The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

VIM & ,•••••ailiagnOwrann , LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this Railway Com pany was advertised to take place on Saturday, at the• London Tavern, at one, for the purpose of determining whether the Company should be dissolved or not. At the hour appointed for the meeting to take place there were a great number of shareholders present. Robert Linsdell, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and after the necessary forms had been gone through, and Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Lowry, and Mr. Old acre had been appointed scrutineers, The CHAIRMAN stated that, in consequence of the indisposition of their Chairman, the duty was imposed upon him of reporting to the meeting the proceedings that had taken place since the last meeting, and also the present position of the Company. After having passed through the severest ordeal, and obtained the unanimous decision of a Committee of the House of Commons in their favour, they had been defeated in a quarter where they had the least reason to expect it—(Hear, hear) — and under circumstances upon which he would not dwell. Their failure had not been occasioned by any want of attention on the part of the directors, or of skill in their professional agents, but it was to be attributed to the peculiar and unfavourable constitution of the tribunal by which their cause had been defeated. The question now was, whether they should prosecute their scheme or dissolve the Company?—(Cries of " No, no.") lie would ask whether, bearing in mind the proceedings that had taken place, five gentlemen of the House of Commons were not as likely to come to a right conclusion on a ques- tion of commercial enterprise as a similar number of Peers of the realm ?—(Hear, hear.) It should also be remembered, that whilst the decision of the House of Commons in their favour was unanimous, the decision against them was carried only by one, and that individual happened to be the bosom friend of their successful competitor.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it would be necessary to dissolve the present Company, in order to reconstruct it upon more favour able terms. Notwithstanding the arduous contest in which they had been engaged in Parliament, their ex• penses would not exceed 16s. per share; consequently they would be able to return to the proprietors 6s. per share. A proposition bad been made to them by the London and York Company, if they would join with them, to find half the capital to carry out the scheme, and also to pay half the expenses. They proposed to allow the funds of the united companies to be credited to half the ex penses. This would render it necessary to reduce the shares of the present scheme from 201. to 101., and a call of Cs. per share in addition to the 6s. proposed to be re turned would make the value of the new shares 20s. The worthy chairman concluded by proposing, " That the present Company should be dissolved, for the pur pose of being reconstructed upon the terms proposed." Mr. ASTELL, the Chairman of the London and York Company, seconded the motion. Mr. FRANKLIN then addressed the meeting, and read letter he had addressed to Mr. Hudson, the Chairman of the South Midland, suggesting to him the propriety of endeavouring to come to some terms with the Leices ter and Bedford Railway Company, to which Mr. Hudson had replied, that if the meeting thought proper to appoint a deputation to meet him upon the subject, he would endeavour to make an arrangement if possible. Now, what benefit did the proposition of the directors hold out to the meeting ? Why, that their property would be made worth 20s. He had no doubt, if they came to an arrangement with Mr. Hudson and the Midland Railway, their property would be worth 305., instead of 20s. Ile trusted, under these circum stances, that the meeting would be adjourned for a week, and that a deputation would be appointed to meet Mr. Hudson.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by moving, as an amendment, that the meeting should adjourn for a week. Some considerable discussion took place upon this, which ended in the amendment being withdrawn, and the original motion for the dissolution of the Company was declared to be carried unanimously, that dissolution mot to be considered an act of bankruptcy. It was also agreed that Mr. Richardson, Mr. Corrie, and Mr. Franklin should, together with the directors, form a deputation to wait upon Mr. Hudson. The meeting then broke up. RAILWAY SH-ARE MARKETS. MANCRESTEU, SEPTEMBER 4, STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % dis.—lllackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3-16 dis.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 9-16 dis.—Churnet and Blythe, % dis. —Dublin and Belfast Junction, 634 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 13-16 p.—East Lancashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 9% p.—lluddersfleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2% p. Ditto Extension, 11-16 p.—Kendal and Windermere, 3 a dis.—Lanca shire and North Yorkshire, 11-16 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis.— Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 3-16 dis.—Preston• and Wyre, Halves (B), p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 5-16 p.—Shropshire Union &c., 3-Id dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, 13-16 p.— Treut Valley Midlands, &c., 13-16 p.—West Lancashire Coast, %. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 4. STOCK Excassoz.—The gala are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, Ms. p. —East Lancashire, 914 p.—Great Grimsby and Shef field, 24 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2 c. p.— Ditto, Exten sion, 10s. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 614 p. c.—Leeds and Brad ford, 43% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 3;4 p.—Ditto, Extension, sa. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 314 dis.—Ditto, New, 3 a. dl3.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 55 s. p.—York and Newcastle (late New castle and Darllugtun Junction), New, 10 p.—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 138. s. did.—Buckinghamshire, 7s. Gd. dis.--Direct Northern, 16s. dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. 6d. die. Lancashire,Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 245. dis. —Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. 6d. dis. —Leicester and Bedford, 9s. dis.—Liver pool, Manchester and Newcastle Junction, Bs. 6d. dis.—Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 4m p.-3falton and Driftleld Junction, 16s. s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 4 s. p.—North Western, ss. 6d. p.—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 18s. Gd. dis.— Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, % dis.—Shropshire Union, 2s. 6sl. —West Riding Union, 51. Is.—York and Carlisle, 435. dis. HULL, SEPTEMBER 4. STOOK ExcHawoz.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares 504 c.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 101. 18s.—Boston Stam ford, and Birmingham, 11 s. 3d.—East Lincolnshire, 14s.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Bs. 6d.—Leicester and Tamworth, 38s. 6d.—North Western, ss. p.—West Riding Union, 51. Is.—Grand Union, 15s.—Leeds, Wakefield and Midland, 328. SIIEFFIELD, SEPTEMBEIC 4. STOCK ExclasNot.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, 3 1 4 dis.— Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 4 dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 18s. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 , 7‘, p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 6s. dis. YORK, SEPTEMBER 4. STOCK ExciseNoz.—Tho sales are —Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 13s.—Ipswich and Bury, 9 —Ditto (Cambridge and Ely), I %—Leicester and Bedford, 13s. 6d.—Leicester, Tamworth, &c., 11. 19s.—London and York, 2/. 3s.—Malton and Driffleld Junction, 21. 165. 64. scrip—North British, Carlisle Extension, 41. 65. 6d.—North Western, 11. Bs.—West Riding Union, 51. Is. Gd.—York and New castle (late Xewcastle and Darlington Junction), New, 111, is. 3d.— York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 13. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Taavric.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year •ts Week Last ° ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. ,19 Aug. 29 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • • • • • 221 240 - Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • - 28 Chester and Birkenhead. •• .••••• • • •• 725 736 27 Dutlin and Drogheda • • ...... •••• • • • • 973 948 Sept. 1 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 1,442 1,422 Aug. 30 Dundee and Arbroath .••••••• • • • • • • • 545 576 29 Durham and Sunderland .•• • • • ..... • • 635 851 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• •• • • 4,379 3,530 30 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 9,180 6,054 30 'Eastern 'Union 529 - 29. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • ... • • 2,422 2,154 29 Glasgow and Greenock.. ••• • • 1,420 1,219 29 Gravesend and Itoe.hester •• •• •• • 374 419 31 Great Western ..• •.... 20,678 19,751 '29 Hartlepool .• ••••••• • . • • • • ,„ 1,16 s 29 London and North Western, &e...••. 45,822 42,100 30 London and Blackwall.• • • 29 London and Brighton. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10,240 8,125 - London and Croydon .•••• •• 29 London and South Western. •••• • • •• 7,977 9,004 30 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •• • • - Manchester and Birmingham.. •• • • - 29 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• 7,362 7,629 29 Midland Counties . • ....• •• •• • • 20,407 18,186 29 Newcastle and Darlington •••• • • • • 3.239 2,613 29 Newcastle and Carlisle•• •• •••• •. • • 2,213 1,943 - Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ - 702 30 Norfolk ••••• • • • ..•• • • • • •• • • 1,825 1,330 29 North British .. •••••• • • • • • 2,049 - - North Union and Bolton and Preston - - Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans.. •• •• 6,889 31 Paris and Rouen. ..... ......... 8,319 8,085 29. Preston and Wyre• •••••.• • • • 1,458 817 . Itichmond. ....... ......... - 29 Sheffield and Manchester•..... 29 South Eastern• ••••••• •• • • 28 South Devon.. • • ..... •• ••.. •...• 1,351 - 29 Tad' Vale 654 588 29 • York and North Midland ....... •• .. 7,818 6,495 NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 2. APPOINTMENTS. Midshipman—George Whiting, to flag-ship at Sheer. ness. Midshipman—C.S. Forbes, to William and Mary. Naval Cadet—Marcus Costello, to Virago. SEPT. 3. Master—James Saunders, to the Sidon Chaplain--Rev. G. W. Ga rron, to the Imaum. Clerk—W. Dowdell, to the Sidon. MALTA, Aro. 25.—Her Majesty's steamer Hecla was inspected on Friday last by Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, when every manoeuvre, even the most difficult, was or dered by him. Every one knows the state of discipline of the Hecla when Lieutenant Hire was appointed to her. It was therefore with no small degree of satisfac tion that her then commander, Duffill, received the com pliments of the admiral as to her efficiency, cleanliness, and good order in every department—a compliment he declined with much modesty, declaring that all the merit was due to the First Lieutenant, Hire, to whom he had entirely confided the internal management of the ship. This is the officer who some months since, in a gale of wind off Cyprus, jumped overboard and saved the life of a seaman, who, however, died two days afterwards. On Saturday Captain Duffill resigned the command to Com am.der Starmer, who read his commission on board. The "Hecht is under orders for Tripoli, and will pro ceed thither dttrino• the week, with Mr. Crowe, the newly-appointed Consul to that place. Her Majesty's ship Fantome left port on Saturday last. with dispatches for Sir T. Meade, her Majesty s Consul-General at Tunis. The India rnail,expecTed here to-day, has not arrived, neither has the Trident, from Enr ° iand Tha Locust steamer l e f t port this . morning to try some patent coal. The res u lt h as not been made known. The Avenger steam frigate, which conveyed Ibrahim Taelia to Alexandria, returned to-day. The officers during their stay at Alexandria have been very kindly treatrid. On the day of her departure Ibrahim Paella sent to her commander, Captain Williams, a sword of the value of 301. sterling, and a costly cashmere shawl ; to each of the other officers on board a sword of the value of 151. sterling ; and to the crew a present of 500 sovereigns, besides a plentiful supply of provisions for the voyage. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent, from the lonian Isles, anti the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose, from the Levant, both arrived this morning. THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUAPr 'N. In Ain 4a Harbour—The Ceylon, ‘ceiving ship THE &ITN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846 bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, second in command and superintendent of Malta Dockyard ; the Avenger, Captain T. Williams ; the Hecla, war steamer, Captain J. Duffill ; the Locust steamer, Lieut.- Commander Power ; and the Wee Pet steam-tug. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock, and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C.B. bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. At Gibraltar—The Virago, war-steamer, Commander John Lunn; and the Phoenix steam-vessel, Commander Dennis. At Corfu—The Meteor, Lieut.-Commander Butler. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Jackal! steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco. At Beyrout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. I Fremantle. At Smyrna—The Siren, 16, Commander H. E.Edgell. At Constantinople—The Bloodhound steamer, Lieu tenant R. Phillips. En route to Tunis from Malta—The Fantome, 16, Commander L. Hardy. En route to Malta from ports in the. Mediterranean — The Harlequin, Commander Curry ; the Amazon, 19, Captain J. J. Stopford ; and the Tyne, 28, Captain NV. N. Glascock. seised. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, September 5. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE SOUL. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a book binder, &c., in Tabernacle-walk, City-road, came up for his certificate. The case was rather singular, as his application was by a letter of recommendation from all his creditors. MI:. BUCHANAN, solicitor of Basingball-street, said that he was instructed to say that the assignees were perfectly satisfied with the accounts which the bankrupt had rendered, and also of his general conduct. The official assignee also was satisfied. The letter was about to be put into the Commis sioner's hands; but he said it was quite unnecessary; the Court always went by the opinion of the official and trade assigness when no opposition was made. His HoNoun inquired the amount of the assets? The SOLICITOR said that there was likely to be a very fair dividend. His HONOUR then granted the certificate. IN RE WALTON. Mr. DuNcari applied in this case in favour of the bank • rupt, under very peculiar circumstances. The bankrupt had sued out a fiat, but his Honour considered that as it was necessary that the bankrupt should prove him self a trader up to the present time, or that he owed a debt during his time of trading to the amount of 501., the amount of a petitioning creditor's debt under the old Act. The general practice of the Commissioners, how ever, had been, not to require proof on the second point, but as the petition did not set out the trading, his Honour required the second to be proved. The bankrupt only owed amounts beyond 50/. to three creditors, who had obtained judgments, and sought to prevent the bankrupt sustaining his fiat, to recover their own debts to the exclusion of the rest. One of the creditors, a Mr. Webb, had been summoned, as also his solicitor, to prove that a debt of upwards of 501. was due. Mr. Webb, however, treated the Court with contempt, refusing to attend, on the ground that there was no legal fiat, and his solicitor refused to attend till Wednesday, before which time the fiat would have run out for want of prosecution ; the first question. therefore, was whether the Learned Commissioner in sisted on the proof before proceeding under the fiat. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that if the proof of trading up to the time was proved on affidavit he dia not require the proof of the amount of debt, as the party clearly came within the meaning of the Act. Mr. DUNCAN said Mr. Webb kept away to avoid proving the fact; and he bad therefore to apply for a warrant against the creditor who intended to arrest the bankrupt. The COMMISSIONER said that if the affidavit of service of summons and refusal to attend was made out, he would grant the warrant ; or he would go on with the case on an affidavit that the bankrupt was a trader up to the time of suing out the fiat. PALACE COURT, September 4. (Before Mr. W. BRENT BRENT.) SMITH V. DUNN. The defendant, Richard Dunn, whose name has been so frequently before the public, attended on a summons granted under the Small Debts Act. The debt was 151. 13s. 6d., and the costs Si. 6s. Bd., on a judgment ob tained in the Court of Common Pleas. An attorney named Townshend applied for a commit ment, on the ground that the defendant had undertaken to pay some months back and had not kept his promise. The Learned JUDGE inquired the reason the money had not been paid? The defendant pleaded his inability. He could not control circumstances. Rents could not be got from Ireland. Money was obliged to be seat to Ireland. The Learned JUDGE remarked, that he had been in formed that the people paid rents very well in Ireland, in no place better. The defendant said that might be so, but from the present circumstances of that country they could not be obtained. He should have great pleasure in paying the present claim if be had the means. The Learned JUDGE informed him that he had made a very common observation. Townshend hoped the Court would make an order for the commmittal of the defendant. He had waited a long time, and shown him every leniency. He said the defendant had " cajoled" him out of a sovereign to get a document from Ireland. Defendant—" Cajoled" you ! I don't know what you mean. Here is the paper (holding up a document), an attested copy of a memorial which I obtained. Mr. Townshend, in addressing the Court, termed the defendant "this man." Defendant—" Man !"I think you mighthave said " this gentleman." Mr. Townshend thought the term ho had used the most dignified that could be applied. Defendant—Well, then, I don't think anything dig nified that comes from you. Some further discussion ensued. The attorney repre sented his client as a poor widow woman, who had been kept out of her money, for board and lodging, for a long time ; and the defendant alleged that he had obtained a good deal of grocery while he resided in the house, and that the debt was only for lodging. All he wanted was until November, when he should receive some money, and would pay the demand. Mr. TOWNSHEND said the defendant might by Novem ber be out of the jurisdiction of the Court. There were proceedings against him, and his application for further time was only a " splash." The defendant said he would make a " splash" of the attorney if be told him so outside. Mr. TOWNSHEND appealed to the Court for protection. The COURT said an order would be made for payment on the 13th of November. Mr. TOWNSHEND asked for a committal, with a stay of execution till November. The defendant could not be The Court simply made an order for payment on the 13th of November. The defendant thanked the Learned Judge, and wish. ng him " Good morning," left the Court. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTH ERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Sept. 3. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL). LUCAS V. HOATSON. A SHARE TRANSACTION.—The action was brought to recover the balance of an account arising out of a share transaction, amounting to 9811. 10s., brought by plain tiff for defendant. It appeared that, in August, 1844, the defendant ordered the plaintiff to purchase for him 100 shares in the London and Croydon Railway ; the shares were obtained from a gentleman named Langdon, sad paid for by the plaintiff, but the defendant after. wards refused payment. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought. THOMPSON V. HEYES AND ANOTHER. ALLEGED DETENTION OF A WILL.—The action was one of detenu, brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a will made by his sister, Jenny Thompson, under which he was entitled to three houses in Ben Jonson-street, Liverpool. The defendants held the will as attorneys for a person, named Sally Lythgoe, who alleged that the will was made in her favour. The At torney- General opened the case for the plaintiff, remark ing that it would be much better to have the matter settled without proceeding to trial, otherwise the parties might find themselves in the position of the litigants described in the fable, who each of them got an oyster shell, while the oyster itself went somewhere else. A consultation then took place, and it was agreed to with draw a juror, subject to a rule. An unimportant action respecting a bill of exchange concluded the civil business, and his Lordship, after congratulating the jury on the conclusion of their labours, adjourned the Court at half-past ten o'clock. He shortly afterwards left for London. The prisoner Styles said that he received the watch and chain from the prisoner Hoold, who told him her husband (meaning Curtis) found them in a sewer at the place where he was at work. The prisoner Hook], being brought in, said that she got them from Curtis, but did not know where he got them. Curtis was then brought in, and said that he knew nothing at all about the watch or chain. Mr. HENRY said he must remand the case for a week. He could not but observe that the baths did not seem to him to be properly watched. Mr. Hedgman, the proprietor of the baths, said, they were watched as well as was possible. At the time this occurred there were more servants than bathers ; and every precaution was taken at all times to protect the visitors. All persons who chose might leave their purses or watches in the care of the door-keeper while they bathed, and a notice to that effect was put up in every box. 1111% HENRY said people certainly ought to take ad vantage of such an offer. The prisoners were then remanded till that day week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY.—A stylishly-attired young man, who gave his name George Fitzherbert, was charged with having committed robberies upon jewellers and watchmakers. The evidence went to show that the prisoner (an old offender) had recently succeeded in purloining articles from the shops of tradesmen at the West-end, and that his practice was, while examining articles at the counter, to take care that another person should come in, and put some question to the shopkeeper ; an op portunity was thus afforded to the prisoner to hand to the said party any article within his reach, and in this way a gold watch and a diamond ring had "made their escape."—&manded till Wednesday next. that gentleman's evidence as to the prisoner's knowledge of herbs and plants, and described him as the best herb gatherer in England. He should not think it at all pro bable that the prisoner would be ignorant of the quali ties of the belladonna. He saw the prisoner on the 15th of August, when he called at his master's shop with two baskets ; one contained berries, the other herbs. He asked the prisoner what berries he had in his basket, end he replied nettle berries. The witness said, "Do you call these nettle berries ?" and the prisoner replied, " They are heckle berries." Mr:BALLANTINE—Did he say whortle berries ? Les ter—No, Sir, he said hockle berries ; but his first ex pression was nettle berries. Mr. lliscox was re-called, and said he had seen the whortle berry, commonly called the bilberry, growing in Surrey. The berry of the deadly nightshade was a very different thing, and much larger. Lester stated that the prisoner did not say the berries were for his master on the 15th of August. They were separated from the stalk. Mr. BALLANTINE (to the prisoner)—Well, I shall commit you for trial for wilful murder. Mr. Symonds, the chief clerk, said there was other evidence, and John Donegan, a police inspector, was called, who said the 'prisoner was brought to the Denmark street station-house on the 20th of August, in the custody of a police constable named Bird, of the B division, who apprehended him in Strutton-ground, Westminster. He told the prisoner he was identified as the man who sold the poisonous berries in Whitechapel on the previous Saturday, and ho said he had never been in that neigh bourhood at all. The prisoner had a basket in his pos session containing blackberries when he was appre hended They were common blackberries. Mary Ann Cox, a young woman, who appeared in a very ill state of health, said that she purchased a half pennyworth of berries of the prisoner on the 15th of August, in Whitechapel. He said they were hockle berries, and recommended them strongly for making tarts and pies. She was attacked with severe illness after eating the berries, and was taken to the London Hospital, where she remained for several days. The evidence of several other persons who had pur chased berries of the prisoner on the same day, and who were similarly affected, was read over. A woman, many years younger than the prisoner, here got into the witness box, and said he was a good husband to her, and had never been in the hands of the police before. John Donegan said the woman was the prisoner's wife. Mr. BALLANTINE—What of that? she has a right to be heard. The worthy magistrate then addressed the woman, and said the prisoner was charged with selling poisonous berries, well knowing them to be so, and he could not help him. It was his duty to commit him for trial for the wilful murder of Thomas Parker and Samuel Jones. The witnesses were then bound over in the usual form. HAMMERSMITH. THE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—On Friday having been appointed for the further examination of Mr. Gilberi Kennedy, the surgeon, and Mr. Archibald APll'iell, his assistant, the court was crowded almost to suffocation: Mr. Clive was the sitting magistrate. Mr. Kennedy surrendered in discharge of his bail, and was placed at the bar, as was Mr. Archibald M'Niell, who was brought from the Westminster Bridewell, where he had been confined, his bail declining to con tinue their recognisances. Mr. Jones, for the prosecution, having stated the manner in which M'Niell had given up part of the pro perty, as mentioned on Wednesday last, said with regard to Mr. Kennddy, he had no further evidence to offer. With regard to M'Niell, Sergeant Mount deposed that when M.Niell informed him where the property was, he also told him that he (M'Niell) had placed the things there, and that his doing so was not known to Mr. Kennedy. The various testimony previously given by the shop keeper to Miss Hemans, and by Elizabeth Upham, which implicated M'Niell, was repeated. In the course of the examination of these witnesses a letter was received by and read, informing him that he would require counsel for his defence, and that a lady, whose name need not be mentioned, would supply the funds. A letter also was received by Mr. Clive, and handed to Mr. Hobler, giving Mr. Kennedy a very high character. _ _ Mr. M'Neill, on being questioned by the Magistrate, at first persisted in the whole of his previous statement, implicating Mr. Kennedy, but on being pressed, admitted that his statement of delivering the chains to Mr. Ken nedy, on April 15, when Upham brought them from the pawnbroker's, was incorrect. Mr. Nobler having addressed the Court on behalf of Mr. Kennedy. Mr. CLIVE said that M'Neill must be committed. With regard to Mr. Kennedy, he had never thought there were more than one or two points against him, vitt., the statement of the boy Upham, that M'Niell told Mr. Kennedy, when they had words in the shop, to send back Mrs. Riley's chains, but it was now quiet clear that he could not have done so, as M'Niell himself now states that Mr. Kennedy did not know where they were. This was satisfaction to him, and Mr. Kennedy must be discharged. Mr. Kennedy, before leaving the bar, declared before God and man that he was innocent of the foul charge made against him. exlaimed in a violent tone " Oh, you infamous villain, how can you say so?" which he continued to re peat till be was taken out of Court. Mr. Kennedy was discharged, and left the Court sur rounded by his friends, who cordially congratulated him. The depositions baying been read over, and Miss Church bound over to prosecute, M'Niell was committed to Newgate to take his trial for the offence. to destroy rats that infested her house. She said there were a great many about, and gave her twopence to buy it. She did not purchase it, and in a few weeks she sent one of the deceased children to know if she had got it. She sent him back with the money, saying she could not get it. William Law, a rat-catcher, said he knew the mother of the deceased. A few weeks before or after their death, he could not say which, as he was passing the house, she asked him to let her have some poison to kill rats that had get into her house, which he refused. By the Jury—He had frequently:been asked to sell it, but he always refused. That he could swear positively. Never gave any to the mother of the deceased. Mr. Thomas Newport, a farmer, residing in the vici nity of the village, deposed that the eldest deceased child worked at his farm for a year and a half, and he discharged him in January 1844, f or h av i ng f oun d two eggs in his possession. The mother seemed vexed at his leaving, especially when he told her that he should not employ him again. Did not see the mother until after the death of the children. By the CORONER—He had kept arsenic to kill rats on his farm. Was certain that he never gave any away, nor had he lent any to the mother of the children. The investigation was then adjourned. ALLEGED W HOLESALE POISON ING OF CHILDREN. An inquest was held on Friday night at the London Hospital, on the body of a female who had committed suicide by swallowing a pennyworth of fly water. Mr. Thomas Jessop, the house-surgeon of the institu tion, on being examined by the coroner and jury, took occasion to make an important statement. He said he had analysed some of the liquid which deceased had taken, and he found that it contained a great quantity of arsenic, and the liquor was so sweetened as to attract the vermin to partake of it. He wished particularly to call the attention of the worthy coroner and jury to the label on the bottle (banding in a bottle of fly water). The coroner having attentively perused the label, said it ap peared to him a most extraordinary heading for a bottle of poison, " Sleeping made easy." Why, a person might purchase a bottle of the mixture, and, without reading the whole of the label, might conclude that it was a cooling draught, and calculated to do the party good. He (the coroner) thought the heading of the label ought to be imme diately altered. Mr. Jessop said he wanted to call the attention of the court to one part of the label, where it stated, " to destroy black beetles, cockroaches, and crickets, soak crumbs of bread in some of the liquor, and strew them about the floor, and the vermin will eat the same and instantly die." Now what could be more dan gerous than throwing crumbs of bread, containing poi son, about the floor ? It was a well-known fact, that in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel and other densely populated districts, where the fly water had the greatest sale, there was scarcely a house but what contained many families, and the number of young children living in the same rooms with their parents it was almost impossible to tell. Of late it was well known that a vast number of children had been treated for, ard died from, what was imagined natural diarrhoea. He (Mr. Jessop) had no doubt that one-third of the children said to have died from that complaint had been poisoned with fly water. It was equally well known that children, if left playing on the floor, would pick up anything they could find and put it in their mouths. Crumbs of bread, thus scattered over the floor, ard left in the way of children, was exceedingly dangerous. What were the symptoms after taking the poison? He would explain. first sickness, and then diarrhoea. The children were taken in some instances to a surgeon, who prescribed for them;.but the poison having become absorbed in the system, it was unknown that the deceased had died from anything deleterious. From what he had ascertained he had no doubt, as he had before stated, that one-third of the children, supposed to have died from diarrhea, had died from the effects of poison. He believed, if his remarks were noticed by the press, that they would have a very beneficial effect. THE REGICIDE HENRY.—The copper tube found in the hole which Joseph Henry had dug in the cellar of his house was opened yesterday in his presence, by an examining magistrate appointed for that purpose,and a minute drawn out of the papers found in it. and the answers given by Henry to the piestions put to him on the occasion. Conformably to the indications fur nished by him, there has been found a prolix and detailed account of all that he intended to do in order to carry his plans into execution. He describes before hand the manner in which the pistols were to be loaded. He declares that he should use no kind of projectile ; but adds that, in order to give his mad act the appear ance of an attentat, he should recount the fable of the slugs being cut from an iron rod, rounded with a file, and held by his finger in the barrel of the pistol. He mentions also the words which he should utter at the moment of his arrest, in order to give an idea that he had accomplices. This was a calculation on his part, in order to escape from the first outburst of public indignation. In short, this document, like all his other writings, bears that singular charac ter which by medical men is admitted to exist with a greater number of persons whose mental faculties are affected, viz., incoherent and strange ideas, ra• tionally and clearly expressed. It appears that if Henry had been condemned to death, he would have contrived some means of making known after his execution, the existence of those papers which would have proved that his attempt was not a serious one. In his idea this discovery would have inspired his judges with regret at having exercised t! - .e extreme rigour of the law against him, and would, to use his own expres sion, having given a rude blow to the punishment of death. No decision has yet been come to with regard to Henry's petition for pardon.—Paris paper of Thursday. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT SMITH..--DEPUTATION TO SIR GEORGE GREY.— OR Friday, at two o'clock, a deputation waited by appointment upon Secretary Sir G. Grey, to present the petition in favour of a commuta tion of the sentence upon the convict John Smith. The deputation consisted of J. Masterman, R.q., M.P.; Al derman H. Hughes, Alderman Sidney, Messrs. J. I. Travers, Samuel Gurney, jun.; James Millard, William Thornborrow, B. M. Phillips, Common Councilman of Dover; J. W. Barnard, Common Councilman of London; and James Walters. The deputation stated that the) had to present a memorial from the merchants and others of London, founded up o n the certificate signed by all the jurymen who tried the prisoner, respectfully but earnestly pressing upon the consideration of the Government the propriety of extending the mercy of the Crown, by sparing the life of the criminal, but nevertheless subjecting him to the highest penalty the law enforces next to capital punishment. The deputation explained that their application for mercy was in accordance with the ex pressed wish of the jury on the trial, and proceeded as well from the conviction that no premeditated revenge ful feeling existed, although the nature of the case pre cluded the prisoner from giving legal evidence of the provocation he had received. Mr. Masterman and Mr. Alderman Sidney were the principal speakers, and the memorial was signed by seventeen members of the coroner's jury, six aldermen, thirty-four other magis trates, eleven bankers, one hundred merchants, and by clergymen, barristers, solicitors, and others, amount ing to 3,200 and upwards. The deputation were most attentively listened to, and were assured that the case should undergo the most anxious consideration of the Government. The Home Secretary said the most ma terial part for consideration was that the memorialists had altogether excluded the question of abolition of death punishment. The petition from Norwich, the birthplace of the convict, is signed by the Mayor of Norwich, the sheriff, eighteen members of the corporation, twenty three magistrates, thirty-four clergymen, and six hundred of the principal inhabitants. DISCOVERY OF A DEAD MAN IN A DIRT-HOLE -- SUSPECTED MURDER.—CHESTERFIELD, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—During the whole of to-day much excitement has existed in this town, consequent upon the discovery of the body of a man in a public manure hole, in the Fal con-yard. During Friday last a man was employed in carting the contents of the cesspool or manure-hole in question, into a field a little way past the residence of J. Charge, Esq,, Spittall. Thomas Green, the man who led the soil away, observed some bones and cloth, but thinking them rubbish that had been thrown into the hole (which is a very dangerous one), he did not take particular notice of them until Tuesday night, when in turning the soil over, he found a quantity of human bones, part of the carcase of a man, a pair of trousers, two silk handkerchiefs, and a pair of garters. The coat and trousers are of black cloth, and appear to be of fine texture ; the latter are in several pieces, and are a goad deal cut at the bottoms. One of the handkerchiefs is black, and the other a dark coloured one. The garters are different colours, one being white, and the other made of a sort of webbing. The hat, skull, and some more bones were found in the hole on Wednesday morning ; the hat was crushed in, and the skull fractured. A purse has been found, but with no money in it. The case at present remains involved in mystery ; the ex- , citement in the town is extraordinary.—Nottinghamshire Guardian. SETtIOUS ACCIDENT NEAR THE ROYAL ExcnANGE. On Friday, shortly after ten o'clock, the following very serious and dangerous accident occurred to a y oung gentleman, named M‘Don , Ad, between COrnhill and the Poultry, nearly opposite the Royal Exchange. The un fortunate gentleman, it appears, who is a surgeon's assistant, residing in Oxford-street, was crossing the road, when he was knocked down by one of the fore most horses of one of Smith and Co.'s coal waggons of Bankside, Southwark, and before the animals could be stopped, two had trampled upon him in a dreadful man ner, causing a compound fracture on his right leg, and also a fracture on three of the lower ribs of the same side. Mr. M`Donald stated that the accident was caused by his own want of foresight. A CONFIRMED DESERTER.—John Codling, a soldier in the uniform of the 57th Regiment, was brought up by a military escort from Chatham Barracks, and placed before the county magistrates at Rochester, as a deserter from the 90th. The prisoner enlisted into the 90th on the dth April, 1844, at Edinburgh, and deserted from it at Hull, on the 4th February, 1846 ; that he then en listed about a month afterwards into the 57th, and joined the depot of that regiment at Chatham Barracks, and again deserted in the month of April, and enlisted very soon afterwards into the Chatham division of the Royal Marines. He had not been in that corps many days before he was discovered to be a deserter from the 57th. He was handed over to the provisional battalion, and he was tried for the offence by a Court-Martial, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at the military prison, Fort Clarence. The term of his imprisonment having expired, the prisoner was sent to Chatham Barracks to join his depot, when, after a few days, he gave himself up to Corporal Patrick Marnott, of the 50th, as a deserter from the 90th. The magistrates being informed that the 90th were lying at Chester, the pri soner was committed to the county gaol at Maidstone, to await an order for his removal by the Horse Guards. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. TO MARINERS. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. The following is an extract of a letter from Ll o y d, s agency, at Palermo, dated 20th August:— • all "In consequence of a new sa i n t a ry regulation, vessels coming thro ug h th e St ra it s o f Gibraltar, to sul port of the kingdom of the two Sicilies, are subject to seven days' quarantine, an d if th e hatches should , 0o arrival, be found open; the quarantine will be 14 clar 4 and the goods landed at the Lazaretto. " Our Minister at Naples has asked for an exPla na. tion of this new measure." NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEW LIGHT, ISLAND OF HONDURAS. Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent, at Be lize ' dated July 20 : "On the 17th July, th ree li g ht s i n the shape °I,. g 1 triangle were exhibit e d a t Manger Kaye, in lat. 17 ue / v j 36 min. N., long. 87 d eg . 67 min. W., which were Bee t, by the writer 12 to 16 m il es di s t an t, i n a very !V s night. " The light is so pl ace d th a t b y b r i ng i ng the two I°We to r lights (which are 75 f ee t a b ove t h e l eve l o f the ses) one, a vessel may sh a p e h er course a t a distance all miles from the Kaye for English Kaye. The to hK of Manger Kaye is 95 feet above the level of the seo• LONDON, SEPT. s.—Wind E.N.E., moderate breeze , a u " fine clear weather. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 2.—The Reward, Heniker, has back, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact an American ship. SS. DUNDALK, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. R. N. R or k er , St. John'St,,,,,,, STAXIGO, AuG. 31.—The Warner, of Saltcoats, frorn to bec, bound to Spey, drifted on the rocks on the 28th in a calm, but got off. s pd DEAL, FEB. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. from the Ric, — ee' sailed, Everetta, Darley, Syd ne y, N ew S out h Wales; w il io g. APLeod, Calcutta ; Morley, Hurst, Madras ; Marion, ck; Callao ; Portland, Robinson, St. John's, New Bru llsW lA,ttol ; Frederick Grover, ditto William Penn, Stevenson , in Elizabeth, Watson, Quebec. A body has been pleke u ! l i r eot the Gull Stream ; in the case o f hi s wa t c h is the 1 18 4 . " F. P. Sackmann, Altona ;" an d t wo ot h er bodies, aP ir lpg rently foreigners, have been picked up in the Downsdla oats attached to their clothes. Col* LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4.—Wind N.—Arrd. Gardner'," ; China; Crown, Fletch er , B om b ay ; L ane, Wilson' w r , i ' o r ° e- Guard, Pain, Zan z ib ar an d C ape o f Good Hope; W rest— ash; land, Young, Bahi a; A ure li us, Vi rg i n i a; Barlow, P' l 6 , ", „to; Neord, Peterson, L u b ec . Sid . P enang, Hawk i ns , Cal e 'i c s ; Oscar, Frame, Trinidad ; Pakenham, Bourne, Ja Tlia ilef Jenny, Boyson, St. ThOmas's ; Medimsch, 130 Ye n Z r eace , Orleans ; Clarbone, Lavansall er , ditto ; Meteor, lA , AO' ditto ; Paul Jones, Watkins, Bost on ; Bl ansc bard,,Lo, schard, Portland; Cambria steamer, Halifax ' • Zitells', l" :sl; Prince Edward's Island ; Triumvirate, Hunt, N e wfoanw" Sphynx, Commbeer, ditto. pt. CLYDE, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Queen of th e I s l es , Leash, dit to; real; Jamaica, Martin, ditt o; 3d, l an th e , Hunter, , 00 0, Jane Redden, Buste, ditto. Sid. 3d, W i lli am Glen An ue Hood, Restigouche. DUBLIN, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Hugh, Fletcher, Purros i tctisil CORK, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Salacia, Fil se d, Pi c t o u ; 2d, P i l o ts Queen, Lord, Bristol for Bermuda, leaky, out si.x. Wee ks ' up from lon. 24. . 4 0; LIMERICK, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Stirlin g , Rickerby, Jessie, Charles, Miramichi. ur icbi BELFAST, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Rebecca, Campbell, nu r— Que' SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Robinsons, Milburn 0 0 bee; Milo, Weston, ditto. Std. Isabella, Mitchell, St. New Brunswick. Sid , HULL, SEPT. 3. —Arrd. Gem, Presley, Richehnel ° ' les° Mearne, Hourton, Quebec ; 4 t h, M entor, W r i g ht, 3lirsol MARKET NE WS—(SATURDP ). COVENT-G.ARD,EN. ro t ' Pine Apples, 3sHothouse Grapes, 3s to 45 ,;„be1; tugal ditto, is to 3s per lb ; Apples, 38 to 8s per " - pe lt; per cl o e ol p; Pears, 4s to 12s per half sieve; Melons, 2s to 45 'OO , Peaches and Nectarines, 3s to 8s and Figs, 4 s Filberts, 60s to 755; and Cob Nuts, 80s to 99s pe i r tn l o 64 ! English Walnuts, 8s to 10d per 100; Cabbages, 6 " ditto for pickling, 2s to 6s ; and Artichokes, 2s to 0 p er 64 to French Beans, is 6d to 3s per half sieve; Potatoes, 3 0 '00 6s 6d per cwt ; Turnips 4s to 8s ; Leeks, 2d to 3d D clies o ! is Gd 4d to 8d per bunch ; Onion s , 2 s t o 4 s per doze to 3s Tomatoes, 4s to 5s per half sieve ; M us h ro oms, per pottle ; Small Salads, 2d to 3d per punnet. et 11 UNGEEPORD. Oft h e We had fair average supplie s of mos t ar ticles on ° the general demand was firm, and prices had so 11 ' tendency. • NEWGATE AND LEADENECAZI" i 0 eye There was rather an extensive b us i ness transacted s a to kind of meat on the following terms :—Beef, fr0n1, 25 1, 351P 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 558 d v ° b tb e , to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4 s 10d per 81bs' to 65 ', carcase. Turkey Poults, 4s to 5s 6d ; Geese, 43 , t o Ducks, is 8d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Is 3d t ° $01 1 1; Roasting Pigs, 6s to 8s; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; 13 0 ';;; Fowls, Os to 9s; ditto Chicke n s, 3 s 6d to 4s 6 d door Fowls, 3s to 4s per couple. Eggs, 58 6d to 7s 5 0 b‘" Fresh Butter, is to is 2d per lb. Hares, 2s Od to Leverets, 3s to 4s; and Grouse, Is 6il to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Q A Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 33 6d to 45 , - , --„.; 4ii• 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and For'' 4s led per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. 4 There was a steady demand f or mos t kinds of m- 443 ' $ll prices had an upward tendency. Do b ' VZIIITECHAPL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3 a 6d to 4s 8d; 8 a is 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4a 8d; and Pork; 35 4s 10d per 81bs. =LEAD , rOCI S The prices of Wheaten Bread in . the me tropolis 7d to lid; of Household ditto, 50 to bid per 4110 1 ° • HIDE MARKET. 641 b Market Hides, 561 b t o 641 b, 3d per lb ; u cl " 0 , 80b 721 b, 3d to 3 1 / i d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d t o 34( 1 ; — 9610 ° to 881 b, 3 1 / 2 d to 4d; do. 881 b t o 961 b, 4d t o 44(" 6 , d°• • 11°11 1041 h, 4d to 5d ; Calf Skins, each, 4 ,, til n „ is to 2g• Hides, 13s ; Lambs, 2s 4d to 2s 10d ; Shear u n b'" EAT DIATLIELETS. ditt gl SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, Si to 41: ,.. w ditto;„, 2/ 10s to 31 14s; Old Cl over , 4/ 15 s to 5/ lOs ; .°e w, 11 11 ' 10s to 5l; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs • Wheat Stria to 11 12s per load. Tr a d e d u ll, at b are ly late ra ;4s; CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3110 s to dit t "' ditto, 2/15s to 3/ 16s; Old Cl over , 5/ to 511 05 ; e t sirs 3l lOs to Si; Oat Straw, 1/ lO s to 1/ 12 s ; 11 12s to 1/ 133 per load. A foil average supPln and - S ig d ip trade. WHITECHAPEL.— Old Meadow Hay, 3/5s to 41; _, lSre , 2/ lOs to 3/ 15 s; Old Clover, 4/ 153 to 5/ 14s; Neal jj 3/ 103 to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s ; Wheat StraW , to 11123 per l oa d . S upp l y good, and trade very "IL Prince George of Cambridge, it is underste°c`i; enter upon his duties as Commander of the seat h e er s icleac o trict of Ireland early next month . His official r r tb a will be at Limerick. ca THE POTATO DISEASE.—At the rneetinbcociev Botanical Society of Londo n, h e ld at the 'OOl Rooms, 20, Bedford-street , C ovent - gar d e n, ° 11 ,,,, Edward Doubleday, E s q., V . P ., i n th e chair, •" goa l • iPto Ayres read a paper on the potato disease. T he k li g • feS . commenced by a notice of the fungi which l a ittat s ' and dead plants. Those which infest living P er i r oof the smut and brands, d o n o t, exce pt when in / , i j e abundance, destroy the vitality of the plants, us de: o , which produce mouldiness, to which the fa n g •Dflf loped on the leaves of the p o t a t o b e l on gs, are oe ko habitants of the decaying vegetable matters. is observed that many of the black or brown a P ° bab l 0 leaves were destitute of fungi, but that in all pose e se tb tb e they are produced by atmospheric causes. traced the effects of the disease of the leavesujes gay stems and tubers, the deficiency of starch gr a " circ a watery state of the tubers afford favourab le Ile 61 70 stances for the production of common decay catat t be gested the use of stimulant manures, such g ang 0 1 ,10 salt, or the chloride of potassium, or indeed c, • alkaline salts which act as stimulants to plgn paper led to a very animated discussion.- O S ' ur f [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- MEDICAL TESTI3-° oes e lfit,r SIGHT AND HEARING.---The Messrs. S. and 11. 5010ra 1 1,,,%192 - 0t1 1 ,„" vented Spectacle Lenses afford astonishing relief to.ext„yel74o„" feet vision. we give them the decided reference I°_,-$ kind of Lens. The clearness of the tranpsparcncy brice ,no st t t ject very distin c t, an d enables individuals to view the ;;lettolegl' particle with perfect a ccuracy. They are par ticulal o ' o ftel l age, candlelight, as they appear cooling to the sight, a n ,, u re at;roV and brilliant lights.—J. Esq., 1, ,1"" say w iVl ll o ': street, Westminster; T. J. Pettigrew, sq., F- I L-S': J. Ramsbettom, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-hullc c Pl'bover* Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament street ; G eor ge Curs ll ' - -apper mg inle , , 5, Saville-row ; Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7'„iace, del' street ; H. Golburn, Esq., Surgeon, 28, HarleyfolVrnioor" . „ ton ; Alexander Farquhar, Esq., Surgeon, 76, C 3 u ° joky gen. grave-square; W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, Isleworth,L gee . i r str' - o f Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington -place, K enn ington, Tig e entr'oidS ho S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists 39, d Piccadilly (opposite the York Hotel). their newly-invented and improved Acoustic Instru . "., ye rs Ati." pa/ ..„ 0 0.„tre , individuals at an advanced age, and of fortY a„ e ral.'" ! P o ts, ..., t° ,oo o _„, ing of extreme deafness, instantly to join in ge'', eh b ' e.t. th e and to catch the sound of a distant low speake r to seen AU ° o ld &c. They pour the conversation into the ear ° re'' . aSse° a nd p° 01 wets that in most severe cases deafness cannot be oper' °pod aka most powerful newly-invented Achromatic _ O O9, of the Co 011' Telescopes. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solo'„erScr l the Aurists, are not in any way connected with a e p art ay to name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in a n 4 r ve- -- ?, Ipte i v,g ). try. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and (1 "0, - 0 Ve r " t ifr had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly (oppositl l ,s A ,„ e s • ntir [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY 'S others 00 , 1 00. 6 MALE COMPLAINTS.—SO extraordinary are • a nd o. es• oP Holloway's Pills that a great many titled ladles ~o r fani.- - .010 11 1 1 3 0 chasing them in large quantities to distribute top ra ‘' an d Cr,„bot pills act in so wonderful a manner upon the s Y„' r te e ast), 1-1 1. org' t ana of fernrdes generally (even on infants at theuse td taken when centering into womanhood, or at the s p sal other time, a few doses of this fine medicine desired effect, and restore health when every /old by all medicine vendors, and at Prefe r blishment, 244, Strand, London. w ife BIRTHS. Chester, the On the 31st ult., at Broughton, Mae caP' William Andrew. Esq., of a daughter. wife a' On the Ist inst., at the Crescent, Bedford, lier* f flepri tain Ruddach (late 19th Lancers), of a daue he ladY (3 ' On the 3d inst., at Preston, Lancashire, tr. V' Miller, Esq., of a daughter. gegen On the 4th inst., at Acacia-road, Emps.n, of a son. Samuel Sharwoodjart., On the 4th inst., the wife of 'ger, T at e_ 0dw310,, of Aldersgate-street, of a daughter. 0 MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at the parish church of Silvertog, 21;110 Thomas Bentley, Esq., Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Regiment,Tripp, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the Ref' 1 i D.D., Rector of Silverton, Devon. o f 1, Wi l ' On the Ist inst., at Greenlaw House, the Rev. 114100 son, D.D., Bombay, to Isabella, second daughter James Dennistoun, Esq. a Joli ll On the 2d inst., at Denton -park, Yorkshire the Lor .1(1 Hay, C. 8., to Mary Anne eldest daughter of'the late DotiP- Cameron, of Lochiel. ' DIED h ett On the Ist inst., at Norwood, Mary, the second daug of the late Samuel B. Searle, Esq., of Hackney' John Fr e ` On the Ist inst., at Woodford, Essex, Ur. Jolla Adailli" .! FinOsnbuthrye:tuta'nrsetalg'nedG3re7a.t Marlborough-street, Jo Proud, Esq., surgeon. ' _ sviOni.elyt.hsequlasrtei.nst.,gr. James Metcalfe, of Artillerr Pli° Pilaf/ 1)f On the Ist inst., Percy, the infant son of ~• mi g ht, Vo ra Horsley: , Br O id i g l the 2d oifnFstin,sbautryFfeeisrlrusa.ter, Isle of Fron ce l On the 3d inst at Effingham Vicarage. SurreY , of Wage Charlotte, wife of the Rev. Henry S• Cerjat) Rector 11 4 : London: Printed and Publis hed by AfITILDO y 0 London: miff Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 0/3 N 0.112, Strand, Jll 11; 0 " - Pr of the Savoy, in the Collati of Jalalieloss Wilber 7, 1846. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie ; Volcano, Lieutenant Crang ; and Ardent, Lieutenant G. Spong. En route from Marseilles to Malta—Spitfire, Lieut. J A. M'Donald. En route to Algiers, Tangiers, and Gibraltar, from Malta—Acheron, Lieutenant B. Alpin. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—Pottinger, Tagus, and Duke of Cornwall. route to Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta -Ariel. En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta• Oriental. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta— Achilles. En route from Alexandria to Malta—The Iberia. At Malta—Montrose. AUGUST 28.—Thu Iberia, with the India mails, arrived this morning. Yesterday her Majesty's ship Tyne arrived from Corfu. On entering port she saluted the Rear- Admiral's flag. There is no news of the Trident steamer. Lieut. T. Waghorn is still at Malta, anxiously awaiting her arrival. The Rifle corps has left Corfu by the Terrible and Retribution steam-frigates. Universal regret was felt, and on embarking they were followed to the quay by hundreds of citizens, preceded by the band of civilians. CHATHAM, SEPT. 4.—The North Star, 2t guns, Cap- tain Sir James E. Home, C. 8., came into harbour on the evening of the 2d inst., and is returning her stores into the dockyard. Her masts are all ataut, and she is ex pected to be paid off on Tuesday next. The Bulldog steam-sloop, Commander G. E. Davis, is taking in the remainder of her stores. She is expected to leave this port to-morrow. The Mutine, 12 guns, repairing in dock, is fast pro gressing, and she will be ready to put out on the en suing spring tides, when the Albatross, 16 guns, will be taken in to make good defects, and to be fitted for commission. The new and extensive metal-mills erected in this yard are so far completed as to be ready to commence manufacturing, and in a few days the machinery will commence working. The new works fur the enlargement of the yard, car rying on by Messrs. Baker, are progressing; the founda tion of one slip is in hand, and the excavations of three others are now commenced. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Lords of the Admiralty having devoted so much time to the levees, the college, and the inspection of the Excellent, were compelled yesterday afternoon to make their survey of the works in progress in the Dockyard very rapidly. After re turning from the steam basin at a quarter past four o'clock, they successively visited the fitted-rigging store, the testing house, the new chain-cable store, the new mast store, the apprentices' school, the enormous house under construction for building boats in, in the erection of which 3,000 tons of iron will be used, and the present boat-house. This tour was completed at five o'clock, when their Lordships embarked in the Admiralty barge, with Sir Charles Ogle, and it was supposed, and in fact arranged, that they should visit the Victory and the ad vanced ships. Everything was prepared for their Lord ships' reception, and the Victory actually manned 3 ards as soon as they embarked at the new landing-place. Their Lordships passed, however, under her her stern (taking off their hats as the marines carried arms, and the band struck up " Rule Britannia"), and proceeded to Blockhouse-beach, where they landed, and minutely inspected the whole of that immense fortress, remaining on the works until nearly six o'clock, when they crossed over to the King's-stairs, Sallyport, and proceeded to the George Hotel, where they entertained at dinner the fol lowing guests :—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, Captains Sir W. Symonds, Pasco Chads, Robb, James. R. E., Sir T. Bourchier, K.C.8., and Carter ; Commanders Slade, Cannon, Lieutenant Wood, Colonel Jones, R.M. ; Captain Brandreth, R.E., Lieutenant Rawatorne, Mr. Woolley, Mr. Graves, Cap tain Eden, and Captain Hamilton. After dinner their Lordships honoured Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakimham, K.C.8., with their company, the gallant Lieutenant-Governor of Ports mouth having a brilliant party at the Government house. This morning, at balf-past nine, their Lordships em barked at the New Sallyport, in their own and Sir Charles Ogle's barge, and proceeded to the Royal Clarence victualling establishment, where their Lord ships were received by Captain Superintendent Carter, R.N. ; Mr. Davies, Master-Attendant ; and Mr. T. T. Grant, storekeeper, who collectively conducted their Lordships over that vast store-house, whence they pro ceeded at half-past ten to the Royal Hospital at Haslar, where they arrived at a quarter to eleven, and were escorted over the establishment by Captain-Superinten dent Carter, Sir John Richardson, M.D., the Medical Inspector, and the other chief officers of the esta blishment. Soon after noon the Board returned to the dockyard, and proceeded to muster the artizans, which occudied them until nearly two o'clock, when they dismissed the men with the grant of a half holiday. Their Lordships then retired to the Admiralty House and partook of luncheon with Sir C. Ogle and family. At twenty-five minutes past three their Lordships em barked in their barge and proceeded to the Victory, where they were received with yards manned, their flag being hoisted at the main. They were received on the quarter- deck by Captain Pasco, First-Lieutenant Welch, and the other officers of the ship, and immediately pro ceeded to muster the crew, which, with the supernume raries, fall little short of 1,000 men and boys. Their Lordships expressed their warm approbation with the discipline of the ship, and complimented Captain Pasco and Lieutenant Welch thereon. The Board left the Victory at ten minutes to five under a salute.of 19 guns, and proceeded to the Britannia, 120, and Powerful, 84, advanced ships. This evening their Lordships will be entertained at dinner by Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Paken ham, K.C.8., who has invited . a distinguished party to meet them. To-morrow their Lordships inspect the Royal Marine Artillery corps, &c. To-Morrow morning his Grace the Duke of Welling ton, Commander in-Chief of the Army, and the Mar quis of Anglesey, Master-General of the Ordnance, will make an inspection of the fortifications of this port and dependencies, accompanied by the Lieutenant-Governor and Colonel Cardew, R.E. His Grace will arrive by the first train from London. _ _ _ The squadron of evolution have received orders to re turn to Spithead on or about the 16th inst. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Maedonnel sailed this evening for Brighton, to resume her protection of the fisheries. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander John - s ton, is ordered immediately to Ireland with meal and specie, for the relief of the prevailing distress conse quent upon the failure of the potato crop. In Harbour—The Excellent, Victory, Orestes, Gla diator, Comet, Lightning, Dasher, and Echo. Iu Dock—Prince Regent, Leander, Edinburgh, Cam brian, Naiad, and Rattlesnake. _ In the Basin—Amphitrite and Trincomalee. At Spithead—Recruit and Hound. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, H.C.B. (1827), to be superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, vice Shireff, whose period of office has expired. Sir Thomas Boar shier was midshipman of the Majestic at the surrender of Heligoland, Lieutenant of the Forester, and com manded her boats, cutting out a brig and schooner, and destroying the guns and magazines of a battery at Gua daloupe, and at the taking of Martinique; was Lieute nant of the Tenedos at th capture of the United States frigate President, in the expedition up the Penobscot, and commanded the seamen and marines landed at the capture of Machias; was Captain of Blonde in the ope rations on the coast of China, and commanded a bri gade of seamen at the capture of Canton; assisted at the taking of Amoy and Chinghae in 1841, and at the attack on the Chinese at Segahon, Woosung, and Changhae, and the city of Chin Kiang Foo, in 1842. Vide Allen's Aew Navy List. Lieutenant—C. R. Bamber, to the Victory, for gun nery duties. Master—W. W. White, to the Gladiator, vice Wilson. Midshipmen—W. Sainsbury to the Superb; H. F. May to the Espeigle; Mr. John Wallis Newport from the Trafalgar to the Eurydice. Gamier—John F. Brown to the Poictiers. WODLITICII CADETS.—The young gentlemen at tached to the Ro3 al Military Academy on Wool,vich common and in the Ri.yal Arsenal, returned on Friday, after the holidays', to resume their military duties, under the Lieutenant- Governor, Colonel Parker, C.B. Twenty young gentlemen were admitted as cadets, a similar number having received their commissions in the Royal Ordnance Carps. EFFECT or SHOT UPON STEAM- VESSELS.—A party of noblemen and gentlemen, and officers of the naval and mi'itury service, attended on Friday afternoon upon the Woolwich Marshes, to witness the experiments upon a target representing a section of a war steam-vessel's al ie, lined with the patent "Kamptulicon" composition, in vented by Lieutenant Walter, of the Royal Marines, a gentleman who for some time past has been assiduously endeavouring to surmount the many difficulties which present themselves in constructing steam-vessels for pur poses of war. The trials were very satisfactory. The aperture made by the shot immediately collapsed, prov ing that a vessel lined with the composition would be water-tight even if the enemy's shot were to penetrate both sides. A further trial, however, seems necessary, with two targets, instead of one, in order to prove prac tically all the advantages of the composition. BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS LEGALITY OF ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.—On Saturday a case of considerable importance to parishes generally throughout the kingdom, involving the lega lity of Roman Catholic marriages, occupied a consi derable portion of the time of Mr. G. Baillie, chairman. Patrick Daly, an Irishman of respectable appear ance, about eighty years of age, appeared before the Bench to answer a summons at the instance of the pa rish officers of Isleworth, to show cause why he re fused to support and maintain Rosina Daly, his wife. W. L. Lewis, assistant-overseer of Isleworth, deposed to the fact of Mrs. Daly having been chargeable to that parish for the last fortnight. It appeared from the evidence of W. L. Daly that she was married to the defendant in 1833 by the Rev. John Wiring, the Roman Catholic clergyman of Isleworth. She was the defendant's second wife. A solicitor, who attended on behalf of the defendant, submitted that he could not be compelled to support the female who called herself his wife, inasmuch as the marriage was an illegal one, it not having been per formed—as required by the provisions of the statute of George IV., cap, 76, sec. 22—by a person in " holy orders, nor under the auth or ity o f a " li ce nse,"inor in accordance with a " publication of banns," nor is " a church," &c. In the course of the litigation which had taken place between the parties, the opinion of Mr. Gibbon, the barrister, had been taken on the point, who was de cidedly of opinion that the marriage was null and void, in which opinion Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Petersdorf fully concurred. The Bench decided that as the marriage of the de fendant and the female now claiming relief from the parish of Isleworth, took place previous to 1837, when the New Marriage Act, which repealed the statute of the 4th of George IV., came into operation, it was an illegal one. They, therefore, refused to make any order on the defendant. The summons was consequently dis missed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. William Curtis was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, the property of Mr. Eccles, of Soho square, and Isabella Hoold and Joseph Styles were charged with receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen. It appeared that on the 28th of Augast last the pro secutor was bathing at the Holborn baths, and while he was in the water his watch was taken from his trousers pocket. On discovering it he gave information to Ken worthy, a constable on duty at the baths, whose suspi cions fell upon the prisoner Curtis, who was employed in the engine -room. Kenworthy ordered one of the other workmen to watch him, but he succeeded in making his escape by getting through a trap-door. About two hours after the robbery the chain was sold by Styles to a pawnbroker in Drury-lane, and the next day the watch itself was sold to a watchmaker in Tot tenham-court road by the same prisoner. When taken into custody he gave information which led to the ap prehension of Curtis and Hoold, who lived together as man and wife. Mr. HENRY ordered Curtis and Mold to be taken out of Court while the other prisoner made his defence. CLERKEN WELL. On Saturday Ann Saunders was charged with severely wounding a young man named Wm. Pipkin. It appeared that the prisoner had on the evening of the previous day been drunk in the streets, and was followed by a mob of boys, who hooted and called her names. She at last rushed into a public-house in Vine -street, St. Andrew's, Holborn, when the complainant happening to go in for his supper beer, she exclaimed in a violent manner, " This is one of the lifting up a large knife, three feet in length, with which she had previously wounded some boys, made a desperate chop at his head. He retreated and held up his arms to ward off the blows, but she continued chopping at him, and swearing to have his life. His arms were dreadfully mutilated. The instrument was very sharp, and one eut which she made at the poor fellow actually cut a large piece of flesh from his shoulder. The young man called for assistance, when the landlord and several other per sons seised the prisoner, took the knife from her, and kept her until the arrival of policeman, 209 G, who took her to the station-house, where she gave her name Ann Saunders. She was locked up, and in the morning she was taken before a magistrate, when Mr. Pipkin at tended in a weak state, with his arm in a sling. He gave evidence confirmatory of the above particulars. He posi tively swore that he gave the prisoner no provocation for the attack upon him. He never saw her before in his life time. He bled profusely from his wounds, and he was taken to the house of Mr. Dalton, surgeon, of Leather lane, who dressed them, and he was put to bed. After giving his evidence he was conveyed home in an ex hausted state. In answer to questions, he said that the prisoner de liberately chopped at him, and had the instrument struck his head, he would inevitably have been murdered. Mr. Francis Dalton, surgeon, of 52, Leather-lane, said that the prosecutor was brought to his house bleed ing from several severe wounds, which might have been inflicted by such an instrument as the one now pro duced, about three feet in length, and five inches broad, with a very sharp edge, and such as is generally used by chaff-cutters and skin-dressers. One of the wounds on the prosecutor's wrist was a very dangerous one. The police-constable who took the prisoner into cus tody saw her flourishing a large knife at a crowd of chil dren who were following her. He heard that some of them were injured. Saw her lift up the knife in both hands and chop at people, and he cautioned her to be ware of such conduct. Shortly afterwards he was called upon to take her into custody, when she went quietly to the station house. The prisoner, in her defence, said she had been drinking freely, when she was lollowed, beaten, and kicked by the mob, when she threw herself under the protection of the police, as she felt her life to be in danger. She thought the prosecutor was one of the party when she struck him with the knife. She was very sorry for what had happened. She was fully committed for trial for the felony, when, in the course of the day, she was conveyed to Newgate in the police van. WORSHIP-STREET. On Saturday morning, the cart of Mr. Gould, a duet contractor and nightman, bad deposited in a field at Ilaggerstone, several loads of bones and human re mains, intermixed with pieces of coffin and coffin furni ture. Holland, one of the warrant officers, reported that he found bones, with coffin wood and furniture strewn about the place. One marine store dealer in the neigh bourhood had purchased from different parties a quan tity of bra ss handles and coffin furniture, a specimen of which he produced, and he also produced various other things, particulaly a piece of oak coffin with the nails in it quite fresh, and which had not about it the slightest touch of decay. The coffin had evidently been cat or broken up to be carried away. Upon inquiry, in com pany with his inspector, he found that Mr. Gould's carters had brought this matter in question from a churchyard in Friday-street, Cheapside. Weller, one of the beadles of Shoreditch, said that the matter mentioned having been deposited in a field at Haggerstone, in that parish, Mr. Long had sent him to inquire, and it was ascertained that Mr. Liddiard, churchwarden of a parish in the City, being desirous of having a vault in Friday-street cleared out, had em ployed Mr. Gould to do it, and to remove the contents to an excavation where some new buildings were in course of erection, and the carters had, instead, disposed of their loads by throwing them on the spot and in the manner complained of. The inscription on one of the coffin-plates was stated to be, "E. C. Connell, deceased in February, 1818 ;" another, " Master John Ingleby, died sth February, 1834 ;" and another, " Mrs. Ann Webb, 1838." Other plates, without inscription, and pieces of coffin, were however evidently very recent. Weller added, that from his own experience he could state that the coffin-wood produced by the officer Hol• land was of very recent deposit. Mr. Long, the church warden of his parish, had given directions to have all the remains in cluestion collected and deposited in conse crated ground in Shoreditch, and was determined to trace out and prosecute the parties who had caused such a shameful inroad in his parish. Mr. BaonenToN directed the parties whose names had been ascertained to be summoned before him to answer the charge. THAMES. POISONOUS BERRIES.—John Hilliard was brought before Mr. Ballantine for final examination, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Parker, late proprietor of the Veteran beer-shop, in the Whitechapel-road, and Samuel Jones, a child, aged three years, whose deaths were caused by eating a pie in which berries of the deadly nightshade were introduced. It will be recol lected that the coroner's jury returned a verdict of Man slaughter against the prisoner, who sold the berries of the deadly nightshade on Saturday, the 15th of August, on Blackfriars-bridge and other places. Several per• sons, including three post boys who purchased the ber ries, were seriously affected. Mrs. Parker, the landlady of the Veteran beer-shop, who purchased a pint of the berries on the same day, introduced them into a pie on the Sunday following, of which she and her husband par took. The child Jones, who called at the house while Mr. and Mrs. Parker were at dinner, also ate some of the pie. Mr., Parker and the child died on the follow ing day. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, a number of persons were in attendance who had purchased the poi sonous berries of him on the 15th of August, and great interest appeared to exist. Mrs. Parker, who was attired in deep mourning, and who nearly lost her life, again attended. She has not yet recovered her health: The first witness called was Mr. John Hiscox, who said he was a druggist and medical botanist, and carried on business in the Bethnal Green-road. He had known the prisoner for five or six years or more as a herb gather, and cc nsidered him one of the most astute herb collectors in England. The prisoner was most accurate in collecting medical herbs. Mr. BALLANTINE—Is he likely to be ignorant of the deadly nightshade? Mr. Hiscox—l should really think, from his very long experience, that he could not be igno rant of the poisonous nature of the berries of the deadly nightshade. I consider him the best gatherer of herbs and plants we have. Mr. BALLAIVTINE put some further questions to Mr. Hiscox, who said, if he wanted an opinion upon herbs, he should ask the prisoner's opinion in preference to that of botanists, because his opinion would be practical and theirs would be theoretical. He knew the plant well. He had seen the deadly nightshade growing in shady places, and when a boy he used to avoid the berries. They were generally understood to be poisonous. Mr. BALLANTINE —Can you say the prisoner was acquainted with the properties of plants? Mr. Hiscox would not g o so far as to say the prisoner was acquainted with the medical properties of plants, or their efficacy in curing particular diseases; but he was of opinion the prisoner did know the berries of the deadly nighttlade were poisonous. The witness then proceeded to state that different plants had their par ticular localities. He believed the prisoner was a clever man in the selection of plants and herbs, and should think he must know belladonna from any other plant. Mr. BAL TANTINE—If he knew the plant, could he be ignorant of the qualities of it? Mr. iliscox —I should think not. _ _ Mr. BALLAICTINE—Did you ever order him to gather the plant of i he deadly night-hale? Mr. Iliscox sail he had not. lle had been in the habit of using the ex tract of Om be Iladonna, which he obtained of the drug gists who p repared the medicine. Mr. BALI .ANTINE explained to the prisoner how the evidence affi ilted him, and asked him if he would put any questions.? The prisoner said he was quite ignorant of the berry altogether. He understood roots and plants, and is new what was good and what was bad, hut he really kne', w nothing about berries. He never picked berries for any' herb shop in his life. He ate as many as twelve of the barrios on the day he sold a pine of thorn to Mr. Parker '.they were as sweet as sugar and as nice as honey. Mr. BALLAW:IN E—Was that after the young men in Whitechapel told, you they were poisonous berries ? The prisoner—Nee young man told me anything of the kind, your Worship. Mr. BALLANTIIfI 3—We have it in evidence that you were cautioned, a,l .d that you afterwards continued to hawk the berries. Can anything be more horrible? Joseph Lester, ; assistant to Mr Hiscox, confirmed THE POISONING IN ESSEX. CLAVERING, FRIDAY EVENING.—The inquiry con cerning the deaths of Joseph and James Chesham, aged ten and twelve years, who died from the effects of arsenic. supposed to be wilfully administered, was re sumed this morning at the Fox and Hounds Inn, in this village, before Mr. C. C. Lewis. The mother of the deceased children, it may be re membered, is at present in Chelmsford Gaol, awaiting trial for an alleged attempt to poison an infant. The investigation had been twice adjourned for the purpose of receiving the proper testimony in respect to the ana lysation of the contents of their stomachs and other im portant facts. The Rev. Mr. Brooks, the vicar of the parish, and a number of the gentry of the district were amongst the auditory in the inquest-room. The jury being called over, the Coroner called Sarah Chesham, the grandmother of deceased children, who repeated the testimony she had previously given. The children died in January, 1845. The eldest was taken ill on a Sunday, and expired the same night. The other died on the Tuesday following, and they were buried in one coffin on the succeeding Sunday. Mr. Henry Brooks, surgeon, of Newport, deposed to opening the bodies of the deceased, and transmitting the contents of the stomach to Professor Graham of Univer sity College Hospital, for analysation. Mr. Alfred Shaine Taylor, of Cambridge-place, Regent's-park, lecturer at Guy's Hospital, deposed that on Thursday the 29th of August, he received from Pro fessor Graham the portions of human remains sent by the last witness. On the following day he proceeded to make an analysis of them. The result showed the pre sence in both the bodies of a large quantity of yellow arsenic, which might be estimated at from 20 to 30 grains, sufficient to destroy the lives of from 3 to 6 adult persons. The arsenic so found had been intro. duced during life, and he was of opinion, for many rea sons, it was taken in the form of yellow arsenic. Mr. Stephen Hawks, surgeon, residing at Clavering, was next called. The first tiling ho heard of the de ceased children being ill was on the Sunday evening that Joseph died. The father came to his house and in formed him, when he gave him some medicine, princi pally composed of calomel. The following morning the father again came to his house, and said that his son James was taken seriously ill. He returned with him to his residence, and saw the child. At that period he heard that Joseph was dead, and he afterwards saw the body, he was informed that James complained of sick ness. He forwarded him some aperient medicine, as his case much resembled cholera; it was composed of calo mel and jalap. At twelve o'clock he again saw the child, and found no improvement. The medicine was again altered, a little opium being mixed with the calo mel, and at seven o'clock, bearing he was worse, witness again visited him. He appeared fast sinking, and com plained of a pain in his bowels, and a nauseous taste in his mouth. The next day he heard that the child was dead. By the CORONER—He saw the mother two or three times in the course of the day, and on the Monday even ing after the death of Joseph, he remarked to her that it was a very unusual period of the year for cases of cholera, and expressed a wish to open his body. She gave him no answer. He attributed the death of James more to cholera than anything else. He thought he mentioned the cause of death in a casual way to the registrar. He had not since had any conversation with the mother respecting the children. Thomas Deats, a labouring man, said he lived under the same roof as the father of the deceased. He last saw Joseph on Friday evening, the 13th of January, 1845, when he seemed very well. On the following morning he saw his mother, who informed him that " Joe was very bad." Ho asked her from what cause, and she an swered that she thought it was from a blow. During the Sunday night he was awoke by Mrs. Chesham knocking at the door, and begging of him to get up, as her child was dying. He did so, and on following her up stairs into her apartment saw her husband standing with a light in his hand. James was lying upon the same bed; the floor was very dirty, as if front vomiting. Joseph had already died. By the CORONER —Mrs. Chesham did not appear much grieved; she cried a little. Elizabeth Dents, wife of the last witness, next said— On the Saturday evening before Joseph's death, she was requested to go and see the deceased, as they were sick. She did so, and confirmed her husband's statement as to appearances. Recollected a surgeon going to Mrs. Chesham's, who told her he had wished to examine the boy's body. She refused, saying she would not allow it for any money. . John Chesham, a boy about fifteen years of age, and brother of the deceased, was next called. He deposed that in January, 1845, he lived with his brother at home. He was at work when Joseph was taken ill. It was on Saturday, and on going home he found him in bed with his brother James, By the CORONER'—CouId not recollect what they had for supper that night, or the night before. Was posi tive his mother did not make any mess for him that evening. Never knew of his mother making any mess he could not eat. At the time his brother died ho was taken ill. He felt pains in his head and stomach, but - he soon recovered from it. Margaret Mivart, a widow, living in the village, stated that about a fortnight before the death of the deceased, the mother asked her to buy a pennyworth of arsenic r I t; i I