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should then have great facility in patting down the slave trade there (Laughter.) He di net know whether the Noble Lord heti made that proposal seriously; if so, considering the distinguished position the Noble Lord held in that Boos'-, speaking not only for himself, bet for a large political party; he (Mr. Labouchere) could not help fueling it is duty to say that such an act on the part of this country would be the in at unjustifiable act that could possibly be adopted.—(Hear, hear.) He knew that such a design had been imputed to this Government in the American papers, and the proposal having been made by the Noble Lord, he felt bound to express this opinion respecting it.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to do an act of justice to a gentleman (Mr. Price) who had been alluded to by the Hon. Member for Hunt ingdon. He had in his hand a letter from Mr. Price, stating that great losses had been suffered on a certain estate under hie management by defective machinery, which had been wrongly attributed, at first, to his mis management, but now the trustees were aware of the real cause.—(liear, hear.) He would now only repeat, that, with the most perfect sympathy for the distresses of the %Vest Indians, and the greatest desire to relieve them, the Government would not do their duty if they held out any hope of renewed protection. It was said that if this decision were ratified by the House the doom of the colonies was sealed; but he hoped for better things, from the natural advantages Government pos sessed by these colonies. They had never prespered under the protective system; but he was sanguine enough to hope that they would do so under the system now in troduced. The Government was convinced that no in terest permanently flourished which was not exposed to competition; and, entertaining these views, they were bound to carry them out. If the Parliament disapproved of these principles, let them place the Government of the country in other hands.—(hear, hear.) But they were convinced that it was their duty to continue to act on the principles which they had adopted.—(Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said he sacrificed his feelings as a colonial proprietor, when the late free-trade measures were passed, to the general benefit of the empire; and the fact of the interests of the colonists having been so subordinated to those of the pnblic at large, gave them now the stronger claim on the sympathies of the House. Looking at the state to which many of the colonists were now reduced, it might fairly be said that the considera tion of their C. 480 was one to which the House was bound to attend. He denied that this question was to be regu lated by the general principle of protection or free trade. What was the course which Parliament pursued ? It bad declared that slavery should be abolished and a system of free labour adopted—thus placing the colonists in a position in which they were obliged to compete with countries where slavery existed. It was for Government to devise means for extricating the colonies from this position. Nothing, however, was attempted. No remedy was devised. The colo nists asked to have their molasses used in distilleries in this country, but Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who were such advocates of free trade and opponents to pro tection, said, " Oh, no, we cannot allow you protection ; but we must protect the revenue." The colonists asked for the abolition of the rum duties, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, " We cannot protect you, but we must protect the distillers at home." Again, the colo nists asked for immigrants from Africa, but the Govern ment replied, " We cannot protect you, but we must protect the unhappy African"—while, at the same time, they allowed that produce which was wrung from slave labour to be consumed in this country, thereby stimu lating the slave trade (Hear, hear.) It was said that nothing had been done to introduce improvements into the West Indies. He did net think Hon. Gentlemen could have read the last report made by the Government officers with respect to Jamaica, which proved that great improvement had been introduced into agriculture, and that machinery had been applied to the cultivation of the sugar to a great extent. It was, therefore, too much to be told now that they ought to improve the system of agriculture. The West Indian colonists were taught to rely on the promises of Parliament, and on the faith of the promises of Parliament they invested their capital. It was true that they received compensation for the abo lition of slavery, but, at the same time, it was resolved that sevon years should intervene before its total aboli tion. Well, what took place ? Shortly afterwards Parliament decreed that the abolition should be imme diate. Ile was aware that Parliament rescinded that resolution of the House, but nevertheless, it had an inju rious effect on the ;colonies. They were making every preparation during the interval to meet the competition of slave labour when the apprenticeship system was abo lished. It was not, therefore, their fault that the West Indian colonies were not in a flourishing condition, but the.fault of Parliament, which held out to them delusive Promises. H e was not : go i ng t o sa y t h at a system o f f ree abour might not prove successful, but every impediment wise thrown in the way of their procuring labourers from Sierra Leone and other places. The Right Honour. able Gentleman alluded to an introduction of free labourers which had taken place into Cuba. He would inform the House how the facts stood with respect to that. When, in 1845, the law was passed which restricted the admission of slave-grown sugar into the markets of this country, there was a discussion in Cuba as to whether it would not be advisable to place them selves in such a situation by means of the liberation of some slaves, as they could not obtain admission for their sugars into this country. But then commenced the Act of 1846, and immediately their zeal fur the introduction of free labourers into Cuba cooled. Not only was the effort to cultivate sugar by means of free labourers in Cuba abandoned, but all those horrors, the recital of which used to harrow the feelings of that House in former years had been renewed.—(Hear, hear.) That which Mr. Burke declared almost in the spirit of pro phecy, as likely to take place, had occurred. That Right Honourable Gentleman felt, as every honourable and feeling mind must have felt, all the horrors of the slave trade, but, on a motion for its abolition, he told the House that it was necessary to look beyond the present moment, and to take care that, if they abandoned the slave trade, it would not be taken up by the Spaniards and other foreign nations less scrupulous than themselves, who would be only too willing to follow it for the profits which they had abandoned. He told them to be on their guard lest they should again be forced back into it to the degradation and disgrace of the nation before the whole of Europe.—(Hear, hear.) What Mr. Burke said of the slave trade may be equally applied to slavery. Were they prepared for the sake of saving a id. per lb. on sugar, to abandon all their high professions and all their efforts at re storing the degraded class of slaves to their proper statiou in the scale of human beings ?—(Hear, hear.) lie had beard with deep regret the determination of her Majesty's Ministers not to adopt any means of affording relief to the West Indian colonies. It would be inflicting a deep blow on the negro if they were to proclaim to Europe that the experiment -which they had tried in the cause of humanity had failed, that they who had freed the slave had their colonies ruined th e r e b y, and that those who adhered to slavery !ad the slave trade continued in a state of prosperity. It had been said that they ought to reside on their estates. But i n G ua d e l oupe, where the proprietors were resident, there was severe suffering, and in Jamaica, the resident proprietors suffered more than those who were not resident, because those who were here had a greater no t over labour.—(Hear, hear.) They had been troll(' also that West Ihdians had always been complain ing, The fact was true, but the inference was wrong, ur the eomplaints of West India proprietors had, at different times, arisen from different causes, and not at all times from the seine eause as at present. With Nerd to the remedies proposed, it was impossible for to give any opinion. What the Government in ?nded to dc, with th e nav i gat i on -l aws was s t i ll unknown. Until the measure was before them no judicious man could arriv e at any decision as to its adaptat i on to W est Indian interests. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by calling on the Government, in justices to all classes in the colonies, to supply an adequate and satisfactory remedy, and to prevent the West Indies from being monuments of desolation and eseamples of the broken faith of a British Parliament. Personally he disclaimed allowing himself to bo influenced by private considera b!ions. upon this su bj ect, b ut he expressed h i s regret t h at y himself cont i nuing the works on his Jamaica estates • had induced others to follow an example which in many cases had resulted in ruin. Sir E. N. BU XTON declared his opinion that : l ave emancip at i on, had it not been for the fatal niea unit of 1846, would have proved a triumphapt example of humane policy. He believed that even now we had great reason to congratulate ourselves upon that mea ture. for in many respects all must admit that our colonies were far better off than those in which slavery Was retained. He thought posterity would be some- W hat astonished a t fi n d ing that the very men—be f llght almost sa y t h e very Government—who brought ab out the gr ea t measure of emancipation were the first t_o.p:opose the admission on equal terms of the produce °,l,ealtave•retaining countries. He said this—not as a " Indian not as a Protectionist — but as one feeling what it would be especially feel, the ungrateful for him not to vastness of the effort made by the slave eman cipators of Great Britain. After their exertions— to rtsons extending over forty years—it was deplorable thiuk that we should be encouraging to a greater degr ee th e cultivation of sugar by slaves and the prose cution of the slave trade than at any antecedent period. He felt bound to enter his protest against the system so fatal to our consistency and our honour. urination G. BENTIIerCK, in reply, expressed his deter . iennation to proceed with the Committee, in the cou n? ce that evidence would be elicited which must alter.the opinions of the Government on the subject. tie ridiculed the speculations of mere theorists as to the introduction of free labour into our West Indian colonies; referred as an illustration of their ignorance of the matter, % a to Lord Grey's proposition that kroomen might slly . go over to the sugar harvest, and return home after it, as Irishmen come over to England for the corn harvest, acid then return, evidently imagining that the Atlantic was no broader than the Irish Channel, whereas the distance between the Kroo coast and the nearest Point of our West India island; was not less than 4,200 miles.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He dwelt at some length upon the propriety of taking possession of Cuba, anaeans at once o f settling the claims of British bond holders, upon Sp a i n , and of practically destroying the :lave trade. The motion was then agreed to. PAROC 111 AL SURVEYS. s!On the motion of Mr. WY LD, a return was ordered . the n ames of all the parishes within eight miles of b'' Paul's (excluding the city of London), which have 7t tt Surveyed under the provisions of the Act eth and William IV., chap. 96; stating the year in which se es Upon e surveys were made, the scale (inches to the mile) which the ma of such sur ve y is drawn, and th e 1 4 8 of mon e y paid by each parish for such surveys a s . T he House adjourned at Two o'clock. A „ONCESTRYr Thoaverb said a man boasted of his anecnt m ry s that ho u ry was like a of potatoo ~,,„the best thing belonging to him was un derground.” ( lnder's Literary Extracts (New Series). NU N s LONDOIC giv.gNlNG s kiEitRUARY 5, )s.o. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 4. (Sittings before the Lon]) CIIIEF BARON and Special Juries.) CUSTOMS CASES-TILES ATTORNEY-Gr'ERAL V. LUNDY This was an information, on the part of the Com missioners of her Majesty's Customs, to recover from the defendant penalties to the amount of 4091., for having in his possession a quantity of tobacco, upon which the duty had not been paid. The case wa:, part heard yesterday. The principal evidence adduced in support of the Crown was that of a person who stated that. he had been engaged for several years in contraband dealings in tobacco. That having been unfortunate upon several occasions in land ing the tobacco, he resolved once mere to have another " try," and stated that he informed the &fen dant, a tobacconist of Hull, of his intention, who told him that he would be happy to take any quantity that he might be able to deliver him. The tobacco in question was safely landed, and was for some time concealed in a field under some heaps of manure, from which it was conveyed, at various times, in cabs and other vehicles, to the premises of the defendant in Hull, who acknowledged the receipt of the various bales from time to time, and who paid witness fur the same. This witness, it appeared, was convicted upon u previous occasion for the offence, and was undergoing; imprisonment for the same at the time he gave the information to the authorisics of the Custom-house with respect to the defendant, and in consequence of this information the remainder of his sentence had been remitted. Mr. Burton, a person in the employ of the de • fendant, and several other witnesses, were called to corroborate the evidence of the former witness. 111 r. Sergeant ALLEN, on the part of the defendant, made a most eloquent and amusing speech on the part of the defendant. He contended that there was no evidence which at all affected the defendant, except that which was given by persons implicated in the transaction, and who were equally liable to an information as the defendant. Their evidence was, upon that account, to be received with the utmost caution. lie claimed, therefore, upon the part of the:defendant, a most patient investigation into the nature of the evidence deposed to by these witnesses. The peculiar nature of the process on the part of the Crown precluded him from calling any evidence to rebut that which had been brought against the defendant, as he was not aware until he heard it what the nature of the evidence would be upon which the Crown relied in this case. The long period of two years which had elapsed since the alleged transactions took place, and the commencement of the proceedings, also placed a difficulty in the way of the defendant meeting by counter-evidence the statements of the witnesses on the part of the Crown. He most earnestly trusted that the jury would well weigh the evidence of the various witnesses, and if they had the slightest doubt upon the subject, give their verdict in favour of the defendant. Sir F. TIIESIGER addressed the jury on behalf of the Crown, and The LORD Cu= BARON having summed up with great minuteness, The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict fbr the Crown, finding the single value of the tobacco received by the defendant to have been 4001. 10s. BAIL catila; Feb. 4. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DEN.. MAR, Mr. Justice PATTESON, and Mr. Justice The jury after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict oiGnflty, with a strong recommendation to the mercy of the Court on the grOund that the pri soner had received deep provocation. Mr. Baron ALDERSON then passed sentence of4leath upon the prisoner in the u , wil form, promising that the recommendation of the jury should be transmitted to the proper quarter, but holding out no hope that it would be entertained. The prisoner was removed from the dock in a fainting state. NE W COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK and Aldermen SIDNEY and Sir C. MARSHALL.) Two youths, named Elson and Elderhin, were in dicted for stealing ten bagatelle balls, the property of James Willis, landlord of the Nag's Head public house, St. John•street, Clerkenwell. It w clearly shown that the prisoners went into Mr. Willis's bagatelle room, the balls being on th- , boar.l (an odd one being on the mantle shelf), a few minutes previously. They did not remain long, and immediately after they left, the balls were all missed. No other persons had been in the room. The balls had not been traced. The Learned CommissioNEß left it to the jury to say whether they were satisfied that the prisoners stole the balls. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. It was then proved that Elderkin had been before convicted of stealing bagatelle halls in the same man ner, and that Edison had been "out of the way," in consequence of his being charged with stealing a 10/. cheque and five sovereigns. Elderkin was sentenced to be transported for seven years, and Elson to be kept to hard labour for twelve months. A female named Westwood was indicted for stealing four sovereigns and two it. Bank of England notes, from the person of a merchant seamen named Wil liam Dawson. The case depended upon a question as to the iden tity of the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he met her in Rat cliffe-highway. A few minutes before his money was safe, but he found it gone directly the prisoner had left him. As no one else had any opportunity to rob him, he described her to the police. She was apprehended a week afterwards, when a boy named Sterne recognized her as the woman who was with the prosecutor at the time of the robbery. For the defence Mr. Payne called a man named Singleton, who swore that on the night in question he was with the prisoner at a theatre from half past five till eleven at night, so that she could not have robbed the prosecutor at half- past eight. Mr. Ryland having replied, The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned COMMISSIONER said this was a ♦ery bad case. The sentence was, that the prisoner be transported fur seven years. they expreisel similar opinions to those of Dr. South : wood Smith. Mr. PARRY concluded the plaintiff's case by calling twenty-four of the inhabitants of Hatfield• street, and other streets contiguous to the defendant's pre mises, who deposed that their health and property had been considerably injured by the existence of the nuisance. Mr. BALLANTINIS then addressed the jury for the defence. lie contended at great length that the business of a scavenger was necessary fur public accommodation, and that the defendant had carried on his business in a proper manner, and he was prepared to show by conclusive evidence, that the emanations from these yards were not injurious to the health, and that the illness complained of on the other side arose from other causes. The Learned Counsel then quoted from the writings of Dr. Wat son, Mr. Thackery (on the health of different trades and occupations), the French p'ysicians Palliseer and Pittard, and Professor Dimgissen, an American author, to show, that in the opinion of these men, these places were not injurious to the health, and that the emana tions from depots of decomposed vegetable and animal matter were not dangerous. Mr. PRENTICE proceeded to examine witnesses this morning, and called ebout twenty dust contractors and nightmen, who said that they had been born in the dust yard, and spent the whole of their lives in the business. Each of these declared that he never was sick, and some said their wives and families were healthy, and it scarcely east them more than eighteen pence a year for medicine. William Augustus Guy, physician of King's Col lege Hospital, deposed in minute detail to the follow ing facts. lle said that he had directed his attention to the public health, and to the influence of scaven gers' yards, in consequence of this case. He first went to the place in Octuber last, and subsequently visited it five times, and examined the premises. He walked carefully over the yard, and over heaps of ashes, and found no disagreeable smell. He also found liquid matter, and did not take notice of any smell. The only source of disagreeable smell was occasioned by the refuse of breweries, such as hops and grains, which when mixed with other matter for the purpose of rotting them, had a sour smell, but net to that degree to occasion sickness, or mate rially to injure health. Dr. John Ryan, Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Naval and Military College at Portsmouth, had given much of his time and attention to subjects, connected with the sanitary condition of crowded localities, and he examined the contents of the defen dant's premises. The smell was not more offensive than the contents of a farm yard. Mr. Parry replied, and the Judge summed up. The jury having retired, remained absent for about half an hour, and then returned into Court with a verdict against the defendant. Mr. PARRY then addressed the Court, and said it was not the desire of the parish to inflict punishment upon the defendant, or even to have him fined ; but merely to have the nuisance abated. The COURT then directed the defendant to enter into his own recognizances in 801., and two sureties in 401. each, to came up for judgment on the 30th of Mareh next. This was to give him time to pro vide another place, and to remove the nuisance com plained of. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. By the last general consolidated order of the com missioners, amongst the defined duties of the re lieving officers is one to the effect that they are to relieve all applicants in urgent distress; and another, that they are to obey the orders of the guardians ; and the penalty for disobedience to the rules and orders is, by the 98th section, declared to be 51. for the first offence, and 20/. for the second. Ann Desmond summoned Mr. Miller for refusing to admit her and her two children into the workhouse according to an order made by the board in her presence. Mr. Miller admitted the clerk had a minute of such an order, hut pleaded that subsequently he discovered that she had told a lie to the board by calling herself a widow on some previous occasion, and had stated that a boy already in the house was her nephew, when, in fact, he was her son. It appeared she was a person of good character ge nerally, and was deserted by her husband. Mr. Alderman G 111139 acquitted Mr. Miller of a wilful disobedience of the order, but required him to admit the applicant, as she was now in distress. Mr. Miller promised to obey. LAMBETH. Mr. TV illiamßarnett, landlord of the Crooked Billet public-house, in Johnson's-change, Rosemary- lane, was brought up in custody of Inspector Campbell and Sergeant Kendall, of the P division of police, and placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on a charge of concealing the birth of an infant of which a young woman named Sarah Davey, his barmaid, had been delivered in his house. The prisoner had been taken into custody in con sequence of the complaint of the father of the young woman Davey, and the unsatisfactory account given by the prisoner and his sister of the disappearance of the infant and the death of its mother. The brief facts of the case are these :—The young woman, Sarah Davey, who had lived in the prisoner's service for three years, was removed from his house on last Wednesday fortnight to the house of his sister, 4, Cork-street, Camberwell. On the following day Mr. Smith, a medical practitioner, was called in, and attended her up to her death, which took place on Sunday last, and he gave a certificate, alleging that her death had been occasioned by erysipelas. Mr. Smith further stated that the deceased had not informed him that she had been recently confined, nor bad he the slightest suspicion ou the subject. Previous to her death, however, the deceased communicated to her sister the fact of her having been delivered of a seven months' child at the house of her master the day be fore she left, and said her master had given a man six shillings to take the child away. Yesterday morning Mr. Flower,examina appearances examination of the body o f th e d ecease d, and from which sented themselves he felt satis fied she had been recently delivered of a child, and he gave a certificate to that effect. The statements of the prisoner and his sister, in reference to the removal of the deceased, and other important portions of the evidence, differed widely. The sister said, that on the morning of Wednesday fortnight the deceased wrote for her, and on her going to her brother's house she found her there. She com plained of being very ill, and said she should aecom pally her to her house in Camberwell, upon which a cab was sent for, and both got in at the door and rode home. The prisoner, on the contrary, said, that though his sister, Mrs. Chambers, had been sent to his house on the morning of Wednesday week, she had not accompanied his barmaid from there; on the con trary, she left half an hour before. The deceased, he sa id, had complained for some time before of ague and rheumatism, and insisted on going away on Wednesday fortnight. He endeavoured to persuade her not to leave, but she insisted on going, and sent the potman for a cab, got into :it at the door, and drove away. He denied in the most positive manner that he had any knowledge that the deceased was in the family way, and said, that if she had been de livered of an infant in his house it was wholly with out his knowledge. Ills sister in Camberwell, he sa id , w as in the habit of washing for him, and on the morning in question she to o k away w ith' her the clothes, amongst which were the things belonging to the deceased, and which had since been sent home clean. Sergeant Kendall said, tha t t h o a n t t t h h e e d 3 a , y ou b n e g for w e o , m th an e walked f rom hi s h ouse t o p rrw r ,h i i s wo o ch n r e a- r db i distinctly lsli,n,Are,ebedriee d t s o h l eh d at odhoikma cab and drove off. The kno l dthe de house, but en ex- w e ge e p e r a is s o e n d e h r a t d he b n ee d n en d i e e l d jy t e h r a e t d itno hie house, atnining her bedroom he observed such appearances as to leave no doubt on his mind that some person had been delivered there. been caut roth prisoner, in reply , e said, his family consisted,to t h the After questions having , ip to a of Mr. Non s de ceased, and a potman. H is wife, however, was only at his house occasionally , as she held a situation in fortnight ago, of his wife, the Guy's Hospital. He again declar e d hi s perfect igno rance of the pregnancy of the deceased, or of her having been delivered o f a seven months child. He could not account for th e d esi ▪ re of the d ecease d t o n leave .a h s his h house l thelonnes;and there in question, excepting morning 'was no arra ngemen t made about her returning to his servic e ; on t h e con trary, it was his impression that she had left his ser vice altogether. Mr. NORTON observed th at th ere were considerable (this)h owdaey.r, however, to produce anddiscrepancies, which between renderedthe statements the case one of a highly of t suspicious character, and he must therefor e ca ll on the prisoner to put in good bai▪ l for hi s appearance on a future day. In the interim ho would direct Mr. Campbell to forward to th e co roner the particulars that had transpired, and al so t he certificate of Mr. Flower respecting the recent del ivery. It being late the prisoner was permitt e d to go at 1 large tw o suretieson his own on t h bail, promising, following CAUTION TO STABLIMEATERS. — A tall young man, with dark hair and sallow c om p l exion, and who used the name of " Dryden Elslob,' called lip un M r. T ucker, of Hart-street, Covent garden, a nd hired a h orse and phaeton on'Wednesday last, stat ing gc to Richmond. Mr. Tucke r's that h e wanted to servant accompan i ed the man, who drove down the Essex-road i nstead of the direction mentioned, and on rea chin g Upton-lane, Rom ford, sent tho latter across the ror to some house upon a trumped-up message, and then made off with the horse and phaeton at all possible speed, and has not since been heard of. Mr. Tucker states that the phaeton was painted dark brown, had a dr i v ing b ox in front, cane panels, and a sheep's skin mat with his own name upon the inside Qf it. MURDER OF A SOLDIER IN ST. JAMES'S PALK. The greatest c;i(;ilcment, I;a;occa...ioned last even ing At the Wet-end of the metropolis, owing to a widely circulated report that a soldier had been shot dead by a young woma❑ in St. James's Park. We regret to say, that the fact of a most determined murder having been committed proves to be too true, From careful inquiries instituted by our re porter, we are enabled to lay before our readers the following authentic particulars in reference to the dreadful event : The deceased, who was a young man, scarcely 21 years of age, and w h ose name i s H enry T uc k er, was a private soldier belonging to the .5:11 company of the 2d battalion of th e C o ld s t ream G uar d s, an d f or some time past appears to have been on intimate terms with the wretched woman who has caused his death. The deceased, with his company, was quartered at the 'Wellington Barracks, in Birdcage-walk, and so late as half-past four o'clock yesterday after noon was on parade with his comrades. A few moments subsequently he left the barracks and proceeded along Birdcage-walk in the direction of Storey's-gate. On his arrival within a few yards of the entrance to Queen's-square, the attention of several persons near the spot was attracted by the loud report of a pistol. At the same moment the deceased was observed to fall heavily to the ground, while a young woman of very respectable appearance, who shortly before had been observed by his side, was seen walking away in an opposite direction. The report of the pistol was heard by several persons, and among others by police-constables Paul and Richards, both officers of the A division, who were on duty near the spot. One of these officers having observed the woman throw down a pistol, ran towards her, and, touching her arm, inquired whether she had not fired off a pistol just before. She at once admitted the fact, and resigned herself into the custody of the officer, who conveyed her to the new police-station of the A division in King-street, Westminster, whither she was followed by a large crowd of persons. When Tucker was raised up he breathed heavily once or twice, and then expired. A. large horse pistol, which had evidently just been discharged, was found lying on the pavement, close by the side of the de ceased, and on examining his body, a small orifice, through which a bullet had entered, was discovered in the lower part of the back of the neck, a corre• sponding wound being visible on the face, immediately under the left orbit. A stretcher having been pro• cured, the remains of the unfortunate man were im mediately conveyed to the Coldstream Hospital in Vincent-square. On the arrival of the murderess at the police station the charge was taken by Mr. Inspector Beckerson. She gave her name as Annette Mayers, adding that she wes a native of France, and that she resided (in service) at 40, Albion•street, Hyde-park-gardens. On the charge being read over to her, to the effect that she kad fired a pistol loaded with powder and ball, and thereby caused the death of Henry Tucker, she coolly admitted its correctness. On her person being searched, a packet of litters, chiefly written by deceased, were found upon her, as well as fourpence in money, a bunch of keys, and other small articles. The following are the names of the persons who presented themselves as competent to give evidence in relation to the affair :—Sarah Sexton, of 29, West street, Pimlico; Henry Killington, of Earl-street, Kensington; and John Gamrood, a private in the 6th company of the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards. On being placed in a cell the wretched woman in quired whether Tucker was dead. She was informed that he was, whereupon she expressed her satisfaction, adding that she did not care how soon she was dead herself. Immediately after the charge was taken, an officer was sent to Albion•street to acquaint the lady who occupies the house with the dreadful affair. The wretched woman is of very respectable out ward appearance. She is helow the middle height, and has rather pleasing features, with somewhat of a foreign expression. While the charge was being entered, she appeared to be labouring under intense mental excitement. On her removal to the cell, in which she is constantly watched by an officer, she became more composed, and spoke occasionally to him. The deceased was a young man of very good cha racter in the regiment, and was much respected by his comrades. His familiarity with Annetta Mayers had been of same continuance, and it was only on the previous evening that she was seen in the company of the deceased at the canteen. In the absence of any positive knowledge of the causes which have led to the perpetration of this dreadful crime, it is surmised that jealousy has been the moving► principle ; and this supposition, it is understood, is strengthened by the letters found on her person. One of the Witnesses states that directly after Mayers fired off the pistol she was observed to throw , it down violently on the prostrate body of her victim. The determination of the wretched woman's character may be gathered from the fact, that in order to have inflicted the wound shown in the deceased's head she must have placed the muzzle of the pistol close to his throat. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 3, 1848. The Que , n has been pleased to approve of Mr. Adolph Brandt, as Consul-General in London for his Majesty the King of Bavaria. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 4. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Eth‘ ard Keppel Wentworth Cuku to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major the lion. David Henry Murray, who retires; the Hon. Augustus Henry Vernon to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Cuke, Feb. 4. 20th Regiment of Foos—Ensign John Everard Deane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the ion. Robert Daly, who retires ; Charles Lutyen3, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Deane, Feb. 4 ; George Shuldham "'curd, to be Ensign, by purchase, vioe Kelly, who retires, Feb. 5. 26th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Augustus Ileise, from the 35th Foot, to ho Surgeon, vice Johnston, who resigns, Feb. 4. 35th Foot William Henry Short, Gent., to be Assistant•Surgcon, vice Heise, promoted in the 26th Foot, Feb. 4. 37th Foot—Captain Thomas William Geils, from the 93d Foot, to be Captain, vice Macdonald, who exchanges, Feb. 4. 93d Foot—Captain 'William Macdonald, from the 37th Foct, to be Captain, vice Geils, who exchanges, Feb. 4. UNATTACHED. - Lieutenant William Robert Lyon Bennett, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, without pm chase, Feb. 4. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 2. Corps of lioyal Sappers and Miners—Sergeant Major Jenkins Jones to be Quartermaster, vice Hilton, retired on full-pay, Jan. 14. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 30. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent upon the death of Rear Admiral Pringle Stoddart Rear Admiral of the Blue Cuthbert Featherstone Daly, C.B. to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captain the Honourable George Alfred Crofton to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. sea, Feb. 15, at one, and March 14, at twelve, at the Court of Baekruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church•lane, Lombard-street; Lane, Falcon square. Charles Bertram and William Parkinson, merchants, Newcastle•upon-Tyne, Feb. 15, at half past one, and March 21, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 711eggison, Pringle, Stevenson, and Shure, King's- road, Bedford-row, London. William Wilcox Baker, engraver, Birmingham, Feb. 12 and March 11. at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; France, Godliman. street, London; 'Tyndall and Sons, Birmingham. William Frederick Lockwood, steckbroker, Manches ter, Feb. 16 and March 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. Manchester; Abbott, Lincoln's I,in•fields, London; E. and R. W. Bennett, Manchestsr. John Hughes, plasterer and builder, Birkenhead, Feb 15 and March 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple; Atkinson, Liverpool. Edward Courtney and William Robertson, coal mer chants, Liverpool, Feb. 15, and March 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co., Chancery-lane, London; Wood, Liverpool. Charles James Mason, earthenware manufacturer, Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Feb. 19, and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ;Clarke, Longtun, S taff , ‘rd shire; Motterarn and Knowles, Birmingham. Joseph Walker, shawl manufacturer, Huddersfield, Feb. 19 and March 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Stansfeld, official assignee, Leeds; Jaques and Co., Ely-place, London; Bettye and Clay, Huddersfield. David Ross, builder, Birkenhead, Feb. 18 and March 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cotterill, Throgmorton street, London; Fletcher and Co., Liverpool. George Shardlow and James Bradshaw, shoe manu facturers, Stone, Staffordshire, Feb. 12 and March 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Eccles hall ; Stni th, Birmingham. James Lockett, %4 illianv Baker, and John Nicholson, railway contractors, Stone, Cheshire, Feb. 19, and March 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham I)istrict Court. Christie, official assignee, •Birmingham ; Rubinson, Eccleshall; Smith, Birmingham. Charles Warren, wine and spirit merchant, Exeter, Feb. 15, at eleven, and March 9, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stegdon, Exeter; Keddell, Baker, and Grant, Lime street, City. William Walford, tailor, Bridgewater, Feb. 17 and March 9, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Trevor and Sons, Bridgewater; Stogdon, Exeter; Moline and Co., New-inn, London. Enoch Godwin and George Lowman, hoot and shoe makers, Bath, Feb. 17 and March 16, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Jones and Co., Crosby square, London; Hollings, Bath. Robert Blackford, butcher, Swindon, Wiltshire, Feb. 15, and March 14, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Crowdy, Swindon. Charles Broad, timber merchant, Bristol, Feb. 18, and March 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Ilinton and Son, Bristol. Robert Dickenson, grocer, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, Feb. 12, and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. Birmingham; Harding, Burslem, Staffordshire; Spencer and Hollings, ircuingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall•strcet. _ _ J. Robison, Ipswich, draper, Feb. 25, at half•past eleven—J. J. Craske, Lowestoft, Suffolk, linendraper, Feb. 28, at one—G. Rougemont, Broad•street-buildings, City, merchant, Feb. 28, at twelve—E. Beckwith, Ips wich, doctor of medicine, Feb. 28, at half•past one—F. Adamson, Bond-court, Walbrook, City, merchant, Feb. '24, at twelve—J. Gates, J. Coates, R. T. Bartlett, and G. Buck, Watling-street, City, warehouseman, Feb. 26, at one—l). Blske, Norwich, mohair manufacturer, Feb. 25, at half-past one—J. Hyams, Jewry street, Aldgate, City, watch manufacturer, Feb. 25, at twelve—F. Hatch, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, iron plate worker, Feb. 25, at one—W. A. Mearns, Acre-lane, Clapham, ale and porter brewer, Feb. 25, at twelve—J. Stein, T. Smith, R. Stein, J. Stein, and R. Smith, Fedciaurch. street, merchants, Feb. 25, at one. In the Country. T. Higginion, Liverpool, pawnbroker, at the Court, Liverpool, March 1, at eleven—J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., Leeds, flax manufacturers, at the Court, Leeds,yeb. 29, at eleven. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. R. Coleman and E. R. Hall, Colchester, ironfounders, Is. 6d., on Wednesday, Feb. 2, and two following Wed nesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, City. J. P. Bateman, Earl's•court- terrace, Old Brompton, bl ook io g k e m e p o e u r d , a s y s. s. 6 h i e d m . 4 o t n u M the o n h d o a u y r , s of Feb. 7, and eleven au t d w o f three,o at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City G. T. Day, Commercial-road, Pimlico, civil engineer, 5d., on Monday, Feb. 7, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. T. W. Homo, Pelham -terrace, Brompton, hotel keeper and perfumer, 2s. Gd., on Monday, Feb. 7, and two following Mondays, ;between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin lane, City. J. Bishop, Little Russell-street, Gilbert-street, and Bury-street, Bloomsbury, wheelwright, 55., on Monday, Feb. 7, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Canner], Birchin lane, City. F. Rolfe, Great Marlborough-street, tailor, I Id., on Monday, Feb. 7, alio two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Can nan, Birch in -lane, City. W. and J. Hammer, Whitechapel-road, coach makers, Is., on L,londay, Feb. 7, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. T. Denman, Quadrant, Regent-street, and Bucking ham-street, Fitzroy-square, stone mason, is., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam brook-court, Basinghall- street. S. Yorke, Cambridge, upholsterer, ri., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook oourt, Basinghall- street. F. Snowden, Alton, Hampshire, painter and plumber, 6d., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, be tween the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Parrish, High-street, Newington, draper, Bs. Gd., on :Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. G. Ufford, Highbury Brewery, Islington, brewer, Is. 6d., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. T. Townsend, High-street, Islington, carpet dealer, Is. Bd., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook •court, Basinghall-street, W. Craft, Spring street, Paddington, fishmonger, Is. 33., on Friday, Feb. 4, or any subsequent Friday, between the •hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. Barker, Nottingham, hosier and lace dealer, la. 2d., on Saturday, Feb. 5, and every alternate Satur day, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Lawford, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw plait dealer, Feb. 25, at eleven—W. Silcock, jun., Crawley-street, Oakley-street, St. Pancras, victualler, Feb. 25, at twelve —H. Flatman, Saxmundham, Suffolk, draper, Feb. 25, at two—J. Robison, Ipswich, draper, Feb. 25, at half past eleven—J. Hills, Billericay, Essex, auctioneer, Feb. 25, at eleven—T. Pope, Kidbrooke, near Blackheath, Kent, cowkeeper, Feb. 26, at eleven—G. Tattersall, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, saddler, Feb. 24. at one —H. E.. Field, Mark-lane, eating house keeper, Feb. 25, at one —E. Rose, Deanshanger. Northamptonshire, licensed victualler, Feb. 25, at half-past twelve—W. H. Hitchcock, W. Connor, and J. E. Hitchcock, Broad wall, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, saw mill proprietors, Feb. 28, at twelve—ll. Smith, East Mailing, ent, paper manufacturer, Feb. 25, at eleven—J. Hill, jun., South ampton, builder, Feb. 25, at half-past one — J. Hyams, Jewry-street, Aldgate, watch manufacturer, Feb. 25, at twelve. In the Country. T. W. Crowhurst, Bristol, grocer, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Hodgsont,hjeuncur.,oLet, Leeds, licensed victualler, Feb. 28, at eleven, at H. Nereday, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, coal dealer, Feb. 29, at e leven, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Walling ton, Stockport, Cheshire, carpenter, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W. Smith, Colne and Traw den, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, Feb. 28, at twelve, ) a a t d twelve, j a at the Court , Manc hester— D. Greenwood 2 Bate man, Bury, Lancashire, joiners, Feb,i the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Feb. 25. T. Ryland, Birmingham, britannia metal worker—W. dr Williams,h hlvi i rr yells, ~ Isgx merchant—T. Claremont-terrace, r aet c hrr h e —y a mr n joT t n — yFt ampei Sampson, miu, eo Ux bridge, L. Ryland, Birmingham, britannia metal worker—W. H. N il a il i l isw W or a th s , al G l' Gloucestershire, g br a i n d s g n e i , re g , r g oc ro e n r— er— l. tonville and Poultry, merchant—J. Barnett, Sunderland, hosier—W. Wayte, Basford, Nottinghamshire, iron and brassfounder—j. Nicholls, Bristol, mason—J. Baker, Bristol, grocer—J.Lawton, Heywood, Lancashire, grocer —E. Winscom, Southampton, pastrycook. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Covell and J. C. Covell, Lewisham, Kent, butchers —II. Lamplough and 11. J. M'Dougall, Snowhill, che mists and druggists—J. Bretherton and P. Mawdsley, Liverpool, coal merchants—lL Bubb and H. Revell, Ash next Sandwich, Kent, tailors and drapers—T. Roberts and T. Houghton, Manchester, ironmongers—ll. Aylnier, W. Stewart, and J. Parker, Manchester, calico printers —W. Parkinson and W. J. Frodsham, Change-alley, City, chronometer and watchmakers—T. M. Gladstone and H. Bramwell, Birchin-lane, City, commission agents and merchants—W. M`Millan and J. M'Millan, JerTYn street, Westminster, boot and shoemakers —J. .hemp fa S n . tu G r i e b r b s o_n a a n n dd J. W. 3 S I n . d i d i i e m m a p n , , B c r o i y s e t o n i t „ ry c , o r a i c b h b o b n u I m d e a r n s r . Anne Lloyd and J. Lloyd, Shrewsbury, mercers—H. Roberts and C. Pease.Kingston-upon-Hull, commission merchants—L. Jones, J. Miller, and J. Cairns, Oxford street, tailors and wo ollendrapers -11 . Holt and J. Pickup, Liverpool, i r on an f d ound sv er . s a j n e d nni e n n g g a i , neer L s e — ed L s . , Weatherburn, stock and s harebrokers—J. Gray and T. W. Gray, Levenshulme, Lancashire, cotton. sppinners—J. Jen nings, son ., Mary Anne Jennings, and Eliza. THIRD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Aldermen Moos and liusTsx.) John Sullivan and James Currie, two young Las cars, were indicted for stealing a quadrant, ♦alue 21., and a variety of other articles, the property of Thomas Frane, in a vessel in the port of London. Prom the evidence of the chief officer of the vessel from which the articles were stolen, it appeared that the prisoners, who were in a very destitute condition, craved his permission to allow them to remain on board the brig one night, a's they had no home, and the weather was very severe. The officer gave them leave to sleep in the round•house, but told them they were not to repeat the application. During the night the captain's cabin was broken open and the quadrant and the other articles were stolen. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT made inquiries, which satisfied him that it woo real distress and starvat'on that had prompted the commission of the offence. His Lordship sentenced them to be imprisoned in New gate fur three months, and by which time he hoped that arrangements could be made to get them a ship. The prisoners earnestly thanked the Common Ser geant for his kindness, and were removed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) TUE PARISH OF ST. LURE, OLD STREET, AT TILE PRO SECUTION OF GORE, FOR A NUISANCE. _ . ALFRED BUNN F. JENNY LIND. At the sitting of the Court this morning the Learned Judges were informed by one of the Masters that Mr. Hoggins, Counsel for the defendant, had no instructions to appear in support of the demurrer. It was, therefore, overruled, and judgment is, conse quently, in tavour of the plaintiff. The trial of this case, which has caused so much excitement, will now come on in its regular course, at the sittings of the Court of Queen's Bench, at Guild hall, after term. - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 4. (Sittings at Nisi Pritis, after Term, before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and Common Juries.) MIGOTTI V. WATHEASTONB. This was an action of trespass for the false im prisonment of the plaintiff's wife. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Henderson were Counsel for the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's witne.ses that on the 9th of May last the daughter of the plaintiff, a child twelve years of age, on leaving St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden, picked up a gold chain in the churchyard, and took it home to her father, a goldsmith, living in Maiden-lane. The chain was handed round, and admired by the several members of the family, and was taken next day to the plaintiff's workshop, in Wigmore-street, for the purpose of being tested to ascertain whether it was gold. On Wednesday morning the defendant, the owner of the chain, who is a goldsmith, residing in Henrietta- street, called at the plaintiff's house, in company with a friend named Gay, and asked for the chain. Mrs. Migotti said she did not know where it was at the time, that her husband was ill in bed ; but that if Mr. Watherstone would leave his ad dress the chain should be sent to him, or he might call for it at three o'clock. The defendant then departed with his friend, but returning in a few minutes, said he had changed his mind and must have his chain at once. She again told: him she did not know where it was at that moment. lie threatened to procure a search warrant, and ultimately sent Gay for a policeman, to whom he gave the woman in charge. She was taken to the 13ow-street station, and charged by the defendant with stealing the chain. She then stated that it was at her husband's work shop, in Wigmore-street, upon which the inspector sent a constable with the defendant to that place. Upon applying there for the chain, the mother of Mrs. .Migotti, who appeared to keep the shop for her son-in-law during his illness, admitted that the chain was in the shop, and gave it up to them. They then returned to the station-house after the absence of an hour, during which time Mrs. Migotti had been locked up, and Mr. Watherstone declined pressing the charge against her. The present action was brought to recover compensation for that imprisonment. On the part of the defendant evidence was adduced to show that he had caused printed handbills, offering a reward for the chain, to be stuck in the windows of several shops in Maiden-lane and the neighbourhood, and that Mrs. Migotti was seen reading one of them on Tuesday evening; that she had at first denied all knowledge of the chain ; that it had only been sent to the shop in Wigmore-street after application had been made for it in Maiden-lane ; and it was contended that all the circumstances of the case had warranted the suspicions of the defendant, and the conduct which he had accordingly pursued. The cause lasted the whole day, although the facts lie, as will be seen, in a very narrow compass ; and thejury, having retired for about ten minutes, after hearing the summing up of the Learned Judge, found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 30/. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Lush appeared for the defendant. This case (a brief account of which appeared in The ...Van of yesterday) was adjourned from Thursday, and resumed yesterday morning. Mr. PARRY, in stating the case for the prosecution, said that the parishioners of St. Luke's were not actuated by any feeling of hostility against Mr. Gore, but solely from a sense of public duty, and in consequence of the great injury to life and property which was suffered in this parish from the nuisance which they sought now by this prosecution to sup press. They wished the case to be fully and impar tially investigated ; and he hoped the inquiry would be conducted in an amicable spirit on both sides, as the only object was to ascertain whaher the nuisance was really of the pestilential nature as the prosecu tors believed it to be ; or, on the other hand, was it so innoxious as it was understood the defendant would endeavour to establish. He would lay before the jury a body of evidence of a most decided character to show that the scavenge yard in question was a most pernicious nuisance. He would produce the evidence of some of the most eminent scientific men of the day, who had devoted their time and talent to the study of subjects con nected with the health of towns and other populous localities, and from these gentlemen they would hear, that the exhalations emanating from the defendant's yard in Hatfield-street, were of the most pestilential nature. And he would also show, by the evidence of a numerous body of the inhabitants of the immediate neighbourhood, that not only was the property dete riorated, but that the health of the inhabitants was destroyed, and life was endangered by the proximity or this accumulation of decomposed animal and vege table matter, and other offensive materials. The neighbourhood was crowded with a poor population, and the efforts of the parish authorities to preserve the health and comfort of the inhabitants, by imprOved paving, cleansing, and draining, were rendered almost unavailing, in consequence of the prevalence of fever an.i . other diseases, occasioned by this d e pot o f d us t and •" muck." To abate the nuisance was the only desire of the prosecutors, and they had no desire to injure or inconvenience the defendant more than what wus necessary to maintain the health of the people ; and he was not instructed to deny that Mr. Gore had not carried on his business in a proper manner, and as a respectable scavenger. Mr. John Gyles, the surveyor of the parish of St. Luke, was first examined. He proved a plan of the lefendant's premises, and described their situation. it consisted of two large enclosed areas, one on each dde of Hatfield-street. In one of these the day dust teas deposited, and the other, which was called the slop-yard, was the receptacle of filth of the most of finisive description, collected from the streets and 'markets of the metropolis. This heap of dust was described as of a prodigious height, occasionally ;':reaching up to the roofs of the adjoining houses. When the wind was high or when the dust was moved about or being sifted, the inhabitants were annoyed - - to a great extent. There was a very bad smell emit- OLDCENTR4I COURT. 1 - CRIMINAL --s COURT. ted, from decayed animal and vegetable matter from ALUADER OF TWO CHILDREN IN ST. LUXE'S. the slop-yard, and the effluvium was a cause of gene- The trial of Harriet Parker (continued from our rating lever and other diseases. There was constantly Afternoon Edition of yesterday). disease in the lanes and courts adjoining—in Mid- Mr. Thomas Mallet, the chief clerk at the Cies dlesex-row Dean's-court, and Golden-lane. The parish had recently put down new paving and improved the kenwell Police-court, proved that when the depositionas sewerage. The paint of the several houses was dis were read over to the prisoner, on the Bth of January, coloured by the gases emitted from Mr. Gore's place. she made a statement to the magistrate which was In warm weather, and after rain, the surrounding afterwards reduced to writing. space was crowded with vapour of the most offensive The statement was then read. It was simply a , nature. The smell was worst when it was moved detailed account of what occurred from the time about, and the witness was of opinion that the place Blake came to tea till she missed him from the Duke was a great public nuisance. of Bedford public-house. William Hetman Harris, of the City- road, one of George Maddox, a police-constable, stated that the surgeons of the parish, examined the yard, and after she made this statement she told him that she ' found decomposed animal and vegetable matter, and watched the children on the night of the murder for 'scavengers' refuse, and he had also seen dead animals a long time, and fancied they would never go to sleep.. in a putrid state. The vapours from the yard At length, however, they did close their eyes, and were very prejudicial to the health of the neighbour putting out the candle, she sprang upon the bed and. I hood. seized the femal e c hild by th e th roa t, w h en s he felts Dr. Southwood Smith stated that h e was one o f 4 that if there had been a thousand children she could'. ; Coe Sanitary Commissioners, and for the last ten have murdered them ; but she showed them no mercy, i yearsh ad applied himself more particularlyto ma - mat and she did not want any mercy shown to her. i tern connected with the health of the public than to Mr. Frederick Wright, a surgeon, deposed to being i any other inquiry. He had examined the place in called in on the morning of the Ist of January, about t . nin .and reported . the result of his four o'clock, to examine the bodies of the two chil dren. He found marks of violence an their faces, and, 'nquiries to the parish authorities of St. Luke's. when His i opinion was, that the atmospheric upon a post mortem examination, he discovered that death had been caused by forcibly holding the nose conditions were favourable to the development and mouth, so as to prevent breathing. of the poison, every inmate, young and old, in the immediate neighbourhood of the nuisance This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the was in danger of fever. There was there a larger defence, entreating them, before they returned accumulation of decayed animal and r vegetable matter their verdict, to take into their serious consi- • than he had ever seen anywhere. 'rho height of the deration the frenzy and madness which she, dust-heaps was equal to that of the sleeping apart cruel conduct of the witness Blake had producedl ments of the adjoining houses. He confirmed the upon the mind of the prisoner on the night of they , evidence of the preceding witnesses as to the kind of murder. It was extremely doubtful whether . the , gas given out from the heaps of dust, and as t o the deleterious effect on th e h ea lth o f th e i n h a bit an t s . prisoner was in her right senses when she committed/ Witness had been twenty years connected with the the dreadful act, and although it was beyond the scope' Fever Hospital, an d h a d wr itt en on and given great of human evidence to prove putative insanity in a crsae , ; attention to the subje c t. In cross-examination, the w it ness sa id th a t he like this, the jury, he was sure, would not disrega 0 1 con the tantalising brutality the had been su lo- sidered all such places in crowded neighbourhoods a jetted to by her paramour Blake. No e• ii- nuisance, and he considered Smithfield-market a dence, however, could more strongly prove an n uisance. unsound state of intellect, c o uld m ore s t rong l y ilk E- 'the ASSISTANT-JUDGE said ev e ry one th oug ht th a t trate an i ns t ance o f momen t ary i nsan i ty, than th , st they had a l rea d y h ear d , an d as t h ey were just as co ene nuisance but the Corporation of London. petent t o d ec id e w h et h er the pr i soner was of sc me d. ~ a Witness then stated that there were too many mind when she murdered the children as the most ; or B dust-yar _ d lay-stalls in London, and that nothi ng evould experienc e d me di cal men, the ends of justice could be more clumsy than the arrangements for con not be accompli s h ed i f they overlooked the pr,o ofs of lucting the business of a scavenger in the whole insanity with whi c h t h e case f or the prose.culion 00 T Dr. J. Close, Dr. Douglas Chisnell, c , iuntry. h much abounded. Mr. Baron ALDmisois having summed op at grea t - Dr. ompsnn, Mr. J. F. Cooper, chemist, and several other profes length, mom 1 gentlemen, were examined at great length, and . WHITEHALL, JAN. 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Thomas Duncalfe, of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed John Brun ton Falconar, of the town and county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the' High Court of Chancery. BA NK huTpcy SUPERSEDED. John Belling, watchmalmr, Bodmin. BANKRUPTS. John Garrett andFratrci;lfoimes Phillips, saw mill proprietors, Cambridge-street, Old St. Pancras•road, to surrender Feb. 11, at two, and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street; Chilcote, George street, Man sion-house. George Freeman, dealer in Colonial produce, South ampton-street, Camberwell, Feb. 11, at half-past twelve, and March 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Shaw, Fish-street-hill. Thomas Borkwood, ship chandler, Shadwell-deck street, Middlesex, Feb. 11, at two, and March 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street. Charles Street, builder, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Feb. 11, and March 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Adams, George street, Mansion-house. James Moses Bridgland, piano forte manufacturer, Wardour•street, Soho, Feb. 18, at twelve, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Howard, Great Marl borough-s treet. William Samuel Gray, auctioneer, High-street , Cam den-town, Feb. 12, at half past one, and March 25, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingiiall-street ; Cox, Pinner 's Hall, Old Broad-street. John Aubrey Morse, currier, Bicester, Oxfordshire, Feb. 18 and March 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chambers, Copthall-buildings. Henry John Elmes, bricklayer and builder, Queen street, Cheapside, Feb. 10, at half-past two, and March 15, at one, at the Court of Bankrup tc y . Bell, official assignee, Coletnan-street-buildings ; Williatns, Buck lerabury. William Bennett, confectioner, Camberwell-green, Surrey, Feb. 11, at half - past two, and March 14, at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom, official assig nee , Abehui-ch-lane, City; Hine and Robinson, Ch --arter.ouse square, City. George llickes, commission merchant, Huddersfield, Feb. 15, at two, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwa rds, official a ss i gnee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Thomas, Eiy-pla ce , H o lb orn. John Taylor, licensed victualler, Blackfriars road, Feb. 15, at half past two, and March 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Selby and Mackeson, Lincoln's Inn , fields. William Duman Collard, slater, College-street, Chel- bath Jennings, and Grace Jennings, High Lic;fron, Cumberland, maltsters and brewers—W. Ma% by and A- Lleyd, Fleet-street, chemists and druggists—T. Blurton and J. Blurton, High street, Bow, woollendrapers—J. Cletninson and W.Cleminsen. Shiblon, Durham, quarry men—T. Higgins and R. Ward, Exeter, hide and gene ral commission agents—J. S. Steele and A. Sisson, Rei gate, Surrey, medical practitioners—D. Tonge and P. Tonge, Liverpool, ship sellers—M. Sayce and W. Sayce, Kin ton. Herefordshire, land agents—J. Robinson and J. H. Cuff, Gresham-street, City, warehousemen—J. Haworth and H. Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire, brewers — W. R. Hawkes, F. J. Nash, W. Bird, W. Johnstone, J. G. Nash. and T. Bird, Bishops Stortfcrd, Ilertfor3shire, brewers (so fur as regards T. Bird)—Emily Day And Mary Ann Bromly, Lower Eaton•street, Pimlico, milli ners—W. Yeats and J. Alderson, Kirkby Lonsnale, Westmoreland, grocers and tea dealers—J. Knott and G. F. Knott, Leicester, boot and shoe manufacturers — T. W. Simkin and J. Anatey, Coventry, drapers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Smith, Keighley, Yorkshire, grocer. Emmott Sunderland, Bingley, Yorkshire, boot and shoe maker. Thomas Loveridge, son., Bulley, Gloncesi - ershire, beer retailer. Richard Breeze, Kidderminster, victualler. Edward Williams, Len., Jackfield, Shropshire, barge owner. Edward Herbert Dunn, Totnes, Devonshire, policeman. William Hoy, Bridgetown, Devonshire, foreman to the South Devon Railway. William Watson, Brvneethin, Giamorganshire, draper. John &shop, Castle Froome, narefordshire, farmer. Joseph Scott, Cambridge, pig jobber. Robert Burbush, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, school- master to the National School. Ilariabella Berry, Cambridge. James Holbrook, Ipswich, lieutenant in tlit royal navy. John Arch, Loughborough, Leicestershire. William Bairsto, Selby, Yorkshire painter. John Newton, Ashford, Kent, mail cart driver. Juhn Platt, Wigan, !shopkeeper. . - James Llorrocks, Wigan, baker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. B. Martin, Aliale Kileattan, Kingarth, farmer and cattle dealer, to meet, Feb. 9 and March 1, at eleven, within the Bute Arms Inn, Rothsay. A. D. Campbell, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Feb. 10 and March 9, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. P. Grassick, Glenlogie, Aberdeenshire, farmer and banker, to meet Feb. 8 and 29, at two, within the Hall belonging to the Society of Advocates, Aberdeen. M. Inglis, Edinburgh, stockbroker, to meet Feb. 9 and March 2, at two, within the Royal Exchange Coffee House, Edinburgh. J. M`Gill, Glasgow, provision merchant, to meet Feb, 10 and March 2, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, . _ _ J2l.teid, Glasgow, bricklayer, to meet Feb. 10 and March 2, at one, within the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed, rrom the returns made in the week ending February 1 1848, is 245. 1 1 , , d. per cwt. " YOU ARE AT WAR r DUKE OF WELLINGTON. TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The last Edinburgh Review commended the gentlemen of the press, and in two distinct articles sung them a song of placebo, such as is usual to monarchs. It may be expected of us now to point out the inevit able consequences of invasion—Guards in full retreat, Lord Mayor signing billets, and other hypothetical indignities. The first consequence will be in Ire land—organized refusal to enlist. Then, as a " re medial measure," England--long choosing, end be ginning late—must grant a repeal, if not the repeal, of the Union ; every other medicament fur Irish maladies being, however strange it may sound in England, a chimera in the opinion of disinterested, not uninterested, persons. Another consequence will be, " the fortuitous discovery of a box of 1/. notes, to save the credit of the country." In 1797, the pay of army and navy were doubled, without which none of your " Up Guards, and at them," would have roused that gallant corps to obey orders, dress to their colours, and fire low : Faccia a terra would have been the order of the day. Sweet are the uses of adversity. Abbe Patrarch says once,' " Idleness and pleasures bring secret hate and open tyranny. Peace must be used modestly. Proud and negligent manners offend her gentle na ture; she wings her flight, and will not stay to behold the overthrow of humanity. Sylla in war was like Scipio, hut in peace a very Hannibal." Mutiny of fleets at Nore and Spithead, exploiter'd the industry of this country. In raising the price of blood and coats of scarlet, Government unwittingly took counsel from Napoleon. " Draw from the repositories of wealth sufficient to supply all who want employment; this creates a sort of market or sinking fund for LABOUR, by which its PRICE MAY BR KEPT UP." Parker, leader of the mutiny, made the discovery of a box of 11. notes on H.M.S. which transpired for tuitously to the pequins around. Without 11. notes, pay of fleets and army could not have been doubled ; without Parker's entreaties the men would have de serted in mass. He saved us the awful spectacle of fleets towed over to Blefescu by Philargyria gigant of Britain ; in fact, by scarcity and penury of prac tical national cash, for even then Ministers wanted money to pay dividends (and salaries). For all that, Parker was * * * * * d ; " one Milton, a blind man," as Doctor Sprat calls him, having narrowly escaped the same reward. " Sic sos non vobis mellificatis apes." It will be a singular coincidence if this invasion, started as a fresh fox to puzzle the scent, should halloo us on to the box of one pound, why not half pound (?) notes ; and all be mine about Threadneedle street, as Hannibal would say, but in a Pickwickian sense. Parker's last words show a mallieureuse facilili de se payer de paroles. He complains of being de ceived, and warns every one against trusting the multitude. His plans were vast, but no honest plan is too much for any one if he has patience and keeps his own counsel. If he waits for others he is lost, and this is the misfortune of your organizing minds. O'Connell, M., failed so, hut Father Mathew, a simple monk, though of ancient family, relied on his capucinades, and succeeded. " Sir Peel" has suc ceeded. 11. C. ARGENT. IRELAND. THE SOUTHERN CONVICTS. DUBLIN, FEB. 3.—The following is from the Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday : " On inquiry at the county gaol this day we learn that William Ryan, Puck,' for the murder of John Kelly, at Knocksentry, and Andrew Dea, for the murder of Edward Murphy, at Duntryleague, ho are both to be executed on the drop of that prison on Monday next, at half-past two o'clock, are sincerely penitent, and quite reconciled to meet the ignomi nious fate which awaits them. The Roman Catholic clergy of this city, the ladies of the Sisters of Merpy, and the members of the Christian Brothers are daily engaged in administering spiritual consolation to the wretched men ; and to their praiseworthy attention is attributable, under God, the fortitude and resignation with which those felons are prepared to meet death on the scaffold. John Renehan, to he hanged on the 11th instant for the murder of John 111‘Inerny, of Adamstown, evinces a similar firm disposition, and is reconciled to die. Michael Howard, convicted of the murder of Johanna and Cornelius Hourigan, per sists in proclaiming his innocence, at the same time that he is resigned to undergoing the extreme penalty of the law, as it has been the will of God that he shall suffer for crime of which he knows nothing. Jam 2ai\l2ls ord.resigned e s as il Skaha instant, pghneed Hill,at o n and r tahne e e o d i constantly who Jm sia a atne t. e l a s yr QAe engaged Li t o a in n be e em , for oerx the memorial lcuph traeaydyi ne murder o of grn,taet and forwarded to the Lord-Lieutenant praying for a com mutation of the sentence of death on Andrew Dea, who is to be executed on Monday, an answer was received this morning, stated that the law must take its course. Yesterday the High Sheriff of Clare re ceived at Ennis, from Dublin Castle, a reprieve for Matthew Hourigan, who, with Michael Butler, was convicted of the murder of Patrick Cleary, near Broadford, and was to have been exe cuted on the 17th instant. Hourigan is to be trans ported for life." CARRYING OUT THE COERCION ACT. The following statement, copied from the Limerick Chronicle, is, we believe, quite correct : It is the intention of Government forthwith to send an additional reinforcement of constabular.)(;_ to a every townland in Ireland where an cutrage. Whiteboy character, no matter how trivial, is s com mitted, mitted, unless the perpetrators are speedily by the inhabitants and brought t o j ustice. arre T st h ed e farmers of every proclaimed district ought to be on extra police will have to be the alert, as the entire expense of maintaining the borney of land alone." MGR AND yo CTIIIRCII.—A country rector, in arguing at a public wbi c e i cr n ehd L u r o ie n rhr d .e o , g n u , lAa r against aolbdseer s rm o v m ae d that alderman p r oceedings h t o o t. be present said he c ons id ere d that p w h h r o a s etheft w happened hi e g r h e 1 y objectionable, and that he believed it was net to be found either in the Bible or the Liturgy of the Chinch of Englund, to which he added, that he was no more aware of there being a High and a Low Church than c of d edthbe; appealingebeinga high and a low heaven; and he on to the Bishop of London, who concluded also happened 'to be present, whether such a phrase ought to have been used. Tho bishop rose, and sub mitted to the chair that the gentleman who had em ployed it had dose so inadvertently, and was certainly out of order ' • upon which the chairman, having ex pressed hi mse lf of the same opinion, the clerical speaker, to his great credit, at once apologized for having used. it. Presuming the bishop, the alderman, the chairman (end, ' indeed, finally the rector himself), to have taken the common sense view of the subject, it may be as well iltat some modern Churchmen, who would be unwilling to ex pose themselves in public or private, should consider this anecdote, for the truth of which the narrator ple4 gee himself.—founder's Literary ,Extracts (New Ser;el). 4 E I I 1 "~: .