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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1846. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, DEC. 17, 1816. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the following gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.:— Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, of Creedy, in the county of Devon, Esq., Colonel in the Army ; Frederick Currie, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal ; and Anthony Rothschild, of Grosvenor-place, in the county of 'Middlesex Esq., with remainder, in default of such issue male, to his nephews, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, Charles Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild, Esqs., sons of Lionel Rothschild, Esq., brother of the said Anthony Rothschild. WHITEHALL, DECEMBER 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Robert Lee, D.D., to be one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Dec. IS. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General James Power to be Colonel Commandant, vice Dickenson, deceased, Dec. 6. ADMIRALTY DEC Corps of Royal Marines Lieutenan ' t . Colonel Thomas Peebles to be Colonel and Second Commandant, vice lirale, deceased ; Captain and Brevet Major James Vhylock to be Lieutenant. Colonel. vice Peebles; First Lieutenant John Hoskin Wright to be Captain, vice Why lock ; Second Lieutenant John James Douglas Barclay to be First Lieutenant, vice Wright. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 9. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Robert John M'Killop to be Captain, vice Morrison, retired on full-pay; Second Lieutenant George Sheddon Dunbar to be First Lieutenant, vice DPKillop. ADMIRALTY, DEC. IG. The name of Captain the Honourable George Rolle Wal pole Trefusis is to be included in the list of Captains of the Royal Navy, having accepted the retirement of their rank on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, on the half-pay of eighteen shillings per diem. Commission by the Queen. Dumfriesshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant and Ad jutant Robert Compton Noake, from 44th Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice Captain Swanson, retired on full-pay. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. Dumfriesshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant and Ad jutant Robert Compton Noake to have the rank of Captain. WHITEHALL, DEC. 9. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Brodribb Sherring, jun., Gent., of the city of Bristol, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Baker, of Derby, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. THE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN TIIE COURT OE ALDERMEN AND THE COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Immediately after the Lord Mayor quitted the Court of Common Council on Thursday, after the Aldermen had one by one abandoned it, in order to render the pro ceedings upon the 'new Bill of no avail, the Comatcai Councilmen called Deputy Peacock to the chair. There were then in the Court 85 members, all of whom were decidedly opposed to the course taken by the Aldermen in expressing their dissent from the Bill and any fur ther proceedings thereon, notwithstanding the fact, that they had sanctioned it in all its former stages. The most active members of the Corporation were the foremost in denouncing the conduct of the Aldermen, and a spirit appeared to exist which was likely to gain strength from the announcement that the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were determined to persist in adopting measures to de feat the object of the Common Council. Mr. AsuunsT moved, and it was unanimously agreed to, that the Town Clerk, the Solicitor, the Remem brancer, the Comptroller, and the Common Sergeant, all of whom are officers appointed by the Court of Common Council, be requested to attend the meetings of the com mittee thus constituted, upon the departure of the Lord Mayor from the chair. Mr. Anderton and Mr. Benno-..k, at the request of the committee, took down the names of all the members present. - Mr. ASUURST moved, and Mr. W. JONES seconded, the following resolution:—" That a committee of the mem bers of the Corporation of the city of London, being members either of the Court of Aldermen or of the Court of Common Council, be now formed to consider the course to be pursued by them, the rights and privileges of the citizens of London, their constituents, being in theit opinion in danger."—Carried unanimously. The same gentleman proposed that a sub-committee, consisting of twenty-one be formed to consider the sub ject and prepare resolutions. The resolution was unani mously agreed to, and the following members were ap pointed .—Messrs. Peacock, Ashurst, Wire, Anderton, Lawrence, R. L. Jones, W. Jones Burn, F. H. Hall, Farrar, R. Taylor, Prior, Bower, Bennock, Finnis, Selson, King, Blake, Norris, Hartley, and Dr. Lynch. The Committee then broke up, and Yesterday the sub-committee assembled for the pur pose of preparing the resolutions. Much discussion took place, and a series of resolutions was prepared for the consideration of the general committee, before which, a full explanation of all the circumstances connected with the matter in dispute, which is said to be the determina tion of the Court of Common Council to prevent the Court of Aldermen from any further extravagant expen diture of the City cash, will be made. - BANKRUPTS. Charles Robert Saucrbrey, ship broker, Fenchurch-street, to surrender Dec. 22, at half-past tes, and Jan. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Giles, Lime-street. Thomas Tappenden, tailor, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, Dec. 26, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. Sambrook-court, Basinghall street; Walsh and Thomson, Lincoln's Inn-fielis. Henry Farman, baker, Pulliam St. Mary Magdalen, Nor folk, Jan. 12, a t t wo , an d F e b . 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Abbott and Wheatley, Roll's-yard, Chan cery-lane; Miller and Sons, Norwich, James Dixon, millwright, Spa -road, Bermondsey, Jan. 5, at eleven, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Holiner and Son, Bridge-street, Southwark. George Combes Bignell, stock jobber. Leeds, Jan. 6 and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Naylor, Leeds; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane. Henry Brook, clothier, Longley, Yorkshire, Dec. 28, and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Broadbent, Sheffield; Tattershall, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London. David Rees, grocer, Swansea, Glamorganahire, Dec 31, at twelve, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Smith and Son, South ampton-street, Bloomsbury; Franklin, Bristol. John Newby, haberdasher, Leicester, Jan. 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi cial assignee, Nottingha m; Ho s ki ns , L oug hb oroug h . Edwar Thomas Bradshaw, stock-broker, Manchester, Jan. 4 and Jan 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Mancl!ester ; Johnson, S on , and Weatherall, T emp l e; Bagsiaw, Stevenson, and Lycett, Manchester. Isaac Sharlatid, jun., tailor, Bath, Jan. 5 and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Mansford, Bath. William Smith Dorsett, iron dealer, West Bromwich, Staf fordshire, Dec. 30, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District tourt. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hiern, Stafford ; James, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Nel son , hosier, Nottingham—first div. of Bs. 9 1 / 2 d. in the pound, on Frith ) , mil Saturday Dec. 18 and 19, on Satur day. Jan. 2, and on even- alternate Saturday until Nov. 20, 1847, inclusive, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. D. Stanton, grocer, Bristol—second div. of 4s. 11 1 4 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acramaii, Bristol. S. Purser, draper, Cheltenham—first dir. of 3s. 7141. in the round, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. I%W. F. Gee c h, corn rnerchaut, Pontypool—thi r d di v. o f d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, 3ristol. R Gill, grocer, Richmond, Yorkshire —first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. iiE ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE. (From the Roman Advertiser.) The amphitheatres originally built in Rome were of wood; the first erected of stone was that named after its architect, Statilius Taurus, and raised by order of Au gustus, who was passionately devoted to the games called Venationes, or chasing of wild beasts. The Flavian was commenced by Vespasian, and completed by Titus in the year 80 of our era; it is said to have been finished in two years only, at an expense answering to 50 millions of Roman scudi, without calculating the labours of 15,000 Hebrew slaves employed in the works; and to have been capable of containing 300,000 persons. It received the, name of Colo sseum eit h er from the colossal bronze etatiie of Nero opposite to it, or from its own vast proportions, on account of which the poet Martial celebrates it as the greatest wonder of the world:—" Mephis may be silent as to the barbarian miracles of her pyramids, nor let Babylonia boast any more of her assiduous labours; nor let the luxurious honours paid to the temple of Diana be extolled; and let the altar abounding in horns conceal the god. No more let the Carians laud to the skies with immoderate praise the Mausolea pendant in the void air; every labour may cede to the Amphitheatre of Caesar; and instead of all others, Fame may now publish only one achievement." Spectac. Epig, IV.) It was covered by an awning, for protection against sun and rain, of the finest linen ; afterwards, when Roman luxury rose higher, this was made of silk, and Nero ordered one to be prepared of purple, with hi; own figure. driving a chariot, in the centre, and golden stars scattered roan I. The rank of seats nearest the arena, in the part called the Podium, was appro priated to the senators, ambassadors, and other high functionaries ; also to the vestal virgins. Whilst Rome was free, all ranks, and both sexes, sat together promis cuously ; but under Augustus this was entirely abo lished. The knights anti tribunes sat above the senators ; the common people above these, who were again subdivided by a law of the empeior, the soldiers, the married and the unmarried men having their sepa rate compartments ; and the women, out of motives of delicacy, in the rows of seats farthest from the arena. For security, a net work, which at one time is said to have been of gold, was stretched round the podium, and stakes of ivory were fixed in its front, so contrived as to give way, turned by wheels, if any wild bcal should leap against them, and thus repel it. A canal was als3 carried rcund the arena, called the Euripus. The splendour of its general ornaments may be divined from the words of the poet Calpurnius : —" Behold the baltheus" (a terrace carried round the amphitheatre), " - set with gems, and the porico with gold." Tubes were conducted through tho ettnece (o benches), to sprinkle perfumes, especially that formed of the crocus pounded with wine, which were made to des cend from above, and rise from below, pouring their fra grant shower over all the spectators. Thus Ovid : Nor were yet the seats red with liquil crocus." These perfumes were also made to flow from statues, a hich appeared to perspire It was first dedicated to the Sc. thian Diana, whe eves supposed to delight in human saqriflee ; afterwards to the Stygian Jupiter, as we are informed by the Christian poet Prudenties :—" These are the d dighte of the infernal Jove ; in these he re poses satisfied, arbiter el dark Avernus." An altar was erected to Die, and the combats of wild beasts were placed under the special protection of Siturn. Hence, it was observ e d b y Tertulhan, that th e amphitheatre was consecrate to the sternest deities; that it was " the temple of all demons." The spectacles were exhibited down to the time of the invasion of the G'eths in the beginning of the fifth cen tury, for though forbidden by a law of Constantine, as irreeoneileable with the Christian religion, they were never etlisiently suppressed till the reign of Ilonorius. Every invention of art, every resource that wealth and power could command, was expended to add to the fas cinations of these sanguinary shows, not, as a more re fined taste would have required, to idealise, and thus soften the ferocity of their chaeacter ; but to invest them with all the vividness of terrific reality. One writer (Vopisetts) describes how, on throwing open the portals communicating with the cages of the beasts, issued forth 1,000 ostriches, 1,009 stags, and 1,000 boars. Nellie exhibited, on one occasion, a suecessioti of dif cerent sports ; first the Vemaliottes ; then (the arena being tilled suddenly with seater) a sea fight ; then a combat of gladiators, and lastly sreceeded a banqust. The ship Nero had formed to be the instrument of his mother's death, was taken from the model of one of those introduced in the amphitheatre. Of this Dio says, that it was contrived so as suddenly to fall to pieces, when 700 animate of different kinds leapt forth from its womb ; and then to re-unite, assuming its original form. Aquatic and amphibious animals were introduced, tbZ former when the whole arena was overflown, the latter, it appears, at other times, as Calpurnius epenks of having seen the hippopotamus and sea-calf fighting with the bear. But the most perfect illusion was produced by the representation of fore its, when the whole arena was planted with living trees, shrubs, and fl Avers ; and we reed that the earth was contrived to open, an 1 send forth the wild beasts from its yawning clefts, which were in • stantly re-covered with shrubs and bu,hes. Apulcius speaks of a spectacle in one of the provincial amphi theatres, where Mount Ida, as sung by flower, was re presented, planted with trees, and with a fountain spring ing from its summit. Martial describes one of these scenes very graphically :—" Whatever is said to have been seen in the Orphean Rhodope, Cmsar h is exhibited to thee on the arena of the theatre : the rocks extended, and the marvellous forest spread itself, such as one be lieves to have been the grove of the Hesperides." Gl'vliatorial combats possessed much more attraction for the Romans than the most splendid exhibitions in which bestial blood alone was shed. Gladiatorial com bats had their origin in the belief that the souls of the dead delighted in human blood. Thus Homer makes Achilles slay twelve noble Trojan prisoners on the fune ral pyre of Patroclus ; and Virgil makes eEleas send slaves to Evander, to be sacrificed in the funeral of Pal las. This idea was received by the Romans from the Etruscans ; hence the practice of immolating servants an l slaves when their masters died, and, as an improve ment upon this, the first combat of gladiators was given at the funeral of Brutus, in the year of the city 533, by order of his two sons. It was once proposed to intro duce these combats among the Athenians, out of a feeling of jealousy against the luxuries of the Corin thians : The philosopher Demonates rose in the midst of the assembly, and exclaimed—" Before ye do this, first cast to earth the altar which, more than a thou sand years ago, our fathers erected to mercy !" These sanguinary honours to the departed were often ordered in the testaments of Roman nobles, and even the funerals of women were celebrated by the same. It was a severe reproof against the barbarism of these spectacles, that Spartacus, the general o f the Gauls, gave to Rome; when on the death of his brother, during the war, he .compelled 300 pairs of her citizens, his prisoners, to fight together as gladiators. The combats were generally given on the spot where the funerals were celebrated, but more frequently in the forum, the camps, or the circus; it was not till the avidity of the populace for such sights so increasing as to demand them distinct from the rites of burial, as separate entertainments, that amphitheatres were built Toe combats were then given by pretors, consuls, questors, pontiffs, Sze, to celebrate the day of their en trance into office; by emperors on their birthdays, o every fifth and every tenth anniversary of their acces sion; also on occasion of festivals, victories, and triumphs. Those who filled high places had often their own pur poses to serve, in averting the attention of the people from theen , elves. Thus Julius Caesar, whilst ethic, gave gladiatori il shows in which 320 pairs contended and would leave employed a larger number, but that the senate decreed that this should be the maximum. One may imagine the frantic excess to which the taste had been .carried in Rome from the preventiv e laws made by Augustus, that gladiators should no more cola bat without permission of the senate ; that the pretors should not give these spectacles more than twice a year, that more than sixty couples should not engage at the same time ; and that knights and senators should never .contend in the arena. Still more may one do so, from the fact that some years after he was obliged to repeal this last, because totally useless and contemned ! It need not surprise us to find a Nero, a Commodus. a Caracalla, delighting and participating in these contests ; but i t awakens sorrowful astonishment to see Titus s c i o i n f g th tl e te c l / i o v l e o s ss o e f u s tn ; everal thou san d s a t t h e i naugural games Adrian giving, in one month, spectacles in which 3,000, attd Trajau continuing for 123 H. Savage, apothecary, Dorset-place, Dorset-square —a div. of 4s. 3d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street. A. Wildy, hatter, Oxford-street—a div. of 3s. 10d. in the round, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street. W. Elliott, corn merchant, Petworth, SItS3C7C—a div. of 43. in the pound, on any Fri,lay, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, I.3:isingliali-street. J. Teasel, carpenter, Norwich—a div. of 2s. in the pima, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-. court, Basingliall-.street. W. Erick, baker, Hackney-road —a illy. of 7s. 3d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street. F. Syder, grocer, Fakenha:n and Wells, Norfolk—a div. of .ss. in the pound, on any Friday. at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street. M. and H. Emanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover-.square —second div. of 3s. 7d. in the pound, and first and second div. of 10s. Id. in - the pound, on new proofs, or. Saturday Dec. 19, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. EdwaraD, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. M. Emanuel, goldsmith, Hanover-square —first and final div. of 208. in the pound, on new proofs, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DI VIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. I. Bird : grocer, Harrow on the 11111, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve —E. Cawdell, toy dealer, Hull, Jan. 9, at half-past eleven —A. Yeatinan. clieinista, Fore -street, Jan. 9, at eleven —R. Bowerman, corn dealer, Ensham, Oxfordshire, Jan. 8, at one —R. Walter, ribbon-manufacturer, Wood -street. Cheapside, Jan. 9, at half-past eleven—E. Whitmore, J. Wells, J. Wells, jun., and F. Whitmore, bankers, Jan. 8, at eleven—T. Benson, stationer, North -place, Gray's Inn-road, Jan. 8, at half-past one—L Munsev, shoemaker, Bedford, Jan. 14, at eleven—C. Maltby, prox'ision merchant, Asaettle bly-place, Assembly-row, Mile- end, Jan. 14, at eleven—W. Joy, plumber, Tonbridge, Kent, .Jan. 9, at twelve. In the Cou town,ntry. M. o:iver, innkeeper, Lang Cumberland, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. G. , Schott and J. C. La , ater, merchants, Manchester, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Senior, brewer, Salford, Lancashire, Jan. 28, at eleven, at the :Ilan chester District Court—J. Riding and J. Fielding, cotton manufacturers, Leyland, Lancashire, Jan. hi, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown I Q the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. G. F. T. Fowler, printer, Lillington-street, Pimlico - Jan. 12 —W. Wells and J. Claxton, coal inerchan'3, Bauks;de, Southwark, Jan. 13--L, A. V. Rudolphi merchant, Sunkler land, Jan. B—W . Chamb ers,allio. tight, Southwick, Durham, .Tau. 12 —J. Stout, shoemaker, Liverpool, Jan. 11—C. 11. Purnell, coal merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 1 t —T. Bateman, victualler, Coventry, Jan. 9—J. Cramp, cowkeeper, Margate, Jan. B—J. Hatcher, butcher, Poole. Jan. B—.J. Hannen, tallow welter, Little Britain, Jan. 8-I'. Cooper, umbrella manufacturer, New Band-street, Jan.. B—C. C. Clancep, sad alter, Chorlton-upon-gedlock, Jan. B—J. Wilcox, tailor, Little Bell-alley, Atoorgate-street, Jan. B—G. Kidman, victualler, Long-alley, Worship-street, Jan. B—J. Walker, Jun., woollen clot'a manufacturer, Leeds, Jan. 8-1. Sarsome, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, Jan. B—W. Arburrow, druggist, Liverpool, Jan. B—H. Woadthorpe. grocer, Aveley, tssex, Jan, 8-1 - I.C. Sothern, coal dealer Liverpool, Jan. 8. j. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Lining on and W. Marshall, japanners, Hull—ll. R. Morley, J. W. Morley, and J. Wakinshaw, iron manufac- Iturers, S , nnderland—C. Fowler and W. Jones, commission merchants, Liverpool —IV. Miskin and J. N. Vinen, surgeons, Broad -street, Horslydown, Southwark—J. Thompson and J. Eaton, cotton spinners, Manchester —S. J. Ilennis and G. Whittle, house agents, Old street, City-road—J. Hall and Spawforth, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire —J. Clifford band J. Porter, lace manufacturers, Radford, Nottinghamshire —E. P ar k er and T. M. IVeddall, attorneys, Selby, Yorkshire —.E. Parker, M. Weddall, and R. J. Parker attorneys, 'Selby, Yorkshire (so far as regards E. Parker)—A. Horsfi;hl sand S. Barrass, ironfounders, Leeds —G. Beaumont and J. :Stocks, woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield—W. Bradley :and J. N. Mappin, brewers. Sheffield—N. Longshaw, W. Longshaw, and J. Longshaw, cotton spinners, Manchester (so far as regards N. Longshaw)—J.. Hamer, R. C. Bateson, and J. Hargreave?, cotton spinners. Constable, Lancashire__ R. Tate and R. C. Tate, jewellers, Regent -street—W. Stace and P. Valiance, farmers, Berwick, Sussex—J. Halstead anil Bowker, cotton manufacturers, Redcliffe, Lancashire— C. jD. Broughton and H. Dyson, drvsalters, Liverpool—W. Rimington and T. Cooper, ironfounders, Skipton, Yorkshire, *west riding—J. Redish and T. -Williamson, coal dealers, Bir kenhead, Cheshire—Henry Rowe, J. Rowe, and J. B. Read, brewers, Penrvn, Cornwall. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Scartb, broker, Glasgow, Dec 26 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Steele, jun., Glasgow. James Robertsoe, George Agilvie Robertson, and Thomas Robertson, iron merchants, Glasgow, Dec. 28 and Jan. 18, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Macdowall and Murray, Glasgow. John Reavev, merchant, Ayr, Dec. 23 and Jan. 13, al twelve, at the Crown Inn, Ayr. Alexander Simpson, Esq., Cromarty, Dec. 25 and Jan. 12, at twelve, at Yule's Inn, :romarty. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made' in the week ending December 15, 184 G, is 325. Id. per cwt. LtE,IKNGITUNT;koNit. s APPLICAT NYO TO THE GUARDIATHENS OF THE ?me few weeks ago a highly respect able tradesman , from Lancashire, o bt a i ne d permission to inspect the of amamusementontv e establishment , mere l y f or the pur posea':a information. When introduced into the school, he was struck with amazement at the cleanliness and also express e d h i P s pr demeanour of th e sc h o l ars. Ile made in education proper dejacanour of the scholars, lie also expressed his astonishment at th e progress they had at and in such a place, observing that 11,e(:vhhaeoc;1rlaystioannaabgoent the same sa e no means acquired in a respectable school so much knowledge as those poor m tlr ie s. a On Wednesday al applica last, Dec. 9, the said gentleman manatatdhmission tion to the board of guardians for his sons into the home for the purpose of education, time proposing a handsome remuneration and subtEriSsarn,e to the rules of the house, as to clothing, diet, 41) 4 6 '4 other restraints put upon the pauper children. The board, which was numerously attended, unanimously passed a resolution for the admission of the boy, subject to the approval of the Poor-law Commissioners.—Cor respondent of the Macclesfield Chronicle. WINTER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. --York, Dec. 14. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) MURDERS AT STARTFORTH, NEAR BARNARD CASTLE. —George Barker, 19, John Breckon, 24, and Thomas Routtedgc Raine, 19, against whom two true bills had been found for the murder of Joseph Yates and Catherine Raine, at Startforth, on the 10th of August, 1845, were charged with the wilful murder of the former. Mr. Bliss, Mr. Pulleine, and Mr. Overend. were eounsel for the prosecution. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Blanshard defended Barker and Raine, and Mr. Pickering appeared on behalf of Breckon. The prisoners, who appeared quite unconcerned, pleaded not guilty. Mr. BLISS then stated the case to the jury. Gentle. men, this is not a case which depends upon what is called circumstantial evidence. It depends on the tes timony of an eye-witness, who was present at the time the crime was committed. Yet a good deal of circum stantial evidence will be offered and brought before you, not as creating a case of itself, but as affording reasons from which you may think that it will be safe for you to trust the testimony of the principal witness. 'The name of that witness is Ann Humphreys. The crime is charged to have been committed on the night between Saturday, the 9th, and Sunday, the 10t1 - . of - August, in the year 1845. The place w as near t h e bridge of Bar nard Castle, on the Yorkshire side of the river Tees. The person who was murdered was Joseph Yates, a tailor, and residing in Barnard Castle, in Galgate. The prisoners belong to Barna r d C ast l e. S ome t i me i s the month of August, 1844, Barker came to de ceased with a coat, which he desired might be altered for him. Barker gave this account of the coat, that "it was Cotherstone clip, and ranter fashion," and that he had bought it at the sale of Captain Bainbridge. Captain Bainbridge was a person who occupied a house at Cotherstone, and in his house a seizure had been made of his furniture in August, 1844, Barker being the person h-ft in possession, In consequence of that seizure instructions were given to a solicitor named Coulthard to commence an action, and Yates was examined and subpoenaed to appear at York Assizes in July, 1845. Afterwards it was determined to proceed criminally against Barker. Yates was in formed of that determination, and he was told that he would not be wanted at those assizes, but would be Wanted on a future occasion. The same information was also given to a person of the name of Walker, and Wal ker communicated that information to Barker, telling him that after the assizes he would be criminally pro ceeded against respecting the coat. From the fact of Yates having been subpoenaed respecting the matter, Barker conversed with Yates with respect to his account, threatened him, and inquired of him whether he intended to appear against him. You will hear the conversation that took place, and you will hear also the threats made we of by Barker ; and evidence will also be given by a person to whom Barker spoke, viz.:—that he (Barker) desired that person to go with him in order to give Yates a good "milling." That took place on Saturday, the 9th of August, 1845, the very day on which the deceased Yates was killed. And now, gentlemen, I come to the detail of what occurred on that day. At about eight o'clock on that day Yates was seen in Thorngate, a street communicating with Briggate, which leads down to the bridge at Barnard Castle, He was seen to have a sovereign in his pocket. From eight o'clock in the evening until about half-past eleven or twelve, the de ceased was seen at several public-houses, drinking and dancing, and apparently in good health and spirits. Yates was a small man, with an effeminate voice. Atter he was seen at Lofthouse's, the last public-house he was at, he will be taken up from thence by another witness named Cooper, who walked with him down Briggate, across the bridge leading from Barnard Castle to Start forth, went to Startforth, returned again, and left him standing on the bridge; this would be about twelve or one o'clock. The night in question was both dark and stormy. We shall find him next seen by a person named Robinson, who, in a little lane called the Lonning, lead ing from Briggate to the river, saw Catherine Raine come out of a public-house kept by a person of the name of Procter, and go into Briggate, where she and Yates met. Robinson then went into his own house, and the next we hear of him is by a witness named Dob son, who lives further up to Thorngate in Briggate, and who, being before his house smoking his pipe for some time, saw Yates arid Catherine Raine pass and re pass towards the bridge and from the bridge. Dob -on then went into his house, and this is the last we see of Joseph Yates and Catherine Raine until they are taken up by that important witness Ann Humphreys. We shall show that all the three prisoners were in Barnard Castle :,hat • ight, and in Briggate and the neighbourhood, and FRETG HT& A ccoun t s f rom G ot t en b urg h o f t h e at last a witnes s name d Wanless saw Barker an d B rec k on and Racine to get h er , go i ng d own B r i ggate towards the 28th bridge. And n ow , we come , gent l emen, to the testimony ult., state th a t 17 s . per ton f or i ron had been paid to Hull ; and fr om D ants i c o f t h e Ist current, that char bridge. Ann Humph reys . Sh e was a g i r l working et a factory at tors for spring h a d b een c l ose d at 18s. for London and Liverpool per l a st f or b eams. —D un d ee Advertiser. Barnard Castle, b e i ng a b out 2 1 years o f age, having had an illegitimat e child, living in a house on rh o l e f t h an d o f at the last Wat e rf or d ass i zes two Austro-I.alians, be Briggate JUSTI C E.—It w ill b e remem b ere d t h at Briggate as you go down the street, with h er f at h er an d longing to th e A nna , o f T r i este, were acquitted of the sister a nd c hild. —(Th e L earne d C ounsel her e detailed the murder of Kean e , th e carman, t h e j ury agreeing that it evidence of Ann H um ph reys , as i t w ill b e found sub was in self defen ce th a t h om i c id e was committed. It was joined.) On th e f o ll ow i ng morn i ng (S unday) Mrs. Alice tilalland, who r es id es a t S tan f or d ) , and goes to Barnard ticular, gave the f a t a l s t a b to K eane. The men returned believed that on e of' the Austrians, th e sma ll man i n par - Castle to Church, wen t, accor di ng to h er custom, along to Italy, but no t b y t h e s hi p Anna, as she sailed previ- this road to the brid ge , an d w h en s h e got to the place ouely to th e i r lib erat i on . But the merciful hearts of which I have menti one d, a b out n i ne o ' c l oc k that morn i ng, Irish jurors were not of the stuff which administers she observed a young man looking over the wall ; she also Austrian justice. On the arrival of the two sailors in noticed his movements, and was particularly struck with Trieste, they were i mpr i sone d f or t h e murder of the Irish him. As she went al o n g s h e saw bl oo d upon t h e ground,and also observed bl oo d on th e s t ones o f the -wall. Both man, and brou g ht t o t r i a l. Th e sma ll man was found it and the young m an exc i te d h er attent i on, and she spoke guilty, and sente nce d t o fi ve years ' i mpr i sonment. Such to him. In con s e quence o f w h at l ie sa id she looked fur is his penalty in his own land, for killi ng a man in so distant a country. It will b e seen b y t hi s t h at the Aus- marks of hors es ' f ee t. Sh e saw none, b ut saw marks of human feet, as if apparently after a scuffle, and saw the Irian authorities have no great a ff ect i on f or the knife, and that murder is no t t ho ug h t li g h t l mark of a knee up on t h e so f t groun d , as if the knee of a Italy. The Cr ew o f th e s hi p A nna, why ich has returned of in Austri an person wearing corduroy t rousers h a d b een presse d to this port from the Adriatic, brings this intelligence.-- against it. She went to church, and on her return she found that some mud had been put over the blood, and Waterford Chronicle. mud on the wall so as to obliterate or conceal the blood. EXPERIMENTS IN GUN COTTON.—Since the expo- She heard afterwards of the d ea th o f Y ates. The exa riments recorded in a r ecen t p u bli cat i on o f our paper we ruination took place in the month o f J u l y i n the present hare received the f o ll o win g i n f ormat i on from Mr. Haitiyear. She felt a curiosity to a tt en d t h at examination. day of' exp e ri ments ma d e w i t h a superior gun cotton to that used pr ev i ous l y i and whilst she was there she wa s s t ruc k w i th the ap ing-piece pr Pcted a ball at fifty yards through three him will depend upon her evidenc e . O n t h at same Sun boards, each 11 i nc h t hi c k, t h e l atter b oard being covered with copp er 1-16 i nc h thick. Be day morning the parish clerk o f B arnar d Castle wastween the first and se- roceedi to church, where he likewise observed the cond board th ere waap a apace of 36 inch es; b e t ween the blood ng . A female nanaedjMary Ann Delkin heard the second and third 44 inches; the latter resting against a gate from w cries on Saturday night, and th e w i n d ows command a hich a portion of the spars w ere b ro k en, the view of the place in question. O n t h e S unday morning ball p, Bight grains at the same distanc e , an d w i t h the ipparently busy with somethi ng t h ere. Two days same boards situated as before, s e nt a ball through the after this the body of Yates was found at a place about , first board into the second, which had a crossbar of the 'hree or four miles lower down the river. It was same thickness as the board, malting -ti inches altogether, deserved that he had bruises on hi s b o d y, and wounds and was stopp e d b y an i ron b ar: t h e b all when takei. or cute, and at the back of hi e h ea d there re a s a out was found slightly injured. Three grains, in one 0. :unviderable injury, with coagulated blood, and blood in Edge'm rook-r lies, sent a ball, at a distance of 25 yards. the nostrils coagulated. I consider that affords some through 14-inch plank. Experiments were also tried ie probable inference as to the cause o f death, for unless it the Ard wick li me pi ts , w h en i t was found, after several was coagulated until it got into the wa t er, i t w i ll b e for trials, that 222 gra i ns o f gun cotton produced a hotel you to say whether the water would no t h ave washed it effect than four o unces , or 1, 7 30 gra i ns, of the usual ,tf. Gentlemen, en the night in question the prisoner gunpowder employed in mining operations, So we ma) Barker went home to his lodg,ings, where, as will be saf,ly estimate the power of the gun cotton as eight ;,roved by a person with whom he slept, he arrived some times stronger than gimp° 4 der. Another ra markabl, time after the period I have spoken of. He will speak fact with regard to this interesting body is, th a t w h et . to you as to the state in which he appeared to be, an 4 he exposed to a te m p erature from 200 to 300 dogs., or, it will give you t hi s further important evidence, that the kept at the latter temperature for a short time, the collar next day, which was Sunday, before he (the witness) had becomes brown, and loses its property of explosion ; •eartl of Yates being, missing, B ar k er to l d him that but if throw n into a vessel he a t e d t o 330 d egs . i t imme Yates teas gone. Add to that this circumstance also, diately explodes. Steaming it, as calico- printers steam that afterwards Barker cautioned him not to mention it; their cloth, has no eff,•ct upon it ;if any, its efficacy ii and, I believe, on more than one occasion, not to di increased. The acids used (equal mixtures of nitric and sulphuric acids) wer e a s s t rong as t h ey cou ld b vulge the fact he had mentioned to hi m . A n d now, gen e made, and used only i n su eh proport i ons as would wet the demen, I come to another important s t age o f t h e case. Ann Humphreys made no disclosur e o f w h at she had cotton employed. This is the most difficult part of the (teen that night, from the time it happ ene d unt il the 26th operation, an d requ i res d exter i ty i n the management, a . (teen July in this year. Before that ti me s h e appeared to the cotton is a pt to ta k e fi re unless i t i s speedily satu be in a state which will be described to you. On that rated with the acid. This circumstance, we fear, wilt day she had some conversation with a friend of hers, of prove a praetical difficulty in the manufacture of this 'he name of Sutcliffe. The result was, that Mrs. Sut. article on a large seale.—Manekest-r Times. 'tiffs took Ann Humphreys to a constable named Pearson, A Ronne SHOT. —A distressing affair occurred who took her before the magistrates, and the prisoners on Monday night last, at Forneett St. Peter's, a small were arrested, examined, and committed. • village in Norfolk, near New Buckingham, and about A great many witnesses were th en exam i ned, end the twelve miles from N orw i c h. Thi s I s an agricultural village, and the name o f one o f t h e farmers re:idin corroborative points spoken to by t h e L earne I Counsel g were established, but the detail s wou ld occupy several there is Robert Ba t l e y. M r . B a il ey h as two sons livins „lumns. at home with hi m , an d a b out t h e m iddl e of Monde) night one of these o b serve d some men enter hi s father': Ann Humphreys, the prin c ip e l w i tness, was examined barn. by Mr. BLISS.—She thus d escr ib e d t h e mur d er - -Raine He had no doubt but their obj ec t was t o ro b it, exit his arm round my waist, and sa id, and he awoke hi s b rot h er an d f at h er, an d these belie, have a walk just as far as the bridge." " We'll away, an d We went as far dressed, all thr ee p rocee d e d to t h e b arn. Here they as the bridge, all of us. Catherin e R a i ne an d J osep h found three men in the act of filling sac k s w i t h wheat, Yates went first, then me and Raine, and then Breckon having already filled three, when Mr. Bailey surprised , them, and demanded them to surrender. One mime- and Barker. Yates and Catherine Raine were both very . much in liquor. I can't say how the prisoners were in diately struck him a severe blow with a !arse bludgeon drink. Raine said, " We'll go over the bridge," and we with which he was armed. One of the sons had taken went down the sills. I know the tram-wall. We had the precaution to arm himself with a gun, and the not got down the flags when Raine said to me that moment he found the blow struck he fired at the man .. Yates had some money—how must they do to get it who struck it, and the contents entered one of his eyes. from him?" Yates and Catherine Raine were then and were chiefly lodged in his head. The others were going down the sills also. I said, " Poor little fellow, so frightened that a second was secured, while a third don't meddle of him—he will spend it among you." We fled. Messrs. Bailey recognised them all as their own went a little further down the sills, and then Barker labourers, and one of them the thrasher. The man that came in front of us, an d h e sa i d, " N oow, Jos, does thou was shot, w h ose name i s B rown, arrived at the Norwich intend to go to York against me for that coat?" Yates , Hospital a b out t h ree o ' clock on T ues d ay morn i ng , and said "He could d o no other than go agoinst him. " we have not heard that he is at present dead. The Barker said, "He should never have the chance of other who was apprehended has been examined, but had it." He said no more till we got to the end of the not arrived at Norwich Castle in the early part of this ► tram-wall. end then Barker asked Yates for his afternoon. He will, no doubt, be committed for trial. money. Yates said he would not give them a half- HINT TO THE C REDITORS OF MILITARY G ENTLE - penny, but he was willing to spend it amongst them. MEN.—A bookseller, in Glasgow, allowed a military He then asked him again if he was going to York gentleman, stationed in Glasgow, to run up an account against him, and Yates said he could do no other thar with him. The regime n t, a f ter some ti me , wa s ordered go against him. Barker said, " Then you —, you to England, and the officer a ll u d e d t o forgot or neglected, shall never have the chance," Y a t es cri e d out, " Don't as military men as well as others sometimes do, to pay knock my eyes out." Raine and Breckon then his account. The credito r t oo k occas i on , a f ter h e h a d wen t u p, and there were heavy blows struck, but I don't left, to remind him of it very c i v illy, an d to reques t pay- k now which of them struck those blows. Yates then went when convenient. No answer w h a t eve r w as re- cr i e d out " murder," and Catherine shrieked out too ; turned. After a dec en t i n t erva l, anot h er app li cat i on , an d B ar ker turned to us and said, if we did shout out equally polite, was made f o r th e money ; b ut st ill the . aga i n , he would throw us into the water. I did not cry result, or non-result, was the "s ame . Fi ve app li cat i ons , out . Catherine and I were standing againsttogether, y u a p es extending over a considerable period, were thus made, to th e wa ll. We had got past the flags then. each and all of which the gallant officer maintained a most ou t, oOh dear, oh dear, is there no one to help me r out provoking silence. The bookseller at last wrote him. ;{anew Yates before. He was like a woman shouting ..m.,, more sharply than before, that if the debt were not paid more than a man. Barker said, " Yes, he could help him." in in eight d lye, he would lay the whole of the circum- Then they all three came a little distance from him, and stances before the Commander-in.Chi e te Th ere was no _ Ra i" r e ckoned some money over and said there t was cl' l i .ol l . was standing answer even to this, and the creditor, true to his word. , or u s . of it. Yates was then up agains l t the wall, per did as he had threatened to do. In a few days, he had h i p s t w o or three yards from the men. and there received a letter from the military secresetry of the D u ke 1 ,,,,,,id e Catherine. The }allYates gave a groan n o rr u n t i w n, hen against of Wellington, announcing that the officer alluded to had ttea• wall. la.sthin n went up to Yates Th es e water was very been apprised from the Horse Guards of `.his demand „ be whoa al biga 5 Yates was against him, and that doubtless the account 5 - °u'" rou, ga , laid hands on g h o i n m e, . I t heard no noise from paid. Almeet simultaneously the money was see.' , by the 31 after I heard the splash. Catherine said, the recusant officer, but without a word of explanatioe • ir' el d That have you done that for 1" and Barker said, We record the fact, as it may be useful to other creditors ." don't mind yourself get the same." in similar circumstances to know that the present autho- r "- ' yott walked you'll t h e bridge, Raine and rities at the War-office consider officers bound to na w e+ a ill then side up towards the 7e t u er l do not know which of their debts. —Glasgow Argus. Barkk to the middle of the bridge Barker asked me if I At the meeting the night before last, at the City w e got rat• the of us, and Breckon in front. When tell about it, and I said I never would. Hall, for the benefit of the starving people of Ireland, an would , executive committee was appointed; also a committee of I tell. He asked Catherine, and she did not four to make collections in each ward of the eity.--. g never wont. On ' when he asked me, and I New York Herald, Nov. 27, h i m , the bridge, iced me that down the sills. I then also said I eed not," he said, ~ s e help you God, you There were on Thursday no less than 77 mail-bag s said "1 . -you I said b -p i . He theta asked so after 1 overdue, in consequence of the detention of the opine's , - antes by the snow. { never WI ' 11. ' - '3aia;;lew.:rr_as. days those in which 10,000 pairs were the victims. Even I the amphitheatre of Flavius did not suffice ; and luxury introducing music and dancing at the banquet, in• troduced also the gladiatorial combats bef,re the very table of the guests, which was often sprinkled, as they feasted, with the blood of two, three, and sometimes many couples of these hirelings, whose pro• fessiou had become of the first importance, chose numbers and seditions at times perilled the safety of the city ; and who, in their vanity, adopted a sanguinary modishness, classifying their performances according to the people whose manner of fighting they imitated. There were the Gallic, the Dacian, the Thracian, and Samnite games ; the /?darii gladiators, who used nets to entangle their adversaries, defending themselves with sword and shield ; and the Essulari, who fought on chariots drawn by two horses, and ar.ned with spears like tridents. At times was erected in the midst of the arena a machine called the Pegna, resembling a tower, whose different stories were garrisoned, its apex crowned with weapons and armour, the prize of victory. These were besieged, and taken, unless successfully defended, to represent the assault of a fortress. The Pegna were made with such skill of mechanism, as to open and close, to increase and diminish their altitude, 25 if spontaneously. They were sometimes printed, at others plated over with gold and silver ; their re cesses were often filled with persons condemned to death, when the l'egna was made to fall to pieces, precipi tating these among the wild beasts. Under Diccletian, the exhibition of these towers in a blaze of fire, which yet did not hurt the material, was carried to great mag nificience. Gladiators were originally none but slaves, servants, or prisoners of war ; but the armies who con tended in later ages were divided into compulsory— that is, slaves, prisoners of war, and condemned criminals— and voluntary gladiators, which latter went through a laborious education of gymnastics, were supported and ' well fed by the Lunista, or master of arms of each troop, and are said to have been remarkably temperate. To the eternal disgrace of the morals of these ages, it is re corded that women sometimes made themselves gladia tors, and fought with no other covering than the arrocur used by the men. The passion of the populace for these amusements was excessive. The seats used to be filled long before daylight, as the performance was generally kept up from morning till evening; and we read in Sue tonius, that Caligula, once disturbed by noises in the amphitheatre of the people taking their seats at mid night, ordered them all to be driven out with clubs. A.N AMERICAN CURIOSITY SHOP. A new curiosity shop has been established in Bload way. Among the rare articles it contains we notice the following:— A chip from the log which they are everlastingly roll ing in all our Legislatures. One cake of the soap with which politicians try to wash their hands clean. A piece of the bond of union, manufactured of South Carolina cotton by Yankee rope-makers. The identical first glass which has created all the drunkards. The tongue of the very bell which Dr. Young heard strike one. Pity it is not in that of St. John's, which never strikes less than twelve. Some of the iron which entered into the soul of Ugo lino, and every prisoner and Slave since that day. A pint of that exceedingly hot water into which people are perpetually plunging. Also the same frying pan that multitudes have been always jumping out of into the fire. The lock on the door through which silly youths have in all ages rushed to destruction. Picture of an infant manufacture, with Polk and Dal!as in the act of nursing it with the cold water douche. The bag that contained the specie which Secretary Walker did not get in Wall -street. The celebrated piece of chalk which has ever been the universal standard of measure among men. The portrait of the " oldest inhabitant" who is sup posed to have forgotten more than any person now exist ing ever knew. The hand of Charity, standing open, with a counter feit sixpence in it. One string of that famous instrument which tickles people much more than that of Sivori or Pagar.ini ever did—namely•, the Scotch fiddle. The new yarn, which was spliced into the cord of Evangelical union on board the Great Western during the late fearful gale, and taken out again as soon as the storm was over. A specimen of a bug, which lives through all the seasons, and thrives the mere for every attempt to.ex - terminate it—the Hum- bug.—New York paper. Catherine, and she said, " Sho would be if she didn't tell the police as soon as she got into the toan." I lost sight of Catherine not over a minute after she said she would tell the police. I never saw her again alive. I saw where Catherine Raine went to—she went into the river. Breckon and Raine and Barker went with me after this. Barker said, "If he thought I would tell, he would fling me in too." Breckon said, "If I did tell, God would strike me dead in a minute." Before that Raine and Barker swore me on the bridge not to tell. They swore me a Eecond time on the bridge, after Catherine disappeared. I parted with them that night beside our own door. They then went on to Briggate end, towards Thorngate. I went home, and went to bed. The Court then adjourned till nine the next morning. - December 15. The Court sat this morning at nine o'clock, when the examination of witnesses fur the prosecution was re• sumed. The case for the prosecution was not brought to a close until halt-past two o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. MATTIMWS rose to address the jury on behalf of the prisoners Barker and Raine. As to Barker, he should prove an alibi. He should prove that he was in th, house at the time assigned by Ann Humphreys for the commission of this atrocious deed. He could not tracc, Raine in the same way, but he could trace him so far as he hoped would insure his acquittal al: o; because if Ann Humphreys' evidence was false as to Barker, he asked Low could it be believed as operating against Raint ? Mr. Pickering also addressed the jury for the prisoner Breckon. The witnesses for the defence were then examined with the view of proving an alibi in behalf of Barker; also that the evidence against Breckon and Raine was too conflicting to be depended upon; and that Yates and Catherine Raine were tipsy on the evening when they met with their deaths. Mr. MATTHEWS—That is the case for the defence, my Lord. The Court again adjourned. December 16. This morning the prisoners were again placed at the bar, after whieh Mr. Buss replied. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL then summed up the facts of the case most minutely, and in conclusion said, respect. ing the testimony of Ann Humphreys, if they believed her story, they could make the crime no less than mur der, but if they disbelieved her, then they must acquit the prisoners, because whatever noises might have been heard, whatever appearances might have been presented at the spot where the murder was committed, they would be no proof that the prisoners had been guilty of the awful crime with which they were charged. If the jury, on a full investigation of the case, were convinced that the prisoners had committed the murder, then they must perform their duty, however painful it might be, and return a verdict of guilty. But if, on the contrary, they entertained any substantial doubt on the case, then they must give the prisoners the benefit of that doubt, and acquit them. The jury then retired, and at half-past ten o'clock at night returned into Court with a verdict of Nut Guilty. Mr. OVEREND, on behalf of the prosecution, said that it had not been decided whether they should again ar raign the prisoners for the murder of Catherine Maine. —York Courant. ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN STRANGEWAYS. On Saturday morning, information was given at the B division police station, to the effect, that as Mr. Pete' Roylance, provision merchant, Hanging Ditch, was pro ceeding home on Friday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, he was robbed of a gold watch and seals, while between the weighing machine and the first toll bar, on the Bury New road. The robbery, it was stated, was effected by three men, who struck him violently on the► back of the head, causing a great effusion of blood; and another blow, he said, dislocated his shoulder. In con sequence of immediately becoming insensible, he raid he could not describe any of the men. As soon as the in formation was received at the police office, Mr. Beswick, the chief superintendent, despatched Inspector M‘Mullen to make inquiry into the case, and he learned from Mr. Roylance that he had walked from Plymouth Grove to Broughton-lane, on the evening in question, having called and changed a sovereign on the way, at the Legs of Man public-house, at the bottom of Portland-street, From subsequent inquiry, however, it was ascertained that he did not change the sovereign at the Legs of Man, but at the Strangeways toll-bar.; The above are such particulars as we could learn of this singular case on inquiry at the police-cffice. On making inquiry yesterday morning of Mr. Roylance, we were informed that his father, after visiting a relative in Plymouth Grove, left that house about a quarter or half past eight o'clock in the evening, and proceeded straight homeward; his son stating that he is not at all aware that his father called at the Legs of Man, or changed a sovereign anywhere, save at the Strangeways toll-bar. About a quarter after nine o'clock, just as he was passing the shops and beer-shop at the corner of Broughton lane, he was struck, from behind, a heavy blow on the head or shoulder, he does not remember which, from the effects of which he fell, and then saw three men about him, but almost immediately became insensible. On re covering his senses, he found himself lying on the ground, and he got up, suffering much from the in juries he had received, which he believes to have been inflicted by some blunt instrument ; and he sup poses he must have received several severe blows, as his shoulder bone was ,fractured, and be ban also two or three severe bruises on the head, and he bled very much from the head and shoulder. On recovering himself, he found that his gold level watch, with gold seals an l key, attached by a black rib. bon, was missing ; that the right pocket of his trowsers was torn open, and a number of small lie) s, which were in that pocket were gone. He had then two sovereign , in his waistcoat pocket, and a little silver money ; but he suppases they were alarmed and ran off without searching his pockets minutely. Ile subsequently pro cured a cab and reached home a little before ten &Clock. Such is the statement of Mr. Roylance himself. W, have still to notice those given by the toll bar keeper and by a cab-driver. The bar-keeper says that Mr. Roylance was twice at the bar-house that evening, the first time about half-past nine or twenty minutes to ten, and the second time in about ten minutes afterwards. The first time he knocked at the bar-house door, and on the keeper coming out asked him where the gate led to. I'he keeper told him, to Broughton, and Mr. Roylance then asked if the way to Broughton was not in that di rection (pointing to.vards the town), and being told that it was the other way. he thanked the keeper and went on towards Broughton. From this circumstance the bar-keeper believed Mr. Roylance, who daily passes up and down the road to his residence, to be in a state of intoxication. A few minutes afterwards, a cabman. named Emanuel Birkbeck, on passing through the gate with his empty cab, after taking a fare to Broughton, told the bar• keeper that he had just seen Mr. Peter Roy lance, in Broughton-lane, and that he said he had been robbed of his watch. Nothing more passed at the time, and Birkbeck drove on town wards. A few minutes after this, as another two• wheeled cab (the bar-keeper thinks the number is 94, painted in black figures on the yellow body of the cab) was also returning empty to the town. when Mr. Roylance again came up, and hailed the driver and asked him if he could take him home. The driver said he could, and Mr. Roylance then asked the bar-keeper to give him change for a sovereign ; and, this being done. he got into the eab, stumbling in doing so, so that the bar keeper still believed him to be intoxicated, and was driven off. Neither on the first nor on the second occa sion that he saw and conversed with the bar-keeper, did he say anything of having been robbed ; nor did the bar-keeper observe any blood about his head or neck. On these circumstances becoming known to the police inquiry was made of Emanuel Birkbeck, who states that he was returning townward, along Broughton-lane, he was hailed by Mr. Roylance, near Lodge's nursery gar dens, about a quarter before ten o'clock at night. Mr. Roylance told him he had been robbed, and wanted to engage the cab to drive after them. Birkbeck said h, would give him every assistance he could, and asked if he should drive him home. Mr. Roylance said he might; but he refused to go inside, and said he would sit on the box with the driver. Birkbeck was then seated, and Mr. Roylance was climbing up when the horse started off ; Birkbeck pulled up ; but Mr. Roylance lost his ba lance and fell over the box across Birkbeck's legs, and pitched with his head and shoulder foremost on the • ground, on the opposite side of the cab to that - on which he was climbing. Birkbeck says he saw he had cut his ear with grazing against a part of the cab in falling; but he got up again, and declined to go in the cab, so Birk beck proceeded on his way towards the town. We shall offer no comments on this singular matter, further than to add, that it is probable some at least of the severest personal injuries sustained by Mr. Roylance were the result of his fall from the box of the cal;. That he has been robbed of his watch there can be little doubt ; but how, by how many, where, and with what degree of vio lence, are matters which the above circumstances leave enveloped in doubt. Mr. Roylance has been attended since Friday by Mr. Thorpe, and on inquiry yesterday morning we learn that he is progressing favourably. 1-1,, suffered great pain in the shoulder, but this is a favourable symptom, indicating that the severed parts are re -uniting. —Manchester Guardian. How TO MAKE A QUARTERN LOAF OUT or A DEAL otohemwakoeodw, oaordterflobuerinagccsotrrdipinpged o f thetoP ro bark, sawed transversely int o di s k s of an inch in diameter. The saw - dust to be pre serve d , and the disks reduced in a pounding mill. Th e w h ole ahould no w be boiled, or subjected for a l ength of time to the ac tion of cold water, which w ill f ree it from anything harsh or bitter. It is after war d s to b e dried and ground in a flour. The ground woo d i s next baked into small flat cakes, with water r en d ere d slightly mucilaginous by Pro fessor r is Autenrieth, BOARD!--To t o tAeß b n D e r ile h—tT the addition of some marshmallow roots, linseed or lime-tree bark ;an ounce of mallow -root is suffi cient for eighteen quarts of water. The cakes are baked until they are brown on the surface ; they should be again broken, re-ground, and re-baked. The Professor found fifteen pounds of birch flour, with three pounds of sour wheaten leaven, and two pounds of wheaten flour mixed up with e i g ht measures of ne wmilk, yielded thirty-six pounds of very good bread. Tto Learned Professor tried the nutritious properties oi wood flour in the first instance on a young dog ; after wards he fed two pigs on it ; and from the success of the experiment he attacked it himself. His family, he says, ate it in the form of gruel or soup, dumplings, and pan. cakes, and found them palatable and quite wholesome.— Abridged from Quarterly Review. A " STRIKE " AMONG THE MAGISTRATES.—It is rumoured that our metropolitan magistrates have been putting their heads together, and come to the determination of making a combined call upon the jov9rnment for an increase of salary. We wonder if the gentleman who lately committed the ship carpen ters for refusing to work with an individual they did not like, is one of the members of the magisterial " strike?"' —Dublin Pilot. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS. DEC. 15.—The average price of wheat in the week ending Saturday, Dec. 12, was 26f. 71c. ; and that of rye 21f. 56c. per hectolitre. These prices are higher than those of last week by 23c., both on wheat and rye. Thcir Majesties the King and Queen set out this morning for Paris. The — Chamber of Representatives unanimously voted, without a debate, the uroject of law proroguing (ill the 31,t of December, 1847, the law of the 18th June, 1842, which authorises the Government to modify the regula tions respecting importations anti transit. The sitting was terminated by the adoption of se veral projects of law for granting the arts of natu ralisation. The Senate, on its sitting to-day, appointed the commit tee which are to examine the budgets and projects of law already voted by the Chamber of IL-presentatives. For s•)me days past the rigour of the season has been seriously felt by the poorer classes, whose wants increase in proportion. It is the moment for charity to manifest itself, and thanks to Providence, it is not deaf to the appeal, We could only wish that the exercise of this Christian virtue by individuals might cease, and that the greater part of the gifts for the poor might be distri buted through the channel of the Public Boards, by which system they would be more ((pally distributed among the needy. We learn that the King has commissioned the cha ritable committee to distribute the extraordinary suc cour which he gives every year to the poor at Brussels. DUTCH MAIL. TILE HAGUE, DEC. 15.—The official journal published a Royal Decree, of the 10th of this month, for putting out of circulation the old coins of one florin and half florin, after the 25th of December. The same journal publishes the condition of the loan of one million, being the fourth series of tke loan of eight millions for defraying the expenses occasioned by the draining of the Lake of Haerlem, fixed by the royal decree of the sth of December, 1846. This loan is to be contracted by virtue cf the law of the 22d of March, 1839, with interest of 41 per cent. There remains a series of one million of this loan to be negotiated, which will not take place during the year 1847. ROTTERDAM, DEC. 14.—1 n consequence of the heavy fall of snow, the Meuse is covered with frozen snow, so that several steam-boats are prevented from leaving the port as usual this morning. ST. PETERSEURGH, DEC. I.—On the 28th of No vember our winter began with a very sharp N. E. wind, and a heavy fall of snow, with 6 degrees of cold. On the following day the Neva brought down much ice, so that the bridge between the city and the islands had to be taken up. To-day the snow was deep, and the cold increased to 9 degrees. BERLIN, DEC. 11.—The police were on the alert last night, in consequence of the discovery of Communist movements, and has arrested several mechanics' ap- prentices in a public-house. It is added, that many of the better classes, among others, the well-known writers Behrens, are slid to be seriously implicated, and have, therefore, been taken from their houses during the night, and lodged in safe custody. FRANKFORT, DEC. 12.—The report of a conspiracy, said to have been discovered on the Rhine, appears to be unfounded. Very urgent warnings have, however, been sent by diplomatic channels from Paris to several Courts, announcing that emissaries of the Propaganda intended to visit the Rhenish provinces and central Germany. COLOGNE, DEC. 13.--We learn that ice floated down yesterday from the Marne, and to-day from the Moselle, into the Rhine. The latter came down to-day as far as Andernach. The bridge here is taken up. BRESLAU, DEC. I.—Our commercial journal pub lishes the following official notice:— " The undersigned deputies of the city and mer chants of Breslau consider it is their duty, on their return from Berlin, to inform the public, that the highest public authorities have acknow ledged the importance of the preservation of free trade, with the territory of the republic of Cracow, secured by article 8, of the 3d of May, 1815, in the fullest extent ; and that they have received the satisfactory assurance that the maintenance of this free trade will be the un conditional basis of the . commercial regulations to be agreed upon with the Austrian authorities." (Here follow the signature of the merchants.) RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DECEMBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 7—Great Western, New, 7—Midland (Bristol and Glou cester), 49 1 4—North British, 36 3 / —Ditto, Half Shares, 16— Ditto, Third Shares, 2y p.—North Staffordshire, 31. 13s. 9d. p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5 1 4—Ditto (B), I% P• _ _ LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 18. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East ern Junction, par—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1 / 4 : p.—Dundee and Perth, New, 6 p.—East Lancashire, New (scrip), 28s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 74—Glasgow and Dumfries, 14 p.—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Halves, 84—Leeds and Dewsbury, New Extensions (pink), 14 p.—Leeds and Thirak, New, Preference, 1 T.—London and North-Western, New, Quarters, 12% p.—London and Direct Northern, ih dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—Manchester and Southampton, 1 ,4 dis.—Midland. 40/. Shares, 7% p.—North British, Thirds (scrip), 3 1 / 3 p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western, % p.—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, l is dis.—Ditto, New, 1 / i dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2'4 p.—Ditto, Dl. 12s. 3(1. Shares (B ), I'.g p.—South-lEastern and Dover, 38 1 4—Ditto, New, No. 4, % p.—West RiaLr'e: Union, 1:%6 and Newcastle, Preference, 5 p.—York ;ind North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), PA; ;).—Ditto, Preference, 10% p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 63f dis.—Dublin and Drog heda, 1814 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 ( 3 dis. MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 / 2 dis.--Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 3-16 c. p.- Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 dis.-Black burn, Darwen, and Bolton, % p.-Direct Northern, 1 / 2 dis.- Eastern Counties, 23-East Lancashire, New (scrip), 1 7-16 p.- Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, dis.-Glasgow And Dumfries, 1 3 4 c. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3N c. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Carnet, p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, % dis. c. a.-Ditto, Pre ferential, 1 1 / 2 p.-London and South-Western (scrip), F' s p.-Manchester and L ee d s E x t ens i on, 1 3.16 p.-North Bri tish Extension, 1 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 3% p.-North Stafford shire, 3% p.-North-Western, •j l3 p.-Oldham Alliance, jy c. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 3 1 / 2 p.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % c. p.-West Riding Union, 13‘, p.- 'York and North Midland, 10% p. LEEDS, DECEMBER 18. STOCK Exert...Nom-The sales are-East Lancashire, New, p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 1 1 / 2 p.-East Lincolnshire, Its. 6d. p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, Si. 19s. p.-Leeds and Bradford, 45 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% c. p. c. n.- Ditto, Half Shares, 5 1 / 2 p. c. n.-Ditto, Branches scrip (blue), 3 p.-Ditto, Exten sions scrip (green), 1 1 /s p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 1 4 c. dis.- Ditto, New, 1 dis. c. n.-Ditto, Preference, 21s. p.-Man chester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Huddersfield and Shef field), 4% p.-North British, Thirds, 3 p.-Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 2%'p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 3 1 ,6 n. p.-North-Western, 10s. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 19s. p.-Wharfdale Junction, 7s. c. dis.-York and North Midland Extension, 18 1 4 p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. 6d. dis.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 11s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Alanchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 6d. dis.-London and 'York, ss. n. dis.-Northern Counties Union, 1 1 / 2 dis.- ' Shropshire Union, ss. dig. HULL, DECEMBER 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day has not been quite so active as yesterday, and North British stock declined slightly. Our other quotations remain almost without alter ation. The sales are-Hull and Selby, Halves, 52N -North British, Quarters, 785.-Ditto, Thirds, 2 /. 18s. 6d.- ork and Newcastle, Preference, p.-York and North Midl and, East and West Riding, 17 1 / 2 -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bus ton, 3s. dis.-Ely and Huntington, 13 1 / 2 . SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 18. STOCK ExcriaNc - iE.-The salsa are-Birmi ng h am and oxford, p.-East Lancashire, New, No. 2 (late O rms ., 3th p.-North British, Thirds, 565. p.- kirk),Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 17s. c. P.-South Yo r k s hi re , Don caster, and Goole, par. YORK, DECEMBER 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury, 10t/ 2 -London and York, 21. 4s. 6 d.-Newcastle and Ber wick, 34%-North British, Halves, 16-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 195.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 1 75.-Ditto, Extension, 1/. 13s. 6d. ' -North-Western, 3/. 3 5.-Sheffield, Rotherham, fire . 314 ' York and Newcastl e , Preference, 7-York and North Mid - - j land, Preference, 12%. THE WEATHER.—O n Thursday week, the wind suddenly shifted from south-west to north, and a very mat change was quickly produced in the temperature. A sharp frost set in at night, accompanied by snow. storms on Friday and Saturday, which covered the ;round to the depth of two or three inches. On Sunday morning the thermometer stood at 22 deg., with clear sky, and the wind, as it subsided, came back as usual to the south-west. At night the thermometer descended to 17 deg, which is its lowest station since Jan. 16, 1841. On Monday, at one o'clock, it stood at 19 deg., but in stantly started up to 26 deg., at the appearance of a body of light clouds passing over. The sky became again clear, on which the thermometer began rapidly to descend, the minimum for the night being 19. Oa Tuesday, with a fresh breeze from the north, the maxi mum temperature was 26 deg., and the minimum at night 17 deg. On Wednesday it rose to 29 deg., and, at six in the evening, had gone down to 20 deg., when the air became cloudy, with light snow, and the ther mometer continued rising. T o -d a y (Thursday) the sky is again clear, with the thermometer at 30 deg., and the appearance of a severe night, if no disturbance should take place. On Monday, the Trent was very full of that singular production of nature called ground ice, and the river being very low, it began early in the day to block op in the still waters of Colwick. It has since then formed about the bridge, and in other parts of the river, putting a total stop to navigation, and exposing some vessels, with valuable cargoes on board, to great danger when the ice breaks up. It is difficult to say when we had so severe a frost, at such an early period of the win ter—certainly not since 1812.—Nottinyham Review. REMEDY FOR CRAMP.—A writer in the Alledical 7 imes asserts that he has discovered in the following simple process an effectual remedy for this distressing and frevent complaint, to which he had himself been, for many years, a martyr. His plan is to sleep upon an inclined plane, which is effected by taking care that the tied or mattress should incline at least twelve inches from the upper to the lower portions of the bed; and for this purpose either the lower teet may be cut down to the requisite inclination, or the inclined plane may be made by an arrangement of mattresses, or by removing the feathers from the lower end of the bed. Tho writer was led to adopt this plan, by observing, that while sleeping in a chair, with the lower limbs nearly touching the floor, he never, in that position, was disturbed by cramp. Colonel Anson had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Rome-office. ------------------- C„'s ice WORKS by ROBERT J. 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With Practical Observatie nl An in ass, an 11.-- i , i t he as _ _ mew Debility, Local and Constitutional W e ON, the Uret y h B SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSUL London S"" onete/ , e gdsubtub• - . ~i t o Matriculated Member of the 'University e' ,„ A Societe , 141"n' 9, Bedford-street, Be , Member of the London Hospital Medical LondoLith I/ Apothecaries' Hall, London, Stc., Ste* r a ne e) CONTENTS OF THE TalATlgt. .., its nin d 0. Cnarenn I. On the Philosophy of 3larriage, it" ando bligatiens, and on Infelicitous and Unpr _ . s Ge ner i t OCrgHAaPT.sEßth2ci., functionsn tl I e A s n t r a u t o c p i l e zn a d n c f s h e y e s r l e o t l i o o g n y s , Mental ' and Physical Power are dependant upon their n;", te oli d Le —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their Tanta!' _e',_. De Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of r ues , or _ .. 7 7 , of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general we a l 0 1 VP,. Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. 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Con- ( I iaq ui afterwards offered); nothing else backed, but Pun e after at 1,000 to 15. A very large entry exPe c . t e e , cl ,e'ril during th .— e DERBY o fferS ° the field. ,yerk—tola2tsesatgostirleZred3slltaortl()tak; en f sto „,G. BELFORD COURSING MEEII-"trofiti"erjel; The Chall enge C oup l es were won by Mr. Yin ° Mr. Fawcue Cedric ran up. ~I 0 1 01. C NITS . HUNTING APPOINT3 I, - -- ,..„,nr_r v ° ilisge; Worcestershire hds., Tues , Howell; T p `iiiihf. , r o ' - Shrop,hire lids., Mon., Pim . hill; We d ”' arburl' Sat., Shawbury--4- to 11. Wed.' '7" Atherstene hds., Mon 04 Thurs., Fisherwi c k ; Sat., Three P0t5...J. 1 . ;Askern l Badsworth lids., Tues.Wentbridge; Thurs.. Iturll Ackworth lids Top-101 f o ot ; Gre en ' Rufford ~ Mon., Kennels ; Tues., Cocking 1 Kelham ; Sat., Clown Village--104. S tamford ,ri Wcl 11°°11 (- Cheshire lids.. Mon ., l3 'dge •- e I ed 11 Thurs., Astle Hall; Sat., Bridtield Gorse. 11/ '' Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Mon., G r eddingt °ll; loi• twill' dersey; Thurs., Chirk ; Sat., Overton Bridge" 504 Montgomeryshire hds., Tees. , Pentrennock; ots" derwen Bridge-10. UV ; North St a ff or d s hi re hd s ., T ues , W a lgherton Oa Trentham-10i. ~,c ee otirs e; I Brighton hrr s ., Mon, P a t c h am; Wed, - 1- TO Dyke—i to 11. Thtirn.( Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket nil.; Woo combe 4ye-10 1 / 2 . yillskg e; Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., CrawleY Edo' New Inn, Cli ms f or d ; S at ., D un Horse. rri as., Mr. M. Ingram' s hds., Mon., Calton; - 1 -' 1- , SO' Lodge; Sat., Blythfield—i to 1. ii r e'' Donnington hds., Mon., Kigworth Station; tonby Dale; Sat., Ki gwor th K enne l—i to 11.,gateri‘; in Devon hds., M on ., Keythorpe Hall ; Tues., Bra f ol. Thurs., Beggrave H a ll ; Sat.. Kettleby- 11 ; . sot., Ps Essex Union lids., Wed., Totham MayPole' CODII .f. [ADVERTISEMF.NT.]—SENT INTO Tris , P;cer d o UPON APPROBATION. -39, Albemarle-street, PleeMS;.Sicars„°,o- • • vented Spectacles, powerful Telescopes, Opera n, • &c.—Patronised by his Majesty the King of mano vei, oo ps 114 p ik Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the Arch b $ 06° ,110 4 0 hire , or tcrbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devons vxe ier, o et.. gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Cork, Kilmore, and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Soro !Ol t e and Opticians, invented Spectacle sr enses 11 P ° Vgiet!gfil, lion. Immediately they are placed before imperfect pm' 'iineo.4 day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which 010;d dito, eyes is at once removed, every Object becomes 0 0 '4 Ones O n o that the most aged d e f ect i ve s i g ht b ecomes *fight "'" At°„ ro sc!? , ,io is brought to Its youthftd, natural, and original stat e. d Invisible Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, relic and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments , T 0. I , : p lif most extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. a n ,. with °, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connecte..oci, no e rr of the same name in their immediate neighboarb° g ild °Ate part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautieus oppw' ., 81 Only to be had at 39, Alb emar l e - s t ree t, Piccadil l fs York Hotel. 1101 0 4 0 P," [ADVERTISEMENT.]—LADY B— AND , PILLS.—Lady B—, the wife of a distinguish ed der . 1 -t weeks since so alarmingly ill, occas i one d by 51 d oor to e d po et and stomach, as to induce her physicians to cli , elf„ se terte, to Mr. L--, her ladyship's son-in-law, that they h `,1017 . ,d0"„i little hopes of her recovery. In this state , and an" " 1/0 110", fOti, t ," o medical attendants, she was strongly advized totrY w oO of pt lebrated Pills, which she took for only three wee"' aura° RP herself as well as evar s h e was I n h e r life. Tile A do pt. od g extraordinary statement can be proved beyond al' „nob Professor Holloway's Est a bli s h men t, 244, Strand, -"'" all medicine sellers throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. • 13i 113 On the 16th inst., at St. Martin's Rector'' , r , the wife of the Re v . J o h n C. Miller, of a daughted, On the 16th inst., in Abbey-road, St. John's-"" Se sli • Jar George, of a son. On the 16th inst., at Windsor, the wife:of .. *PEBII P II of Esq 0 ., M.P., of a son and heir. i nany 944 On the 16th inst., the lady of Thomas C ha p Montagu -place, Bryanston-square, d° ll. MARRIED. ~,o t ik „f " On the 16th inst., at Abbot's Ripton Church , 11 1,- 3 1 . 0 0. shire, William H. Moubray, Esq., RS., jo Sella Pi o o r s. fourth daughter of J. Bonfoy Rooper, Esq', A °the Be 011 On the 17th inst., at York Chapel, Walwort,,.roine, R. Reynolds, 8.A.5., of Halstead, to Louisa t.'" of a daughter. daughter of Silas Palmer, Esq., of Newbury. bri de DIED. . I ,erf On the 7th inst., at Fen Ditton Rector'', ne st Cgiii Mrs. Susannah Berkley, aged 71. Fre deric /lea fs On the 13th inst., at Stoke Poges, Ail. ua infant son of the Rev. John C. Evans. er On the 15th inst., Major Trent, of the RcT 1"a Coill On the 16th inst., at Southwold, the wife ‘e co ,l Charles Rayley, aged 45. Bri On the 16th inst., i n Brunswick-terrace, g ht°" A late geos r it Martin, only daughter and heiress of the Martin Lloyd, Bart. On the 17th inst., Allen, the eldest son of Tb°ll- heti Shuter, Esq., of llooley House, Surrey. of Mr. Step On the 17th inst., Rob e rt, fourth on Walters, of Wilson -street, Finsbury- On the 17th inst , in Woburn-square, John .13 0 ,V: fr. 'cr Finsbury- square. .. m „_ 01 % , , 00 0 On the 17th inst., Jane, the infant daughter fl : r. of Lower Tulse-hill. 1 19 ' of ~ID Lontion: Printed and Published by ASTYRDO YOU7 in the strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112. Str24l-'44turti''' of the Savoy. hi the County of ldldttlesost cembor 19, 1846.