The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-29 00:00:00

ejw,'• 1.-;4lthitv4 mn arc bsto.l tl n ev , t h a t the rates of postage i,heuid be regulated by the circumstance of streets h 'pp:ming to be paved or macadamised. Distance from the I I'ost Office, or perhaps, rather, from .the centre of the town, is the only just talk to go by. Catherine-street, in the Strand, is pro bably the most .exte; centre of the metrorfis wni...ft could be fixed upon. Let the PoA Otli.:.;e, then, but a compass upon that street, and let four or five miles within its reach be the limit of the Twopenny Post, without any regard to that' limit reaching town or country, or rather, we should say, paved or macadamised streets. Then, with regard to the late delivery of General Post letters, considering - the cxcelfence of the Post office regulations in every respect, we wonder that nothing has !wen done to extend its ev..el- . knee in this particular. A plan w a s l ong s i nce suggested in this pa l •er which would have cured that evil ; and it was this—that the General Postmen should be carried to their destinations, instead of being obliged, as i 1 W, to walk, and begin their labours tied and loot-wearied. Why this plan has not Leen adopted we cannot telL Perhaps this and otlier improvements in this ad; mirablv-cond estll _a_eisament await the o n p , 2- n inc , of the new Post.oflice on the 12th of An gust. We shall lie rejoiced to find that this is the case. It -is a common fault of excellence to imagine that it admits of IR) iatprovementS; that, however, is not true.. It is rather the natural faculty of that which is good to become : bettcr, and, instead of " letting well - 1 -ne," it is seine times convenient to show those who have arrived at a certain point of merit how much farther they ran succeed in their career thal they themselves have contemp!ated.—lbid. A perusal of the evidence taken before the select Committee, to inquize he° the conduct of Mr. Nash, has served to account to us for some of the proceedings adoi:Lci both in the Mouser of Commons and Chi:Mil:NV, with respect to this case. We ere not astonished that it should have been thought advis ride to 'midis!) the resolutions of the Committee, before pub lishing the report on the evidence, and that statements of the substance of the evidence as well as discussions on them, should have been deemed too delicate for any other ears than thme of -the collective. Before the exclusion of strait ger.; on Friday, the 19th of June, World Davies had given a view of the evidence relating to the manner in which, after :\lr. Nash bad made his report as to the terms on which leases ought to le! granted, Mr. Eclwards, a near relation of Mr. Nash's, appeared on the scene—the disappearance of Mr. Ede.ards in due time—and the appearance of Mr. Nash, who, -as a 'generous and warm;hearted friend of Mr. Edwards's, had purchased from him for 4,5001., a lease which he had subse quently sold for 17,0591., and. after deduCting 2,3001. had realised 14,0631. We will not now go over this part of the subj..et, but proceed to a.transaction connected with this loan, which Colonel Davies had no opportunity of noticing. It appears that the frontage of Pall-mall East, of wilk.ll a lease was granted to Mr. Edwards, was not ecyrectly measured by Mr. Nash, and it so happens, accidentally of course, that the error was not in favour of the Crown, but in favour of Mr. Edwards,—and it appears also, that rd though the number of feat was correctly stated in the counterparts of the lca,e granted to the t e nants to whom the ground was parcelled out, yet that the discovery of the error was first made so late as January. 129 by Lord Lowther, by stepping over rt. But we will allow Lord Lowther, the discoverer, to tell his story in his own words. Lettcr front Lord Lowther to Mr. Goulburn (Ev. p. 111.) : DEAR Gouezur.N—The con,ideration of the most adva•oag , ous method of laying out the ground made vacant by the Charing-cross improre mcnts, has incidentally led me to an examination of the transactions whici . t took place in consequence of similar vacancies in the progres- of the improvements under the Regent-street Act. In the course of examination, I haveanct with seine circumstances, with a in kJ* statement cf which I think it my doty to troultle you. " When in the course of the New-street improve ments, the wound Between the west side of Suffolk street and tiliite=h-strect was to be let, a propo-al was made for it by Mr. Edwards, of Stanhope street, which was referred to our wehitecr, Mr. Nash, end approved of by him; and, in consequence au age( einem was ma le to lease. the ground at the pronoscd rents in Mr. Elwards, or his nominee. It fort . her appears :hat Mr. Nash himself became one of these nominees, and for au extent which .pays rent ncar'y evil to one-hal of the whole sum re ceived from Mr. Edwards. Now the fact of our Archi - ect becoming the Lessee of property, in the disposal of which the board was guided by his ad vice, is certainly wrong upon general principles; Put when I add to this, that I am informed that Mr. Ethvarils is a near relative to Mr. Nash, and that other circumstances render it probable that Mr. N rib we: cogniz ant of the term; proposed by Mr. Elwards at the time he prop sed them, I think you will agree with me, that for Mr. Nash's sake, if far no other reason, the transaction should be more fully explained. " Another fact connected wiih this aft which I 01 4 1 it to appriz. , you or, is this :--a part of tills ground having a front tollall•mall East, was, upon the nomination of M. Edwards, let to Mr. Na.h, acid was very shortly after disposed of by him to the persons who have built upon it, far a rent consi,lcr ably greater, its I learn, titan that which Mr. Nash pa) sto the Crown. I do not say that it is impos sible that this could fairly happen, but it is cer tainly a circumstance which I should think justifies enquiry. " There is a third point in this mattee which ought to he examined into. The frontage to Pall vrall East was granted to Mr. Edwards as 82 feet, or three guineas per foot. I find by re-measztre- MCJit that it contains • ninety-seven or ninety-eight feet. So that a valuable piece qf ground has been added to Mr. Edwartls's original take, without any additional rent being received on the part of the Crown. How this mistake occurred must be ex plained by Mr. Nash, to whom all measurements were referred, and who had to inspect and approve of all the plans and elevations of the buildings upon this ground. It is, you mai believe, with great re luctance that I feel myself..obliged, by a sense of public duty, thus to revert to eii cumstances which t:mk place before I was in office ; and I have con tented myself with laying the facts plainly before you, without attempting to draw any inferences, or to prejudice any explinations of which-they may be capable ; and I must leave it to you and the Trea sury to decide in what mode such explanations should be sought, and a satisfactory inquiry made.—l.,am very faithfully your's, (Signed) " LOWTHER. 4. Whitehall-place, e9th January, 1529." • In a letter from Messrs. Adams and Dawkins, to Mr. Goulburn, dated Whitehall-place, Friday, 20th February, 1829, they say— " We are sorry to learn that a mistake has ec• curred respecting the dimensions of the ground. It IS, however, no more than ju , tice to Mr. Nash to observe, that _it: was measured by him before the houses which then occupied it had been removed, and that such admeasurernent . therefore was neces sarily liable to error. But as the last lease of the 'whole plot has not been granted,. t . e frontage will be re-measured, preparatory to the issuing of it ; and whatever inaccuracy shall appear to have been made in Mr. Nash'.; original convitation, either :n grant ingahat lease, or by some other arrangeinews with him, may he rralily corrected. It would appear, however, that the exact measurement or this front Age, which came sari ,dentally, as it were, to the knowedge of Lord . Lowther, in 1329, was well known to Mr. Nash ami 1621. Mr. George Jappen, Architect, says (p. 9), that on the p of Mes , rs. Paxton and Co., he negotiated a lease or the izround on which their premises stand, with Mr. NA] : " was the date of tine trarsairm?—lt was in the Later end of 1820; I began the ',oiling io iB2l. " What were the terms ttp:m 1%.11A you agreed with Mr. Nash ?—I was to give him four guineas u foot for forty jhur feet, fronting Pall-mal East, and fifty-!wo feet deep." Mr. Charles Stuart, Secretary to the Univer sity Club, p. 15, has this evidence : Are )on acquainted with any of the t.-an<ac tions which led to the renting of grourcl upon winch the UNi versify Club now stands? The first com notn;e,ltion we had o,i the subject was from Mr. Tapiam, on the 141 th December, 1821. %\ as the :wore of that communication ? —lt is a.llessed to Mr. Barlow, who Was then act ing as Secretary of the University Club—' Sir, I • sent you beneath a plan of the ground, which 1 11:1:1c will be sufficiently explicit, and give the gen ;Lan n of the Committee satistactory ideas of the &o. .Tbe ground is on karc from the I.:Avards,for ninciy-ninc seam Mr. Nas'i is Mr. Ede.ards's (igcnt vpon occa4io;:.— ' 'rite f,,ili.wing are the terms :,-52 feet in f.init of New Pall and Z',2 feet deep, at four guineas pt.r. font, 2331. The cig,,W . fect to be added up SuirA:-.stseet, is to be at three guineas per foot, 25/. 4 making a total of 24:31. 12s.' Thi: is the whole that is appicable to the ground rent. " What was the final agreement you came to nt:th Mr. E.lwards or Mr. Nash ?—I will read Mr. N letter of the GM cf May, 1823, which was an enay. cr to en application to Mr. Nash, to know what was the price of the ground Sir, by the agreement, or ra! her correspondence with your solicitor, you wll tin the terms on which 1 let the ground to your Club, " What was the actual rent which bad been agreed upon for the premises ?-3911., and the lain:- tax was 20/. 18s. " 110 w much of that was rent to the Crown Now by casting up the two frontages to Pal mall East of 11 rect. and 52 feet, we have 1)6 feet, which is on i-uch a frontage a singular ad vance noon B'2 feet. Lqt us now hear what Lord Lowther says in his evidence on the sub iect Of this frontage (p. 61 ) — " It vppears by the correspondence that your Lordship adveried to the difference between the Inea , nretnent by Mr. Nash of the frontan brands Pail-mall East awl the actonl extent of the ground —in what manna was your attention directed to it It was communicated to me horn some ii - formation I called for in the office of what the lettings were; it was said it was 8r feet : I cannct recollect the date, but it occurred to me that it was much wider than 62 feet, and I went up and step- ped it. " Have the Crown, in fae, been only credited with the rent for 82 feet during all this ti:ne ?--The !cities have been granted with the measurements of the 97 feet ; but it appears by Mr. Milne's evidence ther.! i 3 a sum due whirh has not yet bet it paid to the Gown; I-was informed of that at the end of January, and there is a letter I have been looking for no:v, but t annot lay my baud upon. " flow did you ret•cive that information ?—I informed by a person, in the °like. " It appears by the correspondence as if you had h a d a , u Npieion of it ?•—lt did strike me as :angular, there should bean increase on the most valuable part of tiro ground. •. _ . " The diff;renee occurred tl you lot.g• after the buildings had been erecel ‘vhich I s:nted, occurred to me last JanuaT ; this arose out of a question put to my Right honourable Friend in tbe Committee of the last Sess:on on Imievet mews." Alexander ',Willie, El., Chief Secretary to the Mice of Woods and Fores, p. 63, gives the following evidence : " There were two lease=, one to the University Ciith., and the other to Messrs. Pavan ; it was in 1823 I think. " Is that complete notice to the miiez.. of the actual ailinea.urement of that land ?—Yes certainly. 6 ' You were understo:nl to say that it is the cus tom in these cases to place part of a general rem upenone or other hous.., as it may suit best ler the convenience of the Masan ?—Yes. " 6 With reference to that object, you do not ex pect from the University, Char a rental of three guineas a foot upon tht:t frontage, but you receive 1201., it being more conve&ent to Mr. Edwards's nominee that that sum should stand upon the Uni v....rsity Club ?—Ex;xtly so. " The . almeasurement of the University Club is no security therefore that you gt t three guineas a foot on that frontage ?—lt is not. " In the same way the hoose occupied by Messrs. Paxton would be in the same situation ?—.Just so. " The result of this mist therefore be that the whole frontage between Whiteomb.street and Suf folk-street, men-Airing 97 feet, and which ought to have secured to the Crown upwards of 290/., clues not seem e to the Crown that sum ?—lt does not. " You look for the security of that to other pro- pert V. • • • • • " Were you ever ii!fivined by Mc Crown Surveyor that there had beiqi Lit error in the measurement of that ground let by the. Crown to Mr. Edwards ? No, I wus 1:0t." • So much for this measurement of the Crown Surveyor. Mr. Milne wished to persuade the Committee that no loss could have accrued to , the public, - . . - even :if the mistake in the measure- I ment had never been diwoVered. This sounds i rather odd ; but the fact is otherwise. When Mr. •Edwards took the groUnd, it was calculated that 1 there were so many feet at three guineas, so many - at one guinea and a half, and so many at 12s. 6d., and the aggregate rent of all these be ing 9001. per annum ; to which was to be a dded a rent of 1741. per annum, in lieu of 3,800/.,.the value of old materials taken by Mr. Edwards. Provided, therefore, Mr. Edwards or his nomi nee paid this aggregate rent, it Was a matter of indill'erence to the Crown how it was distributed on the ground, and accordingly on some plots Mr. Nash imposed a low rent for the Crown, and a very high rent for himself, so that the rent received by the Crown, on any particular plot of ground, formed a criterion of the extent of the ground it contained. It was, therefore, only. by a reference to the counter-parts of the leases, which contained plans of the premises, and a correct measurement, that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests could have detected the error. But it appears that they were in a fair way never to have, discovered it. It is stated by Mr. Milne, p. 64, " The adtneasurement was taken in Ja 7 ntl:lrv, 1829, according to a plan which had been delivered in June, 1820. In that plan delivered in June, 1820, the admeasurement is stated as 82 feet, and the account made rp in January, 1829 (the account delivered to the first Commissioner), was prepared ac cording to that plan delivered in June, 1820, instead of being prepared, which it . should have been, from the counterpart of the lease in the office." They might therefore have gone on, according to this incorrect return made out for Lord Lowther, to the ter- 01' the 99 se.trs' lease, without t l:-;- c . overing the mistake, ‘vhielt made a difference of 471. per annum in favour of the Crown when discovered. With respect to the correct measurement iii the leases by Mt-. Nash, tho reze;sAt is obvious. lie did not S,:y to the kssees, Messrs. Pa7;.!on, and the University Club, )00 shall give the so Touch your plot of ground, but you shall pay so much to the Crown, and much peribot improved ground-roit to me. He had an obvious motive flir letting these parties know as early as possible the cx:Rtt ad measurement ; but he forgot to communicate to the Crown the knowledge/ of ti's mitaneatAire trent. No light is thrown upon this part of the busines.3. Ileis San— of the admeasure went is but a small part of the case. We shall to-morrow proceed to the consideration of another part of the Evidence.—Morning Chrort. POLICE INTEL“GENcE. (;UIJ.I);IA .L R uscit a Alit rd, who wise .I.Vixzkes, a dAshiwr ittoliing let:mile, about thirty years of age, was b,ought before Mr. Alderman liEv on Saturday, charg,:d v:ith bigamy. Mr. Luke Milward, of Retreat-place-, Hid:m.7y, t!:e first husband, made the ( will:hint. Ile was much agitated. Ile said he lad been look;tkr ftr her - &g!'t years. iie had ret,ided at New Ymk about fair yeat - s and a half, and w hile he was there the pr'sonei committed the offence he now complained of by marrying., at Geetria-greett, a Mt% Noakes, with whom she afterwards lived at Dorking for about five tumults, behaving -with strict propriety. One day. she let the fact slip that she had been previously matrial to a yotutg mart who lived at. Islington, of the name of vagabond, she said, who ifl-used l,er, raid died abroad. Mr. Noake% fluently made some infinities :it Islington. traces parents, and discovetina that witnet's was lit (t his was in September, 1821), be immediAtr.ly prose cuted his wife for bigamy, but the east: broke down. llefore witness bec.tme acquainted with her, she mart 0 ( 1 some pers in at Esher, who broke his heart in con-equenee of her misconduct; arid she had a child now livlt,g by a roan of tile manic of Ileydon. IL: could vrmitire Mr. Noakes ott a future day to prove the second martiage, if the magi.trate woull detain her. _ _ Some Lgal dill:cult) , occurred to the mind of the chief clerk seeminely as to the competency or the credibility or Noakes, as the only %vitness 10 prove the second maniage, he having since mataied again; anti after a consultation with tia_t city solicitor, 2Werrnan Kr.y said, t hot as the complainant could not then, and probably could not hereafter,. produce the necessary proof, he should dismiss the ca-c. The complainant said that he could bring Mr. Nookeg on Monday. The Alderman said tot would not do, and the prisoner, wit , ) was weeping, immediately retired ; and the complaineel7, with an air of distraction, cried, " Then am 1, a )(tong man(not yet 28, to live in martyrdom ? 1 will never leave her till 1 get jut tier," and ruslcd out of the office to follow her. James 31(thiews, whoLsale butcher, vho keeps •a slaclitet-hott.e in Warwick-lane, Newgate marker, attvtaled on the complaint of Mr. Dunsby, the Lretnatt of the inquest of Far, - ingdon for unlawfully exposing- for sale the carcass of a bullock, and a Lin of beef, which were tat for human fore!. Mr. Donsby stated that the inquest visited all the shops in Newg s rate maiket about • seven o'clock on Siturtlq morning, and at the th fentlaat's they found the tneat in tptcstion, which Mr. Wood, one of the inquest, who is a butt her, dto:tred unfit for • human rood. The man in charge of the • prernis( s allowtd that the meat was for sale, hut when Mr. Matthews arrived, he said it was already sold, but the buyer had neglected to fetch it away. A (pnter was brought into the jnstiec-room, and the cliinvitun that proceeded from it was exceedingly toseou4. Mr. Wood, ;t butcher ;It Ivy-1 air, deposed, that le tre,a eta; not fit for food, anvi it was in this ate fcnm disease, and ►:ot ft um the length of time after 161:ir , g-,, J. Bates, a patrol, said he had been a buteher twenty-five years, an I was of o;.inhat this bullock was . nothitog bat a rotten one ; it wa: not merely poor. hit what the battlers call a downright " wet ' to '.'' Fhe Icings felt in the hand like a dish-clout. Mr. Wooler, for the defendant, railed James Hooper, will depo,ed, Oat he . slangi tetra the animal, which had been purchased at Southall. He had taken Lvers in a wore -state remit be a ys in good cnmlition, :ban from the bullock in Tiestion. 1 Mr..Wooler remarked, that the same Thing hap pened with man : his liver was affected sometiates, while the (vita p, its of his body we:e not. Mr. Alderman KEY it,lcd the witness if ht! could swear the beast was not diwased?—Witness an-, swcrea, he was not experienetd enough to tell.-- (Loud laughtur.) Mr. Dun-by said - , if he was so inexperienced, his cvi:knee was worth litil-:. Mr. Wonl , r said, th:it m 4 the auhnal had walked the 13 miles from Southall, it could not have been in a very ha l state. Defendant sad it had been brought to the Loa ,lon maiket fr:nn a distance of 101) miles. Ile gave 71. 10s. for it. It was a great prite for a poor beast of that sort, but he bought it intending to sell it to the dui; , , or ‘vilsl beat j n It was a single li.lrgt , 'n; ; he sold it on Thur, , day morning to Miles, a s!iecp',..hcad man, on Saffron-hill, who iteeps 00 pigs, atal therefore is a regular dealer in this kind of :nee% • Duttsby a• , .ked him why lie hail rubbed - the carcass over with fit, if lie intended it for dogs' meet : did he take pains to . make it more relish:llg for thein?—Deftinthott thought it might fetch a price.—(A Me. limsby felt convinced it 'would !ive been retailed to the pont by catolle-liv,ht. Mr. over, the late master of the Butchers' Com pany, said.it was well known in the trade that the bad mee t was purchased by the sausage and polony makers. Hit remembered being fit the shop of Mr. Boyce, the salesman in Newgatc-market, one morn ing, when a sheep in a shocking state, havirg diet! four or five days be fore, was brought in Gout the couivry. Us asked Mr. Boyce what he could do with it, and be replied lie should sell it for dog,: meat at Id. per lb. Presently a sanSage•mAer, now in the Justice-room, came up, and (acted to buy it, tendering as much as tld. per lb. ; but Mr. Boyce, knowing he wanted it for polonies, said be• should not have it. Mr. Alderman KEY was sorry to hear that great quantitics of unwholesome meat had latterly been brought to this market. . Mr. Wouler,procectrug to Prove his defence, olin Mikß, who was in the hat I%f buying, offal to fool his pig , . lie bought the beef in question. Ile never mule either polonie , , sausa2es, or f.iggots. Three other wittittlie. , . were cawed to prove the sOe' , br:t one of thou it Wai COndiClOtial ; that defen - dant rouli not find a coltotner at New gate-market who woni 1 Oyu more, then Miles would buy the whole at 81. per stone. There was about 80 stone. Air. Over pronounced the whole dise.tsed meat, and Mr. Aldermln KEY diNeted it t;hould be burnt f or do% 411 an:l the defendant held to bail abide a city prosecution. itIYTEMOUS CAS2 OF POISONING. An tltotsually deep frit sensation has beet' caused at Ilarrf-rf,ite and its nc•iglibloyhon4l, dirity; the last week, by the following Inr:terlotsly trogie,i events : On Sonday week Mary Coa•es, a young- woman, wife of a labourite . , man ill the employ of-Mr. Wil kinson. of Ilarrowate, butcher, was taken stoldeney ill, after eating her dinner,. con.:isting of gooseberry pie. Coates '4 m oon has been to remain at liar rowgate- (which is II far mlistaiit from his own house) (luring the rte 11101 retort' home on Sa turday cvenipgs to spoil the Sunday. Up to the time Of eating her dinner his wife was in pet feet health; brit soon after, oil her vomitin , excessively, and other dangerot s symptoms makhmg their ap pearance, the unfortunate woman's pro ents were sent for. Their flame is Swales ; their house is situate about a quarter of a toile from Coates's Mouse, and they were consequently soon on the spot. They endeavoured, by whatever means they cotdd think of, to alleviate her agonies. - The efforts used itt the sufferer's bel a'f, however, proved freimles-, and her deallt took place•in less t ho'' boors after eating of the fatal pie. In addition to her father and mother, there were iii the house at the time of her death a little brotSer, named Richord, and u sister, somew hat younger than herself, named Jam , . 0:d Sw a les, after the decease of his daughter (finding his preseeee no longer necessary ), thought of returning home with the I ttle boy. It does not appear that any stspVon had then e mitered the mind of any one in the house that poison had been the cause of death; and before leaving his son-in law's, he ohserved a cake anti the remainder of the fruit-pie. He gave the totcooseions boy a portion of the fruit, and partook of the latiVr himself. This was on the Monday, about their listed hour of din- They then set out on their jottroey, but be fore they reached home, lode Richard comp! tined of a bor n ieg pain, atol said he had something in his throat. '1 hi, \Va. followed by excessive vomiting; the old matt also was taken ill soon after, and vo mited through the whole !tight of Monday, after which the damigerous sympeems abated a lode; not so, however, wi.li the poor bdy, Who died about six • o'clock et: Toesday evemtiog. Jane u!so, the other sister, having uofortmmely carat either of the cake or pie, was seized with excessive sit 'twos, and eomiemol mees-antly. An inquest on the bodies woe held on Thursday mot-My:4 last, before T. loot, Esq. of Wakefieli, :eel a verdiet was returned—" That the deceased mlied by the isitation of God." The bodies were eonseq.mentiv consigned to the silent tomb, " to ear.h, asfies to ashes." As the formalities of the law had so far becusmrictly complietf with, all fur ther iorptiry appeared nate to be at an end; and the tnystcrions secret of their fate seemed to be to:- pipit:A in the impenetrable darknesa of the grave. Att oven ruling Providence, however, ordabled other wise. On the afternoon Of Thursday, after the faneral, Earth - Etat', a neigl.b.mr, and another person, were in Coates's house. Time conversation turned upon the events which had taken place. One of theta said, "We had better throw the p'eces ett,;:e and pie away, as they may be sniiillerl (infected) by hav ing been in the same hawse with the dead." ",day (said Etty in reply) we trill not throw them away; for though they may be :minieri they cannot loot pigs or chickens, amid 1 w;11 take them away with me.", She wok them accordingly; and, on her arrival at home, steeped a part of theta in weter, told gove to the poultry, amoanthig in all to about thirty head. This WM near the time of the fowls gong to roost, nod the estonishmelit of the good woman next morning . exceeds belief, when elle discovered that every one rf them taus This, as may well be expected, set busy g - oF. 4 p again at work, amal Mr. Thomnpson, Ilarrowgate, surgeon, wept to the spot and preserved the remnant of the cake, which, after the death of the poultry. :tad been consigned to the ; and, in or-let to render the investigo4ion satisfactory, Mr. Wesr, the emineot ehemist of this tools, was sent tit. to ,issist ;it the examination of it. The result of Mr. We-t's experiments was ettell as to Ultimo! a strong belief in that gentle nan's mind that arsenic was mixed up im the pintino Of food preserved by Mr. Thompson, and of which Etrv's poultry had eaten. A number of the fowls were next opened, and the matter found in their crops, upon being exposetl tO the same chemical tests as the - cake, gave s imilar proofs of the presence of arsenic. Mr. Scott now gave directions that time bodies of Mary Coat es and d Swales should be - ex humed. ditty w.t pet formed en Saturday; and, on time sane din, Mr. Thompson, assisted by Mr. Richardson, amolier -surgeon of 1-larrowgate, made a post taorion examitmanon of the bodies. — The outer coats of the stomach, in both subjects, were highly iilflamed; the contents of the to omachs were next subjected to a chemical analysis, but here the result was not so conclusive of arsetur, as time instances before 'mentioned. . Still, the circumstanees were altogether of such a nature, as to cawe sospicion to rest open Coates, the, litt,band of Mary, the unfortunate deceased.— liewas, consequently, taken into ctuoody, oold o itas under one an examination, but we refrain from pub lishittg what might tenil to operate to his prejodice, pending the Magistrate's decision. We may, how ever, state the (0110 Wing : About a week preceding the fatal Sunday, Mary purchased " a baking of flour," the• greater part of which she made into bread, but reserved a small quantity of the flour for occasional purposes. 01 the bread so mode, she subsisted during the week, in her husband's absence, end c=ontinued in the en joyment of the most perfect health till Sunday morn ing week, at which time her husband was present She then made the cake and pie; after partakhig which, the several events above related took p!ace. Coates has only been married about ten months We hear that the unfortunate young womaim's pat rents were notch against the match, and did o ver ) thing in their power to prevent it. We beliete one child has been the fruit of their connection. C oa t e s w as token into custody on Sonday, after art:gull:lg Divine Service at Partial Church, in the grave-yard attached to which his wife had been in terred a few days before,—Leeds Paper. ncr. A fine trout, we ighing about 121bs. was caught la't week at Methnenham, by the fisherman who rents thewater.—Berks Chronicle. TRANSFERS of STocK.—The days fixed upon for the opening of the Transfet Books of the several securities, whieli are now closed preparatory to the p:ty- , ment of the divid:nils, are as follows :—ln Consols public transfers may be made on the 23 , 1.1tt'y ; in the New Yiur per Cents., on the same day ; in the Thrte piT Gins. of 1726, on Cie 22d July ; in Life Annuities, on the 7th July ; in the Three per Cent. Aann . ties of 1751, on tl:e 23a July, and in the New Annuities on the Caine day. The first public transfer in India Stock will be on the 116, - and in South Sea Stuck on the 24th of the ensuing month. Piivate transfers in all the above Socks can be I made on and after the 6th of July. BOW-SMEET. On Saturday, Mr. Bland, of Wilton-place, Picea f.-..cerirnitlleesn;:%l‘ta well known ai)rougit on tbero the re. Air. turf and in MINSUULL, to atts,eer to a charge of assaulting and kicking „nits Day,. a boy who lived as groom in the de fendant's service. Ifwincr (who appeared on behalf of the de fendant) asked the, complainant if he had not waited upon his master with a man N‘boni he represented to be his-brother the morning .Lfter the alleged vio lence, and whether he had not rt ceived two sove reigns admitted that h e h a d received the two re in. ns from Air. Bland as a etampensltiort for what had taken ple : The from his master, and sa id he was advised e s overeigrts to mike the oPPlic4"o , l by the coachman of Lady Salisbury, who creed to aceompany him, and re present laitnself as his brother, the !letter to enforce hi c!aim, he (the complainant) having neither l at h er nor mother to see him righted. l'he corn . plainant then went on to state, that after he had re ceived the two sovereigns, he timid himself growing much worse, and upon a s econ d application to the surgeo n, he was bled, but the blond which was taken from him was Si) Wadi, that the surgeon said he was fearful that mortification bad set in, and that hi s lif e was in danger. lire then gave him a note, which he too k to Sr. Gemge's Hospital, but the house was so full of patients that he could not be admitted. Mr. Harmer asked the complainant if he had not remainel a wed( its his master's howe. altcr rcce:ving the is of which he now romplained. The lay admitted that he had, but said that, as soots us Ins sister learned how he had beets treated, she in•isted upon his leaving the house, an I that li. should take out a warrant against his master, liarmer—What ! after comprotns'ng the matter wi h your master, and receiving t wo sore , reigns fro:n l far ointhat purp.ase ?* Mr. Bland eenied that be kicked the coMpl bittin;t at All, hut admitted that he boxed his tars for ne glee: jag his ha ,iness Doring the week that the boy coatiutted in the house after the alleged violence, he never complained of illness to any body. The complaitrukt reminded his master that be com plained to him of a paid in his insi le, and that he directed the cook to give him ‘some salts. Mr. Harmer cont.ottletrthat the warralt should be di-missed, the complainant having received.compen sation for whatever injury he might have reecit ed. Mr. MlNstrum„ however, thoeght otherwise. Mr. Bland admitted that he boxed the boy's cats, but denied the kick : eonsepently he tatist have .given the two sovereigns as a compensation for the lesser injury. The boy, however, had sworn that his master had kicked him, and that the effects were such as be described. For that offence, which was distinct from the other, he (Mr. Mit:shop) should call uonn Mr. Mani for b td, himself in 101., wid two sureties in 201. each, to answer the charge at the ses•unci. Mr. Harmer, and another friend, u'ere the de fendant's sureties ; and after the requisite fin ms were complied with, Mr. Bland was suff';.::•ed to depart. Cm Saturday evening Mr. Bruce, whose name is familiar to the public, in consequence of hiS repeated app ii cations to the Court of Chancery,.was brought in custody before Sir R. BtreNtE,:;eleergetl wi:th having created a riot ut the office of the Morning: (Ig ronicle newspaper, where, it ...appeared, , Inc threatened the proprietor, ass:inked one, or two of the persons connected wi:h the establishment, and was guilty of other ac's of eiolence. The party by whom he was charged stated that there could have been no possible cause for the violent conduct•of Mr. Bruce, as his name had not appeared in the paper in any shape whatever. Mr. Bryce admitted that 1:a- had 140.c:barge to make against the Morning Ch, old& ; and said, that seeing a crowd about the door, he went to intriire the eawe, when he was assaulted unil knocked down. Sir R. BIRSIE wtts sorry to sec Mr. Bruce in such a situation, and told him that he mu , t find laid. Mr. Bruce—l have no means of obtainitig bail, and must rat in prison if this is your decision. it 8,. BIRNIF.--I hope not, Mr. Bruce : you can set d for your friends. I shall be at home until twelve o'clock, to give you an opportunity proeuring baA. Mr. Bruce was then removed. in eu,tody. UNION-L1A1,1.. On Friday, the wife of a conveyancer W 35 charged with having assaulted and throteurd the life of her husband. The complainaDt appeared to he in a state of tribulation while in the presence of his wife ; they are a new-married couple, the honeymoon having scarcely passed over since their nuptials were cvle- orated. . The cnroploinant enumerated, amongst many o t her heavy accusations agaiast its wife, that she M u U; in the habit of taking the poker up ar.d threatening life with it on the must tr:vial occasions. Ilvr temper was of the very worst kitel,and it was only a day or. two ago she dashed a candlestick at iii. heal. Th e tally, who treated her husband with the must ineffable contempt, taunted him with infidelity. The com plainant qtaid, that in con iegacnce of his wife's violent conduct, he had slept titre night from home at a. friend's house, and the next d,iy he applied to a con stable for assistance. The constable declared he had never met with such a termagant• woman in his life. She clew at her husband Ike a tigress, and attempted to commit violence upon hire. The ha band declared that he world rather stir death than I;ve with such a virago. Mr. HoNE•Faid it w a lameetable thing to a it -11;914 this frilling bctwo,u so young a couple, :tad sug gested that they. bhoted mtrually agtee to separate. The complainant saithhat he couhl not live with her, and that he was prfectly agreeable to allow her a maintenance. He then intimated that the h 3 I lived in the capw ity of servant with him haute his unfortunate marriage with her. The motne,:t this fact was mentioned, the wife threw herself in a violent passion, and a smite of mutual recrimination took place• between them, during which they charged each other with inlidcli y. —Ultimately she was ordered to find NE\V BRIDGE AT STAINES. Or Saturday most of the members of the Bridge Committee, and other gentlemen offieially connected %%jib the city el London, went, in discharge of their duties as conseivators of the liver, to inspect the preparations far the building of the new bridge a; Staines, and to partake of a gram' dinner, as is always customary, in celebration of the foundatMn of any ,!e cat public woiks of magnitude. The first stone was laid on Tuesday h i Sir Milian) Freemantle, attended by the trustees, and a number orthesTe:ncii gentr y of i each yf the c ch vicinity. a One double sovereign, and a the other gold and silYer coins of the reign to the slyer penny, were deposited under the stone, in a glass bottle, with an appro. l piste inscri , ition Mr. John Ronde and Mr. Keiffht • • superintended the operations, and three cheers were girt a by the spectams and the workmen lit the con clusion of the ceremony. A very bawl-owe collation was afterwards given at the Bush inn by the trustees. M essrs . j o h : l e and Banks, the contractors, attended, w . th Mr. B.,..nnie, the engineer. Upwards of 100 of the workmen were rega!ed with the most substantial cheer, and they behaved remarkably well. The contract price of the bridge and the ap proaches•is 38,000/., being 6,00 C/, more than the tender in Mr. Herbert's pl,in. The length of the hridge is to be 300 feet. It is to .consist of three fl it segnset;tAl arches, in matey respects ii Air to these of the new stone bridge over the Se •peutine river. The span of the eentre•arch is to be sevent) - two fee: ; of each of the side a' dies sixty-two fo.n. The approaches are to be of Va. Much lit ig& it n is anticipated with the occupants on the intended untie line. It is expected that the works sv id prove an ornament of the first order to the river. The members of the corporation of the city of London expressed their approbation of what had been done, and they invited the principal persons concerned in the undertaking to dine with them. They remained together until late, in the utmost conviviality. PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterdsty tnorniiig a Sermon Wil3 preached at Christ Church, New gate-street, before Loan MATon and - Sheriffs, by the V e nera!de, Dr. flowNcwon:rn, Archdeacon of bunting doo, for the benefit of the above excellent charity. The Rev. Divine chose for his text the l 371), verse of the 29tli chapter of Jen—" The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for j..y." From these a ppropriate words an adini . ruble tliacouts.! was delivered by the Preacher, wheieiti he powerfully advocated the cause of charity generally ; but more especially in favour of the Printer,' Pension Soc . ety. ‘"fo the mitchless act of printing," said the eloquent Divine, " the most powerful influence on the destiniea happiness of man—the greatest tendency to enlighten the understanding and improve the chat acter, and the tuost rat'onal views of our zloty to God, and of the benevolince we owe to our fellow men, were to be attributed." lie concluded his sermon with a poWerful app ea l t o the f ee t_ ings of the congregation in favour of the aged awl the widow, in which he truly stated, that the immense labour attending the pr e paration of the daily journals, the mid night toil necessary to produce an early publication, and the constant and unremitted attention requisite to insure regularity, demanded from the joorneymin printer an sx hiradature of metrial and bodily strength, which produced, 1-at.an early period of life, debility and premature deeay. 1 We ate happy to sty, that a very liberal sum wa:s cillected on the occasion. TIIE ARMY. . (From the Il'atcjinTl Marl ) A cops- of the C-in-ular h..s hcen sf , nt to die SLe.iffs of all the Ci• us an , l Counties io Iceland (ciact:Lut.) " Dublin, Jane 20, 1829. GY:NTI.F.MEN,—It having been repre:ented to tl.e Lop' Lieutenant, that touch itwonyenienee results to the t,o in 000,e(pienee of ther being stationed as sentries at the different Gaols in Irtland, I have rereive4 his Grate's :lit e..tions to apprise you of hi: intention if with drawing the military guard lieretnfore pla. el at the G.lO l of the City of , iw.nt-diately af•er th,.. ensuing Suouner Amsize... The Lord Lieutenant iteipiaints you thus eatly with his intention, with a view to your adopt ing such meaoires as you may consitier neeet•sary tor secur ing the prisiorwrs confin.-d in the Gaol of ynur County. " I have the honour to be, Gentli.men, " Tour nbedietit humid...servant, " WILLIAM GREGORY. " Ti. the IVO Shee.lT: of the City of —." DicrnittunoN OF TILE cAv.ttav nicontErrs AND DEPOTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Stations of CQr, s r- egi ents. Dvots Ist. Magooo Guait - 13 tM 3,1 Ditto 4th I)Itto :?th I)it. o h I)itto lth I)i.t^• Manchester (*chi** (7orentry York htl)ragos .....—. h 1 1) ttn :341 l.igh►t Dr.lgo ,- ;tis 4th Dit:o h Dr.,itoor.s Ith iitGsars th Uit!o fn h 10th Hut:gars I t I,;ght Dmge,aiis 12t1i I.:meets 1:::11 Light Dragon. s 14th 11131 h tr;t.h C:nc:•rs 17Clatto ar.frrbury Mans'er Ii Olulrubc • Am.!alk Llia Di:t:, Nottingham floun,low Malestone ••• •••••• Etailburz,h Mrd(l6t , ,ne hlaidatone I.ectis Brighton MaiNtone 1)ub!ill COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. nuniNG LAn weEK. %Meat. Bailer. 1 Cats. Pentis. • ler Quarter. lA.to s. s. to c. IS. s. s. to A. 73 29 Ca.l.l::rt hen i 6/ Ski Jti -- 11 tit 73 7 33 IS 2:1 Nt.)nwth .---- 64 '7l 36 33 j2k 28 36 38 70 3i— -- 814e1lit•lit In 1 . 9 3% 40 24 31 40 55 Winchester ---- 63 13 32 57 19 23 42 - 46 s. J. b.. 1. s. ti !s.d. s. d. s. d. s, (I. Covenery -- 9810 1 4 S 43 0 43 5 0 0 0 Neucw.tlc.(st.:(l:) 111 6 11 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 5 6 5 9 011.11,11,1101--.1 8 . 0 10 0 4 0 4 3 2 3 2 6 5 0 5 6 4 1.1ttiod 112 I! 12 3 5 6 6 0 11 4 6 7 6 8 0 51TV11.31•3 6 • 11 0 44 4 30 3 I 0(1 0y Wzir.rzek 11 6 10 1.48 52 30 4:3 50 60 1;,41. 11:irn,r,lcast 13 0 . 21 0 0 0 11 o'7 6 9 6 9 0 11 a 08 012411)0 10 6 5 9 7 9 0 10 0 OttelatO :6 6 6 40 6 6 9 2 5 6 9011 0 12 (1 Wokinglaun .7 . 20 i 3 S 6 04 , 6 0 '7 6 0 0 011 W A K.1 7 .F1 El.!) COIIN 1%1 A R KET.—June 6. Tl:e s:sol.lv of %%'i eat from the flamer. bete to-any is c. to-any is bh Wheat, ine of 2.. W A KEFI ELD CORN 1%1 AR KET.—June The s:spely of %% eat from the flamers Lett snql, but up the riser it is ltrge. Fine Ire being cnnparatively scarce, is taken off at a deei per quarter ; but th,, , re ha, bt!en very little Join t ; in any. other de,ezirtipn, although t:lfering freely at a reduction of 34. per (palter. o,ts are very eta], and rather lower. There is %my little pas•ing in Barley ; the m tiring se.' ' 1 is over, and there is little or no demand for Grjnding• The ttp:ily of Wait% is large, and they meet very heavy salt', at a decline of 2s. r. , r quarter. During the week we have lod vet v fire rain , , which will be uf great nefit to t'•2.growing crops. NV:war, '11'231, NoriOrit add Sughlk ..... .. s:"s. to e 24. fine 67, I.incolii,hire iSS. to trdi. tine ii.is. l'ork,liire, Ite. S. to 62i. fine Gls. IV!lite - tine 1 i ii. --- For..tiqa, tii,l 'Os. to 51s. doe fitis. • Barley, Nord ik and :-itiiiik Li rit,diailiire ickis. to :3 0 s. tine 3:14. Yorioliire \Vn!d • /leans, Tick te2s. to 265. fine 39c Small "3:et. to r.B, line 40s. Oats, l'uland and iti tau ini. to 2145. tine Mi. :-- Friesland :001 Small 2os. to 21s. fine '264. -- lleiding 1'2,i.1. to lid. per Stone. Shelting 'Bs. to —4. --i. to 3:IS. per Load. Malt 35:, .104.• tine Vs. per Load. Rapeseed LU. 0, 16/. n.. 4. '2B/. In,. ter Last - WA K EFIELD C. ATI LE M A KET.—June 2.1. We I:rge supply of both de-eriptions of sock at t!Cts ilay'.4 market, but the attrmianee of buyers bring only motlerst.., entise.l a cull sale at last fib's priers. Mutton, 5.1. to 514. prr lb. ; Iletf, to 6s: 6:1. per stone of 11114 SCOTCH MARKETS, Wheat, Alierdeen sti 14.rwiek—.. 48 5 4 I !r.l CopAr 74 Dundee Elgin —.--.. 64 64 InvernesA.,...... 6.4 76 Kelso :13 5:1 59 76 l'erth 64 7.1 s.ze of the inv Barley I Oats. 27 I-11 2'3 25 .28 19 21 20 *l7 IS 21 :0 •3J 21 27 31. 25 tO 29 19 211 2 L !e'S 120 25 29 :i0 2,1 22 29 3:1 111 21) ie•s throe Pcana. Iti :sure va Patm2al. Y I 26 26 27 27 :II 10 <•) 23 2!) 50 34 20 ;flout the :15 :0; ' 40 -- lt I -- count r). • IiAI:DiN(VI ON CORN 51 A IMF:T.—June 26. W!.c..t went off to day readi:y at the same average price as la - t , Inalket—top price down orl. A very small quan tity of Barley in market—NT rriee the same as la't mar ker. Oats are down Is. on the lop. Pease are down 4d., and Beans up .9,1. on la.t average. Wheat. Barley. t mt.. Fir5t..,.... 7!, Oil Vris OL: 'Lft. 04 5 , c00d... is:: (II 1 :.17a 0,1 2S. 0.1 . 1 Nit! .... 5:1.. o , i I 3ti, CAI Vii Oil I to rt.: were 270,irs. of Vt'lleat 1.1 market, t, 32 Unso'd.-10 Grey, .3/. 8s.1), Pease. PeAns. :tie; Al 31, lid 1, OJ :,.3. Od 52. 0.1 —s Of '...risB whereof were $Ol.l. A vcra 2-I2ths. 51AltKI:' If Ural') al f Wheat T.--Junc 25. this day's mallet was dull, at rattly'. D COIL The sopply of all Izools o w...s Initial:lv:. The sale o; priels. Barley. ' OVs. Pease. Bean& TA: 04. 346 at Od 37, ed. .- ; 37, 141 704 Ott 31s (d 2t4 ('d 344 dl 34 (hi Third - 324 Ott , 61,AsGoW CORN MA ILK/X.—June 24. Our ram bet is dull, awl little business dune. Wheat at .ndariy - former rites. Oat*, Haley, Beans, and Pease, are ici.lo 6.1. to Is. per boll lower. Wheat, 1 per241 . 41 4 a. d. cit. f Oats, per S , C.-111). e. d. e. 41. Brit i.l), eld oto 34; 0 Ir6ll —. new 350 360 British ..... .2 1 :1 6 0 0 to. Z'226 2 0 0 (*.watt, free 3"; 6 3; 0 Beaus, ler Will). f 4 4 , 11 ii,rley, 1.. t :.,. , oib. Scouts!' Engii.l. —o —0 Pease, Si ottiA) seetli ', 1ri,14 270 eBO Flour, pet 2t1011).... 56 0 58 0 COILNWA 1,1. MARKETS. Tv.vtto.—Wheat (average) 293.0d.—Barley. 15s.—Oats, 11s. O. Ilti,s - roN—Wheat, 30s. Od.—lnaley, 15-s..od. AuNl:l.l.—‘ 4 , heat, 30g. to 315.-11arley, 13.4. to 15s.—Oats , 11, N. to 11, Itonans— Wheat (average) N.—Podgy, 149. Od--Oata, 1 Is. IA I INC ESTo N—W heat (average) 3'2,l.l4l.—Marley, 14a. 6 , 11 4 . ti.l.-I.leul, tkl. 1.. t KA an--W -- heat, 1 ) 30a. Od.—Barley, ls s. Od. Oats, ••••,. to bs. 641. tisr. CoLumn—Wheat, —s. to 30s. —Barley, —s. to 15,—/KTG and Nlul ton, 1k!. to 614,—Vea1 and I.zunb, Od to list. PEN:tit:A:N.—Wheal, 30*. to 315.-11.ttley, —s. to 0, to 104. Ott.—lleef and Mutt.m. 50. to N.—Pork, 4d. to Cutter, Sd. per 11,. BIRTHS. On the 28th inst. in Clarges-street, the lady of Chas. Loftus, F,sti. of a dsuglitcr. On the 25th inst. at Weldon Rectory, Lady Louis% Finch llatton, of a daulhter. MARRIED. On tl.e 221 inst. at the !Latish Ambassador's Chapel , in Pais, T. H. Marshall, E..q. of Leeds, to Matia hello, the youngest daughter of the late Dr. Temple, of London. On the 21st of February at Quilon, Lieut.. 11. Gilles. pie, yf his Majesty's 4th Light Dragoons, !on of the leg 314jor.Gen.lie, to S.dly Maria, third daughter of the late C. 11la•land, Esq. of Wandsworth. On the 23 , 1 inst. at Hugglionote. Leicestershire, J. 'Whit?, of Choblunt, Surrey, to Eliza, eldest daughter of J. It In4le.ant, E-q. of the former place. on the 27th in , '. at Little Hampton , Mr. J. Nightin cale, of the Oidnance, to Miss Pink, daughter of J. Pia , Esq. of Jamaica. DIED. On the 27th in,t. aced 63, Sr.rah, Vie wife of Thoov: Smith, Sworl-dearer to the Right Hon. the Low iVapr of London. • On tl;e 23d inst. at Kee:-hall, St.ffordsidre, W. Sre l ' Esq. oged 78. On the 24th inst. sudden , x, at S a ii ng ..hoi, A u gust s ° w:f., Of JAI' Dirk, Esq. and &tighter of the is te B Gnat:rich, Esq. of Salina" -grove, Essex. On the 25th in.t . C. Gordon, Esq. of Great Berkhall'' ste.A, I lors, aged S 3. At J. Dalr l triple, of his !O r 3 1 .'44 ilvv. At l. bad, Lit u..-Col. 11. W. Sale 9th 1 1 ° b • Aladra , :Native Infkntry. to , . At : room., Slnjor J. Srrstrass, 16th Regim nt N A ti LlR:wry, PRINTEn aryl l'i:EtissiED by MURDO :YOU: OTTICR, 112, STRAND, LONDON. I