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Mars on, Atkins, Misses Chapman, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled T IARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbard and het ZS onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shell be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim 71eY smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely etd by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY. POLICE INT 'ELL. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1862. N°_ 21,725. PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. CANADA. AI R. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS •' A P HOME," At Hee Maj sty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 3:3, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stall,!, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Uppes Boxes, 38. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and ls. PUBLICATIONS. elusion to adopt the plan sent in by Mr. Page he felt himself justified in supporting that reso lution, (Hear, hear.) Th e iken. mernber concluded by stating that although he should support the mo tion that the subject shoUld undergo further consi deration, he felt satisfied thaia three arch bridge was the one that should be adopted. Alderman ROSE had no hesitation in expressing his opinion that the matter had not been sufficiently discussed in the committee, and that if proper op portunity had been afforded the members to have done so, it would have been shown that a three arch bridge was not the most desirable one tor the purpose iu view. (Hear, hear.) The plan of Mr. Page no doubt looked very pretty on paper, but he admitted that he had made a mistake of 3 feet 6 inches in his levels, and if this were so he thought it was only fair to the ether eminent engineers who had sent in plans that they should also be permitted to send in revised estimates, and he should, there fore, support the amendment that the subject should go back to the committee for further consideration. (Hear.) (From the Correspondent of the Times.) QUEBEC, JAN. 31. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "FLEMISH INTERIO US." Now ready, in 3 vols., with Illustrations, 3ls. 6d., R►ED, WHITE, AND BLUE: SKETCHES OF MILITARY LIFE. By the Author of "Flemish Interiors," tiz C. • • Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _ - - - Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &e, Msaks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and _Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfer. nuktions, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. N inckley. The Choregraphic Arrk.agements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinadc and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and writt en by E. L. BLANCHAR D. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Now ready, in 3 vols., with Portrait, 31s. 6d., bound, rrHE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, 11 DUKE OF BUCKINGIIAIII AND CHANDOS, K.G. " A very amusing chronicle. That it will be read with curiosity we cannot doubt."—Athemeum. "These volumes are throughout lively and attractive. The pictures of society are clever." —Daily News. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. SOMETHING - WONDERFUL AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING, at half-past Ten o'clock. Suppers atter the Theatres. Old English Glees, Madrigals, Four-part Songs, as ever. ARGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS ! The Rand and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULOORT, Conductor and principal Cornet In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls,— Manager, M. P. Grenet. Just published, in 2 vols., fcap. Svo. , price 10 s., cloth, MR. CHARLES KENT'S NEW POEMS. I. DREAMLAND:- I. Shakspeare at Shottery. XII. Falconer at Sea. 11, Chaucer at Woodstock. XIII. Johnson at Streatham 111. Surrey at Windsor. XIV. Goldsmith at Edge- IV. Spencer at Kilcolman. ware. V. Milton at Cripplegate. XV. Burns at Mossgiel. VI. Butler at Earlscroomb. XVI. Cowper at Olney. VII. Dryden at Soho. XVII. Byron at Newstead. VIII. Pope at Twickenham. XVIII. Shelley at Marlow. IX. Young at Welwyn. XIX. Scott at Abbotsford. X. Thomson at Richmond. XX. Wordsworth at XI. Shenstone at Leasowes. Rydal. With Other Poems. By W. CHARLES KENT, Barrister- PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause wherein Frances Browning. 18 plaintiff; and William Browning and others are defen dants ; and in another cause wherein Frederic Browning is plalntlit and the said Frances Browning and others are defendants, the Creditors 01 James Browning, late of St. John-street, Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex, and Upper Thames-street, in the city of London, and No. 53, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, in the said county of Middle sex, oil merchant, who died in or about the month of April, 1861, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 20th day of March, 1862, to come in and prove their debts at the cham bers of the Master of the Rolls, in the Rolls-yard, Chancery lane, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremp torily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Wednesday, the 26th day of March, 1862, at 12 of the clock noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. at-Law. H. ALETH EIA ; OR, THE DOOM OF MYTHOLOGY. With Other Poems. By the same Author. New Edition. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With 'aural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight), " Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her r poor Dog a bone; w h en s h e got t h ere, the cupboard m ery Legend s and so the poor Do g h a d none. " — A nc i ent Nur- Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor oHLorenzo ; Jack (the " Man a ll t a tt ere d an d t orn " ), Miss unt ; the Squire, Mr. T om M att h ews; Dame Wiggins geLee, Mr. Di xon ; D ame Trot, Mr. Barsby; Her Won- Brful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master geahi nguns ; Con s t a bl es, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish adle, Mr. Bumble ; Village rs , M essrs . Y o k e l , P ump k in, Whackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &o.; Rosetta (the " Maiden r all Forl on v )., Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and f the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The o Head, the Hat, Aand the Hose —The Dog' s T a l e an d M rs. H . ' s N arrative-- rrival of th e S quire —Proclamation of Witch Burning— reatevaed i ncremation of Mother Hubbard on her own Burning— hear and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. J W ill - o'-the-Wisp grinore nes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, ; Webb, T a yl or, B ra i t h waite,Hammitton, Step liarris, Candy, Copeland, A rc h er. H aw ki ns, D e l aney, i.),Ottlson 'Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel- Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterns, by the Misses GUN ,h NISS and th e L a di es o f the Corps de Ballet. Ie Invocation! The Ino . :altation 11 and the Evapora 11fP tion I VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE HOUSE, els Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon Old Scratche Cle rk), Mr. Tanner • Tenantry, thenrs. Cringe, —crane, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway ; Mr. Shi Ves,Reilly, pshears ; Boottnaker, Mr. Tightfit ; Mum- Messrs. Grinner, Joker. Magger, Cracksides, M'Phun, &e. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the i rtgon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Nj s on, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear , .so n, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land- T„M, Mr. Trebles • Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, 'lin, Flap, &e., etc'. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. 'How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village 41, ,,.evel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time j *" ( w the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is )1 (3 ° 0 in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub- THE-grd's reson "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Moth Hubbard. Comiq ue and Pas do B roo m s ti c k, b y erahe Drea mer and th e W or k er —Th e V ision of Pleasure Eanthe Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the cy. store of Dykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, uarponte, Redman, Old Brick, anal Young Shaver, Lilli ltutian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, rainMinia re. Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Makers and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. 7h T e he Rat, M aster Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; P Dog, 13y Himself ; Th e Cow Madame Brindle; The nest (" All shav en an d shorn"), Mr. jolly man; Th e Cock (" (leo. That crowed in th e M orn " ) Master Cocky-doodle- Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. PROM' COL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight), Song, "Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence —Another curious instance of Canine s agacits-7ull-tioza„. Masterm Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &e. SQUASH -HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. harlequins .. Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines ... The Misses GUNNISS. i'antaloons ...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. g l r o wne ........ Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. IS etesque ...... Signor LORENZO. 61-1862 ...... Mr. STILT. SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. I ."—EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-0R .14,e DOWN" STREET. -81 :8. Huline, St, Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents —every Man (and Boy) to his Post, even the P os t- Man —Clown rides the high horse, which anddtroves his rock a-head —T wo Y oung Men from the Country, e Clow n , lueed gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor 4.1 edlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re eircurnstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing police in an elephantine way —a Band of Brothers—the °lice in Orem and Small Force—Clown gets into a row a nd blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all - 144t1e--- 11.13. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Ilessrs. Forrest, Corm ack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. , harle qu i n seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— .ijle Cook' s G uide —Clown tries to take the chair—the head ;Ph of the table—Harlequin Clown goes through a Deal, and la b ecomes a Board-er—Silenc e those dreadful Bells— tt!owrt and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on e Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather bard pressed— alrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his ')sll3. trap, and kill s a Blue-bottle, which proves r uzz-n ess f or him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a bad. a well *mown characte r —Cl own meets with a few Friends (not Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. 3..-THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—.Duty off Paper— sl he Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book that takes leafe of Cl own —H arlequin gets his horse from a thStall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on e Quiet—Cl own ma k es a Tremendous Christmas Tree— arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Blessrae--Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale 9 roods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands! I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—tbe Pier Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn vandy and• proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert —fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters --a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) —The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene--A DISMAL SWAMP —After a storm a calm ftl:Tears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS TIIRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doors open at h a lf- past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be had at the Box Office before the opening. EA HOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. P P S' 8 COCO A. (Commonly called Epps's Ilornceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness and invigo rating cower of this preparation have procured its genera] adoption as a most desivble breakfast beverage. ilb., and lib palkets, at Is. 6d. per lb.,by Grocers. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. Price is., by post Is. td. ; of Mann, 29, CornhilL On Spermatorrhcca, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Marriage ; Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Dr. C, may be consulted daily till 12, a t Thep ost-off i ce Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's -le-Grand and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough-street,' ; D . CULVERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2.5. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very us eful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the V,rnPrietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the ost-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged t his new system will derive additional advantage if they o bserve some of the practical regulations which the writer "deavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12,1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath. , , 10, St. Martin's-le-Grand. it—liDr.ieCZesr= ; has already established the reputation of P h ilanthropist, in ash e fa h r a a s s n i o l ewhparsoveesdtahbilmi established, oi in e t a h e worthy t of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice ° f PlLysi c, than any proposition or invention yet establis hed, Turkish Bath. . Our object being merely to di rect the attention of our City readers to the fact that they poss ess one of the b es t set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, Which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, .?_ II CI most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up !o_s_b e aths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, w.r!si.nh, considering. the space at his disposal, is truly sur- P l r} while everything that taste or delicacy could v ii s s ito b r een obtained l to add to the comfort and luxury of the himself .VYnay justly say that if a man ever :feels Turkisregenerated_and new made, it is on Coming out of a h Bath.'—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. Dated this 10th day of February, 1862. GEO. WHITING, Chief Clerk RICHD. SMITH, 298, High Holborn, Solicitor for Frances Browning. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause a herein Frances Browning is plaintiff, and William Browning and others are defendants, and in another cause wherein Frederic Browning is plaintiff and the said Prances Browning and others are defendant persons claiming to be Next of Kin according to the Statutes of Distribution of the Personal Estate of intestates, and persons claiming to be the Heir at LaW of James Browning, late of Saint John-street, Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex, and Upper Thames-street, in the city of London, and No. 53, Gloucestenterrace, Hyde-park, in the said county Of Middlesex, Oil Merchant, who died on or about the month of April, 1861, are, by their Solicitors, on or before th e 1 0th M day of arch, 1862, to come in and prove their claims, at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls, in theßolls-yard, Chan cery-lane, NI iddlesex, or in de' ault thereof they will be per emptorily excluded from thebenefit of the said Decree. Wednesday, the 26th day of March, 1862, at 12 of the clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 10th day of February, 1862. G tt:o. WHITING Chief Clerk, RICHD. SMITH, 298, High Holborn, Solicitor for Frances Browning. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Aired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. , cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all Who suffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. Por habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create tippe rite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. 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Dr..lyfcord's Essence of Life is sold in cues, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities In one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or poat•ofhce order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medi •ineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. LA'MERT ON SELP-PRESERVATION. Price ls. ; post-free, 13, or staled ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases, ashy be had of Mann and Co., 3?, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. SELI-PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by orematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment bi engagements which constitute the most cherished (Meets of existence. By tir. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Litentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Sm. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood; and on the due attainment of that d22ree of functional rigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lest, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming decicripti-ne, and dangerous remedies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac timiaz with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands an the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the variou4 flinctional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATOII RIFE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, Y i ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. rl T l®, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological , Itrueture and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTEIt ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; early Vicious. Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications t Marriage whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the 'ollies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modem Treatment of '-fonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Rook concludes with numerous varied and interesting ages, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS 01 0 THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and .bould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 'Rd March, 1&56. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27-, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of Professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications qnd Impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and xcesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London ; Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater poster-row: Mann, 19, Cornhill. Hours of Consultation-10 to 3 and 6to a • Sundays, 10 till 2• DR. JORDAN'S APHRODISION. 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Mr. DE JERSEY said that the present bridge had only been built 100 years, and that '2O years ago £90,000 were expended upon it, and they were told that it would last for ever by some of the most emi nent engineers. (A laugh.) Thili opinion turned out to be erroneous, but itAvas (17ot until the year 1861 that there was any suggestion for the erection of a new bridge. (Hear.) The hon. member pro ceeded at some length to urge various objections to hdisop opinion the in i°n recommendationthat it would the proposed scheme for a three - arch bridge, and b co e n e c n lu ti d r e e d l y premature e ing to adopt of the committee, who, in his opinion, had exceeded their authority, and that the interests of the public and of the corporation also demanded that the whole subject should undergo further considera tion. _ in e which Mr.Lusk, Alderman Mechi, Mr. Mr. asked the chai rman o f th e BM or A n. e f D t , e ae r pn s ud o t m oy t e hHear further sr,ritsooonk d , i s pi‘ c al a rr s t. s t i A o n l d , withdraw his motion, an d consent to committee N R t ß o is w , the proposition for the further consideration of the subject. Mr. VALLANCE (chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee) at once consented to doso ; and he said that, without reference to the apparent feeling of the court, it appeared to him that since their last meeting, in consequence of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company having applied to Parliament and introduced a bill autho rising them to erect a large station on the south side of the bridge, the position of affairs was so al tered that he was free to admit that he felt himself that it would not be advisable to proceed with the erection of a new bridge at present, and that the subject ought to undergo further consideration. (Hear, hear.) He should therefore, with the consent of the court, withdraw his motion that the report of the committee be agreed to. (Hear, h ear. ) The amendment of Deputy Fry was then put as an original motion. Mr. J. PARKER moved, as an amendment, that the matter should be referred to a special ward com mittee. _ _ _______ Deputy OBBARD seconded the amendment, but it was negatived by a very large majority. The origi dneaellaarmedentodmbeenctarorfieDd.eputy Fry was then put and The court adjourned after a protracted sitting. THE NA VY. The Glasgow, screw frigate, built at Portsmouth from designs furnished from the office of Sir Bald win Welker, K.C.8., when that distinguished officer was Survayor_otlhe _ Navy, and recently launched at Portsmouth, made her first official trial of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. The Glasgow is of 3,038 tons, being 424 tons larger than the Victory, flagship of the Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth, or than the Britannia, naval cadet training ship at Portland, both of which are three deckers. Her engines are of 600-horse power nominal, from the manufactory of Messrs. Raven hill, Salkeld, and Co., working with a Griffith pro peller.' 'Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the re serve at the port, had charge of the ship, which was under way at an early hour, and by 10 a,m. had steamed outside well to the southward. The ship's head was soon afterwards brought round, and she was at once placed on the trial ground, over which she made six runs, the mean of which gave the ship a speed in knots of 13.200, with the maximum number of revolutions at 60 ; pressure of steam 201 b.; vacuum, 25; draught of water forward,l7ft. 10in., and aft 19ft. 6in. It will be seen by these figures that the ship was at a light draught, but the result was satisfactory and the performance of the machinery was everything that could be wished for, there being no hot bearings or failure of any kind throughout. Messrs. Murdoch and Miller superintended the trial on behalf of the Govern ment ; Mr. John Ravenhill and Mr. Hodges at tended on the part of the contractors, the engines being in charge of their foreman, Mr. Elliott. A committee has been formed, by directions from the Admiralty, of Capts. Wilson and Coote, of her Majesty's ships Victory and St. Vincent; Com mander Loukin, Master-Attendant at Portsmouth ; Commander Noddall, Royal Clarence-yard; Mr. Bodie, master, R.N. ; and Mr. Hooper, paymaster, R.N., as secretary, to revise the regulations of Ports mouth harbour. The Resistance, 18, iron steam frigate, fitting at Chatham, has had 50 additional hands placed on her in order that her completion may be hastened, and the vessel got out of hand as speedily as possible. The mechanics employed on her are working from before daylight until 10 p.m., and . every exertion is being used to have her ready to be undocked, for the purpose of being masted, by the 16th of March. The naval transport Dove sailed from Chatham for Sheerness yesterday', with the spare fan for the screw frigate Galatea, 26,800 horselpower, together with a quantity of miscellaneous stores. The hired transport Parana, No. 2, Capt. T. W. Sawyer (in charge of Capt. Boxer, MN., Admiralty agent), arrived at Spitheadyesterday morning from Halifax whence she sailed on the Ist inst. During the earlier part of the voyage home she experienced strong N.W. winds, with a heavy sea ; in the latter portion she had moderate weather and S.E. winds. Major Evans of the second battalion 16th regiment, is a passenger by the Parana. The mails from Halifax which were received yesterday bring detailed intelligence of the movements of our navy in American waters, The Mauritius hired transport arrived at Halifax on the 29th of January, 16 hors es ou t 0 f . 40 on after a very stormy passage , 'with loss of bow s prit, Bull's Bay, New and reports having fb f 0 00u r a e nr t dd o i p a g n a Td l ,h l a oe n h t t mh Calcuttaea st 3o , t c Januaryp. and, ut in into, h experienced terrific weather in 35 W. She had lost figure-head, rails and forecastle her port boats, and w foNuenwdlßanrudn, Brunswick, s ck in Bull's Bay, a s r bowsprit, uno u of stanchions,co al . foretopmast,andlAl were all well on board, The nt was blocked w ith ice, and the coast was ice -bound. Th e O s p re y, with s hort of coal, and would not reach H a lif ax i n time from John's, hn to save the next mail to England. The hired trans port Melbourne was at Halifax, an d th e Ad r i a ti c was at Sydney, Cape Breton, coaling for England. o Her Majesty's s hi p Orlan do was refitting at Hali fax,Newfoundland, after her passage out from England. Her Majesty's ship Liffey was also refitting, and was to leave in a day or two for St. J o h n ' s, N ew Bruns wick, to relieve her Majesty's ship Orpheus. Her Majesty's ship Hydra put to sea early on the morning of January 31, to rend er ass i s t ance to a vessel in distress. The Parana, it will be remem inred, sailed from Southampton, in company with the Adriatic, on the 20th of December, for Canada, with. the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards on board and the 18th compa ny of Royal Engi neers, numbering ni all 1,024 men and 37 offi cers. Fine weather was experienced out as far as the banks of Newfoundland, when it became Yell thick. She passed Cape Race on the morning of the 30th, and St. Paul's Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the morning of the Ist of January, continuing her progress up the Gulf of St. Law rence to within 30 miles of Bic, when she encoun tered a compact field of ice, which she endeavoured to force. She was, however, compelled to relin quish the attempt, and back out through the open ing she had made. This was accomplished by S p.m. on the 3d of January, and all this time the cold was intense, and accompanied by thick snow storms and heavy gales of wind. Sydney, Cape Breton, was reached on the 6th of Sannary, with only 43 tons of coal remaining on board. After coaling at Cape Breton, the Parana sailed for Ha lifax on the 12th of January for orders and a Bay of Fundy pilot. Halifax was left for St. John's, New Brunswick, on the 16th. In the Bay of Fundy very thick weather was fallen in with, but St. John's was safely reached on the 19th. The troops were landed there in three hours, all well, and after landing some stores the Parana sailed again for Halifax on the 24th, arriving there on the 25th, in the midst of a severe gale of wind. After coaling, the Parana sailed for England on the Ist inst. The Delta was at Halifax, receiv ing the 16th Regiment for conveyance to St. John's, New Brunswick. The Cleopatra had sailed from Halifax for Bermuda. The Parana awaits orders at Spithead, which, it is presumed, will be to pay off from the transport service and pro ceed to the headquarters of the West India Royal Mail Company, Southampton. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry Marsden, to the Pembroke, additional, for service in the Coast guard ; Lieut. Thomas S. Dickenson, Lieut. Robert H. Boyle, Lieut. Rodney M. Lloyd, Lieut. George D. Bushe, Lieut. Francis M. Ommanney, Lieut. George F. Leon, Lieut. Alfred A. Hanson, Lieut. Augustus H. Webb, Lieut. Francis R. Hartwell, and Lieut. A. J. Errington, to the Marlborough, for disposal ; Lieut. George H. Barnard and Lieut. Annesley T. Denham, to the Euryalus, for disposal; Lieut. Noel Osborn, to the Trafalgar; W. H, Low man, Ist class Assist. Engineer to the Fisgard, for the Rapid ; Peter Butler, Ist class Assist. Engineer, from the Asia to the Cumberland, as supernume rary ; George A. Patterson, J. R. R. Potam, F. M. C. Richards, and Thos. Vickery, acting 2d class Assist. Engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries; and Mr, Francis Elam Haigh, is nominated to a Naval Cadetship. THE PROPOSED. NEW BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS. The Court of Common Council held a special meeting yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of further considering a report by the Bridge-house Estates Committee, recommending the erection of a new bridge of cast iron, of three arches, at Blackfriars, after the plans and estimates of Mr. Thomas Page, at a cost of £245,000. Sir JOHN MUSGROVE presided as locum tenens of the Lord Mayor. There was a very full attend ance, and the proceedings were of an animated de scription. _ . It may be as well to remind our readers that a special meeting of the court was held on the 24th of January to consider the report in question, and that upon this occasion an amendment was pro posed by Mr. Deputy Fry, to the effect that the re: port of the committee should not be agreed to, but that the subject should be sent back to them for re consideration, with power to obtain professional as sistance, if they should consider it advisable to do so, and to report again to the court. The amend ment was seconded by Mr. Kearns, who has taken a very active part in opposition to the proposed scheme, and the further debate was then adjourned until yesterday, Alderman ALLEN, before the business for which the court was specially summoned commenced, pre sented petitions from the captains and owners of barges and other craft Navigating the river, pray ing the court to sanction the erection of a bridge of three arches, as best calculated for the purposes of the river traffic, and to prevent Accidents. Upon the motion of Deputy FRY, the petitioners were called on to appear at the bar, and a number of questions were put to them by different members of the court, and this proceeding occupied a consi derable time. Mr. BLAKE also presented a petition from the rector, churchwardens, and other officers of the parish of Christchurch, praying the court not to sanction the erection of the proposed bridge, on the ground that it would seriously damage the property on the Surrey side of the bridge by causing the level to be raised 3 feet 6 inches. The debate upon the original motion was then proceeded with. Dr, ABRAHAM, who WAS the first speaker, said he was not one of those members of the Bridge house Committee who had changed his mind several times upon this question as to which was the most expedient plan to be adopted, a three-arch or a four-arch bridge; but having carefully considered all the plans that were sent in by the eminent engi neers who had been consulted upon the subject, he bad come to the conclusion that a three-arch bridge was the one best calculated for the accommodation of the traffic of the river, which, it appeared to him, was the real point to be considered. Sir John Rennie and Mr. Barlow, two most eminent engi neers, to whom all the facts had been submitted, by their reports and estimates were decidedly in favour of a three -arch bridge, and appeared to con sider that a bridge of this construction was the only one calculated to meet the requirements of the case ; and when the comm ittee came to the con- THE ARMY. Yesterday detachments of the Ist Dragoon Guards, Scots Fusileer Guards, 2d Royals, 3d Buffs, 4th King's Own, 7th Fusileers, 9th, 12th, 15th, 22d, 24th, 25th, 34th, 35th, 51st (King's Own Light In fantry), 58th, 60th (Rifles), 67th, 75th, 76th, 83d, 94th, and the Rifle Brigade regiments, to the num ber of 92 men of all ranks, left St. Mary's invalid depot, Chatham, having been discharged from the army owing to their unfitness for further service. Eoch man received his discharge documents at the railway station, the pensions awarded being in all cases proportionate to the length of time the dis charged soldiers had been in the service. An announcement was yesterday received at !hatham that the head-quarters and service com panies of the 75th and 83d Regiments, the depots of which are quartered at that garrison, have been placed under orders to return home from India to England. The 75th Regiment has been nearly 13 years in India, having embarked for Calcutta on the 7th of May, 1849. The 83d Regiment embarked for Bombay on the 11th of January, 1849. The Ist battalion of the 6th Regiment, which left England for the Cape of Good Hope in 1846, and was subse• quently despatched to India, and the 92d High landers, which proceeded from the Mediterranean to India, have both been placed under orders to return home during the present year. The 92d Highlanders left England for Corfu in March, 1861. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—ALLOT MENT Of ESTATES AT NEWARK.—A novel proceeding in connexion with the land allotment system of the Conserva tive Land Society took place at the town of Newark-upon- Trent on Wednesday, in the form of a local allotment of two estates lately purchased by the society in that thriving town, one being situated in the Northgate, and the other in the neighbourhood of Beacon-hill. A very numerously attended meeting took place in the Town -hall, presided over by Mr. Foottill, the Mayor, and a deputation attended from the executive committee, consisting of Viscount Ingestre, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. S. Talbot, CJionel Brownlow Knox, M.P.; and in the unavoidable absenu. through ill ness of Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, Mr. Henry Smith, the solicitor. A very full statement of the system of the society having been offered by the members of the deputa tion, on the motion of Captain Parker, R.N., seconded by Mr. Samuel Fretwell, a resolution was passed by acclama tion, expressing approval of the objects and confidence in the Conservative Land Society. The allotment of the two estates was thin proceeded with. The holders of rights of choice having been first allowed the customary option of selection, the local members had their free liberty of choice, The business was not concluded until a late hour. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY. —The 27th annual meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held in their chief office at Liverpool yesterday. Mr. Grant, chairman of the directors, presided. From the report read by the secretary it appeared that there was an I increase in the fire department of £16,105, and on the life department an increase of £54,477. The reserved surplus fund is £216,421, and the total undivided profit £144,218, the total funds of the company amounting to upwards of £1,311,905. The directors reported that despite the very serious losses in London and elsewhere last year the pro gress :of the company had been very satisfactory, and enabled them to pay the same dividend as they had done in previous years. LAMBETH BRIDGE COMPANY.—Yesterday the half yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel ; Lord Torring ton in the chair. The chairman moved the adoption of the directors' report, and congratulated the shareholders upon the fact that the bridge would be completed in less than nine months from the date of their act of incorporation, and the day it was delivered to the lessee they would receive two months' rent in advance. Tho arrangement with the gas company he considered as most satisfactory. The motion having been seconded, was unanimously approved of. The remuneration of the directors was then fixed at £3OO per annum, that of the secretary at £lOO per annum, and that of the auditors at £2l per annum. The retiring director having been re-elected, the proceedings terminated At the conclusion of the meeting the directors and share holders were taken to see the works, vhich fully bore out the representations of the engineer, Mr. Barlow. The piers combine with lightness of appearance great solidity. Each cylinder is 12 feet in diameter, and they (those which are complete) are lined from bottom to top with a wall of brick work, the walls of which are about four feet thick. The opening is to permit of the inspection of . the structure, should that be hereafter thought necessary. It will take 2,000 years to wear off the metal cylinder, and it is consi dered that the brickwork will remain sound for 4,000 years more. THE FALL OF HOUSES AND Loss OF LIFE AT HACKNEY. —Yesterday afternoon Mr. Humphreys opened en inquest at the Pembury Tavern, Dalston Rise, on the bodies of Jacob Kettoridge, aged 31 ; Alfred Rathbone, aged 12; and John Fuller, 33, who lost their lives by the fall of two newly-constructed houses belonging to Mr. T. Amos, situate in the Amherst-road East, under the cir.. cumstances reported in our yesterday's impression. The inquiry excitel great interest, and amongst those present were the government inspector, Mr. Amos (the owner of the property), and Inspectors Bywater and Bowler. The jury having viewed the bodies, several witnesses were exa • mined, but few, if any, facts were adduced in addition to those which have already appeared. The inquiry was ad journed, in older that the premises may be examined by a disinterested surveyor. On inquiry last evening we ascer tained at the German Hospital that none of the sufferers there had expired, although some of them still remain in a precarious state. The medical staff of this valuable institu tion have been unremitting in their exertions in endeavour ing to alleviate the sufferings of the poor creatures. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY. • On Wednesday last Mr. Job West, of Hackney-road, caught in two hours, while angling in Kent, five jack, of the respective weights of 281bs, 181bs 14ozs, 81bs 9ozs, Olbs sozs, and slbs sozs. Total weight, 701bs loz. The largest (281bs) he had to land with his hands, having no gaff-hook with him, Since the departure of the last .English mail no day has passed without the arrival by the Grand Trunk Railroad from Riviere du Loup of some one of the detachments of her Majesty's troops, the average number of each detachment latterly being about 160 men. In this manner the 62d Regiment has arrived, and been forwarded on to Hamilton, its nine of destination, as also such of the officers and men of the 16th Regiment as had not disembarked at Bic when the Persia was obliged suddenly t o leave, and who were therefore carried to Halifax. The first detachment of the Rifle Brigade, under Colonel Lord AleXander Russell, reached the Chaudiere station, near Quebec, on the 25th, and were immediately forwarded. The heftiest snowstorm of the season, which occurred on the 26th and 27th of January, found Lord Frede rick Paulet, of the brigade of Guards; Captain Gordon, his Brigade-Major; and Captain Seymour, Aide-de-Camp, and a detachment of the Rifle Bri gade, on their journey, but they made very good time nothwithstanding the weather, It has been matter of disappointment to the citizens of Quebec that they have been debarred from giving any token of welcome to the troops on their arrival. This is, of course, owing principally to the fact that the station at which the Riviere du Loup branch of the railway joins the main line of the Grank Trunk to Montreal is the Chandiere, distant five miles from the Point Levi terminus of the road, opposite Quebec itself, and one would not recommend the crossing of the St. Lawrence in winter as a pleasure excursion. We have not; however, been entirely destitute of arrivals, inasmuch as on Sunday, the 24th inst., Captain Carey's company of Artillery arrived at Point Levi, and, crossing the river in canoes, a novelty which the men rather appeared to enjoy, marched from the landing-place to their barracks in high spirits and health. The following gives the stations of the various troops now in the province, as recently determined upon : " Montreal—Two field batteries of Artillery, one garrison ditto Royal Artillery, two battalions Foot Guards, one company of Sappers and Miners, the Ist battalion of the 16th and 47th Regiments, and one battalion of the Military Train. " Quebec—Three batteries of Royal Artillery, the Ist battalion of the 17th Regiment, 4th battalion of the 60th Rifles. " Kingston—Two batteries of Royal Artillery, the 62d Regiment, and four companies of the Royal Canadian Rifles. " Toronto—One field battery of Royal Artillery, the 30th Regiment, and one company of Sappers. Hamilton—One battery of Royal Artillery, one battalion of the Rifle Brigade. " London—One field battery of Royal Artillery, the 63d Regiment (head -quarters), Royal Canadian Rifles (headquarters), one battalion of the Military Train. "Guelph—Four companies of the 63d Regiment. " St. John's, Lower Canada—Three companies of Canadian Rifles. " Chambly—One company of the Royal Cana dian Rifles. " Ile-aux-Noix—One battery of the Royal Artil lery, one company of the 47th Regiment. " Victoria Bridge, North Side--Detachment of the 47th Regiment. "Niagara—One company of the Royal Canadian Rifles. "Port Dalhousie —Fifty men of the Royal Cana dian Rifles. " Port Colborne —Fifty men of the Royal Can a dian Rifles. "Dunville—Forty men of the Royal Canadian Rifles. " St. Catherine's—One company of the 30th Regiment." The four last-naried places, at which small de tachments are posted, are situate upon the Welland Canal. The interest and feeling aroused throughout the Militia of the province at the first probabilities of war do not appear to have since suffered any sub stantial abatement ; and the formation of volunteer companies of rifles, as portion of the active force, has, up to the present time, been vigorously pur sued. It has, indeed, somewhat impeded the work ing of the Militia General Order, which required the enrolment of one company of each battalion of sedentary Militia to be ready for service at 24 hours' notice, and may perhaps be taken as a somewhat practical proof that the people prefer acquiring an actual knowledge of military duties at once, and without delaying until called into actual service. Whatever be the merits of the two systems, active and sedentary, there can be but little doubt that the former is, under present circumstances, the most popular. The most complete results in this respect have been attained in Montreal, where, in addition to their prior strength, a battalion of six companies, and another of 10 companies, have been gazetted within the last week, the strength of each company being 75 men. They have voluntarily submitted to drills at any available periods of time, principally in the long evenings, and are said to have arrived, in consequence, at great proficiency. Throughout the principal cities in Canada the municipal authorities have given such assistance as lay in their power in placing public buildings at the disposal of the Militia for purposes of drill; and it is a spectacle which affords room for some reflec tion that in the Crystal Palaces or exhibition build ings of Toronto and Montreal the:emblems'of peace, the rightful tenants—may be seen in one nave, in strong contrast to the munitions of war in another. It is doubtful, however, whether any further organisations will now take place, as a Com mission will at once be issued by the Govern ment for the consideration of the entire Militia system of Canada a nd the p re p aration of an y bill for carrying into effect such scheme as may be determined upon by the Commissioners, and which, if approved by the Governor-General, will be laid before Parliament next session. The Commissioners named are—the Hons. G. E. Cartier (Attorney-General for Lower Canada) John A. Macdonald (Attorney-General for Upper Canada and Minister of Militia Affairs), and A. T. Galt (Minister of Finance), Colonel Lysons, C. 8., Sir Alan Mac Nab, Sir E. P. Tache, Colonel Camp bell, C. 8., and Colonel Cameron. The four last named gentlemen are colonels commanding dis tricts of Militia, and, with the exception .of Colonel Cameron, were members of the Militia Commission of 1854, from which the present militia law emanated. They will, therefore, have the advantage of reconsidering the conclu sions arrived at on the prior occasion of their meeting, and of comparing them with the re sults which have been obtained, and which latter, it may be confessed, have not been suceess as sful.h own The return of the military population, by the last census, has just been ma de known. It gives a male population betweenthe ages of 18 and and for Lower 60 at, for Upper Canada, 347,226, Canada 279,948, maki n g a t o tal of 627,174. It must, however, be bo rne in mind that the subdivi sion into service men and reserve men has not yet been made in that re turn, the former embracing those between t he ages of 18 and 45. It is stated on authority that the Governor- General will also issue a commission for inquiry as to a system of fortification and defence for Canada. It will comprise some of the able military men of each branch of the service who have lately arrived in this province, and a civil engineer of high stand ing and long residence here. EXTRAORDINARY HAUL OF FISH. We are in formed by a correspondent of an extraordinary haul of fish which took place on Tuesday in the river Ouse, at St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire, by Mr. Thirlwall, the lessee of the river fisheries. The utmost exertions of eight men were required to draw the net to the river bank, when it was dis covered, to the surprise of the spectators, that at least 22 cwt. of fish, consisting of bream and pike, were encircled in the not. The weight of each fish varied from half& pound to four and a-half pounds. NE WSP. . E.— - --L3f; 11 ofEAKENwELLEIizawI3—a JO anvei,, pros' .titute, between 35 and 40 6, Broad-yard, St. Luke's, y e ars of age , residing at was e i v a.ged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with attempting to co:1101A suicide by taking a quantity of oxalic acid. 128 , From the evidence of police-constable it appeared that yesterday the defendant a:id some other woman were out on a drinking' out, .and in the afternoon they' went to a public-house St. Luke's, and had some words. The defendant -eCnt out, and returned with a cup containing oxalic as .• and was in the act of drinking it when a matt knocked the cup out of her hand and then called in. the police, and gave her into custody. When she was taken to the station she was found to be the worse for liquor. The prisoner said she was sorry for what she had done, but she really had no intention of destroying her life; and had it not been for the other women she would not have been given in custody. They were all drunk together. Mr. D'Eyncourt discharged the prisoner with a caution, and told her she had better be careful how she came there again. George Clair, late an actor at some of the minor theatres, and now an auctioneer, of Church-street, ,_ Shorediteh, surrendered to his recognisances, charged with committing a murderous assault on his father-in-law, Mr. Smith, of 35, Felton-street, Rosemary Branch-bridge, Hoxton. Mr. Heritage attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Beard for the defendant. The complainant was in the Raglan Music Hall on the 20th Jan. last, and when the performances were over, the defendant, who was the worse for liquor, made use of a violent threat, and struck the complainant such a serious blow on the head that he was rendered insensible for some time, and was so ill that he could not attend at the court of the following day. Mr. Heritage said the defendant had written an apology in which he stated that he was sorry for having assaulted the complainant, and also retracted all accusations he had made against Mr. Smith's character and admitted th at the y werevade with out foundation. In consid eration of this apology Mr. Smith had agreed to withdraw all legal pro ceedings against the defendant on his entering into his recognisances to keep the peace towards Mr. Smith for six calendar months. The defendant having been bound over was then discharged. LAMBETH.—Mr. Smith, one of the curates of the parish of St. Mary Newington, applied to the Hon. G. C. Norton for the assistance of an officer of the court to accompany him to a house in Baker street, Walworth-road, where he understood a child was confined and treated in a cruel manner by its parents. Mr. Norton desired Spinks, one of the summoning officers, to accompany the rev. gentleman, and in a short time that:officer brought into court a poor little boy of five years of age and his mother. The Rev. Mr. Smith informed his worship that he had accompanied the officer to the house, No. 1, Baker-street, and there found, in a small back room on the third floor, the poor child then in charge of Spinks, in a wretched state. From what he (Mr, Smith) coul4 learn it appeared that the poor child was the illegitinNte offspring of a tradesman, who at the time of its birth, and subsequently, lived in the Walworth-road, and that eighteen months or two years ago the mother went to live with a shoe maker named Beresford, by whom she had had two other children, and on one of these a coroner's in quest had been holden. Mr. Norton asked what was the result of that inquiry. Mr. Smith—l believe it was found that the child had been overlayed by the mother, and met 4 1 7 . death in that way. Thep resent child, as you will see, is in a frightful state, and must have been shamefully neglected, as Dr. Iliffe, who is present, will inform you. The poor child; who is tall for his age (five years), and has a remarkably intelligent countenance, was here placed standing on the table in front of the bench, and on his scanty clothing being taken up by Spinks and his limbs exposed, a cry of horror burst forth from all parts of the court, for a more pitiable or shocking sight it was impossible to imagine. The other parts of the body were equally distress ing to behold ; the breast bone stuck prominently out, as did also the ribs, and all appeared like a perfect skeleton, covered with a brownish unhealthy looking skin. In fact, had the poor little fellow been exhumed after six months' interment, the spectacle would not have been more horrifying. Dr. Iliffe, one of the churchwardens of the parish of Newington, said he accompanied the Rev. Mr. Smith and the officer to the house in Baker-street, where they found the child in a back room, and be understood that for nine or twelve months the poor little fellow had not been out of the room in which he was found. The consequence was that for want of proper air and intercourse with others the poor child was becoming idiotic, and for some time after their entering the room he was not able to speak at all. He had evidently been grossly ne glected, and was suffering from want of proper nary and insufficiency of food. The mother hero said she gave the child all she could afford, namely, two meals a day ; and owing to the person with whom she lived not having much work they were very poor. In reply to the questions of the magistrate, she admitted that the child's father allowed her ss. a week from the time of its birth up to last spring, but since then he had done nothing for her. Mr. Norton—How could you allow a child to be in the state this poor child is in—for, I confess, I never saw anything more shocking than the spec tacle this poor little fellow presents—without going to the parish and getting something done for it, is to me surprising. Mother—l did go to the parish, and all they offered to do for me was to take myself and my two children into the house. Mr. Norton—What has caused the discolouration of the child's eye ? Mother—To tell the truth I did it myself, I struck him with the cane. Spinks, the officer, here produced a cane which he found in the room, and which the child said he bad been beaten with by both his mother and Beresford. Mr. Norton here directed the child to be taken to Newington workhouse, and held the mother to bail to appear on a future day, when the case will be further investigated. During the examination the poor child kept ex claiming " What a beautiful light ! " showing what a contrast it bore to the darkness of the wret ch oner ed small room in which he had bee n ke p t a p ru ch e d for the last nine months. SOUTHWARK. Henry Howard, a middle aged man, was broug ht before Mr. Burcham, charged with converting to his own use about £2OO or £3OO belonging to the society of Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, held at the Angel Tavern, Webber-street, Blaekfriars-road. Mr. Lewis, sen., appeared on behalf of the pro secution, and stated that the prisoner had been for many years the paid assistant secretary of the lodge called the Southwark Bud of Hope, held at the Angel Tavern, and the utmost confidence had been reposed in him, owing to his position among the members. Ho, however, had taken advantage of that confidence, and plundered the society to a very serious extent. He should be able to produce evi dence of his delinquency, and asked for a remand to complete the case. He called Mr. Wm. Gillard, who said he was a trustee of the society of which the prisoner had the lodge nf g o e r many years pa id assistant secretary. It was his duty tar receiv e all moneys on behalf of h and pay the same over to the treasurer at the time. On Dec. 7, the prisoner received Vi 5s 9d. from * Mr. Level, the secretary of a lodge G th re e r s e o i c .y ie s ty ai . dof H hteh e t o ll ') a m t b r e a . h n j a d l u f h a o u g f reat many other s w u n m a e r i s l o t n e was r ha th d e n d e u t t ms he received a y nd enteerprtihseomnerintoh s yse t or r f e aa a mct s c u l loo. r nur e eon r yotl.e o wa f i t ef h h r e accounted for the £7 ss. ga. pay bohoikm. in any way. Ta l o l hl d e g s e up . Mr. Lewis here kas ed for a remand. The prisoner, who seemed to feel his disgraceful position, declined for a week. to say anything, and was re manded THE HIGHWAYS BILL.—The preliminary clauses •f the bill for the better management of highways in Eng land define the limits of the act with regard to county anti borough. There are four clauses on the formation of high way districts, constitution of highway board, election of waywardens, consequences of formation of highway dis tricts ; followed by clauses relating to the appointment of officers, and defining the works and duties of the board for the maintenance of highways, and their protection from encroachment : giving power to make any improvement that may be deemed expedient, or to contract to repair high ways within other districts, and to levy rates for defraying expensesor I Ireland. a e n a d c . h CHURCH RATE ABOLITION BILL. The bill parish. The act is not to extend to Scot land provides that from and brought in by Sir J. 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