The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Alfred bavi,v. alias Iltdf4)rd, a well dressed man, was brought up in custody of Inspector Shqckell of the detective force, and placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with wilful and cor rupt perjury, and also with obtaining from C. Lloyd, Esq., of No. 7, Lower Brook-street, the sum of 101. by means of fraudulent pretences. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution, and briefly stated the facts of the case to the magistrate, from which it appeared that the prisoner had, in the first instance, fraudulently el)taineti 101. from the prosecutor for the purpose of supplying cerfaill infor mation against a gang of fellows who were carrying on an extensive system of poisoning race horses. The next case, which was that of perjury, was, that the prisoner attended at this court on Tuesday last, and made a statement before the magistrate to the above effect, implicating persons of high birth, whose names ware not mentioned. This statement he swore to, and signed in the presence of the magistrate, and a warrant was taken out for the apprehension of the parties named therein. The first witness called was Joseph Shackell, in spector in the detective police, who stated that on Tuesday last he attended at the court with the priso ner, Mr. Lloyd and Lord Henry Lennox. The pri soner made a deposition before Mr. Bishop, the clerk, which was afterwards read over to him before the ma gistrate in the court, and the prisoner signed it in his presence. The prisoner had previously sworn to the truth of the statement, and Smith, the chief usher, administered the oath. In consequence of this infor mation, a warrant was granted, and Owed in his hands. The prisoner gave him three letters, one of which he had since posted, the other two he now produced. They were sealed with black wax, as they appeared now. They had been opened by the prisoner, and resealed by him again. The prisoner led them about to various places till past one o'clock yesterday morning, to search for some of the parties named in the warrant, but they did not succeed in finding any such persons. The prisoner then promised to meet him at nine yesterday morning, but he failed to keep his appointment. From information he had subsequently received, he believed the deposition to be a fabrication. He had enquired at No. 13, Castle street, Finsbury, where the prisoner had stated he resided, but could not find that any person of the prisoner's name resided there. The prisoner was known by the name of Davis to the owner of the house, who had not seen him since the 6th of last month. Cross-examined by prisoner—Did not see the pri soner open the letters. The prisoner told him he opened them himself. Cynaic Lloyd, Esq., 7, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, said he was present at this court on Tuesday last with the prisoner. He saw the pri soner sworn to the depositions produced before Mr. Bingham. Previous to that the prisoner had given him some letters, and packets with the word , "poison" printed upon them. In the month of December last the prisoner came to him and obtained the sum of 101. from him, and gave him the receipt produced, which was to the effect that he received the 101. for the use of his (prisoner's) father, to fetch up from WAles witnesses to give evidence regarding horse poisoning. He had every reason to believe that the prisoner's father was dead. Cross-examined by the prisoner —He wrote the receipt and the prisoner signed it. The prisoner told him that his father had called at his house. Witness never heard that his father called. The prisoner told him that he was sent by his father to inform witness that he could give him information, and if he gave him 101. his father would bring the persons to prove the truth of his statement. The prisoner subse quently told him that his father would deceive him, and would not give up the names of all the parties, and that for a reward he (the prisoner) would deceive his father and get some important letters from his desk and bring them to witness. Witness told him if that was the case he would reward and protect him from the gang. Emily Baker said she was waitress at Mr. Canton's coffee-house, City-road. She knew the prisoner, who was in the habit of frequently using her master's house for about seven weeks. The prisoner seemed to be occupi e d most l y i n wr i t i ng. He had some of his own materials, and he sometimes used hers. He wrote with bl ue i n k, w hi c h h e b roug h t w i t h him. He was at their house yesterday morn ing. He had a paper parcel with him, which he took away with him. He left the ink behind, which she gave to the officer. She could not say what he wrote, but thought they were letters. He used to seal them with black wax. She could not swear that the letters produced resem bled the ones wrote by him. Mr. Henry, distiller, 13, Castle-street, Finsbury, said th e pr i soner was not l i v i ng at his house on Tuesday l as t. Th e pr i soner h a d no t lived there for the last twelve months. Mr. Humphreys said this was all the evidence he had to offer at present, and begged for a remand. Mr. HAanwicK remanded the prisoner till Friday next, but agreed to accept good and substantial hail in two sureties of 2001. each, with 24 hours' notice, for his appearance on that day. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Priddle, a journeyman baker, at Chelms ford, was brought before Mr. Hammill in custody of Sergeant Coleman of the H division, charged with robbing his fellow-servant of a whole suit of clothes, in the pockets of which were moneys belonging to Mr. John Dawson, his master. Mr. Superintendent May, of the Chelmsford sta tion of the Eastern Counties line of railway, said that the train started for London at twenty-two minutes past seven last night. In a few minutes after its departure he received information that a man who had committed a robbery at Chelmsford, had pro ceeded by it to London. Witness immediately tele graphed Mr. Grimshaw, the superintendent at the Shoreditch station ; in consequence of which the prisoner was captured on his getting out, and making the best of his way from the platform of that station towards the public street. Sergeant Coleman said the prisoner expressed his regret, in the presence of himself and Superintendent May, that he had not got out at the Mile-end station, as, if he had, he should in all probability have made good his escape. Mr. May said, as the robbery was committed at Chelmsford, perhaps Mr. Hammill would consent to the prisoner being conveyed thither, in order that he might be brought before the nrigistrates of that place. Mr. HAMMILL acquiesced in the suggestion of Mr. May, and the prisoner was reconveyed, in custody of the officer, by the train to Chelmsford, for that purpose. THE METROPOLITAN COMMIS SIONERS OF nEWE S.—(THIS DAY.) The first meeting of the Court of Commissioners of Sewers, appointed under the new Act, took place this morning in No 8 Committee-room of the House of Commons, Lord Morpeth in the chair. The other Commissioners in attendance were Messrs. Sutton, Brodrip, Puckle, lion. S. Byng, Chadwick, Leslie, L. Jones, Bullar, and Lord Ashley. Various accounts having been audited, The SECRETARY detailed the measures which the Commissioners had adopted fur accomplishing the objects which had led to their appointment. In Westminster alone, 3,472 notices had been served on landowners and others, with the view of hiving the sewers of that district properly drained. A petition from the Commissioners for draining new Victoria-street, 'Westminster, was ordered to be referred to Mr. Austin, to report. Petitions were presented from numerous other districts, some of them complaining of the prevalence of fever in various parts of the metropolis. Lord MoaPErn said all cases where typhus had been discovered, ought immediately to be attended to. A lengthened report from the Commissioners of Police was read, and ordered to be referred to the surveyors for their guidance. Upon the report of the Committee on the Ordnance Survey being read, Lord AIORPETH said he had to state that her Majesty's Government were particularly anxious that this ordnance survey of the metropolis should be effected as soon as possible, because they felt that no systematic or effective system of drainage could he accomplished without having such a survey. For his own part, he had little hope of the Commission ever being able to check the illness and disease which periodically prevailed in the metropolis until they were in possession of this survey, and he had, there fore, much pleasure in communicating to the Court, the fact that Government having considered the re presentations of the. Sanitary Commissioners, had made arrangements with the Admiralty for at once taking measures to procure a block plan of the metropolis for the guidance of the Commissioners, the expense of which would be defrayed out of annual votes of Parliament. This was a matter of the greatest importance, inasmuch as had the duty of making the survey fallen upon the Commissioners, two or three months' delay must have taken place before they could have procured an Act of Parliament for the purpose, while it would be observed that the only expense which this survey would impose upon the metropolis would only be a share of the common expense of carrying out the ordnance survey of the whole • country. The report was adopted, and resolutions passed directing the officers of the Commission to take mea sures for providing efficient accommodation for the sappers and miners wh.. would be engaged in pre parin-. the survey. The other business was purely of a formal and routine character. DEATH O'r GENERAL CUPPAGE. —This venerable officer, who was for upwards of 72 years connected with the lion. Dist India Company's service, died on the Bch LIISt., at hip residence near Dublin, aged 87. THE SUN, LOND:ON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1848 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta, T -I have looked for some days past in your va luable journal for an account of the contributions of the " Anti-Christmas-box Bakers" to, the deserving poor, or to some of the numerous existing charities for the relief of the poor, but without being able to find that such has ever appeared. Surely sufficient time has elapsed to enable these philanthropic gen. tlemen to give to the public the finis and result of their very questionable movement—i. e., the suppres sion of Christmas-boxes; or, in other words, putting in their own pockets,whittiediy belongs to the public. These latter words were uttered by a baker the other day, in answer to an inquiry made b y me as to the benefits likely t 9 result by the movement. " Oh," said he," it is all rubbish, I shall have nothing to do with it ; we make it up out of the bread, so we only give the public their own; it really belongs to the public." Apologising for this intrusion, I remain, Sir, &c., London, Jan. 10, 1848. INQUIRER. IRISH SPECIAL 'COMMISSION. LIMERICK, JAN. 11..—'Tie Judges sat this morning at ten o'clock. SENTENCE ON TIIE CONVECT RENNEHAN.—John Rer.nehan, who was convicted for the murder of John 117'Eniry, at Adamstown, ill this county, upon the 3d of October, 1847, having been placed at the bar to receive the sentence of the Court, The Clerk of the Crown uked him if he had any thing to say against sentence of death being passed upon him ? The prisoner, who exhibited the greatest possible self-possession, replied in a loud voice—l have nothing to say but that I am perfectly innocent of the charge. Their Lordships having then put on their black caps, The CIIIET BARON, addressing the convict, went at considerable length into the facts of the case, as they appeared in our paper of yesterday, describing the murder as one of the most atrocious that ever came nder his knowledge ; and concluded by passing upon him the extreme penalty of the law, namely, the 11th of February, as the day upon which his execution will take place. The prisoner, without uttering a word or showing the slightest emotion, walked away from the bar, and as soon as he got into the body of the dock commenced to eat a piece of bread, saying " We must eat while we are here at all events, boys." There are some circumstances connected with this most dreadful murder which may be considered worthy of notice, although they did not appear upon the trial. The prisoner, of all those indicted during the commission, was, perhaps, the most independent as regards pro perty, being the owner of thirty acres of land, which was to come into his possession in a few days after his arrest, when he attained his age ; and there was scarcely any reason that could be assigned for the commission of so awful a crime, attended by so many revolting circumstances. It appeared, however, that some cattle belonging to the unfortunate man who was murdered were impounded by the prisoner a short time before for trespass, which led to the issuing of a summons by M'Eniry against him for an assault upon a young lad in his service, whom he sent with a request that he would let the cattle be taken out of the pound. This is the only assignable reason for the perpetration of this bar barous crime; which is borne out by the fact that one of the prisoners, when beating the deceased, who asked what he had done, replied, " Remember last Court day," alluding to th• day on which the assault against the prisoner was heard. It is further stated that a strong ill• feeling existed between the two fa milies, arising out of an outrage which took place many years ago, and in which the prisoner's father lost his life. CHARGES UNDER THE WIIITEBOT ACT.-ATTACKING A DWELLING MOUSE ARMED. Patrick Long and John Coleman, the former about 45, and the latter 30 years of age, were indicted for having, on the 16th of July, at Ballyneal, in the county Limerick, assaulted the dwelling house of Daniel Shea, and stealing a gun, his property. There were various counts in the indictment altering the charge in a slight degree. The prosecutor was examined by the Attorney- General, and deposed that on the night in question the prisoner came to his house, and demanded his fire-arms from him ; Coleman demanded his gun, and Long took it out of his hands. One of the two said, " If you. don't give it at once we will blow your brains out." The prisoner shot his dog, and the shot went through the door afterwards ; he begged them not to do so, but they said they would serve him self in the same way. Mr. O'IIEA cross-examined this witness, who ad mitted that the prisoners lost a sheep, which was found in his haggard on the Monday after this oc currence, and that he did not tell the police of it, although they were in his house next day. Honora Shea was then examined by the Solicitor.. General—(who appeared in court for the first time since the death of Mrs. Ilatchell).—She deposed to the facts, as far as the house being attacked, and her father giving the men who attacked it his gun out of the window, which she handed to him by his direc tions. She could not, however, swear positively to the prisoners, although she stated that she believed Coleman was one of the assailants. Thomas Connellan, the prosecutor's servant, also proved the attack, but could not identify either of the parties charged. Mr. H. De Massey (a magistrate) having proved the state of the county, The case for the prosecution closed, and Mr. O'HEA addressed the jury for the defence, strongly relying on the fact that the night was dark, and the prosecutor, the only person who swore to the prisoners, might be mistaken. The CIIIEF BARON then summed up the evidence, after which The jury retired for a few moments, and returned with a verdict of Not Guilty. The commission is now sitting seven days, and this is the first case in which there was an acquittal. ATTACKING A DWELLING ARMED.—Patrick Calla ghan was indicted for attacking the dwelling-house of John Carroll, at Crean, in this county, on the 4th of December, 1846, and stealing a gun, his property. The prisoner was a young man about 30 years of age. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL very shortly stated the case, as it appears in the following evidence:— John Carroll, examined by the Solicitor-General, deposed that on the morning of the 4th of December ; 1846, a party of armed men came to his house, and forced him to give them his gun. This witness could not identify either of the prisoners, but he swore to his gun, which was produced. Thomas Carroll (an approver) swore that he, the prisoner, and twelve other men, made the attack on the prosecutor's house upon the night in question, and compelled him to give up his gun—the gun which he had identified. He said the prisoner and the other men were drinking at his house for a long time previously, and got him to get out of bed to join them. There were several guns with the party, but the prisoner had not one. Callaghan demanded the gun after breaking the windows, and when Mr. Carroll said it was at the police-barrack, he said,, " You lie ; I saw you shoot a plover to-day," His father-in-law then advised him to give it, and he handtll it through the window. When the prosecutor refused the gun at first, the prisoner said to one of the men, " Give me that gun, and 'l'll soon make him hand it out." Cross-examined by Mr. UHEA—We are old ac quaintances, I believe ? Witness—We are a little. (Laughter.) Mr. O'HEA—Who was your " comrade man ?"-- Witness—ln what matter ? Mr. O'HEA—Do you remember telling me at the last assizes about your " comrade man ?" Witness — Is it Dan Hayes you mane I Mr. U'HEA—No. Who were you swearing against at the last assizes ? Witness—l swore against Mike Howard for Hourigan's murder. Mr. O'HEA—Was he hanged ? Witness—He was (sensation). Mr. O'HEA—Was he your " comrade man ?" Did you ever tell me so ? Witness—l could not say 1 did. Mr. O'HEA—Was he on any expedition with you Witness—ls it a" fact" you rn-ean. Mr. O'HEA—Yes. Witness—He asked me to go on a "fact" with him, but I would not go. Mr. O'HEA—Was"your house the place they used to meet at at ? Witness—l don't say that, for I lived at my mother-in-law's.—(Laughter.) Mr. O'HEA.—Well, did the boys meet there before their expeditions? Witness—Yes, they used to meet there sometimes. Mr. O'HEA—Was not your house the shop in which all the murders in the country were planned ? Wit ness—l never heard of a murder being planned in the place, any more than the men that went to beat Phil Hourigan. Mr. O'HEA—The attack on him was planned in your house ? Witness--The first beating he got was planned when I lived_ in my mother-in-law's house. Mr. O'HEA—How many attacks were planned in that house ? Witness—l can't tell. Mr. 0 1 11E&—Were there twenty ? Witness—l can't say whether there was or not. Mr. O'HEA—Used you to go out with them always? Witness—Not always. Mr. O'HEA—Were you called the captain? Wit ness—Never. Mr. OMEA—Who was the captain of the bandits that was in your house that night ?—Was it Cal laghan ? Witness—l never heard he was called captain, but he certainly was the head of the party. Mr. O'HEA—He was Captain Callaghan, and per haps you were Lieutenant or Adjutant Carroll.— (Laughter.) Witness—l was not. Mr. O'llEA—All your family were in bed when this gang were there, I suppose? Witness—They were. The CHIEF JUSTICE—You were not the com mander ? Witness—No, my Lord, I never was, Mr. 0 1 1IEA—W hose was the double barrelled gun that was taken out of your house ? Witness—lt was mine. Mr. O'HEA—Who owned it ? Witness—Dr, Bennett. Mr. OlIEA—Did he lend it to you? Witness— No, he did not indeed. Mr. O'llEA—Then how did you get possession of it ? Witness—The easiest way in the world, by taking it. The CHIEF JUSTICE—Did you take it by threats or by force ? Witness—By force (sensation). I was the man that chanced to get it of the party, but I sent it back. Mr. O'llEA—Were you captain that night ? Wit ness—No, I was not. The CHIEF JUSTICE—When did you send it back ? Witness--I sent it back after the taking of Carroll's gun. Mr. O'HEA—Had you changed your profession hen ? Witness—l had. Mr. O'HEA—What was your profession then ? Witnesi—lt was certain that I went on that business. Mr. O'HEA—You --- ;;;e — a Whiteboy, in short? Witness—Yes. Mr. O'lTEA.—What is your profession now ? Wit ness—My profession is not to carry on any more of that business. Mr. 01 - .IEA - —ls your present procession that of an informer? Witness—Yes.—(Great sensation.) Mr. O'HEA—Was it after you changed your pro fession that you sent back Dr. Bennett his gun ? itness--N o, before that. It was before I commenced this business that I sent it back—before I " gave down" the prisoner. Mr. O'HEA—Did you " give down" any other party before you sent it home ? Witness 7 --I did. Mr. O'HEa.—Was it remorse of conscience that made you change your life ?—The witness made no reply to this question. Mr. O'HEA—You had only one double-barrelled gun—one single-barrelled gun—and a blunderbuss amongst you that night, you said? Witness—Yes, that is all. Mr. O'HEA—You are positive of that? Witness —I am. Counsel here read the witness's informations, in which he swore that all the party were armed. Mr. O'HEA—Now, let me ask you, was the pri soner armed? Witness—No, not leaving the house. Mr. O'HEA—Had any of the others guns, but three ? Witness—Not one. Mr. O'HEA—What made you swear they had? Witness —If I did, I swore wrong.—(Sensation.) O'HEA—Did you not swear that it was in your house that they planned stealing the gun ? Witness—Yes. formations th at i t was outs id e th e y t o ld y ou th ey And did you not swear in your in gun t ° ak ill e E th A e -- gun ? Witness—Yes, but they told me in the h ouse a l so. Mr. 0 place? Witness--I did always, " when I could."— 'HEA.—You prevented any mischief taking (Laughter.) The Nv itn ess here left the court, and a child of his, a little girl, not more than ten years of age, was ex amined, and swore to having seen the prisoner at her father's house on the night the prosecutor was robbed. A man named John Fitzgerald was then put:on the table. He deposed that he purchased the gun in question from the prisoner for 10s. Mr. O'HEA—Are you a relation of Thomas Car roll's ? Witness—l am. Mr. HEA —The gun was found with you ? Wit ness—lt was. Mr. O'HEA—By whom ? Witness—The police. Mr. O'HEA—What did you want with it ? Wit ness—To shoot crows.—(Laughter.) Mr. O'HEA—Did you shoot many that season? Witness—Well, then, 1 did, for I am a bit of a shot.—(Laughter.) Mr. O'HEA—Did you ever mistake a man for a crow ? Witness—Never. Mr. O'HEA—I hope not. The case for the prosecution having here closed, Mr. O'Hea addressed the jury for the prisoner. The Solicitor . General then replied, after which The CHIEF JUSTICE charged them. They found a verdict of conviction against the prisoner, who was sentenced to ten years' transportation. His lordship in sentencing him, alluded to his address to the con victs on the previous day, in which he pointed out in such feeling language the fact that criminals were fre quently the means of bringing each other to justice, observing that the moment the law showed a deter mination to punish severely, it generally happened that there was a race between the accomplices in guilt to see which of them would reach a magistrate, first to swear against his companions and save himself. ROBBERY OF ARAIS.—John Shaughnessy and John Hassey, both young men under 25 years of age, were indicted for attacking the dwelling house of Mr. J. C. Meade, of Ballyegna, upon the 4th of November, 1847, and stealing several guns, his property. The prosecutor deposed that on the morning in question a party of men broke into the house and stole those guns; when he heard them he went out of his bed-room into the parlour, and took a double barrelled gun to protect himself; and gave another to a Mr. Darcey, who was in the house; two men rushed in after him, after firing a shot in, and he at tempted to fire, but the gun missed ; the moment that happened, he was knocked down by a blow on the forehead, which stunned him, and he was subse quently wounded by a gunshot, and beat in the most cruel manner. Mr. Meade could not identify the prisoners. Mr. J. Keane, jun., deposed that he slept at the prosecutor's house on the night it was attacked ; he was there, he said, with a shooting party, and went to bed about ten o'clock at night; in the morning at an early hour the house was attacked ; three men rushed into the room in which he slept with ter o others, discharged a gun in it, and swore they would shoot them all if they did not give up their arms ; the men all this time kept cocking and uncocking , their guns to frighten them ; this witness, who is a most intelligent gentleman, positively swore to both prisoners, and stated he identified them in custody amongst several others ; there was a third man in the room, and he believed in custody, but he would not undertake ti;) swear against him because he had a doubt; all the party had their faces blackened in some degree, the prisoners very slightly. To Mr. 0 Hea-..1 said I could recognize two of the men ; I never said I knew one of them ; I know the Rev. Mr. M'Mahon, the parish priest ; I don't believe I ever told him I could only identify one of them. To the Court--I heard that the police took up a party of men on the morning I identified the two prisoners. Mr. N. Meade, brother to the prosecutor, deposed that he slept with the previous witness on the night in question but he could not undertake to identify, as the party who attacked the house obliged him to keep covered in b e d , as if they f eare d hi s identifica tion, threatening to shoot him if he looked. To Mr. o'ses—The last witness was sitting up and speaking to the men. To Mr. Bennett—He had a full opportunity of seeing them. Mr. William Keane was next examined by the Solicitor-General —lie swore that he was awoke by a shot, but did not see the assailants, as they obliged him to conceal himself also. The case for the Crown here closed. Mr. O'llea addressed the jury for the prisoner, for the defence, stating that he would not only prove an alibi, but also examine a clergyman to prove that the only witness to identification had told him he could only identify Meade's house. one of the men who attacked Mr. The examination of witnesses for the prisoner had not concluded at post hour. ADJOURNMENT. The Court at its rising will adjourn to Wednesday, the 19th instant, I believe, as their Lordships will be obliged to open the Commission for the county Clare, at Ennis, to morrow, at twelve o'clock. During the sitting of the C ourt, a period of seven days, t h ere h ave been no less than three capital convictions, and up wards of five arid twenty cases tried in which the parties charged were sentenced to transportat i on, in cluding the case of William Frewen, who was sen tenced to banishment from his country for life, for harbouring Rya n the murderer of Kelly— perhaps the most important of all the convictions which took place since their Lordships sat, not even excepting the charges of murder. It was generally supposed that Frewen, who was a most comfortable farmer, would not be transported, in consequence of its being the first conviction ever had for harbouring a criminal ; but we have reason to believe that such an impression is erroneous, which is borne out by the fact that he was one of the persons who left for Kingstown to be put on board the convict ship. Wo believe, however, that the Crown will not proceed with the case against his two brothers, who are the house, and the party who s h ou ld no t ha ve shel teredßyan—at l eas t t h e most culpable party. The , o unger than him, inasmuch as he was the owner of convictions also included ten or twelve cases in which the prisoners were sentenced to two years' imprison ment each. tlheaatrndufrioningthe past summer a great scandal SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINS T THE VICAR OF MOT the Manchester Guardian of was thrown upon the Church by a charge of adultery made against the Rev. David Seddon, Vicar of Moment, in Lancashire, who, beg a married man, was charged MOT TRAM.—We by the daughter of a lahourer in his parish with being Wednesday that the father of a Child ot which she was then e.zceinte. Mr. Seddon asserted that this charge was the result of a conspiracy against him; and, accordingly, he me morialised the Bishop of Chester for an inquiry. The Bishop i ssue d a sort of ecclesiastical commission, consisting of the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, the Venerable Archdeacon Wood, and two other clergymen. The high ,, chara c t er of the Chancellor, and the " odour of sanctity which attaches to his unblame able life, and earnest zeal in the diocese of Chester, were a sufficient guarantee for the ju s ti ce a nd impar tiality of the commission of inquiry, and, after two days of patient investigation, they came to the conclusion that the charges were false and malicious. Air. Sed don's enemies, it, appears, have not been defeated by this decision, for, the child oeil.-g horn, an order of affiliation against the Rev. Gentleman was applied for at the Hyde petty sessions on Monday. The hearing oeeupied nine hours, and the magistrates made the order upon Mr. Seddon. Notice was immediately given of an appeal to the quarter sessions. AMENDMENT 01' THE BUILDINGS ACT.—The pri vate Committee appointed by Lord Morpeth to consider the defects of the present Act, and to suggest remedies, are now completing their report, and, if rumour speaks truly, will advise (what we have always urged must be done), the preparation of au entirely new Act, rather than any patching of the old one. Wh e th er or n ot the Government will act upol this advice, of co urse remains I to be seen.—Builder. LITERATURE. Sr ROCHE. Edited by J. Morier. 3 Vas. This novel is, we are informed, a translation from the German, but it is almost entirely devoid of the horrors and mysteries in which German literature so often abounds, and which, however appropriate they may be for a ghost story or fairy tale, would be quite out of place in an English novel. " St. Roche" is, however, sufficiently mysterious, though in a different way—its mysteries are chiefly genealogical. In this respect it bears some resemblance to the "Castle of Otranto," the " Old English Baron," and other fictions of thrt class, in which the histories and affairs of different generations and various branches of a family are all involved together in most delightful and bewildering confusion. So great is the intricacy which surrounds the family affairs of " St. Roche" that the author or translator has deemed it necessary to append to the close of the tale a genealogical table showing the various degrees of parentage ex isting between the different heroes and heroines of his tale. The lovers of the marvellous, the romantic, and the perplexing, will consequently find abundant food for interest and investigation in the memoirs of the inhabitants of St. Roche. But the novel as a whole possesses more attractive and valuable qua lities than these. About the middle of the first volume the narrative is interrupted to introduce a history of the grand -parents of the heroine, and here the author courteously informs his reader, that he may pass over the inserted memoirs if he please, but that they contain the kernel, as it were, of the whole tale. Let the reader forbear from passing over, without perusal, this portion of the narrative, which fills nearly two volumes, and in which lies the chief beauty and interest of the whole work. These attractive qualities are due to the peculiar characters of the hero and heroine, and the very effective man ner in which those characters are portrayed. The epoch to which this part of the history refers is during the grand days of the Grande lllonarque. Lionel, Count Crecy, the hero, is the only son of a French Marshal, and heir of a proud and ambitious family. His character is undecided and wavering ;he is one of those " in whom two natures are contending, neither of which has yet come uppermost." His family position,but more especially the influence of his ambi• tious and imperious mother, incline him to the Court, and tend to render him merely a brilliant and superficial worldling. But while his character is as yet unde termined, mad the germs of good qualities not quite eradicated from his heart, he travels to England, and thence to Scotland, where he meets with a village clergynsen, living in great retirement with an only daughter. This daughter, Flora, is the heroine of the tale, and is a most beautiful and admirable cha racter—brought up in the strictest retirement, she is a Miranda in purity and simplicity, but edu cated by a zealous clergyman, she is a Theresa in faith and devotion. With all the strength and tenderness of her nature she loves Lionel, and he, ever carried away by external influences, becomes, under her gentle teaching, a sharer in her noble and unworldly aspirations. To come to the point of the tale, however, they are married, the father of the bride dies, and the orphan accompanies her husband to his native land. But Lionel dares not present his ple beian bride to his haughty mother ; he conveys her to his castle of St. Roche, and there leaving her, repairs to Paris, to inform his parents of his marriage at a fitting opportunity. His mother, however, has been already informed of the whole affair, but with con summate adroitness she affects a partial ignorance, allows her son no opportunity of explanation, and en deavours, by every possible means, to play upon his vanity and ambition, and render him a self-satisfied courtier and king's favourite. In various ways also he is given to understand that his marriage is illegal, and con sequently null and void. This is the turning point of the story and is full of interest. The hesitation of Lionel, alternately yielding to contending influences, and the various ways in which his mother's machina tions overrule his best intentions, is most effectively portrayed, and is fraught with a deep moral. But the character of Flora is the gem of the whole work. We would gladly see " St. Roche" in the hands of every reader, merely for the sake of making them acquainted with its delightful heroine. The contem plation of a thoroughly religious character, in which religion is revealed in all its beauty as the source of continual happiness, is better than a sermon, for the good example of a happy individual is most contagious. TOWN AND COUNTRY. A Novel. By Mrs. 2'rollope. 3 Vols. We take up a new work of Mrs. Trollope's with feelings of doubt and curiosity. We expect to be either very highly amused and delighted, or consider ably shocked, and perhaps disgusted. For we know by experience, from her " Widow Barnaby," " Mrs. Roberts," and other works, that she can delineate nature with a master band, and reveal the secret workings of human passions with marvellous skill and fidelity; but also we know, alas 1 from her "Vicar of Wrexhill," " Father Eustace," &c., that she can em ploy her pen—a woman's pen I—in depicting charac ters more despicable than are, happily, ever to be met with in real life. And not only does she depict such monstrous exaggerations, she attempts to bring them forward as types of the classes in which it has pleased her to place them. It' is, however, un necessary to dilate on this unpleasant topic. We are grieved, inexpressibly grieved, when we find one possessed, like Mrs. Trollope, of great abilities, misusing or abusing those abilities, instead of em ploying them for the benefit of the community, and so earning a sure and glorious celebrity. "Town and County" is, however, almost entirely free from the serious blemishes which mar some of its authoress's former productions. " Town and Country " is ra ther calculated to teach a moral lesson. The heroines of the tale are two sisters, the daughters of a clergy man in a retired village ; one marries a farmer, and becomes the representative of " country " life, the other, against the wishes of her family, marries a man older than her father—a rich, courtly, gentleman, whose superficial graces and constant flatteries have won her heart, or rather, captivated her fancy. She becomes the heroine of the " town." The various adventures that befal Harriet, the town lady, and indeed the whole tenour of the story, tend, as we have said, to enforce a moral lesson by showing how productive of misery and pregnant with temptation is a course of life embarked on from entirely worldly motives. Some portions of the nar rative, however, are exceedingly distasteful, not to use a harsher expression. For instance, the intro duction of Harriet and her husband to the private circle of the Prince Regent, and the details respect ing the great admiration conceived by the Prince for the fair parvenue, and the anxious efforts of her hus band to encourage that admiration, in ;the hope of obtaining a coronet, is in the very worst taste. These three volumes, of course, do not lack animated descriptions and accurate delineations of individual character, enlivened by occasional sar castic toilettes—among others, the aristocratic pro pensities of a very exclusive old lady, are cleverly exemplified. " Town and Country," as we have already said, though not entirely, is in a great degree, free from the faults which Mrs. Trollope's sincerest admirers must lament to find in many of her writings, and its improvement leads us to hope for some new work from her practised pen which shall be greatly superior in matter, and in manner not 'inferior, to any of her former works. HENRY DOMVILLE ; or, the Adventures of a Younger Son. By Himself. 2 Vols.. This novel bears, as a motto, on its title-page, the following sentence from Macaulay The great principle that societies and laws exist only for the purpose of increasing the sum of private happiness is not sufficiently recognised." The principles and ob ject of its author are thus set forth at the conclusion of his work : " I am a Reformer, a friend of progress, and an enemy of finality. I wish not to destroy but to repair the social fabric; I respect and maintain the rights of property, but also assert its duties, which appear to me perpetually violated by the operation of the law of pri mogeniture. If happiness is the object of nations as it is of individuals, our feudal system, conceived is an aristocratical spirit, is not the most fitted to attain that result." His avowed object in these volumes is to set forth the evils arising from the law of primogeniture, and consequently his hero is a "younger son." But, having this object in view, *he has erred in the con struction of his story. When a writer of fiction aims at the demonstration of any particular fact he should make the whole, or at least the chief, interest of his story turn upon that particular point, thereby not only illustrating his position but impress ing his opinion more forcibly on his reader's mind. Now in " Henry Domville" the chief interest is con tained in descriptions of the hero's travels in Ireland and France. The mention made of Ireland, as it was in the last century, is interesting as having reference to matters unhappily too often exciting public atten tion. But the pictures of France and French life during the early days of the revolution, form decidedly the most attractive portion of the work. And these glimpses of the camp of Doumourier, and the salon of Madame Rol and, would a p pear y et more attractive were it not tha t Lamartine's ' History of the Girondists" has so recently preceded them. H ow _ ever, while he has detailed to us his hero's wanderings in foreign countries, the author of " Henry Domville" has said little to demonstrate the evil effects of the law which he so utterly condemns, except, indeed, in the following instance :—The father of Henry is himself a younger son, but is possessed of a moderate fortune, which he purposes sharing between his two sor.s, when, by the death of his elder brother he becomes himself the head of the family, and consequently his eldest son, as heir, must inherit all or nearly all his fortune. Thus, by his father's aggrandisement, Henry becomes almost disinherited. 4, Thus," he emphatically observes, " it was the Pride, not the Poverty of my father, which drove me from the place which nature in her bounty had assigned me 7" Before dismissing those volumes, we have one very serious fault to find with them, namely, the unpardonable levity and flippancy with which passages from Holy Writ are frequently introduced in their pages. There is little wit and no taste evinced by such a play upon words as can institute a comparison between " Jupiter" and the " Jew Peter," and still less in such a remark as that which, falling from a lady's lips ! accounts for there being " no marriages in heaven," because no priests will ever get there to pertizm them. These and many similar observations, are, to our thinking, sufficient to counteract the attractions pf a more attractive book than " Henry Doraville." BRIAN O'LINN ; or, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. Maxwell. 3 Vols. These volumes record the wanderings arid adven tures of an Irish youth, who under the borrowed appellation of Brian 0 Linn, is travelling, like Christopher Tadpole, in search of a home, a family, and even a name. He is accompanied by one Francis Elliott, a Borderer, who is also the supposed imliter of these memoirs. Although only one of these gen tlemen is an Irishman, both seem to be endued, in a most extraordinary degree, with that tendency to get into difficulties, and that dexterity in getting out of them, which, in novels at least, seem peculiar attri butes of the Hibernian. That Luck is everything is asserted on the title-page of these volumes, and fully demonstrated by the fortunes of their heroes. The plot contains little novelty, being on that old and hacknied theme which tells of an heir of large for tune brought up in ignorance of his rights, while his inheritance is possessed by some wicked relation. Many of the incidents of the tale are exceedingly improbable, but the best light in which to regard this work is as a series of amusing, and marvellous, and •ven ridiculous adventures, narrated in the pleasant, and humorous, and interesting manner which cha racterises the writings of the author of " Stories of Waterloo." CASE OF MR. OWEN. We have received a long letter from Mr. Henry Owen, of Marchmont-street (the gentleman who was incarcerated in Warburton's asylum as a supposed lunatic), contradicting certain statements contained in the letter of his brother, which appeared in Th e S un a few days since. Mr. Owen says,— " I would willingly and from my heart give my brother credit for good feeling (any that the case is susceptible of), but I cannot suffer his explanatory letter, as published in The Sun, to p ass unnoticed. He therein states that ' finding when I was brought up on the habeas before Mr. Justice Erle, this gen tleman recognised my having been confined as legal and proper;' and, again, that from the judicious treatment to which I had been subjected I was much improved.' Also, that when I was taken to Messrs. Warburton's lunatic asylum the manager thereof confirmed the decisions of the two or. four 1 medical men under whose advice and authority he acted.' " Now all this is positively absurd. Mr. Justice Erle declined emphatically entering upon the merits or demerits of the case. There was no occasion ; my brother, who placed me under restraint, con sented to my immediate discharge. It is a fact that his solicitor stated that appearing as he did on be half of Messrs. Warburton, he felt bound to say (in justice to all parties) that I was considered by the manager thereof to be a proper subject for their asylum." In another part of his letter Mr. Owen states that two of the medical men who signed the certificates authorizing his incarceration as a lunatic had both been in the habit of having their medicines made up and prepared by him up to the very time of his incar ceration, and that one of them has applied to him since his liberation to dispense for him again, which of course Mr. Owen declined to do. The letter goes into a variety of other matters, but as we understand the case will probably be investigated either before a legal or a Parliamentary tribunal, we do not feel justified in publishing any ex parte statements. MR. GRAY AND THE LATE PRO SECUTION FOR SWINDLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The patriotic conduct of Mr. H. T. Gray, of Stepney, noticed in your paper of Saturday, de serves something more than a favourable mention of his persevering and successful efforts in exposing and dispersing an extensive gang of swindlers, and prose cuting three of them to conviction. I find by a statement made in the Thames Police court on Friday last, that the expenses of the prose cution cost Mr. Gray 4001., besides the sacrifice of his time and loss of trade for three months, and the loss of the rope of which he was defrauded, amount ing to 3001. more. The three culprits, Gardner, Holliday, and Seager, were, after a lengthened trial, found guilty of unlawfully conspiring together to defraud manufacturers, warehousemen, and trades men of their property, and obtaining their goods under false pretences. The prosecution will doubtless be of essential ser• vice to the trading community of London, and of the kingdom generally. The gang dispersed by Mr. Gray were living upon the credulity of the public, keeping respectable-looking offices, with all the ap pearance of legitimate business, in various "parts of the City, and they obtained large consignments of goods by a systematic method of fraud. The lot to prosecute unfortunately fell upon Mr. Gray, an old and respectable tradesman, but not a wealthy man. He was plundered in the early part of the year, and his premises were burnt down and property to the amount of 1,0001. sacrificed in May last, by the carelessness of some persons attending Stepney fair, held in a field adjoining his rope ground, and lastly he was victimised by the swindlers. During the prosecution of Gardner, Holliday, Seeger, and Loup, 6001. were actually offered to Mr. Gray not to proceed with the trial, which offer, with many others of a similar nature, he rejected, prefer ring the benefit of the mercantile community to en riching himself. Mr. Gray can ill afford to bear the heavy loss he has sustained. Let them, the merchants, manufacturers, and warehousemen, who have been so greatly benefited by Mr. Gray's exertions come for ward in a liberal spirit, and by their subscriptions make good the great loss he has sustained. About 1501. only has already been collected towards this object from forty respectable firms in the City, but Mr. Gray is still minus 5501., and I do trust, for the credit of the City, that he will be borne harmless, and receive, as he deserves, some lasting testimonial for the ability, integrity, and perseverance he has ex hibited throughout the proceedings.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A SUFFERER BY THE SWINDLERS. January 3, 1848. JEWISH DISABILITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sti.N. SlR,—The friends of civil and religious liberty will find themselves greatly disappointed in perusing the provisions of the Bill for the removal of Jewish Disabilities, by which certain offices of a purely civic or political character are not to be granted to her Majesty's Jewish subjects. 1 venture to say that no one anticipated the mag nanimous mover of the Bill to blemish by such clauses the monument which history will, no doubt, set him for:his love for civic equality ; and I cannot but help thinking that these exceptions will be regarded, by friends and foes of religious liberty, as a manifest indication of his insincerity,. for they will naturally e ask why the very sane principle w hich declares th Jews entitled to one degr ee of State services, the not be held good when app lied to another degree ? Put the question pointedly to Lord John, and you will soon perceive that his answer implies an incon sistency not at all to be expected by his previous speeches:—" Hobe and Gluth der Seele sind ewer sehr verschieden, aber nur in Vereinigung bilden sie den wahrhaft grossen Mann." If the Bill were to pass in its present shape, it would be but a botchwork, betraying neither the true spirit of modern legislation, nor removing the anti quated principle of human inequality ; and other countries equally inclined to emancipate their Jewish subjects, but waiting for the result in the British Parliament, might probably be more or less influenced by that decision. I, at least, apprehend it, for I have often noticed in the discussions about this subject, that men are but too apt to allude to bad precedents, instead of referring to, or be guided by, the prototype of a good action. I hope, therefore, Mr.' Editor, that the members of the Jewish persuasion in the metropolis will ap point a deputation to wait upon the noble mover of the Bill, in order to prevail upon him to rescind, before the second reading, the clauses alluded to, and to represent to him the mischievous effects which are likely to accrue from their remaining inserted in the Bill.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EIN RHEINLANDER. Manchester, Jan. 10, 1848. MR. WARRENNE, THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER. — We are requested to state that the Lew novel under this- 1 title, by the author of " Margaret Capel," &c., is now ready, and may be had at all the libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo. DEATHS OF FLAG OFFICERS.—We have to an nounce the deaths of two more flag officers:—Admir al of the White Sir Robert Laurie, Bart., K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral of the White Pringle Stoddart. It will have been noticed that the mortality among the flag otlicers has been very great lately; but this will not ap pear surprising when it is remembered that the average age of the whole 150 is not und er seventy years. Since the general flag promotion in November, 1846, no less than twenty admirals have died, and three retired rear admirals. Nine admirals on the active list have died within the last three weeks. Grocer—Well, Augustus, you have been appren ticed now three months, and have seen the several of departments ofourtf the rade business . I ws h to do you you like best ? Augustus 3ou a choice g occu pation. Apprentice—ThanVee sir. Gr ocer —W e ll. now, wh a t part of ( w ith a sharpness above his years)—Shuttin' up, eir. • JEWISH DISABILITIES - Sir Robert Harry Inglis demanded th proceeding with this Bill should he p after the recess, in order to give time to express its opinion on the subject of lioartliMlpfl e t:lA A 4, vent to "the indignant evengeliim 0 tiik<*itii?". l .,„,...;27 : ' This challenge has been accepted. Edi tested public opinion by a crowded puPartatillicAt unanimously in favour of the Government measure. 4-i743 Southwark is the first English borough which has adopted the same course by calling ipublic meeting for to-morrow, and, we understand, the example will be generally followed. Therefore, Sir Robert; " since thou call'st for justice, be assuredthou shalt have justice, more than thou desirest." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TEE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 8, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 420 Diseases of Uncertain Scat 30 Turbercular Diseases... 170 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 164 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 23 Diseases of the Lun gs , an d ot h er Organs of Respiration ... Piseases of the Stomach, Li ver , and othe . r " Orga . n.s. 288 of Digestion... , _.• Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ChiMbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Sudden ... ••• Malformations... •., Premature Birth ... ..• Atrophy .•• ••• ••• Old Age Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 T0ta15........ 1,948,425 Males Females ... 70 ... 36 ... 14 ... 36 ... 67 1,364 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Winters. Week. . 161 ... 167 . 209 ... 257 . 203 ... 213 . 235 ... 334 . 299 393 ". 1,107 -. 1,364 ... 683 ... 6SI ~;~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU?. Stu, —An error having crept into the Morning Herald of to-day, in announcing a list of failures at Calcutta, we would be obliged by your stating that the list is incorrect, as regards the house of Messrs. Lord, Owen, and Co., which has neither failed, nor are they likely to do so. We remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. COCKBURN and Co., Correspondents of the above house. New Broad-street, Jan. 13, 1848. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Robert a n d L a dy Gardiner had the honour of joining the royal dinner circle at Claremont on Tues day evening. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of "Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,' took walking and pony exercise yesterday forenoon. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting yes terday at Claremont. His Royal Highness was at tended by the Earl of Morton, and Mr. George Ed ward Anson. The Marquis of Ormonde has left Claremont. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yes terday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Camp hell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat three hours. The Right lion. H. Labouchere arrived in town yesterday morning, from Brighton. Mr. M`Chlery, Chairman, and Mr. Naghten, one of the Directors of the Demerara Railway, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. A deputation from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Compan:,-, including Mr. Kil gour, solicitor, and Mr. Hood, engineer, and a depu tation from the Grand Surrey Canal Company, con sisting of Mr. Hall, solicitor, and Mr. Jennings, surveyor, transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in the Board of Trade, relative to the plan for the formation of an opening bridge to be made by the Brighton Railway Company over the Grand Surrey Canal. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. -100 to 5 agst Cavendish (taken), 100 to 5 agst Pioneer (taken), and 100 to 5 agst Wolverhampton (taken). DERRY.-11 to 1 agst Surplice, 12 to 1 agst Glen dower, 20 to 1 agst Assault, 25 to 1 agst Stinger, 25 to 1 agst Springy Jack (otTer to take), 30 to 1 agst Beverlac, and 35 to 1 agst Rosslyn. EXTENSITE FIRE AT A BUIJ.DER'S (THIS DAY).— I About three o'clock this morning the discovery of a fire took place raging at the premises of Messrs. Baker, builders, near Astley's Theatre. The firemen and en gines from the Waterloo-road and West of England stations were, after a time, sent for, and the tire was confined to the part were it originated. The damage done is considerable, and is believed to have been oca sioned by overheating the furnaces. Mr. Bakeris in sured in the Kent Fire-office. The funds of the New Cut Ragged School being now nearly exhausted, if public sympathy be not promptly excited on their behalf, the numerous desti tute children of that demoralized locality must be left a prey to ignorance, to crime, and to ruin. THE LATE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The directors of the Great Western Railway have directed a searching inquiry to be instituted into the circumstances connected with the extensive and mysterious robbery of cash which took place on Monday last. It is said that a clue has been obtained which may not only lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties, but will likewise exculpate the prin. cipal guard, in whose charge the box was, from any par ticipation in the transaction. It may be as well to give a description of the lockers in second- class carriages on this railway, which may explain how such a robbery might be effected without the cognizance of the guard. In each compartment of second-class carriages there are two lockers for passengers' small parcels, the seats form ing the top; but these are so badly constructed that the locker formed by the front seat iu one compartment, and the back seat in the adjoining one having no division, or technically speakin g , b u lkh ea d, i s common to b ot h, so i that tis quite practicable for a person in one compart ment to ab s t rac t a parce l b e l ong i ng to a passenger i n the adjoining compartment without the knowledge of any per. on unless those riding in the same place with him. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION.—A. skeleton clothed in sheepskin was recently exhumed in a distant part of Ireland, and the intelligence having reached the ears of an editor in that country, he forthwith manufactured it into a neat paragraph, headed " Fossil remains of an Irish Gentleman." THE LATE ACCIDENT AT RUGBY.—A correspon dent, who was an eye-witness of the occident which oc curred at the Rugby station on Thursday, the 6th inst., by which a man was killed when in the act of crossing the line when a train was coming up, suggests the pro priety of a bridge being thrown over the line for the safety of passengers, who are now obliged to cross the rails, as also that a man should he appointed whose ex clusive duty it would be to warn people that a train was coming up, as, had this been the case, the unfortunate man who lost his life in the present instance might have escaped his untimely fate. _ . . Alaxton, the chief mechanical engineer at Cairo, has made a design for a steam carriage capakle of conveying a whole cargo of passengers, luggage, and goods of one steamer across the Desert in a few hours, and which, with all the necessaries, will only cost 3,400/. He has presented the plans and specifications to the Paella, who has approved thereof, and given him permission to order one out immediately from England. These carriages, with two new steamers expected shortly out tor the Nile service, will greatly improve the transit through Egypt. A PROFITABLE DREAM.—A curious story has been afloat for the last day or two in this city, says the Bath Herald, and which, as it has reached us, has taken the following shape :—A professional gentleman, residing in Bath, having been suddenly called upon to administer to the effects of an elderly lady recently deceased, his wile tali! him that she had sore indistinct recollection of a communication once made to her by the now de ceased lady, respecting some money which she kept secreted about her person. The conversation was re presented to have taken place in that portion of the Assembly-rooms where, on Wednesday evenings, married and elderly ladies much do congregate, to study the points involved in short whist ; but the husband treated it as some idle gossip, and took no further notice. In the middle of the night, however, he was suddenly awakened by his wife, who told him she could not sleep for dreaming of their departed friend, who had told her that she constantly kept a large sum of money sewn up in her stays. The husband pish-ed and pooh.ed about the dreams, and the stays, and the money, but all to no purpose ; no inure tranquil sleep could the lady get, and, consequently, small was the portion enjoyed by her unhappy spouse. To pacify her, be at length promised "to see about it" in the morning, and in fulfilment of his promise went early to the house of the deceased, and, with a blush and a stammer, requested thefeninie de chambre to bring him her late mistress's stays. The wondering abigail complied—they were not new ones—the professional inquirer daintily arid awkwardly handled the mysterious piece of machinery, held it up to the light, faneied h. saw a little extra wadding iu some particular corner, gently oislodged the lurking contents, and found in his hand, in good bank notes, the sum of 1601. A convict named Florentin, sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for twenty years, and sent in one of the prison vans to Brest, having on his arrival a few days ago all his members swollen from the long and closeo,esejourt e confinement, was,a common result, we understand, of as is usual in such cases, put into a warm bath, in which he almost immediately expired. —Paris paper. MAIL—The Oriental Steam Compai7:'s am THE SOUTH AMPTON PORTION T s i t i e E! pa NL ck lA e N t Sultan, Capt. Geo. Brook es , arrived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her mail s , un d er the charge of Lieut. Langton, R.N., Admiralty agent. The lonian packet had not arrived, to give any further news of the insurrection at Patras. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARK —Yesterday a pew entrance from the Kensington road into Hyde-patk, called the Prince of Wales's Gate, was opened to die public. There are two entrances for carriages and equestrians, and two for foot passengers, having a lodge. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford return to Wo lin u o r u n s e , A p b e v yo Devon. early L in rd t Ale e x n a s n u d i n e rg Russell has E o bntdasilneeigdha lengthened leave from his regiment, the Rifle Brigade, s stationed in North America. Lord Cosmo Russell has left town to rejoin the staff of Lieut.-General Sir Edward Blakeney, at Dublin. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO THE EARL or ?MIS.-- The Earl of Powis, who was accidentally shot by his son, the Hon. Robert Herbert, while shooting in the pro• serves at Yowls Castle, on Friday last, according to letters received yesterday at the Noble Earl's mansion, iu Berkeley-square, was going on well, BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Pemales Total . ... .., 701 ... 675 ... ... 1,376 APSLEY HOUSE. The following are a few of the costly ornaments • this princely dwelling :—The valuable gold and silver plate presented to the Duke' of Wellington by the sovereigns of Europe, and displayed at the annual Waterloo fete. The value of this magnificent service is estimated at 600,0004 The grand gallery, appro priated occasionally as the banqueting, and also the ball-room, extends the whole range of the building from east to west—the latter end looking over the park : it is two hundred feet in length by 66 feet in breadth. This apartment is hung with rich amber and citron-coloured satin damask, and cornices and ceiling, ornamented with scroll-work, and carving elaborately gilt; the pictures are composed of the chefs diwurres of the ancient masters of the Italian, Spanish, Flemish, and Venice schools. Upon the last fete, at either extremity were large oaken sideboards, containing his Grace's gold and silver plate, the most conspicuous object of which was the silver shield of extraordinary magnitude, emblematical of the Duke's conquests, and presented by the crowned heads of Europe. Projecting through the dining-table were two marble pedestal candelabra, spreading 12 feet high from the floor, and weighing 25 cwt., cut out of a block of Russian marble, and presented by the late Emperor Alexander. Two large marble vases, also a present from the Emperor, ornamented 1 1 the northern and southern extremities of the gallery, filled with rich flowers and exotics. The three gold candelabra presented by the corporation of London, representing in bold relief, and as large as life, a foot soldier with the standard of each nation that had sig nalized itself in the field, ornamented the tables—as likewise was displayed the !solid gold vase, a tribute from the noblemen of England, and on which were pourtrayed the British infantry forming a solid square ; the beautiful service of Dresden porcelain, ornamented with the must exquisite paintings, each piece representing some engagement or general officer engaged in it. The cupola in the centre of the fretted roof is illuminated by a brilliant chandelier of great magnitude. The crimson-striped drawing-room ii appropriated to the portraits of nearly all the gallant Duke's brave companions in arms, but particularly a full length portrait and striking likeness of Alarshal Lord l3eresford, and his late Majesty William IV. This apartment also contains a painting of no ordinary interest, viz., the Chelsea Pensioners reading the Gazette, with the account of the battle of Waterloo, by Wilkie, presented by George IV. REIGN OF TERROR AL LIVERPOOL.—RecentIy an extraordinary number of highway robberies have been committed in the neighbourhood of Liverpool by armed gangs of unemployed Irish navvies and emigrants; and the general terror has arrived at such a pitch that any one obliged to be out after J ark carries arms. In allusion to this circumstance the Liverpool Mail says, " Some are like to hurt themselves more than the highwaymen who may attack them by their ignorance of the proper way to u:e their weapons of defence. On Friday night three gen tlemen went a short distance from town in a car. One mounted the box, armed with a loaded pistol in one hand, and a life-preserver in the other ; on entering rather a dark lane, the defender of the box, changing the position of his weapons so as to have them ready for immediate service, unluckily brought the life-preserver against the head of the driver, who was nearly knocked off his scat ; on uttering a cry, the two gentlemen inside, thinking that an attack was really made, were in great alarm, and presented a pistol from each window. The driver was not so much hurt as frightened, as he also thought that the blow came from some desperado who was going to kill them all. SANITARY REFORM.—A public meeting of the in habitants of St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury, was held last night, at the Angel Inn, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of sanitary measures for promoting the public health ; and for the repeal of the window- duties. Dr. Simpson was called to the chair ; and letters apologising for inability to attend were read from Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P. ; Mr. Wakley, M.P. ; and Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P. The first resolution was to the effect, that the net amount of disease, arising from preventible causes, which prevails in every part of the empire, entailing enormous pecuniary loss, and a deplorable degree of moral degra dation, renders it imperative that sanitary legislation be speedily and comprehensively carried out ; and it was carried on the motion of Dr. Epps, seconded by Mr. Marshall. Mr. Paris then proposed, and Mr. Kysor seconded the motion, " That the window-duties are ob noxious, oppressive,, and unequal in their operation, the burden being borne by the industry instead of the wealth of the nation ; that they originate a v . ast amount of disease, thereby impairing th e efficient? _oeta7yormea suresthe intended for the im; ro vement of the that to the House of Lords is to be mous ly a greed to : therefore thesee oruegsholtutit n be we rep p i n s aud founded t presented by the Earl of Radnor, and that to the Com mons by Mr. Wakley. M.P. t — itio l u lli lA s as in fo o i r w th a n r g ded sh u o ) rt t l h y e ~.aftreA : roT u tF , p,A l t , br i ir e ,E e ),(D . isoLA l L i l it ,ip t :E , rß n a. that a man, named William Palmer, residing at El, Upper Norton -street, Maryle bone, had made a desperate attempt to murder his wife, by stabbing her with some sharp instrument. It appeared that the man and wife had been quarreling for some time previous, and afterwards screams of mur der were heard. On the neighbours entering. Palmer managed to effect his escape, and no trace of him had been discovered up to three o'clock this morning. Two surgeons pronounced the wounds of a very dangerous nature. The Paella of Egypt has placed at the disposal of the French Government, a certain number of ne(ls in the reihtan hospital of Cairo, for the officers and soldiers of the French army. The situation of this hospital ren ders it peculiarly favourable for the treatment of rheu matism and other maladies of that kind. EMIGRATION.-A blue book, on emigration, has just been printed. It relates to emigration in the Bri tish provinces of North America. The part now ready is exclusively devoted to a correspondence with the Colonial Government on the subject.. Another part is to be issued in a few days, and it is probable that it will contain information of more general interest than the part before us. s Lssherr on the of the Red, succeeds the late Sir Then probably hoist h rig ship, or rather The Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, Rear-Admiral Cork station. The Gallant Ad miral will Worcester class, and heavy is fla frigai te fri g the b o o f a r t d h e a v v n n ff e e h c e t i s v t e e r s o e r a • ge' FRENCH CRIMINAL STATISTIC - S. — During the year 1847 the Courts o f Assize throughout France pro nounced 67 condemnations to death ; in 1846 there were only .57. The military courts- martial pronounced 10Z capital condemnations; 82 for striking superior officers, 12 for murder, and 8 for desertion. In correctional matters, not less than 77,000 cases were brought before the Tribunal of Premiere Instance ; they included 98,000 prisoners, of whom 23,000 were acquitted. During the same year the number of accidental deaths amounted to 7,400, of which 3,000 were by drowning, 600 by accidents in vehicles, 400 by falls of earth, 200 from the immoderate use of spirituous liquors, 80 from the electric fluid, 1,4 from accidents on railways, &c. Suicides were also exceedingly numerous, not amounting to less than 3,000, males reckoning always for at least two-thirds of the whole, farm and day labourers in gene ral furnishing one-third of that number. In 1845 not less than 1,000 of that class put themselves to death; whereas there were only 2 artists, 4 woodcutters, and b chiffonniers. The greatest number of suicides take place by strangulation, drowning, and the fumes of charcoal; very few persons terminate their existence by poison. It has been long remarked that May. June, and July are the months in which most suicides are cow , mitted.—Galignaxi's Messenger. 4