The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

fourtDVZbition NEWIVIARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) Handicap Plate of 501. Deciding Heat. Sabra Sagacity ... ••• ••• Won cleverly. ••• 1 ... 2 FRANCE. On the return of the Prince de Canino to Paris he paid a visit to the Elysee, but was not received by the President of the Republic ; and the explanations which be gave with respect to his exploits at Genoa and Civita Vecchia were communicated to Louis Napoleon through the medium of the Minister of State. It is understood that the refusal of the Presi dent to receive the Prince de Canino has been an nounced officially to the Pope's Nuncio in Paris as a satisfaction to his Holiness. The Court of Cessation held a solemn sitting on Tuesday to receive the oaths cf the advocates, regis ters, and ushers of the court. M. Portalis, the First President, presided. The advocates individually took the new oaths, with the exception of M. Teyssier- De:afarges, indisposed, and M. Martin de Strasbourg. he Attorney-General read the following letter, ad dressed to him by M. Martin de Strasbourg : " Mons. le Procureur-Gi,oral,—My convictions and my entire political life are opposed to my taking the oath prescribed by the decree of the sth inst. lam iconse quently determined to dispose of my office, and I have the honour to inform you that I ha ve resigned n favour of the successor whom the 91st article of the law of the 28th April, 1816, gives me a right to present for the approbation of the Government. I have addressed the documents, according to custom, to the Council of the Order' of Advocates appo inted to give their opinion on the agreement I have signed. "Accept, Monsieur le Procureur•GeLdral, the expres sion of my respect. " MARTIN (de Strasbourg.)" It is announced that the session of the Corps Legis latif will not pass without occupation, a great number of Parliamentary bills having been prepared for its consideration by the Conseil d'Etat. Amongst them are two railroad bills, others on education, the cus toms, and the accounts cf the years 1848 and 1849. The budget for the year 1853 is to be shortly sub mitted to the Corps Legislatit; which it is to examine in all its details both as to the amount of the revenue and the expenditure. TILE BIJN, make it more acceptable to the shareholders. It was unanimously approved of by the directors, and he trusted it would meet with the approval of the pro prietors, inasmuch as it would have the effect of im proving the value of their shares in the market. Mr. FREEMAN, the solicitor to the company, then proceeded to explain the provisions of the Bill, stating that the Reading proprietors were to have preferential stock, or perpetual debentures in the shape of annui ties of 20s. 6d. for every 201. share. They would then be placed in the position of debenture holders, having a first charge on the line immediately after the existing debenture holders, with this further ad vantage, that such securities would be transferable as shares. The present amount of debt was 2,000,0001. and there was a provision in the Bill authorising the conversion of that debt into preferential stock, pro vided the preferential charge for such debt did not exceed 100,0001. a year—that was, that it should take precedence over the Reading shareholders, who would rank next. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the Bill be ap proved of, subject to such alterations as Parliament might think proper to make. The motion having been seconded was carried unanimously, and after a vote of thanks to the chair man and directors, the meeting separated. TEE REPORTED UNSEAWuRTIIINESS OF THE ROYAL WEST INDIA MAIL STEAM- SliIP CONWAY. Yesterday afternoon the following important corn munication was posted in the underwriters' room at Lloyd's, concerning the alleged unseaworthineas of the Conway steam-ship, one of the fleet of the Royal West India Mail Company It may be remembered that a few days back considerable anxiety was mani fested respecting this vessel on her last homeward voyage, in consequence of her being some days over due; and as most serious charges were made relative to the general insufficiency of the Conway as to the service on which she was employed, the committee of management of the Corporation of Lloyd's directed an inquiry to be instituted into the character and condi tion of the steamer. Captain Halsted, R.N., secre tary of Lloyd's, communicated with the board of directors, and the following has been received in ex planation : " Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, " No. 55, Moorgateestreet, London, April 14, 1852. ",Sir,—Your letter dated the 7th inst., together with the copy of one you had received from the members of Dori's, suggesting that the conamicte for managing the affairs of that corporation should make inquiries into the state of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steamer Conway, and her unfitness' to carry passen gers, mails, and specie, has been laid before the direc tors; and, in thanking you for the courtesy of your communication, I am desired to lay before the committee of Lloyd's the following statement of facts, with the as surance of the satisfaction the directors feel in having a proper opportunity of removing the unfavourable im pression as to the condition of the Conway. The vessel in question (I am to state) is of 895 tons burden and 260-horse power. She was built by Mr. Pitcher, of Nortbfleet, and her engines were made by Messrs, Maudslay, Sons, and Field. She proceeded from Southampton to Grenada, on her first service, on the 11th April, 1847, her daily average run on that oc casion being 209 miles. She remained in the West Indies until the Bth of May, 1849, and then rerurned to England by way of Bermuda, with her Majesty's mails, averaging during the passage 210 miles of distance daily. Having received a thorough overhaul and refit in Hull—spars, rigging, and machinery—she again proceeded (on the 17th of July, 1849) to the West Indies, taking out the Government mails, and making a daily average run of 197 miles. On the 11th of March of the present year she was again ordered home to be altered and repaired, but owing to strong head winds and the ragged state of her copper (not to any weakness in her hull or ma chinery) her average daily run from St. Thomas's to Southampton did not exceed 162 miles. As her pre vious performances, however, were no doubt thought to justify the step, she was again allowed to bring home the mails; and in addition to them she of course received such passengers and freight (treasure and merchandise) as offered for conveyance to England. So far was the Conway from being in a weak and crippled state when she left the West Indies, that she might have performed the inter-colonial service there another year, had it not been decided to withdraw her immediately to be re-cop pered and repaired, but not because she was unsea worthy as regarded either her hull or machinery. The boilers, indeed, had been in her scarcely five years, during which period they had been mended when neces sary, and once thoroughly repaired. On her late pas sage home they gave no trouble, although they were constantly worked (as they had been previously) at th e steam pressure of Sibs. on the square inch, and were they considered sufficiently powerful to achieve the in creased rate of speed which the company are desirous their vessels should attain, it would not now be ne cessary to remove them. In February last one of the managers of the company proceeded in the Conway from Havannah to Jamaica and St. Thomas's and reported that the state of her copper alone made it requisite to withdraw her. Had he been doubtful of her condition, he would not have allowed her to be used for the con veyance of passengers, mails, and treasure from St. Thomas's to Southampton. In conclusion I am to state, that there is reason to believe that the reports which are current about the Conway originated in the simple eir cumstance of her being employed to convey passengers, mails, and treasure, when on her passage homeward to be repaired, and in a feeling of objection likewise which some persons entertained at being sent across the At lantic in any other than the largest class Transatlantic steamers, but not in well-grounded belief of the vessel's inefficiency. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, (Signed) " E. CHAPPELL, See. "Captain Heisted, RN.. Secretary at Lloyds." INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, Jsrnes M. Rendel, Esq., president, in the chair, the first paper read was " Account of a Swing•bridge over the river R ether, at Rye, on the line of the Ashford and Ha-tings branch of the South-Eastern Railway," by Mr. C. May, M. Inst. C. E. This bridge, which was constructed from the designs of Mr. P. W. B irlow, by Messrs. Rensomes and May, of Ipswich, although similar in principle to others previously erected, presented some difference in the construction—in the arrangement of the tie bars, in the rollers, and in other details. The girders were 112 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches deep in the centre, and 2 feet 6 inches at the ends, made up in four lengths, one joint being in the centre, immediately over the support, and the others between the centre and the ends. These girders were secured together at their ends by means of cross girders; the under sides of which were planed, and inclined, so as to be slightly lifted, when swung home to their places, on girders secured to the land piers. Provision was made on the underside of the main girders, at three places on each side of the centre of the bridge, for receiving the tie-bars, which all tended to one point over th e m iddl e . Each tie-bar Was four inches by one inch in section and was ad • justable for tension, by a right and left-handed screw, the nut of one end of which was in the tie-bar, and the other between two plates of wrought iron resting on the side standards, or A frames, which were con nected together by a wrought iron arch. The turn ing of the bridge was effected by means of spur gearing, worked from a platform projecting from the face of each girder. TNo men could with ease open the bridge in two minutes ; the total weight of metal, in the moving part, exclusive of the roadway, was about 130 tons. The next paper read was " A description of the lattice-beam viaduct, to carry the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway across the river Nore, near Tho mastown, county Kilkenny," by Captain W. S. Moor. sam ! M. Inst. C.E. Tha span of the bridge was ex tended to 200 feat, chiefly in order to avoid the inter- Works (I re l an d) , ference of t h e inspecting officers of the Board of whose proceesliogs had , in other cases, been s o vexat i ous as to cause gre at d e l a y i n th e execution of wor k s ; and, i n on e instance, of a small arch of twelv e f eet span, crossing a stream , w ith a bottom of firm limestone rock, they had insisted on the excavation of this rock to a depth of six feet below the bed of the stream, and ca use d th e foundations to be brought up in masonry from that dept h . T he length of the girder enabled the piers to be constructed on the banks without the aid of cofferdams. The foundation was strong loam and gravel, for an ave rage of about ten feet, at which depth the limestone rock was reached. The river was subject to floods, which, rising rapidly spread across the valley for a breadth of 180 yards, and to a depth of about 16 feet in mid-channel. The progress of the structure was delayed by the financial affairs of the railway com pany ; and on the original contractors resigning the work, it was completed by several others, among whom was Mr. R. Mallet, M. Inst. C.E., whose able assistance in the execution of the work was deservedly eulogised by the author. Details were given of the limestone piers, the material for which was quarried contiguously to the bridge ; as also of the lime and the modes of working. The timber used for the lat -1 tice beams, or girders, was Memel fir. The whole was worked to templates and gauges, and the beams were constructed with a curve, or " camber," regu lated by cl ea t s sp ik e d to the staging, on wh i ch the beams were al we i re built. Th e i n t ersect i ons o f t h e di agona l s very accurately fi t t e d , an d d ou bl e sp ik e d ; the waling pi eces joints made water were ( ( 1 1 . o r a tb w e n cloys o b a y a i bolts, flooring and wasthe then bolted and tightspiked it three after inches, t ng t h h e e am de i fi t e w et a io s n fo w un a d s that,abe onwknsnoankd on the trial of the away the cleats, nas which gradu tsing several , ally increased o eels ver b itrains across, st n s peeds varying between and thirty miles an hour, the ultimaterewe twenty miles (without a load) became .51 inches. • ( load had been 65 tons. The Government Instlemtuome however, tested it by a train of loaded wa ggoi i s, e e - x -, tending the entire length of the t arch (200 feet), and 146 tons. The resul of this was that the weighing 11 inch, thus leaving a permanent defis e . beam deflected 24. inches under the heaviest load, and rose again 4 the trials were concluded, of about 6i tion, after and the regular further sinking, so that now the traffic produced a • but the engineer had inches. The shrinking of the timber entire amount WOO 7i •i—nciles, DENM ARK. The plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers have been furnished with full powers for the purpose of holding a conference in London for the final settle ment of the Danish territorial arid succession ques tions. The preliminaries of this protracted and complicated negotiation having been all but settled, the plenipotentiaries will have little more to do than to exchange full powers and sign the protocol, the basis of which will be—first, the integrity of the Danish Monarchy guaranteed to remain as it was previous to the Holstein rebellion ; and secondly, in order to secure this integrity, the settlement of the succession to the Danish Crown, in the event of the KING and his uncle Prince FERDINAND dying without male issue, upon Prince CHRISTIAN, of Schleswig-Hol stein Sonderburg Gliicksburg, his heirs and suc cessors, to the exclusion of all other pretenders. Prince CHRISTIAN is second son and fifth child of Duke CHARLES, and is married to a daughter of Landgrave WILLIAM of Hesse Cassel (brother to the Duchess of Cambridge), whose wife is a daughter of FREDERICK VI. of Denmark. He has eight chil dren, of whom four are sons. His Highness is in his 34th year. Prince FREDERICK of Hesse has re nounced and :made over his stipulated rights to his sister, wife of Prince CHRISTIAN, and she to her hus band ; and renouncements of all claims, with ultimate reserves in case of issue failing, have been made by the Emperor of Rums as head of the Gottorp:line; by the Grand Duke of OLDENBURG ; by the House of Nassau ; and, in short, by all agnates. The pretensions of the Duke AnGUSTENBUEG and of the Prince of NOER, who, with their families, have been excluded from the amnesty, and banished from the Danish territory, are completely ignored. The protocol of the Conference, to which Swede* will be a party, being signed, the inte grity of Denmark's territory will henceforth rest under the immediate and solemn guarantees of the five Great Powers, and will thus be placed beyond the reach of further assaults. Infinite waste of blood and treasure, and infinite injustice to Denmark, might have een spared, had the Great Powers been enabled, or had they been willing to meet the exigen cies of the case with similar decision and equity three years past. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. WEST CORNWALL. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held at the company's offices, 38, Throgmorton-street, yesterday, Mr. H. 0. Wills in the chair, for the purpose of considering, and, if ap proved of, adopting a resolution for borrowing on mortgage or bonds of the company a sum not exceeding 114,6801., in accordance with the powers and provisions of the Act of Incorporation. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that it had been thought desirable to complete the line to Truro with as little delay as possible; and, looking at the heavy amount of calls which would be necessary from the share holders if the whole of the contracts were paid in cash, the directors, prior to the commencement of the works, bad made an arrangement with the contractor to pay him a moiety of the two first contracts in debentures, and to pay the third contract entirely in debentures, at five per cent., making altogether the sum of 76,6801. And, in addition to this amount, the company was authorised by the Amendment Act to issue further debentures for 38,0001, to pay off the existing liabilities of the company, including the mortgage debt due to the Phcenix Insurance-office, making an aggregate of 114,6801. He begged, be borrowed on mortgage or bonds of the company. Mr. Ilaitaisots seconded the motion. A PROPRIETO R inquired at what rate of interest the directors proposed to borrow the money. The CHAIRMAN—We h ave on the contractor's debenturest,reed for five per cent. The PROPRIETOR —DO you intend to borrow the ibmainder at the sa me rate The Caaiamaat—W e hope not. A PROPRIETOR—Have you fixed upon your maxi ? mum • The CHAIRMAN—We have not done that, but we shall endeavour to get the money upon more advan tageouse terms. The money market is in a most fa vourable state now. The PRoFEIETOR—WouId it not be desirable that the money wanted should be raised by calls ? • The CHAIRMAN—We are pledged by our report not to make any more calls than we have done for the , year 1852. Another PROPRIETOR asked whether there was any • possibility of the loan being paid off? 'Mr. Louts Viocras (a director) replied that there Was. He thought that the loan ought not to be made for an indefinite period. The calls which might be made on the shares would be amply sufficient, if re quired, to pay off the whole of the mortgage. nom which to another question as to th e extent of the which the directors proposed to borrow, The Ceautuati explained that they wished to take .Powers to borrow a large sum • but they hoped that :they would not require the whole of the amount. A . n estimate had b ee • of the company, n prepared showing the real position h e wou v i rj e l ad an i d with the permission of the meet ing,They wanted for Mr. Eidson s contract the su m () e t. stations and extr'esl°6‘c°°°l" with 20,000/. more for engineering, 20:0n . ,, 0r land, 35,000/.; for law, 131,000/. They b ut u tt °./d, making together a total of tor, 28,200/. in cash , ani3d142341r. itidson, the contrac and they had yet to p a y h:°°°l' already in bonds ; in bon a:l da a balance of 20,8001. in cash and 35000/. un nr deb en t ures , w hi c h cu lated on having to pay Wo uld make up the total amo him, : iz t , ha l t they had cal -1-G they T hadhe a they had paid in ca sh for l and 29 5,5001. still to p a y for land. T hey also pay for law and engineering 20,000/. makadin g alto gether t the 181,0001. above stated. The motion was then put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. KENNARD then moved, and Mr. L. VIGUREI lic.s.ended, a formal resolution in pursuance of the fore ring, authorising and instructing the directors to any:ru'r bondsa t f to an amount not exceeding 114,680/, at interest not beyond five per cent. per an- AU A • a llied unanimously• thanks and thee proceedings was then passed to the Chairman, terminated. 'READING, Yesterday l a te GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE. rnoon meeting of the pr om .; ~l'o adjourned special general at the London t we e r " n ra of this company was held purpose of submittin g t,, t l s hoPsgate - street, for the amalgamating the Readin eto the draft of a Bill for 'Guildford, and .Reigate Company with the South-t G t dissolution of the former e orn e o r4 , C ornpany, for the poses. The chair was taken by ig' tuld other Sal mons, M.P. • Alderman Salo atter bad The; CHAIRMAN briefly opened the p r a; rernalking that since the last meeting th 4e e ee-.ng3 by been referred to Mr. Ker, counsel for the ru and lir. Buller, counsel for the South-Easte rn "r l iY , Paph Who had altered and simplified the 13111, -°°l 11 ° as to LONDON, calculated and allowed for the subsidence of 9 inches. Details were given of the quantities of materials of all kinds used in the bridge, the entire cost of which was about 8,1001.; that of the timber arch alone was about 151. per foot run, and the cost of the whole mass, taken as a solid, averaged 3s. 3d. per cubic yard. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, April 20, was—" The Economy of Rail ways, as a means of transit, comprising the classifi cation of the traffic, in relation to the most appropriate speeds for the conveyance of passengers and mer chandise," by Mr. Braithwaite Poole, Assoc. Inst. C. E. -------- ST. JAMES, CLERIEENWELL. — Yesterday being the day appointed for taking the poll of the ratepayers, in the contest for the office of vestry clerk between Mr. Wakeling (solicitor), the present vestry clerk, Mr. Wilkin (also a soli citor), and Mr. March (the non-professional candidate), con siderable excitement prevailed throughout the parish. At the close of the poll (three o'clock) the numbers declared were—Mr. Wakeling, 392; Mr. March, 369; Mr. Wilkin, 110 ; majority for Mr. Wakeling, 23. The polling will not be resumed to-day, in consequence of a ballot to elect trustees for carrying into effect the Acts of Parliament for building the parish church ; it will, however, be re-opened on Friday, at eleven o'clock, and close at three o'clock, and on Saturday it will be resumed at eight A.M., and finally close at three o'clock. - - - --- On Monday, at Sunderland, there was launched the largest vessel ever built on the Wear. The burden of the new ship is 2,000 tons; and the name bestowed upon her by Miss Pulleine at the moment of the launch was King Richard Casur de Lion. NIGHTINGALES IN Moscow.—ln this city the nightingales sing in every respect as beautifully in cages as in their native woods. In the bird shops they are heard warbling with all the fulness and variety of tone which cha racterises the nightingale in its nature l state. By rattling beads upon their tables of tangible arithmetic, the Russians can make these birds sing at pleasure during the day; but in the night they make the streets of the city resound with the melodies of the forest. BRISTOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANK RUPTCY, April 14. (Before Mr. Sergeant STEPHENS.) RE PHILIP JONES, BANKER, LLANQATTOCR. The bankrupt came up on his adjourned last exa mination. The balance- showed as fullows : DR. FROM OCTOBER 19, 1848, TO NOVEMBER 6, 1851. To capital, October 19th, 1848 £33,027 17 10 To creditors boiling security 139 422 15 0 To ditto unsecured.. 28,446 14 1 To liabilities To rents, royalties, dividends, &c 24,164 7 2 Cu. £264,980 14 4 By Debtors:—Good £615 11 01 £4,104 9 8 Doubtful 3,486 18 0 By the property in security to creditors 123,635 0 0 By ditto not in security 16,309 0 0 By liabilities per contra 39,919 0 3 By losses By interest, discounts, &c 26,557 6 11 By law charges By private expenses 66 19 0 By difference £264,980 14 4 The examination was again adjourned, as the bank rupt was more than ordinarily tender as to taking the oath of declaration, and the balance-sheet accordingly was not completed in the form for passing the court. After some arguments, the examination was adjourned to the sth of May. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Aprzl _l4. Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, at the Guildhall, Westminster.) The Court sat to-day to take bail cases. Joseph Gale and John Weygood were indicted for having assaulted Henry Spice; a broker, in the exe cution of his duty. Mr. Trevethan Spicer appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Sleigh for the defendants. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel, in opening the case, that the defendant Gale had for the last three years occupied a house in Newland•street, Pimlico, but during the whole of that period he had not in any way concerned himself about the payment of rent, and in addition to his neglect in that respect he was a troublesome tenant, and suffered the house to fall into a dilapidated con dition. The landlord naturally became anxious to get rid of him, and, by way of inducing him to quit the house, actually offered to forego all claim for the rent in arrear, and to present him with 101., but Mr. Gale was not inclined to give up possession of a tene ment in which he had resided on terms so very advan tageous to himself on those conditions, and demanded 501. as a compensation for giving up his rent-free occupation. Easy and indulgent as the landlord had been, his good nature was proof against so extravagant a proposition, and he determined at length to get rid of him; and the prosecutor of this indictment, being a broker and appraiser, was employed to distrain fur the rent due, and on the 28th of February he made an entry on the premises, under a warrant duly signed by the landlord ; but Mr. Gale, not liking such an intrusion on his rights, very unceremoniously put him into the street. The prosecutor vigilantly watched for a better opportunity to levy, and on the 2d of March, think ing one presented itself, he again got into the house, but he found Mr. Gale as resolutely determined as ever to resist him in effecting the distraint. He took up an axe and aimed a blow at the prosecutor's head with it, but fortunately it missed him, though he did receive a blow on the face, which was the assault complained of in this indictment. The other de fendant was concerned in the transaction. In the course of the examination of the witnesses allusion was made to the warrant, when Mr. SLEIGH required the production of that docu ment to show that the prosecutor had a legal autho rity to enter the house. It was stated that the warrant was in the possession of the person by whom the prosecutor was employed and he was not in attendance. The ASSISTANT &MGR said the absence of t e warrant was fatal to the case, and under the direc tion of the Court, the jury would acquit the de fendants. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty. John Henry Croyden, a waiter in the refreshment rooms of the House of Commons, was indicted for an assault on Mary Neale. Mr. Birnie prosecuted ; Mr. Ballantine appeared for the defendant. The prosecutrix was an elderly widow, living in Thom's-court, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, and it appeared she was acquainted with the defendant's wife, from the fact of her having kept company with a son of her's before her marriage to the defendant. They were on visiting terms, although the defendant was very averse to the acquaintance being continued intimately, and on the day mentioned, the Bth inst., she and her daughter accompanied Mrs. Croyden to Ebury-street, Pimlico, where she resides, Mrs. Croy den having that afternoon called, and taken tea with her. According to the evidence of the prosecutrix, as she left the defendant's house, he followed her out, and on getting to the corner of the street gave her a blow on the left eye, and another on the lower part of that side of her face, the result of which was that she fell and broke one of her arms on the kerbstone. The other was injured, and she had a dreadful black eye. She could assign no reason for the defendant's conduct except that she had called his wife " Mary Ann" instead of Mrs. Croyden. Mr. BALLANTINE, in his cross-examination of the prosecutrix, endeavoured to show that she was ad dicted to gin drinking, and that she was in the habit of inducing Mrs. Croyden to indulge in the same pro pensity. She did not admit the whole of this, but said she drank gin sometimes, and on the day in ques tion they had a shilling's worth of gin and sixpenny worth of brandy and water, but that was because Mrs. Croyden was going to be churched at St. Bar nabas, Pimlico, having been recently confined. She admitted that she had once been charged with break ing a woman's jaw, but that was compromised. She positively dinied having " clawed" the defendant be fore he struck her. In addressing the jury, the Learned Counsel said the defence was that the injuries the prosecutrix had sustained were the result of accident, brought about by her own intemperance and violent conduct. The defendant had merely pushed her, when she fell, and unfortunately received the injuries described. The defendant objected to a person who was an habitual gin drinker, and who induced his wife to join her in the gratification of that propensity, being in his house at all, and on this occasion he had requested her to leave, when she used the most scandalous language, and scratched his face ; and when in the street he might have given her a push, but that was all. She had no friendly feeling towards him, because he had married the woman she had wished to be the wife of her own son. Witnesses were examined to prove the facts stated by the Learned Counsel. The ASSISTANT JUDGE, In summing up, told the jury, that, even admitting the defendant's case, he had no justification for even pushing the prosecutrix, which was a common assault, and the jury would say whether they considered he had or had not committed a common assault. The jury found the defendant Guilty. The ASSISTANT JUDGE ordered him to enter into recognizances, with one surety, to come up for judg ment in a fortnight, and suggested that in the mean time an arrangement should be come to between the parties. The Court then adjourned. INT'AIiTicIDE.—On Tuesday Mr. Wakley, M.P. , held an inquest at the Marylebone workhouse on the body of a fine, newly-born male child which was on Sunday morning last found i n an inclose of the Regent's P a rk, near Portland-town, by a l a d named Phe l ps , wr apped in a oPn piece of linen, a black a p ron, and art of a blue c l o th shawl. Ur. Gilham, the workh ouse surge, said that on ex ami n in g the deceased child ha had no douLt it had been born alive. A. verdict was returned of Wan d Hurd er againAt some per 'sou o r Naos uukuoivu. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION-HOUSE. Ferdinand Bock, a German, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having broken into and plundered a shop in Leadenhall-street of 92 yards of cloth, value 601., and coats and trousers, value 281. 10s., the property of Mr. Heirons. The prisoner, who is a powerful man, was prevented from taking the goods beyond the passage leading to the premises by a delicate looking but resolute woman. Mary Ann Knight said--My husband is in the police force, and we occupy the third floor of No. 152, Leadenhall-street, of which I am housekeeper, and which is let out in offices. The ground floor is occu pied by Mr. Heirons, whose shop is separated by a partition and a door from the passage at the foot of the stairs. Last night, at a few minutes after nine o'clock, 1 came down with a light to see whether all was safe. When I got to the passage I heard a rust ling in the shop. I thought it was the apprentice, but seeing the key at the foot of the stairs under the mat, I knew that could not be the case. I then' tried to unlock the door with the key, but in vain. After waiting quietly about five minutes I saw the shop door open and the prisoner come out with as much as he could bear upon his bead and shoulders. I caught passage, and said " Who are you?" ny ientt y mh o e u e aalneroe.a" I said "Let you alone in- thief.. He then tried to with the load up on hi s h ea d a n d shoulders, dpHeaHe hold sds aml o i f de v : L 11 , and he struggled for some time. I still kept hold of hi m , and be then threw the largest bundle off his shoulders. I rang the bell to make an alarm, and he then pushed me from the street door, and pulling it open, threw down the rest of the goods and made his escape. I went into the street and saw him running in the direction of the East India House, and called after him. I did not see the features of the man, as they were obscured by the bundles he was carrying, but from his size and height I believe the prisoner to be the person I encountered. The prisoner said, in German, that he never was in the house 7slluded to until he was taken to it in the custody of a policeman, after a robbery was said to have been committed in it. Henry King, coffee-house keeper, of St. Mary Axe, said :—As I was going home a little after nine last n ight, I saw the prisoner rush from Heiron's premi ses, and run across the road, in the direction of the East India House. Directly afterwards a female ap peared at the door of the house, and called out" Stop thief," and I followed and never lost sight of him till I gave him into the custody of a policeman. The prisoner had run all the way till he reached St. Mary Axe, where he began to walk. lam quite sure that he is the man. Mr. George Terry, of No 74, Leadenhall-street, confectioner, sail :—As I was passing I heard a fe male voice, and saw a man come out of the house, and run directly across the road. Thinking that there might be others in the house, I remained at the door. From the opportunity I had of seeing the side face of the prisoners, and his general appearance , I feel per fectly satisfied that he iis the man. Ten minutes afterwards I saw him brought back by the officer, and I said, "That is th e man ." The prisoner immediately said in English, " Oh, no ." Chambers (523) —Mr. King pointed out the pri soner to me in Lime-street as a person who had just run out of a house. I touched him on the shoulder and told him what had been mentioned to me. He said "No, I have just come from Cannon-street." When I took him to the house, Mr. Terry at once identified him. At the station-house I searched, tied found upon him four skeleton keys, a door key, a latch key, a knife, and some lucifer matches, which corresponded with some I found on the premises which had been plundered. A button was found in the shop corresponding with the buttons on the pri soner's coat, from which one had been, to all appear ance, recently removed. Tne prisoner was remanded for a few days, in order that the depositions may be completed, when he will be committed fur trial. Thomas Cullen alias Collins, 60 years of age, was brought up for final examination, charged with having stolen a mantle and other articles of dress, the pro perty of Susan Hughes, of Leadenhall-street. The prisoner, who is a person of venerable appear ance, had gone into the house, deliberately , walked up stairs, broken open the drawers in one of the upper rooms, tied up the best clothes he could get in bis handkerchief, and left the premises as if they were his own, Evidence was brought forward to pr had been fre been once transported, and that beove tha quPntly convicted. innocent your up Lordship is. I on all the oc t he had The prisoner—l am a s never committed any offen ce in my life. On the contrary, I am quite a reserve d and cautious man. casions that I was accused a s The LORD MAYOR—You ha ve been committed more than once from this very pl ace, and I am ashamed to see a man with a white head and of an advanced age pursue a system of plunder from mere liking, for it is quite evident that you can get good support by another course. The sentence of the Court upon you is that you be imprisoned in Bridewell to hard labour for six weeks. The prisoner was then committed. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. William Ward was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having uttered a forged 51. bank-note to Charles Massey, tobacconist, Oxford-street. From the evidence of Mr. Massey it appeared that the prisoner came into his shop the previous night, for the purpose of backing a horse in one of the races to come off for 10s., and ha tendered what purported to be a SI. Bank of England note. Witness would not give change, but went out and asked some of his neighbours what they thought of the note. On com paring it with genuine notes a difference was per ceptible, and witness went back, and told the prisoner the note was a forgery. The prisoner, who could have left the shop while witness went to inquire about it, walked with witness to the station-house, when he was given into custody. The Inspector who took the charge asked the pri soner where he got the note from ; he replied " That is my business, and I have plenty more of the same notes.' He gave a false address.—Remanded for a week. LAMBETH. Mary Ann Phillips, a middle-aged and rather re female, was placed at the bar for sfuPerethtaebrie exlatiltion, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of attempting to pass a 51. bank-note. Mr. George Butterfield, landlord of the Fountain public-house, St. George's-road, Southwark, deposed that on Thursday last, the Bth inst., at about half past nine o'clock at night, the prisoner came to his house and asked for a bottle of gin, and tendered in payment the note produced, which purported to be a Bank of England note. Witness suspected it was told to him, he went to Mr. Hills, th e City Arms, in b w ad e , st. a s n ci d uairne,coannsdeqhuaevnic:, something that had been g satisfied himself that the note was bad, he told the prisoner so, and questioned her about it. She said that she was au unfortunate woman, and had been under the protection of Mr. Wilson, of the St. George's-road, for the last five months, and that she got the note from him. Mr. Wilson, the gentleman f rom w h o m the priso ner said she received the note, deposed on oath that her assertions were grossly false, and that she was a perfect stranger to him. Mr. Freeman, inspector of b an k- no t e s at the Bank of England, said that the not e pro d uce d, No- 66, 405 , dated the 14th of July, w hi c h purported to be a Bank of England note, was a forgery. The prisoner declined off er i ng anything in defence, and was fully committed on the offence, but Mr. Freeman applied for a further remand to a future day, when he thought it probable that ano ther, if not many, further cases would be proved against her. The prisoner was in consequence remanded until Thursday next. Z Dale, a sourHWARK. powerful young man, was p laced Fd w i t h caus ing the death of Thomas Law, i n a scuffle which they had at a public house. at the bar, charged adm A it c te e d rti i fi n c t, a , t G e was produced that the decea sed was s expired the f o ll ow i ng day. William Law statelidotshpaittalheonlitvheed in3tChl'asatnled-tabtaretehte,, Kent-street, and was brother to the deceased ; that on Tuesday the deceased was, in company with another man, at the Castle public -house in Kent-street; and that in a quarrel with the prisoner while there, he received such injuries that he died in the hospital the follow ing day. The witness added that upon being made acquainted with the circumstances he gave infor mation to the police, and had the prisoner taken into custody. Daniel Holland said that he was a costermonger, and was present in the Castle public-house when the the occurrence took place; that at a late hour on Tuesday night, it being holiday time, a number of persons assembled at the above house, and while standing in front of the bar the deceased, who had been drinking freely, offered to fight any person there. He particularly pointed to the prisoner, andttr challenged him to have a " turn up," when the la e said he had no objection, and in a moment theythrew_in off their coats and " pitched into" one another,d d tlaestruatzle both n y bothof thefell dow n. feli do w n The y .again,ss haaannddiantsi de roundcabenecnoena ceased struck against a barrel that cc d _ home, and ati hand. 114 was lifted up and carrie from thence to the hospital. The MA, AGISTRTE remanded the prisoner Monday. HAMMERSMITH. left S hortly the bet ) c e h fo o r n e T M u r e . „.da e y a d s o f n te , r t n h o e o n s : B itting r! D m u s ti g f is or t d r a , t o e ; High-street, Notting hill, printer and news-agent, applied to his Worship for advice under the following extraordinary circumstan ces. The applicant stated that Mr. Feargus O'C onnor , M.P., Nylio had until very recently resided et NOttin. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL IA 1862: man himself, and partly by his unfortunate mother. dis. —York and North Midland, 253 —Dutch Rhenish Wheeler protested that the man he had threatened was 1 3 5-16 do. about to rob him. "1 am, sir, your most obediont servant, " A. ROBERTSON, Cnief Constable of Herts. " Hon. G. C. Norton, &e." The following was the letter referred to : " Mr. Superintondent Dunn,—l am happy to inform you I have: arrived safe home. My mother sends her respects and thanks, as I do also, to Mr. Dunn, jun., and ladies.—Your obedient servant, " THOMAS. C. WHEELER." In the same letter the following appears handwriting of the deceased : " Sir,—l feel truly grateful for your kind attention to my son, for whom I was very anxious. " ELIZABETH WHEELER. " Durham-place, Lambeth-road, Aug. 14." MANCHRSTER, Arlin, 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. There was an improved feeling es.. hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were — Blackburn (No. 1), 5 'A—Caledonian, 20—Ditto, Preference, 8 5 4,—Eastern Counties, 9 7-16 n—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31%—Midland, 66 1 /,—South-Eastern and Dover, 22%—North Staffordshire, 7 13-16 dis.—North British, 8 9.l6—Arubereate, 23 dis.—York and North Midland, 25;4—West Riding Union, 4 3.16 n. dis.—Great Northern .4), 6 3 4—Cheshire Junction, 11% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 ig dis.—London and North. Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, 5% p.—Manchester and Bir mingham (C), Quarters, 2 3-16 p.—Leeds Northern, 17. dl/011NUHAta, Amur. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was not quite so good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration. The only transactions were —London and North-Western, 124V 2 —South Staffordshire, 1 die. - Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, (A), 7.k. ALLEGED DEATH BY POISON. EXHUMATION OF THE BODY. Yesterday an inquiry was commenced before Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, at the White Lion Inn, Streatham, as to the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Kirby, aged forty-seven, the wife of an extensive carrier at who'e body had been exhumed by order of Mr. Carter, under the following singular circum stances. The jury having viewed it in the churchyard of Streatham, where it had been interred on the 19th of February, on their return to the inquest-room, the following evidence was given : James Crichton, in the service of Mr. Lnte, of Bal ham, the undertaker employed, identified the body and coffin. The deceased died on the , 12th, and was buried on the 19th of February, in Streatham church yard. Mrs. Sophia Fitch, who resided in the house with the deceased and her husband, was examined at great length. The substance of her evid. , nce was that she was present at her death. Mr. Kirby was in bed at the time, and apparently asleep. She had been in bad health from asthma for some time, but could get about until the 10th of February, when she took to her bed. They were intemperate persons, and she did not live comfortably with her husband. On the 10th she was sick both before and after she went to bed. The witness went on to state that a week before Mrs. Kirby died Mr. Kirby introduced a Mrs. Ann Barnes as a lodger, very much against the de ceesed's wish, who was under the impression it was done to annoy her, and she often refused to take tea and other things that Mrs. Barnes had made for lier, from, apparently, a great prsonaldislike. Mrs. Barnes did not appear to have come to control deceased, and when she was ill assisted with witness, as from kind ness. Mr. Ward, of Balham• hill, surgeon, saw her o❑ the evening of the 11th February, and medicine was administered by witness and Barnes. Witness never saw the medicine tampered with, but when Mrs. Barnes was out of the room Mrs. Kirby com plained of burning heat at the chest and throat. Mrs. Barnes told Mr. Ward of it. On the morning of the 11th February deceased had left her bed and gone into the kitchen. Upon witness going to her she complained of great agony and burning thirst in her throat and el:lest ; the surface wile very cold. She said she had been there since three or four in the morning, as Mr. Kirby had ill-treated her. To the CORONER - It was tea that Mrs. Kirby would not drink on the 11th because Mrs. Barnes bad brought it, but she had supped some of it, and witness threw the remainder away. On the 10th Mrs. Barnes made some arrowroot, which deceased took. Nothing pernicious had been found that witness knew of, and she believed the deceased had died a natural death. Mrs. Barnes had left for some situation. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NOATII-WESTERN RAILNVAY.—RettirD of Traffic for the week ending April 11: Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. ... £25,516 3 0 Merchandise ... *15,776 10 8 Cattle .. ... 4028 5 2 Total ... ...R42,320 18 5 Corresponding week last year 4:3,856 5 4 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Iluddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. * Good Friday. Mrs. Poore, an elegantly dressed woman, was called in, and explained that, under advice, sbe had directed Dr. Letheby to examine the body, and make the ne cessary analysis, but he had been out of town, and was unable to do it till the previous day. The CORONER said, his note had been sent to her last Saturday, and he was in hopes the inquiry would have been concluded that day; as it was, he could not go on without the medical evidence. Had any in- quiries been instituted ? Mrs. Poore (apparently much surprised)—Where am Ito make inquiries ? I do not know where to find arsenic or anything else. I thought men were employed for that purpose. My sister ought not to have been buried without an inquiry. The CORONER—There will be one. Mrs. Poore—Yes, now. She then withdrew The CORONER said he would not infringe upon the sanctity of the grave until he had received a written certificate from Mrs. Poore that she believed the death of her sister had been caused by unfair means, and he had understood, if the investigation had been refused by him, the Home Secretary would have been applied to. These extraordinary proceedings, which excite great interest, were then adjourned until Dr. Letheby has been able to make the analysis. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 open.)—Traffic for week ending Apr. 11 £17,405 17 10 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ....£15,610 7 9 THE GRIAT NORTHERN RA ILWAY.— (Miles in work, 2410 -Return of Traffic for tha Week ending April 4, 1852: — Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,341 8 7 Merchandise and minerals ... 5,790 11 6 Cattle ... ... 136 14 3 Total ... ... £11,268 14 4 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ...£.4,820 6 2 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,784 9 0 Total ... ... ....£8.604 15 2 LONDON AND SOUTH O f -WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount Traffic for the week ending April 11 : Passengers ... ... ... £9,273 13 Eli Goods ... ... ... ... 2,360 14 0 Total ... ... ..X11,634 7 8 Corresponding week last year... 9,465 3 8i NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. -( Miles open,ll24°' Return of traffic for the week ending April 4:— Railway and canal ... ... £-1,946 0 0 Corresponding week la3t year ... 4;868 0 0 Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts availabl e under the agreement with the London and North-West" ti Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..-aritffie for ti ll week ending April 11;_ MAIN LLNE. Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails Total ••• MOLD. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Total ... £1,194 2 7 ... 66 8 3 ... 451 10 6 ... 575 0 0 ... £2,290 1 4 ... .£35 3 9 ... 1 5 7 ... 71 15 1 • •• • •• I STEAM-BOATS. -. £lO3 4 5 ... .£165 10 6 23 1 4 Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... Total ... ..• £lBB 11 10 CORK AND BANDON RAI LWAY . —(2O m il es open)----R e of Traffic for the week ending April 10, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, &c. £12.4 10 3 Merchandise, cattle , &c.... 47 13 2 Total .. ••• £172 3 5 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, parcels, &c. 36 10 9 Merchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 0 8 8 Total 36 19 5 ... THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE C ORN M ARKET , Aram 13.—Thore . 1 1 : little chang e to report i n t h e mar k e t since Saturday. 1 2 4 attendance of b u y ers sma ll, an d little business was done; w", l in the sales made last week's rates were obtained. Barley all other articles unaltered. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 13.—The sae of cattle was 1,027 head; trade excessively heavy at fort ea r rates ; there was a large quantity turned out unsold. Num.' of sheep and lambs, 6,170. The mutton trade was in a v er l inactive state; lambs met good demand. Prices 5s 8d ; oxen, 4s 6d to 5a ; inferior, :3s 6d to 4s 3d per stone°. 141bs ; sheep in wool, sid to Sid ; ditto shorn, 4d to s°' lamb, 8d to ltd per lb sinking the offal. we PS EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 13.—There the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal, each we i g h , 2801bs. imperial, which sold thus:—[ at 121 the 3at 1/ lls 6d, and 3at 11 Ils ; average price of whole 11 its 4d 3-12ths. 3 sacks pot-barley, wh ich ° thus:27s 6d, nd I at 26s 6d. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, APRIL Oat straw, from 8s 6d to 10 Od k lof 16 stones —° ,:;11 ; . s per emp e wheat ditto, 7s 6d to 9s 6d ; barley ditto, 7a Od to vo Hay, from 9d to lld per stone. is DALKICITH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 12.—There - es p the market to-day 52 bags of oatmeal, 3of barler° , 4 of peasemeal, and 2 of pot barley ; sales dull for oatraest;; —Heifer barleymeal and peasemeal met a ready sale. Oatmeal n . same as last week on the top, current price 3d per bag u r:, barleymeal 6d per bag up on the top ; ipotbarley the $3 056 last week on the top. Thitd , Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second , ; 1 imperial .. 30, 6d 30s Od 29a Barleymeal, per ditto ... 23s 6d 233 3d - -13 a Peaaemeal 208 Od --s Od Flour ... —s Od —a Od Od Pot barley 2S Od I - - 8 Od I .....5 T. —Yxsnanez. the close of the market , A Pensher 14s Russell's Hetton 04 " Richmund Stewart's .. 16 3 0 4 Heugh Hall Soutla Hartlepool 15s n ol South Kelloe 143 7 1 Tees ...... . ......... "" 16i , 0 „i West Cornforth Woodhouse Close l3s Cowpsn Hartley DerwentwaterHa r tley 13 3 Nixon's Merthyr and 01 Cardiff ......... , OA 9 Sidney's Hartley COAL BURKE' Prices of Coal per ton at t Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth l3s 6d Redheugh Main South Eden ( antield Moor Walker's Primrose Wall's End, &c. Lawson l3s 6d Walker Johnson Eden Main Bell Braddyll Fl etton Keepier Grange Lambton Ships at market, 1 15...... Sold, 58. SUTTEE REVIVED. those The night of th e I s t o f this year witnessed on o f those fearful tra ge di es , to the suppression of which the Pbi. lanthropists both in Engl an d and India proudly PT ° t he one of Lord William Bentinck's crowning acts lu the cause of h uman i ty . Wi ll the Noble Lord now at _, be head of thi s G overnment allow his administration Woe stained by th e rev i val of the horrid rite close to seat of Govern ment ? T he followihg is pretty n e , ar t th of truth:—Th e R s j a di ed at Pachete, o n the nisi by A,„ 0 January, at ab o ut four rat.; a wild cr y w as raise d the women of th e r - mana that the Raja was " air tkis was soon silenced, an d a guard placed at morejis tance round the raj harry. On the death of the .° the being made known to the heir, he proceeded 'ci was apartments of his mother, received the tieca, an d was told to enjoy his dignity, for that her Min d osif made up. The present Raja left his motheri an d zi of her no more. A pile was hurriedly made '''' c . l t o u ck / 04 precints of the rajbarry. At about ten ° lumen of smoke told that the horrid custonalksedolotlbett honse was being carried out. The times round the pyre, and then threwrgnee herselfwalked hich had hese some blocks of wood into the flames owonvulsive stror placed for that purpose. After a f froo ew with those of bee glee to escape, her ashes mingled in life. The foe,. idiotic husband, who detested F. said to eontl of sending a long procession k wife, was then came` the body of the Raja a nd tiaach Cutwa at a oonvenie ° ,, si t h iUutw a, out. They managed to . r 50030 wood, made some P. r o e i c 'lour of the night, hurntatiort to the police. The s l o sents, and ed to Juggernauth, a nd 0( 3 _ 0 gave int-b o r e s:g eed sane® was to have Il r av i ng got wind, the latter part c o .. u to die; but the sutte e n became necessary t o personate the n being dune in the person s e not be carried o t t a i , is en n d o the ranee , which the no small profit of the auborcau st Suirat R'Lee' - " fa Englishman. °Moja).— Ca/cut elan FER READERS.--The ill-natured . 00 - - of tooNksst—olh: list of bankrupts; the tradesman, to the P' brea d ; the stockjobber, to the lie of the day ; the old re — t ip to marriages; the prodigal son, to deaths; the monopolistes the hopes of a wet harvest; and the boarding-school rhi s° to everyt hi n g that relates to Gretna Green ' ANOTHER MURDER IN NORFOLK. LYNN, APRIL 14.—This county seems determined to establish its reputation for holding a prominent po sition in the register of horrors, as the dreadful tragedy which occurred at Castle Rising, about four miles distant from Lynn, on Sunday lust, has been followed in its excitement by the intelligence (just arrived here) that a murder of a still stranger descrip tion was on the same day committed at Outwell, a Village distant about ten miles from Lynn, and mid way between Wisbeach and Do wnhatu Market. It appears that on Sunday, three boys, whose names we have not learned, aged respectively 13, 9, and 7', were together in a field at some distance from the village, where they were emp l oye d i n " crow scaring, the eldest boy having a gun in his posses sion, to fire occasionally, for the purpose of frighten ing the birds from eating the seed wheat. While in conversation with his two companions this boy made allusion to something which be had said in their presence on a former day, adding that, "if he knew they mentioned it to any one he would kill them." The youngest boy seems to have been frightened at this declaration, for, in tearful mood, he replied, "What shall I do, then I told my mother last night." Upon hearing this admission the eldest boy raised his gun to the fore head of the speaker, pulled the trigger, and by the explosion shattered his skull and spread his brains over the field. The gun, it is said, contained no shot, but the wadding passed completely through the head of the poor little fellow who made the imprudent con fession. Frightened at the act which he had commit ted, the murderer prevailed upon his surviving com panion to promise secrecy, and to assist him to dis pose of the dead body, which was done by dragging it to a dry ditch, where it was carefully buried. The two boys then returned to the spot where their com panion had been shot, and gathering up his brains and the shattered fragments of the skull, they threw them into his cap. After this they kindled a fire of turf (the field being in the fens), upon which they placed the cap which they watched until with its contents it was entirely consumed. Upon their return home inquiry arose concerning the murdered child, when the companion of the mur derer confessed to the particulars above narrated, and was with the murderer himself taken into custody. The body was found as above described, upon which an inquest will be held. It is thought possible that the boy who fired the gun did not suppose the act would prove fatal, owing to its being loaded with powder only ; but more will probably be known on this point after the inquest. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent Croix the General Post-office by the night—and Si by the morning--dispatch.) When made up in From what ---- PLACES. General Post-office port die. When London. patched. due. —....------.--- -- 1 --• _—____ --••••—•••• th .. A M p a r y ll 2 lB America (by Brit. pkt.)N April 16 ~ .. Liverpool April 20 America (bypkt.) N April 20 .. .. Liverpool • April 15 M N N , A l l 9 4 p t i h r h i 1 4 0 2 1: o h t e h month u n l t Attica.mAmeinc(aalriv( Alexandria* U.5.. c..... .t p .) k : t .. .) Belgium • • .. • • N Daily .. ~ . Dover Brazil .• .. M 9th of the month • i l So th • • Dais} Buenos Ayres • • .. Mi9th of the month 'Bou4 atnpt. April 16 o bi bpb7vratleir ° a l Mpt. Califotnia(viaCharre) M', 2d & 17th of month IS thanipt. April 16 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Ipouthampt. April 20 Constantinople* .... N 7th I 7th 27th of I IP:helth— May 3 Central America .. M2d & 17th of Mo Dover .. April 20 Channel Isles •• .. NiMon , Wed., 81,1011. Southampt. April 20 Chin •• •• .. . M;l7th • of the Fri. Southstnyt. Tn. Tb. Sat France .. .. M &NlTwico daily month ISouthaimpt. April 20 Greece* .. .. ~ Nlthl7th . ..'Dover .. TericedallY Hamburgh „. .. . 7 _ 27th of rim 'Dover .. April 20 Rolland .. .. .. 0 1 , 1 1 11l e esday & Friday 'London .. Tues. sat. Honduras .. M,W dnes, Sc Satur. London •• 14 ' 0 ,, Thur Nll7th of the • • April 0 Irelana ~ „, hi& N l Twice dail .. .. Holyhead • • Z ru 21 India (viaMarsoilles P• M 20th of the uaonth l SouthahaP t • m a y 1 Mediterra nean ) N bth& 24th ef month Dover •• (Via Southatnnten) • I t• April 21 • • 14120th of the month ,Southamp • Mediterianeao Cris I .. M 1 Morsel' , , , - O J, .. .. N Bth& 24th of month , Dover .. May__ 5 Me —c° ••.. M2d of the month.. goutharnl7 ...., April 16 Madeira .. •: •• M 9th of the month Southway . Malta* r ,7th,17th, 19 th ,27th 1 D over • April 13 . „„ 1 & 30th of month . ' f Dover .. April 31 Napless _ „ „ y.sth 15th 25th o f m o Dover •• . April 22 Papal States* .. .. 1.15 th 15th 2 5 th ora S Peninsular.. • • • • 14 7th h I 17th 27th ef moo nthampt. May 1 t the month S o uthamot. April 20 Tuscany's .• • • • • I Peru • • • • • • • • Ml7ht of 2.5 th of mo,Dover • • April 2a 14,trth of the mou th Southampt. ,April 20 -. . _ .. _ M, NM:Pi t! Papal ea tate s * Peninsular" Peru .• •• Tuscany* *" NI West Indies West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 4 ' The mails to those T renc h packet Tial. Marool 9d of the month ..I s ountriss thus marl silles. ISouthamptiMay 5 ked (*) aro convoyed by RAILWAY SH A REAPRI, MARKET S. STOCK E XCN ANGE.—The market IA as buoyant to-day, c nc d y. Stock, lle p e t r i e f G O r f e s a t t OC l k v h es a t d er a n n , 11 9 p 0 w 3 / 4 a_rd i‘ t i e i n d te 67 a l,i nsac York and North Midland, 25 i —Vale of Neath, 4 di s . __ Ta ff V a l e , 153%. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14 transactions all ti d on es s er w i STOCK ExcHANGL—The share market remains not only extremely firm, but there is a decided tendency upwards. The transactions to-day were as follow :—Caledonian 20.—_ Eastern Counties, 9 1 ,4—Lancashi re an d Yorkshire, 73—bitto, Fifths, 1 1 4 dis.—Liverpo o l, C ros b y, an d S ou th port, 20 ix, London and Nortu-Western, 124 1 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4 1 % p.—Midland, „67%—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, s —South-Eastern and th, rel. 221 7 ; 3 - - Uoi; NOwcwitle, Azd ihriTicli, riorcroace• 1 311 11isi-n, 2.74 BIRTHS. OF A SON. fa On the 12th inst., at Princes -street, Edinburgh, th e L Anne Home Drummond. On the 12th inst., th e l a d y of George S. Liddle, Esc''°l Lindholme, Yorkshire. OP A DAUGHTER. • 0 0 f f On the Bth inst., at Talearia, Cartnarthenshire, the v " , William Peel, Esq. , la ° f ` On the 9th inst., at Wilton-lodge, Taunton, the Wife, Lieutenant-Colonel James Davidson, 31st IteginleeL----- MARRIED On the 13th i ns t ., at St Marg '; Church, Westu" - 1 Commander T. G . Drake R N., a s r o a n t of the late Coloin the Drake, t o Ell en Mary C., ' atherine f our th daughter °I Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P. of On the 3d inst., at Clonlard, John Thomas Perry, -DlVter Castle-groYe, county of Clare, to Elizabeth, second d3ustoo• of the l a t e William Tipper, Esq., of her Majesty's Cu alai of Feltharn, Middlesex. DD. i 11135 ' On the 12th i ns t., at Upto lE n. park, Slough, Mab el D 0, ~ eldest d aug ht er o f Si r J ose ph H a wley, Bart o f Leybc' tiril grane Kent. On the , 13th inst., Frederick S. Crickitt, second surVivil34 son of the late J. G. Crickitt, of Doctors'-commove. bill, On the 12th inst., Henry F. Smith, Esq. , o f Park' Clapham, aged 55. r John On the 11th inst. , at Bat h, Eli z abeth I3ridget, wife 0. Harris Prior, Esq., aged 79. v . ," of On the 12th inst., Anne, wife of Richard Morley , i' s ' Snenton, Notts, aged 77 _.... ----- UN 4l ' S. L on don: Printed and Published by MURDO YO 1 1 No. 1 12 , Strand , Printer, at The Sun °face, No. o f st r and, in the Preeinct of the Savoy, in the Maws. Tiluricini 40,110, IP& hill, was in the habit of visiting his shop, and had on several occasions conducted himself in a most extra ordinary manner. The applicant then described a number of extravagances which he alleged Mr. O'Connor had committed. If Mr. Feargus O'Connor found Mrs. Dunford or her apprentices (dressmakers) engaged in their work, he would take the fabric, whether of silk, merino, or whatever it so happened to be, and tie round their heads, and a few days since he again called at the shop. Applicant and his family were about sitting down to dinner, Mr. O'Connor rushed in and went to the rear of the premises, where he conducted himself most indecently. Ile then re turned to the parlour and took up the hot leg of mut ton, which was in a dish upon the table, and held it in his hands, at the same time cutting off the meat and placing large slices in his mouth. Applicant's little boy was sitting at the table, and because he hap pened to look at him he threatened to cut off his head. Mr. BEADON inquired of the applicant what he re quired him to do in the matter? The applicant said he believed Mr. Feargus O'Connor not to be in his right mi n d, and he there fore applied to his Worship for protection. Mr. BEADON asked him how long it was since Mr. O'Connor had so conducted himself towards Mrs. Dunford and the young woman. Mr. Dunford said about a month since. Mr. .BNADON said the applicant should have applied earlier at that court, if he wished to adopt a ny pro ceedings against Mr. O'Connor. Tire applicant said he did not wish to have Mr, O'Connor locked up in gaol, but merely restrained from committing any violence. lle had applied to the Hon. Mr. Walpole, the Secretary of State, and he was referred to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Mr. BEADON observed that he believed it was ge. nerally understood that Mr. O'Connor was insane. He (Mr. Be don) was not a commissioner of lunacy, and therefore could not take upon himself the power of restraining that gentleman. The applicant believed that Mr. O'Connor's in sanity had been caused by his active exertions to better the condition of the poorer classes. Mr. BEADON said it was too late to take any pro ceedings against Mr. O'Connor for having conducted himself, as it had been stated, in the manner he had towards Mrs. Dunford ; but if anything of the kind was repeated, the applicant would meet with every assistance from that court, if he would only apply at the time. The applicant thanked his► Worship, and was about to withdraw, when Robert Logsden, who described himself as a re porter by profession, and a newsman by trade, when called upon to give evidence in a case of assault which had been disposed of previously to the applica tion, stepped forward and said he could assure the magistrate that Mr. O'Connor would be properly luoked after for the future, us there had been a com mittee formed, of which he had the honour to be a member, for the purpose of placing the unfortunate gentleman in a proper asylum, there being no ques tion of his insanity. He also informed the Court that upwards of 51. had been subscribed for that pur pose, and that that was the only amount which had been collected for Mr. O'Connor's patriotism. Mr. BEADON was glAd to hear that the proper course was about to be. taken in the matter, and the subject then dropped. THB MURDER IN LAMBETH. FINAL EX iMINATION OF THE MURDERER. Yesterday afternoon, after a very heavy day's busi ness had been disposed of by the Hon. G. C. Norton, at the Lambeth Police Court, Thomas Cathie Wheeler, the unfortunate young man charged with the frightful murder of his mother, was brought before that ma gistrate for final examination. The prisoner on entering the court gazed round anxiously, and surveyed the crowd present, as if to observe if there were friends or acquaintances present, but not appearing to discover any, he assumed a thoughtful appearance. The unfortunate man seems a good deal altered since Saturday, and has evidently suffered from severe mental affliction. During.the reading of the depositions by the chief clerk, the prisoner sighed audibly and wept bitterly, and at that part where the witnesses described the state iu which they had found the body of the deceased, the appearance of the head on the table, the finding of the carving knife and hatchet covered with blood, his features quivered, and large tears rolled down his cheeks. In the depositions of the six witnesses who had been examined on Saturday, and all of whom were now present, there was nothing fresh ; and the only additional witness examined was Mr. J. Cathie, proprietor of the Lee Arms public-house, Brownlow road, Dalston, who was brother to the deceased and uncle to the prisoner. This witness said that he had not seen the body of the deceased, nor had he seen fortnight before his sister (Elizabeth Wheeler) for a the present unfortunate occurrence, but he was aware that she lived at No. 1, Durham-place, Ken nington-road, and had no doubt upon his mind that the body described by the former witnesses was that of the prisoner's mother. Witness was quite aware of the prisoner's insanity, and bad taken him himself to Bethlehem Hospital in March, 1849 ; but nine months afterwards he was discharged, though in an uncured state, at the earnest entreaties of his mother. Atter three or four months, however, he was obliged to be sent to the Wandsworth Lunatic Asylum, and there he remained until the Ist of February, 1851, when, at the urgent e ntreaties and solicitations of his mother, he was discharged from there. Before his discharge, however, the committee of the institution remonstrated with his mother, and told her that if anything happened she would have only herself to blame, and that the act of discharge was solely her own. His mother, notwithstanding this, persisted in her entreaties, and on her signing the printed form required by Act of Parliament the prisoner was dis charged. From that time up to the present unfortu nate calamity he lived with his mother, who always evinced the greatest possible affection and solicitude for bim. He (Mr. Cathie) was in the habit of allow ing the prisoner a certain sum weekly, and for this he came regularly to his house. On Tuesday week he called as usual, when bis conduct was so strange that witness felt it necessary to send a message to his sis ter in reference to him, and requesting that she would do something with him. Mr. NORTON —You say there was something strange in his manner, will you be so good, Mr. Cathie, as to describe what you observed ? Mr. Cathie—Well, sir, on my leaving my house to go to the butcher's on the morning in question, I found him standing outside my door like a statue, and ad dressing him I said, "Halloo , T om, how lon g have you been here ?" He replied, " Oh, not long," though I afterwards understood be had been there a consider able time. I asked him to go into the house, and he said he should presently ; but I found him in the same position when I came back from the butcher's. I again asked him to come in, and he said, "Yes, I'll now do so, but I prefer being in the sun ;" and then he went into the yard, where the sun was shining, and where he remained for a quarter of hour or twenty minutes. During this time my daughters went and spoke to him, but he did not appear to take any notice of them. I then gave him the money I was in the habit of allowing him, and also brought him a coat from the bar which I promised him. Having a bag under his arm, I asked him to put the coat into it, but he refused to do so. I then offered to make it up into a parcel, and took a newspaper for the purpose, but be would not allow me to do so, but said he should take it on his arm. He kept mut • tering something to himself, upon which I said, " Young man, I am sorry to see you in this state ; you want somebody to control you properly." Upon this he became much exeited—said he was an Eng lishman, that he should fight for his rights, and allow nobody to control or oppress him. His conduct on this occasion was altogether of so extraordinary a character that I spoke to my wife on the subject, and told her I feared that something dreadful would happen. Mr. NORTON—Were you aware that the prisoner had been in the habit of carrying a knife and a pistol about him in this black bag? Mr. Cathie—No, sir, I was not ; and if this was the case, it would account for his objection to put the coat into it. The prisoner--e" Oh, no ! I carried this bag for a weight, and felt a pleasure in swinging it about by my side, like a pendulum." In conclusion, Mr. Cathie said that his sister was much too fond of and indulgent to the prisoner. The prisoner had enlisted twice before he haas d being been first sent to Bethlehem, but was discharge d, unfit for the a rmy. He also made his esca p e from Wandsworth Lunatic Asylum, but was taken in an hour afterwards at his mother'a house by the keephad ers, who had come in pursuit of him. prisoner exhibited symptoms of insanity before going abroad, one of which was, that he would leave excellentsitila tions without the slightest cause. Thai having con cluded the evidence, the prisoner was a sked if he wished to put any questions to his uncle , or to say anything to the charge, and he re. Nothing. The witnesses weareppetahrenandboguinvde i n t ce a le g i ain u s s t ua t b l re e p e r o i g s n n e i r a a c t e s t b t oe ensuing sessi on over ev id en at tb e C e ntral Court, on a charge of wilful murder, and the unfortunate man was fully committed and re moved from the court. In the course of the proceedings Mr. Norton read the following communication relative • to the accused, from Captain which he had ,received Herts constabulary :-- "Sir le of the Robertson, chief , —I think it ri ht to infilallae'r o t a fo t r h d a , et 4 aiti g s r i i l l ngug . B ust last The funs Wheeler, ;the death d, his mother, was now in custody for by Inspector Dunn, of the II as brought to me having erts Count Constabulary, sss, threat enecl to shoot a person in the high road, two miles from this town. I at once perceived Wheeler was insane, and at' ter taking away t he pistol with which he was armed, I sent him to his mother, in Lambeth, and the next de y the accompanying letter was received by In = PlnctQr Dann, rally written, PA will peroiye, by its L It n d , in d 1 . il,:rfo L, 114 ,1 14 b ~L fat tr 4 kit t 04,