The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH RACES. Declarations for theSomersetshire Stakes up to Saturday evening :—Corranno, Sweetmeat, St. Lawrence, lonian, Needful, Vitellius, /Egli', Ajax, Duc an Durras, Pugilist, Fox, Aitkin, Secutor, Redskin, Pal, Wild Roe, The Hero, Asto nishment, Chamoi3,W est Countryman, Zebra gelding, Dulcet, Jack Cade, and Eclat. THE CHESTER CUP. The horses struck mitiziioivnupto ten o'clock this morn ing were the following:-- Wolfdog, lonian, Morpeth, Needful, Winchester, William le-Gros, Xanthus, Pythia, King Cob, Vates, Mount Charles, Pilot, Milder], Johnny, Merryman, Colleen Dhas, The Hero, Outcast, Pal, and Astonishment. The only horses scratched at Chester on Thursday were Valiant and London. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FAIDAT. CHERTER CUP.-20 to 1 agst Sweatmeat-20 to 1 agst Miss Burns-20 Co 1 agst Whinstone-20 to 1 agst Best Bower —2O to 1 agst Mickey Free-40 to 1 agst Warp-40 to 1 agst Fitzallen-40 to 1 agst Hope-50 to 1 agst Salopian. The first four in great force. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS Her Majesty's Stag lids., Mon., Sunning-hill Wells; Fri., Salt-hill—at 11. White Cross harrs., Tues., Betlow-lane ; Sat., Marsworth Cross-road—at 12. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hds., Tues., Gosford ; Thurs. A.ikenside ; Sat., Newbvth-10 1 4. B. V. H.. Tues , Melcombe-park-wood (Roe Deer) ; S a t., Manton Coppice-11%. Mr. G. Notley's barn., Tues., Poulett's Arms, Loptn Head. Pembrokeshire hds., Mon., Llanstinan ; Thurs., Rosa market-10. Seventh Hussars Stag lids., Mon., Crown Inn, Cod- Seventh ; Thurs., Crown Inn, Iltord-114. Lord Elctio's hds., Mon., Paxton ; 'hies., Rowchester ; Wed.. Paston ; Fri., Zuitlaw ; Sat., Ford Bridge. Mr. Lushington's hds., Mon., Doddington ; Thurs., Leeds Castle-11. Ledbury hds., Tues., Bosbury Turnpike; Fri., Colin Park —lO%. Monmouthshire lids., Mon., Landenry Court; Thurs., Din gestow-bridge —lO. Sir William Stanley's hds., Tues., Thurseston ; Fri., Pud dington-11. Tiverton hds., Mon., Windsford Hill; Thurs., Marsh bridge ; Sat., Dilverton-10%. V. W. IL, Tues., Lydiard Plain; Thurs., Preston Toll-bar; Sat., Crudwell-10%. Cheshire lids., Mon., Oulton Park; Wed., Norton Priory; Thurs., Daresbury Hall; Sat., Three Greyhounds—lo%. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Penley ; Tues., Egerton Arms, Broston Thurs., Gresford ; Sat., Wynnstay. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Waslingley ; Wed., Leigh-, t o n Village ; Thurs., Wacot Park-10. Duke of itutland's lids., Mon., Croxton Park ; Tues., Len t-n Village; Wed., Elton Manor; Fri, Caythorpe-10 1 A. Surrey stag hds., Tues., Wickham •, Sat., Reigate. Albrighton hds., Mon., Tuck-hill ; Thurs., Flashbrook ;' sat., Little Oun. East Kent hds., Tues., Black Mill ; Fri., Sweech Gate-10%. Mr. Heiler's hnds., Mon., Haugham Guide Post; Tues., Wilksby Mill; Thurs., Girsby ; Sat., Haugh-10%. _Herefordshire lids., Wed., grockhall Turnpike; Fri., Epwnhope-10%. Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Pant - y Fr idd ; Fri., Pont dolegech-10. Thanet harrs., Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster Rough. Mr. Wall's hams., Mon., Paincastle; Wed., Llandefelly ; Fri.. Llanstephan. Mon., The Hardwicke Arms; Fri., Cambridgeshire lids. , Black Hall. Mr. Trelawny's lids., Tues., Holne Cot; Fri. Sheep's Torr vin a g,,e-10%• Oakley lids., Tues., Wavendon Hall; Thurs. Harrold bridge; Sat., Knotting-bridge. Mr. Drake's hd.s., Tues., Souldern Gate; 'Thurs., Arncott bridge ; Sat., Befield rollbar-10 Mr. S. Lownde's lids., Thurs., Shenley ; Sat., Winslow. Warwickshire lids., Mon., Snittertield ; Tues., Mitford ; Thurs., Upton Wo od; Fri., Wrotton Abbey; Sat., Ihningion- 1014 2. Heythrop lids., Mon. , C ha p el House ; W e d,, Tor Wood; Fri., New Barn ; Sat., Blenheim. Lord Parker's lids., r ues., Bolton Stone Pits ; Fri., Nettle- bed. Berkshire hds., Mon., the Stanford and Baulking Guide-post ; Wed., Fuxcomb Hill; Fri., Milton Hill. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Street Houses; Thurs., Skip Bridge; Sat., Skipwith Bridge-1011. Lieutenant Colonel Hildyard's haus., Mon., High Laven ; Wel., Kennels ; Fri., Putte-1014. Bedale lids, Mon., Brough ; Wed. Camp ; Fri., Pep per fiall-10i. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., York Gate; Fri., Aldborough, . . Cleveland hds., Mun., Hunteliff; Thurs., Kilda Durham County hds., Mon., Grindun ; Wed., Whin House Fri., Maiusforth. R thy thls., Tues., Mount St. John ; Fri., Tvlas Bridge. Bur worth lids., Thurs., Croft Bridge ; Sat., Moor Bank-10i ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITEJ- The chemical lecturer of the above most excellent . establishment, Dr. John Ryan, has, we are delighted to see, resumed the subject of general chemistry, which has for a considerable time been set aside for that all engro sing subject, the potato disease. His lecture rn . Thursday was on the subject of heat, introductory to an extended series, explanatory of toe application of chemistry to the general purposes of life. We need. scarcely say that the lecture was attended by a crowded and attentive audience, who listened to the Learned Doctor with breathless silence. We are more and more' convinced of the high character and the moral influence of this splendid institution, especialiy while its pro fessors take so much pains to bring the most abstruse subjects of science in such a plain and simple form. If we might offer to this talented lecturer a fitting subject for a future course, we would suggest to him, as a text the report of the Health of Towns' Commission ers. There he would Lind a wide and legitimate field for his i 'owers as a medical or chemical teacher. Dr. 13schhoffet7"3 lectures on natural philosophy are the theme of praise itom. all who have heard him, and most justly so, for the delighald way in which he blends .‘im plieity with science is greatly' t 9 be commended. PETERHEAD. —ln consequence of our whalers here having been successful for the last two years, many persons who were not formerly engaged in that trade have become adventurers in the whale fishery, and are to send out two additional ships, so that fourteen will go from, here this sea son. The herring fishery has certainly done much more good to the community generally of this town than the whale fishery. Last year there were 421 boats engaged, and there were upwards of 50,000 barrels of herrings caught. During the winter months, old men, women, and children find em ployment in making nets, and coopers making casks for the next year ; and during the fishing hundreds of poor crea tures are employed in the curing of the fish, and gaining from 21. 6d. up to ss. a day ; and this to a set of people who otherwise could not gain half so much in a week. The in crease of population during the fishery is perhaps from 1,500 to 2,ooo—and they have to pay for lodgings equal to half the yeariy rents of the houses into which they get huddled. The money they spend for the various articles of food is be yond belief, and the consumption of whisky is awful.—lncer pass Courier. RIPON ELECTION. —The Hon. Edward Lascelles has issued an address offering himself as a candidate for the re presentiniou of Ripon, vacant by the appointment of the Right Hon. T. B. C. Smith to the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Mr. Lascelles states, in his address, that he will strenuously resist any alteration in the corn-laws which would deprive the agapulturists of adequate protec tion.—Doncaster Gazette. The blister-Gein-ral of the Ord';2ance, Sir George Murray, G.C.B , continues indisposed at his residence in Bel grave-square. Major-General Sir Frederick Trench and Mr. Eliot transact the routine business of the Gallant Gene: +l's department during his .illness. The newly-appointed Solicitor to the Ordnance, Mr. Clarke, in the room of Mr. Hignett, has had apartments as signed to him in the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall. LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL.—The Lord Bishop of Llan dad' has contributed 5001. towards the restoration of this ca thedral, Tiors.—BRISTOL, JAN. 29.—The high tide this ev eni g overflowed the coffer-dam at the Dock Corn p .ny's works, at Cumberland Basin, and the men had only just tiine to escape. We understand also that the water has done considerable damage at the cotton works, and all the land on the side of the city is inundated.—NEWPOßT, JAN. 2S. —The tide rose to a very unusual height this morning, the sea „Ails and the low lands for a number of miles being inundated. The damage done is very considerable; a great number of sheep were drowned in the moors, and ricks of hay much damaged. The water in some of the houses in the neighbourhood was upwards of four feet deep, and the roads impassable far upwards of two hours —Nautical Standard. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE LEAGETE.—.MANCITES• TER, TIiCRSDAY.—An important and highly influential, thougn private, meeting of the Council of the League took place here this morning, to consider the steps it is necessary to take upon the intended measures of the Premier in refe• rence to the corn-laws. George Wilson, Esq., presided, and among the other gentlemen present were James Heywood, Esq. banker; R. H. Gregg (late M.P. for Manchester); J. Kershaw, Esq, an alderman and magistrate; H. Ash worth, Kitt., magistrate (of Turton); J. B.SmitkEsq., magistrate; E. Armitage, Esq., magistrate; Thomas Bright; E (bro ther to the Hon. Member for Durham); John Potte r , ot alderman and magistrate ; Thomas Woolley; E sq . ; W. hick ham, Esq. ; and A. Bannerman, Esq. It 13 unders tood An animated discussion took place, in which there was a u unan i m ous feeling displayed that the measure of thePremiel wo uld not meet the exigencies of the present emergency, and ti; it was a temporising policy unworthy of a statesm an, con_ fess eny converted to the iinpolicv of any longer maintainin g proh ibitiYe or protective laws._ A resolution was come t o , which was to the effect that the announcement of a new corn-law rendered it desirable that the Mende of free trade throughout the kingdom should be invited to origiaate p ii tions for the total and immediate abolition .of the coin mid pi•ovision laws. GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE COAST GUARD.—We. have much p lea Sure in recording - the following, as fully evincing the character of the true British seaman. It appears that about one in the morning of Thursday last, a vessel was discovered ashore about one mile to the westward of llym church, which proved to be the pilat yawl " New Flora," of Dover. Being very dark at the time, and blowing a heavy gale from the S.W., the situation of the poor fellows vi . lo tru ly hetredin. On the tircumetance being made .Liearut. n New g man, of the Dymehurch station, he known t o mmediately land he spot, and oe:lered his boa proceeded ,d, a distance of a rif,!le and a to be drawn row. by ball, to a convenient place for launching ; when a hardy h a nd of volunteers, from the Dymehureli and the adjoin in; station, manned her, and, after buffeting for some time with the billowy wav es, they succeeded in reaching the fated vessel, and found the boat washed away, and the crew, dye men , obliged to take.to the rigging—the consisting of o va her : Jender . ing it very haze_ !d -igest making a clean sweep Die gatiant , tars, nothing ons for the galley to approach. fellow-creatures, daunted, were determined to rescue their which they providentially effected. The poorfs/lows had been three hours in their dangerous position, and on safely reach • ing the shore, through a heavy surf, expressed themselves ano;t grateful for the great exertions used in their behalf. The ?teasel has subsequently gone to pieces, and the remains of lserbeen sold. We trust that the praiseworthy conduct of the fellows , will meet with a commensurate reward Arr 141 " / AY •Acc iDENT.—A fatal accident occurred i'11:11.4.7tY 9 -o'clock en the South-Eastern Railway, As the Read : m ain from Dover was passing between Pluckley and tltis stoker of the engine imprudently crossgd oyes' the lun ar ,' of which he stood up. Ti, t° the next carriage, on the top but his head came almost in e gu ni a g b " -k o ti „, ned him to get down, the bridges, and he was killed on - ij i ;;J_tx coined with one of unfortunate man was George Teylor. 6 9l ll '. __The name of the kleadaorn to await the coroner's inquest, °°°7 wow lies at HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - _ SIR,-Mr. Lumley having addressed to several papers a copy of a letter he has addressed to me, on the subk et of my retiring from her Majesty's Theatre, may 1 re quest from you the insertion of the following answer to his statements:— Mr. Lumley asserts 1. That I abandoned him at the eleventh hour. 2. That I insisted on the production of my operas as the condition of my engagements. 3. That I asked for an increase of salary. 4. That I had, unknown to him, accepted the post of conductor of another " establishment," meaning the Philharmonic Society. As to the charge that I had abandoned Mr. Lumley at the last moment ; at the close of the last seas ni I was not re-engaged, and there was a notice in the hall, that all persons not having a written engagement for the ensuing season, should consider themselves as not en gaged. On the 15th instant I received from Mr. Lum ley the first communication that he had return‘d from the Continent and would be glad to see me as soon as possible. From the fall of the curtain last August, till the 15th of January, 1 heard nothing from Mr. Lumley in any way. I never insisted upon the production of my own operas, but Mr. Lumley having required that I should abandon composition altogether, I resisted such a monstrous ex ercise of power. No question was raised by me as to the performance of any works of mine during the ensu ing season. In fact 1 have not an opera or ballet in manuscript at this moment. The position of conductor, does not, however, constitute an incompetency to pro duce operas, as Mr. Lumley supposes, and Meyerbeer, Lindpainter, Marschner, Spontint, &c., bare been and are before the public in the triple capacity of dirt ctor of music, conductor, and composer. As to an increase of salary, Mr. Lumley well knows that the 2001., given as an increase last year, did not compensate me for my extra services. Lastly, as to my acceptance of the honourable post of Philharmonic conductor (which only require, the super intendence of sight concerts), Mr. Lumley is well aware that at the commencement of the last season I distinctly stated to him my intention of accepting the office, if it should be again proposed to me, though 1 had been in duced by him twice before to decline it. I was therefore fully warranted, and there was no surprise or want of courtesy. I would never have consented to have con ducted concerts which I considered prejudicial to the opera interests. Haling gone through Mr. Lumley's assertions, I will not enter into a discussion a 3 to his opinions; it would be as egotistical on my part to speak of Don Carlos, as I conceive it to be indelicate for a manager to criticise ithe productions of the professor who has for years been ❑amed by him in his own announcements and bills, " Director of Music, Composer, and Conductor. For the first time, on the 15th of January, Mr. Lum ley imposes conditions that he knew I could not, as a man of honour, accept; on the 20th, as I understand, he makes an engagement with another conductor ; on the 23d he informs me of the fact; and, on the 28th, he brings my name before the public, by publishing, with out first consulting me, a private communication. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, 71, Albany- street. M. COSTA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The letter I was compelled to publish to refute a public attack has produced an answer, in which, although Mr. Costa has resorted to extraordinary con tradictions of some of the details, more than sufficient is admitted by himself to prove that, whilst I implicitly relied upon his sincerity, to my most set ions inconveei. once, at the ♦ery eve of the season, he left me no other resource than the course adopted. By showing the character of the assertion on which he principally rests his defence, I shall at once prove what is the real value of Mr. Costa's statement. Would it be imagined that the notice in the porter's hall, from which he pretends to have concluded that he was net engaged, and on which he grounds his excuse of having concealed from me the Taut of his new engagement, whilst it certainly included the artisans of the theatre, not only could not possib:y be considered by any heads of departmv nts as applicable to them, but that the ',entice was actuali) suggested to me by Mr. Costa himself, in consequence of some difficulties which had arisen in departments under him ; and on application to Mr. Robinson, the treasurer, I discover that on the last night of last season Mr. Costa had the notice in question prepared under his (Mr. Costa's) own direction, he himself indro ducing an alteration, having in view his own direction of the department under his charge during the now present season. And again, could it be imagined from that gentleman's letter that if any delay occurred in his engagement it was through his own omission, as 'he he himself always prepared his own engagements and sent them to me to be signed ? Could it be imagined that none or these engagements were signed in past years before the month of January, when he complained that he received the first intimation of my intention by my sending for him on my arrival in England to settle upon various arrangements for the opening of the season ? The exact dates of his engagements are :-1842, Jan. 6 ; 1343, Feb. 20 ; 1844, Feb. 14 ; 1845, Jan. 25. Mr. Costa should not have forgotten the oral and written evidence the management possesses. Then with these circumstances couple the fact that from the hour I wrote the letter addressed to him to the moment when I was compelled to publish it, he never for a moment questioned the least particle of the fat ti it con tained. .1 beg most positively to assert that Mr. Costa insisted upon the production of operas of his composition, and made it at the eleventh hour the sine quil non of his en gagement. In answer to my objections that Don Carlos had not responded to our wishes, he said that it arose from its being an opera seria, and that this style of opera was un palatable to, the public, whilst the one he was preparing was an opera buffe. I had no desire to criticise Mr. Costa's compositions. I stated not my opinion, but that of the public, whose award he einestioned, urging the repetition of the op. ra in the past season, when its failure had been proved, to my serious cost, and I was compelled to refer to its urn poptilarity as a reason for my not acceding to his de mand ; • and being obliged to publish my letter, I was bound to suppress nothing. Mr. Costa does not deny that the rule, as to orchestral conductors not producing operas in the theatres in they are engaged, prevails in France and in Italy ; he invokes, however, for the sake of comparison, the ex ample in Germany of such illustrious composers as M. Meyerbeer—a man whose character is essentially that of a composer, and not of a conductor—a man in a supreme position, and whose office is attached more to the Court than dependent on the theatre. As regards Mr. Costa's statement, that the 2001. extra did not pay him for extra services, the 2001. in crease was just the whole amount of salary he originally received from the theatre fur his six months' services, and that had been gradually increased to 8001. The position he occupied secured him together probably double the sum. _ . As to Mr. Costa's assertion, that I wished to prevent '.2jm composing at all, and thus, I suppose, deprive him of anoi—her source of profit, he must recollect that the: e were si . z rrient ;,,, in each year to which his engagement with me could not p e ;:jbly apply, and during which he was free to compose. I had iiot the least objection to his producing his operas at any theatre in Europe ex• cept her Majesty's Theatre. • As regards that admirable institution, - the Philhar monic, it is true the concerts are but tight in number, but they are of that important character as to demand constant attention, and take place during the opera season ; there are, besides, as many rehearsals, having, to a certain extent, the character of a representation, in dependent of ordinary practice. But Mr. Costa has omitted to say how he could re ' concile his complain s "of having too much to do" at one establishment with his acceptance of onerous duties at another. Mr. Costa says, that at the commercement of last sea son he distinctly stated to me his intention of accepting the ottic.., if it should be proposed to him. This I deny most positively, and without asking that any extra weight should be given to my assertion, were the circumstance in the least material (which it is not), is it likely that at that moment when I bad increased his salary for the purpose of securing iris whole services to the theatre, that I should have tamely listened to such a suggestion? '1 his, however, is not material, for he does not pre tend that he ever subsequently gave me notice that th situatien had been offered to him, much less does he p: e - notice of his h .ving accepted tend that he gage inn any , he engagement until the middle of the present wcnth. • Re leaves admitted that the engagement was signed within fourteen days after my leaving London, and, theretOre, it must have been contemplate! whilst actually employed in my service, and be the close of last semen. That he ought, as a mere matter of common . courtesy, not to have l e ft me i gnorant o f t h e f ac t, i s obvious. I have, however, stated more than Anopsh to show MIT unavoidably I was driven to adopt the only alter native compatible with the duties of my position and the interests of her Msj.sty's Theatre,—l bare the hu nour to be; Sir, your obedient servant, Jtm. 30, 1846. B. LUAILEY, LORDS' COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS.—In the House of Lord; on Thursday, the following Peers were appointed to form a Committee "to consider the mode in which the House shall deal with the railway Bills proposed to be submitted to the House during the present session," viz. : The Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earls Devon, Shaftesbury, Home, Clarendon, Grey, and St, Germains ; Lords. Polwarth, Ponsonby, Redesdale, Ddlhousle, chester, Somerhill, Brougham, Stanley, A4hburton, and Mouteagle. ' - • THE - SIM' TORY.—This 'vessel, which has beclm such au object of Interest; and has excited Se macn attenti. a said to havet general 3 .- rn en t i. enacted among o q n in consequence of the board by the master, and V4U> . tl:e men, the circumstances of wi Y i l ith a minds of the public, to require any le ili ng u tte i nVei n fritesh in the made to them iu this place is on the point of i le s av iQn n i," n indeed, she has not already left, the West India Docks in- for i°' another voyage. Of courge she has been provided with witha fresh master, although whether her former complement of men has been retained we are unable to pay with certainty, but we believe it h as not been the ease. She' doei n proeed aga;# to China an d the East as formerly, but is bound for Mo bile, United icitates, fqr a carAo of cotton. It is ruinoured that her destination from thp States will be Liverpool, where she 14, at the termination Of . the return voyage, to undergo a purse of repairs. It is stated amongst oth# things th4t it is not at . o jl improbahie tit' ownerswiplil fi w nid t t o ad e v ii is n all t l; . t ra o i g i i i v id e well -known lovellgin : .. ?”,!e*O n g. L ... H pefstittg • ns . , aye been h l card to e:. press what theyappear to cu.... .ia si.4llC P i ) their safety in a vessel whila hiss —4dai 4 iye •firqn, 0 fcar P i ; • -- t 11;c horrid and barbarous cruelty. heel, ' • SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As there exists a strong probability that the dif ferential portion of the duty on sugars will, with all others of a like evil character, be speedily swept away, it is only charitable to suggest how this great a.teration can be et ftcted in the best manner—that is, with justice to the West India proprietors, the sugar consumers, and, at the same time, to the safety of the revenue. It is a matter of notoriety to those who frequent the sugar market that the bulk of the quantity imported from the West Indies is much inferior to the various kinds which are produced in other quarters of the world, being the result of their long enjoyed monopoly ; in fact, the British West Indies possess the unenviable fame of producing, with the ex ception of ,Peru, sugars of the lowest description made. This is not attributable to climate or soil, because the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe have ex actly the same, and the sugar produced in those islands is comparatively of good quality ; it is, therefore, in the manufacture of the article that our colonists fail. One uniform rate of duty has hitherto been imposed on all British Muscovado sugar—of late that rate has been 14s. per cwt. ; this arrangement has operated unfairly on some of the producers, while it has been profitable to others ; for example, the sugars manufactured in Ja maica, St. Vincent, and Barbadoes, have all along been very superior to those sent to Europe from the other West India colonies: the amount of duty ought, conse quently, to be apportioned to the worth of the sugar. During the many ages the West India colonists were in the enjoyment of a pernicious monopoly no person cared to draw public attention to these inequalites—it was uni versally considered to be a black job altogether, and the West Indians were classed as one favoured body by the rest of the world ; but now that they are about to lose the protection of their monopoly, and to compete with all other producers of sugar, the affair assumes another aspect, and a distinction ought to be made in fairness amongst them in imposing the duty, which, it has before been stated, is 14s. per cwt. on good and bad Muscovado. Now, what is Muscovado ? Can any person define the term beyond telling us that it is a mixture of sugar, treacle, and dirt ? But in what exact proportions these are the one to the other no one can pretend to say, un less the sugar be analysed, and then that process will wnly indicate the one sort tested, all the other kinds may contain very various proportions. A sugar refiner buys, in his estimation the Muscovado sugar, which has the least quantity of treacle and dirt; but even he, used as he is to the appearance and taste of the article, is fre quently deceived: it follows, then, that the most honest method of assessing the duty would be to tax all sugars at 50 per cent. ad valorem, which closely approximates to the present rate, letting the purchasers pay the penalty of their want of judgment ; but then comes the question, how is an ad valorem duty to be carried into effect with out subjecting the revenue to considerable risk? It is true there may be a juggle between seller and buyer to the injury of the revenue,-if the sale be effected by pri vate contract; but if all sugars are sold at public auc tion that chance ceases, for it is impossible to suppose that two or three hundred buyers would combine to defraud! The Government should, therefore, insist that all sugars should be sold at auction; neither would this mode be anything new to the practice of the mar kets, for many sales are made in such a manner already; for instance, nearly all the Barbadoes sugars are so sold, a large proportion of the sugars from St. Lucia, the Mauritius, the East Indies, and from foreign settlements, are in a like way put up to public com petition ; in fact, the sale of sugar by auction is the general rule—the private sale the exception. As the trouble of apportioning the duty to be paid would occasion some expense at the Custom-house, that expense might be defrayed by a small stamp on the original catalogue—the one on which the selling broker marks down the prices which the vrrious lots fetch is meant; this, after the sale has closed, might be sealed up and transmitted to the Customs for the officrrs . enidam e, and then return dto the broker. Under such a system no fraud could occur through a collusion between buyers and sellers; moreover, a public sale at the ex-duty price would benefit the producers, inasmuch as they would have to pay commission on the value of the sugar only, instead of plying them, as they now do, on the duty paid price. The diffe!ence will actually be a profit to theai, and obviate the nece.sity of their being encum bered with the payment of the duty which would be desirable in more ways than one. As the affair is at present managed, should the purchaser fail the producer not only becomes a ert ditor for the value of his sugar, but for the amount of the duty also; besides, the very first transaction made on his account establishes a debt to his coasignee, on which he is charged 5 per cent. in terest, in some ca-.es more. It would not he in character with the purport of this letter to expatiate either on the proneress of mankind to increase their debts when the ice is once broken, and the reluctance of contracting debts is once overcome; or whether it is fair t..) a class of persons, who are, or should be, far from the scene of action, so to enthral them. -This, however, is undeniable Vat many West Indians have been ruined by the ini quity of the system forced upon them by the regulations of the market, and they ought to hail with gladness an alteration by which they may be relieved.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, B. S. U. THE SUN, LaiDON, MON - 13 - A:Y MORNI 1` ; 19-, r`lll3itlT A:R 2. 1846, LA W ISTELLIGENCE. ROLL'S COUR r, Jan. 31. Lord LANGDALE sat at ten o'elo,k, and resumed the hearing of petitions. VICE-CHAN'CELLOR'S C5Ul?7', Jan. 31. (Before Vice-ChaneAtor KNIDLIT BRUCE.) POWLEB V. SAENz. His HoNova, in giving judgment, said this e,:se was between the plaintiffs, English merchants, who had a house in London and in the State of New Granada, and the defendants, who were citizAis of New Granada. In 1841 and 1842 contracts were entered into, first between the plaintiffs and the Government of New Granada, and, seem dly, between the plaintiffs and the defendants. By the first the plaintiffs contracted with the Government for 100,000 arobahs of tobacco annually, to be paid for by remittances ; and by the second, the defendants con tracted to consign to the plaintiffs in London 40,000 arobahs of tobneeo, the defendants having permission to draw on them to a certain amount. A third contract was made between the plaintiffs and the defen dants and the Government of New Granada, but it did not affect the merits of the suit. The com plaint was, that subsequently to that third contract the d:-feadants had failed to fulfil the terms of the second contract, and by sending the 40,01j0 arnbabs, or part of them, to another house, had not only clepr.ved the plain tiffs of their commission, but had injured their character in the tobacco r:iarket. An injunction was, therefore, applied for by the plaintiffs. His HONOUR said, that various questions of law, of equity, and of fact were raised by the ease on which he had not felt his mind satisfied by the arguments, though able, which had been conducted before him. He there fore thought ho would do the least. in.;nry to any party concerned if he refused the motion, and reserved the costs. BURILIITT v. RANSOM. his HONOUR said that the Court, would grant au action at law in this case, if the parties concerned had wished it, and the more so as he himself had felt inclined ' to have the opinion of a Court of law upon it, but as both plaintiff and defendant agreed to waive that election, he had considered the merits of the claim. The claim of George Goldsmith against the estate of the - estator was for 1,0001., the amount of a promissory note. His Honour thought that the mere production of the note, and the proof of the testator's signature, the nudum factual, would have been sufficient to support the pla;ntiff's claim. But he had to consider it in the light of the evidence 'of Mr. Ransom, who was admitted on both sides to be a neutral party, w hose evidence could be received without prejudice. He alleges that the tes tator told him he had promised George Goldsmith 1,0001., and that he had given that amount to Ellistou Allan, without security, considering that the money would have been safe, but he had reason for fear from the state of Allan's affairs. Allan became bankrupt, and George Goldsmith meeting with the testator, reminded him of his promise, and asked security to the amount of 1,0001., in consequence of which the testator gave him the promissory note produced in the suit. Toe testator and Allan had since both died. The questions raised were, whether Goldsmith, before the note had been given him, had acquired en equitable right nainst the estate of the testator, or of Allan, that is, whether the note was for value given, and whether the testator was liable to make g 04,4 to Goldsmith the value of the note. llis lioNoutt having commented on these questions decided that the claim should be exlinitted. BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS. At the Br-Ittford Petty Sessions, on Saturday, Mr. Samuel Parnell. a master baker at Old Brentford, was tined 40, and costs, for a mast cruel and brutal assault upon a female named Anna Maria Smith. It appe-tred that the female in question had had a child by the defendant, which she had affiliated to him before the Kensington magistrates, who bad ordered him to pay 2s. a week for the support of the child. On the 18th inst. defendant sent complainant the amount of two weeks, instead of three, which was owing, and part of it was a bad half-crown. She accordingly went to the shop to see him, and while she was telling his house keeper the object of her visit, the defendant seised her by the shoulders behind, and forced her out of the shop, and on leaving go of her he kicked her in a brutal manner. By the defendant—Had sent her 4s. out of the 64. he owed her, amongst which was a bad half crown, and that was the reason she went to him. The defendant declared that he had sent her all the money, and that so far from having sent a bad half-, crown, he had sent it her all in halfpence, and the time before all in farthings. The BENch said that only showed the feeling he had towards the mother of his child, and such payment ‘s as quite illegal. The defendant had been guilty of a most unmanly assault, and must pay a fine of 405., or 21 days. imprisonment.—The fine was paid. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 31. THE QUEEN U. THE REV, JOSIAH BARTLETT. wit% a rule which had been obtained in the Bail Court a short time since, for a criminal inf , rmation against the defendant for the publication of a libel on Mrs. Marianna Tozer. At the time the rule was oh tained the tqvticulars of the libd were make public, and they then appeared to be of a most defamatory character. The ATTORNEY. GENE having ri)w moved to make the rule absolute, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS said he had been instructed to show cause against it, but that it would rather be his duly to rl , clare t') the Court that the defendant extrettely regretted what he had , 'one, and that ad the insinuations he ha I uttered against the lady were alto gether without foundation. Some err= .oua impression under which defendant had laboured, had prompted him to take the course which he now S , ) deeply lamented, and influenced by them he was induced to believe that the lady had given rise to disorder in his family. In a fit bordering on madness the letters bad been written, but he wns now ready to avow that it did not c-mtain a word of truth. Ile would also say that the lady was in fact a most excellent person, and that to the last day of his life he would deplore his having ever attacked her so unjustifiably and so improperly. In making this state ment he hoped he hail only done his duty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL express,d himself fully sa tisfied with so ample a retraction of so foul a calumny, and one which had been so handsomely made by his Learned Friend. Under ordinary circums'ances he would have been content to discharge the rule on pay ment of the costs, but in the present instance he must pres s the Court to make the rule absolute.—Rule ab solute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 30. THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY V. HEALY AND CURLING. Mr. Sergeant 13mEs appeared this morning in this cause, which was a motion made by Mr. Sergeant Wilde on a previous day for two rules—one for the issuing of a commissions to examine witnesses in New Zealand reepeetieg a dispute between Mr. Healy, the present defendant, and the New Zealand Company, about the purehase lan I; and the other rule was to set aside the proceedings hitherto taken in the cause by the defee dant's attorney, Mr. Curling, on the ground of irregularity, and that the (Tows incurred be allowed the plaintiffs. The Learned Gentleman went at length into the history of the ease, whieh was purely of a technical character, and did not develop the particulars of the original cause of dispute between the Company an I Mr. [Telly. and concluded by maintaining that every step taken by Mr. Healy and his attorney had been perfectly straight forward and regular, and that the motions, therefore, should he discharged. Mr. Sergeant Wee..xnes followed, and briefly addressed. the Court on the same side. Mr. Sergeant Wreou followed, in support of the rules, and also went into a detail of the ease. He snid that the original case of legal proceedings was Mr. Healy bringing an action against Mr. Young, the repre sentative of the New Zealand Company, to recover damages for breach of contract. The Learned Sergeant said the pleas of the then plaintiff had been met by answers from the defendants, that notice had been given that against a certain thee when the surveys were made Mr. Healy would be at liberty to select his 100 acres of land, the amount contracted for, but that the plaintiff neglected to make his selection in time, and that even after he had an opportunity of making a further selec tion in another section of land, which he refused. The Learned Gentleman then went through all the legal steps taken by the then plaintiff to enferce his suit, contending that the whole course had been irregular ; that the de fendants had been taken by surprise ; and that diffi :elides had been thrown in the way of issuing a com mission, requested by the Company, to examine wit nesses in New Zealand that were calculated t ► serve their case. The irregularity of these proceedings, which had endel in no reset', had induced the defendants non to become plaintiffs, and to make the present motions. On these grounds he submitted that the rules be made absolute. _ The COURT decided that under such circumstances the defendant was entitled to the commission ; but they did not consider that there was sufficient ground for calling upon the plaintiff, or his attorney, to pay the costs of the defendant's attendance at Bristol. On the atter po . nt, therefore, the rule was discharged. JANUARY 31. COCKSHEAD V. RICHARDS. Their LORD SH IPS delivered judgment this morning in the present case , w hi c h w as a motion applied for a few days ago by Si r Th oma s Wilde for a rule for a flewtrial, on th e ground of mischrection. The action was one for libel, and was tried before the Lord Chief Justice in the last sittings after term. It arose out of the defendant having received a letter from the n3a` e of the vessel, of which the former was master, charging him with drunkenness and other improper proceedings. The de fendant commu nicated the contents of the letter to Mr. Ward, the owner, in order that he might take such steps sis r 4 c f o o i r p l i l ai fniierdth o f he tilt ught expedient to protect the crew, the ship, and the cargo. The plaintiff was eQnsmence, dismiss e d from the command of the vessel, and accordingly he came under t te l: r e ote present thehea d ground privilegediut.tnnd. th A atret cumin andr de ic le t t " te 'a that l c w4O ploratly b t iatid to pi Ag 4och to the owner, if he had good reasop tp stypose danger to the properq and crew; aa otherwtss the ship s and those in it, mig h t be placed in great danger. Counsel showed cause against the rule, and the je,tg went of the Court was delivered by TIPP' Chief tJustiue Titip4x,,, who deelared that the letter complained of was a privileged communication, and that the rule ought to be discharged. Mr. Justice Cot ms.st dissented from the iticlotent of the rest of their Lordships, ant} said, that after the most careful consideration he could not lo l upon the letter as a privileged communication.— Rule discharged. CRIME. CoN.—CLARKE V. DIUNSFORD. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL was hoard this toning against a rule obtained by Sir Thol7a4 Wide a few days ago (a ref{ rt of which appeared in The Sun) for a new trial or to enter a nonsuit. The point then raised by the defendant was, that the plaintitfhad engaged to pro duce material evidence on the 444 rel4ting to r.-hat took place in the county of Middlesex, whereas the only evi dence adduced was a letter from Mrs. VI( ekes, of Bath, to the defendant, respecting the taking of lodgings in that pity, which Counsel on that side eontetnicri was not at all material to the case, and was not at all necessary to the verclict. ye l te r tiay, sh or tly before the rising of the Court, Mr. Sergeant Tulfourd was heard against the rule, and this morning Mr. Sergeant Channel followed on the same side. Their Loanswes, on reviewing the whole case, were of opinion that the letter formed a connecting link in the proceedit g, an d that they had not heard sufficient to warrant them granting the application. Their decision, therefore, was, that the rule be discharged.--74ule dis charged accordingly, PIiEnoGATIVE COURT, Jan. 31. (Before Sir HERBERT JENNER FEIST. ADAIR V. SWETE. This was a proceeding to admit additional arti?l( s to revoke a codicil to the will of the late Sir R bert Adair. The allegation statwd in 1839, at the tini9 Ow making " of t codicil, the testatOr-Wits Wholly incapable of execut ing any testament a ry d o cument, and t he articles averred that at th e t i me the test:aor did not know who he left ex ecurAs, whether he had any sons or not, and he would ge i t z, up at night and walk about and thi n k it was da y . ..1r EiFR-ER fi Jr.NNun. FpsT, givirtoiidgiO n t , sAid, this proceedin g mast hWielecited, as it now came too late, the 9asp . Itad'heeri before o'o Court, and it ht Kaye 004 fife 4 e ; POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Webster Flockton, of Bermondsey, was summoned before the Lord Mayor, by Henry Kirby, a free waterman, under the 24th section of the rules and bye-laws for the regulation of the watermen and lightermen of the river Thames, which enacts that no freeman shall lay or cause to be laid any boat,wherry, barge, lighter, or craft before any of the public stairs, or any plying place or causeway, so as to obstruct, hinder, or prevent the due and orderly passing of any boat, wherry, barge, lighter, or craft, under a penalty not exceeding 205., nor less than ss. The case arose out of the contest between the Corporation and the Watermen's Steam-boat Company. and The m ee o'clock, pl aihe t saw ssatN a stated ed barge that on‘vi with' Flockton" Sunday last, lying along the causeway at Paul's-wharf, which lie (and he had been a waterman for a great number of years) always believed to be the property of the Corporation of London. between upon nine i • The LORD MAYOR—Does it obstruct the navigation of the river? The complainant—Certainly it does; and it lies there still. The Loup MAYOR Haveyou ascertained who placed it there? The Complainant—lsio, my Lord; but the bye law says if the offender should not be known, the owner of the barge or boat which constituted the obstruction shall pay the penalty. Mr. Flockton said, he wished the complainant to prove satisfactorily that he was a free waterman, and he also wished to be informed how it happened that Mr. Kirby sustained any damage by the position of the barge at the stairs. The complainant said, that although he had not owned a as berry for eight years, his claim to the character was un questionable. The LouD MAYOR said, it mattered nothing whether the complaint was made by a waterman or any other person, as the Act determined that anybody who saw the obstruction might give evidence. on the subject. Mr. Flockton said, he did not entertain any idea of getting clear of the matter by making objections of a frivolous nature. He then contended that the barge was not in an improper position at the wharf, that it was not cal culated to obstruct the navigation of the river, and that he certainly had a right to place and keep it there. The complainant said, the truth was the barge was so deposited in order to be made a pier for the Watermen's Steam packet Company, for the landing and embarkation of the public. Mr. Flockton—This complaint has no reference whatever to personal injury; it arises entirely from a rival company, which is allowed the use of the Blackfriars-bridge pier, from which the Watermen's Steam-boat Company is excluded. Now, the object of establishing a pier at Paul's-wharf is to do away with the conflict about Blackfriars-bridge pier, and remedy the inconvenience occasioned by the exclusion. The complainant said the free passage was obstructed, and the poor watermen who plied at the stairs had serious ground for complaint against such impediments, which were calcu lated to aggravate the general distress arising from the appli cation of steam on the Thames. The LORD MAYOR—The Corporation are either right or wrong in the view they are taking of this question. lam determined to give the most complete opportunity of trying the merits 4f the question. I consider that the river is the Queen's highway as well as the public streets. and that to obstruct the navigation in the public plying-place for craft is a violation of the statute. The case is satisfactorily proved, and I adjudge the defendant to pay the fine of 20s. Mr. Flockton—Am i entitled to appeal against your Lord ship's decision? The LORD MAYOR—Certainly. • The defendant then entered into recngnizances to appeal. The complainant ther said the barge remained in the same place still, and he p plied for a summons calling upon Mr. Flockton to answer for the repetition of what the Lord Mayor considered to be an offence. He at the same time said, that he would not press for the summons if the defendant would promise to remove his barge forthwith. Mr. Flockton—No, I shall make no promise of the kind. The object of making Paul's-wharf a place for steamers to touch at for the pulic accommodation is to end this dis agreeable dispute about Blackfriars-pier. The LORD MAYOR—I can say nothing about Blackfriars pier, as the subject is not before me. The complainant declared that the body to which he be longed had never violated the City regulations in any way, and that they had appealed by petition in the year 1844 to the Navigation Committee upon the subject of the serious damage they had sustained. The second summons was then granted, and it appeared to be the intention of the complainant to proceed by summons daily against the defendant, who is a gentleman of un questionable respectability and a personal friend of the Lord Mayor. F. Tyler Russell, assistant to Mr. Saner, surgeon and ape:, thecary, of No. 36, Finsbury-square, was brought up in the custody of John Forrester for final examination, upon the charge of having committed a forgery upon his em ployer. A gentleman from the . firm of Messrs. Freshfield, soli citors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution. Mr. Saner deposed, that the prisoner had been employed by him about 11 months as an assistant, and had frequently seen him write his name. On Tuesday last, on .arriving front his country residence at the surgery, he found that the pri soner had gone away without leave or notice, and he also found that his desk had been broken open, and that foUr blank cheques had been taken from his cheque-book. He then hastened to the bank of England, where he kept cash, and there he found that a cheque for 551., purporting to be drawn by him, had been cashed. He immediately pro nounced the instrument to be a forgery. The handwriting was so like his own that he could hardly distinguish the difference. Since that time he had received a letter from the prisoner. He had never authorised the prisoner, or any body else, to sign his name upon any occasion ; but the pri soner might often have received accounts for the house and given receipts in his own name. The prisoner's letter was in a very supplicatory tone. It called upon the complainant in the name of Heaven to for give him; intimated that good would spring out of evil, and that the pardon for which he sought would have the effect of preventing him from making any attempt upon his life, as well as turn away the mind of his wife from the contem plation of a similar act. It stated that poverty was his crime, that he had merely used the cash he had taken up as a loan, and would expiate the offence without fail, and it concluded by invoking blessings on the head of his bene factor. Mr. Puzey, clerk in the Bank of England, stated that he had paid the cheque for 551. produced, and signed with Mr. Saner's name, to a person whom he believ e d t o b e th e pri soner. The heque had been paid in sovereigns. John Forrester, the officer, stated that the Bank authori ties having applied for a warrant against the prisoner, he went, accompanied by his brother Daniel, in search of Ras - sell, and found him in a room at No. 9, Upper East Smith field, on Wednesday. Witness asked him where the money was, and the prisoner opened a drawer and handed him a purse containing 85/. 10s. in gold. The prisoner then put on his clothes and accompanied witness. The prisoner said he did not to wish to say anvtlaino • and was committed for trial. BO W-STREI7. On Fridays builder, named Macey, occupyiag business pre mises in Drury-lane, appeared bef , Re Mr. Jardine to solicit his Worship's protection aR4A4I4t the future violence of a poor old woman of ensonnd 'Wed, who, he alleged, had recently, on two Qv thfge eeperate occasions, set fire to his workshops and the adjoining buildings, The wetnen wawa placed in the prisoners' dock, and was undoubtedly insane. The complaintlit made a statement relative to the recent fires in Drury-lane, the repeated occurrence of which induced him to apply to the coroner to institute an inquiry into their probable tirtifie, No satisfactory result was arrived at, and tho inquest was Consequently adjourned. On the previous night (Thursday), whilst engaged in his counting-house, at about eight o'clock, he again discovered :that his premises were in flames, and it was only by extraordinary efforts from the firemen that they were prevented extending to a vast range buildings on either side. Having heard that the woman at the bar had often threatened to destroy his work shops, lieu which she resided with her husband, he felt it his duty to take her before a magistrate, in the hope that his Worship would hear evidence respecting her, and then take steps to insure his future safety. .Mr. ',Macey stated that he took the reet of the rooms in which she lived, and had heown both her and her husband for twiny years. They had earned a respectable livelihood by weaving; but three years ago, in consequence of her evident insanity, the parish authorities were applied to to take care of her. They did so fora few days, and then informed the husband that be would be required to go into the Union also if she remained any longer. This he declined doing, so long as he could earn his independence, and the woman was consequently sent back to him, since wbieh time she had been under no other con trai than that which he was now and then enabled to ex ercise over her. The woman, during and subsequent to this statement, in dulged in a variety of wild exclamations, declaring that Macey harboured witches, sorcerers, and evil-doers in his house, had murdered all her relations, and had set his own premises on fire because, like all wicked people, he liked to be in flames. She said also that he had plenty of money to build them up again, On Saturday Mr. Joseph Ninch. of Fleet-street, paper hanger, appeared before Mr. Twyford for final examina tion upon a eharge of forging a receipt for the purpose of defrauding Mr. Fitzpatrick, a solicitor. The evidence has already appeared in the columns of The sun. The case had been adjourned from this day fortnight, at the prisoeer's own wish, in order that the statement of another witness might be heard, and that he might not be taken by surprise at the . sessions, but as Mr. Fitz patrick had determined not to call this witness, the prisoner was now committed to take his Mr. Twvfonli took bail for the prisoner's appearance at the sessions, SOUTHWARK. On Friday Diana Briswick, the wife of a tradesman resid ing in the vicinity of St. George's Church, Southwark, was charged with threatening to murder her husband that morning. _ The complainant stated that he had been living apart from his wife for a font:4l%lole time, owing to her profligate habits as well as the violence of her conduct; that on a recent oc • casion she attacked him with a butcher's cleaver, and he had great difficulty in preserving his life. On that day she rushed into his shop, and, ejaculating that she came for Te : range, swore that: she would never be at TAG Lunn she had his de. The cctmplain4o; added, thit 'he was compelled to t4aye is ihtti custody, or else murder would ensue. The defendant, a fine-looking woman, was in such a state of excitement, that it took two of the officers of the Court to restrain her from ru s hi ng towards her hu,sbansiwblie !le was giving his testimony in the witnoss;l44. Wow 4=14 all DREADFUL EXPLOSION. On Friday afternoon an accident of a frightful and painful nature took place at the house No. 14, King-street, Lambeth-walk, by which two fine young men were instantly deprived of life. and four other persons so severely injured that the lives of three of them are in the greatest possible danger. It appears that William Kenyon, aged 19 years, had been in the employment of Mr. Darby, the firework maker in Itegent-street, Lambeth, and that his master not having sufficient space on his premises to perform his work had allowed him to take about two hundred weight of com position home with him to manufacture into " stars." The house No. 14, King-street, Lambeth-walk, is occupied by the father and mother of Kenyon, where they carry on the laundry business, and the place selected by him to manufac ture the "stars" was a small back cellar, the ceiling of which was very low, and is this place he kept a strong fire for the purpose of drying his work as he finished it. Several youths of his acquaintance were in the habit of calling to see him at his work, and at the time of the fatal, occurrence there were three young men there, named Holmes, Smith, and Spear. Of these the two latter were frightfully injured, and the other, Holmes, shared the melancholy fate of poor Kenyon. At a few minutes before two o'clock the mother of Kenyon proceeded from the front parlour to the top of the kitchen stairs to call her son to his dinner, and on looking down the stairs she observed a dense smoke and a peculiarly coloured flames issuing from within. She endeavoured to give an alarm, but the vapour . ascending was so strongly impreg nated with sulphurw, for a few moments, nearly to deprive her of life, and it prevented her calling out. An alarm was, however, anon given, and in a few minutes, police-constable Thomas Misser, L 39, was on the spot. It was then found that the cellar was on fire, and the sulphurous vapour was still so strong that there existed considerable danger in ap proaching the place. At length the flames were sufficiently subdued to enable the persons to enter, when a truly fright ful spectacle presested itself. Kenyon and Holmes jay close together with their clothes, with the exception of a few shreds, burnt off; their flesh peeling off, and in many parts the skin removed from the flesh in large patches. Smith and Spear were is another part of the cellar, fortunately removed from where the great body of flame was, groaning with agony, and severely scorched and injured. They were removed without loss of time to Guy's Hospital, where they still re main in a very precarious state. A young woman named Sarah Hales, in the service of Mrs. Kenyon, was in the cellar when the fire took place, with a child nearly two years of age in her arms. The instant she saw the composition ignite, - she with great presence of mind rushed out of the door, but before she could do so the flames caught her arms and face, and she was severely burnt. The child was also much scorched about the face and arms, and both were sent to Lambeth Workhouse, where they were promptly attended by Mr. Duke, the parish surgeon. The bodies of Kenyon and Holmes were also removed in shells to. Lambeth IVo:Iss house to aw..it the coroner's inquest, (ANOTIIItti ACCOUNT.) Upon inquiries on Saturday at St, Thomas's Hospital we regret to say that tke two unfortunate men, Smith and Kenyon; have died from the severe injuries they received. The young woman who escaped through the floor is still alive, and attended by Mr. Duke, surgeon to the werkhouae ; but very little hopes are entertained of her ultimate recovery. The poor little boy Ainger still lingers in the greatest agony, and his dissolution is hourly expected. • Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, hss appointed the in quest to take place on the bodies of olrnee and Manning on Tuesday. This - is the fifth explosion, attended with loss of life, which has occurred in Lambeth within the last six years. OFFICIAL HOUSES AND BUILDINGS.—Saturday a re turn, procured by Mr. Hawes, was printed, giving an account of offices, official residences, with the names, &c., of the officers residing in the same, as also an account of allowances made in lieu nt mitlences. The return extends to 40 pages, and in the list 16 establishalents are mentioned. In the Mint 25 officers have residences, some OP which are of the value of 175/. a year, others of 1001., and other sums, the lowest be 101. XiInIPTPIII 9ther offices, under the super intendence of the Commis,ioners of Woods and forests,' are set forth ; some of the residences are not the property of the Crown, and in five cases allowances are made to officer's in lieu of residence. Ma. J. H. Ley, the clerk of the House o Commons, has an allowance et . 500/. In the naval depart. : Mont of the Admiralty the First Lord has a residence of 37 rooms, which ape estimated at a yearly value of 9901., the highest sum in the return. The Cord Llenteanp Ireland has the Vice-Regal Lodge for his residence, which includes 41 bedrooms, and the value of the whole is 6001. a year. At the Post-office, st. Martin's-le•Grand, the President and Vice-President in the inland office and 11) plerks hayp real dences, which are worth to each about SO/. a year. Itrevi oply to the consolidation of the Foreign -office with the In po land-office, lio§ were officers of the former departrent, n were allowed ap ar t ment; . viithin the building, which are still e n joy ed by them, though they will not be continued to their successo rs. An apartment in the and in ilia capacity sa me es tab!lahment ij appippriated for the use of /he clerics in waiting, one of whom &ways aleeps Karma. The 0W and of i housekeeper and 14 servants o c PPPY 1 6 rooms. The return gives the names of the panici 40144 those to whom allowances are made n lieu of official tali : - deoce,s, with the declared value of the same, and the sums respectively granted to the nonresident officers in the United Kingdom. INFANTICIDE AT BRIGHTON.—During the weelf the bodies of two infants have been found in the church-yard of St. Nicholas, I.lfightgu. The first discovery was made on Friday morning, by the beadle employed to take carp of thp burial-ground. It was some distance from the public path, and but for the circumstance of the beadle going accidentially to the spqt, it would probably heve remained a long time undiscovered. On examining the body, Ur. W.erral, surgeon, found that it was that of a f u ll- grown c hild, w hiph hag' evidently been born withont the nsual a ssis t ance; and V there was a malt of a Tioient blow on the head, which had fractured the parietal bone,_ and which the surg eon sa id h a d no doubt ca use d d ea th. On a post mortem examination, the pp ceswe h r eeaslut healthy. to indicate coroner's indi cate ithatinquest u t es h e t c h h as i 1 d beenhd beenheld a born ea alive and on the body, and th e a dj ourne d i nqu i ry term i nated on Thurs day night, with an roan verdict o f " Wilf u l M ur d er aga i nst a vnearing expressed d e spo t; an opinion ut that tile. t the eufht child the a parish s s still born, 1 some person unknown! , 'Vise 'seconds bogy was found surgeon, Thursday,i this case. was given on the bor L n e, , ta q inq s ;e oc st x wa li s :x h c el li d A i N n o th E i . • shao list, on - hioncla7, that it is intended to insert at the Blot of the list, *bin time to titite,'the'nanies'of such parties IS have been found (V a •select committee) utiworthy 8f confemenFe non-fiflfilment of pait ph-u •• ~,~.. . . that he had stated, and declared that she was turned out of her home for no just cause. The complainant said he had ample proof of his wife ' , awing been guilty of adultery ; that she was in the habit of bringing men to his house when he was out on business; and that the fact was well known to all the neighbours. The defendant here became so excited that si,e was near getting into fits, and frequently held her clenched hands at her husband, exclaiming that she was too good and too virtuous for him, and that she would yet give him a pill from which he would not easily recover. The Magistrate in vain endeavoured to tranquillise the defendani's excited feelings, and, as she still vowed ven geance, he ordered her to find bail or be committed. The moment the defendant heard the magistrate's deci• sion she began to scream out with all her might, and it took the united strength of four policemen to remove her from the bar to the cells at the rear of the Court. SOUTHWARK. On Saturday two policemen of the M, or Southwark division, named Roberts and Parsons, were, by direction of the Commissioners of Police, charged before Mr. Traill with assaulting and threatening a man:named Evans, keeping a lodging-house in the vicinity of this Court. The complainant stated that on Wednesday morning, between one and two o'clock, while he was sitting in the front parlour with two of his lodgers, a loud knock came to the street dt.or, and on opening it the two de fendants rushed in and asked him what business he and his lodgers had to be up at that hour of the morning? Before, however, he bad time to answer such a ques tion, one of the defendants (Roberts) struck him 9 severe blow on the face, which knocked him up against the wall, and the other defendant pulled out his staff, and, flourishing it about, said that he would like to lay it about the head of the complainant, and ultimately struck one of the lodgers, who had given no kind of offence. The defendants. before they quitted the house, expressed their determination not to rest until they suc ceeded in routing the complainant out of the house. In reply to Mr. Trail, the complainant said he neNa r gave the policemen any provocation. Roberts, in defence said, that on the morning in question, on passing the complainant's house, he heard talking in the parlour, and on listening he overheard some person threaten to throw a brickbat at Parsons when an opportunity presented itself ; that he (Roberts) informed his brother constable of what he heard, and they accordingly went together into the house, but he denied having used the violence attributed to him. James Humphries, an old man, confirmed the com plainant's account of the transaction in every particular, and added, that the purport of the conver-at►on pre.. viously to the intrusion of the two policemen, had no reference to any member of the police force ; that the fact was they were talking about the repeal of the corn laws. In reply to the magistrate, the witness said the police men on rushing into the house did not say what thry were there for, but witheut any ceremony one of than (Roberts) struck the complainant. Parson, in reply to the charge, said that his brother constable informed him that he heard threats used against him by persons in the complainant's house, and that was the reason he accompanied him there. lle, however, denied assaulting any person, and concluded by saying the house was one of very bad repute. Mr. TRAILL—Have you reported the character of the house to the superintendent, fer that would have been your duty, and not to have intruded yourself into it in the way described. Both the defendants admitted they made no report on the subject, but they maintained that they considered it a part of their duty to enter houses of a similar character, if they heard anything was going forward of an improper description. The complainant said that he kept a lodging-house, and that he was doing nothing that should have sub jected him to such treatment as he experienced at the hands of the two policemen. Mr. TRAILL said, that even admitting the defendants, in passing the house, had heard the threats they men tiened, they would not be justified in entering the house, far less in assaulting the landlord of it, for if that were permitted, no man's house would be safe from the intru sion of the police, when they thought proper to enter. The magistrate then inflicted penalties of 20s. each on the defendants; and, addressing the superintendent, said the conduct of the constables was quite indefensible, and deserved severe reprehension. It may be proper to remark that the infliction of a fine, by a magistrate upon a policeman, disqualifies him from serving in future in the police force. THAMES. On Saturday a good looking young women, named Ann Gardner, large in the family way, appeared to an swer a peace warrant, issued at the instance of a ballast agent, John Anderson. The case was a very heartless one, and Mr. Pelham was engaged for the defence by some of the inhabitants of Wapping, whose interest was ex cited in favour of the young woman, Gardner, who is only about eighteen years of age, and who has been ruined by the plaintiff. Anderson complained that the y ung woman was con stantly annoying him, threatening to tear him to pieces, and preventing him in his occupations. For the defence, it was shown that the plaintiff had effected the young woman's ruin by the most solemn protestations of meaning to act honourably by her. According to her statement, she is the daughter of a solicitor, and though she kept company with the pro secutor, to whom she admitted she was much attached. he had not succeeded in effecting his purpose until hav ing repeatedly promised marriage, he had given two written documents to the same effect. The papers, which were produced, ran as follows: "London, 16th, 1845. " This is to certify that I Jon Anderson am to marry Ann within the term of to years or sooner if possable, Somere perhaps wen I return. Witness my and, ttee sixteenth day July, 1845. I am, yours truly and affec tionate lover. " JON ANDERSON." The next ran:— " London, 14th, 1845. " I promise to marry Ann Gardiner as soon as pos sible, for me to do which, I have not mentioned th, time at present, but as soon as I can. Witne,s my and. " J. ANDERSON." The complainant, in aggravation of the charge, urged that the young woman annoyed him, even on the Sabbath. Mr. BALLANTINE—Don't talk to me. about the Sab bath. You have ruined this young woman for life, and now you turn round on her in your sanctimonious ness. Complainant—Why, she has been as large as that for the last twelve months. Mr. Pelham—lf so, it - is a curious physiological fact, and in the teeth of all experience as regards gestation. Mr. BALLANTINE dismissed the case, and told the girl that as regarded the letters she had better leave them in Mr. Pelham's hands, and he would probably put her in the way of redressing the wrongs which she had sustained at the hands of complainant. The young woman then left, to the great satisfaction of a crowded Court. THE 'REVOLTING CASE OF "SUS PECTED INFANTICIDE. On Thursday Wm. Richardson, formerly assistant to the Astronomer Royal, at the Observatory, Greenwich Park, and Ann Maria, his eldest daughter, were brought up on remand at Greenwich Police-court, charged with secreting the birth. and privately burying at night, in the garden of the male prisoner, a child which his daughter, the female prisoner, had given birth to at a house in Southwark. The female prisoner was brought in first, and placed the dock, and accommodated with a seat. The first witness called was Elizabeth.. ' Reynold ho deposed that she is a married woman - w Borough. Mr. Ric No. 3, ard wanted a lodging Weston place, St. Thomas's-stre:: ,, and resides at h son and the female prison came to her house. H e sa id h e as she w^ Lor his daughter, and nurse t o atten d h er, - s,. near her confinement. This was on the 13th of Lst. He wished for a comfortable and quiet place, and a bargain was entered into to pay ss, per week for a single room, and ss. more for attendance. He gave his card, and said he would consult Mrs. Richardson, and call again. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson did, two days after wards, engage the apartment on the proposed term. The fern ile prisoner took possession of the apaitinent, and was delivered on the 15th September last of a male child. The child died ten days after its birth. The child, when born, was strong and healthy, and after the first week was seized with sudden illness. It was taken with violent screaming, and continued in that state all night. In the morning Mr. Wood, of Union-street, Southwark, a surgeon. was sent for, and came at half-past twelve He was present again at 4 eleven on Friday night, and on Saturday morning at four o'clock its mother called witness and said the infant was dead. Mr. Richardson and his wife came afterwards, and between three and four o'clock in the afternoon they went away together. The infant was subsequently taken away at night by Mr. Richardson in a blue bag. Witness told Mr. Richardson that it was necessary to get a certificate and have the birth registered, as also its death. lie said ho had done so, and given the child a name, but would take the body home to save expense. Could not account for the child's illness. Mr. Wood saw the child on the day of its death and the following day. The mouth was much in flamed. Richardson stated his daughter's name was Robin son, and that her husband was gone abroad for three years, and that he had agreed she should remain with his family after her accouchement, and until Mr. Robinson returned to England, as they had not commenced housekeeping. Mr. Wood gave a medical certificate. She applied for it, and gave it to Mr. Richardson or his wife. Thomas Jones, labourer, deposed that Mr. Richardson employed him to dig a hole in his garden. This was in last September, on Thursday or Friday. the prisoner said he was going to London. He said to witness, " Dig a hole in this corner of the gravel path." He dug it three feet long and four deep. He was to get it clone against the prisoner returned, as he meant to have a bit of a drain to draw the water from the house. I dug the hole, and prisoner came home between five and six that evening, and said it would do very well. It was open three days, and on the Monday following 1 filled the gravel by his order. He said he had altered his mind and should not have the drain, but did not say why some of the gravel had been filled in. Stephen Varney, bricklayer, deposed that he was em ployed by Richardson on the27th September. He (witness) went in the evening and asked for Mr. Richardson . ; the daughter said that her mother and father were gone to London, and would return at nine o'clock. Witness waited, and Mr. Richardson returned, carrying a coffin under his arm, wrapped in two silk handkerchiefs. Amelia Richardson, aged fifteen, a very well-dressed girl, deposed that she lives with her mother and sisters, in Friendly-pace, New-town, Deptfrod. On the 27th of Sep tember she lived with her father on Royal Hill, Greenwich. She saw a man dig a hole there in the garden. Witness held a light that night at her father's request, between eight and nine o'clock. Witness knew what was going to be done. Her sister Ann and her father went to the end of the garden together, and her father put the coffin in the hole, and put some gravel over it. She held the light. Nothing was said at the time. Had had no conversation about the child's death before. She asked what the hole was for, and her father said for the baby. By Mr. JEREMY—Her sister was much affected, cried, and said, "Poor little thing," alluding to the baby. Her father has acted with great violence towards her as well as her sister, when not obeying his harsh commands. .various tests, one o f which with Mr. Mitchell said he had made a post mortem examination of ttl holy, h't an e view and had, since that, tried of finding arsenic, but it had been uns satisfactory, and had puzzled him. He had since consulted the Coroner, who had determined to send the ren2;iins to London, to undergo a strict esiamiaation. The prisurier said he wished to a sh,„ L of fags, froni first to last , co ne ,,,:- "..",riatint a statement considered the charge. He never ueath of the infant had been con- be lot coaled. He merely wi;-.:hed that the body should 11 , thrown out of the citureliva.d. He had no thoughts lifetime'thg. remains would have h,ott'disturbed, at leas', in bis _ His engaging a nurse and a doctor proved that there was; intention on his part to seer, to the bir; It or death. His a and daughter boll had attended in rngaging the 1 11, e . meas. He then read several ktt.rs from his wife &up!, : and son, showing the affection shut subsisted la the . 1., , 1ni ; Pf d which proved nothing to the alleged charges. ,„ber. then said that he went to London on the 27th of SePt e ii t r He afterwards got the coffin made and brought it down jte d self by railway. He concluded by saying he deeply rep and repented of all the circumstances, particularly of hi s t :4s conduct. He had done everything to provide well fora. 7lb family, and this was the only - even " t he had to deplore lee. The female prisoner, on being asked if she wished towsilmt anything to clear herself, said she was very tbr f o r a she had done. The prisoners were t hen week. resomrrs'anded The magistrates refused bail for either of the prisono MANS] AUG HTER. 0 bet ABINGDON. FRIDAY i% FTERNi,ON.—This da y er been in a state of considerable excitetnvnt for,°„,hoose two, in consequence of the death of a man mama lo ver Burnett, who was struck a week ago by his !ref l c sOd Mr. Thomas Fowler, corn-merchant. o f this e e d ' . i ta died on Wednesday last of 'he it cr ies he Ar - t aili b e i, cie/f inquest was held yesteri'av, and a djourned tort o.,bofr at the Red Lion inn, Abingdon, by Mr. s were when a numerous and highly respectable jury Fow ler in. From the evidence it appeared that bi-' • vlio having reason to doubt the honesty of his "'' ll4 - 13 -A id° bad been in his employ about two years, disehargrosed and on Thursday week, the 22a instant, the "' o der called at his house, and, in a very insfe r t t i m ° demanded the sum of is. 6d. as due to him. tor Fowler denied he owed if, and told the deces u s i j if he chose to apply to the mayor, he vt° t ' whatever his worship decided he was entitled ° t * o bit Foe ler then left his office, and wa s P in k g ottel granary, when the decelised followed hip),big b if he did not pay him, he would break Ming putting himself at the same time in S fi , colld .. .k ur tude. Mr. Fowler was alarmed at the vi"'en" Dr" of the deceased, and stepped back till he viit io s . e, against the ladder iu the granary= close to wb ie , n d ordinary stable-shovel, which lie seized to de j ' e vi i i ble self with, and struck the deceased on the ben x iags r ,, hack part of it. He immediately fell, and ° II , I , isted up, had not sufficient strength to stag "" afterwards conveyed home in a wheelbarroWt A gored till till Wednesday last, when he ezPire d , s ; y eel modem examination took place, conducted der - Hester and Box, and they were of opinion wAs occasioned by the injuries which the tle e ‘ ,,,. e rained from the blow he had received from fL';l trn There was a considerable fracture of the u ' e ' f itlevr d was remarked as being particularly thin. The,-fee adduced by the various witnesses continued t'esolsol to the disagreement between Mr. Fo wler .. a ts deceased, as well as the latter's violent t h 1, 0 51 0 '"" conduct towards the former. The Coroner IVY; great pains in calling the attention of tb eh e i lik . 4 the facts which had been submitted 04 1 trongly urged upon them the necessity 01 —s r PP":; from their minds any prejudice tomards eithedecet but to weigh well what had been placed before them, and return such a verdict as atilt i es ol• The room which was very cro w d e d was then e t ot, - the jury, after deliberatin g a s h o rt tinier re verdict of " Manslaughter" against Mr. Tbet n 9 who was immediately committed on the Corooe rant to Abingdon Gaol. Mr. Charles Curt as to Mr. Fowler, left soon aster with a copy °' b ;i t ithe i d", dons for London, to get a judge's order biar:r Pendant. Mr. Fowler ha s b een i n business s t d is Ar i l as a corn-dealer, about three or four years, " A „;11 ticularly quiet and inoffensive man ; be i s nesk a i 60 years of age, and suffers so muchfroml' ir° o le he is obliged to walk with a stick, but on tbe u — e r oe'd this unfortunate occurrence he went withal '3 j led s i office to his granary, and was therefore etS ti s o . ll something to defend himself with, until bi, the . shovel with which he struck the decease°' he", teeling prevails against the defendant ara °l4 , o t d° ing portion of the community at Abingdon, ; w og f igr r. pitch was this carried, that on Thursday „0 rape e - the filth st was not concluded, th e y dresse° 'sr/ .and taking it in a boat opp os it e Mr. F° •d which is by the water side, th e y b ur nt it °"'"-" execrations. n ) MARKET NEWS c' A TEJ AP covENT..WS.RD 23II ' I w o Mel" Very large supplies of Joth Fruit and Veget a " on offer. Generall-- f speaking the demand 1175 pee i : our quotatioL s furnin., Potatoes from 3s 6d t ° o o, 11 0 4 Is to 2s ; Carr o ts, 4 s t o 6s; Or c hef; r . ; and Leeks, 9d t o i s 4d per d oz en burl 55 o 4 Is 6d to 2s 9d ; A pp l es, i s 6d to 4s ; F ear a r i'd and Spinach, is 6d to 2s per half-sieve; x° t o ' Is to is 3d ; Pi ne - app l es , 6 s to 9 s; an d Filber t o s j ei per Ib ; Red Cabba ges , 4s to 6s ; and Savoys , 1 ; [O, dozen ; Celery, is to 2s ; Brocoli, Is 6d to 2 „,i, radish, 2s to ss; forced Asparagus, Is 6d to 2s 11, Rhubarb, 2s per bundl e ; O ranges , 6 s to 10s; al „ o et; to lls per • 100; Sea K a l e , 4 s t o . 55. per p un Greens, 2s 3d per bushel. .200 . 10 NEICVGATE AND I.E.ADV.-- L, Prime Mutton sold st an advance of 2d Per c tss; y, kinds of meat only a limit e d b us ines s was tran'-VeS"' from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 45 8d ; am 14 to 5s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d Per ~B..;_,„tri carcase.—Turkevs, 3s 6d to 14s; Geese, 6 ,s '1 , 1 0 70. 1 , 1 ' Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame R,bbits, is 4d to Is 9a; O a r, o Is 2d ; and roasting Pigs, 6s to 9s each; per couple; Pheasants, 4s to ss; Partridges, Leverets, 2s to 3s ; Wood coc k s , 3 s; G rouse , ‘2B; '"itr ls 6d ; Teal, 9d to is ; Wild Ducks, ,!.• 6,,t 0 2 s' A • is 3d to is 6d ; and Plovers, 6d to 9d each. o r NEWPOP:r. Ar t to Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d: Mutton, 3s i.}310 Veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; and 3s 8d to 53 Ad t ZUM.'..;INGSGATZ. We had fair ave:rage supplies of Fish on ,t Generally speaki ng, the demand was i na ctive? quotations. a A . VTECITZCHAPZI. or"' Beef, from from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; M u tt o n, 35 8d to 1 4s 10d to 5s 8d ; and Po r k, 3 s 10d t o 5s per ib& Ir 4 WUNGERFOR.D. ay sal e of Each kind of p r i me M ea t comman d e d a stea d q ' ‘" prices ; otherwise the t ra d e ru l e d d u ll, and were not supported. ,11/ • 1 0 BREAD. .4,10 The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metror - Albs Iv- A 9d to 9id ;of Household ditto, 6id to BPI Pe r .1. fr or o t l e, RIDE MARKET. f, Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21 2 -d to 3d per lb ;_ i tiolb el, 3d to 3 1 /01 ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3 1 / 0 ;, 110.61 b do' 3 1 / 4 d to 3 3 / 4 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 3 1 / 2 d to 4d; ??.„„" fro' 4d to 4 1 / 4 d ; Calf Skins, each, 3s 9d to 75; d° 6d 10 Polled Sheep, 4s to 5s 9d ; Half-bretts 38 - , op Downs, 3s to 3s 10d ; Lambs, 3 s t o 4 s . emit IVIttARX.TS. 3aB o 14 SMITHFIELD.—MeAdow Hay, 31 g s to ; 1 26 ii ditto, 41 8s to 5/ 12s ; O a t St raw, 1 / los to 11 dr Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per l oa d. T ra d e rattle' CIOJ little variation in prices. 0 0 , 45 ;; 1 CumBERLAND.—Meadow Ha y 3/ S s to 41 , / 1,- _Ai, ditto, 418 s to 5/ 10s: Oat Straw , , 11 105 to " o de' . Straw, 11 13s to 11 but iir .155 per load. Supply 4 40 trade tolerably steady. de v - 88', W u rr Ec'-AAL.—Meadow Hay. 3/ 5s to 4105 1 ;1 5° 1.J F 4 ; . 811 '..0 Si 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to I/ Pls; ~,,pl / 1 '... 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average ll. ' sluggish demand ,va S r/PC" SINGULAR ADULTERATION OF CHAN- - -G ..er, et , 4 gular mode of increasing the intoxicating 1 3° ., - P_do e il pave has recently been discovered in Gerrasn:; n , i - 0 that a wine-merchant of Rheims has for sY l f u ppliiy enjoyed the almost exclusive privilege 0 ' 0 4,0 , E r kingdom of Wurtemburg with that wine, - at ,t 7 extraordinary effect has been noticed W o fr , Pri drinking of a single glass thereof. After coat 5,,l lyses of the wine had been made, the coal oe A r of the bottles were examined by Liebig ° , t oil9 pecoo tallied by analysing its gases, that it We II volume of carbonic acid gas, and two of the t he i hetl y or protoxide of nitrogen. The last-named ga' 4 oll 08 0 effects produced by which on the animal en bf.„ o t if Iris been respired, are well-known, is prevar e n i 1 0 11 1 ,110 compo.ition of the nitrate of ammonia. if toed all !airy all impure, and not unfrequently when it is L i nee A d is pure, nitrous acid is evolved in the first innl' or epo'iltve decomposition. Chemists, therefore, whe ll ;afili t eA 0 0 the laughing gas, are in the habit of throwt,se: i ber „e l , proportions of gas that come over, and 113 ,,,' Or, * character of the gas before the y allow it to 7,,,„, iyo'd, the nitrous acid gas .could act on the ecorie'i tt ia yrottl i ji gerous poison. FurthermOre if the lungs e l?' b e „, 9 io7, this gas is inhaled, nitrous acid gas W- f c e ‘cer.. it and danger result. There is another clang d .," ofionk encountered, when this gas is used for purP - t o ife ile ttl) d i: ton by respiration. In persons of a coost l , l 7 of u te po e " may cause severe pain at the chest, ditlieult.Y Te a • cla jj , and even spitting of blood. In those who bast'' I s t o;pt to apoplexy or palsy, mischief in the head of w ird by its incautious use. How far these results i t is s 'ar o f # tied by the gas being taken into the stotowl sod t b e( impossible to say, but the subject admits 0 7 . , ‘110 3 50 1 0 /0 further inquiry. At all events, there is t ";iee , o o,4l portion of nitrous acid gas being used in the n is , bP" with the laughing gas, and the adulteratl°it co' J most improper, as well as singular, character., iwts: gb SIL be regarded as altogether innocuous.—Med, i taioro l [ADYFRTISISMENT.]—The Earl of i+. - • 0 1 ' et . . 00 0 1 4 ' Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure 1 1 see cp10 .. 0 Medicine after every other means had fa ileu' hors , etl° r of his Lord hip's letter dated Villa Messina, Leg to to i f io i t 1845. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,- I ,b el aisortoik you that your pills have effected a care 0 ' s f tOO - to e .2) . liver and stomach which all the most eminent ° li 019407 home and all over the Continent had not b ee b i d. t ositoi Nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marie° so t ill oty Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills will ea r ! 001 14 the liver and stomach. —S o ld (also Hollows): e sd 0 Professor Holloway's establishment, 244 s S tr :i, ow r medicine vendors throughout the civilised Se , hhe l of BIRTHS. the he Alf. SO On the 24th ult., at St. Mary's, Isle of Scilly' 40 8 , J, W. North, of a daughter. the WV v 00 01 On the 25th ult ,at Madley, Herefordshir e, JO 0( Charles Fowler, of a daughter. ' On the 26th ult., at Navarino-terrace, DalsW e ' la". 01 ~ howl. ~s o llo ' JO cott, of a daughter, who only survived a ievi,- - , via , ~, e , On the 26th ult., at Ratcliff, the wife Of `"' W." , a son. Wll l l* 0 ( ' On the 26th nit., at Wall, near Lichfield, 3"-„,..—. Gam. O p daughter. . LadY R osa . 60rfr On the 2Gth ult., at Eaton•squart, the On h „ fCh lug ' ile daugter. the 28th ult , at flos w ell-street, the a ls: ft 00 1 1 0,* jun., Esq., of a son, On the 14th ult., th e l a dy o f William' ~ --cr : ..,..... ,----- to Gaudy Hall, Norfolk, of a daughter. ,pto?.;c4t la e Jane Elisabeth Dorothea, fourth Co ll o l ' MARRIED- C harles 010- . On the 27th tilt., at Woodhouse Church, Esq.. of Leeds. 'daughter of the if' O r .' DI. ~, ,seltf the On the 25th ult., at Chantry HOUSe ED , Iler''.l4—' 5 u °‘l. Smith, 11. A., aged 84. . it. wife f.i. n iti Volt! 6 ' On the 25th ult., at Brompton„ .IfarY.; the - -e sta ple ° 1 0e ' I CD —le° On the 27th alt., J:,senh titcknell, vz,sci,, of of 311% ~ On the 27th !pi Alfred - James, 'the i n fant sa l p od. P - 6,1* P 'Winds,- '•, P. .., of Victoria-road, Ker,sington. , rbe . in. l t 'd t itai - Q.. the 27th ult., at Nottirg-,.du, Duncan r4!„_ infon On the 24th ult., at ltu*seP. square, Annie, 4 ,1 ' 01, John Tidd Pratt, Esq. 50..04 / 0. London : Printed and Published by til ja ' Ise r r ri el liff kltrand,- Printer, at. The Sun Office, N°• 1 12, 2 1,00.. i P of the tikvra.Y i tn the County of 111 p °o4 3, 1846. 31 II -0 0 str i o ,d,._.t'a t yel) the (A htl ° he, ) , NA '‘ ‘r)