The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-05 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRITARN 5, 1816 THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE CF all listeners to be of good cheer ; that she wa' about to visit ParadiSe for objects essential to their spiritual interest, but would return, if permitted, in nine days, if not in the same number of years; or, at all events, at the end of half a century, to perform the miracles previously marred by want of faith on the part of her people. All these dreams sunk deep into the mind of the confiding Innes, who, after the spirit had fled, preserved the body until it became offensive, and was complained of as a nuisance by his nearest neigh bours. To soothe, therefore, the public mind, he gave out the corpse had been privately interred in the garden behind the house: and as time rolled on, and decomposi tion so far ran its course, nothing more was said on the subject until Innes himself had been numbered with the dead. This event occurred the week before last ; and, strange as it may appear, it is not the less true, that on the trus tees entering the house to take an inventory of effects, they discovered in an upper chamber the identical remains of Elspeth Simpson alias Mrs. Buchan. This apartment he had converted into a sort of shrine, which he was in the habit of visiting, as long as able, twice or oftener evey week, and covering the skeleton with warm blan kets, in the belief that re animation would assuredly return as the end of the half century drew nigh—con duct that would have been scouted as utterly incredible, had not the tact b come a matter of local history, amply demonstrating the verity of the saying, that " truth is sometimes stranger than fiction." The remains, thus tr,tasured with a miser's care, bore a strong resemblance to an unroled mummy ; and a medical g' ntleman, who examined them cerefully, describes the skin as clinging to the bones, and the whole quondam tabernacle of clay exhibiting little more consistency than a skeleton, with the exception of hair of a sandy colour, luxuriant, fresh, and even elastic. In his will or testament the recently deceased left strict injunctions that his own and the remains just described should be interred in the same grave—the female coffin to be undermost, and the male uppermost, in the full belief, as the neighbours say, that, if Mrs. Buchan rose at the time appointed, his own emancipation from the silence of the tomb would not only be contemporaneous, but unavoidable 1 And on Friday, the 23d ult., his wishes were complied with in this respect, both corpses having been consigned in the posi tion enjoined toe resting place in the garden, where nine 1 more of the sect were long since buried. Mr. Nicholson, bookseller, Kirkcudbright, publisher of the " History of Galloway," has in leis possession a characteristic letter from old Innes, dated 1842, in which be says, in reference to the priestess he to the last fol lowed, " She was rather below the middle size of women than otherwise. Although always cl. an and mat in her dress, she. was no way gaudy. Hee countenance was commonly sad, rather of the melancholy cast, and a little pitte I with the small-pox. The sound of her voice bore testimony of her being truth, and reveal d, with out the help of words, the very sentiments of her own mind and heart." Mr. Evans, in his " History of Sects," gives some ac count of the Buchanites ; but it is rather meagre, and upon the whole incorrect. In these circumstances, we are glad that Mr. Joseph Train is about to favour the public with an authentic history of the Buchanites—st work for which he has been collecting materials for several years. No man can do the subject more justice; for, as Sir Walter Scott often said, he was of alt his cum - spondents the best in ferreting out the forgotten lore of Scottish antiquities, and the most devoted in looking through what Young calls " the dark postern of things long elapsed." From an American gentleman we learn that of the remnant of Buehanites who emigrated to North America —Mrs. B.'s spinning maidens pioneered by Mr. Whyte —one and all have disappeared from the stage of time. Their doctrines, it appears, found no favour in the new world; and, as they were averse to intermarrying with other sects, not a trace of their existence remains behind. In a letter reedved this morning from a respected correspondent, it is said—" Innes was a wheelwright by trade, and has left considerable property in money and houses. His principal heir, I hoar, is a daughter of Elsepth Simpson (Mrs. Buchan), at the present time residing in Dumfries." RAGGED SCHOOLS. A lecture on and in behalf of the ragged schools for the destitute poor was delivered on Tueelay evening by the llev. Robert Ainslie, at the Literary and Scientific Institution in Aldersgate-street. The theatre of the institution was not so well filled as we should have wished to have seen it, but the audience was of a most respectable nature. ' After a short but fervent prayer, The Rev. Mr. Ainslie rose and commenced his lecture, by observing that he appeared before the audience in the cha racter of an advocate fer the juvenile portion of the poorer population, for the purpose of urging upon their attention the necessity cf judicious measures• being adopted for the improvement and education of children born into the world under circumstances of a most unfavourable nature, born in the midst of more want, distress, infamy, and crime, than it was possible to conceive in an intelligent and free country. It seemed to him that the present state of the public mind and of public morality was very adyantageouafor the improve ment of the community. Something of improvement was now being attempted in the shape of free schools, known as the ragged schools for children. The origin of the name was the fact that the clothes of the children were all in a ragged condition ' • where one was ragged the others were ragged eleo. The county of Essex lad lately been building a large county prison, at an expense of nearly thirty4ire thousand pounds. How much better would it t. ot be to have spent that sum iii educating the poor than . in building a prison for punishing them ? He had lately been itivited down to Epping, where they wanted a school of this nature, and in one day there they raised 309/., and esta blished the school. He found, however, that there were one .hundred and fifty children in the town who ought to be re ceiving the benefits of education, and were entirely without them. It was matter of surprise to him when that was the state of a small to an like Epping, that more prisons were not wanted, and more crime was not committed. (The reverend lecturer here quoted some portions of a return lately made to Parliament, end which showed that in six of the counties of England, taking one hundred of the men who annually came to the registrar's office to be married, there were from forty to sixty who could not write their own names; and that out of one hundred of the females, there were from thirty to fifty who could not write their own names.) The moral debase ment, the disgrace and crime in the metropolis was equally great, if not worse; of that there could be no doubt, white we needed such an extensive police to protect us.. There was not a greater disgrace to the metropolis than the police. He was not speaking with reference to the force or their character. It was a most dreadful disgrace to us, that we should require six thousand men to keep us in order, at an expense of a qua•ter of a million of money annually ; and until that disgrace was wiped out by the universal education of the people, we had no thing whatever to boast of. Prison after prison had been built ; there was the Milbank Penitentiary, and lately the one erected at l'entonville, With solitary cells, into which man after man was put, where instead of thinking upon the causes that had led to their imprisonment, they were most likely nourishing feelings of enmity against those who had placed them there, against the laws of the country in which they were born, and against their more fortunate fel low. creatures.—(The reverend lecturer here gave a shirt account of the general principles of education.) He ap pealed on behalf of the education of the young persons, be cause of our common humanity. The great Creator had made us all alike. He appealed for it also on account of the great advantages, both social and moral, that would accrue from it. Last year, the total number of persons imprisoned in the United Kingdom was 24,149 males and 4,993 females. He would ask how many of those 24,549 men 4341 they suppose had received a superior education ? Did they think fifteen, ten, or five thousand, or the remaining 549? No I The actual number was only 109. He stated that fact as a reason for his appeal to them on behalf of the poor, and to show the advantages that would accrue to society from the general education of the people. Oft he 4,993 females, to the honour of England, to the honour of the female sex, and to tie honour of the cause of education, only three of those females had received anything like a superior educa tion. He had lately paid a visit to Windsor, where a school had been established on the ragged school principle. There were upwards of 100 young persons present from the age of 18 to 10, boys and girls, all behaving with the greatest deco rum and respectability, tolerably well clothed—for, educate the mind, and it immediately revolts at the body being clouded in rags—they wore in a shed, not boarded, the floor of earth, with a fireplace to keep them warm and comfortable; and there he had heard them read, some very well indeed, and answer questions which but a few weeks ago might just as well have been put to the very hoards upon which they were sitting. And who had done all this? Not the Court! Not the peers! Not the clergy ! Not the Dissenting ministers! Not the wealthy inhabitants of the neighbourhood! No, it had been done by a poor and humble chimney-sweep ; who had himself been a bad and abandoned man, but who was reclaimed, and who now sat there, with his dirty face, teach ing and doing more good than thousands of others of ten btimes his capacity. What was wanted was, that the inha itants of London should collect together, in various places. the wretched and needy—those in danger of being tainted by crime—the juvenile portion of the poor—clothe them, educate them, and give them a just and proper notion of their stations in society, their social, moral, and political position in this world. They proposed to educate all, without refe rence to sectarianism, bigotry, or any party whatever, but to lay the Bible before them, instruct them in the good princi ples it contained, and bring them up in a manner that would teach them to respect themselves, respect those placed in situations above them—but giving them at the same time the primary means of attaining to the highest statians in life, should their talents and their assiduity bring them within their reach—to honour their fellow-creatures and their Creator, and by so doing to benefit the whole commu nity. The Rev. Gentlemen concluded his lecture by thank ing the audience for their attention, and appealing to them to promote as far as lay in their power the cause of the Ragged Schools. The Reverend Gentleman then sat down amid loud cheers; his lecture was frequently interrupted by very warm ap plause. LIVERYMEN. The appeals from the decisions of the Revising Bar risters having now been all heard by the Court of Common Pleas, it may not be unwelcome to direct more especial notice to some of those cases that must be of peculiar interest to metropolitan voters, as relating to the elective franchise of the liverymen of London. In the appeal alluded to, the judgment pronounced by the court, confirmed that franchise. It has long been a litigated question, whether a liveryman, who has ac quired his freedom by purchase, subsequently to the passing of the Reform . Act, March 1, 1831, i s or i s n ot prevented from voting tor Members of Parliament for the city of London, by the operation of the 32nd section of the said Act. Our readers are aware that this ques tion has been each year contested with much zeal by the representatives of each party, and w ith var i e d suc cess at the periodical meetings of the Registration Court for the city of London,' there havin g b een one d ec i s ion against, and two in lamer of the right. We now sin cerely congratulate th . e advocates fel. the intended fran chiee on the result of their unwearied exertions for the attainment of so desirable en object. The case to which we ref. r, it may be remembered, is that of Croucher (appellant), Browne (respondent), being one of the city of London appeals against the deci s i on c f th e R ev i s ing Barrister, at the list Registration Court. The qualifica tion to vote fur Members of Parlia men t f or th e c ity o f London, before the passing; of the Reform Act, had three roquisivs:—lst, cclom of a company; 2nd, freedom of of election. had he City ; 31d, Livery of the Company whose freedom been acquired 13-12 months before the day These three conditions were essential to the existence of the right. It was contended by the advocates for the fran chine, that an elector in London voted as a "freeman" and " liveryman ! ", as contradistingui s h e d f rom one w he voted in other cities or in boroughs as a freeman or burgess ; that the general Ecopo and intention of the Reform Act wa . s to prevent corr u pti on an d au i mproper i n troduction of freemen on the eve of a reg i strat i on , as i had been the practice n many cities and boroughs im mediately preceding an election ; th a t t h e const i tuency of the Corporation of London could not be augmented by such means, inasmuch as to entitle an elector to be registered, he must have been a li veryman f or t we l ve months. That wasimmaterial to the question at issue whether a liveryman had acquired his freedom by birth, by servitude,. or by pur c h ase , an d that the r eason why the city of franchise,Landon of hicwhas citiest o wereln the deprived, was, that while the statute of the 18th Gee. 1., cap. 18, was unrepealtd. the Cur : a p ll ermit otherled poration . of Louden had no power of itself to . make voters, and, consequently, there could be no swamping of the constituency. It st us further urged, that consider ing the vast importance of this metropolitan city, the high position it held in the earlier periods of our history, undiminished in the present times, and the extent of Its franchises and privileges, it was probable that the Legis lature had seen reason not to disturb the electoral rights of London further than by the introduction of a class of voters, being 101. householders, and the limi tation to a residence within seven miles, of the old franchise to liverymen ; and lastly, that the Reform Act, being in the nature of a penal statute, ought to be construed liberally, unless it contained a clear ex pression of an intention to disfranchise liverymen who had been made freemen by purchase at the Ist March, 1811. The Lord Chief Justice Tindal decided that the disfranchising part Of the 32d section, before referred to, was inapplicable to the- city of Lon don, and did not disable from voting for Members of Parliament for that city, liverymen who 'sad acquire) their freedom otherwise than by birth or servitude, sub sequently to the passing. of the Reform Act. The judg ment of the Revising Barrister was, therefore, affirmed; and the Chief Justice, referring to his sound determina tion, paid, as is admitted by all parties, a well-merited compliment to Mr. Arnold. Thus this important ques tion has at length been satisfactorily decided, and further litigation thereof prevented. It may be added, with re spect to the other apreals to the Court from the decisions of the Revising Barristers, that, though the arguments of Counsel have been heard in all of them, several of those cases are not decided, their Lordship? judgment not hiving been pronounced. THE 40TII RECIMENT.—On Monday evening, the 2d inst., the head-quarters, the 7th company, and Grenadiers of the 40th Regiment. attended by their band of drums and fifes, marched into Chatham barracks from Gravesend, where they had disembarked from the ship Seringapatam, of 1,000 tons burden, Captain Geding, after a pas=age of 123 days. The ship put in at St. Helena on the 13th of November, and during last month they encountered a very heavy gale that last eight days. The head-quarters embarked on the 3 d of Octoer. Their strength consisted of G staff sergeants, 4 sergeant, and 113 men, with 9 women and 16 children, under the command of Major Fitz H. Coddingtor, with Lieutenant and Adjutant T. L. K. Nelsen, Lieutenant W. 11. Queade, Lieutenant John Cormick, and Quarter master Thomas Walter Hives. During the voyage they lost only one man, named Robert Taylor, a private of the 7th company. The whole of the troops are very healthy; they brought home with them two Mahratta cobure, which they captured on the 29th of December, 1843, at a place called Gowan, during their attack ou the Mahratta army. This regiment have had granted them a bronzed star, with the inscription " Maliarajpore," they also wear a second medal in honour of their services at Caudahar, Ghuznee, and Caubul. This regiment has been from England upwards of twenty years. The head-quarters are to remain at Chatham until the arrival of the second and third division. when they will join their depot at Canterbury. THE ENSUING SPRING ASSIZES.—The following are _ LATE EXPLOSION at LAMBETH, Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, Mr. W. Carter, the co roner for Surrey, and a jury, assembled at the John Bull Tavern, - Tyers-street, Lambeth, touching the respective deaths of William Kenyon, aged 19 years, and William Holmes, aged 16 years, who lost their lives at the late ex plosion in King-street, Lambeth-walk. The jury having been sworn, proceeded, with the coroner, to the workhouse to view the bodies, which presented a very shocking spectacle. The features of both were quite charred by the action of the fire. Upon the return of the jury to the inquest-room the following evidence was adduced James Robins, a labourer, of No. 2, Francis place, Lam beth-walk, deposed, that about 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon last, while standing in front of the bar of the Fountain public •house, Lambeth-walk, he heard a cry of " Fire, fire 1" Witness ran out, and proceeded to No. 14, King-street, where he found the lower part of the premises on fire. Smoke was then issuing from the back cellar. Upon entering the apartment witness found it filled with smoke. He searched about, and then discovered two persons lying on the floor apparently dead, and dreadfully disfigured. There were several puppies in the corner of the room completely roasted. Witness obtained assistance, and succeeded in dragging the men out of the room ; they were then quite dead. A stretcher was procured, and after a few minutes the police arrived, and carried the bodies to Lambeth workhouse. Water was thrown into the room before they could be taken out. Their clothing was entirely burnt off by the fire. Witness had no idea how the accident originated. When witness first reached the spot a ladder was being placed in front of the house, which was on fire also on the first floor, where the inmates had made their escape. Frederick Kenyon, brother to one of the deceased persons. said that he could identify both of them. He knew his brother by the boots, and he recognised the young man Holmes by his neckerchief and dress. On the day in ques tion, while sitting at dinner with his mother, brother, and father, they Were all alarmed by hearing a loud explosion. The deceased were making " stars," which consisted of sulphur, 'saltpetre, and antimony. By the ConoxErt.—After they were made they were placed round a fire in the back cellar to dry. A candle had been used that day by the deceased (Kenyon). Ile usually kept it on his board in front of him. Witness believed that there were about 2 cwt. of the composition in the lower room at. the time of the accident, and it would easily ignite. The chief portion was in a dry state, and made up into tubes. Witness, in continuation, said that when he left his brother he was packing up about twenty gross of " stars," to take to the house of Mr. Darby, as they were dry and in a finished state. Witness was of opinion that the accident occurred by the candle falling on the combustibles. Smith, Kenyon, and Spiers were with him at the time, and all seemed on the most friendly terms. Other evidence precisely similar to that taken before Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, at Guy's Hospital, having been adduced, the Coroner briefly remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, after which the jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased individuals had lost their lives acci dentally." the last days for full notice of trial for the several Places specified :—Lancaster, Friday, Feb. 6; Appleby, Monday, 9; Carlisle, Wednesday, 11; Newcastle, Saturday, 14; Swansea, Monday, 16; Hertford, Tuesday, 17; Reading and Winchester, Wednesday, 18; Northampton and Dur ham, Friday, 20; Chelmsford and Aylesbury, Saturday, 21; Oxford and Haverfordwest and town, Monday, 23; Oak ham, Tuesday, 24; Lincoln and city, Bedford, York and city, Welchpool and Salisbury, Wednesday, 25; Maidstone, Friday, 27; Worcester and city, Huntingdon and Cardigan, Saturday, 28; Nottingham and town and Bala, Monday, March 2; Cambridge and Dorchester, Tuesday, 3; Carnar von, Wednesday, 4; Lewes, Derby, and Carmarthen, Friday, 6; Stafford, Saturday, 7; Bury St. Edmund's, Beanmaris, and Exeter and city, Saturday, 7; Leicester and borough, Tuesday, 10 ; Liverpool, Ruthlin, and Brecon, Wednesday. 11 ; Kingston, Friday, 13; Coventry, and Norwich and city, Saturday, 14; Warwick, Shrewsbury, Mold, Presteign, and Bodmin, Saturday, 14; Chester, Wednesday, 18; Hereford, Friday, 20; Taunton and Monmouth, Saturday, 21; Gloucester and city, Wednesday, 25. REPRESENTATION OF MANCRESTER.—Notwithstand- ing the declarations made by Mr. Mark Philips some time ago, of his determination to retire from the representation of this borough at the next general election, it has been recently suppo3ed by many parties that Mr. Philips had been, or might be, induced to reconsider the subject, and permit himself to be again put in nomination as a candidate. We are sorry to be compelled to state, how ever, that this opinion is altogether erroneous; and that we are eirectly authorised by Mr. Philips to state, in the most explicit terms, and with the view of enabling the electors of the borough to make their arrangements in the selection of his successor, that it is his intention to retire whenever a dissolution f Parliament shall occur. We are quite sure that this announcement is ill be received with re gret by a great majority of Mr. Philips's constituents ; includ ing a large number of those whose political opinions are at variance with his own.—Manehesier Guardian. SCOTCH FREE-TRADE FARIVERS.—From all We can learn a great number of the more intelligent farmers of this district are not only reconciled to free tree, but would prefer the immediate abolition of the corn-laws to any tempo rising measure. In some parts of Buchan, the usual toast is, " Sir Robert Peel and freo trade ;" and amongst the agri culturists generally the feeling is, the sooner this much vexed question is settled, and settled finally, the better for all classes. Several farmers who were in town yesterday, and heard of Sir Robert Peel's proposal, objected to it, mainly on the ground that the repeal i 3 not to be immediate. They argue, and not unjustly, that the three years' delay—while it is sure to produce a large influx of grain in 1849, and consequently create an injurious panic, if not a serious de rangement of prices—will be used in the meantime to pre vent an adjustment between landlord and tenant, in the cases where it may not be necessary; and they would much rather have free trade at once. Their own experience teaches them that, from the impossibility of putting more than a certain quantity of soil into cultivation in one year, the importation from abroad mutt be almost too gradual to enable them to know what their future position is to be. If it is to be bad (they argue), they want to know the worst and be done with it; or, as the yeoman at an English meet ing wittily remarked, they would rather be "drowned at once than ducked to death. '.—fiberdcen Herald. THE GAME LAWS SUPPORTED BY BLOODHOUNDS.-- MURDER NEAR MANCHESTER. MANCIIESTER, MONDAY EVENING.—This morning Na thaniel Curry, a srinner, in the employ of Messrs. Murray, of Ancoes, who is in custody upon suspicion of having thrown a young woman named Ann Ellison into the Rochdale Canal, at Newton, near this town, was brought up at the Salford New Bailey for examination, before H. L. Trafford, and James Hayward, Esq , . Mr. Bcswick, chief-superintendent of the Manchester borough police, conducted the prosecution; and tLe prisoner was defended by Mr. Aspinall. The evidence was to the following' effect :—On the even ing of the 10th of December last, at about half-past nine o'clock, a man named Scott, who lives near the Rochdale Canal, at Newton, observed a young man and woman walking together on the towing•path of the canal, but on the other side of the water to where he was stand ing. The man had his arm round her neck, and had got one of her hands grasped within his own. After walking together a short distance, the female called out " murder;" but presently walled on with her companion. In a short time they got out of sight of Scott, who again heard the girl call out "Lord! dear me; don't murder me; do save my life." This latter sentence be describes as having been ejaculated in a half-stifled voice. As he would have had to go a distance of a quarter of a mile to have reached the bridge which crosses the canal, he appears to have troubled himself no further in the matter, but walked quietly home. In the course of half an hour afterwards some young men, who were on their way home, saw something in the canal, and upon getting a stick from the hedge succeeded in getting to the bank the dead body of a young woman. They sent for the police, and upon searching her pockets two books were found in such a condition that it was quite clear she had only been a short time in the water. The body turned out to be that of Ann Ellison, and an inquest was held on the body on the following day by Mr. Rutter, tae county coroner, and a verdict of "Found drowned" returned. From inquiries which were made by Mr. Beswick, the prisoner was apprehended. The girl was a "big piecer" for him at Messrs. Murray's mill ; and as he had been known to be extremely lax in his conversa with her, at times, it was suspected that he had some hand in the matter. Two young women, named Russell and Far rington, swore most distinctly to having seen the prisoner with a young woman answering the description of the de ceased, in a field close to the canal, on the night in question, a very short time before the body was found; and upon the body being exhumed, it appeared that the unfortunate young woman, who had always borne a good character for exemplary conduct, was three months advanced in pregnancy. Other circumstances were stated in evidence, tending, in some degree, to strengthen the suspicion against the prisoner, who was remanded until Tuesday next, for further exami • nation. The barbarous system of employing bloodhounds to hunt down and worry human beings found offending against the game laws, has recently met with a check in the neighbour hood of Stamford. The Marquis of Exeter, some months ago, obtained possession of three ferocious animals of this species, which, for the safety of the persons having the care of them, it was found necessary to keep constantly muz zled, though even in that state they proved to be most formidable antagonists, it being asserted that each of them possessed the strength of three or four men. To try their powers and instinct, one of them (a bitch) was put on the track of a strong man employed at Burghley : her scent was found to be sure, and before the other men could come up with the animal she had severely injured the person she was net upon, although at the time she was closely muzzled. It seems that about a fortnight ago two watchers were out in Collyweston Spinney at night, accompanied by the bitch, when two trespassers were discovered ; the brute was forthwith set at them. and she was about to worry one of the strangers when the other levelled his gun and shot her dead. The two men, who were believed to be poachers, then made oil, and the keepers those ran w i n another severely e direction elyr er,ro f h o e r t e assistance. t iiecrime l:ye n among of poaching, satisfaction is expressed that so cruel and un- English a mode of attacking trespassers has met with a proper chock. On the night of the occurrence, a man named Joyce of Collyweston, was taken from his bed by Pocock the constable, charged by the watchers with being one of the men who were in the Spinney when the dog was shot ; and on the following day Mr. Thompson, sen., appeared against him, before Dr. lloPtinson and the Rev. C. Atlay. Joyce was defended by Mr. Atter, and, after considerable argument between the attorneys , was discharged, on account of a defect i n th e information.—Stamford Mercury. BONDED GooDs.—ln consequence of a recommenda tion to that effect from the principal officers of the depart m,imsseennnett t h h 3o e ,n r t e ht s i - e e ie n c u lre e erci %t e i i t po h tr o authoritieofficerss t ilheaosf-lev theadr i r r a e n e wt t e a d rfer ho t mho warehousing s t the niige d Long room orders t room showing the payinent of the duties due upon the ar tielceesrracqtutihreedwtoarobldsoelwivheerreed, theto tghoeodslocalrseerdeoproseittiesdtomsms'd offiauthorising the delivery of the sa me f rom t h e bonding premises, be recorded in the book kept by them of the deliveries which take place the instant the same are re ceived by them, and before they have been acted upon ; and the lockers for delivery of wines and spirits at the seve ral dock, and for dry and wet goods at the legal quays, wood docks, and sufferance wharfs on the bank s o f th e river, o observe the superintending this regulation ; and it has been further intimated o h fli a have r s b t e h e a n t they { enjoined o will be held responsible for seeing that this order be fully carrid out from the present time. It is pre sumed that this regulation has been adopted in consequence of the discovery some time back of some irregularities having occurred with respect to the delivery of some go o d s f rom th e bonding premises to a larger amount than was justified by the official document showing the payment of the duty due on importation, and previously to the delivery taking place, with a view to the prevention of similar attempts at fraud, and, if attempted, furnishing a ready mode of detection; and also for the better security of the revenue and the property of merchants housed under bond. AN EXPENSIVE PAurEn.—The parish of Longhope, in the Westbury-on-Severn Union, has had a pauper of the name of Elizabeth Outfield, in the Gloucester Lunatic Asylum for more than twenty years. She has cost her parish nearly 500/. ; and what is most remarkable, she died on the 24th inst., sired 'Q.—Gloucestershire Chronicle. THE WEATunu.—The unusual mildness of the present season has brought forward the early flowers, and hastened the fruit• trees to such extent as will hardly qualify them to sustain late frosts without injury. The benefit of such weather to the poor during the present scarcity of food has been very great.--Bath Journal, REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE DURING TiIE PAST WEEK. In another part of our paper a full account will be found of the plan proposed by Sir Robeet Peel on Tuesday evening, and our remarks as to the probable effects of the mewure on the agricultural interests. In this place we have, therefore, principally to confine our notice to the commercial, rather 'than the political bearings of the question. That the mea sure, if carried, must in a comparatively short Space of time have a depreciating influence on the value of all articles the produce of the land, there can, we think, be no question ; but, from the peculiar circumstances in which this country is at present placed, the effect on prices of grain is not likely to be fully felt until another harvest shall have been secured. That the last crop of Wheat was defected, not only in Great Britain, but all over Europe, is so universally admitted as to pat the matter beyond doubt.. This, of itself, may be re garded as sufficient cause to prevent prices of that article falling to a low point. Wheat, however, was not the only crop in which there was a deficiency—the next in importance , a 3 affording human food, viz., the potato, was affected to a j much greater degree by the cold, wet summer. The full con-. sequeuces of this state of things have not yet been developed ; but that something very like scarcity is likely to be felt be tween this and next harvest, has been publicly declared by ministers is Parliament. Nothing but the uncertainty as to the nature of the anticipated alteration in the corn-laws could, therefore, have prevented the value of bread-stuffs ri (luring the winter months; and, now that the inten tious of the government on this point are known, we fully expect that the demand for the article will revive, and that a portion at least of the late depression will he recovered. That Sir Robert Peel will be supported by the free traders is more than probable; and, as many of his own party, as well as the majority of the Whig members, are likely to vote with him, the agriculturists Shave little chance of obtaining better terms than these he offers. The law of 1842 may, therefore, be considered as virtually at an end; but until the new measure shall have been passed, some degree of uneer tainity will continue to be felt, which may perhaps for time prevent that rally in the trade which all parties anti cipate to fellow the final settlement of the matter. Some slight improvement has, however, already teken place in the demand for Wheat; and the stipples brought forward hay ing been small, the turn has been in favour of the seller at several of the principal provincial markets held during the week. _ The accounts from Liverpool, of Tuesday, are decidedly of a firmer character than previous ads-ices, though no actual advance on former rates was established. On Friday, how ever, the inquiry again slackened, ard factors could scarcely succeed in obtaining the terms of Tuesday for even fine qua lities. Bonded Wheat was generally held at enhanced prices, which checked business, and very few sales were made. Front the leading towns in Yorkshire the reports are firm, At [lull and Leeds the business done was not extensive; but holders were by no means anxious sellers at previous terms, vrhilst purchasers manifested a desire to add to their stocks. At Wakeiied, on Friday, full prices were obtained for good qualities of Wheat. In the western and north western markets Wheat has slightly risen in price, though hitherto the inquiry has not become particularly active. At Bristol, on Thursday, the millers declined taking more Wheat than necessary for im mediate use, and quotations scarcely varied from those of that day week. At Birmingham, however, an advance of Is. per quarter was insisted on, and in partial instances ob tained. The farmers do not appear to have been much sur prissd by the Mini-terial declaration of Tuesday, having long since lost all confidence in the Premier. For several weeks past they have brought forward very small supplies, and the same course has also been pursued this week; prices of Wheat, and indeed of all kinds of grain, have therefore been quite as firmly supported at the chief markets in the agricultural districts as at the large consuming towns, and the opinion appears to be general that the value of grain will not recede even whets toe stocks now in bond shall have been liberated. By our ietters from Scotland, it appears that less confi dence was felt there in quotations being maintained than in the south. The Edinbu-gh market, though by no means largely supplied, opened very heavily on Wednesday; and before progress could be made in the disposal cf either Wheat, Barley, or Oats, a reduction of fully Is. per quarter had to be submitted te ; Bonded Wheat was, however, held ls. to 2s. per quarter highs, and met with some attention at the ad vance. The accounts from Glasgow are even more dull than those from the town first named. Old Wheat was offered at less money without meeting with much demand, and new was nearly unsaleable. Barley was quoted Is. to 25., Oats 6d. to Is., and Beans and Peas Is. to 2s. lower. Flour was also pressingly offered, at a decline of Is. to 2s. per sack. From Irelend the reports relative to the potato disease con tinue unfavourable; stilt the trade in grain does not seem to have improved there, and at several of the leading markets the value of Wheat and Oats had rather tended downwards. The shipments of Corn for England had, however, in no degree increased. The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into London have been rather more liberal this than the preceding week, 6,128 qrs. having been reported up to Saturday evening. The greater part of the supply is irons the east coast, and has gone direct to millers. Front the neighbouring counties very little has been received, nor has much been offered by land-carriage samples. On Wednesday, the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were completely bare; consequently few sales occurred, and quo tations remained nominally . unaltered. On Friday, a few runs were exhibited; and being in somewhat better condition than the wheat brought forward earlier in the week, no diffi culty was experienced in placing the same at fully the cur rency of Monday. At present there is Very little free Foreign Wheat of good quality in the market, and as only the finer sorts arc suitable for mixing with the damp conditioned parcels of English, the transactions have since our last been unimportant. • - That the millers are much in want of serviceable qualities of old is proved by the fact that they have from time to time liberated small quantities by bonded certificates, at a cost of 103. to Ils. per qr., notwithstanding the prospect of being able, by waiting till the proposed law comes into operation, to release their Wheat at a 4s. duty. Bonded Wheat has met with some attention during the week, but no material enhancement has taken place in the value of the article. A cargo or two of very good Danzic have changed hands at 555, to 56d., and Red Lower Baltic at 51s. to 535. ; whilst for Polish Odessa it has been impossible to obtain above 495. per qr. The stock under lock in the 'kingdom consisted, on the sth January, of 947,992 qrs., of which there were in the port of London 391,202 qrs.; the receipts since then have not been important, and there are probably not above 1,000,000 qrs. in the United Kingdom at present. The metropolitan bakers have at length resumed buying Flour; the demand, however, has not been active, and no adVance has taken place in prices of either town or country manufactured. The supply of Barley has pr..ved amply sufficient for the demand; the inquiry has been almost wholly confined to the finer sorts, as it is presumed that the value of the inferior kinds will be depreciated by the free admission of Indian corn. Su trifling has been the business actually transacted since our last, that it has become difficult to state whether the prices have really varied; but, on the whole, the ten dency has certainly been downwards. Choice Malt has maintained its previous value; in ordinary kinds little or nothing has been done. The market has been rather better supplied with Oats than the preceding week, 5,647 quarters having come to hand from our own coast, 966 quarters from Scotland, 1,128 quarters front Ireland, and 7,748 quarters from abroad. The retail purchases made on Wednesday were at fully former terms; but on Friday rather more anxiety was manifested to realise, which gave the dealers a slight advantage, without, however, enabling them to buy cheaper than in the beginning of the week. Beans and Peas have been neglected ; and to have dim posed of any quantity of either.article lower prices must have been accepted. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. Though the weather has not been quite ss mild on the con tinent as in this country, still the frost has not been nearly so severe in the northern countries of Europe as in ordinary years ; and, from present appearances, it seems likely that the shipping season in the Baltic will commence early in spring. At present the advices from thence are of very little interest ; busetess having; in consequence of, the uncertainty as to what alterations the English corn-laws might undergo, been nearly Suspended at the leading markets. The lat est accounts from Danzic state that scarcely a bargain had been closed during the preceding fortnight, all inclination to speculate having ceased ; holders of fine yheat appear, nevertheless, to have remained very firm, and fine qualities, whether new or old, had varied but little in value. A good deal of damage was said to have been done to the wheat fields in the surrounding districts by the overflow of the river Vistula, which, with the reports of scarcity from Poland, had tended to counteract the influence which might other wise have been produced by the discouraging English accounts. From Stettin we learn that increased supplies of wheat had been brought forward by the farmers, and the inquiry having at the same time fallen oft; it had been necessary to accept lower terms to make sales. Good 611bs. Uckermark had been freely offered at 475., and fine 62Ibs. Pomeranian at 48e. per quarter free en board, without exciting attention. In Spring Corn nothing whatever had been done. At Rostock, on the 26th of January, there was decidedly more disposition to sell than to buy Wheat, and there was no want of offers to ship'good qualities in Spring at 465. to 475. per quarter free on board. The future range of prices would, it was expected, depend principally on the advises from hence. Supplies from the growers had increased, and the warehouses were gradually beginning to fill. Letters from Rotterdam of the 27th January, informs us that news had been received there to the effect that thc, Prussian Government had issued a decree allowing the free importation of wheat; and it was thoueht that the Rhenish provinces would thaw supplies from Holland. This had given a firm tone to business at Rotterdam, though no advance had been occasioned thereby in prices. At Antwerp a good deal of excitement was caused by the intelligence front London, as it was concluded that the pro posed alterations in the English corn-laws would prevent further shipments of wheat from hence to Belgium. The immediate efl'ect on prices has been a rise of 2e. 6d. per qr., and Polish Odessa was then held at equal to 575. 61. per qr. F one Hamburg we have prices of Tuesday; business was then unusually dull, and prices of most kinds of grain had receded since the previous post day. Good qualities of Marks wheat on the spot were then only worth 50s. per qr., and other sorts were offered at equally moderate terms. From the Mediterranean we have nothing fresh to commu nicate, and from the Black Sea the reports are not of much interest ; quotations of wheat being relatively higher than in the British markets.—:2llark-/ane Express. IREL A N I). CONCILIATION II ALL. DUBLIN. FEB. 2.—The usual weekly meeting of the Re peal Association took place in Conciliation Hall on Monday last. James O'Kelly, Esq., M.P. in the chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed thel meeting at considerable length on the present political prospects of the country, in the course of which he expressed his determination not to attend his duties in Parliament. Mr. STEELE next addressed the meeting, and denounced a series of resolutions which had been prop9eed in the Ameri can House of Congress, suggesting the annexation of Ireland to that country upon requisition from Ireland. Those reso lutions have already appeared in the London journals; they were brought to Europe by the packet-ship, arrived at Liver pool last week. Mr. S. O'BRIEN addressed the meeting at considerable length, and spoke of Sir R. Peel's policy as being wholly di rected to the advancement of English interests, regardless cf benefit to Ireland, and asserted as his opinion that that would be in a great measure its effect. lie contended that the police of Ireland ought to be borne upon the public revenues, without any reference to a corn-law. Mr. O'Brien went on to detail his views upon the corn laws, which are not, as his speech at Limerick will have shown, in unison with those of Mr. O'Connell. But upon one view of the effect of the re peal of the corn-laws, the Hon. Gentleman said there was no difference of opinion, and that waQ, that repeal of the er,rn laws would advance repeal. It was certain that the admis sion of Irish corn into England without the imposition of a duty had been bestowed upon Ireland as an advantage, and the Irish people were not so stolid as to give up this advantage without feeling that wrong was inflicted upon their country. The kith gentle :lon Wad that Anima can THE MALAY SLAVE-TRADE. EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the subscribers to this Company.was held yesterday, at their offices,_62, Moor gate-street, for the purpose of receiving a report from the committee, and determining on the most advisable course to be pursued; R. Riddel, Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIR3II4LN said he thought the best course to be pursued was for the Secretary to read the report in the first instance. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it appeared that the committee wished to ascertain if the shareholders desired to submit the undertaking at once to Parliament, or to postpone it to a future period. The object of the line was to fill up the gap on the line of coast railway between Dover and the Land's End, pro vided for by the other companies. From the traffic tables it appeared that the undertaking would yield a remunerative return, especially between Exeter and Eznaouth. The line was greatly increased in value by the intention of Government to construct a harbour be tween Portland and Weyineuth. Another scheme, similar to theirs—the Bridport and Exetcr Railway—shares in that Company were not allotted. Your conaniittee made application to the South Western and Great Western Railways far union with them, but had failed in effecting that object. The shares allotted were 42,076, on 15,532 only of which deposit had been paid, and in con sequence of the sufficient number of shares not being taken up on the whole line, they determined to li mit their line to the gap already mentioned, but from the Great Western they would receive opposition. It there fore remained for them to decide on what course was to be adopted. Mr. COWEN said, that before that report was adopted he wished to ask a few questions. The first was, whether all the gentlemen composing the provisional committee wrote for shares, and had they paid their deposits ? The CHAIRMAN said he had directed a paper to be pre pared containing the names of the whole of the provi sional committee, the number of shares they had applied for, the number allotted to them, and the number on which deposits had been paid. A great number bad not taken up their shares. The number of those who had taken up their shares was 16 out of about 60 er 70. The SECRETARY then read the names of the parties in question, and said that several of the directors had applied for 100 shares, but had taken up none. Others who had rot applied for shares had been allotted some, end some had paid 30/. The CHAIRMAN said he had sent circulars to the ma naging committee to take up their 23 shares, or pay 30/. The SECRETARY continued with the list, and among thoee who had taken no shares where the names of Mr. Bulkely Hughes, M. P., and Sir J. Key.—(A laugh.) It also appeared that the chairmen had taken 25 shares, and that his brother Mr. R. Riddell, had writt n for 1,000, but taken none. The CHAIRMAN said, as the latter gentleman was out of town, he thought he ought to state that he had ap plied merely as a shareholder, and he (the Chairman) had no doubt that he would take up his shares as other parties had clone. The SECRETARY then read a list of the names of the provisional committee, several of whom had applied for 200 shares each, and the greater number of whom did not pay on their shares. Among the remainder was a M,jer Fitzgerald, who had applied for one share, was allotted one share, and had paid on one share. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to some questions, said that only thirteen of the managing committee had been elected, which took place at a meeting where he had presided. He was sorry that ho could not give them a correct balance-sheet at present, but Mr. Morrison, who had taken a great interest in the concerns of the Company, would give them a rough statement of the affairs of the Company. Mr. MORRISON then read a statement, from which it appeared, that the total number of shares paid on was 15,582 ; 2,610 had been re-purchased, leaving 12,971 shares at present:in possession of the shareholders. The proceeds were 27,290/. The cash paid to engi neers, 4,2271. ; to solicitors, 1,9221. Is. Bd., which with office and other charges, and with the balances that re mained due, would make a total in the expenditure of 11,800/. The amount in hard was 15,0001. which would give about 245. a share. The amount necessary to go to Parliament was about 75,0004 A SHAREHOLDER said as there was only 27,000/. paid, why did they incur the expenses they bad done ? The CHAIRMAN said that if the managing and provi sional committees had taken up their shares, as it was expected they would hare done, they would have had quite sufficient funds to proceed with. A SHAREHOLDER said he considered that if they had had a committee before they proceeded in their reck less expenditure, it would have been better. If the money belonged to the committee, instead of to the shareholders, it would have been very different. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to a question, that he had intimate i to some of the committee that shares were reserved for them. Upwards of 2,000 shares were bought at a premium, the rest at a discount. Mr. LEWIS proposed that the report then read be adopted, and that a committee of four shareholders and four of the Managing Committee be appointed to inves tigate the affairs of the Company. A SHAREHOLDER seconded the resolution. A SHAREHOLDER said, ha wished to know how the Chairman could reconcile the proceedings at a meeting of the Company at Weymouth? Mr. Crew, the chair man, said that this line was moat favourable. He did think it was his, the Chairman's duty, to have called. the shareholders together before they proceeded in their expense. He would therefore move an amendment. The CHAIRMAN said that they had reserved the right to themselves to go on with the twenty miles only, fur which they expected to have sufficient capital to gn to Parliament. They only wanted 7,0001. to go on with the undertaking. A SHAREHOLDER—It required great consideration before they complied with the resolution. From the statement, it appeared that they had lost about 1,800/. by the conduct of the shareholders. He would, therefore, propose that the meeting should adjourn, and that a committee of the sharholders should be appointed to investigate in the meantime the state of the accounts, which should be reported to the shareholders at the ad journed meeting. A desultory conversation ensued. A resolution was proposed and seconded, that a sum of 21s. per share should be immediately returned to the shareholders, that a committee of nine of the share holders be appointed to investigate the accounts, and re port the same to a meeting of the shareholders ; that five of them should constitute a quorum. The resolution was carried unanimously, and the com mittee appointed. A vote of thanks was thee passed to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. RAILWAY COMMITTEES Sub-Committee No. I This Committee met shortly after twelve o'clock, and pro ceeded with their labours. The Committee consisted of Mr. Strutt (chairman), Mr. Forbes, Mr. Wrightson, and Mr. Brotherton. The Committee took the cases of the East Lincolnshire and Sheffield and Rotherham first, and after hearing the ' evidence in their favour, declared that the standing orders had been complied with in bot h in s tances. The Stain-es and Richmond Bill next came before them. The Bill was opposed by landholders, but the opposition proved futile, and the Committee ruled that the stand ing orders had been fully complied with. In the case of the South-Western (Romser and Redbridge branch) Railway, which stood next on the list, the com mittee decided that the standing orders in one or two minor instances had not been complied with, and they, therefore, intend to report accordingly to the General Committee on public petitions. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock till to morrow. Sub-Committee No. 2. TMs Committee commenced its sittings at twelve o'clock yesterday in room No. 6 ; Sir John Yarde Buller, chairman. The Committe e were occupied in ccnsidering the following The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Avr Railway and branches, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4. In the ewe of Bills No. 1 and 4, it was decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in some trilling insta nces . Bill s 2 an d 3 were declared to have complied with the standing orders. The Committee then proceeded with the Ayrshire and Gal loway Railway Bill. Several allegations were raised against th e Bi ll, a few of which were sus t a i ne d, b u t the inquiry had not , concluded when we went to press. The CRAIRMIN informed the parties in w aiting that they would not tak e any ot h er Bill t ill th e following day. Sub-Committee No. 3. The members of this Committe were, Mr. Aglionby (Chairman), Captain Jones, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Stanstield, and Sr. Thornely. The Committee passed the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole (Netherby, Askew, and. Oakenshaw branches) Railway; the North Kent Railway; and the North Kent City (Extension) Railways; the London and South-Western (Chertsey and 'Egham Branch) Railway ; the London and South Western (London Brike Extension) R a il way ; the London a nd South Western (Hampton Court Branch) Rail way ; the London and South-Western (the Fareliam and Alton Branch) Railway ; the South Stafford shire (llarecastl? and Sandback Branch) Railway ; the • Ersom and Dorking Railway; and the Leeds and Bradford (Alteration of Levels in Bin t gley) Railw ay . The Committee adjourned at lice o'clock. IscENDrAnv FIRES IN NonFoLK.—lneendinry fires in this county seem on the increase. At the late quarterly mee ti n g of the coun t y ma g istrates for the mann th e count) ; busine ss, Colonel Oakes, the chief constable ert of oft the county, reported that during the quarter there had been fifteen incendiary fires in the county, and since then there have been several others. On Wednesday evening, just before person set on fire a large whcatstack, the pro sunset, some duce of fourteen acrv, standing in a field belonging to Mr. Diana, of Coltishall,"about eight miles from Norwich. This was all consumed, there not being either a fire-engine or water anywhere near. It stood by itself, and there was no danger of its extending. Two separate attempts have also been made, one on Friday night and the other on Sunday night, to set fire to the premises, hay-house, &c., of Mr. Bennett, of Newmarket-rold, Norwich. 111 each case some loose straw was set cn flre, but the flames fortunately prJ coeued no further. SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT WE• I TMINSTEE-BRIDGE. -- O n Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford, at the Chequers, Toth'lll-street, Westminster on the body of Eliza beth Taylo r, sicid at Nressagted" minater-bridge 27, who was supposed to have committed since come from I. the w . . The deceased had not long are highly country,.. llc _n a ve it is believed her friends living in St. Ann-street, Thursday eel, i g restm u ifis l t )Len for some lime past gular habits. other'women, and wh en she . 1,,i t and was of very irre drown herself at Wea Ln . she went out e s e a r l i d drinking with two wards heard of her, but laster-bridge. 'No ~,r would go and Jones was rowing by the e b B rg e h al mg% were after body, which he immediate bride m ints -en he (116 c named churchyard, where it 70.4 o i ne c . olyeyed to St. T.:tract t h e ~ Fotuid dromed." by her friend, Margaret's erdict--. (From the Singapore Free Press). In addition to the forty-two slaves lately brought from Pahang by the gun-boat, the steamer Diana (on her re turn from Pahang on the 10th instant), brought eight more, consisting of six Bugis women and one child, and a Javanese man, thus making fifty in all rescued from slavery by the authorities here within the last month. The accounts given by some of these persons show the manlier in which the trade is carried on ; and it may not be altogether uninteresting to our readers to mention a few of the particulars given by the captives. One women, a native of Tabunnan, in the island of Bally, a widow, had a daughter who was one of the concubines of the Ra,;all of Tabunnan, and against whom the Rajah conceived sus picion of infidelity, on which both the mother and daughter were sold as slaves to a woman about five months ago. They were then taken. to Baddong, where they were put on board the vessel of a Bugis Nekhoda, named Wah Cassim, by whom they were conveyed, to gether with a number of others, to Paharg. The mo ther was brought away by the steamer, but the daughter still remains at Pahang. This woman states that a great number of persons are annually sold as slaves by the R,jalis in Bally and their n0b1e , . , , the prin cipal purchasers being Burris traders. Another widow stated that she lived in the district of Crambetan in Bally, but her husband dying about a year ago, and being .necessitated to borrow about tan dollars to defray the expenses of his burial and copse que nt religions ceremonies, she and her child, of about two years of ago, became bond servants to the lender, from whom they were, after some time, rede g e ig m toh e ina d neßs b s y awgtr t i h s: e , Rajah,inby lwhom h and moana n. twereehye subsequentlycn,heChinaman ne uannvdes s ep t do d by et doo , lti lih s earn H n Cassim's boat. A native of Yanyah, in Bally, and his wife, having gone a few months ago to Baldong to trade, they were seized by one of the principal men there, and put on board Wah Cassim's boat, feting sold for thirteen dollars, and were conveyed to Pahang. An inhabitant of Menges, in Bally, and his wife, having accompaniud their chief to Tabunnan, were both kid napped by a gang of persons, who sold them to the Banda of Sarranesan for eleven dollars. They were by the latter sent ieWah Cassim's boat to Pahang for sale. The man states that this boat conveyed forty : eight men and nineteen women to Pahang on this occnslon. Similar stories are told by others, from which it ap pears that a most active system of kidnapping and slave dealing prevails in the island of Bally. Indeed, so firm appears the conviction of these unfortunate peopie that if they returned to Bally they would again fall into a state of slavery, that they arc almost unanimous in expressing their disinclination to return to Bally, pre ferring to remain in Singapore, where they flud many of their c Juntrymen ssttled. The Rajahs in Bally have a very great number of slaves. The sources from which they are derived are various. The most usual Appear to be these :-Ist, Women who have been divorced by their husbands be come the property of the Rajah. 2nd, Widows and daughters of men dying without male issue go, with all the property of the dcc aced, to the Rajah. 3rd. All culprits and malefactors_ bee )mo slaves to the Rajah ; and convictions, therefore, often proceed on the most unsatisfactory evidence. 4th, Pris.mers taken in war. and poor unprotected persons, who are seized and treated as slaves. The ways in which these slaves, so obtained, are em ployed, are various: some are engaged in worlzing for the Rajah, and some he rends out to trade on c milition of their bringing him a certain share of their profits; others are let out to hire, and of these persons msny of the crews of the vessels which trade from Bally to Singapore and others places consist. The women, if young and handsome, become the concubines of the Rajah; if they do not take the royal fancy, he sends them to trade in the bazaar, rect iving a portion of their gains; or he sends them out as dancing-gin's and prostitutes, participating in their earnings. The largest source of gain must, however, arise from the sale of slaves. They aro bought from the rajahs by the Chinese and Bugis, the latter, as far as can be learnt, being now the principal dealers, and convoyed to the Malay states, where they are sold, the Arabs re siding in these places being the largest owners of slaves. Formerly Europeans did not scruple to derive large sup plies of slaves from Bally, though this is now happily at an end. We find from a paper published in 1830, that the Netherlands Government formerly had an agent esta blished at Boddong to buy up slaves, who were sent up to Java to be employed as soldiers. It. is thersin stated that about 100 men had been obtained for that purpose during the two preceding yeara,.who had cost the Government, for price, agency, and transport, about 20 ; 000 dollars. French vessels are also stated to have resurted to Bally for the purpose of buying skives. Women were preferred by them ; 150 rupees were given for a young and handsome women ; 80 for the middle aged • the old being rejected altogether. Boys were also bought, but grown up men were not in general taken beinse• considered too intractable. Slavery is, as far as we have the means of knowing, le gal in all Malayan states, which derive their supply of slaves from Bally ; and being also legal according to the laws of Bally, there seems to exist considerable diffi culty in the way of effecting its total suppression in the Archipelago. The recent efforts of the Singapore authorities, which must meet with the approbation of every one desirous of seeing the traffic in human beings blotted from the face of the globe, were only so far suc cessful through the co-operation of the Rajah of Pahang, moved thereto by the intervention of his royal relative the Tommungong. But even while delivering up these captives to us, the Rajah was undoubtedly committing a wrong upon those of his own subjects whom he dispos sessed of their slaves, and accerdinely we have heard rumours of very great excitement having prevailed in Pahang on the subject, especially on the part of the Arabs, who, as we have before remarked, are very ex tensive slave-holders. It seems, therefore, very desirable that the Rajah of Pahang, and other native princes on the Peninsula and elsewhere, should be induced to abolish slavery in their dominions, and then a convention being made between them and the British, a speedy stop would be put to all slave importation into their territories. The places where a large demand at present exists for slaves being shut against them, the Bugis traders and other slave , dealers would find the trade no I inger profitable, and it , would gradually dwindle away. The Dutch Govern ment could, no doubt, effect much for the amelioration of the slaves in Bally, were it willing to exert its in fluence, and from tho character of the new Governor- General of Netherlands India, we should suppose he would be prompt to aid in the promotion of such a humane object. Tho Nockodah Wah Cassim, by whom most of the recently rescued slaves were conveyed from Belly to Pa hang, was sent to Singapore by the Raja of Pahang. but ho hes been set at liberty by the authorities here. The only Act which is applicable to his case is the sth Geo. IV. cap. 113, rec. 9 ; but to bring him within its reach, he would have required to have resided in some of her Mejesty's dominions under the territory of the East India Government. He, moreover, produced a document, by which it appeared that he was in the em ployment of the Rajah of Bally; so that, altogether, it would be difficult to, bring him within the reach of the law. One of the persons brought from Pahang a Javanese from the neighbourhood of Semarang, states that as he and nine companions were out fishing at a considerable distance from the harbour about nine years age, they were seized by Gallang pi , ates, by whom they were taken to Gellang, where the individual in question re sided for three years. He was then taken to Endow, and sold to a person named Tuanko Mooda, with whom he lived for about three years at Endow, and then accompa nied him to Pahang. Ho further states, that after being captured he remained in the piratical boat for nearly a month, and that about ten days after that event, and while hovering off Semarang, a European child was brought on board, with four Javanese who had been taken by the pirates. This boy he asserts to be Joseph Pahang, the European boy who was some time ago brought from Pahang, and is at present in the Institution school. Ile says that the boy, whom the Javanese accompanying him called John, was taken to Gallang, but afterwards removed from thence, and that on his going to Pahang. he found the boy with Tuanko Sy - ed. Joseph, on being shown this man, said he did not believe a word of his story, that he never heard anything of it at Pahang, and that he was very slightly acquainted with him ; on the contrary, he has always understood that he was brought by a Bugis of Punnen Rattle to Pahang, of whom he has a faint recollection, and who, he has been informed, sometimes comes to Singapore, so that he entertains ' hopes of meeting with him and learning something of his early history before he fell into this man's hands. . This boy, we believe, since he has been here, has im proved much. He bas gained good health, and intellec tually he displays great acuteness and intelligence. Ile is versed in the Malay, Arabic, and Cochin China lan- Dages. THE LAST OF THE BUCHANITES. m (From the Dufries d Courier.) advanced age of 82, In our last we recorded the eath of Mr. Andrew Innes, at the a proprietor, on a small scale, of houses and land at Crocketfurd, and the last of a sect of religionists, never, we believe, very numerous, but who, from their singular doctrines and pri mitive mode of life (sharing, as they did, most things in common), excited at once wonderment, and attracted very censii,lerable notice over Galloway and elsewhere, during their day and generation. The founder of this sect, a native of Banffshire, previous to her marriage, bore the name of Elspeth Simpson, but afterwards be came much better known as Mrs. Buchan. About the year 1784 she commenced her public career, first at Glasgow, and shortly after at Irvine, where, am ong others, he converted a R lief clergyman of the name of Whyte. From Ayrshire the party emigrated 'to Dumfriesshire, and settled fur some time at Cloceburn, where many strange stories are still told of the pseudo-prophetess and her followers. Auchengibbert, in the pariah of Urr and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, formed the next rendezvous, until, fur some cause or other, they made another move ment, and became the first feuars in the village of Crocket ford. A prominent article in the creed of Mrs. 8,, which she carefully inculcated, turned on a pivot not a little flattering — namely , that all true believers, when r ipe enough in faith, in common with herself, would be t ra nslated without experiencing the pangs of dissolution. Accordingly, it is stated on no slight authority, that on scaffolding Sea ff° i the whole family at that period, was erected at Auchengibbert, roomy enough tohold with the greatest promptitude, assembled . one occasion who on a signal , in the deliverance f participating . in the expectation o t n evil ld. from the snares and tempt a t io ns of ay be suppos a ed, failed, wor and m But the experiment , a s tment, that the ranks of much disappointment, Still occasioned so thinned. a few followers the deluded were sadly remained, and among others the indomitable An drew Innes. In 1796 Mrs. Buchan became seriously she admonisbed k =wells tud finding her end approaching 2 THE FACTORIES BILL. The folluiiviug is the text of the Factories Bill, brought in by Lord Ashley and D 6 r. Fielder), but now committed exclusively to the care of Mr. Fielden A BILL TO AMEND the LAWS RELATING TO LABOUR IN FACTORIES. - . " Whereas an Act Was passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty, entitled An Act to regulate the, labour of children and young persons in the mills and factories cf the United Kingdom ;' and another Act was passed in the session of Parliament in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty, entitled An Act to amend the laws relating to labour in factories ;' and by the said first-men tioned Act it was provided, that no person under the age of 18 years should be employed in any such mill or factory as in the,said Act is mentioned, in any such de scription of work as thereinbefore specified, more than twelve hours in any one day, nor more than sixty-nine hours in any ono week, except as thereinafter is pro vided ; and by the said last mentioned Act it was pro vided, that no female above the age of eighteen years should be employed in any factory as defined by the said Act, save for the same time- and in the same manner as young persona (by the said Act defined to be persons of the age of thirteen years, and under the age of eighteen years,) might be employed in factories, "And whereas it is expedient to alter the said Actb for the purpose of further restricting the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories, " Be it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, acid Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that notwithstanding any thing in the said Acts con tained, as from the Ist day of August, 1846, no person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed in any such mill or factory in such description of work as in the said first-mentioned Act is specified, for more than eleven hours in any one day, nor for more than sixty four hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is provided - ; and that as from the said Ist day of August, 1846, the said two Acts before -mentioned shall in all respects be construed as if the provision in the said first mentioned Act contained, as to persons under the ageof eighteen years working in mills and factories, had been confined to eleven hours instead of twelve hours in any one day, and to sixty-four hours in any one week, in stead of sixty-nine hours. "And be it enacted, that as from the Ist day of August, 1847, no person under the age of eighteen years shall be employed in any such mill or factory, in such description of work as in the said first-mentioned Act is specified, for more than ten hours in any one day, nor more than fifty-nine hours in any one week, except as in the said Act is provided; and that as from the Ist day of August, 1847, the said two Acts shall, in all respects, be construed as if the provision in the said first-mentioned Act contained, as to persons under the age of eighteen years working in mills and factories, had been confined to ten hours instead of twelve hours in any one day, and fifty-nine hours in any one week instead of sixty-nine hours, and that the restrictions respectively by this Act imposed as regards the working of persons under the age of eighteen years, in all respects as by the secondly hereinbefore-mentioned Act is provided. " And be it enacted, that the said two hereinhefore mentioned Acts, as amended by this Act, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act. " And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament. UNMARRIED LADIES. TAKE NOTICE. Under this attractive heading the New York Herald!, of Jan. 8, just received, contains the following tempting offer to the fair sex: — A short time ago we had some business in Morris county, New Jersey, and while there, we came across an old friend of ours, who has recently como into pos session of a flue farm on Long Hill, in said county and State, and on the same range of hills, and about twelve miles from Bishop Hobert's old country resi dence, nine miles from the flourishing village of Morristown and three. from Baskinridge: and a mere healthy, elevated, beautiful, and commanding prospect, or inland view, is not in New Jersey. Being a wi dower, and so pleasantly situated, we naturally asked him why it was, having a good farm, and everything around him so comfortab!e, he had no wife ? Said he, "My dear S.r, advertise and get me a good companion ; I am now ready, (after being in a single state nine years,) and all things now in order." Now ladies, here is a chance. He is in good health, of a sound constitution, a good-looking man, forty-fire, a lawyer by profession—at present a gentle• man farmer—his disposition amiable, his temper even and pleasant, and is domestic. In his religion, an Episcopalian, but no Pusoyite. A good democrat of the old Jackson sclioA, has two sons, the first a young mer chant in Philadelphia ; the eecond, just of ago, a fine young gentk man, arid a ccomplished, (and wo speak knowingly too, for we all spent several weeks together, summer before last, at Belmont I fall, Seheo ley's Mountain.) The widower, above all, is a fine fel low, his text-b oo k, o ld f r i en d s , a nd cheerful old wint er fires, fond of good old wine, old books, and his Bible, and of a good wire. Now, ladies, here is the description of the wife h e wan t s . She must be even- t e mp( red, good looking, word—i. e, no t too m odernly refined), sound in health accomplished (in the general ac ce p tation of the and constitution, domestic, a good housekeeper, of the middle size, and weighing from one hundred to one hundred and fifty pounds, her features regular, her teeth sound and natural, her tongue always eschewing evil, but speaking well—her feet small and in the right place —of good family—always neat and trim at home and abroad—from twenty to forty and upwards, and willing at all times to be counselled with and talked to—and in return, to give ad v i ce when necessary, and to be t he mistress of the house and household always. Her re ligion of the Gospel standard—and her politics (if any) democratic—and, last of all, property or money, as much as she, pleases to bring with her. If any more information is wanted, call on, or write to us—otherwise, address Major D. C. Moran, at his head-quarters, the Merchants' Hotel , No. 41, Cour dant-street (between Broadway and Greenwich-street), New York. December 1, 1845 P.S. Wo forgot to . mention that he goes for the " whole of Oregon, or none." SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.--An I nquest was held on Tuesday by Mr. Baker, at the White Swan, Comme rcial-road East, on the b o d y of an' infant, which was found in the privy of that house on the preceding morning. The mother of the child is Elizabeth Guard, who had been a servant at the White Swan, and whose illness and appearance induced sus picion that she had given birth to a child. She denied it, nc T e ver ,. until the child was discovered. The inquest was OVUM. • obtain her corn from Bremen and Odessa, and her bacon from America, on the same terms that Ireland hereafter Can send it into that country, and they cannot be content until they have security that an English Legislature shall not ba ad r . the power to deprive themselves and their country of an vantage. Mr. O'NEILL seconded the adoption of the report. • After some routine business, Mr. DOLIENY proceeded to address the association. Ile read a report upon the subject of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, a; the course of which lie stated that, of tha officers amployela in that association, there were 3 , 863 P rotestants, and WI 763 Catholics. The week's rent, it was stated, will be about 2701. TIIE SCARCITY—PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:,,, We (Cork Reportar) are informed that the extensive weed known as the Lee Mills and stores in this city, have b fr e o e m taken by the firm of Baring, Brothers, of I.,onden , " - rn . Messrs. •Beamish end Crawford; at a rent of 6001. per annum, It is generally understood that this is part of the'preesetiu ary measures referred to in the Queen's Speech for the vention of any scarcity cf food that may arise in the env ais season in this country. AWFUL MURDER NEAR PORTIThn\TA• Another frightful Murder has been added to the dailybas creasing list of crime in this country—anoth er pa been sacrificed to the vengeance of lawless legisJat i°ll. d Wednesday evening last, about fide o'clock, as a maofkrte.. Madden, who was in the employment of Mr. Stoney , rt by land, was going- home from his daily labour, be Iv° 5 ,, ° t to some assassin, in a grove convenient to the entranc e : l o - e r a Mr. Stoney's house, near Portumna. The s s sa ss t r allf satisfied with shooting his victim through the bod,,,lta;n'6 as ice dashed li:s brains cut with his own spade.—a". Advertisfx. ANOTHER MURDER. P r°- SITRUEL, JAN. 27, 1.8.16.—A . most barbarous an r ; ti p n c e, yoked murder was committed in this locality on isa— t vo the 20th ult. The .victim was a poor unoffergling nv ir '' bad was returning from the market of II lf w here be gix eat or f been to purchase po'atoes for his family, consisting ° ibis small children. lie was attacked a short distance fre,r n at he town by five or six men, who beat him so severelY,r'n t he died on the following Thursday. An inquest was hel° on to body on Friday and Saturday, and is further adr ur ' - the Thursday. It appears from the evidence given before ere coroner, that the party who committed the told that some of their friends were beaten by anotheog of tion, when they hastened in the direction for the ruP he) , t t taking vengeance, and this poor man being the PrLocer. met, they murdered him without any provocation fro ° _, o One or two other persons are lying in a dangerous 04' wounds inflicted by the same party.—Thid. NEW TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS. peerg, Bacon has fallen 45., and hams 2s. since Sir Rebe r ' vi ol redo duty tariff arrangements, in anticipation of the r duty on those articles. - ' - w arder rle, COURT OF LIEUTENAN C I ic . ITY THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF 11.-- MILITIA. G u ild• Yesterday a Court of Lieutenancy was held in latQly hall for the election of officers to fill the vaca ncies declared. The Right Hun. the Lord Mayor in theec b a in " 5 de' The fulbwing was at the close of tha clared to be the state of the balloting o f tbe Recommended by the Committee to the adoption 91 Court : For Major Captain J. B. Howe .............. 46 For Adjutant Lieutenant W. T. 53 Fur Captains Lieutenant C. Finch M aeltel•O' 6 1 Lieutenant Janes Thompson"' SD For Lieutemnts Ensign W. J. Walker- ..... Thomas IL ath ...... .••• 73 James Quallett.••• •!; c i; 83 For Eqsigns ....... Messrs. George I.3orlive C bh 1/ Jesse Ch a rles Melfor 0 Theodore Ling'...... .. 7 1 Fred. George Wind ° 75 John Harrison IDA' 6 7 For Quartermaster : Sergeant-Major Ward ........ . Not recommended by the Comriaittee :-- For Major Captain James Berkley '• Lieutenant Gritton, KM. For Adjutant Captain Edward S. James 45 0 . Captain Henry Curtis ••••".. ' , Lieutenant Wm. Gun 1,/.l:she For Captains William Guize Roper, - E scl. cll For Lieutenants Wm. J. Lawrence M eetleuu Ensign William Sprott For Ensigns John Charles Butcher For Quartermaster Henry Dive Parrott, Es+ ail Lieutenant Robert Dallinger. ro jelwh It is proper to state, that all the parties rceo eti o.t 3 h and not recommended by the Committee, aPr ar o f big very strong recommendations from individuals 14 5° rank and character. Captain Henry Curtis, who lost the Adjutatlepi bit Lieutenant W. T. Hall, was supported pev"',„l,ers:4 several of the most eminent merchants a nd I) 3 " h igb'' the City of Lcindon. Mr. Childs, who bad O le d bie s tif' number of votes on the list of Ensigns, is th e "- wa geon to the police force. lec All recommended by the Committee declared 0 dig CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUP OLD COURT. 5 0 1P1 (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and Mr. Justice tM" - ,,,, 5 0. s o TILE ALLEGED MURDERS ON UoAItD TM % - In the course of the day the Grand JurY c :aer court and returned seven true bills for 11311' C 5 felony against Captain Johnstone. itn" s l ,4 Mr. BODKIN said there were a great mall., sl bg t to be examined in support of the indictments toene9 just been brought into Court, and the Attornen q would conduct the prosecution • it would , the:ou:la v? a convenience to all parties if their Lordships Ic ()- Ti cti °1 : a da:,- for the trial, and he suggested, with the s,g,i of the Court, that to-morrow (this day) wow" I convenient day. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he had no ohje ct '' ' ' ' S r the trial, therefore, standi fixed for this raornilig o'clock. ec e J The following prisoners were brought up to 1 , 1 µ- the judgment of the Court: —Henry Bob o to Frederick Tyler Russell, who had pleaded g uilti ec i ei dietments charging them with forgery, were sentenos9,o bo transported for fifteen years ; Thomas Ru si p e rt ,4 l ' 4 James Scott, who were convicted of coining, Wi sentenced to fifteen years transportation ; a lr Anne Flood, convicted of uttering base coin, vious conviction, was sentenced to eighteen o°' prisonment and hard labour. I fi NIGHT SIGNALS, TO 1)1{-1-, - f , s COLLISION AT SEA, AND SIIIPWItIiNP.'• , ‘ 3 l THE COAST. Diod Mr. Retter, civil engineer, has forwarded, to 0 1 1 j copies of resolutions passed at various meetegsrocVl, shipping interest in Scotland, in favour of hi s P. 1g ° ; e l code of night signals for the purpose of preveeboie'il, lision at sea. By means of a red, or green lighivoilr, in different parts of the ship, Mr. Better hes Itbelli„ely code of signals which, if generally adopted ‘ ,„lcl :of cantile marine and her Majesty's navy, los' doubtedly tend materially to lessen the hunentaw-c iref life and proper at se Lo a L . O il A Mr. Ja ty mes Love, of Hamilton, OU * ie' has addressed a letter to Lloyd's upon 11 to 0 similar subject. Mr. Love suggests, in rePl' e f o', 6 2 ll l remarks which appeared in this journal se%°i'coevs/0 since, respecting the necessity of an univer.9s; signals upon the Engliih coast being a dopt" i tlO' vessels of their proximity to danger, 1 5;c „liovirtif small gas apparatus, of a portable censtrov- 6i fe et ducing gas of a very clear and brilliant flam e ' Ot t •ch in the form of a large lantern, from three t ° square, with exceedingly powerful refleetOr'o ofr,e , would throw the rays of light through glass si";e, ferent colours, having the different signifie3t;°,lo do quired for the object intended. Mr. Love sr e t bec blue and red light as all that is necessary Un der he is desirous of seeing carried into effect. cc° The feeling which actuates both writers:nl;rjro- thropic, and the object in view is of gre at and of pressing necessity. 4,jyio4 ef t. ' e • e [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness and Defe c i ffy • Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the c° t so. ot II cow post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and O f ' l i s ilP%t 0 '; tle.street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments. --0 ; r e Pi e es , , , Conductors, when fixed in the cavity.of the ears , o ll comfortable, nor more perceptible than having afsiletTi:l% wool in its place. They enable individuals at an!, f , 0'40; and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years ' staectioe, th t to join in general conversation, and t o catch rot: 0 0 , distant low speaker at church, theatre, &C. conversation into the ear s t o suc h an e xtent th a ib l o, "i r t * ; severe cases deafnes cannot be observed. ile' 11 0 . 1 70 Ear Cornets, Fren c h , Germati, and Spanish 1, 48 "" and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every descriP;tio o r y e of those instruments have received the aPP ra pitei a :ll7 o ,l Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great .iyeevotoro newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they sr a t t i fel , Or e l , extremely . imperfect vision, it is brought to its "O u . co ve F and original state. Also, Achromatic Te,l e ` ai d T i v' t ,er , s o Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Alessrs- ' 7 " • l itt a ie" 3 mots, Opticians, are not in any way connected Ili d ,vo t o , l i r ;„ of the same name in their immediate neighbeur li°° ,aut i .' ec d; io , part of the country. To prevent mistakes, W I p Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-streeitreet, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castl e ' burgh. P i ' 'lie d BIRTHS. ti On the lst inst., the lady of Dr. George A. Roes, ° f Arti ci, ll i tr, Finsbury-square, of a daughter. off' P 4 ' f' t e On the Ist inst., at 'Wandsworth Mrs. G Tathain, 0 ,11 fe , On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Mrs. ' G. Wildes, of 3 ,ll;rg rs jo o On the 2d inst., at Kensington, the wife of John . ' .S. r barrister-at-law, of a daughter. the r et P On the 2d inst., at Burwash, Sussex, the lady 0 ' oc ,cv Turner, ofa son. o f° On the 3d iust., in Bennett-street, St. Jaino s% -or' Bridge, of a daughter. of lotting. 01- 0 q On the 3d inst., Mrs. Roger Mortimer, daughter, --------- 11 ,,r ll t; MARRIED. On the 27th ult., et Sherborue, Dorset, John I . t h i o ime l'' .. ilsif' F.R.C.S., to Ein'ly Elizabeth, only daughter of i' „p., ~itcP Esq., of ioutlusea, llants. P 1 3 ' . : VS(I'',A it• . On the 3d itist., at St. Martin's, Charles Godwalt,,,,u it" Surgeon, to Malin, youngest daughter of the late J.' Cs' tr V. a Kanturlc, county of Cork. ~ .1. da On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Whiteehaloo l, t11 : 111:1 } tiv : :fr f 8.A., Curate of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, to Mart-' Y ° 9' ter of the late Paul Storr, Esq., Hill house, Tootig, yi d °W ---------- DIED. gt.inondo, viii, On the 24th ult., at Edinburgh, Mr s. Francis " _ Is to ThomtheasymondsM, Esq. vi . 0 f 11 ,e , e fici Om 25th U, at Cheltenham, Sarah' Wid° la {e /' Adair Gee, Esq rof ti le On the 27th ult., at Preston, Mary Ann' &Wel° Jones, Esq. Ceci cS " I 7 8 'lite °. On the 28th ult., at Manchester, Air. George ow , age t i .o.' , On the 30th ult., T. Brown, Esq., surgeo n, _,,,,P s i cidoa r e ~f'" On the 31st ult., Mrs. Park, of High Helb°"" ~,0 el '' Park. „,.,dying 6 " ,t° Francis froo o at inn i l i ctt t ilih l sa : : : :22 2 rdl: d livniitni i: j: : :, : tn; l ::(l , srai i ald n Pelham- p 1 a e 0 , On the 2d inst., Mr. Harry Menlo, the eta s— Jar ' ' sto .t Monro, of Holborn-bars. ton, Lady yeliL wife of Sir John Stoddart, Knight. , i ,,w,eth S -liciri c pa rA srin fir6 ' BroMP .dge, • ) I • V ' On l :l , l: ). 2 l :l „ in it s e t etor ofiluxted,.., Esq., g l e r , oi, B ri ag x e t d on, 3 frs• , " .4030. ,i i n} n ,l l. 7 1 ri i I, p s. e bg r uer t dy i e.iossqr.guea-rs Meet,e,johri n 1: : : :: ` n%1e,011.0111a , 13., , , , ,, ,, :: :,....-, e LoNsr • o . ~0 - ,r of c.f.: kith Oa the 2d inst., at Kine's-roal, Lledford-re'' , 6toP hci. biitl 01 11 ' 1 • ' ~,,,,, Cli r ' , . .t.tr,,, ti.iorii. 410 ...- • On the 2d inst., at Busted parsonage , . - 1 ifs wort yOtP i O. ripo l ..,,TBDO dLa gi London : Printed and Published by ....- 2 Istrao ...ef 1 1 , irtate rd Strand, Printer, at The Ban Office, No, r ' of the "Wit to 00 gfallti Of 311dOgfiCh Ps 1840. _ 111 I ..v'