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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Tories manifest their chagrin at the result of the Warwick election in a curious way. The journals of the party preserve a discreet silence on the point. There is no editorial lamentation or blustering. But some stuff is published in the modest garb of corres pondence, in which a very lame excuse for the Tory defeat is hazarded. We are told in the Standard that Mr. Collins is popular in Warwick—that his relatives Are wealthy 'and influential—that lie is a resident of the borough ; while the sorry Sergeant lacked all these advantrtee«. Why then did Mr. Canning succeed at his competitor had the sup the former election, when port of Mr. Collins and his friends ? Mr. Calming bad no personal connection with Warwick, while it is certain that the Higlm-Sheriff of the county is brother to gr. Sergeant Adams, but a man of a very different stam p we believe. The extomted compliments n hich for their own purposes, now pay to Mr. the Tot ies, Collins, are unqiiestionably well bestowed, and excellent private character must have some in fluence in an election ; but we are to look for the Honourable Member's triu:nph to other causes. The Tories were a few months aeo in a majority of 30 ; they are now in a minority of 35. This great change cannot be easily accounted for with out supposing some chan g e of feeling in the constitu ency. The factious policy of the Tories is, we. sus pect, recoiling upon themselves. The unblushing manner in which Coe leading Tories of Warwick gave the lie to their own recorded opinions in supporting -a man who openly reviled what they deemed deserving of praise, must have shocked many of the respectable electors. People without principle are too apt to for- (Yet that the world is seldom so bad as they think it , t•-• . judging from themselves Something due to ap pearances, and when Mr. Wyse and the Rev. John Buudier 'again put themselves prominently forward as supporters of Tory candidates, we would advise them to use Lord Castlereagh's phrase, " not to turn their hacks on themselves," but to recollect that the same thine, cannot be both good and bad, and that if they support a candidate who abuses as bad that which they have declared to be good, they cannot blame time world for considering themselves and their candidate worthy of each other.—Morning Chronicle. A rather novel circumstance has just occurred, the particulars of which were yesterday communicated to us. A vestry meeting of the united parishes of St. Mary -at-hill and St. Andrew Hubbard took place on Thursday evening—the rector, the Rev. W. D. Rod her, in the chair. The first business of the vestry — namely, the election of officers for the ensuing year, having been disposed of, the senior Churchwarden, Mr. William R. Kemp, moved a resolution that no Church or Poor-rate be made for this quarter. The Churchwarden stated as his reason for proposing this resolution, that there were in hand ample funds to meet the demands of the Church and of the poor for a much longer period than three months. This was evidently an all-sufficient reason for easing the rate payers; but there were not wanting some of your over zealous friends of the Church to recommend a new rate by all means, lest by any possibility the Church might require an outlay greater than the 1201. in hand. It was not enough, in the opinion of those worthies, that the Church is in perfect repair, that the demands of the poor arc not weighty, and that all probable con tingencies are already abundantly provided for. No ; they must have a new rate, no matter how trifling in amount, or how uncalled-for, in order to prevent the old custom from falling into disuse, we suppose Their suggestions did not, however, take with the meeting, and Mr. Churchwarden Kemp's resolution passed unanimously, the advocates of an unnecessary rate not deeming it prudent to divide against the pro position. We have not heard that a similar resolu tion has been proposed in any other vestry in the kingdom for a similar reason. It may he useful to state how it has happened that, in this Union, the in• come has so far exceeded the expenditure. By a proper discharge of their duty, the Churchwardens have been enabled to dispense with a new rate, at all events for three, perhaps for six months. A rigid levy of the rate upon those who are able to pay, and a dis creet expenditure, have met all demands, and left a large surplus. We have no doubt but that a similar course of action on the part of Churchwardens, would lead to a similar gratifying result in several other me tropolitan parishes. Now that the precedent has been set, we imagine other vestries will look for a like pro ceeding in their districts. Much credit is certainly due to the Churchwarden of Sr. Andrew Hubbard for his conduct in this case. He has set a good example to his successors.—Morning Chronicle. The Ministerial measure for the extinction of the Church-rates, which has already virtually passed th • House of Commons, will be introduced to the House of Lords: on the 21st of April, which will be about three weeks hence. What the fate of the measure will be, constituted as that House now is, it needs not the gift of prophecy to foretell. It will be rejected by a majority of two, if not three, to one. Is this to be regretted ? Assuredly not :it is matter rather for exultation. By throwing out the measure the Lords will not only create such a spirit of opposition to Church-rates as will sweep them for ever away by an overwhelming majority, but they will make converts to the voluntary system in tens of thousands. We ex pect such a display of the Christian spirit by which the Bishops are actuated, in the course of time discus sion on time measure, as will carry home conviction to the minds of myriads who never thought on the sub ject before, that time sooner a system which patronises and supports such personages is put an end to the better. The rejection of the Church-rate Abolition Bill be of infinite service to the country in another way : it will furnish another most powerful argument to the many which already exist, not only of the necessity of a thorough reform of the Church, but of the Upper House itself. Let, then, the Lords throw out the Ministerial measure for the extinction of Church-rates if they please. Before twelve months have elapsed they will see abundant reason to repent their folly if they do. Practically, it matters little to the Dissenters whether the measure be rejected or not : it is clear that the doom of Church rates is sealed. The majority of twenty-three proclaims in tones of thunder that they ought to be no longer enforced against those who conscientiously object to their payment. Where, we would like to know, is the parish in any populeus town where a Church-rate will be any longer imposed on the inhabitants ? Where, if so imposed, are the Dissenters who will consent to pay such a tax ? The collectors, we take it, will have many errands to make before they succeed in !Mine their pockets. We may be told of the power of the law in enforcing payment. It is a very different timing to send in a broker to the houses of a few refractory individuals, and to employ him successfully in distraining the goods of a whole community. The Lords seem to think that we have not yet had enough of agitation on the subject of Church-rates. That, at any rate, is the fair in ference from their understood determination to reject the Ministerial measure for their abolition. We tell theno then, that they shall have agitation to their hearts' content. By the time Parliament meets again, after time end of the present Session, time whole country will he in a state of perfect commotion on the subject. The Bishops know, or at least ought to know, ho it is that said "a man's enemies are often they of his own household." Well may time Church say this. Her worst enemies are the Bishops and Tory Lords, who glory in being not only part or her household, but in being, as it we:e, nursed in her own bosom. The clergy should make an addition to their Liturgy. The one we recommend would be quite orthodox—" Save me from my friends" ought to be a portion of the payers of the Church every time that service is performed.—Morning Advertiser. On Wednesday night, between nine and ten o'clock, a fire broke out under the stage of the Victoria Theatre. The house watchman and two others only knew of the circumstance, and they gave instant information to the firemen of the Water loo-road station of the London Establishment, several of whom with other assistants in the theatre, fortunately extinguished the flame% before any damage was done, except to some of the old scenery, which had been deposited where the fire com menced. The accident is believed to have originated through IV,l" *ls ll i r c kg" . - the — cial returns on the London and Green , . • wich Railway / om Thursday the 23d, to Thursday the 30th ult., the sum of, ,0801. 18s. Bd. was received ; 75,775 persons passed and 13,514 went by the footpath, *idiot the slik)Ttest accident or disturbance. 1 Ak.k. .1 RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS IN IRELAND. FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE. MANNER IN WHICH RAILWAY COM MUNICATIONS CAN BE MOST ADVANTAGEOUSLY PRO MOTED IN IRELAND. We, the undersigned Commissioners appointed by your Majesty, under date the 28th dav of October, 1836, to inquire into the manner in which Railway communications can be most advantageously promoted in Ireland, humbly beg to lay before your Majesty this our first Report, which we present thus early in obedience to your Majesty's com mands. We regret that, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which we have used, we cannot, at the present moment, enter into such details, or furnish such documents, as would enable others to form a judgment on the measures which, in our opinion, it might be desirable to sanction in reference to this very important suhject. We have, how ever, collected a great mass of information which we are arranging ; and we believe that the principles on whi,:lm we are pursuing this inquiry will lead to practical and beneficial results. When the very great importance of the matter submit ted to our investigation—the valuable and, in many in stances, conflicting interests which it involves, and the vast public injury which would arise from a false step at the commencement ofa system that may produce a total change in the internal communication of this country—are consi dered, we are persuaded that the inconvenience of a short delay will be deemed preferable to the hazard we should run of recommending, upon an incomplete view of the subject, plans or projects which we might afterwards see reason to modify, or alter. We hope to be able to ter minate our inquiry, and to present. a full Report in time to admit of the Legislature coming to a decision durieg the present sesion, on the measures which it may be desirable to sanction. We proceed to explain the course which we have pur sued, and, in some degree, the progress which we have made in this investigation. In commencing our proceedings, we looked at the coun try with reference to the amount, distribution, and employ ment of its population ; to the extent and value of its traffic, and the channels through which that traffic is at present carried on ; to the size and position of its principal towns ; their present communication ; the number of public con veyances, and of the passengers that now travel by them. We looked at the country in reference to its physical fea tures, and the fSeilities and impediments which these offer to the construction of railways, and also to the comparative fertility of soil, the present produce, and the capability of improvement of its several districts. On all these points we took immediate steps to collect the most accurate information which could be obtained from existing documents, public dopartments, and from those private individuals who possessed peculiar means of know ledge through the nature of their pursuits and occupations. The Customs and Excise have afforded us valuable as sistance ; the Chairmen of both Boards having directed their officers to prepare certain returns relative to the trade of the country, which we shall be able to give in our second Report. We have likewise been much assisted by the con stabulary, who, under the directions of Colonel Shaw Ken nedy, have procured for us much useful information respect ing the inland traffic in most parts of Ireland. It is due to many intelligent individuals of that service to bear our testimony to the zeal and efficiency with which the in luiries entrusted to them have been prosecuted. We have also received, in answers to circulars addressed to persons en . gaged in trade, some valuable communications ; and in those places and on those points where accuracy was most im portant, we have employed individuals accustomed to statis tical inquiries to verify and extend the information obtained through these various channels. With regard to the number of passengers travelling by coaches and cars, returns are preparing under the direction of the Post-office, and by Messrs. Purcell, Bourne, and Bianconi, the principal proprietors of public conveyances in Ireland. These returns will be useful, not merely as ex hibiting the existing intercourse, but as exemplifying, par ticularly by the experience of Mr. Bianconi, the proprietor of a very extensive establishment of stage-cars in the south of Ireland, the increase of intercourse which follows in creased facility and diminished expense of communication. At the commencement of our inquiry, the want of a map of Ireland on which lines might be laid down with some de gree of accuracy offered a very serious impediment to our progress. There did not exist any on which the relative positions of leading towns, still less of inferior objects, were marked with the precision which our purpose required ; and as to the features of the country, the delineation of them was, for the most part, extremely incorrect, often purely fanciful. This would have occasioned very considerable embarrassment, and increased the expense, as well as pro longed the period of our inquiry, had not the deficiency been supplied through the active co-operation of the Ordnance Survey Department for Ireland, under Colonel Colby. The survey of nine counties out of the 32 has been completed and that of several others is in a state of forwardness, Colonel Colby, at our request, caused a diagram to be made of the whole of Irelend from the great triangulation, and a map to be compiled from the already completed portion of the Ordnance survey, and the best county maps which could be obtained. Many of these maps are extremely de fective and inaccurate, particularly in showing the relative positions of the towns ; but this material imperfection has, in a great measure, been removed by means of the fixed points of the great triangulation. The preparation of the map was intrusted to Lieutenant Lircom, of the Royal Engineers, by whose unremitting exertions and ability the object has been effected ; and we are now in possession of a map of Ireland far superior to any hitherto constructed, and which, even for general pur poses, will be a most valuable acquisition to the public, during the period that will intervene before the Ordnance survey shall be completed. The labour and energy re quired to complete such a task in so short a time can be appreciated only by those who are conversant with the na ture of similar operations. Mr. Griffith's unpublished Geological Map of Ireland, a copy of which will accompany our next Report, has proved very useful and interesting in the prosecution of our inquiries. The great limestone districts form one of the most im portant and characteristic features of this country. Be sides indicating superior fertility of soil, they present uni versally the greatest facilities to the engineer. Being gene rhlly free from elevated ridges of ground, they present pe culiarly favourable levels, and furnish excellent materials for the construction of works. Hence, in addition to the knowledge which this map affords of the geological struc ture and mineral products of time country, it has been of material assistance to us in pointing out those rich and populous districts which it would be at once most desirable and most easy to traverse by railways. In order to ascertain how far the objects which we had in view might be promoted by the previous inquiries of others, we applied for and have obtained plans and reports explanatory of the several projects which have been as yet brought before the public. We have also had the benefit of personal explanations from such of the engineers and principal promoters of those undertakings as we could meet with in Dahlia. As the investigation proceeded, we were enabled gra dually, and, as we trust, on just and sure grounds, to de termine the limits within which the principal lines of rail way should, in our opinion, be eonfined. And we then di rected a detailed and particular examination of the districts contained within those limits. We have been able to avail ourselves of the services of of two eminent engineers, Mr. Vignolles and Mr. M'Neil, a statement of whose proceedings shall accompany our next Report. These gentlemen have been for some time em ployed in ascertaining, by local examination, how far our propositions aac practicable—in what degree they are adapted to the attainment of our objects—and whether or not it might be desirable to alter or modify them in any respect. Their inquiries on many points have been brought to a close, and they have made considerable progress to wards completing what. remains of the task assigned to theta. We are also pursuing a course of inquiry with regard to the principles which should be obsery ed in the construction of railways. We shall endeavour to distinguish between those which ciuglit to be enforced by legislative enactment, and those which might be left to the fancy or sagacity of the Directors and Managers of Companies. Our consideration has been directed to the effects of gradients and curves, of the width of the lines, of the weight and strength of the rails, and of various other de tails of construction—effects which have not as yet been clearly ascertained, but on which the stability and economy of these works greatly depend, and which must materially influence the return on the capital to be expended in fu ture undertakings of this kind. On all these points there can be little doubt that much knowledge yet remains to be acquired from future experience. But much has been already learned since the opening of the Liverpool and Mitnchester line, and many improvements have been in troduced, tending in part to increase the permanency of the works, and in part calculated to diminish the general expenditure. It shall be our endeavour to collect these important practical results, in the hope of aiding the pro gress of improvement in the construction and working of future railways. We have also on this subject communicated with tl.e principal railway Companies in England, and it is but jus tice to the directors and managers of those Companies to ac knowledge the readings with which they have answered our inquiries, and the, valuable information and many useful suggestions which we haVe received from them. In obedience to your Majesty's commands, we have en tered into the examination ofa very important and interest ing question—the establishment of a steam communication with America from the west or south-west coast of Ireland. In the present state of steam navigation, a voyage to ' New York from any part of Great Britain has been consi dered by many to be beyond the range of a steam•vessel ; whilst others are of opinion that such a voyage, though perhaps impracticable from Great Britain, might be ef fected from the western coast of Ireland ; and that, so far as regards passengers and the transmission of letters and light goods, such an intercourse might be established and con ducted with great advantage. We are aware that steam vessels of a large size arc now fittirg out at Liverpool and Bristol for the purpose of attempting the direct voyage to New York ; and we shall abstain at present from express ing an opinion on the relative advantages of different ports, but shall merely observe, that we have looked at the ques tion as regards Ireland, thus—admitting that it is found ad vantageous to start from a port as far to the westward as possible—in what direction, and to what port, should the railway for effecting this object traverse Ireland? In this view of the question, the main consideration would be a rapid and convenient transit to the port of embarkation ; and to that object the means which such a line would af ford of increasing internal traffic must be regarded as alto gether subordinate. But on the other hand, reversing the supposition, and regarding the promotion of inland inter course as the primary, and the establishing a steam naviga tion with America as a secondary and perhaps remote ob ject, what line would for such a purpose be deemed the most eligible? If we have succeeded in coming to just conclusions on both these points, we shall be en.4b!ed to say whether the two purposes might not be essentially attained through the medium of one common line. In pursuance of our instructions, we have also consi dered what manner the most rapid and certain communi cation between London and Dublin might be effected. We are not as yet in possession of sufficient information respecting the different projects advanced fur accomplish ing this object. to venture an opinion on their relative merits. All Railway projects in Ireland will of course be greatly promoted by the establishment of such a communi cation, but advantageous intercourse with America by seam from the West coast of Ireland cannot be contem plated without it. Havinrr e thus explained the course which we have fol lowed, and to a certain extent the progress we have made, we proceed to lay before your Majesty some of the general opinions which we have formed during this investigation. • The first and most important conclusion at which we have arrived is, that the intercourse in Ireland is not at present, nor is likely for many years to come, to be of that constant and active kind which would justify the expectation that Railways spread over the country in distinct lines from town to town would prove remunerative undertakings . In that respect we fear they would be total failures ; and unless re munerative, not only would such undertakings be directly injurious to the community, by the amount of capital taken out of productive circulation, but the losses and disappoint ments of those embarking in them could scarcely fail to occasion a general want of confidence, which would greatly impede, if it did not prove altogether fatal to the most le gitimate and well-founded enterprises.* Deeply impressed with this conviction, we would humbly but earnestly suggest that the moat searching inquiry should be made into the grounds on which these separate Compa nies rest their hopes of success before they obtain the sanc tion of the Legislature. We believe that in the greater number of instances the most important public objects which they all profess might be accomplished at a much less expenditure of capital, and at a very moderate sacri fice. of time and space, as regards individual places, by a well-combined and judicious system of railways, in which the joint traffic of many places and districts should be made to pass to a great extent over one common line, and where the greatest general accommodation should be attained at the smallest outlay. We shall not say that such a system alone can be profitable ; but we do assert, without fear of contradiction, that, looking to the present circumstances of this country, it affords by far the most reasonable hope of a fair return on the capital expended. If economy of ex penditure is necessary in England, it is indispensabl e in Ireland, where capital is less abundant, intercourse more languid, and traffic less active. There are also circumstances peculiar to railways worked by locomotive steam-engines which impose an additional ne cessity for circumspection. On railways where animal power is the motive agent, the profit will be nearly proportioned to the traffic ; but where steam is employed, small weights are moved at a great and ruinous expenditure' of power, and it is not till the traffic becomes very considerable that the use of steam becomes very profitable, and it is only when the intercourse is active and abundant that the superiority and economy of steam are fully experienced. We believe that the contemplation of its wonder-working power under such circumstances has caused the disadvantages of using it in less favourable cases to be very much overlooked. Hence the importance and necessity of endeavouring to devise a system that shall combine and concentrate the traffic and intercourse of many places. A small increase of distance adds but little to the expense of conveyance, and when the tran sit is rapid, still less to the time. The selection of such great public lines ought not \ to be left to private parties or Companies. There are many in terests involved demanding the most impartial considera tion ; and it is not by selecting a line to some large town, and conferring upon it the imposing title of a grand trunk line, that the. object for which we are contending is to be accomplished. We are not insensible to the danger of fet tering commercial enterprise ; but parties who promise benefits, and seek privileges in return, have no reason to complain if their . capability of fulfilling their engagements to the public be rigidly scrutinized. And further, if the inquiry be pursued with a view to determine whether the promised advantages may not be obtainable ut a less expen diture of the national capital than in the manner which they propose, sufficient is known of the mode in which many railway schemes are got up to justify the adoption of every precaution to protect the country against those which it may be profitable to speculators to project, but ruinous to shareholders to execute. The past history of public works in this country is not calculAted to excite any very sanguine expectation on the part of the speculative capitalist. Instead of being re ferred to as encouraging examples of successful enterprise, tliey can only be pointed out as beacons to warn him against embarking in similar und er t a ki ngs . _ ! _ It is because an opportunity now offers of removing the injurious impression produced by these failures, and of in troducing a system of communieution capable of conferring, under due precautions, vast benefit on this country—it is because we arc strongly impressed with the conviction that a false step at the commencement might deprive the coun try for many years to conic of advantages now within its reach ; and because, in regard to this important matter, we dread the consequences of indulging in extravagant expecta tious, and of rushing into inconsiderate speculations, that we would humbly but most earnestly express a hope that the sanction of the Legislature may not be given to any great line of railway in Ireland till the most careful inquiry has shown that the statements of its promoters are grounded on sound views and accurate data, and that of all others it is the best adapted to effect the public objects for which it is proposed, and the most likely to afford a profitable return on the capital expended in its execution. But whilst we recommend the utmost caution in deciding upon individual projects, we would also humbly represent to your Majesty the necesity of affording peculiar encourage ment to the prosecution of public works in Ireland. The great natural capabilities which the country pre sents, the little exertion the has yet been made either from public or private sources to develope them, the amount of the population so far exceeding the ordinary demind for labour, and, on that account, exposed to periodical suffer ings of the most harrowing and deplorable description, are circumstances fully ascertained and acknowledged. It, would appear, therefore, just and reasonable, whether re yarded as a question of policy or of duty, that while effec tive means are taken to check and avoid deceptive specu lations and needless expenditure, every possible aid and facility, consistent with prudence and the interests of the United Kingdom, should be extended to public undertakings, the utility of which shall have been clearly established. Among the obstacles which an enterprise such as we are immediately considering must encounter at the very com mencement, are, the delay interposed, and the enormous outlay that must take place before even a spade can be put into the ground towards its execution. This delay an d ex _ penditure are at present unavoidable ; fur they arise in a great degree from the provisions of the new Standing Or ders in Parliament, which must, in every instance, be strictly and fully complied with. The Legislature has deemed it right to require plans to be lodged, and notices, to a very great extent, to be served ; and when these directions have been observed, an interval of twelve months must afterwards elapse before application can b madeord orders sfo w hich v e for leave bring to these i a objectsß ail% v a standingy Bill. The were framed chiefly with a view to the protection of the owners and oc cupiers of property likely to be affected by such undertak ings.relate But there are few establishments in Ireland which could be injured by the Operation of such works, w him property in general, and more especially that in their im mediate neighbourhood, far from being deteriorated, would be greatly increased in value. We therefore humbly sug gest that it may be desirable to examine whether some of those standing orders might not be relaxed, simplified, or dispensed with, as far as regards the introduction of bills fir Ireland. . _ ..... In the progress of this inquiry, our attention has been directed to the manner in which railway Bills are pre pared, and to the great inconvenience and expense which arise from their length and complexity. It would tend much to remove thi s o bj ec tion if all the provisions whi c h are common to every measure of this kind, and, i n f act, constitute the general principles on which it is the mani- * Short lines, such as that between Dublin and Kingstown, connecting large and populous towns with the adjacent har bours or watering-places, will of course be exceptions, f'st intention of the legislature uniformly to ground its enactments with regard to railways, were embodied in one general Act, applicable to every ease. If this were don a Bill for a particular railway would only be required to set for its own specific features and provisions, which might be contained within a very small compass ; and thus riot only would legislation on these subjects be rendered much more simple, but the preliminary expenses, which now fall so heavily on the projectors, would be greatly reduced. Having now pointed out the advantages which might naturally be expected to result from the encouragement of well-founded enterprises of this kind in Ireland, it is right that we should advert, on the other hand, to the protection which the public would be entitled to demand against abuse of the power usually conferred on private Railway Companies. It is manifest that wherever this superior mode of inter course shall be established, it will supersede all others, both as a conveyance for passengers, and with respect to many other most important purposes. A monopoly will conse quently be establish :d, as far as those purposes are con cerned ; and hence great evils may arise from committing, without controul, the management and regulation of rail roads to the power and discretion of individuals or Compa nies, whose chief consideration would be their own private profit and advantage. Among the most obvious of the evils to be apprehended, we may enumerate the following :- 1. The charges might be exorbitant. 2. The speed might be reduced to a rate not much surpassing that of ordinary road travelling. 3. The passengers might be exposed in various ways to inconveniences and irregularities ; such as uncertainty as to hours, delays on the road, and vexatious or rude treatment. 4. The carriages might be neglected and uncomfortable, anti the road kept in an imperfect or even dangerous condition. 5. The interest and accommodation of branch lines might be sacrificed, or at least postponed, to those of the main line. These evils might not be all present together on any one line ; but it is probable that they would, in a greater or less degree, be felt and experienced in all. _ _ Another, and very important, consideration is, that the power given to railway Companies places the service of the mails entirely at their discretion. There is nothing to prevent their securing, in their respective lines, a great part of the revenue of the Post-office ; for the letters must be carried by them, and they might exact what terms they pleased in the existing statute of the law. Competition, the usual corrective of such abuses, can, in these cases, be rarely resorted to ; and although mana gers and directors of Companies, who took an enlightened view of their duty to 'the public, or even of their own interests, would not suffer them to exist to any great degree, yet we fear that it would not be safe to trust en tirely to such motives for protection ; and hence it becomes important to consider by what means these evils may be guarded against, without imposing injurious restrictions on private enterprise. In Ireland, where railway communication must, for a length of time, be restricted to a few main lines, such pro tection would be indispensable. We shall endeavour, in ,a subsequent report, to offer some suggestions towards ef fecting this very desirable object. In concluding these observations, we humbly beg to as sure your Majesty that we shall continue to pursue our in quiry with unremitting diligence AVe regret that our re searches beinc , only in progress, our materials imperfectly collected, and opinions on many points not sufficiently matured, it has not been possible for us to do more in this preliminary report than indicate the course of investigation which we are following. We are fully sensible that the subject is one which requires to be treated with great cau tion and deliberation. Aware of the extensive interests at stake, and of the anxiety with which our final Report is looked for by many of the parties engaged in or affected by these speculations, we shall spare no pains to forward our inquiry ; and we venture to express a confident hope that we shall be able to complete our final Report iu the month of May. 'We could have wished that we had been at liberty to devote a much longer period to so important and intri cate a subject ; and we are deeply sensible of the many de fects and omissions inseparable from the rapidity with which our proceedings have necessarily been conducted. We trust, however, that by the time above-mentioned, we shall be able to lay down the lines which shall appear to be the best adapted to promote the great objects in question, an to complete the documents which may be necessary to enable those to whom your Majesty may refer the conside ration of our Report, to judge of the recommendations which we shall venture to make, as well as of the opinions which, in obedience to your Majesty's command, we shall deem it our duty to express on the various projects now before the public. We humbly submit this our first Report to your Ma jesty's consideration. T. DRUMMOND. J. F. BURC;OYNE. P. BARLOW. R. GRIFFITH. Dublin, March 11. 11. D. JONES, Secretary. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MARCII 31. The Court to-day resumed its sittings. Charles Duke Yonge was opposed by Mr. \Voodroffe, on the part of Mr. Vincent, bookseller ; Mr. Quaterman, livery-stable keeper ; Mr. Hobdell, jeweller, and other cre ditor, resident at Oxford ; and also for Mr. Matthewson, tailor, and Mr. Thomas, bootmaker, St. James's-street. The insolvent, a young gentleman, had taken his degrees at Oxford ;he was a first-class man. His description con tains the names of several hotels—Long's Hotel, the Bruns wick, the Union, &e. ; also Meurice's Hotel, Paris. He had lately resided at Procter's Hotel, Westminster-road, under the name of Charles Duke ; he was also described as of Eton College, and St. Mary's Hall College, Oxford. His debts, incurred from 1831 to 1837, for which he had received consideration, amounted to 2,2901. 3s. 7d., and be had about 109 creditors in his schedule. His insolvency was ascribable to his expenses exceeding his income. His means of support were derived from his mother, resident at Eton College, who had allowed him 2401. a year. He was a single man. Among the various items to account for the disposition of the receipts was a large sum for wearing apparel, annually 3001. His debts were of that description usually incurred by gentlemen without adequate means, who aspire to the state of fashionable men. The COURT adjudged the insolvent, under the discre tionary clause, to six months' imprisonment from the date of filing his petition. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.- - KlNGsrox, MARCH 30. THE KING V. CARtINGTON AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against the defendants, medical pupils at Guy's Hospital, for a riot and assault at St. Thomas Hospital on the 16th of December last. Mr. THESSIGER stated the case. It was a prosecution which had been instituted by the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, against six defendants, Messrs. Benjamin Carring ton, Benjamin Nelson Linwood, Frederick Musgrove, James Tomlinson, Thomas Harris, and Edmond Edmonds, all gentlemen attached to Guy's Hospital, and the object of it certainly was not so much to punish the individuals as to repress a serious annoyence and outrage committed by them, and which, if not prevented from occurring again by the operation of the law, would bring that hospital into complete contempt. For very many years there had been a courtesy ' practised by the authorities of the two hospitals towards each other, of admitting the pupils of one establishment to the operations of the other. It was quite clear there was no right existing in the pupils of one hospital to attend the operations of the other ; but even if there were such a right he (Mr. Thessiger) was quite sure that the mode adopted upon the occasion in question to enforce it was one which the law Ix ould never sanction. On the 16th of December last the very delicate and difficult operation of litho tomy was to be performed upon two patients, infants of the age of three and eight years. On the week pre ceding there had been some disturbance with regard to ad mission of parties to the operating theatre at St. Thomas's, and, to prevent a repetition of the outrage, a notice was af fixed to the operating board of both St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospital, informing the pupils of the operations to be per formed, and requesting every gentleman who wished to at tend to bring with bins the surgical practice ticket. On the day of the operation a porter, named Williams, who is also a constable, was placed at the door of the lobby, and at the outer door, through which patties passed to the theatre, another porter, of the name of Moyses, was placed, for the purpose of examining the tickets ; and on the outside of the door another porter, named Bull, was stationed. Mr. Carrington, a pupil of Guy's Hospital, and the first defendant on the record, had been a dresser—but, his time having expired, he was nothing but an ordinary pupil—presented himself at the door for admission, and offered his ticket to Bull, and was immediately admitted. Moyses was within the outer door of the lobby, and the moment Mr. Carrington came in, whether he was annoyed at being kept too long•at the outer door, or whether his ob ject was to make the way clear fir the entrance of those who were assisting him in his scheme, he (Mr. Thessiger) could not say, but he immediately struck Moyses a blow. Wil liams, who was stationed at the inner door, directly came forward, and asked him what he meant by striking a man who was merely acting in the performance of his duty Williams upon that felt a blow, and upon turning round saw Mr. Linwood, another - defendant, who seized him by the collar. The outer door, which was barred, was shortly afterwards broken open, and 4 torrent of students of Guy s Hospital rushed in, overwhelmed the two porters, and the whole mass was forced into the area of the theatre. The moment the pupils got admission Mr, Travers and Mr. Tyrol', who were to perform the operation, both addressed them, and remonstrated upon the impropriety of their con duct. Their remonstrances were, however, received hootings and hissings, and every sort of clamour, and the disturbance continued in this manner for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. Ultimately Williams, who had been pressed upon by the different parties, retreated to the landing-place. The defendants, all of whom, with others, were very active in the affray, immediately found him, and there was a general cry of " Throw him over." They then immediately seized him, and endeavoured to throw him over the bannisters ; and if they had sue• ceeded they would have had to stand at the criminal bar on a charge of murder, as, in all human probability, he would have been killed, the depth being as much as thirty feet. That was, however, prevented by the timely inter ference of Mr. Richardson, a pupil of St. Thomas's Hos pital, who rushed forward and rescued Williams, and plac;•d him in a position of security. All the fury of the students was then directed to Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Musgrove, one of the defendants, immediately seized and forced him into an adjoining ward, in which there were several pa• tients, who were naturally much alarmed and terrified at the disturbance. This conduct was pursued for three hours, until it became necessary to call for the interference of the police. Witnesses were then called, after which the Learned JUDGE summed up, and the Jury begged to retire. After being absent for a quarter of an hour, they returned a verdict of Guilty of the assault against Messrs. Carring ton, Linwood, and Musgrove, and a verdict of Acquittal for the ri.:t as to all the defendants. Mr. Cirrington, Mr. Linwood, and Mr. Musgrove were then sentenced to enter into their own reeognizances in the sum of 401. each, and to pay a fine of 101. to the King. The fines were immediately paid, the rccognizane,!s en tered into, and the defendants quitted the Court, having occupied the Court nearly twelve hours. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Moxmourll MARC!! 30. THE KING V. LEIGH, ESQ., AND OTHERS. This was a presentment at the instance of the Commis sioners of Sewers, against Mr. Capel Hanbury Leigh, the Lord Lieuteuip,t of this county, and eight other gentlemeo, who are the owners of lands in the hundred of Caldieott, for the non-repair of the wall which protects the lands in that level from the encroachments of the river Severn.—The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. There was a second presentment against the same defen• dints in respect of " portion wall," in which the Jury were sworn ; but some consultation having taken place between the Counsel on each side, it was stated that the parties had come to an arrangement by which a verdict of Not Guilty was to be entered, the defendants agreeing to pay half the expense of repairing the wall. NORFOLK CIRCUIT, Buh r ST. EDMUND'S, MARCH 30. HEARSUM V. FINCH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the penalty under the statute from the defendant on the ground of his having given a bribe of 71. to one William Coe Abbott, at the election for the borough of Ipswich in 1835. After hearing evidence, Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up the case, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plain tiff for the penalty of 5001., which was taken subject to a motion for a nonsuit on a point of law, raised by the defen dant's Counsel, as to the necessity of proving that the wit ness Abbott had, as the declaration stated," a right to vote" at the particular election, of which no formal proof was given by the plaintiff. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LrvEitrooL, 111 - Azem 30. W. Ashton and IL Thorneley were indicted for the man slaughter of Ann Golightly, at Middleton. The deceased, an old and infirm woman, was the owner of the house in which the prisoner Ashton was residing. There had been several disputes between them, and on the morning of the 14th of January last, when the circumstances occurred which finally caused the death of the deceased, she went to the house in company with one James Whittaker, for the purpose of seeing in what state of repair it was. She went into a part of the house called the loom-room. Mrs. Ashton came in, and went out for her son, the prisoner. On his coming in, he used very bad language towards her. She was alone with him in the loom-room, Whittaker having gone away to get the bricklayer, an d was wa lki ng b ac k war d s and forwards to keep herself warm. Thorneley came to the door, and said to Ashton, " Now, Bill, punch all who are in ; Halsall will stand the racket, whichever side it g oes on." A littl e a f ter th e persons outs id e h ear d t h e sound of a fall, and a shriek from the old woman. One of the wit nesses went into the room, and found her laying on the ground in great pain, her thigh-bone broken, and unable to move. She was taken home, and lingered about three weeks, and then died.—Guilty. The Learned BARON sentenced them to six calendar mouths' imprisonment, Ashton to be kept to hard labour. WESTERN CIRCUIT—LAuxeRsrox, MARCH 29. Geo. Wallis was indicted for having on the 19th day of November, in the parish of Givennah, unlawfully and ma• liciously set fire to a stack of hay belonging to Hugh Bar rett. Witnesses were called in support of the charge, after which— The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Judgment of Death recorded. Richard May, a boy of only 16 years of age, was indicted for the wilful murder of Eliz. Stoddern, at St. Clements, on the 26th Nov. last. John Haddy—l live at Truro. On the 2d of November last I saw the prisoner and Elizabeth Stoddern about two or three o'clock. Elizabeth Stoddern pulled his ears. She tried to kick him. She chased him down the green, and the prisoner then opened the knife, and put it under the cuff of his coat. The prisoner came into the market and met Mrs. Stoddern, and opened the knife and said he would stick her. The prisoner went home. Elizabeth Stoddern and her husband went to the prisoner's house, and they asked,- " Where is Jenny May's bastard ?" His mother was standing at the door with a poker. His mother said, " Take up a stone and throw at her." The mother said, "Go in, my boy." He said, " I won't go in ; I will run a knife into her, and make her leap over mountains." There was a struggle between Mrs. May and the deceased. Mrs. May knocked the deceased down with a poker. The deceased pulled the prisoner's mother into the water. He then came out of the door, and he gave the deceased a blow in her side. The ease having been fully heard, The Jury returned a verdict of acquittal of the murder, bit guilty of manslaughter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday Mr. Cruden, the chairman, and Mr. Tickner and Mr. Alderman, common-councilmen, Directors of the Gravesend Star Steam-vessel Company, appeared before the Lord Mayor on the subject of the communication which had been made to them by the Lord Mayor, relative to the dangerous racing between the the boats of the two rival Companies. Mr. Alderman regretted to be obliged to say that he apprehended the immediate interposition of the Lord Mayor would he necessary. The directors of the other company to whom Mr. Cruden had alluded had declared at the Thames Police-Office that he should persist in the course which his vessels had been pursuing. The Loan MaYott—l shall do my duty, and those who are so careless of the lives of their fellow-creatures, shall, at any rate, be exposed. GUILDHALL. A gentleman applied for a summons against a City toll taker, for seizing his horse and cart, and putting them in the green.yard, to enforce payment of the toll, though com plainant, as a holder of land at Havering-atte-Bower, near Romford, was privileged to pass toll free over every road and bridge in the kingdom. He deemed this act to amount to extortion. The privilege was sanctioned by immemorial custom. Mr. Alderman BROWN said if the privilege was question ed, it ought to be tried in another Court upon an action of t! e3pas. The applicant should certainly resJrt to the Grand. Jury. HAT7'ON- GARDEN, Yesterday Jane Jones, a fine-looking young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. ROGERS, charged with having deserted her two illegitimate children. The parish officers expressed their determination to pro secute her at the Sessions, and she was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Mary Anne Tully was brought up in the custody of police constable N 99, and placed at the bar before Mr. GROVE, 'charged with having attempted self destruction, by drowning herself in the Regent', Canal. Mr. GROVE directed that the husband of the prisoner should be sought, in order that she might be delivered up to him. He ordered that she should be watched and taken care of till then, as it was evident her mind was disordered. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday no business of any importance took place at this office, the cases consisting entirely of informations against keepers of beerhouses and licensed victuallers for keeping their houses open during Divine service and at improper hours. " Order and discipline," salth Machiavelli, " are more available in war than valour or force." At the siege of Oczakow, a piequet, advancing to occupy a post, were informed that it was seized by the Turks, and if they did not retreat, t h e y would encounter certain doath. " Prince Dolgorouski must answer that," said one of the soldiers. Not a man re turned,— United Service Journal. On Tuesday last an inquest was held before A. H. English, Esq., on the body of Diana Allen, aged menty-one, who died on Nlonday evening at her lodgings, at No. 6, New Court, Avon-street. From the evidence before the Court, it fully appeared that the deceased died through neglect and the want of the common necessaries of life. The Jury returned a verdict accordingly.-_Ball♦ Chronicle, EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL AC CIDENT AT THE MANCHESTER THEATRE. NCHESTER, THURSDAY.—During the performance at the Queen's Theatre last night, a singular accident oc curred, which has, unhappily, been attended with loss of life. The second piece represented was announced in , the bills as the intensely-interesting drama of Lilian The 6how Girl, in which Mr, Egerton, in the character of Everarflt has to fire at some robbers in a scene in which they 19ei. dentally appear on the stage. The performer in queptlou presented the pistol accordingly, and puled the trigger, but the weapon (unfortunately ) as the result will show), missed tire. It is customary, it seems, for the " property man" W be stationed at one o f the wing s wh en fire•arms are did' charged on the stage, in order that, in case of such a failure as the one just described, Le may be ready to fire a piece, and thereby keep up the illusion of the hich would otherwise be destroyed, as it would, of coarse, be ridi: ulous for an actor to assume the ap• pearance of one No ho had rece:ved mortal injury from a bullet, when no discharge has taken place. In conformity with this practice, when Mr. Egerton's pistol missed fire, a person named Finlayson, the property man of the theatre, immediately discharged a pistol from the wing nearest the right hand stage-door ; and, as a usual prece.u- Con, he elevated the weapon, so as to run no risk of strik ing any one on the stage with the wadding. The c are taken by the poor fellow, however, with a view to prevent accident, was productive of the most disastrous conse quences ; a performer named Campbell, who personated . Mr. Felton in the piece, was at the moment preparing to descend from a scaffolding to the stage, as from an upper apartment ; but at a distance of ten or twelve yards from the person who fired, when he received the contents of the pistol, whatever they were, in his left side, and fell to rise no more with life. He groaned feebly for a few minutes ; but before a surgeon, who happened to be in the boxes of the theatre, could arrive on the spot, he had ceased to exist. On opening his vest, a frightful wound of considerable depth, -,and in which three fingers could easily be intro duced, was discovered, just in the direction of the heart. The body was carried into the green-room, and. laid upon the floor, where it remained decently covered, and the head pillowed, until the performances were over, when it was removed to the Concert Tavern next door. But little blocd, considering the apparent nature of the wound, flowed from the body ; but the shirt and dress of the deceased were sufficiently saturated with that stream of life to denote all the horror which sudden and violent death is calculated to produce. The fancy dress in which he was attired—the rouge yet fresh upon his cheeks and forehead—were in sad contrast with the tide which was slowly swelling from the heart, and the livid hue—the livery of death, which overspread his features, blanched his hands, and invested the limbs with fearfully cold rigidity. The wife of the unfortunate man is an actress, and was in the theatre at the time, preparing for the part she had to sustain in the next piece. She soon heard of the accident. but a knowledge of its fatal effect was kept from her until some time after she had been conveyed home in a coach. Mr.- Campbell had very recently recovered from a long and severe illness, and has left three young children, besides his widow, to lament his loss. The unhappy man who loaded and fired the fatal pistol was taken into custody, to await the Coroner's inquest. His distress is also pitiable in the extreme. Finlayson says, that in the hurry of loadinj the pistol which he fired, he recollects picking up a piece of wet paper, and using it for wadding. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPARED WITH LONDON. WIIKAT.—The highest price of the best Wheat in Paris is 24f. per 1f hectolitre, which is equal to 365. 9d. per Eng lish quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Kent Wheat in London being 675. per quarter, the difference is 30s. 3d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 821 per cent, and the same money which in London buys but eight bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the value of upwards of fourteen and a half bushels of the finest quality. FLOUR.—The highest price of flour of the "first mark" in Paris is 48 francs per 159 kilogrammes, corresponding with 30s. 3d. per English sack of 2801bs. The highest price of the best " town made" flour in London is 555. per sack, showing fine Flour to be 245. 9d. per sack dearer in London than in Paris, or 814 per cent. ; and that the 555. which in London can procure but 2801b5., will in Paris purchase 509 9-10ths lbs. of the finest Flour. In the a _tie department of Loret, Indre, and Loire, and the neighbouring departments, the snow covers the ground to the depth of six inches ; and as there has since been a sharp frost, the snow does not appear likely to thaw. It seems that this temperature is general in the south of France. At Bor deaux, Perigueux, Toulouse, and Montpelier, the snow has f illen, and there ha; been a sharp frost. Marseilles is simi -1 trly situated. Dur.tig the 21st instant that city and the neighbouring country had been visited by a tempest. It is feared that many accidents have happened at sea, and that ve getation, which was far advanced before this return of winter weather, will suffer materially.—French Paper. MURDER AND SUICIDE EXTRAORDINARY.--• TAO village of Greoux, in the Lower Alps, has lately been the scene of a dreadful murder and suicide. The grave-digger of the place, by name Marquis, partially supported himself by his occupation of turning up one mass of earth in order to make a cavity for the reception of another; but in the dead time (viz.--that in which his neighbours were all alive) he eked out a subsistence by executing little commissions and er rands for them. His harmless and inoffensive disposition be came at last roused by the overbeari ng t em p er an d con d uc t 01 , his wife. A misunderstandinr , arose concerning a two-franc piece, which he had just earned, and which she discovered in his hand by seeing it glitter; and she demanded the moneys wishing in the fullest sense of the expression to " take the shine out of him." For the first time he refused, persisting in retaining it, to pay a debt. The quarrel was at length com promised by an agreement to divide the proceeds of digging a grave for which he had received instructions. In order to ex pedite it the lady (little dreaming of filling the vacancy a bout to be created) assisted her peace-loving lord and master, but the job was scarcely completed before he terminated her existence by repeated blows on the head with his pickaxe. He left her on the spot, gave the two-franc piece in dispute to the first person he met, with directions to pay it to his cre ditor, and coolly proceeded to the belfry of the church to ring the knell of his murdered wife. The sounds attracted the in habitants of the village, to whose inquiries he replied from the roof, " My wife is dead, and Marquis is going to die," but, suddenly bethinking himself that the forms of etiquette would be disregarded if he neglected to sound his own requiem, he stepped back, deliberately tolled the hell, and, returning to the outside of the steeple, leaped down, expiating at once bit crime with his life.—French Paper. SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICES.- -- T. COX SAVORY, 47, Cornhill, London, offers for selection an elegant and most extensive assortment of Silver Tea Services, vary' ing in price from 151. to 301., the service of Teapot, Sugar Basin , and Milk Ewer. The ground-floor, and first, second, and third floors. are fitted up expressly for the display of Plate and Plated Goods, and a Pamphlet is given gratis, with Drawings, and a list of prices. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, and Silversmiths 47, Cornhill, London. II 1117'HS.' In Mountjoy-square, Dublin, the lady of Captain • George D 1• King, R.N., of a son. On the 30th ult., at Wilton-crescent, the Lady Charlotte Eger' ton, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., in Juddi t lace, New-road, the lady of C. G° Thompson, Esq., of a son. On the 30th ult., i n Y or k- p l ace, P ortman-square, the lady of the Rey. E. Thompson, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at the Vicarage, Edgeware, the lady of the Rev. N. Flott, of a daughter. MA 1111 I RD. On Wednesday, the 29th ult., at Eccles. by the Rev. Tholna ° Blackburne, George Scrivens, Esq., of Hastings, banker, to Ann e : youngest daught er o f Th omas P otter, E sq., of Buile Hill, nea. Manchester. - II jOn Friday, the 31st ult., at Kenilworth, by the Rev. 1 - 1. 31°T tague Villi ers , J o h n , secon d son o f J ohn Russell, t sq., of the Woocr lands, to Elizabeth, second (laughter of William Collins, Esq. , for Warwick. On the 29th ult., at Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, Joseph Some Esq., of New-grove, Mile-end, to 'Maria, daughter of C. Sait°"' Esq. of Whitchurch, Shropshire. On the 30th ult., at Bromley Church, Middlesex, William . I. °7' . son of the late George H owar d, to C aro li ne, second daughter of Crowder. On the 30th ult., at Hackney Church, the Rev. John Saunu' Winter, to Agnes Noble, daughter of the late J. F. Naisb, EA . of Wootton Raven, Warwickshire. f , On the 29th ult., a t T otten h am, J o h n B eadnell, j un., son °." Beadnell, of T o tt en h am, to M at ild a, second daughter o f N. "*" of Bromley. On the 30th ult., at St. Luke's, Norwood, Francis Huteliinsotilt; Esq., of Farring,don• street, t o G eorg i ana C aro li ne, e ld e st &ugh e H. Osborne, Esq., of Tul ne ° se-hill. org On the 25th ult., at Sampford Brett, Somersetshire, . Isaacs, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica, to Eliza Mary, youngest daug ter of C. Poole, Esq., of Waterhouse, in that D I ED. e 31d 624 On the 10th and 28th ult., Julia, aged 7, and Kate_, ag the third and sixth daught ers o f M r . G eorge K eyes , o f L°I 111) street. in On the 29th ult., George Vandcrzee, Esq., First Secondary the King's Remembrancer's office, Inner Temple, aged 7 1 .., On the 28th ult., at St. Cleve, Kent, aged 74, Mrs• l a te relict of A Ev e lyn, E sq ._, and sole d aug ht er an d heiress of the W. Evely, Esq., of St. Clare. ch, On the 28th ult., in Bermondsey-street, Mr. Francis Ttla his 76th ear. On the y 27th ult., at Guernsey, Amelia, second daughter of pr ' O'Brien, of that islnd. On the '26th ult., a Thomas Pearson Hine, third son of Air. Dav id HiOn ne, B th aron-street, Pentonve. e 29th ult., Thomas ill George, the only child of Mr. voli' H. Mansfield, of Sise-lane, aged 1 year and 9 days. 1-Fisting's! At Daylesford H ouse , Worcestershire, aged 91, Mrs. - 6 % 0 ,01 relict of the l a t e Ri g h t H on. W arren H ast i ngs , Governer of Bengal, On the 28th ult., in the King's-road, Chelsea, Sa rah only daught er o f the Captain Keith, of the 23d Regiment; Tattoo On the 22d ult., at Worthing, Louisa, wife of the Re • Brockma, Bth aged 43. the Gr over On the n 2 ult., Sophia, wife of Mr. G. K. Smith , of • Highgate, aged 29. r elict of On the 27th ult., in Whitechapel-road, aged 7 1 , M ar y , Mr. T. Croft, of Bracknell, Herts • G. °• London: Printed and Published by MUBDO YO t h s iota' 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. IP, Strand, of Middlesex.—Saturday, April 1, 1837. Matilds, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 183?.