The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-19 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT=(TIIIS DAA ). OLD com? 1. (Before Mr. Cointnis-ioaer ELIA/ca.) AnsO N ._..l rnife.:ably•clad wretched looking man, named 11 7 i.iicvn Smith, pleaded guilty to a charge of havi ng; set iire to a wneat Mr. BuLnoca remarked that a few years ago thc off•nee iu foreite:f his life. The pris•;a , rr: plied that he was aware of that, but distre,s had driven bin] to do it. Mt. iluunoon. o'oscrved that that might have bate. an excu,e for stealing a loaf cf hz cad, but it was none fur destroying rood. The prisoner said he had had no opportunity of com tnitting such a rAhery. • The Court sentenced him to 15 years' transpertation. (Bc''ore Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice \\ ILLIASIS.) 83 iS111:7G. —George Greatrix, a respect.hly -attired Lidelle-aged man, was indicted for uttering a count , r . feit half-crown, with intent to defraud the proprietor of a Public.bouse near B: (Vont. It apt eared from the evidence that on the 22nd of 4 1 111 !-10:st last the prioncr we .t into the pros ecutor's 1 ° l9 ,e, and called for two pennyworth of g in . The liquo r was su; plied to him, and he ten dered a half-crown in payment, which Elizabet:l Turner, to bar-maid, accep:cd, d having received the change ,e drank the gin and departed. No sooner, however, had rgone than it was discovered that the half-crown was -ad and a police-officer sent in pursuit of him. Ue was overtaken in company with a man named Scale, , , and near to the spot where to was stopped a black bag, con taining a large quantity &' bad coinage, was found, which it was supposed the prisoner had thrown from him on observing the oilier approachin g . Both Scales and him self were taken into custody, but there being no evi dence to implicate the former the magi:At at es at Staines dismissed him, and connnitted the pi isoner. It should be mentioned that the officer saw the prisoner throw E o aaethizig black away be!ore he was overtaken. The prisoner in his defence admitt(d having purchased the gin on the d •y in question, hut declared that instead of a half-crown he t, ride red in a shilling in payment and received a sixpence ai.el a Lurpenny -, - ;ieee in change. Ile knew nothing of Scales, but met him on the road going to Egham race?, and he insinuated that he it was Who threw the bug of base money into the road. A previous conviction was exhibited against the pii- Boner, and he had suffered a long imprisonment which Only ezpired in April last. The jury found him Guilty, and he was untellced to seven years' transportation. E Vii COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT BIGAMY.—A fierce lot king fellow, nbott 45, named James Scctchmore, who had followed among other occu pations thst o a bitter, and whose face was ornemented with a large and bushy pair of whiskers, was indicted for bigamy. It appeared that the prisoner married Elizabeth Wil liams on the sth of May, 1828. with whom he 1 ved about seven yours, arid on the 22d of September, 1840, he married Ann Cordel, his first wife being still alive. Ann Cordel was a widow with two children, and had at the time of the marriage a public-house, with a business Worth 4001. After living with her for two or three sears, and bringing the business to ruin, he left her in an empty room with the two children, without any means of subsistence. Agar, on the 26th of February, 1846, he married Mary Field, who was possessed of 3201 , which be soon squandered away. She left him in June last, owing to his having attempted to stranggle her. lie had one child by her. Ilis first wife, it ap- Purred, was compelled to leave him from ill-treatment. The jury found hire Guilty upon both indictments. The CONISION•SERGEANT sentenced him to seven Years' transportation upon each indictment, being alto tege:her fourteen years, observing that the case was 'Very much aggravated by the fact of the prisoner having Committed both eff,-nces for the purpo'e of gain. COliONEliS' INQUESTS. • MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—Before Mr. W. Payne, at St. Barth,lomw's 11.( spital, on the body of Jona than Loy, ag,d 69, a currier in a respectable way of Insines.,, re dding in Bartholomew-close. Since the death o! the deceased's wile, which took place nearly Ye years ago, his wlio!e thoughts had been centred in P 4 only san, a youth of 20 years of age, for whom he entertained the stroulk st affection. Arrived, however, clo se up n the age of legal responsibility, the son united himself to a woman of loose character. This Prey e d deeply upon the father's mind fur some time. lie neglected his usual avocations, went about like one deranged, calling for his " dear lost boy ;" and on Friday last put a period to his worldly cares by swallowing a large quantity of the oil of vitriol, which caused his death in a few hours. Evictmce to the above effect having been produced, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary derangement.' FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE IN THE PUBLIC STREETS..--- Before Mr. W. Payne, at the Founders's-hall Tavern, Lothbury, on the body of David Davies, aged • 52 , of Igo. S, Henry-place, Redcross street, Borough. John Young, of 4, Cavington.terrace, Bermond se y , said that on Sunday forenoon last, about five minutes before ten o'clock he was in the company of deceased, and was walking from the Bank _towards the direction of Finsbury-square. As they were crossing the road at the end of Moorg.:;te-street, an omnibu s came along, and deceased being on the .other side, he suddenly darted from witness, and threw himself under the omnibus. City Police _constable No. 154 said that he saw the deceased run or walk rather sharp towards the omnibus, when he threw himself between the fore and hind wheels. The latter passed over his head, and killed him almost instantaneously. David Davies, a son of the deceased, said that seven or eight weeks since his father attempted to cut his throat, and had lately complained of being weak and unable to work. The jury halving consulted, they returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." _ TRH OLD WORLD AND THE NEW.--A new woe from the pen of Mrs. Trollope, with the promising title of " The Old World and the New," has just been pub lished, and seems likely to create as great a sensation as those early works of this very entertaining writer, in Which she displayed so cleverly her appreciation of Ame rican • Character. ller comparisons of certain recent exhibitions in Europe, with the most prominent features in tine :Axial intercourse of the United States, are emi nently amusing, and the story in which these features are introduced being one of the most spirited she has ever written, the success of " The Old World and the Neiv" is placed beyond a doubt.—Evening paper. SEVEN FIRES DURING THE LAST TWELVE HOURS IN THE _METROPOLIS.--This morning, about one o'clock, a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Cowley, hat manufacturer, High-street, Stepney; from this house to the adjoining, that of Mr. Widiame, pawebreletr, and Mr. Belcher, cheesemong r, the flames spread most furiously. Several of the Brigade and West, of England engines 'arrived in rapid succession; but notwithstaud. ing al the eiferts oF the fi emen, 3r. Cowley's house and stock were destroyed, and the greater portion of the pawnbroker's property fell a like sacrifice. Through the injudicious com-luct of those present in 'throwing 'Valuable furniture from the upper windows into the str e et, Mr. Belcher elio is a sufferer from datmige by removal, &c. The next fire occurred on the pre mises of Mess:s. Allen and Co., linen-drapers, Friday streencheapilde ; it oeiginated emone, the stock in the upper roo ms , but from the ready eseictance afihided it was soon sub hied, with considerable damage. The next fire took place ou the premises of Mr. Skinner, a timber merchent, Butcher-row, Ratcliffe-cross, where, notwith standing the Brigade and West of England engines were in quick attendance, a large stock of timber was consumed, Insured in the London Assurance Office. The next fire happened in the house of Mrs. Shinn, laundress, where property, consisting of wearing apparel, &c., was de stroyed. Three other fires also were returned to the effiees, but loss of property was slight. Messrs. Cowley, 'Williams, and Belcher, ore insured in the Defenders', Globe, and General Insurance Companies. The loss at these) fires may be estimated at least at 4,0001. SUICIDE YETFRDAY MORNING.--Considerable ex eitemeut prevailed in the neighbourhood of Tottenham yeetereley, inqrning, in consequence of its having teeteneeliecoin red that Mr. Potter, tne proprietor of lhe Bedford Dining-rooms, had committed suicide. NOt making his appearance at the usual hour, one of hie servants proceeded to his bedroom, when he found the utifortunane gentleman suspended from the bedpost. Medical assistance was immediately obtained, but with out avail, the vital spark having fled. The deceased, who was highly respected in the neighbourhood, has been in a very desponding state ever since the death of his wile, to whom he was much attached. SANITARY STATE OF THE HOUSEHOLD Tr.oors.- - When the present epidemic first broke out in the metro 'polis his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander in-Chief, issued en oiler to the commanding otlicere of the three regiments of Foot Guards, stationed at the Tower, St. George's Barracks, Wellington Barracks, Portman-street, slid St. John's Wood, and the Life Guards, as Knightsbridge, and the Albany Barracks, Regent's-park, that the strictest sanitary precautions should be taken, by obscrvin. the greatest cleanliness and ventilation in the barracks, the outhouses>, &c., and especially the stables of the cavalry. This has been fully carried out, and altheugh a few cases of cholera and diarrheas have oecurnd, the troops, generally speaking, were never in a better state of health. A ward has been specially set aside in all the barracks for the reception of those who may be suddenly at tacked, and one of the medical el - ricers of the regi ment is constantly in attendance, night and day, should his services ho required. Fatigue parties are daily appointed for cleaneing the quarters and out-places, stables, &c., twice, and even thrice, if re quired, under the inspection of a non commissioned officer. A similar order was issued to the Commandant at Woolwich, and all the garrisons throughout the United Kingdom, which has had a most beneficial off, Le, as from the official returns, notwithstanding the prevalence of this dreadful malady, the troops have sufferid tut very few losers from its e ifect. According to the returns of the sanitary norneaission in Paris, it appears that out of , the 19,750 deaths which have occurred he that capital from cholera and diarrrma, t h e m ortality smong the troops has been very great, being upwards of 5.000, not withstanding ell the slithery . precautione. This appears to have been greedy in CUSS quenee of the bard duty the garrison its to undergo, the want of proper sewerage and ventilation in the barracks, but Imo e particularly the water. The garrieon f Paris end en virnns is from 65 000 to 70,000 men, not including the Na Tonal Guard. The price of bread for the second fortnight of eye prei,--nt, month is fixed at 300. the kiloen arum° fliet qu ,Lte, being ii diminution of ice—G-aligneni. The heart, too often, like the cement of the ancient Romans, acquires hardness by time.—. Eliza Cook's Journal. 'CIVI 134 s'd .••• Il• r •• ••• ••••• . ..... . . . . .. 19N ..... ..•• ,••• 1••• ~. r••• a.... , 41•• , M• I. ... •. 1 t ~ g.i 25Hd ig 3 1 ,4 X'd AY•j NAV., ROP I C e ylon; heater , inaiea; River , ii, for Mar - New ranch ) Dos flar!es wara 6 , o dor, Lau' 6 6% 2114 -- 5 ii ";16 TUE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 19, 1849. LIT - ERA TURE Portsra Rcebrord • • • .'''. • • ''''"'" HEALTHY HOMES. A Guide] to the Proper Regulation, o.e. By William Husking, Architect and C E. At this Period, when the metropolis and the pro ~ Trices are being desolated by a sp-eading epidemic and an increasing mortality, we are graitied to ob serve the republication of this very excellent volume in the form of a cheap, r and more compactly printed (dition. 'Muse who have airvady glanced at its pages will bear in recollection the practical and practicable cberacter of its suggestions having raerence in !cps rate departments to the better regulation of buildings and streets, of drainage and sewerage. Mr. }Joshing has studied the difficulties improvement as an architect and an engineer, and he has recognised the necessity of these changes, no mat ter how laborious their a ccomplishment may be, insisTing upon their adoption with the earnestness of a philanthropist. Without being so far carried away by fanciful conjectures as to betray a congenial enthusiasm with that of those very amiable but fantastic gentlemen, the monomaniacs of Gwydyr House, he has taken sufficiently into account the advisability of proper drainage and wholesome ventilation. He has regarded the tti arrangements as essential to the salubrity of any populous neighbourhood, and has made his suggestions accordingly. Hence it is that we regard the present cheap reprint of his volume with unalloyed pleasure, and earnestly commend its contents to the perusal of the community. Ssif„rd... SAlisbuty Sch:coatca Sheppty South Shields Tutsduk (Birmtrd Ci?.stit , ) -- Tyremouth Watcfle'd West Hun (S pt. 14 to ,rcpt. 17) Wolverbamptou aid Siesdou Wotei . .ster ..• -- • • • ''''' y co mbe Truro ..• -. Total • • • ''... pollams prices scarcely show the firmness they lately I did, though there is still a demand for them. Even r in printing cloths there is less doing; their values is, however, sustained by the orders in hand. Such is the loss attending some departments of the trade of this district, such as the spinning of water twist for exportation, and the manfecture of heavy goods, that several millowners in Rochdale, Manchester, and the vicinity of Oldham have resorted to short time, and at least one or two firms have altogether stopped their works. And a sort of vague rumour of an in tention on the part of the operatives in this immediate neighbourhood, to turn out for an advance of wages, has been almost hailed as a prospective relief from long continued loss. The turn-outs at Bolton have not vet generally returned to work, though we under stand several mills are again in motion. ROCHDALE, SEPT. 17.—We have had more busi ness doing to-day than we had on the previous Mon day. The merchants have turchasd freely at former prices. Kerseys and heavy goods have been more difficult of sale than they were last fortnight. In the wool mai ket there is little er no change to report. HUDDERSFIELD, Seri. 18.—Not many buyers in attendance to-day, and but little business doing, either in the Cloth Hall or warehouses. Many orders con tinue to come to hand, and keep our manufacturers well employed. HALIFAX, SEPT. 15.—There is no noticeable varia tion in the amount of business done, either in plain or fancy goods, nor is th ere an y change in the quota tions. The same may be said of yarns, both as regards demand and prices. The wool trade is, perhaps rather more qui e t, an d th e s li g ht advance spoken of in our last seems to be generally conceded, but the growers are asking higher rates thin the staplers are able to obtain from the spinners. LEEDS, SEPT. 18.—The stocks at present in the hands of the makers are very light, and prices aro steady. In the warehouses, with one or two excep tions, business is slacker than for some weeks past, and trade altogether is rather quiet. To day business in the cloth halls has been dull. The general gloom occasioned ty the rapid spread of cholera is the cause assigned for this change. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGHTEEN OF LEEDS AND DISTRICT. This match was resumed esterday at Leeds. The following is the score at the close of the secoLd play:— _ ENGLAND -FIRST INNINGS. Claike—c Bosomworth, b C. Smith Guy—c Nixon, b Crossland ... ••• ilillyer—run out ••• •• ••• F. rich—b Barrett ... •.• ••• G. Parr—c and b Crossland ... •.• Box—c Crossland, b Barrett ... N. Felix, Esq.—c Denison, b Barrett A. Mynn, Esq.—b Barrett ... Alartingell—not out ... Hinkly—c Sanderson, b Barrett ... G. F. Cook, Esq.—not out ... B 6, w 21, n b 2 ... ... 71 ... 3 ... 0 ... 13 ... 27 ... 0 ... 9 Total ... LEEDS-FIRST INNINGS. ... ... ENGLAND.--SECOND INNINGS. ... s BURIALS IN TOWNS. THE CITY BOARD OF HEALTH. The Lord Mayor attended the committee, and after reading the reports, Mr. Barkley, the chairman, in formed the committee that he had been himself wit- ness, on the previous day, of the overcrowded condi tion of one of the burying-grounds of the City. Al derman Finnis, who was likewise present at the interment of the late Deputy Silson, had desired him to call the attention of the Lord Mayor and the committee to the fact, in order that some steps mig be immediately taken to redress the evil. When the corpse had arrived at the place of interment the grave was found too small, and although they were kept waiting upwards of twenty minutes, to the outrage of the teeliogs of the mourners, they were obliged to leave the ground, and, as he afterwards heard, they could not deposit the coffin without disturbing the body in the adjoining grave. The LOUD MAYOR observed he was quite certain that, unless rigorous means were immediately taken to prevent intramural interments, the Government and the Leg:slature would, as soon as Parliament as• sembled, bring in some sweeping measure to effect an object which had now excited the greatest public interest. It was quite evident, now public feeling had been excited, that the practice would not be permitted to continue. Mr. C. PEARSON said that the feeling against inter ments in the City was as strong in 1832 as at present. There were two great difficulties in the way of sub urban places of interment for the ninety-seven City parishes—one was, the vested interests of the parochial clergy and the inhabitants ; the other was the great cost to the poor which the removal of the dead to a distance would occasion to the parish or to their families and friends. The first of these difficulties he saw his way through in 1832 ; but the last was a stumbing-block which subsequent events had now removed. He had proposed that the board of health at that time should take advantage of the prevalence of the epidemic to provide a place of general interment, and that the corporation should obtain an Act of Parliament to confer upon the inhabitants of the City parishes and all the parochial functionaries the same rights, privileges, and fees, in respect of the interment of parishioness in the corporation cemetery, as at tached to them in their several parish grounds. He had many conferences with influential individuals, both clergy and laity, who approved of the project, and with the authority of the committee he at that time purchased twenty-two acres of land for the pur pose of a corporation cemetery at Holloway ; but the cholera happily departed, and when the excite ment had subsided, the other objection was held suffi. cient to prevail, particularly in the case of the poor, who, it is well known, would feel as sensibly and acutely as the rich, if they were prevented by the expentes attendant upon distant burying from paying the same tokens of honour to theirdeparted relatives as were bestowed upon them by those to whom fortune had been more kind. The advantage of cheap and expeditious locomotion which railroads had intro duced would now remove this objection to suburban interments. One or two hundred acres of ground might be purchased in a suitable situation upon one of the metropolitan railroads, say within ten or fifteen miles of the City, where a proper receiving house could be erected, to which all bodies might be con veyed by the undertakers during the night, and at the hour fixed for the interment the mourners, poor or rich, at a small expenditure of time or money, might assamble to pay their last tribute of respect to their departed friends. A report was then read from Mr. Simon, detailing the plan of procedure adopted by him for carrying out the system of house to house visitation in the City. Mrs. Signol, wife of Bernard Signol, of 47, Munkveell street, appeared before the committee in a very distressed state. She stated that she had seven children residing at home; on Sunday last a grave was dug in St. Olive's churchyard for the inUrment of a female who had died of cholera in Winchester court close by ; they had commenced digging the grave before six o'clock in the morning; the grave was not sunk sufficiently deep, and in consequence of the interference of Police-constable 136, the sexton w...s obliged to dig it deeper, and did not finish it till half-past four p.m. ; at about two o'clock Mr:. Signol was called by the servant to look on ; she then saw four human heads, which had been disinterred ; they were "in a green state with the hair visible," and other parts of human bodies had been thrown up. In consequence of some remarks from a gentleman who came in the ground, these remains were covered up with earth. Mrs. Signol said the smell arising from the church yard when graves were being dug was most offen sive and compelled the inhabitants of the neigh bourhood on those occasions to keep their windows closed. The CITY SOLICITOR recommended that Mrs. Sig nol should be sent to the Commissioners of Sewers, who were then sitting. The committee could not legally interfere, beyond making a further representation to the General Board of Health. Mr. YOUNG—Are you willing to make a depo sition of the facts you have stated to be verified by oath ? Mrs. Signol said she was, and left the room for that purpose. A brief conversation having taken place on the subject, a resolution was unanimously passed, calling upon the City Solicitor and the officer of health to report their opinions as to the interments in the City. —Adjourned. LARGE EARLY CABBAGE....-ALNWICK, SEPT. 18. — On the 17th inst. a cabbage was cut in the allotment , of Mr. Bankston, ironmonger, Alnwick,. we ighing 3...1b5., all usable, the stalk having been left , in the ground , to produce seed; the kind is Harrison s Imperial. 5 2 . his beautiful cabbage when g rowin g measured nearly lent ac ross from tip to tip o f the leaves. His Grace the Duke of Northum berland having caused. a quantity of land to be divide d into small allotments for the accom modation of the inhabitants, has conferred a great benefit upon them, as they prove to be exceedingly useful to families, and by raising a spirit of emulation amongst the parties, aro going on rapidly improving.—Front a Correspondent. THE SMITHFIELD MARKET NUISANCE.—OH Mon day afternoon, an the corpse of Mr. Gavin, late of Lavics street, Islington, was being conveyed for interment in the Bunhill• fields burial-ground, when the bearers were in the act of crossing the City-road, noar the Angel, a drove of oxen Coming from Smithfield, pursued by a dog, rust ed upon them; the coffin was hurled off the men's shoulders, and themselves prostrated; the mourners, chiefly females, fled shrieking in affright. The corpse, in cow( queue° of this indecent treatment, had to be conveyed to a neighbouring undertaker's, and one of the bearers was so seriously injured as to be unable to t proceed. CHOLERA AND DIARRIICEA. The folicwicz is the Registrar from Cholera and from Diarrl:( Tuesday. We tle>e.ay, Thursc Monday, the 11th, 12th, 131 September, 1849: Districts. .Generals Return of reatbs .031, registered in London on Friday, Saturday, and th, 14th, 15th, and fith of Population.* 1831. I 1841. 1,655,000 Lois,oGo 00 +,OOO 376,000 3740,0 92,600 503,000 75,000 40,000 67,000 57,000 25,000 87,000 138,000 10,000 130,000 56,000 42,000 51 000 44,000 44,000 57.000 50,000 40,000 29,000 56,000 83.000 74,000 72,00) 41,030 91,000 31,000 33,000 20,000 35,000 47,000 55,00) 116,V0 40,000 40,000 14,000 81,000 23,000 SCOTLAND. Dundee ••• Wilton- by-Haw iek .. Dunbar (St-pt. Bto Sept. 16) Kinfauna (Prrthshire) Edinburgh (College of Physi cians' Return trom Sept. 8 to Sept. 15) Hawick Knoekbain Kerriemuir .• • -- Total ... General total: — Metropolis COUlitry Scotland Gencral total LONDON. West Districts North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... South Districts ... ••• "'...'" ... - • • • ...... ... -- ••• ''''' ••• '''' • • • "''''' CHOLEIL Sat. Mon. Sep'. Sept. 15th. 17th. 26 19 24 19 36 17 57 44 106 116 Total 2 0 2 0 11 0 1 0 24 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 215 56 503 10 . 2 48 0 DIAURTICEA. Sat. Mon. Sept. Sept. 15. h. 17th. 7 6 6 9 10 5 16 16 19 20 58 56 ' n v b aton BERMONDSEY MURDER. souraWARK POLICE COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.) RE EXAMINATION OF MANNING AND I lIS WIFE. It was generally understood that the Mannings would not be brought up until to-morrow, to day being appointed for the inhabitants in the diocese of Winchester to humiliate themselves before Gud in constquence of the contin❑acce of the present fearful epidemic. No alteration, however, had actually been made in the day originally fixed for the re-examination of the prisoners, but no doubt the impression that a postponement would take place had considerable influence in diminishing the number of spectators who presented themselves fur admission to the court. Before three o'clock, how ever, the court was well filled with spectators, who appeared anxiously to await the arrival of Manning and his wife. A telegraphic message, we believe, was sen t yesterday morning to Edinburgh, reqesting the immediate attendance of Mr. Moxey in London, and this turned out to be correct, for at a quarter to three it was announced that he had arrived, and was in an ante room of the Court. It was thought desirable that his evidence should be given before both the prisoners. Mr. Binns and Mr. Solomons attended as before for the prisoners. The yen arrived with them at a quarter past three, and they were immediately brought into Court, fol lowed by Mr. Keene, Governor of the goal. Manning looked pale, and appeared as if he had been suffering from much mental anxiety, but no change cou"d be observed in the appearance of his wife. On his way to the dock he re cognised Inspector Yates as he passed, and bowed to him ; and during a long interval which elapsed before the proceedings commenced, owing to the absence of Mr. Bodkin, he was engaged in conversation with Mr. Binns. Mrs. Manning also had a conversation with Mr. Solomons and Mr. Keene, to the latter of whom she expressed her de sire to have an interview with Mr. Moxey, which she was told could not be granted without an order from the magistrate. We believe they conduct themselves very well in prison. Manning seems to feel his position the moat ; whilst, on the other hand, the female prisoner retains that compete nonchalance which has characterised her throughout the proceedings in the case. Mr. Bodkin not being present at four o'clock, Mr. Hayward conducted the case for the prosecution. The two prisoners were then requested to stand up, which they immediately did, Mrs. Manning having first thrown back her veil. The evidence of Mr. Coleman, the landlord of No. 3, Minver-place, and Mr. Griffiths, the clerk in the Bank of England, was read over in their presence, and they attached their signatures to the depositions. Mr. Moxey was then called, and he recapitulated his former evidence. Mr. Richard Hammond, clef k to Messrs. Killick, stock-brokers, examined, said (in addition to his former evidence), that hearing of the murder on the 20ch of August, he proceeded to the secretary's office, in the Bank of England, for the purpose of stopping the 1001. No. 15,043, sth June, 1849. I went t` en to the hall of the Bank to inquire it' the note had been received, and it was produced to me, and I identified it as the one which I had given to Bassett. and which I saw Bassett give to the person who gave the name of Patrick O'Connor. I recognised it by the number and the. indorsement. I noticed that the name of Charles James Buckley was indorsed upon it, and that independent of the number enabled me to identify it. When the 1001. note was given to the person whom we understood to be Mr. O'Connor, Bassett and Mr. George Linthorne were present. Linthorne lives in Dean-street, Sono-square, and he is a share dealer. I saw him to-day at 'Change. He attends there every day. The manager of the office, Mr. Highe, is ill in bed. Ile lives at Elliott's-place, George's-road, Southwark. I see the person who got the note present in the Court. lam sorry to say he was the prisoner Manning. I did not see the name Patrick O'Connor signed to the transfer of the shares, but I know of my own knowledge that transfer represents the transaction upon which the note was paid. The witness was not eross-examined. The case was then adjourned until to-morrow week, at two o'clock. FRAN CE. The Provisional Council convoked by the Arch bishop of Paris opened its sittings in the chapel of the seminary of Saint Sulpice on Monday morning. After having assisted at the mass of the Holy Ghost, the members of the council formed themselves into se veral congregations, to consider the serious questions to be decided by the general congregation. It is be lieved that the deliberations..of the Council will last ten days. A letter from Pau mentions that the Pyrenees are already covered with snow. A letter from Dax (Landes) states that the entire vintage has been destroyed in the communes of Cler mont, Ozaurt, Castetuan, Douzucy, Bajts, Lahasse, and Gibut, by a hail storm. Accounts from Montpellier state that the health of the celebrated Father Ventura, who has fixed his residence in that town, is completely re-establhhed. AUSTRIA. The Pesth Gazette publishes the sentence of a court-martial on one Joseph Ringsmuth, an assistant in a school at Olen. lie is condemned to eight years' imprisonment, " in heavy irons :"--Ist. .'or having di:tributed amongst his pupils several copies of an edict of the revolutionary Minister of Public Instruc tion after the storming of Ofen by the insurgents; secondly, for having trained the scholars to the use of arms and the practice of military tactics ; and thirdly, for having caused a " hymn to Kossuth," by himself composed, to be sung in the school at the termination of the daily studies. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TliE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1549. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*2159 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 40 170 Tubercular Diseases ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 115 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 20 Diseases of tho Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... .•• ... ••• 76 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 67 Diseases of the Kidne) s, &c. ••• ••• ••• 1 4 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 3 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ..• ••• 11•• M al form ations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy Old Age Sudden 1 Violcince, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 3; Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enunicraied, 1841- West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Dis►ricts ... 392,444 south Districts.. 501,190 2,665 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Average weekly Deaths Death!, 1844-8 in the Five Summers. Week. 147 • • • 347 191 • • • 345 183 ... 373 , 227 ... 600 260 ... 1,200 ... 1,008 Malea Females ... ... 2,665 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.. Males ... Females ... Total ... - 1,351 - 1,514 -.1,302 * In this number are iucluded 1.682 cases of death by Cholera, 24 by Scarlatina, 66 by ',l!!phus Fever, and 260 by Diarrhoea. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manehester Guardian of this day.) MANCIIEnTER, SEPT. 18.—The yarn market has exhibited to-day a continuance of the inactivity and heaviness which prevailed last week. There has, indeed, been some inquiry for Indian qualities; but it appears to have had no other object for the present than to ascer tain Le state of the market in respect to such articles, just before the arrival of the overland mail, for it has led to hardly any actual business. The German and other continental houses are still compelled by the limits they receive to confine themselves to purchases of comparatively small amount, for the purpose of making up assortments ; and the home consumers find an inducement in the less satis:Factory condition of their own business, to diminish their present stocks of yarns before giving out fresh orders. Stilt, inanimate and, to some extent, irregular as the market has been, the general quotations show little change in prices, as compared with those of thin day week. The concessions that have taken plane have been partial, and rather in water twist than in mule. In goods, exceedingly few transaction:s have taken place, and the general bias of prices bas been rather against the manufacturers. To go a little more into parti culars, we may state that domestics certainly do not improve. Long cloths anti T' cloths are rather wore difficult of sale. All descriptions of 40 inch ahirtings continue flat, especially the lower qualities, in which there is some giving way of price. The contracts for jacconets are gradually coming to a close, and there is no longer the same facility of renewal as of late. 36-inclt continues in diminislpd demand. In meg. THE BRITISH COLONIES. Part I. By Montgomery Martin, Esq. Another reprint lies before bs in the form of the initial number of a new edition of a work which has long since, and deservedly, acquired a considerable degree of popularity. In the valuable compilation made by Mr. Montgomery Martin may be obtained the fullest and most authentic information in regard to the history, the extent . , the condition, and the re sources of the British colonies. The introductory part now under consideration is embellished with an admirable and inestimable map of the world, on Mercator's system,indicating every portion of the globe belonging to Great Britain. The subsequent portion of the edition will be illustrated not only with maps of each possession, but alsl with portraits of the most celebrated promoters and defenders of our colonial empire. Inaugurative of this curious series of por traits, we find before us a splendid engraving of t he founder of that empire, Queen Elizabeth. NEW POLAND ; or The Infant Hero. A graceful little story, dedicAtd to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, breathing the language of patriotism, and inscribed, as a motto, with a verse from the glorious war. song of Diego— " La Patria Nos llama a la lid • Turemos per ell 3, Veneer, 6 znorir." These vho sympathise with suffering Poland, or deceived Hungary, will peruse with gratification a tale, however brief or homely, in which the ardour of the Poles and the Hungarians is so vividly appre ciated. Whatever may be its faults, the book is evidently the effusion of a gentle heart and a generous temperament. THE YOUNG LORD, and Other Tales. But a day or so hack, we gave our meed of praise to a tale by Mrs. Crosland, penn'd by her as a gift for a child. One more book of a like kind from the same hand we see here with joy—with joy, we say, forinch books are the best food we can find for the young mind. Their truths fall on the heart of a chid as the dew falls on the herb—to wake it bud and bloom. The " Young Lord" is the first, the " Trial of Adversity" the next, and "Victorine Durocher" the last sketch in this new book of tales. There are two good prints as afresh charm to the gift, the horse, in one of which is drawn with a bold touch. We trust the book may be bought much, and when bought may be read. TESTIMON IAL. TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYNPITHI OF EVERY NATION 'WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth' s Protest against Russian Intel ven- . Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers: — Messrs. Coutte and Cu. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. **All further Post-office orders to be made payable tollurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... X1,09G 1 11 KOSSUTFI IN DANGER ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have read with pleasure the admirable article in your paper on Hungary, how in both good and evil report you have supported the Hungarians in their righteous struggle against despotism. Ever since Windischgratz crossed the Hungarian frontier, and marched victoriously on Pestu and to the Theiss, you have manfully supported the immortal Kossuth ; and whilst your contemporaries, the Times and Chronicle, were blackening and vilifying the patriots, you were setting the people of England right, and at last have roused England through the length and breadth of the land. And now, when treachery has lost what Kossuth and Bem ha l won, namely, the independence of Huegary, you still persevere, and urge the people still to demand that Hungary shall not be trampled on, and partitioned like Poland. I quite agree with you that it is right still to meet, and to show to despots, be they who they may, that Eng land sympathises with the oppressed and the brave, and also to support Lord Palmerston in his remon strances. I respectfully suggest that the people should demand that the persons of Kossuth, Dem binski' Bern, and others, should not be delivered up to the Russians or Austrians, as I see that it is men tiolied that the Turks are going to deliver them up. If the people of England demand that their persons shall not be touched, neither Austria or Russia dare touch them; if we are silent they will seize them, and we know what their tender mercies are. It is evident that neither Austria or Russia think Hungary suljugated as long as any of the Hungarian patriots are alive, and therefore they are straining every nerve to get hold of them. We well knew that Lord Paltnerston's feelings are with the Hungarians, and that he needs only to see that the English people will support him, fur him to set at defiance the foreign despots, and to rescue Kossuth and his brave compatriots from their present danger, and to bring them safely to England, where they will be ready again to go forth, and to call Hungary to arms—to call her to be a great, a mighty nation, instead of a degraded and oppressed province. But we must be active, and not let time fly away ; for whilst we are talking the ty rants will, perhaps, seize them, and execu'e their vengeance before we are properly aware of their danger. Let us hold meet ings in every town, and petition Lard Palmerston to interfere, and to bring Kossuth and his glorious band of heroes to England in safety, where they may dwell until they again go forth to liberate Hungary and Poland from their chains. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTAN I' READER. .Liverpool, Sept. 18, 1849. couwr CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 16. Lord Portman had the honour of dining last night with her Mtdesty. Her Majesty and the . Prince, attended by the Mar chioness of Douro, the Hou. Miss Dawson, Earl Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon, Mr. Anon, and Mr. Birch, attended Divine service at the parish church. Her INbjesty and the , Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the I . rincestes, and Prince Alfred, walked out this morning in the grounds of Balmoral. A deputation from Kew and Richmond, consisting of the Rev. Richard 13. Byani, Vicar of Kew and Peter sham, Captain Brine, and Mr. Robert Smith, bad an i nterv iew with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office in White hall-place. Viscount Palmerston kft Panshanger, Herts. yester day, for Brocket Hall, Harts, the seat of Viecourlt Melbourne. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Provinces. ITER MAJESTY'S RETURN TO OSBORNE.—GLOU. CESTER:MONDAY EVENING.—The rumour of her Ma jesty's intention to return to Osborne through the Mid land counties, by the Midland and Great Western Rail ways, has received full confirrnation. Mr. Ellis, M.P., chairman of the Midland CDtapany, Mr. Sanders, score • Lary of the Bristol and Birmingham line, and other officials, have just been down here to inspect the station at the terminus of the original Bristol aad Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways ,and to make the preliminary arrangements for the reception of the Queen and the Royal Family. Her Majesty will sleep at l)erby on the night of the 27th inst., and in the morning depart for Gloucester. hero, in cons' queuce of the break of gauge occurring, some delay in the royal progress m ust necessarily tike place, but it is no t e xpected that thu Qicen will remain longer than is necessary. CAPTURE OF A TROUT IN 'IIIE TLIABLES.— On Tuesday a gentleman connected with the Guildhall sue needed in taking a meat magnificent specimen of the trout sp-zeies with a rod nod line, at ALulsey Weir, near Hampton Court. The fish, w'uich has been preserved, measures two feet four inches in length, and is in girth upwards of sixteen ioche3. Its weight is very nearly twelve pounds, and it is in firs; -rate condition. How many in hot pursuit have basted to the goal of wenhh, but Nava la', as they ran, those apples of gold—the mind, and the power to enj )3 , it.—Eliza (ilea's Journal. London ... West Uistricts Nurlh Districts Central Districts East Districts ... South Districts .. 'West Districts — Kensington ... ..• Chelsea St. George, Ilanover-square Westminster St. Martin.in-the•Fiells St. James, Westminster North Districts— Nlarylebone Hampstead Pancras ... Islington Hackney Central Distric's St, Giles ••• ... Strand ... ••• ••• Ho] bo n... ... Clerkenwell ..• St. Luke East Londcn ••• West London ... .•• London, City ... East Districts Shoreditch Bethnal•green ... .•• Whitechapel .• .•• St. George-in• the-Eaz.t. Stepney Poplar ... South Districts St. Saviour ... St. Olave ••• ••• liermondsey ..• St. George, Southwark Newington ' Lambeth Wandsworth ... Camberwell ... Rotherhi , ..he Greenwich ... ••• Lewisham 306,000 316,000 351,000 410,000 53,000 87,000 58,000 48,000 24,000 37,000 122,000 9,C00 104,000 37,0 ;0 35,000 53,000 42,000 43,000 48,000 47 ,00 0 38,000 28,000 57,000 £9,000 62, , X0 64,000 39,000 72,000 25,000 32,000 20,000 :30,000 40,000 45,000 Be,ooo 3.3,000 28,000 13,000 61,000 18,000 ** See Appendix to Registrar-General's Ninth Annual Rep-rt for information respecting the population of the dis tricts and sub-districts of London at the several censuses. Estimated population of London at the middle of the year 1849 —2;z06,076. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 17. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Daaths. Cholera. Dl anti Kr,nsington Attacks. WEST DISTRICTS. • • • '-' ••• ''''' Chelsea... St. George, Ilanover-square ... Westminster St. Martin-in•the-Fields St. Jo.Me3, Westminster ... NORTH DISTRICTS. Marylebone Hampstead St. Pancras Min ;ton ilacknc)* St. Giles ... Strand ... Holborn iJnioL* Clerkenwell St. Luke ... East London ... West Loudon City of London ... --' ••• ....... .. . -* ... --' ••• '''' • • • ''''' iihoreditch Bechnal-green ... Whitechapel St. George-in-the-East Stepney Poplar ... CENTRAL DISTRICTS. • • • '.. .• . -- ... .--. ••• ''..... ••• .". ••• .'.. ••• ••• - XAST DISTRICTS. •• • ''''' • • • '''....* .. • "'"" .• • -- ... ."""' SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Olave ••• ••• Bermondsey • •• St. George, Southwark Newington, Surrey ... Lambeth ••• Wandsworth ... Camberwell ... Rotherhithe ... Greenwich* Lewi*ham ••• ''''' • • • ......'''.. ••• ....'" .• • -- • • • ''''.. ••• ..... • • • ''' ••• .""" ... ''" • • • ''''''' • • • ..".... Total ... 215 56 * Returns of Monday have not been received from Mr. W. Dancaster, Registrar of West Hackney, Sub district of Hackney; Mr. R. Bardons, Registrar of St. George the Martyr, Sub-district of Holborn; and Mr. T. Gathercole, Registrar of St. NichOlas, Deptford, Sub district of Greenwich. Note.—The last day (Monday) includes more than the due number of deaths, as registration is, in a great measure, suspended on Sunday. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhcez reported to the General Board of Health the 18th day of September, 1849 : Attacks. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. 4 0 Abergavenny Alverstoke ..• Anglesey ••• ••• Ashby-de-la-Zouch ... Ashton-under-Line Aibridge .•• Burnet ••• Barnstaple (Ilfracombe) Bedminster .•• Belper Berkhampstead Billericay ••• ^"" . • • .---. • • • ...... • • • ....'. • • • ..'.. ••• ^. . • . .""' • •• -- ••• ".• • • • ....." ••• "''''' Birmingham ... Bishop Auckland Blackburn Biofield ••• Bolton ••• Boughton, Great .. Brad ford and North Bierky Briqa t lord ••• Bridge ••• ••• Bridgend and Cowbridge Bridgnorth Briclr;water ••• Brighton ••• ••• Bristol ..• Bromsgrove Burnley ••• •-• Cambri6ge ..• Che.,ter-le-Street Choriton ••• ••• Choi ley Clifton ••• • • Clutton ••• ••• Coventry Crickhowell ••• Cuckfield (Lindfield)... Darlington ... • Derby ... ... • Dewsbury ... . Dorchester and Cerne • • • ''''"" ... "-' ••• ••• ''' ... '''-' ... -- •• • ^-''' • • • "'"" • • • ""'" .• • .."-. ••• ''. • • • '.... ••• ''.... •• • ...'''. ... "'" ..• ""'" .• • --- ... "-' •• • '.....''' • • '''''''" ••• ''''. ... '-'" •• • ...... ••• '''''' Dover Do‘ruhum Dudley ... East Stonehouse Edmonton ... Ecclesfield .• • "-- ••• "'" ••• ..." .. • *". Exett...; •• Falmouth Gateshead ..• Glatt ford atigg Gloucester ... Godstone Goole •• • Gravesend. and Milton Halifax ... • Hastings ••• • Heaeiington ... • Hemel Hempstead ... liitchin ••• ••• Holy well ••• ••• IliAighton-le-Spring Huclderkfield Hull ... ••• ilunslet Isle of Thanet (Ramsgate) (Margate) ... Kingston (Surrey) Lancaster Launceston ... II•• ........ ••• ''''' • • ..... • • • '...... • • • ..'"" .. • -- ... """ • • • "'''" . • '--- ••• ..'. • • ''''' ••• "-" . • • .."'' ... "--. ••• ... a • • ...." ••• ..... ••• .... .• • ""-. ..r. - Lteeda Leicester ••• ••• ••• Lew.:, Chailey, West Firley, and Newhaven Lexden ••• ••• Lichfield ••• ••• Linton (Cambridge) Liverpool ... ••• Ltanelly ••• ••• Llantyliin ••• Lutou ••• Maidstone ••• Medway (Gillingham) Malton ••• ••• Manchester ••• Merthyr e ‘ t Y d S v il i Milton tingho;ne Nenth .. . '''-' ••• ''''''' ae• ••• '".... ... --- • • • .."'. Newcatle-upon-Tyne Newcastle-under-Lyne Newport, Monmouthshire ... Newton Abbott Northampton N.t.tir:ghatn Norwich North Witchford Oxford (Aug. 14 to Sepc., 17)... 249 215 INTRAMURAL BURIALS. Last eying a meeting of the " Metropolitan So ciety for the Abolition of Burials in Cities and Towns" was held at the society's rooms, New Bridge street, Blackfriars, Mr. G. A. Walker, President, in the chair. Mr. THICKB, the secretary, read the answer of the General Board of Health to an application from the society for an interview with the board. The reply stated that the board had refused to receive deputations from parties who were desirous of oppos ing the orders issued by the board for the closing of graveyards, and that they were also compelled by the terms of the Nuisances Amendment Act to con duct their proceedings by inquiries into each indivi dual case. Should the society have any new infor mation on the subject the board would gladly accede to their request, but, as in doing so they must also hear many parties besides, the effect would only be to occupy time and delay the effurts that the board were bent on making for the removal of acknowledged evils. The Rev. E. CRAIG, of Pentonville Chapel, said tha the answer was highly satisfactory. It assumed the principles of the society to be well-founded, and fully proved that the board were resolved to comply with the wishes of the country respecting intramural burials.—(Bear, hear.) ahe board acted wisely in not admitting deputations, and in not allowing the question to be re-opened. Mr. G. TIIOMI'SON, M.P., said, that considering the peculiar, and, he might add, appalling condition of the country, he thought that the time had arrived when the society might adopt the following resolu tion, which he should take the liberty of laying upon the table for their consideration:— " 1. In recognizing the value and importance of the co-operation of the public press in the cause of the abo lition of intramural burials, this committee regard the unanimous denunciation of the practice by the journals of the metropolis and the provinces as matter of siecerr congratulation; that they believe thereby essential aid has been renered to the object, end would therefore record the expression of their gratitude and thanks to the newspapf r press of the country."— (Hear, hear.) " 2. That the evidence laid before the Select Parlia mentary Committee of 1842 on the subject of intramural burials has been strikingly illustrated, .and ,its truth abundantly confirmed, by the accumulating and appal ling facts which have been recently adduced, and that the constantly recurring proofs of the dangers and fatal consequences arising from the crowding of unlimited numbers of dead bodies into limited spaces of ground, fully justify the report of the Committee, as also the opi nion of the House of Commons, as declared by a majo rity of the assembly in 1845. " That, adverting to the circumstances alluded to in the foregoing resolutions, and to the lamentable tact, that already many thousands of the inhabitants of the metro polis have been slain by the visitation of the epidemic cholera (the ravages of which disease still continue with slight abatement), this committee deem it their duty, in the prosecution at this awful crisis of the work they have undertaken, to address an earnest memorial to the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, with the view of bringing under the consideration of the responsible Minister of the Crown the propriety of proposing to the Cabinet the promulgation of an order in Council re quiring measures to be adopted throughout the kingdom for the prevention of the practice of intramural burials; a practice which, as has been repeatedly demonstrated, is fraught with the most terrible and irremediable con sequences." The Hon. Member said he congratulated the society upon the fact that, with scarcely a .single exception, the presi of the country fearlessly, and regardless of local interests, proved itself the zealous guardian of the lives of the public by warring against one of the most odious, offensive, and deadly nuisances that could disgrace a country.—(Hear, thews.) To their president (Mr. Walker), whose indefatigable la bours exposed the crying evil years ago (and well would it have been tor the nation had his warning voice been attended to), the country and the Go vernment owed a deep debt of gratitude, which it was hoped they would pay, and pay liberally.— ) (Hear.) In recommending her Majesty to issue an Order in Council for the immediate closing of grave yards ) in cities and towns during the recess, they D recommended a last resource which the appalling D mortality of the country justified.—(Hear.) lie 2 (Mr. Thompson) recommended the appointment of a U sub-committee to draw up a meuiprial to the Se eretary of State, embodying the resolutions which he 1 had read, and, without further trespassing on their 1 time, he would move the first resolution. 2 Dr. T. EVANS seconded the resolution. IThe Rev. E. CRAIG moved the second resolution , 3 and expressed his determination to put dow n, as • quickly as possible, burials in his churchyard, where, o within a very short period, he had seen the same o grave thrice opened. He repeated what he had al -4 ready stated, that he believed that there were many of 2 the clergy as willing as he was to do away with in -1 tramural burials. o Mr. R. D. TENNENT seconded the resolution. 1 The third resolution was moved by Dr. Parker, • seconded by Mr. T. liamber, and sum' tecl by Mr. 2 L. J. Hansard. 1 • 1. he resolutions having been carried, 1 Dr. Powenr. felt great pleasure in stating that the 2 medical profession fully approved of the society, and O highly appreciated Mr. Walker's services. In his O district the medical men were aware of the atrocities 1 committed in graveyards, and the great damage the 1 public health sustained from them. With that ins -1 pression they were endeavouring to get closed St. o George's burial-ground, which was one great cess. • pool, close to toe dwellings of the aristocracy, who O • inhaled from it a deadly poison which rendered the O very air putrid. For 80 years it had been a recep -1 tacle for the dead, who were so packed together that • a shilling could not be passed between them. Such 4 was the state of the pauper burial ground, in many 1 instances the coffins were not 18 inches from the sur -1 face. On one occasion, in order to make room for ▪ more, a portion of a body was dissevered, with the 1 muscles and integuments attached to the osseous 1 structure, thrown on a tree. The exhalation from 0 the graveyard rendered the atmosphere nauseous, 2 disgusting, and putrid; and the scenes enacted in it 1 1 were revolting to contemplate. A memorial , signe d o z, by 41 medical men, requesting that it be closed, was o presented to the Board of Health.—(Hear, hear.) 1 After a few words from: the CHAIRMAN, 1 A sub-committee was appointed to draw up a O memorial to the Secretary of State, and the meetirg O separated at a late hour. THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOEL.—The ne gotiations for the occupation by Mr. Noel of Mr. Mot'• timer's chapel, Gray's Inn-road, have been, we under stand, brought to en unsuoce:sfal termination, owing to legal difficulties. It appears that the chapel is the pro. perty of Mr. Davenport, who, under a CommiesiQn of Lunacy, was declared some years ago incompetent to manage his own affairs. Now, as Mr. Davenport is an Episcopalian, the Court of Chancery will not sanction the transfer of the chapel to a Dissenter, on the ground that, if Mr. Davenport verb compos mends, he would probably objt ct to such trans ier, the Court lcoling bound not to do any act of which Mr. Davenport, in his right mind, might disapprove. it is now, we believe, vk r) - ptobable that. Mr. Noel will bet eatter become the pastor of Mr. Ilarrington Evans's: church, John. street, Bedford row.—Potriot. TESTIMONIAL TO Tar LATE SIR JOAN BARROW, BART., LL.D., F.lt.S.—lv'e with much pleasufe find that the first list of sub,vription, just announced, has reached the mum of nearly 6001., and that it is the inten tion of the committee to c teem; a column in the neighbour hood of his birthplace, Ul . ifer stone, in Lancashire, which not only will do honour to the deceased, but likewise srrve as a sea-marl:. Sir John Barrow, in his officiA character at the Admiralty„ has left behind him a name encircled with worth and elite:en); while in his literary career, " The Life of Lord Macartney," "Travels in South Africa, China. CociLin-China,' " The Lie of Lord Anson, Howe," &c., and the numerous articles in the Quarterly Review, must, eiver cause him to be regarded its au author replete with tf§i l .ent and asefulnosa. 48 Tota Tota THE SUNSHINE OF LI (From Elizi Cook's JoAir, <IN :4, " The Wind and the Beam lovW e But the Rose loved on • ; 1,1-7 ,\,X_.„ A . :, - '"o• Who reeks %here the wild %Cm lodes, Or lours not the Sun ?" Lases lii;f7o2 4 tit•• fa.; " Who lows not the Sur, ?" ash el 1 Pomi-eii—painful question on the s tCps ougssdio never beheld the light ! " Who live tqlll4tia sung Nydia, and the question Mu s oOT,~II- poi answer. 'We all (could it be otherwi Sun, the dispenser of light and heat ; and we all (can we help it ?) love the Sunshine which el ,thes the world with beauty, the Sunshine which almost pos sesses the impossible power of perfecting perfection ; it " gilds refined gold" and " paints the lily," it adds a charm to the beautiful and lends attraction to the homely. Beautiful is the Sunshine! Beautiful as it glitters in golden sheets of glory on the bosom of the ocean, as it dances on the rippling waters of the brook, as it plays in the rain-drops by the way-side. Beautiful as it faintly glimmers over the eacuntain tops at early dawn, as it streams forth at noon day, clothing nature in her gala-dress, as it lovingly lingers upon earth when " summer's day declines along the hills." Beautiful is the Sunshine ! But let us suppose now, that in this age of wonderful contrivances, some marvellous che mical or scientific process were suggested, by means of which (without at all interfering with the indispensable light and heat) the Sunshine, with its beauty and gladness, should be for ever extinguished. The idea is preposterous ; but prithee, good friends, let us consider it quietly for one moment. Who, we ask, would consent to annihilate the Sunshine ? Not a voice replies. Who, again, would not join with us in condemning the execrable proposition F At once, every voice breaks forth, every hand is raised in indignation. Every soul, young and old, rich and poor, man and woman, unites in vehement condemna tion of the atrocious thought, "Extinguish the Sun shine ! What monster has suggested it ?" Softly, softly, dear friends! Hear us out, and ye shall, many of you, be self condemned. There is another Sun shine besides that which glads the material world. There is a Sunshine which suffuses with joy and beauty our spiritual life. The Sunshine of the moral world is Love; not that Love in which novel- writers and novel-readers delight, but Losse, itself in its most holy and universal application. We have eulogized the beauty of the Sun's beams as they stream on mountain and moor, forest, field, and fell ; but more glorious is the light of this spiritual Sunshine. It beams upon the human countenance with as soft and pure a radiance as the Sun's rays kindle on the fair face of nature, and it cheers human hearts with a warmer glow than was ever occasioned by material heat. This soul's Sunshine sparkles in the first con scions glance which lights up the infant's face as he smiles upon his mother. It feebly flickers on the trembling lip and fading eye as the loving soul, reluct antly turning from its !ear ones, " Quits the warm precincts cf the cheerful day, And casts a longing, lingering look behind.' It beams in the father's proud smile, as the little group gladly rush "to greet their sire's return." It lights up the joyous faces of long-parted friends, when their hands are once again clasped in sympathy. It shines forth in the wife's fond look of anxious tender ness, and the bashful maiden's timid glance. It gleams in the upturned eye of devotion and the sorrowing gaze of pity. It flushes the cheek of gratitude, and quivers in the lip of sympathy. Thrice holy, thrice beautiful Sunshine of the soul And you, lovers of earth's sunshine, would extinguish this! It is of you we speak. We allude not to the dogmatic philosopher (so-called) who sneers at romantic sentimentality (for which, perhaps, we have as little sympathy as himself); but we speak of you who, extolling the beauty of the Sunshine which gladdens your gardens and delights your eyes, roughly and carelessly extin guish that brighter light which should illumine your hearths , and warm your hearts. How many partici pate in the sinful folly they just now joined us in condemning ?—how many of you are extinguishers of Sunshine ? You extinguish it—you, whose cold looks, and harsh tones, and unkindly words repel the sympathy of those who love you. You extinguish it —you, whom egotism and selfishness render blind to the feelings and indifferent to the troubles of those around you. You extinguish it—you, whose paltry pride scorns to ask pardon when you hare offended; and you, whose still meaner spirit refuses nobly to forgive what is generously repented of. She extin guishes this Sunshine—the wife and mother who nightly leaves her domestic hearth to seek happiness in the revel ; no gentle beams illumine her children's faces ; no heart's sunshine lights up her husband's eye ; no ray of it sparkles in her own. He extinguishes this Sunshine—the miser, the " Scrooge," whose gold is his god. No light of love cheers his life; his heart is desolate and dark : and he also, the avaricious man, who would scorn the companionship of the professed " miser," he also extinguishes the Sunshine that might beam upon his path, who flies the domestic circle to bury himself in the counting house ; who can never spare a word for his wife or a smile for his children; whose whole heart, like Solo. mon Jericho's, is full of bank notes and nothing else. She extinguishes the Sunshine—the Coquette, who prefers the false glare of adulaticn to the sunny light of love; who cares more for the empty flattery of a hundred false lips than for the true devotion of one honest heart. How often do brothers and sisters, whose cold looks or angry words, as they gather round the well-spread board, daily verify the proverb, Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith I" And in such cases it is so difficult to say who is wrong. A trifle—one of those " trifles which make the sum of human things"— may have done all the mischief. And how shall it be undone? If friends and relatives would only preserve, in their mutual intercourse, the outward courtesy of stran gers, and if strangers would but cherish a little of the cordiality of relatives, how much happier would the world be! How much of life's sunshine would then delight us ! As it is, however, distant acquaintances greet one another kindly, while their hearts too often belie the it words; and friends and brothers turn from each other coldly, or speak harshly, while their hearts too belie their words. When the beggar's hand is rudely repulsed, and the passerby boastfully tells us he "cannot en courage vagrancy," can we refrain from surmising that if his parsimony has spared his purse it has also deprived his heart of a gleam of happiness ? But we will not blame him, perhaps he is sight in re fusing to support the idler, (whether an idler from choice or compulsion he has not asked). Is he, how ever, more ready to grant the prayer of honest poverty ? Do the needy find in him a willing helper? Does his hand ever snatch the drowning from de struction ? Not so. lie never heard—we bees his pardon! he is too good a Christian never to have heard, but lie never heeds, the injunction "Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away." Some may censure this worldly-wise one, for our part we pity him — he shuts up his heart from the sweetest Sunshine that ever was—the delight of conscious happiness—the true Sunshine of Love. But the extinguishers of Sunshine are too nume rals to catalogue. Let us leave them to the deso lation of their choice, and thick of ourselves. We have no right to chide; we have no right to blame the taskmaster, whose cruelty " presses" not the Sunshine only, but "the life from out young hearts;" we have no right to blame the legislators who seemed to forget that in their hands (under Heaven) is the happiness of the poor ; we have no right to blame till we ourselves are blameless. " lie that is without sin among you let him cost the first stone." Let us forbear from chiding the wholesale extinguishers of Sunehiee until we ourselves have proved our love for it by cherishing its beams in our own hearts, and by our own firesides. Gentle reader, remember this !--When harsh words fall from your lips, when an angry frown furrows your brow, when a cold smile curls your lip, when you turn a deaf ear to the voice of sorrow, when your hand refuses the grasp of sympathy or the token of forgiveness, w hen your steps continually turn from home in search of foreign pleasures—then, and in a thousand other in stances, too trivial almost to notice, but, alas, not trivial in their consequence—you too, even you are an extinguisher of Sunshine —of the joyous and beauti ful sunshine of the soul. In the recent a lterations an the executive of Sane Midland Railway, we observe that Mr. Joseph - ders, late secretary of the Bristol and Birmingham, is appointed general manager over the w hole of the Midland and its numerous branches. This must be most gratifying to him, as a proof of the high esti mation in which his business habits and gentlemanly conduct are held by the directors. RETURN OF TUE COURT VIA EDINBURGII.—We are enabled on the bK at authority to state the time of her Ma jesty's departure from Balmoral, and the route to be fol lowed by the royal party. filer Muje:ty will leave Bal moral on the 26th, and proceed by carriage to Perth, where sho will stay during the night. Next morning her Majesty will proceed on the Scottish Central to the Green. hilt Junction station, and along the Edinburgh and Glasgow line to Edinburgh. We presume it is not intended, according to present arrangements, to make any stay at this city, but to proceed along the Nurth British, the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and the Mid land Railways to Derby, where the Royal party will sojourn for the night at the Midland Hotel, and ref-tne their journey next morning. The directors of the North British Railway have received official intimation that a special train will be required for her Majesty and suite on the 27th ; and Ivo understand the directors on the other lints have received a similar notice.—Edirtlnti gls Advertiser. A few days ago the bodies of a young man and woman were found On the ban bound togeT k her in the River &Aug, near Montargis of the river was a. note ca lli n g Oa the psosers-by to pr,:y to God fi r thou), and Int.d committed suicide in conse qinateituncactionfg th the at they refusal of lb e father of the young man to allow their marriage. —Paris Paper. ... o ... 9 ••• 29 _174 ... 60 rrititt, Elbri 3, 'end° , Tri . ,cher, Mid intov rovio from I the ores