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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER cm_ $ . - ‘ - .petion is very desirable between these lines, and I have • ': no doubt that Parliament next year will see the neces sity,- provided the Company come forward with an improved Bill, of conceding their lines to them." A re commendation of such importance, and from such au thority, coupled with the unanimous decision of the House of Commons, is, in the opinion of your com mittee, entitled to much weight, and justifies your com mittee in recommending the amended scheme to be proceeded with 'in the ensuing session. In presenting the account of receipts and expenditure, your committee are desirous of observing that nearly the same expenses have necessarily attended the prosecution of the design as if it had been actually carried, as it was not until it had arrived at its last stage that the Bill was rejected. The receipts,' it appeared, were 109,1421. 10s., and the expenditure—legal expenses, 30,0321.; engineering and surveying, 10,663 L 15s. ; Parliamentary expenses, 10,2061., Sec. &c., a ltogether 57,2741. 6s. Bd. Balance, 51,8681. 3s. 4d. With this amount your committee have directed their attention as the basis on which to found such arrangement with the London and South- Western Company as may prove satisfactory. The proposal therefore is, that the London and South- Western Company do guarantee that the expenses of the last and next session shall not exceed the first deposit of 21. 15s. per share upon each of the existing shares of the company, each shareholder making up the first deposit of 555. to 105 s. In other words, that taking the I ls. 6d. per share which remains to be divided, the London and South-Western Company will guarantee you against any future liability, in case of failure, and in the event of success all the expenses will be carried forward against the concern, and you will be entitled to receive the i ' 5} per cent. thereon, according to the original agreement with that company. In order to carry out the scheme with the efficiency recommended in the House of Lords, a survey of the country between Bridport and Porches ter has been made ; and if the line recommended as the result of the survey be prcceeded with as a part of this undertaking, an increase of capital to the amount of 500,0001. will be necessary, and of this new capital it is prolosed that the London and South-Western Company shall take 1-4th part, and the present shareholders to have tho option each of taking his rateable proportion, the same to rank like the old capital if the Bill be obtained, and to be subject only to a reduction of 10s. 6d. per 251 for expenses if the Bill be lost, and upon this new ca pital a deposit of 12s. 6d. per share is to be paid, so - that no further call on the original 501. shares beyond 51. ss. per share will be made until the Act be ob tained, and a deposit not exceeding 21. 12s. 6d. per 25/. share will be required on the new shares. The sum of 1 Is. 6d, per share will be returned to those shareholders who wish to retire, and those shareholders who wish to continue, must execute fresh Parliamentary deeds, of the time and place fur which notice will be given to all the shareholders. Your committee are further en couraged in recommending the renewal of the applica tion to Parliament next session, by continued assurances of support from the landowners, manufacturers, and the inhabitants generally of the district immediately in terested, and refer with extreme satisfaction to public meetings which have been held at Exeter, Honiton, and other places, at which an earnestness of feeling was dis played, unequalled in the progress of the railway system. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Mr. LETT seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER said, by the report it appeared that the South-Western were to allow them 5i per cent. lie might be mistaken, but he thought it was to be 6 per cent. The CHAIRMAN said, 5i per cent. was the original guarantee. Dr. SNOW highly complimented the directors on the s-al and untiring ( n,rgy which they had displayed in the :service of the Company, and sincerely regretted that their labour had not been crowned with the success they deserved. A meeting at Exwer had lately taken p!aee, which gave them gnat encouragement to pro:Ted, inasmueh as a requisition in favour of the line was signed by 6,000 persons.—(Hear.) Ifs understood, also, that the feeling along the course of the lie was more sanguine as to the ultimate success of the under:akin,g than last year. He thought they ought to congratulate themselves en having had si per cent. guaranteed to them by the South- We,f trn ; it had kept their shares at a fair rate in the market. There was nothing in are report to which he could object; he should therefore supp::rt it, anti hoped to meet the directors nest year to congratulate thsin on the passing of their Bill and the laying of the foun.lation - stone of so desirable a railway.—(Cheers.) The report was cerr:ed unanin k ously by acclamation. A SHAREHOLDER irepiire at would lastiorielative d positions of tho se w ho had their 21:10s. and those j il ocli who had not yet done so ?;, ,---. Mr. LOTT—They o:iglit to pay interest. The Cira“kawr - said the directors had given their at'ention to tie subject, but the interest would amount to so s sum—not more that 4d. a share—that they th the exaction of interest hardly worth while. To .y must of course pay up before they sighed the new d , ed. ought to select some of their members to form the nu cleus of a national committee. " I am decidedly of a different opinion, and am con vinced that the Repeal Association should have nothing to do with the original formation of any other body. Besides, the projected national committee should be quite free from the colour of party feeling of any kind. It should have, in fact, no political or sectarian cha racter. _ _ " I repeat that men of all classes, creeds, and parties, should meet, without the least apprehension of any dis cussion on the subjects on which they differ. The entire mind and exertions of the committee should be given to alleviate the present calamities, and obviate, if possible, a recurrence in future years. " For the piesent I dismiss any further consideration of the national committee. If it take place, it must origi nate, and be modelled in its constitution, by other hands than mine; in short, it must emanate from the sense of imminent danger, aad anxiety for preventing the fatal consequences arising in the minds of great leading pro prietors of land in Ireland. If they do not feel the ne cessity for such a committee, my voice ought to be beard in vain. To effectuate any good, the body should have from the nature and number of its members powerful influence in England as well as in Ireland. In short, it should embrace within its numbers the leading nobility and gentry of all parties; and unless a very influential number of men of all parties concur in forming such body, it ought not to exist. " This morning's post brought me the Cork Examiner, containing a paragraph headed Conciliation,' but, alas ! alas ! little calculated to obtain that most desirable ob ject. It falls into the usual and deplorable fault. It calls on those who are right—' the moral force men'—to give in, and it calls on those who are wrong—the physical force men—to persevere. " It is, however, but due to the people of Cork to re ceive with respectful attention any suggestion coming from any portion of them. But the association has a duty which it owes to Old Ireland and nationality—a sacred and solemn duty that must not be violated or com promised. The association must not be even suspected of paltering in a double sense—asserting on the one hand the principle of moral force alone, and at the same time letting in, as if by a side wind, the destructive agency of the physical force principle. "It is in vain to soften the matter away—we must meet it in all its bearings, and above all, preserve the mem bers of the Repeal Association from the danger of con viction for high treason. It will be our duty, out of respect for our Cork repealers, to demonstrate to them the existence of such danger. My experience, as a Crown lawyer, gives me some title to be heard upon that point. They may think otherwise in Cork at present ; formerly I should, I believe, be able to command confidence as a man and as a lawyer. " Any alteration in the sentiments of others can make but one alteration in mine, and that is by producing an increased anxiety that it should please a merciful Pro vidence to spare me just life enough to see the restora tion of the Irish Parliament, and to see the attainment of that restoration completed without one act of violence, or the shedding one drop of human blood. "In the meantime, my advice to the association is this—to act by this document when received in the manner in which we have hitherto acted towards all im portant documents, that is, to refer it, before it is read to the association, to the committee, to consider its contents, and report those contents to the association, together with a suitable reply to be submitted to the considera tion of the association. _ " If the committee will do me the honour of entrusting me to prepare that reply, I will cheerfully undertake the duty, and transmit the reply, when complete, to the asso ciation, which will then at once give publicity to the re solutions and our reply. " I do not bespeak any favourable reception for my reply; it will be an important aet of my political lire— ohcdient solely to the dictates of honour and conscience, and looking to no other temporal result but the rest,ra don of the legislative independence of old Ireland. " Believe me to be very faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " To Mr. T. M. Ray." The rent for the week amonnted to 671. 103. PEEL versus RUSSELL, The Drogheda Conserrotive no friend of the ex- Premier when the Hon. Bar :net held the reins of power —thus joins its repeal contemporaries in the cry fur hi restoration to Downing street:— '• Never was the incapacity of the Whigs for the go vernment of this country so apparent as at the present momentous crisis, when Ireland is bordering on a Mate of insurrection for the want of food; nut that theta is not a sufficiency of grain, but from the spirit of specu lation engendered by the late Treasury minute amongst the corn gamblers both on this and the other side of the Channel. Sir B. Peel, last year, when the wants of ..he people were not so pressing, come forward, and by the establishment of depots kept the markets at a lair rate; and, from his known determination and wisdom, corn speculators were prevented from resorting to those nera rions arts which tend to starve the poor. Lord John Some di,cassion then ensued with respect to dividing the 1104 into two shares of 251. each; a :motion recom mending the directors to do so (the chairmain having stated that he and the directors were in favour of such a plan) was proposed by Mr. GOODWIS, seconded by Mr. STUTLEY, and carried. PEASE inquired if the company had any inte rest in promoting a line below Exeter? The CHAIRMAN said they had not, but the South -Western had. Mr. PEASE was glad to hear it. Before they sepa rated h could not help expressing. the regret which he felt, in common with others, that large sums of money should be spent in contests with other companies, and he only mentioned it now in order to suggest to the dir.etor, that if there was a chance of preventing expense by entering into negotiations with other companies, they would do well to do so, in order to avoid an enormous waste of money in a Parliamentary contest.. Mr. FIELD said they should nut b. treating the Chair man and directors in a becoming spirit if they separat-d without expressing their deep sense of the servici4s they had rendered to the Company. Their defeat was a source of very great regret, but he was sure no blame could be attributed to the directors—it was their mis fol tune, and not their fault ; but the arrangement which they had made with the South-Western Com pany, in the present position of railway affairs, must be very gratifying. Knowing the assiduity they had shown in bringing about that arrangement, he considered that for that and their other toil they deserved their best thanks. He begged to propose a motion to that effect.—(Cheers.) The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for himself and his brother directors. It was very gratifying to find that their labours had met with the approbation of the share holders. Ile hoped, as his friend opposite had said, that they might meet again under better auspices next year, and have to announce the success of their renewed ap plication to Parliament.—(Hear.) The meeting then separated. Russell must either act or resign the reins of Govern ment into Sir R. Peel's hands; for the united voice of a starving people will shake even Downing-street, and be heard within the walls of the royal palaces. The Foor of this country want cheap and wholesome food, and when this is to be had. by a little energy on the part of the Government, they have a right to demand it. It the money to be expended on Buckingham Palace—on royal steam•boats--and other useless luxuries, were applied to the purchase of corn for the consumption of the Irish poor, the money would be better applied, and the country secured from outrage! The Times may taunt us with our poverty--but we owe it all to the thimble-rig' legislation pursued by English rulers to wards this unfortunate country—their abandoning it to the rule of unprincipled leaders, who sold the people's interest for their own agg.,raadisement.” DAY OF HUMILIATION. The following is a copy of a circular addresse,l by the Lord Primate to the clergy in the archdiocese Armagh:— " Palace, Armagh, Oct. 16. " Reverend Sir,—ln cons( quonce of the great distress which prevails so generally among the poorer classes, by reas )n of the destructive blight of the crop on which they principally depend for subsistence, a wish has been expressed by many members of the church that a special day should be set apart on which Public Prayers should be offered up in acknowledgement of the Divine Hand which has sent this calamity. I therefore request that you will celebrate Divine service in your church, on Friday, the 30th of October, in the manner following : After using the accustomed and prescribed form of prayer, together with the special form set forth by the au thority of the Lord-Lieutenant in Council for the pre sent time, to be read before the Litany, you are to read the prayers in the Communion service, from the be ginning of the 51st Psalm to the end of that service. I recommend that a sermon be preached suitable to the occasion ; and, if there be singing in the church, that the penitental psalms be selected. " I enclose a notice, which it is my wish that you should read after the Nicene Creed, on Sunday, the 25th of October. " I remain, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, " JOHN G. ARMAGH. " The Incumbent of —." " Notice of Divine Service on Friday, the 30th of Oc tober, 1846, to be read on Sunday, the 25th, after the Nicene Creed ; with an Exhortation for the people to attend, in token of their humiliation under the chastening hand of Almighty God. "You are requested to take notice, that, by direction of the Lord Primate, there will be Divine service in thi s church, and in all the churches of the diocese of Armagh, on Friday next, the 20th instant. And lam desired to exhort you, dearly beloved, to assemble and meet together on that day, that we may make our common supplica tions to our Heavenly Father, as a public acknowledg • " Derrynane Abbey, Cahirciveen, Oct. 16. ment, in this time of dearth and scarcity, that we despise "My dear Ray,—l enclose you a letter which I re- not the chastisement which He has laid upon us, in with ceived from an old and much-respected friend of mine, holding the wonted provision of food on which the poor Mr. John Walshe, of Castlehill, near Crossmolina. He of this country principally depend for their subsistence. is a man of independent fortune and most respectable We are taught in His Holy Word (Psalm cvii. 34), character; he resides upon his own estate, and has been, that it is for the wickedness of them that dwell and is, a bountiful benefactor to the labouring classes in therein' that he maketh a fruitful land barren.' Our his neighbourhood, to many of whom he has given con- transgressions have kindled the anger of the Lord stant employment. against us, and have drawn down his displeasure. It " What a contrast between him and the absentee pro- Is our duty, therefore, to humble ourselves under the prietors of many estates in his neighbourhood. mighty hand of God' (Peter i. v. 6) ;to confess our -" He wishes to be a member of the Loyal National manifold sins and wickedness with an humble, lowly, Repeal Association, anehas the kindness to ask me to penitent, and obedient heart ;' to beseech Him that Ile propose him. I have pride and pleasure in complying would not remember our offences, nor the offences of with his request, and beg that you will get my son John , our forefathers, neither take vengeance of our sins ;' but to propose him in my name. My loved friend, Tom that He would graciously look upon our afflictions,' Steele, will, I am sere, cheerfully second him. pitifully behold our sorrows," mercifully forgive our "Add to the subscriptions for the week the following— sins,' and' favourably hear our prayers ; 1 that he would Daniel O'Connell, M.P. £l 0 0 'make speed to save us,' and make haste to help us.' Maurice O'Connell, M.P 1 0 0 And while I exhort all of you, my dear brethren, to join John O'Connell, M.P. 1 0 0 together in these our common supplications,' I am Daniel O'Connell, jun., M.P. being for the current month of October. near the throne of grace, and call upon God in the time " I should much regret that the plan for a national of their trouble, who hath promised to hear their cry committee of landed proprietors meeting in Dublin and to help them. Let them come into His courts,' should be buried in oblivion. It shall not be so, if I can and pour out their hearts before Him, and make known help it. The memory of it, at least, shall live, even if their requests unto God,' that he may grant them it should fail to be realised for any active purposes. patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of "It is quite true that there seems no kind of necessity all their afflictions.' for Parliament meeting sooner than the usual period ; "And such as are possessed of wealth and abundance, and, on the contrary, a more speedy meeting might, in I exhort, not only to pray for those who are in distress, my humble judgment, tend to embarrass and retard the but to relieve them to the utmost of their power ; to carrying out of the plans of the Lord Lieutenant for an open their hands wide unto their brethren' (Dent. xv. 8); immediate supply of food and wages for the people. Ra- to • deal their bread to the hungry, and when they see pidity is most necessary, else the people will die of hun- the naked to cover them' (Is. ]viii. 7); that the blessing ger before the supplies arrive. of them that were ready to perish may come upon " Another fearful calamity has been inflicted by Pro- them' (Job xxix. 13). videnee on the remoter parts of the country. The last " And, that I may be pure from the blood of all fortnight has been marked by a continuance of tremen- men (Acts xx., 26), it is also incumbent on me to warn dons storms, with the wind blowing terrifically, princi- those who are still impenitent and hardened in heart, pally from the west. The coasters, generally from that they continue not to sin with a high hand. Let the Liverpool and the eastern coast of Ireland, and from calamity with which we are now visited lead them to re- England, laden with corn and maize, hare been all kept, pent, and to remember (as admonished by the Church in by the adverse winds and storm, from their ports of deli- her Coetmination Service) how dreadful is the judg very, and it is to be very much apprehended some of ment banging over our heads, and always ready to fall them are lost. It is certain that all are delayed beyond upon us. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of their time. The Government steamers should be em- the living God. For, 10, the Lord is come out of His ployed to alleviate this calamity, as they are able to live place to visit the wickedness of such as dwell upon the in a sea whi c h wou ld overw h e l m t h e coasters ; an d be- earth. But who may abide the day of His coming? aides, the steamers of course are not much affected by Who shall be able to stand when He appeareth? His the point from which the wind blows. fan is in His hand, and He will purge his floor, and " The most urgent and rapid measures are necessary gather His wheat into the barn; but he will burn the to alleviate this increasing cale m it • If th e n a ti ona l c h a ff w i th unquenc h a bl e fi re . Th en s h a ll it be too l a t e n rs io committee we re sittin4, zt minute details from each to knock when the door shall be shut; and too late to locality of this increased calanit would be placed at cry for mercy when it is the time of justice. There one before Government, and Y ditional horror would h e ay ineans to alleviate the ad- fore, brethren, take we heed belime, while the day Lieutenant. - of salvation lasteth; for the night com.oh, when none " Again, if th e nat i onal committee were sitting, it can work. Let us not abu s e the goodness or God, who calleth us mercifully to amendment, and is probable that some one would suggest eonnau the h formation of his endless pity promiseth us forgiveness of that of %Lir sub committees one for one for which is past, if with a perfect and true heart we return Ulster, one for Munster, and one for Leinsgtert' (ale for unto him. For though our sins be as red as scarlet they each of the four provinces ; each to report fro; shall be made as white as snow ; and though they be time, as occasion would require, to the general time to like purple yet they shall be made white as wool. Turn mittee ; and thus, by a just division of labour, me tu a - - h th e o F ulh the w r e j h e a s ve saith the Lord,' from all your wickedness, and your sur,s fer the relief of every locality in each province would be going on simultaneously and without inter- Ins shall not be your destruction.' sinned, yet have we an advocate with A t l Christ the r,i , hteous, and he is the propitiation of our rupti, , rt. " Many' would suggest that the Repeal Association sins. o r Lie was wounded for our offences, and stmt_ IRELAND. .1110. DUBLIN, OCT. 19.—The usui weekly meeting of the Repeal Association took place this day in Conciliation Ilan; Joseph Miles M'llounell, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, on taking the chair, said it was not usual for chairmen to trespass on the time of the meeting; but he would take the liberty of saying, that great blame was to be attached to Sir Randolph Routh for his conduct during the present state of affairs. Mr. RAY having read the minutes of the last day's proceedings. Mr. JoHN O'CONNELL read the following letter from his father, and moved that it be inserted on the minutes : ten for our wickedness. Let us, therefore, return unto Him, who is the merciful receiver of all true penitent sinners ; assuring ourselves that He is ready to receive us, and most willing to pardon us, if we come unto Him with faithful repentance ; if we submit ourselves unto Him, and from henceforth walk in his ways ; if we will take His easy yoke and light burden upon us, to fol low him in lowliness, patience, and charity, and be or dered by the governance of his Holy Spirit, seeking al ways his glory, and serving Him duly in our avocation with thanksgiving.' This, if we do, Christ will not only de liver us from the 'bitter pains of eternal death,' but will cause our light affliction, which is but for a moment,' to work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory' in his evEeasting kingdom, unto which He vouch safes to bring us all, for his infinite mercy. Amen." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, October 20, The Rev. R. P. Burton, A. 8., clerk, now acting as curate at Somersham, near Ipswich, and formerly of St. Peter's, Stepney, obtained his final order to-day under the Insolvency Act. His debts are stated at 4,0461. 7s. Bd., and his credits at 1,0001. He ascribes his difficulties to pecuniary liabilities incurred for his brother, Arthur Burton. A bankrupt of the name of R. Francis Barber, described as a publican, lately conducting business at the Sir Paul Pindar, Bishopsgate-street, was adjourned for unsatisfac tory accounts. Mr. Cooke opposed, and Mr. Lawrance supported. The debts of the bankrupt are not large, but his con duct seems to have been ♦ery profligate. He could give no clear account of a sum of 31. per week charged in his balance-sheet for extra expenditure. further than it went in pleasuring, attendance at theatres, and other nocturnal amusements. He admitted that he frequented a " private lodging " occasionally, the rent of which he paid, besides remunerating the person who domiciled there. The bankrupt's conduct in court was marked by the greatest levity. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. The general quarter sessions for the county of Surrey were held on Tuesday at the Court-house, Kingston. The magistrates present were E. Penrhyn, Esq., Chair man; J. Trotter, Esq., M.P.; J. I. Briscoe, Esq.; Sir R. Frsederielc, Colonel Challoner, J. W. Freshfield, Esq.; R. A. C. Austen, Esq.; A. K. Barclay, Esq.; G. Best, Esq.; C. Barclay, Esq.; J. E Johnson, Esq.; G. T. Nicholson, Esq.; H. M. Parrett, Esq., &c. It appeared by the reports of the governors of the dif ferent houses of correction that their establishments were not sufficiently capacious to contain the unusual number of prisoners committed to them, and that during the in tensely hot weather three and four prisoners had been confined at night in one small cell. Mr. JOHNSON moved that a committee be appointed to take the subject into consideration, and report upon the best means to be adopted to provide adequate gaol ac commodation in the county. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. PARRATT said he should be glad if Mr. Sibley, the keeper of the House of Correction at Brixton, would give some explanation in reference to the charge that bad been made against him in the public prints, of bsving ill-used one of the female prisoners in his charge. The case referred to will be fresh in the recollection of the public, as having bee❑ heard at the Lambeth Police court, when it appeared that a woman named Maria, Roast had been kept for 24 hours with her hands hand cuffed behind her back. Mr. PARRATT inquired whether it was correctly stated that the woman had had two pairs of handcuffs on? The governor replied that it was the fact, but he was not aware of it. The turnkey, without his knowledge, had put on a second pair, finding that the first were much too large. The CHAIRMAN said that, by rule 80 of the gaol re gulations, the governor of a prison had the power given him to handcuff a prisoner, but it could be only done when he considered it absolutely necessary, and then he was bound to report the circumstance, and to make an entry in his book; and he could not keep a prisoner in that state over 24 hours without the order of one of the visiting justices. Mr. BarscoE said that at all events this rule had been violated, for the power was only delegated to the go vernor himself, and not to a turnkey. Mr. A. IL BARCLAY acquitted the governor of the charge of cruelty, but lutist express an opinion that it was very improper to use handcuffs in this manner, and he considered it little better than a species of torture. lie believed that in the present instance, what had been done was absolutely necessary for the peace of the pri son, but he hoped that before long the use of icons in prisons would be altogether abolished. In answer to questions put by the Court, Mr. Sibley, the governor of Brixton, detailed the conduct of the woman, which appeared to have been of the most violent and outrageous description. 'The explanations given by the governor appeared to be satisfactory to the majority of the Court, and a reso lution to that effect was carried, the Court at the same time expressing regret that two pairs of handcuffs had been made use of; it did not appear that the additional pair had caused any increase of punishment. The prisoner being . asked what he had to say, replied, with an air of great indifference," Nothing at all." Mr. HENRY—Yon seem to be a very hardened person, and to treat the matter with great indifference. It is a very bad case. The prisoner smiled contemptuously. Mr. HENRY—I shall remand him for a week, and in the mean time the officer can endeavour to trace the watch.—Remanded accordingly. Bridget Sullivan, who has been several times re manded upon the charge of uttering a forged cheque upon the bank of Messrs. Coutts and Co., in the name of the Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry, was brought up for final examination, and Villiers Pearce was placed at the bar with her, as accessory both before and after the fact. The evidence given on the former occasions was re peated to-day, and Lady Queensberry herself was in attendance. Her Ladyship stated that the cheque produced was not in her handwriting. She thought she knew the handwriting, having often received letters in a hand which she believed to be the same. Upon this evidence Sullivan was committed for trial. The case against the prisoner Pearce was then entered into. Policeman F 91, said that the prisoner was pointed out to him on Tuesday night, and he was desired to watch and apprehend him. Witness followed him to his lodgings, and there took him in charge. He found a great number of papers on him, which were now produced. Lady Queensberry said that she had known Villiers Pearce by name for many years, but had never before seen the prisoner, nor had she any means of knowing whether he was the same person or not. She had often received letters from Villiers Pearce, and had answered them, so that a correspondence had existed between them, from which she could know and swear to his handwriting. The cheque produced was in a hand very like his, but she could not positively swear to it. She had written letters to Villiers Pearce, directed 17, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, and also to several other addresses (some of which her Ladyship enumerated). A number of letters which she produced were in the hand of Villiers Pearce. Eight cheques on Messrs. Coutts' bank, purporting to be signed by her Ladyship, were now produced, and she gave her opinion that they were in Villiers Pearce's handwriting. They certainly were not in hers. Policeman Thomson, (detective force), said that he had made inquiries at the various addressee mentioned by her Ladyship, and had found that the prisoner formerly had lived at three of them. Mr. White, a builder, living in the neighbourhood of Pimlico, said that in July last the prisoners ealled upon him and made inquiries respecting a house which he had to let. About the 12th or 14th of August they be came his tenants, and remained so ever since. About five or six weeks ago the female prisoner disappeared, and he had not seen her since till to-day. They lived together as man and wife, and he always knew her as Mrs. Pearce. This being all the evidence that could be produced at present against the prisoner, Mr. Bush, who appeared for the prosecution, applied for a remand. The prisoner said that be thought there was not suffi cient evidence to justify a remand, especially as there was no distinct proof of the handwriting. Mr. HENRY thought the evidence sufficient to justify'a remand, and he would therefore remand the prisoner till next Tuesday. He thought it advisable also that the female prisoner should be brought up again on Tuesday. The prisoner Pearce tken made a long statement of the manner in which he first became acquainted with the female prisoner, about six years ago, and of their subsequent history. About six years ago she became his housemaid, his wife having just died and left him with a family of six children, who required her atten tion, he being occupied the whole day by his business as a reporter. He had since fallen into poverty, but had, nevertheless, retained her up to the time when he went to the Cape of Good Hope, having a Government situa tion there. When he returned he married her, having previously had two children by her. It was on tha 17th Juno that they were married. She had made up a story of having received the note from a gentleman in the street, in order to prevent his name from being made public, and his character impugned, on account of this affair. He was ready to swear that he had not fogged the note produced, nor any other paper, in the Marchioness's name. She had acted very kindly to him. The prisoner was then remanded to Tuesday week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Reid, Thomas Henry Newnam, and John Ca, kr, three stout fellows, in smocks, leather southwesters, and smalls, having every appearance of being hard-working coal-heavers, were charged yesterday morning before Mr. Hardwick, with fraudulently obtaining money by means of a begging petition. Horsford, the Mendicity Society's officer, said, in consequence of some information a hich he had received from the butler of the Hon. Mrs. Agar about the pri soners, and a description of them, he had been on the look out for some days, and saw them all three together yesterday in Leicester-square. The witness followed them into a house in Newport-street, and heard Reid say they were collecting money on behalf of a poor widow and four orphan children, who had been left des titute by the death of their colleague, John Hawkins, a coal-porter, who had been thrown off a coal barge by the swell of the steamers. and drowned. They then presented a petition which the witness took from them, and took the parties them selves into custody. The petition bore the genuine signatures 4 l s.. he of severalsde h i respectable thee eriee a individuals e ed for the the clerk gross sum e of the wharf for a sum of 20s. more, which appeared to be fictitious, When the officer aslied them where this Mrs. Hawkins lived, they could none of them tell him anything about her. John Rouse, butler to the Hon. Mrs. Agar, 1, Dean street, South Audley-street, said that Carter, with an ether coalheaver, came to the house on the Uth of Oc tober, and gave the servant a petition, begging money on behalf of Mrs. Hawkins, and suspecting there might he bade th em return next morn ing possibly at be te no'l impositi on, nck. He in the meantime spoke to Iforsford, but the petitioners never came again. They said they were in the employment of Mr. Kitson, coal merchant. The witness went to the wharf this morning, and found that Mr. Kitson had retired from that busi ness twelve months ago, and that no accident whatever had occurred at the wharf. The defendants severally denied knowing anything about it. Mr. MARDWICK sentenced each of them to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. George Davis was placed at the bar this morning, charged with stealing a coat from Mr. King's stables, Union-place. o'clo c k yester d ay morning, William Nesmith said , h a e nd li h ve a s pp a e t nin l g , t,o Un b i e on lo - e p k la i c n e g , about Mr. Kin g ' s s t a bl es . H e s t W h aw r e o l u t l watched him, and saw him ente r one of the stables by h s g - eh s t p r trh e i e es o t sixw , n O ienr x dp f o o rw r o d wa - bl s io t n r ug e t et the fanlight, and come out 4vith a coat, which in a short time he put on and made off. He follo we d hi m and gave him into custody. Mr. HARDWICK committed the prisoner for trial at the Middlesex sessions. CLERKENWEL L. Two elderly females, of respectable appearance, named Schmid and Duple!, were charged with violently assault. ing Mr. William John Smith, the proprietor of the Hoop and Grapes Tavern, in Cross-street, llatton garden ; and also with having used such violent threats towards him and his wife as to cause them to consider their lives in danger. Mr. Wakeling, who appeared on the part of the pro secutor, stated that within the last two months the prisoners had taken every opportunity of annoying Mr. Smith, by going to his house and breaking whatever they could lay their hands on, and using the vilest language and threats towards him and his wife. On Tuesday night they went into the shop, and Mr. Smith having refused to serve them with any liquor, they both rushed at him, before he had time to get from behind the coun ter, and endeavoured to dig their nails and fingers into his eyes. They also assaulted Mrs. Smith, and a gen. tleman named Pettit, who went to assist Mr. Smith, and swore they would have the life of the latter before a week. Mr. Wakeling said no reason could be ascribed for this outrageous conduct on the part of the pri soners ; and he called upon the Bench to require them to find such bail as would protect his client. Mr. COMBE at once ordered them to find two sureties each for the next six months, but no person present being willing to incur the responsibility, they were com mitted to prison in default. WORSHIP-STREET. Anne Sinner, alias Roffey, alias Turner, the wife of a German eating-house keeper in Keats -street, Spital fields, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for final examination, charged with the wilful murder of a young Irish labourer named Daniel Crawley, by stab bing him with a carving -knife. The evidence now given, which was of a much more conclusive character than any before elicited, was to the effect that as George Brown, an acquaintance of the prisoner, was assisting her in her business, at eleven o'clock on the night in question, the deceased entered the shop, and requested to be served with a quarter of a pound of meat, which witness supplied to him and told him it came to 2d. The deceased offered 2d., saying that he had no more, and witness handed the money to the prisoner, who objected to receive it, as it was a half penny short of the price. The deceased, however, in sisted upon having the meat for the money he had tendered, when the prisoner wrapped it up in some paper, end, placing it on a shelf behind her, called the prisoner a blackguard, and told him to leave the shop, as she did not want his custom. During this altercation another man entered and likewise called for some meat, which the prisoner was in the act of cutting for him, when the deceased, who was leaning forward upon the counter with his head resting upon his arm, continued his importunity, and the prisoner, who was much excited, suddenly seized a large cutting-knife, and exclaiming. " There, you -, that's your halfpennyworth !" stabbed him in the breast with it. The prisoner instantly flung the knife out of her hand upon the floor beyond the counter, and the deceased, wh o screamed out .‘ Oh ! I am stabbed to the heart, sav e me, save me 1" and who tightly grasped his side with both his hands, through the fingers of which the blood was fl owing in great profusion, was in the act of reeling to the ground when the witness carried him to a chair, i n w hi ch he was supported until the arrival of the police and a neighb o u r i n g surgeon. The surgeon at once pro nounced the wound the deceased had received to be mortal, and directed his immeshiate removal to the London Hospital. Francis Van Spielenberg, a German skin-dresser, cor roborated the last witness's evidence in all its essential particulars, and deposed to some expressions towards the prisoner from the deceased, which, though not of such a nature as to induce her to lose all control of her temper, were of certainly an aggravating tendency. Mr. Ho l man, a surgeon of the London Hospital, de scribed the nature of the injury deceased had sustained, from which he gradually s unk for the period of a week, and then expired. q' ...oe knife had caused an incised wound . , - the cartilage of the sixth and seventh puncturing the pericardium so seriously that it exhibited extensive inflammation and was filled with fluid. The cavity of the chest also was gorged with blood, from three pints to two quarts ; and all the other structures of the body being perfectly healthy, there could be no doubt that death was occasioned by the wound inflicted with the knife produced. Mr. Caywood Wordsworth, the house surgeon, who assisted the last witness in performing the post mortem examination, entirely concurred in the previous wit ness's testimony ; and the dying declaration of the de ceased having been read over to the prisoner, who, by the advice of her solicitor, Mr. Bolton, reserved her de fence, She was fully committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge of wilful murder. The prisoner, who has throughout the proceedings exhibited a remarkable degree of apathy, was stated by Alderman, the gaoler, to have been several times in custody for various offences, and to have also been sen tenced to a long term of imprisonment upon a charge of felony. William Charles Clarks a middle-aged man of re spectable appearance, described as a watchmaker, was next placed at the bar upon two charges, the first of committing a capital offence upon the person of his own child, Anne Clarke, a little girl 12 years of age, and the second of a criminal assault, with intent, &c., upon another of his children, a girl two years younger. It appeared that the prisoner, a married man with four or five children, had separated from his wife in April last, she residing with her children at a house in Bri tannia• street, City-road, and he with his father iu Nelson-street, opposite. Notwithstanding the separa tion of the parents, the children were in the habit of visiting their father, and according to the evidence of Anne Clarke, the victim of his brutality in the first case, having gone to see the prisoner about five weeks ago, he bolted her in his room, land perpetrated the charge alleged against him. She said she was afraid to cry out for help in consequence of his being het owe father, and that he cautioned her not to inform her mother or any one else, or ho would certainly be hanged for it. The child's dress, however, having exhibited symptoms of such a nature as to raise suspicions in the mind of her mother, she was closely questioned, and a full revelation of the prisoner's conduct having been made by the little creature, information was given to the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody by Sergeant Lambert, to whom he declared that it was a conspiracy on the part of his wife, who had threatened to ruin him. Mr. Coward, the police surgeon, deposed to examining the child, and his evidence left not the slightest doubt of the full capital offence having been completed, accom panied by circumstances of great atrocity. The second charge was preferred by another of the prisoner's daughters, Sarah Clarke, a child only ten years of age, and though the circumstances of this case bore a close affinity to those of the preceding, the surgeon's evidence did not bear it out to a greater extent than an infamous assault. The prisoner, who said he should decline offering any defence at present, was fully committed to Newgate for trial upon both charges. The greatest disgust and indignation were frequently displayed by the auditors in a very crowded court, and the officers had some trouble in repressing their ebulli tions of disapprobation. Police-sergeant Thurston, $3 N, applied yesterday morning to Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, under the following very melancholy and somewhat peculiar circumstances:— The sergeant stated that on Saturday week last a young woman, named Margaret Wooster, otherwise Herring, aged about 24, threw herself into the Regent's Canal, near the Cambridge-heath bridge, Hackney. She was, however, taken out in a short time afterwards, nod brought to a sense of consciousness, and subsequently conveyed to the Bethnal-green workhouse. She sur vived, however, a week only, and an inquest having been held upon the body, a verdict was returned by the jury of " Temport ry insanity." Upon the person of the de ceased were found Bs. 6d. in silver, and a number of duplicates relating to property belonging to herself, and others belonging, as he understood, to that of her master. At the inquiry he (witness) asked of the coroner and jury what he was to do with the property mentioned, and received for answer that he was to retain possession thereof until he had consulted the magistrates as to its disposal. Witness had discovered that the deceased had been a servant in the employment of Mr. Osborn, sofa manufacturer, No, 212, Nithiteehapel-road. Mr. Osborne deposed that the deceased had been a servant of his. He had occasion to absent himself from home for a short period, leaving behind him his father, who was upwards of 90 years of age. On his return he found the deceased had not only robbed his father (who is somewhat imbecile from advanced age) of all the cash he had in his possession, but that a quantity of linen and other portable articles had been pledged by the do ceased, whom, on his return, he had also found tipsy; he therefore requ,'sted that th 3 Magistrate would order the articles and money found upon the deceased to be delivered over to him. 116 BROUGHTON said that he could not possibly, under the circumstances, entertain anything of the sort. He (Mr. Broughton), however, directed the police sergeant to hand over to Mr. Osborne those duplicates which related immediately to his own property, but what remained, together with the money, was to be placed in the hands of deceased's relations, who appeared anxious themselves to bury the body, instead of the authorities of the workhouse, where it is still lying. The sergeant said that Mr. Osborne was in possession of a bundle which belonged to the deceased. What was to be done with that? Mr. BROUGHTON-It must be delivered to the friends, most certainly. Mr. Osborne, evidently dissatisfied with the decision of the Magistrate, then withdrew. SOUTHWARK. . _ A few days since an interesting looking young female was brought ip,) to this Court, charged with making two very determined attempts upon her life, by throwing herself into the ;'fiver at Waterloo-bridge. In the course of the examination it turned out that she had absconded a short time previously from her friends (respectable people at Windsor), and had been leading a vicious course of life in town, which led to the attempts she had made upon her life. She was committed by the magis trate for want of bail, and remained in gaol until this morning, when an aunt of the unfortunate girl came up from Windsor, and describing that she had seen an ac count of the circumstance in the newspapers, requested that her niece might be permitted to accompany her home. Mr. SECILER immediately granted the request, and gave an order for the girl's liberation, and on her pro mise not to repeat such a rash act in future she left the Court with her au n t. , .I?ieliard Smith, an adroit young thief, was charged with the following impudent robbery:— It appeared that on the preceding day the prisoner entered a tradesman's shop, in the Southwark Bridge road, and, asking for a trifling article, took advantage of the momentary absence of the woman who was serving in the shop, jumped over the counter, and pulled out the tilt He was in the act of " bolting" out of the shop with the till when the female, coming in at the moment, seized the prisoner, and a struggle ensued, during which the closed the door and held him until a policeman came up, into whose custody she gave him. The prisoner was committed for two months. Margaret Scott, a masculine-looking woman, was charged with attempting to rob a gentleman named Price. The complainant said that in walking near St. George's Church the preceding night the prisoner wanted him to accompany her home. He refused, and at the moment he felt her attempting to get his watch out of his waistcoat pocket. Ile tried to get from her, and in the struggle she fell down, and, on recovering herself, swore she would get two of her men to give him a good hiding. In the course of the inquiry complaint was made of the number of female thieves infesting that thorough fare, who were assisted by their bullies, always on the alert to assault and maltreat those who attempted to re sist them. --- The prisoner was committed for a month to bard tabour. LAMBETH. Mr. James Galway, a cheesemonger in a large b way of busi ness i n the W alworth roa d, an d w h o is said to o a man of considerable property, was . placed a . t the bar before M r . Elli ott , on a c h arge o f Wing had in his pos session a parcel containing 71 pairs of expensive gloves, part of a bankrupt's stock, that had been stolen from the shop No. 17, Regent-street, on the night of thel4th of February, 1844. Mr. Games appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Inspector Haines, of the detective force, deposed that on the night above-mentioned property, amounting to 6001., and consisting of gloves, silk stockings, shawls, and other articles, were carried away from the shop, No. 17, Regent -street West. He had been employed to trace the property, and discover the thieves, but up to Thurs day last ho cou ld fi n d not t h e s l ig ht es t t race of either. On that day, however, Mr. Wright, landlord of the Horse and Groom, High-street, Newington, delivered to him a parcel w hi c h h e s aid had be e n l e ft a t his house by the prison e r a b ou t 18 m ouths b e f ore , and which contained 71 pairs of the stolen gloves. On the following day the prisoner called upon him at Scotland-yard, and address ing him said, " I understand you received a parcel of gloves from Mr. Wright last night ; if you want me for them, here I am." Witness told him he did not want him just then ; upon which he replied, " You can have me at any time." He then went away, and witness did not see him again until the evening before, when he told him to be in attendance at this Court at eleven o'clock this forenoon, and he was in atttendance accordingly. In reply to the questions of Mr. Games, the witness said, that instead of avoiding an investigation of the circumstance, he expressed his perfect readiness to attend at any time and place he (witness) wished. When the prisoner called upon him on Friday morning, he said, that nearly two years ago a parcel had been brought to his house during his absence from home, and left there ; the parties leaving it ha v i ng a l so l e f t a message that they would see him at Wright's. On examining the parcel, and finding that it contained a quantity of gloves, silk stockings, and other property, he on the followinc, day carried it to Mr. W r i g h t ' s, di rect i ng that if the partiesb who left it should c a ll, t h ey were to have it. On seeing the parcel in his (Mr. Haines's) possession, the prisoner declared it did not contain half the property that had been in it when deposited with Mr. Wright. Mr. Wright was next called, and deposed that he was landlord of the horse and Groom, Iligh-atreet, Newing ton, and that about eighteen months ago the prisoner, whom he had know n f or f our or five years, left a parcel at his house, the c on t ents of which, from the paper being partially torn off; he believed to be gloves. Witness said nothing whatever of the parcel being in his possession until last week, when he and the pri soner had a quarrei, and t h e pr i soner accused him w,th being a receiver of stolen property. He, iu conse quence, sent for Inspector Haines on the following day, }LUGGING IN GAOLS. Mr. BRISCOE then made a motion, in pursuance of notice he gave at the last session, that the recom mendation contained in the last report of the prison inspectors, that the practice of flogging boys under fourteen years of age with the cat-o'•nine tails in the gaols should be discontinued, should be carried into ffcct. Mr. AUSTEN seconded the motion, and only regrAted that it - did not go to the extent of abolishing such a punishment altogether. Mr. C. BARCLAY said he was sorry to be compelled to oppose the motion. In his opinion flagging was a most proper punishment for boys, and it was much better to punish them in this manner than to send them to un dergo a lengthened imprisonment, which might have the effect of entirely contaminating them. He did not see that any case of cruelty had been made out to call for their interference. Colonel CIIALLONER said they should not forget that this degrading and horrible punishment, as it was called, was very freely made use of at Eton and their other public schools, as many gentlemen he saw around him could no doubt testify.—(A laugh.) They had very strong reason to remember the black rod and the right arm of the master, after they had been guilty of driving a tandem or hunting a badger.—(Renewed laughter.) He agreed with Mr. Barclay, and thought that many a boy would have been saved from ruin if the magistrates had the power to order a flogging instead of sending a young lad to undergo the form of a trial. If the boy Jones had been well flogged at first, he would never have gone a second time to the Palace.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. BRISCOE replied, and the motion was then put ; but as the only magistrates who held up their hands in favour of it was the mover and seconder, it was of course lost by a large majority. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Nachman Lazarus, a German, who pretended that he could slot speak a word of English, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to pick the pockets of several gentlemen. ilaydon, a City policeman, said that he had observed the prisoner, in Gracechurch-street, slip his hand into the pockets of three gentlemen. The prisoner, very shortly afterwards, tried the pocket of a fourth gentle man, who moved away from him, being evidently aware of the attempt, and witness seeing that he was deter mined to do mischief, took him into custody. The prisoner interrupted the policeman frequently, by extravagant gestures, exclaiming that he knew nothing of what was said about him. One of the justice-room attendants said the man spoke the English language fluently, and had just been speak ing to one of his fellow-prisoners upon the subject of the charge. The prisoner—Not at all. I speak no English. Ino try to pick de pocket, and dis officer is a bad man. I am a good man. The LORD MAYOR—Why did you pretend that you did not understand anything that was said to you? The prisoner —I did not understand it.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—WeII then, I'll tell you exactly what it was. The prisoner —No, no, me no understand nothing. Ah ha! look at dis. (Showing a passport, dated July, 1846.) his show I know nothing of picking pockets. Another policeman said he had taken the prisoner into custody about three weeks or a month ago, in Cheapside; but the complainant could not be found, and the prisoner's discharge was the consequence. The prisoner—Ah ha! I am in London only eleven days, so how could Ibe taken? 'Tis all false, my Lord. The prisoner then made a great noise in asserting his innocence, and, before he concluded, evinced a much better acquaintance with the language of which he said he was: utterly ignorant, than any specimen in the above account testified. The LORD MAYOR—I consider you to be a very bad fellow, prisoner. The prisoner —No, no. This is the bad fellow. lie wants to make an innocent man guilty. The LORD MAYOR—You have acquired a very rapid knowledge of our language ! The prisoner—No, no, me no understand it at all. The LORD MAYOR—You shall go to Bridewell for 14 days, and hard labour and short allowance. The prisoner was then removed, and as he went lie damned the officer in excellent English. _ _ James Murray, an elderly man, who generally appears in the streets with a basket of toys, was charged with having gone into a public-house in Bucklersbury and stolen a handkerchief and two aprons, which lay upon the seat, and belonged to a poor woman. The LORD MAYOR—What do you say to this, pri soner ? The prisoner—Why, then, upon my soul, I never done such a thing before. The LORD MAYOR—Was the prisoner drunk? The prisoner --Not I, faith. The LORD MAYOR—And why did you steal this poor woman's property ? The prisoner—Why, then, faith, I'll tell you how it was. I went into the house, and I had the misfortune to lay my hands upon the things, and I walked away with 'em.—(Laughter.) Committed for fourteen days' hard labour and short allowance. 130 W-STREET. Charles Brown, a lad of about 18 years of age, was chargA belo•e Mr. Henry with stealing a silver watch, valued at 41., the property of Thomas Staples, of 23, James-street, Covent-garden. It appeared that the prisoner had for some time lodged in the prosecutor's house. On Friday last the prosecutor lost his watch, and on the same day the prisoner disap peared, and was not seen or heard of till he was taken by policeman F 135 on Tuesday night. The prisoner, on the way to the station-house, showed the policeman a chain, which he said belonged to the watch, and which was af ter,vards identified by the prosecutor. When asked what had become of the watch, he would not make any reply, and delivered up the property to him. He could not tell the prisoner's motive for leaving a parcel in his (witness's) house so long. All the time that it was there no person called for it, but the day upon which witness delivered it up to Mr. Haines, a man came to his bar and asked for it, but he then told him it was too late, as he had delivered it to an officer. Mr. ELLIOTT—Who was the person who called ? Witness—l don't know who he was, your Worship. Prisoner—lndeed you do as well as I do, and better, for the first time I met him was with you, and in your Witness—No such thing, the first time I saw him was with you. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. Games—He did not help him self or his friends to any of the gloves from the parcel, nor had he disposed of any other goods which the parcel contained. Had never offered valuable property, which, in addition to the gloves, the parcel contained, to Mr. Elgee, a publican in the Kent-road. The prisoner had frequently been at his house when there were police officers there, but it was not until they had quarrelled, and that the prisoner had charged him with having stolen property in his possession, that he thought of giving the parcel up. Henry Boor, assistant to Mr. llamber, one of the messengers to the Bankruptcy Court, stated that on the 20th of January, 1844, he was put into possession of the stock of a bankrupt, named Williams, No. 17, Regent street. On the Ist or 2d of February an assignee was appointed, and it was arranged that the stock, which was of the value of 1,3001., should be disposed of at a valua tion. Witness remained on the premises until the night of the 14th of February, when he went home, and on returning on the following morning, he discovered that the place had been robbed of about 600/. worth of pro perty. The property produced he believed to be a part of that stolen. George Hancock, at present a railway guard, but for merly a shopman to Mr. Williams, of No. 17, Regent ■treet, deposed to all the property produced being a portion of the stock of Mr. Williams at the:tim►e of his bankruptcy. Mr. 'Umber, one of the messengers belonging to the Court of Bankruptcy, here requested to state that he was messenger in possession of the goods of Williams, in January, and the earlier part of February, 1844, and had, unfortunately, been held accountable for the loss, so that, in point of fact, he was the prosecutor in the present case. The prisoner, in his account to him (Mr. Hamber), said that when he had deposited the parcel at Wright's, there was a vast quantity of property in it, which was not to be found, such as silk stockings and other things, and that Wright, as he should be able to prove, had offered part of the goods for sale at different places. Wright, on the contrary, gave the prisoner the worst character possible, and the latter, retorting, paid him off with interest. Mr. Games addressed the magistrate at some length in reply to the evidence, and expressed a hope that his client would! not be kept in custody for one moment upon the testimony of such a witness as Wright had shown himself to be. Mr. ELLIOTT thought that there were two strong points in the case affecting the prisoner; the first was his recent possession of the property after it had been stolen, and his threat against the landlord of having stolen goods in his possession. In his opinion there was a prima facie case established, and as the case was one which would require a lengthened investigation, he should remand the accused till that day week. Mr, Games applied for the prisoier's liberation on bail, but Mr. Elliott refused to accept bail. WESTMINSTER. Two fellows of notoriously bad character, who gave their names John Smigh and Edward Watson, were charged with the following daring highway robbery. Robert Hurd, a pensioner from the British Legion in Spain, stated that at about four o'clock on the previous afternoon he met Watson, of whom he had some pre vious knowledge, and, on his representing that he was very unwell, took him into a public-house and gave him something to drink, in paying for which he exposed some sovereigns. On leaving the house, a few minutes afterwards, he proceeded up Pear-street, Westminster, but had not gone above a dozen yards when the pri soners came behind him, and Watson seized him by the throat, and, with the assistance of his companion, threw him on the ground. Watson continued his hold, pressing prosecutor's throat with such violence that the blood gushed from his mouth and nostrils, whilst the other fellow rifled his pockets of 81. in gold, some silver, and two watches, with which they immediately made off. John Thropp, a mason at the House of Lords, who woi passing at the time, and saw the offence committed, very quietly followei the prisoners, and saw them jump into a cabin Peter-street, and gave directions to be driven over the water. The mason ran after the cab until he met with a policeman, when the prisoners were secured, and the watches found under the seat of the cab, but no trace was discovered of the money. The prisoners, who admitted to the police that they had taken the watches, but denied all knowledge of the money, made no defence, and were fully committed to New-gate for the highway robbery. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, OCT. 20.—A very small amount of business has been done at our market to-day. Spinners and manufacturers have generally raised their prices, in consequence of the continued advance in cot ton, but purchasers have given an advance with great re luctance, and only to supply immediate and pressing wants. There seems now, however, to be a fair pros pect of some considerable diminution of production. We have seen a list, which we belive to be authentic, of twenty-six factories which have begun to work short time ; generally four days a-week. Of these, six are in Manchester and the immediate neighhourhood, five at Preston, five at Oldham, three at Bolton, three at Stockport, two at Bury, one at Heywood, and one at Burnley. In addition to these, a number of others are under notice to commence next week ; amongst them, we believe, all the remaining factories at Bolton, with the exception of two or three. Meetings have also been held of the spinners at Oldham, Ashton, and one or two other places, to consider the propriety of diminishing the hours of labour ; but we believe that no decisive re sults were arrived at. ROCHDALE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19.—There is no im provement to report in the flannel market, either as to prices or the quantity sold. In the wool market prices are stationary, and the dealers complain of having little to do. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, O CTOBER 20.-Our market is again flat, and not much doing in the Cloth Hall. There have been rather more buyers than for some weeks past, but they purchase with great caution. In the warehouses more business has been done ; and there is some movement in the fancy trade for winter patterns. Wools are much the same as last week—almost unsale able. In woollen yains very little is doing, the demand being nearly over. A few small orders have been re ceived by the last vessel from America, but not to the extent of former years. LEEDS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.—We are sorry to say our this day's market does not present any tendency to improvement ; and that we are compelled to rep or t i n the same desponding tone whichwe have had to adopt for so many weeks past. Luckily the manufacturers are acting with great caution ; and, by reducing their pro duction, keep the stocks lower than they generally are at this time of the year.—Manchester Guardian. POST-OFFICE NOTICE—(YEST,URD,AIr.)--The fol lowing notice was posted at the Glaibrai Post-O ffi ce, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" Mails w ill be made up at Dev on . port for Lisbon, Gibraltar, Maderia, by h Ascension, and the Cape of Good Hope, to be forwarde d erMajesty , s ship Eurydice. All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed 'By her Majesty's ship Eurydice,' tters will be liable to the packet rates of postage ; newspapers will go free to Gibraltar, Ascension, and the Cape, and those for Lisbon and Maderia will be liable to a postage of 2d. each." Letters must be dispatched as early as possible, as the Eurydice i s likely to sail immediately. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The Royal Mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain Hewett, sailed for Halifax and Boston this morning, having a large number of passengers and the usual mails on board. JIM STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—In a conver sation which we had yesterday with Captain flosken at our office, we are glad to learn that he entertains san guine expectations of getting her off. Breakwaters, tanks, and other machinery, are now preparing, which will not be put into practical execution for about six weeks ; and as she now lies fast on a bed of sand, be tween two rocks, it is expected she will not sustain much damage.— Willmer and Smith's European Times, Oct. 20. Mr. Stacey Grace, a clever practical farmer at Springfield, in this county, seven years ago, purchased five fine kernels of white wheat at a shilling each ; he parted with none of the multiplied produce raised there. from until Friday last, when he sold, in our market, between thirty and f or ty quarters, raised solely from the five kernels, at 80s. per quarter.—Esser Herald. HOW TO WEIGH A POUND OF BUTTER._A pedlar in the highlands of Scotland, having run short, of butter, applied to a farmer's wife f or a supply. " How much do you want ?" said the woman. " One pun' will do," said the pedlar. " I cannot make you a pun, " replied the woman, "I hay na a pun' weight." " Well, what weight hae ye ?" said the pedlar. " Twa pun'," said the woman. .". " And which i s th e we i ght ?" said the man. " O ! jist the tang s " (th e tongs). " Well, " said he, " put ane leg in the scale and tither oot, and that'll be a pun'." The woman did as requested, but when it was weigh e d, she look e d d ou b tfully at the butter, and said, "it looks a muckle pun'." " 0 ! i ts a ll r i g h t woman, " sa i d the pedler, " how much is it ?" " A saxpence," was the reply, which the pedlar paid, and departed rather hastily, lest the woman should discover' that " ane leg in and ane leg oot," was not the exact way of weighing butter.— Stirling Journal RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—The steam-ship Victory, Which has arrived hi the river, from St. Petersburgh and Copenhagen, has brought, amid a variety of articles, the production of Russia, numerous packages of cucumbers, in a fresh state, and a case of mushrooms. We do not recollect an instance of this peculiar and esteemed pro duction of our own damp and dewy soil having before been imp or t e d f rom a ny country, and it s supply, ev en on so small a sca l e , from this northern region of Europe, is therefore particularly remarkable, and requires es p ec i a l notice amongst the numerous novel articles of importa tion from all parts at the present time, which almost tax our utmost ingenuity and industry to prevent some of them from escaping notice, and which may be attributed to the superior facilities and dispatch afforded by the now universal application of steam and the impetus which the recent measures of Parliament have given to com mercial speculation, and which, amongst other articles. admits all sorts of vegetables, and therefore, of course' this particular one, free of duty. POTATOES AND COALS. The price of potatoes on Tuesday rose in price fd. to Id. per lb. at Spitalfields market and the eastern parts of the metropolis. Coals also were increased in price to Id. and 2d. per cwt. ; arid candles rose id. per lb., on account of the advance in home and foreign meat. MARKET NE WS-(YESTERDAY') CORN EXCHANGE arriv ed Fair average supplies of English Wheat have . hither during the present week from Essex; but the reet e c f ay from Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., have been s mall. t r'd ; the show of samples of tat article was mo derately Ecd e . but the quality was by no means first-rate. The bl on , scriptions moved off freely, at fully Monday's ri ne° Vis In other kinds next to nothing was doing, at late rates free were rather scantily supplied with foreign Wheat, both and in bond ; although the amount of business doing eye no means extensive, previous rates were supporte d or / on instance. There was a fair average quantity of B show, yet the sale was active, at fully the late ad 0 " a lter the quotations. The Malt trade was steady, without ovie tion in value. In Oats very little was doing, and may be said of Beans, Peas, and Flour. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English •• ...• 1,910 qrs. 330 qrs. Irish .....••• - - Foreign ...... 590 90 1 , 1 0 Oatl 2O 0 30 130 4 11 0 .--- 5,710 _- 500 Malt, 340 qrs. tbA WHITECIEULPIM. n The supplies of oath kind of Meat on sale being 0 4 de increase, and the weather extremely wet, the ge lier t our to Bl .and was in a very inactive s tate, and prices were no, s j; ported. Beef from 2s 8d to 35 6d ; Mutton, 3 s 8d Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Po r k, 3s 8d to 4s 10 d per ; n IC C• B 4 it. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. One Shilling each, by post One and SlXPen'" 1. I ° ON SINGLE and MARRIED ' (An Original Medical Illstory.) CONTENTS : Analysis of the Affections —Early C onven tional IteS; rate iniu, direction-11farital Anticipations and Realities—Law s ° L , el i c itest7 Maternal Influenee—Phenomena of Gestation—Onl A _L i n ' Infertile Unions—lncougruous Alliances—Late 3, "_%""roptifie ll Matches - -Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medici" &c. &c. 2 On CHASTITY and its . INFRINGEMENT S ' (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, These taught by nature, and by art neAlnli d. Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointment s Which young and gentle, the matured an d The lonely and the mated—all sustain. _ _ In kindly spirit, herein counsel's gir ga in! Hew health, how hope, how happiness 3. 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A By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING S,, ~. do seT;i ncl 9, Bedford-street, Bedford -square, Lon l ,t,;ll, Pt; )ff. Matriculated Member of the University of Eelln" - Licea • ho Member of the London Hospital Medical ed, Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &c. °/ Ale se , CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. with It a Ift lie ' ti r ' Il p CHAPTER , I. Oil the Philoaophy of Marriage, ~,,,t o• ~,,s e i,,,, I Society, 0 . en and Obligations, arid in Infelicitous and Unprol - ts e nr; he CHAPTER 2. On trio Aviatomy and Physiology e ',.„•ing l 'ise e iqi ~ Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, in- iies ell 304 U, Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon then . s eds ...eel 0 no --CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their variou s , tee I '''of il 'a Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility el es coal / 0 ,, , s ., of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general W ers,„eollot ''.7 Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret vis o r al 6. 4, he and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and i l'; 5 s e gorl'' to Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.-Cmaa T ce s ss, Lis the Disorders arising from indiscriminate „ 1 „.,,. Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Ure'''' . , s ee , REVIEWS OP THE WORE. , is S l e L r 9 "The author of this singular and talented wor k is °k rill ° el' all fl ed medical man, who has evidently had censide ..„, tee ~,[ 5 l; o[ o the trr atment of the various disorders arising area invell; c s lP i , Ly. fr ailties of early indiscretion. The engravings . iviD ,ero,,„ .ir dition, by demonstrating the consequences of exec _ d ! 111 rif P act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, a nd ~y i t_ act questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that a d- e ., P 6. 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