The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-13 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION. - - - The German Universal Gazette of the 7th inst. announces that Generals Rohr and Safft joined, on the 3d, the Prussian corps of army along the frontier of Cracow. The war re serve was being actively organised in the circle of Breslau, and soma hundreds bad already been incorporated with the troops destined to operate against the insurgents. The latter had partly withdrawn from the frontier, but only a portion of their main force bad entered Gallicia. The same journal states, on the authority of a letter from Breslau of the 4th instant, that a deputation of the notable inhabitants of Cracow waited on the Austrian General Collin at Podgorze. ou the 3d, and proposed a capitulation, which that officer refused to accept until the arrival of the Prussian general. The ussiau Universal Gazette of the 7th inst. men tioned that Cracow was occupied on the 3d by the Russian troops, without any resistance, and that the Austrians were to enter the city on the following day. General Rohr, the Prussian cammander, had been ordered to cross the frontier on the sth. The following details relate to events of a previous date, but still possess much interest : " The Austrian Observer of the :id instant contains a letter from Podgorze, dated the 28th ult., which states that the Prussian General De Felden had Vaced himself at the head of 1,200 infantry, 400 lancers, and four pieces of cannon, in communicetion with the Austrian General Collin, near Neu hiemn, on the 28th ult. There were at the same period sta tioned in the neighbourheod of Cracow five battalions of Russian infantry, four squadrons of cavalry, and 600 Cos sacks, with a corresponding force of artillery. Letters from Wailowiez, of the left, inst. ; announced that a body of insur gents coming from Cracow, burning and destroying every thing on their passage, and who were marching on Wacowicz through Jordanow, were compelled to return en consequence of the arrival of a division of troops aided by a number of pea sants. A second body of insurgents, ho had appeared near Liumuowa, were likewise defeated. At Wadowicz there were nearly 150 prisoners captured by the peasantry th e re wer e insurgents." " Thus," says the Journal des Debuts, " on one aide the insurgents, on the other side the peasants united with the troop', exercise over this unfortunate country all the horrors of war, with an incredible pertinacity and violence. Gallicia is cut into two unequal portions by the high road of Lemberg. At the left of the road along the Vistula, and as far as the Calatine of Luplin, in the ancient kingdom of Poland e this country is quite level. On the right, on the contrary, the country is hilly. The chain of the Car pathian mountains commences at Wadowicz on one side, and on the other at a few miles beyond Gdow. Further the country becomes more and more mountainous. Sandecz, the capital of the circle, is situated amidst lofty hills; and, at four leagues from thence, commences the prin cipal chain of the Carpathian mountains, which separate Gallicia from Hungary. According to the Austrian official accounts, the three columns which marched from Cracow tcok different directions. The first advanced by the direct road to Lemberg; it was met by Colonel Benedek, at Gdow,. and dispersed. It took refuge at Wieliczka, situated at 15 miles from Podgorze. General Collin detached two companies against that column. According to the official report the insurgents abandoned the town without a con test, but they were unable to return to Cracow. The two other columns passed between Wadowicz and Gdow, which are about 20 leagues distant from each other. One of those columns, which proceeded towards Jordanow, appears to have suffered most. It was defeated by the gar rison of Wadowicz, aided by the peasants. It is not known whether the remains of this column returned to Cracow, or whether they took refuge in the Carpathian mountains. The third column, which appeared in the environs of Lima nowa, was repulsed. This town is thirty leagues from Cracow. The fate of this column is not known. The sitna- THE BEAN. (From the Inverness Courier.) The late disease in the potato seems not only to have placed the agricultural, but the political, world in a quan dary; and politicians have been quite as much puzzled, and as unsuccessful, in finding a substitute for Sir Ro bert Peel, as we agriculturists have been in finding a substitute for the potato—and probably for the very same reason—namely, that none of our indigenous plants seem to have scope enough in them to fill the place. Whether we may ultimately be more suc cessful than our friends the politicians, time will try ; for my part, I have not much hope of the event, from this very good reason, that although we have had a little back-sliding in the potato, caused by our own stupidity, its life and character as a species remains unimpaired. Indeed, we have no single in stance, even in tradition, of a plant being lost to the world that was found to be worth the care and trouble of keeping. Then why should we despair of the potato ? My object, however, is not so much to recommend a substitute as an as-istant ; for it must be confessed that potatoes of themselves, even of the mealiest kind, are but watery and weak when we come to dig ditches or trench land upon them ; and, besides, it seems almost an anomaly in nature that the life of a warm-blooded animal should depend upon a single plant. We have no instance of it in nature, except among the grubs and caterpillars ; and it is sickening to think that so many of our fellow creatures are reduced to such a condition. _ _ _ tion of the city of Cracow is most lamentable. The Russian corps has not yet passed the republican frontier, which is but two leagues distant from Cracow. It menaces the part The great defect in the potato, as food for a hard working man, is the undue proportion of carbonaceous, ' as compared with the azotisel matter it contains, which plainly points it out as aq article of diet that should never be eaten alone, when it can be helped. This law is, indeed, very strictly kept by all who can afford it. But what comes of the thousands of our fellow-creatures who have to begin and end their days on pota toes ?—it is worse than " making bricks without straw." This is a very serious consideration, and an evil not easily remedied as society is at present constituted. For every one that is born with a knife and fork—even a steel fork—there are probably, three born without them ; and as cultivation increases, tl:e pro, o tion between animal and farinaceous food will farther decrease, as the vegetative life which can be produced from an acre of potatoes is so very great when compared with an acre of land under beef or mutton. strongly recommend its cultivation and use. This plant is admirably adapted for small tennant and Jotter cul tivation, and it is these that principally need it. Little seed is required at first, the fodder is equal to the best ryegrass hay, and the plant is of itself of that pliable temperament, that you may hand feed it from April till the frost sets in at the fall of the year. It will bloom and pod to the last, and thus secure an extra crop, whereas with the oat, the barley, and other cereal grasses, you are nearly precluded from this reward of care and watchfulness, as the head and ear of these grasses is formed before the stalk or leaves reach many inches above the ground, and no future care or cul tivation will increase the number of " pickles " in these ears. But I know small tenants will say—Oh ! beans would not grow with us ; we never saw beans but on the strong lands of the "big farmers." This is very true ; we generally see the beat beans on strong stiff soils ; but the simple fact of beans always growing best on these stiff soils, when well and often ploughed and hoed deep, shows us that it was not the stiffness of the soil which is so congenial to the bean, but the ingredients which these soils generally contain, the principel of which are be lieved to be the alkalies. Those who live near the sea side have been carrying alkaline matter, in the shape of sea-ware, on their backs to their lands fur the last fifty years, while at the same time they have been vigor ously cultivating the potato, a plant in its ingre dients, and consequently its food, notoriously the re verse of the bean. From these and other circum stances they are undoubtedly in a better plight for culti vating the bean than any other class ; and as they see that the "big farmers," the manufacturers, and mer chants, and those who are " under Government," eat all the beef and mutton from them, it is themselves that especially require the bean. I would say to them, "do not talk about not liking bean brose or bean bread." In a single bannock you are probably swallowing as much real food as in a whole pot-full of potatoes. As to the liking of this or that sort of food, believe me, it is all nonsense. Our relish for food does not depend on what we eat but on the state of hunger we may be in, aed I do believe the cotter relishes his " brochan" as much as the alderman does his turtle-soup. The cultivation of the bean is simple and easy. Dib bling them in is, I think, the best plan ; make the rows eighteen inches apart, and dibble the beans at three inches asunder in the rows. This will require about two bushels per Scotch acre. Hoe well during the season, and sow as early as the season will permit—sow the lieliogoland variety. It should be no ditcouragement to small tenants, in trying the beans, that there are none grown in their neighbourhood. This may be from the very simple reason that they have never been tried. There are no field beans culti vated within fifty miles of where I live, yet, this season, I had at the rate of fifty bushels the acre, on a piece of very ordinary land, being exactly double what the " big farmers" reckon a good crop on their strong lands, and double what I have been counting upon in my previous calculations in this letter. Think of this ; 3,0001b5. of stuff equal to beef or mutton, with out bones too, on a single acre, and all to be left to yourselves—for it is not the fashion at present for the great folks to eat bean bread, and good fashions never travel up hill, although bad ones travel either way ! By all means, therefore, try the Beans. of the city the least susceptible of defence. For this reason it is believed that the city mu t surrender. It may be re collected that the insurrection proved k.ortive at Posen on the 19th of February, and that more than 500 individuals. almost all members of the upper classes of the nobility and clergy, were arrested and confined in Posen and cam. - et' sian fortresses. A plan was formed to capture the es, daring the night of the 3d instant. It was combined witl..re attack from without the walls by the peasants attacnea to the estates of Count Dzialyn.ski. This last attempt failed, but not without a sanguina-y collison, which c, , st the lives of five of the principal conspirators. Several others were wounded, forty-five were taken prisoners, and forty persons were arrested on suspicion. The Prussian troop., moreover, obtained possession of four waggons laden with arms and ammunition. 'The German journals throw some light on the plan of the insurgents, which was organised a long time since, and was to have broken out at the same time in several towns of the ancient provinces. According to this plan, three fortified towns in the Duchy of Posen were to have been surprised as a basis of operations against the former kingdom of Poland. The fortresses designed were Posen, Graudentz, and Bramberg. The insurgents expected to establish their supplies of arms, ammunition, and provi sions. Gallicia was intended to be their principal line of operations against the southern provinces of Russia, where the conspirators bad long been tampering with the young officers of the army and the nobility. The conspiracy in Posen failed in consequence of the vigilance of the authorities and the iidelity of the troops. Cracow was the centre whence the signal for the insurrec tion was to be given. It was there, likewise, that a pro visional Government was to have been formed, and sub sequently a national representation, composed of delegates from all the ancient provinces and from amongst the emi grants. We have not yet received any information relative to what passed in the Russian provinces, where the insur gents proposed to act with the greatest energy. The article of the Journal de Varsocie, the organ of Prince Paskewitcb, gives but an incomplete idea, not to say more, of what took place at Siedlce." The committee of the Polish emigrants resident in Great Britain and Ireland has addressed the following letter to tke Prince Czartoryski, now in Paris:— " London 38, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square, March 10. " Prince,--The Polish emigrants resident in Great Britain and Ireland, whom this committee has the honour to repre sent, have made a formal declaration, on the 9th of Febru ary, to the effect that, in order to give the necessary harmony and useful direction to the national etl'orts, they have ac knowledgesl your Highness as their chief, and submitted themselves to your orders. To-day, when the struggle for independence has actually began on our native soil, and whilst our conviction is stronger than ever that only by union amongst us we will be enabled to insure that great national object, the committee feel it their duty to renew the above declaration, and to add that the Poles resident here, impatient to share in the efforts and dangers of their brethren now under arms, look forward with confidence to the guidance of your Highness, and trusting to your wisdom and patriotism, promise the most faithful obedience to your commands, with out any regard to the political opinions which individually they raav profess. " We have the honour to be, with respect, Prince, " Your Highness's most obedient and humble servants, " LEON JABLONSKI, President. " COUNT M. GRABOW SKI. " COLONEL LACH SZYRMA. " VINCENT KNEZYNSKI. " JOHN TERLECKI, Secretary." The natural economy of things in infant states of society, where wild and tame animals bear a large proportion to arable cultivation, is to run into the ex treme of animal food ; while, in the advanced stages, in purely agricultural countries (where alone dense populations can subsist), the opposite or starchy extreme is also as naturally adopted. That this state is already realised to a painful extent in a large section of Great Britain and Ireland is acknowledged on all hands ; but how to remedy the blunder is not easy to perceive. The readiness and cheapness with which vegetable food, sufficient to keep the vital spark glimrwzing in its socket, can be raised, as compared with animal food, is so great, that we despair of the bulk of our fellow crea tures being ever again able to clutch the knife and fork. In this state of matters it behoves us all to cast about to see if there is nothing which can be substituted for flesh and blood in the manufacture of this very necessary in gredient in our food— this raw material of the thews and sinews of animal life. The great distinction between animal and vegetable food seems to be the relative proportions of carbon and nitrogen they respectively contain. The great bulk of vegetables are comparatively scanty in nitrogen, while some (as, for instance, the potato) is so destitute of this principle, that, even w hen compared with the dry car bon, it only amounts to about half a cent. ; while, on the other hand, some plants (as the leguminous, or bean tribe) rival beef or mutton in the amount of azotised matter they contain. The natural inference to be drawn from this is so plain that it scarcely r. quires pointing out. In the potato we have a substance so deficient in the proper ingredients of the blood, that, of itself, it is barely enough to support human life ; while in the bean we have all the principal ingredients of the blood, almost in a state of purity, but which, nevertheless, is not perfectly suited to the human constitution ; there is a want of that very ingredient which the potato contains in excess, namely, carbon, and without which the heat of the human frame could not be maintained. Now, seeing that by the constitution of things we cannot all .et meat to our potatoes, how would it do to mix these two sub stances, seemingly created to supply the wants of each other ? The process is simple, and the result certain ; as by doing so, we have at once an amalgam suited to all the wants of the human constitution, and at an expense which need not deter any one who can afford to eat at all. But this will be more vividly seen by reference to the following table, made up from the most recent, and believed to be the most correct analysis of these substances. For the sake of simplicity, and on account of carbon and nitrogen being reckoned the principal in gredients necessary in building up animal structures, I omit the others : Carbon. Nitrogen. Produce of 1 acre, say 25 bushels of beans. 1, 1: acre, say 1321bs of beef 66 19 acre, say 6 tons of po tatoes . It will thus be seen that an acre of land in beans not only produces four times as much of these grand ingredients in the animal organism, carbon and nitrogen, as an acre under beet, but the relative proportions are so near to that of beef that they may safely be set down as errors in analysis or calculations. What waste, then, must it be to gather up cur nitrogen through the aid of sheep and cattle, while it can be so cheaply and handily done by a crop of beans? Again, in reference to the above table, we see that the nitrogen in beans is something about the same ratio as in the flesh of animals, and as we know from instinct and experience that flesh requires something in the shape of carbon to saturate the excess of nitrogen, so as to make it agreeable and wholesome to the human constitution, we have another beautiful provision of the All-bountiful Preserver, in the beans—given us, no doubt, as " kitchen" for the rather watery and starch individual, the potato. The excess of nitrogen in the bean is pro bably something about what will make up for the want of nitrogen in the potato, after you deduct the share of the potatoes usually allotted to the pig, and take in the " drop" of butter-milk—that is, under these deductions and additions, an acre of beans should saturate an acre of potatoes, or vice versa. WOOLWICH ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS.—The eree hurt of these new buildings is nearly completed, at an estimated cost of 70,000/. The new Royal Marine Barracks will accommodate 1,000 men, and the usual complement of officers. An extensive hospital is attached. Rncnu FUR TETE NAVY.—Recruiting for the navy is being carried on with great spirit. In the neighbourhood of Rat cliff-highway and Wapping, nearly every public-house exhibits placards of " able seamen being wanted for her Majesty's service ;" the Names of the various ships being given which require men. REVERSE of FORTIINE.—There is at present follow ing the occupatien of a drover at Smithfield-market a person who formerly kept a pack of hounds in one of the midland counties. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Tuesday afternoon, the Centaur engine, which propelled the two o'clock Exeter train from Paddington, on arriving between West Drayton and Slough stations burst ont , of the tubes of her boner, consequently extinguishing the tire; rts escape of steam was such that it was at first imagihed the train was on tire. Fortunately the Gazelle engine, which brought the half-past one o'clock train down was in readiness, and took the disabled train on to Swindon, where a more powerful engine was provided and the train proceeded to its de3tination. having peen de tained only a short time. The Gazelle engine when leaving Swindon, on her return to Paddington. unfortunately came in collision with a truck, by which both the engine and truck were seriously damaged, but happily the engine driver and stoker escaped without injury. The same afternoon the ten o'clock train from Exeter er as detained sixteen minutes, in consequence of the works of the Vesta engine 1164; deranged, and did not arrire at Paddington until nearly six None of our physiologists enter very minutely into the question as to the proper mixture of carbon and ni trogen in human food. Liebig, that prince of physiolo gists, in one instance states as follows:—'Fifteen pounds of flesh contain not more carbon than four pounds of starch; and while the savage, with one animal and an equal quantity of starch, could maintain life and health for a certain number of days, he would be compelled, if confined to flesh, in order to procure the carbon necessary for respiration, to consume five such animals, " Liebig, in this paragraph, seems to infer that weight for weight in flesh and starch is the proper mixture. Now, this bears me out in a remarkable manner ; as, granting that flesh and beans are almost identical in their two prin cipal elements (which no chemist doubts), the gross weight of an acre of beans, say of 25 bushels, is 1,6001b5., which exactly covers the starch, sugar, &c., in an acre of potatoes carrying six tons—(see Profes sor Johnston's tables.) We now come to another class of facts, which, on the present generation, strike harder and sink deeper, than the symbolic figures, atomic weights, and sulphuric acid facts of the chemists. Who has ever rode a bean-fed horse for any distance but has been charmed with his firmness under him, and his life, spirit, and endurance on a journey ? Who but has admired the springy step, the restlessnes and impa tience to get on, evinced in every muscle of his body ? This is always in contradistinction to a grass or potato fed horse, as a general rule—for, no doubt, there are horses as well as human beings that even beans will not put life in. Again, who has ever compared a piece of bean-fed with a piece of potato-fed bacon ? The one is like cutting up a sponge filled with train oil, while the other is like slicing down lancewood or hickory. The very butcher who " sticks" your pig will tell you whether beans has been an ingredient in its food. Marshall, a writer on rural economy, mentions that the bean, where not fraudulently mixed (a very pious fraud we should think) with baker's bread, is principally given to horses, pigs, and other domestic animals, in the midland counties of England, on account of the spirit and sleekness it imparts to them. In regard to pigs he states, that when fed on beans the meat be comes so hard that it makes but ordinary pork, but very good bacon. Now these are qualities whieh, although partaken of by the lower animals, few will be disposed to cavil at in man. In fact, these qualities sit very grace fully on every grade of animated nature, and we should like vastly to see a portion of them imparted to the peasantry of the sister kingdom—as certainly the appear ance of a ship-load of Irish reapers, newly landed on our shores, gives one an idea of anything but "slet kness." The hardness also, in bean-fed pork, is the very thing we want. It is the loose fibrous texture of potato-fed meat, whether in the horse, the pig, or the human being, that is undesirable. THE NEW BUILDING ACT.—Wejtysday morning the paronial authorities of St. Giles'e-in-the-Fields, St. George's, Bloomsbury, anti St. Martin's ;a the-Fields, were busily employed delivering printed notices to the housekeepers in those districts to have their ostlers cleared of inhabitants that now occupy them, be fore the Ist dae of July next, according to the provisions of the ne iv Metropolitan Building Act, which comes in force en that day. In Dualey-etreet (late Monnenttli-street) and street adjoining, every kitchen or cellar is now occupied by persons mending old clothes, b eats, shoes, &e., all of whom pay exorbitant rents for their miserable habitations. A LEARNED MAYOR.—Lord Mansfield when on the circuit at Shrewsbury, having been asked to dinner by the Mayor of the town, his Lordship observing an antique clock in the room, re marked to the Mayor, " that he supposed Sir John Falstaff fought by that clock," to which the Mayor replied, " He could not tell, for he hal not the pleasure of knowieg Sir John." Lord Mansfield then tried hie host on another subject, and remarked, " that the town ap peared very old," to which the Mayor replied, " it was always cc, please your Lordship." RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA THROUG EC CENTRAL EUROPE.—In the notice of the proposition of Dr. Plate, in reference to this subject, the time and distance should have sto Pd thus:—By Saloniki, from London to Ostend, nine hours ; from Oste pd to saleuiki, with curves, 1,410 English miles, at 35 miles per hour by spacial train, fort.) -one hours. From Saloniki to Alexandria 'i,770 steaming at 10 miles au hour, seventy-seven hears. Total front p Lundell to Alexandria by Salosiki one hundred and twenty -"n hours, or five days seven hours. By Athens, from London to Salonika, fifty hours ; from Saloniki to Athens, with curves, about, 2eo miles, eight hours ; front Athens to Alexandria 600 miles, sixty hours. Total, via Athens, one hundred and eighteen hours, or four days twenty-two hours.C~A ItRISG C ACCIDENT IN REGENT-STREET.-011 Wednesday afterno u, between three and four o'clock, a serious a m tr riage accident occur re d to rs. in Park-street. Grosvenor-- an elderly lady, residing at the time the street was nor-square. She ices crossing Regent street pg the approach of a cab she ran back, direction, and ' i v it he l a a with carriages, when observi gentleman's carriage s vanced in a contraryher confusion she ran agar pat one of the horses, which knocked her down, and before it wa s p ne sible for the coachman to p u ll the ho rsuP, she was under th sir y u s s ho chest. rtly before feet, and sustained severe injuries ab ou t the bod, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Wednesday, ten o'clock, an alarming and destructive fire gberwOltaeout on the pre mites of Mr. Smith, linendraper, No. 100, Ed re e riebb o oii _ ton. It appears that Mr. Smith and his shopmen were Pad leanin ' e linuge the window, when one of them by accident let fall a pie on the gas light, which ignited with several others, and of and a minutes afterwards the shop was one mass of fire. The engines from few Paddingtou, Baker-street, Wells-street, Oxford-street, and th e County, promptly attended, a plentiful supply of water was soon ob tained, and in less than an hour the the was got under. A LONDON FuG Ili MANCHESTER.—A similar fog to +hat which obscured the atmosphere of London on Monday ap pears to have prevailed in Manchester at the sante time, as nu La noticed In the Manchester Guardian :—." During the morning cif Monday last, there was a strong hoar frost, and the early morni was clear an I fine ; but later, that is about nine o'clock, a fog car-se • on, which was very much more dense in the town than the subur`m While it was comparatively clear at Pendleton, Ardwiek green, Higher Broughton, and other environs of Man chester, the fog was very thick and smoky in Lite centre of the town. It eentinued to increase till about ten o'clock, when it was as dark as on a moonless and starless night. Shops, mills, warehouses, and. ; other places of business, were all lighted up with gas. The sun,. which shone brightly in the outskirts of the town, could not for some: time pierce through Via murky, yellowish brown atmosphere in, siehich tile town was enveloped ; but at length, his beams having be come sufficiently potent, the fog rolled off le a few seconds, end the atmosphere instantly became much lighter, in every sense of the word; the gas ices extinguished, and the fog `left not a wreck behind." THE WHEAT CROP.—The appearance of the young wheat in this county is at present very good, though on rich lands it it growing more rapidly than is quite sate at this season of the year ; but we understand that in some of the best districts in Lincolnshire, where the wheat is sown in drills, the greater part of the plant has. been destroyed by slugs and insects, which always abound In unusu ally mild winters. There can be no doubt, from the extraordinary number of birds which are to be met with in all parts of the country, that there must be much more than the usual supply of grubs and other insects In the ground, to enable them to support life. In our part of the county there are as many birds now as are usually met with in the month of May, including stragglers of almost every variety, and if it was riot for them, nothing that is In the ground would escape from the grubs. During the last month we have not had inure than two or three severe nights until Saturday last. The weather then became sharp, and continues to be so still, though scarcely severe eaougtt to tree vegotatioa Prom Its taeoot Ustroyers. ..„..korpool Timm THE PRISONS of GREAT BRITAIN. The tenth report of the inspectors of prisons has just made its appearance, and has excited a considerable sensation among the City authorities. The inspectors advert to the general improvement which has taken place in prison discipline and management, and in the separate system of prison discipline. In the Home district, the rew Reading County Gaol and House of Correction has been in operation for more than eigh teen months, and the separate system tried with great success. Not only has the health of the prisoners im proved under this system, but the number of punishments has greatly decreased. The last report gave 343 punishments for prison offences out of an annual gaol population of 830. Under the separate system during the same period we have only 94 prison punishments out of a population of 352, or 16 per cent. less than here tofore. The intellectual and religious instruction of the convict has progress( d in an equal ratio Considerable alterations and improvements have been made in the Hert ford County Gaol and House of Correction, with a view to its adaptation to the separate system. Clerkenwell Prison has been taken down, and a new county gaol is in course of erection on its site, upon the separate system, for the untried and for prisoners under exami nation. In Buckinghamshire a new prison for 300 pri soners on the improved plan will be completed in August next. The inspectors object, however, to the pro vision of day rooms for prisoners before trial, and the tread-wheel for prisoners sentenced to hard labour. They are of opinion that the silent sys tem cannot properly be applied to the untried, and that compulsory labour does not necessarily induce industrious habits. Extensive alterations are in progress in the Essex County Gaol at Springfield, and the ob jectionable gaol at Chelmsford is to be abolished. In the Kent county prisons at Canterbury and Maidstone, many important alterations are in contemplation. The inspectors strongly recommend the erection of a prison in the met: opelitan districts of Kent, the expense of conveying offenders from the neighbourhood of London to Maidstone, amounting, at present, to 1,8001. a year. They also suggest that ono large House of Correction, on the new system, shall be substi tuted for the Brixton, Guildford, and Kingston prisons. In the eastern division of Sussex there is a great need of additional prison accommodation. Whilst the in spectors, however, express their satisfaction at the great improvement which has taken place in prison discipline and accommodation in the districts above referred to, they advert in terms of strong condemnation to the disgraceful condition of the prisons of the city of London, Newgato, Giltspur street Compter, and the City Bridewell, —in which, say they, " the master evil of gaol asso ciation and consequent contamination, still con tinues to operate directly to the encouragement of crime. The forced companionship of a prisoner just com mencing his career with the associates he must of neces sity meet with in the City prisons, cannot fail of proving destructive." The inspectors add, that they have frequently protested against the prisons of the city of London without effect. Among the prisons of the home district which fall within the same category are those for the county of Bedford, the effects of confine ment iu which are of a most demoralising cha racter. The act for the amendment of the Law of insolvency has greatly diminished the number of prisoners in 'the following gaols, viz., the Debtors' Prison for London and Middlesex ; the gaol for the county of Kent, at Maidstone ; and the gaol for the county of Surrey, in Horsemonger- lane ; the decrease having amounted in the last mentioned prisms, to 807 per cent. Having enumerated tha causes of juvenile delinquency, the inspectors express their opinion that ordinary schools are inapplicable to the refor mation of such offenders. A vast improvement in the treatment of juvenile convicts is, however, ad mitted to have taken place within these last few years. The establishment of the Parkhurst prison, at the instigation of the inspectore, now eight years in ope ration, has been attended with the most beneficial re sults. The prison was originally provided for 320 boys, but has been enlarged so as to accommodate at the pre sent moment 720 boys. The arrangement at the Mill bank Penitentiary for the probationary confinement of 200 youths, from 16 to 20 years of age, has also greatly augmented the means of ameliorating the condition of juvenile convicts. Further establishments for the ef fectuation of the same desirable object are strenuously recommended. The report contains some just and use ful practical suggestions in regard to the treatment of juvenile offenders. That treatment, however humane, must be of a penal character; for if they are comfortably fed and clothed, and subjected to little corrective dis c cipline, the strongest inducements will be offered to ; indigent parents to abandon their children, or instigate them to qualify themselves by crime for admission into such establishments. The report recommends that a prison for juvenile delinquents should be erected in London. Three thousand were confined last year in the metropolitan prisons ; and it cannot be doubted that no young person can fail to be depraved by the contami nating association which such a system involves. It also suggests that convicts of this class should, on their release from gaol, be placed in the way of obtaining an honest livelihood, and not be left in the state of destitution which at present attends their discharge. The subject of emigrat'on for criminal boys is next discussed, and the necessity for the formation of district prisons for them insisted upon. Unless a liberal outlay be incurred in pro viding reformatories for offenders of this class, their numbers cannot fail to increase to a frightful extent. It is added that for such purposes many buildings already in existence might be adapted at a much smaller cost than the construction of new prisons would of necessity involve. The docu ments by which the report is illustrated extend to 674 folios, and are chiefly statistical. The account which is given of the metropolitan prigons, and those of the City more especially, is little creditable to the wealth and intelligence of the City of London. But we are unable to find space for any portion of it to-day. Suffice it, for the present, to remark that it fully war• rants the indignant protest of the inspectors. , ..., Nature gives certain animals sharper instincts than others, and wherever very special circumstances require these extraordinary instincts, they are really wanting. The pigeon is one of the swiftest and most enduring of winged animals, at least among the graminevora, and pro bably no living thing, bulk for bulk, expends so much force throughout the day. His flight, whether for food or play, is always at the top of his " bent." There is no dallying in the case of the pigeon ; he flies always as if fora wager. Now, every one knows the great predilection pigeons have for the leguminous or azotised crops, and the long and meteor•like flights they will take fur this their favourite food. We recollect once in our youth sowing peas in the grey ofa March morning, and before air, and, on turning the fi rst sheet was emptiedrouround, heard a whistling in the pigeons doubling up theirn W. observed a flock of blue g_s ad for their breakfast at w a t e n m h yste s r tart i :d. How they the end of the ridge where we l• got notice of the sowing certain, there was not a pigeon I that could have supplied such a sample; neith w e e r nt lo n r es pigeon -cote Zithiunt t one thing i s collcct even havi kg seen pigeons traversing that distr ict re of country, except at the time of sowing the peas, or on the pea stubbles in autumn. At such a time let the 1 farmer go as early as he likes to his bean or pea-field, the pigeons will be there before him. The use and cultivation of the bean is said to have originated in Egypt. The higher classes of the Egyp tians had a prejudice against the plant, which affords a pretty strong presumptive proof that the y would g ive it to their servants and slaves ; and when we think of the canals, the aqueducts, the sepulchres, and those most im mortal of mortal things, the part' mils of ancient Egypt, it certainly does give one an extraordinary idea of the herculean influence of the bean. But it is not altogether from its nutritive qualities and the singular adaptation of its constituent principles for coalescing with those of the potato, so as to make one beauteous and harmonious whole, that I Would so A*ERICAN ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMERS.--We learn that the American Government have accepted a contract for the conveyance of American mails over the, Atlantic. Six large and powerful steamers, it is stated, are•to be pro vided, and the ports of departure are to be Liverpool and New York..—Liverpool Albion. THE ALLEGED FORGERY OF AN ANTI-CORN-LAW PICTITION.—We are informed the Committee granted on the motion of Mr. Craven Berkeley met on Friday and inves tigated the cases of alleged forgery of signatures to this pe tition ; Mr. Septimus Pruen, Mr. J. Boodle, Mr. Hennesy, Mr. Vines, Mr. Bishop, and ethers were examined, and the result of their evidence leaves no doubt that: the ex planation by Mr. Bright is the true one, viz., that the whole of the signatures were bona fide signed in Chelte• sham, but that being sent to Manchester in an informal st ate, one of the clerks in the League-office, drew out a pro per written heading, copying at the foot the five first nam es, so as to make it presentable to the House.— Cheltenham E ra miner. The Earl of Cawdor, as conductor for the evening, entertained the directors of the Ancient Concerts on Wed nesday night at dinner, at his mansion in Soutli Audley street. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of G loucester honoured the Noble Earl with her presence on the • occasion. Tile other guests were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the DI achess of Buccleueb, the Earl and Countess of Roseberry,.S it Henry Bishop, Mr. Sl oane S tan l ey an d Mi ss Stanley, and the Honourable Octavius and Lady Caroline Dunco - abe. The family circle comprised the Earl and Countess C awdor, and Lady Mary Campbell and Viscount Emlyn. 'The party broke up early, to attend the performance at the• .Hanover square Rooms. GLASGOW PIG-IRON TRADE, MARCH 10.— Consider able transactions have taken place this week, but at re, 'need rates. Irregularities have take' place among some of the des lers, which has created a want of confidence, and thrown a glow a over the market. 70s. in store for the usual proportions of rum ,bens cannot be obtained, the general Impression bein that it will rev aleto GOs.— GIRVOW NcNivnai. E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 13, 1846. THE LAW OF ENTAIL IN CAPTAiN JOHNSTON, OF THE SCOTLAND. SHIP TORY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " EDINBURGH ADVERTISER. " (Abridged from the John 0' Groat Journal.) The question of the justice and propriety of the Captain George Johnston is the son of a worthy man present law of entail in this country, is ose which is at named William Johnston, who lived in the parish of the present time occupying a very considerable share of I Dunne, county of Caithness, and was for many years, attention among those more immediately interested in and until his death, an elder in the church of Dunne. He the satisfactory adjustment of the question at issue. A was first married to Margaret Swanson, the mother of meeting of landed proprietors, and others, is to be held I Captain Johnston, a respectable woman. She died soon on Thursday inahelflopetoun Rooms, "for the purpose of after the birth of George. There were three brothers considering the great national evils connected with the an. four sisters of the family. The father again married law as it now stands, and the propriety of an immediate the widow of a George Smith, at one time mate of a application to the Legislature thereupon." For the per Thurso vessel. This woman, who is also mentioned as a poses of bringing the subject more fully before our decent, respectable individual, had a family of her owe. readers, we give the followings extracts from a docu- As the subject of this sketch grew up, he became quite ment with which, we have been favoured, entitled, " Me- unmanageable, offering every insult to her whom he molt on Entails," and which ably discusses the subject in ought to have obeyed and respected. He was eonses all its bearings. quently put out to herd what is termed " The Town's " All lands, entailed and unentailed, require a capital Cattle." The custom,is, that the herd takes his food and for management, contingencies, and improvement. En- bed in each house daily, in rotation. In this way lie tails hurtfully withdraw this capital, and prevent even a had a new master every day, and it any of them crossed credit on the lands for the most important benefits to him he had his revenge in same way or other. On his the heir in possession, as well as to the public. The half yearly term of herding being over, he was again attempts to remedy this by Acts of Parliament have taken home and put to the parish school, where only been sufficient to show the admitted evil, not to he continued for a short period. When there cure it. Entails are a constant tutory, never advanc- he was still the terror of his companions. ing the possessor of the estate above the character of He was taken from school and again put to herding an heir, and keeping him in perpstual restraint ; where- Having occasion to meet many neighbouring herds he by it is necessary, for his, interest, to strain eve ry used to beat them soundly, and te any anecdotes are means in his pavver to the utmost, and to do the least told of him, alt proving his fighting propensities. possible good to others. No person can dell with pre- Johnston was for a while post-boy between Thurso and feet safety with an entailed proprietor ; because he can- Mey, and in this capacity he manifes'ed the same hie not knew how he is restrained, what security he can p-tuous temp. r, and great darif g. From this employ give for sums advanced, or engagements made. As ment he beto.,k himself to sea, and served his apprentice little encuusaesement ac possible is given for improve- ship on board the " George Sinclair," of Wick. Having ments, and aids admitted or given, are often 105 t in the disputed vvitli the other appr, ntices, he administered to constant recurring conflict of necessities of heirs and each asevere drubbing, and forthwith left the vessel, with executors en the death of each heir of entail. met completing lis term of servitude. Johnston acted as "As to the heir of entail himself, he is called to the fisherman one season at Wick—he again went on board succession burdened with every debt and obligation that ship. It is reported of him that when sailing out of can be charged against him, and with many debts which London, he had seen published, a challenge and beta on he has contracted, or been forced to contract, before his a celebrated prizsfighter, whom he took up, and won the succession—not knowing, certainly, what right he has fight, by which he is said to have pocketed a little to the estates—and loaded with provisions to wives and money. For a short period he resided in Edinburgh children of his predecessor, which often exclude all with a sister, who was married there, and at this time power to benefit his own family. Ho is likewise made he put himself to school and studied navigation, &c. He to feel his nearest blood as a spy and complainer ; and afterwards went to Liverpool, and sailed out of that port his son, freed from the salutary restraint of any risk for a time as mate, and subsequently as captsin. Capt. from displeasing his parent by recklessness and folly, Johnston rnarried, in Orkney, a cousin of his own, often becomes disregardful of his own interest and the in- named Mary Johnston, whose father belonged to Dun terests of his family, and looks to the other members of net. It, is said of him that, when in good d humour, he it as little more than incumbrancea on him, which touch was hind to the men under him, and hospitable to his diminishes the natural affection duo to them, aid makes countrymen who viAted Liverpool. He was fond of show them far more dependent than they ought to be. The and pomp 'us appearance. When at Hong-Kong, it is parent may feel all this, and see his younger children reported of him that he employed some of the natives destitute of the position which they should be maintained there to carry him shoulder high, in all the pomp of an in, but with no power to prevent it ; and further, see that eastern monarch. Johnston is in his nth year, but he an increase of the same evils will be transmitted by looks older. He has had several children, but only each succeeding heir, destroying every feeling of com- one daughter is alive. His father died ten or twelve fort and independence, and rendering his title of en- years ago, but his step-mother is still alive and resides tail as if it had been made only to delude himself, and in Dunnet. He has a brother living in Cestletown. his heirs, and all around him ; reducing the considers. His wife has been residing in London since his arrival Lion and the usefulness of the family in every way, and from China. He is rather under the middle size, so fur in many instances forcing the family to leave the coup- as height is concerned, but is stoutly built, and large try, and take all their income from it to support them boned. Sinclair, the carpenter on board the Tory, is in the retirement of the Continent, completely estranged a native of Wick, and a sober trust-worthy lad. He from their own estate and neighbourhood, and from all has been about two years with Johnston. To his attachment to their country. The whole of Scotland is exertions, as much as to any other, are the owners in thus deeply poisoned, embarrassed, and injured by en. debted for the safe arrival of their ship and valuable tails. The evil is rapidly increasing, and threatening to cargo. The greater part of their crew were shipped at stagnate the fairest parts of the land, and to alienate the Hong-Kong, and are described by those who had an op respect due to the proprietors of the country. portunity of knowing something of their several histo " These miserable effects are said to be necessary to ries as the " sweepings of all nations." preserve the aristocracy of the land. Men who love their country, and wish to live on their estates, and to im prove and benefit all around them ; men naturally dis tinguished for vigour end soundness of mind ; men who naturally despise the idea of being kept from harm by leading•strings, and who would feel the honourable re sponsibility of preserving their station by the generous regard to what was due to their own high sense of duty to their ancestors, to their families, and their country, far beyond all the chains and shelter that could be ap plied by the capricious restraints and evil securities of a deceitful entail, made under a bad law, devised for the selfish vanity of a Dives, to perpetuate slavery in his fa mily, by cf unteracting the laws of Providence, which attach the wise penalty of loss of consideration to reck lessness and disorder, and do not protect the bad by continually paralysing the good, a course which, in time, would reduce the landed proprietors of Scotland to the state of the most expatriated paupers, instead of being a blessing to their country, and encouragers of vigour and improvement, and comfort to all around them. These are no vain and theoretical forebodings. The country is already labouring under the influence of them to an excessive degree ; and it is not too much to as sert that more than one-half of the entailed proprietors in Scotland have not half their income to live upon, and their families are more burdened and kept down than any other class in the country. " One great source of the revenue of the country is the stamp-duty on the conveyance of property; but the entailed estates are freed from this; and they do not pay a single farthing of legacy duty, which alone if charged to each heir on his succession to an entailed estate, in the same way as it is drawn from the children of bis poor tenant, and from the children of the poorest merchant of the country, at the very time when they have lost the income obtained by the labour of their pa rent, would afford above 1,000,0001. sterling every year to Government. Should it still be thought that an in come must be preserved through a succession of profuse heirs, for the chance that they might become the honoured parents of good heirs, the best entail would be an Act of Parliament that all lands should be' excluded from diligence. This would do equal justice to all parties, and only the sooner show the excessive evil of the stagnation of any kind of pro. perty. Or if it be necessary to secure a large income from capital, free from all change, in favour of any class, it might be safely done by requiring the parties to purchase the Government funds, to the extent re quired, and never to allow more to be so tied up than what the State required. This would make the funds valuable, and give these parties the greatest interest in the prosperity of the country. " It would require no management, and never pre vent the improvement of the country ; and all taxes would as easily be taken from that capital as from any other, and without any serious damage to those who held such special entails. The aristocracy holding this fixed income, and left free to purchase, and to keep and leave to their heirs as large estates as they could acquire and improve, would hold them as free men —a far more commanding and respectable character than a half-ruined heir of entail. The tenantry and the country would deal safely with them, and respect them as men freely maintaining the high station which the good conduct of their noble ancestors raised them to, and preserved them is, and the country would feel that integrity was fixed as the basis of right dignity and title to every property in the kingdom. NEW MODE OF PROPELLING STEAMERS. A great improvement in the mode of propelling of steam-vessels has recently been introduced to the notice of the scientific, and others engaged in steam navigation, by Mr. Peter B. McQuie, a merchant at Liverpool. The arrangements of their improvements are simply these:—Underneath the steam engine and within the vessel, a fist circular iron case is fixed horizontally below the water line, into which the sea water flows uninter ruptedly through a hole at the centre of the under side, by means of a conduit or pipe extend ing towards the bow; ani is, in fact, the bottom of the vessel perforated with apertures to admit the water freely. The upper surface forms the floor of the fore-hold, raised a little higher than the keelson. From the periphery of the iron case a pipe conveys the water to each side of the vessel, where a nozzle or beset pipe discharges the water outside of the vessel above the water line. Inside the iron case a fan wheel is suspended by a vertical shaft passing through it, on which cranks are formed ; on these the piston rods of the cylinders act direct with their connect ing rods. By this arrangement the whole power of the steam-engine is employed to re volve the fan wheel, which carrying round the water in the iron case, it presses by centrifugal force towards the periphery, from whence it is discharged by the nozzles. When the steam engine is put in motion the discharge of water from each of these nozzles is si multaneous, and the seamen on deck have the entirecon trol of the vessel without interfering with the steam engine, which never requires to be stopped or reversed under any distress or sudden emergency ; in place of which the vessel is stopped or impelled backwards by pointing the nozzles downward, or to wards the bow, which can be done in a few seconds by means of a chain and wheel (similar to a rudder wheel) on deck acting directly over the nozzles. When these nozzles are pointed in opposite directions, that is, to the bow and stern, the vessel turns round as on a pivot, and is rendered in this way inde pendent of her helm. Besides these advantages there are many others equally important ; in the first place a greater speed is attained with the same power than by the paddle-wheel or screw. Sail may be carried to any extent combined with or wasting the steam power, at, the hull is free from all outward obstructions to impede her sailing properties, and no action of wind or sea produces any reaction on the engine ; therefore, no vibratory motion is communicated to the vessel, and the power of propulsion is very slightly diminished by the immersion of one or both nozzles in the water.—. Ne wcastle Guardian. INDIAN CORN. (From the Sussex Advertiser.) The importation of Indian corn, which is going on both in England and Ireland, will prove of little service in alleviating the wants of the poor, unless they be in formed of the best method of preparing it for food. This information it is now in our power to atTord ; the following receipts having been kindly forwarded to us from North America. Indian corn, when ground, makes excellent gruel, prepared in the same way as oatmeal gruel; and what is called wish, is the same thing as Lancashire oatmeal porridge; bat it is necessary in making this, that it be very well boiled. In summer it is eaten cold, and is very flinch liked. Treacle may be eaten with this. Indian meal is considered a great improvement either to white or brown bread; about one-third of Indian meal should be mixed with wheaten flour; this is especially advantageous in case of the flour being damaged by wet. Indian hi ea.d is excellent, and is made thus :--To a quart of steer milk or butter milk, as much corn meal should be added as will make it into a thick batter; a little salt, and a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda dissolved in water, acts upon the acid of the buttermilk, and the ef fervescence causes the bread to be light ; a spoonful of coarse sugar is an improvement, as is also a little butter or melted lard. This must be baked in well-greased tins, sufficiently large to allow the cakes to be about an inch thick ; they must be baked in a quick over. They are best eaten hot, but are very good cold. Treacle is excellent with these. When sour milk cannot be procured, fresh milk may be substituted, adding a table-spoonful of vinegar ; but the carbonate of soda must not be stirred in until just before putting into the oven. Another way of making this bread is to pour boiling sweet milk over the meal, and when cool, add three eggs and a little salt. What is called Indian Slap-Jack would be very avail able in those parts of Great Britain where girdle cakes and bread of that description is used. They are very excellent, and are thus made:—Scald a quart of Indian meal; when lukewarm add a few spoonfuls of wheaten flour, half a tea-cup full of yeast, and a little salt, and when sufficiently risen, bake them on a well-greased bake-stone. They are best eaten hot. Another way, and the most approved here, is to mix about half the meal into boiling milk and water; when cool, stir in the remainder of the meal, so as to make a thick batter, mixing in two or three spoonfuls of flour, three eggs, and two teaspoonfuls of salt. To make Johnny Cakes:—Scald a quart of Indian meal with a sufficient quantity of water to make it into a thick batter; stir in two or three spoonfuls of salt ; mould it in the hand into small cakes, rubbing a good deal of flour in the hand, to prevent them sticking. These cakes are fried in lard ; when browned on one side, turn the other. They take about twenty minutes in baking. Eat them hot with treacle. To mae hoe Cakes:—Scald a quart of Indian meal\ with a pint of water, enough to make a thick batter; stir in two tea-spoonfuls of salt, and a small quantity of butter melted ; put it into a well-greased tin, and bake it half an hour. FIRST SIGHT OF A HORSE.—The sensation produced by the presence of the strangers had not in the least subsided at the period of our arrival at the islands. The natives still flocked in numbers about the encampment, and watched with the liveliest curiosity every thing that was going for ward. A blacksmith's forge, which had been set up in the shelter of a grove near the beach, attracted so great a crowd that it required the utmost efforts of the sentries posted around, to keep the inquisitive multitude at a sufficient dis mshvaarlepar of aaisdombir;t theio n A a as h a iii e,o horse, ue which dis tance to allow the workmen to ply their vocation. But notbinghagdabieneend brought o u l g a h rg t e fro a of the vessels of the squadron. The animal, a remarkably fine one, had been taken ashore, and stabled in a hut of cocoa-nut boughs within the fortified enclosure. Occasion ally it was brought out, and, being gaily caparisoned, was ridden by one of the officers at full speed over toe hard sand beach. This performance was sure to be hailed with loud plaudits, and the "parakee nuee" (big hog) was unanimously pronounced by the islanders to be the most extraordinary specinen of zoology that had ever come under their observation.—Fnur Months' Residence in the Mar quesas Islands. NEW CLUB, No. 12, GEORGE -STREET, HANOVER sQuARE.—A new club is in course of formation at the man sion now occupied as the British and Foreign Hotel, to be conducted on the same principles and management as the large clubs of London. The number of members to be limited, and the admission to be by ballot. The list of mem bers already enrolled may be seen, and further particulars known, by personal application at the address given above, between the hours of twtive and four. MANURE COMPANY.—It is intended to form a com pany in Newcastle, for the purpose of turning the contents of the common sewers to profitable account. It is proposed to intercept and convey them underground, without the slightest nuisance to the public, to a considerable distance from the town, where reservoirs will be formed, and buildings erected, and there subject them to a chemical process, by which tip objections on the score of offensiveness will be destroyed, and the substance, as a manure, improved in its fertilising proper. ties. It is proposed then to dry it by artificial means, and thus render it fit and convenient for carriage. Upon a mo derate calculation, not fewer than 10,000 tons of valuable manure are wasted, which, at 31 per ton, amount to an annual lofts of 30,0001.—Newcastle Journal. SUICIDE OF AN Ex • COURIER OF THE DUKE OF CAM axmoz.—Yesterday, Mr. WakleTi m.p., held an inquest at the Marquis of Granby Tavern, Great Marylebone-street, on view of the body of Thomas Webb, aged 50 years, who committed suicide. The deceased lived at No. 3, Little M a rylebone-s treet, and was formerly a courier in the family of the Duke of Cambridge, from whom he re ceived a pension fur his services. Subsequently he became butler to Colonel Thoyts, but had left about a twelvemonth since. Mr. Reading, the parish beadle, doi)osed that, from information he received on Sunday evening, between six and seven o'clock, he pro ceeded to deceased's room (an attic), and found him suspended to the bed-post by a cord tied tightly round his neck. Witness, with the as sistance of the landlord, immediately cut him down, but the body was quite cold, and life must have been extinct for seveial hours. John Cuerton (deceased's landlord) deposed to having last seen him alive on the previous day ; ho was a married man, and his wife lived at service ; he had lodged in witness's house ever since he left Colonel Thoyts. Deceased was never heard to utter any expressions that might lead one to conjee:ure that he contem ployed suicide, and he enjoyed tolerable health up to the period of his destruction. The Coroner summed up at considerable length. re marking on the fiequency of suicides amongst butlers; and as the testimony was not altogether satisfactory as to state of deceased's mind, he recommended them to return an open verdict. After a short consultation, the jury unanimously recorded the following ver dict, " That deceased was found dead, having hanged himself in a state of mind unknown to the jury." PRICE OF POTATOES AT PORTSMOUTH QUAY.- Alderney, 41. per ton ; 4s. 6d. per cwt. We perceive the price of this necessary article of food is still kept up ; but we would caution those who have stocks in hand not to keep them too long, or they may lose them altogether. We remember, some years ago, that potatoes rose to an enormous price, and many persons kept them hack from market, in the hope of getting a still higher price—a mild winter succeeded, which caused them to germinate very early, and the consequence was, they became so soft, and were so matted together, as to require prongs to remove them into carts in order to throw them on the dungheap. The mildness of the present season might produce similar effects. We are satisfied there is no scarcity in this part of the country, as potatoes arc freely selling in the upper part of the county at ss. per sack !—Portsmouth Telegraph. DEPLORABLE AND DISTRESSING CASE.—The follow ing very distressing case has caused considerable excitement and alarm in the neighbourhood of Millbank, Westminster. It appears that a shoemaker, named James Silk, together with his wife and four young children, have been residing for some time past in an old, dirty, and dilapidated house in Vine-street, Westminster, in the greatest misery and distress. A few days ago one of the children was seized with typhus fever, the father and mother also cau g ht it; the poor woman, from want of nourishment and attention, got so had that some person having heard of it had her conveyed on Mon day to the Westminster'Hospital, but she died a few hours after her admission Into the institution. About three hours after her death her husband was conveyed in a sedan chair to th e hos p ital, wra pp ed up in blankets, b u t the poor fellow can wily survive for a few hours. Such a painful case of misery and distress would be hardly supposed to eglthi country like two. . Hominy is made from the unground Indian corn. The husk i 3 freed from the grain in a mill, and the grain in this state resembles the finest tapioca. Boil it till soft in water. It is extremely good thus boiled and eaten in milk, and with the addition of a little sugar and spice, resembles English fermity. What is called Slut's Ho miny is made by steeping the grains in weak ley, which lo )sons the husk, FO that it is easily removed, without the necessity of the mill. Bannocks or Indian Cakes are made thus, and are fit for the most luxurious table :—Stir to a cream a pound of butter and a pound and a half of brown sugar ; beat six eggs and mix together ; and a teaspoonful of cinna mon and the same of ginger ; stir in three pounds and a quarter of sifted Indian meal and a quarter of a pound of wheaten flour. Bake in cups or small tin moulds, and eat when cold. THE LATE FALL OF THE BONDING WAREHOUSE AT LivanrooL.—On Monday, the adjourned ingu,st on Peter Laney, who was killed by the falling of Mr. Tipping's warehouse, in Moor-street, on the 31st of January, was brought to a conclusion. In addition to the evidence, the professlonal testimony of several surveyors, who had ex amined the ruins, was given. They were all of opinion that the accident resulted from hidden causes, the princi,.al, of which was the rottenness of the ends of the beams in the eastern and western walls, which could not be perceived when the building stood, but which is now apparent. Evidence was given that the warehouse was not overloaded at the timo of the accident ; and the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental (I ,, ath from unforeseen causes," accompanied with a suggestion that a surveyor should be appointed to snpect warehouses, e3pecially old ones. 'CHATHAM SAVINGS' BANK.-At the thirtieth annual meeting of the managers of this institution, it appeared by th a report, that notwithstanding the reduced rate of interest allowed to deposit , r.e, there had been deposited in the last year nearly 22,9001., made by 3.900 separate deposits ; and that in the same period 23,000/. had 'Aga withdrawn from the bat* in principal and interest. LAW INTELLIGENCE. !;OUSE OF LORDS, March 12. The House sat to day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. Tilt MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE V•. SINCLAIR. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied their Lordships the whole morning. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 12. The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Ito, to-day, and heard appeal motions and appeals. The part heard motion of " Wennall v. Featherstone," and the appal of "Dobson v. Lyall," occupied his Lordship the whole day. VICE- CHANCELLOR'S COURT, March 12. (Before the VicE-CHANCELLOR of England.) OSWALD V. OSWALD. Mr. BETHELL applied in this case upon motion for an in junction to restrain the defendant from in any way interfer ing in the business in which he and the petitioner were part ners. It appeared that the petitioner and defendant, in 1840, entered into an agreement with the late Earl Grey to work certain lime-stone quarries, the property of the late Earl. The plaintiff advanced the necessary funds for the purpose, and the defendant was to have the management of the works. Latterly the plaintiff had discovered that the defendant was making the speculation a losing instead of a profitable concern; that a large balance was due to the banker, who claimed it from the plaintiff; and, therefore, the present application became necessary. No Counsel being in structed to oppose the application, HONOUR ordered the injunction to issue in tke terms asked. DUNCOMBE V. LEVY. In this case it was arranged that cause should be shown en Monday next, and that, in the meantime, the defendant should be at liberty to proceed as if the injunction had not been granted. His HONOUR, after disposing of several other cases, rose before twelve o'clock. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRA3L) FISH V. LORD PALMERSTON. His HONOUR gave judgment this morning. The case was argued before the Court some time ago, and the main point in dispute was a claim for interest from the date of the sale of the property purchased by the defendant in October, 1840. The Court this morning went again into the evidence and correspondence at great length, commenting on the points raided by counsel in their argument. His Honour said that no one could doubt, after reading the correspondence which had passed between 'he parties, prior to the 7th April, 1841, that Lord Palmerston had admitted the purchase and entered into the contract; at the same time the subsequent letters having been admitted on both sides, the Court would not hold his Lordship bound by any admisssion found iu. that correspondence. On the whole it could not be held that it was a case of sur prise or otherwise. The most favourable view of the plaintiff's case was, that he had proved the terms, but had failed to prove the conditions of sale. His Honour came, therefore, to the only point in dispute, whether interest should be allowed to the plaintiff, and he decided that interest should be allowed on the purchase- - money, including the timber, from the 10:h October, 1841, taking that as the date when the contract was entered into. An inquiry should be made whether, and what, rents and profits. if any, had been derived from the property by the plaintiff after that time. If the barn had fallen through dilapidaiion, or been pulled down previous to that time, the defendant was entitled to an account against the plaintiff. The case was such that the Court could nut allow costs to either party. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 12 (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff B uRCHELI.) BAKER V. BALLARD. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 91. 2s. OR a bill of exchange. The defendant pleaded that he had paid the amount. The plaintiff is a surgeon, and the defendant an attorney's clerk. . . . . Mr. TSZOMAS, on behalf of the defendant, put in a receipt fa the amount. The receipt was not dated ; but the water mark on the stamp was the fourth month of 1843 ; it was in the following words, "48, Gray's Inn- kne.-2eceived of Mr. William Ballard, 91. 25., as per bill for medicines and medical attendance up to Michaelmas last—John Baker." Roger Hall, clerk to the plaintiff's Attorney, said he did not think that the receipt was in the plaintiff's hand-writing, but he would admit it to be. The UNDEa-SmutlFF—What do you mean by-saying that you do not believe it to be his hand-writing, yet that you will admit it ? _ _ _ The witness said he believed it to be forged. Mr. CHARNOCK. said a receipt had been given, and no doubt it was the one produced. Mr. THOMAS said it was not pretended that there was more than this one transaction between the parties. Charles Harvey was called, and deposed that he was well acquainted with the plaintiff's hand-writing, .and that the receipt was his writing. Mr. CHARNOCK then addressed the jury for the plaintiff, and said that he should be able to prove that the defendant, in answer to an application for the amount of the bill, sent the bill of exchange, and requested an acknowledgment, whereupon the receipt was sent. Charles Home, a boy about fourteen, was called, and de posed that he was present when defendant's son called with a letter. He believed the letter to be the one produced, and the bill was enclosed in it. Plaintiff told witness to ge' a receipt stamp out of the drawer, and plaintiff wrote a receipt and gave it to the lad Ballard. He thought the receipt now put in was the one, but he c uld not say whether or not there was a stamp on it at the time. The UNDER-SHEISIFF said if the witness could not recol lect that, his evidence went for little on the other points. Mr. THOMAS contended that the action was in reality that of Hall, who held the bill before it became due, and had admitted that he had written several letters to defendant threatening to expose him in the Sheriffs' Court as to the na ture of his complaint if he did not pay. The Learned Counsel said it was most extraordinary that Hall should .deny the genuineness of the receipt when the substantial defence was that it had been given when the bill was sent. The UNDER-SHERIFF said it was clear that a most un worthy trick had been played on one side or the other, and it was for the jury to say on which. On the part of the plain tiff it ought to be argued that the date had been left out in consequence of cash not being received, intending !hat it should operate when the bill was taken up. The proper course would have been to have said " Received by bill of exchange," if it was so. On the other hand no'proof of pay ment was offered, but the holding the receipt was prima tacie evidence. On the other hand the bill was still in the possession of the plaintiff, and that wait in his favour, as it had not been shown why it was not delivered up •if the money was paid on it. The jury, afar a short consultation, returned a verdict for the defend ant ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.— Salisbury, March 10. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Daniel Gallagher, a private in the Ist Dragoon Guards, was indicted, charged with having shot at Ann Gallagher, his wife, with intent to kill and murder her. Mr. Ball appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. _ . . The first witness called v. - aa Ann Gallagher—She stated she was the wife of the prisoner, who WAS a private in the Ist Dragoon Guards. In December last she lived aith her husband in the barracks at Trowbridge, in this county. He had had a fortnight's leave, and returned on the 20th of De• cember. During his absence the wife had remained at the barracks, and when be came back she te•ld him that reports had been set afloat that she had been cohabiting with one of the sergeants during hee husband's absence, and begged that he would inquire as to who was the person who had set the report going. Upon this they went before the captain of the prisimer's company, who yid that he thought it was clear that the woman had only been working, out el good nature, for the sergeants in the compiny, in cleaning out their rooms, &c., and would not interfere in the matter. The witness, it appeared, had been in the shit,when her husband was at home, of cleaning about their rooms, and cooking for them. However, as the captain treated the matter lightly, the husband was not satisfied, and went to the canteen. This was about four in the afternoon. The witness then went back to her room, soon after which her husband came home. Between six and seven, she asked him if he would have some tea. He said he would not, and went out of the room, and she did not see him for ten mi nutes. He then came hack. She met him at the door, and saw that he had something in his hand, upon which she ran away, being afraid he would strike her. She ran into another room at the end of the passage. Them was a person in the room. He followed his wife, who ran t o th e en d of th e room by the table. He then fired his carbine. He seemed dis tracted and out of his mind. He was quite tipsy. He did not attempt to fire when he saw her in the passage, but fired at the corner of the room. She was at the other end. by the table; she could not tell how far, but quite in a different direction to her. He did not' appear to know what he was about. The conduct of the wife was afterwards cleared up to the satisfaction of the husband. Cross-examined by prisoner—He has always been kind to me. Ellen Allen—l am the wife of William Allen. I know Bugby. Vas in a room in the barrack, and he was there. I heard a scream, ant Mrs. Gallagher came into the room, and wished the door to be lacleert, and it was so. There were three ragas at the door. Bugby opened the_ door, and Gal lagher came into the room. He appeared out of his mind. Did not seem to know what he was abent. He presented hie piece towards where his wife stood, but I cannot tell whether he intended to-injurs her. I was so frightened that I became insensible. Job Bug,by—On the 29th of December I was in the room No. 11. Mrs. Gallagher came in. Soon after Gallagher followed, who came in very drunk. He did not seem to know what he was about. He fired his carbine. It was in the direction of where his wife was standing. After we came from the stable we searched the room, and found where the bullet had gone. It was more than a yard from where the 'woman was standing. By the JUDGE—The prisoner came inside the door, aad fired his piece. The bullet went into the corner of the room, Aleut &yard from where she stood. She was out cf the line about a yard. This was the case for the prosecution. No one appeared for the defence, but The prisoner: addressed the jury, and stated that at the time he fired the carbine he knew not what he was about ; he was mad through jealousy, and had done what he had never done sine:: he had been a soldier—gone to the canteen and got drunk. Scarce knowing what he was about, he had seized his carbine, but at the moment when about to fire at his wife his heart had failed him, and he had fired it wide of the mark. He also submitted to the jury that it was clear that he could not have meant to shoot his wife, for if he had he could not have missed her, as she was so close as only to be at. the other side of the table. The sergeant of his company gave him an excellent cha racter, both as a soldier and a humane man, and The Learned BARON having minutely summed up the case, The jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE. BOW-STREET. Charles Baker was charged with assaulting his father. The complainant, who was a very old man, stated that the prisoner had for some time been very much in the habit of drinking excessively, and had frequently assaulted him while in a state of intoxication. On Wed e d y wi;ness having becn at work, returned home and found the prisoner very mud intoxicated, and using threatening language to his mother. lie reproved hint ta. his conduct, and said that knowing what effect drink always had upon him he ought to be more careful. The prisoner abused him , an d threatened to" tvhe his i blood;" add\ait that Iv: •.vould hang ou the same gallows with Wicks, alluding to the murder lately committed iT, Drury-lane. , then snatched up a pair of scissors and made a blow, - at hint with them, which he however evaded. The prisoner then went down to the kitchen, and witness went to the door of the house and called a policeman, who took the prisoner in charge. Mary Connell, a young woman who lived in the same house with the complainant, said that she was in the kitchen last evenii4;, ,vhcn she prisoner Casile ft.: raz,,r, saying he wan ted it to " kill that - old rogue, his father." Us took a raze , from a drawer in the dresser, and was leaving the kitchen, when she interrupted him, an d with soMe culty took the razor from him. The risoner expressed eat regret for his con duct, a° said th a t if be were discha gr rgPd he would keep awaY ' home. th e , r ri , The complainant said he would be satisfied with sonar's word that he would keep away. ust fle d 10 s ettill it g o Mr. HALL did not think be would . be ji the prisoner at liberty upon his own promise. He Mu s „Vitt him outer into recognisames for 401., and fi nd two sure"- 20 1 . each, to keep the peace for four months kV MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERD ..-- -4 T. ~ W I ~,,t42r, 'lc. . 41 10° Eatrrnmin.—Meadow Hay, 3 1 8 s to 41 8s ; C l o ver c1itt0..,15 pet 61; Oat straw, 11 125 to 1 / 145 ; w heat Straw, 11 14s to $$ load. A full average supply, and a stea .y demand. cid°, 4181 CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 3/ 53 to 4/ lOs ; Clover 63 ' 10 1118$ to 51 iris ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s; Wheat Straw ., 11 1 per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. t o 1 6 N 1 rn ; ' Out Tsc H S l t r r at -- i 3 / 1 1 c 2 a s " t to 1 / H as '' , 313 Wheat to 4 S I t f l a g n ; • , 11 145 to load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. 2V2E.A.T MA 24 ;CST'S. oe - oli 4 . Sotrrtiatz, MARCH 11.—The suppiics of each kind of fa t 44 tai , sale to-day were vet , limited ; owing to which the trade r uled at, in stone instances, higher prices. Beef from Pork to Mutton, 4s Gd tc Sc 8d ; Veal, 4s 10d to 5s Sti ; and .. per Bibs. alit it . A re— s '. Boatman, Mason 11.--Prime Beasts and Sheep 50 1 - ina to re ' somewhat enhanced rates; otherwise, the demand Veal'was 4610$ Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d , Mutton, 33 10d to 55 8d; :19 $ . 1 5 1 to os 6d ; and Fork, 4s to 4s 8d per Blbs. Suckling 03 1`,:5, Is . 'w Clover dile/1641,101°1 303; Quarter-old Store-pigs, 165 to 203; and Mitch s,ss their small calf, 16/ to 181 each. gn , 45 r i LEWES, MARCH 10.—Beef, from 3 s Id to 4s Gd ; Mis'''t"-' '63pl', 55 8.1. ; Veal, 4s Sd to Gs 4d ; and Pork, 4 s t o 45 8d per limited, and trade brisk. tau 0 24721127 GATE .6.1 1 4.11) X.E.11.1130211111-- o r 11 10 t o The supplies (preach kind of Meat on sale here were rat in 25 6,1 , , while the demand ruled steady, at full pr;ccs. e1,A1r:n4,351'" 33 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s 6d to 55 6d ; 0 " '-' to 5s per 81b$ by .the carcase. _______......... CORN AVERAGES. no GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF II C , _ ... .' 0 ,00 For the Week ended March 7,1846, made up BRITI f r om 012 S Ber si dli f i le4 Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Engl'il per Imperial Quarter. Ilio sd WHEAT. B LEY OAIS ISIS._ I 1: A 1 S 1a Ir, (rd PRICE • • 154 s 10i1 1 2 5s 3 d I 21s 10. d 13 3 e 6a DUTY... 18s dui Ss Od 6s ill a6d1 75 64 • ___...-......! . STATE OF TRADE* ki ,„esi," MANCHESTER, MAncit 10.—The market coti— to ns li, depressed state, trial f r goods and yarn ; the fe ig e ,' , wbi c io tons that tako place being generally at reduced ratthe,l,,, spinners and manufacturers seem more generally di.ristil accept than for two or three preceding weeks. Th ere f clo t "' however, considerable inquiry for some descriptioc ° the CIO and it seems pr ,bable that a Flight concession from rent rates would lead to extensive purchases. 1 , Os ti r ' ROCHDALE, MARCH O.—There has not been li.e 1 0 0. 0 ' provement in the flannel market to- day ; everytb i l fasi ° , inactive, and • the sales have been limited. The wu",,. c e 11 has also been dull, and purchases for cash might r„ t icil l , bought at less prices. The wool dealers have s uffae o T„joilti the late failures, and it makes them very cautious '"" ma r l business on credit. le- 0, LEEDS, MARCH 10.—Wecannot report any itl l l 3ll s to cts i : our market. to-day; there is, in fact, leis doing. A s ito l s: accumulating in the hands of the manufacturer!, an they they are disposed to submit to somewhat lower — pes sl merchants confine their purchases to the narN west c limits. an tilY o I HUDDERSFIELD, MARCH 10.—A very fai r qu tilo . l - plain goods have been Fold in our market this '0 11c : buyers in the warehouses have been more nutne r°ll . 4. o ef 1 4, goods are dull of sale. Could there be an alit c lottu u ld b e ,h 0 present pressure in the money market, there 114) jjasv less a great increase of business in this distric t '' . Gua-dian. 0 0 1 ' POC I'o 6° APPLICATION OF THE PENNY POSTAO' a p t , ' Cr. TO RAILWAY PARCELS.—We rejoice to s ee tithe di511,90' of a ion- uniform rate of carriage, whatever t he 5 0: adoi ted on railways, and systems of railwall l i , seci d s'' company, so fa , as relates to parcels of small 10 c o ol''o' weight. The Manchester and Leeds Railwst rietel.:o report, presented by the directors to the Pissatt,i4 Wednesday last, stated that the principle of le vi t he e a btt irresp , ctive of distance, had been applied to .„ 1 04 and delivery of parcels, not only en their o vi. g t s cy pei also on neighbouring lines. On Monday la st 'gr. _ a ilt 4 inn of the Trent Valley Railway Compan s .,' Or ipP' Tootal stated that on the series cf lin", a 06 1 41 Manchester and Liverpool with Birmingba';',,o• is don—combining the London and Birming,iceet ;011 Junction, Manchester and Birmingham, ar ld . o f _,lto d el so , lines—in future to he under the manageme n t: titl e . 1 gamated and consolidated company, under tu e ( slt! London and North Western Railway CornPs l3 - 1 „a et o dP, a capital of 14 millions sterling)—all parCe ls - ,serf log' tv, kilt would be carried from one end to the o one gal L 1 all i iterrnediate pieces, at the uniform charge ef, e s teol,r, and that this plan was ultimately to be e xtenr , s ad I sill lines between Falmouth or Dover at th .A e n s o e t l :;:e g s: p i j d o t: gow at the north ! This is one of the advantaiff t isu;ag e result from a connected series of railways, b eilt " saTs b e. sole management of one company. very speedily to result is the establishment of t e huo tte s it sll, tween London and Liverpool and London and '`,.. - ,so l le et !, means of which it is expected that intelligen ce - is vote: matted between the metro p lis and Manchester% o f 11 tlio nutes or less! These great benefits are the res u , toy o al-' l4 of interests; and if the public acc,ommodation 1 5 0 1 provided for, and at lower rates for passe"gLoo t° which have been promised, no one will have r— ftt ft: the amalgamation.—Men - :hester Guardian. 1 , 00 ; A O; SOrTH kMPT(IN MARCH 11.—CHARDE Cl ...POP' or k ev - ain 11' A case of forgery has, during the past we e 'log s s ioP,,'; attention of our borough justices, and excited $ 0 ire c beci% of interest in the town. The facts of the ° to t! $d P„ these :—On Friday week last, a lad p A re t t e e n rt, L r y- e,‘ : r. '' or I k for 38/. 18s. at tho bank of Messrs. purport'ng to be drawn by Mr. Cooper Fire u casbled, tiwn ) on Mr. J. Foe (a builder). . ,t n( ' til e SlOy• the boy in 57. notes, see. ereigns, and silver, 0 , CP...sat4 d w e as v smhoorrntlyngafornerwe of ftdths the 51. tow was p f: i r ti g7o: l3 to e pocit t i76 : i t: with other moneys by the toli-coliector t t , o ' acte l op ,itu r , ll .t inquiries being made, the note wai the posse sion of a man named Itobet• t too 0 wl - 0 cbangel it on Erairday morning 3 0 11 '4 Hotel. In answer to inquiries, Hazledeni. s e seetl i d; i s Friday afternoon a man accoste him in tu e , * sicb i be . 1 0 him to give him change for sic, notes, ": a t tof so) that he subsequently changed one of the Nn i ,t e ' c ler ) , o 3 ;0 Hotel, and the other at the Union Hotel. 7 h o tel , :O'A bank accompanied Hazleden to the latter f, s i o sa, ir note was discovered to be another of those oul o otc: e too forged cheque. Subsequently, the other five ptifrole ) ,o found by some boys in a ditch; which ditch the„ Pot t be bank clerk passed in going to the latter be';'setijoie 1 0 3 was consequently given into custody. a nd t tents or s, e s examinations before the magistrate. In theforfilist ' boy who carried the cheque to the bank caness I l it t s" , ` , being taken to the gaol where the prisone r e ve, a? immediately selected him as the man wi 1 ,.., ° 'a t 'ist t ° IV cheque. lie said that the prisoner met bP",,„ l obe c la O i se and offered him a shilling if he would take In f o , 'eS,O it cashed ; that he obtained the cash, an d rs 01, cr e ,st prisoner. A former employer of the prisonoo t it sio ti great s'milarity between his writing and th! t i st SO Theprisoner was committed to take his t lB Jo e 5,41 Summer Assizes. IV' ,Irs'e ...., .., AO -;1 THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIE I .' 0 0104 0 a very numerous meeting of the minbers of the W e : Ci f ' 3 o ol ', ) i ~,li 1; Soe:ety was held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-siree;r. ''' - alt ;o'4 to appoint the general Committee for the present Y., ea rl.', 110',1 0 business. There was a very full attendance of 1 ` ez tee r. , l t 4 ti lent al Reformers of the borough, as it was e ° 3 klf. ss' . ~,,, , er, , o il o : official notid!ation would be given that Mr. Le' S t. atli # ol intend to start as a candidate at the ensuing' "';.y el 11).;fcto being called to the chair. Mr. Huggett, the secre s r f r ail o l ' i',; of the present Committee, when the whole were o f e,„0. 0 5: : . cepting Mr. A'Beckett, sen., who, from ill-health: t o t ot we nation ; Mr. W. A'Beckett, jun., being elected A ed 0 0 , of ~ chairman then stated that Mr. Leader had inform n oel , ' fit was not his intention again to contest the rePre s '" , s ler ° et " minster. P t e } t, a 03 '';(' PI- 4 , The execution of Ralph J' icey, fire tt , to vire o ff e ,d father, at Cockle Park, Northumberland, is " r lent °,( O f )I ,,,e ' P r i p , front of the county gaol at Morpeth, on the no f etes A s _,,e itsa the 18th instant The Hon. and Itev. F. GreY , li o n, , l it i vic . " or who has attended the culprit during his incarcersoef ,otla ,Q, an iniereessery prayer en his behalf, which lax I,lelf"' p Irish church, and petitions are being got uP c 'e. _,la• ft f o r Morpeth, praying for a commutation of the sefiterijoe, l et, ~. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT; AND oile l', Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. —Newly-inveputtetoge„lise7 scopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, die. - !.... joa n ot a . 0 00 Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Sir JO"_.," .011, esl l '..l` ;)F . +l' Frederick Goodfellow, Clayton Grosvenor 2,101-1''.,.. ivc.ips:,,cl.`, son, Mackenzie, Galway, Biggs, -wolf, Mil il ie ." o . l) ?Al Price, Lindsay, and Thackray ; Major-Generals i ye ,r9 , 6 Of 50d io Sir John Rose, Sir James Cockburn, Achinty, .Generl l/ 00,...0. p: Hamilton, Turner, Wemyss, and Lieut sal Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonall, Sir R. Barton , Sil ir G. it p , 7 r,',., Wm. Eustance ; Admirals L rd John Has' , - 0 ,1 0 . 0 70 George Monday, Sir George Martin, sir Jame. 11°t 15. 4 lil e i 9 0,1,1, Ross, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkinson, s o A l ' f ell t A A, Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen ; Rear-Admirals lirge i' l e 0 1 ,i De;,,4 , &c. Messrs. S. and B. Solomous, Optn S, slytla 60/01, tade Lenses upon a new construction. InlinedtaieDie!,.adotilile before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness , lee•,el til the eyes is at once removed, every object becoef b ' ri get ; ra te: 04. to that the most aged imperfect sight beaniee' or isies l ,olW and is brought to its youthful, natural , ~.„f le S,,.cille "I Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, 3lierost eiv o t iii, o l l ,e kinds of Acoustic Instruments, tin relief ef." l are lea" ;it, Caution—Messrs. S. and R. Solomons, Opticialtr fattilde<llo4, connected with a person of the same name in tlif,. d Onor'df/ p e bourhood. To prevent mistakes be cautious, 'l',„, tlw 4 s Y t O ff t be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly , oPlf o r P - po ?ors/ [ A DvERTISEMEN T. ]--PALPITATIO,, 0, Ces s O f to,s! SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND GENERAL 1) 1131 ! i 4pel lee S 4 :1 1/1 ,.' , , LOWIT'S PILLS.—A. gentleman of the }merle °' ',chi" i ii-liefir,,' the present in Sackvdie-street, Dublin, a l l t l i ; iiii° iTS lAI L ,, years in the East India Company's service i ,,e , Deeita4tp4 was even at death's door, the action of his heft to a,,, 0 1 :10 ,o ` c , violent as to cause, when lyingdown, the wen' T se aree,' ill lye from shortness of breath and debility he 0 011 ' 1 ,0'1:A; eV . yards. This gentleman may now be se' ii °LI e o'e 'eV enjoyment of health, having been cured baret ',,,. i s re'_„ c s Holloway's justly celebrated Pills, which :7 4, ir' and at Professor Holloway's Establishraent, .4.1 /1 O d. ' V ° / EE.seciOcinnn.t:t t3o h hit e e.. jias:ti,l Bthat ou l f i : i :a s i t tdt . the e ~.: u in ght s e o r h . o.2 3irs dva - ar s oy OOP 1° On the Bth inst., ' in Suffolk Place, the wif e °f " ce , B jeRnTrylIST. Loa ,rt, a PS iet ' ctiare, • the 1 daghter. ..,-. Dill, o o:ti t - t h e: i t: l i:st., 3 :t Kaetat;place, Blacicheal4l" )ll 6 ' jk Bag - nold, of the Bombay Army, of a son. oca• of a son and heir. t. .O 'lP .41 , 1 1 P Oa 4th lust., at Southpo;L:ani‘ncll square,i re, t i l : e n e 51 1 h e l ij e e. 1 414 :1 Rsedt eSa, Yorkshire, to Frances Maria, davgt cliet;rie,sollP Esq., of Southport, and of Heath -bank, Ciler-14 Fre , 1, 0 On the 9th inst., at St.James's, PiceadWY,`.;:dottel thi so of the Quadrant, to Miss Elizabeth Moyes, oW . Mr. James Moyes, baker, of Hernming's.r 5 4 1 -.-------_ .., r 1 1 DIED. Mr ° Old P r° ift? Oa the 11th inst., at Curzon Lodge , , „ r ear. 40 1, ~ beloved wife of William Judd, Esq., in Ler 5 , ./,'„.0. P. I t vol On th, 19th of September, 1845, at the,..,'Dadlei,4 C / Zealand, Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. W•,,` - '; w ife . On the Ist ult., at St. Lucia, Elizabeth, 1 " E li ° Esq., Assistant -Commissary-General. ._, e A 0 ~ 17 On the 26th ult., at the Croft, Inverness-Snir -, _ A /1:0 ter of the late W. Cameron, Esq. Ir:i r A 554' ' On the Ist inst., at Cambridge, James La , ei nOß On the sth inst., in Great George street , I 3e e OO l Richardson, aged ,-- 6. d 62 ' 0 . ~.., age ..0 On the 7th iteq., in Bath, rear-Adiniral 1,3 . „,.`' Torii , " On the 7th ite;t., at Adiamville Lodge , n e ' A. O'Halloran, Esq., aged 42. ~Q . O floril: / On the Rth inst., at Highbury, Henn, Geo'f c ,.e.(lb ~ 0 igt , On the 9th inst., at Margate, Mrs. Cormacll, '-'-',etisrl„ry, , Re • 141 Gre g" .1 , On the W:: inst., at IlitchM, Ilerts, the --; /. .....ard - On the 10th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of LA" v e o r Clarenlont-squi,.-.e, Pentonvil:e. ~,, ,of S tri 01 (11‘ ~• On the 8111 inst., Robert John Harper, . 1 -' l ' c o A, Bussoi,l% ii#L, T.-00:1 i: , ,est, Stafford, aged 81. 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