwArt! along the upper part of the tumour, so as to raise a flop or integument. which was turned back. A semilunar incision was then wade cm each side, and two flaps of integument detached. These incisions exposed. some very large subcutaneous veins, which afforded considerable bce inoirhage, anti were obliged to be secured by ligatures before the ope ration could proceed. The neck of the tan lout was next detached from above,and the spermatic cords laid bare. The mass of the tumour was finally dissected by a few strokes of the knife hoot toe perintettm, and the lower flaps of the integument being turned back, it became en- ti-ely detached from the patient's body. During the whole of the operation the patient appeared to be un usually affected by the loss of blood, which, in the whole of the opera.. tion did not exceed 1G ounces, and entirely venous. The only artotes, besides ;hose of the cords, retviring t..) be secured, %erre two small ones at the upper ty.tt of rho swelling, from which not torte th e n h a lt an ounce of blood escaped. The p a tient contimiog to le taint :tiler the operation 1V.1% et;;;lplactl s small getnitities of brandy wri e as it had i.ten t oring its ju ogress. and time was allowtd bhp 'adore dressing the wound to mover. In the ute.ri time, im.i.y .tentletnt n who were present (among whuto was Sir A. Cooper) l& toe theetre, iu ti;e expectation that he would formally rally from his faintness. Itesh air was tilowell to blow over hint, and tram. t., • lien ions were applied to his fe.t and chest ; bet his fainting condi,im helinnin;, at length, to excite nip , chensioas in the mind of the sur,:etto, broody was freely injtxtctl into the stomach, without producio.,, any tesacsion of the heart; and it appearing evident, that witlontt sonic tin m ea s u r e s, the heart's action would altogether cease, transfusion of blood was hat/ recourse to, sod eight ounces (winch wire kindly furnished by 11 medical pupil, whose namt we are unacquainted with) vete thrown l u ta th e ve i n of the aro'. All efforts, however, proval vain, and he suck. The question naturally arises, what other step.; could have been taken to have ensoted success to the operation, nod a her any other toode et* proceeding would have been attended with less risk? The great danger apprehended by all the :Angevin aim expressed their opinions on the subject, was the beranrrluese :hut might it:kr: place: and in the prevention of hemorrhage the operator milord every possible precau tion, by securing each vessel as it was divided, and waiting a cositier. able period at the successive stages of toe ululation, to allow him to re. cover, and to hove support administered to him. The up eratiott thus became delayed beyond the usual period by the above precaution. Had the operator manifested impatience, or a wish to perform the operation speedily at any risque to the pstient's life, he would have justly laid himself open to censure ; but his alto was evidently to perform the operation with as much safety and caution as the case would admit. 'We may, therefore, attribute die death of the Chinese, after the opera tion was completed, to the shuck inflicted upon his nervous system by the operation, and to the loss of a quantity ut venous blood, which an ordinarily healthy European would have borne without any dangerous effects. Thus, we regret to state, terminated an operation, upon the issue of which the eyes of all medical men have been turned since the arrival of Lou Mu in titi, country. elf utte thing the public may rest assured, that no opportunity was omitted which skill and humanity could suggest, to ' , soave the life of the patient. The tumour weighed 56 lb. avuirdupoise, besides three ur four pounds of fluid lost during the operation. Its circumference, when detached from the body, was exactly four feet ! When Captain Kotzebue, in his last voyage, visited the Sandwich Islands, he found Noomabanna (the widow of his Majesty Tameamea, who died in this country) so much in creased in size that he did not know her again. She was six feet two inches high, and more than two ells in circum ference. On one occasion the Captain called on her at dinner time; she was lying stretched on her prodigious stomach lame the limiting glass tiyun some line mats; a number of China dishes were ranged in a semicircle before her, and the attendants a ere employed in handing first one and then another to her Majesty. She ate voraciously, whilst two buys flapped away the dies with large bunches of feathers. The quatitity of foed she ate was prodigious. After the entrance of the Captain she ate enough to satisfy six men, and those Russians—at least the estimate is Kot zebue's. After she was satisfied she drew her breath two or three times with apparent difficulty, and then exclaimed, " I have eaten fitmouslv " By the assistarce of her at tendants she then turio:d on her back and made a sign to a strong fellow, who ..e.e.ined prepared for duty. He ione diately sprung upon her body and kneaded her as unmerci fully with his knees and lists as if she had been a trough of bread ; this was done to favour digestion. After groaning a little at this uugentle treatment, and taking a short time to recover herself, she ordered her royal person to be again turned on the stomach, and recommenced her meal. Noo rnahanna and her fat hog are the greatest curiosities in the islands. tfy a natural sympathy with fatness, she loves every thing en /ion point. This - hog is black, of extraordi nary size, and the queen feeds him to suffocation, as other ladies do Dutch pugs. He has two kanackas to attend upon him, and can scarcely move from obesity. It has been said iu nearly all the newspapers, that the visit of Mr. C. Kemble to Paris is connected with an awk ward and dangerous scrape in which his eldest son bad in volved himself by the warmth of his zeal in the cause of liberty. It was mentioned some time since that this young gentleman, now about two or three-and-twenty, had j o ined a party who made a sortie from Gibraltar, infringed the neutrality of Spain, and, after an unsuccessful attempt to excite the inhabitants to take uparms against Ferdinand, bad again retreated to Gibraltar, where he and his companions were put nutlet arrest. Although the personal liberty of Mr. John Kemble has tints been restrained, we do not believe that there is any reason to apprehend worse consequences, and least of all such as have been recently hinted at. We are quite confident that the journey of Mr. C. Kemble to France has had no relation to the situation of his son, which, however, cannot hut have given much uneasiness to his family. We understand, on good authority, that Mr. Charles Kemble is at present in Paris (from whence he will return so as to act on Wednesday next), upon affairs solely connected with the business of Covent-Garden Theatre. was at the University of Mr. John Kemble, his son, Heidelberg, after he left Cambridge, and there imbibed much of the generous but mistaken enthusiasm that often prevails among the German students. He is a young man of undoubted talents, and not long since, if we are correctly informed, was a candidate for holy orders. These " per turbed ~spirits:' generally settle down at last into something above the common level.--Observer. THE CHURCH. OXFORD. Aram 8. This day the elections of FrIIPI/tt at Slertun and Oriel Colleges took place. The succosfal candid:it*. at Mertz n was Edward Ernest Villiers; at Oriel, John Edward Walker, B.A. late Commoner at Bal llol, was tlected Fellow. PREFERMENTS. The Revetend Henry Burton, M.A. of Christ Church, Orford. Rector of Upton Cressttt, and Vicar of Condover, in the county of Salop, to the Vicarage of of Atcham, in the same county, vacant by the death of the late Itcv. H. Burton ; patron, Robert Burton, Esq. et Logna Hall, near Shrewsbury. The Beetrind Thomas Octavio! Foley to the vicarage of Lislizas on the presentation of Admiral Sir TIMMS THE ARMY. A detachment of the 56th regiment left Limerick on Saturday se'nnight, for Clare, with a supply of ammunition for the troops sta tioned in that county. The light company and grenadiers of the 74th regiment, under the command of Captains Campbell and Meet', left the New Barracks, Limerick. on Wednesday, in full marching order, for Clare. Four officers and thirty privates of the bth regiment marched into Limerick on Wednesday, from Butternut, on route to Ennis, to join the other companies. The reserve companies of the 80th regiment, from Sunderland, joined the head-quarters of the corps, recently returned, at Portsmouth on Saturday. The 47th regiment is also stationed at Portsmouth. The 90th regiment is now at Gosport. Colonel Chapman and Captain Waller, Royal Engineers, and Major Butler, fad regiment, have lauded at Plymouth, from Gibraltar. Captain Greenville, 89th regiment, is appointed Aid-de-Camp to Blajor-Gcneral James S. Barnes, at Bombay • and Lieutenant Gaff, half pay, Aide- de .Camp, to Major.Generai Sir James Lyon, at Barbadoes. . . . . . Lieutenant Kent, 76th Itegimaa, is appointed to the recruiting service at Aberdeen ; and Lieutenant Young, 83d, to the same at Hereford. Lieutenant King, sth Dragoon Guards; Captain There'd, 92nd Highlanders; and Lieutenant Cranford, 4th (King's Own) Foot, have entered this month as Students in the senior department of the Royal Military College. There arc 150 militia officers now on half pay, amount to 9,8701. Militia allowance, 9,0171.—T0ta1, 19,4971. Of the 150 who rank in the regular army, there are 11 Captains, 118 Lieutenants, 21 Ensigns, 1 Lieutenant cud Adjutant, S Cornets, 7 Adjutants, 4 Surgeons. 2 As. sistant Surgeons, 1 Paymaster, 12 goutermasters. The bead.quarters and band of (bat very fine cavalry regiment, the 17th Lancers, under Major Burrows, arrived in Limerick on Tuesday. The appearance of both men and hnr-?s was most superior. THE TURF. TATTERSALL'S—Yasummy. 1,000 GOINIZAS STAMM 100 to 60 apt Oxygen (taken) 2to 1 Lioness S to 4 on Priam. DZSIBT. 2 to 1 apt Riddlesworth 7 to 1 Lord Jersey's Blunder (taken) 9 to 1 Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick 14 to 1 Vestris (taken) 15 to 1 Lord Sligo's Bras•de Fer 2S to 1 Lord Exeter's Htemus 25 to 1 —31 r. Chifney's Caleb 25 to I Roadster 30 to 1 Mr. Petre's Rattler 30 to 1 Spaniel 35 to 1 Africanus (taken) 35 to 1 Mr. Cooke's Incubus 40 to 1 Slight 50 to 1 -- Sarpedon 2000 to 25 Sir Thomas (taken) 1000 to 5 Philip 500 on Sprightly apt Philip 600 to 400 on Pastille agst Ciudad Rodrigo 600 on Spaniel apt Rattler. OAKS. 5 to 2 apt Circassian 11 to 2 Oxygen (taken) 11 to 1 Lioness 9 to I Delight SO to I 1. out of Vulesn's dam 1200 to 1000 on Circassian apt Oxygen and Sister to the Lion. ST. LLCM, 12 to 1 agst Marcus, who is third favourite. FORDEAR.INCE OF WINDSOR. FROM Siteettnnay.—The attempt to which we alluded last week, and we regret to say the successful at. tempt, to suppress, for the present, at least, all expression of public opinion in this Town, on the subject of the Reform Bill, has excited much speculation both in this town and else where, as to the " Certain Quarter," from whence the inter diction In question could have proceeded. We have already ex pressed our own sentiments regarding the measure itself too expli. citly to render necessary any further observations on the general question ; but, independent of the friendly feeliug which we, in common with the vast majority of our readers, entertain ,towards this great public measure we do feel that it would be a compere. wise of our duty, as public journalists, if we failed to indicate the quarter from which such dictation emanated, and to expose the unworthy manoeuvring of a party, whose object it has doubt less been, by suppressing the sentiments of our townsmen in favour of Reform, to encourage the inference that the people of Windsor are adeer,e to the measure, and by implication, that the senti ments of the Sovereign—for it would of course be inferred that the wishes of the loyal inhabitants of this borough, correspond with those of the sovereign—that the sentiments, we say, of our Patriot King are also unfavourable to it. To discountenance at once such an enormous supposition—such a monstrous absurdity—but which, if left uncontra dieted, would not only compromise the character of our own townsmen in the opinion of the country, but might probably rove in some de gree damnatory, even to the bill itself—to expose the shallow, but un constitutional artifice that has been resorted to on the present occa sion, it will be necessary only briefly to narrate a few interesting facts that have come to our knowledge, and which we shall proceed to do without further preface or comment. Towards the latter cud of Febreary, a requisition, most respectably signed, wan pre-etited to our worthy mayor, calling upon him to convene a public meeting of the in habitants of the Borough of New Windsor, for the purpose of taking the sense of the town on a petition in favour of the ministerial reform bill. Om chief magistrate. as might naturally be expected, wished for the advice and counsel of his constituted legal adviser. This genie. man, where informed, thought it necessary to consult Sir 11. Taylor on the subject, wishing, it is said, to knew whether it would be fitting and proper in the town to advocate the Reform measure. Sir Writer , replied, that it certainly would not be pleasant to the King for the town to put itself forward in etivoca.ing the measure. This sage was delieered to the requisitionists, who, in consequence, rillitln:w their names. This, we understand, to be eubstanlilly the history of the first requisition. The re pectable iohebitants, how. ever, far from satisfied with the vague and equivocal manner in which the public voice had been stifled in the instance just alluded to, were determined to make a second attempt to give expressiou to their feeliogs and sentiments on a subject so nearly connected wi,h the Tighe' :aid li berties of Eitglishmen and at:cordite:ly a sewed requisition was deter mined on, and actually hi course of signature, when a letter was re ceived by William Legit, Esq. the banker (of the firm of Rianisbottont and Legh), anti himself tine of the requisionists.- requesting that gentle man :o suppress the requisition then in progress, which was accordingly done. To the latter requisition was affixed the folios in..: lettuce, be sides that of Mr. Legit, namely, Dr. Fee e• Bridges, msmoo, M.D. Colooel hi William Randall, E-q. Surgeon, W. J. Voulcs, Eq. Solicitor, Sharp, Esq. all influential men, and of the highest respectability. The letter-carriers could not be dispatched from the Ge neral Post-office, yesterday morning, until a very late hour, in consequence of the unusual quantity of lettere arriving by ships from various places abroad. Sonie jarring had taken place betwixt the Viceroy of Canton and the British Chief, in which, contrary to last year, the Viceroy seems to have lost his temper. The Viceroy demanded three British subjects—Parsees, born at Bombay —who had killed a Captain M'Kenzie. The British Chief replied that he could never surrender a British subject; and the men were actually (and are so) sent home by the last ship to Bombay (the Edmonstone.) The Viceroy sent by Howqiitt a verbal message, most offensively delivered, that if Mr. Baynes did not leave Canton in five days, he would take military possession of the British Factory. The British Chief sent for (by the next tide) 200 seamen and two 18 pound carronades, which occupied the British Fac tory. About twelve at noon, on the 21st of October, the Viceroy sent by Howqua, verbally again, to withdraw his threat ! to say he was in a passion when he sent, and to " forget and forgive." " No, (says the British Chief,) give me a repetition of an old edict, first obtained (we believe) by Mr. Elphinstone, saying, Your factory is your castle, and is sacred.' "—The Bong merchants have offered their bond, which is refused. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL, APRIL 9. ..... On Monday last, one of the most numerous meetings that ever took place In this county was held in the town of Warwick, for the purse of supporting the Ministerial measure of Parliamentary Reform. Tile requisitionists met precisely at eleven o'clock, at the Warwick Arms, and from thence at twelve proceeded to the County Hall, where :hey were met by the High Sheriff. Anticipating, however, the innu.nse concourse which would attend, waggons were stationed in the market place for die accommodation of the speakersOf an adjournment should he deemed necessary. The influx of freeholders and householders from all parts of the rounty.was beyond all precedent,—not even excepting the period es' s' contested election. On the arrival of the Sheri ff and the Requisitionists at the appointed place of Meeting, the numbers likely to he present were so great, that it was resolved to adjourn to the race course. As soon as this determination was communicated to the dense crowd assembled in the market-place, Ore re hide assemblage moved off in that direction. The rush to obtain situations on the grand stand was absolutely terrific; and it was v. hit the utmost difficulty that the gen tlemen appointed to take a part in the business of the day, could obtain an entrance. A gentleman on the spot ( surveyor) calculated that about fifteen thousand persons were present. The resolutions were moved and seconded with ability and ingenuity by Sir G. Chetwynd, Sir 0. Phillips, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Attwood, and Mr. Seholciield ; with force and eloquence by Dr. Wade, Mr. Parke. and others; but as they were in the usual strain, and were excluded from THE STAR by the inept...linen! mover and seconder of the last resolution, their space is better filled by our other mutter. ASSIZE SE I:lloNt—Wc have been favoured with the following ex tract Pon) the notable sermon, preached before the judges at ll'utwick, on Sunday week. After praying foe all the constituted authorities in church, state, and corporations, the Reverend Gentleman took his text from the Gasp, of the day—" But the Chief Priests anti Elders per. suaded the multitude chat they should ask Barubbas um! destroy Jesus." In the course of this sermon, he said, " that the text was applier hie to the resent times, when we see an infatuated multitude led away by designing persons to their own destrtc tion, as we do at the present moment. From the selection of Scripture re-pectinj the choice of Binibbaue, we cannot fail to observe the Tons errors which a populous assembly may 1.. led iatu by titkctl. tie:A _ping, and unprincipled Individuals, who im rose upon the credulity of their victims and inflame their !ninth., when in di, it cooler 'mina nts they would be patient and submissive to th.:ir rut is. Vie may observe from the present times how easily and Low • utldenly the common people can be persuaded to rush headlong to d. true don tinder the specious pretext of Reform after having seen heard, and rt./incased the harangues of designing Reform, remarks may not seem unnecessary or uncalled for at the present mo ment." H.:afterwards said, " We aced nut go far from home, hr iu this nei; ; lthourhond there was a town which was once pre-eminent for its loy alty, and .ceonti to none but the metropolis in wealth and extent, which had nor: fallen from its integrity and honour, sad is rendered infamous by the vilest association that ever digracial the annuls of any country, and I.d on by a nicked rmvi designiaa leader, who had Tent asunder all the tie' of affection, and laid a sel.erne by which society was divided nod overthrown ! that tire multi:tale was deceived by its arts and insinua tion., anal linable to judge who were its meal and who the counterfeit fi lolls of litany." Speaking of himself and his friends die Reverend Gentleman said, " We are the Metals o' liberty,—they arc the advo cates of confusion—we wish to do away with abuses of Government— they te WI to brio:, forward the horrors of anarchy ; we had to than:: Heaven diat this county had not been stigutitiseal by a Special Com mission," anti reverting again to the leader of this vile association," who he raid " wed his best entlenvours to imitate the arch eleuiegisgue of the sister kingtlinn," be conducted by saying " n bad men vim bin:, the fitful , of truth and honesty should unite to prevent revolution The law , ay; with n.—Gon is on our `.ids." Tlllll Bzre A1.M...: puede,: titot the effects of thiti - Act are be. ginning to :mite Jame!, ottei•tiou. Peet - Jowly to the 'discharge of the Gland Jury at our Assia,:s last wed;; they laid the iollowitig resolu tion beorc the lcarilcd judges ; and the lturd Chief Baron e%picveted hia readiness to ctiontimicsite it to Vistount AL:Mourne, Secretary of Stoic for the Dom:: Departio. : The grand jury of du eontity of Warwick arc desirous. before they separate, to rec 0.4.1 \lit it d.liberate conviction that the clauses in the late Act or which pct-nit D:er to he consumed 0 a the pre mist,' vh.re wild, have been art,:ndcd with the most pernicio:n4 ennse quencett, in the increase of drunkenness, the encouragzioein 3an+ iny and daamtlnlyt ainl the ronseipteot rapid demoralisation of the population both of the agricultural amid mouttfacturitta districts of the country. Det ply iIIipTCSOM with the ruinous Llrects which rout. ea sue from a persevtrance in the prevent system, thii Wand Jury beg to lay this xprosion of their sentiments (the result of expericnet) before the Judges of Assize, humbly retreating their Lordships to oily. niunicate it in such a miner to .he Secretary of State fur the flume De partment, as they in ilitir discrctiiiii.may think mat calculated to give it weight with his Rivjesty's I;ow:fitment." SEN'fIiNCES OF THE PRISONERS. Math Reartlerl—%l'iPiam Street, house-breaking and robbery, at Studley ; 64:urge Westwood, Walking into the dwelling-Roast of John Andrews, of Birmingham, and stealing spirits; James 'roman, steal ing a snare from Loud, of 31 axstoke ; Benjamin Boor', John Striven, and Aaron Clews, stealing money and wearing apparel, from Benjamin Dalton, of Studley ; James Brittain and Thomas Pool, sicaliog stoney from John Markin, of this town ; Stokes and Ilitnnalt Pearce, starling money frmn John Forney, of Birmingham ; John Bate, stealing money from halal , Bannister, of Birmingham ; William Robinson, breaking into the house of lkit. jamiu Eimberley, of Birmingham, and stealing a watch, kg ; \VB.: liam Perry. for mterik; a forged bill of exchange, with the intent to defraud Joseph Gibbins ; Jacob Spooner, breaking into the house of Robert. Morgan, of Birmingham, and stadiki a bout, &c. Henry Smith, stealing a shirt, &c. from Francis Lamb, of Binning. ham ; Thomas Tandy and James Spires, stealing u lamb from Thomas Shayler, of Oversley; Robert Brindley, stealing lambs from S. Deakin. Transported for Life—Thu' es Brittli, stealing n watch and abet articles Iron. Thos. Ludlow, ul Birmingham. ; Jane Nichol•ori, sitcalinA money from Win. Downs, of Ilintringhato ; Richard Sutton and John Ralph, stealing wearing apparel from Joh ! , H a ys, of Birmingham. Two years' imprisonment—Joseph Clements, Thomas Southern, Thomas Bowyer, Thomas Adams, and John Styles, for poaching at Bandon Wood. One year.—James Phipps, for breaking into the warehouse of Messrs. Seaton, Birmingham (last month solitary confincurent); William Hughes, for waling Barley at Banton ; Joseph Cannon, for stealing u watch ; Jane Bright, stealing money from Thomas Bostoek, of Dir. naiiighain ; 'antes iroaciiimg at Stowe; Anne Mitchell, receiv ing stolen jewellery. belongim; to Mandel Jacobs, of Aqui , ; Robert Banning. stealing money and other property from Whim Sisam, of Ar row ; Thomas Call, sterling silver hum William Ryerson, of Ather • tone ; Frederick llocknall, stalling gold from Joseph Law, of Bir mingham. t Mary Williams, stealing silver from Edward Taylor, of ; Eleanor Steed, stealing sheets and blankets from I;dw. Perks, of Birmingham. Fotittea» —.Loa: Atkins, srealtng money from John Bosinek, nY Bir,. ) in g it a n t ; (curge 'naiads, Join Bassett, and Julio Cantrpdat, • bore: king open the w. rehouse of Hedy and Carter, trf Binningluun, and • re 'ling prop:rty m A,: among; or two hundred pounds. &yea racers—Sash Shavington, stealing jewellery from elardel Jacobs. of Aaron ; Jelin Shaw, for bigamy, a' Leamington. Oec ycac•,' imprimmlitelit.—James Phipps, for breaking into .he ware house of Ma.sr-. z'eaton, Birmingham (last month solitary confine. anent;) Thomas Bull, for stealing a quantity of silver; Hughes, for stealing barley at Banton; Joseph Cannon, for stealing a watch. aiz months.—John Martin and June Kirby, for uttering base coin, to find .t.reties ;) Gloucester, mcaling tortoiseshell, from The mss Thompson of Birmingham ; Thomas Castle, stealing wearing ap parel from William Feasey ; • aucy Bird, stealing a cheese front Dotty Simon., of Birmingham. The Ironmasters have fixed the prices of iron during the present week at Si. per ton advance on pigs, and 10s. on bars. Owing to the brisk demand, the make of iron is much increased within the last few weeks. hit. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURZS.—After an absence of two years, during which he has been incessantly engaged in visiting every part of the kingdom to awaken public attention to the importance of opening the trade between Great Britain and India and China, Mr. Buckingham has made a second visit to Birmingham, in connexion with this great object, and has delivered three lectures to most respectable audiences, in the Theatre of the Philosophical Institution of this town. Wheat, old and new, 13s Id to 101; Barley for malting, 42s to 47a; Malt, old and new, 64s to 66a ; Oats, old, 3s 3d to 38 6d; Flour, per sack of 2801bs net, fine 58s to 60s; Seconds, 65s to 57a. HAY HARRIS, April 6.—There was a good supply of both hay and straw, with a fair demand; and each sold a little better. Bay 60s. to Ws ; straw, 50a to 65s per too. Suirnrista, April 7.—There was a plentiful supply, the trade dull. Beef fid to 6d ; Mutton Sid to 6d ; Veal 6d to 7d per lb; Fat pip 81 to lis per score. MARRIED.—At Ashton, Mr. J. W. Fowler, to Elisabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. S. Hobday.—At St. Martin's, Mr. J. Wingate, merchant, Liverpool, to Rebecca, youngest daughter of the late B. Cairn, Eaq.—At Barr (impel, Mr. Faulkner, to Ann only daughter of Mr. J. Wri ht, of Great Barr .— Mr. Spencer, solic itor, of Atha stone, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Wakefield, of Minwortb. —At Shrewsbury, Mr. W. Potts, of Rosy-row, to Harriet, daughter of Mr. C. Bigg.—At Haadswseth, Mr. W. Farnold, Req. of Weamen street, to Marla. ony a•i= th e. syma., Req.—At Wolverhamp ton. Mr. H. Sherwin, to daughter of Mt. J. Perkins, of Overton. DISD.—At Whitbeek Pbeuon.ps, Elisabeth, wife of the Rev. T. Cad a. Solihull, J. thart, Curtis, Req. of Walsall, Thoondos, war Winsaaar.—At Hampton, near Rvoism l lt r Zet, if J. Mrs. Frances Mame, of Oval.). Now Tirwltabory, widow of Kr. R- I Jones, arthiteet. of Woreesta.—At T. haplaad, Esq. SHEFFIELD MERCURY. Lord WhiffleWe's praise of the House of Common', as at present constituted, is neither merited nor jmiklously betowed. Accordi ng I , his Lordship, that house is the odmiratiun of the world. We know not how it may be looked upon by other notions. but we do know the; i t has neither the admiration nor the confidence of the people of England ; it is a poor argument in favour of that house, or the wisdom and eflicaty of its measures, to suppose that the nation, on whose behalf it ha; beat so long legislating, should be blind to Its beauties and „. grateful for its deliberations. We have been at some pai n* to f orm a corre ct opinion of that house, but we do not think it right to deliver our opinion Upon the Borough System we are also at issue with his Lordship. What has it done fur the country more than load it with a heavy debt ? What for that part of the coono 7 where it flourishes it all its glory ? It has reduced ,he poetical farm er to a state bordering upon insolvency, and the hottest and irdusnious mt4nt to beggary and wretchedness; and yet the Boromeh Member* have been legislating all the while for themselves, under the pretence of supporting the agricultural interest, which interest is neidna more nor less than a systan of czot blunt rents. which the farmer, mattgre all the advantages of the Corn Bill, is not able to pay. A imitspatenr aelf.illuminatimr and self extinguishing dock dial is in progicsa, and will shortly be oxeed on the south side of our Parish Church. The census of 1831 will, it is feared, be made under cireuoi stanc „ not ar all favourable to its accuracy. The dread of the tax.gelierer was never ,tronger than at present, and nothing has been emind more iliGicult than to persuade the lower classes that an enumeration o f the people was not connected with so►ne plan of taxation. Add to this, that persons who have made tike or defective returns for the mi litia ballot, will not be apt to risk detection by giving cornet returns for the census. Par. of the dyeing premises of J. Rawson, Esq. In Old-lane, Hali fax, wits last week destroyed by lir:. The damage is 1,4001. CAUTIOX TO tiAXDLOODS ♦ND THEM STEMAIIOS.—We are farour.d, by a very respc.vtalhle gentl:••tan in the law, with the follow. ing intinmation agreemcnt to la ; to rent, or in any u.her words conaining those of ',resent *toile, v..ll:re the Intottion of the parties is to edict such purpose, is held to be a lciesc, without any fogad to the length of time, or duration of the term, and liable to the utloalorem and provressinc stamp dudes, imposed on lease* by die 53 Geo. 111. ch. 184 ; so that those constantly made by .tcword, and others on un stamped paper, or on twenty-shilling agrecnnen• stamps, are illegal, and in case of dispute and litigation between landlold and tenant, might be reductive of 'my nations cnn•egnenees to di, pude* Interested, which it in the object of such itintniments to prevent, when calla in question. At York Spring Anises, only the following frauds oiait special notice Benjamin Cutts, 51, wait plat:trot the bar, mum a charge of 'uttering several forged notes of the ll'irksworth Bank, and " Not Guilty."—Witnessi:s u ore called to pore that the prisoner ;tail away duce notes to trades: um In 110 ma-ner, all of the Il'irkstetirth :lank, in paymeat for ar.idca of triflio; value. recivin.; change in rcaitn. Other r.itattrses were called to prove that .hr netes were forgeries. The de. dime set up was, act, the prisonet had meta a b.:. OD the I itS , CaSterTICC course, of 121. taking tile field against. Priam and Muss Rose. He received the money immediately on tit.: conclusion of the race, tak ing two sovereigns mid two 51. notes. fie wait subsequendy appre. liended Alt his house in Cliesterdeltl, by Bishop, or Jaindms, anti Eccles, of IMumster. The learn. Judge SUlibile.ll up, abd the Jury. after being absent for three hours, found a verdict of Guilty; but recommended him .n mercy.—Judgement of Deuth eecortled. &Lemon Goldiltorpo. 34. charged with it tterinA at Haithill, a forged ante, purporting to be of the Wirkswm ill and Ashnorne and Derbyshire Banks, of the value of 51. No Guilty. 11 r.thant Davy pleaded guilty to 'an intlictmzrt, cliargin4 hint with harirg stolen hoot the we:l'omm of his enipe 1 tye is 51 ess tic Rodgers awl Sons, of Sheffield, thirteen dozen of pen and nooket knives, and a great number of ai ticks of Idle; r and cs,Jery. TI .e prisoner persisted in his plea, aftet receiving it caution from the Cour., and again pleaded :tidily to a second indictman., charging him with having obtained under false pretences, and embezzlial front divers pi:Polls, a telescope. a brass render and fire-brasses, a quantity of silver nom»teil jugs, a rosewood dressing-case. and a 'lair ot gravy P /Old a soup lade. Rol , ert ler.nll.y, 18, Joint Bc.iislonl, 16. and Lake Sadler, 17, were charged with having, on the aight or the 13,1 i of January, set fire ton stack or can, the property of Mr. IV. Tetylor, of Sheffield. Mr. Williams and Mr. Elsley conducted the prio.et %Ilion. Tre loaned Counsel said, chat the prosecutor was it resp,mahlr Inokeeper at Shef. field, ha this county ; and had per, of u stuck of Oats Mardi.% in u field rear that town, the value of which was estimated at aboot 301. This stack was discovered to be on fire, ahout eleven nelock tilt die night of the 13tb Jan. anal it was consorted before any assistanc. conl,l he pro. cured. The pritamers at the bar, who were loitering cbout, being out of employ. and dissatisfied whit their situation, first imposed to anus init several ileptedattione, and utternartla to set fire to the stack, which was ultimately detenuireil upon. They did iiM know to short It belonged ; SO that he was happy to say. that they were not actuated by malice and revenge, which bud actuated inceittliaries in other counties.— The jury Mond rermlley and &Idler guilty of setting fine to the stack ; and tirailstord of heing an uccessury beti.re the fact. The learned judge said that die venlict in the case of Bruilsford, was tantamount to an kr Downing, 16, wni charged with setting fire to a barn and stable heloogiii„. , to Mr. T. Mitchell, of Denby. 'Fite prosecutor is a fanner, and loath:reel his cattle as visual, on the likli of blotch. and left his :tern and stable safe. About el. yen o'clock they were discovered to be in droves. flit. neighbours came .o his a.s.istunce, but the property was nearly destroyed before the lire was got under. The prixoner is a pa rish apprentice Ins neighbouring fanner ; and it appeared quite evi dent that he had set lire to the ham ; as, however. he appeared to be insane, tie was acquitted on t h e. ground. thvleral to be kept in custody. Clarks Irhitc was cbolged with the manslaughter of Jonathan Beau mont.— It optioned, ilia, on the 14,11 of Feinuary, lacing Collop Mon day, the prisoner. the decetwed, at moo mimed Willi a m O elimatai t, an d mane other persons, were drinking at Joint Mellor's, who keeps a n 'tom iti,d Jerry shop" at do nun hnlu,e, iii the West Riding. A di: putt: commenced bet ween Irilliunt Beaumont and Aaron White, about a mare. and during the quarrel, White WWI something about striking Jonollmn Beaumont. Chafes White, who bud been out for a few ntioutea, now returned, and pulling ell' his coat, he .aid that be would tight may on: pies: nt. He struck William Beaumont, and knocked hit., flown. When he goe up, lie ran away. He next attacked Jonathan Beaumont, whom be ulso kuu.ked down, and then bruised in 111 c most dreadful niaimei about his beet! and face. The other prisoners v,ithitetil die panics who wale present from inter fering—and struck several also attempted in its so. It was with diff milty that lie was am uway.--liia hold and face were toy, red with blood. Two surgeons described the injuries die deceased pm bed ; arid said they were the cause of his death. Some wititessea gore the prisoner a good cliaracter. The Jury litunil the prisoner Guilty. The Judge said, the practice of striking people whet. demo in a fish. must be pat an end to; it was a otos, unlit:ally practice. WAKEFIELD MARKET.—Wc had a fair show of Stick at market to-dry, particularly of Beasts, and a good attendance of buyers, which mused it briskness in the monintg, but there was a Ealing off towards own. Beef, Gs Gil to per stone ; Mutton, 6id to 7.1 pet lb. StIEFFIELI)./14:01; Go to fki per lb; Mutton, Gil to 74 ; Veal, 7d to 1111 ; Pink, 641 to 7d; Botta. Is fkl to Is Bd. Eggs, 10 fur rid. RUT itEnitisw.—if 'heat . 26. a. 30. pet load. (his, 253 to 31s per quarter. Batley, 4&s to 40s per qr. &AWN 166 to 18s per load. PM/ 141 to 161 per haul. i)/BD.—Friutees, wife of Mr. Samuel Blackburn.—Dirs. Dyson, wife of Mr. William Dyson. of Mill-sunds.—At Ilighfieltl, near Chew terfield, Sarah, the wife of W. H. Tryouts, Esq—At Cl.tttatield, Jdrti Alice Renshaw, Gil, formerly of Calow.—Joitti Harrison, Eq. 76, of Alunkgaite, York, many years a princial proprictot in the armor Dea con, Harrison, and Co.—Wm. Walter, 37, of the firm of T. and W. W. White, of Wakefield.—At Itiildittgs, near Alfretoo. Eliza, wife of Mr. Thomas Goodwin.—Mrs. Fisher, 03, relict of Thomas Fisher. Rag. of Bawuy.-111rr. flowitt, 39, wire of ktnannel llowitt. earnsfiehl. It, Su.negate, York, hlta. Jaime Tibhala, of Chelmsford , r:itsex, 00, niece of Sir Thomas Hung:tie, Bart. She arrived is Yost on the pretedicg %itedneaday, to give evidence for het nephew the pre bent Baronet, on the trial coming on at the present SWAMI, relating to the Hoopoe claims. BI RTII. At Painter's Green, the 10th inst. the lady of Isaac Walker, Esq• of a daughter. MARRIED. Recently, as St. John's, Wesaninster, George Pugh, Esq. of Brixton to Anne, dcughter a the late Mr. James Pugh of Lambeth. Alonclay, the llth inst. by the Rev. Cl. P. bandilands, Charles Ralph Bigland, Rsq. son of Ralph Diglaml, Eecq• Clarencieux King of Arnie of the Herald'. College, lls*etors' Commons, to Itachael, youngest diughier of Mr. Crane, of Creeting, St. Mary's, Suffolk. DIED. Th? 11th inst. Mr. C. F. Baxter. of the Om of Beaters and Pearn• coat !makers, Long-rcre.— The 10t ,, inst. in Wignenre.street, Caren. dish-square, Mr. Jts-las Hotry Lloyd, in the 36th rear of his see. SMITH FIELD HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, Xs 1011. to A'S 161• Usefu l ditto, ,C 5 Os. to £.l 184. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grua Hay. £4 Os to £4 41. Clover Hay, .e 5 Ss. to £5 101.1 Oat. Ste w ' £1 12. to XI 16a. Wheat Straw, Z 1 ISt. to LI Us. per load. CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £4 31. to AI 101. Useful ditto, CB 10s. to ZS lie. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye 6r161 Hay, £4 4s. to £4 101. Clover Hay. £3 Ss. to in Si, Vat Straw. £.l 12a. to XI 16s. Wheat Straw, £2 Os. to Eit 4s. per load. LHIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W gm. g7m. I Akernoon ' 9 tl• 47° LONDON : hinted and eublishal by Jous AIATIL at the 6T al ‘ Or►icz, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar.