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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, IBEG you will accept my gra t e f u l an d warm ac knowledgments for the high and distinguished honour which you have again conferred upon me, by re-electing me one of your Re_p_resentatives in Parliame n t. You may rest assured that you will continue to find me, what first recommended me to your favour, a steady and determined sup porter of Reform ; and it will be my most anxious care and study to attend to the important i n t eres t s o f t h: s great commerc i a l City with all the real and devotion in my power. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient and grateful servant, Old tread. streel„Tuly 26. JAMES PATTISON. BRITISH INSTITUTION PALL-MALL. The GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURES ANCIENT MASTERS, of the ITALIAN, SPANISH, VISNISH, DUTCH, and FRENCH SCHOOLS is OPEN DAILY, from Ten In the Morning until Six in the Evening. Admission, Is. ; Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. fAIWLE woRKg Ety PAILNT CHINERY. The Public, are invited to view the extensive SHOW-ROOM fitted up by 01. the London Marble and St one Workin g Com pany, containing gre atest variety of CHIMNEY Tables, Wash-han I Standl; and Sh o p Counters, MONUMENTS, TABLETS, MENTS, BATHS, and all other articles ;of Marble Work, finished in a superior manner. Country Agents supplied. Esher-street, Holywell-street, Aiillbank, Westminster. PRIVATE PUPIL. AVACANCY for a PUPIL is at present open id the FAMILY of a MARRIED CLERGYMAN, re siding Eleven Miles from London. H e can offer the most satis factory Referencei to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Sons have been under his care. The number of his Pupils does not exceed Eve or six. Letters to be addressed to the Rev. R. H., Post Office, Peter sham, Surrey. EMPLOYMENT. —Persona having a little time o spare are apprized that AGENTS eontinue to be ap pointed in London and country towns by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's, Bithopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, and labelled with the price on each package. But little trouble is occasioned by the sal.. An respectable party may engage it with advantage. The license is only Ds. per annum, and many, during the last twelve years, have realized considerable incomes, without one shilling let or loss. _ _ Applications to be made to Charles Hancock. Secretary. OLD ANGEL FAMILY HOTEL, COMMBRCIAL INN, AND POSTING-HOUSlii, DONCASTER. WILLIAM BROOK most respectfully returns his sineera thanks to the Nobility and Gsettry,posting the OrJet North Road, fur the ♦ery liberal favours conferred upon him since he took tho above elegant and fashionable HOTEL and POSTING-HOUSE; and takes this opportunity of announcing, that he has added several excellent Post Horses to his previous superior stad. He has, also, been fortunate in the selection of a Stock of WINES of the choicest vintage. which have received the unbounded praise of all who have hitherto honoured the Old Angel with their patronage ; and trust, from the general comforts that will be found in having well-aired and excellent beds, in the cleanliness of the Establishment, in the attention that is unremittingly paid, and (ia addition to his eseellent stud of horses) in the safety of commodious stabling, *each-houses, &e., that he shall be honoured with a continuance of that support which he liar neat 1 y but most respectfully solicits. At the same tine, with grateful feelings, acknowledges the kind support be has received from Commercial Gentlemen, and begs to assure them that everything shall be done to promote their eomfort andoonveni ones. N. B. Coaches to all parte of the Kingdom every day. July 17, 1817. GREAT ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE "UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pa and 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion- • house, London. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security, from an ample capital, and only requires, when an Insurance is for the whol e p er i o d o f lif e , one half of the very moderate Premiums to be paid for the first five years after the date of the Policy, the other half may remain, subject to the pay ment of interest at 5 per cent, annually, to be deducted at death, or may previously be paid off at convenience. It obviously becomes easy for a person of very moderate income to secure, by this ar rangement, a provision for his family ; and should he at any time after effecting the insurance succeed to, or acquire, a fortune, he may relinquish his policy, having only paid one half the premiums for the first five yerrs, instead of the whole, as in all other Com panies. Thus a man of 25 years old may, by an aenual payment of '_'el. Ifs. 3d. for the first five years, secure to his widow and chil dren at his death payment of no less than 3,0001., subject only to the deduction of 1441. Is. 3d., being the amount of premium un paid. This Company holds out, in various other respects, groat inducements to the public. When such facilities are afforded, it is Clearly a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a for tune, but of an income, however moderate, to insure his life for a "141 which may yield a comfortable provision for his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age, Without Profits. With Profits. .. ...... £1 18 5 40 •••• . . .......... 2 3 10 ....... 0 19 15 0 ......... 60 ............. 4 9 8 ................ 6 15 3 Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. MONORART PRESIDENTS. Bari of Errol Lord Viscount Eastnor, M. P. 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" I know no Party tint my Country."—LoaD CHATRAit. Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. constable Beaumont N 187, so as to put him in danger of his life. It appeared from the evidence that about four o'clock on Sunday morning the prisoner, who was in company with a man of the name of Clitheree, was observe(' by the police constable on some grounds in Grove -street, Hack ney. On being seen by him they were told to go off. In a few minutes the prisoner came away, when on being ap proached by the police constable, they assaulted him in the most brutal manner, he being knocked down throe times, while his truncheon was taken away from him, and which has not since been found. The prisoner escaped w:th his companion ; but he was afterwards apprehended upon call ing at the police constable's house, to endeavour to persuade him not to bring a charge against him. A certificate was read from the surgeon (Mr. Twist) who attended the constable, from which it appeared that he now lies in bed in some danger, he having several contused wounds about his head. The prisoner said that 1 e took tl.e truncheon away from the policeman because he was using it about his (the pri soner's) head. No. 1. sergeant of police, said the prisoner had assaulted several of the men, and on one occasion a man was con fined to his bed for three weeks. Mr. BROUGIITON said that as the policeman was in danger ho should send him to prison, and he should be brought up again on Saturday next. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Yesterday Mary Delaney, Ellen Million, her daughter, and Joseph and George De. laney, her sons, were placed at the bar before Mr. GROVE, charged with the wilful murder of George Million, the hus band of Ellen Million. Sarah Barker, who, on the former hearing, was also charged with the other prisoners, there being no evidence against her, was admitted as a witness against the prisoners. Mr. Robinson, a solicitor,was engaged for the prosecution. Sarah Barker, No. 10, Playhouse -yard, deposed that she was the wife of a farrier. On Thursday night, about ten o'clock, she was going home with a pint of beer, when the prisoner Million tapped her on the shoulder, and asked her to go and see her husband, whom she stated was ill in bed, and that he had had a fit that day. She previously treated witness with a glass of gin. On reaching the first floor witness was about to enter the front room, when Ellen Mil lion went into the room where the deceased was lyirtg in bed. She heard her say to the deceased, " Will you have a piece of pickled salmon for supper?" The deceased made no answer, when the prisoner lay down by the side of the bed, where, however, she had no sooner placed herself than she put her arm under the deceased, and they were both out of bed in a moment. He was scarcely on the floor before she observed her mother in the room. Ellen Million ex claimed, " Oh, my poor husband ! " When the mother ejaculated, " Ile is dead—he is dead, I tell you ! It's of no use, he is dead !" Witness said, " Good God ! how do you know the man is dead ? send for a doctor." The mother then observed, " Trouble yourself with your own business, or I will kick you down stairs." The daughter went down stairs, where she fell into fits, and as she recovered from each of them, she said " Oh, my husband!" Mr. GROVE—Did the mother state lie was dead the mo ment he fell out of bed ? Witness—The moment he fell out of bed the mother said he was dead. Mr. Robinson—Then, without going up to him to see whether he was dead, she said that he was ? Witness— Yes ; I told my husband so, and other people, as soon as I came out. It was a very unfortunate thing for me that I went home with the prisoner, and that I was taken away from my home, and charged with the offence. Mr. Robinson—Did he fall on a box ? Witness—No, he fell on the floor, and never spoke after. The prisoners, by advice of a solicitor, who was engaged for them, declined to put any questions to the witness. Mr. Robinson said that he had no other witnesses in at tendance, but there were eight or nine more he could pro duce, who would give very important evidence against the prisoners. Mr. GROVE said he would in that case again remand the prisoners, who must be brought up that day week. The prisoners were then taken away, Mr. GROVE took bail for the appearance of the witness Barker, when she was bailed by a tradesman, named Tur ner, living in Wiiitecross-street. The street in front of the office was crowded during the proceedings. QUEEN-SQUARE. William Salter was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with having abstracted from the bed-room of Mr. Joseph Percy, a new beer-shop keeper, in whose employment he was, five sovereigns. Mr. Bnuattt,, the presiding Magistrate, being informed by the inspector of the B division that there was a second charge against the prisoner for stealing a silver punch-ladle the peoperty of Mr. Bath, in whose service he had formerly been, desired the latter gentleman to state the nature of the case, when to the astonishment of the worthy Magistrate, be gave the prisoner a most excellent character, informing him that, although the article in question was missed during, the period he was in his service, such was his opinion of him that he did not even suspect him, and that had he (the prisoner) felt inclined he might have robbed him to a much larger extent. Just published, in 3 vols., Est BYo.,priee 31s. 6d., O V 0 N. JD OR, THE MAN OF ' MANY IMPULSES. By the Author of " Jerninghem." " The Author of Doveton ' is a man of genius. There is so much propriety in his sentiments, so much grace hi his diction, so much right feeling everywhere, ;hat we are sure to And in him, an agreeable, no less than an instructive eompanion." Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. Now ready, in 2 vols., post Svo., price I/. Is. cloth, illustrated by a Coloured Ma of the Seat of War. THE BASQUE PROVINCES: their present Political State, Scenery, and Inhabitants; with Adventures amongst the Carliste and Christina*. By E. BELL STEPIIENS, Est. London ; Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. The pawnbroker holding the ladle in pledge not being present, the prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next. Seventh Edition, improved, (30 Plates and Cuts,) !Ss. cloth, ALNSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns, Shooting, and the Game Lawr. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Elizabeth Wilson and Frances Todd, two wo men in the employ of Messrs. Borradaile and Ismay, hat manufacturers, in the Southwark Bridge-road, were brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with stealing a quantity of beaver wool, the property of their employers. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners were employed in the manufactory in the capacity of pullers of beaver-skins, and suspicion having been entertained against them a hole was bored in the floor of the room in which they worked, for the purpose of detecting them in the sus pected plunder of their employer. On the previous day the foreman of the compLiinants, in watching the prisoners, saw them in the act of taking the wool from some beaver-skins, from which they were employed only to pick the long hairs. They had prepared themselves with a peculiar kind of needle for the purpose of taking the wool off the skins, which is of a very valuable description, and worth from ten to twelve guineas per pound. When the prisoners were taken to the station-house and examined on one of them was found a leathern bag, underneath her clothes, containing up wards of three guineas' worth of beaver wool, besides the in strument with which it was taken off the skins. On the other prisoner was also discovered wool of the same descrip tion, and which was taken under similar circumstances. — Committed. By Lieut.-Colonel P. AWK ER. " Colonel Hawker is one of the best shots in England, and his Instructions to Sportsmen' the very best book we have on the subject."—Blackvrood's Magazine. DR. GRANVILLE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with 32 Illustrations, T HE SPAS OF GERMANY. By Dr. GRANVILLE, Author of " Travels to St. Petersburgli," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlboroug,h-street. MR. HAYNES BAYLY'S NEW NOVEL. Just ready,' in 3 vols. post Svo., KINDNESS IN WOMEN A NOVEL. By T. HAYNES BAYLY, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " STORIES OF WATERLOO." In 3 vols. post Bvo., T" BIV OUAC; or, STORIES of tha PENINSULAR WAR. Thomas Nicholls Hill, the driver of the cab No. 1,099, was charged with driving against another cabman (now in custody), during which a woman was run over, and killed on the spot. It appeared that on the night of the Bth of July two cabs were observed in the Blackfriar's-road gal loping at a tremendous rate towards the Obelisk. In the course of their career several persons were near being rid den over, and upon their arrival near Edward-street a woman, who happened to be crossing the road was knock ed down by the horse of one of the cabs driven by a man named Sargeant, and the wheel of the vehicle passing over her head she was killed. Sargeant, however, did not wait to hear the result of the accident, but tried to make his escape, in doing which he lashed a man severely for trying to stop him,but he was ultimately secured. The other cab driver succeeded at the time in getting away, but upon the subsequent inquiry of an inspector he ascertained that on the night of the accident the two prisoners, Sargeant and Hall, when on the stand in Farringdon-street, laid a wager with each other as to who would get to the Obelisk and back again to Farringdon-street first. It was in the course of their racing that the unfortunate woman was killed. The in , Spector now brought forward the man from whom he recei ved information as to the bet respecting the racing, and this witness had previously told the inspector that he heard Hall say that he drove down a street after the accident happened in order to escape from the consequences. The witness, however, on being examined before the Magistrate, prevaricated so much, and gave such a different version of the occurrence to that which he had previously given the Inspector, that upon being threatened with indictment for perjury he then became alarmed and admitted that he was telling falsehoods—that his account to the Inspector was true—and that his only motive for prevaricating was the dread he had of all the cabmen, from whose vengeance he would not be safe if he was known to "split" upon one of the fraternity. The Magistrate, however, told the witness that the laws would protect him ; and as further evidence is ex pected against Hall as to his concern in the racing of the cabs during which a woman was killed, he was remanded. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Author of "Stories of Waterloo,' &c. IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE LAST EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA. In 9 vols. Bvo- , with Map and numerous Plates, NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. BY THE RIVER NIGER. In the Steam-vessels Quorra and Alburkah, In 1832, 1833, and 1834. By MACGREGOR LAIRD and R. A. K. OLDFIELD, Surviving Officers of the Expedition. IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington. street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. .---, I it= -, , ,t_.? 4 /I," 1 4 144,4-= I / IL L / (...--- '' , liit ;1;7 ? ;.... .e. ~. ..-44- •' Yt o ' . . i n k kiji, te _' 1 , - . 04:470_ ........ ft.,:-....., ~.. . ......_,„ 0., ..: ,, , ,.:-.-..,....e. , ........, —. ' ":V rk . \-r A, .. ~ .. ... . , ,1. ,., ..........„. , 4'"'" ", ) 'Lt.'. - - 1 0 . ‘ 'k• s ' ,3 - 0 ~. • ~.....„..: ,-',..!,:i.'+:44, ~...___ ..,......,,, . ) , •• ... , - : . , I • .3' ~,,L .. • -- 1 ' .. , 4 e .. . . ~.., ..„ .....--..., ....__,,,..._. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Mr. Green was cross-examined by the Jury. Mr. Spencer. (Mr. Green's compagnon du voyage) was also examined, but nothing of any importance was elicited from this scientific gentleman. His evidence was merely confirmatory of the testimony adduced by the last witness. After a consultation between the Coroner and the Jury, the inquiry was adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow ( Friday) morning. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the George, Belgrave-road, Pimlico, on view of the body of It. Smith, aged 61. The deceased was a pensioner in the army, and had served under the Duke of Wellin g to n during the whole Peninsular war, but latterly had been employed as a messenger at the Houses of Parliament. His habits lately had been intemperate, which affected his intellects, and when not under the influence of drink he was in a low state of mind. On Monday afternoon he was discovered suspended by a rope to a beam in sonic unfinished houses by some boys. Verdict—" Temporary mental derange ment." Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Savoy Palace, Savoy-street, Strand, on tho body of a female un known, apparently about 26 years of age, and of very pre possessing appearance. John Peck and Edward Myers, two watermen, between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday evening last, observed the deceased walk down the steps at the Strand side of Water loo-bridge. Her appearance struck them as being dejected, and having some suspicion they watched her ; but detect ing their intentions she returned up the steps and walked towards the Strand. About two hours after Peck heard a plunge into the water. He ran down, but could per ceive nothing. The following morning the body of the poor young woman was discovered floating, and a surgeon sent for, declared her to have been dead several hours. Rice (the beadle) had inquired, but could not find out who the deceased was. She was dressed very respectably in black. She was of dark complexion, handsome features, and about five feet four inches in stature. The surgeon was of opinion the deceased was enceinte. Verdict—" Tem porary derangement." DR. GRANVILLE'S SPAS OF GERMANY.—Hav ing made an extensive tour of the principal Spas of Germany, Dr. Granville has, in these volumes, given us a full descrip tion of them, of their medical properties, of the company as. sembl.cd to try their efficacy, of the modes of travelling to and from them, of the cookery, of the charges, of the country, of the people, and, in short, of all the elements of a Continental excursion through foreign lands, with notice more particularly directed to such resorts of health or pleasure. Thus, whilst endeavouring to furnish a useful guide for the invalid, the author has also done his best to render the work generally , amusing, and sketches of manners, anecdotes of persons, cha racters, and incidents, tend to vary his pages in a light and agreeable fashion. We recommend the work, with its nume rous embellishments, to our tens of thousands of tourists.— Literary Gazette. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN TuNis.—Criminal jus tice is administered as quickly as the law suit. Murder is punished with death ; and, immediately upon the fact being proved, the sentence is executed by the black giants, who stand ready at the door. The proceedings, with the excep tion, of course, of state offences, are quite public. In case, however, the family of the murdered person should be willing to receive a sum of money from the murderer, his life is spared, a custom which certainly could not be applied to civi lised countries. For robbery, with violence, the right hand is struck off; and to save the trouble of a tedious cure, the stump is dipt in boiling pitch. For theft, and small offences, 'the bastinadoe is administered according to the pleasure of the judge.—Sentilasso in Africa, by Prince Puchler Muskau. FATAL THUNDER-STORM AT LARGS.-- On Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, as several of the inha bitants of the village of Upper Largs, in Fife, were pla)ing at quoits on the Links adjoining Mr. Beveridge's farm, seve ral loud peals of thunder were heard ; the sky was at this time tolerably clear, but in less than five minutes from the tim e , the first peal, it became covered with 1 ) 1 40 1, Clouds• The men who were playing and the WI:lora-on immediately prepared to go home; but, vttthut a moment's waning two men, with their wiles and children, elev en pers Q;lit i n a l l, who were a little behind the others, wer e s tladek4 l Y beard to scream ; a tre. mendous peal of thunder tA 1 . 10 '..' 1 4, and on looki ng b ac k notpiug was seen but a cleroze cloud of smoke. On going up to the poor people they were all quite dead except one child. Onls of the men had his head Shattered into a thousand frag ments, and quite blackened, All tho rest were more or less burnt. This awful event has made a deep impression on the villagers—Correopaudunt of &Notion, PRICE d. THE PARACHUTE EXPERIMENT. Yesterday evening, Mr. CARTTAIS, the coroner for West Kent, and a highly respectable jury assembled at the Tiger's Head Inn, L , e, for the purpose of investigating the circum stances attending the death of Mr. Robert Cocking, who sacrificed his life by attempting a descent from the Royal Nassau Balloon, by means of a parachute of a novel con struction, on Monday evening last. The Jury, in company with the Coroner, proceeded to view the fatal machine, and afterwards the body of the deceased. On their return the subjoined evidence was adduced. Mr. Henry Cocking, a grandson of the deceased, proved the identity of the body, and said that the last time he saw his grandfather was the day on which the remains of our late Sovereign were interred at Windsor Castle. Mr. Finch, jun., surgeon, of Croomes Hill, shortly ar rived in the field after the descent of the parachute, where he discovered the deceased laid prostra:e on the ground, with a number of persons around him. He (witness) made several attempts to bleed him, but without effect. The corpse was afterwards placed upon an hurdle., and conveyed to the Tiger's Head Inn, Lee. He 'nail since viewed the body. A concussion of brain Was apparent ; likewise a fracture of his ribs. His right ancle was dislocated, and there was a wound immediately over the right temple. In his (Mr. Finch's) opinion the deceased was not dead on his descent, but that his demise had been occasioned by the above injuries, which he doubtless received on coming in j contact with tho ground. Mr. Green was here called, and was examined at great length by the Coroner. He commenced his evidence by stating that it was pursuant to a request of the proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens that he made the ascent, being in a manner obliged to do so from the agreement entered into between him and them, to make aaraseent whenever it was their pleasure. Mr. Cocking had repeatedly requested him to make the experiment with the parachute, but, notwith standing his aversion to the same, he ultimately yielded to the entreaties of the deceased, whom he had frequently dissuaded from making a descent in the manner proposed by him. . Mr. Green then gave a description of the ascent of the balloon (Royal Nassau) and the parachute on Mon day evening, the circumstances of which the public are in full possession. Upon their arrival over Kennington Com mon witness was desirous of throwing out loose ballast, but was prevented from doing so in consequence of the canvass tube that had been manufactured, and which was attached to the balloon and parachute, to assist the descent of the ballast, having become disordered. He was fearful of damaging property or of injuring individuals by throw ing out the ballast in bags until after they.had cleared the metropolis and suburban districts. Over Kenning ton Common the balloon was stationary for some time, and the deceased here addressed witness and his companion (Mr. Spencer), by inquiring their altitude. Mr. Green replied that they were about a thousand feet from the surface of the earth. The deceased said, " Very well ; but let me know when we arrive at about fifteen hundred feet, and at every additional five hundred, until we arrive at five thou sand feet (near a mile), for that is the altitude at which I wish to descend." Mr. Green replied in the affirmative, and continued affording the deceaSed this required informa tion, until they arrived at the before -mentioned altitude, when the witness said that he did not think he could ascend higher, from the weight that was attached to the balloon. The deceased then said, " Very well, I shall soon leave you." After the lapse of a couple of minutes the deceased again spoke, arid said, " Good bye, Green ; good bye, Spencer." Witness and Mr. Spencer then seized hold of the ropes of the car to prevent a sudden jerk, as they ex pected momentarily that the deceased would liberate him self. They shortly after felt a slight jerk. Witness was about to quit his scat for the purpose of looking over the car, when, all of a moment, the shock tvas renewed, and the balloon commenced ascending with the velocity of a rocket, and th a witness and Mr. Spencer • became convinced that the descent of the parachute had taken place.. such was the ra pidity of the ascent of the balloon after it had been relieved of its additional weight that for a few minutes the aeronauts were placed in imminent danger, and narrowly escaped suf focation from the descent of the gas by the pressure, after the valves of the balloon had been thrown open. Witness and Mr. Spencer ultimately descended in perfect safety near Maidstone, at about nine o'clock in the evening. The aero nauts slept there that night, and started for town the next morning (Tuesday) when, on reaching Lewisham, to his deep regret, he ascertained the fatal result of the experi ment. Mr. Green then gave a minute description of the parachute, and begged it to be perfectly understood that he never offered any suggestions to the deceased, or the Proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens, respecting its cor.: struction. Also, Bvo. Plates and Woodcuts, 15s, in bds. THE GUN ; or, a Treatise on the Nature, Principle, and Ma nufacture of the various descriptions of Small Fire Arms. By WILLIAM GREENER. " By far the best work ever written on the subject."—Extraet of a Letter from Col. hawker to the Author. London : Longman, Grine, Brown, Greon, and Longman'. CORN AVERAGES. OENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fer the Week ended July 21, III:17, made up from the Returns of the luspectors in the different Cities and 'fawns in Englan.! and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 5s 111 Oats ........ 24s Id. I Beans 41s. Od. Barley _Bs I'd. I Rye ......... 35 s 1, d. Pease.— ..... 4Os. sti. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX wz k x s FRECEDING• Wheat— s‘lB. 7d. 245. 10d. Beans. 40s. N. I Barley 2Ps. 71 Ry e DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 3os. Bcl:i()ats " - Barley l9s. 10s1. I Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.--(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBER) AND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay.... New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay. 6 1i 6 5 Clover Hay Oat Straw £2 oto £2 2 I WheatiStraw 2 3 2 5 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ££4 10 tn £4 lb New Meadow Hay Useful Old Witte 5 5 5 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye prase May Clover Hay iextra fine 57 7 Generally Oat Straw £2 2to £2 4 I Wheat Straw 2 6 2 0 FECHAPEL. Cline Meadow Hay ..£4 111 to .tis 0 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Nye grass llay Clever Hay 6 I 7 5 Old Straw , .£2 2to X' 6 1 Wheat Straw KEE—July 26 I Per Ti Wal la'End Walker 2l 3 Walls End Bemont Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 13 0 Walls End Haswell Walls End Lainbton Walls End Ilussel's Hetton... 23 9 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Hartlepool 23 0 Walls End Butterknowl Walls - End Adelaide Walls - End Barrett 2l 6 Walls End Gordon 2l 6 Walls End South Durham 2l u Walls End St. Helen's Tees 2l 9 Walls End Tres 22 3 Walls End West Helton 2O 3 Walls End Hartley 2O 0 last market.day, SU THE WEEK. MARYLEBONE. EXTRAORDINARY POLICE REGULATIONS.—TWO police constables of the E division, named Sheptoe and Co/e, 1 I I and 32, appeared before Mr. RAwLiNsoN and Lord AIoNT FORD to answer the f o ll ow i ng c h arge pre f erred against them by Mr. Francis Lloyd M oore , a gent l eman of i ndependent property, residing in N o rt on - s t reet , New -road : The complainant st a t e d th a t h e h a d b een spending the evening at a friend's house, an d was return i ng home from thence about two o'clock on F r id a y morning, when, on pass ing the watering-house opposite Trinity Church, he WAS as sailed by a number of watermen, cabmen, and other black guards congregated at the spot, who began to hustle him about ; and, upon his venturing to expostulat e with them upon the impropriety of such conduct, one of the ruffians seized a bucket of water and threw it all over him, and he at the same time received a cut on the face and hand, and had his coat tern. He cried out for the assistance of the police, and in a short time the first-named defendant came up, but he refused to take charge of the man who had as saulted him, alleging that he did not see it. In a few se conds the other constable arrived, and to him he applied. The constable said he could not interfere unless he h a d witnessed the assault, or saw blood. He (complainant) then drew his attention to the blood on his face from the violence he had received, when the constable said be would take the charge, but subsequently declined, telling the complainant that he must apply for an assault warrant against the as sailants it this office. The latter remedy he had been com pelled to adopt, and with much difficulty the parties who had so wantonly assaulted him had been brought before the Bench, and filled for the assault. The defendants said that they had acted agreeably to their instructions, which were not to take any person into custody for an assault unless they saw it committed, or beheld blood. They did not see the assault in this case, and the show of blood was so trifling that they thought they should not be justified in interfering._ C Mr. RAWLINSON (to Inspector aMIA:CID—IS it true that such an absurd regulation can have emanated from the Commissioners ? If so, a person may be half murdered, and unless the police witness the outrage the ruffian has every facility of escape, especially if he is a stranger. The public, especially the female portion of it, are entitled to better protection. The inspector said that it certainly was the practice of the force not to take any person into custody...thaws the violence was seen, or blood, which was considered tanta mount. Now, as the gentleman had shown the proof of the assault on his face, it was the duty of the defendants to have taken the assailants into custody on the spot, and they ought to have done so. Mr. ItawuNsoN—Suppose 1 fine these men, what will be the consequence ? Defendants—We shall be discharged from the force by the Commissioners. Mr. RAWLINION—That is unfair. You ought not to be tried by two tribunals. I wish the Commissioners would investigate such matters themselves, especially as our deci sion is not final,and the delinquents maybe punished two ways. Inspector—lt is for the satisfaction of the public that the case is brought here. _ Mr. RAwLINsoN—And here it ought to finish. The defendants do not appear to have erred much from their in structions, and I shall fine them Ss. each only, and I think the punishment should not be carried further. A remark to that effect was then made in the charge sheet, and the defendants paid their fines, and left the office. VIOLENT ASSAULT.-Mr. George Wise, the proprieter of Portobello Farm, Bayswater, was charged w:th violently assaulting Joseph Laing, Esq., of Royal Hall, in the same vicinity. _ It appeared that the complainant was on Sunday morn ing crossing one of the defendant's fields, accompanied by three dogs. There being a number of sheep in the field, and the complainant and his dogs having deviated from the footpath, it was apprehended that they would worry the flock, and cause much mischief. Under these circum stances the defendant approached the complainant with angry feelings, and desired him to turn back and quit the field by the gate he had entered. This the latter declined to do, but made his egress through a gap in the hedge which had just been stopped, which so exasperated the farmer that he laid hold of the intruder's collar, gave him a hearty shaking, and in the scuffle his face got severely scratched. Mr. RAWLINSON said that both parties were blameable. The complainant ought to have left the field by the gate pointed out, but his not doing so did not altogether justify the assault committed by the defendant, for which he was fined 10s. WORSHIP- S TRH/4T. AlnanFnoos Ass4VLT.-1 divard goocit,-a carpenter, residing at Hackney, was placed at the bar, before Messrs. ijapuciwpri pad GitovE, char3ed with assaulting police COAL MAR 19 ti Per Ton Aaairs . Bensham Burden 18 0 20 G Holy well Leaze's Main Ord's ltedhugh South Hartley 21 :3 17 0 1K oi 19 0 l'anneld 2l (S I Townley IR 0 West Hartley 2l 0 Wylam 20 0 Walls End Bewicke and Co ,21 9 Walls End Heaton 2l 9 Walls End Ililda 2l 0 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Northumberland 2O 9 Walls End Newraarch 2O 9 Ships arrives! 'Meet :OUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN " Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. S. to S. s. to s. a. to S. a. to a. s. to s. 44 50 30 34 22 30 33 47 52 29 31 25 43 36 48 30 40 16 22 33 Bridport 39 50 32 36 26 30 39 Cirencester .....--, 44 51 27 32 20 25 32 40 35 46 26 30 26 30 4fi Guildford 39 54 28 35 90 30 46 H en l ey 42 58 .26 32 23 26 43 Hereford 36 49 26 32 j 22 48 40 High worth 49 60 32 42 t2B 34 56 Maidenhead 32 58 24 36 20 24 34 44 34 38 Monmouth-.......... 44 44 32 34 22 29 34 40 Reading 34 57 25 35 20 27 %I 42 35 SaUsbury 54 30 34 20 28 41 46 Southampton 45 50 33 40 28 32 42 Stroud 36 44 28 36 20 24 46 Tewkesbury 35 22 32 40 Uxbridge 40 48 'A 32 17 :28 40 42 32 52 24 34 20 25 33 42 33 48 Warminster 30 40 27 34 22 la 36 4 Windaor 59 21 22 35 W0rce5ter........... 53 551 32 36 30 32 48 46 48 LEWES MARKET.—JuIy 25. Per Quar er. a. d. to a. d. Per Quarter. s. 4. to a. d. Wheat, White ... 56 0 57 0 Oats 24 0 24 6 lied . ..... . 50 0 53 0 Pease 32 0 38 0 Barley 40 0 43 0 Oil Cake... 11,. i's. per Thous:ani. CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel._ s. d. to s. d Pet la d. to d Wheat 6 9 8 0 Beer 6 7 . ►Barley Oats 3 0 4 0 Veal Beans Pease 4 9 6 8 Lamb ... 0 0 Hay 5/. 104 to 6/. 6s. Od. Per tin. HULL MARKET.—June 23. Wheat, Old s'..'s sls 58, New ...... 465. 50s. 545. -- Foreign —s. —s. —s. ln bond... —s. —s —s. Oats, Poland Small or Feed.... —s. les. les —s. —s 20s. Foreign —s. —5. s. Barley. Norf. & Sur —s —5. 325. Linc. & Wold —s. 28s. 3 4 24. ---- Foreign Beans 325. 365. 48s. Foreign s. —s. —I. Pease, White.....„ 44s. 45s 464 Grey 925. 260. 40s. fares 345. —5. 405- Foreign 16s 28s. 4Cs. Rapesead. In bond none 'Free, per last 271. 28!. Os. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—JuIy 25. WHEAT, English. White, per 7011). Red _ . 8 8 9 1 Scotch, Welch, anti Manx Irish, White 7 9 8 3 - Red 8 9 8 2 -- Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 45W 3 6 4 2 ---- Irish - Foreign rkar.Er, English, Malting, per hop. quarter 3O 0 36 0 -- Scotch and Irish, per 601 tis --. Fcednig 0 6 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 43 0 -. Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 43 9 - Foreign Flows, English, per 2801 b. 46 0 43 0 ----. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 3l 0 34 0 INI,IAN Cows, 1 ,, r 41Ith . Ityls, per I mper al quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter I fit NM l' Or GRAIN tor the Week ending July 24. wheat. I Oats. Barley Fleur. Oatmeal Qrs. Qrs. Q rs . 1 I Foreign. Brls.lrtsh,&c. Seks . Loads. 8 ,700 3,055 1 ,%62 611 6,259 556 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS TO-MORROW. G. Richardson coach-builder City-road 2 at J. and A. Soulby, brewers, Lambeth-walk 2 12 Kingsley, tail or , E n fi e ld 2 F. Langley, bill-b roker, Poultry J Brunt, button- manufacturer, Leek 11 W. Wallis, lodging-house-keeper, Edgware-road 2 1 E. Hillman, carver, P arlia ment-street 2 12 J. Webb, tailor, Bath 2/ G. Wagner, linen-draper, S oistliampton.stteet, Strand J. M. Schaap and Co , merchants. Alinories 1 3 -----= Queen Victoria is generally thought to bear a re semblance to the late Princess Charlotte, but her Majesty's ure is considered m ore gcuer f e u s i. are i o a f n t de the Queen's ffuegen's bust, which i nc li nes features arc symmetrydelieate, to embonpoint, is much admired, and her foot and ancle are remarkably small and elegant, TIL4MES POLICE. JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPT TO M URDER.—YeStOrdoy Jeremiah Driscoll, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. GREENWOOD, for final examination, charged with mak ing a desperate attempt to murder his wife by stabbing her with a pen-knife in the side, and wounding her in the hand while labouring under a fit of jealousy. Mary Driscoll, a woman of respectable demeanour about forty-six years of age, who has been in a very weak state since she was stabbed by her husband, was led into the office, and accommodated with a seat while she gave her evidence, which she did with much difficulty. She stated that she had been separated from her husband, who was a carpenter, for some time, and kept a green-grocery shop in Sun Tavern Fields Shadwell. Her husband occasionally visited her, but she had not seen him for five weeks until the morning of Sunday the 16th inst., when she was dis turbed when in bed in the middle of the night by the in trusion of a man into her bed-chamber. When she awoke, she found her husband standing over her, and she was about to start out of bed, when her husband said--" Take that you -" accompanying his words with a dreadful thrust at her side. She found herself stabbed, and the blood gushing from the wound. She got out of bed, and screamed murder, on which her husband made another stab at her. She put up her hand to protect her person, and re ceived a deep cut on the hand. She then ran down stairs, calling out murder, followed by her husband who knocked her down, and began kicking her about the body. Her cries brought a policeman to the spot, and her husband en deavoured to make his escape, but was secured. She was taken to a surgeon, who dressed her wounds, and sent her home again directly. She had ever since been confined to her bed. Mr. GREENWOOD said that on the first examination the prisoner stated that he saw another man in bed with his wife, and that in a moment of desperation he rushed into the mom and struck his wife. He asked if there was any truth in that statement ? Drs. Driscoll solemnly declared the assertion was un true. The man of whom her husband was jealous was a sailor,a lodger, who was in his own bed on the night in question. The seaman was a young man about twenty two years of age, and - she was forty-six. The prisoner vehemently declared that he looked through the window, in consequence of some stories having reached him of his wife's infidelity, and be saw the sailor in his wife's bed. He called out for them to open the door, and u hen they refused he broke his way in. By that time the sailor had left the room, and gone to his own bed. The wife again denied the statement of her husband, and in answer to the questions of the magistrate said she found the knife with which the wounds were inflicted in the shop behind some cabbages, where it had been thrown. She knew it to be her husband's knife. Sullivan, a policeman, No. 248 K, stated that about 12 in the morning he heard cries of murder proceeding from the house of No. 4, Sun Tavern-fields. He went there, and found the door open, and the prisoner about to emerge from the shop. He said he had just found his wife in bed with another man, and immediately seized her by the neck, and said "He would be d—d if he did not choke her, and if he had an opportunity he would murder her." He threw her from him and began kicking her. Witness pulled him away and gave him into the care of another policeman while he assisted the woman to her bed. He went into the room where the sailor was in bed, and afterwards into that where the woman was stabbed. It did not appear that two per sons had been sleeping in her bed. Prisoner—.l saw them with my own eyes. Mr. John Arthur, a surgeon, of No. 69, High-street, Shadwell, stated that he attended the woman on the Sun day morning she was stabbed. There was a punctured wound on the right side of the abdomen, of considerable depth, which had been inflicted with a small cutting knife. There was another wound on her hand, an incised one, which had been effected with a sharp instrument. A slight inflammatio n took place, and the wound on the woman's side was likely to have been a very dangerous one, if she had not kept herself quiet ; she was still in a very bad state of health. Mr. GREENWOOD said it appeared the woman had been very seriously wounded. He asked if there was any danger attending the case ? Mr. Arthur said there was not, if the woman kept herself quiet, and took care of herself ; otherwise be could not say how the case might terminate. The prisoner repeated the statements he had before made and declared that the sailor and his wife had been living to gether as man and wife for sonic time, and that when be broke into his house the sailor was escaping into his own room, and his wife was on the stairs. He denied having stabbed his wife, and said that he had never seen the knife before. Mr. GREENwoon said he had no doubt the woman had )eco stabbed, and committed Driscoll for trial, I _ is , ~ 4 1 ::::,. - 177) --- :- - -,- - --1 11-- ".."--- ~A.; K. , ,,•!::-; - -, r..---.:,--- - r - A k !,.;:i.„,•;:?;,--47.- nit 21:P....ig " :::; : :i . . -2Ck il;t : c W T I VE n0,,,,,,,,t4j.,Vr...4::::9rc,\77:74:.>1:,1.6:,::....::i5:,.)'. , ...e ,x anr4,4 1 TUESDAY, JULY 25.—The , ugh took place this day. The two ~ Mr, Heathcoat (the proprietor of the e: factory carried on in the town) and Lord Palmerston, again offered themselves. The Tories brought forward Mr. B. B. Dickinson, of Knightshayes. Mr. ROSSITER, presented himself, for the third ertlal to propose their worthy friend and neighbour, John flool, coat, Esq., as a fit and proper person to repretant theln in Parliament. Dr. KETTLE seconded the nomination 4 Mr. lialtVat, Dr. WILLIAM HOLE proposed Lord Viscount Pil l :aims ton,_ amidst cheer s , and disapprobation f rom the Pories. Mr. CHARLES WARREN seconded the norniVition. Mr. GEORCA BARNE then pr o p ose d Mr, ro,ekineeh. Captain SOLLEY HODOEI seconded nnmination, Mr. HEATIICOAT then presented I .) . inisvlti end Wa s we lt received by hi s fri en d s and stier,orters, Lord PALMERSTON We received with th ree hearty qhd long-continued cheer!—Gen, belief is that 4 sg tern has be e n extensively pursu e d entle to deter the elect ors , y b * y fear of inju ry to t h emselves and their families, from doing that which we heard read this morning, to elect freely and indifferently the-persons whom they may think fit to rerre sent them in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentle in this is no t a so li tary case ; it is the regular Tory practicn, e, as you w ill h ear when you see the proceedings oi the dif ferent elections. You will hear that the same thing has been practised wherever a- Tory candidate Inks opp ose d men of lib era l and reforming princie , les.—(Gi ve t h e b allot then!) We are told by some tliat the remedy for this is the secret suffrage by ballot. Now, I will say this, that if there is any get of men who are doing more than others to t aring the ballot about, that set of men are the Tories, who are using those practices throughout the country. I am not one of those who think that the ballot would ac complish the purpose which many of you expect it would fulfil. I am inclined to think that the same intimidation and coercion- would still be practised to obtain the promises which are now used to obtain the vote ; and when a man has given his promise for a particu lar candidate, it would be impossible for him, however secretly the vote was given, as an honest man, not to vote according to it. If the practice had been general for. every man to record his vote in secret, how should we have those expressions of feeling which are so intimately interwoven with the practice of the Constitution, and which, in nay opinion, produce such great, important, and salutary results to the country ? And if, gentlemen, vote by ballot were to be the resource 'for those who wish to withdraw themselves from the pressure of compulsion, those few would still re main a small and suspected minority, liable to the suspicions of both the parties who are anxious to enlist them in their ranks. It is not to be wondered at if the Tories should be more than usually active on the present occasion. It is in this election as the general election of the country—this election call: from them she dying- effort of an expiringfac tion.—(Cheers.) . They feel that the game is almost up with them, they k!,ow :hat their political existence depeeds on the result of this election, and we cannot- he surge iced that, as drowning men catch at every floating straw, they should struggle to obtain every single vote which they could extract-from men who differ from them, by threats ar'rg uperitheir persenal and private interests. Now, gentlemen, it is curious to trace the workings of this party, in their attempts to fasten upon the feeling s and pas sions of the public in this country. When the Reform Bill was first proposed the cry they set up was, " The Constitution and the Crown are in danger, the Monarchy is imperilled, and the Refordi Bill, if carried, will knock tbo crown from the brow of the Sovereign." The Reform Bill was carried, the people of England were not made the dupes of such a cry, and, so far from the Monarchy having suffered. it derived additional strength from the extension of the privi. leges of the people. I will tell you what you are the better for that Reform—l will tell you what you are the bette r for the Reform of Parliament. Every one of you is reise a in the scale of civil society —every one of you is let into n duo share of the representation of the Government, eitlv er of his bo rough or his county ; and I say that the min, w h o fi n d i n ,- parted to them privileges of which every man ought to be proud—of men who are removed from the moral degradation of finding themselves excluded from, their rights—l say that these men stand higher in, the respect and esteem of their fellow-countryme.-i—,l say that that alone is a great advantage ; but I say more : the habit of publicly discussing political affairs, the habit of discussing them with th e v i ew tg , going s omet hi ng t h ere b y, forms th mind and matures the judgment—is a moral and political edu cation, :enduring the people higher in the scale of civiliza tion, and more fitted for those purposes for which we were sent into life.—(Great cheering.) [Here Mr, Heathcoat put a letter into the hands of the Noble Lord, exclaiming " London is ail right !"—Three tremendous cheers for Lon don.]_.-I congratulate you on this cheering intelligence from the great metropolis of this empire. London ! the city of London has done its duty I—(Cheers.) The Bill for Church-rates would, if it had passed into a law, been greatly advantageous to the Church, while it would have relieved the Dissenters, and not have imposed any undue burden upon any class of men, but it would have provided at the same time sure and certain funds for the mainte nance and repair of the buildings of the Church. The friends of the Church defeated the Bill in one branch of the Legislature, and it is not our fault if the present sys tem of levying Church-rates still continues a matter of ob jection to a large portion of the community. He appealed to them on the faith which her Majesty had reposed in the Ministers of William the Fourth. He wished them to show whether the people of England reposed the same confi dence in the Ministry which the Queen did. His Lord ship took a view of his public life, and demonstrated that he had always been an advocate for liberal principles, with regard to a taunt that had been thrown out on the other side. He said that when defeated in Hampshire lie might have had a seat in the Upper House ; and as for a pension, be never would accept one. The Mavou called for a show of hands, when at least five to one were held up in favour of Heathcoat and Pal merston. A poll was demanded for Mr. Dickinson. Thanks were unanimously voted to the Mayor, and the meeting broke up. There is no doubt felt in the borough of the success of Lord Palmerston. As Queen Elizabeth was returning through Lon don, after her coronation, amidst the enthusiastic acclamations of her subjects, a boy, personating Truth, presented ber with a copy of the Bible from one of the triumphal arches erected in honour of the occasion. She received the book in the most gracious manner, and placing it next her bosom, declared, that amidst all the costly testimonies that the city bad that day given her of their attachment, this present was by far the most precious and acceptable. Elizabeth possessed in the highest degree those arts which facilitate the acquisition of popularity, and though similarly brilliant and costly pageants have frequently been displayed upon such occasions, perhaps there never %i a s one where the warmest affections of the heart were so fully reciprocated between the sovereign and the people.—James's Memoirs of Celebrated Women. ERROR IN GOVERNMENT.—Nature does not give the same degree of strength to the footstalks of the leaves of a tree destined, as these are, to be shed every year, and to the roots, which are design( d to hold the trunk fast to the ground. If she did, either the one would be far too strong, or the other too weak, or both of these inconveniences might take place at once; yet this is the error committed by almost all governments. The same machinery is provided to facili tate or to impede every change alike, in great or in small matters ; the same mode is prescribed for the maintaining, or abrogating, or introducing of every law and every institution alike. For instance, an Act for regulating the manufacture of soap, or an Act which should introduce a complete change in the Constitution—which should take away or restore the libe, ties of half the nation—must go through exactly the same forms, and be passed or rejected by the same authorities under the same regulations ; in short, such proceedings are like a tree whose leaf-stalks and main-roots have neither more or less toughness and stoutness the one than the other.--Lady Mary Fox's Expedition into the Interior of New Holland. RAPID TRAVELLING.—A gentleman left Liver. pool last week by the half-past two railway train for Birming ham; thence, he posted it to London, which, after sundry disasters on the road, he reached at six the next morning, From London he proceeded, by an ordinary stage coach con, veyance, to Birmingham, and arrived in Liverpool, by the last railway train, shortly after eleven next night. The whole journey, upwards of 400 miles, was thus completed, in 3of hours ; the quickest, there can scarce l y be a doubt, on record. EXTRAORDINARY FATAL ACCIDENT. A few days since Thomas Pro c t or, a respectable inhabitant of Wel sham-le- Willows, accidentally took up a needle, and while carelessly bending it between his teeth it snapped, and the greater part of it passed into his throat. Severe inflammation following, after twelve day's illness he was prematurely re.- moved from the circle of an affectionate family. STORM.—On Saturday, during a violent thrthder storm, the trunk of an oak tree belonging to Thomas 'Sheldon, Esq., at Abberton, five miles from Pershore, was its bark by th e li g h tn i ng, and one of the large stripped of branches was split to atoms. The tree has now a remark%ule appearance; if the bark-rippers had been at work with. their instruments, they could not have denuded the loWin part of it more effec tually. CI WI;;Ls RoYAI4.‘--There are six organists at t'"2LnAt to these eAablisliments—Messrs. Attwood, Elvey, Rut. teridge, Knyvett, Roberts, and Sir George Smart. Their deputies are—Messrs. Massey and Cooper. The new organ at St. James's is, we understand, to be removed to Bucking. ham.palace, as the chapel at St. James's is but ill adapted for The chapel at Whitehall is excellently constructed for a choir, and the organ, small as it is, has still a fine and power, ful et - rect.—Musical World. Among the curiosities at Apsley-house is the truckle 'bed.in which the Duke of Welliggton sleeps. " Why, it is so narrow," exclaimed a friend, " there is not even room to 4 , turn in it !" " Turn in it," cried his Grace, " when once a man begins to turn in his bed it is time to turn out,"