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to at.at being also covered rids a similar substance. She shortly afterwards b-eame very sick, and vomiting, was prPituced. Becoming alarmed, she poured all the liquor abf: the tra . kaves, and t oo k it across t h e street to t h e s h op aof a cheaust aml dru7ist, who, from the symptoms sire described, suspected the presence of arsenic, and took rnea• sures to counteract its effects. She remained very however, for a week. On the tea loaves being analysed„ arsenic was found in large quantities. There could not he less than would suffice to poison twenty indtvld'aals. Ar senlc was also found in the oatmeal in ttm house. On being apprehended, the prisoner professed to be to tally ignorant, of the cause of his apprehension. While he was being taken to the police-office, the constable observed Lim take his hand out of his pocket with something in it. It was a piece of paper wrapped in 0 piece of cotton, which contained a soft white paste. This also proved to be arsenic. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence was deferred. Pete . Daly was indicted for wilfully' settin4 fire to a stack of hay, the property of Whittle Fallows Whittle, at Charnock Richard, in October lan. --- The Jury, after hearing evidence, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. FRIDAY. Sentence of death was recorded against Wm. Cookson. There being no other prisoners for trial, Mr. Baron Al derson took some causes from the Prius list, but none of them were cf any public interest. CLEMINSON V. SALMON. The plaintiff is an attorney at Ulverstone, the defendant is clerk to Mr. Postlethwaite, an attorney at the same place. The action was brought to recover damages for a libel upon the plaintiff, published in the Preston Pilot, on the 30th of July last. Mr. Braithwaite had formerly been the landlord of the Braddyl Arms at Ulverstone, and sold his interest in the concern, with certain fixtures, to a Mr. Worthington, his successor, for 1831. The bargain had been negotiated through Mr. Cleminson, who was present at the settlement of the account. Some time afterwards Mr. Braithwaite applied to Mr. Worthington for the sum of 1/..55. for the hire of a certain chaise of the former, which, with two horses, had been left on the premises, and which had been used by the latter five times. For the horses it was admitted there was to be no charge beyond their keep ; but for the chaise Mr. Braithwaite insisted upon being remunerated at the rate of ss. for each time it was. used. This claim, if due at all, existed, it would appear, before the final settlement of the account, and should have been included in it. For this sum of 11. 55., however, an action was brought in the County Court at Perkston, where a Mr. Noble appeared for Mr. Worthing ton, and Mr. Cotterel, the agent of Mr. Cleminson, for Mr. Braithwaite. In the course of the trial, Mr. Cleminson de posed that when he called upon Mr. Worthington for payment of the sum in questi on , h e sa id h e d i d not expect to be charged anything for the chaise, but if Mr. Braithwaite chose to make the charge he would pay it. Mr. Noble, in opening the defendant's case, spoke in very strong terms of the evi dence of Mr. Cleminson, which he characterised as a tissue of falsehood. Some of Mr. Worthington's wit nesses on cross- exam i na ti on a d m i tte d t h at M r . Cl emi nson was a respectable attorney at Lancaster, and the assessor, in summing up, thought the observations of Mr. Noble un called for by anything which had occurred in the course of the trial. A few days afterwards a report of the case appeared in the Preston Pilot, in which these observations of Mr. Noble were inserted in full ; but the evidence, on cross-examination, of Mr. Worthington's witnesses, and the observations of the assessor, were omitted. Mr. Cotterel immediately called on the editor of the Pilot, and obtained the name of the defendant as the party who had supplied the report. An action was commenced, and a letter was subsequently written to the defendant, saying that Mr. Cleminson was anxious to punish the actual author of the libel, and if he, the defendant, would give up the person by whom it was written, if any other than himself, and supply evidence by which the case would be proved, the action against himself would be withdrawn. To this letter there was no reply. On the record, besides the plea of not guilty, were eight special pleas of justification, assert ing, not only that the report was correct, but that the prin cipal allegations of Mr. Noble were respectively true. Mr. Cresswell, for the defendant, admitted that, as the law now stood, there must be a verdict against his client. The Jury, besides several issues which were admitted on both sides, found, first, the defendant guilty of publishing ; secondly, that the action in the County Court was not a trumped-up action ; thirdly, that Mr. Cleminson's evidence was not a tissue of falsehoods ; and, fourthly, that he was not one of the most hardened of his profession—Damages, one shilling. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday a young man dressed in a smock frock, who gave the name of John Wright, but whose real name was understood to be Stephen Wood, was charged before Mr. Alderman Brown with having stolen four cows from Ep ping Forest. After hearing the case Mr. Alderman 13aowN was about to commit the prisoner, when the prosecutor begged that he might be remanded, as he seemed disposed to make some dis closure, and as sixteen COSSS had been stolen off the forest recently. Mr. Alderman BROWN consented to remand the prisoner for a week. John Boyd was charged with assaulting John Coleman, the conductor of one of Warburton's omnibuses. The prisoner was committed. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Charles Todd and Sarah Todd, his wife, were brought up for re-examination on a charge of stealing a letter containing a Si. bank n o t e , w hi c h h a d come into the possession o f th e former in his capacity of a letter carrier in the General Post-offiee. The male prisoner, it will be recol lected, was committed on another charge of stealing a letter containing a money order for 1/. 19s. l 1 d., at the former examination, and was then remanded, with his wife, to answe r this second charge. The letter was sent from Miss Jane Archer, who resided at Redbridge, near Southampton, having been written by her sister, Mrs. Ursula Tristam Archer, and was addressed to Mrs. Spence, Lower York -street, Rotherbithe. The male prisoner was a letter carrier, and his district of delivery was Bankside, and the box in which his letters would be depo sited was almost immediately above that in which the letters for Rotherhithe would be deposited. The letter was never delivered to Mrs. Spence, and evidence was now adduced to show that on the 7th of March a woman, whose appear ance corresponded with that of the female prisoner, pur chaser! some stockings to the amount of 15s. at the shop d Mr. Hancock, hosier, &c., in the Poultry, giving her name, " Mrs. Moore, Greenwich," and gave in payment for them the 51. note contained in the letter sent by Miss Archer. Stockings, too, which exactly resembled those which had been purchased by the person, were found in the possession ni the prisoners at their lodgings at Camberwell on being searched by Pearce, the inspector of pollee, by whom they were apprehended, and it was also shown that the female prisoner had an aunt living at Greenwich, whose name was Moore. The prisow_‘.rs were ordered by Sir F. ROE to be brought up again o', Monday next. QUEEN- SQUARE. .7ohn Danis Jenkins, a labourer, employed by the Corn mis3ioners of Woods and Forests, was yesterday charge( with having stolen a quantity of tools and other articles. A constable named Forster saw the prisoner going into a /muse in Jews-row, Chelsea, with a sack. On his return he saw that the sack had been disposed of, and suspecting. the prisoner he stopped him. On examining the room oc cupied by the accused, he found the tools. and a dead goose with a mark on the back, where it had evidently been knocked down. A person employed in the St. James's Park stated that " a white-faced laughing goose," which had been presented by the Ornithological Society, had been stolen from the or namental waters. The MAGISTRATES remanded the prisoner until Wed ne.tNiay. THAMES- UFFICE. Yesterday Elizabeth Woodward, a respectable-lookin g femile, was brought up in the custody of Gammege i a ser jcant of the metropolitan police, on a Chittg6 of stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. James 13ra,v , , a builder, residing at. 15:3 Wapping High -street. The prosecutor was at present very unfortunately situa ted, having a wife in a state of insanity and a family of eight children to provide for, and he had been lately a bankrupt. The prisoner resided within two doors of his house, and had always shown the most friendly feeling to wards him and his family. She was in the habit of visit ing him very often, and would then stop and direct his faritily affairs. Matters went on in this way till last Tuesday, when, in consequence of information he re ceived from a young girl who lived with him as servant, be was induced to examine his drawers, when he missed a quantity o f hi s own and his wife's clothing. He afterwards proceeded to a pawnbroker's in the neigh bourhood, where he found the articles he had missed and other property belonging to him, which be had no idea had left his house. The next day the prisoner came again, and he then asked her what she had done with his wife's crape shawl, when she said she supposed his wife bad pawned it. On his doubting that to be the case, and hinting that he had missed several other articles, she said she was surprised at his audacity in daring to charge a Woman of her respectability with such a crime as stealing. On Thursday he gave her into custody, and she was taken to the station-house, where she produced fourteen dupli cates, which she said referred to all the property of his that 'he had pawned, and begged of him to let the matter stand over till Saturday, which he did, and she was set at liberty. Finding, however, that the tickets produced only referred to a Sir: it portion of his prol . )crt,y, he lied hor Haiti ial:en into custody. . . Jeminta Rie.llAi'el was in the Service of the 13rosecutor; and dellosed that the prisoner wa's cOtistani,ly r3: 5 proc cut.crs in the daytime, and took i icn authority on herself' iu the direction ofhi affairs. On sevcral occasions she ordered PF'itn(ss to pledge things, and on her return from the pftwnhroker's always received the money and the duplicates. Witness at first supposed she was authorised to tiff but at last thought she was going too rar, and informed her master.—Th e prisonce was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET Yoster,by folin facubs, a retailer of hsh, John his son, and Anne Jacobs, his wiFe, were placed At the bar, Wore MeeFrs. BROUGHTON and Copp, charged on suspi cion of stealing 100 sovereigns. The prisoners denied all knowledge of the robbery, and were remanded. Mr. Be.occuToN praised the conduct of the inspector for his exertions, and directed him to use his best endeavours to trace the property. THE MURDER IN THE EDGEWARE ROAD. Yesterday morning was appointed for the prisoners to un dergo an examination at Marylebone-office, and in conse quence long before the hour of commencing business the whole line of read from Paddington station-house (where the prisoners were in custody) to High -street, and every avenue leading thereto, were crowded to excess, by people anxious to gain a glimpse of the persons charged. The name of the murdered woman was Hannah Brown. About one o'clock the sitting Magistrates, Mr. RAWLIN SON, Lord MoszTroaD, and Mr. SHUTT being on the bench, the prisoners were brought to the front door in High-street, and it required a vast number of constables to keep back the mob to admit of their ingress to the office ; the man wore a great coat, tightly buttoned up, and the woman a green cloak, with white straw bonnet trimmed with blue ; the former appeared to be about fifty years of age, and the latter thirty ; she was accompanied by her chill, a little boy about four years old. The prisoners, on being placed at the bar, gave their names James Greenacre and Sarah Gale, and neither of them appeared to be in the least degree agitated. The man was charged with th e mur d er of Hannah Brown, and the woman with being an accessory after the fact. Samuel Pegler, police constable of the S division, No. 104, was on duty in the Edgeware-road on the 28th of December, when a man of the name of Robert Bond came to him and said he wanted him, for he had found a body. Witness went with Lim to the spot, and on a pathway about twenty yards this side the Pine Apple-Gate, behind a flag stone, he found the sack now produced corded round the mouth very loosely, and in it, on opening it, he found a human trunk, d evo id o f l egs , t hi g h s, and had ; by the side of it were some rags, and a child's frock saturated with blood. He conveyed all to the workhouse, and on carefully examining the bag found that th e se l v id ge o f i t conta i ne d some kind of mahogany scrapings. The parish surgeon was called in, and an inquest had been subsequently held, when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against some person or persons unknown. About six o'clock that morning he heard that a man and woman had been appre hended on suspicion of the murder. He then shortly af terwards, with Inspector Feltham of the T division, went to No. 1, St. Alban's Place, Lambeth, where the prisoners resided, occupying the parlours. In the bed in the back room he found a child's frock exactly similar to the one he picked up by the sack. Both frocks were patched with nankeen, and he thotight they had both been mended by the same person. Elizabeth Corney, a married woman, living at 46, Union street, Middlesex Hospital, said the house next door, No. 45, belonged to her, and she let it out in tenements. About a year and a half ago a woman, named Hannah Brown, came to live at No. 45, in the kitchen ; she staid there very comfortable, apparently, till the beginning of Decem ber last, when she said she was going to be married on Christmas-day. On the 24th of the said month she said that, at the will of her intended husband, she had disposed of all her goods, and was, at his request, to have the pro duce for pocket money, as the things were not wanted, for there were plenty where she was going. On the afternoon of the same day a man, whom she believed to be the prisoner, came in a hackney-coach, and, with the assistance of the coachman, put Mrs. Brown's trunks in the coach ; after which the latter told her she would not give her the key of her apartment then, as there was something there that did not belong to her ; but she would come and bring it with her on the Monday following. She never mentioned the name of the man she was going to be married to, and witness never asked her, as she was such a bad temper, perhaps, she Would not have given an answer. She never came on the Monday according to promise, but on Tues day a boy brought the key, saying, he had been sent by a man with it. On opening the kitchen door there was only a bird-cage in the room. She paid the rent every Tuesday, and paid her on the Tuesday before Christmas, therefore, on the day the key was returned there was one week due. Witness had heard it rumoured that she in tended going abroad about a fortnight after her marriage. On Friday last witness saw the head of a murdered woman at Paddington workhouse, and from the colour of the hair, eyes, &c., believed it to be that of the woman Brown, but it was in such a mangled state, that she could not posi tively swear to it. Witness had heard deceased, when she lodged in her house, say, that she had been married before to a shoemaker, who had died. She also slightly hinted that she had another husband, who was at sea ; never heard her say she had a child, and never asked her the question. Witness's husband was a shoemaker. Hannah Davis, of No. 46, Bartholomew-close, stated that her husband was a cabinet-maker. They knew Han nah Brown. Witness knew she was going to be married, and she said that the name of the person she was going, to be married to was Greenacre. Witness first saw the pri soner about a fortnight before Christmas, when they came together. The second time she saw him was on the day be fore-mentioned, when they again came together ; when Mrs. Brown said, " this is Mr. Greenacre, the person I am going to be married to ;" and added, " We are after wards going to America, where I shall be a lady." The prisoner then addressed them, saying, " We are going to Hudson's Bay, and if you like to come over, I will make a home for you." They came about 5 o'clock, and went away about ten o'clock very cordially together, it being first arranged that witness's husband and daughter should meet them about 10 o'clock on Christmas morning at Ramsay's public-house, opposite St. Giles's church, in which the marriage we.: to be solemnized. On Christmas eve, about 10 o'clock, a knock came at the door, which, On her opening, she saw the prisoner, who refused to walk in, and asked her if she had seen Mrs. Brown ? She re plied " No ;" when he said the marriage was put off, as he had made a close investigation with regard to property, and found she had none, and that it would not do for both to plunge themselves into poverty. He said he thought it was his duty to let them know, as they were so kind as to invite them to dinner. He seemed very much agitated while speaking, and although she repeatedly asked him would not walk in ; but immediately after uttering the above words, wished her good night, and went away. Wit ness knew the woman Brown lived at No. 43, Union street. Witness had a dog which she was frightened of, say ing she had once been hit by one in the leg. (In one of the legs of the woman found murdered in Paddington there is a mark, as though it was through the bite of a clog.) Evan Davis, husband of the last witness, knew Hannah Brow n, and heard her say she was going to be married about ten days before Christmas. He was called down stairs to see Mrs. Brown's intended husband. On going into the parlour he saw Mrs. Brown and the prisoner sit ting together on the sofa. After an uninteresting conver sation the prisoner proposed that they should go out and leave the females together. Witness agreed, and they went into the parlour of the Hand and Shears public house, where the prisoner told him he had come from America about three months. He had a farm of 1,000 acres at Hudson's Bay ; that he bad come over to sell I some property be had here, and meant to go back three weeks after Christmas. Nothing passed about his mar riage, and they went home, when, after staying till half past ten o'clock, the prisoner and Mrs. Brown left. On the 22d of December they came again, when witness and the prisoner again went out, but no conversation touching the present matter occurred, and after the lapse of half an hour they returned, when Mrs. Brown was sitting on the sofa. The prisoner sat himself down by the side of her, and after supper said " Mr. and Mrs. Davis, I sup ' pose you understand what this is about. We are not like young folks, and have no reason to fear speaking before you both. Our intention is to be married at half-past ten on Christmas morning, which is next Sunday, at St. Giles's church. Your eldest daughter is to be bride's-maid, and you, Mr. Davis, are to give her away, and as you have been so kind as to invite us to dinner, we shall accept the invitation." He then put on his great coat, and h a vi ng wished us good night went away. That was the last time witness saw the woman Brown or the prisoner till now. Had heard his daughter say that Mrs. Brown's left ear was slit, but did not know that of his own knowledge. He had seen the head at Paddington, and found there was a slit in the ear, as he bad been told Mrs. Brown had, and he believed from the resemblance that it was that person's. George Gay, shopman to a male carrying on the busi nessme-street, of a b ro k er , a t N o . 16, Goch-,4 Tottenham court-road, was br o th er t o H anna h Bro:v n, and last saw his siste r on t h e Th urs d ay b e f ore Ch r i stmas b. :, when she told hi m s h e was go i ng to b e marr i ed to a Man .2" ne - d Greenacre. Witness did not know who she meant, but his mistress did. On the Tuesday after Christmas the prisoner entered the s h o p, an d , a dd ress i ng hi s m i stress, said that Mrs. Brown had run him very much in debt ; that they had „ a n few words oi? ille . pacater- . alae . .4.44 4 , aid Ihb lie - 4(fti,1a . .. : Wei put oft as he e.ers infoi-ked s j il'e t,it - 1 amid. - ronev, nut tour. ? Ji.e he'..; t . i;o1 ; that she would not go near licr friends, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, to inform them the re.ifling was postponed, but he had been and told them. Witness's mistress then said, pointing to him, " That is iNlrs. Brown's brother I will you walk into the parlotte IP" The prisonet• seemed very agitated then, and ; bhanaina eethateniintret said! ' 1 rio ! I'm in a )Marry;" and itentiediately afer tVent ettay. Her left ear was split, Whin *as done by a felldw-:sereant pulling, out ht.: ear-ring .; but she had bad another hole bored above the Wound. He had seen the head at Paddington, and be lieVed frbit the .liFtilarity that it was his sister's. Marian Gay, ;rife of the last witness, knew her husband's sister, and never knew her to have had a child. Believes it was impossible for her to have bad one, her reason for which she explained by saying that " the trees which never bud never bear fruit " She was not formed like other women, and complained to witness about it. She had seen the head at Paddington, and believed it to be that of her. sister-in-law. Inspector Feltham, from information received from the man Gay on Thursday last, applied for a warrant to ap prebend the prisoner Greenacre, and on Sunday evening went. to No. 1, St. Alban's-place, Lambeth, where he got a person to knock at the door, and inquire for him. The landlord answered it, and said he was at home, but gone to bed, and that he slept in the front parlour. Witness went in and knocked at the door, saying, " Greenacre I" a voice answered " Yes:" He said, " I want to speak to you," when the prisoner said, " Wait a moment, I'll strike a light." Witness put' his hand to the latch of the door, and, finding it not locked, went in. At that moment some person brought a light from up stairs, when witness said to prisoner, who was only in his shirt," I want to apprehend you, on suspicion of having murdered one Hannah Brown." He then read the warrant, and asked if he knew Hannah Brown ? The prisoner said, " No, I know no Hannah Brown." Witness then said, " Were you never asked in church to a person of that name ?" At this question the prisoner, who was putting on his stockings, looked up and said, " Yes, I have." I then said, " Do you know where she is now ?" He then said, " I don't know you have any right to ask me those questions." He said he did not intend ; and, turning his head, saw the female prisoner in bed, in the act of concealing a watch (produced). He took it from her, and told her she must also go with him. He then searched the male prisoner's wearing apparel, in which he found a small silver watch, a purse containing a sovereign and 2s. 6d., a silver pencil case, a pair of silver-spectacles, a „pocket-book containing some memorandums, and some keys ; also a printed circu lar, setting forth that the writer, James Greenacre, bad invented a patent washing-machine, which he should shortly have a model of, to be inspected by the public. In the female prisoner's pockets he found a ticket for two silk gowns, pledged for 14s. by William Green, some keys, two plated gold rings, a pair of red cornelian ear-drops, and some money. They were about coming away, when the female prisoner said she must take the child, and then went into the back parlour and fetched the little boy now pre sent. Witness then asked the prisoner if he.oecupied two rooms ? when he said, " No ;" the woman had the hack, but came to sleep with him. He then conveyed them in a coach to Paddington station-house. On their way the male prisoner said, " It's lucky you came as you did, for I was off to America to-morrow." There were four boxes all tightly corded with new cord, in the room, which witness had the key of. There being no further evidence, Mr. RAWLINSONi ;Ad dressing the prisoners, said he was about to remand them ; they might say what they pleased. The male prisoner said he wished to address the 'Magis trates, and (the female being removed) he spoke as follows: —There has been a falsehood stated. I never had any words with Mrs. Brown, nor ever said I had. I under stood she was a woman of property, but found out that she was a very loose character. There was duplicity on both sides, for I represented myself as a man of property ; and although there are many -coincident circumstances which may cost me my life, I'll speak the truth. I had this female (meaning his fellow-prisoner) lodging in a room, and she used to wash and cook for me ; but on be earning acquainted with Mrs. Brown I told her to leave me, which she did. Mrs. Brown came to my house on the Christmas Eve about seven o'clock, rather fresh, for she had been treating and drinking with some coachmen. She insisted on having some rum for tea, and we had some. I then thought it a good opportunity to press her for a statement of her circumstances, as she had repeatedly said she could at any time to get 300/. or 4001. She declined answering my question, and I then told her that I had found out that she had been trying to obtain silk gowns in my name, but had been refused. She feigned a laugh,. and retaliated by say int= that I had misrepresented the state of my property. During this conversation she was rocking herself back wards and forwards, when I put my foot against her chair, and she fell backwards, her head coming with great violence against a chump of wood ; that alarmed me, and I went round the table, and took her by the hand, and kept.shak ing her, but she appeared to be dead. As regards my own feelings, it is impossible for me to give a description, from the agitation I was in. I thought if I called any one in I shoul be put down as her murderer, so I unfortu nately came to the determination which I did in the man ner as is already known to the world.—(Here a thrill of horror ran through the Court, which was literally crammed.) I thought it might be the more sde way than if I gave an alarm of what had occurred. No other person had the least knowledge of what I have now stated. The female here I exonerate, for she was away at her lodgings in Car penter's-buildings. Some days after I had put away the body, I called on her (the prisoner), and asked her to return to me, telling her that the woman I was to have been mar ried to had left her trunks and things, and we would pledge them between us. The whole of them fetched 3/. ss. The deceased had eleven sovereigns and three shillings, which I took from her. After I had made up my mind to put away the body, I called upon Mrs. Davis, who said I was agitated, which no doubt I was ; and it was only to' stop their going to church in the morning. The prisoner appeared perfectly calm while relating the. above. The woman, on being called in, said she knew nothing of the matter. The rings and coral beads were hers, and she had had them eight years. There being some material witnesses to come forward and complete the evidence, both prisoners were remanded till Saturday, the woman being allowed to take her child with her. Both prisoners were conveyed away by the prison van amidst the execrations of the assembled multitude, some of whom followed them to their destination. Greenacre was well known at Union Hall, having made charges against a man and his wife for accusing him of a murder suspected to have been committed about the period that the parties appeared before the Magistrates. On the 31st of May last Greenacre attended at Union Hall, and procured warrants against a man named Gill and his wife, who were living in Bowyer-lane, Camberwell, near his re sidence. On that occasion Greenacre charged the defendants with having publicly called him a murderer, and caused a number of persons to assemble in front of his house, threat ening that they would get him hanged. When the case came before the Magistrates no credit was given to the rumours propagated by Gill and his wife, who were ulti mately held to bail on the charge of using language of a threatening and unfounded description towards Greenacre. It appears, however, now, that a child, supposed to have been the illegitimate offspring of Greenacre, and who was living with him at the time, was suddenly missed from his house, and although inquiries had been made, not, how ever, at his desire, but at that of some of the neighbours, yet it has never been seen or heard of since by any of the persons who knew it ; and this circumstance gave rise to a report in the neighbourhood that it had been murdered, and so strong was the unfavourable opinion formed of Greenacre, that he was not only shunned by his former ac quaintances, but, as in the instance of Gill and his wife, he was often taunted with being a murderer. On another oc casion, at the time Greenacre lived in the Kent -road, and carried on the business of a grocer and tea-dealer, an exten sive seizure of sloe-leaves was made on his premises by the excise, for which offence he was fined a heavy penalty, but he contrived ever since to evade the vigilance of those who 'had the process out against him, and neither paid the fine nor suffered the imprisonment for non payment. Subsequent ly to this period a charge of administering a drug to a female with whom he was connected, for the purpose of procuring abortion, was brought against Greenacre, but the evi dence not being considered sufficiently strong the case was dismissed. At the period when he was in business as a grocer, he took an apprentice, with whom a premium of considerable amount was given. Soon after the boy was bound Greenacre had him taken into custody on a charge of robbing the till of a shilling, and he was brought up to Union Hall. The testimony of Greenacre against the ac cused seemed to be so strong that there appeared to be no other alternative than to commit the lad. Greenacre, however, on finding that the case was made out against his apprentice, had to communicate with the friends of the boy, and the result was that he (Greenacre) declined going for ward to prosecute ; the lad was consequently discharged, his indentures were cancelled, and Greenacre retailed th e apprentice hadfee fee, onlybeen amounting, w it with slim a stated,few we to 1001., 001., al hough theaccused Mr. Aston Key returned to London yesterday f rom Frankfort, the health o f Baron Rothschild rendering his further a rice unnecessary. - her of persons who visited the British The nuu., •nunted to 23,9 - 55. Museum yesterdays,,, TIIE SUN, LONDON, TTIVSDAY, MARCH 28, 1837. Fifli.E Art CHELSEA. The inhab 7 tants of the vicinity of S!oane-street we t ,? awakened about twelve o'clock this morn:rig (Tuesday) by vehement cries of " Fire ;" and it was quickly discovered that the basement of No. 254 Exeter-street, occupied by Mr. Joyce; a tailor,, Was in fumes. gome of the neigh bours itithiediatt4 despatched messengers for the parish eng:neB ; but before tilty attifed the Whole house was a vo lume of fire ; and ihrotigit the ineariacity Of those Who a_nedMpatlibtl them; Hot Utitlergtanding their Work; and un able td bfirig thdif ettgliteg id play . ; deatlY half an hour elapsed before a drop of' water could be broii,tht to bear upon the house. The arrival of the London tire brig Ode with four or five engines, which were most promptly and efficiently worked, alone saved the whole neighbourhood from destruction. The house itself, on account of the use lessness of the parish engines, and the alarming rapidity , with which the flames communicated to every story, pre sented, on their arrival, nothing but a complete body of fire, and was of course entirely destroyed. Great exer tions were made by all the inhabitants in removing the fur niture from the adjoining houses, and the inmates escaping nearly in a state of nudity, were kindly received and treated. Too much praise cannot be given to the firemen, for their intrepid and decisive condUct, nor to the T divi sion of Police, who most actively assisted in preventing the spread of the flames, in securing the property from the ad joining houses, and in preserving order. Too much grace can scarcely attach to the mismanagement and ineffi ciency of the parish engine. . • We regret to be compelled to add that an aged gentle man - residing in the house, has fallen a victim to the flames. Part of his body, in a most horrible condition, has just been discovered. No cause has yet been assigned for the origin of this lamentable occurrence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 23, Exeter-street, March 28. Silt,—Allow me, as a near resident to the lamentable fire in Exeter -street, Chelsea, thus publicly to express not only my own, but the general feeling of disgust and indig nation, at the manner in which the awful conflagration was allowed to go on unchecked, through the total inefficiency and carelessness of the men connected with our parish engines. Not only were the most essential parts of the hose not to be found, but not a man who in any way under stood the management of an engine accompanied them ; so that the fire had uncontrolled dominion for near half an hour, till the arrival of the London Fire Brigade ; and had it not been for the most admirable and prompt acting of the latter, I have no doubt the whole side of the street would have been destroyed. My own house, only two doors from the fire, and containing printed works in quires and paper to the amount of some thousand pounds, was in most im minent danger of destruction, purely from their incapacity to check the flames ; and as such property could not have been moved, the consequences would have been fearful to the surrounding neighbourhood. I think, Sir, that in a rich and populous district such as this is, the authorities owe it to their fellow-parishioners, to provide not only available engines, but able and experienced men, to be ready at a moment's notice to be of service in such a fearful case ; and that it reflects nothing but shame upon whoever is concerned, that our lives and property 'should be so disregarded, as that for near half an hour the most violent conflagration could not be checked by one drop of water, although the engines were present, a nd water was in abundance. I think I ought to add, that enough can scarcely be said of the praiseworthy conduct of the firemen and police (T division), nor of the kind and active assist ance of the neighbours. I am, Sir, yours, &c., WM. BLATCH. WARWICK BOROUGH ELECTION WARWICK, MONDAY EVENING.—The election for this borough commenced yesterday, to return a representative in the room of the Hon. J. Canning, recently elevated to the Peerage. The usual preliminaries having been gone through by the official authorities, HENRY WYSE, Esq., nominated Mr. Sergeant Adams. He would caution them against giving their votes to a candidate who would support the present Ministry. In saying so he was not required to appeal to Tory authority, he could quote very high Whig authority, namely, Sir Francis Burdett, who had unqualifiedly denounced all the measures of the present ministry as being based in fallacy, and feebly followed out. K. GREENWAY, Esq., seconded the nomination of his friend. Dr. CONNELLY had the honour to present himself for the purpose of recommending as their representative one of their old and respected townsmen—(lmmense cheering)-- a man much respected, and who was connected by mar riage with those who had fought the battle of Reform for many years, when they could scarcely bring up a single voter on the Liberal side ; and they had continued their la bour till now that they could bring up plenty.—(Cheers.) The gentleman to whom he alluded, namely, Mr. Collins, was so well known that he need not say more than that he had always been the constant friend to the liberty and inde pendence of the town.--(Hear.) His life was before them in his actions, and they must acknowledge that the ran cour of party had dared to say much less of him than they could have said of any other man. He was to be opposed by the Learned Gentleman, who was a stranger to them, and a stran ger t o th e i r i n t eres t s . L et t h em look at the acts of the Tories in their long series of oppressive and ex orbitantly expensive government—their overwhelming debt, their extravagant pension list.—(Hear.) Let them look at these things, and say if they ought not to be called a theory for crushing property.—(Cheers.) The electors ought to bear in mind that Mr. Collins had been the advocate for their having the right of election in their own officers, and in which he had been frustrated by the other party. Nona's, Esq., seconded the nomination of Mr. Collins. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS made a great many attempts to address the electors before he could obtain a hearing. He was ready to advocate the removal of all approved abuses ; but the opposite party wanted to make the House of Lords dependent. He (Sergeant Adams) want©d to make them independent. He was for supporting the Church. Was that an Ultra-Tory ? The Dissenters, they might be told, supported and could support their own places of worship ; hut who was to give the Church to the poor ?—(A loud cheer from a very aged female.) Probably they _might think that the Church was like the man's wife, it was a luxury to have her.—(Laughter.) Now, the next thing he had to speak, he would, perhaps, be told was Ultra-Tory—he was opposed to the present Ministry. Now, he would ask them if Sir Francis Burdett was an Ultra-Tory ? And he had declared that they were men without energy, and destitute of any plans of their own. He had never heard so wild a scheme as that which had been proposed to settle the Church-rates. lt was an attempt to take something out of nothing.—( Hear, hear.) There were many good things in the New Poor Law Act ; but it was the Whig Ministry in the administration of it that had spoiled the measure, by tfirowing the power into the hands of three Commis sioners. The poor were locked up in prisons —in places where they were deprived of the light of day. Husbands were separated from their wives—children from their pa rents. (He was called from several quarters at this part of his speech to cut it short, for he was speaking nonsense. He expostulated rather warmly, but with no good effect.) He then said he would only add a few words more. They ought to recollect that they were indebted to him for the privilege of nominating their own representatives ; had it not been for him they would have had their candidates nominated by the coterie of Leamington. He hoped, therefore, they would fight for him who had fought for them. Mr. COLLINS next presented himself, but it was several minutes before he could obtain a hearing. He commenced with addressing them as brother electors and brother towns men. He would ask them to look to his acts all his life, political or private, and from them they might judge of his future conduct. By these he would be ready to stand or fall. He was a straightforward man ; he cared not for calumny, nor was he to be affected by intimidation— intimidation was the weapon of po wer an d t h e weapon o f cruelty. He was not a kiln-dried re f ormer o f yester d ay ; he had opposed oppression since ever he could discern right from wrong, and in dangerous times he had come forward and advocated the rights and privileges of the people. An end had now been put to that creeping, crawling system that had supported a Tory Government that had nearly bent the nation down to ruin. He would continue as he had ever done to advocate the rights and privileges of the people, and the good of the poor, against oppression or tyranny, however powerful ; and whenever he deserted the cause of the people, then might he be treated as he deserved, and be deserted by them. The present was not a contest be tween the Learned Sergeant and him, it was a contest of .prin.iple. It was a contest between reform and corruption. He (Mr. C.) was for removing all the abuses, and his op ponent was for retaining all the abuses. On the name of - Sergeant Adams being put to a show of hand;, the majority appeared against him. A poll was demanded on the part of Sergeant Adams, which commences to-morrow morning at eight o'clock. Aoth parties are very sanguine. There are somewhere about 1,000 electors, and it is calculated that the majority, whichever side may obtain it, will not exceed 25 . The little village of Laleston, near Bridgend, this county, is remarkable f or th e ex t reme age to which' many of its inhabitants arrive. During the last month the remains of five individuals were deposited in the burial place of the above parish, whose united ages amounted to 422 years, averaging rather more than 84 years each. Their respective names are Esther Evan, aged 94 ; Mary Morgan, aged 84 ; Margaret Rees, aged 83 ; Alice Wild, aged F 2 ; Ann Thomas, aged 79.—Cambrian. t THE. ROYAL .HOSPITALS OF THE CITY OF L6NDCIP; t ;, : 4; 7 7 77 7- '1 he repOrt of the nurni r of poorelliidittY and other.poor people ma;;:tat'd th.l several Royal Hos pitals of the City of London, under the of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Governors thereof for the past r : CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. . . Ohildreri dpprentieed and discharged from Christ's Hospital • •“. ~ , , ioiliii, 169 Children buried 4 ~ 411‘ •of•ii • . 4 9 tihildren now under the care and charge , of the Hos pital ~,J, ,2 • ll,lb To be admitted c't/ presentation granted to this time - - - 160 1,314 BANTIVAEMEWS fitOrPITAL. Patients admitted, t...ored, and diEtchdrged, dating the last year ; 5,348 in-patients j 11,495 out-pailents, &c. ; 20,915 casualty patients, mot of whom were poor, sick, and lame persons, and being dotitote of all relief, many of them have been supplied with money, clothes, and other necessaries, to enable them to return to their several habitations ; in the whole.. Buried from thence 424 4 Remaining under cure In patients 517 Out patients 1,553 A very heavy and unavoidable expense has Lem incurred by a general and thorough repair of the whole building, in con sequence of which the three wings which were in a state of di lapidation are now completed. Within the last few years all fees on the admission of patients have been abolished, the sisters and nurses placed in situations - of comfort, both adapted to the nature of their duties and the accommodation for the in patients, now so extended as to admit above 500, and their diet and general comforts very materially improved. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. There have been cured and discharged from St. Thomas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick, wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 3,025 in-patients, and 41,690 medical and surgical out-patients, including casualties, some of whom have been relieved with money and necessaries at their departure, to accommodate and support them in their journeys to their several habitations 44,715 Buried from thence, after much charge in their sick- ness In patients 298 Remaining under cure 428 Out patients and casualties 1,233 So that there have been, during the last year, of poor miserable objects under the care of the said hospital, and destitute of other proper care—in all 46,674 The Governors think it their duty to state, that in conse quence of the rebuilding of London Bridge, and the formation of its new approaches at an elevation of many feet above the old level, they have been obliged to make large purchases of ground and buildings adjacent to the Hospital, at a considerable expenditure of capital, in order to secure such ventilation as is necessary to the health and comforts of the patients, and also to rebuild the north wing on the new site, the present being rendered insecure by the removal of the adjoining houses. It is, therefore, humbly and earnestly recommended to all charitable persons that they would be pleased, by their contributions, to enable the Governors to defray those heavy charges, and to meet the still greater outlay which will be requisite to complete the plan of improvements now una voidably in progress, as well as to continue affording and still further extending relief to the distresses of the numerous sick, maimed, and diseased poor who daily apply in increasing num bers for the same, as appears from the above and other annual accounts, particularly in the class of surgical out-patients, for whose better relief and attendance arrangements upon an im proved plan have been adopted. BRIDEIVELL HOSPITAL. Total. Received into this Hospital during the last year under com mitments by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen as criminal or _ . disorderly persons 853 Apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for solitary confinement 48 Poor persons found wandering abroad and begging lETHLEM HOSPITAL. CUIWILXS. 1,050 Men. Women. Remaining in the Hospital on Jan. 1, 1836 63 86 149 Admitted in 1836 402 • Discharged cured Ditto uncured Ditto as improper objects Ditto having been sent out on leave of absence, and no return of their state of mind Remaining on Dec. 31, 1836, out on leave 53 66 119 --- 402 INCURABLE. Remaining in the Hospital on Jan. 1, 1836 24 40 64 Admitted in 1836 Discharged by reque s t o f f r i en d s Died Discharged cured 1 1 2 Remaining on Dec. 31, 1836 26 39 65 CRIMINALS. Remaining in the Hospital on Jan. 1, 1836 4l 11 52 Admitted m 1836 57 Discharged cured 2 0 2 Died Remaining in Hospital on Dec. 1, 1836 CORONER ' S INQUEST.-Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken before Mr. Stirling, at the Parr's Head, Cross-street, Islington, on view of the body of a fine female infant, about a week old, who was murdered under the fol lowing horrible eircurn=tances:—The grave digger at Isling ton Church, to whose care the body was confided, brought it into the . j uryirolm. At the sigh t of it the Coroner and the jury were struck with horror, as the brains protruded from the skull, which was in a very shattered condition.—John Watson, a labourer in the employ of the New River Company, on Thursday last, in the afternoon, was taking bricks out of the New River, near Ball's Pond, when, while so occupied, he picked up the body of the deceased. It was tied up in a thin piece of calico. The lump of lead was hanging from it, to which it was attached by a piece of twine.--Mr. R. Temple, surgeon, of Rufford's Row, Islington, examined the body of the unfortunate infant, which was about a week old. It was in a healthy state, and had probably been in the water two days. Witness has no doubt but much violence was used previous to its being flung into the river. Verdict—" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." On Wednesday last, a gentleman from Kent, named Sawbridge, met with a fatal accident while following Mr. Payne's hounds, in a field near Guilsborough Lodge. In at tempting to clear a fence, his horse, instead of taking the leap, struck his chest against the top rail, and the violence of the concussion threw the rider over into the next field. The ani mal directly afterwards took the leap, but its knees coming in contact with the rail, it fell over headforemost, coming with its whole weight upon Mr. Sawbridge. Mr. Payne, who was at hand, immediately came to the assistance of the unfortunate gentleman, and, aided by some labourers, conveyed him on a hurdle to the Lodge, where it was soon ascertained that the sufferer was beyond all human aid, the spinal chord having been seriously injured, producing nearly general paralysis. The collar-bone was also broken, and there were other severe injuries. The accident happened about three o'clock in the afternoon, and by three the next morning Mr. Sawbridge was a corpse. Mr. Sawbridge was in his 65th year, and a re markably bold and fearless rider. --Northampton Mercury. Wednesday, the 22d inst., at the Court-house, Ashton-under-Lyne, before James Jowctt and John Chec tham, E,qrs., various informations were preferred by Mr. Jas. Bates, superintendent of factories for that district, against the following mill occupiers, viz. :—Messrs. Samuel and John Scholfield, woollen manufacturers, Staley Wood, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to four informations; fined in the mitigated penalty of 11/. and costs 555. Mr. James Lawton, of Castle Clough, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to five informations ; fined in the mitigated penalties of 131., and costs 625. 61 Mr. John Greaves, of Micklehurst Vale, Chester, pleaded guilty to two informations ; fined in the mitigated penalties of 71 , and costs 295. One half of the penalties was directed to be paid to the Staley Church Sunday School ; the other half to remain in the Magistrates hands until further instructions from L. Horner, Esq., it being in contemplation to establish schools in every large manufacturing district for the education of factory children. —Manchester Guardian. THE LATE MR. DAVIDSON.—TIIC intrepid tra veller, Mr. Davidson, was the son of Mr. Davidson, tailor, in Cork-street, who, by his great industry and perseverance, ac quired a large fortune. His son, Mr. J. Davidson, was edu cated at the well-known establishment of Dr. Grectilaw, of Brentford, where he obtained a good classical education. In the year 1814 he was bound apprentice, for five years, as a chemist and druggist, in the firm of Messrs. Savory and Moore ; and during its early period conducted the operations of their laboratory. Owing to this practice, and his own ta lents, he was, at the conclusion of his term, considered to be exceedingly clever in his profession. Ile afterwards entered as a partner into that eminent firm, in the year 1519 ; but, from his great desire to travel, and ci rcumstances to w hi c h we formerly alluded, he quitted it in 1826 ; and thence, up to the time of his death, he has travelled, in common parlance, nearly all over the world. He was master of most of the con• tinental and oriental languages, and a perfect chemist. The Emperor of Morocco will, no doubt, feel his loss, as he en tered into an arrangement with that potentate to return by way of Morocco, and instruct the physicians there in the art of medicine and pharmacy ; in the prospect of which he had ordered two large cases of medicine to be prepared and sent to the Emperor. It was in consideratibn of this that the Em peror gave him an escort of one hundred horsemen to see him safe across part of his dominions. The public, as well as his friends, deeply deplore the loss of this amiable young man ; and none more so than the writer (from whom we have de rived this information), who knew him as a boy, and also as a man, and who always experienced the most friendly feeling rom him. —Literary Gazette. A native of Allington, Wilts, died last week, near Andover, at the advanced age of 105 years ! It is stated that so confident were the friends of Thompson, the man lately convicted at Salisbury of poisoning a horse, of his being acquitted, that preparations were made at the King's Head, Sherstone, for a ball and supper, to cele brate the event; and one of them actually deferred the bap tism of his infant, until Thompson returned to stand sponsor. -- Wilts Heruld. LITERATURE. TIDE VESTAL. Macrone, London, 1837. tol”rne of poems is the production of an gant arid letter . c.ql inA, and the'versification throughol ia remarkable for its sweetness and variety. The al thor is Mr. Verlander, a Cambridge man. The be poem in the collection is one entitled " The Evil Spii felled," from which we select the following passag The line marked in Italics is terse and forcible ,: " There is no rest for those who roam, Burdened with a broken heart ; No hope—no dwelling place—no home— No human solace shall impart To them the charm that made appear All things of that sunny hue That makes us wish to live and love— '- Chagrin hath spectre'd all they view. Farewell all hope, below, above • A wounded spirit who can bear ?" A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROAD Kelly, London, 1837. WISHAW S ANAL Y SIS OF RAILWAYS, jlrcale, London, 1837. We class these two works together, because they a both devoted to the same subject, and because the I marks that apply to the one, may be applied with ire l:ttle variation to the other. They are both of a stria practical character, and bear evidence of being the ' i ductions of writers every way qvalified to discuss ti complicated questions of railways. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF BRITI, AGRICULTURE ; Being a Compendium of the Evidence taken befoi . e a Co inittee of the House of Commons in 1836 ; with some Into ductory Observations. By a Member of Parliame: Ridgway and Sons. Here is a volume which contains, in the brief spa of about 200 pages, every particle of useful informati collected by the late Committee of the Commons Agriculture, during an inquiry of many months' dur tion. The evidence was originally printed in thr volumes folio, of which one, called the Third Repo extended to nearly 700 pages. Not only was such mass of reading an almost desperate undertaking, account of its prolixity, but it was rendered tedio and repulsive by the unceasing efforts of some Ine' bers of the Committee to elicit testimony favourable their own theories. Indeed, we are compelled to ag that the conduct of some of these legislators was Inc like that of professional advocates, retained to mat out a given case, than of ingenuous inquirers all truth. In the publication now before us, all this is and superfluous matter is discarded, and nothing pears but what may be perused with interest and a vantage. We are aware that those gentlemen "' I arrogate to themselves the distinction of " the Flame Friends," complain that nothing was done by tl Committee, notwithstanding its patient and protract sitting. We are of a'very different opinion ; we belle that a Parliamentary Committee has very rarely gather , up, and laid before the public, such novel and imps tant information. We feel certain that this evidea must form an eventful epoch in the history of agl culture. It is impossible that the example which the Intel gent and enterprising agriculturists of Scotland ba set before us can long be lost on their southern neigl bours. Let us. quote a passage from the brief b sensible Introduction which the Member of Parliame has prefixed to his publication : " The most interesting, as well as the most instructive pc tion of the evidence taken before the Committee—whethe t be considered singly or in connection with the rest--is tb tendered by the agriculturists of Scotland. The contrast e hibited in the state and prospects of farmers on different yid of the Tweed, is perhaps as striking a phenomenon as the P r greys of society has ever simultaneously developed. While t i English farmer, in spite of exertion, is too frequently keep" up a difficult struggle with loss and insolvency—looking Mtn ° despondingly to the future, and, like most men who are suffe i ing, irritable, and in a temper to listen too much to any cry that promises immediate relief—while this is the cond ito of the English farmer, his Scotch neighbour is conducting b affairs with high spirits and great success. In a country J e f avoured by soil and climate, he is farming to a profit, and & tually, in many instances, paying not only a higher rent ( j which I include local burthens in each country), but carryi o on a more expensive cultivation in reference to the quality ' his land, than most Englishmen would undertake. Instea d ,' tasking the omnipotence of Parliament to assist him, he bo la declares that he only desires to be let alone, or if in any Cal he refers to legislative interference, it is that he may be encumbered by those protective laws which afford a facti tiot and dangerous monopoly to agriculture." vac. Again : " ' It will be seen,' says Mr. Lefevre, `by a perusal of tb evidence of Scotch witnesses, that they turn their attention the breeding, fattening, and general management of stock to much greater extent than is usually done by the Engles farmer. The productive powers of the land arc thus increase by the additional quantity of manure raised, and it suffers le l exhaustion, in consequence of the less frequent recurrence the grain crop.' But, perhaps, the greatest superioritY in t Scotch system of farming is exhibited in a better inode draining the land. Considerable as have been the ircpr° ce . ments undertaken in this respect in England, they have bee ' greater in Scotland. Indeed, the plan of furrow drains'' adopted in East Lothian, especially when combined viith ti f ; operation of stirring the subsoil, as first introduced by "'„ Smith, of Deanston, constitutes one of the most impo rt 3- practical discoveries ever made in the science of agricult ure It is the more valuable, because it seems applicable to e ve s description of soil, and on all, when effectually applied, s ee to produce results perfectly surprising. f ll] " The mode of operation, as well as its effects, are verY u lf and clearly explained in the evidence of Mr. Smith hirns e and in a paper transmitted by Mr. Kennedy, who spealts '2O both from considerable personal experience. The systetn,i, applying the subsoil plough may be briefly explained land having been drained in a manner very particularly "be: scribed, the surface-soil is turned up by the common ploug its ordinary depth being about six inches, a strong plough' b, rather a peculiar construction, is then introduced, and the on I soil iv broken up to the depth of one foot, the common PI, again,comes round and the active soil is spread over the st' soil, without, however, mixing with it. The whole oper oi° is now performed. " The subsoil being stirred up, the air and the weatbeot penetrate it below the surface ; the rain filters through it in re the drains beneath, and this, with the action of the atmosPb c ,„ upon it, produces a complete change, both chemical and II:1y chanical, in its composition. The active soil is prodigi.uu. improved by the change; but when, after a short succes sio9 e s crops, the upper and lower soils are ploughed up and bleb di, together, a new soil is created, of great depth, and extraer'!c, nary fertility. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to remind the PT A tical farmer, that the subsoil should not be stirred without firll draining it, and that to mix the subsoil with the surface tic the former has been exposed to the_ action of the air for sc7 o , time, will produce sterility, instead of increased pow er of p. duction." of We trust that this volume will be in the h and" sta te every man who wishes to form a judgment of the r3 l and prospects of British agriculture, or the g ene resources of our country. A COSSACK IN 1741.—1 n the midst of Europe3`` fetes, ceremonies, disputes about precedence and thew lite; there appeared by way of change a chief of the Don Cosc.„ named Krosno Tzockin that is, red cheeks. He i s tur e l e te , of 70, but has a great deal of desperate brutal courage. li . rn eo k . nocked off several score of his prisoners' heads ; san e° , he cold blood, sometimes in drunken fits, but always, a er big v, says, to keep his hand in ; and has been wounded all o hY body, on which occasions he only makes use of human "t Iron outward application, and inwardly a glass of brandY," Rawner's Contributions to Modern History. o The " Memoirs of a Peeress" are beginn in g t wore tract considerable attention in the literary world ; but fa i r r in that class of fashionable society, by which the singwaratelf closures contained in the work can be personally an d aecu" Fox, • appropriated. The venerable friends of Charles Jo fics na rne f in particular, and several of the illustrious families b oss t hem' are connected with the book, have already expr e3se a selves highly gratified by the vivid portraitures contains pages. , c , n g EXAMPLE OF HONESTY AND DISINT.'-- S „,, P a' N ESS. —Mr. Hall, of Carver-street, sent his daughter, lost' turday last, an errand with a five-pound note, which si ' a tit did lie sent the bellman round, offering a pound reward; plan nut regain the note till Thursday, when a laboUrin4 e be , brought it, but refused the reward, except 5 5 ., saYui thought a pound too much.—Sheffield independent. m g ° E A woman, about fifty years of age, of the f o ur Suckling, the wif e o f a lab our er liii a t IledinglisiT'oue of miles from Y e ldh am , h as b een apprehended on a CI instant 4:::). _cud settinc , fire to a cottage at Yeldham on the Gt b ed. ". pied by an elderly female, and which was totally- COO Sugi Essex Herald. Thitbrearit I t is said to be the intention of W. 11. IN ,kdforclo Esq., again to offer himself for the representation of in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. e c eir C It de URrecateCll-R thATES.-A meet. p e abolition of Chubrch-rateS o 5 lec _ Chelmsford, to be held on the :;oth. Am on g st the, n ' the agitators are Lords Rayleigh and Ashbu r t on+ ioo. of t h P at: s c s t so who i