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, • (sN'l 'l4lll' • - • - • • 4, .11 " :„".. /, PR t # RA, 4, 2 4 1 7 ;0111 - 24° -••• lr 77;f - 4 - 44 , ' t F • ; 31 , / -40 z ka . . 6 ; 7 • 42 , • • -- • • nir */ DIE 4 ' aIV • er Wi t` AN APPEAL to the PUBLIC in behalf of the WIDOW of WILLIAM THOM, Poet of Inverury. COMMITTEE. 0 2TOVOSI MOMS Mr. John Watson Rev. George GilfMtn Mr. James H. Ower Rev. J. R. M`Gavin Mr. William Boyack Dr. Arrot Mr. William Bett Mr. James Westland Mr. James Chalmers, jun. Mr. Patrick Watson Mr. Arthur Begg, jun. Mr. Thomas Saunders. TREasusua—Mr. Patrick Watson. SECRETARY—Mr. William Boyack. Ti to Committee appointed to raise a fund for the relief of the Witt ow and Family of the late William Thom, the gifted but unfor tuna de Poet of Iliverury, beg leave bristly but earnestly to appeal to the :Public, meze especially to the Public of Scotland, in behalf of the trust which has been confided to them. Tht name and genius of Thom are well known and universally ac knowiled"od ; many of the feeling and pathetic effusions of his muse hay.e been brought before the public, not only in a combined form, but in valdous periodicals. His talents attracted the attention of the abl kstilldges; and the Messrs. Chambers, in their Journal, have de w,' ted a chapter to his autobiography, and to that favourable weed of pr. doe to which they considered his merits entitled. Mae life of William Thom has, indeed, combined the vicissitudes of a I tumble child of the Muses, having formed a scene of trials and dis appointments, accompanied by an overflowing share of poverty and di stress. .Many of his earliest and best years were passed at the Hawklol of Duns lee—the remembrance of which seemed deeply impressed on Ma Mimi ; for thither, to use his own emphatic language, he wished to rear n , like a bird that flutters round her forsaken nest, to spend his lather days in comparative peace and quiet. Hi s l' f isiles were fulfilled, for not many months ago he did return from his wanderings, debilitated and impoverished, and breathed his last on Monday, the 28th of February. He has left a widow and three infant c hildren , the youngest but Ave months old, totally unprovided for; and it - 1 as therefore been resolved to raise a fund, in order, if Possible, to been afford them permanent assistance. A Comsniti.ee has aPPO) nted, who have cheerfully undertaken this duty, and al ready the., are happy to announce that their call has been responded to in a prompt and liberal manner. Lord Kinnaird, Lord Jeffrey, Messrs. :Douglas Jerrold and Robert Chambers, and many others, have spontaneously sent their contributions; and it is earnestly hoped that the charitable and the admirers of native genius and un obtruaiv e merit will support and encourage the laudable object which the Committee have in view. Diandee, March 10, 1848. C i sntrirftion.s will be received by any of the Members of Commit tee; and at the shops of Messrs. Chalmers, Shaw, and Middleton, Booksellers, and Mr. Mills, Perfumer, Dundee. :DEATH OP WILLIAM THOM, THE INYERITRY POET. (To the Editor of the "Dundee Courier.") Dundee, February 29, 1848. Sir.-- . The painful task has been deputed to me of announcing to the public the death of William Thom, the Inverury poet. For soupy time past he had been in delicate and declining health ; and Ma diseased state of body was doubtless aggravated by the uncer ta'asty of his circumstances, and the consequent anguish of his Y4onourable and sensitive mind. Yesterday, in our city, at half past eleven a.m., he departed this life. He has left behind him something more than a name—some true and beautiful strains. which, as " a thing of beauty is a joy for ever," the world will not willingly sutler, like the inscription on the coffin, to be buried in the tomb. He has left behind him, alas something of yet ten derer and more mournful interest—a widow and three children, th 7 eldest of whom is only four years, and the youngest but a few months old. These are " utterly destitute," and but for the kind ness of one or two private friends, might have been cast out ere this to the charity of the streets. I make no appeal in behalf of the poet himself; " after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." He has found what the most troubled and tempest-tossed wanderer will at last find, and which to him was peculiarly grateful—rest. Nor will I indulge or express any vindictive feelings as to the treatment which he received while yet alive. A true poet, he met with truly poetic usage. He was caressed, but not fed; as if one could sup on incense, or as if one public dinner could keep a man alive for Years! But I would bespeak general sympathy in behalf of his destitute family. I would implore every lover of literature— lehierY one who has derived pleasure from the departed poet' s or from th e simple story of his life—to prove their pleasure and c t s i m"ir g rat itude true by some more su b s t ant i a l ev id ence than ex clamati him at ons or tears. I would call especially upon those who saw our l ate Watt Festi va l, an d h ear d a l mos t hi s l a t est b reath given forth in those brief, broken, but thrilling accents—accents how far su perior to th e measured cadences of rhetoric—to testify by generous deeds their sense of melancholy satisfaction that theirs was No privilege of meeting with and hearing him for the last time. time ought to be lost. Indeed, no time has been lost. Intima tons to the above effect either have been, or are immediately to be, dispatched to Douglas Jerrold, Charles Dickens, Lord Jeffrey, and others. But as Dundee has had the honour of containing his death bed, let us follow the start we have acciden'ally gained by instant, active, strenuous efforts in behalf of his widow and his fatherless bairns. Messrs. Chalmers, Middleton, rail Shaw, Booksellers, and Mr - nals, Perfumer, have kindly undertaken to receive donations. The smallest sums Will be welcomed I am, Sir, yours truly, GERGE Gan LLAN. The last verse s o f th e late William Thom,O written shortly before Ws death : SONG OF THE DWELLERS IN DEAN' VALE. Tune—" Miller o' Dee." While we laugh wad sing, in this happy ring, With a bright and a brotherly glee, May we never forget that the sun hath set On the homes of misery. For oh ! it may be that this chill night wind Sweeps round some fireless hearth, Freezing the heart of the homeless one, With never a friend on earth. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee ; Yet never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. Man was not made for this world alone, The world was lent to man ; 'Tis a debt we owe to Heaven, you know, Then pay it as well as you can. Now winter rides mad in his carriage of snow, With his pelting rain and his hail ; May it never be said that hunger and wee Meld abiding in bonny Dean Vale. Then aye, as we sing, may we closer cling, In our bright and brotherly glee, And never forget that the sun may set On the homes of misery. ift W. THOM UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. -8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; i 2, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. ; F. C. Maitland, Esq. R. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. , William Railton, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. I John Ritchie, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. I F. IL Thomson, Esq. 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Od„ or pos t -free, from the Author, for forty-two SEL F ' -PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive U nions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma htritY, usually acqu i re d at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical O bservations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, 'Whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inslls cretion. With . Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various Injuries that are produced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37. REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin- Ifburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' flail, London, Honorary Member fauseaLgondon Hospital Medical Society, &c. that it e requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order vanedil, may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the twtatitiniche „ e n e u v r ers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, the traced to vi ce in every instance disclosed, in how many could Jpointment.. physical disqualifications and their attendant disap used in moderation el i s a are always injurious ; the gift, which when abused .the prolific sofraught with advantage, becomes, when and of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitntionaltnal powers. . The particular excesses, on she nature and consenuenclei which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater supt than any other to which it is 3'. of misery to the human frame, This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Playsiolos. sY of the Rachpdroductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and study'f disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention or what subject can bo of more importance than the pre w sa x tie e n of the health, and of the physical capabilities of should h be possessed. It unfertunately happens man u victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired from early life or from the follies of advanced age, while sufferin from their invariable consequences, unvrisely entertains a f of a g plying to a qualified physician for relief. 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The parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of sonic disease, which, for want of careful investigation ot its real cause, has been set down to the score 01 consumption, will, on perusing this work. be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called puhnonary ccn- sumption, heart tabps &r., the tulc and , E:clusive origin haz been the Indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till . Two, and Six to Eight in the Evening. Hospitals complain of the inadequate supply of well-trained nurses as an evil seriously interfering with the efficient discharge of their du ties. They cannot trust to their orders being executed by the nurses, and they find that the patients sutler from faults of those on whom, in their state of helplessness, they are almost entirely depen dent; and it is obvious that any defects in the tempera and charac ters of those who are constantly with the sick must exercise a hurt ful influence upon the state of their minds, and must tend to neutral• ize the effect of tile religious instruction and consolation whieh they receive while in the hospital. It is also matter of general notoriety that great difficulty Is found in obtaining well qualified nurses to attend on patients in private families, especially in those of the middle and lower classes ; and parochial clergymen feel the want of competent persons on whom they could rely, in visting the sick of their respective parishes, and administering to their bodily wants. The most effectual, perhaps the only effectual, remedy for these evils, is to train up a body of nurses who shall be taught to look upon their work as a religious one, to undertake it with habits of self-contro', and with a mind understanding it fully, and prepared for its trying and painful duties. The want here spoken of has been felt in other countries as well as in our own, and attempts have been made to meet it. Orders of persodlt devoting themselves to visiting the sick exist in Roman Catholic countries : an " Institution of Deaconesses" has been found useful in Prussia ; a recent attempt to improve the respectability of professional muses has worked beneficially in England. The Insti tution which it is proposed to found under the name of " Training Institution for Nurse," will be based on the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England; and it will seek to accomplish Its object, not by selecting the self-devoted few who are permitted by freedom from other duties to give themselves entirely to this, but by endea vouring to act, both directly and indirectly, upon the whole body of persons who are pursuing this as their regular calling in life. To raise the character of the class by offering to its members a training which shall qualify them for their professional work, and be at the same time essentially a religious training; to hold out, to those who are justified in seeking for it, the prospect of a higher professional position than they could otherwise obtain ; and to afford also to those who are ready (without hope of any earthly reward) to give themselves to this work as one of Christian love, a legitimate field it labour: these are the means which, as they have been successful in forming the high character of the clergy and physicians of Eng land, may . , it is hoped, be new instrumental, under God's blessing, in raising that of a body which is at present so much in want of Improvement. It is proposed that the Training Institution should be under the immediate superintendence of a clergyman of the United Church of England and Ireland, as Master. COURT OF COMMON SENSE MOSES VERSUS COMPETITION. A public trial t'oher day took place, Which proved to be a most important case. MOSES and SON (the plaintiffs in the matter), set up their claim superior t. tit° lAtter And furthermore they claim'd the greatest share, Of publie approbation ev'ry where. While Competition, on the other side, This claim of MOSES utterly denied. Well—crowds were there, who scarce had room to budge, To hear the case decided by the judge. I shan't detain you with harangues of counsel— From " Sergeant Right, Q.C," or " Mr. Bounce-all." The one spoke truth, the other dealt in fudge, 'Till thus the case was settled by THE JUDGE. " 'Tis my belief," said Mr. Baron Reason, " This question is decided ev'ry season. MOSES and SON, as tailors, prove their claim To greater patronage, and greater fame. And from the evidence which you have heard, The greatest favours are on them conferr'd. The specimens of dress produced in court, Are proofs what first-rate articles are bought. MOSES and SONS' attire is most resplendent, And better far than that of the defendant. Such is the judgment, then, which I dispense, Quite in accordance, too, with' Common Sense.' And thus," continued he, " the question closes, In favour of the claim of Messrs. MOSES." This judgment was received with loud applause, Which proved that MOSES' was.the public's cause. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Beaver Taglien! ••• • . .••••••••• .. • • .. • • .. from 40 9 0 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely The Pacha Coat •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 1 8 0 The Bullmer, especially adapted for snowy and wetwzather.• .• • .... . ..... ••••••••• •• •• 1 0 0 The Premier..... ...0 15 0 Boy's Winter C oa t s , i n every style.. • ...... . •.•. 0 6 0 Men's Do. Trousers, lined ...• •• • •• •• •• •• • • 0 4 0 Doeskin 0 12 6 Dress Coats .... ... 1 0 0 Double-breasted Winter Vests ........ .......... 0 2 0 Roll collar.. • . Boys' Hussar and Tunic Snits •••• • •••• • • • • 0 16 6 MADE TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed ••..••• • .. • • from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs 2 4 0 Tweed Wrapper ....... ....... ••••• • • • • • 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers ••••• • • • • • •• • •• • . Pest, or Dress— •••••••• • • • • • • • • ••• • • 1 6 0 Dress Coat •••• • • • ••• .• 112 3 Best quality made.. •• . • • • 2 15 0 1 15 0 Best quality made • .... • 3 3 0 Cashmere Vests .. •••• • • . • .••• • • • • •• • • Satins, Plain or Fancy 0 12 0 Boy's Hussar and Tunic Suits .. ••..• • • • 1 6 0 Great 0 16 0 A Suit of Clothes complete. ...... ••• • • • ... •• • • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 34, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. eautton.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman- Ake falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. rhey have no connexion with any other house in er out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheep clothing, &c., should call at, ,r send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from mul let Friday, tin sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Arnxt 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market is dull and gloomy. Hardly any business is being done, and prices continue to recede. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 11 1 / 2 c. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1% c. dis.— Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 12 dis.—London and North- Western, 1244 c.--Ditto, New Quarters, 1 3 / 4 c. p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 21 dis.—. Midland Stock, 96 c.—North Stafford shire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 3/. 13s. 3d. c. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), % dis.—York and North Midland, 123. MANCHESTER, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 5 i c. dis.--Ditto (late C. and B.), In—East Lancashire, New, 7 3 / 4 dis —Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 31 c. dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A and B), 1% c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, IA dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 1, 2 dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, No 4, 3 9.16 dis. BIRMII4GIIAM, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, 34 dis.—East Lancashire, 71 ,4 die. —London and North-Western, 135%—;Werth Staffordshire, dis.—South Staffordshire, 3 dis. HULL, Aram 4. STOCK EXCHANGE —Although we have more business doing, prices are much depressed, with an evident tendency downwards. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. 6d.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 12 1 a din. Hull and Selby, Hal ves , 47—Ipswich and Bury (Norwich Extension), 11/2—North British, Thirds, 225. Quarters, 70s. 9d.—Ditto, AIONEY-MARKET.—By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 439} per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.12-; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13.12 i, it follows that the price of gold is the same at Hamburgh and in London. According to the usual calculation that 60 59.100 gold imperials are equivalent to 100 sovereigns in London, the transmission of gold from St. Petersburgh would give an exchange on London of 38 45-100 d. per silver rouble ; and the last quotation of the exchange being 36 d. per rouble, gold would yield a gross profit of about 4i per cent. The charge of transport would have to be deducted from this, and the interest gained added, the above quotation being for bills on London at three months! date. MILITARY STATIONS. (From the Unit e d Service Magazine for April.) Regimentsand Corps troops or Service Companies. Depots. Ist Life-Guards 2d do Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragoon-Gds, 2d do 3d de 4th d 0 ..... sth do.. 6th do 7th do Ist Dragoons 2d do 3d do. . 4th do 6th do 7th Hussars Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars... 1 Ith Hussars 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons 14th do 15th Hussars 16th Lancer 5......... 17th do Gren. Gds. tat bat „ 2d bat 3d bat Coldstream f Ist bat Guards I2d bat Sctch Fusi- Ist bat lierGds. 2d bat Ist F00t.... Ist bat 2d bat 2d do. 4th do. sth do. 1 Ist hat 2d bat 6th do. Ist Bat f Reserve Bat 7th d 0........ Bth do. 9th de. 10th do. 11th d 0... .... 12th do. Reserve 8at... ... 13th do . 14th do. 15th do. 16th do. 17th do. 18th do. 19th d 0.. .. 20th do. Reserve 8at....... 21st do. 22d do. 23d do. Reserve Bat 24th do. 25th do. 26th do 27th do. 28th do. .. ..... . 29th do. 30th do . 31st do. 32d do . . 33d d 0.... ..... 34th do. 35th d 0........... 36th do . 1 37th do. C 2 l d st b b a a t t : 38th do. 39th do. 40th do 41st do. 42d do. Reserve Bat. 43d do. 44th d 0..- ..... Reserve 8att..... . 45th do. ....... Reserve Bat. 46th do 47th do. 48th do. 49th do. 50th do. 51st do. 52d do. 53d do. 54th do. 55th d 0.... ...... 56th do. I - Ist bat. 2d bat. 57th do. 58th do. 59th do. 60th do. Ist bat. 2d bat. 61st do. 62t1 do. 63d do. 64th do. 65th do. 66th do. 67th do . Reserve Batt 68th do. 69th do. . ........... Reserve 8att.......„ 70th do 71st do. Reserve 8at........ ., 72d do. 73d d 0... 74th do 75th d 0........... 76th do. ............ Reserve 8att......... 77th do ............ 78th d 0.... ...... ....„ 79th d 0... ....... 80th d 0.... ......... 81st d 0......... 82d de. ............... 83d do.. ............... 84th d 0... .......... 85th do 86th do ............ 87th do. ............... 88th do. 89th do. 90th do. ....• . ........ 91st do Reserve 8at.......... 92d do .................. 93d do. ........... 94th d 0........... 95th d 0......... ... 96th do.. ............... 97th do. ........... Reserve Bat ........... 98th d 0............ ..... 99th do ............. Rifle J Ist bat..... Brigade-1 2d bat..... Reserve Bat.. Regent's Park Hyde Park ..... Windsor Birmingham ...... Newbridge ...... Edinburgh Nottingham York Dindalk Cape of Good Hope Cahir Atilone Bengal Dublin Dublin Dublin Ballincollig Bengal Bombay Co►entry Hoanslow ......... .• Longford ....... Bengal Madras Norwich Dublin Wellington Barracks Chichester St. John's Wood ,Tower ...... . Windsor.. St. George's 8ar.... Portman-it. ...... Antigua. Newry -••• Beret'• - Madras Mauritius ... Mauritius ...... Cape of Good Hope Hudson's Bay Barbadoes Bombay ..... . ...... Winchester Bengal ...... New South Wales Portsmouth Mauritius ...... Birr ...... Newport, S. W . Ceylon Corfu ...... ..... Dover ...... Bengal ............ St. Vincent. ...... Canada .. , Canada Calcutta , Bombay ... Halifax, N. 5..... Canada , Bengal • , Madras . Buttevant ...... Cape of Good Hope Bombay ............ Bengal ..... Newcastle-on-Type,Manchester .......... Bengal .......... ..... New Brunswick .... Corfu .............. Mauritius ... Corfu .............. Cephalonia ..... Ceylon ......... Jamaica .. Portsmouth Galtvay ........... 'Clare Clastle ..... Bermuda .......... Bermuda ... ..... Templemore ...... Cork ", C C bin o b a kra p r leaid k e nlnatna o yr f G00d .......... H0pe .......... ..., „ Cape of Good Hope „ Halifax, N. S ...... ~ :, Clonmel „ Enniskillen ...... „ Dublin .......... ~ Bengal . ~ Madras ....... Preston ............ , Bengal , Barbadoes Dublin . Gibraltar , Gibraltar Hull , New South Wales.. , Templemore , Bombay , Bury , 8enga1....... , , Winchester Chatham....•••• . Limerick . .... . New South Wales , Barbadoes , Gibraltar , Gibraltar , Muiiingar , Malta ..... Malta . Cork , Edinburgh Canada West Indies Cape of Good Hope Dublin Corfu Corfu D KG Ca u ii Bombay Bengal Devonport Halifax, N. S Madras Dublin ... •••••• Bombay ............... Weedon Barbadoes ...... ••••• Ashton-under-I_•yoe• Cape o f G oo d Hope Cape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope Limerick Canada 1 Madras 'China New South Wales Jamaica ...... , Jamaica ... ......... ...I Bengal • New South Wales..i Cape of Good Hope Canada ... Quebec .......... ••••• Maidstone , Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone Maidstone Glasgow 1 Chatham [sle of Wight Fermoy Dublin Chatham Chatham Chatham 'Cheater Youghal Chatham Caatlebar Isle of Wight Canterbury Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Glasgow Chatham Chatham Chatham Stirling Castle Nenagh Jersey Isle of Wight Chatham Boyle [sle of Wight -___ f ele of Wight Guernsey Walmer Chatham Chatham Plymouth [ale of Wight Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Kinsale Isle of Wight [sle of Wight Hamilton Birr Isle of Wight Fermoy Chatham M ullingar Chatham Brecon Chatham 'Chatham I Tralee !Sheerness Gosport lAberdeen Chatham 'Naas 'Chatham Isle of Wight Chatham Bristol Chatham Isle of Wight COLONIAL CORY 6. . Ist West Indi a Regiment Jamaica 2d do ...... ......... .. 3dd0... ...... ... ...................... D e merara—S. Leone. Ceylon Rifle Regiment. ............... .Ceylon Ceylon Cape Mounted Riflemen Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment St. Helena Regim en t ..... St. Helena Royal Newfoundland Companies Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles . . Malta. DARING ROBBERY. Between the hours of two and six o'clock yesterday morning, some thieves entered the house of Mr. Watts, No. 22, Upper Stamford-street, by climbing up the pil lars supporting the portico, and opening the staircase window, which was not fastened, on the first floor land ing, then descending to the dining.rooms they proceeded to open and ransack every desk and drawe r in the rooms. They forced open the sideboard closets, but found nothing sufficiently portable for their purpose. They then proceeded to the bookcase, and opened the drawers with a key found in t he pocket of Mr. Watt's great coat, which was le ft in the front dining-ro om . From the secretaire of the book case they took two gold and one silver watches, th ree di amond rings, a l arge diamond union pin, a gold and a sil ver penc i l case, a massive curb chain , g old bracelet, set with a large onyx, and other article s of jewell e ry. Th e thieves rumaged the drawers, con taining paper s o f some consequence, from which they took f orty shares of the Shropshire Union Railway, 6 sha res of the Eastern Places where plate The thieves, however, Counties Railway, 15 shares of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, and 10 shares of the Great North of Scotland Railway. , which had been The thieves then proceeded to the jewel l ery , &C., including two great coats onlyk i mightt ch feonu,hneadn supposed n forced ie s al s mall ltploeanrh articles c r hi a ee w sp etor. of plate, s and l t e left about by the cook. It was quite clear from inspect ing the confusion in the place, that the thieves must have been a considerable time in the house. Lucifer-matches were found half burned; a hat had been used to screen the light, and it was burned through in several places. The value of carried off, is at least 801. The shares are valued at 400/ ; but of course the thieves will not venture to dis pose of them. The alarm was given by a private watch ho servants that the who at six o'clock rang the hall door wash openall-bell, to acqua i n t . 1 theo t t h G e ril u f il e d t h ro a pi gentlemen, upon general busin e ss. , olitan Commissio n o f CITY COMMISSION ' or SEWERs.—Th e Commis spoke at length sT s i e o h% n ve e e rrcss,hs and y m e sa s en t v e e r or d fa a l y upon the state of the City cesspools, and the matter was referred to the Committee of General Purposes. Sussex Hall Literary Institution claimed exemption from sewers. rates, upon the ground of being used for literary, scien tific, and charitable purposes. The question was referred to a committee for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. It was reported to the Board that Mr. Walker and other eminent engineers had willingly undertaken the duty of examining and reporting upon the sewers constructed in the city of Loiiaon under the authority of the City Commissiooers of Sewers; but it was no. cessary that they should be supplied with certain plans and maps, &c. The surveyor stated that the plans and maps were in progress, and would be completed in two or three weeks, B. Bogue, fleet-street, and sold Everywhere. Now ready, price ls., and sold Everywhere, GAVARNI in LONDON. Sketches of London Life and Character. Edited by ALBERT SMITH. Part I. containing Three Plates, beautifully tinted, with letter press de scriptions. . The Opera . . by Shirley Brooks. The Street Beggar . by Angus B. Reach The Casino . . . by Albert Smith. D. Bogue, 86, Fleet-street. NEW PEOPLE'S EDITION. Price 2s 6d FALLACIES of the FACULTY, with the CHRONO-THERMAL SYSTEM of MEDICINE. By Dr. DICKSON. 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Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court, Teeple-bar, London. Just published, price Is., free by post Is. 6d., a New Edition, being the 24th Edition—" *A.RTON'S ERVALENTA." CONSTIPATION DESTROYED ; and Indi gestion Cured without Medicine Ir , a simple, nutritious, agreeable food, named ERVALENTA (discovery made in France by M. WARTON), confirmed by nearly 300 certificates and attestations from eminent chemists, physicians, and other persons in the United Kingdom, France, and other countries. Sold by J. Youens, 36, Farringdon-street, principal depot of War. ton's Ervalenta ; and through all Booksellers. Certificate of Dr. Ure. M.D., F.R.S., &c., of Warton's Ervalenta. "London, Dec. 2, 1847. " I have analysed a sample of the finely-ground meal of a legumin ous seed, called Warton's Ervalenta, and find it to be a pure vege table product, very nutritious, and easily digestible, possessing the character of removing and counteracting habitual constipation, aid establishing a regularity in the alvine discharge. The said Ervalenta is, in my opinion, a perfectly wholesome dietetic. "ANDREW URE, M.D., F R.S.. &c., " Professor of Chemistry and Analytical Chemist." CAryrox.—A spurious imitation of Warton's Ervalenta having been lately advertised under the name " Revalenta Arabica,'' the public should guard against imposition. Q ILVE R PLATE, New and Second-hand.-- T. COX SAVORY and Co." l'amphlet of Prices, with out lines, may be bad gratis, •r will be sent post free if applied for by a paid letter. The c•atents are the prices, weights, and patterns of new and second-hand Silver Spoons and Forks; new and second hand Tea and Coffee , ervices, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Goods, the new plated on white metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Chains and Jewellery. r. COX SAVORY and Ce., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grace church-street), London. S N, APRIL 5, 1848. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 3. (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) TURNER V. ATERYWEATRER. This was an action to recover damages for a libel .pub lished b y t h e defendant in the form of a pamphlet. e Mr. Sergeant Shoe, Mr. L. Gurney and Mr. Fish were for the plaintiff ; Sergeant Channel!,, Mr. Pearson, and Mr. Henneker for the defendant. Mr. Fan opened the pleadings. The declaration charged the defendant with publishing a pamphlet, in which he accused the plaintiff of having induced his brother, William Turner, to make a certain will and co dicil when he was of unsound mind, and incapable of understanding what he was about, and also with obtain• ing from him cheques for large sums while he was in that state. The defendant had pleaded a justification. Sergeant SREE stated the ca , e. The plaintiff in this action was Mr. John Turner, a gentleman at a ve-y ad vanced period of life, being eighty-six years of age, and he was compelled to adopt the present proceeding s to vi n di cate hi s character from one of the most serious libels that had ever, perhaps, been brought to the notice of a court of justice. Plaintiff was formerly a member of the firm of Turner and Sons, gold refiners of the city of London, but retired, with his brother, Mr. W. Turner, :from the bu s i ness w i t h an a mple fortun e i n 1827, and in 1829 Mr. W. Turner died, leaving one daughter, Mary Anne, who was the wife of the defendant, Mr. William Steven Meryweather. After the death of the first wife of Mr. W. Turner, he married a Miss Ethersey, who had been the governess of his daughter, and, as the young lady did not live on good terms with h er stepmother, she was placed in a boarding school at Brighton, at which placed she became ac quainted with t h e defendant, and ultimatelymarried him without th e consent, and, indeed, against the of her father, who would never sanction the marriage, and although he afterwards did b e h ave courteously to his daughter's husband, it app4ared quite clear from his subsequent conduct towards him that he never looked upon Mr. Meryweather with a favourable eye. The marriage took place in 1808, and for s ome considerable time afterwards Mr. W. Turner was very indignant, and declared that he would not give his daughter any mar riage portion, but after some years he consented to pur chase a reversion, to which his daughter would have been entitled, and gave the defendant 2,5001. for it, and after. wards advanced him 6001. upon his note of hand, b ut this was the whole extent of the pecuniary aid he would ever afford him. Mr. Turner did, however, a ll ow his daughter 2001. a year, and although he would not have any intercourse with her husband, he was on vary friendly terms with her, and he also provided liberally for his grandchildren, the issue of the marriage with the defendant, and sent them to college, and paid the neces sary expense for one of them being called to the bar. Mr. W. Turner lost his second wife, and after that event he continued to reside upon his estate at Woodeote Lodge, Carshalton, until 1829, when he died, and at this time Miss Ethersey, a sister of his second wife, and some of his grandchildren were residing with him. A short time before this period, at the suggestion of Mr. Robin son, who was his confidential solicitor, he had executed his will, and he should satisfy them clearly that at the time he did so he was in a perfectly sound state of mind, and that the clauses of the will were carefully considered, and were submitted to and approved by counsel before they were executed. By this will the plaintiff, Mr. John Turner, Mr. John Hornblow Turner, two of his nephews, and another gentleman, were appointed his executors, the only legacy to the plaintiff being 100/, and the whole of the remainder of the property teing left to his exe cutors upon certain trusts, and the jAry would see that, by the provisions of the will, Mr. W. Turner had carried out the determination he had always expressed, to pre vent the defendant from having any control over his property. After bequeathing 1001. to each of his exe cutors, he gave a legacy of 5001. to the defendant's wife; he also directed that she should be paid an annuity of 5004 a year, but this money was specially stated to be for her sole and separate use, and not in any way sub ject to the control or debts of her husband, and at the death of her husband, and not before, she was to receive an additional annuity of 5001. a year, and the whole of the residue of the property was devised to the grand children, but they were not to come into the pos session of it until they arrived at the age of five-and-twenty, and the executors were directed to allow a certain sum for their education, and eo notice whatever was taken of the defendant. A codicil was subsequently added to the will, by which the testator gave some small sums to his servants, and also a legacy of 4001. to Mr. John Hornblow Turner, and again in this instrument no notice whatever was taken of defendant. About this time it would appear that the testator, upon one occasion, told Mr. Hornblow Turner that he was much indebted to him for his kindness, and that it was his intention to give him a thousand pounds, and having already by his will left him 5001., he handed him a cheque for 5001. to make up that amount. He begged to remind the jury that the plaintiff took nothing by this will except the 1001. left to him as executor. He did not require it—he was himself a man of fortune, and the loot. was not given as a legacy, but no doubt merely as a testimony of the affection his brother enter tained for him. Shortly after this will was made, Mr. W. Turner, who was then a very old man, became much worse in health, he was suffering from a dropsical affec tion, and it was necessary to give him opiates, but there was no doubt that nearly up to the last moment of his life his mind was in a perfectly sound state, and he was quite competent to manage his affairs, and to dispose of his property. He died on the 18th September, 1829, and immediately afterwards the defendant came to Wood cote Lodge and insisted upon taking possession of the whole of the property in right of his wife who, he said, was now its sole mistress upon the death of her father. The executors were applied to, and they produced the will and read it to him, but this had no effect, and it was with great difficulty that he was at length induced to quit the house, leaving his wife and the children sal / fhere, and the next day he entered a caveat, as a fir: t step to disputing the proof of the will. A bill in Chan cery was subsequently filed, in which the grandchil dren were made parties ; and in the course of these proceedings the defendant and his wife put in an answer, in which they admitted the validity of the will and codicil, and since that period the annuity of 500/. had been paid to the def en d ant ' s wife. An application was then made, through the defendant, to the Master of the Rolls, and an issue was direcCed to be tried, with a view to ascertain the validity of the will, but just before it was to be tried the cause was withdrawn. It was again set down for trial on a sub sequent occasion. A special jury was called to try it, and again the defendant prayed to be allowed to with draw, and he was only permitted to do so upon making an admission of the validity of the will and codicil, and that fact was stated in the decree. The Learned Sergeant said that it might have been thought that, after these proceedings, the defendant would have been satisfied with the opportunities that had been afforded him of disproving the legality of the will, but on the contrary he had resorted to various other legal pro ceedings, the nature of which was described by the Learned Sergeant, and in the whole of which it ap peared that he failed to make out any case against the validity of the will, and at length in March, 1846, the Judge of the Prerogative Court made a final decree in favour of the will, and probate was granted to the exe cutors. In the same year, and very soon after this deci sion of the Court, the pamphlet was published, which proved the subject of the present action. It was entitled, "Extraordinary Case in the Exchequer Court, by a B arrister-at-law." And although one of the sons of the defendant had admitted the authorship of this pamphlet, he should show that the defendant was the real author of it, and indeed he admitted the fact in an affi davit made by him in the course of some subsequent proceedings. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to read the whole of the alleged libel, and it will be suffi cient to state that it charged in distinct terms the plain tiff, Mr. Robinson, the solicitor of the deceased, and Mr. John Hornblow Turner, another of the executors, with having induced the deceased to sign the will and codicil in question when he was in a state of insanity, and that they propped him up in his bed while he affixed his sig nature to the instruments. The pamphlet also accused the same gentleman of inducing the deceased to sign sixteen or seventeen blank cheques, and alleged that they went into his bed-room at midnight, accompanied by Miss Ethersey, for that purpose, and that one cheque for 5001., so obtained, was placed to the private ac count of Mr. J. H. Turner, at his banker's. The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to comment upon the aggra vated character of the libel, which, he said, went to the extent of charging the plaintiff and the other respectable gentleman , with conspiring to induce the deceased to sign a pretended will and testament, when they knew that he was in a state of insanity, and also with obtaining large sums of money by most im proper and dishonest means. At the time this atrocious calumny was published, the plaintiff was eighty-five years of age. He had lived in honour and respectability and enjoyed the esteem of a numerous circle of friends, and he felt that he had no alternative but immediately to take the only course that could be expected of him, which was to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a criminal information against the individual who had avowed himself at that time to be the author of it, Mr. Marcus Meryweather, a barrister, and the son of the defendant. The application was made in the Queen's Bench by his Learned Friend Sir F. Thesiger, and as was usual in such cases the plaintiff made an affidavit, distinctly denying that there was any foun dation for the !charges made against him. In the first instance a rule was obtained, calling upon the defendant to show cause, but he never did so, and the rule was made absolute, and in due course the son of the defendant was called up for judgment. Upon that occasion several affidavits were put in by the defendant in mitigation, and among them was one from the present defendant, in which hedeclared that although his son had acknowledged the authorship of the pam phlet, he (the father) had written every word of it hl t n i ; self, and was alone r es p ons ibl e . I n th e c ourse of proceeding in the Que en ' s B enc h, the defendrit t upon himself to wri te a l e tt er t o Sir F. Thesiget.tee_ the t Counsel for the prosecution, and in that _loutte.r. distinctly only avowed himself again us the author,b ? t A d a l in t s i t e t , h l Y e Asserted that all the charges he had plaintiff were true, and that was duty prepared this letter mach pred' to prove them. Sir F. Thesiger felt it his to the attorney for the prosecutio n , and that letter had been placed in the present declar ation._ t Jn . addition to these proceedings the defendant had ac tally indicted the [PRICE 51). ' plaintiff for perjury, knowing full well that the .indict went could not b 9 disposed of for eighteen months . , and, Ito doubt, with the vindictive expectation that the plain tiff would depart front this world in the meantime, with the ignominy of such a charge being attaehed to his memory. The plainff now Lokily accepted the challenge given like by the defendant, aqd, although be need not have dune so, he had choten to hare the pleadings in such a form as would not throw upon the defendant ' the onus of proving the allegations he had made, but he himself would undertake to satisfy the jury that at the time this will and codicil were executed by the de.cealed, he was in a perfectly sound state of mind, and quite competent to manage his affairs, and he at the same time reminded the jury that the defendant had had a dezen opportunities of making out his ease if he could have done so, but that he had always shrunk from it, and he feared that the defendant had purposely delayed making these foul charges in the hope that the witnesses who 1 could have proved their falsehood would be no more. This had happened in many ihstanc t s. The Rev. Mr. Ferris, the rector of Beddington, who was on terms of close intimacy with the deceased, was dead, Mr. Ro binson, his confidential solicitor, who had taken an active share in the making of the will and codicil, and who would have been a most important witness, was dead. Miss Ethersey, the sister of his wife, was dead, and so were Messrs. Fuller, Lambert, and several other int mate friends of the deceased. During the former pro ceedings these witnesses were all alive, and ready to testify to the perfect sanity of the testator, but the de fendant would not then try the question; but when they were dead, he had disgraced himself by putting his son forward as the author of this foul libel. With regard to the amount of damages, of course money was not the object of the plaintiff; he was a man of fortune, and money was no consideration; all he desired was to vindi cate his character, and to defy his slanderer to prove one of the allegations he had made. With that view the amount of damages would be regarded by the world as the light in which they viewed the conduct of the par ties, and if they should be of opinion that these foul charges had been made solely from a revengeful and malicious feeling, and that there was no foundation for them, he felt satisfied that they would give such an amount of damages as would have the effect of com pletely vindicating the character of the plaintiff. A number of witnesses were then examined on behalf of the plaintiff's case, and all the material facts opened by the Learned Sergeant were made out by their evi dence. _ at oe ceh l ae r ese . ed l.- 1i the To will, , Counsel, and deceased,n e , and t a l 1 1 eswophaor thattwn aessrocomof some b sou l f r l .t them Robinson, dema,ws oemree ss t ut h ba e gmei totsolicitorfed thetto an opportunity of obpiipid:a • ,, ,v p i t p h , o r l e , e g d a r , d b e i t: the e th e y v will, proved introduced mostdis tinctlyintoaantdaillle the likewiseclauses t stated d it t h iN a ' e t r d e urin .. sanctioned the w whole e the f perfectly of sound mind , cotcommunications upon this subject, so 6 far as he had strengthen this view to of c fbe case, other witnesses exhibited no the deceased, he appeared . r a e n d d t o t o l ir b e t e e 1 uwellt transactions, a n a s w a a c r t e i 0 n s, what in some slight eecseen.vtericities of r te e .d er t o h s a s t . he was about. were called, who spoke have evinced a good deal owhichexamination; shr the deceased dnes s, bauntd, a although appearance of any want of mind. The witnesses were subjected to a very conduct were admitted, nothing at all was elicited in any way affected their testimony upon the mai❑ question in the case. Sergeant CHANNELL addressed the jury for the de fendant in a speech of considerable power. He denied that the defendant was actuated by any malicious feeling towards the plaintiff, and urged that all the proceedings he had taken had no other object than to protect the in terests of his family and those who were dear to him. lie then adverted to the position of the family, and said that, under all the circumstances, the defendant had a right to believe that his father-in•law was not in a com petent state of mind to make a will, and he had, therefore, pleaded a justification; and it would be for the jury to say, when they had heard all the evidence that would be laid befere them, whether or not that plea cuuld be sus tained. Evidence was then adduced for the defendant, the principal witnesses being the children 91 Mr. Meryweather, who had been residing in the house of the deceased. According to their testimony, the testator William Turner," had, on several occasions, been guilty of acts of great ex travagance ; that he had insisted upon one occasion, to have a tea-kettle boiled in his carriage ; that he used to tear up deeds, and bury them in the garden, and also that upon one occasion he had twisted the sheets of his bed round his neck, as was supposed, with the intention of destroying himself. Some servants in the establish ment of the deceased also gave testimony of a similar character, but the general effect of the evidence adduced was very far from establishing clearly that the testator had ever been in a state of insanity. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the case to the jury, who, after a very short deliberation, re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1,0001. MIDLAND ClRCUl7:—Warwick, April 4. THE QUEEN V, ,GUTTERIDGE. This case was resumed this morning. After the parcel was sent off yesterday proof was gone into of the publication of the matters complained of: The Bishop of Manchester was put into the box and examined. His Lordship gave a history of his con nexion with Birmingham, of his being elected to the head mastership of King Edward's School, the hospital, and other chariti,s ; but it was a mere reiteration of what has so often been in print in the columns of the public press. The Bish.p was subjected to a cross-examination upon almost every conceivable point, but nothing was elicited that could in the slightest degree favour the de fendant's case. Mrs. Lee, the Bishop's lady, deposed that she was present on two or three occasions when he was charged with being intoxicated, that he was not so in the slightest degree; that in fact there was no pretence for saying so. Several teachers in the Bluecoat School deposed to Leing present when Mr. Lee preached to the boys of the school, but did not observe the slightest symptom of intoxication. Mary Goodwin, a nurse at the Bluecoat SchoJl ,in 1844, attended upon the boy Baylis when he was ill, and saw Mr. Lee come in. He prayed to the boy and read a chapter from the Bible. Mr. Lee requested the witness and a friend of the boy's to leave the room. They remained out ten minutes. Mr. Lee when he came out spoke to witness, asking her whether she thought, he would recover. Mr. Foster came and went with him. Mr. Lee was perfectly sober. Other witnesses were called, who spoke to the pro priety of the Bishop's conduct in general, and at the times expressed in the libels in particular. The case fur the proscution had not closed when our parcel left. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Six men were severally charged with having stolen a mare, which had been sent to Epping Forest for country diet, being in rather low condition. After the lapse of a few months, the mare, which was blind of one eye, and had some other disagreeable peculiarities, was missed from the forest, and a few days ago as Mr. Hopper, a friend of the owner, was passi ng t h rough Smithfield, he saw the animal open to the best bidder. Having made an examination sufficiently accurate to justify the suspicion of robbery against the person found in possession, Mr. Hopper had the mare knocked down to him for 51., and told the seller to call for payment at livery-stables, in the neighbourhood of King William street, where a policeman soon acted as substitute for the purchaser, and seized both man and mare the moment they appeared. Alderman SALOMONS, who sat for the Lord Mayor, asked the first person brought before him to account for the possession of the mare. The first prisoner said he had made the purchase in Smithfield-market for the sum of 41. 55., of a gentle man, who readily came forward to acknowledge the sale, and declared that he had purchased the mare for 31. ss. Alderman SALOMONS then ordered the first prisoner to take upon himself forthwith the character of a wit ness, and evidence was accordingly given which com pletely exonerated him, but threw the onus upon the individual who made so prompt a confession, and who accordingly was obliged to take his place at the bar. Alderman SALOMONS (to the man at the bar)—Well, what have you to say about this mare—where did you get her? The second prisoner —The man is present of whom I bought her for 21. ss. " Here am I," said an old fellow with a white head. " I sold her to the gentleman at the bar, and no mis take."--(A laugh.) ive for Alderman SAl.omorts—And what did you g her? Witness—l bought her of that man (pointing person in another uart of the Justice-room) for ato a pound.—(Great laughter.) It was proved by a salesman's books, kept in Smith field, that an old mare, dark in one eye,and otherwise defective, had been sold more w aydthasi: twlitcealsoor appeared e re in d Smithfield within a very fe that she had been sold in the first instance for h a lf a pound, for the payment of the expenses incurred by her in wandering from the forest, for which she was deposited in pound. discharging all the po or Alderman SALOMA NS, in fellows brought before him, said he regretted that they had been put to such trouble and inconvenience, as there wa s not the s lightest ground for suspect i ng any one of them of dishonest intentions. On the contrary, it was evident that they had acted with integrity, for in their possession the poor animal h a d i mproved in value from 10s. to 51. GUILDHALL. A genteel looking female, about 27 years of age, wearing a gold watch and gold WEI t(.11-guard, named Mary Taylor, was brought before Alderman Wilson, charged with picking the pocket of a young woman who sat next her in a Blackwall omnibus. The complainant, Small Fisher, of Bristow-place, Poplar, stated that she got into the omnibus at Black wall on Monday afternoon, to ride to the west end of the town, and she had 17s. wrapped up in a bit of paper in her pocket. The prisoner got into the omnibus at , - i / the east end of St, aul's Church the end of Farri *don-street. witness deemed it prudent to 16 safe, as the prisone r h a d been sits.was astonished to find her pocket her money gone . Sh e h a d not f t .0 thing to excit e h er sus pi c i on . She ..., o f 10757,. ; to her fellow-passengers, who advised her to get out and follow the lady. The conductor said - he saw her go down New Bridge street, and witness went in that direction, and met the prisoner coming towards her, as if from the bridge. Witness told her she had lost her money, and - asked - her if she had not taken it. The prisoner said, "No ; she had plenty of money ; she was a very respectable person, and witness might accompany her home, and see that such was the fact." Witness, however, declined heing sa ti s fi e d i n t h at why," and gav e her into custody. Prisoner had. herparse-in her hand when witn ess came up with h er . A t t h e stat i on she was searched, end she had in her purse IBs. in silver, and 5/. in geld. • . Mr. Althrman WILSON asked when she last saw her money safe ? Witness replied she felt it just befbre the prisoner got in. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked if she carried her pocket handkerchief in the same pocket? Witness said she did. It was hanging- from her pocket when she missed her mo.') ey.c. e sptsao::: l b.she ' eea l einstesgicadtpefhiererte:i Kith sish o . prit n tt:oei, e itiir r ii. leols,,,yer b h.,, ,re e f. v g aii4 g ,tioia C iuN,d ( o l se, 1 tol : :(. o :l:ll.,46rae a Gpft s jt4 l , s, i tt:ll) g t b: h ,irio):(r, witness .d. ia.hneiilo. slittast,sonef felt ilh f tt .she _atitd}loileair,ilitit ( dy ni,egt i , d ,ounst nal.i n iireiet o dey ; wit ness replied others got ous, bit •they had not sat on the rii a tho last lilt her incney safe at Black .‘ . all. City policeman . into the prisoner's respectability, and found she had given a false address, No. 4, Great Union-street, Borough. Mr. Alderman WILSON asked the prisoner where she really did live, and whether she was single? She said she was. She lived at No. 2, Bronte-place, East-lane, Walworth. Mr. Alderman WILSON said he believed she had com mitted a very serious offence, and he suspected from her dexterity that this was not her first trial. He should, therefore, remand her for further examination on Friday. LAMBETH. Mr. Sidney Foster, secretary and Treasurer at the Surrey Gardens, and upwards of thirty servants in the employment of Mr. Tyler, the proprietor of that popular place of amusement, attended before Mr. Elliott to be sworn in as special constables. Large placards were also extensively circulated throughout the parishes of Lambeth and Newington, announcing the fact that the magistrates will be in attendance at this court, and at the vestry-hall, Lambeth, on the mornings of Thursday and Friday, to swear in all housekeepers in those parishes, who wish to join in the preservation of the p üblic peace, and the protection of the property of the inhabitants. In the parishes of Camberwell and Newington, the county magistrates have been engaged in swearing in specials, and by Saturday next the most perfect organi- Zation of the tradesmen of the various parishes will be effected. THE CORN TRADE. The weather has undergone a decided improvement , during the last few days; indeed but little rain has fallen since the commencement of the week, and though the land is still very wet in some districts, in others it has become sufficiently dry to allow of field work being resumed. Since Wednesday a good deal of spring corn has been sown, and if next e quantity of wheat fast year's growth remaining week should prove favour a bl e , grea t exer ti ons w ill be made to get in the r ema i n d er o f t h e crops . Th e re ports from the a g ric u lt ura l di s t r i c t s are i n ot h er respects more cheering than might, cons ide r i ng th e l ong conti nuance of wet weather, have b e en expect e d ; th e y oung wheat plant i s s t a t e d on t h e w h o l e to wear a healthy , aspect; there a re cer t a i n l y no comp l a i nts of its b e i ng b ac k war d ; on the contrary, if any fears are fact that hat farmersthis is have not entertained, th e y ar i se f rom an appearance of premature luxuriance o likely to l ea d to any h arm i s tolerably evident as froin t the ; bu ha lately generally manifested a greater d es i re to sell than earlier in the season. That th in the hands of the produce rs is • fully as great as is usually th e case at the corresponding period of the year %le have very little doubt, and if the next harvest should prove an early one, we should w re quire very little ass i stance from abroad; ! 3 t r il opa lthe y sta o f our stecke is not such as to render us indep endent of foreign supplies; and it may thereforebe re garded as a somewhat singular circumstance, and ono strongly indicative of he depressed state of mercan tile enterprise, that Inc recent occurrences on the Continent, and the present unsettled state of politics, should have exercised no influence on the corn trade. We need scarcely say that we sincerely hope that the peace of Europe may not be disturbed; but with affairs in the position they now are on the Continent, a collision between some of the Great Powers is by no means an unlikely event. In ordinary times this would have been sufficient to have led t o speculation. in many articles of produce, and none sooner than in bread stuff; ; hut the commercial crisis of 1847 has so completely prostrated credit that no one feels disposed to enter into fresh engagements attended with any kind of risk. The trade in grain consequently re mains in the same dull state as before, and far from any rise having been caused by the doubt and uncertainty which unquestionably attaches to the future (for if war should unhappily break out, this country might find it difficult to obtain supplies, in ease it should' hereafter be found necessary to import), the ten dency of prices has been, and still continues, down wards. The accounts from 811 the leading provincial" markets agree in character. Buyers have everywhere acted with the utmost caution, and holders have evinced more anxiety to rtalise, the value of wheat has given way. From the western and north-western parts of the kingdom we learn that rather increased supplies had come forward, and at Bristol, Gloucester, Bir mingham, &c., the turn had in most cases been in favour of the buyer. At the principal shipping ports on the east coast, as well as at the lead ing agricultural markets in the interior, the deliveries from the growers have recently been somewhat more literal than before, which circumstance, together with the discouraging accounts from the chief consuming towns, have cattsed a reduction of Is. to 2s. per quaver. Our letters from Scotland also describe the when, t trade as having become very depressed. The reports from Edinburgh and Glasgow of Wednesday inform us that the weather had improved, and that outdoor occupations had been resumed. Farmers bad, nevertheless, it seems, contrived to bring good supplies to market, and the inquiry having been exceedingly slow, prices had given way both for Wheat and Oats, but the value of Barley had rather risen.—Mark-lane Express. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Copy of Treasury Minute, dated March 17, 1848, ap pointing a Ocminission to Superintend the Completion of the New Palace at Westminster, and the Expendi . . — to the Board that he ha s T t , u o r r e d o j n o i h re n e te d Russell therewith: sta te3 submitted to her Majesty the propriety of the appoint. rnent of a commission to superintend the completion of the New Palace of Westminster, and the expenditure connected therewith; and her Majesty having signified her gracious approval thereof, and also of the nomina tion of the undermentioned noblemen and gentlemen for this purpose, viz.—the Earl tie Grey, Major-General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, and Thomas Greene, Esq., M.P., his Lordship recommends that a warrant be submitted for the royal sign manual, constituting them commissioners to superintend the completion of the new Palace of Westminster, and the expenses connected therewith. Lord John Russell further suggests that the powers to be conferred on the said commissioners be prospective only, and that the warrant comprise the following in structions, viz.:— _ _ . 1. The commissioners are to superintend the cont. pletion of the new Palace of Westminster, with re ference to the designs approved, and the amount of the estimates laid before Parliament. 2. They are to determine upon designs and propo sitions submitted for the decorations, furniture, fittings, fixtures, clocks, bells, &c., which are requisite to com plete the Palace in a fit and becoming manner for occu pation ; subject, however, to the approval of the Tres. sury, in regard to the cost to be incurred. 3. They are to decide upon all modifications or altera tions of plan or design which may be suggested by this architect, or other persons in authority, connected with the business of Parliament, except when such modifica tions involve an increase of expense, in which case their decision is to be subject to the approval of this board. 4. They are to control and finally decide upon all arrangements with reference to the warming, ventilat ing, and lighting of the building, when such arrange ments are at present undecided, subject as above to the approval of this boa rd. points, in ord er t h at t h e is points, to th e C omm i ss i oners 5. Tbey will com municate to this board their recom mendationsnesae m v a a y r i b o e u of Woods to ma ke the arran g emen ts f neeessarYdi o re n ct t io h for the execution of the same by contract or otherwise. 6. The Commissioners will have recourse to the assist ance of the Commissioners of Woods, &c., or their solici tors, when necessary. 7. They will be governed by such further instructions as way be conveyed to them board. f rom time to time by this My Lords concur in the suggestions of Lord John Russell, and direct that a warrant be submitted for the Royal sign man ua l accordingly. When the same is completed, l e t i t be transmitted to the commissioners thereby constituted, by means of one of the secretaries of this board. Let a copy • of this minute be transmitted to the Com missioners of Woods, &c., for their information and guidance. SELF-CULTURE.—The maxim, that the bow should not always be bent, is not to be disregarded, still less should it be allowed to lead to never bending the dow at all. Change of occupation is recreation:— " The labour we delight in physics pain." " Try all things, hold fast that which is good, is a divine rule," says Locke, "coming from the father of light and truth." And it will be found that we cannot know one thing well and thoroughly without knowing also many other things partially. Discursive reading, and reading without reflection, are at first to be avoided. Select the best books, let them bear one upon another; collect knowledge; strive to form right principles. " Never be puffed up with the thought that you know enough. Man's life is all education, and v,lien he has travelled through his threescore years and ten, he is still a babe in knowledge, only at the beginning, not the consumma tion of wisdom. Work, then, toil, strive, persevere for yourselves. Self-culture is the secret of success, and passport to renown."—Builder. The new and reduced Duties on Timber and Wood goods come into operation tomorrow, the sth inst.