The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

DIRECT LINCOLN, EAST RET FORD, AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAIL- WAY. A meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held yesterday, at the George and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-street, pursuant to an advertisement which appeared in the Gazette of the 11th December last, to consider the propriety of dissolving the CompalW, and to carry out a resolution to that effect which was adopted at a meeting held on the 9th inst. J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., took the chair. Scrutineers having been appointed, The CHAIP.MAN stated that the meeting had now to decide whether the company should be dissolved, and whether with or without a bankruptcy? Mr. GRIPPER proposed, and Mr. PRICE seconded, a motion that the company be dissolved, and that without a bankruptcy. The scrutineers having made the investigation of the shares, reported that 3,575 shares had been paid upon before the 31st March last, and of these 2,140 had been presented to them for voting, and which were given for the dissolution of the company. A SHAREEOLDER inquired why his shares were rejected in the voting paper, and was informed by the solicitor that his shares were only excluded because they were issued after the 31st of March, the clause of the Act re quiring that no shares should be admitted but those issued before that date. Mr. BE AN (the !ate Secretary) inquired what had been done with the box taken from his office ? Mr. TUCKER denied any knowledge of the box,' or that at any time he had been near Mr. Bevan's office. Several Shareholders inquired whether it was intended to repudiate the shares which had been issued after the 31st of March? The CHAIRMAN declared that there was no intention to repudiate those shares, but the clause of the Act of Parliament excluded them from voting. Mr. J. BROWN proposed, and Nix. R. EKYN seconded, a resolution to the effect, that the dissolution shall not be considered an act of bankruptcy. The resolution was carried by a large majority, and after much violent language, and a great deal of alterca tion, the meeting was dissolved. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. The first ordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Rail- way was held yesterday at the offices of the company, West Strand; Lord Courtown in the chair. The meeting was made special for the purpose of authorising the directors to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to deviate from the existing line. The CHAIRMAN stated that a report had been pre pared to be submitted to the shareholders, but the directors had since had a communication with two gen tlemen from Dublin, and they therefore did not intend to sake any vote upon the document. The report stated that as soon as practicable after the company had obtained its Act the directors proceeded to the consideration of the best manner in which it could be carried out, and the plan the directors now desired the proprietors to adopt was, first, that the extension from Kingstown to Bray be forthwith carried out—dis tance, seven miles—and thence continued from Bray to Wicklow—distance, seventeen miles ; secondly, from the junction with the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin line at or near Enniscorthy to Wexford, and to the proposed packet station in the south bay, a distance of twenty-six miles ; and, thirdly, that the purchase of land should be made with reference to this arrangement of the works, and the payment of calls should be so regulated that no part of the capital should be demanded before it was actually required. The directors estimated that a call of 11. 10s. per share ought to be made forthwith, and a second call of 11. per share, payable in November, would be adequate to the outlay consequent on such an arrangement of the works for the year 1847. It had been resolved to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, upon calls as paid up, and 5 per cent. for payments in advance of calls. The Barony of Newcastle, in the county of Wicklow, had come forward in support of this line by having made a presentation, under the Board of Works Act, to advance 20,0001. t owar d s promoting the works. The receipts, consisting of deposits on 75,186 shares, at 1/. 108. each, amounted to 112,779 L, and the payments to 39,8534 I6s. 4d., leaving a balance of 72,925/. 3s. Bd. in hand. Mr. Alderman BorcE, a member of the deputation sent from Ireland to advise the company upon the present position and future prospects of the line, stated that he and the other myabers of the deputation waited upon , 1 the directors on Saturday, and pointed out to them the impropriety of attempting to carry out the line in the present state of Ireland.--(Hear, hear.) The directors received them with the utmost courtesy, and lis tened attentively to what they had to say. At the conclusion of the interview the directors ap pointed another interview for that morning, and this latter interview had just been brought to a close, and the result was, the directors were prepared to con cede to the deputation an adjournment of the meeting till the 17th of February, 1847, when proper and well digested measures would be submitted to the share holders for their future guidance. He, therefore, begged to move the adjournment accordingly. Mr. GEORGE seconded the motion. Mr. DICKSON found fault with the conduct of the di rectors in leasing the Dublin and Kingstown at an extra vagant rate of interest, while they had taken powers to improve the port of Wexford, with which the share holders had nothing at all to do, and in issuing shares since the month of August. The directors promised that the line should be leased to the Great Western Company, but they had broken faith with the share holders. lie also complained that they had withheld the share register wantonly from the proprietors. Mr. BOSWELL said he understood the directors, upon the advice of Mr. Lloyd and other eminent counsel, had determined to hold the original allottees responsible to the extent for which they had subscribed ; and, acting upon that principle, they had confiscated some tens of thousands worth of property, which had been purchased from original allottees themselves. All railways in Ire land were at a ruinous discount, and he could assure the meeting that the accounts of the awful state of Ireland were not at all exaggerated. Mr. PEIRCE wished to know who would be entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting? The CHAIRMAN replied that those whose names were on the register would be entitled to vote. Mr. BENSON urged upon the directors to make propo sals to the Great Western Company to lease the line. Their only hope was in a lease to that company. Sir T. ASMONDE said this company had no connexion whatever with the company for improving the harbour of Wexford. Mr. D. W. HARVEY suggested, that if before the ad journment no offer came from or was accepted by the Great Western Company, it should be one of the ques tions for them to eonsirler whether 'hey could not dis pense with the services of those gentlemen on the diree tion who were connected with the Great Western Com pany. He approved of the agreement for leasing the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, because the receipts already derivable from that line exceeded the rent they were to pay for it ; and he had reason to believe that the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Com pany were preoared to nullify that agreement, and to take their line off their hands, reimbursing them all the money they had expended up to that morn.nt. He hoped, when they met again, the deputation, or the directors, would have some definite proposition to sub mit to them by which the shareholders could either have the option of withdrawing from the undertaking, or going on with it. Mr. PERRY, another member of the deputation from Ireland, stated that it was understood, and indeed agreed upon by the directors, that the deputation should have access to all such information as a committee of inquiry wound have been entitled to. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair , man, the meeting terminated. CITY OF LONDON ELECTIONS. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The election of Common Councilmen for the ward of Cripplegate Within took place yesterday, at the School rooms in Philips-lane. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS presided, and gave the names of the following candidates:—Mr. R. L. Wilson, Mr. D. Dewar, Mr. J. Lart, Mr. William Cash, Mr. Willie Brass, Mr. B. Brown, Mr. 11. J. Smith, Mr. Jamas Mole. Mr. Alderman Challis inquired if anv gentle man had any other candidate to propose. Mr. LIaNIs proposed Mr. Francis Bennoch. Mr. BARTON seconded the motion, and said that in his opinion Mr. Bennoch was the gentleman most likely to bring about that reform which was so much needed in the Court of Common Council, and which was the only body of its kind which had not been reformed. Mr. BENNOCH said that it was some time since he had stood before the Livery of the City, and he hoped that he had faithully discharged the promises which he had made to them last year. He felt that there were many grievances which it would be necessary to endeavour to remove. Amongst these was the duty upon tea: many re forms had lately,taken place, but he, and many others, felt that these duties were of a nature calculated to decrease instead of increasing the revenues of the Exchequer—(Hear, hear)—and more likely than otherwise to press heavily upon the consumer. He had observed with pain and regret that many evils beg arisen from the deficient supply of water to the poorer classes of the metropolis, and would do all in his power to abate so crying an evil. He had also observed a fact in connexion with railways. The commission for inquiring into the proposed railway from Vauxhall to London-bridge had reported against the central metro politan terminus, and he felt that their representation was likely to cause the most serious inconvenience to the inha bitants of London, and he, for one, should do his utmost to oppose it. With reference to the great dispute be aTreen the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council, he felt that there wag not a body which re quired reform more than the Court of Aldermen. What vfaa the use of any resolution that might be adopted by the Cou r t o f C ommon Council when the Court of Alder men had, or assumed, the power of checking them at will? That C ourt as at will, a n d without t:euracoe d ntrthoi of any of drawing money any other portion of the Corporation, and he felt that the time was come when a serious reform in the whole system of the Corporation ef the city of London 'was n w e a ce a ssary, and he, for one, should support it. There one great and crying evil which had long existed in ti3ine e,euertte(i)ffoAldermen, and that was, that its members, being not responsible. In his opinion, they shr l ould bfee,mwaedre e responsible by an annual election, or even a septennial t e l ec tion. Such a course was most likely f t„ o7. would o extensive reformation of the system , He, support every measure calculated to bring about so d e _ sirable an event, and on these grounds he asked for the nnOch then sub m i tted oupport of the Livery Mr. Be the following resolutions, to be proposed by him in the Court of Common Council, to the meeting : " That the assembling of the Court of Common Council at one o'clock in the day is most inconvenient to members engaged in business. That it has the ten dency to exclude from this Court merchants, bankers, and professional men, to whom the early part of the afternoon is all-important. That it prevents the due consideration of questions brought forward for discus sion; and therefore it is expedient that all Courts of Common Council be held at four for five o'clock in the afternoon, or such later ho u r as ma y b e c onsid e red more convenient. '• That the state of education in Great Britain and Ireland is confessedly deficient and lamentsly defective. That the existence of so much ignorance is a reproach to the nation, and greatly to be de plored ; inasmuch as poverty, destitution, misery, and crime are—if not the consequence of it—seldom found dissociated from it. As the means hitherto em ployed for the increase of knowledge among the people have proved insufficient for the necessities of the popula tion, the assistance of the State becomes an imperative necessity. It is not only an act of justice and mercy, but also to the interest, safety, and security of society that no subject within these realms should longer con tinue without the opportunity of mental enlightenment, as a means of moral elevation and physical improve ment. That an humble address, based upon the foregoing considerations, be presented to her Majesty the Queen, praying that she will be graciously pleased to exercise every legitimate influence vested in the Crown to urge forward in the ensuing session of Parliament such mea sures as shall provide for the general education of the people."—(Loud cheers.) The various candidates then addressed the meeting, most of them complaining of the power assumed by the Court of Aldermen. Mr. Alderman CIIALLIS assured the gentlemen pre sent that the Court of Aldermen were quite as desirous of a reform in the Corporation as the Court of Common Council, and the mo ment the Court of Common Council took any steps in the matter, they would be joined by the Court of Aldermen. With regard to the sums of money drawn by the Court of Aldermen, and the complaint made about it, he thought that " those who lived in glass houses should not throw stones," for, for every penny drawn by the Aldermen, a pound was drawn by the Court of Common Council. He did not say that those sums were mis applied, for the members of both bodies did their duty to the utmost, but, as many complaints were made, he thought that any reform or inquiry would be beneficial. The poll was then proceeded with, when the num bers were, at the close of the first day— fr. Smith, Deputy ... 1; Mr. Brass Mr, Bennoch Mr. Ho°le Mr. Brown Ain Lan qr.Wilson* Mr. Dewar ......... ..... 161 *Conservative. Other business haring been disposed of, the wardmote separated. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEI!TINCI;, DECEMBER 22, 1846. ALDERSGATE. This wardmote was held at two o'clock, in the General Dispensary, Aldersgate-street. Sir Peter Laurie occupied the chair, and having been called on by Mr. Beasley, explained at length his opinion on the question at issue between the Court of Aldermen and the Common Council. He thought the same principle which entrusted all money bills to the House of Commons would indicate that the members of the Court of Common Council, as the annual representatives of the great body of freemen, ought to have the control of the City purse. He objected to a lavish generosity with other people's money, and thought that the Court of Aldermen had no right to pension off their decayed members. The Court of COM mmi Council did not do so, and he disputed the right of his brother Aldermen to the privilege. The Corpora tion was established for the benefit of the citizens gene rally, and ought not to be made subservient to private purposes. It was painful to him to oppose his old friends, but, at whatever sacrifice, he had determined to take his stand in support of the common rights and pri vileges of his fellow-citizens. Mr. BEASLEY moved a series of resolutions—the first recommending the citizens at large to call for the inter ference of Parliament, in order to prevent the revenues of the city of London from being perverted to private purposes, instead of the patriotic uses for which they were originally intended ; the second praying for the abolition of a life appointed magistracy ; and the third conveying the special thanks of the wardmote to Sir Peter Laurie, for the support ho gave the Common Council in the late struggle. Mr. LANE seconded the resolutions, which were also supported by Mr. Norris, who said the principle at issue was not simply the qualification of Common Councilmen, though the Court of Aldermen had chosen to fight the question on that ground, rather than as associated with their right to deal with the Corporation funds. As an instance of the manner in which the Aldermen had ex ercised this power, he found, from Corporation returns, that the snms paid in pensions in 1800 was 4301. 3s. 4d.; in 1810, 480/. ; in 1820, 750/. ; in 1830, 5001. ; in 1840, 2,006/. ss. 9d. ; in 1841, 2,489/. 16s. ; and in 1846, 3,BBll.—(Hear, hear.) The recipients of the latter amount were one alderman, four widows of alder men, four daughters of aldermen, and one granddaughter —in all ten persons.—(Cries of " Shame.") The resolutions having been put, were carried nem. con. The election was then proceeded with, when Mr. Deputy Larkin, Mr. J. T. Norris, Mr. J. Woods, Mr. S. Maw, Mr. E. Godson, Mr. G. Stacy, Mr. S. Sharwood, and Mr. H. De Jersey were unanimously re-elected. Before the meeting broke up, Mr. Stacy and Mr. Norris alluded to the projected street improvements in the City, denouncing the same as a job, which, if carried out, would swallow up nearly a million of the Corpora tion funds. Sir PETER LAURIE expressed his willingness to call a meeting of the ward on the subject, and it was ultimate!) agreed to meet on an early day. ALDGATE. Mr. Alderman Humphery presided at this wardmote. Mr. Deputy Lake, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Massey, Mr. White side, Mr. Salter, Mr. Ternan, Mr. Clifton, and Mr. Freeman were re-elected without opposition. After the election, a long discussion ensued on the subject of the dispute between the Court of Aldermen and the Common Council. The course pursued by the latter was warmly applauded by a large majority of the meeting. and resolutions declaratory of the approval of the wardmote were passed. BASSISHAW. This wsrdmote was held in the vestry-room of St. Michael's, Basinghall-street ; Mr. Alderman Farncomb in the chair. Mr. Bretton, Mr. Lister, Mr. Wilson. and Mr. James were the former representatives of this ward, and they were all proposed for re-election. A fifch candidate appeared in the person of a Mr. H. Clarke, for whom a p , ,11 was demanded. BiSEIOPSGATE. A'poll was demanded in the numbers stood thus : Stevens Peacock *Owden 24 Patten l6 Jones Hall 2O Thomas Filcher Carr .... ....... 19 Sharland l2 Bennett * New candidates. BREAD-STREET. In this ward, held before Mr. Alderman 11. Hughes at Cordwainers' Hall, the following. gentlemen were eketed: --lir. James Southwood Bridge (Deputy), Mr. David Laurie, Mr. James Duncan, Mr. James Dignum, Mr. William Lawrence, Mr. William Hawtrvy, Mr. Nicholas Maugham, and Mr. James Pellit Snell, in the room of Mr. Poland ; resigned. ;he usual form. At its close BRIDGE, Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall presided i❑ this wardmote. Mr. Deputy Pewtress, Mr. Nott, Mr. Hill, Mr. Cope, Mr. Low, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Watham, and Mr. Mat thews, were re-elected. BROAD-STREET. Mr. Alderman Musgrove presided here. Mr. Deputy Corney, Mr. B. W. Jupp, Mr. H. F. Gadsden, Mr. James White, Mr. C. Wharton, Mr. 11. Marriott, Mr. T. W. Foster, and Mr. S. Baker, were the former candidates, and all of them were proposed for re election. Mr. Costorton was proposed as a new candidate, and the show of hands being against Mr. White, a poll was demanded on his behalf. CANDLEWICK. The Lord Mayor, as Alderman of this ward, presided here. Mr. Deputy Evans, Mr. Bond, Mr. Daikin, Mr. Blake, Mr. Towers, and Mr. Kemp, were re-elected. CASTLE BAYNARD. Mr. Alderman Wilson presided here. Mr. Deputy Hick,, Mr. Hoppe, Mr. Coßingwood, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Rownson. Mr. Ferrar, Mr. Muggeridge, and Mr. Adlard, were re-elected without opposition. CH. Mr. Alderman Thompson in AP the chair. Mr. Deputy Brook, Mr. Fenning, Mr. Watson, Mr. Hardwicke, Mr. Phillip, Mr. Hickson, Mr. Oliver, a,nd Mr. Peade, were again chosen as representatives of this ward. CORDWAINERS. Mr. Alderman Wood (who was suffering from severe indisposition) presiied here. Mi. Depuiy'Maddell, Mr. Croucher, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Lott, Mr. Joliffe, and Mr. Taylor (the outgoing mem bers), were proposed for re-election. There was a new candidate, in the person of a Mr. Joseph, on whose be half a poll was demanded. CORNIIILL. Alderman Sir John Pirie presided at this wardmote. Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. John Carter, Mr. R. Ran dall, Mr. J. Waterlow, Mr. R. Dever, and Mr. J. Hunter, were re-elected. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. Mr. Alderman Challis presided also in this wardmote. Mr. Deputy Dixon, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. S. M. Gil bert, Mr. F. Sadler, Mr. T. Eldred, Mr. G. Meadway, Mr. J. Johnson, and Mr. S. Read, were proposed for re election. Mr. W. King came forward as a new candi date. Mr. Read lost the show of hands, and a poll was demanded. DOWGATE. Arr. Alderman John Johnson (ex-Lord Mayor) pre sided at this wardmote, which was held in th© vestry of the church. Mr. Deputy Brown, Mr. Prior, Mr. White, Mr. Cousins, Mr. Kebble, and Mr Harker, were unani mously re-elected. PARRINGDON WITHIN. The Lord Mayor presided here for Alderman Kelly, who is seriously indisposed. Mr. STEEL made a long speech on the abuses of the Corporation. The names of Messrs. Ashurst, Rutter, Blake, Phillips, Hayward. Ridley, Bonsor, Virtue, Eagleton, Vireolton, Young, Holt, Hartley, McLaughlan, Norris, and Hum phries—the two last being the candidates proposed to succeed the late deputies, Pritchard and Westbrook, were then put to the meeting. Mr. STEEL proposed himself amidst much laughter, and Mr. Mann seconded the nomination. The show of hands having been taken, the LORD Mayon declared that the contest rested between Messrs. Blake, Phillips, and Steel. A poll was demanded on behalf of the two former gentlemen. LANGBOURNE. The Lord Mayor presided here (in the absence of Sir John Key). Mr. Deputy Unwin, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Frodsham, Mr. Snelling, Mr. Howard, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Gibson of fered themselves for re-election. Mr. Collinson retired. Mr. Brooke (returned by the precinct in which he re sided), Mr. Backe, Mr. Surr, Mr. Gude and Mr. Miller were new candidates. A poll was demanded for the three latter, the first gentleman declining to stand. Some amusement was occasioned in this wardmote, by the circulation of two or three squibs in reference to the absence of Sir John Key. One of them was headed, " Lost or mislaid—stolen or strayed, the Key of Lang bourne Ward!" QUEENHIT FIE, Mr. Alderman Hooper presided at this wardmote. Mr. Deputy Goss, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Acocks, Mr. Sykes, Mr. Tyler, and Mr. Rathbone were re-elected without opposition. VINTRY. Alderman Sir W. Magnay presided here. Mr. Welsh was elected Deputy in the room of Mr. Elmer, resigned. Messrs. White, King, Spraigue, Lep pard, and Marsden were re-elected. TONER. The Lord Mayor presided here (in the absence of Mr. Alderman Lucas, who is indisposed). Mr. Deputy Finnis, Mr. Briggs, Mr. Selson, Mr. Red head, Mr. Young, Mr. Aitchison, Mr. Turnbull, and Mr. Capel were re-elected for this ward. WALBROOK. Mr. Alderman Gibbs presided here. Mr. Deputy Watkins, Mr. Ford Hale, Mr. D. W. Wire, Mr. E. Conder, Mr. W. Rowley, and Mr. T. Row ley, were re-elected without opposition. Mr. D. W. WIRE made a long speech on the subject of civic reform, and a resolution supporting the Common Council against the Court of Aldermen was ultimately carried. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCERY (_OURT, Dec. 21 VINCENT V. HUNTER. This was a cross bill filed by Sir Frar.cis Vincent for ' the purpose of discharging an order that had been ob tained by the defendant on the 15th of December, 1846. The facts were as follows:—The defendant in his suit al lekr,ed that the plaintiff owed him the sure of 2,0001., for which he agreed to give a mortgage on his estate to that amount to a person named Leigh, the defendant, Hunter, being indebted over 1,9004 to him, Leigh. A power of sale was given with the mortgage, and the money not being paid, the estate was put up to sale, and purchased by Hunter. The plaintiff in the present suit alleged that he was abroad at the time of the sale, that be never granted the mortgage, but that the defendant agreed to raise 2,0004 for him, out of which 11:. only received 137/. 105., a picture valued at 1,2001., a bill of ex change, which was dishonoured, and a bill of costs which was never received, and therefore that the sale was fraudulent. His HONOUR deferred making any order on the matter for the present. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 21. MITCHELL W. MOORE. - LIABILITY OF PROVISIvNAL DIRECTORS. This was action brought by Mr. Mitchell, the adver tising agent, residing in Red Lion -court, Fleet-street, to recover the sum of 1,0401. for advertisements inserted on behalf of the Great Western Extension (Atmospheric) Railway Company, of which the defendant, Major Moore, was a provisional committeeman. Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Watson, and ➢lr. Barstow were for the plaintiff; Mr. Crowder and Mr. Montague Smith for the defence. Mr. COCIEDErRN said this was an action to recover for work and labour done in advertising the prospectus and other documents of the company in question, in the London and country newspapers, commencing on the 4th of September last year. He would prove that the orders were given, and that at the time Major Moore was an acting member of the committee, he having been put on the direction at his own request, and prior to the issuing of the prospectus. The Learned Gentleman concluded by calling his witnesses. Mr. Henry Owen, the Company's solicitor, Mr. Few, Mr. Alpine, and Mr. Hill, parties connected with the origin of the company, were severally examined in refe rence to its commencement and the issuing of the pro spectus. Mr. Brooke was the projectorof the scheme,and the company was provisionally registered in the latter end of August. On the 3d of September, on application to Major Moore, he consented by letter to be a provisional director, and on the 4th (the day following) the pro spectus was issued. That document was given by the solicitor to the plaintiff to be advertised in the usual way. The defendant subsequently at tended two meetings, and took part in the proceedings, though no special orders for anything were given by him. The company continued in opera• tion till December, when it broke up. In the cross-examination of these witnesses it was ad mitted that subsequently a second letter had been received from the defendant, intimating a conditional withdrawal from the company, making it to depend on the continu ance of a certain party on the directory. The insertion of the prospectus and other announce ments of the company, by the plaintiff, in the newspapers, was also proved. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. CROWDER submitted, on the authority of the deci sions of the Court of Exchequer in Reynell v. Lewis," and " Wilde v. Hopkins," that the plaintiff should be nonsuited. The proof of liability in the present case was less at least than in the first one cited. His LORDSHIP thought that the facts ought to be sub mitted to the jury, and their opinions taken before any ulterior proceedings. Mr. CROW DER then addressed the jury for the defence, and contended that no proof of any contract, direct or implied, on the part of defendant, had been given. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, said the case before the jury was one involving the liability of certain parties called provisional directors ; and the question they had to consider was, whether the defendant in the present action had requested his name to be placed in the list of the provisional directors of the Great Western Extension (Atmospheric) Railway Company, and whether, in so doing, he be came liable to the expenses subsequently in curred in the formation of the company. If it were held that the function of a provisional committee was the superintending and carrying out the formation of a company, and if it was satisfactorily proved that any particular director had consented to be on the same, be was clearly of opinion no proof of a specific order for any particular kind of work was necessary, the general powers of the committee being sufficient for that purpose. With regard to this function of the provisional com mittee, he was of opinion that it was a question for the jury in each particular case. The function of a provi sional committee appeared to be the carrying out and formation of a particular company; therefore, on this head, he would ask the jury the question, "Does a person who gives his consent to be one of such a committee engage to do all things which are necessary for the formation of such a company ?" If they (the jury) thought so—if, from their knowledge of business at the nature of such undertakings, they considered this to be the true fuiction of such a committee—if they were satisfied that the defendant had requested and allowed himself to be placed on it, then they must find a verdict fur the plaintiff. The Learned Judge then went through the facts adduced in evidence in support of the main question left to the jury. In conclusion, if they con sidered that the business of a provisional committee was to do all things necessary for the formation of a company, and were sltisfied the defendant had given his authority to be on such a committee, then they must find a verdict for the plaintiff; but, should they not hold this to be the function of a provisional committee, the verdict must be for the defendant. In taking the former view of the question, they would have to consider how far it was affected by the alleged withdrawal of the de f,ndatit—the letter respecting which lad not been pro duced, having been lost. The jury, after an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 21. MELTON V. CAMROUX. This action was brought to recover back the sum of 3581, paid by one, Mr. Thomas Lee ,to the National Loan Fund Association, in consideration of two annuities, one immediate and one deferred, to be paid by the society to him. Mr. Lee shortly after died intestate, and the present action was brought by the plaintiff, the adminis trator to his property, to obtain repayment of the more y, on the ground that he was of unsound mind at the period ot entering into the contract. In support of the plaintiff's case, several witnesses were called to prove the insanity of fir. Lee. One of the witnesses (a solicitor) stated that he was of opinion he was of unsound mind, because he lent several sums of money to poor persons without sufficient security, at the rate of 5 per cent. Another stated that he bad a most voracious appetite, and that he was at times very desponding, and at others con siderably elated by the success of his business. Several other incidents, such as the purchase of cheap brooches, and of a waistcoat which did not fit him, were also brought forward to substantiate the in saaity. The medical adviser was called, who stated that, in his opinion, deceased was affected with pa ralysis of the brain, and that it was not competent to discharge its functions. After his decease no post mortem examination had been made. Another medi cal gentleman (Dr Goulding Bird) was called, who stated that he had had considerable experience in the treatment of persons affected with insanity, and, in his opinion, deceased was what would be called a lunatic. He was not mad upon one point, as is the case in per sons afflicted with monomania ; he had lost the use of his reasoning faculties altogether, and it was his opinion that the disease had for some period been making insidious advances upon the deceased, and was not induced by any sudden attack of phrenetis, or af fection of the brain. Mr. WHATELEY, on the part of the defendant, con tended that, from all the evidence which bad been laid before the jury then, no case could possibly be made. The conduct of the deceased had been precisely that of a sane person, and with reference to the evidence of the medical gentlemen, nothing could be gathered which would at all go to show that the deceased was, at the time of entering into the agreement with the company, 1 of unsound mind. 1 The substance of the evidence called on the part of the CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND RESULTS. Subjoined are the principal sentences as finally fixed, after the termination of the session : Sentence of death recorded aga i ns t—J ames D enny, aged 43, for setting fire to a house, persons residing therein. TRANSPORTATION BEYOND THE SEAS. For fifteen years.—Edward Billington, aged 60 (the captain of the " Magsmen"). Fourteen years.—C. Potter, J. Scully, and J. Young. Ten years.—J. C. Young, and J. Brown. Seven years.—Mary Evans, Elizabeth Russell, W. Henderson, Henry Meynard, G. 11. Jones, G. Walker, Thomas Burgess, W. Jones, Henry Eteen, J. William son, Henry Jones, W. Heath, G. King, and H. Noise. IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LABOUR. The undernamed were ordered to be confined in the houses of correction for the counties in which their of fences were committed, and there kept to hard labour for— Two years.—J. Smith. Eighteen months.—Josef Toney, J. Whaite, Hugh Roberts, Richard Marshall. Fifteen months.—J. Brown. For one year.—J. Phillips, alias Austin, J. Orchard, R. S Smith, Louisa Turner, J. Catchpole, J. Slater, W. Alford, James Anderson, H. Ford, F. Webb, Sarah Smith. For nine months.—Ann Sneed, Ann Richards, J. Finlayson. C. Barrell, J. Shepherd, D. Parsons, J. Walker. For eight months.—Mary Ann Brooks, G.W. Andrews. For six months.—Margaret Donohue, Jamie Curtada, alias James Carter, G. Williamson, F. K. Beauchamp, W. O'Brian, 4.N. Burton, J. Jackson, J. Benjamin, D. Carlton, H. !Morgan, Thomas Sneed, N. Baker, W. Gray, J. Judd, J. Brows, G. Smith. For four months.--Ellen Morgan, J. H. Morgan, J. Robertson, G. Cooper, William Harris, James Wall. For three months—Matilda Hester, J. Fitzpatrick, George Thompson, T. Peacock, Mary Hennesy, J. Harris, Ellen Sweeney, Jane Smith, John Smith, Thomas Gore, J. East, D. Carley, W. Bevis, T. Jones, E. Wilmot, J. Upton, H. Hoar, G. Ray. For two months.—Evelina Cheetham, Ellen Farley, Elizabeth 'Williams, 11. Carrol, J. Murphy, J. Miller, T. Healey, J. Smith, W. Evans, H. Rowland, W. Payne, J. M'Cann, R. Nash, R. Lear, T. Roots. The court adjou rne d to the 4th day of January next. The grand jury ignored the bills preferred against the undernamed persons, who were brought into court and discharged by proclamation, viz. :—E. Baker, H. Jones, D. Bailey, Caroline Forest. Acquittals.—The petit jury declared the undernamed not guilty, and they were discharged forthwith, viz. : Sarah Freeman, Catherine Brian, Catharine Hoare, Susan Bull, Susan Watts, Susan Austen, Ann Brown, Mary Webb, Ellen Sweeney, T. Lally, W. Brand, C. Cotton, R. Stokes, W. Frost, J. Frost, W. Gibbs, C. Prutt, T. Dove, T. Johnson, M. llodgskiss, R. Stevens, D. Buckley, M. Dunovan, T. Sculley, J. Leverett, J. Pearce, J. Briscoe, Luke Keefe, E. Williams, A. De Preece, Ellen Flaherty, G. Brown, J. Smith, C. Cotton (18), W. Burgin, jun. MINOR SENTENCES AND ADJUDICATIONS IN NEWQATE (WITHOUT Lenoun).—lmprisoned for six weeks, 1 ; for one month, 11 ; for three weeks, 1 ; under fourteen days, 10 ; confessed by pleading guilty, 21 ; called on recognisance, 4 ; convicted and judgments respited, 3 ; remanded to next session, 3 ; traversed to ditto, 3 ; discharged by the court, 1 ; fined, 1 ; surrendered in court, 9. The court adjudicated upon 162 prisoners during this session, who were committed from the following districts: —London, 37, Middlesex 84, Surrey 38, Kent 1, Essex 2 ; total 162. The following statemen3 show their comparatiTe ages —Between 10 years and 20, 62 ; between 20 and 30, 79 between 30 and 40, 19 ; between 40 and 50, 2 : total, 162. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. quILDHALL. Richard Keyes, a deputy messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, was brought before Mr. Alderman John son, on suspicion of having broken into the premises of 3fessrs. Alappin, dealers in fancy goods and cutlery, in Fore-street, Cripplegate, and stolen a quantity of knives, in highly-wrought handles, some dressing-cases, &c. Mr. Kennet, a solicitor, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Hobler defended the prisoner. Mr. Kennet stated that Mr. Mappin occupies the lower part of the house, No. 14, Fore -street, and the upper part was let off to the tenant of the adjoining house, who opened a communication between the two premises, and closed up the communication between the tipper and lower parts of No. 14. On Saturday morning it was found that some one had entered the house No. 15, cut with a centre-bit a large hole through the floor and ceiling, and dropped into Mr. Mappin's warehouse. The robbery was effected by some one well acquainted with the premises, because cuttheholewasof exactly steps tover thiefthe return with could eu nt ersothatby the aid of a pair his plunder through the aperture. The goods stolen were of the value of 1501. or 2001. Sus picion fell on the prisoner, because he was occupier of the house from which the entry was made—Miss Wilcke, the tenant, being a bankrupt, and the prisoner in pos session for the assignees. On searching the prisoner's house some goods were found which had been stolen from the bankrupt's stock, and some which were not yet identified. Charles Coleshaw deposed to locking Mr. Mappin's warehouse safe on Friday night, and finding it locked next morning, but he found a hole in the ceiling, and that he missed a quantity of the stock. Sergeant Eaves said that he was called in. He found no marks of breaking in from without. When the pri soner came to the next house he and Mr. Mappin asked leave to go into the room where the flooring had been cut through. The door communicating on the first floor between the two houses was the only door found locked. The prisoner said he had not slept there the night before. He could find no marks of breaking in. Mr. J. Mappin said be went in with the officers. Ob serving the prisoner go down stairs, he followed him, and saw him put a box of lucifer matches in his pocket, and feel the contents of all the pockets of a coat that was hanging up. lie then returned up stairs to the officer. He expressed a readiness to have his premises searched, but when they started, he hesitated, and said he must consult his solicitor first. Then again he offered to go with them, but refused to go home in a cab. He was, therefore, given into custody. Cross-examinPd by Mr. nobler—No part of the mis• sing stock wits found on him or in his house. Evidence was then taken as to a second charge. Mark Bull and Robert Packman, two of the City policemen, produced some the property found at the prisoner's house, and which had been identified by Miss Wileke. Miss Wilcko stated that she left the house, No. 15, Fore-street, before the assignees sold her stock off. The prisoner had been resident for some time in the house, and had access to every part. A boa produced was her private property. As she had worn it above a month, the assignees apparel. It was hrtn.7ing up in her bed-room on the 4th gave .t up t o her as part of her wearin g December, and on the 7th she missed it, having removed in the interim. She identified also a lace cap and some goods which had form d part of her stock. Mr. Cutting, son of the messenger of the Bankruptcy Court,. said th e pr i soner was put in possession of Miss irwilcke's promises, and it was his duty to sleep there. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON asked if he was at liberty to have a friend or two to stay with hiin? Mr. Cutting said he might do so. Ile asked the prisoner what he had purchased at the sale of the bankrupt's effects? and he said some furniture. Mr. Nobler cross-examined him to show that it was the practice of the men in possession to buy at the sales lots of any sort they could sell to advantage. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said that if he had pur chased the goods alleged to be stolen, he might show that, Air. Cutting said the sale was made by tender, and not by the hammer, in this case. The officers stated that they found a large quantity of shoes, saddlery, brushes and perfumery, and some keys to fit Bramah locks, which were suspected to have been purloined from different bankrupts' estates. After some consultation, so as to have but one further examination before he was discharged or sent to trial, The prisoner was remanded till the 31st instant. A large body of the emigrants discharged from the Glenelg East Indianian, recently seized for being equipped for a warlike expedition against some country in amity with Great Britain, presented a memorial corn plaiLing that they were starving and that part of their necessaries were detained on board. They wished to arouse the publio sympathy, for they must perish or re. sort to crime if they were not assisted. Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said he had read the account of their application at the Thames Police-court, and said they had been engaged in an unlawful undertaking, and that they would not avail themselves of three days' no tice to leave with what belonged to them. If they had any ground 9f complaint against the way iu which they defendant, went to show that the deceased person h ad uniformly been in the habit of transacting business for himself, without the slightest suspicion of his beir., ; an insane person. Sir F. THESIGER, in reply, acquitted the odic 0 from the charge of any impropriety in their conduct ,try en tering into an agreement, with the deceased, bt 't if it was proved that the deceased was insane at the tz 'me of entering into the agreement the company woui'd be bound to repay the sums, and although it might tie Lard upon the office it would be still more so upon the r© la dyes of the deceased. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, said that the present action was one of the most important th at he had ever been connected with, either professional :y or judicially, and he should simply take the opinion the jury upon two points: first, whether the deceased , Ras i n a sound state of mind at the period of his enter; .ng into the contract, and, secondly, whether the agrees lent was perfectly fair and proper in itself. It would , certainly involve an enormous amount of litigation and co , nfusion if the every-day transactions of life were to be e ntered into in that state of uncertainty which a kind of post mortem investigation into the character of the c outractor would necessarily produce. He merely threx o out this suggestion in order that the subject might be more fully discussed elsewhere. The jury retired, and after a short absence, returned the following verdict:—" We find for the plaintiff; that Thomas Lee was of unsound mind at Ole time of the transaction, and we find that the transaction was a bona fide one on the part of the office at the time of its being entered into ; that the ( ffice had no notice of the condition of the deceased at the time ; and that there was nothing in his manner to lead the office to consider him of unsound mind, and that the trans action was an ordinary business-like affair, such as a person in the position of the deceased would enter into." Damages 3551 6s. 2d. Leave was given to the defendant to move to set the verdict aside. had been treated, they had better present a memorial to the Secretary of State. Ho could not assist them in any way. lie supposed they had no right to sue the parties with whom they contracted, because the transaction was an illegal one. The poor fellows retired very quietly. There appeared to be about fifty of them. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mrs. Benjamin Caunt, the wife of the pugilistic cham pion, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick for having drubbed John Gill. The complainant said he was a baker living in Cum ming -street, Pentonville. On Saturday night week, he was about leaving Caunt's house, in St. Martin's-lane, when a demand was made on him for 55., which he ac knowledged he was indebted. lle replied, he would pay the next time he came to the house, and he thought it was wrong to be importuned for the small amount, espe cielly as Ben owed him two guineas. Mrs. Caunt, hear ing these words, came out of the bar, and said, " Does Ben owe you anything? Then I'll pay you this way," at the same time letting fly a couple of facers, which for severity would have done no discredit to her hus band's powers. The defendant then went into the bar, and as he was very angry at being assaulted and at find ing that his mouth was filled with Wood, he used some rough language to the defendant. Caunt, who was in the bar, then came round, and saying he would not allow his wife to be abused, put him out of the house. Mrs. Caunt did not deny the assault. She had been provoked to use her fists in consequence of certain in sulting epithets applied to her by the complainant in the first instance. A witness was called, who said the complainant made use of bad language to Mrs. Caunt before she struck. Mr. HARDWICK said the evidence went to show that the complainant had provoked the assault by using language which was almost certain to cause a breach of the peace. Under the circumstances of the case he should dismiss the summons. W 01?SWIP-STREET: James Phillips, a cab-driver, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with cruelly ill-using a horse, and Mr. Joseph Meade, a solicitor, in Bedford row, was charged with disorderly conduct and inciting a mob to rescue the other defendant from custody. Police-constable Wenham, G 63, stated that while on duty in the City-road, between twelve and one o'clock that morning, his attention was called by a lady and gentleman, who had just got out of the defendant's cab at the corner of Castle-street, to the condition of the horse in the vehicle, which was totally unfit to be driven, and which, they stated, the cabman and another man had been incessantly beating for more than a mile, but with out being able to make it proceed faster than a walking pace. On examining the animal, which was a complete skeleton, trembling all over, and scarcely able to stand, he found a large wound upon each of its shoulders, and a third on its back, and he directed another con stable to convey it to the greenyard, while he took the driver to the station-house. They had only gone a few yards, however, when the other defendant came up in the company of two friends, all of whom were i❑ a state of intoxication, and authoritatively told him that he had no business to interfere with the man, as he had taken his number and might proceed against him by summons. The defendant then began to press roughly against him, and advised the cabman not to go with him, and a large crowd having collected in consequence of his intemperate language and conduct, he was also taken into custody. Police-constable G 214 generally corroborated the evi dence of the preceding witness as to the wretched condi tion of the horse and the wilful obstruction that was offered them by the defendant Meade. In answer to the charge, the cabman said that his master sent him out with the horse, which he admitted to be in the wretched condition described by the police, but he did not discover it until he had taken up the fare. The other defendant positively denied having used the language imputed to..him, and said it was evident that the allegation of drunkenness was totally unfounded from the fact that such a charge had not been entered upon the police sheet, which it certainly would have been had there been a shadow of pretence for it. The defendant then called Mr. Thomas Geddings, a druggist, in Oxford-street, and two other witnesses, who declared that Mr. Meade's interference was per fectly inoffensive, and was provoked by the undue harsh ness of the officer's conduct in taking the cabman into custody after he had obtained his master's address ; and all of them deposed that Mr. Meade was perfectly sober. Mr. BROUGHTON expressed his opinion that the charge of wanton cruelty had been fully established against the cabman, whom he should order to pay a penalty of 205., or undergo fourteen days' imprisonment in default; and, with regard to the other defendant, whose legal po• sition must have made him aware of the mischievous consequences that might have resulted from an interfer ence with the police in the execution of their duty, he should amerce him in the penalty of 305., as he consi dered that his conduct on the occasion was wholly un justifiable. - The second penalty was immediately paid, and the defendant discharged. THAMES. AN EXILED Potasu NOBLEMAN.—Some time since the Count de Jas Dembicki applied at this court under the following circumstances. lie said that he was cousin to the late King of Poland, and also closely allied to the Duke of Lorraine. Being obliged to quit his country in the late Polish revolution, he took refuge in this coun try, where his necessities were liberally relieved ; but fearing to tire out his friends, and having prospects of permanent employment in the United States of America, he was desirous of going out ac an emigrant to that country. The MAGISTRATE told the old gentleman, who was grey-headed and much advanced in years, bearing several military decorations of honour upon his person, that the funds placed at the disposal of that Court were intended for specific purposes, within any of which his case did not come. Yesterday Mr. Yardley called the attention of our re porter to a letter which he had received in the above case, and which ran as follows " Chard, Somerset, Dec. 19, 1846. "Sir,—Can you find out the name of the Polish noble man about whom I wrote to you a few days since? Have the goodness to take such steps as are necessary to find his address, and you will oblige " Your obedient servant, " E. J. BUSSELL." Mr. YARDLEY expressed his hope that the press would give publicity to the letter. THE LATE GARRICK THEATRE.—Owing to the ne glect of the proprietors of the Garrick Theatre, Leman street, Whitechapel (which was lately burned down), in enclosing the ruined premises, several cases of petty theft have been brought before this court within the last three weeks. A lad named Jackson was charged with stealing some lead from the ruins. The case was fully proved, but his story was a most distressing one. Though only twelve years of age, he was lately engaged in a vessel called the Medora, which had sailed some time since for Marseilles, and having loitered on a message, he missed the voyage. His father was dead, and his mother was a poor woman residing at Sunder land. He wandered about the streets since losing his ship, sometimes procuring shelter for the night at Glasshouse-yard. _ _ Mr. YARDLEY impressively addressed the prisoner, who was then discharged. MORTALITY IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. The numbers of those who perish in battle, or after wards from wounds, is small compared to those who die from other causes. During the last three years of the Peninsular war, the total number of deaths in the army amounted annually to about 16 per cent, of the whole force. Of these only 4 per cent. died in battle, or of wounds which proved fatal soon after. The number of men sick in hospital usually averaged about one-fourth of the whole. In less than three years and a half, out of a force the average strength of which was 61,500 men, nearly 34,000 died, and of these only one-fourth fell by the sword ; and this enormous mortality occurred among a body of men, all of whom, a short time previously, must have been in the healthiest vigour of youth or prime of manhood ; so that it required the annual sa crifice of 6,400 able-bodied men, to keep in the field a working force of less than 50,000 men 1 If such was the amount of suffering and waste of life, when every expedient was adopted that foresight could suggest to provide proper food and raiment, and every other attain- able comfort both in sickness and in health, what must it be when these precautions are neglected ? Of such neglect and its,terrible and execrable consequeLees, Napoleon's campaign of 1812 and 1813 afford memor able examples. From want of proper supplies alone, the French troops perished literally by hundreds of thousands I There is a remarkable difference between our land and sea services. The Channel fleet, which consisted of 24 sail of the line, with frigates, &c., on its return to Torbay-, in September, 1800, after a four months' cruise, sent only sixteen men to hospital. The average m , rtality in the 3 e trs 1810, 1811, and 1812 was only 3i per cent., since 1830 it has not been more than 1.4 per cent., which is less than the goneral average among men of the same age on shore.—Quarterly Review, 1846. BEET-ROOT AND BREAD.—The Right lion. T. F. Kennedy, Paymaster of Civil Services in Ireland, has ad• dressed a public letter to Mr. Labouchere, drawing at tention to the fact that beetroot and flour, mixed in equal proportions, make excellent nutritious bread. We have had the experiment tried, by rasping down a red beet-root, and mixing with it an equal quantity of flour ; and we find that the dough rises well, bakes well, and forms a loaf very similar to good brown bread in taste and appearance. We regard this as an important dis covery ; because there is no crop which can be so readily introduced into Irish cultivation as the best, and its varieties, because no crop will yield a larger return, and because an abundant supply of seed may be had of it from France. We have long since shown the great value of a beat crop, in point of nutrition ; that in fact it ranks higher than any known plant which is cultivable. But there was always the difficulty of how to consume it, for men would find it a poor diet by itself, and the present circumstances of Ireland are not snch as to justify the introduction of produce which can become food for man only after having been transformed into pigs and oxen. The discovery, however, in Germany, of the facility with which it may be combined with bread, removes the difficulty, and places beet incontestably at the head of th e new ar ti c l e s which should be introduced into Irish husbandry. In its relation to potatoes. beet stands as 1,020 to 433, if its nutritive quality is con sidered ; and as 8,330 to 3,480 in regard to utilisable produce of all kinds. It is still to be determined what kind of beet could be best cultivated for this purpose. Red beet produces brown bread ; white sugar beet would probably yield a white bread, and of still better quality ; Mangold Wurzel we have ascertained to form bread of inferior quality, but still weal& enough.— Gardener's Chronicle. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISON ING A T LUTON, IN BEDFORDSHIRE. LUTON, Saturday Night.—The inhabitants of this place and neighbourhood have been very much excited during the past month, owing to the death, under very mysterious circumstances, of a young lady, named Allen, niece of Mr. Edward Woakes, a surgeon, practising here, under whose roof the deceased had lived for twelve months previous to her death. The deceased was found dead in her bed on the morn ing of the 23d of November last, under circumstances which could not fail to call for inquiry, and, the facts having been reported to Ezra Eagles, Esq., her Majesty's coro ner for Bedfordshire, that gentleman issued his warrant for holding an inquest on the remains. A jury accord ingly met on the 24th ultimo, at the George Inn, in this place, and, after a long and patient investigation, during which it was elicited from the medical men examined that the death of the deceased had been occasioned by prussic acid, in the absence of any positive testimony as to how or by whom the poison was administered, they returned an open verdict. The case, however, has continued to excite a great deal of interest ever since • and very strong o pi n i ons having been exp resse d on - the subject, Mr. Woakes, the uncle of the deceased, addressed a communication to the churchwardens of Luton, requesting that they would send a requisition to the coroner to re-open the investi gation. Mr. Woakes's application was backed by the signatures of 22 of the most influential inhabitants of the parish. On its receipt the churchwardens at once acceded to the request, and enclosed the doculuent to the coroner. Upon receipt of it, Mr. Eagles at once directed the exhumation of the body, and gave directions to the proper officer to impannel a fresh jury, it being consi dered advisable by the coroner to avoid, as far as pos • sible all reference to the former inquiry. This second investigation took place on Saturday. Frederick Hawkins, M.D., of Hitchin, proved having, on the previous day, made an examination of parts of deceased's body with a view to test whether she was pregnant. The examination was made in the presence of Mr. Benson and Mr. Heale. Witness found no indi cations of pregnancy. Mr. Edward Baildon, superintendent of the Luton di vision of the Bedfordshire police, proved having exa mined deceased's bed room on the morning of her death. He found nothing bearing the marks of having contained poison. A letter, the seal of which was broken, was lying under deceased's pillow. Mr. Woakes took it and said it was of no consequence. He said it came from a young lady named Cant. Witness asked Mr. Woakes what prussic acid he had in his possession ? He replied, that he did not use it. He afterwards said, all he had was contained in a small bottle, and was so weak that it would not cause death. He said he had purchased it to poison a dog. The witness here produced a letter from Messrs. Evans, Lisder, and Evans, wholesale druggists. The object of its production was understood to be to show that Mr. Woakes had purchased of that firm a quantity of prussic acid. [The letter was objected to, and not put in.] Witness observed that the window of deceased's room was fastened on the morning of her death. Mr. Woakes did not speak to witness on the subject of deceased's state of mind in November last, but he had done so two days since. George Woakes, nephew and apprentice to Mr. Woakes, was next called.—This witness was examined at great length. The chief points in his evidence were his having missed the bottle of prussic acid from its usual place on the morning of the 23d ult. The bottle was afterwards found by witness, but not in the presence of his uncle. The witness further stated, that on the Sunday before deceased's death he had missed a lauda num bottle from its usual place, but found it directly afterwards. None of the drug appeared to be gone. Witness had fetched prussic acid for his uncle from a chemist's in the town. Fanny Plummer, a friend of the deceased, was next called.—She proved that after a" Dorcas meeting" in August last (the deceased and all her connexions appeaa to have been Methodists) deceased showed witness a small bottle, which she stated contained prussic acid. Deceased at that time expressed a wish to die ; and sub sequently witness received from her a letter, in which she threatened to destroy herself. Witness had not told any one of this circumstance, and now very much re gretted not having done so. The jury consulted for about half an hour, and at the expiration of that time recorded a verdict exactly similar to that returned by the former jury, viz.—That the de ceased died from the effects of prussic acid, but how or by whom administered there was no evidence to show. The inquiry lasted from ten o'clock in the morning until eight at night. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 235. 9d.:p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 1 4 p. —Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, % p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New 20/. Shares,N ew , p.—East Lancashire, 314 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 31s. 3d. v.—Edinburgh 'and Glasgow, 74%—Ditto, Quarters, 18 1 1 1 —Ditto, Halves, 10% p.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (ex Edinburgh and Northern), 204—Ditto, Preference, 2014—Leeds and Thirsk (ex Preference), 2% dis.—Ditto, New Preference, 235. 9d. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, land Southport, 1% p.—London and North-Western, 193% —Ditto, Quarters, New, 12% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 174 p.— London and South-Western, Tenths, s%—Ditto (scrip), New 501. Shares, 3 4 p.—Direct Northern, 1, 4 dis. —Manches ter and Leeds, Halves (late L. and B.), 4 1 / 1 p.—Ditto, Ex tension (late Manchester, Bolton, and Bury), 11/& p.—Mid land, New, 41 /i p.—Newport, Hereford, and Abergavenny, dis.—North British, Quarters, 2% p.—Ditto, New Quar ters (scrip), 1 p.—Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 3 p.—North Stafford shire, 3% p.—North Union (B), 155—North-Western, 1 ls. 3d. p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 1 dis.—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 1, 31.4 p.—Ditto, Eighths, % dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2% p.—Ditto (B), 1% p. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, %. dis.—South. Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, % p.—West Riding Union, p.—York and North Midland,Preference, 10% p. —Newry and Warrenpoint, 3 _ MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 1 / 1 p.— Birmingham, Wol verhampton, &c., p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., dis.— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, hester and Birkenhead, 50% c.—Direct Northern, 1 / 2 dis.—East Lanca shire, 3L, c. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 , 8 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32 Ditto, 3% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 23 1 dis.—Ditto, Preferen tials, li4 p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quar ters (A), 7% p.—Ditto (C), 7—Manchester and Leeds Ex tension, 1 1 4 p.—Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Extension, 1 p.—North British Quarters, 2:r 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 3 p.— North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western, 3 / 4 c. p.— Northern Counties Union, 1 1 % dis.—Oldham Alliance, 11-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves, 2 c. p.—Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3, 1 / dis.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), 2 3.16 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 381 — Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 235. dis. LEEDS, DECEMBER 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, New, 3% p.— Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 17s. 6d. p.— Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Extensions scrip (green), 235. 6d. p.—Leads and Thirsk, New, par n. c. n.— Ditto, Preference, 235. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 235. p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 4% p. —Ditto, Extension, 245. p.--North British, Half Shares, 5 1 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 58s, —Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 2 1 / 2 p.—llitto, Extension (scrip), 17s. Gd. p.—North Staffordshire, p . —North-Western, lls. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 17s. 6d. p.—Wharfdale Junction, 10s. dis.—York and New castle, Preference, 5 1 / 3 p.—York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 12% c. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par—Direct Northern, ss. 6d. dis. s.—Leeds, Wake field, and Midland, lls. 6d. dis.—London and York, ss, di, —Northern Counties Union, 1% dis.—West Riding Union, 31. 19s. 6d. HULL, DECEMBZR 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—BUt a limited amount of business has been transacted to-day, but the market has worn a firmer appearance than it did on Saturday, and our quotations are moving slightly upward. The sales are—linhergate, Not tingham, and Boston. 1 / 8 dis.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 4s. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 111 p.-2 Lynn and Ely, 161/2 —North British, Quarters, 775. U.—Ditto, Ex p.—York and Newcastle, P re f erence, 41. 19s. tension (scrip), 18s. Gd. p.---Ditto, Thirds, 4—North-West ern, Ils. 6d. SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 21. STOCK ExcHANoz.—The sales are—Birmingham and Oxford, 81 p.—North-Western, 11s. W. p.—Sheffield and Manchester, No. 3, 1 ,, dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 14e. dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par. YORK, DECEMBER 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, Halves, 16—Ditto, Thirds, 3Y4—Ditto, Quarters, 37g—Ditto, Exten sion, 1/. 9s. Gd.—Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 3/. lie. Gd.— York and Newcastle, New, 12%—York and North Midland, Halves, 461/0. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 19. STOCK EXCHANGE, —The sales are—Dundee and Perth 2674—Ditto, New, 12%—East or Fife, 41s. 6d. Lothian Central, 42 4—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75 -; , [ 4 —Ediil burgh and Northern, 1578 ex new—Ditto. New, M. Os. 6d.— Ditto, Newport, 61. 10s. 6d. ex new—Ditto, New, 645. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Ca r li s l e , 6%—Glasgow, Kilmar• nock, and Ardrossan, 85s.—North British, Half Shares, 161 —Ditto, Thirds, 86s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 325. Scottish Midland, 147 8 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 755. Strathern Junction, 83s. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 19. STOCK ExcitANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 245/B—Cale donian, New, 48s. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshirp, 38s. cum int.—Dundee and Arbroath, 451.—Dundee cad Perth, New, 12b —East of Fife, 42s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Avr, 68%-Ditto, Halves, Bf/4—Glasgow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, 6%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, Glasgow, Airdrie. and Monkland Junction, 45s.—Great North of Scotland, 46s.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 50s.— Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s.—North British. New Quarters (scrip), 325. 3d.—York and North Midland, Pre ference, 12 HINTS FOR PIANISTS. - Have your pianoforte tuned at least four times a year, by an experienced tuner ; if you allow it to go too long with , ut tuning, it usually becomes flat, and troubles a tuner to get it to stay at concert pitch, especially in the country. Never place the instrument against an outside wall, or in a cold or damp ro ms, particularly in a country house there is no greater enemy to a pianoforte than damp. Close the instrument immediately after you practice ; by leaving it open dust fixes on the sound board, and corrodes the movements, and if in a damp room the strings soon rust. Should the pianoforte stand near or opposite to a window, guard, if possible, against its being opened, especially on a wet or damp day ; and when the sun is on the window draw the blind down. Avoid tutting metallic or other articles on or in the pianoforte, such things frequently cause unpleasant vibrations and sometimes injure the instrument. The more equal the temperature of the room, and the less the soft pedal is used, the better the piano will stand in tune.—alusical World. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Alonday morning last, about eight o'clock, Mr. Robert Cornthwaite, of the Bolton railway station, discovered a sparrow frozen last to the rails, about one hundred yards from the station. He got up to the bird, and was examining how it was held fast, when its frequent flutterings extricated it, and it escaped, leaving clear marks of its feet on the rails.— Preston Chronicle. _ _ Mr. Mosques, Minister of New Granada, transavtfAl Walesa yesterday, at the l'oreipreMee. ssees--- „ . WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. li• R ' C ' S* " One Shilling each, Lsv post Ono and stinence ON SINGLE andkARRIED LIFI (An Original Medical History./ CONTENTS: Analysis of the Affections—Early Convention al Restrain direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of FaternitY, Maternal Influenee--Phenomena Al Gestation—On Infelicitoilio` Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages — , TAI Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Year? Medical .ExPereDe. So. Bcc. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS (An Essay for 1846.) "Of human ills and frailties I discourse , “, Those taught by nature, and by ar t &centre. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness 10 gain ' ' 3. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet nobles for all Complaints. ~ 11 ,, Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, trtmenn fee ' d• BY ll° good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented min • . iie y e servanee of the instructions herein container the feeble , ..,`", m utt vously delica e, even to the most shattered constitution, nt...' , t , the greatest amount of physical happiness , and reach la b ei " full period of life allotted to man. " How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shunt To reach in health full threescore years and ten." n übieCt S ' These interesting little volumes, although bearing 11P 0 -- s . woes very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be fouud et surable and general utility, for they tell of matters everylivininr_Ts„; ture able b understand ought to know, but which inter .E."eg, these enlightened times, except that quality questionab e hannels, is at a very terrible discount. d n truti °° ' In the exposition hereby offered of the till now' hidden ~ Ls t ot nature, cf human disappointments and their ways et relief, . 1 2: 60 y contended that every railer shall to.come his or her own IT,f et er any more than their own lawyes,it is insisted aeon '.",,, law should know the simple principles of our own organizati on ' health~ Promulgated nue whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their sever.nl f i vr di ,,, , states depend, the duties that are expected of us in o 1 " li _ r health 41 " capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the 0 __,,,. happiness of the present and future race of mankind have t imp roes By such knowledge, and which is herein taithttilli,Y. 1 2 1 7i n es health will be tound to be in our own keeping, sr (I ,.. w i t croginf within the attainment of all e by the availment hereof tf „wns our duty to ourselves, we secure the lilt e advantages en e_nt;',,,, - j e ia consistentbtito follow, exalted awitici.dtthfihnedalesguleyiyratthteoefhce:airttfihecv,atittooenninin, n our faculties, wif , : , , ,,, m s) of God's creations. lags, and the avowal of their integrity of The author's justification for this seeming eulogy 0 , ~ ni esSir, by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guar° topics broached involve his leg-Mutate stu as dy db6L' an sdtw P be : a ! rv iset : Te'tillti. purpose, nitts , t — e „ the t • T() be had of •slierwood, 23, Patenioster-row ; 9 cori o ; or Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxford • street ; Mann , 3 e 'e (leading t ee t e „ t ues , direct from the Author, 10, Arg le-place, Rege n ' ee -- re nal/L e i Great Marlborough-street), who may be advise— 11° Y en matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings front Se :0 1,1601P6 A POPULAR TREATISE en the HE N l' S ' .". .On s S ealed NINETEENTH EDlTlONottheßopDrlieLeY2..!'lfl. , L,. fro by res. Envelope) 35 ' Work a, A m e dical ais of ro tors- THE SILENT FRIEND,„,.. as, With ut _, e gtr tareqe on the loss of the reproductivel 34- -- .gect . .. ~ f a d DY i',. g. ' tion. The baneful effects of Inulgence, n - r MOO - d . 1 . it an condary Symptoms, & c., are fully pointed out 11l BY gravings ; followed by observations on 31 , at „ - - • ~ ~,,,idelee ' PERRY and Co., Consultin Surgeons Loun d :;, a t tbelL Th - en bal:' Published by the Authorfi, and ma y be ""'",.;,, ;46, Le 4 ",, - ,ford - G o rdv a ;t d co., 63, v Sold by Strange, No. 21, street oho; street ; Purkis, Compton-street, SH anna .it rS s , b c ' are street, and 37, Ros al Exchange and all Doeks—ed i o tboSe ' f c er. Part I. of this Work is articularly addresse 0 ,0 fea r ° , o , to prevented from forming a MPatrimonial Allialle e _,, , il t r ic introd°' tahi disqualifications, and will bef ouud an ave. a .,,,d. e ither the means of perfect and secret restoration tom a"_, digesse% o ping Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms ' ',I nfecction, s entail in their primary or secondary state, arising " e- t - ril l d ial 41di how numbers who neglect to obtain coinPei eu. -- ~.oted ia upon themselves years of misery and suffering. ,„, i , e ly di-. bar. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM i5_ . ,.,,,e 1 'T,, , weak na ,, '- 'eted i• the cure of nervous and sexual debilitY, irreg= -I bis. 5"., - ,,. (1 Da' renuess, loss of appetite, indigestion, cossalnil i h a a ud 33s' per arising from venereal excesses, Bce. 'ti e '" --. An ' Uiti. tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as neuter ii-c. from l'" The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ES.''' tne blood d NO syphilitic remedy for serching out and purifYi n g _", - ace, 4n treat' nereal contamination. se ntr y,blotches en the ti ad, _ ro per , i , ulcerations, and those paluiaffections wising frernsa I . ment, secondarysymptoms, and all eruPtlen snt the ... 4s. id ' : and 335. per bottle. rice ..-- ~res, PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, P. - ,„ i . s trict- ~. t 4 and 11 s. per box, are the most effectual remedy out .. r ith ut ii iiMits- , flainmation, irritation of the bladder, &c., --- e els ri " . business. tg detai l °"ss "de nce 'l ac cessary. tamtiesonsnf Messrs. Perry erry lf by Letter, it. A minute .t their re'l 0, aa -19, Berners.streeL Oxford-street, till tic five till e;ght; and on Sundays from eleven till ''.- y01:1 111 A 59 ON TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF MATURITY. ..„. 0 0:05 435 • p rice 'WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED Ez_ i , en celopei aiii ,, Just published, Twentieth Thousand, In a " I "rfps:ag e S 2s. 64., Or post paid, to any address, for 3 5 . 6d • 1 " Tre a tise direct from the Author's residence. .... A;ca l _, O , `ELF- PRESERVATION : A l ue and 513t*Pray KY on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth__ Ar o) _. Illustrated with Twenty-flve Coloured Plates °r j u ' ctive Org: 1 1 ;,' Physiology, and Diseases of the Ur i i i n s a es rY , explaining their various structures, a"i nd4funßlic Fall ' : d s ls ' ll : r foll ° the injuries that are produced in them, by sellituT of :It 0 i the Treadiseases excesses. With Practical Observations oi _.,d other Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, .. the Urethra. TING SURGEON, lionorati By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONS 9, Bedford-street, Bedfordof Edinburgh, _tut. Matriculated Member of the U...ilavemrttdlcal society, ld"" Member of the London HosPlit.-- ar e, London; Apothecaries' Hall, London, 'De' , ''''-' ...a' ATISI. A- a - rriage , with Its ri lndrBncdl i ll ioes"" CONTENTS " T nE ciurran I. On the PhilosoPhY af )1 A reductive ..' t io and Obligations_, and on Infe li citous fwd of the Gener a Physiology roving that t !, - 40 cl e n, HA a PT ns E , E th 2 eir fun On cti th on e 8, Anatomy and their viF? _ c Men Er t A a pT l and P 3 hy . soicaln soPoirstarytruercatruresleisdbeipatsenn;ddsaecrut u et p i o m irtb . 'P e r.v ir Ci t hl ts 01, 0 1 of the Stomach, and Brain, and general. wea k nes sf Anima EEconom Lungs,the concealed cause of Debility. deronfoo.outta .M e d n j u t a l a Mental Faculties . Debility, d an t the Disorder: arising from indiscnminate ExceSS, ''''' C dh o n leTtrreTers:tatmat4ue.rnetOvonfestchaervey.—SoecruscuilArtanD,rgisLoocr ,s‘,Lie,org. 00,.0 (Heat, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. O' gEVIEWS OF THE WORE. le gslif 4 of ~ The author of this singular and talented wor k is a eroce4 fled medical man, who has evidently had considerable esP O OO s the trr fitment of the various disorders arising from the .. ,%,,Ille %c frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings an ill 01-$,, ditto., by demonstrating the consequences ot are es, W 7, 0 0 ', act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity , and loi„ l 'i - ' a' many questions may be satisfactorily replied to , , that admi t - li 0 pe p al u , b e u v s e h n ed to b th y e t m he os A t u co th n o fi r d , e an nt d ial m fri a end b ." h —Era. al s mese. ; 63 , had at his res t d col, from Kent and Hichard.i, 52, Paternoster-row; o„„'7,; Oxford-street; Starie, Tickborne- street , ; Hanna ? t'n-Agr'r" Leadenhall-street, London ; Newton, 16, Church-all : eat. and by all Booksellers. an d risl At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till I. t h e eegfrto Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, tio.l. - the fee of IL, for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREE T SQUARE. LONDON • E 4 0 f„ The " Observer" of Sunday, Dec. 6, CO %. ~.-", an impartial review, with extracts from o ' l. o 0 l''' Bulwer Lytton's new work entitled "Lucretia's. 5 . 1 1 extent of four of the Observer folio eele nni ver n ; Observer of Sunday, Dec. 13, contained all l e OD ° ff review; with extracts from the second s eries v e s t g iso o tt e Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors of ~ 1 to the extent of two folio columns and a bill : 1 '001 Observer of Sunday, Dec. 20, contained an ,' A s o n .f`: review, with extracts from the annual Chris l o f lA,'7 by Charles Dickins, Esq., entitled, a ob L se o r v v e er " The Betti e of t P S f t n o l r t y n ," en t l o nni t n b e e . extent Am o o n f da n y e f o;4 l o ; fi tlY ll oo ° ... ._ f tli ti ; AA Observer is regularly published at tour day afternoons, which is best for th e c°‘l.- adaPt ed cell' and readers abroad. victed at Stratton, ionu the e m p e no b een has WRECEING.—F rece- r t... , each , o ~ o f immediate Eliza edia teopf nr in months' imprisonment, witehnnhablataryvdetet"2::.-: in defa me d ivr.b ef _ . ., auli ft aLyimveernpto,olf,ordrpilvuenndeorning fr om ~ t he r Th. s hore ... las t: 0 Kilkhampton, r . s t 0 lkhampton, in the gale of the 21st Oet nbe _i sel l° the parties, with several others, were PN ce i ed, 7_o* -10 °r ye ' '' . the complaint of Mr. J. S. James, LleY o '''' hi e dos, lebe district, who expressed his determinan t thes e n ier means in his power, to bring to punishole- 'on e - le. offended the law, giving occasion tie for the °P : i d at ... of t he tamed as to the habits of our countrymen' 00 0 - o olti ing so much discredit to us as a ceue l P ts oces s us hi' parties, whose position in life and cirelle is . - " t he n a• d thes e ,e ; have taught him to set a better example , s -- . 1 0.- rather than undergo the disgrace of t he ' fil en ' ree other three were committed to l __West .. th • 10 , gaol.— • __Abell' A u f , AN UNENVIABLE SITUATION' Oil " t ill '' o'clock on Thursday morning, the policeman n oise fi d a Croxteth• road, near the Tanneries, hea r " hsliog f° 501 (3 new building. He got a light, and on Sea re .d big Pipe man naked lying down and drunk. He. t al nd tb t}- t or „sa was Ryan, that he came from 'Warw,l e "' a 7ie '-, O S supposed he was going to bed, but where s ear° . TV dressed himself he could not tell. Byer,' 0, and 1.. fog made for his clothes, but they could not u-,„„ c ost , ii 9o conveyed fellow was clothed in a policemail n *,` Dal conveyed to his lodgings in Thomas•str e ,, e- the W t.. discovered his clothes lying in a field Del ,Lo' vito a Liverpool Journal. ~ 11Y P o , O r [ADVERTISEMENT]._CURE OF Doors. put': I I Pa WAY'S PILLS.—Mrs. Langley, residing at Castle-court,ioo,o,foo been suffering from dropsy for the last two Years ,der .D; sr sil s ried she had been tapped several ti t no one t - n l u e n S Y . 1 ;10 - JO get over it ; however, by living onmseoilds, eating , , c ot , sll e 4 food, abstaining from the use of all vegetables , s °' w een,eco l. course of Holloway's celebrated pills for about sere ° n oillois v r perfectly cared. Females at the turn or life , who f flttle °( Of A ° ' t dropsical, would do well to take from time to time Ami gePJ,,,. -- sa - e generating medicine, thereby speedily removing a l , l ", i - r aggi s toms attending this critical period.—Scl . by 0' ..`',,',,cioa• Profe"sor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, J''-'- 81R7715. CbiQUeS.l 0, On the 18th inst., at Stafford House, the ga r gel' Lorne, of a son. v ; c on° On the 17th inst., at Eaton-place, the .., co' gund, of a son. On the 3d ult., at Halifax, N ov a Scotia, t 1 1 e lady i p oir" taiii Westcnte 1..‘ ttleton, 64th Regiment, of a sl l ,„' , 0- On the 11th inst., the wife of Peter Parisst -v"''''' n [o o i f s . of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at the Rector 3 Havant, the vi .vh . tali , Rev. T. G. Hatchard, of a daughter. : ® f F• " -it On the 18th inst., at Liverpool, the lady °- Of il Esq., of a son. „, ..„,betto fe ' j On the 18th inst., at Reading, Mrs. so. — ,ifoP" daughter. e St . , 011 0 On the lath inst., at the Vicarage, sonar • Ot shire, the Hon. Mrs. William Law, of a son. A./ of ' -'1 . On the 20 , h inst., at Lambeth Palace, the la'" _......„,,, Kingsmill, Esq., of a son On the 17th inst., at S MARRIED. eh' if Esq., M.A., of Parker's Piece, Lofrp.1:00118:1 late Dr. Cambridge, Di vgid the late Catn I „, 11 r Y- 1 1° u r s etts On the inst., * * saacson. Pancras NewChtaur_rao ifia 19th at St. Pancras Church , l• - hot' of Gibson-square, Islington, to Anne, eldest doug Robertson. efi e* DIED At' ~ at Othnetchoeualstrtyh seat of oifnhlNefrasroynla.titad„.iaUvrn,ite jdohnStmataeoct:visttirel Wellesley, ton, mother a of the Duchess of Leeds, t Si g be bl arcP 0 0 n n t t h h e e l l s •l ta t hg h ie.nd i s n t6 s . 3, t , n and Lady Stafford. CV P 1.) the 19th ult , Mr. Henry Cope, of Brunsvii 4 9 Blackfriars-road, aged 71.. Sarah Hale, .at in Nursling, Chatle - John Lukin, aged 64. tofi lb On the 17th inst., in Park-terrace, Camden - ~ • S tPt Do On the 18th ult., at Uckfield, Susses, Cather ine _Act Dr. John Foley. 9 Charles-street , Southaraptoti,tb4loo feild, wifeofthe Rev. J. Streatfeild, aged 43• I RO, P" On the 18th inst., at Dalston Mrs MarY A nti street, Manchesterf, of Mr. James Bell, aged ' * 77. .c..v PIO On the 19th inst., Joanna, wife of P on ter .. 1' 6 the Compton ,House, Somerset, aged 79 ;and the ,pi ter I' • ' ry E., aged 77. Staff o' Pe On the 19th inst , Sarah, wife of Mr. William the York Hotel, Co . vent• garden. r it , 4 0 4°' votal — ' h e 4 11 i tinted and Published by AUltnt , - ,/ Ler. :it The );: No .'trlt` vier " the Savoy, Lin tae County of Middlci el ' camber 22, MO. d e A 1 6 44 1 ti, O'rZk `r N , t T