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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORIsTING, FEBRUARY 19 , 1846. av cured by their support, and they knew his opinions, he ehould deem it an honour of the highest kind.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. C. HEALY SN ished to ask Mr. Finch whether he would oppose the Mil itia Bill ? Mr. Fixcii hoped rothing would occur to disturb the peace we now enjoy, but should there arise a necessity for embody ing the militia, he certainly could not say he would oppose any law for carrying out that object.—{hear.) The Max SIIXRIFF having called upon the electors to propose any other person whom they might think fit to represent them, and there being no response, declared Mr. Finch duly elected. Mr. FINCH having been girt with a sword, said, having de tained them so long already, he would then only declare his gratitude for the honour conferred. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Sheriff, after which the new Member was chaired round the town, accompanied by a large multitude, who occasionally cheered most voci ferously. IRELAND. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. DUBLIN, FEB. 14.—The Cork Reporter continues to take a gloomy view of the prospects of the poor according as the season advances:— " We adverted in our last (says that journal) to the alarm ing prospects of scarcity in the immediate neighbourhood of this city, then brought under our notice. Subsequent ac counts that have reached us tend to confirm our apprehen sions as to the immediate approach of a general scarcity of found patotoes through the country. We may, however, state on what we deem competent authority, that the pre cautionary measures of the Government are on such a scale as to afford an ample supply of food when the exigency may arise to require it. The quantity of Indian corn and corn meal at present to be del►vered at the ordnance stores is 300,000 bushels; but, should a much greater supply be re quired, arrangements have been made by which it can be readily obtained. This will be at once manufactured at the Lee Mills and stored, and will be sent from this port in Go vernment steamers to where it may be wanted. The terms upon which it will be disposed of we have not been able to ascertain, and our impression is that they have not yet been determined upon." The miners of the City of Cork and its surrounding vici nity have issued a public announcement, stating that, in consequence of the advanced prices of the common neces saries of life, and the prospect of their being scarce and very dear in summer, they therefore will not work for less than 2s. 6d. per day, or 15s. per Week, after the 12th day of April next ensuing. A very influential meeting was held at Youghal on Wed nesday last, for the purpose of devising measures to meet and remedy a state of affairs such as is described in the following resolution " That from minute and accurate returns lately taken in this town and in the country parts of this parish, by direc tions of the Poor-law Commissioners, the following appear to be the deplorable condition and prospects of the people, namely :—That in the country parts the farmers have no more than a sufficient supply of potatoes for themselves, that some of the labourers have almost totally lost their potatoes, and that most of them have a supply only for the consump tion of two months; and that in the town the state of affairs is still worse, there being an awful amount of destitution, much sickness, and no adequate employment for either la bourers or tradespeople, at a time when it is apprehended that potatoes will soon run up to starvation prices." The Duke of Devonshire has sent a subscription of 1001. to the fund for the relief of distress in Dungarvon. MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF WATERFORD. " Great sensation," says the Cork Examiner, " has been created in the neighbourhood of Clashmore, in consequence of the discovery of a murder, committed on a poor woman living within a short distance of this place. The body was found on Monday . last in a drain, having the breast bone broken, and showing other serious contusions in various places. It is understood that she has been separated from her husband for some time, who has been, in consequence of certain suspicious circumstances, committed to gaol, waiting the result of the coroner's inquest." EXECUTION OF BRYAN SEERY. The following account of the execution of this wretched man is furnished by the reporter of the Freeman's Journal. Seery, it will be seen, persisted, when on the verge of eter nity, in the most solemn terms, to assert his total innocence of the crime for which he was about to pay the forfeit of his life : " MULLIXOAR, FRIDAY EVENLNG.—The die is cast—' the law has taken its course' and Bryan Seery—the ill-fated, self-declared, and universally believed innocent Bryan Seery —is now no more. The following declaration was made, vo luntarily made, by the unhappy man on Thursday evening, in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Savage, the deputy-go vernor of the gaol, Mr. Gunning (the prisoner's agent), and two magistrates of the county, who signed the document : " County of Westmeath to wit—l, Bryan Seery, now a prisoner in the gaol of Mullingar, and to be on this day exe cuted, do most solemnly and sincerely declare, in the pre sence of that God before whom I must shortly appear for judgment, that I never fired at Sir Francis Hopkins—that I never committed any act tending to injure him in person or property—and that I never was cognisant of, or a party to, any conspiracy to plot or shoot, or injure the said Sir Francis Hopkins ; and that I am not guilty, directly or indirectly, of the crime for which lamto be hanged. . . • " "This was the declaration preknfed - by the Rev. Mr. Sa vage to the Sheriff to vitrieps ;.- and I presume it is the same document signed, in the presence of the parties alluded to above, on the previes evening. " The prisoner, after having spent the whole of Thursday evening with the Rev. Mr. Savage in religious devotions, re tired to bed about eleven o'clock, and slept soundly until six in the morning, when lie arose, and after attending mass in the chapel he received the holy communion from the hands of the Rev. Mr. Savage, whose attention to the poor convict was unceasing. At six o'clock in the morning the trumpets of the military were heard all over the town, the men being under orders for duty at eleven o'clock. The military present bo i i . l a s g is o t o e i c l l s :lf a t u lie ra fo n ll k ow an inir d • Fie Tw m o cu tmlßLDA 11th u g pt . Jones ; two troops of the Bth llussars, of 40 rank - and tile each, commanded by Colonel M'Caul and Lord Killeen ; the 6th Regiment of Foot (stationed in the town), two coin. panies of the 32d, under the command of Captain Lowe; v Captain Bathurst • one company of the 75th coinme 'unuer t r l';e t—l co u inmand of Messrs'. and 75 conetele:" - - 7 eey arm slums. I have never beheld a more awfully solemn scene. Almost every shop in the town was closed, yet hardly a soul except the soldiery attended at the execu tion! It was a fine unclouded morning; as the day advanced the clear bright sky proclaimed the return of sr ring. The streets, as I have already said, were quite deserted, and the people testified, by their refraining from either cooling into town, or collecting in crowds in its suburbs, their abhor rence of the tragedy. One fact illustrative of this I shall relate :—A mercantile gentleman, who came from Dublin to purchase butter, could not get any person to do business with him, and although the day was that on which the butter market is held, according to the patent, the market being the largest in Leinster, there was not a single firkin brought into town. "At eleven o'clock the infantry and police were placed in order in front of the gaol. The unfortunate convict was ac companied in his devotions throughout the morning by the Rev. Mr. Savage, who, since his sentence, has bees most assiduous and unceasing in his attendance. When the hour of twelve o'clock had arrived, the Rev. Mr. Savage requested the sheriff to witness the declaration, of which I have given a copy above; but that functionary refused. The Rev. Gentle man then informed the prisoner that the hour was come for him ; and the prisoner, taking a crucifix in his hand, said, I follow Christ, and declare lam an innocent man.' The Rev. Mr. Masterman, wearing his surplice, then walked with the prisoner to the scaffold, repeating the Litany of Jesus aloud. When the prisoner appeared on the drop he • said, raising the crucifix, and in a calm, loud, and steady tone, and with an emphasis of awful and terrible solemnity—' I declare before my Ged that I had neither act, hand, part, or know ledge in the crime for which I am going to die here !' " This declaration, so pronounced, caused a shudder amongst the soldiery, and the prayer, 'The Lord have mercy on him,' burst from every lip. A few moments more and the unhappy man was launched into eternity. " The body, after the usual time of suspension, was cut down and placed in the coffin, and then his friends conveyed it to the late residence of the deceased, in the town of Mullin gar, amid the sobbing and burning tears of the townspeople. Thus ended the fearful tragedy. "The body will be interred on Sunday in Castletown, and although not a soul was present at the execution, some hun dreds of thousands will, I am assured, accompany poor Seery's remains to the grave. There was only one magis trate of the county (Mr. Uniacke) present. I cannot write more, for, in common with the whole inhabitants of the town, I am so shocked at what I have witnessed, that I am quite nerveless. God grant that I may never again have to describe such a scene. Gloomy silence now reigns, and all is tranquil. " The military will not, I understand, leave town for a day or two. " Seery was kept for an hour after the time appointed for his execution. Sir Guy Campbell was understood to have said that the delay arose from the expectation of a re prieve by the ten o'clock coach." THE ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR ANDOVER. ANDOVER, FEB, 14.—Since our last report of Wednesday's date, Brealev, the man shot this day week by Shurmur, has been rather better, and it is hoped now he will eventually recover. On Thursday last he was ordered by the doctors .50 drops of laudanum at three different periods during the night, each time he awoke. On Friday he was at times sensible and rational. This day (Saturday) Shurmur was brought from Win chester Gaol, arriving at the Andover station by 10 o'clock. At 12 o'clock precisely Mr. Van Santen, the superintendent of the Andover district, and Mr. J. Blair, of the Winchester district, brought him before the bench of magistrates—Col. Ironmonger, the Rev. C. Randolph, and the Rev. C. Dodson. The witnesses were in attendance. Mr. W. Smith, surgeon, was the first witness examined. After being sworn, he deposed that he had seen Brealey that morning. He was still at the cottage, gedrise ; and at. pre sent he believed he was progresaing favourably, but as yet could not pronounce bim out of danger. Jerobably, by next Saturday, he might be e .410-ao if he continued to improve as he had do el'ist twoday;; yet even then be would not be suffici ly recovered to be brought up to give evidence. 4• 14 - By Colonel Ironmonzpr—po.you think:be may be well enough to berftxamineff laera , by new .Wednes ay week ? Mr. Stnith4Tserhaptrhe may, if he sots op_as w las he h as done for the lt three days, but I snOuu n o t, positively ha w as ould. e to say After some further consultation, Friday, the 27t1; Fel)ru ry . was fixed for Shurmur's further and final examination , which day he is remanded to Winchester Gaol, on that day to be again brought up to Andover, the examination to coin.: silence at 10 o'clock in the morning, by which houeall wit= tresses are summoned to attend. Shurmur is much altered in his appearance sin ce M onday last, and expresse s g reat contrition, persisting he did not mean to shoot Brealey. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. —A return, procured by Mr. Hume, was issued on Saturday, showing the number of Acta of Parliament supplied to the public under the promulgation ordir, and to public departments in Great Britain, iu each ,• • 1935 to 1844, both in clusive. The Acts supplied ear i frol i in 1814, under the promulgation order, numbered 505,849, and to public departments. 43,313. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MA ILS.:—POiT-OFFICE.— By a notice affixed on Monday at the Gener.ilpost-office, the mails d for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Oadiz,Gibraltar, the M editerranean, Egypt, In Chine, the Wad Indies, America, Sydney, and New South Wales, will be dispatched as follows : —This day, Tuesday, the 17th Inst., the West Indies, New Grenada, Vigo, and Madeira, will be dispatched by the Tweed. The Peninsular will also on the same (this) day be conveyed by the Pacha. The Mediterranean. Egypt, India, China, with the Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, lonian Isles, &c., via Southamp ton, by the Oriental. The next mail for India, via Marseilles, will be t , dispatched tzne on Tuesday, the 24th inst. On Saturday, the 28th inst., . 0 .„......ae1 , the 3rd ofybiaNreehr South Wales, &c., by the Agincourt. On Tuesday, im ~.,,,,1 p:,... 3szawnrozp......oi i= p , T l : t ) he i H u ib ß e p rn E ia ß . . .- . THE LATE ' f ,:'.7:' - :-:jiris4fiat stabbing his ° . o nda n --.., :,-; It will be ,Ya,Tshh ooemraasakLero,waet, AND SUICIDE AT B aged n tf 73 o , , w d a o s nthe committed iith for f ..-.,..:.‘ , air: i . recollected that . ' • -, t,._ : .... - ,-, , ch he st ( ands charged • 1i',f4.:' ,. i,..._2. and ' , mallet until -1( 1195° ( th • ' i'esterda after committing the crime , e prisoner attempted to cut I • his own la sua l asti m y , bulacieutly revarere4 W un- A T 41 3 / 4 ,:i%i i a -- - 1.- S BATTERSEA-FIELDS. The fifth report (to the Queen's most excellent Majesty) the of the Commissioners appointed by warrant, bearing date 23d November, 1842, " to inquire into and consider the most effectual means of improving the metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communication within the same. In the year 1843, in connexion with the inquiries insti tuted by this Commission into the practicability of an em bankment of the north side of the Thames between Batter sea and Vauxhall-bridges, the attention of your Majesty's Commissioners was very earnestly directed to the expediency of purchasing and appropriating to the purposes e x a public park a portion of the large and yet unoccupied space known as Battersea-fields, on the south or Surrey side of the river. The course, however, which your Majesty's Commissioners had prescribed to themselves imposed upon them the duty of disposing, in the first place, of those measures which had either in themselves been recommended by Select Com mittees of the house of Commons, or had in principle, re ceived the sanction of Parliament, or of those which, as in the case of the embankment already adverted to, involved the expediency of making the interests of individual pro prietors instrumental in promoting objects of great public importance as regards the convenience, the health, and the recreation of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and in respect to which any delay might tend to endanger such chances of their accomplishment as the conjoint application of private contributions and public funds might present. The proposed improvement in Battersea-fields was not urged as a measure which fell under any of the conditions. The principle of securing open spaces for the public Is, indeed, so sound in itself, and so important in its bearings, that your Majesty's Commissioners could not fail to acknowledge it ; but, with the mass of evidence before them showing the de fective condition, in other most essential particulars of many portions of the town, your Majesty's Commissioners would have felt great difficulty in giving practical encouragement to the snlject of this report, except under the peculiar circum stances which now appear to them to render the project de• serving of the early consideration of your Majesty's Govern ment and of Parliament. The appropriation of Battersea-fields,' originally urged upon this Commission by Mr. Thomas Cubitt (in his evidence delivered before the Commissioners in 1843), was subse quently pressed upon its attention by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, as vicar of Battersea. And though the opinions of these gentlemen were found to differ widely in respect to the expense of such a project as originally proposed, and as to the many requisite details, yet they were strongly concur rent not only as to the objectionable purposes to which, in its present state, the locality is made available, but also as to all the considerations which bore upon the expediency of con verting it into a place of healthful and well Tegulated resort, and of securing for the public a site in which unusual facili ties are afforded for the recreation of all classes. Your Majesty's Commissioners obtained from these parties, I in evidence, all that could reasonably be expected from them. The estimates of Mr. Eden were submitted to them without any pretensions to professional accuracy ; and the testimony of Mr. Cubitt was unaccompanied by plans or general esti mates of any kind, it being understood that Mr. Cubitt's re commendation of the proposed improvement was offered on public grounds alone, and not in his capacity of builder, or of one in any way disposed to mix himself up in its execution as matter of pecuniary gain or speculation. Your Majesty's Commissioners, however, found enough in this evidence to justify them in making the project of a park at Battersea the subject of further investigation, and they accordingly instructed their professional officer, Mt. Pennethorne, in communication with the gentleman alreadr named, to examine carefully the locality, to info rm himself of the greatest extent of ground advantageously available for the purpose, the various tenures to which it was held sub ject, and the prices at which any portions of it had been recently sold ; and to lay before them a plan and estimate, showin the result of these 'inquiries, and the mode in which the site g proposed might be most profitably and beneficially appropriated. The result of these proceedings was to bring . under the consideration of your Majesty's Commissioners, in the first instance, three plans, viz., that of Mr. Eden, embracing a site of 313 acres ; a plan of Mr. Pennethorne, comprising 179 acres; and a plan designed to represent the principle of a terrace only, by the river side, comprising an area of not more than 96 acres. Each of these plans occupied an equal, or very nearly equal, frontage to the river. Upon a careful examination of these, with reference to the mode of appropriation which each would best admit of, Mr. Pennethorne was of opinion that the ultimate cost to the public of the first plan would be about 52,0001. ; of the second, 30,0001. ; and of the third, 26,0001. The saving in the last two of these cases being, in fact, effected by a cor responding sacrifice of those advantages which, in the opi nion of this Commission, would give to the project its chief recommendation as a public measure. Your Majesty's Commissioners, however, think it right to state that, even if it could have been effected without the sacrifice of any of these advantages, they should have hesi tated in the present state of their proceedings, and under the circumstances to which they have already adverted, to re commend the formation of a park at Battersea, with the pros pect of an ultimate loss to the public even of the smallest of the sums above mentioned. It only remained, therefore, for your Majesty's Commis sioners to consider whether any measures were in progress, or could be usefully devised, in connexion with the appro priation of the ground at Battersea to the purposes of a park, , which might deserve encouragement from your Majesty's Government, and which, while it should involve no addition lo the ultimate cost of acquiring the requisite site, would nevertheless, have its influence upon the value of such por tions as should be subsequently appropriated to building purposes, and afford, either to the public or to private speculators, the prospect of an adequate return for their money. Your Majesty's Commissioners have adverted, in the se cond of their reports, to a project (promoted by a public company) connected with the proposed embankment between Battersea and Vauxhall, for constructing a bridge across the Thames, in continuation of the extension of Sloane street to the river side. They requested the attention of Mr. Bird, the engineer to the company, and they examined quirt'. From the 01 . 611 - 6 o Y Alrl All'l4"inibrdS4 in; promoters of this measure have no Bill before Parliament ; that the estimates are based upon the assumption that the embankment will be first completed ; and that the proceed ings of the Company are, in fact, dependent very much upon the proceedings of that improvement. As the estimates of Mr. Pennethorne, in the first instance, had been made irrespectively of any such communication between the Surrey and Middlesex shores of the river, your Majesty's Commissioners instructed him to revise them, as suming such a communication—either as matter of private and separate speculation, or as part of the measure imme diately under their consideration—to be completed, and the land to be brought into immediate contiguity with the ex tensive and highly valuable portions of the town formed of late years west of Hyde- park-corner. In pursuance of these instructions, Mr. Pennethorne pre pared and laid before this Commission the plan which ac companies this report, comprising in the whole an area of 320 acres; and the result of a revision of his estimates upon the basis of the erection of a bridge (but exclusively of the cost of embanking the river) exhibited a probable outlay in pur chasing and laying out the ground for the park, of 154,2501., and a probable return for this expenditure of 179,2501., mak ing a balance in favour of the undertaking of about '25,000/. We think it right to state, however, that an embankment of the frontage to the river would appear to be an essential fea ture of this plan, and that the coat of such embankment would absorb the large portion of that balance. In pursuance, also, of instructions received from this Com mission, Mr. Page, who, as civil engineer, is employed on the embankment recommended on the Chelsea side of the river, laid before her Majesty's Commissioners designs and estimates of three descriptions of bridge, to form the com munication between the Middlesex and Surrey shores, at the point already referred to—one of brick, having seven arches, and being 42 feet iu width, the cost of which he estimated at 50,000/. ; one of timber, on piers of brick, having five arches, and being of similar width, estimated to cost 35,000/. ; and a suspension-bridge of iron, not exceeding 35 feet in width (being that of the bridge at Hammersmith), the execution of which he considered to be practicable at from 45,000/. to 50,0001. --contingencies in each included. Your Majesty's Commissioners were of opinion that, in principle, a suspension-bridge presented the most eligible mode of crossing the river, as admitting, from the thinness of its floor, of a better headway to the traffic on the river, in conjunction with an easier inclination of the roadway above; and as involving the smallest practical diminution of the navigable channel. Assuming each of the proposed bridges to have the same height and inclination of roadway, theatre timber,egt T e e r a e2 t : le a f t flee a er t it t e n a wa b na e ail e a s e wt l a e it v teh a d t i a o t enbaeb suspension-bridge, feet,h ig h withw a t a e r b , r i2 w ld i g t f h ee cot e ! llaving regard, however, to the possible requirements of the traffic, both by land and water, your Majesty's Commis missioners instructed Mr. Page to revise his estimates, sub ject to certain conditions given to him for his guidance; any from the result it appears, that allowing 24 feet 9 inches for the headway above high water, and 40 feet for the width of the road and footways between the respective shores, such a bridge may be constructed at an expense not exceeding in the whole the sum of 60,0001. Your Majesty's Commissioners thought it their duty, nevertheless, to inform themselves whether there were any application of the principle of suspension, differing from the mode which prevails in the construction of such bridges in this kingdom, which could be resorted to with less ex pense, and with a prospect of equal durability, and the adoption of which would be justified by the existence of known and approved examples in other countries; and if so, what would be the probable cost of such a structure in the present case, as compared with a suspension-bridge similar to that at Hammersmith. For this purpose they referred, as will be seen from the evidence, to Mr. William Tierney Clark, the civil engineer employed in the construe • tion of that bridge, and extensively acquainted with similar operations in foreign countries. From the report of Mr. Clark, it appears that he is not aware of any modifica tion of the principle of suspension as at present applied in this kingdom, the adoption of which he would deem advisa ble in the present instance; and that he estimates the pro bable cost of a bridge ur on the ordinary principle, over a water way of 750 feet, at Battersea, in width not less than 35 feet, and in the centre 23 feet above high water (Trinity datum), at about 45,000/. Looking to this testimony, there fore, in conjunction with that of Mr. Bird (already referred to), which probably includes a sum for expenses beyond the outlay upon the structure only, the sum of 60,0001, the amount of Mr. Page's estimate, may be taken as the pro bable outside cost of a communication across the river, amply sufficient for all the possible requirements for this locality. Any estimate of the probable return for this expenditure, your lajesty'e Commissioners are aware, must at the presept moment be conjectural ; and it must be admitted that expe rience in the case of such of the bridges connected with the m tdh e i t : r p o o po seda li p s tpeo as are at present dependent upon tolls, is not en couraging to speculations of this nature; but looking to the tt eeepa present populous eßsae districts tntterms eeaa and 18. 1 do of be communicationf found Vauxhall-bridges,on e ithe either andestiwdee teeenf the the t h e mf r a i e v ta e rreb thatlet least nripd two miles asunder, and considering that both the above important at r a ot r p e coiii ffi t t o ea l ri l i e b be r re i i d d g g e e s s: a circumstance constituting a very between your the it!. a jpereetsyepat Commissionerscas ande r o e f from the tolllt'scfonti*Gihs of sot less t i l ed :n -I'l lo er e re c p a e l r c t u , lations to be found in the evi dencewhich exhibit a probable re ceiptlt anew s, thererore POOL a year, and a consequent return ,cteen.eueper Majesty's ewhole expenditure, assuming a bridge to be Commissioners that constructed over the river at Chel sea, in immediate connexion with thesareposed embankment of the river on its northern shore, an t ! with the site r ef erre d before this ß C a ° tterse lg a sl i o s n o by in a Me. Penne thorne,to i n tll e t he evidenc eproject laid ef parka at finan cial point of view alone , well deserving the attention ne of your Majesty's Government. The Commissioners feel, moreover, that while the inha bitants of the rich districts on the west and south-west of London possess the advantages of the older parka—Hyde park, the Green-park, and St. James's-park—largely im proved and opened as they have been in later years; while the inhabitants of the northern district, the borough of Marylebone, have within the last quarter of a century been provided with the vast field for recreation and health w hich the Regent's-park supplies; and while the eastern districts of London have now the prospect of similar enjoy ment in the Victoria -park, the south of London has never possessed such means and area of exercise and pleasure. The whole, or at Wit tho wes t e rn pea of Soutlorea, h e the whole of Lambeth, may be considered as likely to benefit by the formation of a park on the south or right bank of the river, in the position of Battersea• fields, while the erection of a bridge on the site proposed would extend the advan tage to a large population on the northern or Mid dlesex shore of the river. The comforts thus opened to the vast and crowded masses of the metropolis would, by the great highway of the river, be made available to them in the cheapest, easiest and quickest mode by steam navigation, or very conveniently by land convey ance along the terraces. It is ne little recommendation of this scheme, in the eyes of your Majesty's Commissioners, that the realisation of this project would put alt end to the scenes of demoralisation which the existing almost lawless state of the locality presents daily, and chiefly on Sundays. This consideration is strengthened by the feeling that the places now disgraced by every kind of profligacy may hence forth be made a scene of happy and healthy enjoyment to large masses of your Majesty's subjects, now for weeks to gether pent up in the close alleys of this metropolis ; and your Majesty's Commissioners feel more anxious to impress at this time the importance of the plan proposed upon your Majesty's Government, inasmuch as every year's delay is likely to add materially to the expense of effecting it, by the increased value which every acre of land in the environs of London is constantly acquiring by the gradual extension of its limits. On these various grounds, therefore, the Com missioners are disposed to recommend to the early and fa vourable consideration of your Majesty, subject to the con ditions herein detailed, the plan for a park on the present site of Battersea-fields, in connexion with a bridge over the Thames in the same locality, and with the embankment of the northern shore of the river, which forms the subject of their second report. (Signed) LINCOLN, and the other Commissioners. Whitehall-place, July 23, 1845. GIBRALTAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—As up to this day I believe we are tie latest arrival from Gibraltar, and as an old subscriber to The Sun, I have troubled you with a few lines, to say that upon leaving Gibraltar, on the 31st ult., the steamer from England, due about the 23d or 24th, had not arrived. The steamer with the outward-bound India mail arrived there on the 31st. Her Majesty's ship Canopus was there, 17 days from Eng land, and was to sail on the 2cl for the West Indies with the 38th Regiment. There has been a continuance of heavier westerly gales than had been known for years in the Mediterranean ; all the ships spoken with had very long passages.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, C. P., Royal Yacht schooner Circassian. Devonport, Feb. 15, 1846. THE REV. I. M. CHANTER, M.A., VICAR OF ILFRACOMBE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt,—When I inform you that the Rev. I. M. Chanter, ♦icar of this parish, this day administered the sacrament of the Holy Communion, also performed part of the morning sei vice, and preached from St. Luke, ch. viii. v.ls,in the parish church of Ilfracombe, you may reasonably suppose that the representation in a paragraph of last evening's edition of The Sun is incorrect therefore I feel assured that you will not allow a day's publication to pass by without giving a positive and direct denial to the assertion that the Rev. I. M. Chanter, Vicar of Ilfracombe, has " conformed to the Roman Church." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT WILLIAM DICKINSON, Portreeve. Ilfracombe, Feb. 15, 1846. P.S. Perhaps you will have no objection to name the authority which induced you to publish the paragraph above referred to. [The paragraph in question was copied from the Daily News.] THE GREENWICH MURDER. On Saturday, at half-past 12 o'clock, the prisoners William Richardson and Ann Maria Richardson, his daughter, ar rived in the prison van from Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, and were shortly afterwards placed in the felons' dock, at the police-court, before Mr. Grove, the sitting magistrate. The Court was opened soon after 10 o'clock. The Rev. Robert Mayne was examined, and he said that he is the first assistant to Professor Airey, the Astronomer Royal at the Observatory, and resides at Park- terrace, Maize-hill, Greenwich. In the absence of the Astronomer Royal he acts in all respects for him. The male prisoner was one of the assistants. Richardson had leave of absence granted him on Saturday morning, the 14th of June, to Sun day evening, the 6th of July last, and was suspended from his occupation at the Observatory about the 27th of October. Frances Mills, housekeeper to Mr. Charles Robins, under taker, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, deposed, that she recollects a gentleman coming for a coffin. He asked for a small one, and she was sorry that neither Mr. Robins nor his man was at home. She said that there were some small ones on the shelf, and pointed to them, two in number. The prisoner said one was too small, the other might do. The man then came in. The prisoner is the person who bought it. Thomas Grace confirmed this witness's testimony. Jones, a labourer, who was examined on a former day, said the hole was open on the Saturday night, when he was paid his money. He saw it open at 6 o'clock. Richardson came in with a bundle. He was quite certain the hole was open ; four other men were waiting for wages at the time. He went again on the Monday following, when the hole was filled up. (If this witness be correct, the hole must have been dug before the death of the infant.) William Stanton, surgeon, deposed that he attended the female prisoner in June, 1845, at the request of Mrs. Richard son. He had subsequently conversed with Mrs. Richardson, and was led to believe from circumstances that she was preg nant, and left off his visits. Richardson said she had not her occasional visitations, which was the reason of her illness, and he subsequently felt satisfied she was enciente, when he did not repeat his visits. In October he attended the male pri soner for a serious illness. He was labouring under ulcerated sa r n. tl 2M a . t .nWidg e ftteli n a= g i ria r SAftagi l d i entring family-way, and admitted that he was the father of the child. He sad that society would view it as a great moral crime, and he should lose his situation at the Observatory, and that the child lived only a few days. Mrs. Reynolds, the nurse, deposed further to-day, namely, that on the day the child was taken ill there was a cup on the hearth containing rusks, or tops and bottoms. No milk was used. She was called next morning by Mrs. Richard son, at four o'clock, and told the child was dead. She went up and found it lying in the bed beside its mother. Mr. Richardson came again the next day. Witness put the body in the coffin. Mr. Riches, of London-street, Greenwich, apothecary, de posed that he lent Mr. Richardson some building plane in April list, as he told witness that he was going into York shire in order to have some houses built on his property. The plans were returned after Midsummer. The arsenic must have been purchased by Richardson subsequently to his returning the plans. William Cross, registrar of births and deaths, said no cer tificate had been presented to him, and consequently no entry made, in the name of Theodore Horatio Robinson, or Richardson. Dr. Leeson, in addition to his former evidence, said that he had since completed all the experiments for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of arsenic present in that portion of the body he had examined, and it amounted to four rains and about one•tenth of a grain. The immediate effect of arsenic greatly depended upon the mode in which it is ad ministered, the feod or substance in which it may be mixed, and the contents of the stomach at the time of swallowing it. Two letters were here read by Mr. Ffincb, the chief clerk, dated the 16th and the 26th of September, found upon the male prisoner when apprehended by Sergeant Wilson, at Pocklington, Yorkshire. One was from his wife, and the other from the female prisoner. The first related to the labour pains, written by the prisoner's wife, and the other about the child's illness, and were calculated to lead an in different person astray as to the motives of the writers. This being the whole of the evidence adduced to-day, Mr. GROVE rose from his seat, and addressing the male prisoner, said—William Richardson, you have been already found guilty, under the verdict of a coroner's jury, of wilful murder. You will now leave this court, and be committed to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court on the 23d of this present month. You are no longer charged with the mere concealment of the birth and death of the child. but the awful and deliberate crime of wilful murder, under the most atrocious circumstances. And you, Ann Maria Richardson, stand committed also as an accessory to the deed. The prisoners were then removed from the dock into the reserve-room, where they commenced conversation together; and, in answer to something that was said by the female prisoner, the father patted her on the shoulder and laughed as though nothing serious bad occuared. and I We regret to hear that General Lord Bloomfield, Commandant at Woolwich, continues indisposed. We have to announce the demise of Viscountess Doneraile, who expired last week at the Noble Viscount's seat, in the county of Cork. Her Ladyship Is as daughter of the late Earl of Bandon, and was married, in 1816, to the present Viscount Doneraile, by whom her Ladyship has left one son, the Hon. Hayes St. Leger. The Bishop of Killaloe and other families of distinction have been placed in mourning by her Ladyship's demise. HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.—The Earl of Ross lynn, Lord Sheffield, several military officers in garrison at Windsor, and a field of upwards of two hundred and fifty were at the meet on Friday at Beaconsfield. It being the day on which the February fair is held in that town, the foot people included a mob of between 1,200 and 1,500 of the yokels of the neighbouring villages. The celebrated little deer Sailor, which was selected for the day's sport, upon being uncarted near Holtspur Gate, took away in beautiful style towards Holtspur Bottom, doubling to the right of the village of Penn, through Penn Wood to Wycomb Common. where it was headed back through the wood to Penn-street. Sailor then went right a-head, at a racing pace, crossing part of Shardeloes Park, on to Amersham, and was taken at Wil den Gate, near the town, after one of the best runs this sea son, of an hour stud twenty minutes. Upwards of one hun dred were up at the finish. The meet to-day will be at the Grand Stand at Ascot, and on Friday at the Magpies on Hounslow-heath. There will be a by-day on Wednesday. The fixture has not yet been made public. SUICIDE THROUGH MATRIMONIAL DIFFERENCES.— On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Queen's Head Fashion-street, Spitalfields, on view of the body of Mrs. Eliza Blount, aged 41, the wife of a respectable chemist an.i druggist, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, who committed suicide. Mr. Griffin, 47, Red Lion-street, Spitalfields, grocer and oilman, said that the deceased was his wife's sister. She bar. b&ii living at his house for the last three months, having separated from her husband, on account of di ff erence , which had long existed. During the last few days she had ale. peered very unhappy. The previous morning, about sever: o'clock, his wife went, up to deceased's room to call her, when upon not finding her, she informed witness, who proceededto another room, where he discovered her suspended by a box cord. He cut her down, eekkent for Mr. Hart, surgeon. Union-street, who, upon examining qe deceased, pronounce( life to be extinct. Verdict—Teinporary Insanity. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a select circle at dinner on Saturday last, iy,e'lbeir mansion in Carton-house-terrace. The Noble Visc9fanfeoeceived com pany at a subsequent period of the eviWg.• ' The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknoitle fil ges the receipt of a 501.-note (No. 51,567,. 21st May, 1844), 4opit " Con science." This money will be plactd to the' public aceouittown lug-street, Feb.l6. On Monday morning therremains Jeremidh Vence btark, and Helen Stark, his young wife, whom l fe murder After wards destroying himself, were buried in one grave in, the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, near Bow. SUDDEN ATTACK OF ILLNESS.—T. 11.4 - 14ps, Esq., very o ralrarmENicngzestalNte. ST. .TA MER ' S j lih m ip E p s s ,s w p as A a u t z t . he ; 3 1 the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions held at Warminster, Wilts, was attacked with a fit of paralysis on Monday, and remains in a the Petty Sessions at Westbury. y, th a e t used notices of offences in the Park duri ngmonth same timeat Saturda y, sit tinga n posted at all the principal entrances of thehi l the past es w!t . c osure of St. J Park, by order of the Commissioners of Wood. Fores ts. am One individual was committed for three months and din e e above park. A second case is named of a fem ale or ln indecency in to drown herself; she was handed to her Iliends, who promised to place her in some asylum. The notices haying been issued throughout the parks has been the means of almost entirely checking the many acts e( egleeeecy that were WWI, tales placc. NAVAL . INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, FEB. 15.—The Myrtle steam-vessel, with the crew of the Princess Alice steam-vessel, came round to Woolwich from Dover last week, and were transferred to the latter vessel under Commander L. Smithett, and re turned to Dover to resume their duties in the Princess Alice, now ready for sea, and employed on that station. The Phcenix steam-frigate, Captain John Robe, has been placed under orders to convey Captain Hennis's company, 2d battalion of the Royal Artillery, to Jersey, to relieve Captain Dupuid's company, Bth battalion. The Garland, iron steam-vessel, building at Blackwell for the packet service, on the Dover station, will be launched on the 26th instant. The Sphinx, steam-vessel, built in the slip next to the Royal Albert, 120 guns, in Woolwich Dockyard, will be launched on Thesday next, the lith instant. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—The Right Hon. Lord Ellenbo rough, First Lord of the Admiralty, has announced his in tention to Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Ilart., the Commander-in- Chief, of visiting this port to-morrow (Saturday). His Lord ship is expeced to arrive at the Royal Clarence victualling establishment, Gosport, at five o'clock. No announcement has been received of his Lordship's in tention to bold a levee, but a distinguished party of guests (1.8 in number) are invited to dine with his Lordship at seven o'clock to-morrow evening, at the George Hotel. The Retribution, steam -frigate, dropped down from her moorings alongside the Alfred this morning to moorings abreast of the King's-stairs. She has 500 tons of coals on board. The Janus, steam -sloop, was hauled down from her posi tion opposite the new slips last night, and moored alongside the dockyard for the convenience of the workmen. The Speedy, 2, Lieutenant Commander Spong, having re fitted, sailed this morning for the eastward, taking supernu meraries for the Snake, Electra, and Scout. The Emerald, tender, sailed to-day for Devonport with newly-raised men. The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, and the Chil ders, 16, preparing for the pendant, will be undocked to morrow, and the Alfred , 50, will take their place to be expe dited for speedy . re-commission. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, will go out of the basin to-morrow. The Scourge, steam-bomb-vessel, Commander Ca. in, is coming into harbour on Monday to repair damages caused by tiring hermortar on Tuesday. SUNDAY, Fan. 15.—LordEllenborough, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Rear-Admiral Bowles, accompanied by the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, First Secretary to the Admiralty, and Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and Archi tectural Work, arrived yesterday afternoon at three o'clock by the ordinary express train of the South-Western Railway, to pay a visit to this port. Their Lordships were received at the Royal Clarence Vic tualling Establishment by Captain Carter, R.N. superinten dent ; Mr. Town master attendant, and Mr. T. T. Grant, F.R.S., storekeeper, and by these officers conducted over the establishment. At about half-past 8 their Lordships entered the Ad miralty barge (which had been in waiting some time in charge of Flag-Lieutenant Morris), and went on board the Rattler, Commander Smith, when the process of unshipping the screw through the deck was exhibited to their Lord ships, who also went into the engine-room and inspected the machinery, which having done, they left the Rattler, entered, the barge, and crossed over to the King's-stairs of the dock yard, where their Lordships were received by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander - in - Chi ef, Rear-Ad miral Hyde Parker, Superintendent of the Dockyard, Captain Sir Richard Grant (Flag Captain), and the Captains and Commanders of all the ships in commission, together with the dockyard officers, who escorted their Lord ships round the establishment. They inspected the various storehouses, the new ships building, the new steam basin, &c. Their Lordships left the dockyard at five o'clock, and pro ceeded to the George Hotel, where the First Lord entertained at dinner the following officers ;—Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.; Rear-Admiral Parker R ear -Admiral Bowles, Cap. taro Carter, Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Yard and Hasler Hospital; the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., Captain Brandreth, R.E. ; Captain Sir Richard Grant, of the St.. Vincent; Colonel Jones, Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines; Captain Denison, Officer of Royal Engineers in charge of works ; Captain Corry, of the Superb ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent ; Captain Lushing ton, of the Retribution; Captain Seymour, of the Carysfort ; Captain MoubrayA of the Victory; and four other officers, whose names we could not obtain. This morning their Lordships left the Sallyport in the Admiralty barge, and went on board the Rattler screw steam-sloop t - , at Fen o'clock, and steamed out to Spithead to attend church 'on board the Superb, 80, Captain Corry. After church their Lordships partook of a dejeune on board with Captain' Corry. Their Lordships returned into harbour about three, and inspected the new works of defence in progress at Block house, the,powder magazine at Priddy's Hard, the Excel lenftunnery-shipa&c. Their Lordships, together with the Hon. Mr. Corry, Sir William Symons„,eurveyor cdthe navy, Major-General Sir Hercules andatLady Pakenham, Rear-Admiral Parker, Capt. Sir RicharcbGrant, Captain Chads, Captain C orr y , Ca p tai n Brown, R.N., M,rs. Brown, Captain Brandreth, Mr Richard Haig, secretary to Sir Charles 041 e ; and Flag- Lieutenant Morris, dine this evening with Sir Charles Ogle, and the family circle, atliiheeAdmiraltv• house. Every preparation•was made by Sit... Richard Grant, and the other captains, to alien yards and salute, but their Lordslrips declined to be ed honoured, and no A nnouncement was made of their arrival, except a salute of 10 guns from the platform battery. The Admiralty: flag has not beenloisted. The Alfred, 50, was docked yesterday to be brought for • ward foe re- commission +with all dispatch. The Retribution, steam-frigate, Captain Lushington, moved down to moorings opposite the King's-stairs, on Fri day. An accident, which might have been attended with most disastrous consequences, but for itstimely discovery, occurred on board this ship on Friday evening. The gallery fire burnt through the deck into the coal-bunkers, which are immediately underneath, and set fire to them. Fortu nately the discovery was made in time, or the ship might --•- ‘-sss seriously injured,„ if not destroyed, by the " de vouring element. rbs has bean talc cu vat arm graced in a dockyard lump alongside the ship, where all cooking, &c., is now being,done, while the damages caused by the fire are beingrepatred. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, was taken out of the basin yesterday, to her hulk on the Gosport side. The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, and the Childers, 16, were undockei yesterday. The Cambrian, 36, will bd brought down to-morrow, to be prepared for r e-commission. The surveyor of the navy, Captain Sir W. Symonds, is at ,hls port in attendance upon the Lords of the Admiralty. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant—Sir W. S. Wiseman, of the Excellent, to the rank of Commander. Mates—L. IL Hammett (1810), G.Greathead (1840), H. B. King (1842), R. Dew (1842), and H. Boys (1843), to the rank of Lieutenant. .APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Sir T. Herbert, K.C.8., to the Raleigh. Commander—W. Horton, to the Cygnet, vice Leyton. Lieutenants—R. L. Curtis, from the Hibernia, to the Virago; W. C. Forsyth, from the Hibernia to the Botetta ; 11. Bailey, from the Hibernia to the Hecla ; J. B. Kinsman, to the Ferret ; 11. King, to the Agincourt ; H. G. Simpson, and A. Wilmshurst. to the Excellent; G. H. H. Greathead, to the Harlequin ; H. F. W. Ingram, to the Raleigh. Surgeon—James Smith (b), from the Inconstant, to the Warspite, in exchange with John Campbell. Chaplain—Rev. E. S. Phelps, to the Caledonia, rice Payne, to Plymouth Hospital. Assistant -Surgeon C. N. Wilkinson, to the Cyclops. Mates—W. M. K. Joliffe, and C. Poles, from the Virago, to the Hibernia ; C. Vesey, to the Rapid; F. W. Smith, to the Terrible; F. Rooke, to the St. Vincent. Midshipman—R. B. Oldfield, to the Excellent. Clerk in Charge—lL Conquer, to the Speedy. Naval Cadets—A. H. Crainser, to the Wanderer; R. Wright, and C. R. Bloxam, to the Hibernia. Clerk—J. S. Hopper, to the Wanderer. Gunners-4. Donovan, to the Ferret ;W. Hurst, to the Cyclops. COAST GUARD. Removals—Commander T. C. Sver, Inspecting Comman der of Chifden district, to Gorey district, vice Lieutenant Boileau, previously removed k Lieutenant J. P. Brouncker, in command of Straith's station, to Coatham station, vice Stubbin, previously removed. ROYAL DIARIXES. First Lieutenant—G. Drury, from the Warspite to the Inconstant, in exchange with Second-Lieutenant W. B. Haberfield. Second-Lieutenant —R. F. Tucker, to be first, vice Arnold, who retires on half-pay. 1 844. D b o u u t k i y t a i r s cl oi y ,l es y LAUNCH OF TOE SPHYNX STEAM-FRIGATE.—This beautiful vessel, built evening. in hiay, the last built from the designs o f Sir Willi a m Symonds, Surveyor - General of the a er N k a e v e l y w , launchedWoolwich few weeks that any extra ordinar y exertions have been used to com plete her, and during this latter period the men have been a l mos t in laid cessantly at work upon her. se that her progress has lately been very remarkable. The preparations made for launching her were under the direction of 0. Lang, Esq., the master builder. Notwithstand ing the lateness of the evening, and the unfavourable state of the weather, there were about 1,000 persons present at the launch, amongst whom were Sir P. Collier, C. 8., the captain superintendent of the Dock-yard, Colonel Barney, commanding royal engineer, and several officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines. The dog Shores were knocked away, and at 5 minutes before 5 o'clock, the vessel, which appeared at first to bang- a little, owing to the very gradual inclination of the ways, went off slowly into her native ele ment, amidst the cheers of the workmen. She was brought up at a few yards' distance in the river. From her mould she promises to be a vessel of considerable speed. She will be towed round to Mr. Penn's factory, at Deptford, where her engines will be immediately fitted. The following are the dimensions of the Sphynx : it. in. Length between perpendiculars .... 180 0 Keel for tonnage Breadth (extreme) .. „ for tonnage ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • . 35 8 4 „ moulded. • • Depth in held -•••••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • -• • • 20 11 Burthen in tong, 1,061 12-94. Her armament, which will be put on board as soon as her engines are fixed, will be as follows : 2 ••• • • • 42 pounders ••• • • • 84 cwt. (pivot guns.) 2 ...... 83 ~ 64 „ 2 ••• • .. 42 „ .. 22 „ The Garland steam-vessel, building at Mr. Fletcher's yard at Limehouse, will be launched on the 26th inst. She is building under the superintendence of Mr. 0. Lang, inn., and is in u tended to be placed with the line of packets that run between Dover, Calais, and Ostend. The Devastation had her steam up this afternoon in the inner basin, to try her engines. LOSS OF THE STEADFAST AND ARETHUSA, usgdalen Islands, Dec. 26, 1845. Sir,—When I last wrote to you I advised the report of a ship being uebec, stol, r Steadfast,John Adams. master , fr om Q on shore at Brion Island, since which that report has been confirmed by apart of the crew having reached me. She proves to be the ti ship and deal laden. The captain and five of the crew remain there for the purpose of saving the materials, &c. I have also to report the loss of the barque Arethusa, of Marypert, Wm. Lester, master, from Montreal, bound to Plymouth, flour and wheat laden, abandoned by the crew in their long boat on the ing, all of the crew being evening of the 7th December, when about 30 miles N.W. of the Magdalen Islands, and landed on Brion sland the following even s° severely frozen they will have to re main here during the winter. I have also further to acquaint you that Brion Island is not in habited, and from the exhausted state in which the latter crew landed, being unable to save their boat and without provisions, every soul must have inevitably perished ha d the y not fortunately met the crew of the former ship still there.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, barque Mar (Sig, ned) LLOYD'S AGENT. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. • The agent to Lloyd's, at Portland, Unit on edshore Statnear Baile es, referringy's Mis to the in November last, states that a Practice exists amongst the English y, of London, having got and American masters of vessels bound to that port, seeking aid from indirect sources rather than to the authorised persons, such as the Consul-General, Sec. ----- To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query i s proposed.—Why do all the first cutlers of Europe use and recommend Saunders' Four-sided Tabl et Razor Strop? The answer is, simply because it is the O n ly one that gives to a razor a keen and sm ooth edge. Manufactory, 705. ~_stran d, MELANCHoLT SUDDEN ITEATE....T. - regret to an nounce the sudden death of Mr. Edward Jore y , clerk in her Ma jesty's dockyard at this port. Deceased wa s In the not of preparing to go t o th e gveulag service 01 St. John's Chapel iii Stllll,ty last, when he complained that he felt a pain in his chest, and almost instantly expired. lis was universally respected, Dem Port Telegraph. -, :,,~ _ "~ r ~ '~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 18. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to (Iv a the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were '47,ori. Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court and the Right Honourable Thomas Pemberton Leigh, tke Chancellot of the Duchy of Cornwall. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with oolostia nd ecclesiastical appeals of no general interest. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 18. The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day. Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the part-heard poll tion in the matter of Britten. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb.' 18. The Vice-Chancellor of England took causes to-day, none of which possessed any particulars ofinterest. COUR?' OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 18. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SMITH V. LORD FERRER& This case, at least that portion of it which was yesterday opened for the defendant by the long and laboured speech of the Attorney- General, and subsequently supported by the evidence adduced up to the rising of the Court, has caused it to take an almost novel and extraor dinary turn, and the interest it had at first created appeared this morning to have increased tenfold. The rush of the crowd at the doors was tremen dous, and in a moment after they were throvrn open every part of the Court was filled ; but precautions had been taken to prevent the passages being filled as they were yesterday. The Solicitor- General, who is leading counsel for Miss Smith, and who did not ap pear in Court either on Monday or yesterday, took his place this morning at the sitting of the Court. Devereux Shirley, Esq., was the first witness called—l am the only brother of Lord Ferrers. I was with my regiment in Scotland in 1844. I joined it in 1843, about the end of March. I had not leave of absence at any time until the year 1845. I never quitted my regiment during that time. Ido not know Miss Smith, the plain tiff, and I never saw her to my knowledge. In the early part of February, 1844, I did not see Miss Smith, and say to my brother she was unwell. As I said before, I have never seen her at all. I have never been at Brighton at all. lam not skilful at sketching, and I never drew in my life. I would not be able to sketch the naked shoulders of three Scotch ladies.—(Laughter.) I am not acquainted with Lord Claude Hamilton. lie did not call for me in the year 1844 at my brother's room. I never heard of such a person. The two letters marked Y. now handed me, I never wrote. I never:wrote a letter of any sort to Miss Smith. I did not meet her at Ashby in 1844. I never had any conversation with her about a bonnet, and never gave her or anybody else a note to put in the bonnet-box. The Coma —That note has not been put in. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No, my Lord. (To the witness)—l never gave a note to anybody at any time to put in a bonnet-box to Miss Smith. I never sent a " jascynth" ring from my brother to Miss Smith, or to anybody else. The ring now shown me I have never seen before. (Here the Attorney-General read the extract of the alleged letter of Lord Ferrers to plaintiff, stating that this ring the defendant took from his hand while in bed, and sent it to plaintiff by the witness.) I was not at my brother's bedside at the time alleged in the letter. I was then in Scotland. I have never received any letters from my brother signed otherwise than " Tamworth" or " Ferrers." My brother was not in the habit of gambling. I never knew him to lose a farthing at cards or any other description of gambling. I never knew him to write on scraps of paper. The letters now shown me are not in his writing. Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS-1 have no letters of my bro ther's with me. I saw some of his letters on Saturday night in the possession of Mr. Jessop. He showed me about twenty. My ownletters are in Oxfordshire. Before Mr. Jessep showed me these letters I had received several from my bother; there were Mr. Ell and my sister, and Mr. Wm. Ell present on Saturday night. The object was to examine my brother's handwriting. I did not look at the dates, but some of them were written from abroad. I first joined the regiment at Paisley, thence we went te Fort George, and Glasgow and Edinburgh I have left the army since. It was when I was a little boy that I was at Austray. I know of no relative who resembles me. lam now twenty years of age. It was about a year ago that I first heard of this proceeding. My brother told me he had never seen Miss Smitnin his life, and did not know who she was, and had never heard the name of Smith at Austray. It was after I returned from Scotland he told me this. lie was a young man of spirit and fun. I joined in one of his larking parties at Cbartley before I joined the army. I forget what it was, it is Rocha time since. I have been in a boat with him at night. We were pulling round the moat. The COURT —Do you think it worth while to prosecute this at any length, after what you have heard? Witnees—l never saw before the letter now shown me. I have not the least idea of the writer of the envelope now shown Inc. Mr. Francis Jessop—l am attorney at Yarmouth. I was concerned for the late Lord Tamworth and his father. I was attorney for the guardians of the present Earl. I was never concerned for the present Earl. I have had a good deal of correspondence with him ; and all the money remitted to him, while he was at school or abroad, passed through my hands. I was not his confidential attorney. By the COURT—He has said he never was his attorney at all. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—We are not asking general questions, but questions In pursuance of certain expressions used in certain Letters. Witness (In continuatioa)—The letters now shown me do not in the least degree resemble, either in the signature or in the body, the writing of Earl Ferrers ; he always wrote to me on sheets of note paper or letter paper. Mr. Hammett came to me, and showed me some letters, which I said I did not think were Lord Ferrers' writing ; but I said that In consequence of the position I was in in regard to Lord Ferrers I would not wish to say much about it. I do not recollect that any of the letters now shown me were those brought to me by Mr. Hammel], but one of them referred to a Mr. Neville. I showed Mr. Hammen some of Lord Ferrers' letters, and he said he did not think the writing was the same. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL—What did Mr. Hammel' say? The SouctTon-GEstertat objected, and the question was not pressed. Cross-examined—The bodies of the letters I showed Mr. Hammell were written by Lord Ferrers; they certainly were not written by a lady. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then said he had a few observations to make to the Court. Owing to kis unavoidable absence for the last two days he had heard nothing of four letters which were produced yesterday by his Learned Friend the Attorney-General on behalf of the defendant, and it was net until this morning, and after his Lordship had taken his seat on the bench, that he had heard of them. Those letters had also come with equal surprise upon the respectable attorney conducting the cause for the plaintiff, as well as upcn the respectable family of the young lady herself. Therefore, at this most mysterious part of this most mysterious case, and taking into consideration the ex traordinary fact that those four letters had been identified by the mother of the lady herself, and that they had come by surprise upon not only the parties he had mentioned, but likewise upon his Learned Friends who were assisting him. Under these circumstances he would pray his Lordship would be so kind as to allow him to with draw from the case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had only an observation to make. lle had no objection to his Learned Friend adopting this course - but he would pray that those four letters should be impounded , and that the handkerchiefs should also he placed in the custody of the °Meer of the Court. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL begged that all the other letters should be impounded also. COURT—Certainly. The plaintiff was then declared non-suited, and thus abruptly, and moat unexpectedly, terminated, after three and a half days' in. 41.: Wt. U11114.4a a court of justice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • BOW-STREET. The charge against Mr. Edward Bryant Carey, of forging office copies of documents, which has been before the Court for the last six weeks, and of which full particulars have appeased in the columns of The Sun, on each examination, was finally brought before Mr. Twyford this morning. No further evidence was given and the prisoner was fully com mitted. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Lilly, farmer, Brinepitts, Worcestershire—first div. of Is. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Adamson, grocer, Stockport—first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. T. Harvey, innkeeper, Wandsworth—second div. of 4s. in the pound, Feb. 14, and three following Saturdays, at the office e Mr. Groom, Abchurch -lane. It. Edwards, draper, Aberdovey, Merionethshire—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Backhouse, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 10s. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. C. Flowers, cattle dealer, Whltchurch, Buckinghamshire, March 10, at half-past eleven—F. Dixon, curlier, Long-lane, Bermondsey, March 11, at twelve—C. J. Banister, linendraper, Derby, March 12, at twelve—ll. Baker, merchant, Mark-lane, City, March 12, at eleven—J. Mohon and R. Simonds, wine merchants, Mincing-lane, March 12, at half-past eleven—J. Mohon, wine merchant, Mincing lane, March 12, at half-past eleven--J. Aplin, scrivener, Bicester, March 12, at half-past eleven. In the Country. A. Parkinson, wine merchant, Leeds, March 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court —W. Lendon, sen., and W. Lendon, jun., cur riers, Exeter, March 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court—C. Bar ber, calico printer, Denham Springs, Lancashire, March 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Clarke, mercer, Rugby, March 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the con trary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Brooke, miller, Gooderstone, Norfolk, March 12 —R. Tate, sil versmith. Regent-street, March 12 —F. Dixon, currier, Long-lane, Bermondsey, March 12-11. Leman and T. K. Bryan, wharfingers, Old swan-pier, Upper Thames-street, March 10 —C. J. Blunt, civil engineer, Great Ormond-street, Queen -square, March 10 —J. H. Rand, dealer in glass, Westminster -bridge-road, March 12 —R.Castle, grocer, Twyning, Gloucestershire, March 17—H. Woodgate, horse dealer, Kingston, Dorsetshire, March 12-0. W. and J. F. Gee, drapers, Leeds, March 11—J. Laidman, shipowner, Liverpool, March 10—T. and J. Walker, upholsterers, York-road, Lambeth, March 10 —J. Wake, timber merchant, Silverrone, Northamptonshire, March 10 Butterworth, plumber, Manchester, March 10—D. B. Smith, merchant, Liverpool, March 10—S. Phillips, hatter, Hull, March 10. PARTNX RSIIIPS D I SSO 'NED. T. W. and J. Glover, coach-spring makers, Drury-lane—F. W. Yeowell and W. Kirby, gas fitters, Litchfield-street, oho—R. Yarrow and W. Overton, tailors, Trimley, Surrey—J. Hanson and J. Milnes, woolstaplers, Huddersfield—T. and G. K. Farrar, Scholes, Yorkshire —J. T. Smith and S. Woodhouse, stockbrokers, Manchester—E. Brimelow and W. Jeffs, bobbin turners, Wigan, Lancashire—R. Ashton, W. Jackson, and A. Howe, merchants, Sheffield (so far as regards A. Howe)—J Vigurs, B. P. Batten, J. Batten, Louis Vigurs, T. James, and W. Gilbertson, copper smelters, Castle Baynard-wharf, Thames-street—E. Farnden aid E. Turquand, Long-acre—J. Whit tington, and C. Castle, attorneys, Bristol—J. W. Walker and E. Bentley, rope makers, Bury—J. Watts, It. Thompson, and R. Wortley, engineers, Norwich—D. Cloves, P. Cloves, and E. Kirlew, coal merchants, Storehouse-wharf, Ratcliffe (so far as regards E. Kirlew)—C. Ilird and J. Lawson, common brewers, South Church, Durham—lt. Bennett and J. Dineley, attorneys—M. 31. and H. M. Salomons, Manchester—J. T. Brameld and J. D. Beckitt, glass dealers, Titchborne-street, Haymarket—ll. Dixon and J. Dixon, coopers, Liverpool—T. and D. Wilson, booksellers, Halifax, York e shire—H. Hanesworth and W. Bonner, hatters, Kingston-upon-Hull T. Orrell and J. Hulme, comb manufacturers, Little Bolton, Lan cashire—W. Green and S. Cave, engineers, Manchester —A. and B. Bide, glove manufacturers, Yeovil, Smeereetshire—J. Palmer and E. Holt, pin manufacturers, Birmingham —G. R. Wyatt and W. F. Barlow, surgeons, Oxford—H. Tyler and T. Lloyd, brassfounders, Whitecross-street—T. Robinson, W. C. Cocks, and F. H. Adams, farmers, Ross, Herefordshire—R. Pocklington, G. Frackelton, and E. T. Jury, meat salesmen, Newgate-market (so far as regards It. Pocklington)—T. Patts and J. Nicholson, jun., Queen-street, Cheap aide—W. Dickson, W. Burnie, T. B. Venn, W. Dickson, C. Arkcoll, and W. Dickson, merchants, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope (to far as regards W. Burnie). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Dewar Burden, farmer, Feddal, Feb. 24 and March 21, at twelve, at Kinross' Inn, Dunblane. Peter Tannehill and Co., manufacturers, Paisley, Feb. 20 and March 13, at one, at the chambers of Reid and Henderson, Paisley. Armstrong Munn, jun., manufacturer, Glasgow, Feb. 21, and March 14, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Marshall, Hill, and • 11111, Glasgow. Andrew Zuill, spirit merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 20 and March 14, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow. The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official residence in Downing-street. IS GLAMORGANSHIRE SATISFIED WITH THE PRO POSED MINISTERIAL MEASURES?—Whatever opinions in dividuals might entertain respecting the alterations proposed by Sir Robert Peel in the laws regulating the importation of corn, as well as other portions of his tariff in which im portant reductions are made in the duties on various articles of general consumption, we conceive that the above question, as it regards the opinions of the inhabitants of this impor tant county, taken collectively as a whole, may be easily and satisfactorily answered. If we refer to the feelings of the extensive manufacturing and commercial interests of Swansea, Neath, and the immediate vicinities the senti ments entertained in reference to this subject have been attested by demonstrations made since the enunciation of the Government scheme, as well as on repeated occasions previously. The same observations may be applied to the extensive iron districts of Merthyr, Sirhowy, and other placed situated in the Glamorganshire hills, which abound in riches hitherto but partially developed. The mea sures, we repeat, have met a reception on the part of the inhabitants of these portions of the county, the meaning of which is not to be mistaken. The opinions of the inhabi tants of the agricultural districts must be collected by a kind of negative process ofreasoning—not by inquiring what they have done, but what they have not done, and com paring this with what they have done on former occasions. There have been no demonstrations against the measure throughout the county. With regard to the opinion of the tenant-farmers of this district, we can safely aver that the majority have heard of the proposed changes with much satis faction, only regretting that this question, which has been so long a topic of and dissension between various classes, is not to be more speedily terminated by immediate abolition. Taking into consideration all these circumstances. we imagine the question with whi..ll tlii rticle commonc , l, without fear of contradiction, be answered in the affirmative, that, on the whole, Glamorganshire is satisfied with the Ministerial measure& Cantbrian. CASE of POISONING at BROMLEY The further inquiry into the above mysterious affair was again renewed yesterday, at the Swan Inn, Bromley, by Mr. Carter, the coroner. Since the last adjournment Superintendent Pearse and Inspector Field of the metropolitan police have been actively engaged in making inquiries, and have been in constant communication with the coroner, and Mr. Field was present during the whole of the pro ceedings yesterday. Before any evidence was adduced, a gentleman named Rose addressed the coroner, and said he attended as the professional adviser of the Rev. Mr. Verrall, to watch the case on his behalf. He at the same time said that that gentleman was ready and anxious to give all the information in his power, but from some circumstances of misrepresentation that had transpired, tending to pre judice his character, he requested permission to attend on the present occasion as ,ais legal adviser. The CORONER said he was not aware of any evidence having been adduced tending to throw suspicion upon any party. The Gain was an open Court, and had been s,) all along, and the gentleman was at liberty to be pre sent if he pleased. The inquiry was then proceeded with. Mr. H. Beau nont Leeson. physician of St. Thomas's Hospital, and lecturer on chemistry and forensic medi cine, was the first witness examined, and his evidence was of an important char tcter, as tending to show the impossibility of the deceased having destroyed herself. It will he remembered that a small phial was found in the soil of the water• closet where the deceased was found dead, and it was supposed by some persons that this had contained the poison, and that it had dropped from the deceased's hard. This supposition, however, was nexatived to a considerable extent by the evidence of Mr. link, the surgeon, of Bromley, who was first called in, and his evidence was eetirely confirmed by Dr. Leeson, who stated that, in his opinion, the phial had been in the place where it was found for a considerable time, and that it had originally been used as a smelling bottle, and that it had never contained prussic acid. Dr. Leeson detailed a variety of experiments he had tried with the sal-ammonia that was contained in the phial when it was found, and said that, by adding a small quantity of lime-water to it, the pungency of the salts was immediately restored, and fur want of this he said he had no doubt the bottle had been thrown away. The witness then explained that the effect of adding lime water to the sal-ammonia, when it had lost its power, was immediately to refresh it, as it were, and restore the smell. In answer to a question from the Coroner, Dr. Leeson said that the effect of mixing prussic acid with sal-am monia would be like giving the poison and the antidote ; and he considered that the effect would be to entirely neutralise the effect of the prussic acid. He was not prepared to say that the mixture would be perfectly harmless, but certainly the power of the poison would be to a great extent destroyed. The CORONER: I believe, Dr. Leeson, it is pretty well understood that smelling salts, or sal-ammonia, is an antidote to prussic acid?—Dr. Leeson: So much so, that a gentleman I know took a large dose of prussic acid on purpose to try the experiment. He had a person stand ing by him when he took the poison, with some strong smelling salts, which were immediately applied to him, and he found no ill effects from the poison. I have not tried the same experiment upon myself, but I have upon CORONER.—And always with the same result?.—Wit ness.—Certainly. He then proceeded to state that from an analysis of the contents of the stomach of the deceased, a portion of which had been shown to him, he had no doubt they contained prussic acid, and that in consider able quantity. He should state, however, that prussic acid was a poison of such a diffusable charactet , that it entered the blood and moved through the whole system, and in order to ascertain the actual quantity that had been administered, it would be necessary to distil the entire body. The CORONER remarked, that in the evidence pre viously given by Dr. Stott, he stated that he distinctly discovered the smell of prussic acid in the brain of the deco sed. In answer to further questions put by the CORONER, Dr. Leeson said that the result of his investigation was an opinion that a large quantity of prussic acid had been taken by the deceased, and that the bottle which was found in the water-closet had never contained prussic acid. A juror said he should be glad if Dr. Leeson would inform him whether, supposing the deceased had taken the poison herself, it was likely she would have been found in the easy recumbent position in which the wit nesses proved she had been discovered? Dr. Leeson said, he could only inform the jury that in all the cases %here he had administered the poison to animals, the effect was to cause them to fall in tantly to the ground, as though shot. He had never seen the effect upon a human being, but he should imagine it would be some thing similar. In answer to another question put by the Coroner, Dr. Leesom said that Scheel's prussic acid contained four per cent. of the real acid, and the prussic acid of the Pharmacopoeia only two per cent. The real prussic acid was seldom seen except by the chemist, who might be willing to produce it ; in fact it only existed in the form of gas. The CORONER here remarked. that in consequence of what had occurred at the form* r inquiry, he felt it to be his duty to have the contents of the stomach of the de ceased, and likewise the phial and the matter it Con talueo, Dr_ LoPsnn, in nrtlpr thst tbs. jury might have the benefit of his scientific knowledge upon the subject. The jury expressed their satisfaction at the course adopted by the coroner, and said that they considered the evidence given by Dr. Leeson was very important. Mrs. Martha Coate, the wife of a labouring man, near Bromley, was next examined. She deposed, that on Monday night, the 6th of November, 1843, which was the day on which the deceased met her de ith, she was coming to Bromley, at twelve o'clock at night, to fetch her husband home from a club meeting, and as she was passing by the chapel, a man ran by her very fast. He appeared to have come in a direction leading to the chapel, and when she bade him good night, be made no answer. Her brother-in-law was with her at the time. By the JURY.—She was induced to pay particular at tention to the circumstance from the speed at which the man was running, and his not making any answer, when they wished him good night. He appeared to have the flaps of his coat under his arm when he ran by them. James William Churcher, one of the members of the Dissenting congregation, of which the deceased was also a member, was the next witness. He was asked by the Coroner, to state particularly when he first heard of the deceased being missing ? and he stated that so long a time had elapsed, that it was impossible for him to re collect all that recurred. He added, "We all have a clear conscience, and are ready to answer any questions you please." The Coroner replied that there was no desire to at tack his conscience or any other person's. All they wanted was to get to the facts of the case. Mr. Verrall was then re called, and the Coroner said, that on a previous occasion he had stated, that when he saw the deceased in the chapel after the morning service, on the Sunday he referred to, she did not ask him for a testimonial to her character to enable her to get the situ ation at Arundel, but that he did not give her one addressed to the committee at that place. He wished to know now whether this was still his impression ? Mr. Verrall said it was still his opinion that he had not given her any testimonial for the parties at Arundel. The Coroner then read a testimonial addressed to the Managing Committee of the School at Arundel, men tioning the deceased, signed " George VerralL" The testimonial, be said, was not in his (Mr. Verrall's) hand writing, but appeared to be a copy, and he wished to know whether he had ever given the deceased such a testimonial. Mr. Verrall said he was almost certain ho did not. He did write a testimonial for the deceased to St. Albans, where she had been before trying to obtain a situation, and he thought it very likely the one now read by the coroner was merely a copy of that testimonial. CORONER—Did the deceased, or did she not, in point of fact, on that Sunday apply to you for a testimonial to her character to be sent to Arundel. Mr. Verrall—l think I must have made a mistake on the former occasion, and that she did not apply to me for a testimonial. Thomas Churcher, a relative of the former witness, here addressed the coroner, and with some warmth com plained that Mr. Pearce and Mr. Field bad charged him with endeavouring to frustrate the ends of justice by re• fusing to state all he knew. He denied that there was any foundation for such a charge, and said that it was one calculated to do him great injury in the town; he hoped the jury would express their opinion whether there was any foundation for the charge. The CORONER said that the officers had been spe cially employed by the Government to make inqui ries, and it was his duty to give all the information in his power, and he understood that he had refused to answer some inquiry that was made of him. Inspector Field said that when he applied to Mr. Churcher, he told him that he had made one statement to Mr. Pearse, and he should not make another. The CORONER said they were pursuing a very im portant inquiry, and it was the duty of all honest men to give every assistance in their power to further the ends of justice. The inquiry was then again adjourned. Sir Robert Peel has issued cards for a grand dinner party on Saturday, the 28th Instant, at his residence in Whitehall gardens. INDICTMENT OF AN ENGINE DRIVER.—At Hertford quarter-sessions, on Monday, John Young, the engine-driver, who, by not attending to a signal, caused a fearful collision on the Eastern Counties Railway, near Waltham. on the 9th of last Kovember, sur rendered to take his trial. An objection, however, was taken to the proceedings by his counsel, Mr. Ryland, who contended that the de fendant ought to have been first taken before a magistrate. The Marquis of Salisbury, the chairman, and the other magistrates, de• Med that the objection was fatal to the indictment, and the defen dant was discharged. Ha may, however, be still taken before a ma gistrate to be punished summarily. SUDDEN DEATH OF 111118. BRAIIAM.—We regret to announce the demise of Mrs. Frances Braham, the lady of the emi r ent singer, which took place suddenly on the night of Sunday last, at Mr. Braham's residence, No. 8, Gloucester-rord, Victoria-gate, Bayswater. Mr. Braham had for some days been absent from town on a professional tour in the city an 1 neighbourhood of Southamp ton, which had proved very successful. On Sunday morning Mrs. Braham went to church, and in the afternoon took a walk in Hyde Park. On her return home, she complained of a slight faintness and sinking, far which she could not account. Having, however, dined with her family, she seemed restored to perfect health. About eight o'clock in the evening Mr. Braham returned from his tour in high spirits, and, after passing an exceedingly chef rful and appy evening, the family retired to rest aboh twelve o'clock. Scarcely, however, had Mr. and Mn.d Braham been in bed about half an hour, before Mr. Braham was alarmed by his wife saying, " John, Um dying." and her leaping out of bed, declaring she had broken some thing at her heart. Mr. Braham instantly alarmed the family, and the servants were dispatched for medical aid, and with intelligence of her illness to the deceased lady's brother, Dr. Bolton, and Lady Waldegrave, her daughter ; but , before five minutes had elapsed, Mrs. Braham breathed her last in the arms of her eldest son, Mr. J. Hamilton Bral.nn, wni! , 2 b»111:1 1 {; Olt 1114 tr , :e. Brallarn wee a rrmarkably fine and llNnstzoisle , woman, 4 years oi age. Thc ic dieal gentleman who first attended opened a vein, but it was of no aSail, life being quite extinct. The melancholy event has throw Lhe alai 1 4 1, 9 U V : u2oet poignant grief. MVO LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Wind W., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrived the Seringa patam, Feckett, Ceylon. Arrived from the river and sailed, Eden Duncan, Cape of Good hope. OFF DUNGENESS, Feb. .17.—Albers, New Orleans, for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON. — SaiIed Tweed strainer, Parsons, West Indira, GUERNSEY, Feb. 9.—Arrived the Hannah, Alexander, Newcastle, with bowsprit sprung, having been in contact ; Maid of Alic An t, Machon, London, for Marseilles, leaky, having shipped a sea. lisascomax, Feb. 15.—Sailed Euphemia, Marshall, St. Kitt - S. OFF ST. ANN'S DEAD, Feb. 14. — Eliza Grant , BEenos. Ayres for Liverpool. Livsitroor., FEB. 17.—Wind N.W., light. — Acrd. Colt, Africa, Sid. Mary Wood, Bartlett, Valparaiso ; Oberon, Tasker, Africa ; Waverley, Smith, Mobile ; General Parkhill, M•Kown, Charleston; Huron, Clibbeson, Charleston ; St. Patrick, Praal, N ew York Britannia, Coulthart, St. John's, New Brunsw ick ; Martha. Bad deley, Azores. The Glendower, hence to Port Madoc k, which went on shore there, has been towed round here. DUBLIN, FEB. 16.—A bottle, containing a paper , o n which the following is written, was picked up on ;he Island of Dalkey yester day :—" Brig Spey (or Issey) Jan. 4, 1844—Six feet water in the - hold. We ex:•ect to be soon all lost, unless some help arrives. NVO are about 37 deg. 46 sec. off Sherries. The captain was lost two days ago, and the mate is dead ; he died of yellow fever about a week ago. (Signed) JOHN SIIEILDS, FEB. 16.—The Trent has been surveyed,ati(l3w°i' selldainei ischa L rg " YARMOUTH, FEB. 16.—The Thomas and Mary, of Newcastle, went on shore this morning, on the Knowl, hut got off without assistance, and proceeded. MARKET NE Vt . S.-(YESTERDAY CORIT-EXCZA.Ns: E. The arrivals of English Wheat since Monday have been agaie,e_ n t a very moderate scale. Although the show of samples of article here was small the demand for all descripti. n was inactive• yet previous quotations were mostly supported. Free Foreigut Wheat, the holders of which was very firm, was a slow inquir9,l last week's prices. In Corn under lock so little was doing that Ir , e" value was almost nominal. The Barley trade was extremely dumb at Monday's decline in value. In M alt very little was doing, y. prices ruled about stationary. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour wer e dull sale, but not cheaper. . . - _ ARRIVALS. Wheat. i Barley. Oats Flour. 4,820 qrs. 6,590 qrs. 3,530 qrs. 4,410 AS 4,370 .--- 1,600 .......• English ...... Irish .. Foreign 640 Malt, 5,710 qrs. WIIITECHA.PEZ. a d and The supplies of Meat on offer to-day were small, yet the -e 3 0 : 8d; was somewhat inactive, at our quotations. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 10d Mutton, :is 64 to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, as 24 per 81bs. 1,230 STATE OF TRALE MaNcrtEsTErt, JAN. 17.—This market fully partici' pates in the flatness and absence of demand shies p r o f vail at the present time in all the principal centres 0; commerce throughout the country. Very little bu sises' r has been done during ttle last three or four days , eithe e in yarn or goods ; but, though some few parties hay submitted to lower rates, prices are, in general, tolerver ably well maintained ; the spinners and manuf "a t ! evidently believing that the peculiar circumsta nces s fecting the money market will not be of much long" ' continuance. ROCHDALE, FEB. 16.—We have had a dull mal ice' to pay ; a very limited quantity of flannels has bee° sold at last week's prices. The wool market has un der gone no change since last Monday. n " lic LEEDS, FEB. 17.—At the persent juncture of r -b. - affairs, it can hardly be expected that business i n g ev ral should resume anything like activity or buoyanel our markets do not offer an exception; they remain O r r , quiet, with steady price. The latest accounts fi td America are considered more satisfactory; and, couple with the anticipations of a telling majority in favour f.) the Mini,terial measure, infuse a better spirit in to the trading HUDDERSFIELD, : FEB. 17.—There has been consider ei rable demand for goods adapted for the shipping tr, but there is a great scarcity of this quality of g:„i; manufacturers being deterred from providing st'"it until the present corn debate is settled, and the re' r ~f the approaching wool sales is known.—Mancheste Guardian. The following letter was read by Sir Robert Pee his speech on Monday night : a. " Whitehall, Dee . and, " Sir Robert Peel presents his humble duty to your Maje st Y,' v eer influenced by no other motive than the desire to contribute 1, t 1 ,; t ee ble to the relief of your Majesty from embarrassment, end m elte protection of the public interests from injury, is induced too, $ r to your Majesty this confidential communication explanatory t Robert Peel's position and intentions with regard to the Brea tion which is now agitating the public mind. elcati4 " Your Majesty can, if yon think fit, make this comn— nknewn to the M ulster who, as successor to Sir Robert reel, 53.... honoured by your Majesty's confidence. , "On the st of November last Six Robert Peel advised roof leagues, on account of the alarming accounts from Ireland , an l ,„ air districts in this country, as to the failure of the potato crop ati c eiti case, and for the purrose of guarding against contingencies. if.n. his opinion were not improbable, humbly to recommen d to Y°"" our jesty that the duties on the import of foreign grain should tie pended for a limited period, either by order in Council or by Meld Live enactment; Parliament in either case being sum moned .'"" ee delay. titl ed tool ti' " Sir Robert Peel foresaw that this suspension , fully us d tenor of the report to which he has referred, would compel the interval of suspension, the reconsideration of the corn-lsytoo " If the opinion of his colleagues had then been in e oo ";ese r with his own, he was fully prepared to take the responsibilitY d oipl e i pension, and of the necessary consequence of suspension , e_ c o ort_j hcnsive review of the laws imposing restrictions on the foreign grain and other articles of food, with a view to their diminution and ultimate removal. o °4 "Ile "H W e was disposed to recommend that any new laws should contain within themselves use principle of gradual 5 mate removal. P e° " Sir Robert Peel is prepared to support , in a private ..e:idoe measures which may be in general conformity with t hose advised as a Minister. spy " It would be unbecoming in Sir Robert Peel to make fe e ] rence to the details of Rich measures. ber t " Your Majesty has been good enough to inform Si r Re „tew that it is your intention to propose to Lord John Russell to un" the formation of a Government. ree tf " The principle on which Sir Robert Peel was prepared t o t o f te e , mend the re-consideration of the laws affecting the ireP ° t o ferj, main articles of foodgeneral accordance with tha to se to to the concluding paragraph of l'"rd John Rum ell'S letter electors of the city of Loudon. rest sod " sir Robert reel wished to accom p an y the removal of r— on the admission of such articles with relief to the land itlos, o ', charges as are unduly onerous , and with such other provislet,rope the terms of Lord John Russell's letter, caution and even lous forbearanee may suggest.' es" " Sir Robert Peel will support measures founded on 021.1.00.- principle, and will exercise any influence he may possess top their success " 0 0 ,„ ..NIEETING OF GENERAL EVANS'S FRIENDS." --- , ing;of :Sir De Lacy Evans's friends took place on Tuesday e ven ; n ii•e ° 7, Temperance Hall, Broadway, Westminster, at which Cer're' DO o f M.P., presided. General Evans gave, as usual , som e seveiri.ol.o Sir Robert Peel, in alluding to his recent adoption of the coitiPsd the Anti-Corn-law League. He said, he believed it to be a i n to delusion to suppose that Sir Robert Peel was the only la ba d „I out the measure of total repeal. Last night, however, A c t t o 0:1'2 miffed, as some agriculturists did not seem much to ohiect 4b ° d 1 repeal, that he would also not have much objection. lbe he was a very squeezaMe person.—(Lawxlitcr.) It was 11° " , ,„ 6 So 's that the expressions of the opinions of the people ma/ " def , effect in inducing the Premier to state his desire to savrleaCeouyi last little bit of protection.— (Laughter and cheers.) I f ; De nN they looked back to his conduct, they would find tba', De pc"; fof always surrender anything, provided the great body of tba'of Indicated that he should.—(Hear, hear.) Everybody the last thirty years he had veered round in the most es--fosa' manner.—(Laughter.) Three vehement cheers were gi ven (1 0 1 • Evans, and the meeting separated. o n A FIRE AT FROGMORE HOUSE, vres eveiilng afire broke out at the residence of Viscount Sidney te House, near Chislehurst, Kent. It commenced in the dre''; o oie of her Ladyship. It is supposed to have originated fro° Op od coals escaping beneath the hearth, and communicatingtoo6 rafters under the flooring, where it slumbered for solin detlllo. then burst into flames. When discovered, the fire ha," t he rot" • nearly everything in the room, and would have consutly,bls sion, but for the prompt and plentiful supply of water bl,:i, Ship's servants, and the working peopl sin the neighboligr:i Among those who are most hicidy to he well T es pe it is confidently stated that her Majesty's confinemen t la 0° 4 , • before the end of May. 0 0 WHOLESALE / 3 0,1CFIING.—A man, named s - ohn l T ham, was remanded by the Greenwich magistrate l ot s elif charged with being in possession of seventy live Phe!, nee from the preserves of J. Smith, Esq., of Dunstall he ningliam, Kent. About Ibrty pheasants were missing "" r e serves. „ RAILWAY DEPOSITS.— An account of an n: it c Piite ceived by the Accountant-General on account of Ta ll the schemes during the last six months, with the per centage , e yfet which he and the broker have received, or to which IP ,cen", tied ;—Moneys received by the Accountant-General 00528,1t4D1i railway Bills or schemes during the last six month s, 11 ' rec ei ? 10d. No per centage on the moneys so received has he en bel the Accountant-t=eneral nor by his broker, nor ha ve a °l Is l entitled to any. The Accountant-General never receis'"lfte 0 his broker, any per centage upon sums paid into his nalaet;oltenli case sums are invested by order of the Court, the 05011,0.. tea received upon such investments. Of the above 11,829'•np1i." there have been Invested, by order of the Court, on the IJ le parties, the following sums : I 1 0. d' 879, 1 " 0 •• _,, 0 •• 428 18 0 239 ,00' 0 1 75 •• 308 16 3 711,- 91 7 9 1,190' 69° In Exchequer-bills • • •• On which the brokerage is • • In 31. per Cents. On which the brokerage is •• In 3/. ss. per Cents. On which the brokerage is •• Whole sum invested .. • • - - . i Whole amount of brokerage thereon 825 2 0 i Of which the Accountant-General 49$ has received .. .. .. Oak Of which the broker has received • • ka eli OAP W. RUSSELL. Arcs ~ Feb. 11. , Ivey . „t Ol/ E. MORTIMER, proms' i °ll , [ADvarriseuENT.]—Deafness and De' e gi ' try! Cs o _, Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the_l — soentir poet.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and F i ' i i ii ibis e s sf a tle.street, Edinburgb.—Aeoustie Instruments. - -111 i ro PO 1 ' Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the sli il ;_all tA se w comfortable, nor more perceptible than haying 8.007,1013 wool in e i x t t s re pl m a e eafced.Tnheseg of 40 and 50 yenaisleindividuals at ' big, i ll i O and yea& s t iP t bs 0 /I t ft to join in general conversation, and to c atch They 5 0 o.' distant low speaker at church, theatre, tics. Ag t is en conversation into the ears to such an extent 'Thtlt io l,, I sever* eases deafness cannot be observed . , A r tir" Alf Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spsnivu , t ion. .G., and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every desersitioo of those instruments have received the sProriejlisf a o Royal Society and Royal Institution of Gre s :,. e pls'e, sOls newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they ;oft" 0_ , n r . extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to itLY_ leo ppt . sr;., and original state. Also, Achromatic 1 r s. sod nsfr,', o l Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Mess"' . w ills ' lor ea eor $ mons, Opticians, are net in an y way conne ct r h o od, tot h il ii. of the same name in their immediate neighbn o cou r iecejis , part of the country. To prevent n3istakes, ~ .,,,,t, _. pe- Observe—Only to be had at 119, Albemarle.- _it'iou'el" 0 opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Ow Ar' iS tlS burgh. DiSg , ' lo , s 5P ST I.A, i I , r A DVERTISEMENT.II---CIME OF A , 00 0 r oil t o OF LONG STANDING BY HOLLOW," r v o eple r ' lard l 4 PILLS.—The wife of Mr. Bachelor i :a bee ° t he / o 'er! for twenty years past at Hampstead, i an kle l bets o s for a considerable time with a disease, u res toeopet bee was often almost maddening by ird 2 g ifwv - epo il ,sl s ' settled in her head and other pelts, cause ege t • 0 !not distracting head-aches, her co..' - .11 .01 0 . ,b,.. , f health that there was every symptom o f ..edica l 1-3 0 ef' erou , ding, 0 0 di ing up. She had recourse to num ithste n " sre tics' obtaining the least bene fi t ; but, now _ de ber so iO . .„j oo' Oin.ment and Pills cured her, and o ,a_ ll w ho gr..e,LoP which had such ~.t i tutl° o ith she was in her life. To be purchased 0ii , „ 44 , St a m and at Professor Holloway's establish:nevi, - ------"-- Itt et• dO g e ilef l ~..101 On the Ilth inst., the lady oßitßbreilliSc.:ge•Tr'utd7r/s111::4°P ' On the 13th inst., at Amsterdam, I. „ o bit& ~d Esq., her Majesty's Consul, of a son. rwabrios iv" On the 14th inst., at Coning ton Ilouse , s , Of 14f. of W. W. Chafy, Esq ,of a daughter. _ the wife On the 13th hint , at Islington' Wa-tier Purdue, of Wiinborne, of A son. S I4A • --* NED- me i On the lath inst., Caroline, the wife of 3fic to p. of Castle-street, Holborn, barrister-at-lavr. _ afro. o f OP On the 15th inst., at Durham - place ' Dalsto_T,b ciattiP — On the 15th inst., Sir Edward Mostyti, M Ba ls r s t., 3 o lAr f 510514t1' 11'- On the I Ith inst. at Palace House, 1 ,90 `"'" relict of the late J:Greenwood, Eml• 1 0 ' TrO d in0)°,7,40° Londi,n Strand, Pointer, at The Sun Oftb of the Savoy, in the County 19, 1846. 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