The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMP TON RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this important railway was held on Saturday, at two o'clock, at the Company's Offices, 19, Great George-street, West minster, in compliance with the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament with respect to new projects, and to consider whether they should proceed with or aban don the undertaking. Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., occupied the chair. A considerable number of shareholders were present, among whom we noticed Lord Duncannon, the Earl of Wilton ; R. Etwall, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. ; Sir J. Tancred ; George Stephenson, Esq. ; William Jackson, Esq. (chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead) ; J. P. Westhead, Esq. (chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham) ; David Waddington, Esq. (deputy chairman of the Eastern Counties) ; and A. Pryton, Esq. (director of the Midlands). Josest WHEELER, Esq., the secretary, read the advers Cement convening the meeting. A report, of which the follodving is an abstract, was circulated amongst the, pro prietors present : " The directors had availed themselves of the earliest day permitted by the arrangements required under tine new ses sional orders to meet their shareholders, and to invite their opinion upon the propriety of prosecuting this undertaking. They admitted the general necessity which. had arisen for the adoption of measures to test the feeling of the parties in terested in the multifarious projects tra which the last year gave birth; and though the task or, ascertaining those feel ings was in many instances a T.nost arduous one, it had resulted, in the case of the Manchester and Southampton Railway, in the gratifying an'a almost unparalleled fact that, up to the date of this report, not one expression of dissent to the progress of the measure had been conveyed to the corn • pany. The directors recognise in this fact a pleasing evi dence of the estimati'.en in which this line is held, and of the confidence reposed. in them by their subscribers. Its permanent abcr A donment was, of course, impossible. The necessity for such a line had been demonstrated, and an abandonmen:',, of it, therefore, by its present promoters, would merely result in its immediate adoption by other parties, who would thus step in to reap all the advantages which this C,ompany has secured by the expenditure of much "'mor,ey and anxious toil. Its postponement to a future ses sir,ee might result in a revival of some or one of the com peting schemes to which the successful prosecution of this undertaking had given the death-blow, and in a conse quent costly contest for ground, of which this Com pany might be said now to have exclusive possession. It is well known that for a considerable proportion of the entire length the works are exceedingly light, and that arrangements made by the directors with the proprietors of the Andover Canal must materially facilitate the construc tion of the railway. These and other circumstances would enable the directors to refrain from calling more than 2/. per share prior to the year 1848; and the directors propose, if so permitted by Parliament, further to restrict the future board of direction from calling more than 4/. yearly, except with the sanction of their shareholders ; and they also contemplate the taking of power to allow interest upon the calls, if the body of shareholders shall deem it advisable. At the same time, although it is deemed prudent to ask these provisions from Parliament, such is the confidence of the directors in the soundness and remunerative character of their under taking, that they do not anticipate the occur rence of any necessity for their practical appli• cation. The shareholders were aware, that powers were sought in the Company's Bill for the Midlands Company to subscribe 400,0001. to this undertaking. The Bill was approved at a special meeting of Midland proprietors, on Saturday last. The directors had only to add, that the committee appointed to investigate the merits of the group of lines, of which this was the principal, would meet in the week commencing with the 25th, and that it would be a source of added strength to them in passing that ordeal, if the meeting should be pleased to express unequivocally its continued confidence in, and its determination (unanimous, as the directors hoped) to prosecute the undertaking." The CHAIRMAN said, as the advertisement so fully specified the object for which the meeting had been called, he should not then offer any remarks, but should call on his friend Mr. Walkinshaw to enter into detail with respect to the railway. JAMES WALILINGSHAW, Esq., of Old Park, Isle of Wight, deputy chairman of the Com pany, then proceeded to address the meet ing. He said, after referring to the object for which the meeting had been called, that it gave him great gratification to state, as he was sure it would to every one present, that the question had been actually settled, because the immense number of 44,000 shares had been registered in favour of proceeding with the line, and that there were only twenty shares dissen tient.—(Cheers.) This was the more gratifying, be cause by their Bill they were only required to produce 26,000 shares, the assent of 15,000 of which would have been sufficient to have empowered their proceeding with the Bill. But, as he had stated, they had on their books 44,000 assents, independent of others, who were in favour of proceeding with the line, but who had not yet handed in their re turns. Such a result was almost unparalleled in the meetings which had taken place, and were daily taking place, in consequence of the or ders of Parliament.—(Cheers.) Besides, out of the thirteen or fourteen projects started in opposition to their line, not one had survived to be brought against them in Parliam nt.—(}l?ar, hear.) He was happy to state that the last of these projects, the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, or Mr. Bethel's line, received its quietus last night, by being thrown out of the Standing Orders' Committee, ninety-five serious and ably-sustained allegations having been proved. He then re ferred to the mode in which they had allotted their shares, through the hands of parties re siding in the districts through which the line was pro posed to traverse, and which he was happy to state had met with the greatest success; as, on examining the re turns, they found that the applications made for shares were considerably in excess of the number which could be allotted.—(Hear.) Young railways were, perhaps, too sanguine with respect to their traffic, but they would pardon him if he merely stated the fact, that the local traffic of the line, as exhibited in the returns, showed its capability of returning 5 per cent. on the whole outlay, and independent of that traffic from the north, which the line was principally projected to accommodate.— (Cheers.) He then read extracts from official returns, which set forth that Southampton was one of the most important ports in the world, and that it was yearly in creasing in prosperity, as in 1845 the exports amounted to 2,750,000, being one-sixteenth of the whole exports of the United Kingdom— (Cheers)—and if the railway were made it could not fail to be the point from which three-fourths of those leaving England would embark. In addition to the traffic formerly mentioned, they would carry sand from the Isle of Wight to Birmingham, where it would be manufactured into glass, but it had now to go by a very circuitous route by the South Western and the London and Birmingham before it reached its destination. After referring to the no lalemen who were in favour of the line, some of whose property it would intersect for several miles, Earl Bathurst, Earl Bruce, Lord Palmerston, the Chair man, and others, and having read letters from Earl Bruce, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Edward Tootal, Esq., expressing their inability to attend, but expressing themselves highly of the undertaking and of its certainty of success, he proceeded to enumerate the towns which it would accommodate, the inhabitants of which had sent representatives to the meeting, to give in their as sent to the line ; then they had two of the most eminent engineers, George Stephenson and Mr. Bidder, who asserted that the line could be constructed at less than 18,000/. a mile. He concluded by saying that it could not fail to obtain the sanction of Parliament, as it would accommodate districts now without direct com munication to the manufacturing districts, and was not adopted with the view of opposing any established lines. The line was not intended to form a junction with Swin don on the Great Western, but with a town of the same name in Gloucestershire, on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. There could not be a doubt that the line would receive the sanction of the Legislature, as many Hon. Members and Noble Lords were in favour of it. and, besides, the Government entertained a favourable opinion with respect to it. The Earl of WILTON then proposed a resolution em powering the directors to proceed with the Bill.— (Cheers.) After the able and lucid statement of Mr. Walkinshaw, it would not be right for him to detain them with any observations of his own. He assured them that he should feel most happy to co-operate with the directors in promoting the success of the project, which he considered would confer great benefits on the country which it would traverse.—(Cheers.) The MAYOR of SOUTHAMPTON seconded the motion, and in doing so, stated that he represented there the of 5,000 o r townsmen and scriphold ers to the um) 6,000, who were unanim ous in favounrole of (Hear.) If Southampton had prospered freorfa year by a circuitous communication, it could nj;aail r t to be enhanced by a direct communication with the manu facturing parties of the north of England. Lord DUNGANNON then proposed that the chairman, deputy-chairman, and officers of the railway be em o wered to fix their seal to the Bill, and i n doing so highly eulogised the pre jest. Deputy Chairman of the W ADDIN GTON, Esq., Eastern Counties, seconded the motion. M.P., said ho uttered the gen ii. ETwALL, Esq ., timents of the inhabitants of Andover, whom he had the h o nour to represent, and w ho wereunanimouslyin favou of the railway, as they consi dered that it would confer great advantages upon them. He concluded by stating, that in the whole course of his experience he had never met with a body of men more competent to be entrusted with the management of a great company than the Chairman and directors, and, in short, the whole of the officers of the Company.—(Cheers.) The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Great applause followed the an- nouncement of the fact. J. P. VirESTHEAD, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, also highly eulogised the business-Eke management of the Chairman and direc tors, and concluded by proposing that the thanks of the meeting be given to them for their services. W. M. TWITT, Esq., of Cheltenham, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. F. GISBORNE, Esq., M.P., returned thanks in a hu morous speech. Mr. J‘scxsos, of Birkenhead, proposed that the spe cial thanks of the meeting should be given to Mr. Walk inshaw, the deputy chairman of the Company, which was seconded by Mr. GEORGE, and carried. Mr. WALKlNsits.w briefly expressed his acknowledg ments. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and the meeting, the most nume rous one we ever attended, broke up. MALDON, MAT 2.—WRECKED GOODS. —Three barrels and a kilderkin of porter, with an empty barrel and kilder kin, and a windlass and anchor, which were clandestinely landed and concealed at the basin, by some Colchester fisher men, have this day (Saturday) been recovered and secured by ;he Comptroller of Customs. It is presumed they came *om a vessel belonging to Southwold, lately wrecked on the Sucksea, a portion of whose cargo, consisting of a 'hogshead cuf brandy and some casks of porter, has been taken into Burnham, and delivered to the officer of customs. Five of the casks landed here are branded Freeman, and the other Reid and Co., London.—Chdlasford Chronicle: OVERLAND ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. A most respectable meeting was held, on Saturday, at the Assam Company's Rooms, 30, Great Winchester street, of the committee appointed at an adjourned general meeting. The following gentlemen of the com mittee were present :—Hon. F. Scott, M.P. (chairman) ; Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. ; Captain Stokes, R.N. ; Mark Boyd, Esq. ; James Browning, Esq. ; John W. Sutherland, Esq. ; Henry Wise, Esq. ; H. T. Prinsep, Esq.; Lieut. Waghorn, R.N. ; Captain Barber ; Captain Henderson ; J. Montefiore, Esq. ; Samuel Brook, Esq. ; Lieut. Cruickshank; Buckle, Esq.; Lambert, Esq. After reading the minutes of the last committee meet ing, the several plans were handed in and separately read. These were from Mr. Sharp, Mr. Wheeler, Captain Henderson, Lieutenant Waghorn, and M . r. Smith Evans ; the latter gentleman only having drawn the committee's attention to a map, without beingaccompanied with any:details, it could not be enter tained so fully as it might have been if such had accom panied it. The utmost unanimity attended the different readings of the plans, which indeed threw new light upon the subject. Ultimately, after much general conversa tion, it was agreed that a Sub-Committee, to inspect these several plans and report thereon to the next meeting of the General Committee, should be appointed. A memorial was laid upon the table, from the Legis lative Council of Port Jackson, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to extend the bl ess i ngs o f s team navigation to them, in common with oth er • great portions of our empire. Captain BARBER stated that Government paid 260,000/. to the West Indies, and 160,000/. to the East Indies ,extending to the wh o l e cont i nent of China. The Committee were convinced that under the Government of our common country the blessings of steam would soon dawn upon Australia. The Hon. F. Scow, M.P., stated th a t hi s a id wou ld not be wanting. Mr. Hume left the meeting perfectly disposed in its favour, promising his utmost support to the speediest communication between Singapore and Port Jackson, leaving for the present the other places within this fifth huge continent of the world to be accommodated in time, and he doubted not that the Committee present would do all in their power to obtain it, but he thought that part was more intimately connected with the colony itself, and that the colony itself should devise means for its local communication between Swan River and Pert Jackson. It was moved by Captain BARBER, and seconded by Captain HENDERSON— " That a Sub-Committee be appointed to examine the re spective merits of the several plans brought before the Com mittee, and to consist of the following gentlemen, three to form a quorum ; and that the Sub-Committee meet at twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the 13th of May, at 80, Great Winchester street." The following were the gentlemen appointed to form the Sub-Committee :—Hon. F. Scott, Capt. Stokes, R.N., Mr. Wise, Captai n H en d erson, J ames Cruickshank, Samuel Browning, Captain Barber, Mark Boyd, J. W. Sutherland, Robert Brooks, Lieutenant Waghorn, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Montefiore, Mr. Prinsep. Upon the whole, the proceedings were highly inte resting. Capt. Stokes, R.N., of H.M. ship Beagle, who surveyed the Torres Straits, read extracts from a pamphlet published by him two years ago, altogether bearing upon Port Essington as a depot, and the line of communication recommended by Lieut. Waghorn. The meeting then broke up. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET ! LEEDS, MAY B.—We have not any alteration to report in these markets this week. There has been a moderate amount of sales at stationary prices. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MAY B.—Sales to about the same extent as last week have been effected, and at similar rates. LEEDS.—There was a little more business done at the Cloth Halls on Saturday, but on Tuesday the market was dull. The stocks on hand are much lower than they were in March, and prices remain firm. In the warehouses there has been a little more business done this week than for some time past ; there is also more doing in the way of preparation by the foreign houses for the fall trade to America. On the whole, the pros pects are much brighter than was expected a few weeks ago. HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, MAY 7.—We have had a good attendance of buyers this week, and more business transacted, being principally for the home trade; there is not much alteration in prices. Noils and shorts still continue very scarce and dear. BRADFORD MARKET, MAY 7.—For combing wools the demand is much better. Prices are firm. There seems a disposition in the spinners to buy more freely. In the Yarn Market business was brisk. stocks are very low, and the spinners are generally working to order, and prices have an upward tendency. There was a good attendance of merchants, and they were not merely lookers on, for a great number of pieces changed hands, and a great number of orders were received for the autumn trade. The three branches of trade in Bradford market certainly exhibit a more healthy tone. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—The commer cial news from India, &c., has not had any sensible effect on our market either for cloth or twist. There is great complaint made about the home trade, which is very dull. Domestics, that is, heavy cloth, are unusually depressed. Neither the dyers nor printers get any busier. There is a slight improvement in the silk trade, but the weavers on the average have not more than half employ ment. Twist is without change, with a moderate busi ness...doing. NOTTINGHAM.—The principal manufacture of the hosiery trade, namely, wrought cotton hose, keeps de clining. The cut-up branch is rather better tha n th e wrougt departments. The cotton glove trade still keeps in a tolerable state. The silk glove trade has so far de clined that the hosiers give out their materials with a very sparing hand. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has a shade further improved. The silk hose trade is, if anything, further declining, silk stockings being. almost out of fashion. The fancy lace trade is in general considered worse. The cotton warp lace trade is still very much depressed, and few of the hands have more than half employment. The silk blonde branch is considerably better, that is, what remnant is left of this once extensive manufacture.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTER.—AIthough there is not much more doing in the warehouses, there is a more healthy tone given to business; and the prevailing opinion is, that the point of depression is past. Manufacturers have produced with caution, and hence stocks are comparatively light. A fair expert trade has been done in fancy hosiery and gloves, though but a limited one for stockings. Yarns are in fair demand, and spinners hint at a rise in prices. There is more doing in wools, and prices rule if anything a shade higher.—Leicester Journal of yesterday. THE IRON TRADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—BIRMING HAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The circulars for the month of May have been issued to the trade from the principal houses, including those of Messrs. Williams, Thornecroft, Barrows, Badger, and others, and they an nounce that no reduction of the prices of last quarter day has taken place, nor is any contemplated. A GHOST. (From the Bristol Times.) We have this week a ghost story to relate. Yes, a ghost story—a real ghost story, and a ghost story with out, as yet, any clue to its elucidation. Where do you think has this ghost made his appear ance ? Not, of course, in a modern house—no ghost of good taste would think of coming to any tenement that was not time-honoured—that had not a charter at least of two hundred years ; and what edifice more fit for his supernatural reception than the ancient residence of the Calendars—the Vicarage-house of All Saints, Bristol, adjoining and almost forming a part of that church. After the dissolution of the Calendars, this house was converted into a vicarage -house, and it is still called by that name, though the incumbents have for many years ceased to reside there. The present occu pants are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the sexton and sex toness of the church, and one or two lodgers, and it is to the former and their servant maid that the strange visitor has made his appearance, causing such terror by his nightly calls, that all three have deter mined on quitting the premises, if indeed they have not already carried their resolution into effect. What makes the whole affair the more unaccountable and ex traordinary is, the official quality of the persons affected by the fright. Had it been a common-place family, un conversant with grave matters, a very simple incident, coupled with the ancient and monastic character of the building, might be sufficient to create alarm and terror ; but here are people—sexton and sextoness—whose vo cation lies in solemn churches and amongst the silent tombs, who, in the way o f business, must every day have something to do with 'radtulls and grey mouldering and who might be al m ost ou s t aid to be on such bones, fa miliar terms with at least t he e mrems of the ?ds with oeu t ofa invisible world, so as to be able t w o a slak e ghost without any great perturbation —te rrified their house by a nightly visitor, scared to such as to determine to take down their tester and e xtent bedsteads, " being certain," to use Mrs. Jones's own ur words to their landlord, " that:they shall die if they sl eep another night in the house." Mr. and Mrs. Jones's description of the disturbance, as given to the landlord, on whom they called in great consternation, is as distinct as any ghost story could be. The nocturnal visitor is heard wa lki ng a b out the house . when the inhabitants are in bed; and Mr. Jones, who is a man of by no means nervous constitution, declares he has several times seen a light flickering on one of the walls. Mrs. Jones is equally certain that she has heard a man with ereaking shoes walking in the bedroom above her own, when no man was on the premises (or at least ought to be), and " was nearly killed with the fright." To the servant maid, however, was vouch safed the unenvied honour of seeing this restless night visitor ; she declares she has repeatedly had her bedroom door unbolted at night, between the hours of twelve and two o'clock—the period when such beings usually make their promenades—by something in human semblance ; she cannot par ticularise his dress, but describes it as something antique, and of a fashion " lang syne gane," and to some extent corresponding to that of the ancient Calendars, the former inhabitants of the house. She further says, he is "a whiskered gentleman" (we give her own words), which whiskered gentleman has gone the length of shak in., her bed, and she invariably puts her head under the clothes when she sees him approach. Mrs. Jones declares she believes in the appearance of and she had made up her m th i e nd w , h t i h sk e er m e i d gh g t en b ti e e fo rn n r a e s ; he called on her landlord, to leap out of the windowtof windows),(and it is, a n s o s t o a on tr a i s fle he th e a n t te w re il d l make people leap out the room. The effect of the " flickering light" on Mr. Jones was quite terrific, causing excessive trembling, and "the complete doubling up of his whole body into a round ball like.' - ATAL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—Three deaths have occurred in Liverpool during the last few days, each of which C ' cilliii°llll4 b9 AU =MOTO UN ardent spirita. THE SUN, LONT)ON, MONDAY - :EVENINCI, MAY 11, 14ti. lineations of the nerves of the uterus in the " Transac tions of the Royal Society." More than fifty distinguished English and foreign anatomists have carefully exa mined my " Dissections," which first displayed this great nervous system, and have borne testi mony, in writing, to the truth of my published statements. Many of these anatomists are fellows of the Royal So ciety, and much superior in scientific reputation to the individuals who, without examination, have urged the physiological committee to recommend this award. A third reason which I have to assign to the Council for this protest is, that the recommendation of the phy siological committee was made in a hasty and irregular, if not in a positively illegal manner—a manner calcu lated to excite suspicions respecting the motives of those who have been most active in promoting this award. A fourth ground for protesting against tbii adjudica tion, is the established practice of the Royal Society, in which it has ever been the rule to abstain from giving an opinion on any disputed point of fact, or deciding on a subject which is still in controversy. For these reasons. I beseech the Council of the Royal Society to suspend this award, until all the circumstances detailed in this protest have undergone a rigid and im partial investigation. The interests of science, and the honour of the Royal Society itself, render an inquiry im perative upon the Council.—l have the honour to re main, my Lords and Gentlemen, your faithful and obe dient servant, ROBERT LEE. 4, Saville-row, Dec. 1, 1845. No notice was taken of this protest ; Dr. Lee, there fore, after the circulation of the annual address of the President, sent in the subjoined statement to the Council. This will be found to bear out, in every important point, the facts we have already cimmunicated. A LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—ln the printed address of the President, delivered at the last anniversary meeting of the Society (Dec. 1), it is stated that the royal medal had been adjudged by the Council, "complying thereby with the recommendation of the Committee of Phy siology." It is proved, by the following statement of facts, that no recommendation was made by the Committee of Physiology to the Council for such an award, and that the statutes of the Society, and regulations ordered by the Crown for the award of royal medals, have been violated by the late Council. On the 28th of October last, the Committee of Phy siology met. Mr. Lawrence, who had been the referee on all my papers on the nerves of the uterus, published in the "Philosophical Transactions," was president of the com mittee on tLit occasion. When the committee had recom mended the Council to award the Copley medal to Mr. Owen, and transacted other business, the secretary in formed Mr. Lawrence that there was no further busi ness before the committee to transact, on receiving which intimation, Mr. Lawrence dissolved the committee, and left Somerset House. No sooner had the president taken his departure, than the remaining members of the dissolved committee re formed themselves. Dr. Todd took the chair, and the meeting, thus re-constructed, proceeded to consider the award of the royal medal in physiology. Fifteen papers were named, or put in competition, for the medal. One of these was my "supplement to a Paper on the Nervous Ganglia of the Uterus," which had been read to the So ciety on the 19th of June, and which contained additional and important evidence in confirmation of the accuracy of my descriptions and delineations of the nerves of the uterus, in the " Transactions of the Royal Society." This paper had remained unreferred four months, after having been read to the Society. Another paper, put in competition for the medal, was one on the nerves of the uterus, by Mr. Beck, which had never been read to the Society, but had been referred, on the 3rd of July, to Drs. Todd and Sharpey. Two separate reports from Drs. Todd asd Sharpey were produced and read, and then this meeting resolved to recommend the council to award the ro3 al medal to Mr. Beck. After this transaction, the next act of the meeting was, to refer my supplement to Sir B. Brodie, to ascertain whether it was worthy of publication. Sir B. Brodie re commended the committee of physiology to print the paper, but the committee, on the 6th of November, re solved, " that Dr. Lee's appendix be not recommended to be printed." On the 30th of October, the Council of the Royal So ciety met, and on the recommendation of the re-con structed meeting, held two days before, resolved, " that one of the royal medals in physiology be awarded to T. S. Beck, Esq., for his paper entitled ' On the Nerves of the Uterus.' ' The council then resolved itself into a committee of papers, to determine whether the paper to which the royal medal had just been awarded, was fit to be printed. The medal was awarded to a paper which had never been read to the Society, and had not been ordered to be printed. On the 7th of November, in an interview which I had with the president, I stated to his Lordship that the award had been made without investigation, and that the recommendation to the council had not proceeded from the c munittee of physiology, but from an illegally constituted meeting, after the committee had been dis solved by the chairman. His Lordship replied, that the council had awarded the medal on its own responsibi .. lity; that it was at perfect liberty to decide indepen dently of the committee, and that it was of no conse quence whether the recommendation came to the coun cil from the committee regularly constituted, or the minutes of the meeting had been confirmed. The medal has been awarded, added the president, the thing is done, and it is too late to say anything more about it. About the middle of November, the President sent a requisition to the Committee of Physiology, ordering them to state the grounds upon which they had recom mended the award of the royal medal in physiology. On the 20th of November the committee met, and re solved, " that Dr. Todd and Dr. Sharpey be requested to draw up a report on the claims of Mr. Beck's paper to the award of the royal medal, and that Mr. Beck's paper be sent in succession to the several members of the Committee of Physiology resident in London." At this meeting Mr. Lawrence requested the secre tary to show him Mr. Beck's paper, but it was not forth coming ; and the secretary statQd that it was in the author's possession, contrary to a statute of the Society enacted expressly for the purpose of preventing the per petration of literary and scientific frauds. On the 27th of November, the committee met, when the report of Drs. Sharpey and Todd was read and adopted. On the Ist of December, this report came before the council, and it has been printed in the pro ththeeansnocivieetrsary meeting, as if it had been yr and in the add r e ss o f th e c p e r e e d si i d n e g a s t a o t f the true report of the committee of physiology on the claims of Mr. Beck's paper to the award of the medal. That such is not the fact can readily be proved, for the medal was awarded by the council a month before, and on the recommendation of the re -constructed meeting on the 28th of October, when two other repOrts were produced and read by Drs. Todd and Sharpey, which reports, Dr. Roget states, " are confidential," and have not yet seen the light. The following notice is affixed to the first part of the ".Philosophical Transactions" for 1845, and the same notice has been affixed to every volume of the " Philoso phical Transactions," published since 1837: " Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in restoring the royal medals, has been graciously pleased to approve the fol lowing regulations for the award of them:—That the royal medals be given for such pdpers only as have been presented to the Royal Society, and inserted in their "Transactions." The medal in physiology was awarded by the late Council to a paper which had never been read to the Society, and has not been inserted in the " Philosophical Transactions." I can now demonstrate that the highest honours of the Royal Society have been conferred for destroying, and not for displaying, the, nerves of the uterus. If the Council will appoint a competent tribunal to investigate the subject, the truth of what' is now affirmed will ... speedily be discovered, and the njury inflicted on ana tomical and physiological science by these irregular, unjust, and most unphilosophical proceedings, be re paired. The moral character of the Royal Society re quires that a rigorous examination be made, without delay, into the whole of these extraordinary transactions. I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, very faithfully yours, ROBERT LEE. 4, Saville-row, Burlington-gardens, April 2nd, 1846. DR. BOGEY'S REPLY. Royal Society, Somerset House, April 3rd, 1846. Sir,—: am instructed by the President and Council of the Royal Society to inform you, in reply to your c ,m -munication, that they do not consider themselves autho rised to revise the grounds on which a royal medal has already been awarded ; and I am further directed to communicate to you a resolution which they hav e adopted, with a view to the prevention of future difficul ties in the awards of royal medals, and I accordingly enclose a copy of that resolution.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, P. M. ROGET, Secretary. Such is a repetition of the details concerning the award of•the last and long-to-be-remembered medal in Physiology. They are startling, and almost sufficient to shake the Royal Society to its centre. That such things should have occurred during the presidency of the Mar quis of Northampton, will for ever be a reproach to this nobleman. It could not be supposed that he should comprehend the nature of anatomical details, but it might have been supposed, that on accepting the first office in the first scientific society in the world, he would so far have studied the statutes and regulations by which it is governed, as to have rendered the perpetration of these irregularities impossible. That he did not is a clear evidence of his unfitness for the elevated post he occupied, unless, indeed, he can claim something ap proaching to royal impunity, and pass the blame down wards entirely to the acting officials. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The followinz has been posted at Lloyds:— LITTLE BELT.--FIXED LIGHT ON RIKENAES POINT IN ALSEN ISLAND. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, April 18, 184 G. The Danish Government has given notice that a fixed light has been established on Rikenaes Point, on the south side of Alsen Island, which forms the southern entrance of the Little Belt. The light is 78 feet above the level of the sea, and is visible from the southward, between the bearing of W. S. and E.S.E. E. within the di s t ance of three leagues. Note.—The - light vessel usually stationed in the summer months off the extremity of Faisterbo reef was to resume her station as soon as the ice permitted. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, April 24, 184 G. SOUTH AMERICA.—ORINOCO FLOATING LIGHT. The Government of Venezuela has given notice, that a Ponton Faro, or a vessel carrying a light, has been moored in the toes Grande, or mouth of the River Orinoco. She lies in 28 feet at low water, with Barima Point bearing south. The Lord Chancellor and Lad Lyndhurst left town onPride " e vening, for Turdlle ark. ILLEGAL AWARD OF THE ROYAL MEDAL, THE ROYAL SOCIET Y. (From the Lancet of May 9.) —. We have received the following letter, and the ac companying correspondence, from Dr. Robert Lee. This we propose to treat after the same manner as the documents recently furnished by Dr. Marshall Hall, and we shall take some future opportunity of setting forth what Dr. Lee professes to have done in his dis coveries. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LANCET. . Sir,—l consider it to be my duty, on public grounds, to place the accompanying letters in your hands. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 4, Saville-row, April 24, 1846. R. LEE. The following correspondence arose, as will be seen, out of the award of the Royal medal in Physiology to Mr. Beck:— LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO DR. ROGET. 4, Saville-row, 13th Nov. 1845. My dear Sir,--You were present, I believe, at the meeting of the physiological committee, when it was recommended to award the Royal medal to Mr. Beck. Did it not occur to you, that it would have been proper to have compared the dissections of Mr. Beck with those I had recently made, before coming to a decision, which will have the e ffect of making it appear that all my descriptions and delineations of the nerves of the uterus are incorrect?—l remain, my dear sir, very faithfully yours, ROBERT LEE. To Dr. Roget. DR. ROGET'S REPLY. IS, Upper Bedford-place, Nov. 13, 1845. My dear Sir,—The Committee of Physiology had received, before they came to the decision respecting the award of the royal medal, which you refer to in your letter of this morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the referees, to whom it had been sent for examin a ti on , and for their opinion of its merits, and the recommendation by the Committee of the award of one of the royal medals to the author of the paper was made, after these reports had been read to them, and taken into their consideration, at one of the fullest meetings of that Committee we have ever bad. These reports, being confidential, I am not at liberty to communicate to you; but as there will probably soon be another meeting of the Committee, I will not fail to read to them your note to me of this morning.—l am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, P. M. ROGET. The chief particulars respecting the dissolution, and (as Dr. Lee contends) the illegal re-formation of the Committee, we have already given. Mr. Bell, the secre tary of the Physiological Committee, has published a letter, in which some further facts are elicited. His ver sion of the meeting of the 27th of October is as follows: " After the usual routine business had been gone through, Dr. Roget, one of the secretaries of the Royal Society, stated—by mistake, as it afterwards appeared— that the Royal medal for the year was not to be awarded in the physiological section, and Mr. Lawrence consequently left the chair, and quitted the room. This gentleman lett in haste, and was the only one who had gone, when Dr. Roget, on further examination of the records, in formed us that he had been mistaken, and that it was absolutely necessary that the recommendation of the Royal medal should take place on that day. In perfect good faith, and I am sure without any bias for or against any particular paper, the Committee again took their seats, Dr. Todd being in the chair. A list was then made by myself of all the physiological papers that had been read during the last three years : each paper was considered seriatim ; and Mr. Beck's paper was, after much consideration, selected for recommendation for the award of the Royal medal." Thus, then, as we remarked last week, it appears from the pen of the Secretary to the Committee, that " the Royal medal in physiology is so inconsequential a mat ter, that the Committee come to the meeting which is to recommend its award, without knowing what they have to do ; and at the fag-end of this sitting, they, without any previous consideration or examination, re commend its award to a paper which only two of them had seen, and which was well known to be the subject of controversy." We understand that fifteen papers were put up for the medal. How could this Committee fairly judge of fifteen papers impromptu? They might almost as well have allowed the authors to prick for the medal ! Part of the " usual routine business" was the re commending Mr. Owen for the Copley medal ; but Mr. Owen was a member of the Council, and, as such, a medal could not be awarded to him without violating the regulations of the Royal Society ; this recommenda tion was therefore cancelled. The fact of their can celling this recommendation is a reason why they should also have cancelled the recommendation to Mr. Beck, when that was found to have been made in oppo sition to the regulations. This incident respecting Mr. Owen is another proof of the incapacity of the Physio logical Committee. It is singular that their steps should have been retraced in Mr. Owen's case. Other members of Council have had medals illegally awarded and given to them, but the Councils have not been consistent even in their injustice. _ _ Another point worthy of notice in the above quota tion from Mr. Bell, is the making a list " of all the phy siological papers that had been read during the last three years." The list ought to have been of papers printed, and not merely read ; this itself was a glaring irregu larity, sufficient to have vitiated the recommendation ; but lMr. Bell was doubly wrong, for Mr. Bock's paper had not even been read to the society. Mr. Beck must produce another quotation from Mr. Bell's letter, for the purpose of placing it in contradic tion with a statement in Dr. Roget's letter given above. Mr. Bell says, " There is no a word of truth in the assertion that Dr.i Sharpey drew from his pocket a re port of Mr. Beck's paper ; there was no such report on this or on any other paper,' nor was Mr. Bock's paper treated or considered in any way differently from any other." And again, "It is asserted further, that it was not until after Mr. Lawrence's departure that the report was produced by Dr. Sharpey. This assertion has been dis posed of already—there was ne such report." (The italics are Mr. Bell's.) Let our readers compare this with the following extract from Dr. Roget's letter : " The Committee of Physiology had received, before they came to the decision respecting the award of the royal medal, which you refer to in your letter of this morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the referees, to whom it had been sent for examination, and for their opinion of its merits ; and the award of one of the royal medals to the author of the paper was made after these reports had been read to them, and taken into consideration, at one of the fullest meetings of that Committee we have ever had." The one says there was no report on Mr. Beck's paper ; the other says there were two reports drawn up by the referees. Dr. Sharpey was one of the referees, it will be remembered. It may be supposed that Mr. Bell and Dr. Roget refer to two separate meetings ; but this can not be, for we are informed there was no meeting of the Physiological Committee from the time at which Mr. Beck's paper was referred, till the meeting at which the recommendation was made. Mr. Bell is the secretary of the Physiological Committee. Dr. Roget is senior secretary of the Royal Society. Their testimony on a plain thing of fact, about which there could be no mistake, is in direct contradiction. Which is true ? Which is false ? This matter, above all things, must be explained. Dr. Lee has a right to demand these two reports, if any such ever really existed. But, says Dr. Roget, they were " confidential." Faugh ! Dr. Roget speaks of the full meeting of the Com mittee. We must explain this :—there were present Drs. Bostock, Todd, Roget, and Sharpey, and Messrs. Bowman, Kiernan, and Bell. Dr. Roget said, in his first letter, that he had never expressed an opinion on Mr. Beck's dissections, so that his name must be with drawn. Mr. Bell says, he " refrained from voting," and Mr. Bowman did not vote, so that the medal was really given, under all the doubtful circumstances that have been detailed, by Drs. Bostock, Todd, and Sharpey, and Mr. Kiernan. The Physiological Committee numbers twenty-five. After the receipt of Dr. Roget's letter, Dr. Lee, we are informed, had an interview with him, in which he ex pressed his opinion of the nature of the proceedings. Dr. Roget advised him to address the Council, but Dr. Lee preferred, in the first instance, to address the secre tary himself. DR. LEE TO DR. ROGET. 4, Saville-row, 17th Nov., 1845., My dear Sir,—Having been two years in the Council of the Royal Society, lam aware that none but members have a right to know what has taken place at the meet ings, before the decisions are publicly announced. I cannot, therefore, with propriety, send any statement to the Council, as you recommended me to do. Hawing acquainted you, one of the principal office-bearers and guardians of the honour of the Royal Society, with the unprecedented and illegal proceedings in the physiolo gical committee, it is for you to determine whether the Council, in ignorance of what has taken place, shall be permitted to proceed in a course injurious to the moral character of the Royal Society, and destructive of my scientific reputation. I remain, my dear Sir, very sincerely yours, N D o r. r toh Lee a m havingp next o e n t ) Not Dr. Roget. ROBER T LEE . (A. copy of thi s l e tt er was sent to t h e M arqu i s o f received e an th y e an fo s l w lo e w r in f g rom pro D tes r t . R to og t e h t e , Council : LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM BERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—l feel compelled to protest against the Council's award of the royal medal, from the conviction that by doing so I shall vindicate the truth, which is now assailed, and prevent the Council from committing an error which will reflect signal dis credit on the Royal Society itself. The first ground of this protest is, that not one mem ber of the physiological committee, except Mr. Law rence, has examined my two recent and most perfect dis sections of the nervous system of the uterus, which were described by me in a paper read to the Royal Society at the last meeting in the month of June, and which paper, contrary to the recommendation of the referee, (Sir Ben jamin Brodie), h as b een refused a place in the "Philo sophical Transactions." Drs. Todd and Sharpey hav ing therefore never seen these dissections, nor the dissection figured in the " Philosophical Transac tions" for 1842, though requested by me to do so, have consequently framed their report with an imperfect knowledge, or rather in a state of total ignorance, of what had previously been done by me on the subject; which report has nevertheless been ad o pt e d b y the phy siological committee, and made the ground of a recom• cannotmend failtio nto t : o forptheerCooeuivnecilthet an thisawad. examination T of all my The Council a. di ss e c tions ought to fair e en be d jenoemtardeepobryt could Drs be . Todd and Sharpey before anydrawn, of m utchhe es in y protest is, that this award casts a doubt on the recomm en d ation accuracy to the Council for the aw ar d The second reason for c of my d escriptions and de- Rosy a a lmdal. * It appears from the Minutes that the Committee adopted the Report, but made AQ recommendation to the Connell on the subject. A VISIT TO MESSRS. STEPHEN SON'S LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE FACTORY, (From the .Arewcastle Guardian.) Stephenson and the locomotive are names almost synony mous., and everywhere convey the impression of greatness and power. Their influence is now felt in every quarter of the globe, and is doing the work of civilization, both hare and in other countries, in a manner and with a rapidity almost incredible. Other men, it is true, are profiting by the ingenuity and the skill of the Stephensons—are gaining opu lence and power by the employment of that simple yet mug nificent piece of mechanism which they first set in motion and made patent to the world ; but the name and the fame of these truly great benefactors of the human family, are imperishable, and, even amid the whirlpool of tiny characters that have sprung up, through their labours, they stand forth, conspicuous and exalted among the eminent and the good of the age. Curiosity, and an assurance that a brief account of it might not be unacceptable to our readers, recently induced us to visit Messrs. Stephenson's leviathan establishment. This vast workshop, it may interest those at a distance to know, is situated in South-:treat, in the south-west district of this town, close to the river. The works are divided into two factories, on either side of the street, and thus called "east" and "west." The latter, though the newer, is the more ex tensive of the two, occupying several acres of ground. On entering it, the stranger is at once struck with the novelty, as well as the extent and variety of the operations dis closed. The ear is saluted with the noise of some hundreds of hammers reverberating on boilers and anvils, and the eye is startled by the sight of so many blazing fires and sundry workmen, with the grea'est sang froid, carrying about huge bars and plates of red-hot iron ! On examining the various departments, however, the visitor soon finds enough in each to engage his closest attention. He is first introduced to a workshop of unusual dimensions, level with the ground, where locomotives are being partially com pleted, and where upwards of forty hands are busily oc cupied in fittinc , up different parts of the machinery. Over this shop is an equally capacious room, accommo dating about seventy men and boys, who polish and other wise prepare the inside gearing and finer parts of the engines. Each stands in front of a " vice," at which the usual " tiling" and "chiselling" are performed; but ingeniously -constructed machinery, driven by steam- power, is placed along the entire space of the room, and facilitates the more difficult task of cutting and modelling cranks, shafts, and wheels. Proceed ing to another part of the works, several locomotives are seen in course of trial, on rails laid for the purpose ; and others in course of completion, under a large shed. Adjoining this is the packing, framing, and painting shop. where locomotives, intended for railways at a distance, are taken to pieces, after having been previously tried, and carefully packed in wooden boxes of unusual size and strength. The painting of the ex terior of the carriages is also done in this department, and the framing put together. The boiler-yard, or what is face tiously termed "the musical saloon," is the next place of interest. Musical this portion of the works most certainly is, and the music is of the right sort, too—the music of in dustry and enterprise. Fancy an angular shed, in which are some fifty or sixty huge fires, glowing before the roar of the blast; about two hundred stalwart men and boys, all ham mering, rivetting, or otherwise making a deafening noise, some with immense bars and plates of red-hot iron, others inside of boilers or fire-boxes—fancy such a sight, and you have an imperfect idea of this "musical saloon." Many in genious and beautiful specimens of mechanical art are, be sides, seen at work in this department, such as a machine by which riveting bolts are moulded and fitted, and another by which the perforations in the copper fire-boxes of the engines are executed with much skill and exactness. Leaving this, the visitor is conducted to the shop where the tenders are completed, and where a number of joiners are at work making the boxes used for packing the engines sent to a dis tance. A fine saw-mi'l for cutting the heavy pieces of tim ber required, is here at work, and, in an upper apartment, wooden patterns for the machinery are prepared by skilful artizans. The east factory differs little from the west, nearly the same kinds of work being performed in both. It is less in extent, but equally interesting and important to the visitor. Some branches are done here which we did not observe else where. Engravers, for example, are constantly employed preparing the plates bearing the engine -makers' name, and also the letters for the name of the locomotive. All the brass castings are likwewise done in the east factory. Every part of the locomotive, except the metal castings, are prepared and completed in both factories. The drawings and plans of the engines are executed in a separate department of the works, by a number of artists, who, judging from the speci mens shown us, seem to reflect no ordinary credit on their worthy employers. In passing through the various departments, the visitor cannot fail to observe the singularly well arranged and or derly manner in which everything in this great establisment is conducted. Nothing like disorder or confusion appears anywhere, and the various branches seem to proceed with extraordinary exactness and regularity. In several of the different shops, little boards are seen with the name of some distinguished contautor to the arts and sciences inscribed, such as Watt, I4laudslay, Smeaton, &c. In the east factory, this feature of the establishment assumes more of a loyal character, the names being the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, &c. It is almost unnecessary to inform our readers that the Messrs. Stephenson's establishment is the largest and most complete, of its kind, in the world; and such is the demand for locomotives that they have lately been obliged to open another factory, which is now being furnished, at West Forth Banks. They employ nearly one thousand men and boys, and pay weekly, in wages, about 1,0001. Apprentices, who are admit ted only on payment of a handsome premium, are sent to them from. all parts of the world, and from nearly all ranks of society. At present, the demand for locomo tives is such that they cannot furnish the numbers ordered. Nearly all they have completed for some time past, and are now completing, are for foreign lines of railway. During the last year, they have sent out fully fifty-six locomotives, an d this year the number is e xp ec t e d to increase to about eighty, besides repairing not a few old engines. Such an establish ment may well be pronounced one of the wonders of modern times—a noble example of British enterprise and skill, and a lasting honour to its worthy proprietors, and especially to the north of England. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, MAY 5 —The vessel which is to perform the voyage from Amsterdam to Vienna, on the Rhine, the Maine, the Ludwigs Canal, and the Danube, was built at Amsterdam expressly for the essay. This vessel, which is called the Marien Zell, is wholly of iron, and is 200 tons burden, and, even with a full cargo, it draws only fifty inches Austrian measure. If this trial succeeds, as there is every reason to hope, an immense advantage will accrue to the commerce of the countries "on the banks of the Danube, and those of Northern Germany, which will enable them to send their goods to each other by this route, which will be much more rapid, and much more economical than all those hitherto used. The second Chamber of the States Government, in its sitting, after a long debate, agreed to the first of the project of law for modifying the first book of the penal code by a majority of 32 to 24. On the project of law relative to the fisheries, on the motion of the President, the Chamber formed itself, for a short time, into a secret Committee. The sitting being made public, the discussion was opened with the above project of law, which was unanimously agreed to. The discussion of the project on the Dedenie-. vaart was then opened, and it was almost unanimously agreed to. The next subject on the order of the day was the debate on the project of law for the construction of a causeway between Maestricht and the frontier of the province of Gelderland. His Excellency the Minister of the Interior replied to the observations whi c h occur in the report of the Central Section, respecting the expense of some portion of this causeway, and defended the pro ect of law, which was agreed to by a majority of 40 to 7. The project of law modifying Chapter 11 of the Penal Code was agreed to by a majority of 30 to 20. In consequence of this vote the minister of justice de clared, the remaining chapter of Book 1, being closely connected with that which had been agreed to, the de bate could not be continued, and the project of law must be considered as withdrawn; on which the sitting closed. THORN, APRIL 27.—The state of siege in which this town was placed, in eonseqsence of the disturbances in Poland, was put an end to yesterday. POSEN, APRIL 29.—The latest accounts from Galicia report murders committed by the peasants on the nobles, among whom are fmnd the names of Zabouski. Brodski, Dreleban, Monski, Zarunba, Heppert, and Zentuski. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday, Mr. John Clarke, one of the subscribers at the Hall of Commerce, was brought before Mr. Alder man Hooper and Mr. Alderman Farncomb, charged with uttering a forged scrip certificate or accountable receipt for the payment of the first instalment of 2/.23. per share of the capital payable in respect of each of fifty shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway Joint Stock Company, with intent to defraud the said Company, the same purporting to be duly signed by their secretary. The complainant, Charles Edwards, stated that ho is clerk to Mr. John William Robins, a sharebroker, No. 29, Threadneedle-street, and that about the 27th of April last the prisoner came to their office, in company with a person named Richards, and asked him to sell some Bucks scrip. He undertook to do so, found a cus tomer, and gave the prisoner a check for 58L Oa Fri day he was obliged to take back this scrip, as it had been discoverd to be a forgery, and to hand over to the party who returned it 1301. _ _ Mr. AIderm;nFARNCOMB asked how soon it was dis covered to be forged. The witness replied only within a day or two. There was no apparent difference to a casual observer between the genuine and the forged scrip, and suspicion was excited by some person noticing that the printer's name had been wilfully obliterated by scratching. On the genuine certificate the printer's address was clear. He was directed to give the person from whom he re ceived the forged document into custsdy whenever he met with him. The prisoner, who seemed perfectly at his ease, said there was no occasion to have done so, for he was to be seen every day at the Hall of Commerce, and he was already in communication with the prosecutors. He had given all the information in his power to Forrester, the police officer, and was by his direction in attendance at the Mansion-house on Friday to be examined as a wit ness against the persons there charged with issuing these forgeries. Mr. Alderman HOOPER observed that he was now charged himself in the like manner with issuing a certi ficate for fifty shares, and he might give any explanation he pleased. Mr. Clarke replied he was content to put the whole circumstances before the world. He had been made a dupe of by the person named Richards, who had solici ted his aid in getting a quantity of shares. He had no suspicion the scrip was forged, and ho had not partici pated in the proceeds beyond the ordinary profits of a common agent. Mr. Alderman HOOPER asked what be knew of Richards. Mr. Clarke said his knowledge of him commenced, he believed, in April, or shortly before. The witness knew very well that, though they went together to the office, Richards was the proprietor of the scrip, and that the business was really done for him. The witness said he did the business with the prisoner. lie received the scrips from his hands, and gave him the value for them. The prisoner observed that he arranged with Richards to have half the commission. It was useless to deny that he was well known to be merely the agent of Richards in this business. In reply to other quesiions, the witness ststed that the London and Birmingham Railway' : Company were prosecuting in this case, and that he understood that as many as 18,000 forged shares were afloat. The magistrates consulted, and determined to remacd the prisoner till Tuesday, to be then examined beforo the Lord Mayor. The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail, as ho was in fact a witness for the prosecution. The magistrate thought the charge too grave to be so treated. The prisoner then claimed to have the money found in his possession, being only a few pounds. The witness objected. He should claim all the money found on him, and all the scrips that might be found in his drawer at the Hall of Commerce, in liquidation of his loss. He believed as much as 5,0001. had been found or attached belonging to the prisoners in custody at the ManNion-house. The prisoner then gave up the key of his drawer or box at the Hall of Commerce, and was remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. Sarah Lessar, a girl about 17 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with the following unfeeling robbery : Mary Anne Calff, the wife ofa weaver in Punderson-street, Bethnal-green, stated that about a month since the prisoner. who was in a complete state of destitution, applied to her for assistance, and compassionating her condition, she en gaged her at 2s. a week and her board and lodging to look after her children, whilst the witness assisted her husband at weaving, which paid very badly. On Thursday, the 30th ult., she carried out some silk to her employers, and on her return home found her two little children in the street, her house left open, and that the prisoner had absconded. Sus pecting she had been robbed, she immediately examined a box underneath her bed, in which she had deposited 181., the accumulated savings of herself and husband for a great length of time, and found that the whole of the money had been carried off. After a fruitless search for the prisoner of several days, she, and a lodger of hers named Foy, at length traced her to a house in Nicholl•street, Spitalfields, and on accusing her of her heartless conduct, she immediately burst into tears, acknowledged she had done wrong, and pulled a handkerchief out of her bosom containing 4L 16s. of the money. Another part of the 181. she said she bad intrusted to a man named Daniels to keep for her, who had told her that he had destroyed and buried it, as it was base coin, and the remainder she had spent in articles of dress. Police-constable Alexander produced a large bundle of women's wearing apparel, entirely new, which he had found at the girl's lodging; and the prisoner, whose eyes were greatly swollen from incessant weeping, having declined to say anything in answer to the charge, was fully committed for trial. A tall powerful fellow, named Augustus Fisher, stated to be a cabman and pugilist, and well known to the police, was next charged upon suspicion of committing the following violent assault and highway robbery upon the person of a hatmaker named Jackson. It appeared from the evidence in this case, that the prose cutor having to take home a beaver hat to the landlord of a public-h( use in Collingwood-street, Bethnal-green, at a late hour on Thursday night last, was standing talking to the ' publican, when the prisoner Caine in and asked the prose cutor to treat him ; the prosecutor handed him his glass of brandy-and-water, and after some conversation left the house, accompanied by the prisoner; but a heavy fall being heard shortly afterwards by the publican and his brother, they went out and found Mr. Jackson lying on his back on the pavement in a state of insensibility, and bleeding profusely from the mouth, with one of his lips cut through, evidently by a very violent blow. The prosecutor was assisted into the house, and, having partially recovered fi om his ill-usage, stated that the instant he had left the door he was felled to the ground by a terrible blow in the face ; that the prisoner immediately took to his heels, and that although he did not see the pri soner strike him, the act was so sudden, he was satisfied it was he who did it, as there was no one else in the street, and he had been robbed of his purse at the same moment, con taining 1/. 155., which was secure in his pocket the instant before. The prisoner called at the public-house the next night, and offered to pay for half a pint of gin, but a police man was fetched, who took him into custody. The police gave the accused a very bad character, as the constant associate of persons of bad repute, and repeatedly in custody for different offences, and The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, ac knowledged that he had left the house with the prosecutor as described; but declared that the latter had sustained the injuries complained of by falling accidentally, and denied all knowledge of the robbery, which must have been com mitted by two other men who left the public-house at the same time. This last assertion, however, was flatly contradicted by the publican and his brother, and Mr. BROUGHTON, who considered the prisoner's conduct replete with suspicion throughout, ordered him to be bruught up again next week for the completion of the evidence. A respectable looking woman, who gave the acknow ledgedly false name of Anne Brown, but is known to be the wife of a commercial clerk in a wholesale house in the city, was then charged with stealing a woman's bedgown, value 9d., from the shop of Mr. Smith, a pawnbroker, in Piffleld street, Holton. It appeared that the prisoner at four o'clock on Thursday offered in pledge a piece of calico, and was requested to go to another part of the shop with it; she did so, and the bed gown was missing from a number of others to which it bad been pinned at the spot where she had been previously stand ing. This being communicated to the shopman attending on her, her pledge was refused, and she was followed out into the street, and then requested to go back again. This she also readily did, but on reaching the door she pulled the bed gown from beneath her cloak, and, delivering it to the shop man, asked for forgiveness, and requested that her husband might be sent to, who, she said, would immediately pay the value of the article. This was of course refused, and a con stable being procured, she was 'delivered into his custody. She had been in the habit of frequenting the shop for six months, and, although different articles had been repeatedly missed about the time of her visits, no suspicion had before been entertained of her, from her apparent respectability. The prisoner, in defence, declared that a woman had pre sented her with the bedgown at the pawnbroker's door, and, although she protested it was of no use to her, the woman persisted in her gift, and while she was deliberating what to do with the article, suspecting it might not have been honestly come by, the shopman came up and gave her in charge. Mr. i.inGuGirrorr intimated that she must offer that defence at the sessions, and ordered the depositions to be taken, and the prisoner committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. John Conolly, a young man of hitherto bad character, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting and robbing a Miss Geor g iana Peterson of a parcel containing two silk gown s . The complainant stated that at half-past eight in the evening, as she was walking near the leather market at Ber mondsey, with a parcel containing two silk dresses, in her hand, she was suddenly struck by some person from behind, and knocked down. She screamed out, and at the moment she saw the prisoner, who snatched the bundle out of her hand, and, having threatened her if she called out, then ran away. The complainant added that she afterwards saw the prisoner in custody, and also had her property restored. A tradesman, named Beckern, stated that he was at a short distance from the leather market, when he heard a shriek, and immediately afterwards saw the prisoner running with great swiftness in the direction of Snow's-fields. Wit .. ness pursued him, in the course of which he saw him throw away a bundle, and he was eventually secured near Snow's fields. When taken into custody, he asserted that on hear ing a cry of" Stop thief" he ran after the culprit, and was close at his heels, when he (prisoner) was accused as the real thief, although he was as innocent, he could declare, as a babe unborn. The complainant, as well as the witness, were recalled, and, in reply to the prisoner's assertion with respect to his having been in pursuit of the thief when he was taken, they contradicted it, and both added that they had no doubt he was the man. The prisoner was committed. BALLOON ASCENT, and ACCIDENT TO MR. CHARLES GREEN. The rather novel sight of a balloon ascent was wit nessed here on Tuesday afternoon, some speculating gentlemen having engaged Mr. Charles Green, the well known aeronaut, for the occasion. The event being one of great rarity in Ipswich, drew together an immense concourse of persons, who crowded the Old Grammar School-yard, from whence the ascent was made, and the streets and open spaces in the vicinity ; the towers of all the churches, and every rising piece of ground in the direction the ball oon was likely to take, also had their quota of sightseers, many of whom, not content with natural optics, sought the aid of telescopes to watch the progress of the aerial locomotive through its native element. The process of inflation commenced early or Monday afternoon, a pipe having been laid for that purpose from the main in the adjoining street, and was continued until four o'clock the following day, when Mr. Green deemed it expedient to ascend immediately, as the length of time occupied in filling the balloon had materia:ly weakened the power of the gas. Every preparation being completed, the intrepid voyager took his seat in the car for the 321st time, amid the cheers of the assembled mul titude. The ropes were quickly loosened, and the ma jestic machine rapidly rose, and took a northerly direc tion, passing over Mr. Blogg's brewery, the roof of which it barely cleared, owing to a gust of wind that caught it at the moment. The weather, which through out the previous night had been exceedingly stormy, cleared up at midday, and at the time of the ascent was remarkably fine saving the squally state of the wind, so that the balloon was in sight for some time. After remaining in the air for about half an hour, Mr. Green accomplished his descent in a barley field at Otley, about nine miles distant, and with the aid of some villagers quickly packed up the balloon, intending to return direct to Ipswich. Owing, however, to its being fair day here, there was not a convenient vehicle to be got, so that he was obliged to make shift with a small spring cart, into which the apparatus was thrust, Mr. Green seating himself on the top. About half way home, the seat board, which had been lying loosely on the package, gradually slipped off, and getting between the spokes of the wheel upset the cart, and threw Mr. Green out, the balloon, a mass of silk and cordage, weighing upwards of 4 cwt., falling upon him. In this condition he lay for some time, the driver being unable, without great difficulty, to remove the machine alone. As soon as the unfortunate gentleman was extricated from his painful position, he was . brought to the Coach and Horses, Brook-street, and Mr. Sampson, surgeon, was called in ; but, happily, it was found he had sustained no material injury, beyond some severe bruises. He was immediately bled and put to bed, and in the morning had so far recovered as to be able to get up and walk down to the school-yard, to superintend packing up the balloon, preparatory to its immediate transmissionbrey noo i n o is makeengagedtanttempt at robbery a ascentnb - I m London, next. whence h One e unsuccessful the nt h g e r o r u a n n d s thatl i as f c o o l l m o % e v e tdo t the e rising k now l o e f d g e the o b f a l t l h o e o n p o f r l i o c m e. terrafirnia, a gentleman felt his gold chain snatched at, and immediately clapped his hand up to his waistcoat pocket to prev en t t h e a b straction of his watch. In this he succeeded, but only at the expense of the chain, which was safely secured by the daring perpetrator of the theft, b e f ore h e h ad time to turn round an see who it was.—Suffolk Chronicle. DISGRACEFUL SCENTE.—A pitched battle was fought in the meadows en Sunday evening last, near ten o'clock, between two female combatants, Mary Ann Good and Maria Cheedle, for the sum of one shilling. Two men, professing to be their " lovers," acted as seconds on the occasion 1 Many rounds were fought, and no doubt it would have continued A great length of time, but far the appearance of a policeman, which compelled them to make off, They are, however, far from satisfied with having degraded them selves to this extent. To show still further their lamentable de pravity, they have already made another match, witiett Is to come et on - Mgt- Wildttye—.l/lOWnfikigt MOM. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Bristol and Exeter, New, 7-16—Caledonian, 12%—Ditto, New, 1 1 5-16—Midland, New, 32% —North Staffordshire, •t% p. MANCHESTER, iL& 9. STOCK EXCBANGE.—The sales are—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, dis.—East Lincolnshire, par—Great Grimsby and Dock Exten sion, 1% dls.—Huddersfield, Ila:ifax, and Bradford, 2% p.— Lanca shire and North Yorkshire, 7s. 6d. dls.—Llyerpool, Ormskirk, and Preston. 1 p.—Manchseter, Buxton, and Matlock, %--Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 17s. dis. —Man chester and Hyde, % p.—M anc h es t er and Southampton, p.— Northumberland and Lancashire, I dis.—North Staflordshire, % Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 10s. 6d. p.— Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 1.4 p.— Shrews bury and Herelbnishire, % dia.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 14 dis.—South Eastern and Dover, 42—Ditto, Consul (No. 3), p.—Ditto, Halves (No. 4), 1% p.—West Lancashire Coast, dis.—West Riding Union, 2% p. MAT 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The result of the business of the week justi fies the caution given in our last Saturday's notice, prices having slowly and gradually declined since that time. Those buyers who have abstained from purchasing during the early part of the account will probably now come forward, and by the creation of a demand, prevent any material further reduction for this account. The tree! is becoming on e more o f supply and demand thanof "account" speculation, and is therefore less likely to be subject to those capri cious variations in price which the speculations of the jobbers have so long fostered. The American intelligence to the 16th ult., received yid Havre, is generally considered favourable to the preser vation of peace, but is yet not of that decided character to produce so favourable an effect on the share markets as our anticipation of a final amicable settlement of the Oregon question would have. The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester , p. — liudderstield and Sheffield, 5% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 2% —Leeds and Think, 2 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (A), 8% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 255. F.—Sher' field and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3), 1 p..-Ainbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 10s. dis.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 20s. dis —Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 275. dis. —"Vradford , Wakefield, arid Midland, 235. dis. -- Buckinghamshire, 13s. p.—Direct Northern, 10s. dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.—Leeds and York, 15s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 6s. dis.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, par—Manchester, Bea ton, Matlock, and Midland, 275. 6d, p.—Northumberland and Lan cashire Junction, 19s. dis.—North . Staffordshire, 4% p.—North Western, 6s. p.—Shrewsbury an d Hereford, 21s. dis.—Shropshire Union, 12s. 6d. dis.—South Midland, 1% p.—West Riding UlllOll. 4% HULL, Mei 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Durham and Sunderland, 23g —North British, Carlisle, 435. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &C. , —Axholme, 1 34—Buckinghamshire, 21. Ils. —Derby and Gains borough, 13s. 3d —East Lincolnshire, 225. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 41s.—Bull and Barnsley Junction, 2f,s.—Leicester and Birmingham, % —London and Manchester (Remington's), I Is. 3d.-- - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. 9s. 6d.—South Midland, Z 1• 9s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 265. 6d. SHEFFIELD, MAY 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Manchester , Quarter Shares (No. 3 Scrip), 1 1 ( p.—Grimsby anti Sheffield Quar ter Shares, 6s. 6d. die.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 12s. dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Extension, Its. dis.—Sheffield , Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. 6d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York EX tension, 275. 6d. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 1.4 dis.— Lei cester and Redford, I Is. 6d. dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and NEW castle Junction, p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—Northumberland and Lancashire, 18s. 6d. dis.—South Midland, 2 p.--West Riding Union, 2% p. YORK, MAr 9. STOCK EXCLIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 134-Eastern Union, 34%-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 IL-Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, 1/. 125.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midltind, 3 -Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 91. 16s. 3d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 2/. 65.-North Stafford shire, GU-North Western, 11. 65.-West Sliding Union, 41. 13e. York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11%. EDLNBURGII, MAY 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Si. 155.--Aberdeen. Banff, and Elgin, it. 95.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. 115.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush. 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, it. 163.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir , 2/. 25.-Banffshire, 195.-Belfast and C oun t y D own, 21.-British an d Irish Union, 21. 25.-C a l e d on i an, 131. 55.-Ditto, New, 2/.-Cale" donian Extension, IL Ihs. 6d.-Caledonian an d D um b arton, 1/. !is. --Caledonian and Northern Di rec t , it . 14s. 6d.-Carnwath and West Linton, I/. Is. 3d.-Ch e l ms f or d and Bury, 155.-Clydesdale Junction . 141.-Cornwall and Devon C en t ra l , 11 . 12s. 6d.-Deeside Railwa y ' 41.-Direct Northern, 21. 5 1. -D ublin and Enniskillen, 11. 10s. -- Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Di tto, New, 211.-Dundee and Rear Junction, 11. 165.-Dundee and P er th, 171 . -Di tto, Kinross Exten sion, 21 . - Eastern Counties Extensi on , 21.-E ast I ndian Ra i lwa y. I 4s. 9d.-East o f Fife, it. 11s.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 11. 4 8 . -Edi n b urgh and Bathgate, 1/. 185.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 771 . -Di tto, Half Shares, 201.-Ditto, Quarters. 181. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 171. Ms.-Edinburgh, Glasgow. an Dumbarion, 11 . -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 11.55. 6d. - Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 161.-Ditte, Preference, 181.-Edinburgh and Northern, 61.-Ditto, Newport, 165.-Ditto, Lochgeny, Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. 1 1s.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 23. -- Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musseiburgh, It. 125.-Forth and Ciyd• Junction, 1/. 143.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 761.-Ditto, New Stook. 30/.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 21. Os. Gd• -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. U.-Glasgow and Dunde• Junction, it. 135.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 9/. 10s.-Glasgew and Greenock, 171.-Ditto, New Stock. Si. 15s.- Ditto, Preference, it. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junc tion, 11. 105.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 11. 155.-Glasgow,.Klimar. nock, and Ardrossan, 2/. 10s.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesnaaha• gow, 21. 3s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great County Down, 11. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 10s. 6d.-Great North and South Wales, 1 IL-Inverness and. Elgin, 1/.-Lanark and Lothians, 21 . 2s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 125.-London and Houn slow, 155.-London and Manchester (Bast.), 3/. 5s -London ana Manchester (Remington's), 11.-London and York, 21. 155.-Ditta, Half Shares, 21.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 1/. 18s.-Moray' shire, 1 1.-Newcastle and Berwick, 261.-Newry and Londonderry. It. 75.-North British, 31/. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 121.-Ditt o Extension to Carlisle, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Di tto, Extension to Dalkeith G! 12s. North Wales Mineral, 15 L-Ditto, New, 61. 55.-Perth and Crieu Direct, it. 125.-P er th an d Inverness, it. M.-Scottish Central. 161.-Ditto, New, 71. 5 5. -S cottish Central and Caledonian Junction. it. 6s -Scottish Grand Junction, 11. Is.-Scottish Midland, 71.-Sc° t ' tish Southern, 11. 13s. 6d. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 108.- Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 9s.- South Midland, 3/. 15s. 6d Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland. 21 ',.. - rn Strathe Junction, 1/. IN.-Surrey Grand J unc ti on, 108.-Ta"'" and Dove Valley, 155.-Wishavr and Coltness, 501. GLASGOW, MAY 9. STOOL EiteI:LANGE. —The sales are — Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin , 305.—Airdrie and Bathg a t e , 54 s. —A yr and Galloway, 35s.—Ban g shire, 205.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 33s.—Direc t Northern, 45s.—Dundee and Perth, 17% —East Indian Railway. 13 '' 9d.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 335. 6d.—Glasgow General Ter minus, 9%—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 395. 6d.—Glasgow, Klima" nock, and Ayr, Qnarter Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 18% —Glasgow' Dumfries, and Carlisle, 395. 6d. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrod san, 41s. 6d.— Inverness and Elgin, 20s. 6 d.—Kilmarnock and Ar r Direct, 325. 6 d.—Lesmahagow, 425. 6 d. — Manchester and South ampton, 45s.—Scottish Central, 15 /.—Scottish Southern, 355. 6d-- * Scottish Central and C a l e d on i an J unction, 298.—South Midland, ~„„• (ADVERTISEMENT.]—BRUSHES.--NEW INvENTIoNtiI. —The Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even cut brush ; to be h a d i n f our s i zes, No. 7, ss. 6:1 ; No. 8,7 s. 6d ; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, I Is. 6d. The Double Anti. , Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the nail, no pressure being required, and thoroughly cleans and pco• lishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any other me. thod ; price in bone, No. 1,2 s. ; No. 2,2 s. 6d. ; No. 3, 36 . 6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the ill terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No. 1, hard ; No. 2, less hard ; No. 3, middling ; No. 4, soft. The narrow brushes, No. 5, hard ; No. 6, less hard; No. 7, mi".; dling ; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or 10 s . per d ozen in bone ; awl 2s. each, or 21s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted meet to come out. The Medium Shaving Brush, between the usual badger hair and bristle brush, being a selection of the strongest hair only from the badger skin in a variety of sisel , both in bone and ivory. The above articles are the inventions of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, Londee. and, being prot ec t e d, any one imitating them will be proc eede d -IPieim against. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--THE EARL OF ALDBORGITGL I AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculo . n t.' medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract of "' lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1545 "To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to acquaint you that iolz r _ pills have eff ec t e d a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomac , ' which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all ever the, Continent, had not b een a bl e to effect — nay, not even the waters ,c' Carlsbad or Marienbad.—(signed) Aldborongh." These wonderiw Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, Sold (also Hot' loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244. Strand, and of all medicine vendors throughout the civilised work]. THE GREAT LIVZRrOOL.—Is. party of passengers by the late Great Liverpool steamer dined together, on Friday last, at the Mitre Tavern, Fleet-street, Captain Fearon in the chair, for the par.' pose of presenting a silver breakfast service to Captain Bowen, late of the ship Hindostan, as a testimony of the gratitude of his fellow' passengers for his great exertions on the occasion of the wreck of the Great Liverpool. After dinner, when the usual loyal toasts had been given, the chairman rose and proposed the health of Captain Bows,_, '°' stating the gen era l f eel i ng of the passengers that they were malnv_ indebted to him f or t h e preservation of their lives, and reading letter signed by the whole party, in which they tendered their warmest thanks to Captain Bowen for his services, and requested his acceptance of the above-named testimonial of their gratitude' In returning thanks for the toast, which was received with all the honours, Captain Bowen took the opportunity of bearing l' le testimony to the able conduct of the late Captain Macleod. and the rest of the officers and crew —without which (he said) hi! own exertions would have been of little avail. Referent. to his long experience M naval affairs, he disclaimed the extraordl; nary merit attributed to him, asserting that no one possessing ti' same qualifications could have acted otherwise than he had don: Il e, however, re t urne d his heartfelt thanks to th e company for int, kindness, and exp resse d th e p l easure which he should always fed.'s"; meeting any of th ose w h om h e must now always look upon as WO his most val ue d f r i en d s C apta i n Bowen ' s speech was received Witte loud cheering. The principal other toasts - were--" The health of the Chairman," proposed by Captain Bowen ; " Mr. Baker, her Britanni! Majesty's Consul at Corumna," and "Mr. Santos, Vice-Consul at C'; runna," proposed by th e Ch a i rman ; " Mrs. Baker and the ladies 0' Corunna, wh o ki n dly ass i s t e d the lady - passengers, " proposed by ,f Mr. , Pugh ; " M r . H am ilt on an d the other surviving officers and crew ",. the Great Li ver p oo l," p roposed by Mr. Fitzpatrick, and " The absent passengers," proposed by Mr. Hampton. The dinner and wines we,__ provided by Mr. Pool e , o f th e M itre Tavern, and gave universal saw' faction. The party did not separate till a late hour. THE OLD STOCKS RESTORED.—The almost obsolete custom of placing in the stocks was revived in this borough (Tewk eP bury) a few days back, by an itinerant musician, named Davis, beinf committed thereto f o r th ree h ours , in default of payment of a fine O f ss. for drunkenness.— Worcester Chronicle. THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—On Saturday the spring festival of this ancient and royal charity was celebrated at the Lon; officiating as chairman of the day. The attendancee wasn& , c* were excel don Tavern, the Duke of Richmond, President of the Ina nsi ti d t e u r t e l h o l u r smaller than usual, but the dinner, and e6 v t r o w n i t liberalityh e r o i f g h il t e ro Bath s; y Gener al aans ta s t e s u u e pdP :lonel W. N. Burns, son of the (chaplain), Colonel Campbell, Major excel lent, , B a r n e d ac c h redi T ta h b e le c a h l a ik i. e m t an o p th w e Christepher, lof P . .f - Leslie, Mr. Alexander Monteith, Mr. Seym c er u ,.. in; to the Scottish Hospital," eulogising !! ellofmr.mending it-s.various objects, Thompson,and ui M. : r. poet; and a th n e d R on ev t . he D l r e . ft After the rt.hite.uAsu.at introductory g m lulecs a n3 n eliroa p ape r ,k o r. p iAn o fana i s n e ledngr,.Am " Prosperity B, d ec a n. I Adair, claims to the support of the charitable and humane. Mr. R. A. Christopher proposed the health of the Duke of Richmond, wh ° ' e very good. having a cknowledged the compliment, ga ve society. Mr. P. M. Stewart," good humour dl tbe not to be regarded as ominous of defalcatie absence of that functionary, though somewhat t nconven 1,, _. * lent, Was T on o t d ll: T l r t e r a . su iv rer of the liberal subscription was awn Unced. q uitacqted himself with his accustomed ability. under the direction of Mr. Jolly, wer he musical rrangeluel'7, ilson also the company with Yinobstheervainceog accounts ...... Esq., the Member fo;reinVdeshtminsteSep, several songs in the course of the e „,.. AN M.P. Junon.—on hich was very agreeably spent ta.s calledM r . T o oo n l t e h , a m ps :: a y itni . : 4 not the the London officerSes e s Saturday John Temple Le ads" the he found that Mr. Leader Nv e a t s fiotnlise Court stated, that when he served the i t T,ci aansmweemribn Member of w o p ul a d rl h ia a m ve e be nt ea b r„ ,,, been called on in due course as his name stood on 'ut *Di toasts. lit.h L e ecwhasoi exemption ought to have been claimed when the list was revl"-' .............._ w A . O c n oi t 3, l , l a e r 2 , d E l s ri q s ., l. BIRTHS 0 . at a t t s h o e n. Hotel de NoallleS. BM Belgium , the -Ile of , a On the Gth inst., at Anglesey, near Gosport, th e l a dy 0. -e°re Bridge, Esq., Captain, 3d Regiment, the Buffs, of a son. " 00- On the Gth inst., at Russell-square, Mrs. Al exan d er P r i n ce. of °' ',at On the 6th i nst., at Cadborough-farm, Rye, Sussex, Mrs. .- 1 . Brawn Lovett, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Lee-terrace, Blackheath, the , ;;Ife o.,harle. - r A. Ferguson, E sq. , of a son. v, id HanbUr d On the 7th i ns t., at Hendon, the wife bf Philip of a son. MARRIED. walla ° On the !d of October, 1845, at Koonunga, South Australis , - ,hter Ilaturin, Esq., Auditor-General, to Charlotte Owen, second da" of Captain C. U. Begot, 21.1.. C., of Koonunga. DIED. On the 30th ult., a t V en t nor, Isle of Wight, Mary Emmaaevenal daughter of Major-Gen era l A . Ai tch i son, of Hyde, age d 17' On the 4th inst., at Carlton-villas, Maida-hill, Mr. It• al a- - f • o urth On the sth inst., a t H umberstone, Leicestershire, Mary, daughter of the late John Pares, Esq. the On the sth inst. ' at Camden-place, Bath, Frederic infant eon of J. W. Whittuck, Esq. wido w On the Gth inst., at Clapham, Surrey, Mrs. Jaime, - Nouns of the late J. Mounsey. On the 7th inst., in Trailegar-place West, Hackney-roa d, Elizabeth wife of Mr. John Walker. H i t London : Printed and Published by 1 4 4:71tD0 YOUNG, Of NO. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, lib. 112, Strand, in the P ai of the klaToY , h the C9unty Middloosx. Mendel, M 11, ISt%