The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

-,, ~.. , ..1., p .... ... , -- _. - - * l t t ' ,1 ' .• . • '- 1 / 4 0 - I 14. 4' ' - .4 -c- T,' . . -- yr •- ' -.--. , ( 11a . lb ' _ -- 1 4 ( ° I if 1 111 , I I I 1 I 1 -4 - 7 ',, , .. -- , ..,-. ( tV ~ I •,414,0,0,N _ at .? G-.;..k--* ' ll :. \'l'" ' -,--- (r ) ~.: , ,:,-....,,.. A 7 , t . ~,i s°4;7,rawrial ~,,,—(;, '' ',o , 1 *. ;*- 9 ' ;i: ~..L ' • '--.::' .., ; f - .. 4? _, . 1 ... 1 ,,,,,.. , ),R..„ ...„.,,,.._ ~. „..,,,,,. 2 , f.s„. 44' / 4 ''''' ' • _ ~...............------- ./ ./2 HIGHLAND . SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION will be held at the Freemason's Tavern, on SATIMDAT, the 18th instant. ~~ Dinner at a quartei before Seven Precisely. tits Grace the DUKE of BUCCLEUCH, K.G., President, in the Chair. Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and of the Branch Societies of Aberdeen, Madras, Bombay, &c., are admissible without introducti on. Tickets may be procured upon application to the Secreary. 18, Parliament-street. GE•UWE BAIN. Hon. Sec. GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Packet and Railway Fare included in one Payment. r FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, ELACKWALL. Tian Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before esti' of those times. WEBB DAYS.—At IN, 10;4, 11, 12, 1%, 3 1 4, 1 , , 6, and 1. SIIEDATS.—At 9%, 101, 11, 1%, 3,6, and 7. FROM THE NEW TEERACE PIER, GRAVESEND. ',PERK DAYS.—at 71, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, 4, b, and 6. SIIIITDATS.—At 71, 144, 1134, 3,4, b, 6, and 7. LOWEST FARES. Faro Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d. Saloon and First Class Railway, 9d. QTEAM TO NEW YORK. 1. The GREAT WESTERN, B. R. MA.TTIIEWS, Commander, sail% from the Cobourg-dock, Liverpool, for NEW YORK, at half. past TEN o'clock, on the morning of SATURDAY, the 11th instant. Passengers are respectfully requested to be on board by 9 o'clock. For freight or passage, apply at Bristol, to W. M. Bennett, Secre tary ; at Liverpool, to Gibbs, Bright, and Ce., 8, North John-street, or at London, to Mark Pinkerton, 65, Co: EA STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NEWMARKET RACES. The public are respectfully informed, that in addition to the ordi nary trains, SPECIAL TRAINS will run between LONDON, CHES TERFORD, and CAMBRIDGE, in connexion with coaches to and from Newmarket, as follows, per °ming the entire distance in less than four hours :—Sunday, April.l2, 1846-Ist and 2d class, from London to Chesterford only, at 1.30 p.m., calling at Lea bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishop Stortford, and arriving at Chesterford about 3.30 o'clock. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 13, 14, and 15 —lst'and 20 class, from Loudon to Cambridge, at 8.40 a.m., calling at Lea-bridge, Broxbeurne, Bishop Stortford . and Chesteriord, and returning from Cambridge at 6.30., and from Chesterford at 7.0 p.m. Friday!, April 17 —lst and 2d class, at 5.1:5 p.m. from Cambridge, and 5.45 p.m. from Chesterford to London, calling at Bishop Stortford, Broxbonrne, and Lea .bridge. Passengers will be booked through between London and New market, at their Option, either via Chesterturd or Cambridge, at the following fares, including coach fares and fees to coachmen: .6 • Single Ticket Day Ticket to and from to and from • ' . Newmarket. Newmarket. lst Class by Railway and inside the Coati' • ......... ••.•• • • • • ..... Ist Class by Railway and outside the Coach ... 2d Class by Railway and outside the Coacfi lie. 6d. 20s. The day tickets are only available for the return journey on the day for which they are issued. Private carriages and horses will be conveyed by any of the above trains, and by the ordinary trains as heretofore, at the following rates to and Imm London and Cambridge:— 178. 6d. •• ••• • • • 30s 14s. 6d. VIA CIIESTERFOILD. VIA CAMBRIDGE. Carri-1 Horses. Carr!. ages. ages. Ist. 2d. 3d. I Ist. 2d. I 3,1. 9. d. 8. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d. d. s. d., 160 28 0 400 20 0 19 6 34 01 49 Oi 246 ?.4 0 I 42 0 600.300'296510!7361 37 0 Single Ticket Day Ticket available the same day only N.B. Tickets tor the special trains may be had on application at the station, Shoreditch, and at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, on and after the 6th of April ; and as a limited number only will be issued, parties Intending to avail themselves of this arrangement are recommended to make early application. Post horses and coaches amply provided for every train—at Ches terford station by Messrs. Edwards, Bottom, and Sabine; and at Cambridge by Messrs. Edlin, Mitchell, and Starkey. Orders for previously- securing post horses to be addressed to Mr. Edwards, Crown Inn, Chestertord ; and Mr. Starkey, railway station, Cambridge. Similar arrangements will be mule for the First Spring Meet ing, particulars of which will be announced by advertisement in due come. By order, C. P. General offices, Shoredit c h , L ondon, MaEY, rch 28, R0N 1846. Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COILITIIILL, LONDON. Capital ,t 600,600. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution ()ears important and sunstantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, ou all occasions; the power to burr ,w, without ex- Pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of interests to meet ether convoni.nces or necessity. Assurances for terms i)f years are rranted.on the lowest possible rates. DIS The snece.ss and increaVlsilON OF P.ROPTI'I.ng yrroseri of tke Society en has abled the Directors, at the last nn inves ty tigation, to declare a third Barns, varying from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums Paid on each Polley effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES i - E'.i t , . 4 - 9. Premium. it Yonne Bonus in ''' b 12i Pt ~,,..% „ i 'f' :, added. Cash. i F:, f gc,... ig 4 - 4 . 4 a- 4/ CD . A.. , -- A ' x .. d. 1837 £l9l 13 61X87 13 5:F13 17 1 .£395 11 I 60 100 0 74 , 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 I 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 60 0 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FIKWITTSON CAMROTTI. gee. N ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. ARTHUR-STREET WEST, LONDON, APRIL 2, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will be held at the Office of the Society, Arthur street West, London•bridge, on THIIRsDAT, the 23d of April inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely. Every Proprietor intending to become a Candidate for the Office of Director or Auditor, must signify the same by writing, under his hand, to be left at this Office Ave days at least previously to such General Meeting. By order of the Directors, JENKIN JONES, Actuary. L.MV FIRE INSURANCE S OCIETY. ..ILA Gap. 110). (Completely Registered under th e A e t 7 th and eth Tiot Offices, Nes. 5 and 6, Ch.meery-lane. Subscribed Capital, FITS Millions Sterling. TRUSTRINI. The /Ught Hon. the Earl of Devon The Right Hon. Lord Cottenham The Right lion. the Vice Chancellor of England The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron The Right lion. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust (Dean of the Arabes, its.) William Wingfield, Esq. (Master in ChancorY) Richard Richards, Esq., M.P. (.Ma=ter in Chancery.) (The * DIRECTORS. denotes a Director of the Law Life, anl the 1 a Threetor of the Legal and General Life Insurancesociety.) llethell, Richard, Esq., Q.C. t Bigg, Edward Smith, Esq., Southampton-buildings Boodle, John, Esq., Davies-street, Berteley•snuare a Brown, Anthony, F.sq. (Chansherlain of London) Budd, Thomas William, Esq., Bedford-roW t Chichester. J. H. R., Esq., Lincoln's Inn. Chishohne William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-delds a Clarke Thomas, Esq. (Solicitor to the Ordnance) Cox, Clarke, Esq., Lincoln's inn-flehls Jortin, Lee, Esq,, Lincoln's Inn-fields Kinderley, George Herbert, Esq., Lincoln's Inn Lee, John Benjamin, Esq., Dean's-yard, Westminster t Lyon, James Wittit, Esq., Sorieg-gardens t Rose, the Hon. Sir George (one of the Judges of the Coup .4 Bankruptcy and Master in Chancery) t Simpkinson, Sir Prancls, Q.C. 4 Smedley, Francis, Esq., (High Bailiff of Westminster) t Tatham Meahurn, Esq. Lincoln'. Inn-fields Tilsor, Thomas, Esq , Coleman-stre e t Twise, Horace, Esq., Q.C. (Vice-Chansellor of Lancaster) Tyssen, John R. D., E sq., M anor Offices, Hackney a Vizard, William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fleids White, Edward, Esq. (Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall) Wilde, Edward Archer, Esq., College hill t Wing, Thomas, Esq., Gray's Inn-square. UDITORS. Charles, Esq ., Stratford-place Itockett, Daniel Smith, Esq., Lineoln'i. Broderip, Francis, P:sq., Lincoln'. Inn Seadding, Edwin Ward, Esq., Gordon-street. SECRE T/AT—Edward Blake Beal, Esq. ARCHITRCTS AND SURVILTORS. Thomas fielltamy. Esq., Charlotte-street, Bedford-square (taunt. Pownall. P:sq., Bedford-row. SeLlClTess—Messrn. Edward mid chptrlett Ilarrison. 19, Rodf"l"roW. BANERR*--M.sars. COUtti atui Company. The terms are in general the sante Ai Itvisa of the other prin.ipal ins he °faces. The tot-anti:rel to the insured ceuslst in the magnitude or the capital re ire ' for losses, and in the known Chdrecter t , fthe Trustees . Directors. and Proprietary. NoTicr. To EgutTABL E POLI CY KITED KINGDom LiFLE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, fall-mall, Loud, The attention of Equitable Policy Hoiden is p a ni c • the HALF CREDIT c 'ALES of PREMIUM o r th i Y called t o s - c m ' which table the onus to be declared at the next inveat u ir Y ' b Y, January, 1850, may be secured at A present annual payment tot'rn,l' halt the rates (Merged by other companies. In the event of .leathntille. stun insured will he paid less the amount ofprenrums on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy m ay be *Hewed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon , or, iu the event of the Party being at that time in had health, the policy can be kept up by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was found peculiarly advantazeous at the last equitable division in 1840, When it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then 'effected are still to force, and latge bonuses have been added to them on the scale of the following table: — Bum Assured. Time Assured. Bunt addedito Policy. £5,000 • ••• • • 6 years 10 mouth. •• £683 6 6 5,000 5,000 ••••• • • • 4 years .... .. 400 0 0 _ 5,000 .. •••. • • 2 years .............. 200 0 0 Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to theltosident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd, Eq., at the oficea, 8, Waterloo•place, rail-mad, London. SILVER TEA. and COFFEE SERVICES. Printed lists sent gratis into the country, in answer to a paid letter, with cull particulars of size, weight, and price; or pur chasers will fled a most extensive assortment of the Silver Services in the show rooms. Either tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream ewer, or coffee-pot may be had separately. T. COX S IVORY and Co., Silversmiths, Sec , 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grarechurch-street), London. 41 4 1 lit It r s REGISTERED.—GentIemen are le . - quested to obser ve th at these garments in theatmmoossttuinodsttuer., also the fi nest qualities, I n th e b est workmanship, and r ate prices, can be had at the REGISTERED SHIRT WARE HOUSE, 42, Regent-circus, which has been established under the Most influential patronage. The attention of the philanthropic public has been attracted to the degrading system of low wages. PUrsued for a number of years in this extensive and almost only bran c h of femme industry, the Proprietor begs to state that in the forni of the registered shirt a very great linpiovernent is effected, and at the same tine no absurd povelty is therein Introduced, but that care is taken to preserve the sass looseness so !fement, together with a plain smooth setting front, and to retain necessary to this this aPPearance during the whole time hi wear. It is presumed that this object has not been att f ined by others commonly in use, wLiel), too often rising In svrinkl dan body, at once destroys thee olds tvith the slightest movement of the omitted In this essenti.il but hitheppearancerto much neglectedrab article of dress. eat a so desi usuly But a further and most linnortain advantage is offered ; the Material of those parts which ar c ~,,,, collars, and wristbands, x when the shirt is worn, viz., the fronts, Theacornposed of the most beautiful of that fabric almost the sole a l celebrity, and the golden flax ';tare tor which Ireland hits obtained be pre-eminent In the purity of its or; cambric is now well known to Hens of the registered shirt as described a beautiful snow white ap pearance. 42, Regent -circus, being the warehouse for the We wage , none but the best workers 17,ihthhiecrhe eroyed, being paid, notwithstandin r emunerative wages prices between the registered shirt and g e Ls no difference in the of either the work or the golden flax linen erdinerY shirt. Samples or cambric, stamped by the inanu'acturers, will be forwarpdhieh(riotne.thse town residences of those Ladies or Gentlemen desirous of Address, 42, Regent-circus, Piccadilly l . l g this ob;ect. EASE AND COMPOITt-----------______lN RAVINGI3. and S. COWVAN'S invaluable CANTON ST/tOP, or Q ad rilateral Chinese Razor Sharpener, Patronised b y nkierl'uleesasat edits hit Royal 111 to Prince Albert, renders tbesiompeprleatipornocoefsztv: tender skin. By a very speedily be given to the bluntest razor. B and S. Cr . pecu :.emlbagye ov l wos e r s y ; !tarty tempered Razors and Tooth and Shavin-powder. Specimens of the strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Instituton. Frous the many flattering testimonials received, the folloveing, fr om that most eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected : " Sirs,— " I have made trial of your razor-strop, and Ilnd it to ad twer better than any strop that I have hitherto used for giving a keca edge to cutting instruments for anatomical and surgicai pv... Poses." " . AS KEY." M any others may b e seen at the inventors', C Pi. and TON S. Co van, 154, Feneh reh-street, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and ofd respectable perfumers. Poe., price ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 9s. 64. Cevrvan's Canton Razor -strop Paste at Is. a packet. The Shaving- Dewder, Is. 6.1 . ; and Prussian Court Toothpowder at Is. 6d . and 3 8. 6d per box. Caation.—Nene are genuide usept marked ;,ad spilt " B. and S. Horses N 0.16,707. LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING EAST INDIA LIOiNE, 2„sth march, 106. TIIE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA. STOCK. LADIDS AND GENTLENEN7 --- The ELECTION, of, SIX DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for.WEDNESDAT, the Bth April next. the favour of your Vote and Interest is requested for the following Gentlethen, JOHN COTTON, Esq. • JOHN LOCH, Esq. CHARLES MILLS, Esq. WILLIAM HENRY CHICHELEY PLO , WDEN, Esq. HENRY SHANK, Esq. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Esq.. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen. your most ob,dient Servants, W. L. Melville J. Petty Muspratt J. Oliphant Archibald Robertson John Shepherd M. T. Smith W. H. Sykes F. Warden John C. Whiteman W. Wigram Henry Willock Wm. Young Aig by proxy may obtain }otter of, 'rummy, in this House. '- Henry Alexander W. Astell W. B. Bayley Robert Campbell Russell Ellice A. Gallaway J. W. Hogg R. Jenkins J. L. Lushington George Lyall E. 3laenaghten John Masterman Proprietors desirous of voti , attorney for that purpose at the Ti EAST INDIA HOUSE MARCII 25, 1546. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Having the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Candiddtes for the Direction, to be chosen "this year, we take the libertY of requesting the favour of your vote on tl'e day of election, WEDNESDAY, the Bth of April next. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, your most obedient and most humble servants, JOHN COTTON. JOHN LOCK. C. MILLS. W. H. C. PLOWDEN. SHANK. • H. St. G. 'PUCKER. *,,,* Proprietors desirous of Toting byproxy may obtain a letter 01 attorney tor that purpose at the Treasury, In this House. EAST INDIA. HOUSE, JAN. 28, 1846. THE COURT of DIREOTORS 't3f the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said. COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED AGAIN en TuultsDAY, the 9th April following. That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their 'HOUSE in Leaddnhall-street,.on WEDNESDAY, the Ws April, 1846, - from Nine o'clock In the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said Company for four years. That the form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for enabling Proprietors of East India stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this House. That the LISTS of the MEMBERS of the said COMPANY will be ready to be delivered on MONDAY, the 234 March next. . JAMES C. MELVILL Secretary. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS. NTTICE is hereby given that all BAGGAGE, PRESENTS, &c., lying at the BAGGAGE WAREHOUSES, East or West lulla Docks, landed previous to the Ist January, 1843, WILL BE SOLI) for payment of Charges, unless the same shall he paid on or before the 30tH day of April next. Lists of the said Goods taay be inspected at the Baggage Warehouses, Eastern or Western Docks. By order of the Court of Directors, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Dock Houge, No. 8, Billiter-square, March 12, 1846. THE CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating immense interest at the prevent moment, there is exhibiting at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady .f rank, distinguished in the Fine Arts, during her residence ix India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry Flardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale, &c. By means of the OPAQWE MICROSCOPE .these interesting Portraits are on a magniflctnt scale. Mornings, at Half-put Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. The LECTURES include those on ASTRONOMY, during Passion Week daily, at a Quarter to Three and Eight in the Evening. COLEMAN'S WORKING MODEL ascending and descending In dined Planes, &e. &e. Admission, Is. ; Schools, llalf-price, NTICOLL'S PALETOT o f LLAMA CL OTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. l'atronised by tke Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To h; had in London only of the Patentefis, 114. Regent-street. n A VIE S'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, ALI and per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 6d. ; Yellow 465., 525., its. per 1121h5.; Mottled, V - s. 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, ls. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. bd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. id. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ; /tetra Waxed -wick Moulds, 6%41. ; Genuine Sporn' Oil, 75. per gallon ; Solar, is. 20.; Pale Seal, is. Gd. ; Arg.eud, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Windsor Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Palm, la. 4d. ; Old brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 41. Scl. per lb.; lisle's superior Pampa Composite, requiring no snuf fing, 9}id. Fer ('ash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Aerobium), 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-louse. • NE GUINEA WELLINGTON BOOTS made to measure by G. GARRETT, Bootmaker, by 'pasha appals:meat, to the Xing of the Belgians. J sock of the most fashionable and bighly-taished Beets kept ready made, to suit the eenvenieneo of Noblemen, Officers of the united Servioes, and Oen tlonum who prefer trying on Boots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army Bootmaker, 1;0, Jormyn-street, St. James's. .NEW SOUTH WALES. RJust published, price Shilling, REVIEW of the RECENT EMBARRASS MEISTS at NEW SOUTH WALES, with Suggestions for Promoting and Consolidating the future Prosperity of the Colony. London : C. Edmonds, 154, Strand ; and Nissen and Parker, 68, Great Tower-street. Now ready, with Portrait of Coleridge, post Bvo., 9s cloth, PEN AND INK SKETTCHES• OF POETS, PREACHERS, AND POLITICIANS, Among the Contents are Personal Sketches of Wordsworth—Mrs. liemans —Crabbe—Keble Wm an Coleridge Shelly—Hazlitt— Abernethy Faraday Raptist Noel Ilickersteth—Sherman— Edward Irving Montgomery Macaulay—Disraeli—O'Connell — Shell, &c. &c. 1). Rogue, R 6, Fleet-street; AO all Booksellers. Now ready, with fine Portrait, price 3s. 6d., IFE OF LUTHER, wr itt en b y Himself, A Collected and arranged by M. MICHELET, Author 01 " Priests, Women, and Families." With Portrait of the Great Reformer, from the Picture of Lucas Cranach, forming Vol. VI. a the EUROPEAN LIBRARY. represent generally the prosperity of the country. The Customs accordingly show 'a decrease in the quarter of near half-a-million : and in the whole year of near two millions and a half. The Excise shows a similar deficiency of about 300,0001. on the year, and about 340,0001. on the quarter. Against this may he set an increase of near 400,0001. in the Stamps, and about 90,0001. in the Post-office, both which items may be placed to the account of the railway mania. On the total ordinary revenue there is a decrease for the quarter of a million, for the year of two millions and a half; on the total income, 1,100,0001. for the quarter, and 2,327,0001. for the year. Of the last-mentioned sum about 300,0001. is merely incidental, which, being deducted, leaven an actual decrease of a little more than two millions. These figures, however, exhibit merely the positive amount of receipts in the quarter and year ending the sth of April, 1845, as compared with the , like period in 1846, The former year was one of unexampled prosperity, great commercial activity, and unprecedented spe zulation. The present year, although it shows less of these signs of advancement, is nevertheless remarkable for that which is, after all, .the true index of national prosperity—an excess of income over expenditure. This excess for the present year is about two millions and a half. It would be super fluous to particularise the many important reductions that were made in the Customs' duties in the years 1844 and 1845. Those of 1844 were but imperfectly developed in 1845, and both have produced more or less effect upon the results of 1846. The bold experiment of Sir Robert Peel has hardly yet received a proper trial. Great changes, of course, require a lengthened period to develope themselves, and it cannot Le denied that the lapsed interval has been both naturally arid politically unfavourable to financial prosperity. It would be equally superfluous to mention in detail the petitions lately presented to the House of Commons from the great cont. mercial cities of England and Scotland for a proof of the in jurious effect which the uncertain state of the Customs' department has exercised upon time relations of trade. during the last few months. These. which are by far the most active months of the year in all departments of commerce, have been rendered flat and dull by the pro tracted decision of the House of Commons on the great question which now agitates the empire. There is ample evidence in the shape of tra.t.mg circulare and petitions and l?" 4ll2 NtarY-PPlPert's greatest ,jmmr , has. been in icted upon the ordinary tran3actioiiilof t iTfruinerce by the stadium immune ioguendi that La, seized upon the chartered legislators of the lower House. These gentlemen may con gratulate themselves upon having Rat a drag upon the wheels of trade, and stayed the progress of the state machine. ' If they can find any satisfaction in this reflection, no one, we think, will be found to interfere with their perfect enjoy ment of it. But, with a view to check their pride, we must remind them that their powor is limited to a temporary check. The progress of improvement rill go on in spite of them, and the next quarter will probably evince, by a sudden reaction, that the protectionist via inertce is but a mo mentarygravitation, and that the onward impulse of national prosperity ii happily far superior to their powers of ob sti notion. (From the Morning Herald.) The accounts of the Revenue, for the year and quarter ending yesterday, have been made up. The exposition is a discouraging one, and it proves that Sir Robert Peel's newly adopted Whig-Radical and free-trade policy must be followed by the same results that attended the adhesion to the same policy by his Whig-Radical and free-trade predecessors. The total decrease of revenue upon the year is no less than two millions three hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds sterling. In the Customs the decrease is more than two millions and a half ; in the Excise 338,8221. These two items would by themselves account for more than the aggre gate decrease but that they are in part balanced by a casual payment of about three quarters of a million of ransom money from China. It has been stated, indeed, that the decrease in the Customs is to be • accounted for by the antici pated reduction of duties on imports, from Sir Robert Peel's free-trade measures, but the returns will not bear out this solution ; for the decrease is least in the last quarter when, only, the free- trade measures could be anticipated. In the last quarter it amounts to no more than 440,588/. In that quarter there is, however, a fearful decrease upon the more important domestic sources of revenue ; beginning with the Excise, which presents a decrease on the quarter of no less than two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds, the in dex to a future annual decrease of greatly more than one million sterling. The last year, too (the Premier has boasted of it), has been a year of unexampled manufacturing pros perity, with this result, that there has been a decrease in the property and income tax, though a small one. Now this de crease, whatever its amount, proves one of two things—viz., either the manufacturers who talk of having doubled their capital within the year, have made false returns to the Property and Income-tax commissioners,—or the other payers of property and income-tax have lost in the year as much as the manufacturers have gained. There is no escape from this dilemma. Thanks, however, to the property and income-tax, and to the Chinese indemnity, :there is still a surplus of income above expenditure. But for the property and income-tax, and the Chinese indemnity, this surplus would be a deficiency—a deficiency as great as any that oc curred during Lord Alonteagle's or Mr. F. Baring's ad ministration of the Exchequer. The country must therefore content itself with the consolatory assurance that, if the free trade policy is to be persevered in, the property and income-tax are rivetted on it for ever rivetted on it with a certainty of enormous augmentation. Let not men deceive themselves. Ths people who in 1122 (when the free-trade policy was introduced by Mr. Huskision) were able to pay, without inconvenience, sixty four millions in taxes upon consumption, are now able to pay but forty-five or forty-six millions. Why? Because before 1822 we made the foreigner pay for our labour—because now the foreigner and the millowner divide the fruit of our labour between them. Let not men, then, deceive themselves with these facts before them,...esenelain that Sir Robert Peel de ceives them ; Sir Robert - Peel can now deceive no man. True, be said last year that the property and income-tax should terminate with 1848 ; but, look to the revenue returns, and look to his free-trade projects, and there see the terms of his next proposition—for a renewal, aye, and a large augmenta tion of the property and income-tax. These terms are ex pressed in a familiar and even vulgar phrase—" No compul byvoiaa t e m a u st national Sir bankruptcy. RobertPeel Wine compul sion, only you a m ke a s y the renewal and aggravstion of the property and income-tax indispen all now see the trick. (From the Post.) The statement of the quarter's revenue, made up to Satur day night, has just been officially issued. We regret to say that the result is a deficiency, as compared with the cor responding quarter of last year, to no less an amount than 1,121,504/. It is probable that on another occasion we shall discuss these returns in reference to the causes that may have led to the deficit, a n d the prospect t h a t it h o lds out;" but we cannot allow the present opportunity to pass with out protesting against the obvious unfairness of a Govern ment article put forth on Saturday in the columns of a morning Contempory by way of anticipation of the official statement. e can see the convenience of break ing a fall—of lettin g d own as eas il y as p oss ibl e a Cabinet, of which the c hi e f merit in pu bli c es ti ma ti on h a d hitherto been, that it possessed the faculty of making the income of the country equal at least to its expenditure; we cannot, however, understand that the most honest way •of concealing a large deficiency is artfully to mix up "Receipt and Expenditure" 'with " Revenue" merely, and thus to convey an impression that the falling otr in the latter is merged in the surplus of the former. The melancholy truth for the public to look to is, that the quarter just completed has produced less by above a million sterling than did the corresponding quarter of last year, and that a large item of the deficiency is one that implies a diminished consumption of the comforts of life b y the industrious classes of the com munity. (From the Advertiser.) We publish, in another part of our paper, the revenue re turns for the quarter and year ending April sth, 1846. Our readers will see with regret, but not • with surprise, that there is on the year, as compared with the year ending sth April, 1845, a defalcation to the extent of 2,327,219/. ; and en the quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, a decrease of 1,121,504/. Here, then, we have the natural results of that stagnation of trade, which has been produced by the facti ous oppos i t i on t o the free-trade measures of Sir liobert Peel. No better proof could be given of this, than is afforded by the factithat the two branches of the revenue—the Customs and Excise—whicliconstitute the best test of the trade of the country, and the condition of the people, are those in which the greatest falling off has taken place. The deficiency in the Customs, on the year, is 2,512,1131.; and on the quarter, as compared with the cor responding quarter of last year, of 440,5881. The defalcation in the Excise on the year is 338,8221., and on the quarter 291,0271. We trust that the state of the revenue will not be lost en those who have hitherto so pertinaciously opposed the Government measures. If they persevere in their present course, they will not only seriously embarrass the financial affairs of the country, but they will put in imminent peril in stitutions of the realm, which, of all others, they are most anxious to see preserved. _ (From the Daily News.) The stagnation of trade throughout the country by the uncertainty which attends the fate of the measures now be fore Parliament affecting commercial operations, has pro• duced the usual effect upon the revenue of the quarter just closed. The real value of the indications of 'national de pression gathered from these accounts, is, however, not to: be fairly estimated, till we take into account on the one hand the effect on the revenue of the recent repeal of cer tain duties, and on the other the rapidly advancing Nos parity of our manufactures and commerce dow n to the closing months of the last year. Something is to be allowed for sources of revenue relinquist sPti, beta's we can state th e net results of Parliamentary delay and commercial depres sion in the diminution of the national income. It is neces sary to observe that an allowance must be made also for an 500,000/. to the revenue, as compared with that extraordinary increase which took place in the quarter quarter is very en ding 10th October, wine l a B n tt o i n n e tohre a tl t y n o ou o n t t he o r fC a u r s t to ic m i e:: which paid upon corn, added nearly r io ea n se th u r o t n he an A r of the three pre of the same quarter of 1843 ; and also for the circumstance et take into consideration the fact that that the October quarter is uniformly the heaviest one of quarter of the year. After allowing for these circumstances, it if taken as indicatin g 6 r in h e e r a ea d s o e f oft l ernweidul pre ceding, ii b i li e .gsreeAeanut greater ii a fn t i t yle, h ro e api d soo e r populationie th a e l. t s i a c m le s e during one-half of the April quarter of last year, duties were virtually in operation as in the sa me this year, the decrease of revenue in the latter becomes still m oors st r iki ng . In short, the diminution of the revenu f Customs and Excise, - in the first three months of 184 e ro a m s the average thec o taxed, m pa diminishedr a with n ed dw i th t r h rae e tge s a a or m fd e tchoei periodlrseufomr therefore 001 consumption the4pse, r f in rom the te i n nte t rv o a fi l ft , c e a er i i m p ot er he ce e n st t i . m estimated aLliesssi than 7cti.eo 7 errooiseery 011,1(al somea re threestill mout hs heli n might have been anticipated. A more than diminution has undoubtedly taken place in earnings of the manufacturing population, from the state of trade; and neither wages nor profits have furnishedalc to the people nearly the same means -of purchasing articles taxed to the Customs and Excise, since all commercial doubtfulraagtoi , on s i n o a of a tui n sci y i)pe an magnitude tsieonb3 fthteh Legislature. e a e suspended,sus which ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—.Taunton, April 3. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) Mr. Sergeant c AINEB V. Mill. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.--This was an action fur a breach of promise of marriage, year an election of a school• Mr. Sergeant King lake and Mr. Fitzherbert appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Ball conducted the defence. Ki b il l g r iali F e it s z t l a i e t r e b d el t •t h l e t a c v a i s n e g o o p t e h n e e j d u t r l y i e . p lea.l ings, Robert Wilson—l am master of the union house at Cerne, aLdtresswas took i k n i L44,. inrill:le)riechwere five or lia, candidates, and SALES BY AUCTION. IN HANOVER-STREET. Mr. FAIRS' far-famed MAGAZINE of ART and lili FAMILY RESIDENCE adjoining. . GEORGE ROBINS respectfully makes ../_V A, known to the Public, and more especially such as ap preciate the CORRECT ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE FINE ARTS, that he will SELL by AUCTION on the Premises, on TUESDAY, the 21st of April, at One o'clock; in consequence of Mr. FAIRS having taken, in conjunction with Mr. Meakin, the extensive premises, No. 139, in New Bond-street, lately, and tbr half' a century, In the occupation of Mr. Turner, Uphol sterer to the Royal Family, with the intention of continuing the art of decorating, with the useful appendage of a thorough know ledge of furnishing houses in various styles suited to Use present taste. Mr. It. is instructed to sell the abode in which so much of the deservedly fair fame of Mr. Fairs has been acquired, No. 2, IN HANOVER-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. To give a lucid description of all its claims to admiration, both in the exterior and the interior, would necessarily occupy too large a space in a public announcement; it is, therefore, suggested that all these inclined to this first-rate situation should go and judge for themselves, when the moderated account that is to be attempted in this little detail will be confirmed. THE ORDER OF ITS ARCHITECTURE IS OF THE EARLY ITALIAN SCHOOL. _ _ Its front is very much more imposing than anYthingco ntempera neous, and the expense of accomplishing this has necessarily con sumed a large capital : but its prepossessing appearance amply re pays the great outlay incurred, as well as the tact and anxiety, that marked its progress and completion. It may be well, " en passant," to observe that the situation is so pre-eminent that it Is adayted to the highest works of art ; indeed, it is fearlessly as serted that both within and without there is nothing to surpass it throughout ' THE METROPOLIS OF ENGLAND ; and yet something in a more humble sphere cannot fail, in a pecu niary view, to be highly beneficial; but ingenuity would be puzzled to discover any pursuit that would bear a comparison with it, and TIIE MAGAZINE AND SHOW ROOM may easily be rendered worthy coMPetitO;sWithlheShow Rooms of the highly -respectable successors to Storr and Mortimer, iu Bond street. THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE , adjoining is full of taste and comfort, and is prudgetive of a large Income. It is held fur a period of 18 years, subjeCt to it low Annual Rent. It can be yiewed, by tickets, ten days antecedent to the Sale, -aid particulars then had on the PrV.Kaises ; and at Mr. George Robins's ~Hines, Covent-garden, with the lithographic drawings attached. The Splendid Decorations within this Emporium of Taste will he sold fourteen days after the sale of the residence ; they comprise a great combination that cannot fail to delight the learned in taste and vertu. For greater - convenience, they will be removed and sold at his large Rooms in Covent-garden. NEAR TO USK, IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. A Capital RESIDENCE, in the Centre of this beauteous County, TWO FARMS on Lease, with excellent Buildings; altogether 425 ACRES of extraordinary PRODUCTIVE LAND, with a BED of excellent LIMESTONE. R o . F G FF E At O by R p G u E RLI R e ROBINS is N, at theeollan ar m t iss ,L i o o n n d e to London, on TrantsDAY, the 7th of May, at 12 o'Clock, in One Lot, an exceedingly ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD INVESTMENT, and one perfectly free from any uncertainty arising from the pro • jected alterations:in the corn-laws; - combining with a FAMILY RESIDENCE . OF CONSIDLRABLE PRETENSIONS AND 425 ACRES OF UNCOMMONLY PRODUCTIVE LAND, OF WHICH 350 ACRES ARE ARABLE AND PASTURE, AND 74 ACRES WOODLAND. gently sloping to a beautitill sonthern aspect, most genial for the im provement of cattle and sheep. First, it may be well to glance at the situation, and encounter THE ALMOST HERCULEAN TASK OF TRYING TO POURTRAY THE BEAUrIES OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. A panegyrie. upon THE LOVELY VALE AND RIVER OF USK, WHICH ADJOIN THE ESTAFE, would be a work of supererogation to those who have had the good fortune to sojourn there; those who have not, and would invest in perfect security. while in the enjoyment of a quietude unknown to less-favoured districts, will do well to be on the alert, and do "their possible" to become the possessor of this tine property. THE WINDING OF THE RIVER WYE in the immediate vicinity, • Ti IE iEAUTEOUS WOODLAND SCENERY, THE NEVER-TIRING COMBINATION OF HILL AND DALE, THE RIVER FULL OF SALMON AND TROUT, the verdant pastures, luxuriant orchards end gardens in every di rection, produce an effect not to be appreciated, and in no part of England to be exceede4 in beauty.. THE RESIDENCE IS ONE OF COMFORT, and was formerly the-abode of JOHN OVEREND, ESQ., THE WEALTHY BANKER, OF LONDON, The situation will he irresistible in provoking a little outlay to complete that which the late possessor so ably projected. Without being too eumbersonte or expensive, the Residence combines all that a family of great respectability can desire, kitchen gardens and orchards. Should the purchaser of the Estate desire to reside, and FORM A PLEASURE FARM. there is an abundance of field sports, and lots of fishing; and the ceder brated Llangibby Hounds hunt t ie immediate neighbourhood. A BRANCH OF THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY, now making, is within half a mile. There are Two highly-cultivated Farms, with comfortable abode, which adjoins the residence, and all necessary buildings, two warm and sheltered yards fur stock, and a good tenant (Mr. Joseph Neale) at a very inadequate rent for four years yet to come. THE QUALITY OF THE SOIL or acknowledged excellence. The pastures so rich as to fatten 'mocks and sheep for the London market, and the land exuberant beyond measure. lA r N e l t' fo O r A t L he Cl p: O . S d : o A . T f HAND la D nd. N G . RE .,, AT ABUNDANCE ; and the market towns approximating, render a sure and advan tageous PRINCELY Tilt: DUKE OF CHE PeTON are neighbour', V AND RAGLAND CASTLES The neighbourholoTAs the i n i h ILI auxiliaries, and TES SURROUND THE PROPERTY REAUFORT'S • remarkable for sociabilit and the great re verydiscorerabitante ; in fact, it would be ialthgether epeetabtlity of difficult to and the parish church is in the The Tithe and poor -rate very moderate. pyrks ' C anned i ate neighbourhood. who would repose in clov:..""gle point of objection to a capitalist d'ottage, will show the Estate, and William Groves, at E ay* prior to the Sale, with plans Particulars had twenty -d annexed of A. Waddingtgonlit Arms, Monmouth; King's Headsqd Solicitor; Uskßeaufort Messrs. lri.itn mei I ietelier, so';iotor:ouceater; White Lion, Bristol; and at Mr. George Robins's OM , Livorpool ; the Auction Mart ma, London_ IN WARIVAIcuStIItTE WILLENTIALL, A in .. t. riel Eli zabet han ANl s . tyle, and z 740 ACRES of WOOD LAND, and capital MEADOW, STY ,and A. 1 !,8 , LE , Ex_ A RESIDENCE THEH TRA PAROCHIAL, BOUNDED BY ' WITHIN TWO MILES of the crry of covENTg-"s' and Ali R GEORGE ROBINS is favoured • b ' ILL ,str . ructions to announce the SALE by AUCTIO, at t he Mianrt. London, dtt THURSDAY, the 4th of June, at 12 o'clock, and in one lot, one of THE MOST COMPACT OUT AND ELIGIBL WARWICKSHIRE E ESTATES THROUGH , comprehending ' . THE WHOLE HAMLET AND THE MANOR OF WILLENIIALL, in the county of Warwick, aid within two short miles of TEE CITY OF COVENTRY. This freehold property is , • ALL EXEMPT FROM TITHES, with Rates• very small, and one-half compromised by a payinent from the London and Birmingham Railway Company. It extends to SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES OF PASTURE, ARABLE, AND WOODLANDS; the quality is first-rate, and it is all in the highest state of cultiva tion. There is • A YILLA ORNEE, IN TIIE STYLE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, commanding extensive and beautiful views, beside a second abode adapted to ficilitate the wishes of a sporting mall. There are Gardens and Pleasure Grounds ; the tenantry are highly respectable, and tHEAR IT ALL THOSE WHO INCLINE TO BE DISSATIS FIED WITH LANDED INVESTMENT) THERE IS NOT NOR HAS THERE BEEN AN ARIIEAR OF A GUINEA DURING TEN YEARS. There is beside a compactness to this property which fully deserves to be entitled A RING FENCE. THE RIVERS AVON AND SOWE form the south and north boundaries, with lots of fishing; and a sporting mem will find all the amusement his heart can desire, the adjoining manors being strictly preserved by LORD CRAVEN AND THE BAGINTON PROPERTY. The Farm Houss and all the agricultural buildings are in first-rate condition. The high Holyhead and London mall daily traverses through the hamlet, and the railway has shortened the time to London to less than three hours. THE CITY , close at hand, i s a feature of too OF much COVENTRY importance to be overlooked ; but as the advantages seem to follow in such quick succession, Mr. Robins will desist from prolonging this announcement until he has made his survey —only obsers ing the present very low rental exceeds 'FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR, AND THE PROPERTY IS ALL EXTRA-PAROCHIA L. By way of co nc l usion, it affords the writer very great satisfaction to R is, and express a very concurrent opinion, and one that has be come of every -day occurrence now-a-days, that THEchA.,,G,IteIrCyUfeLwTURAL COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MITCH MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HURT, Particulars win be reamd a fact whi possi bility of intsappr e h enSiOil.y on it t i h d s ue wi ti ll m d e em i onstrate beyo v n hil d e th a d ny po w ssi: ther informatitri m a y; n the meant be had of Mr. Paine, solicitor, 4, Furulvals Ion; 142 4 at Xr. George Vdebines °Zoo, London. PUBLICATIONS. ALANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS. This day, in Bvo., price 2s. 6d. THE RATIONALE RAfhWAY -ADMI NIS"TRATION; with a view to the graatest possible amount of Accommodation, Cheapness, and safety. By THORNTON HUNT. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. REV. G. R. GLEIG'S INDIA. Four Volumes, price 1/ tviat Maps, and Portraits of Lord Clive, Warren Hastings, Corn- TIE HISTOR wallis, of t thWee B llington. YRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA. By the Rev.GLEIG, M.A.., London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, and may he procured of all Booksellers. D. Bogue 1 86 Fleet-street ; and till Booksellers,. WARBURTON'S DIVINE I.EaATION. This day is published, in three vols. Bvo , the Tenth Edition, carefully revised, price Twenty-seven Shillings, rr HE DIVINE LEGATION OF MOSES DEMONSTRATED. By the Right Rev. WILLIAM WARBURTON, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester. To which is prefixed, a Discourse by way of General Preface; containing some account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Anther. Sty RICHARD KURD, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester. , The first name that occurs to us of one who conjoined this ori ginal strength with this acquired scholarship is Grotius. Cudworth had both ; Chillingworth had both ; Brian Walton had both ; Stillingfieet bad both ; Samuel Clarke had both ; Warburton had pre-eminently both."--Dr. Thomas Chalmers' Works, vol. iii. p. 267. " The illustrious friend of Pope—William Warburton—sublime in all his exorbitances, dignified in sagacity and erudition, and great even in his occasional rashness and idle wanderings." —Matthias's Pursuits of Literature, part iv. p. 76. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, and may be procured by order of all Booksellers. PETER PARLEY'S EUROPE, (Genuine Edition.) Elntly bouynd is scarlet clot price 78. 64. ALES ABOUT EUROPEh, , ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA, by PETER PARLEY. Sixth Edition, greatly enlarged, with one hundred and eighty Engravings. Ako by the same Author, with nutnerona Engravings, PARLEY'S TILES ABOUT ANIMALS,. price 7s. 6d. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT ENGLAND, P r i ce 7 s. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT CHRISTMAS, price is. 64 . PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT PLANTS, Edited by Mrs. LOUDEN, price is. 6d, • PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT THE SEA, price 4s. 6d. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT THE SUN, price 4s. 6d. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT GREECE, price 4s. 6d. PARLEY,S TALES ABOUT ROME AND ITALY, price 4s. 60, PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT GEOGRAPHY, price 4s. 64. PARLEY'S TALES ABOU UNIVERSAL HISTORY, price 4n. 64. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT THE MYTHOLOGY OF GREECE AND ROME, price 4s. 6d. PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT THE UNITED STATES, price 4s. 6d. PARLEY'S LIVES OF FRANKLIN AND WASHINGTON, price 4s. 6d. The above popular works by this celebrated author can be had in a handsome Mahogany Case, Glass Door, Lock and Key, price 41. 129 a London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, and may be had of all Booksellers. Please to order T egg's Editions. Elegant pocket edition, price la., by post Is. 63. Ft. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspere. Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Fitness—Laws of Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On Infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c., &c. Also, companion to the Same, price Is., by post Is. 6d., CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings.) These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in discriminate perusal, but they sue earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherviood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet-street; Maiin, 39, Cornhill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings 7 till 9. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on linmaD Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a tosalcul envelope) 35.6 d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Tillacal Work on the Infirmities of the Systetni n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fatly pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. ley It. and L. PERRY and Co. Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, RBRNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Cs., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leasienhall-street; Parkin, Compton street, Soho ; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street ; and all Eooksellers. "We regard the work before us, the • Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a maierity of the me dicalprofession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has loft such a favourable IL pression on ear minds, that we net only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from India. cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argue. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRLiC UM is exciusively directed to the sure of nervous debility, irregularity. weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles. price 11 s., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 331., by which 1 Is. are saved. The Eve-pound cases may be had as maid: The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, amd body, ulcerations, Lid those painful one-tons arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing eecohdary symptoms, and all entptions of the 'kin. Price Ile. and 335. per bottle.' PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 'Pe. 9d., ts. 6d., and I Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, Julians. nation, &c., without hindrance to business. • Considtatioa fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases neeossary. Messrs. It. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lond)n. daily, and at 106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Manchejter, ex M - Aadays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. FILE qUARTER'S REVENUE. (Profit the Morning Chronicle.) 7 -" When Sir Robert Peel brought forward. his budget on the 14th of February, 1845, he submitted estimates of the reve nue which he expected for the year commencing on the sth of April, 145, and ending on the sth of - April, 1846. The a t,n wh c ae c i o ns u o u tuh t n e ed f n e c eo r . t s h en a cf t t nt y he , c es a sp r oo a lf r i ce Siryn o w n• Rhio b e c ie fo rh r t e ep u e s. e thenl , s T a dn h et e vi 3. cei I p po r ap o te v i oc e i 1.1 i s? Bat and c i they al stagnation al so e xhibit e t tn rac w et t n e o h t t t o he be co m a i a st t a4e i n ia s of f, t ,r he so c m om e mtimere htsouaniffveesred. Sir Robert Peel's plan involved a reduction in the Customs duty of 2,418,000/. The actual loss upon the Cus ri;ev2entle2(ll thel3l' libeirlaetioenxfir'eocmtedchanges in the tariff of imported bond of a large amount articles. But for ' - lot be doubted that the I this circumstance it can fallen short of the estim a o te ss upon the Customs would have recover it-alt• The power of the revenue to .. after reductions year • appears in the f ac t th :tt , whereas th e l oss on the a half, the lo ss upon is upwards o f two m i llions and the quarter is only 440,5881., or not much more than one-sixth •of 'that amount. Th e E xc i se, upon Which a loss of a b ou t 90 0. fact a decrease of little more than a tlwirrtteisftimated, shows in 388,822/., and of this nearly the whole bet ) that amount, or just ended, which, as compared with belongs corresponding o r t r he quarter quarter in last year, shows a decrease of e291,02711kel making full allowance for the fact that duties on glass and aucti , ns continued to be received during a portion of the first quarter of last year, there will still remain a large deficit in this important branch of the revenue, of which the chief cause must be diminished consumption. There is in stamps an increase upon the year of 380,6814, but a decrease upon the quarter of 56,5901.—a proof of the severe check which com mercial operations have lately received. Taxes dhow an in crease upon the year of 6,291/, and the income-tax a de crease of 19,7071. Upon the quarter there is an increase in the returns of the income-tax of 58,1711. The only feature in the accounts which remains to be noticed is the Post- . office revenue, which still advances. The return for the year just ended shows, under this head, a total of 768,000/. This is an increase of 89,0001. upon the year, and, what is still better, an increase upon the quarter of 37.000/. There can not be a more striking proof than is afforded by the steady increase of the Post-office revenue of the value of bold and judicious financial reductions. The produce of all other taxes varies from time to time ; but the penny postage is more productive from year to year, and from month to month. The Exchequer thus gains continually; but a still greater gain is reaped by the public .in increased convenience and facility of communication. (From the Times.) In estimating the finances of the empire at this moment, when the customary termination of- the financial year has arrived, the inevitable stagnation of trade, consequent upon the suspended condition of the corn-laws, and of the many articles included in the tariff; was of course to be borne in mind. .This paralysing ingredient has entered into the material of commerce for more than three months, and we had . to expect, therefore, as we anticipated on S a t ur d a y, a deficiency is those items wllich, in the quarter's revenue, N APRIL 7, 1846. Miss Caines was elected. She came at Chti;;Mas, lB srptde 4 dourvs l ubt , atliiii a ekcee n feset: d lived at the union house. I have known the defendant three or four years. In 1842 he was butler to Sir Henry Digby, of Minterne House, and afterwards of his son, Mr. Digby. He visited my house, and saw Miss Caines there before 1843. In that year he visited her regularly. Miss Caines' parents live at Queen Camel, hi Somersetshire. I received a letter from Mary Caines, and in consequence I communicated to went again early went n a bluoi theaguo ttut Caines. st s br leoewrndinhieci eefnrenygcocnhdi monthslaeag added in.):tdneftt leavingihe t irtei tsiu ns_ht O ceoileaN n fildvoi iii b uruse s. o tr h t Ddck h ae aft gtllkharyeei ye occasionsns, kitchen afterwards night. Smith that Mr. and Mrs. Caines were in great distress. He replied that he was very sorry, and if her friends would advance some money, he would add 10/. to it in their aid. He e afterwards expressed a desire to go to Queen Camel, to ask the parents' consent to keep company with her. She ob tained leave of absence to go, and they went together. She I had some miversation with him, and he said he intended tlt:oo latter ht m e t i refpra occasiona r te a ao r n i f s dAs house, and could manage to raise 1,0001. I saw him in the s leave of her. When he came out he had a handkerchief up the union-house in November, 1844, because she was preg nant. I always considered him as her future husband. Cross. examined by Mr. were to see that the children were 'washed and properly dr lea Her salary was 121. a year, with rations. Re-examined—l never heard of defendant's having courted any person but Miss Carnes until after his marriage. aohn Foot—l am a farmer living at Glanville Wotton, nearn Come. Mr. and Mrs. Caines have lately been living at Queen Camel. Formerly they had a large farm. They have seven children alive, some elder and one younger than Mary Caines. I was a guardian of the Cerne * union, and considered the situation of schoolmistress a desirable one for her. I knew "the defendant Smith: I heard of an intimacy between him and Miss Caines. I afterwards met Smith, and had some conversation with him. I said • her friends were very poor, but she was very well satisfied with her place, and I hoped he would not make her dissatisfied with it, and then act dishonourablybv her. •He replied that it was his inten ' don to act honourably by her. I know she has had a child, but I do not remember when it was. fr - 'Cross-examined—The child is rather mere than a year-old. I think it was born in March, 1845. At this stage of the case the Court adjourned, and the case was resumed on Saturday morning.' Mr. Cocan URN then stated that it had been agreed between the parties to take a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. A verdict was then taken nccordingly. CROWN CO RT.--(Before Mr. Baron Rourn.) BURGLARY.---Benjamin Ashford, 38, and William urledge, 18, were charged with burglariously breaking the dwelling house of Richard Leir, Esq., and stealing 12 silver spoons, 22 silver forks, and other property, at Lidchett. - Mr. Stone conducted the prosecution. Thomas George Perry stated that he was a servant of the prosecutor. On the 30th of January his master's house was properly secured at night. That he got up about six o'clock d o usesouhl could had o b t e e g n e tb eits, aisi e an h open.next m vcr o r n e i n n t g t , o a n h d i f sm o u ee n t d e e t s h a r t o t n h i two chairs were placed against the door. On getting in he saw a hole in the wall, near the window, large enough to let a person in. There was a candle burning on the table. The window was thrown up. He then missed his master's cellaret, a sugar canister, and many other things were also gone. He afterwards went into a field, about 100 yards from the house, and found his master's cellaret.' R. L. Leir, Esq., stated, that on the night in question he lost some plate. Henry Edglow—Knows the prisoner Orledge. Saw him at Shepton. Prisoner Orledge asked him if he wanted to buy anything. He said he could put a pound or two in witness's pocket. He offered him some plate, for which he asked 255. Witness bought it for 11. Sent word to a policeman of what he had done. Afterwards saw both the prisoners together at Shepton-market. Orledge asked him to buy some more plate. Agreed to purchase. He then told witness that Ashford had some plate to sell. Ashford showed him some silver forks and spoons, and a watch. Gave him ls., and promised to pay the remainder in a few days. Gave him the spoons, &c., to Summers, a policeman. The prisoners were taken into custody. Abraham Buck, a policeman, of Wells, stated that from information he had received he went to Shepton Mallet with Summers. Went to the Ship Inn, where he saw Orledge and the last witness together. He took Orledge into custody, and on searching him found four tea-spoons on him, and near where he had been sitting witness found eight silver forks. Then took Edglow, the last witness, into custody, and found a watch on.iiis person. He then went to Dichet, and at the Bell Inn saw Ashford. Took him into custody, and made an attempt to search him. Found inside the lining of his smell clothes some forks and spoons. Mr. Leir was then called, and identified the property which had been found on the prisoners. Mr. Baron ROLFE haing summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. A former conviction having been proved against each of them, Ashford was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years, and Orledge for ten. 'April 4. (Before Mr. Baron Roux.) CTIAIGE or INFANTICIDE.—Anne Coles, a rather interest ing young woman, was arraigned for the wilful murder oi her male child, by inflicting a mortal bruise upon its head with some hard substance. Mr. T. W. Saunders appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Prideaux defended the prisoner. The main facts of this case, which were of a somewhat ex traordinary character, appeared from the evidence to be as follows :—The prisoner, who went out into service by day, and earned her bread as a general servant, lodged with an uncle and aunt of the name of Francis, who occupied two rooms, a front-parlour and a back parlour, in a house, No. 10, Wellington-place, Rath, the different apartments of which were let out to different lodgers. The back parlour was occupied by the prisoner, whilst Mr. and Mrs. Francis and a young child, th eir daughter, slept in the front par lour. On Saturday morning, the 2d of August, about four o'clock, a man of the name of Bowles, who also occu pied apartments in this house, discovered in the privy a new-born baby alive, his attention being attracted to the child by a whining noise which it was making. He lost no time in alarming Mr. and Mrs. Francis and the other inmates of the house, and in rescuing the child from its perilous situation. A doctor was sent for, but the child shortly afterwards died. The prisoner, when interrogated, at first denied that it was her child; but she afterwards ad mitted it, and said, " I did not cry out here ; when I threw it down the privy I thought it was dead." The extraordi nary part of the case was, that she could not have got to the privy without passing through the room in which Francis and his wife were, and unlocking the door of their room, which was kept locked, and which she must have locked again on her return, without disturbing Mr. or Mrs. Francis. With regard to the cause of death, Mr. }lefties; a highly in telligent surgeon, swore to his belief that it was Caused by extravasation of blood upon the brain, and that this was produced by a serious wound which had been inflicted upon the head. On his cross-examination he denied that such a wound could have been produced by the pressure of the head against the pelvis during labour, but admitted that it might have been produced by a fall, or some accidental violence un consciously inflicted by the mother'daring her suffering. He also stated that a frequent result of extravasation of blood unon the brain was to produce a suspension of animal power, which might afterwards be followed by a temporary revival. The case for the prosecution having been concluded, Mr. PRIDEAUX, in a forcible address to the jury, com meitted upon the improbability of the girl having taken down the child herself without awakening either of the Francises; and further contended that even if they were satisfied that she bad done this, she ought to be acquitted, as the fair presumption was that the injury had been pro duced accidentally, and that the extravasation of blood had caused a temporary suspension of the animal power, which had led the poor girl to believe that the body was really dead. Mr. Baron ROLFE then summed up the case to the jury, and told them that they must not trifle with their con sciences, but that if they thought all the circumstances of the case fairly 'consistent with innocence, they ought to ac quit the prisoner of the murder. He was then proceeding to tell the jury that they might, nevertheless, if they thought - proper, convict her of concealing the birth of. the child, when • • Mr. PRIDICAITX reminded the Learned Judge that the sta tute which authorised this applied only to the concealment of the dead body of an infant. Mr. Baron ROIXE then said,. that that was certainly so, and told the j ur y th a t as th e b o d y i n th i s case was "found alive, they must convict her of the murder, or 'acquit her altogetli The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not ASSAULT FROM JEALOUSY.—CaIeb Emery was, indicted for maliciously wounding John Townsend West,' with intent to murder him. There was also a count charging an intent to maim, and a third count charging an intent to do . grievons bodily harm. . , Mr. Stone and Mr. Edwards conducted the prosecution ; Mr: Prideaux appeared for the defence. . _ It appeared from the evidence, that on the night of the 10th of'rebinary last - a mOst - outrageous assault had been committed by the.risoner ,on the prosecutor, a surgeon, re siding in Shept6n faired. He had been knocked doWn and most violently beaten about the' head, where he had received rive severe wounds of a very 4 , eriotts character. The prisoner had subsequently stated that he had given the little doctor such a pill that he would not want anothm in a hurry ; but that be should not have done it if it had not been for Sal Fownell. This Sal Fownell had pointed out the doctor to him upon their meeting him accidentally, when they were walking together, and it was shortly after this that the as-• sault was committed. There was evidence to show that the prisoner suspected the prosecutor of having been too intimate with his wife. Mr. PRIDEAVX addressed the jury for the prisoners, and contended that the evidence showed that the attack could not have been premeditated; and that they ought; therefore, to find the prisonei guilty of a common assault only. The jury, however, returned a verdict upon the third count of Guilty of an intent to do grievous bodily harm. There are two other indictments against the prisoner for felonious assaults upon his wife—the ono with intent to murder her, and the other with intent to do her grievous bodily harm ; but as these have not been inquired into, the Learned Judge deferred passing sentence on the present conviction. 11' OR THE RN CIE? C CII T.—Liverpool, April 3. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PArrssom.) Citaantz OF MURDER.—Surah Swift, aged 19, was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth M'Gill, at Liverpool. Mr. Driukwater appeared as counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. James defended the prisoner. Harriet Robinson said, she is a single woman, lived in Shaw's-alley, and knew the deceased, who is a girl of ill fame. The prisoner is also one of that character. Recol lects being in Barber's public-house, where the deceased, the priioner, and several other girls were. There were sailors in the dancing-room. Elizabeth M'Gill asked, " What do you want there; why don't you go to your own house?" When prisoner replied, "That so she could," and left the house with Ann Kelly. Witness went out, and when she returned the beer-house was closed, about eleven o'clock. Met Elizabeth M'Gill near Sparling-street. She was crying, but not drunk. Elizabeth M'Gill struck Sarah Swift, who said we had better go home before we got into cote-hole. The prisoner, Who had a knife, ran at her. Sarah Swift said to Nancy Allen, who was present, that she would serve witness in the same way. Gave prisoner in charge to a POlicemati, who brought the prisoner and Nancy Allen to tne house. Knew the knife, and pointed out the place where the knife was thrown away after the perpetration of the act. The knife was open, and covered with blood. Cross-examinedls about 22 years of age, and leading her present life 'about six months. had lived in Liverpool six ycari 7 bat ilot with 1/CT father for the last ig4 Watt& PRICE SD. Sarah Munro—Witness refused to kiss the book, but the Judge threatened to send her .to prison direct. She then complied, and was then admonished by his Lordship to tell the truth. She spoke to some of the facts on the ease, and then fainted, and it was deemed necessary to remove her. Ann Power—Lives iu Shaw's-alley, and remembers the 19th of December. She heard the prisoner say she " would serve out deceased in some dark corner." It was about ten minutes past twelve when she met deceased in Mason street. There were two foreigners with her, and shortly after she heard the deceased cry out " murder." She (wit ness) ran up, and the foreigners ' who held up deceased, went away. At this moment she did not perceive anything WAS the matter, with her. At the time deceased was wounded there were several men and women near besides the policeman. In answer to a question by the jury, the witness stated that the conversation at Barber's was carried on in the spirit of anger. Other witnesses were called, but their testimony was a mere repetition of that already detailed. John Bold Hyams—is a surgeon, and was call e d in on the morning of the 20th of December to see deceased. He had mad© a post mortem examination, and the depth of the wound was about threir inches. It extended to the thorax, and the knife which was submitted to his inspection would cause such 'a wound. The wound was about one inch and a half wide, and deceased might have•cried out _" murder," but it was imp?lsible, in his opinion, that she could hare lived more than half`an hour. After the summing up of the Learned Judge, the jury re tired for a short time, and on their return found a verdict of Guilty. of . man slaugb ter. Sentence, to be transported for life. CIVIL SIDE.--(Aeforc Mr. Justice COLERIDO E.) HUTCHINSON V. Tat LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. The Attorney-General (Mr. Knowles), Mr.Crompton, and Mr. Aspland, were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Baines, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. John Henderson, for the defendants. This was an action brought by Mr. Mitchinson, a gent/e , man residing near Liverpool, but formerly living at Bury, and arose'but of an action tried at the last summer assizes, in which the same partia were plaints and defendants. On that occasion a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, and that verdict had been confirmed by the Court above. The grounds of that action were the following :—The East Lan cashire, late the Manchester, Bury, and,Rossendale Railway requiring a piece of land belonging to the plaintiff, had an inquisition to assess the value of the property, and without requiring the plaintiff to explain his title, paid the money, about 4,000/., into the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, without giving any notice thereof. After this the Company took possession of his land, notwith standing that they had notice to the contrary, and the plain tiff threatened them with a prosecution for penalties in case they did. Mr. Hutchinson then brought his action of eject ment, which was tried at the last summer assizes, for the amount of money which had been awarded to him, he •not choosing to apply to the Accountant-General. In this action he was successful; and the - Company taking the case before the Court above, the ending of the Liverpool jury was con firmed. A writ of possession was then issued, and Mr. Hutchinson again took possession of his land. The Company then paid him the money awarded to him; and after he had been in possession ten days the Company took possession of the land. By two sections of the Bury and Rossendale Rail way Act, a penalty of 25/. per day is imposed during such time as they were wilfully and wrongfully in possession of the land. These penalties amounted to 6,600/. • Witnesses were called, who proved the principal part of the statements of the Learned Counsel ; and the other portions" were made out by documentury evidence. Mr. Waxes submitted that there was no question for the consideration of the jury. According to the true construc tion of the Act of Parliament there must have been a wilful taking possession. His LORDSHIP said, that as the case at present stood, there was nothing to explain their acts. Mr. lisowtxs—lf they entered into possession bond fide, I would submit that they are liable. Mr. liaNnit molt, for, the defendants, said he would stibm _ . . that, under the 159th section of the Act, the paynient - of the deposit relieved the company from the penalty. Mr. &taxes then addressed the jury, contending that the company throughout all their proceedings had been actuated by the most honourable feeling towards the plaintiff, who, on the contrary, had taken every means in his power to throw every obstacle in th 6 way of the railway company taking possession of the land for the purpose of constructing the railway, refusing to give any explanation of his title or any matter at issue, and the company then did, with perfect good faith, pay the money into the Court of Chancery, there to await his making good his title, and when he had done that, the company would have to pay the expense of getting the money out of the hands of the Accountant- General. When the Court above confirmed the decision of the jury at the former assizes, Mr. Grundy, the solicitor to the company, went to Liverpool, and there offered Mr. Richardson and Mr. Miller, his' solicitor, the 3,0801., which they very quietly pocketed, mid Mr. Grundy made them a tender of four per cent. interest from the February pre vious. They, however, declined to accept tho latter amou n t, and now they sought o make the railway company pay the sum of 6,6001. in the shape of penalties, for retaining pos session of the land from the day when they entered upon it up to the day when the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench was formally pronounced. Mr. John Grundy, solicitor to the Company, was examined at considerable length, and said that the course taken by the company was adopted by the advice of counsel. ✓ Upon this, his LORDSHIP asked the Attorney-General whe ther he could change the appearance of the fact ? and upon the Learned Gentleman replying in the negative, his Lord ship ruled in favour of the defendants, leave being given to the pitapat(' to wove the Court ahvvc. April 4. The criminal business having been all concluded yesterday, both the Leared Judges sat this day to try cases. CIVIL SlDE.—(l3etbre Mr. Justice PATTESON.) rILKINOTON AND OTHERS V. SCOTT AND OTHER& This was an action on the case, brought by Messrs. iichard Pilkington and William Pilkington, of St. Helen's, glass manufacturers, against Messrs. Scott, Holmes, Briggs, and Brown, also glass manufacturers, of South Shields, to recover damages of the latter for having, as the declaration of the plaintiffs' alleged, unlawfully harboured, detained, and kept in their employ certain persons, namely, Joseph Lee, William M'Connell, and Henry Dodds, servants of the plaintiffs, who had previously unlawf u lly left the service of the plaintiffs. Mr. Crompton was counsel for the plaintiffs, and Mr. John Henderson and Mr. Row for the defendants. It appeared from the evidence, that at the latter end of last year the three men mentioned as the servants of the plaintiffs had thought proper to leave their employ, and that they did se under the impression or pretext that, although they had entered into a contract binding themselves to serve the plaintiffs, the contract was invalid, and that there fore they had a right to quit the service. The servants were called as witnesses for the defendants, and they stated, as a main ground for their leaving' the employ of the plaintiffs, that the latter had paid them less than they were entitled to, and had thus violated or failed in the performance of their part of the contract. The three servants on quitting the works of the plaintiffs, offered their services to the defend ants, by whom they were "bound "to the plaintiffs. They said that they were not.so; but without explaining that they had, in fact, contracted with the plaintiffs, and that they nevertheleis considered themselves free for particular reasons. At that time, in consequence of tile reduction of the duty on glass, the demand for hands had become more brisk. A correspondence ensued between the plaintiffs and the defend ants upon the subject of these men, and then . the claim of the former to the services of the men was made known to the latter. The man Dodds was engaged after this correspondence began, and continued in the service of the defendants afterwards ; the others, Lee and M'Connell, having been engaged at an earlier date. Mr. Richard Shortridge, formerly , in the same way of busi ness, and now a magistrate for the county of Durham, was one of the witnesses called. He stated that he had been re ferred to as a common friend of both parties, and spoken to by both of them respecting the matter in dispute. He was of opinion that the plaintiffs were entitled to the services of the three men. But it appeared that the men had insisted that the defendants were bound to continue them in .their employ, and some attorney, called "the miner's attorney," was mentioned as one wh ) would protect the men against the claim of their former employers. The men demanded from the defendants the observance of the subsequent con tract between them ; and further, as it appeared, a respect able attorney had advised the defendants that it was incum bent on the.plaintiffs.to take some proceedings, against the men, or that, in default of such proceeding , , they (the de fendant;) would be justified in keepirkg 'the three men in their employ, notwithstanding the intimation of the former contract Which they and the defendants had received from the plaintitTh. Mr. Cnean-rox, in reply to the case of the defendants, said, he was quite willing to leave it to the jury to decide the only question that could be entertained—namely, the amount damages to which the pjaintiffs might be entitled. The Learned' Junta, in directing the jury, oly:erVed, that i t a pp eare d th a t th e defendants, whose respectability was not in doubt, had in fact been deceived by the representations of the men whom they had engaged. They rightly said to the plaintiffs, U " Show us h o w it i s t h at t h e men areund to you." ' And then the contract was shown to Mr. Stu and that gentleman decided in Iltvour of the plaintiffs. But the defendants,' it further appeared, were still not altogether content, because they also had entered into a contract with these men, which contract would have been binding if the men had not told a falsehood. The defendants, however, had rightly discharged the men ; and then, as it was stated, there was an attorney who had said that he would pick a hole in the agreement between the men and the plaintiffs. The men claimed to have their subsequent Contract with the defen dants performed to the letter. This placed the defendants in what was called " a cleft stick"—that was, that they must be prepared .either to defend proceedings against these men, or to be prepared for proceedings' taken by the Messrs. Pilkington, and they had 'elected to encounter the latter difficulty. • The course adopted, and said to have been recommended, by a respectable attorney to the fendints was, to say to the plaintiff's, " if you do not take some steps against your men, we will take them back again." This was certainly most absurd advice. Time men . might have been prosecuted and punished, it was true, before the magistrates, for leaving their employ, although such proceedings_ are accompanied with risk, from the do.. culty there was of making a conviction which should be free from objections. But the plaintiffs were not bound to pro secute their servants. The defendants having been pressed on on& side, and on the other, chose, as it appeared, to side with the men, although not obliged to do so. The plaintiff would be entitled to some damages at the hands of the jury —not, of course, excessive damages, for while the men had acted dishonestly in saying they were not bound, the defendants had been deceived by their misrepresentation upon that point. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 51. • • CHESTER CI R C Ul T.—Chester, April 3. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice W IGHTMAN. ) ATTEMPT TO Mu aDER.--Mai y Evans, aged 22, was charged with administering two drachms of red oxide of mercury, commonly known as red precipitate, to her infant male child, with intent to murder it on the 3d of December last, at Birkenhead. The prisoner had also been indicted for or the wilful murder of another of her chil dren by poison Bibington, near Birkenhead; but, as the testimony in that case rested principally upon the chemical analysis of the re mains of the child, which had been buried six months before the circumstances that led to the apprehension of the ac cused transpired, the grand jury had ignored the bill. in, the case now under trial the Attorney-General for the p a l a tu o t e , Du. i ULA (with 14119/11 Alrt Wywaci,), stated that Child was illegi in Sep timate, and warouTu tember last. It was eTtkuste43 to the - care of Mary ChtZtham to be nursed. The prisoner made occasional visits to see Os infant. On the 3d of December she took it to the house where she resided. The nurse accompanied her, and saw her give something to it . which she supposed was milk, as the prisoner had said she would give itlome, and Cheetham had cautioned her not to let the child have cold milk. Cheethaln took it back to her own house, but en the way, it became ill •and vomited. She carried it to a druggist, who perceived that the child had been poisoned. A constable was sent for, and Cheetham returned with him to the house whert the prisoner lived; a physician having been fetched in the meantime to prescribe for the apparently dying infant. On seeing the :policeman, the prisoner asked if the child was dead, and attempted to conceal a cup, which the officer seized. The vomit and the contents of the cup were aftervrards examined, and proved to contain red oxide of mercury. The woman begged not to be taken into custody, as she acid nobody knew about it. The woman Cheatham* who nursed the child, the police-officer who arrested the prisoner, the druggist to whose shop the infant was taken after swallowing the poison, another druggist, who sold the red precipitate to the prisoner, Dr. Vaughan. of Birkenhead, who was called in to attend the child, sail under whose care it ultimately recovered, and Dr. Brett, lecturer on chemistry at Liverpool, who analysed the vomit and the contents of the cup, which the constable took from the prisoner when he apprehended her—having been seve rally examined in support of the charge, Mr. BEVAN addressed the jury for the prisoner, arguing that the poison might have been given ignorantly or irt mistake. The Learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence with great care and perspicuity ; after whi c h, a ver di c t o f G u ilty was returned, and his Lordship, in a most impressive ad dress, ordered sentence of death to be recorded against the prisoner. She is a single woman, and has given birth to five Mogi timatechildren, only one of whom is living—the infant which 'she has been convicted of attempting to murder. TitE ROCK Fanny MEEDER.—ltfichael Burns, aged 33, was charged with a highway robbery upon the person of the late Thomas Peacop, in the township of Bebington. The'AttOrney General (Mr. Hill), Mr. Townsend, and Mr. Davison, appeared for the prosecution; the prisoner was un defended. The Arrormer-GENEnsi, stated the case, to the effect that the prisoner was charged with highway robbery On the person of Mr. Thomas Peacop, on the 31st day of December, 1844. "The grand jury had thrown out the bill for murder against three of the prisoner's companions, and he had de- terminei dpon proceeding against the prisoner for the high- • way robbery only, with violence. It would be remembered that Mr. Peacop was murdered at Bebington, and that . - -a number of persons were concerned in it. The question for them would be, whether he was one of the party consenting to Mr. Peacop's robbery—the murder, as he before stated, not 'using charged. When the robbery was committed, Mr. Iteloop had some-sovereigns and some silver tinti_ him., the . hilVer only being taken. For a long time afterwards no in formation was obtained as to the of enders, but at length the prisoner bent over to Dublin. Information was then ob tained respecting his connexion with the robbery, and a constable went to the city of Dublin and apprehended him. The prisoner then made a statement implicating himself, and upon that statement, corroborated as it would be by other evidence, he thought they would have no doubt he had been a party in the highway robbery. Evidence as to the facts of a murder and highway robbery having been adduced, the statement made by the prisoner then eputht in the magistrates at Birkenhead in September last was The prisoner, on being called upon by the Learned Judge for his defence, said, " I have said all I had to say before; it was L p a o i ß d p n s m o attention hav ing summed p to, and up, now no more to s‘v His The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after some deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence of transportation for life was then passed. Burns seemed stupefied and amazed at the result of the trial, and there is no doubt that when he impeached, as his accomplices, the men Lynch, Newton, and Talent, against whom the grand jury ignored the bill, he expected to be ad mitted evidence for the Crown, and to obtain a reward of 3004 which had been offered.' LIBEL on A CLERGTMAI4.—An indictment for libel on the. prosecution of the Rev. J. Armitstead, Vicar of Sand bach, against Samuel Slater, of Holmes' Chapel, was tried before 31fr. Justice Wightman. The libel was published in the Macclesfield Chronicle, in the form of a letter to the editor, of which the defendant, by his own admission, was the writer. It arose out of an agitation promoted by a party of Dissenters against church-rates, andi imputed dishonesty to the vicar, with other slanderous insinuations. The Rev. opinion dif t e l fi t e a un t ad t na h ldi e t. l: l be rT. l e oasw p n r principal Gentleman bad merely brought the matter into Court to vindicate his character, the Learned Judge giving it as his en s i u dp c a; h a nature as could not be passed over • without notice. The prosecution was conducted by 5 t r e' andt witness T w ra as ffo t r h d e appearedfur edito editor o f the paper, who had Slater's written declaration that he was the author of the , letter which was the subject of the in dictment. The defendant was found Guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 101. to the Queen. The trials of prisoners were also taken in the Nisi Prius Court, and at half-past eight o'clock in the evening the busi ness of the assizes terminated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. • (Before the RECORDER.) Anne Sykes and Mary Turner were placed at the bar, charged with committing a robbery on the persons of Mrs. Wilberry, Mrs. Williams, and a servant, on the night of the 31st ult. It appeared from the evidence, that upon the night in question the three prosecutrixes were returning from the Pavilion Theatre, when the two prisoners came up to them, and feigning to fir,ht with each other, jostled the prosecu trixes and separated them, and with the assistance of two men, who came up at the time, robbed them of a veil, a purse, and some other articles. The Cow itT told the jury that the question they had to dis pose of was this, whether they had premeditated this robbery and had adopted this plan for carrying it into execution; or whether they had really quarrelled, and had accidentally come in contact with the three prosecutrixes, and that they in consequence had lost those articles. If the jury believed a.° Uttar to ha the fact they should acquit the prisoners. The jury found a verdict of Guilty. The COURT, in passing sentence upon the prisoners, said that the statute under which they stood indicted gave the Court no discretion as to the period of time for which they should be transported, if they were to be sent out of the country, and he should say he did not think it would be safe to pass a less severe sentence. The statute in question provided that if the sentence was to be imprisonment it should be for a period of time not longer than three years, but if the sentence were to be transportation, then it should be for a period not less than 15 years. He was, however, aware that there was now a Bill before Parliament for the purpose of limiting the duration of that period and in the mean time if a petition should be sent to the Secretary of State praying for a mitigation of the sentence, the Court might be inclined to recommend the petition to a favourable consideration—but the senteace of the Court now was that the prisoners be severally transported for 15 years. The Learned RECORDER, when the prisoners were removed, called upon the Clerk of the Arraigns to make a minute of the observations he had just made. He said, the reason he did so was, that he had often had occasion to observe, when peti tions were sent to the Secretary of State for mitigation of the period for which parties were sentenced to transportation, that the observations set forth in those petitions as having been made by the Court were extremely perverted, and many expressions were put into his mouth that he had never used. He, therefore, thought it right to say this publicly, and to call upon the officer of the Court to make a minute of what he really did say. Francis Wall stood indicted for an assault upon police constable Knight, of the It division of police, stationed at Deptford, on the 15th February. It appeared from the evidence, that upon the day in ques tion, a mob had collected, and were assaulting another police man, who has since died, when the prisoner struck him with a broom-stick- : over the eye, and exclaimed, "You knight, you are reckoned up; look out." the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to three years' imprisonment, with hard labour in the House of Correction. Ellen:Marks, aged 20, an exceedingly smart, pretty looking young girl, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a gold pin, a spoon, a work box, boots, &c., from Edward El tiles It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that he met the prisoner in the capacity of servant in a house where be worked as foreman, and induced her to go and live with him, which she did, as his wife, for about a fortnight, when he missed the articles in 'question; he had previously.given her notice that she should leave him ; he had discovered that she tad become intimate'with another man. When the prisoner, was first irlaced at the bar she assumed an air or indiffereuce ; but the moment the prosecutor entered the witness-boa she burst into tear?, and continued ter some time to sob convulsively. S evera l witnesses were called , who gave t h e prisoner an exce llent character, two of whom deposed that the prosecutor toll jurytltetit li a e c i g n u t i e t t t i e d d ed u t i o e marry her. There was a second in r. dictment, which was not sustained. When the prosecutor was called to depose to the second indictment, he complained that attempts had been made by Witnesses to give him a bad character. The COURT said it would be difficult for the witnesses to give him a worse character than he had given himself. THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE. lIIININGItAII, SATIMIDAT.—It is expected that the men engaged in the various branches of the building trade, in this town, will very. soon be all out on strike for an advance of wages. The bricklayers have already demanded an ad vance of 3s. per week, and most of them have struck work. The strike is said to be the result of an understanding with the men in other parti of the country. It seems that there has been a considerable demand for men at the Birkenhead works and Manchester, and that this demand has led to an inducement on the part of the general committee of the build ing trade to effect an advance of wages throughout the king dom. The master builders held a numerous meeting of their body on Thursday night, at the Acorn Inn, Temple-street, in this town, for the purpose of considering the demands of the bricklayers. Mr. W. Smith having been called to the chair, and the notice convening the meeting read by Mr. J. Davis, secretary, the assembly was 'addressed by several masters, all of whom concurred in describing the present demand as unreasonable, and greater than the present contracts would' enable the masters to give. It was stated that there was at present a great scarcity of bricks, owing to the fact that there were only three pieces of ground in the borough from whence bricks could be obtained, and that the works of the new gaol were partly stopped for want o f this p ortion of the materials. In addition to the abo ve reasons. it was stated Union of erection in the town, namely, that of the Non c vi h e tion that there were only three works of any importance in coarse Office in the Temple, the new gaol, and the intend _ e ... y, at the corner a •Temple-street, ht.ngaisirtoo offer or -e.ore ter than the price of advance the mands made by the bricklayers ricer greater stationer. It was eventually resolved New-street, that bY the builders separated at ten o'clock. that the present do mends this meeting arewlid preset rate of wages, proVisio in ns or ties stateof tracle t: brick layers one shilling per wee upo n w ith this ff pn ls r Thanks having been given hairin AWE o n n o c n o d n a d y i condition taii,,tlti the eh tegmehye eientoiiiigain) to the c Tho prix o of 50/. offered by the Royal Agticultural : oc iety ltir the best report on She farming of Cambridgeshire, has been warded to Samuel Jonas, Esq., of Ickleton, near Saffron Walden.— Essex Standard. FIRE AT THE ADELPIII THEATRE.—Sunday evening some alarm was created in the immediate Ylcinity of the Strand, by the report that the Adelphi Theatre was on lire. The engines from Oland°, street were immediately taken to the building, and were followed by the West of England firemen from the Waterloo-road. It was then ascertained that the fire had broken out in the car penter's workshop, a building exactly over the treasury of the theatre, and that it was caused by a spark falling amongst a heap of allvlngs. A number of deal boards, standing in the workshop were set on fire, but the discovery having been opportunely made, the car penters and scene painters, who were at the time fortunately engaged on the stage, ran forward, and, with the aid crime buckets of water, succeeded in extuguioulostils &ANS baton ally considerable damage lad inea done,