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of the Levant Company, of which he was Chairman, distinctly stated a few years ago, when it was sup posed that the Emperor Aleaander was about to in vade Turkey, that as far its the interest of England was concerned, the prevention of the occupation of that country would not be worth One month's ex pense of a war which should have that object in view. We trust his Lsrdship will not hesitate to deliver the same opinion in his place in P a rliament, should it be necessary, as his authority might go far in determining. Ministers to act with prudence on an occasion when a departure from it would be attended with such serious consequences to a nation, involved in all manner of difficulties. What is it to Us that Russia obtains a footing in Turkey 'e Will Russia be thereby enabled to endanger our safety ? This country could laugh at any attempt on the part of Russia, if she were to take possession of ten such countries as Turkey. Will she be enabled thereby to endanger the independence of the civilized nations of the West ? Certainly not. In fact, the occupa• tion of Turkey would force her to employ all her disposable resources in another direction for a lone. period. And what t h en haye the densely peopled,' civilized, and warlike nations of the West of Europe to dread fro m R uss i a ? On - the side of Turkey she is powerful, because Turkey isan inert mass, just as she was powerful against the anarchical and helpless Republic of Poland. But in a quarter of Europe where armies could be opposed to her with advan tage, there is no ground for apprehension. The Trea,•o ; of London in itself amounts to a denial, on the part of the Contracting Parties, of the title of Turkey to be treated as a State capable of self direction. The head cannot answer for the mem bers, nor the members for the head. The annihilation of a Power, which neither fear, nor prudence, nor justice, can influence, ought not to inspire other States with any alarm for their independence. But Russia is already too large, and what will she be, increasing as she does so rapidly in numbers, with the addition of a part of Turkey ? On this prin ciple it would be well to know how powerful a State ought to be allowed to be, that we may fall upon Russia betimes. If she be powerful with the ac cession of Turkey, she will be more powerful in twenty years without such accession, than it would make her at present. Are we then to be at the ex pense of a war, to prevent Russia f-am attaining now a degree of power, which she would, at all events, be sure to reach by the devompment of her own resources in a few years ? But then, Turkey in her hands would be a very different country from what it is now, and we should thus have the rapid increase of old Russia to struggle with, in addition to the rapid increase of the acquired territory. So the fear of Russian ameliorations converting a mi serable into is prosperous population, is to be a mo tive for condemning the finest part of Europe to per petual misgovernment, and struggling to perpetuate the existence of a State becoming every day more feeble, placed beside a Power becoming every day more civilized and powerful.-2lforning Chronicle. The Marylebone Vestry has at length broken si lence; and, in a pamphlet of thirty pages, which they have caused to be printed at the parish expence, and distributed from house to house, have put forth a defence as fallacious as it is ingenious, as sophisti cal as it is acute. It is, however, written in a tone of moderation creditable to its authors ; and is not the less valuable front showing, as it does, the use and the influence which the spirit which has been roused has been of already, and is likely to be, to the inhabitants of this extensive parish. Were the parochial committee to go no further, and drop from this moment call ulterior proceedings, the good they have already done, by bridging these people, in some measure, to their senses, would entitle them to end less gratitude. Rut the very publication and mode of distributing this document carries upon the face of it a tolerable instance of self-condemnation. When the parishioners asked for that which was their undoubted right—viz. the annual self-audited accounts of the Vestry to be printed, and left at their houses—the expence and trouble were started as insuperable objections; but, when the cracked re putation of the Vestry itself is assailed, then, forsooth, a book can be printed and distributed with a promp titude and alacrity which would have been more excusable were it not contrasted with the reluc tance and absolute refusal we have just alluded to. We cannot go into the details of this statement. To us it appears rather in the light of an apology than of an answer—of an appeal to mercy, rather than a defence. Our objections are to the Select Vestry system, as carried on in this and other parishes—to the self-electing, self-auditing juntas, who tax whole communities from which they have derived no authority—who carry on their proceeding in secret, and who close their books and their doors to the very persons to whom they ought to he responsible. Were a body so constituted, and so conducting itself, composed of the most honour able men upon earth, that would form no argument for, or justification of, a system which is at variance with the true representative principles of a free Go vernment; and when we know that, in most in stances, it is a power which has been most grossly abused, we trust that the inhabitants of all parishes so situated will be aroused to a sense of the oppres sive anomaly they are labouring under, and unite with the spirited inhabitants of Marylebone in tak ing into their own hands the natural authority which has been usurped from them--viz. the power of taxing themselves, and of seeing and knowing what becomes of their own money. To these principles the pamphlet we allude to offers no shadow of refu tation, and amounts, as far as the Select Vestry system goes, absolutely to nothing.— Morning Herald. The abuses in the administration of the Poor Laws will be brought under the consideration of the House of Commons to-night by the motion of Mr. Slaney ; and although we know this is a subject beset by the greatest difficulties, we are not without hope that means may be devised to abolish gradually the present destractive7pactice of paying wages in part out of the Poor Rates, or at least of preventing the further extension of the system. 'We are not of the number of those who impute avarice and cruelty to the Magistracy in our agricultural districts, or to the owners and occupiers of land, because a system has been suffered to grow up, the effect of which is now discovered to be the misery and degradation of the labouring classes.. On the contrary, we believe that, the practice had its origin in the benevolence—the ill-judging, and perhaps too officious benevolence of those bodies—and are indeed convinced of the moral impossibility of its having proceeded from _any other source. But however the system may have arisen, it is unquestionably productive of the greatest evils to the labourers, to their employers, and to the nation at large ; and it is the imperative duty of Parliament to direct its attention to discover and apply the safest and speediest method of abolishing it. The practice of affording parochial aid to the lalsourer, merely because he has a wife and family, and in proportion to the number of the latter, however expedient as a means of mitigating the rigour of a period of unusual distress arising from any accidental cause, cannot be permanently in operation without reducing the general rate of wages to the lowest scale consistent with the maintenance of the unmar ried labourer. How is it possible to overrate the mischiefs arising to the labourers, whether as indivi duals or as a class, fro m t hi s state of things ? It reduces them to one dead and uniform level of hop less and abject penury. Limited front his outset in life to the scantiest means of prolonging mere animal .existence, the individual is excluded from the hope, and deprived of all the energy, and vir tues, and happiness which that hope imparts, of ever improving his condition. The natural consequence is, that he cares only for the day or the hour that is immediately before him— that he becomes reckless, improvident, and unprin cipled. Dependent, not like other classes for an in crease or diminution of their comforts and enjoy_ mnents upon the general prosperity of the country, or upon adverse or propitious seasons, or indeed upon any other cause than the fixed principles upon which Magistrates and overseers calculate, from' time to time, the minimum of their necessary sub sistence, can it excite surprise if the class subject to the operation of this system should become demo ralised and degraded—insensible to the ties and sym pathies of country and neighbourhood—coutemptu ous and hostile towards their superiors—regardless of the laws—indifferent even to the obligations which gpring'out of the tenderest and closest relations of soci ety ? That such is the tendency of the system now so generally adopted there is no room to doubt. We would be warranted in this conclusion, with reason only for our guide ; and we sincerely wish that we were less able than we are to fortify it by the ample testimony of experience. But every man acquainted with the rural population of England agrees, that wherever this system has been established for any considerable period, its ill effects arfr manifest in the deteriorated condition and character of the mass of the people. This is enough to impel the Legisla ture to the most vigorous efforts to root out and abolish the system. It has as yet only began to work, and we all know that it is in the nature of all social arrangements to shed their influence only by degrees. Enough is already seen, however, to con vince Parliament that the system is a bad one, and that if it is persevered in worse consequences must now from it than what have hitherto been expo— rienced.—New Times. DESTRUCTION of the NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE, WELLCLOSE-SQUARE. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST, MARCH 12. (Examination of Shaw, part of which appeared in our impression of yesterday.) I believe the cantelevers which supported the balcony, in front of the theatre, extended about five feet over the King's highway, in Well-street ; and I think the cornice that was struck for it, was about eight inches in thickness, but I do not know it of my own knowledge, not being a plasterer. Here Mr. Shaw addressed the Coroner—He had received no relief, except the sovereign, which he had kindly ordered him. He had applied to Mr. Wilkinson for a certificate, in order to enable him to receive money at the Mansion house. Mr. Wilkinson had refused to sign it; he had sent to him on Tuesday and again last Right, and on both occasions he had refused to sign it. A Juror said this was extremely strange. A notice had been issued by the Lord Mayor, stating that every person on the books of the theatre should receive a fortnight's pay on the production of a certificate signed by Mr. Wilkinson. A person here informed the Coroner that Mr. Wilkinson said he had been advised not to sign Shaw's certificate, by Mr. Mallard, a Magistrate. Several persons here said, that this was as cruel a thing in its way as they had ever heard of. Shaw said he would go to Mr. Mallard and ask him whether such was the case, and bring him with him to the office. Another gentleman said that nothing personal was meant on the part of Mr. Wilkinson towards Shaw, but the fact was, Shaw had applied by letter instead of per sonally. Shaw said this could not have been the reason, for he had written similar applications for two other men, named Drewe and Norris, and their certificates were granted. He stated that a man named Stirling, who had been discharged on the Tuesday preceding the accident, had notwithstand ing received his certificate from Mr. Wilkinson, and got a fortniSt's pay, amounting to 31. 16s. This was one of the persons who was to be brought forivard to contradict his testimony.—(A strong expression of feeling was ex hibited by the Jury‘) A Juryman—Did Mr. Wilkinson assign any rea',on for his refusal ?—Shaw—No, none. One of the Jury here said, that Mr. Wilkinson owed it to his own character to conic forward and state openly the reasons for his refusal. He also wished Shaw to go to Mr. Wilkinson again to get his certificate, and he should have the money. Isaac Ablett sworn—l am clerk to Mr. Pullen ; I was talking for a few minutes yesterday to an individual at the house of James Leman, near the theatre, when Shaw came in. I pointed him out to Daniel Whitehead, and said to him, that is Nhaw who has been giving his evidence before the Coroner. Whitehead then said " Shaw, you have had a hard day's work ; you ought to be well paid for it." Shaw replied, " I have not been paid at all, nor do I expect to be." Whitehead said, " hope you have sworn the truth, and told no lies." Shaw said in reply, " I have sworn the truth, and told no lies ; there is no harm in a white lie." This is all I know. It appeared to ►ue that Shaw was speaking jocularly, and it is very disagreeable to me to have to gist this t,stirsony. Mr. Pullen said he felt extremely indignant that his clerk should have been thus entrapped, as it were, to give evidence relative to a private conversation. The Jury said they had nothing to do with it. The witness stated . that Mr. Cotter insisted on hi. being called. He alep added that he attached no weight to Shaw's observation, nor should he have discredited his tes timony in consequence of it. Some warm language took place here, and Mr. Hill said the young gentleman was placed in a most awkward situa tion, not by his own fault, nor by that of his employers, hut by what he would term the insanity of other persons. The CORONER, now called on Mr. Pullen to produce the letter from Bristol. Two letters were then produced, one from Mr. Mau rice to Mr. Evans, requesting that he would ascertain from the constructors of the iron roof at Bristol whether it was capable of bearing any heavy weights that might be attached to it. The other was the reply, stating that they saw no danger from any dead weight being attached, provided it was perfectly steady. Mr. Stedman Whitwell examined.—l live at 147, Strand, I was employed by Messrs. Carruthers and Mau rice to design and superintend the erection of the late Brunswick theatre ; I proceeded to make such design, and having received from those gentlemen their approbation of such designs, I made out written instructions for the several artificers, and delivered them to those artificers which Messrs. Carruthers and Maurice decided should perform the work. The works were began in the beginning of last August. The walls were ready for the reception of the roof on the 26th of September. About the second week in August, the two proprietors, Mr. Barlow, the agent of Mr. Wellington, Mr. Charles Knight and myself, went down to Deptford Creek to survey and examine a large wrought iron roof which had already been put up over the Gas Works there by Mr. Wellington. After a very minute enquiry we returned, and on the following day the proprietors decided that from the many advantages which a *wrought iron roof presented, and front their con viction of its incombustibility' and durability, Mr. Wel lington should construct one for the Brunswick Theatre. I quite coincided with them in the propriety of their de cision, and a wrought-iron roof was in consequence put on the theatre by Mr. Wellington. Soon after we proceeded with those parts of the interior which came under my superintendance. The same attention to incombustibility was preserved as far as possible in all those arrangements. The theatre was opened on Monday, the 25th. I was there, and although I had remonstrated repeatedly to the proprietors as to the impropriety and danger of suspend ing some parts of the works, over which I had no control, to the wrought-iron roof, I left it on the night of the opening with no apprehension of any accident happening, without there being ample notice of the approach of such a failure. I was not at the theatre afterwards until about a week after the accident, so that I cannot speak as to the immediate cause which led to it. By a Juror—l frequently remonstrated against the weight suspended to the roof, and said there was danger. The reply was generally that Shaw had ascertained or learned, from the mukeis of the roof, that there was no danger of attaching weight to it. I remonstrated seriously, and to our conversation I can speak most particularly. As they went on adding weights to the roof, my earnestness that such an improper use of it should he discontinued was increased. I called to Shaw's mind the mode by which he had told m e no weight from the stage department or carpenter's shop should be hung to the root. He promised, in the early part of it, that it should be done; but in the l a tt er part he b egan to f ear, he said, that the proprietors would not let him have his own wa y. On the 15th of February 1, for the first time, en a visit to the ventilating apparatus, saw that nearly the whole weight of the carpenter's shop was suspended from the roof. I sent for the proprietors. Mr. Maurice came first, and I represented to him the alarm I felt at what I saw. While we were talking Shaw came in sight, and Mr. Maurice conveyed to him my impression. before he had done speaking to Shaw, Mr. Carruthers joined us, and inquired what we were talking of. Mr. Maurice then told him. Mr. Carruthers turned round to me, in rather an uncourteous manner, and said, " We know what we are about, Mr. Whitwell ; we have written to Brist o l, and have got permission to hang as much weight to it as we like, provided it be a steady weight." I answered, addressing both of them "If you have such high autho rity, I suppose it is quite unnecessary for me to say any more." Mr. Carruthers then addressed Mr. Maurice, and enquired if he bad shown me the letter from Bristol? Mr. Maurice said he had nrt. On this conversation the se- ' parated. 1 have an impression that the proprietors were influenced by some persons with regard to the iron roof besides myself or the agent of Mr. Wellington. In my judgment, the cause which has produced the destruction of the building was the attaching of large weights to the tic beams of the wrought-iron roof. Those weights were both heavy and unsteady. By Mr. Hill.—The weight of the iron roof was much less than that of a timber roof would have been. The roof was strong enough for its legitimate purposes. I ac quit the roof contractor of all blatnc in respect of this ac cident. I have been studying architecture my whole life, and I have been in business on my own account about 18 years. I wa s seven years learning the manual or practical department. I afterwards both studied and worked under /11r. Alexander (the surveyor of the Trinity House) during the time he constructed the London Docks. I was after wards in partnership with Mr. Alexander in part of his engagements. I afterwards studied in Paris with Messrs. Fontaine Peacia. I have erected several large buildings during my practice. I erected the chapel in Carr-lane, Birmingham, the span of which is seven or eight feet wider than that of the late Brunswick Theatre, with no in ternal span whatever. With respect to the Theatre I had no restrictions as to the thickness of walls or goodness of workmanship. With respect to the foundations we laid bare the old ones, and pared away all the injured parts. This left an irregular line of the old part, but considering these to have been proved by as heavy a weight as was likely to be laid on them again, I determined not to touch them. My object was then to carry up to a certain height the walls iu such a manner that no more settlement should take place in the new work than in the old. Therefore, from about six feet from the floor of the basement the walls were brought up with sound new bricks, well wetted, and laid in Parker's Roman cement, and the whole mass flushed up with cement grouting every course. Even before this was built upon, some time was suffered to elapse. lam satisfied that at this moment the substructure is perfectly sound. No precaution that my experience and judgment could suggest to enable the walls t / bear the weight they were meant to sustain was omit. ted. The proprietors desired me to expend a considerable sum of money to guard the public from the danger of fire in the theatre during the performances. I constructed all the accesses from the street to every part of the theatre in which the spectators were placed, perfectly fire-proof. These accesses were so arranged as to be common to each other, so that upon any alarm of fire, or from any ether cause, any part of the audience-part of the theatre could be emptied by the accesses of the other parts. It had also this advantage, every part of the audience-part of the theatre could he reached by three other passages besides its own. The wall was not at all injured as to safety by the insertion of the cantelevers. I left the theatre on the Monday evening some time after the performances were quite over. I went into the carpenter's shop on that even ing. I saw the state of the root; but could not then oh serve any indication of failure. lam of opinion that the roof could not have come down without giving some pre vious indications of failure. The rule in good architec- ture is " stronger than strong enough." We never try a building within the limits of the weight it is expected to bear. We never approach the limits of danger, and there fore 1 did not consider it a necessary consequence that the roof cannot come down because they refused to follow my advice. There was still a wide range for them to move in before they came to the breaking point—for example, if I constructed a:truss capable of supporting sixty tons, I should never lay more than twenty tons upon it. Others might venture to lay more. On Monday night I had no idea of any immediate danger, I having been myself about three quarters of an hour in the carpenter's shop on that even ing. My avocations had quite ceased on that night, and I had very little to do there for seine time previous. Cross-examined by Mr. Pullen.—Angle-ties were used to connect the walls of the Theatre. Their dimensions were about nine inches by seven. In the audience part of the Theatre, as the works went up, these ties were removed; some by the building of the spiral staircase; but this did sot affect in the slightest degree the security of the building. He was behind the scenes on the night of the opening, and saw the flats in the second groove on the 0. P. side bent and fast, instead of being upright and free. He saw Shaw as soon as he could, and asked him the reason, as he was aware that in a few minutes the play would begin, and great embarrassment ensued, if the scenes were not free. Shaw said he thought the gas-fitter, in putting up his tubes, had let his plank fall on the grooves. He and Shaw went up to the flies, but no gas-fitter's plank was there, and he then said, " Now Shaw, whip over, get on the groove, and see what's the matter." He did so, and instantly exclaimed, "Egad, here's one of the iron straps of the roof dropped on the groove ; but I'll soon adjust that. We'll get the fall, and soon hoist it up." The tackle was hoisted up under his (Mr. W.'s) superinten dence, and the scenes left free. The circumstance of the strap falling, he thought, was accidental. The weight laid upon the ti...-bcata of the roof, had the ~,anc effect on the tie-beams and rafters, as the weight laid on the string of a bow would have upon that string and the ends of the how itself, the tie-beams were derres,:ed, and the feet of the rafters pulled in till they were clean off the walls, and the whole roof then fell. That is my opinion. By the CORONER—To the best of his knowledge, the roof had not been tried as to its strength. After this Gentleman's evidence had been read over, the inquest was adjourned until Friday morning. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• LIVERPOOL. LivEnroor., MARCH 11.—High Water, 57 minutes past 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Comet (steamer), Phillips, from Dublin, with the mail ; Countess of Lone dale (steamer), Marshall, from Whitehaven, with sundries; Betsey, Tanner, from St. Michael's, with fruit ; City of Dublin, (steamer), Mulholland, from Dublin, with sun dries ; City of Londonderry (steamer), Keay, from Lon donderry, with ditto.—Two ships, two brigs, off at a quar ter past six. PRIVATE SIGN...Ls-Messrs. Sandback, Tinne, and Co., for the Hector, from Demerara. Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co.'s; supposed to be for the Atlantic, from New York. Messrs. Battershy and Co.'s, for the Lady DouglaF, from Bethke. CLEARED OUTWARDS-The Vriendschap, Sap, for E►nh den ; Lady Douglas, Nooney, for New Orleans ; Matthews, Graham, for Halifax. Telegraph Office, Tuesday. . Wind'at Holyhead this morning West, calm—Nothing to report. Passed Point Lynas, homeward bound, No. 49, Hector, B.S. Pased Point Lynas, outward bound, No. SO, a.m. B.B..yestyrday at 10 o'clock. Passed Point Lynas, homeward bound (put back) No. 61, Clyde, B. S. not quite sure of the number. Passed Great Orms' Head, outward, No. 256, Alexan der, A. S. yesterday, at half-past 5 ; two ships, one brig, off Great Orms' Head, homeward bound, at 30 minutes past 10. _ _ _ Two brigs off Point of Air, homeward bound ; have not shown their numbers. A ship West •f the floating light, with Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co.'s private signal, for the Atlantic, from New York. No. 6 Pilot boat, off Point Lynas 50 min. past 4. One barque, one brig, off Great Orms' Head, homeward bound, at 80 min. past 4. Lord FITZROY SOMERSET transacted busi ness yesterday, at the Commander-in-Chief's Office, in the Horse Guards. On Thursday night the 6th inst. seven more sheep were destroyed in the East Marsh Common, at Grimsby, four having their throats cut, and three being hamstrung. This species of crime does not appear to be abandoned, and has only become less frequent from the additional risks which the perpetrators have to run, and the removal of a great part of the stock to distant pastures. —Boston Gazette. COMBINATION-ATROCIOUS ASSAULT.= About ten o'clock, on Monday evening last, a party of from twelve to fifteen men went to Burley coal engine (about half a mile west from the village of Tranent,) where four men were employed in repairing the boiler, and enquired if any Englishmen were there. On discovering that there was one, named DUN, some of the strangers pushed his three companions into the engine-house, while others at tacked DUN, who leapt from the boiler, and endeavoured to escape, but his pursuers, by throwing sticks at his legs, tripped and brought him down, when they struck him most severely. DUN, being stout and active, shook off his assailants, and again ran off; but he was brought down a second time by sticks, and beaten more unmercifully than before. Several of the ruffians then got their knees on his breast, and with horrible oaths called out " a lug, a lug," when one of them with a clasp knife cut off a considerable part of the left ear, and held it up as a trophy. During the confusion which followed, DUN made his escape, and for a short time concealed himself in a planting adjoining, and afterwards found refuge in a cottage at Birsley farm, until next morning. The most indefatigable exertions are now . making to discover the perpetrators of this shocking ontrage.....Caledonian Mercury. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the Crown and Sceptre, Brompton-row, Brompton, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, and a re spectable jury, on view of the body of Miss Rebecca Price, a young lady, aged only seventeen years, whose death took place under the following lamentable cir cumstances : Mr. George Glenn, surgeon, of No. 18, Bromp ton-row, deposed that the deceased, who resided with her aunt, Mrs. Law, of No. 4, Rawston-street, adjacent, he had attended professionally several times whilst living. On Sunday night last, between 11 and 12 o'clock, Mrs. Law's servant came and re quested his immediate attendance on the deceased, who was taken very ill ; he immediately went, and found the young lady sitting up in bed ; at this time she was quite sensible, and on being questioned as to how she felt, she complained of great uneasiness at her stomach; there not being the slightest suspicion at this time that she had taken any thing of an improper tendency, witness attributed the sen sation she felt to indigestion, and prescribed for her accordingly. After she had taken the medicines she expressed herself relieved, and being much more composed, witness came away, leaving her in the care of her aunt and the maid-servant. About six o'clock the following morning (Monday) he was again sent for. On going he found that an altera tion considerably for the worse had taken place in the deceased. ' She was now quite insensible, and apparently dying. Witness was now of opinion that the unhappy girl had taken some description of poison, and upon subsequent search, it was dis covered that she had taken a portion of Braithwaite's Black Drops, which is a strong solution of opium, one drop being equal in potency to four of laudanum. She expired about eight o'clock the same morning, two hours after his arrival the second time. He has no hesitation in saying that the deceased's death was occasioned by her taking a certain quantity of the black drops, or solution of opium. Juror—At the times you attended her profes sionally, did you observe if her intellects were at all affected ? Witness—On the contrary, I considered her an extremely intelligent accomplished young lady. Elizabeth Smith, servant to Mrs. Law, aunt to the deceased, deposed that the deceased had lately come home from boarding school at Little Hampton. Mrs. Rebecca Law, aunt to the deceased, stated that about six years back the deceased and five other of her sister's children, were left orphans ; from that time witness had taken charge of the whole of them, and attended to their education ; her unfortu nate niece, the subject of the present inquiry, had lately finished her education. She cannot account for her having taken the drops, as she was a girl who had received an excellent education, and who was naturally of a lively volatile disposition ; witness purchased the drops some years back for the tooth ache, to which she was extremely subject, but had not used them for the last several months. Juror—Was your niece in the habit of taking those drops for the tooth-ache ? Witness—Cer tainly not, Sir; I never heard her complain of the malady, nor was I aware that she knew I possessed them. ;i•. Coroner—Was the deceased addressed by any gentleman ? Witness—Certainly not, Sir. Coroner—Can you assign any reason, Madam, why the deceased took the drops at all? Witness —I cannot. The evidence being concluded, the Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased died in consequence of her taking a certain portion of Braithwaite's Black Drops, or solution of opium, inadvertently." LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT..--SALISBURY, MARcu 11. It had been expected that a most serious charge would have been preferred at this Assize against a magistrate of the county ; but his name did not ap pear in the calendar. The gentleman in question, about whom it is no longer necessary to observe any delicacy, is a Mr. Seymour. At a former Assize he was capitally indicted. lie surrendered, and took his trial in the Crown Court, and was acquitted. He then, in his turn, presented an indictment against his prosecutors, (who had been his own servants), in wbio, rhr.wg,il ihdarti with conspirin g , by per jury, to procure his conviction for the above-men tioned offence. After this latter indictment had been preferred, the original prosecutors went to work again, and preferred against Mr. Seymour a second indictment, charging him with an assault, with-intent to commit the crime formerly charged against him. The last indictment, and that for the conspiracy, having been removed by certiorari into the King's Bench, came down here as Nisi Prius Records, and stood together on Mr. Justice Gaselee's paper for this day. It is now settled that the Court will proceed at the sitting to-morrow morning to try the indictment against Mr. Seymour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-LANCASTER, MARCH It. HAUGIITON V. SCOTT. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. The plaintiff was an industrious shopkeeper, residing in the town of Standish, and appeared before them to recover such compensation in damages as the Jury should think proper, for one of the severest injuries that could be inflicted on a parent—the seduction of his young confiding daughter. When he told them that the present case was one of an aggravated descrip tion, he should have saved the tronble of appealing to their feelings. His client wishing to prepare the minds.of his children for pursuing the paths of useful industry, educated them at a considerable expellee. His daughter Mary, the subject of the present action, when 13 years of age, was taken from school, and became her father's assiduous assistant, in keeping his books. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to detail the facts of the case, as appears by the fol lowing evidence : Mary Naughton—l live at Standish; my father is a farmer and shopkeeper; I am the youngest of three daughters; I am 19 years of age; I always lived at home; while I was at school my father had a servant maid ; he discharged her about a year after I came home; I did the business and kept the books ; I knew the defendant as long as I can recol lect; he was very intimate with my father about two years ago; he paid particular attenliom to me for five or six months; his attentions were in the way of courtship; he promised me marriage; he did so for the last four years; in July, 18'26, I went to Wigan market; he followed me; he stopped at an inn, and called me in ; he there promised to marry me, and I gave my consent; I never consented until then. In returning home he took me through fields, a way that I had never been before ; he had offered me some drink; I only tasted some beer; when he found me in the fields, he took improper liberties with me, and accomplished his object; he often vi sited my father after I was confined on the .19th of September last. Thomas Scott is the father of my child; he promised to marry me at all times, both before and after my pregnancy ; we have never spoken since the child was born ; he said that I was too young, and he was too eld when I last pressed him; I never told my father of our acquaintance until after I became pregnant. Cross-examined by Mr. J. WILLIAMS.—My fa ther has a colliery ; Scott was a bankman there ; it was six o'clock when I left Wigan; it was nine o'clock when I got home ; Wigan was only four m i les off; there were no people going the way he took (pent!) , went to his house ; it is about fifty yards from my father's ; I don't wish to say I courted other men—(Witness was me; it was a little out of the road; I fre quently pressed)—l don't choose to answer ; I know a man named Glover; I saw him, but I didn't know him before Scott; I knew him before I became pregnant; I know different Bradshaws; I know John Bradshaw; I've seen him; I do not wish to say any more; these men promised to marry me; I do not think them too young; I know James Brown; I have played for feits with him; I've seen him ; Thomas Harvey— I've seen him; Peter Yates—l've seen him. . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da , mages 201. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-1-10USE.—Shapschi Walkand, a German Jew, charged his assistant in business, Rachel Nelson, with a robbery. The Jew stuck to the charge with an amazing pertinacity. " I vas tiled to spend this voman out with caps to sell for :me, and she rob me. She be a thief, and a rogue, and a swindler," said he. Sir C. S. IlerNvica extracted from the Jew, after a deal of labour, evidence that the prisoner had received money upon his account which she did not pay over to him, and that she bad been long in his employment, for which she received a liberal per centage as agent. The prisoner said that she had often transacted business for the complainant to the amount of as much as 201., and brought to him regularly the sums which she had received. She had, she said, however, been unfortunate on this occa sion, for after having received the amount of a sale which she had made, and put the money in her pocket, somehow or other the pocket full from her person, and when it was found no money was in it. Alderman Sir C. S. HUNTER represented to the Jew that the girl might have lost the money. The Jew—Vat you say ! Lost my money ! No, no ! she rob me ; and I vill have de law." The ALDERMAN-We have not proof enough to convict her if she is guilty. The Jew—e'er yell, 1 vill have de law. The prisoner—Your Worship, he said as how that he would hang me, or transport me, if he could. The Jew—Ver yell, so I vill. You rob me, you big tief. I vill have you lockup in de jail, and transported, if you don't give me de money. Here prisoner said that she had no means in the world, if she was detained in prison, of paying the sum she owed, but if she was allowed to be at liberty she would do what she could to pay the amount. The ALnurotaN—Come Shapsehi, chew that you are not a descendant of old Shylock. Trust to her; she will pay you. The Jew—No, no, Ino trust to her. To gaol vid her, or let her give me my money. I vill have vat she robbed me of, or she shall leave de country or de world. The ALureme,w—What, then, like old Shylock, you will have " the due and forfeit of your bond ?" The Jew—Aye, I vill have my money from that voman there. The ALDERMAN—Then hear me, Shylock, there is no proof of guilt, and therefore we shall discharge her, Jew. --(Laughter.) Shap. , chi's countenance fell upon hearing this deter mination. He thrust his finger through his long beard, muttered something in his native language, and left the Justice-room. The ALDERMAN.-.-I suppose he is of opinion that lam not a Daniel come to judgment. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, Mr. Clarke, a respect able inhabitant of the parish of St. Clement Danes, residing in Surrey-street, Strand, was summoned before Mr. HALLS and Mr. MiNsittm. by the officers of the above parish, to show cause why he refused to act as overseer of the poor, to which office he has recently been elected by the vestry en the nomination of the churchwardens, pursuant to the provisions of the 41th of Elizabeth, cap. 2. Mr. Clarke contended that there were a great number of persons in the parish, and many of them residents of the street in which lie lived, who were never called upon to fill any parochial office. Mr. Collier admitted that 'such might be the fact, but, as vestry clerk, he was obliged to select from the parish. ioners, for the office of overseers, such persons as were responsible for the trust reposed in them by the parish, Mr. Clarke's respectability, and his general habits of busi ness, caused him to be nominated on the present occasion. Mr. Clarke endeavoured once more to avoid the liability of serving as overseer of the poor, but the magistrates were of opinion that they were hound to appoint him to that office, his qualifications for which were so numerous. Mr. Clarke.—Then I shall pay the fine, as I cannot serve new with convenience to myself. Mr. HALLS (with surprise).—What fine? Pray how is it applied? Mr. Collier.—lt goes into the church warden's account. Mr. lIALLs.—Let us refer to the Act of Parliament, and see what it says upon the subject. Mr. Collier.-011, I admit, Sir, that the Act of Parliament says nothing about the fine. Mr. HALLS.--I perceive that it does not, and for that reason I request that the fine may not be mentioned again. The MAGISTRATES then gave it as their opinion, that Mr. Clarke should in his proper person serve the office of over seer of the poor for one year, for the parish of St. Clement D anes. Mr. Clarke.—lf such be the opinion of the Bench, I have nothing more to urge, but that I object to the course which the churchwardens have taken, and I shall most as suredly resist my nomination, for which purpose I shall immediately advise with counsel. The parties then wit norms'. HATTON-GARDEN.—John EavestitOr, a hair-dres ser, residing at No. .52, George's-street, Battle-bridge, was last night brought up to this office in custody of Wm. Colton, a constable, and charged before the sitting Magis trate, Mr. ROGERS, on suspicion of having perpetrated a murder in Bedfordshire, in the autumn of 1821. Charles Carter, landlord of the Greyhound Inn, and one of the overseers of the parish of Leighton Buzzard, in the county of Bedford, stated, that on the 15th of August, 1821, a female, altogether unknown in that part of the country, was found murdered in Black-grove-wood, be tween Tilsworth and Dunstable. It was to no purpose that every possible inquiry and investigation was then made to find out some clue to the murderer. The person, the character, and the connexions of the murdered female, were wholly unknown, and in consequence of that, chiefly, the matter remained enveloped in impenetrable mystery till last summer, when certain circumstances transpired which, combined together, were eminently calculated to affix strong suspicions on the prisoner. The prisoner is a native of Tilsworth, where he resided with his family at the time of the murder, and where he continued to reside for 18 months subsequent to that event. lie then left Tilsworth, and coming up to London, got into business, and remained here since. Upon receiving the first grounds of suspicion tending to implicate the pri soner, he (Carter) wrote to Mr. Minshull, the Magistrate of Bow-street, informing him of the facts and circum stances of the case, and requesting that some measures might be adopted for his apprehension, but Mr. Stafford, the chief clerk, by order of the Magistrate, returned an answer that this could not well be effected without the Magistrates having before them snch a detail of facts as may be clear and satisfactory, or such evidence as might implicate the suspected person in the guilt of the murder. He then, by advice of the inhabitants of Leighton Buz zard, came up himself to London, bringing with him his principal evidence, and having this afternoon found out the prisoner's residence, near Battle-bridge, succeeded in apprehending him at the Northumberland Arms. John Morgan, a shoemaker, living in the parish of Leighton Buzzard, now came forward, and stated that he recollected the circumstances of the murder, which, from its mysterious nature; produced the most alarming sensa tions throughout the country. It was done on the night after the fair of Dunstable, and it was supposed that the female must have been at the fair, as by her dress she was recognised, and said to have been seen when the fair was over, on the road between Dunstable and Tileworth, in company with a young man about five feet nine inches high, of a sallow complexion, and wearing du appearance of a gentleman's servant. Though this description of the supposed murderer suited well with the prisoner at the time yet there was no notice taken of him, nor did the least suspicion go to impeach him thee. Shortly after this, however, prisoner going one day into Morgan's shop, a conversation took place between him and Morgan upon the subject of the murder, when Morgan asked him if he had seen the body of the female ; he replied in the negative, and said, he had indeed no curiosity to see it, though he was that day reaping for his brother in Gig-hill, quite convenient to Black-grove Wood, the scene of bloodshed. He said he had received a letter from London, informing him that his wife was dead, and interred but a few days previously at Chelsea; that she was an Irishwoman; who had no friends in this country, was in a stateof greatdes titution for some time past, and he must now go up 'to London to make inquiry into the circumstances in which she died. It was not at all known in the place of his birth that he was married, and this cir cumstance had a tendency to excite the supicions of Mr. Morgan, who immediately communicated them to 'Carter, the overseer of the parish, who conducted the funeral a nd interment of the woman who was murdered. The m atter rested so, however, till a few months ago, when upon fur ther inquiry it was found that he was married again.— Carter then wrote a letter, directed it to the prisoner, and sent it by the hands of a Miss Philips, .a native of Tile worth, whose mother resides in St. John's, Clerkenwell, requesting of her at the same time to take the trouble of finding the prisoner out, and to deliver to him the letter; the contents of which were a desire that he should :send a satisfactory account of his late wife's death, and the woman to whom he was at present married. Upon this the sister of his present wife, accompanied by another female, went down to Tilsworth, and having men Mr. Morgan, she ' communicated with him upon the subject of the letter, and denied all knowledge of her brother's marri age w ith any other woman besides her own sister, or the death of his supposed wife; but from the suggestion of the female by HULL MARKET.-March 11. We have again to notice a very short supply of Wheat from the farmers, and the few fine samples shewn were taken off freely at last week's currency ; no alteration in other qualities ; old foreign remains steady at our quota tions. Very little passing in Oats except for seed, whidl qualities sell at our last week's prices; the greater part of the above import consists chiefly of Irish, which are offer ing at 255. per quarter, but very few sales made. Beans are very dull sale to-day, but not lower. Pease Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Some few parcels of Barley offering from the coast at 325. ; but we do not hear of any sales , Lincolnshire and Yorkshire also very dull sale, and rather lower. Rapeseed does not give way in price, but very little doing in it. Linseed continues dull. . Wheat, Old 525. Ma. .sss. New ...8. 465. 10.. --- Foreign ...... ... -s. 50s. 541. Oats, Poland -e. 20s. 245. ...... Old ..... .... N. 45. 265. 265. -- Small or Feed -6. 14s. 18s. -s 24.5. Itis. - Foreign Barley, Norf. & Sot. ... -s. 30s. 2s. Line. & Wold -s. Yes. POs. Foreign -s. -s. --f. Beans 355. 40a.,425. Foreign --s. 41s. 46e. Pease, White -s. -s. -s. Grey -s. 3k. 365. Tares -a. 40s. 445. Foreign -s. 365. 425. Rapeseed, in bond per last none. Free -1. 251. 26/. SCOTCH MARKETS. DUMFRIES MARKETS.—March 5. s. d. 8.1 sd. a.d Wheat, Imp. Buch... 60to 6 Butter, 16oz 0 9 0 9 Barley 0 0 3 4 Eggs, dozen 0 0 9 6 Oats 2 0 2 6 Beef, per lb. 4 0 6 Flour, 1411 s. Oatmeal 1 9 1 1 Veal 0 4 0 0 Potatoes, cwt. CATTLE 111 A RE ET.-The dull termination of last week's sales seemed to produce a damping effect upon to-day's market, both in point of numbers and dealing ; the ahem was as follows :-147 three-year-olds, 50 two-year-olds, 9 Queys, and 11 Cows-total 217. The three and four year-old were all Galloways, and consisted of various lots, differing much from each other, like last week, in bone and condition ; it was rather late in the day before any business was done, and then at no advance on last week's prices; the best lot which we heard of being disposed brought about I I/. per head, another 101., and from that business was transacted so low as 8/. 10s. The two-year olds were a middling show, but did not seem either to at tract attention or to take the market, and no sales of con sequence took place. A few farrow Cows, all in excel lent condition, were bought at from 91. to 12/., or 131. per head. PORK Maas ST.—One hundred and seven carts; though the show to-day differed from last week in point of num bers, Pork looked much better, from the frosty state of the weather; prices likewise advanced a little, or more pro perly speaking, considerably ; good carcases went off rea dily at from ss. 10d. to 6s. 2d. per stone of 161b5., and in some instances 6s. 3d. was given ; Sows, thin and in fer! Pork, sold at from ss. 6d. to ss. 9d. We think 61. or 6s. Id. may be stated as the average for good Pork ; every thing was clearest off early, and both buyers and sellers seemed satisfied with the result of the market. LIVE PlGS.—Eight carts ; little, if any thing, was done in the Pig market to-day. The prevalence of the small pox is very great at Torrington. Several children have died theta within the last few days ; and though the medical gentlemen, per sons in places of authority, and the well-infonneet part of the inhabitants, are decidedly in favour of vaccination, an unfortunate mania exists for innoculation.—Exeter Alfred. BIRTH S. On the 12th inst. in Spring-gardens, Lady Georgians Agar Ellih, of a daughter. On the 9th inst. at Gladwins, Essex, the lady of the Rev. Thomas Clayton Glyn, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th inst. at Wandsworth, by the Rev. John East, Charles James, second son of Wm. East, of Lower Tooting, Esq. to Eliza Frederica, eldest daughter of Fred. Bowman, of Wandsworth Lodge, Surrey, Esq. On the 11th inst. at St. Mary's, Lambeth, by the Rev. Dr. Barrett, Charles C. Craven, Esq. 72c1 Highlanders, only son of Major-General Craven, to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Georg e Deere, Esq. Marwell, Hants. whom she was accompanied, she recollected that he 64 once shown them the house wherein she died. By fallow ing up the inquiry, it was found, contrary to the prisoner's own statement, that he had been ou the day of the murder at the fair of Dunstable, and bad brought from thence a parcel to a young woman of the name of Linney, in Tilsworth, which he said was sent to her by a male friend of hers. It was also understood, that instead of having been at work on the day subsequent to ' the murder, he was at home at his mother's, and in bpd, Ile was also heard to say, about the same time, that he Was married to an Irishwoman who was the plague of his life, and he'd be - if he would not take her to Smithfield, and get rid of her how he could, as well as other men. It appeared further, that previous to the fair, he had written a letter to London, requesting the attendance of this female, to meet him there for the purpose of introducing her to his friends, and that they had been seen together on that day the fair. The circumstance of the parcel was also supposed to throw a shade of dark and deep suspicion on the prisoner, for it was fresh in the memory of all who saw the female after the murder, that she had been stripped of her bonnet, cap, and shawl. The prisoner, when taken into custody, gave a written statement of his marriage with the first wife, which was solemnized in the church of St. James, Piccadilly, and of her death. Ile also stated that his present wife lives sepa rated from him at Knightsbridge, but her particular place of residence he knows nothing of. lie said nothing upon ' the subject of the charge before the Magistrate, and was ordered for re-examination on Friday next. THE MARKETS. COAL MARK Adair's 335. Od. Beaumont' 3l 0 Bean's Primrose - 32 6 Heaton 3t 6 Hebburn Main -- 33 0 Liddell's Main Newbtirn :ET.—March 12. Walls End Newmarch.. 313. 3cl, Ditto Brown's 33 tl• Ditto Clarke and C 0..,. 82 0 Ditto Carr 3 1 1 Ditto Crantlington....... 23 0 Ditto Hilda 33 3 Ditto Northumberland 33 0 33 3 31 6 33 3 Ditto Perkins and Cc 3 - 4 - 3 Ord's Rcdhugh -- 29 9 5; if Percy East— 2B 6 Ditto 31 0 Pontop Windsor 'JO 6 Walls End Hetton......— 36 3 Shipcote 32 3 Walls End Lambton..... 36 0'• Tatifield 31 9 Ditto Stewarra 36 6 Willington Wylam 33 9 Cowpen 28 WallsEndßesicke&Co. 35 9 Tanfial 31 3 Ships at market, 76--... Ships 46N. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TES WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. s. to 8. 54 66 55 18 62 52 56 48 56 48 44 64 50 66 64 66 60 68 44 66 56 60 50 'll 50 61 52 56 56 60 51 60 66 74 55 '7O 4p4 62 48 6t 52 64 8. to a. 35 42 —26 30 34 32 39 ' 30 36 314 26 45 3 - 2 43 • 46 50 3S 42 28 31 30 40 26 30 26 31 37 40 36 40 40 42 30 34 34 45 29 34 :30 34 5. to e. 35 42 25 24 40 26 28 Et 26 24 31 26 37 26 34 42 38 19 :.r2 28 36 20 35 22 25 30 32 32 42 33 38 2-4 32 30 40 *22 26 22 30 22 32 - 6'Z - 62 - 56 - tit as 60 - CO - SO - 4$ _a - 62 - Fo - 52 -, 66 - GI Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover ---- Birmingham Bridport Cirencester Faringdon— Guildford —...--. Henley Hereford Maidenhead .--- Newbury---- Oakingham Reading Southampton Stroud Tewkesbury Uxbridge Wantage . Warminster CHELTENHAM MARKET.—March 11. Per Bushel. A. d. to s. d. Per lb. Wheat . 6 0 7 0 Beef Barley Oats Beans 5 6 7 0 Pcae 5 0 53 0 hay Lamb Pork 50. to 51. ss. per ton. LEWES MARKET.=March 11. d. to 4. 6 6 White Wheat (per quarter) £2 15 — 0 to .£3 0 0 Red ditto Barley Oats, New 1 0 6 1 1 0 Pease 1 18 0 2 4 0 Oil Cake, New 0 0 6 8 DEED. On the 10th inst. at Bath, Tryphena Esther, wife of S. Barrow, Esq. On the lht inst. at Langdon Hall, Devon, aged 74, Mrs. Calmady, widow of the late Admiral Calmady. On the 4th inst. at his seat, Wroxhall Abbey, county of Warwick, in the 53d year of his age, Christopher Robeti Wren,' Esq. In Dublin, Sir Jonas Green, the Recorder. On the 11th instant, at Brentford Butts, Mr. .Hugh Clarke Ronalds. On the 11th inst. at Ware, in the 23d year of his age, 'William, nephew of J. B. Dickinson, Esq. and a member of Clare-hall, Cambridge. On the 9th ult. (old style), M rs . Doughty , at St. Petersbargh, aged 59, relict of Wm. Doughty, Esq. and daughter of the late E. J, Smith, Esq. of that city. On the 7th instant, Henrietta, youngest daughter of Mr. Michell, of Queen-square, Bloomsbury. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. 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