The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SHEERNESS, JAN. 12.—The Scout, 18, was commis sioned at Chatham on Monday, Commander Loring having arrived and heisted the pennant on board. The following officers have been appointed to her:—Lieu tenants R. W. IL Alcock and J. J. Dornford; Master, James Matthews; Surgeon, Wm. Wood, M.D. ; Assist ant-Surgeon, John Jordon. The following is an account of the Janus's suceessfl4 trip to Portsmouth :—Started on the 2d inst. at noel% from ChTudlisa, arrived at Sheerness at three P.M., and came to an anchor four miles below the Mouse; weighed at eight next morning, passed through the Downs at twelve, steaming the whole of the time, having not a stitch of sail on her, and the wind from the south-west; steamed on till off Dungeness, the wind then fieshening very hard; stood off and on all night with a close-reefed topsail breeze, sea beit g very short and high, her conduct on this occasion proving her to be a good sea-boat. On Sunday, at eleven A.M., bore up, ®e being very thick and hazy, for Dungeness, and anchored at three P.M. Weighed at two AM. on Monday, and steamed the whole of the day until her arrival at Spithead (no sail having been set, the wind being right a-head), where she came to an anchor about eight P.M. Weighed again at half-past seven on Tuesday morning, and steamed round the anchorage at Spithead, after which she went into harbour. Taking the voyage throughout, the average speed was five knots an hour. The Snake, 16, had her masts and bowsprit put in on Friday, and having been reported ready for the pennant, is expected to Le commissioned in the cour:e of the week. WOOLWICH, JAN. 13.—The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, fitted with a screw propeller, will be launched at Wool wich Dockyard to-morrow, Wednesday, January 14, at betwixt two and half past two o'clock. The Grampus, 50 guns, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., will leave for Portsmouth to-morrow, where she will be paid advance previous to sailing for the South American station. The preparations making at the Royal Arsenal to complete the five ships of the line, eleven frigates, and six sloops, ordered to be made ready, and to be stationed at each of the outports, are fast progressing, and the whole of the vessels will soon be in a most efficient state. The twenty-two vessels, referred to above, are exclusive of the thirty-five advance ships, also prepared for de fending the outports, and the war-steamers in her Ma jesty's service at the several home stations. Orders have been given to prepare armaments for six additional large steamers, and it is expected the number of new large class steamers of war will be extended to ten. The Torch steam-vessel went down the river this morning, on an experimental trip, to try her engines. SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY. WORCESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The county magistrates sitting in petty sessions here to-day, at the Shire Hall, were some time occupied in adjudicating on a charge brought by William Mann, gamekeeper to Lord Sandys, of Ombersly, in this county, against a man named William Day, for assault ing and wounding the said William Mann, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The case as laid before the bench on the part of the pro secution was briefly as follows :—On Saturday, the Bth of November last, the gamekeeper was patrolling a certain pertion of his Lordship's preserves, called Gardener's Cop pice, in which the prisoner Day, in company with his com panions, named Woodward and Carnock, was busily engaged in laying snares for game. On the parties catching sight of the gamekeeper they approached him in a menacing atti tude, and Woodward and Day set upon the keeper with heavy sticks or bludgeons, while Carnock kept the keepers' dog at bay. The keeper attempted to defend himself, but was overcome by numbers, and the poachers succeeded in knocking down Mann and rendering him insensible from the effects of two scalp wounds, the marks of which he showed to the court. On recovering his senses the keeper found himself alone, and saw nothing more of his assailants until last week, when Day was apprehended at the house of his parents, at White Lady Aston, about ten miles from Om bersley. Woodward, the second of the poachers, was tried at the last 'Worcestershire Quarter Sessions (last week), on a charge of stealing a waistcoat, at Worcester, and being' found guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, at the expiration of which time he will be taken before the magistrates on the charge of attacking Mann, as above de scribed. Carnock, it seems, has left the country, never having been seen or heard of since the above transaction. Both the complainant and the defendant were supported by legal advisers. Mr. Hide, of Worcester, appearing for the prosecution, and Mr. Brampton, of the same city, for the accused. On behalf of Day a bold defence was set up, 74 -Brampton being instructed to plead an alibi. 44ter hearing both sides, the magistrates decided on com milting the prisoner to take his trial at the March Assizes on the charge. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has been pleased to contritinte a third donation of 101. to the Distressed .Needle women's Society in Rathbone-place. MURDER 'IN JERSET.—Another dreadful murder was perpetrated at Seward's Café, Royal-square, on Fri day morning, at a quarter past two. The victim of this fearful deed is Mr. Abraham, optician, known for many vears in the Channel Islands, which he visited occasionally. In the course of Thursday night, Mr. Nicoll°, hatter, of King-street, visited Mr. Seward's cafe, and shortly after a dispute arose between them respecting two bottles of wine, charged to Mr. N., but which he refused to pay, using very high language towards Mr. Seward, and challenged to fight him then in the square ' • but Mr. Seward returned and joined the company in doors. Only a few minutes elapsed when a report of fire-arms was heard, the contents of which had entered the café, and in another moment its effect was visible by the almost instant death of Mr. Abraham, he having been struck in the back by three pistol bullets, one of which passed through his body, coming out about the centre of his breast. Several of the police kept a strict guard till halt past seven, when a watchman entered Mr. Nicolle's room, and found him with his child in his arms; he immediately surrendered himself. In the room was found a short piece, which had evidently not long been discharged. A post mortem examination took place, when it was ascer tained that one of the bullets had penetrated the heart, and the other two had entered the right side of the back, and fractured two of the ribs. The name of the unhappy gentle man deprived of life is Samuel Levi, he having assumed the name of Abraham from a firm with which he was connected at Liverpool. All these facts were deposed at the inquest, which was heM'the same day, and on Saturday the jury re assembled to consider their verdict, which was unanimously " Wilful murder." MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIIEWAL TON.—We regret to have to announce, that a malastcholy an I fatal accident occurred near Shewalton Colliery, on Sa turday last, about twelve o'clock at noon. Two of the sons of the Lord Justice General were engaged in shooting, accompanied by John Richard, gamekeeper on the estate. When in the act of cocking his gun, one of the gentlemen accidentally discharged it, and the shot took effect in the back part of the left leg of the gamekeeper, ]Kist at the knee. Assistance was im mediately procured, but it was sometime before the very profuse bleeding could be stopped. Dr. Allan, of Irvine, was upon the spot as soon as possible ; and by his directions, after the wound was dressed and bandaged the man was removed from the cottage, to which he had been previously conveyed, to his own house at the Mains of Shewalton. Dr. Macfadzean, of Ardrossan, and Dr. Johnston, of Irvine, were also in attendance, and approved of the treatment which had been adopted Notwithstanding the unceasing endeavour of the sur geons, however, by the application and administration of stimulants, it was found impossible to remove the state of prostration and collapse which had supervened; and although consciousness fully returned, the patient gradually sunk, and expired about six o'clock. The sad event has plunged the parties immediately interested into the deepest distress. John Richards was a native of Perthshire, and about twenty five years of age. He was a remarkably fine young man, sober, honest, and industrious, and much esteemed by his employers.--Ayr Observer. THR IRON TRADE.—The quarterly meetings of ironmasters held during the week, have passed off most sa tisfactorily. The meeting; at Wolverhampton on Wednes day, was very numerously attended by the Shropshire and Staffordshire masters, and the announcement that the former had advanced the price of pie - iron from 51. (the rate fixed at the last quarter day) to 51. 10s., gave a decided impetus to trade, the consequence of which was that Staffordshire pip advanced in proportion. The meeting at Birmingham on Thursday was still more numerously attended, and amongst those present were manufacturers and merchants from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and also from the north. SeVeral large orders were in the market for rails, but in most cases the prices offered were rejected, notwithstanding the apprehensions which exist with regard to the threatened measures of the Bank of England, and also the uncertainty which prevails as to the manner in which Parliament in tends to deal with the numerous Railway Bills to be brought forward in the ensuing session. On the whole, the prospects of the trade was regarded as healthy and encouraging . , and the general feeling amongst all parties, buyers as well as sel lers, seemed to be that present prices would, at all events, be firmly maintained during the present quarter, if they did not ad vance.—Birmingliont Journal. SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A few days since a poor man, residing in New Romney, discovered, by accident, in the crevice of an old beam extending across the room in which he lived, something which had the appearance of ravel paper, and on removing the same, lie found within it a bill for 6,000 f. Elated with his supposed good fortune, he was desirous to ascertain its value, and accordingly the docu ment was forwarded to a banker, who soon elucidated the matter, and described it as one of a set of bills drawn in the early part of the French Revolution for 6,000 t:, by Messrs. Frederick Brock and Co., of 'lontpellier, at two months, on Messrs. Thornton anp Co., of Paris. The bill had been ac cepted, and the acceptance cancelled. The bill was drawn on their own order, but had never been endorsed, and was therefore rendered of no value. It was sus posed to have been for payment of some smuggling transaction, and that one of the set had been paid fifty years ago ; thus were the poor man's hopes frustrated ; and it is singular to remark that, about fifty years since, a smuggler occupied the same apartments where the discovery was made.—Dover Telegraph, ,FIRE AT Woosewsen.—About haif-past one o'clock vosterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. WilliaM.?, boot-maker, Wellington-street, Woolwich, and an alarm being given the drums were beat, and strong parties of the Royal Sappers and Miners, the Royal Artillery, the Royal Marines, and police-constables from the dockyard were promptly on the spot, with engines accompanying each party. Great difficulty was e x pe r ienced at first from want of water, but fortunately the tanks at the rear of the Star public-house were made available. The adjoining house, occupied be Mr. Chapman, grocer, was partly con sumed, and the whole of the house in which origi nately was completely gutted. Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Varlo . , 9 f th d e ir l e t c o t y io a n l s ll t i o ari p n u es ll , were very active in b aidine . arn a lg s iv w l - n h g ich otherwise would down with fire-hooks severa l .pa . . have communicated to the adjoining buildings. No person was hurt by un the tir e, but a marine had both his legs run over by one of the fire-engines. 1. tw o o'clock on the A POACHER KILLED. -- Ab Oth morning of Wednesday last two assistant -keepers, who were watching on lands belonging to Sir John Broughton, Ba rt., at Blakenhall, near Betley, discovered two poac hers with a dog ander a hedge on a farm in the occupation of Mrs. Bloomfield. The poachers ran away, but one of them was overtaken by apowerful man named Baeford, and there was a struggle between them, which te rminated in the poacher , George Kean, receiving a fracture ef the skull, which caused his instant death. Basford says that Kean struck at him with a pikel, but that he succeeded in warding off the blow, and then hit Kean over the head with a stick ; that he after wards wrested the pikel from Kean, and threw both it and ' the stick to a distance, and subsequently knocked him down with his fist. A coroner's i • srnt has been h e ld , an d a ver dict of "Justifiable homiei etued.—Birsai ng h am G azette. The young wheat p , are lookin g very pro mising, and there has ee l been a better prospect at ehristram for the ensuing harvest than this year. Newcastle Jouriuzi. THE SUN, I_r4ONDON, FRIDAY , EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1846. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS AT THE SUGGESTION OF LORD ELLENBOROUGII. Further experiments by Captain Chads, C. 8., of t e Ex cellent gunnery ship, at Port,mouth, for testing the racti cability of destroying floating booms, and made at t' e sug gestion and by the order of the Earl of Ellenborough, the new First Lord of the Admiralty, have taken p' ce this week in Portsmouth Harbour. Tuesday's trial w..s on a small spar, which was destroyed by the explosion. Yester day the experiment was made on a more extensive scale — on two large spars, the lower masts of the Thalia, 42, the diameter of each being about 27 inches and length about 90 feet. A strong chain cable was placed along the spars, and then both, with the chain, were strongly woolded together with a ten-inch cable. This was moored at some distance from the Excellent, and then a breaker, in which a long copper fuze was fixed , an d which contained 56 pounds of powder, was lashed in a very short space of time under the boom. At about twenty minutes past eleven the fuze was fired by Lieutenant Jenner, of the Excellent, the boat in which he was pulled was rowed out of danger, and in five minutes and a half from the lighting of the fuze thwater e ex alo plo sion took place. It was a g rand spectacle ; the ng the whole line of the boom being thrown up to a considerable height, forming a dense mass, abov e ties ; whichone larg g e pi the framentece of s of the spars were seen in great quanti at least fifteen or twenty feet in length, the entire substance of one of the spars, was thrown to a height of at least 100 feet. The demolition was most complete ; not only were they splintered, but they were broken short off in a variety of places. The chain of course sank, therefore it was not immediately ascertained whether or not it had been broken. A number of naval and military officers of all ranks at tended this interesting experiment, amongst whom we ob served Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief ; Vice Admiral Warren, the Lieut.-Governor the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, Captain Ogle, Captain Sir Richard Grai t, of the St. Vincent ; Captain Ccllier, C. 8., of the Rodney, &c. This experiment has completely and satisfactorily proved that booms, &c., placed across the mouths of rivers and har bours may be easily destroyed by means of a very simple process. As we have before observed, this has been tested by order from Lord Ellenborough. The experiment of firing at a steam-boat funnel will take place to-morrow. The funnel stands erect on the platform of the old target stage, which has boarded sides, equal in height to the paddle-boxes of a small steamer. It was towed up the lake to its positio n to-day b boats of the Y the Excellent. DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A CHANCERY SUITOR. —Last evening, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Robin Hood, Holborn, upon the body of Mr. James Ede, aged sixty-three, late an extensive tanner at Byrinck, Sussex, and for the last thirty years a suitor in the Court of Chancery for property said to be to the amount of 100,000/. The jury viewed the body, which presented a most appalling spectacle, the throat being cut twelve inches across the spinal bone. Mary Wheatley, chambermaid to the Robin Hood, stated that about nine o'clock on Thesday morning deceased rang for his clean linen. She answered his bell, and told him that it was not ready. A sheriff's officer was then with him. She had scarcely got down stairs when she was recalled by the: officer, who said, " Go in, I think the man has cut his throat." She went in, and saw deceased with both hands working at his throat. A large quantity of blood spirted from the wound against the wall. Mr. William Arthur Ede, eldest son of deceased, said t hat his father hadbeen a Chan cery suitor for a large a mount of property, which greatly af fected his mind and depressed his spirits. He was exceed ingly reserved, and never let his friends know the exact state of his circumstances. Mr. Willis, sheriff's officer, ar rested deceased about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, under an execution obtained by Mr. Thorpe, proprietor of the Robin Hood, for 1801. When he told deceased under what circum stances he arrested him, deceased replied, "Impossible ; I gave him a judgment, but never thought he would take such steps. It was foolish for him to do so, as he was certain of his money, for an estate would be soon sold which would re alise 20,0001., that would be divided amongst five creditors." He then desired witness to call Mr. Thorpe, and witness was so doing, when, hearing a noise, he turned round, and, seeing that deceased had cut his throat, called for assistance. Mr. Thorpe, landlord of the Robin Hood, stated that he issued the execution at the desire of deceased, in the hope that it would induce the solicitors in the case to pay his demand. Verdict, Insanity." THE RECENT FIRE AT CAMDEN-TOWN. — Upon instituting inquiries yesterday on the spot sufficient informs tion was obtained to satisfy every party that the fire, which broke out on the preceding evening, in Hawley 's-fields, was the work of an incendiary. It appears that none of the workpeople had been upon the premises since twelve o'clock at noon on Tuesday, consequently the outbreak could not have occurred from any accident or negligence on their part. Whilst the firemen were examining the buildings after the flames were extinguished they discovered quite sufficient • to convince them that the fire had been wilfully caused. Under the floorings of the stairs, belonging to the house that was the least burnt they found the remains of a wooden candle stick, such as is used by carpenters, and at the side of it was discovered about an inch and a half of a candle-wick, the tallow having become melted, had run away. A similar dis covery they made in the next house, and from the fact of layers of shavings having been found crammed under the floorings, there is every reason to believe that some one had entered the buildings at an early hour of the evening, and had laid the trains of shavings and placed in each a lighted candle in the expectation that the whole four houses would become ignited at the same moment. Such, unfor tunately, was the case, and bad it not been for the timely dis covery made by the police, and the early arrival of the en gines, the four buildings must have been consumed. Mr. Mathew Marshall, builder, of Hustridge-place, Portland town, is the owner of the property, and it appears that he had recently received a threatening letter from some one, and from a variety of circumstances which had previously transpired, it is expected that the guilty party will ere long be apprehended by the police and brought to justice. APPOINTMENT OF A SALARIED SECRETARY TO THE MANCHESTER ATHEN.EUM.-The Directors—after long and patient examination, by a committee appointed for that purpose, of an enormous pile of applications, testimonials, &c., from about four hundred candidates, together with a voluminous correspondence with referees and others—last night came to a unanimous determination as to the indi • vidual to be appointed. We may premise that the list was first reduced to 30 of the most eligible candidates; this number was again carefully reduced to five, and of these five the gentleman who appeared to every one of the committee and also to the directors, to be in every respect the most eligible, was Mr. John Baxter Langley, of Blackburn. Mr. Langley is the son of the Rev. John Langley, rector of Wallingford, Berks ; was educated for the medical profession. and was in practice at Blackburn ; but some distaste for his profession, and a strong bent towards literary avocations, have led him to resolve to quit practice as a surgeon, his testi monials were of the highest character, and as honourable to him as they were satisfactory to the directors of the Athe naeum. Mr. Langley originated and established the Black burn Mechanics' Institution, and on that occasion delivered an opening address, which has been published at the request of the directors of that institution. In a testimonial which they forwarded to the directors of the Atheneum, they ex press in the warmest terms their sense of his unwearied zeal and arduous labours, as indicating the deep interest ho took in their institution, and their conviction that these qualities, with his love of literary pursuits, would render him eminently eligible for the office, to which he was last evening appointed. The salary is 1501. a-year, and we believe Mr. Langley is to enter on his duties forthwith.—Manchester Guardian. IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY. GOOD. —The fishermen on the Pembroke coast are reaping a good harvest, the consequent effect of the late gales. Immense portions of wreck are continually being washed on shore.— Carmarthen Journal. • SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday after noon, between one and two o'clock, as John WiLiams, Esq., a gentleman residing in Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-squat e, was crossing Marley-street into Great Marylebone-street, a kackney cab came up at a moderate pace, but before he could reach the footpath he was knocked down with great violence. He was immediately taken to the nearest surgeon's, where he remained some time insensible, having sustained a severe laceration of the scalp, besides a dreadful wound in the right temple, and we regret to add that he continues in a very precarious state. APPREHENSION OF THE CARPIELD-HOUSE THIEVES. —Wednesday morning, from information received by Barden and Rivers, the two police-officers who have been on the look-out since Thursday, they were enabled to apprehend two of the principal parties concerned in the late impudent robbery at Colonel Wayde's, by pretended railway surveyors. The police, in the first instance, came to town, wad in a court near Drury-lane they found the wife of the individual who represented himself as the surveyor. The woman expressed her willingness to give every information, and by her infor mation they proceeded to Chelmsford, and on Wednesday morn;nge they were enabled to secure Mathers, the principal of the gang, and one of his companions. A large portion of the property was found on the premises. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRENTFORD.—The deposi'ion of John Lowe, the man who was stabbed by his father, was taken yesterday by the magistrate, of which the following is a copy;—" John Lowe, on his oath, saith, I am the son of Thomas Lowe, and carry on the business of a shoemaker at Brentford-end. My father lives in Old Brent ford. About half-past ten o'clock yesterday I was in the half parlour talking to Mr. Mallard. I heard my father come in and ask if I was at home, and my wife said I was at home. I came forward, and my father said to me that he wanted his account, and I told him that I had it not ready just then, but that lie should have it in an hour, and then came into the shop, and my father asked me if I had a pair of lasts that were his. Some further conversation about the lasts took place. I then went towards some last-racks, and on stooping I found my father had followed me, and I observed him to make a motion as if lie would strike me, and I found then something pressed against my side, and I was wounded, and the blood flowed down. I saw a knife in his right heed; I then went into Mr. Mallard's parlour, who lives in the same house, and my father appeared to be following me, and his countenance looked dreadful. I have since seen the knife I think my father stabbed me with." FIRE Ix DRUR - Y-LANE.—On Wednesday night, be tween the hours of eight and nine o'clock, a fire, which at one time threatened very serious consequences, broke out on the premises of Mr. Masey, carpenter and builder, in Drury lane. When first discovered the flames had obtained a strong hold of a quantity of veneers and other sorts of tim ber in the stores on the ground floor, and immediately under the workshops of Mr. Gray, which were on fire last Sunday evening. When the alarm was raised two escapes belong ing to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire arrived, and so did several engines. An immediate supply of water being at hand, two of the engines were set to work, and the water being judiciously distributed, the flames were confined to that portion of the premises in which they com menced, but they were not entirely extinguished until con siderable damage was done to the valuable stock, and also to the building. The origin of the fire is wrapped in mystery. Mr. Masey, unfortunately, was uninsured. FATa.r. F ALL IN THE STREET.—On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest in the edeat hboard-room of of the St. James's Workh ouse , t o inquire into Joseph Walters, aged thi r ty- seven y ears . Th e deceasd re sided at 30, Great Pulteney-street, Golden. square, and had formerly held a situation as clerk in a railway office. He had been out of employ for the last eight months, and fre quently complained of vertigo, he also suffered much from indigestion. On Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, he was proceeding along Compton-street when he was sud denly attacked with his disorder, and in a moment he fell down in a fit. striking his head against the stones. He was picked np insensible, and conveyed into a neighbouring sur geon's, and ultimately to the above institution, where he died from the injuries consequent upon the fall on Monday last. Verdict, " Accidental death." AYR NEW-YEAR HORSE FAIR. The annual New Year horse fair was held here, at the Fauldbacks, on Tursday last. This fair is always the best of our annual fairs, and the present was altogether unequalled of late years. —Ayr Observer. ORDNANCE Sugvsr.—The Ordnance surveyors have " levelled" New-street, Huddersfield, during the week, for the eleventh time. Finding a slight mistake on their see tions, they returned a diatanco 9f 40 miles to correct the error.--keeds Dprcurp REVIEW OF THE 4 7,011 N TRADE. .o t itersa alteration the maybe meetingpro. of In proportion anxiety i t e h ty e time apps a w p h p s i di minished ; and, in the absence c 4' definite infirmation on a a t v have been an elad itis circulat ion. scarcely posed in the corn-laws has in( wooed rather than n rent reports that have theAs worthsubject,alwhile oa doubt allm ustt o mention e sorts ne to ovf nrumoursshortlythe dbi dill S I; been current ; but all confidence in the present amount of protection being maintained In as long ago died away. E n w w i th h r y t circumstance a thsaurbi subject - - t e g t h t r e e o m r . t e l a s w t s o h n a n s e b x e i o e n carefully examined, and the vre riling of her Majesty's answers to the deputations fru m the cities of London and Dublin has been closely ',criticised. The general opinion appears to be that those replies afford grounds for assuming that the measures ;likely to be proposed by Ministers will be of a sweepi n g character • and it is certain that since the day they 'were delivered the tone of the trade has undergone a die aided change. About the close of last week there were ,evident symptoms of a rise in the value of agricultural produce, many being then still disposed to think that ate change likely to be made would not be of a characte tr materially to reduce prices ; latterly, however, a coat. nary opinion has pre vailed, and holders, whether farme rs or merchants, have certainly become more anxious to realise. On the other hand, buyers have shown the utm')st unwillingness to enter into fresh operations ,• and ftiongh no actual de cline of money has occurred, the upward movement has been effectually checked. Being, as we have already intimeta)d, perfectly in the dark as to the nature of the laws by which the trade in grain with foreign countries may hereafter be regulated, it is almost impossible to determine A ith any degree of accuracy how prices are likely to affected ;on the whole, however, we are still inclined to think that the value of wheat cannot, at least, for some time, even under the most adverse circumstances, be greatly depressed. Our reasons for this belief are, in the first place, the fact that all parties have become convinced that an important alteration is sure to take place ; the effect has therefore in a great measure been anticipated ; and further, it must be remarked, that the Premier, before he can attempt to recommend the repeal of the present laws, must make it clear to the House that there really exists such scarcity as to warrant so dangerous an experiment. This being proved, the quantity of wheat now in bond, even though immediately liberated, would not, we think, be likely to produce much effect on the markets ; and as no material supplies from the Continent can be expected to reach this country until the spring or summer, farmers might still have the opportunity of disposing of what they have on hand, without overloading the markets before the new order of things could come into full operation. The only circumstance, in our opinion, which could depress the value of wheat materially, would be a panic among the producers, but should the deliveries from the growers be as moderate as they have been of late, the liberation of the wheat under lock in the kingdom would, we think, have no very great effect on quotations. At some of the principal markets sellers appear, how ever, already to have become alarmed; and at Liverpool a sale of bonded wheat by public auction produced a marked effect of Tuesday. Later in the week the anxiety to make sales had not subsided, and at Friday's market the millers found no difficulty in securing what they re quired for immediate use at prices 2s. 3d. per 701bs. below the rates current on that day se'nnight. At most of the other principal consuming towns, as well as the chief markets in the agricultural districts, holders have generally declined acceding to lower terms, and pur chasers having refused to pay the prices asked, business has been nearly at a stand. From Scotland the accounts are likewise very dull this week. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the attend ance of buyers was unusually small; but notwithstand ing the limited nature of the inquiry, sellers remained firm, and neither wheat of good quality nor the best sorts of barley or oats receded in value. The Glasgow advices are of a similar character, and the determination to wait until something definite as to the future shall have transpired, appears to be quite as general in the northern as in the southern markets. From Ireland we learn that the supplies brought for ward by the farmers had fallen off so greatly as, to a considerable extent, to counteract the effects of the dimi nished, demand and that prices of grain had rather tended upwards than otherwise. We have again to report a moderate arrival of wheat coastwise into London, 6,649 qrs. having come to hand up to Saturday evening. The belief which preVailed last week, viz., that the shortness of the supply had been occasioned by the then boisterous weather, does not therefore appear to have been correct. It is conse quently fair to infer that farmers are not particularly anxious to sell at present rates, which is further con firmed by the scanty nature of the arrivals by land car riage samples from the home counties. On Wednesday there was scarcely anything 'fresh up from Essex, Kent, or Suffolk; and though the demand was the reverse of active, purchasers were unable to buy below, previous prices. On Friday affairs remained in nearly the same position, the extreme insignificance of the supply rendering sellers unwilling to submit to any decline; but from the cautious manner in which the mil lers conducted their operations, we are inclined to think prices could not have been maintained if there had been any increase in the arrivals, Foreign free wheat has been quite as difficult of dis posal as that of home growth, and towards the close of the week there were indications of a slight giving way on the part of sellers; this failed, however, to lead to business, and in the absence of transactions of import ance, quotations remained nominally unaltered. The belief that a considerable modification will be pro posed in the duties on the meeting of Parliament, has not produced much effect in the value of bonded wheat, and no disposition has been manifested to speculate in the article. Importers have, nevertheless, remained very firm; indeed, some holders have withdrawn their samples, preferring to wait until the intention of Ministers, as re gards the corn-laws, shall have become known, to parting with their property, at the rate now current. From the present state of the averages, it is pretty certain that the duty will rise to 16s. per quarter on Thursday next, but this is, under existing circumstances, regarded with in • difference, as few parties now anticipate that the present scale wil l remain in operation. The scale of flour has been very limited, but as the metropolitan bakers have for some weeks past bought with the utmost caution* it may be presumed that their stocks will not hold out much longer. As yet, howeier, there are no indications of an improved demand, and considerable difficulty has been experienced since our last in effecting sales at pre vious prices. The arrivals of barley have consisted of 1,156 qrs. from our own coast, 937 qrs. from Scotland, and 3,025 qrs. from abroad. The inquiry for this grain has not by any means improved ; and though choice malting samples have, in consequence of their scarcity realised full terms, all other descriptions have hung very heavily on hand. This was more particularly the case towards the close of the week, and on Friday the general runs were certainly obtainable a shade below the currency of Monday. The duty on barley is now 6s. per quarter, having risen is. last Thursday. Of the trifling quantity previously under lock at this port, the greater part was released before the advance took place in the duty. The inquiry for malt has been of a retail character ; but factors have generally insisted on previous rates, and the little business done has been at similar prices to those current last week. Though the wind has been favourable for making the passage from Ireland, the supply of oats from thence has not exceeded 2,970 qrs., which with 3,902 qrs.' from our own coast, 1,699 qrs. from Scotland, and 2,663 qrs. from abroad, affords only a small weekly arrival. Notwith standing this circumstance. the trade has not maintained the firm tone it assumed about the close of last week ; which we think must in a great measure be attributed to the general doubt and uncertainty as to what may be done with the corn-laws. Many of the principal dealers appear to have deter mined to refrain altogether from purchasing until some thing positive shall have become known on the subject ; and buyers who hare been compelled by their immediate wants' to come into the market, have taken just sufficient for present purposes ; it has, therefore, been difficult to Sustain the recent slight advance. In our last number the quantity of foreign oats on which duty had been paid during the past year was, in mistake, stated to be 50,000 qrs., instead of 500,000 qrs. There has not been much doing in beans and peas since Monday. The former article has been held firmly at the rates of that day; but the value of the latter has continued to tend downwards. Besides the rise in the duty on barley, the rate chargeable on oats and rye advanced is. per quarter on Thursday. FOREIGN CORN TRADE. By the moat recent advices from the Baltic we learn that winter had set in, and that the navigation of many of the principal rivers had been rendered impracticable, in consequence of the ice. Letters from Dantzic, of the 30th of December, in form us that very little business had been done there in grain dining the preceding fortnight, only about 150 lasts of wheat having changed hands within that time. Frost had set in there early in the month, and since the 15th December the navigation had been closed; up to the period named, fewcontracts for spring shipment had been entered into. The prices asked for moderately good qualities of (new) mixed wheat, weighing from fi f ty -nin e to sixty-one pounds, had varied from 475. to 495. per quarter free on board. At most of the Lower Baltic ports business seems to have been quite at a stand, and nearly as much interest appears to have been felt on the Continent as in this country respecting the alterations likely to be made in our corn-laws. From Rostock we learn that, though the deliveries of wheat from the farmers had rather in creased, no disposition to accept lower terms had been displayed, and few merchants had been willing to enter into engagements to ship good qualities of wheat in spring below 453. to 475. per quarter, free on board. At Stettin, on the 3d instant, the grain trade was very quiet ; fine qualities of red Pomeranian and Ukernsark were then held at 48s. per quarter, free on board in spring, and secondary sorts at corresponding terms. Our Hamburgh advices reach up to Tuesday last, Since the previous post-day there hid been a sharp frost and a good deal of ice hal formed in the Elbe, so as, in some measure, to interfere with the navigation. In wheat little or nothing had been done for export, but holders of the article had been very firm, and high rates had been paid by local buyers ; say 635. for the best 62 to 631bs. Waren, and from 50s. to 523. for fair to good parcels. From outports there were not many offers ' and the prices asked for the few cargoes offered ha v i ng been too high, the contracts closed for spring shipment had been altogether unimportant. In the Dutch and Belgian markets the value of wheat appears to keep up ; but prices, though r ther above those current here, are too near a level with our own to admit of shipment from hence with a fair ehance of profit. At Antwerp on Tuesday last soft Polish Odessa wheat was selling at prizes equal to 48s. to 503. per qr. ; aid at R otterdam quotations were equally Op. From the Mediterranean ports there is no news of in terest, business having scarcely resumed its regular course after the Christmas holidays. . . _ . vv From Odessa we learn that the demand for wheat had slackened materially, without, however, producing any very marked effect on price, and on Dec. 19, fine quali ties were still held at 355. 6d. to 363. per qr.. free on board.—Mark-lane Express. THE COUNTY MAGISTRACY. --- The complaint in the country respecting magistrates' non-attendance to their public duty seems to be spread ing rather widely. Latterly we have had occasion to notice this neglect in some parts—Leiceslershire the last; and now, according to the following, which we take from a Nottingham paper, complaint seems to have arisen in that county. This evil—for a serious one it is—must be corrected:— " We desire, with all respect to the Mansfield bench of magistrates, to remind them of the desirableness, and we may add, the imperative duty of attending with more regularity ,to their official functions. Complaints are constantly reaching us on this very subject. Persons have to come miles over and over again, when one journey would amply suffice, merely because they can • not obtain a hearing. To go no further back than last week, there was only one magistrate present ; and one person complains with respect to that day, that he shall have to attend a third time, merely because there have not for the last two meetings been enough magistrates present to dispose of his case. We are also informed that, a few weeks since, a large number of poor persons from Sutton-in-Ashfield, who were summoned for poor-rates, were sent back again without a hearing, the magistrates present refuSing to stay and go into the business. Now, we are quite sure that these gentlemen would not willingly expose the public, more especially the poorer portion of the public, to any loss or inconvenience , and hence we are sure they will pardon our hinting that men occupying their position are bound to regard themselves as servants of the public, and that no business, no pleasure, no personal wish or inclination, should be allowed to interfere with the full discharge of those duties, which, by the accept ance of the office of magistrates, they have undertaken to perform." CONFLICT BETWEEN AN EAGLE AND BIRD-CATCHER. The eagles are very ferocious and bold, and sometimes make desperate attacks upon the bird-catchers, flying at them as they descend the cliffs, with beak and claws, and directing their fury against the eyes of the intruders. To defend themselves against these formidable enemies, the men carry long knives; and a story is told of a desperate encounter that took place some six or eight years ago, between a bird-catcher and one of these sea eagles, which was well nigh terminating fatally to the former. The man had been lowered from the top, and hung suspended from the overhanging precipice, when an eagle darted at him from out of a fissure in the rock, and com menced a furious attack. The bird-catcher drew his knife and defended himself; but his feathery assailant eluded for a long time every blow. At length, however, finding himself closely pressed, and maddened by re peated stabs of the knife, the enraged bird gathered up his powers for a last desperate dart at the man. The latter saw the impending danger; and, blind to every thing but the necessity of a vigorous effort to parry the attack, raised his knife, and aimed a furious blow at the eagle. It took effect but too well; the stroke that freed the bird-catcher from his fierce antagonist, severed at the same moment almost in twain the rope to which he was attached, leaving the unfortunate man suspended but by a single thread or twist of a cable over the yawn ing abyss. In this dreadful extremity, there was nothing left him but to give the signal by which his companions overhead would understand that he wished to be drawn up. Most providentially they perceived this awful predicament, and slowly and with the greatest precaution commenced pulling in the rope. It was so slender that there seemed scarcely a possibility that the almost severed thread could last until the wretched man reached the top; and with sickening suspense and dread, he felt the frail link that still bound him to life, and saved him from the hor rible gulf below, stretch and crack beneath his weight. It required, too, the utmost skill and caution on the part of those overhead to keep the fractured portion of the rope from chafing against the sharp knife-like edge of the projecting rocks; and between the agony of seeing the fragile thread gradually attenuate and become every moment weaker and weaker from the continued pres sure, and the necessity of drawing it very slowly, lest some unforeseen shock should cause it to snap suddenly and hurl the victim into the abyss, the men on the cliff were in a state of scarcely less suspense than the object of their anxiety. At length the unfortunate bird-catcher neared the brow of the precipice; his companions redoubled their effort-., for the rope was every instant showing increased symp toms of giving way. It snapped just as he was within an inch of the top; but not before one of the men had seized a firm grasp of his clothes, by which he was enabled to drag him triumphantly over the brink. At the sight of their comrade in safety, the men, among whom a breathless silence had hitherto prevailed, raised a loud shout, but he heard it not. The awful situation in which he had been so long suspended, was too much for the poor bird-catcher; he lay stretched on the grass without sense or motion. For a long time, so profound was his insensibility, his companions thought ho was dead; but he recovered at length, though he has never, it is said, completely gotten over the effects of that fear ful hour.—Scenes on the Shores of the Atlantic. ROBBERY AT CARFIELD HALL, II ARLO W. A robbery, of a bold and ingenious nature, was effected at Harlow, on Tuesday. It appears that, since the 27th ult., Colonel Wayde had been in Paris upon business connected with the Rouen Railway, and was ex pected on Wednesday at his seat, Carfield Ilall, Ilarlow. About three o'clock on Tuesday a person, accompanied by four men, made their appearance in front of the house, and commenced making preparations, ap parently for a survey. Having arranged his theodo lite, the leader of the party proceeded to inquire for the Colonel, sending in his name as George Plaxton, surveyor, Salisbury -square, Fleet-street. He stated himself to be well-known to the Colonel, having met him but a few days prior in Paris. On being informed that Colonel Wayde was not expected home till the next day, he appeared much disappointed, observing that he must have misunderstood the day, the Colonel being fully acquainted with the object of his visit ; that he (Plaxton) was now engaged surveying for a new line of railway, forming a junction between the London and Cambridge and the Eastern Counties Railway; and that he was anxious to make his survey, as, from a coversation he had with the Colonel, he thought the line might be car ried out without interfering with Carfield Hall. The servant ultimately introduced him to Lady Wayde, who believed his statement. Subsequently he consented to put off his survey till the next day, when the Colonel was expected home. To an invitation from the butler to stop at the hall he objected, observing ti - at he must return to London that evening, having unfortunately left behind him some articles which he could only get himself, and having taken some refreshment, he shortly after left. The first discovery of the true character of the visitors was made by the nursery-maid finding the lock of her box picked, and a portion of its contents scattered about the room. On going to Lady Wayde's room, it was further dis covered that the thieves had been there, but fortunately a chest of drawers which contained the ladies' jewellery had resisted their efforts to force. One of the servants met two of the pretended surveyor's men upon the stair case, but took no notice, knowing their master had seen her lady. On the return of Colonel Wayde (in Wed nesday morning, the story respecting the railway turned out to be a fabrication, and he found himself robbed of property to the value of between 3001. and 4001. The following is a list of some of the articles:—A gold musical box, surmounted with a bird with an opal beak and diamonds for eyes—the box plays twelve tunes, was the property of the ex-King of France, and cost 3001.; also a pair of silver mounted pistols, engraved "C. C. H., Seringapatam, 1774;" and from the servant's box, a small silver watch aad money to the amount of '2l 13s. —Coui.ty Herald. THE TIMBER TRADE.—The annual circular of Messrs. Churchill and Son, a leading firm in the timber trade, contains some interesting, particulars relative to this important branch of our national commerce. It ap pears, in the first place, from the document, that prices have varied considerably throughout the season, and that, while Canadian deals have been upon the advance, Baltic have receded in as great a ratio ; " timber," properly so designated. from all quarters, except St. John's, having risen to a high point towards the close of the importation. The stocks on hand of foreign deals and battens are large. There were of deals, in 1845, 882,936 pieces, whereas in 1846, there are 1,024,577 pieces, and of battens there were in 1845, 368,246 pieces, against 499,464 pieces in 1846. The stocks of colonial deals and batter.s, and of red pine timber, have dimi nished, but of yellow pine timber we find an increase. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO JOAN JONES, JUN., ESQ., of LLANARTIL—With unaffected regret we have to an nounce that a lamentable accident has befallen this gentle man, the eldest son of John Jones, Esq., and heir of Llanarth. It appears that Mr. Jones, and several of the members of the family of Llanarth, were guests of Sir Charles Morgan, and proposed remaining during the usual festivities of this season at Tredegar, and, on Friday last - , a brilliant field, composed of the gentlemen and several ladies from Tredegar, proceeded to the m ee t o f th e R u p erra hounds. Previous l y to the com mencement of the sport of the day , Mr. Jones, who had been in conv ersat i on w i t h a l a dy o f the party, unfortunately put his horse, a high-spirited animal, at a hurdle gate, that he supposed to be secured, but which was not the case, there being no f asten i ng. I n th e a ttempted leap , the knees of the animal stru c k th e top bar, throw ing Mr. Jones with such terrible fo rce , that his head sun k considerably into the mud. The ladies, te rr ifi e d at the accident , s creamed for suc c o u r, and 'lolls, of the Hendre ; and Mr. Edm und Jones, brother of the sufferer, assisted in raising him, an d a considerable number of a medical officer of the Enn iskillin g Dra g oons, Mr. other gentl emen were soon o n the spot. Appearances were most alarming, and several feared t hat the accident was fatal. Mr. Jones was conveyed, in a state of utter insensibility, to Tredegar House, where Mr. William Brewer, surgeon, was promptly in attendance. We understand that upon exami nation, the symptoms indicated c oncussion, and a slight lace ration of a portion of the brain, with partial effusion. The pulse was clown to forty; the extremities cold; the vitality slight; the muscles that move the eyeball, the eyelid, as well as the p up il, were pa ralysed; and the geeral character of the case was alarming. Dr. O'Bryan , physician to the family, arrived on Saturda7.-. Mr. Clarke , of Bristol, likewise came o ver; an d , on Sunday eve ning, Mr. Liston, of London, for whom a special messenger had been sent, arrived at Tredegar Park. This eminent gentleman approved of the course adopted, and imparted much consolation to the family and friends of the patient, by stating that although the case Was a perilous one, he had every reason to expect a favour able termination. Yesterday the favourable symptoms were still happily progressing. Though he relapsed at intervals into a dreamy delirium, he recognised and spoke freely to those armad Wm.—Monmouthshire Jlerlin. CLEANSING OF THE STREETS IN THE CITY BY THE POOR. Yesterday a deputation from the Association for the Relief of Metropolitan Destitution, established at the west-end of the town, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of stating the result of the experiment made in cleansing parts of the City according to their plan, and requesting his Lordship's sanction to the continu ance and more extensive operation of the recently adopted test. Amongst the deputation were—Mr. C. Cochrane, the president ; the Rev. Dr. Penfold, Mr. G. Jones, Mr. T. Burgoyne, Mr. P. Jefferies, Mr. C. Gatliff, Dr. Bromet, Mr. J. E. Panter, Mr. T. Winkworth, the Rev. Dr. Sprange, Mr. R. Bowie, Mr. J. Holmes, &c. Mr. C. COCHRANE, in addressing his Lordship, said that some persons might imagine the Association par took of a joint• stock character. Nothing was further from the fact. It consisted of many of the most affluent and influential people in the land, who came forward spontaneously to carry out the objects by liberal contri butions, and there was no association in the metropolis which taxed the public so lightly, or drew so largely from the pockets of those who took the most active part in the operations. The establishment of the baths and wash-houses, at the celebration of which the Lord Mayor had officiated with such active benevolence, was neces sary for the removal of the sources of contamination and filth. The establishment of the association, represented by the gentlemen present, was necessary for the not less important purpose of preventing the accumulation of that which invariably was accompanied by disease and demo ralization. In their own locality, the society had made two experiments, one in Regent-street and Oxford-street, and the other in the Strand, and in both cases the success was perfect and indisputable. The whole of the inhabitants had declared their opinion of the efficacy of these tests, and numbers of them were willing to subscribe largely for the support of the plan, but unfortunately, at the west end of the town, without the consent of the vestries, no system of an extensive character could be carried out for the individuals who formed such bodies trembled for the loss of popularity which they apprehended might follow from the increase of rates upon the inhabitants, although it could be proved, beyond all doubt, that the result would. be an important diminution in most of the other charges to which rate-payers were liable. The City of London was differently constituted. Its high municipal provisions distinguished it from the little bodies to which he had just referred, and he hoped that by the encouragement of the most benevolent plan of cleansing the City streets, through the instrumentality of the poorest of the industrious poor, the elevated cha racter it held in the history of corporations would be still more powerly sustained. A deputation from the Society had in November waited upon the Commissioners of Sewers, to request permission to be allowed to make the experiment in the City. Their request was imme diately complied with. A commencement was made in the beginning of December, and the experiment would end with the present month. They hoped and believed they had accomplished what they professed they were able to perform, and they were naturally anxious to hear the favourable opinion of the Lord Mayor, con vinced as they were that the testimony of the chief magistrate of the City of London would be no slight recommendation to the Government to the adoption of a great plan by which thousands might be constantly em ployed for the benefit of the whole community. Before they commenced they found that there were numbers of poor men as willing as they were able to work, and they had the gratification to know that no complaint whatever had been made against any of the poor fellows who had engaged in the acceptable employment which had been provided for them. The shopkeepers the public and the police, if he might be allowed to draw such distinctions, all united in stating that their conduct was without reproach. It was highly sa tisfactory to contemplate so powerful an argument to show that those who were so ready to charge the poor with idleness and disinclination to work were not justi fied. There they were, by the united testimony of the official overseers, and all others who passed through the streets, every moment adding strength to the opinions delivered in their favour. It had been calculated that, by the energetic carrying out of the system, constant well-paid employment could be given to 40,000 industrious men throughout the country. The advantages to those whose good was chiefly sought by the Committee in carrying into effect the objects of the Association would be seen, not only in the present relief of their necessities, but in the self-respect which must naturally arise from the exercise of an independent principle wholly at variance with the feeling of revolting workhouse humiliation so generally diffused through the land. When her Majesty was laying the first stone of the Royal Exchange, she al luded in her address in stronger terms to the charity of the citizens than even to their commercial enterprise, and the employment of the industrious poor certainly consti tuted an essential part of that first of virtues. The LORD MAYOR said that he warmly approved of the kind intentions of the Association, exemplified in finding employment for those who were qualified for la bour, but he could not consent to contribute pecuniarily to the object, for he knew what it was to be mixed up with associations which necessarily incurred great expense. He knew that the expense of employing carts, horses, barrows, &c., as well as paying the men who were to do the work, would be considerable ; and he knew the responsibility which was likely to be thrown upon all who lent their names to projects calculated or in tended to benefit society. He knew, also, that there were Acts of Parliament which provided for the per formance of the duty of keeping the streets clean, and the proper enforcement of which Acts would be efficacious. There were rates collected for the payment of the expenses so incurred, and if the work was not properly done complaints ought to be made by the inhabitants, who ought to contribute the equal pound-rate. He conceived that the paving and cleansing Acts ought to be consolidated with the poor-rate, so that the guardians might, if they considered it were desirable, employ the paupers of their own City, without beirg under the obligation to consult another board, who might make different arrangements from those, by which it could be seen whether or not the City poor were idle and disinclined to labour. In the present state of these laws the guardians had no adequate opportunity of testing the authenticity of the statements made preju dicial to the character of their poor. His Lordship con cluded by expressing his admiration of the totally disin terested views of the gentlemen of the Association, and rejoiced to hear so gratifying an account of the conduct of the poor persons employed to keep the streets clean, and of the adequate performance of the duty. Mr. COCHRANE said the Association never entertained a thought of dictating to the Board of Sewers, or any other body connected with the City of London. Their only wish was to see the plan carried out with effect. Several other gentlemen of the deputation spoke upon the subject, and expressed their sense of the very marked kindness with which his Lordship attended to their application. The LORD MAYOR then accepted an invitation to dine with the Association on the 26th instant., at the London Tavern, to celebrate their anniversary. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE POOR-LAW GUARDIANS OF THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. It is strongly suspected in the City that a very great dif ference of opinion exists between the Chief Magistrate and the board of guardians of the City of London Union, on a subject of considerable importance to the community. Upon the publication in the newspapers of some observa tions made in the justice-room, by his Lordship, on the plan (long adopted by that Board) of sending poor children to the asylum at Peckham, upon their application for relief at Cannon-street, the Board of Guardians transmitted a letter to him, expressing their regret that s uch remarks should have been made upon ex parte stateme nts, den y in g that there isted any foundation for them , and rep resentin g th at his Lordship mig:A have informed himself of the exact state of was ex officio one of the members. The letter is said to con tainthe case, by attending the meetings of t h e B o ard , of which he resolutions in vindication of the whole of the conduct of the that well t u; It is necessary to observe that soon after the L or d M ayor thethrou e t c o theu country tr p 3 o, a or who came withi n it s li m it s entered upon the duties of his office, he rec e i ve d i n f ormation hoard. g ha variety of channels ha the as ordersof theunder metropolis which the officers of the City of Lond on U n i on acted were ex ceedingly n a g l y p o a p r t p s re o s f s that miserable objects upon applying for relief were sent off with tickets of admission to a sort of asylum at Peckham, distant nearly four miles from the City, at night, in the midst cf hail, rain, and storm ; and that on the following morning they were discharged without the least inquiry into their claim upon other parishes, or the least sympathy with their distresses. Into the existence of this most formidable evil his Lordship pledged himself to make a scrupulous in quiry. In a multitude of instances in which wretched ftiendless children were brought before him, he found that the same character is given of the proceedings of the authorities and of the severe and degrading nature of the treatment to which the object of the Lord Mayor's com passion was subjected day by day. Upon former occa sions complaints had been made by those who had been obliged to seek the few hours' refuge which the asylum yielded, after the exhausting and hungry march of four miles, but somehow or other an answer sufficiently satisfactory was always given ; and yet, although the complainants have been frequently assured from the bench that there was not the slightest truth in their statements, they retracted nothing in their accounts of the filth and degradation which they had to encounter, and persevered in declaring that they would in finitely prefer a prison, if the way to it were not irreconcil able to their consciences. In accordance with the expressed intentions of his Lord ship, and considering that a better opportunity of testing the itselfpure h spirittan the oft the commencement Peckhamof his establishment mayoraltycould not n presentadthe winter afforded, he repaired, without saying a word about his intention, to the very spot of which the guardians had always given so alluring a description. Without, as we have been given to understand, affording an opportunity to the servants of the asylum to make the slightest change in the appear ancean d inquired o on of heac spot into the condition and characters of the inmates. We are told that the illusion vanished ple, the his Lordship bolted into the bed-rooms, lar t made atein i te the n f Man sion -house, - swhat he had witnessed with his own eves. He condemned the system upon which the City of London Union had b een com pletely under the inquisitive search thus suddenly and peremptorily made. It became necessary to answer the letter of the board of guardians to his Lordship. That answer , it is stated amongst the guardians, has been given. His Lordship not on l y re pieoant-ehlo t i l l' s e, substancehut entered his i forcible n ta ap commentsar particular conducted, with regard to the distance of the place of refuge from the heart of the City, in which it ought to be centered, and especially with regard to the crowding together of young and innocent females with women of loose character, and suffering from the most loathsome disease. He expressed his utter abhorrence of the demoralising influence of such an association, and denounced it as peculiarly disgraceful to a city in which there abounded such affluence and charity, and where such a union establishment for the poor should exist as would be an example to all the rest of the country. He regretted to be o bli ge d to accuse the authori ties of a most injudicious and absurd parsimony, in selecting a place of refuge for their poor at such a distance as was cal culated to intimidate many from seeking it, and urged the immediate necessity of preparing an asylum within the boun daries of the City, in which accommodation could be provided for the employment and discipline of the inmates. It was currently reported yesterday that the Lord Mayor sent a messenger to the board of guardians, on the daybefore, to inform them that a building at a 3493 distance from the centre of the City, and in which there was a greatdeal ofroom, could be had at a very moderate expense, and that it would be most advisable in them to take it without delay. CAMBRIAN and GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meeting of the. Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday at Wood's Hotel, Furnival's Inn, for the purpose of taking steps for the immediate dissolution of the Company, in consequence of the unsatisfactory explanations that had been given by the Managing Committee of local Directors of the position of the affairs of the - Company. Mr. A. LAURENCE said that it was right for him to state that he and Mr. Webb had been deputed to represent the other Proprietors at any meeting that might take place, and also take such steps as might appear to them most desirable. He trusted that they would now seled a chairman. Mr. APLAUREN suggested that Mr. Laurence should take the chair himself, which Mr. Laurence declined, as being a delegate; and Mr. Webb also declined presiding for the same reason. After some delay, Mr. Ley to*k the chair, when a resolu tion was proposed, to the effect that all persons present should give their names, which was carried by a majority; but several of the gentlemen rising to leave, the resolution was not persevered in. Mr. LAURENCE said that he was a shareholder to a large extent, and residing in Hereford. From the plans and sec tions not having been deposited in the usual way, we gave notice to the banker not to pay the money. The local com mittee bad made a most unsatisfactory explanation, to the effect that they did not think it likely the speculation would succeed, from the circumstance of the money not having been paid up in order to enable them to comply with the standing orders of Parliament, and that the blame lay with their engineers. (The speaker read a correspondence to this effect.) He would not trouble them with all the cor respondence that took place between Mr. Doudney and himself on the question. In consequence of not receiving an answer to a gut stion on the subject from the Managing Committee. the shareholders of Hereford signed a protest to the effect that there should be no further o u tl a y o f th e mo ney until the Directors should have satisfied the shareholders, at a public meeting held for the purpose of ascei taining the position in which the Company stood. It further added, that they would be ready to assist in the prosecution of the undertaking if their demand was acceded to. Mr. Doudman replied to this protest, that they had not decided on the course to be pur. ued. This drew an answer from him to the effect that, viewing the position in which matters stood, they could not consent to the Committee proceeding further. A long and desultory discussion ensued, which ended in a resolution, to the effect that a Committee of the Proprietors be formed to investigate the state of the affairs of the Com pany, to correspond with the Managing Committee, and to call a meeting and communicate the result to the shareholders. The thanks of the meeting were then given to the gentle men from Hereford who had originated it. THE INNER TEMPLE. (The Barristers of the Inner Temple, whose names are subscribed to this Memorial, beg leave to submit it for consideration to the other Barristers of the Society.) TO TILE BENCHERS OF THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF THE INNER TEMPLE. The undersigned Barristers of the Inner Temple take the liberty of requesting the attention of the Bench to the subject of the present mode of election to the office of bencher, which has been recently brought under the notice of the public. They assume the mode of election to be, as generally sup posed, by ballot, and that one black ball excludes. This mode of election has been occasionally adopted by the members of clubs formed exclusively for social purposes ; but it is submitted that there is no analogy between associations of this kind and the Bench of an Inn of Court. The social intercourse which takes place between the benchers is only an incident to their position. They.are constituted for very different purposes. They enjoy peculiar rights and advantages, and exercise functions of great importance to their profession and the State. They are the trustees of large funds, as well as the arbiters of the discipline and pro fessional honour of the bar; and they are invested with the power of allowing or rejecting claims for admission to the bar, and of disbarring any member of it who, in their judg ment, has been guilty of misconduct. It is believed that no other instance can be found of a body with similar powers and duties, to which the admission is not either of right, or by some mode of open election. The undersigned beg leave to notice one other broad dis tinction between the case of admission to the Bench, and that of admission to private clubs and societies. In the latter, the candidate is under no compulsion to incur the chance of re jection k he encounters the ordeal of the ballot by his own free choice. Candidates for the Bench are very differently circumstanced. The greater number are such as claim the honour on being appointed Queen's Counsel. These cannot decline claiming it without incurring a self-inflicted degrada tion in the eyes of the profession ; yet they cannot claim it in the Inner Temple without running the risk of injurious exclusion by the secret act of a single bencher. It is respectfully sub mitted that this is RO ordinary grievance for men to whom an honourable estimation is of the highest consequence, to be exposed to so painful an alternative. That the rule under consideration had never, so far as the undersigned are aware, been acted upon at all until a very recent time, is a strong proof of the moderation and honour able principle which have governed the conduct of the Bench —a strong proof, confirmed by the experience of the other Inns of Court (where the rule does not exist), that it is un necessary—but assuredly no argument in favour of it; for it is impossible not to foresee that when once such a rule, after long lying dormant, is practically revived, its application will probably be repeated, and certainly feared. The undersigned are sincerely anxious that they may not be considered as actuated by anyspirit of undue interference. Such a representation as the present cannot, in their opinion, be considered improper in a matter in which any member of this Inn may at some future day have a direct personal interest. Nor do they question. the power claimed by the benchers, great as it is, erecting them, in a certain sense, into a court of appeal from the Lord Chancellor's appointments. The object of the present application is merely to press the expediency and justice of establishing a better method of exercising that power • and, with this view the undersigned pray the Benchers to take into consideration the speedy adoption of such a mode of election as they shall, in their wisdom, think best adapted to maintain at once their own independence and protect candidates from being ex cluded on insufficient grounds. W. - ATHERTON J. DEEMS E. L. BAEELEY E. H. FITZHERBERT F. CALVERT K. MAcAurAy J. M. CARROW H. A. MEREWETHER A. CLEASBY H. MERIVALE H. DAVISON W. F. POLLOCK. Inner Temple, January, 1846. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A FEMALE AGED EIGHTY YEARS.—Yesterday Mr. Baker resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Black' Horse, Kingsland-road, on the body of Hannah Seeley, aged eighty )Tars. The deceased occupied an apartment in the house- No. 7, Luke-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, the landlady of which was a person named Mary Warwick, who had a son about twenty years of age; both the latter have gone out of the way, the son being a sailor, having gone to sea, and the mother not at present to be found. The deceased had lately frequently complained to her neighbours that she was knocked about and ill-used both by Mrs. Warwick and her son ; the former, it was proved, was in the habit of doing so whenever she got in toxicated, which she frequently did. The neighbours ad vised her (deceased) to sell what furniture she possessed and to go into the Shoreditch Union, where she might end her days in peace. This the deceased according did. On being admitted she complained that her arm had been broken by a poker, which blow had been struck by her landlady or her son three weeks previous. Mr. James Clark, of No. 3, York place, Kingsland- road, parish surgeon, said he found a frac ture of one of the bones of the right arm, which she said had been done three weeks previously by a blow. Witness at tended her up to the time of her death, which occurred on Friday last. He had since, by the coroner'sorder, made a post mortem examination, and found the brain, chest, and viscera very healthy for a person of her advanced age, and as such likely to live some years. The fracture of the arm, and the beatings she had stated to have received, at her period of life and emaciated condition, causing irritability of the system, had, in his opinion, caused death. The jury re turned an open verdict founded on the medical testimony. MR. FORTNUM'S WILL.—We are requested to in sert the following, in correction of some of the details of the will of the late Mr. Fortnum, which appeared in our paper of yesterday :—The will of the late Mr. Richard Fortnum, of the firm of Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182 and 183, Pic cadilly, was proved in Doctors' Commons on the Bth inst., by his executors, Frederick Keats, his nephew and partner, and Mr. William Urwick, wine merchant, Great Tower street. The personal estate was sworn under 100,0001. He leaves his entire interest in the business to his four surviving partners, and secures to them the premises, &c., for a long term. He leaves to his sister, Miss Fortnum, 10,0001. ; to his niece, Miss Keats, 20,000/. ; to his niece, Miss Mary Fortnum, 30,0001.; to Mrs. Keats, 5,0001., should she survive her husband ; to Mr. Scorer, 2,000/. ; to Mr. Oakley, 1,500/. ; to Mr. and Mrs. Selt, 5,000/. ; to his executor, Mr. Urwick, 5001. •, to his solicitor, J. D. Finne, 500/. ; liberal sums to the establishment, and many other legacies; and the residue, real and personal, to his nephew, Frederick Keats. The will was dated October, and he died December s.—Post. NEW BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYAL, PARIS.—The present buildings are long and straggling, covering an im mense surface of ground, and manifesting a great desire to tumble into ruins—a disaster from which they are only saved by heavy annual outlays. Exist much longer they cannot, even with all the expense they occasion, and so down they must come. The Government pro poses to erect the new library in a different quarter of the town altogether, so as to be able to sell the parcels of land in which the present edifice stands. 'Those parcels are in one of the busiest, richest, and most populous quarters of the town, and their sale would realise an immense sum, almost enough to pay for the new bnilding. But interested parties object to a change of the present site, on the ground that in any other q uarter of the town it would be i nco nvenient to that small portion of the public which frequents the library. It is not likely, however, that their convenience will be permitted to outweigh the general interest which un doubtedly requires the removal of the present odious Bibliotheque Royale, and the sale of the site on which it stands.—Paris Correspondent of the Builder. THE POWER•LOOM WEAVERS' DELEGATE MEET ING AT MANCH6STER.-011 Sunday a numerous meeting of delegates, from Ashton -under Lyne, Oldham, Stockport, Heywood, Rochdale, lioyton, Bury, and other manufactur ing towns, was held in the Bradford-street School-room, Manchester, for the purpose of devising the best means of forming a union ofthe power-loom weavers generally through out the kingdom. An operative, named John Greenwood, was called to the chair. He opened the business by stating, that it was the determination of the power-loom weavers, in every part of the manufacturing districts, to adopt such mea sures as would henceforth prevent their masters from reduc ing their wages in times of depression, as they had hitherto done •, and, therefore, it now rested with those present, as they had been sent there as the representatives of the weavers generally, to consider what steps should be taken in suppprt of that branch of factory labour. Considerable dis cussion followed as to the propriety of the formation of a general union of the whole body, when it was afterwards re solved that a central committee, consisting of one delegate from each manufacturing t own, should be formed, and com mence its sittings at Oldham ; that a code of rules or laws should be drawn up for the government of a union of the power-loom weavers throughout England, Ireland, and Scot land, and that immediate steps should be taken in the forma tion of the union. In order to effect this, it was agreed that local committees of the weavers in each town should be forthwith formed, and that they be requested to forward their views to the central committee, who hold their next meeting on the first Sunday in February. Mr. Richard Cooper, a schoolmaster, of. Oldham, having been appointed general secretary, the meeting, after a vote of thanks to the chair man, separated. ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.— On Tuesday evening Charles Woodward, Esq., F.R.S., deli vered a lecture on " Optics and Optical Instruments," to 800 juvenile wenaber4 cf th 9 Camillo 9f aubicribera. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 15. His HoNoun was occupied during the greater portion of the day in hearing the remaining petitions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MANSION-HOUSE. Thomas Brown and Charles Barton, two persons.l remarkably sinister appearance, were charged :fa' robbery. Miss Elizabeth Sibley, daughter of a silk wa rebotor man, in Huggin-lane, Wood-street, stated that „ hale 9 1 was alone in the warehouse, the prisoners walke d in said they wished to purchase some goods. After hayo 3 looked at some articles, Brown slipped a bundle of sir. handkerchiefs under his cloak, and witness, Wh o aected before that manoeuvre that they were both ro bbe the nd had kept her eyo upon them, taxed wit h te r theft. He at once dropped the bundle on the coon and decamped. It contained six dozen of handkerchie' value 5/. I Brown—Oh, dear ! Why, I defy any one to Silje ever thought of such a thing as stealing. I took oP s °,lj handkerchiefs and told her I would have them ; handed them to her, and then she fancies I %van"' steal them. Mr. no w " . The LORD MAYOR—Where do you live, Brown—ln S italfields. The LORD MAYOR—Where there ? Brown--Let t ie see ; where there ? Why, I've lived there all my l ife ,il The LORD MAYOR—Then you ought to know 02 ' 6 . where. Brown—l live at No. 10, Abbey-place: street. The LORD MAYOR—And where did you live b e s ee 'on went there ? Bro w n—Wh ere ? Why, I d on u i f ill , .hat I am obliged to answer questions of that What has that to do with this false.charge ? The LORD MAYon—What are you, Mr. —r et , Brown—What am I.? Why lam a silk manufse tu i3 , The LORD MAYOR—How many men do you eulP Brownl employ one man and all my own family' The LORD MAYOR—And when' is this you ° l tre et live ? Brown—l live in John-street, Leabridg e • s No. B.—(A laugh.) But that's nothing to this. t I ,s• The LORD MAYOR—No. You may or may u° swer, just as you like. t ba Burton (to Miss Sibley)—What's that you ss y handkerchiefs were worth? Miss Sibley-5 L , e 0 Burton—Nonsense, my dear, how could s.x d o ; , 1 11 0 handkerchiefs, at ss. 6d. a dozen, be worth 5/. Ii s • mistake, you see; my Lord. 13 0 0 ' The LORD MAYOR—A n d w h a t are you, Mr. — u r°' Burton—Me ? I'm a d ea l er i n —i n miscellaneous • perty.—(Laughter.) bale voo lid . _ The LORD MAYOR—What sort of things s lately dealt in? Burton—l have dealt in picture ,hints of the kind. thing ' The LORD MAYOR—And what was the last bought or sold? Burton—l can't tell, I'm sure ; know I am in the general way. The LORD MAYOR—I dare say you are both 0 0 0 general way, but we shall find out more about Y °o you seem to know yourselves. Burton—l defy anybody to prove anything sg- Brown—So do I. We went to purchase good ho 6,17 Mrs. Sibley, the mother of the young lady lfr b e gave evidence, here came forward and said Olt to heard her daughter cry " thieves, " she ran 111 10 warehouse and saw Brown with a oak, and call o or of him, whereupon he left the cloak in her possesso,i ran. Under the cloak was the bundle of handle Both prisoners succeeded in getting out at the d were stopped in the street. A be Burton—l never ran. I was going along slow l y oct' the officer came and took me into custody. Ifl 1 was coming back towards the warehouse vale' s buying the handkerchiefs. ss rlY o John Davies, policeman 413, said that Burton l et, ning.at full speed, and was overtaken in Wood s 6 a state of great agitation. sb boo Burton—No, no. I returned willingly. only speak what actually did take place.—(A ', 3 3 , - ;peP The LORD MAYOR—I believe you to be two °- arid notorious thieves. uter.) Burton-1 defy any one to say so.—(Lau The prisoners were remanded till this day. bad A soldier, named W.Sutton, alias Green, wil l) „ jo ist 1 but just discharged from Maidstone gaol, wss e " 6 o for having stolen a silver coffee-pot out of the Mr. Evans, ironmonger, of King William-stree t. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday an elderly man, of respectable sPoPe4r, named Henry Gibbs, was placed at the bar befor e c,, ham, charged with having embezzl e d moneys W :7 / 11°, 1 ci of between 5001 . and 6004 the property of WS `, Messrs. Smith and Sharpe, extensive coal m erchall'' Wharf, City-r oa d-b as i n , an d severa l o th er w harfs-, typj Mr. William Sharpe , the junior partner, stateufor prisoner had been in the employment of the dr l3/ „0 1 7 0 1 4 , ten years as an out-door collectin g - c l er k, a t an si!" s: of 1204 and that it was his duty, every evening , ,ioirg it , ' to the cashier whatever money he had receive d ati y day on behalf of his employers. The prisoner 11(409 been rogarded as a most trustworthy . person, and % / Of, •• occurred to disturb this good opinion until &Iv e›,,,* when he suddenly absconded, and on subseque l3 4o l 7 ing his accounts, it was discovered that he was ' l3 , e rV in arrear, and on. application to numerous cu st° „ c crji were informed that they had already paid the amount of several large bills, for which he had 11° I e tte r j g i counted. The witness immediately addressed u..„ s i the subject to some of the prisoner's friends 1 . ; fed' Norwich, and in answer received a comraunicatic' el( prisoner himself, in which he penitentially lis ledged his guilt, and enclosed a list of the moneys .6 , 0 , 1 propriated to his own pur p oses , which, in the whol e, t r l o the sum above stated. Th witness, in proceeding to Norwich, but on his arrival there to the prisoner had started that morning for LY° 11 4,4 1 ,,, e1 k place he also pursued him, and having aceidents'',loo, on this, l u t il d r : as soon as he had quitted the railway train, gay to it e e custody, and he was forthwith removed backl,ol 3 ;‘, charge of the local police. The witness added, ,T c 4 wholly at a loss to account for the manner in o r l', lo o`,, soner had dissipated the large amount of his del o rif i r he was a single man, without any kind of eneu lp or had always been remarkable for his strictly eeee 71, indeed penurious habits. Inspector Peck, of the Norfolk constabulell'6,o o while on the journey to town in his custody the P ho ulP him that he was so sensible of his his that be iv no attempt at any defe n ce upon his trial, but all , unresistingly to take its course. In answer to questions from the Magistrate, tb e re 4 stated that he had not had s u ffi c i en t ti me since "10 1 ; • town to procure the necessary ev id ence in ser.„o o `," numerous charges he had to p re f er aga i ns t the P'ol l ` . must request that the magistrate would allow bi n tunity for that purpose. t tb e o P On being asked if he had any answer to inak e ,i ° o 3t . sation, the priso ner , i n a ver y d o w ncas t a nd sub be voice, replied in the negative, and was ordered to up again next week. ~! : on eO l THE LATE EARL GRANVILLE..--.8.1# yesterday morning the mortal remains of the Iwiiiri vine were removed from the family residenc. of street, to be conveyed by railway to Whittnnr. e :, to Stone Park, Staffordshire, to be interred l A ' a tel vault in Stone Church. The funeral was non lb le.,4 most private and unos t en t at i ous manner poss terment was to take place yesterday afternoon. Fu Granville, the Ho noura bl e Frederick Leveson93idr'rliv Mr. Stuart. and Dr. Veredav left town by the r yesterday morning, to att en d th e so l emn obsegri e ; 1(1 AFFECTION.—Among other things la - e irj on shore near Sangatte, was a box containing ; ; 0 9 female child a b ou t t wo years o ld . It was.:„ cotton and on it was a purse containing t . " - 0 0 , ,,i with a letter. The following were the contenv fectionate note :—" The charitable Christian v i this body is intreated to bury it in consecrated 6 r ePt the deceased was a Christian." The prayer 14 ' 3 complied with.—Boulogne Gazette. THE FRUGAL INVESTMENT AssOC... I jtiS Jo fifth monthly meeting of the members of this i'l re etf held last evening at Radley's Hotel, Bridgel r tve friars, for the admission of new members and shares. Mr. Neale, of St. George's -terrace, 15 1i ,. 13 ,51 0 1 4 the chair." The object of th e assoc i at i on i s t o ne' 0,1 employ the savings o f th e i n d ustr i ous c l asses , 5° pi' those who may require immediate pecuniari tti er'f j carry on their p ursu i ts, or to promote any (2„"r object. E ac h mem b er subscribes 11. per she Si and he co n ti nues such subscriptions until tu'i r o O` t t 1001. per sh are , w hi c h li m i ts the durat i on o f t he do the period of e i g ht years an d f our months. tr`; "s° the meeting was of a p ure l y f orma l c h arac t e r. admitted, and they paid their respective subser' A YA which, five 1001. sh ares were put up f or auctions The 0 '"ec' chased at a premium, a verag i ng 761 . od d . / separated. MARRIED got ile I. v On the 12th of November, 1845, at St- sl°`;jr . Bangalore, Lieutenant and Adjutant Robert te r Regiment M. N. 1., to Isabella Agnes, dough Captain G. I. Hutchinson, of the Madras arolf'clPoi On the 3d inst., at St. James's, Clerkenwo"' Woolley, of Pentonville, to Miss Eleanor Magi street, Hackney. At Poonab, Captain John Heatley, of !lef t JP A i Regiment, to Julia M ary A nn F earon , elde - Major-General P. Fea ron . On the 13th inst., a t S t . P ancras Ch urc h, to e son, Esq , of C on d u i t - street W est, H y d e - P ar vi younger daughter of the late I'. Moon, Esq• „ On the 13th i ns t., at t h e R oya l Chapel, 11- 0 1 London, Robert Mortimer Esq., solicitor , Tea s Devon, to Miss Mary Gertrude Porrett, of the 4, 4 ff, A , DIED. o , v On the sth of November last, at Soobb o to b+ l ) Nathaniel Barnard, eldest son of Mr. J. V.131.° ford-street. Ifi e ee vo On the 15th of N ovem b er l as t, a tC a stries, t v t S , Thomas, the son of M r . T. El y , of King-strie„cooff, On the 21st of N ovem b er l ast , at Jubbwr vit N Thomas Blayds, 58th R eg i men t N . I. r € 1 5014 De ljP On the 4th i ns t., at N antes, T . H . Incha 00$ On the 13th inst., at North-end, Fulhato , of the late J. Gooderich Goslin, Esq. )30' On the 13th i ns t., at Ampthill House' daughter of the inon. On the 13th H vade'r ; st., at Sussex-gardens, 1 " t (f the wife of Christopher R. Read, Esq. o— of ' °' On the 13th i ns t., Sid ney , t h e ' youn gest s • of Pimlico. On the 14th i ns t., Ch ar l es J e ff er y, third °f " Iv o Cary, of Woodford, Essex. gr• On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Paddington -street, St. Marylebone. Ye' 111 4/ ei London : Printed and Publi s hed by 3 1 AR* Ns. 112, Strand; Printer, at The Son in l.ll Strand, in the Precinct of the SO ', Bilddleaez, Friday, January 16, 1848. ~' . BIRTHS. j J On the Bth inst., at Cublentz, the lady ° I. . 'P r Esq., of a son and heir. , ill e On the Bth inst., at Crewkerne, Somersetsbi r " de r John Sparks, Esq., of a son. „ ,„;re„ On the 10th inst., at Wirksworth, Derbys'' „ii .,,, Alfred Arkwright, Esq., of a son, still-born. v e' On the 10th inst., at Bushey, Hertfor dsbi r pi ° Charles Adamson, Esq., of a son. Afr On the 11th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. G a l ' F• daughter. 'lt 4,; On the 11th inst., the lady of Andrew 11so u Streatham-common, of a daughter. i