The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-08 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION PRIVY COUNCIL. Sir F. POLLOCK objected to the reading of the document for the purpose of influencing the decision of the Court. The Learned Judges overruled the objection. Mr. PEMBERTON - resumed. The Counsel fur Mr. Hitch ings had not called in question in the least the fact of the sig nature to paper, A being the signature of the testator. Upon what ground then was that paper questioned ? Upon the ground that Mr. Chadborn, who wrote that paper, was beneficially interested under it-J.if the signa ture were good ; if the competency were good ; if an undue influence were nowhere suggested ; it mattered not one farthing who wrote it. It was only necessary to prove that the testator, when he signed the paper, was acquainted with its 'contents, and aware of their effect. The Learned Counsel then cited the case of Barrett and Britlin, Ist Vol. of Curtis, p. 613. In this case there was the most conclusive tstimony of the only fact necessary to be proved, intention to benefit Mr. Chadborn. The Learned Judge had made the fact of Mr. Chadborn being an executor beneficially interested a ground for looking- with suspicion upon the will. The question was, did B refer to A. He (Mr. Pemberton) contended that if there were no sig nature, no proof whatever—if it were sufficiently est,blished that B referred to A, then A was as completely established as if B itself had been established by two witnesses. Upon this part of the case he must protest most strongly against the deci sion of the Learned Judge. It was in contradiction of the principle universally acted upon. The rule was that you must have a distinct reference to some paper or writing; you must have a paper already produced which tallied with that description, and then if there were no other paper or writing which also tallied with that description, the reference was sufficient. That was the principle acted upon in all the cases which bad been cited by his I.earned Friend the Attorney. General. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to refer to the case of Wood and Wood, Ist Phillimore, 357, when it being Four o'Clock the Court adjourned the further hearing of the argu ment until to-morrow. COURT OF SEWERS, WEST MINSTER. An adjourned meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liber4 of Westminster, was held on Tuesday at the Office of the Commissioners, Greek street, Soho. J. L. Donaldson, Esq., in the Chair. After the ordinary routine business had been transacted, The CLERK reported that the Comptroller- General's ffica, and various other offices in Whitehall-yard, and also the various offices in the Horse-Guards, had beea omitted from the Poor -rate, and that the overseers had reported that those places had been omitted on account of the impossibility of enforcing the rate. He further re ported that those places had all hitherto been rated to the Sewers'-rate, and that the rate had always been pair?, and the Court ordered that they should continue on the pre sentment. On the question of the expense of the traverse, which came before the Court on the examination of the Bill of Messrs. Smith, the solicitors, The CHAIRMAN proposed that it should be borne by the whole district. Mr. LESLIE objected to that course. The expenses of Medly and Prichard had been thrown exclusively on the Western District, and now it was sought to throw upon the Western District a portion of the law expenses of the traverse, which was exclusively the concern of the Rane lagh District. Mr. BARKER thought that as the question decided by the traverse jury affected every district, the expense ought to be borne by the districts generally. Mr. GOODRICH thought it was clear under the rules of the Court that the expense must be borne by the whole district. Mr. HAWKES objected to throwing the expense upon the whole district. It was a mere local matter, and ought to be borne exclusively by the district concerned. The Court then divided— For throwing the expcnse on the general district 11 Against it.. 2 Majority —9 The CHAIRMAN then reported on the Marquis of Nor manby's Drainage Bill, stating that the Bill had been did 'led into two Bills as the Court had suggested, so that the drainage was Itcpt distinct from the regulations resFe.yrirg buil3ii , g; and veniflation. The Bids were then laid on the table for the information of the Commis sioners. The CHAIRMAN gave notice that at the next meeting tie Court would have to consider the propriety of issuing a precept to the Sheriff, calling upon him to summon a Jury to make a presentment of property liable to be rated in the weitern division of the district. The Court then proceeded to coasider as to signing war rants for levying upon the churches and other newly rated property in the Ea3tern division of the Westminster - Sew crt: The CHAIRSIAN complained of the great inconvenience cf leaving such questions as these opan, and impressed upon the Court the necessity of coming to a decision on the question as speedily a' posiible. He briefly recapitu. fated the history of the proceedings in 'elation to the rating of churches, and concluded by saying that if it were decided to issue those warrants, they must be drawn up in such a manner as to throw the protection of the Court around those who signed them. He for one could not, holding the opinions he did, sign a vt a:rant against the church. Captain BAGUE thought it would be dangerous for the Commissioners to sign warrants against the churches at present; and therefore he should move " that the signing of warrants of distress against the churches be posteoued until the decision of the two Courts of Exchquer and Queen's Bench be determined." St! G. FARRANT could not see how tbo ec:iiion of the Court in the case of Ckeltet Hospit tl could determine the questi mof the ehurcheP. He should therefore mote as an amendrne:,t that warrant; of distress be issued spina t' , 4turchwa , riens of the church of St. Martin's•in.the fi.elds. V BITE no nded the amendment. He would sign the wan and h apprehended that, being a qualified ( ;ommis - sione, uc snould run no risk from doing his duty. On the contrary, if he refused to carry out the law, he should run the risk of being struck uff the Commission—a thing which he should dread much more than any ecclesiastical censure. He had no doubt to the liability of the churches ; aacl, without arising the protection of the Court in any v-iy, he was peifcctly ready to put his name to the warrant. Sir J. S. 1.11.1.1 u thought the or.ly way of bringing the matter to a t?ecisiura, was by immediately issui r n i g ie aw d rra a g e . : Ha did net ice how they could recede. ' vanced boldly unt 1 they came within sight of th Y o enemy and now they were showing the white fer.ther.—( Hear . ' They wc:e all sworn not to show aly favour, drcal . r ) r , malice, and here they were showing dread.—(A h u ,: b. They were to be guided by law and not by any ma t e s ' op i: . nions. He supported the arnendmeat., Mr. GUNTER had signed tie last :rarran►, and hoped that those who had not already signed, would now come firward and sign this one. He thought there could be no difficulty in executing the warrants, and he bored they would be signed te-dar. If there were not enough to sign without him, ha would put his name to the warrant. The Court then divide 1, when there appeared— For the amendment ll Against it 6 Maj rity for issuing the warrant —.s Sir J. S LILLIR morel that the warrant be prapared and laid before the Court on the next Court-day for signa ture in such form as the Solicitor might advise. The motion was agreed to. On the motion that a warrant be issued against Mr. Madge, or the trustees of the Unitarian Chapel in Essex street, Mr. Sum, the Solicitnr, said he could not take upon himself to say that a warrant signed in an niternatit, e would be a valid one. Mr. LasuE—Can you issue a legal warrant out of the presentment 1 Mr. SMITH-46010d think not, Sir. The CuarastaN--Which would be the most safe, to ;e -sic a warrant against Mr. Mudge alone, or to ilclude the alternative of the trustees? Mr. SSIITH —The most safe course would be to follow the presentment. Warrants were then ordered to be issued far levyin4 din tresses on varicus chapels, schools, and other public buildings, The next business berme the Court was to receive 'the Report of the solicitors of the circumstances connected given thereon by Sir W4l!iam with the case, and opinion Horne and Sir John Campbell in 1833, as to the riiht o f the Commissioners to distrain for arrears of rate. Tbe Report stated that on a case being submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown in 1833, those officers gave sepal ate opinions, as one of them, Sir John Campbell, was in the country. The opinions differed, and the Commis sioners desired the solicitors to procure a joint opinion. They accordingly attended the Law Officers in consulta tion, and on that occasion Sir John Campbell retracted his former opinion, and the joint opinion was in favour of the powers of the Commissioners. The solicitors were not aware that either OPlniou bid been laid before Parlia ment. Mr. LESLIE moved that the Report be printed and cir culated among the Commissionerp. Captain BAGUE seconded the motion. Sir J. S. LILLIE could net support the motion until he know the oh 'of it. Mr. Goi)Earcii should like to see the affair cleared up. Mr. 14L -LIE said his object wzs to show that the opi- WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND IHTEIHNES. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said by analogy to what took place in the House of Lord; en app ea l s , h e had a perfect right to proceed with respect to the codicil. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read and comment upon the evidence given in the Court below respecting the hand writing of the testator to the codicil in question, and con tended that there was a vet y strong body o f ev id ence o f t h e most respectable k:nd ageinst the codicil either being written or signed by Mr. Wood. He also cited many cases in which it was laid down that the mere proof of handwriting would not be held as conclusive. Their Lordship; would remember many cases in which even the clerks of the Bank who signed the notes had been deceived, even where their own rames had been for,zed ; ard thatduring the warpapers were plentiful which were so well counterfeited rs to deceive the Custom-house officers all over the world. The rule requiring sonic circumAances coneomitart with the writing was a most wholesome one, and he -, hoped would not be departed from on that occasion. His learned friends supported the Codicil on the ground of the probability of some or all the bequests. The parties fabricating such a document would take care to have probability on their side, but let him ask was that the case here? There wa; a bequest of 200,0001. to the Corporation of Gloucester—that was dated in 1835, and it was in proof that at that time he was very angry, be cause he had always been passed over in respect of the office of Mayor to which he a , pired. He apprehended that there was abundant evidence to destroy the probability of the va lidity of the evidence. Where an instrument was intended ,obe burnt, although it was not destroyed its operation was gone ; and the parties would be in the same position as if it had mover been brought forward. The Learned Counsel said that he should not occupy any more of the attention of the Court, be lieving that if he had omitted any important point his Learned Friends would not fail to supply the deficiency. Mr. PEMBERTON then proceeded to address the Court on the same side. The Learned Counsel commenced his address by reading extracts from the judgment delivered by Sir Her bert Jenncr. Ho was then proceeding to read a document in some former proceeedings to which Mr. Hitchings was a party, when nions had not been fairly represented to the Court, and that the first opinion of Sir John Campbell was the one he was acting on in regard to Chelsea Hospital. That first opinion had never been inserted in their book, why he could not tell. neither was it returnel to Parliament ; but the last opiciolh was att , .ched to the ca.e. Tilt was in explicable Sir J. S. LILLIE, after that explanation, would not op pose the motion, wi ich was a l ;: eel to w'thout a division. Mr. LESLIE moved that the proseat system of collecting the Sewers-rates Le takes into consideration. He 'ob jected to the present system of coildeti ma, and alluded to the recent defalcation as a proof of its inefficiency. It would not do to dismiss the present collectors ; but, as the places became vacant, the re naming collectors might do their uuty, They were now piid 8?. in the pound. The collectors of St. George's, Hanover-square, were paid orly 3d. in the pound. They had collected 5 1,000/. and paid it into the Bank. Every Court-day many persons came to the couTt old paid their rates. Now he pro posed to make ths a Lead office for the collector, and to have a young man appoiated to that situation who would not be liable to the casualties to which persons in trade like the present collectors w.re liable. He should thei e fore propose that the present v:.cancy be not filled up in order to introduce a new and improved system. He would not wish to throw off or reduce the present collectors, but he would propOse tha: vacancies as they occurred should not be filled up, so as gradually to introduce an improved system, and he would move to that effect. Mr. UNWIN objected to the proposed plan. The non appointment of a new collector would inflict great injury upon the owners of small houses via s would have to pay the rates to which the tenants were liable. Mr. GODERICII seconded Mr. Leslie's motion. It was an exceedingly bad plan to employ tradesmen as collec tors, as it always led to defalcations. The poundage given by the Court was a great deal too much—they ought not to interfere with the pc - sent collectors, but they should take that opportunity of introducing a system for gradually reducing the expense of the collection. Mr. UNWIN moved as an amendment that the present vacancy be filled up. Mr. BROOK seconded the amendment. Mr. BROUGHTON thought that the question of defalca tion had nothing to do'with difficulties in business, but was an abstract question of positive honesty, and, in that point, he 61 not see how the new plan was to be better than the old one. He thought it could not be done at the rate alluded to, for there war no analogy between the collection of Perish• rates and Sewers-rates. If they looked at the work done, they paid less for the collection of Servers•rates than was paid for the collection of Parisb-rate?. They could net alter the system io the way proposed, because, if the vacancies were net fined up, they would not have strength enough to do the work. Sir J. HANSLER supported the .amendment. Mr. WILLOUGHBY, although approving of the system of collection, thought the method of appointing the col loctors, and the mode of remunerating them, well worthy of consideration. He thought it advisable that the col lector should not have any other occupation. Sir J. S. LILLIE thought Mr. Leslie ought to have stated in his notice what alteration he proposed. Mr. GRACE supported the amendment, on the ground that the old system had answered extremely well. He did not consider the commission allowed to the col lectors too high. There could be no large defalcation if the rule prohibiting a collector from retaining more than 501. in his hands had been acted on. Mr. BROUGHTON suggested th .t no security should be taken from the collectors, tut that they should be put in in the situation of servants of the Court, and then, in the e% cut of any defalcation, they might be indicted for felony. Mr. HAWKES conside:ed the poundage much too high, and would support the motion. He thought, however, that a new collector might be appointed on a less poundage. The Court then divided. For the amendment Against it Majority Friday, the 23d of April, was fixed for examining can didates. Sir JOHN HANSLER moved--" That, for the future, the Sheriff be directed to summon a Special Jury on all oc casions." On the last occasion there had arisen a discussion as .3 whether a guinea or a shilling should be paid to each Juryman, and as a guinea was paid he thought they were entitled to have guinea men. The m'tion not haying beer, sec lndel fell to the ground, and the Court adjourned to the 16th of April next. CAPE HORSES, SHEEP, AND WAGGON DRIVERS. a the course of my Peregrinations I had seen many very indifferent specimens of horse-flesh, but never did I behold such an assemblage of carrion as were paraded next day before the Clarence to take us across to Cape Town, a distance of some three or four and-twenty miles. Literally not one sound limb could be mustered among the whole set ; they ap peared to have monopolised every failiag which accident, disease, or ill treatment so often entail on the noble animal. They were each and every one like friend Petruchio's steed, "troubled with the lampas, infected with the fashions, full of wiadgalls, sped with spaying,' &c. ; and as we mounted their galled backs, we despaired of ever arriving at the end of our journey, besides having some slight misgivings if, by the attempt, we should not bring ourselves under Mr. Martin's Ace. However, we were assured that only appear ances were against them, and that once warm in the saddle they would prove very Bucepbali ; and the event justified this prediction. The first couple of miles along the smooth sandy beach gave them an opportunity of making their limbs much more degage; and by the time we had reached the Halfway House, where we each had a glass of capital ale, they bowled along alike " bricks" over the fine broad and level road which would not have disgraced an English turnpike. Hitherto we bad passed over an open heathy country, on which were grazing large flocks of sheep remarkable for the s'zc of their tails, compose.] of enormous masses of fat; and the skipper, teirg a bit of a wag, assured us that in the more fertile parts of toe country, where this was increased by the greot sr richness of the pasture, it aas no uncommon thing to see a large flock of sheep, each tackled to a wheelbarrow, teing unable in any other manner to carry their tails The waggons, their extraordinary-looking drivers, and the large teams of oxen employed to drag them along, likewise attracted our attention. They are complete am bulstary towns, in which whole families, carrying every requisite of " board and lodging," often make journeys of seven or eight hundred miles into the interior, the teams of oxen not unusually consisting of eight couple, two abreast. These are guided by the most peculiar-look ing charioteers that aver graced the Hippodrome, the Olympic games, or an English " four-in-hand." The most prominent feature in tkcir costume is the symbol of their swaying a whip which in dimensions beats everj - thing that the imagination can picture. Then comes the large conical ha', built of leaves like the thatched roof of an Indian cottage, which it almost rivals in dimensions. Last, though not lease, are the " crackerr." But the reader a ould in vain rack his fancy to find out the rneanirg of this Term, which does duty for %%hat the ladies more delicately (dear sensi ive creatures !) call " inexpressibles." The cuplionous appellation I believe otigirated from the peculiar noise made by these articles until long wear all constant use had somewhat supple] the stiff bullock hides of which they are constructed, and which, if not " built" on the wesrer, are as firmly fitted to his nether parts, that, day and night, in health and sickness, in the toils of tr sycl, duriag the repose of the conjug a' couch, they are slid to Le his inseparable companions, a) e even in death, never " falii ig off" from " close attachment" until the hand of time and decay seater their ragged iernains to the winds of Heav n. -OLD Sporting Il7nga2ine SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER --TUESDAY EVENING. The attendance this morning was highly respectable and numerous. TIIE CHESTER CUP.—A very singular alteration pre sents itself to the reader's eye in Plover being first fa vourite. It may be doubted by some, however. Accord.. ing to our own car, and the best intelligence, the price left off thus :- 11 to 1 apt Mr. Flintoff's lire Plover-12 t fro, ly 11 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Queen Bee-12 to 1 t freely 15 to 1 aAst Col. Cradock's Gallipot—oared. 100 to 7 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—offered 100 to 6 agst Col. Peel's Gibraltar 100 to 6 apt Lord Miltown's Crakkeen—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Price's Tuly—take is to 1 100 to 6 agst Mr. Hornby's Champagne —take 22 to 1 100 to 6 asst Major Hay's Retriever —offered 100 to 5 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—offered 100 to 6 agst Mr. Gocdman's Bedford_taken 100 to 4 agst Rough Robin—offered 13 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Tubalcain—offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Belona—offered five times over. 1.000 to 100 was offered, by a Liverpool gentleman, against The Plover; parties were open to take it, throwing in " Robin." Bloomsbury, we believe, was backed yes terday at 500 to 42. TIIE COLUMN STAKES.--7 to 4 offered on the field ; offers were made at noon to take 20 to 10 on Cameleon. There nal m thirg done on the Oaks; 1,000 to 10 would have been laid against namirg the three winners, say Derby, Oaks, and zit. Leger. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. —On Nednesday wren a most extraordinary circumstance currod hemeen Workington and Maryport, by which turnpike road, for a considerable distance, was literally strewn with gold I On the morning of the day above mentioned a servant real belonging to Mr. Walker, cf Ma-yport, was sent to the Whitehaven Bank to draw the purchase money to pay for an ei tlts. which his master had bought, amoutriag to t 800/. It appe .rs, however, •th.t the sum of 2,000/. had been paid through the B ink, and the man received the sum cf 8001, the whole of which was in soverr igns, carefully packed up in brown paper. This amount in sovereigns I e'ng deposited in the :addle bags, the man instantly mounted his horse, and set out on his return home to Maryport, and was seen on the road, proceeding at a rattling pace. The man, OXFORD, MONDAY EVENING.—The Trace howeve-, hat no sooner reached hie master's, and had agitation increases. Every nerve is strained by the party to dismouete 1, than he discovered that many of the sove- repair the blow they have received, and to intimidate their rci.,gns were loose in the begs, which had burst, and no opponents. Professor Sewell has published a postscript, disavowing his supposed objections to the Tracts, and as less than 238 of them were missing 1 The messenger serting that the proclamation of the Hebdomadal Board is immediately Legan es retrace his journey back towards not entitled to he regarded as the act of the University. t l a he c p e a n ct o y ea o t p i e e i n l , y a binoansiis,ritthyat;ehelacii havethe rnsuatptpeerrbteedenthreefTerrraeedt Workington, in sea:cli of the lost r d, and at the bridge-end, on coming out of Maryport, i he found not lets than seventeen of the sovereigns ly tog nearly altogether. objected to, and a declaration is now in the course of signature Proceeding onwards he picked up several more near both in Oxford and among the non-resident clergy, expres s i ng the same place, and a num b e , of old ones on the road. "a grateful acknowl e d gmen t o f t h e eminentse the Tractites in recalli ng p u bli c attent i on to rtvhiceesdis°-f A man named Joseph Graham found forty- s ix of the ir) sove reigns, and' another man earned Wchard Gill found twenty- tinctive principles maintained by the Church of England I" eicht ; these weregathered near Flimby. As Mr. Walker's On the other hand, Mr. Wilson's (one of the four tutors) servant proceeded, he heard of a gang of vagrants who had reply - to Mr. Newman has severely affected the credit of been see n pushing each other, and scrambling fcr the the leaders, and great disgust is also felt at the jesuitical golden treasure on various parts of the turnpike. These attempt of the latter te implicate the Bishop of Oxford in the a c n arge of having sanctioned the Tracts previous to the appear. vagrants, consisting of an elderly man, two young men, two wo men, and two anther!, had picked up large quasi. ce of No. 90. Undoubtedly intrigue has been et work, and still is at work, to cajole and intimidate the Bishops, who are tities of the money, and were traced to various places, 1 less active than the crisis demands; but even thePri and on the ti were found the sum of 461. 15s. 60., said to be at length impressed with the serious p Primate is are p A rii ngo a - l eath se ol t i h c enhi society,i:neisveelsf. from o t f he which rep and no less than five watches I They argued stoutly ! things, and is currently believed to have imi n ste p d ear o a n nee the f with r Pusey and Hook y t e counti l ; librarian, DI r. A r. Maitland, they , were Lambeth the rmeeembers. Unless, however, the laity throughout ci lr c a har e ge of . f e 1 in do . that the money was the it own ; but that e l as vh o u n na s w it h i y s u t n he . picked up the sovereigns on the . road,. and . taken into custody, and then admitted said that t y had he Primate shouldshrink from the Pet- r h i a e t nd rip. Dr. Wiseman's letter, just pudistheed demon!trates had coa g o i f y t e h n e t in he o m ney all m 7 s . ing T . heTrehel3 m st a il n l a w c h o o n h s a al considerable t e isconnecting inconvenience a vl crt it h pgs d bor r os a d ie g himself ho would precise.the I f derstood that he h2s been long associatedar , ties of private amount of the sovereigns yet missing; but of through in 1 tae money is very deaf. We are not aware of the ' activity of the police offleers, and the honesty i h 1 Oxford there is absolutely no difference b t and the Vatican. e wren the teaching of dividuals, Mr. Walker's loss is much less than coul lye under the authority of the GREENWICH FAIR " .. been calculated on under such ex:ra)rdinary circumstances. acting — 1 He l oca l in ' have issued the same orders as th oninlinioners of Police, agistrP tei, —Carlisle Journal. 1 limitation of the time in which this fe last year, regarding the On Sunday afternoon the potboy at the Victory, I the corner of the Canal-road, Kingsland-road, who went there to the regulations of the New Police a A ir c is to be held, pursuant The time for clos by the name of George Weston, but 'whose name is Benjamin , : In a the several booths and tents is eleven . ' Carter, suddenly left the house, which is in the occupation of non to be opened before six o'clock in the at night, and Mrs. Worboys, a widow, when it was found that he had taken c ementfring of these regu!ations being vi sled any in away 1501. in sovereigns. They wee in the bedroom of Mrs. ' ties, which, it is understood , will be strictly e with severe Th e , e restrictions, which weresevere penal- Worboys, who had placed them there for safety shortly before or she w en t t o c h urc h. Il e was se en i n the room by the s e rvan t met with little acted u p opposition from on fm tae first strasti time at l as t Easter, girl, w h o t o ld hi m t h a t h e h a d no b us i n ess there, and he was! keepers, and the town and neighbourhood were comparative; booth ar.ative!y som after observed to scale the back wall, by which means he free from those annoyances to which they had beei mP escaped. He is well known on the other side of the water, - t The fair will, as usual, he held to for several . years ea.. . in the Worboys once followed the trade of a tanner. Yesterday Mrs. field across the river Bavenbourne from Deptford, on states ' large Woray s hut a letter sent to her by the prisoner, in which he Greenwich side The Directors of the Greenwich I • tail states that his father is an Esquire, whom he formerly offended, the ' ' issued notices for the running of an road have . . extra numb( r andthat he wanted the money to equip hiresel in order to ay of trains during the Easter holidays, and several additional a visit to his father ; and he concludes with saying that he will let her have th e money i n a short time. Kemp, an officer of s team-boats will be placed on. the N division, h as b een in .pursuit of the prisoner since the BERLIN, MARCH 23.—1 n consequence of th e robbery. A reward of 50i. is offered for his apprehension. num..rous representations of our Government we may ex.. A vessel employed to keep up the commutica- pect shortly a considerable reduction in the Sound duties tion across the Danube, while th e P on t oon -b r id ge i s un d er ! in favour of cur ships, by w hich the inhabitants of our repair,sea coast, extendi ng 450 m il es a l o ng the Baltic, will b e struck, on the night o f th e 19 t h u l t., aga i nst one of , the pontoons and was upset. There were thirty passengers ' "I eyed in part, at least, from a great burthen on their on board, nearly all of whom perished. . I trade, Trittil SUN, LONDON. THURSD Y 1 APRIL P. IR,I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. From the Globe.) The rapidity . with which OppoSition has retraced its course on the E location question, is as unexampled in the history of parties as it ;oust prove gratifyiag to the Government, and satisfactory to all who desire to kale the poorer classes of the community supplied with the means of intellectual and moral improvement. Sir Robert Peel's address to the meinhers of the Tarnworth Institute, and more recently in the debat,i on the Poor-law Continuance Bid, in which the ques tion cf pauper instruction was largely discussed, may be regarded as a formal and specific recognition and adoption, by the leader of the Consei votive pat ty in the House of Commons, of the principle features in the plan of National Etlueatior, which was assailed and denounced by the same party in and out of Parliament as pregnant with danger to the national religioa and designed to sap the foundations of march, by omitting to enforce instruction in the cre;ds and catechism of the Church on the children of parent; who are members of other religious communities. We may now, therefore, regard the Government plan of National Education as placed beyond danger of further opposition. The tempests of unreasonable wrath, which at one time threatened to overwhelm and destroy it, have tended to its advantage ; they have dispersed the clouds of prejudice, and dispelled the vapours which had collected, and which prevailed for a time to obscure the visual organs of many well-meaning persons, thus enabling them to discern clearly what they had previously apprehended imperfectly. The annual vote for educational purposes, which we hope to see gradually but largely extended, will henceforth be re garded as an essential part of the national expenditure ; and though we expect and desire that the mode of its application shall be watched with careful jealousy, whoever may be the Ministers of the Crown, we trust that there will be one supreme effort by the Committee of Privy Council for Education, to render the plan truly effective for the benevolent and patriotic purposes of its original projectors. (From the Standard.) if we allude to the treasonable menaces of the O'Connell party in Ireland, it is not that we have the slightest expectation that these menaces will ever be realised. We are well aware that the persons who employ them contemplate nothing but the making of a little money. We regard the braggadocia as likely to prove mischievous only by lowering the character of the United Kingdom among fo reigners, and thus, to the extent to which credit is given to it, in diminishing the force of the Conservative principle in every country. It is a cer tain truth that the traitors and Jacobins of France, and of most of the European nations, have been taught to expect the signal of anarchy from Ire land ; and thus the common interests of civilization are concerned in showing that there is no chance of that signal being given, loudly as the O'Con nellites may swagger about it. We do not, however, expect that anything we say can shame the absurd blusterers into silence ; but we are not without a hope that others may be shamed from giving any atten tion to them. It is quite manifest that the O'Connellite party feel this ; otherwise the increased violence and acrimony of their threats would be difficult to ac count for—as men who are in pursuit of an object which they believe themselves strong enough to achieve, never magnify unnecessarily the difficulty of the enterprise, by challenging honourable pride, and a just resentment of insults, to enlist among their opponents. The strong man is very rarely an insolent bully the strong and prudent man never. We are willing to illustrate this truth by the example of England. The power of England is never spoken of at home but when she is threatened ; abroad one hears of little else but complaints of England's power from the ill-disposed —exultation at it from fie friends of order throughout the world. Like the hero of the Italian narrative, her trophies are the subject of wondering observation everywhere but in her own house. Even the O'Connellite claim to a share in building up the fabric of British power and renown, though rather extravagant in its amount (for setting what has been done against the empire by rebellion and " the state bordering on civ:l war" in one scale, and the services of O'Connellite soldiers and sailors in thu other, it is doubtful which will preponderate)— even the O'Connellite claim to a share in building up the power and renown of the empire is a confession that such exist to an extent in which it is desirable to par ticipate. Yet, powerful as England is, she threatens no one ; and even when she answers the ridiculous threats of others, it is as one slightly whips a trouble some dog out of the way with the kind design of saving the noisy animal from a more serious punishment by the heels of a tormented horse. (From the Courier.) The attntion of the Legislature will shortly be directed at an early period of the present session to the present system of the new Post-office scheme, which, in spite of every sort of trick, misrepre. sentation, and subterfuge resorted to for swelling or fal3ifying the real returns of revenue from it is generally understood to have disappointed miser ably all the pompous pretences of its projectors and all the sanguine anticipations of its popu!arity-hunting pa trons, the Ministry. Tae public—for revenue, as our Paris 2ontemporaries woun say, enters into the public domain—have been saddled with a grievous loss in the bargain of grossly enhanced new taxation, to which universally subjected, in order to make up the defi ciency caused by the remission of old fiscal charges bearing exclusively on the rich and commercial classes, and so lightly as scarcely ever to have formed tho sub ject of complaint. Aggrieved morejver as are the in dustrious masses by the aggravation of imposts on a'l articles of necessary consumption, in favour of class in terests neither injured, nor affecting so to be, until the Penny-poet philosophy was broached, and excitement sedulously propagated in behalf of a clap-trap plausibly adapted for the party exigencies of the moment, yet the evil is rendered more intolerable still by the certainty that the State, which also was tl be a gainer by the charge, is quite as much damaged by the result as the people individually. ASSIZE INTELLIGaLI'ICE. ROME CIRCUI 7 - A ..."_.:INGSTON, APRIL 7. (13,fore LGr3 DENMAN al:d 1 Common; Jury.) FENWICN. V. 1...,:VV0CK. tlas an actir)r to r: ever the stun of 8:21. 92. su!,4lic(l ti: to the t3efsattai,t. Mr. Plat f.r the 1.;11;,,t, tf, Crt,a',:y Er the d, Pendant. The plailviff preyed that he suppled goAs to the amount sp,:cji,d, anti the defenca Eet up was flint the de was merely the agent of a person named Mille:. Mr. Creisy also contended that the sale of fireworks being illegal by the Act of the 9th and 10th Gco. IV. the plaintiff could net recover. Lord DEN MAN said that this stunt(' have been spceidly pleaded. _ - The Jury then returned a verdict for thc... plaintiff for tie amount claimed, Two other ea es of no public importance were then d posed of, and the busine.s of this assize terminated. N ORTHERN CIRCUI T.—LirE.nrooL, APRIL 6. CROWN COURT. (Bef we Mr. Baron ) THE MURDER AT ASHTON. _Hake and Williams were placed at the bar this morning on the Jury entering the Cou r t. Mr. WILKINS then proceeded to address the Jury on behalf of the prisoners. He came now to the consideration of the case for the defence, and he could not conceal from him self, t list he had an extremely arduous, complicated, and im portant duty to perform,.—arduous, not so much on account of the facts which had hem brought to bear against the prisoners or of any difficulty he felt in combating those facts and the arguments raised upon them,— but arduous on account of the consequences which pressed themselves painfully upon his mind, and on ac count of the immense length of evidence that he ha to wade through, and the complicated facts lie had to unravel. The Learaed Counsel then, in an able speech, which occupied in its delivery about two hours and three quarters, proceeded to analyse the testimony of each wit ness in succession, commencing with James Cooper, and termina ing with Mr. Babe, the surveyor. He examined the evidence of the three approvers with much closeness, and pointed out the several matters in which their accounts differed from each other, and strongly urged that the deed was committed, not by the prisoners, but by Davies and the two Hardwicks. Mr. Justice MAULE then proceeded to address the Jury. As to the fact that a murder had been committed with the pipe produced, loaded with gunpowder and leaden slugs, there could be no doubt, and the only question for the Jury was, by whom this murder had been committed. The murder was suggested as having been the result of excited feelings of animosity against the masters, by the working sawyers ; and, if so, it was a very remarkable circumstance that, according to all the evidence in the case,the hand that committed the murder' was that of a man in no way con nected with the society of working sawyers. Hulme was not a sawyer, nor was any reason suggested for his having any such feelings against: the masters or against the knobsticks. The Learned Attorney-General had shown his good sense in not affecting to treat Edward Davies in any other light than that of an accom plice ; a person who was at least as deeply implicated in the murder as any one else. He (the Judge) believed it was entirely wirhout precedent that any man had been convicted on the sole and uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice—for Judges from the earliest records had been in the habit of advising Juries, and Juries of adopting that advice, not so to convict—for two reasons :-Ist, That the accomplice was a person directly interested in the matter, in a very serious way ; and, 2dly, That the ac complice having been a participator in a crime, according to his own admission, especially in a crime like this, was so infamous in character, that he might reasonably be sup. posed as likely, particularly when his own interest was concerned, to commit the lesser crime of perjury. If Davies was capable of witnessing the shedding of innocent blood, by the discharge of this cannon, as he was upon his own showing, unless the Jury could believe he sup posed this cannon was discharged in mere child's play, then he was capable of perjury in his evidence on this trial. According to his account throughout, he was a re markably timid person, always reproving Williams for his avowed intentions ; and Williams, with the deliberate intent of committing this murder, was always uttering the most rash and foolish expressions as to his determination to start ti,e knobst:cks ; and, sfter the fatal deed, was al ways confiding not merely in persons with whom he we; but slightly acquzieted, but even to Davies himself, who, if the Jury believed him, had repeatedly threatened, be fare the act, if the pipe were not put away, he would tell those who would prevent any such crime. The wise determination of the Jury to submit to confinement, away from their homes, for the night, in order to bring their understanding fresh and vigorous to the case, had also left him (the Judge) some time to look over the evidence; and he should go over it, not dwelling on many points set up as corroborations, but which did not appear to him corroborations of the evidence as to any particular points affecting the prisoners. The Learned Judge then, passing hastily over the evi dence of the earlier witnesses in the case, read nearly the whole of that of Davies, pointing out many apparent improbabilities occurring in it. He thought the circumstance of his rapid journey to so many places showed him an active man in the society ; and said that the society could hardly have allowed sufficient funds to a man to perform such a journey in so short a time (even in third-class railway trains and steerage of steamers) merely to seek work. His Lordship adverted to the inconsistency of Davies's professions of moderation, and a wish to prevent any mischief, with his witnessing the previous murderous attempts, and ultimately, the fatal act itself. He also com mented on the pouring a gill of water into the piece, in stead of throwing it into the canal, breaking it to pieces, or drawing the charge, and selling it for old iron. He remarked also on the improbability of Williams proposing not to dis guise himself, but Davies, by exchanging body coats, Williams having a top-coat as well. This would have been an effectual means of detection; far, it' Williams was caught, he had his own, top-coat on; if Davies was caught, he would have had Williams's ccat on, which would soon have been identified, and have led to the detection of Wil. hams or of both. His Lordship commented on Davies's statement as to seeing, when•the piece was discharged, a train of fire a yard long, which, he said, he could not un dersand how it could he true, as the train must either have been laid on the top of the bank, which was six feet above the field, or laid from the ground up the side of the bank; and in the former case the train to a person at some yards' distance in the dark would not appear as running along the ground, being above the level of the head, and in the latter case it would appear to ascend rather than run along the ground. As to the woman's exclama tion on hearing the explosion, which was stated by Davies aid corroborated by the woman herself, that was no corroboration of the presence of either Wil:ianis or Hulme at the murder. And so with many things in con nection with the different beer -shops. The Learned Judge next noticed the various conversations, and confes sions, and admissions in the several lockups and prisocs, and went at considerable length through the evidence of the principal witnesses in the cane. His Lordship con cluded by stating shortly the two views of the case, the one that of the prosecution that the prisoners were the murderers, and against that view there were many diffi culties, and the view taken fir the defence that D.,viss who, according to his own admission, was participating in the murder, with the two Hardwicks, who were mixed up with the transaction, were they, or some of them, the actual murderers, and that they, haying opportunities in prison, had together conspired to make the charge against the present prisoners. It'. considering the character of the accomplices and the position in which they stood, the Jury thought the confirmations were sufficient to support the truth of their statements, they would find the prisoners guilty. If, on the contrary, they eetertained any reasonable doubt, they would give the prisoners the ber.elt of that doubt. If they entemined a doubt an to one prisoner, and not as to the other, they would make that distinction ie their ver dict. The Learned Judge concluded his address at 25 minutes before four o'clock, - havine continued it to a length of Lair hours sas,o live minutes. The Jury red ed, and returned in ten minutes, finding both the primness Not Guilty. They were then arraigned on two other indictments, one charging them with hiving discharged the contents of a pipe at Benjamin airs: James Cooper, on the 20th of No vember and-the sth December, with intent to murder them. No evidence was offered, and vet dicta of acquittal were taken ; and there being no other charge against Hulmc, he was discharged. CHARGE OF RAPE AGAINST A SURGEON. Robert Hector, surgeon, was then indicted for a rare upon the person of Ann Thistleton, on Sunday, the 9.Bth of March. Mr. Murphy was far the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins For the defence. The evidence was totaly unfit for publication. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. The Court adjourned at eight o'clock.—The prisoner lAN be brought up for sentence this morning. Ri T eh h a e d tr y ial arw of OXFORD CIRCUIT—GLOUCESTER, APRIL 7. TRIAL OF WILLIAM BOWEN FOR MURDER. o Wi rth i : ia a m t E tow st e o n na fo H r a t r h d e i, i m ck u e r , de h r ar a i n n d g r b o e b e b n e fi ry ae o d f for this morning, the Court and every avenuo loading to it eas eenaplete'y blocked up by a little past seven o'clock, and the interest created was incense. The length of time the cul prit has,been in prison, the cool and deliberate manner in which the atrocious crime was perpetrated, and the various ru mours which have been circulated, all conspired to excite the curiosity of the whole county ; and Gloucester at a very early hour was crowded by strangers from all parts, but more particularly the Forest of Dean, where the family of the unfortunate deceased reside. At eight o'clock Mr. Justice COLERIDGE took his seat in the Crown Court, and the prisoner was placed at the bar, and pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. ALEXANDER opened the case for the prosecution. The prisoner and deceased travelled together by the Wellington coach on the 11th of January, 1840. When they arrived at the Coombe-hill public-house, which stands in the centre of three rJads, lea , ing to Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, and Gloucester, they went in, and deceased had a glass of ale, and the pri soner a glass of gin. They then walked out towards Chelten ham, and at the distance Of a quarter of a mile from Coombe hill, the prisoner said " Stand," and immediately discharged a pistol in the neck of the deceased, who put out his right arm, upon which a second pistol was discharged to the right side. The man then asked for his money; the deceased said he could not give it him. The man then rifled his pockets of seven 51. notes, eleven or twelve sovereigns, and several bills of ex chango. The deceased had been receiving money for his father, who was quarryman in the Forest of Dean, and was a fine powerful man. The deceased told the murderer not to leave him i n th e roa d, cc he would be run over , u p on wh ich he dragged de c e ase d t o th e s id e o f t h e ro ad, put his hat on his head, and said " lan s ,cry I shot you, but it was your own fault," and than returned in the direction they had come, viz., towards Tewkesbury. The deceased was shortly afterwards picked up and carried to Pill' Elm House, from whence'he was r , moved in April to his own home, where he expired from the injuries re eived on the 6th of August. Handbills were issued containing a description of the prisoner, and offering a reward 701 . - for his apprehension. The prisoner was apprehended in on the 26th of January, and taken before the Chel ttnala Magistrates, who discharged him after six examina ": I - 4 - was _again taken into custody , and com mitted' by th e M agistrates from Coom b e hill. A ve r di ct of_ wilful murd er was re t urne d against him at the Coroner Invisition which sat on the body of the unfortunate Yancorth. The trial was postpone,' at the ast :7;ll,llmer As sizes, in eiinsequenee of the illness of a material witness name( Siiarp. A true bid was returned against him at the last Sin in Assizes. A great number of witnesses having been exa,nhed 'br t pr.secuton and ;iefe, -, c,,, w ,s A Brown, when iii. Loa iisniv told ih Jury that w a s a case of urea' i , ouht, and if th e y f ooo d th e pri coer wi,u'd be vir toady convicting the witnesses for the defence of pc, jury. The witnesses for the prosecution might be mistaken as to the pri soner's identity, arid if thy had a doubt they should give it in favour of the prisoner. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. His LORDSHIP said, that from the contradictory evidence it wa, a proper case for prosecution There was another indictment against the prisoner, charging him with the robbery, of which he was of course alsoacquitted. The trial lasted ten hours. - • Etilkes LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Anus, 7. ( Before Sir C. F. \Yuma ) JOHN DAVID I.ODER'S BANKRUPTCY. This was the. day named to take the choice of assignees against the estate of this bankrupt, who is described as a • musical publisher, and musical instrument maker, of Bath, but is better known as a leader, &c., in the musical circles; and he appeared before the Court and ascribed his insolvency to the great falling off in his prof ess i ona l i ncome. Th e d e b ts proved were small in amount, the total at this sitting only amounting to 2,300/. Mr. T.Tomkinson, of Dean-street, Soho, Middlesex, piano forte manufacturer, and Mr. William Collard, of Cheapside, musical instrument maker, were chosen the assignees at the conclusion of the proceedings. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVA NS. ) THOMAS HAMLET'S BANKRUPTCY. This was also the choice of assignees against the bankrupt estate of Hamlet, the jeweller arid goldsmith, of Prince's street, Leicester-square, and the Court was exceedingly crowded with creditors. This failure created a good deal of astonishment in the money circles, he being considered a very wealthy individual. A very great number of the proofs ten dered were on hills of exchange, the acceptances of the bank rupt, which were in many instances negotiated at an enor mous rate of discount. A proof was tendered on a balance of discount and other transactions with the bankrupt, by Mr. Holditch, of Long acre, for the sum of upwards of 6,0004, which was sought to be impugned by Mr. Twells, who appeared for the petitioning creditor, as an usurious transaction ; the Learned Counsel en deavouring to extract from one of the claimant's clerks in the course of examination, and from the bankrupt, that an understanding existed between the parties, that when the hills became due they should be renewed, 40 per cent. being taken as the rate of discount. The bankrupt said, 40 per cent. was the rate of discount on which the business was done, and if he found he could not pay them when they fell due, they were to be renewed. It was not understood that when they fell due they would be as a matter of course renewed. Mr. Commissioner EVANS said the proof under the law must be admitted. It could not he resisted. It then appeared that there was a contested choice, and Mr. Twells said he had to imply to the Court for an ad journment of the choice of assAiees, founded upon what had transpired with respect to Mr. Holditch's proof. That gentle man was named in the opposition list with two others, as as signees to this estate, and he was instructed that many sig natures had been obtained in favour of that list before these circumstances came out (the obtaining of 40 per cent. dis count on moneys advanced, and 40 per cent. upon the renewal of the bills given as security for those advanced) which had they been known would have been withheld. There were 160,0001. debts, and to-day not more than 30,000/. was proved, and he thought the Court would, under the circum stances, adjourn the choice to give the bona „fide creditors the opportunity of influencing the choice. Mr. Commissioner EVANS had never heard such a ground assigned for an adjournment. It was all legal. Mr. Twells—lt is also legal to adjourn the choice for the in terest of the creditors. Air. Commissioner EVANS—They have now equally the same interest to look after the affairs of the estate, and get the most they can. I cannot adjourn the choice. The assignees chosen were Mr. Chaffers, silversmith, of Queen -street, Cheapside : Mr. John Houlditch, of Long-acre, coach-builder ; and Ms. J. Howard, of Leicester-square builder. It was stated in the course of the day that the theatre cost between 40,000/. and 50,0001., and that it was the immediate although far from being the sole, cause of Mr. Hamlet's fa: lure. • Mr. Holditch begged to state in explanation of the observa tions of the Learned Counsel, that in the first instance the rate of discount was only 5 per cent., and afterwards increased to 40 per cent. Mr. Commissioner EVA NS said he. had understood the bank rupt to say it was 40 per cent. He could be asked the ques tion. (To the bankrupt. )--How was it ? The bankrupt corrected himself. At first it was 5 per cent. and afterwards it was increased to 40 per cent. Amongst the claims admitted were Mr. Howard (who built the bankrupt's theatre in Oxford-street), 6,5641. ; Grace and Co,, decorators, 2,300/. ; Mr. R. Clarke, (about) 3,0001. ; Mr. Chaffers, 2,7401. ; Mr. Miller, 2,000/. ; Mr. Jacobson, 1,130/. ; Mrs. Green ( Henrietta-street), 1,450/. ; Mr. Sa muels, Bury-st ree t, 1,150 /. ; t h e agent of the Duke of Port land (for rent for the theatre), 3001.; and Mr. George Robins (balance of account), 1,630/. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AnaL 6. (Before Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS.) IN THE MATTER OF RICHARD COOKE. The insolvent in this case applied to be discharged under the benefit of the Act. He resided at No. 1, Bath street, City-road, where lac carried on business as an apo thecary and druggist. It appeared that, in the year 1832, he borrowed from his mother, Mrs. Mary Cooke, the sum of 2001., to secure the repayment of which a warrant of attorney was exe cuted to her. With this money be commenced business in the above premises., and continued until 1837, when, meeting with some difficulties, he borrowed various sums of money, among which was 1401. front a person named Pursden, who got the lease of the house as security. In March, 1840, becoming still further embarrassed, Mrs. Cooke caused the power of attorney to be put in force against hit property, and the lease, good-will, and fixtures being sold for 300/., she received 1601. in part payment of her demand, end the balance was given to Mr. Pursden, who then handed the lease over to the new purchaser. The insolvent being opposed by the detaining creditor in person, Mrs. Cooke was called, and subjected to a very strict cross-examination by the Commissioner, to establish the validity, or otherwise, of the warrant of attorney. She stated that she was seventy-three years of age, and having advanced all she possessed in the world to set her son up in business, if other creditors took precedence of her, she would have no resource left but to seek refuge in a workhouse. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—How many persons did the insolvent's family consist of ? Witness—A lady named Cannon and her two children lodged in the house with us. COMMISSIONER—Who is Mrs. Cannon ? Witness (after some hesitation)—l don't know; she is at present in York i shire ; she used to pay 12e. a-week for her lodgings. COMMISSIONER—I don't see this sum entered in the schedule. Mr. WO3DRUFFE said he was instru c t e d t o state t h at insolvent. the cohabited with the female alluded to, but being in practice as a medical man it was necessary that appearances should be kept up ; their intimacy was there fore kept a secret from even Mrs. Cooke, and Mrs. Can non lived in the house as a lodger, the insolvent giving her 12s. every week to pay to the old lady as rent, that she might not be aware of her real character. The Learned Gentleman then contended at length that the document under which the insoivent's property was seized was bone fide, and not for the purpose of excluding the other numerous creditors. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS commented on the facts of the case, and ordered the insolvent to be remanded fJr six months. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) John Porter, 23, who was described as a labourer, but who, it aeoeared, was a reporter and book-keeper to Mr. John Roberts, the proprietor of one of the Chester field newspapers (the name did not transpire), was in dicted for having feloniously stole:a six printed books, two pocket books, three paper knives, and thirty-six pencils,having been stolen out of the shop of the prosecutor. Mr. PHILLIPS conducted the case for the presecutior, the prisoner defended himself. Mr. Roberts, the first witness called, staled that he was a bookseller and stationer, and lived in Chesterfield. The prisoner carte into his service in September, 1839. He gave him notice to leave him on the Gth of February, 1641. The notice was a month's notice, bat before that time had expired, the prisoner left his house suddenly and without his knowledge The witness missed him on the 24th of February ; ho did not come as usual. A few days afterwards the witness received a letter by post in the hand writing of the prisoner is the following effect :—" Sir, by the time you receive this I shall have put an end to my existence, begun in misery and ended in sorrow. No effort will discover me. Your account I have lent to my brother, who will discharge it with ct'sers." He witness, from information he received, pro ceeded to London on the Ist of Hard, and on the 21 went to Gray's Inn Coffee-house. While he was there the prisoner came into the coffee-room with a companion, and the witness directly gave him into custody. The witness, the officer, and the prisoner proceeded to the lodgings of the prisoner, where he recognised his property. All the books had a private mark on them. From further in formation the witness proceeded to Pickforcl's wharf, and there found a box waiting for the prisoner. h was opened, and several books, &c., the property of the witness, were discovered. This box was taken to the station-house, and the witness there further searched it, and discovered three dozen black -lead pencils, his property. Two of the books were out of the circulating library belonging to the wit rest. None of the books or other articles were ever sold by the witness to the prisoner. Cross-examined by the prisoner —What was my general charact_r? IVitness-1 can't say particularly. If I an swer that question it may not tend to your advantage. What was my general character up to the Ist January ? —I had some suspicion, but I was averse to entertain the opinion in consequence of your station. Why were your verse to entertain that opinion ?—I have just told you. Why did you entertain the opinion?—Because I thought you had embezzled s me money. What situation did I hold ?—You were a preacher amongst the NVesleyans, and from that circumstance I was averse to entertain a bad opinion of you. Now, Sir, I ask you what character I bore up to the Ist of January, 1641 ? The COURT-- You had better not press this question— it will only tend to your disadvantage. Prisoner (with energy)—l will, my Lord ; I have no thing to fear from it. The prisoner then went on to cross-examine the witness at some length on a sutject not bearing sm the case, and on being informed by the Court that it would benefit him nothing, he desisted, and returned to the facts. Prisoner—Will you undertake to screar that you did not sell me these books? Witness—l will. The witness here produced a list which it seemed had been taken from the day bock of the witness, and con tained articles, which the prisoner bad entered on his own account in the day book, and the prisoner requested that it flint 'to ila.idcd to /Inn, being dune, he proe‘cdo to call over each article t , the witness, leilue;tii: ! : to krovr he had cold him any of t•, ail of which the ,-, :srviive:l Le had rot to Lis k0w.1•.•4e. Toe prison:A. p - -: ,, e:1,N1 on hii cross•exar=i:r<atioir PCISOFICC—H.VC yon tht, Pa!horil e? the !brary to ;ecut N:), f h3vo UGt any of th, you nevi:; .f w • I ..Ai c/o:. Did Mrs. Roberts ?---I can't PAy. The COURT--I don't sae how these 4yie3ti ns can aff.ct you at all. Prisoner—Aly Lord, I had occasion to leave Cheqor , field suddenly, and this will account for my having those books that are out of the 1 br,,rr. Tl:e CoURT-I see, of course go on. I was not aW,re of that. Prisoner, to the witness—Did you give me leave to read your private library ?—I might have said so. Do you not think is would hive brew better to b.ive brorght those persons who were in the shop to convict me ? By the COURT—.Was this evide.ice gone into before the MAgistrate ? Witness—l-L , asked me if I had ascertained from Mrs. Roberts and the young person in the shop if he had purchased these things from them. Prisoner—Did I not say that I hoped you would bri:g them here, that I might have an opportunity of croes examining them? Witness—No, I never heard you say so. Who rusisted me to keep the books?--.Mrs. Roberts. Where were we in the habit of writing the books ? Somelmes i❑ the dining-room, sometimes in the library. Were any persons present on those occasions ?—Some times there were. Might an3thing improper have occurred on those occa sions ?—1 don't know. Turning t the Bench.— My,,Lord, I would pledge my word, my honour, and life— The COURT— Mr. Roberts, there is no imputation on your wife but the word of the prisoner. This is no proof. Prisoner—l-lave there been any disputes between you and me about some reports?—Not to my knowledge. I ask you with reference to the Poor-law Courts ?—I hate frequently struck out a great deal. The prisoner cross-examined the witness at great length, but these were the principal questions. James Ball White, said he was clerk and traveller to the prosecutor. The prisoner lodged with witness in Ch ster field. Witness had often seen the box produced in the pri soner's room. The prisoner cross examined this witness at some length, the object of which was to show that he was of a religious turn, and not eticulated to ii•jure any person. On one oecasi m th,! witness bad written a short report of the Chesterfield races fur the prisoner, owing to his religious scruples in not attending, and that although he bad a free admission to the theatre, he refused to go from the same motive. William Turner, a porter, who carried the box of the prisoner in Chesterfield, was called, but the Learned Judge thought that the evidence of the witness had better not be taken, as from his manner it was evident he was so confused that he hardly knew what he was saying, as at the first part of his examination he said the day he carrried the box was on the Ist of March, and, on teing asked the same question again, he said it was on the 22d of October. Mr. C. PHILLIPS to the witness—How many months are there in the year I—Witness, after some hesitation, said, Twenty, Sir.—(Loud laughter.) The two policemen who took the prisoner into custody ‘t ere called, and they corroborated the tes imony of the prosecutor. The prisoner then addressed the Jury at considerable length, and was listened to with marked attention by the gentlemen of the bar and the Court, and concluded by calling several witnesses to his character. The LEARNED JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the Jury requested to retire, and returned in an hour and a half, with a verdict of Guilty, and a recommendation to mercy.—Sentence deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Henry Deane, who was on Saturday charged before Al derman Wilson with having endeavoured to prevent the men employed by Mr. Reiaholdt, the shoemaker, of Ar thur-street West, from working for their master, was brought up for further examination. He had been locked up in the Compter since his first examination, although in formed that bail would be taken for his appearance. Al. derman Wilson, Sir John Cowan, and Sir Peter Laurie, presided on the occasion, which collected together a great number of operatives. Mr. Ashley, solicitor, attended for the defendant. The evidence given on Saturday having bean read over, Mr. Pierce, foreman to the prosecutor, stated that the de. termination of the defendant to effect the object of intimi dation was manifest from his conduct on the morning be fore he was taken into custody. Upon that occasion wit ness having seen him loitering about the immediate neigh bourhood, advised him to go home, upon which he ob served, " I can see this won't do; we must have a few more on the look out;" and next morning there were se veral men accordingly seen " blocking the shop." Green, one of the prosecutor's men, stated that the de fendant, in endeavouring to induce him to quit his em ployer's work, laid his hand upon him. Witness told him that it was better for him to go about his business, and he said, " I know no law can touch us, except we lay hands upon the workmen." Mr. Ashley—And you say he laid hands upon you ? Witness—He put his hand upon my shoulder, and said that Reinholdt's men were going to strike. Several journeymen shoemakers stated that they bad seen the defendant and others blocking the prosecutor's shop on Friday and Saturday. The policeman who took the defendant into custody de posed to the same effect. Joseph Lloyd, one of the men employed by the prose cutor, stated that he had refused to join the strike, and had been grossly insulted by those who were employed to block the shop. His wife too had been pulled about and insulted, but as the persons who are set upon the watch ate changed frequently, she could not identify those who attacked her. Mr. Ashley said that the cause of the grievance was that the prosecutor would not pay according to some regu lations to which other masters agreed. No doubt the de fendant would by no menus be justified in casting any im pediment in the way of the bu loess of the prosecutor ; but there was no law to punish him for walking backwards and forwards in the street, and there was no evidence as to violence, or intimidation, or threat. Alderman WILSON said that the sixth of George the Fourth enacted that neither threatQ, intimidation, or vio lence should be used, and that persons should not be mo lested, nor in any way obstructed. Now, there was distinct evidence as to the blocking of the shop, decidedly an obstruction and molestation, and hands had been laid upon one of the witnesses. Mr. Ashley said it would have been much better if the defendant had staid away, and such was the defendant's own impression. Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, the defendant promises not to give any more trouble to the prosecutor and the men whom the prosecutor shall think proper to employ ? Prisoner—Certainly I will promise and declare that I never will g:ve any trouble. The Magistrates consulted for some time togalier, and Alderman WILSON said to the defendant—" You have subjecte l yourself to three months' imprironment, and hard labour, by the course you have pursued ; but my brother Magistrates are disposed to depend upon your sc- Linn promise. Sir PETER. LAURIE—I advised in a recent case, in which tie workmen in the Temple Church were concerned, that the conciliatory mode should he adopted. My advice was taken, and everything went on harmoniously .forwards. I have no doubt that there will be no more " blocking " after this escape. Sir JOHN bOWAN—I was one of the Magistrates who adjudicated in the case to which Sir R ter Laurie has al luded, and the result has completely answered our whiles and expectations. It is our own wish to reclaim, nut to punish ; and we feel gratification in not convicting the de fendant, as it would be a termination of the afr iir must disgrve"ful to him. 4 1dernan WlLsoN—With respect to the regulations to v hick Mr. Ashley alluded, we have nothing whatver to do Vi..a them. Th-- e , .'-ience in themselves of the Aence of corn! nation, and 1 utterly disapprove of ail ~,mbinatimr. I a,,re the do jndan t, and all who arc in terested in this questiu,„ tha: I shall do every thing to protect masters against such conduct, as that of which sath.fdetory evidence has been given this day. The de fendant is let off on this occasion. Mr. Pin Te—l am sorry to say that we have a worse case for to-morrow in another office. Inspector Brake assured the Alderman that the police had already had a great deel of trouble in consequence of thia " bloekirg " used against Mr. Reinholdt, and that he had been obliged to set some of his men to be upon the watch. Alderman WILSON—I hope we shall hear no more of this most indecent sort. of interference. Every man must be allowed to get an honest living as well as he can, and without impediment. The defendant appeared to be grateful to the Alder men fur their decision. 11/ ORSHIP-,S7'REET. A woman names Mary Ann Milburn, attended before Mr. BROUGHTON, to sustain an assault warrant which she had take❑ out against an extensive and highly respectable farmer, whose town residence is situated in this district. The complainant sta'ed that she had been engaged by the defendant to wait upon hi; daughters during his ab sence from town, but on his return from the country a siort time ago, he turned her away at a moment's notice without pa)ing her her wages, which amounted to 1/. ss. Upon calling at his house to demand the amount a few days ago, she was unable to see the defendant, but his daughter pail her ss. on account and desired her to call again. She went accordingly, and was in conversation with his daughter in the passage, when she heard the de fe,,dant exclaim from the parlour, " there's that woman again," upon which she went in and asked It m for the balance due to her. Instead c.f payirg it, however, to took her by the shoulders and turr.ed her forcibly out of d tors. The MAGISTRATE a ked the defendant if he wished to make any answer to the,charge. The defendant (who was in a state of great excitement) aill he rented two farms in the country which frequently required his personal superintendence, and about sixteen months ago, to hi-; great misfortune, he hired tl.c com plainant to attend upon Li; tlaught,.rs in town during his occasional absence. His e:clest daughter was then as amiable and innocent a girl as ever I:ved, but on return ing Iran the country a few meets afterwards I,e tr a , ',hocked to find the wretched y,,ung creature in such a =fate of intoxication, that she could scarcely tecogaize him, and upon making inquiry, he ascertained th h's house had been the scene of constant dissipation almost ever since he had been away. To provide means for keep ing up such excesses, his property had been pledged to snob an extent that it cost him upwards of 401. to redeem it. He was advised by his frends to prosecute the complairant, whose name appeared on nearly all the d u pli cates, but as he could not do so without involving his chill in disgrace, he thought it best to pay the woman her wal2ei, and send her about her business. He invited an elderly female re lative to take charge of his house soon afterwards, and there was every appearance of repentance and reformation tN(i EDITICrS, __~' I,t, the 13,•-rt of his daughter; a'ri4 o town he found that the emr.pirdriant, by paYing a till ' the phlce, had resumed h.r pernicito but when he v r ar:d he gri.;ved to tbat i!is '.•. `Pl' heennc irreclaimable dru•,::J:. • , :o,1::114 in his house a few d;y...5 a a ; 'ant 1. , •• his glee. surpiso ; she ' du, rc.. - t 6o7i:anded wagn:i for her eervicei.to Ho tva:, incensed at her dfrolitery. th l.e•ce i turn: d her wi hout using uhnemssary vmh lice 4l tliouab he con.idercd he would h ave b een a lmost ] ° s if he had done so. Mr. BRot - nnToN observed that the defendant i a wa; a very extr aar di nary one, an d h e w i s h e d 1 0 ' if the complainant was capable of rebutting q? The complainant said it wes cert.kinlv trn, , .h t lady had taken to drinking, but th:t she could nol . 15 ! ro • , Mr. BuouGuToN—Dici you pledge vour perry to got mon e y t o p rocure the liquor ? Cnrol 3 : l %o —gy young mistr ess sen t M e to pledge some th' 2 °' provide what was necessary in the house. 101▪ . Some of the eireplainant's. neighbours here steßl e - 0 ward, one of whom stated that lie had repeatct!lY e woman pass his wind ow w i t h a d ram- b ottle, w hi c h s'7 replenished at an adjoining gin-shop. Hanley, the chief usher, said that he know the defi ant to he a gentleman cf the highest respc'et2bility. • had resided in the house he now occupied for 35 Y eg i t rs iliti Two or three ge n tl emen rose to communicate lib' fact, but 41" The INIAGISTRATE s9id lhat WAS quite unnec- e 596 011 hear any more of such distres-ing details, as he ha d up his mind to dismiss the compLiat. The warrant was discharged. CORN AVERAGES. grif,l OENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C—pti. For the Week ended April :2, 1511, made up from the get,, r the Inspector: in the different Cities and Towns in DV- ',, Wales, per Imperial Q V (Quarter. Wheat C4s. Id. I Oats 3 2 4 1: : !k i d : I tea5e........85...... .. ................ Borley 333. Od. I Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending- WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ___-.....1 OATS. RYE. BEANS. -; ' -------- -,-- I , , , i Feb. 26' 62 5 31 11 22 4 34 9 '") a a March 5 63 6 32 9 22 b 36 6 39 i 6 . 8 3 .1 2 l i6 11 32 II 22 II 35 1a).39 7 ~ 63 9 33 2 •..3 0366 39 , • 1 30 • 26 April'. W O (41 , IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAG ES OF THE SIX. . .0. A j . Wheat......... 635. 8a 1 Oats Barley. , os Pd. I Rye 355. I 3d. Pease ...... ~.'",; 1, ' Oa DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 11. 01 Wheat 23s. (3d. Oats i Barley 13,. lod. I Rye THE MARKETS. COAL M Ships arrived since s. d., II 6ell, RoUson & Co. Hartley 16 0 Wails Erid Whitwell ..... 0. 1 ... 17 6 Walls Ei.d Hartlepool.....t . Charlolte Main Pontop Windsor . 0 Smith's Pontop l5 6 Walls End Adelkide ...... ~' , Townley .. ~... .. Wylai.. ..., Walls End Evenwood •'''''/4 Walls End Clennell Wa!ls End Heaton l9 0 Wal s End - Tees ............... il, Walk End Hilda l9 G Cowper ....................... 0. 0 1 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's. • IS 9 Hvrtley W. E. Braddyll's Hetton . 21 9 Howard's Netherton NO"' 0 . Walls End Gi ange l9 6 Walls End Elgin ........... 0 0 , Walls End Hetton 22 0 r AItKET. last market day s 101. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Lai* Wheat. Harley. oats. 1 Is e n .. ..o' j, .... • • . • o I Per Quarter. s, to s. s . to .. s. to s. la.to 5 5, • ,;(1 • 10 Boston Braintree 5B 66 21) 36 94 29 9 41 , f a 14,ighton 59 69 27 34 24 29 ::_9 5 45 o'' ~ Cambridge — 63 31 ..... 23 38 „.''. r Chichester 56 (2 28 3 1 22 24 40 42 r , Dunmow Grantham .3rimsby 5l 64 27 33 IS 20 36 36 '"' I' Hailsham Hitchin ' 3 64 30 37 22 30 3.1 45 --- 4 ' Ipswich 5O 66 29 25 21 26 37 40 55 0 Lewes 6l) 61 30 34 22 23 34 33 r„, 1 Lynn 56 681. 7 31 21 38 36 4 S''' ' Maidstone 59 66 30 39 26 33 38 40 -4440 i Norwich Petworth „, -1 " Romford 64 74 30 35 24 3U 34 42 1 ;)" 4 4 Sandwich 56 67 34 43 27 24 33 4.5 I 3 a 3 1 3 / Tnetford ..... ,C 3 64 32 34 22 23 40 'A I 4 ,.", 5 , 4 Wisbech ....::' CO 65 28 34 21 td; 36 31) I." y Witham 36 66 27 31 27 60 3. 42 14) I g Yarmouth 62 66 121 34 24 30 4 0 41 I,° 1, LIVERPOOL CORN MArtlicr,.._April (3. 1010 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ~,,, .... Red —. Scotch, Welch, and Manx .. —,—, Irish, White . 7 4 0 5 -- Red. Foreign ...... ......... . 8 6 5 OATS, English, Welsh, and scotch, per 451 b 2l t 5 3 Irish „, 33 , 0 °,, ..... Foreign 0 , 9/ ISARLEY, English, 511.itin e . ner Iron ~ ~..,,... 9.5 9 a 1 31 38 35 46 31 43 37 40 34 33 36 4': - 40 42 46 '...' 40 42 '4o], 44 34 42 5P 4 4 11 33 4A 5 ,,,' 16 ,/ 40 "A 9 ‘ . Si ig 36 •49 1 3, 42 ; 4) 56 4 0 41 1 3 " j , Oi' .—April (3. pi ~. 6 , to 9 6 9 4 9 , 0 , 610 8 i - 7 4 7 2 10 8 ' Foreil 8 6 511 OATS, English, 21 1 3 Irish .... • 0 3 0 ° Foreign •• • 0 0 91 " BARLEY, English, Mo2fting, per Imp. quarter 25 0 4 Scotch and Irish, per 60Ib s . ' Feeding 3 6 0 43 0 BEANS, Englis:i, per Impe r i a l quarter 43 2 40 n Iris.), &c -- Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4l 0 40 0 :_---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 47 0 48 0 --- Irish 0 88 OATMEAL, English and Iri s h , per 2 401bs .. 27 53 - 0 .NDIAN Coati, per 480Ib. 50...... 34 ° QS RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial qu a rt er HULL CORN MARKET. Wheat, Whitt (per Quart er ) 5654 ON' Red 'As. 3 10 4 6" Foreign 603. F Bs ' 545. 3 " 333. Barley, Malting 293. 245. 2 , ‘ , 55 * ~3 A l t Grinding 1 8,,, ...,xl. - Oats, British 18s. :Ws. 22.3. Foreign (in bond) .......................... ..„,„ 36 4 . 40s. Beans . ....................................... ...2.41 2 3 3. 38,, Pease, ..... •......... ..».• '`.' ns. 3ss. 40 3 . I3lue and White ...... ..., "—,,, 5.5 5 , hos. Linseed ........ . ............................ . Flour (per sack) ....... .., . .. -. 1 . . . 354 Rapeseed per i 0 quarters) ................... .."". . CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. Wheat barley 3 0 4 3 Mutton .................... Oats 3 0 39 1 Veal ..- d. 7 0 7 6 S ....... 6 ; Beans . Pease 5 0 80 1 Lamb ................. ..... Hay 41.105. to 51. Os. .... per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. ~, , .....9 Wheat, white----. (3s. to 71s. ........ 01d.......,...... —9. ....3; red—..-........ s(is. to 655. .....-.. 01d...,............ --3. to ....6, Barley, Malting..,-. 28s. to 345. Grinding.. — 9 . to m'' Oats .... .. 245. to 275....... 01.1.............. —s , !" 9. • Beans...n-4.-- w ,-. 31s to 495. ....... 01d..—......... — 9 . ") ....s. Pease neove•••••••,,,-... 12s. to —5...,... Grey.......... 389. t.° q 00' _, P CHELMSFORD MARKET . r 3 t° 0 Wheat, White 67 t o 75 O a t s Red Barley Cl 68 Pease, Gray ................ 33 86 White ............ 4 u . / Cheralier "6 37 Beans, Tick ................ Grinding THE POPULAR NEW P UBLICA TIONS Glenallyn, or the Son o f t h e A tta i nte d ; a No el : bi vo!s.-2. Longbeard, Lord of London ; a Bernan c ' e iilig Charles Mackay, Esq., 3 vole. —3. The Budge t :lV Bubble Family ; by L a d y L ytton B u l wer, 3 vols.-7,J. Fortress, a St or y o f t h e Ch anne l I slands, 3 vlrser Bishop Teyner's " Saga o f F r ithi o f," O scar B a ker's , D ifer lation, 1 v o l., 33 . 6d. —A n d 6. P etrarch ' s Sonnets so" s oh by Susan Wollast on , wi th a b eaut if u l Portrait of vett Lr in his Youth, 1 vol 10s. 6d. To be had at all lb e futr braries and Booksellers in the Kingdom, or of th e e 1 9 ' lisher, Mr. Buil. E ng li s h and Foreign Public Lib rarP Holler -street, Cavendish-square. [ADVERTISEMENT.] C (111 : HOLLOWAY'S O INTMENT AND PILLS-- -- f pA OF A BAD LEG, OF 17 YEARS' STANDING, IN 11 o e oo6o —The Honourabl e B arc l ay S tevens, of Clifforls Northcot, near Tadcast er , was cure d l ast mont h ( 4 of a bad leg, of 17 years' standing, in 11 days, °ll a sSn ° ,i there were 13 ulcers, and for the last 18 months 10 ,1 age able to stand on it. Th ese won d er f u l med i c i ne s i j i , e rosi / together) will cure ev er y d escr i pt i on of da°'dicily wound and ulcer. The pills a re a l so t h e fi nes t N . tor t tl , t can be used by females. Sold at the Prl r p l oPlf, E,tablishment, '244, Strand, sev en d oors f ro m fr bar, and by every respectable chemist througs° kingdom LADY'S GOLD NECK CLA „ o ft 'my bo selected from of severa l patterns, price, vrt i g" - , 0 , i ;# sov,:reins, Five Guineas; weight of five sovere i g - Guineas : weight of s i x .sovereigns, Seven Guine". o * r o e e weight is given by co m p ar i son w i t h t h e we i ght of s°le being more e as il y re f erre d to t h an i f stated in ounces a-nvfd oll' The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is into articles of this description. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, (Ix., 47, ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-dreet), L o odett' i f s r Drawings of the ne wes t p a tt erns w ill b e sent pos t free, plication be made post paid. s /1' • SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silver °Potlp; rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or Fork!: oickt Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, ss. p er d ozen; Table Can'tleobiej inches high, 7s. per pair; th e particular metal 4: E 0 these articles are made is so lik e s il ver , that it can oulY ou rse from it by the stamp; every arti c l e ma d e i n s ilver 1133 tured in this material by et, FtIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-st re el"' Who, to prevent imposition, confine th e sa l e o f it to 11 3 ° 35 Catalogues of prices gratis. MARRIED. • a 01 tlf• On the 3d inst., at St. illary's, Islington, Thomas - ° l deo Esq.. Kingsland-cre scen t, H ac k ney , - to Sarah Annti".% daughter of John Covey, E sq , of Lowther Cottages ,li°l '„%o oo On the 4th inst.. Mr. I saac . Benjamin, merchant,of ~ Qld to Ann, only daught er o f Al exan d er Jones, Esq., of ta Kent-road. On the the Gth in s t., a t St. Al p h age , Greenwich, Mr. "' Cunnington, bo o k se ll er , o f Ok e h a m, Rutland, to El if ' sebe d Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Marshall, ironmonfer, the for mer lace. On the ith itst., at St. Mar's, Islington. John , son 'cut; G. Harris, of Barnstaple, Devon. to Hannah, second laugh of the late Mr. J. Binning, of Bridgewater, DIE. On the sth of, March, at Mal ta , David Hay, paymaster ol the Bth llegiment. On the 6th ult., at Leamington , Maria Agnes, daug hter of W. Ithodes, Esq., of Layton-grange, Essex, aged 21. u , On the 26th of March , at Twickenham, F,liza, relict of L"a ied 9 , tenant-General Henry Lister, late o f the ColdstColdstreamar aged 100 years and 10 months. At Leatherlv•ad, Mrs. Mortimer, widow of the la te Alr• Mortimer. On the 4th inst., at Jersey, Charlotte, wife of J. Neth er ' cote, Esq., of Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire. On the 4th inst. , Catheri ne A g nes, the wife of U. F. Vi r o ro ' Icy, Esq , of Woodhill, Monmouthshire. On the sth inst., at Brighton, Eleanor Charlotte, only daug fr ter of H. Norman, Esq , aged 13 months And d,l' London: Printed and Pub lished by 1‘11)1:1:4) No. 112, Strand , at The Sun No. Office, ll2, Strao the county of Middlesex.—Thurday, April 8, 184/. - - BIRTHS. , isilf d On the 4th inst., at Lavington House, Petworth, t h e . H. A. Bowyer, Esq., of a daughter. the On the sth inst., at Wendlebury Rectory, near Bicester'ot wife of the Rev. W. L. Brown, Rector of Wendlebury' late student of Christ. Church, of a (laughter. (It t he ' On the 6th inst., in Cumberland - terrace, Regents-P ar lady of the Rev. H. Palmer, of a son. Sty' On the 6th inst,, at Kennington, the lady of Rob ert yens, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. . OA str On the 7th in , t. , in Hill - street, the lady of W• - Esq., of a daugt.ter. .. °I On the 7th inst. , Mrs. W. E. East, St. DUIIStall , i'h ilit Non. f 1 4 ( 1. " On the 7th inst., in Fitzroy -squ ar e, the wife 0 - • Langdon, Esq , of a sen. _..---