The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-14 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS D A Y.) OLD COU 7 (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice Wit.u.tms.) Mn. CLITT.—The trial of Mr. Cutt or Lrgvry WV./ fixed for Monday. TRIAL OF MR. DROUET FOR 14.1.1N SLAUGHTER. At ten o'clock thts --- prisoncr entered the do k, and the trial WES resumed by MT. CITAMBERS calling Ksziah Deamant, the under matron of th 3 Holborn Union—She :aid she remembered going to the Royal Free Honpital on the sth of January, and re_loiving 150 children, amongst whom was the deceasel Andrews, who were conveyed back to the union. On the corning of the 6th sh e saw the deceased in the hos2it,l. Mr. Whitfield, the surgeon, was attending him. He was Much exhausted, and appeared to be dying. He died soon afterwards, about eleven o'clock in the morning. She examined the children when they came from the hospital. Mr. CHAMRERS—In what state were tiny? Sir F. THESIGER objected to the question. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witness when she had sun the children before?—The witness replied that she br.cl seen them a few months before. Mr. CHAMBERS then repeated Cc ob . ;ectionable ques tion, and Sir FREDERICK TIIESIGER again objected. What had the state of the other children to do with the s'ate of the deceased children? They might have been treated differently from the deceased, Andrews. No evidence had yet been adduced to prove the mode of treatment. Mr. Baron PLATT apprehended that the question did not go to the treatment, but rather went to show what state of health the children were in when they were sent to Mr. Drouet's, and when they returned to the union. Mr. BALLANTINR contended that if their Lordships admitted this evidence it would open up a variety of cases which ought to be the subject of distinct indict ments. Before the evidence could be received their Lordships must prove a perfect identity between the state of health of the deceased and the children to whom his Learned Friend had referred. In fact, he must lay down this broad principle, that before this question could be put to the witness, it must be shown beyond all doubt that the constitution and condition of those chil dren were precisely the same as that of the deceased. Mr. Baron PLATT ruled that the question could be put. Mr. CHAMBERS—Now, did you examine some of the children when they came from the Royal Free Hospital? Witness—l did. Mr. CHAMBERS—In what state did you find them ? Witness—They were covered with blotches and erup tions. Mr. Baron PLATT—What has this to do with the case. Suppose they were all affected with itch, how oould that bear upon this case. It is not alleged that the deceased died of that complaint, or that it was caused by the treatment of the defendant. Mr. CHAMBERS begged his Lordship's pardon ; the indictment charged the defendant - with confining the deceased in a room impregnated with an unwholesome atmosphere, and treating him in such a manner which ultimately produced the illness which caused the death. Mr. Justice %I/mums—Just so, and you are to prove that the treatment engendered the disease which caused the death. MT. CHAMBERS must, hOWIRTer, insist that he had a tight to show that the treatment affected the children in different manners. Mr. Baron PLATT—You say then that the same im proper treatment may produce various consequences upon different people. Mr. CHAMBERS.—Just so, my Lord. Mr. BARON PLATT—And you insist that a medical Man can trace all these various consequences to the same criminal treatment of the defendant, which, the indict ment alleges, resulted in the death of the deceased ? Mr. CHAMBERS said, that it was so ; and, in order to show the necessity of admitting such evidence as this, he would just put a case as an illustration :—Suppose a man was charged with firing a pistol, loaded with ball, at an individual, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, and the man pleaded that the pistol was not loaded, surely he would have a right to call a third party whom the bullet had struck, to show that it was ? Sir FREDERICK 'EUESIGEn replied, that before the evidence proposed to be put in could possibly be adms aible, it must be shown that the treatment of these child ren had product ti the same effects upon them that it was alleged to have done on the deceased. The deceased had died of a mortal disease, and before the treatment of the o th er c hild ren cou ld be admitted against the defendant, it must be shown that they had been attacked by the same disease. Mr. Baron PLATT—Suppose the case of a surgeon being indicted for causing the death of an individual, by a negligent amputation in this way : he amputates the limb of one party, but before operating upon the second, he neglects to cleanse the knife, and Same virus or poison remains upon it, which causes the death of the second. Surely, it a third party had Le en operated upon with the same knife, but without producing death in his case, would not the effect the poison had upon him be evidence against the surgeon in the second case? Sir F. THESIGER said, in the case put by his Lord ship there was that identity of the effects which did not exist in this case. The COURT ruled that the evidence was admissible. Examination continued—The children were covered with eruptions and blotches, many of them were thin and pale, and some had swollen bellies. \Viten the children were sent to Drouct's they were in a good state of health, but many of them had returned in so ti,el Matt., that some of them Were not yet out of the hospital. Cross•examined by Sir F.' TlMMER—Before the children left the union she was a nurse, and had frt quent opportunities of observing their condition, by avending the various wards. She hat had three children at Mr. Drouet's cstablisbm:nt, end she had reason to bi-lieve that they were well treated. She had slept one night at Tooting ; and on one occasion she had thanked Mr. l)rouet for his attention to her children. They were two boys and a girl. By the COURT— ller three children formed part of the 125 that were brought away, or rather two of them die. The little girl was attacked with cholera, and could not be removed. The two boys were also attacked, but sill three of them had since recovered. She ore., c r twice had an opportunity of seeing the female children in the Tooting establishtnent at supper. The food appeared to her to be good and plentiful. It consisted of bread and treacle, and milk and water. t...he had never seen them at dinner, but she had s' t n their dormitories. Hal the food been insufficient or bad, the should have complained of it. . Mary Barris, examined by Mr. CLARKSON-0n the evening of the sth of last January she was a nurse at the R o y a l F ree H os pit a l, an d remem b ere d little An drews, the deceased, being brought there. He was in a very exhausted state, and havieg placed him by the side of a fire she got him an egg and some bread and milk. Ile did not eat it, but-said " Oh, what a big piece of bread this is." She then undressed and put him to bed. Baron PLArr—Are you in the habit of attending children? Witness—Yes, my Lord. Baron PLATT—WeII, did he appear to you to be tied and fatigued; and was it that which made him want to go to bed ? Examination continued—When she undressed him she found his body in a shockingly thin and emaciated Atate. About six o'clock in the morning he was purged And vomitted much. The purged fluid koked more like dirty water than anything else; it was of a blue-blackish Colour. Soon afterwards she sent for Mr. Whitfield, and gave up charge of the child to him. There were four nurses there that night. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER The four nurses went from the Holborn Union to- attend the 3 hildren, at the Royal Free Hospital. She knew nothing of the child till she saw him at the hospital. 'lhe deceased, when he came to the hospital, did not Complain of sickness. By the Comer—The night was cold, and it rained, and the children were covered all over. No other chil dren were sick, but some of them were purged. William Benson Whitfield, the medical officer of the Holborn Union, called and examined by Mr. CHAR • BEIMS. On the 4th of January last he attended at Mr. Drouers establishment to report upon the state of the children. He went over the sick ward and some other parts. There were a number of rooms appropriated to the cholera cases. He made some notes of Mr. Droust's visiting as suggestions which ho wished him to adopt • eelaeive to warmer clothing, and to improving the qua ]ity' of the food given to the children. In going through the wards he observed the portion of the boys in the beds. ►Sir PREDERICK THESIGER objected that the last answer could not be admitted as evidence, unless it could be shown thut the deceased had been subjected to the same treatment. Andrews, it had been found, did not exhibit symptoms of cholera till he was removed to the 11,0y a l Free Hospital. Baran PLATT suggested that they had better paaa over thi a part of the evidence. Examination continued—ln conscquenco of that visit he r e p orte d i s favour of the removal of the children, a n d he went down on the evening of the sth of Janu ar y, and examined all the Holborn children, amongst whom Was Andrews. He considered there were about 159 in a fit state to be removed, many of whom were then under the influence of cholera. Baron PLATT—And you believed them fit to be re moved? Witness—Yes, I did, my Lord. Examination continued—He saw the vans the chil dren were removed in; they were covered. The night Was cold and ra i ny . H e saw An d rews on th e following morning, between seven and eight o'clock, when he was suffering f rom an attac k of the cholera, and resorted to Means to recover him. He gave him hot blankets, and ap plied all the rt medics he thought were proper, and then gave his attention to other cases. Baron PLATT—I suppose you had formed your opinion of Andrews' case directly you saw it? Witness—l saw at vice that h e was d y i ng. tn_rination continued—Th e wee k a f terwar d s h e visited. M . Drouet'a establishment, and went through all the room s . Mr. CaLtsittees—Di had been in eachci you ascertain how many chil dren Sir F. THEsicere erli T r s h o a o traj.on't do. Baron PLATT--- Witness—He did. s Mr. Drouet told him. Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, now , in your opini on , h ow many children could be placed In the rooms, co ns i s t ent ly with a due regard to health? Sir F. THESIGER again objected. The opinion must be confined to the room Andrews was in, and not gene rally to the whole. Mr. CHAMBERS insisted that they had a right to show the number of children the house would hold with safety to their health. Baron PLATT thought that the evidence must b fined to th e room where Andrews was placed. e e°ll- cLArtasort insisted that they h a d a r i ght to show that ihe whole house was over- crowded of which An dre s room formed part. Sir P. T HESIGER rt toned that the establish ment con 2't d of several detached buildings , and asked th " 16 if that weie not to? The witness ° i laid it was. wt. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, MO. Mr. CHAMBERs again contended, that as the indictment char4cd the defendant with confining the decea.ed to divers over-crowded and unhealthy moats--he had a right to show that the whole of the billings were un healthy and over-crowded. The counts charged gene rally that the asylum was over-crowded. Sir F. THESIG ER—And one part of it is a vaster of s mile from the other. Is that not so, Mr. Whitfield ? Witness—No; a few hundred yards. Mr. Baron PLATT said the evidence should be confined to the buildu g in which the little children eat, drank, and slept. By Mr. CHAMDERS—I examined the children as to the state of their health before they wcro removed. They were not in good health—their abdomens were tumid — they had swelled bellies. Many of them were covered with itch. I think, judging from the state they were in, they had rot sufficient food. I think if they were seizt d with cholera, that their constitutions were so enfeebled that the disease would most likely prove fatal. The wasting is very sudden in cholera. I did net pay par ticular attention to the case of Andrews. I io net think he was what was calk d " a heap of banes." Cross-examined by Sir F. TIIESIGER—Had never been to Tooting before January. There are always a few cases of itch and scurvy among Workhouse children. They are not always the most healthy of children. James Andrews died of Asiatic cholera. I believe cholera to arise from atmospheric influence, and I think it decidedly infectious. Persons in a room with a cholera patient I believe are more likely to be seized with the disease, in consequence of the air being poisoned by the breath of the patie at. Cholera is very ca pricious in its attacks--sometimes attacking one side of a ship and not the other—sometimes one side of a street and not the ether side. Per sons in well ventilated places are seized with it, while those sutject to a close and confined atmosphere some times escape. Cold is a great predisposing cause. Ito examined—Transition from warm clothing to cold clothing would also be a predisposing cause. By the Couar—l thick some of them were under the influence of cholera when they were removed. I cannot specify any particular child. I did not attend them at the Free Hospital. I did not inquire whether medical assistance would be rendered immediately, but it was my opinion that it wt uld. Removing them at ten o'clock at night when snow was on the ground might no doubt be a predisposing cause, but it was indispensable to the safety of their lives to bring them to London at that hour. Mr. Gibson, surgeon, said he examined the children of the Holborn Union on the 28th October, More they went to Tooting. Ile did not know whet her Andrews was among them, but if he was he must have examined him. If a child was thin only, and rot absolutely ill, he would have passed him. Mr. Baron PLATT—You must prove the identity of the body. Mr. Pearson, one of the visiting guardians, said he had examined a body in the vault of the church, but could not say whether it was that of Andrews. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER—I visited the establishment at Tooting several times, and had oppor tunities of examining it and seeing how it was conducted. In my judgment it was perfectly well conducted. Mr. CHAMBERS objected to this line of cross-exami nation, as opening up new ground. Sir F. THESIGER—Then I will put the question in this form. What was Mr. Drouet's conduct for kind ness and humanity? Witness—Exceedingly good. . Mr. CHAMBERS—Have you made inquiries since these everts have tuken place? Witness—No. That is the result of my inquiries during the visits of inspection. By the COURT—I have heard from persona both at Tooting and in town, that Mr. Drouet bore a good character. Mr. CLARKSON intimated that as a difficulty bad arisen with respcct to the identity of the body, he had sent for the necessary evidence. The Court at this point adjourned for a brief period. William Filby, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Said he was a porter and a gravedigger, and knew the deceased Andrews. Saw him before he went to Tooting in October, and he was then in very good health. Was pre sent when he died at the Free Hospital. He buried him, and afterwards, by the direction of the authorities, ex humed the body, and was present at the post mortem examination. Mr. Garrod was then re-called—He said he bad formed an opinion as to the death of the child, and he considered that it had arisen I uns malignant or Asiatic cholera. The body was very slightly decomposed. From the appearance be should say that it was greatly emaciated before death. The teeth were snot very for ward for his age, which bettkencd great weakness of the ptiln. The head was large, which indicated that he had not arrived at maturity commensurate to his age. The blood was of a dark colour. The intestines con tained a ricy or gravel-like matter. After giv ing seme minute details, he said that the appearance of the body altogether eati►fivd him that death had re sulted from Asiatic cholera. He considered that the child must have been an unhealthy one. Its emaciated state might have been caused by improper food, clothing, and lodging, independent of the cholera, but would nut be positive on that point. A child confined in an over crowded and ill• ventilated dormitory was more liable to be niftet , d by ir:flences such as the cholera than a strong, healthy person. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) REDUCTION in FIRE ASSURANCE RATES. (From the Reporter.) We have authority to state that the late reduction in the rates of fire assurance, referr, d to in the last number of the Rel.° , ter, and copied into the Mot ning Chronicle, and other morning, cv.ning, and weekly n , ,wspapers, was confined to the fotlowing risks of special hsz which had prev;,,usly been rai,ed, viz.:— C , tton and woollen mills in England. Manufacturer.' warehouses in Blanchester, London, Glasgow, and Paisley. The following table will doubtless be acceptable to many of our reaili.r:: Rates for the fuildings and Contents of Warehouses in Lon don, occupied by Naolesale Dealers in Cotton, Linen, Silk, Woollen, and Worsted Piece Goods, and by wholesale Glovers, Haberdashers, Hosiers, Lacemen, and Thread Manufacturers; also, Bonnets, Straw Hats, Stays, Arti ficial Flowers, and other Articles forming partof a Haber dasher's Stuck, when in the premises of a wholesale Dealer; regulated by the Capacity or Cubical Contents of the Buildings. o Not ex- c ceeding i ,`. 4 ) . 2 Above A War, house, 100,0 u 00,4. 00 Brick-built and 'filed or Slated. cubic ; Ey; cubic fee . R 5 feet. 44 not less not less not lees than than than s. d. s. d. s. d. Having entire party walls car-1 ried through the roof Having no pr cess of inanu• facture carried on therein Having no stove with more I than three feet of pipe.... If the party walls are not en-} or not carried through 0 6 0 6 1 0 the roof, addit . one' If there be any window oil opening into an area, court, or passage, be wren anti common to it and any other 06 1 0 warehouse or, If any wooden lining to any I part of the ceilings or walls If any well-hole for hoisting or lighting; or it any opening 06 2 0 in the floors, except tar the staircases and teagle-rope If in plurality of tenure If any process of manufacture} Special. Special. Special. be carried on If any stove with more than Special. Special. Is. three feet of pipe ...... TESTIMONIAL TO A VETERAN 0: THE ROYAL SEVENTH DRAGOON GUARDS. On Friday evening, the 23d instant, the Sergeant• Majors and Sergeants of the 7th Dragoon Guards, quar tered at this place, assembled at the Allen Arrrs, in the vicinity of the Cavalry Barracks, for the purpose of pre senting a silver snuffbox to their late Paymaster, Sergeant J. G. Hamilton, as a token of their esteem and regard for this itaiividual. Sergeant Major Smallwo3d, after a suitable address, presented the box to Mr. Hamilton. It was of rich and elaborate workmanship, and reflected much credit on its makers—Messrs. Lewis and Son, of this place. The following inscriptio❑ was beautiful►y engraved on it " Qulnda ullurn ins, , enietnus parem. "Presented by the Non- commissioned Officers of the 7th, or Princess Royal's, regiment of Dragoon Guards, to Paymaster Sergeant-Major John Gray Hamilton, whose reputation and long meritorious service in the above corps (upwards of 32 years), has caused them to offer, as a memorial of their esteem and respect, this trifle. " Brighton, February, 1849." Mr. Hamilton, in a very touching addres s , the re n tu u r m n b ed hi s t. thanks to his late comrades, a ll u di ng to years he bad served as a Noncommissioned Offi cer a l s er o (upwards of 22 years). Mr. Hamilton was granted, on his discharge, a pension of 2s. id. a day; a gra•inty of , 15/.; a sil ver me d al for "long service at d gol d servlce,' and an annuity of 201. with silver medal for "meritorious serv ice. —B r i g ht on Herald, TIIE New CHU CHIT 11 E DNESBURY.—SaIIIUei Addison, Eq., haulier, of Wednesbury, has contributed the sum of 7001. for the completion of the tower anc: spire at St. John's Church, in that place. Mr. Addison gave 5001., in addition to the site, towards the erection of the church. EXCURSIONS BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN.---A novelty in railway excursions is to come off in May, namely, a hip between Dublin, London, and back, fur two guineas, via the Chester AL d Holyhead and North- Western. EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.--MYS. Bains, II farmer at Stiekney East Fen, has an ewe which lambed a pair, one of which died, and the other sucked its dam for a fortnight, when the ewe lambed another pair, a hich are now living and healthy. The first lamb would not suck after the ewe had yenned the secoad pair, and Mrs. B. sold it for ss —Lincoln Mercury. EXPIRING Lews.—The report of the Select Com mittee upon expiring laws, appointed on the 2d of April, was published yesterday. It shows that there are now 62 temporary Acts in force,:which will Expire in due course, if not renewed by Paliament. The number of expired laws in the year 1848 amounted to 3, HULL. " I told thEr ' neighbour, thou wvst an bonest man, Yea! a god m tin—yet thou ktltest fivinness." Edward the First founded this borough, and grdnred it great freedom, privileges, and immunities, honoured it with the royal appellation of Kingston, and cLustd a manor•ball to be erected for hirnEelf. In the month of September, 1448, his Majesty Henry VI. visited Hull, and was received with the loudest acclamations. In 1541 Henry the Eighth and his Queen passing trough Lincolnshire, within a few miles of Kingston-upon-Hull, with which circumstance the then mayor becoming acquainted, he deputed the sheriff, with a numerous train of gentlemen, to meet his Majesty near Newland. The sheriff, after paying a very polite and sensible compliment of welcome, kissed the white rod he carried in his hands and de livered it to his Majesty, who returned it again to the sheriff. A little out of Beverley Gate the mayor and aldermen stood in their fortnalities to receive their Majesties, at the sight of whcrn neither words nor demonstrations were wanting to testify the meat hearty welcome and to show the loyalty and fidelity of the town. During the space of three days, the King, the Queen, and their numerous retinue were magnifi cently and splendidly entertained. His Majesty then left for York, and on his return again visited Bull, where he continued five days. In 1639, King Charles being at York was induced to take a view of Hull ; the Mayor called a bench, and it was unanimously ordered, that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Recorder, in their scarlet gowns, cc companied by the principal inhabitants, should attend at the gates to receira his Majesty ; that rails should be made for forty people to stand in ; that the place for the Mayor and Aldermen should be elevated higher than the rest, and the rails covered with rich carpeting; that after saluting the King, the Mayor should, on his knees, deliver to his Majesty the keys of the town together with a purse containing one hundred pieces of gold. The Recorder was to pre pare a speech, and several other directions were given to show the utmost zeal and fidelity to his Majesty, and full assurance of most sincere loyalty. Ilis Majesty remained in Hull one night. Such are the abstracts we have made from the his tory of Hull as regards the visits of royalty ; we now, in confirmation of the remarks published in our im pression of the 10th instant, from a correspondent, give the following paragraphs from the Hull press, merely directing attention that on the occasions referred to the then mayors took the initiative; in Henry VIII.'s time it was the mayor that deputed the sheriff ; it was he that called the bench to arrange for the reception of Charles; but it is the present iliayor of Hull who h,as not deputed the sheriff, as far as is publicly known, to meet his Royal Highness Prince Albert, although his Royal Highness is on the eve of visiting Lincolnshire. It is the present Mayor who has not attempted to induce the Prince to take a view of Hull. The inhabitants, however, are not to blame, they would have felt much pleasure in showing their loyalty and fidelity to her Majesty Queen Victoria through the medium of her Royal Consort. (From thy-Ilull Eastern Counties Herald.) We have given in other columns an outline of the ar rangements which are to be observed next week, on the occa ion of the visit of Prince Albert to this neighbour hood. The visit is to Lincolnshire. and so far all the plans are confined to that county. It is known, how ever, that his Royal Highness will touch at New Holland on his route from Brocklesby to Grimsby, which is to be the great focus of the day; sad there is a strong feel ing in Hull that our municipal body should avail them• selves of the Prince's presence on the opposite shore of the Humber to express the loyalty of their constituents through the medium of an address, or in any other way which may be more agreeable or convenient to the royal stranger. Alere formality or—what is still worse—for mality shrouded in red garments and typified by brass rods or gilded sticks, is not necessary, and in these days is really ridiculous; but a distinction may be drawn be tween this and the quiet expression of respect which is suggested as desirable. ,True loyalty comports best with manly self-respect; with fulsome flattery and fawning sycophancy it has no legitimate alliance. The corporation of the Trinity-Howe of this town will pro c,.ed to Grimsby in their yacht; and it is hoped that the Mayor and his fellow members of the municipal body will fell.)w the exan.ple, and thus be enabled to ccnvey the gratulations of their townsmen to the Consort of her Majesty. (From the Bull Packet.) We have been more than once asked, what steps the Mayor and Corporation of this town intend taking on the occasion of the visit of his Royal I ighnes. Prince Albert to the neighbouring port of Grimsby ? We fear we must say—none whatever. The Mayor, we have been given to understand, has felt strongly disposed not to allow the opportunity which will occur next week ot manifesting lo) alty and attachment to the family upon the throne to pass r unimproved; and we know mi me rous gentlemen in the town are ut alike opinion. Un fortunately, however, (as we cannot but think,) his Worship is supposed to have clef( rred to tbo judgment ot .some of his Itad.cil brother councillors, who—either nut cherishing very warmly any sentiments of loyalty, or (witely, perhaps) distrusting their own cspaciey to play ever Sq humble a part in the courtly feseiviles at lirocklesby, have take n upon themselves to advise a con teary course. The) advise his Worship i.nd the Corpo ration to stay at home ; to ignore altogether the visit of hi s Roy a l iiighue.s in the vicinity of our port ; and thus by their silence leave it to be inferred that the presence ot lio)a!ty gives them no pleasure, and that the husband 01 the best Sovereign who ever sat on Britain's throne hal neither lot nor part in the sympathies, esteem, or odeniration of the iehabi tanta of the fourth part of the realm. We sincerely re gret that the Mayor should have followed this advtce— or at all events that he should have neglected to convene a meeting of the corporation to consider the matter. It may be that a majority of the members of our Tease Council have such is true self-estimate as to feel them selves altogether unfit to se:dress or even stand in the presence of Royally; or it may be that a majority care neither for Queen, Consort, ner Throne. Well, be it so. But by all means let the Corporation have an oppor tunity ot openly declaring either its own unworthiness or disloyalty. Tire inhabitants of Hull, generally, we re peat, are not only 'eye!, but anxious to manifest their loyalty; and unless the Mayor convents a special meet ing of the Corporation to consider upon the matter, on torn will rest the emu of having allowed the estimable Consort of our gracious Sovereign to stay two days in the immediate neighbourhood of the fourth port in England, without receiving one single assurance that the Royal Family which be represents possesses the affection and devoted esteem of any one of its 80,000 residents. (From the Hull Adocrt4er.) Of course, the engrossing topic of coeversaticn at Hull, at present, is the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Al bert to Lincolnshire, on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and yet, as tar as the authorities of the town are con cerned, no arrangements have been preconcerted iu which Hull may be duly represented in its loyalty to her Ma jesty's Roy al Consort. In another page will to found our Lincoln correspondent's stateuo nt of the ridiculous trepidatiou into which the functionaries t f that city have fallen, from a dread lest they should nut sufficiently and appropriately attest their respect for his Highness. Now, we du u. t wish the Corporation of Hull to imitate the 1 Corporation of Lincoln, in sending our respected Town- Clerk as far as London, to c, reify the mayor, aldermen, and councillors of the colour, cut, and quality of the robes which should be worn on their presenting them stl,es before the representative of cur must gracious Sovereign, but it does betray some lack of public spirit in the town that, notwithstanding there is a probability of Prince Albert landing at Bull, the Corporation has not been aim mbled to deliberate on the Lest means of giving his Highness a suitable reception. We understand his Worship the Mayor will be present at Grimsby, but not in his capacity as the head of the Corporation of this town or chief magistrate, but as the Admiral of the Hum ber. If, however, the public bodies in that town are le thargic in the matter, we believe the inhabitants generally will not b-. We know that there is in many quarters a wish that Wednesday should be kept as a general holiday, and a combination amongst the i rincipel shopkeepers to keep it as such may easily be made. PRINCE ALBERT 111 II CLL.—It is strange that the only intimation of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's crosa ing the Humber to Hull should have been received not by any of the dignitaries of the town, but by the enter prising lessee of the Queen's Theatre. THE ROYAL VISIT TO GRIMSBY DOCKS. Greet preparations are being made by the various official authorities for the reception of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, on the occasion of his visit to Grimsby on the 18th instant, to lay the foundation-stone of the stupendous docks about being formed at that port. The following particulars in reference to that important undertaking will be read with interest at the present moment:--In 1845 a company was formed fur the pur. pose of making a dock at Great Grimsby, worthy of its admirable local position, and to connect it by the then contemplated railway with all the principal towns of England. Grimsby lies on the north-eastern coast of Lincolnshire, at the widest part of the mouth of the Humber, facing the sea, and protected by a curve on the Yorkshire side of the river, known as Spurn Point, from all the storms of the German Ocean.l he company having o b ta i ne d t h e i r A ct o f in corporation,purchaserl all the property of an old dock, d uspw w Th • nri l io r lildr i ewm c (ke, r h esolutzt h omehat a ri.epsi d tltavhoin t at o ef c e:ad: s ososm o ucfe n: ceat chsid e eneesg t fall e n us i mop r ot: C hrnmneeoeahfatiGss: tptir. at rwairx,:latmsabybl,lhosi oy f fire t do o co, disuse. ,aacne. uisudittti rigctn aoreaderittl !e: The e: ► them a first rate shipping station, proposed to purchase the dock company, and it was accordirg:y amalgamated etith the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way. The works were then placed in the hands of Mr. Renck], the engineer of the Birkenhead Decks, and he was ordered to construct the wart houses on the most complete scale as a branch, a feeder, and a water station to the railway. The dock works consist of a wet dock en an area of about tturty-five acres, walled in on the left side by a wharf 2,06 u feet long, 200 feet wide, and 36 fret high, having at the extremity a pier cf great length, making in all The er east-side pier fo r steame r s arthi g w aterside quay and pier nearly a m il e long. This tall be the i sle ii from Hamburgh and the Baltic. which is of the sam e len g th, and 6'o feet wide, will b e partly covered w ith warehouses. The passage to the h an entrance basin formed by the docks will be throug g alongside the piers, vessels not requiring to enter • t he dischtege pa:knaers dodks will lie. Thus a steamer y two piers (area about t went y acres), within which, and and goods into railway carriages nod trucks brought right alongside, and taking mails and Manchester and cotton goods aboard fr.;rn other trueleq, go to sea again all in one tide. 'The c-mmunication between the open tidal basin and the two docks will be Effected by two locks. The one, 300 feet long and 65 feet wide, bill admit the largest war-steamer at any :time excopt an hour before and an hour after dead low water. The other will be 200 fet long, and 45 feet wide. At the lowest tide there will be six feet of water en the ,threshold of the dock gates. All the ordinary class vessels and steamers will find water enough to enter and lie in the basin at any hour. The dock has capacity for accommodating 700 average ships, and the basin 500: in all, 1,200. These docks, saving twenty miles of river navigation, and lying 50 miles nearer London than Hull, will elways enable passengers and mails to reach the metropolis six hours sooner than by way of full. The following is an:outline - of - the pro ceedings next Tuesday in Lincoln, on the occasion of Prints: Alber t ' s , v i s i t on his way to Grimsby:—The cor poration will assemble in the Corn Exchange about noon, and prozeid in carriages to the Midland Hiilway station, to meet the Prince, who is expected to ar rive about half-past ore. They bill thin conduct the Prince to the C , ,rn Exchange, b here the addresses of the corporation will he presented. - After the reply, the boys of the Blue Coat School, assisted by the minster choir, will sing " God save the Queen." Tho Prince will then proceed to the Cathedral, where his loyal Highness will be received by the dean and ehapte; ; and after inspecting the building he will return to the rail way station, and proceed to Brocklesby. The Prince is desirous of inspecting the \Vold system of farming in the neighbourhood of Brocklesby, before dinner; and therefore his stay will not be protracted at Lincoln. The day bill be devoted to holiday in Lincoln. There will be a dinner at the Great Northern Hotel; the children of all the schools are to have tea and plum-cake in their respective school-rooms; there will be an exhi bition of fireworks in Eastgate in the evening, and a ball in the city assembly rooms at night. LITERATURE. THI HISTORY of PENDEIVNIS. No. VI. By W. 3f. Thacheray. The present number contains the narrative of Pen.'s college career, in the course of which he makes hosts of friends, and forms, under his uncle's advice, various high connexions, and becomes the man of the university, the admired and the imitated of Freshmen. But, alas! in order to keep up this character, poor Pen. contracts debts which he is unable to liquidate, and neglects studies to which he should have attended. His door was beset with duns, and when the degree examina- tions came " a dreadful rumour rushed through the University that Pendennis of Bonitace was plucked." CON. CREGAN, the Irish Gil Bias. No. IV. In the present number Con. is fairly launched as a livery servant in Quebec. He has at length succee d e d in obtaining a status, such as itis, which will open to him a career, and he is the boy not t o l et sl i p an opportunity. This number is full of variety and in cident. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. The new series of the Eclectic Review proceeds well. The present number contains nine articles more than usually interesting and excellent. The first article is on "The Nature and Office of the State,".in which, in reference to punishment of crime, it is justly said that the safety of society requires a protective rather than a preventive principle in refe rence to crime, " a new science must be invented—the science of moral diseases." In the second article, a review of " Reade's Revelations of Life," we find the following beautiful and truthful passage:—" To all who reflect that above that unquiet stratum of physi cal activity in which we plunge forward and back ward, in which we are swayed hither and thither by the currents of business, in which we toil and triumph, love or hate, there is another stratum, calm and beau tiful, called the ideal world, and that in order to taste of real happiness, we must often ascend from th e former to the latter; poetry becomes, in some respect s , a necessary of life, or, perhaps we should say, it i s the Sabbath of the i m agination, that portion of our lives in which we repose and think, in which we re flect on evils past ani happiness to come." " Ameri can Scenes and Christian Slavery," " The French Revolutionary Press," " California ; its History and Resources," " Celts, Britons, and Anglo-S axons ,' " The Pulpit and the People," and last, not least, " Milton's Prose Works," in which article we are glad to find quoted Mr. Macaulay's admirable description of the Puritans, which appeared some years back in the Edinburgh .Review, constitute the remaining article of the Eclectic. ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY OFFICIAL.—PLYMOUTH, APRIL 12.—At the Guildhall this morning a sub-in spector of the South Devon Railway, named Wrensley, was charged with attempting to' steal 1171. 11s. 4i1., the property of the company. It appears that shortly before six. o'clock last night he procured that sum of mow from police- constable Corm, whose duty it was to pay the enginemen, &c., ou the line, drawing the money on tho Wudnesday, and having some on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is each week. Wrenaley, instead of pay ing the men, went off by the train, and was arrested with all the money in his pots.,esiun at Exeter, in consuqueuce of a telegraphic communication. He wa. brought down here, and aft,r an ex am i nat i on this morn i ng was re manded till Saturday text, when he will be brought up again. 'GUTTA PERCHA.—The vessel Duke of Bronte, ar rived from Singh; ore, has brought th e ve ry large (Pt"' tity of 36 bag s , 112 bides, 11,347 blocks, and 1,934 other packages of thin peculiar article of mercbancize, as a portion of her cargo, consigned to order; and the vessel Ann Watson, arrived f rom Singapore on the follow ing day, has brought 7,402 p ac k ages, 120 bl oc k s , a nd 3 baskets of the art i c l e, consigned to order. Application has recently been made to the r,venue authorities for permission to land a quantity of gLtta perchs, which is tree of duty, at one of the wharfs on the river side, having sufferance privile„es to land and house certain specified descriptions of goods from foreign parts; and the request has been complied with; and the authorities have further given permission fur the article to be al lowed to be lauded at a ll the first-class sufferance wharfs on the river side, whi c h are in possession of the addi tional privileges, as it i s termed, when such indulgence may be re quired by the parti es. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday afternoon, a G,nerbl Court of th e G overnors of this charity was held at the offices, 74, Ki ng W illiam-street, City, Rear- Admiral Bowls, M.P., i n t h e chair. The secretary proceeded to read the report of the operations of the society since the cemmencement of the present year. Sir.ce the lst January, 1849, th e t ota l nnin b er af sea men admitted to the h os pi tal was 781, end of these 583 belonged to the Briti s h merchant service, and 26 to her Majesty's navy. The re h a d been discharged cared from the hospital-ship 642, and there remained at present under tieatment 142. The income for the quarter amounted to 2,211/. 15s. 5d., including a former balance of 152/. 7s. 4d. The fines levied under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 112, commonly called the Seamen's Re gistration Act, amounted to 651. ' The expenditure bad fallen short of the incom e b y 7441. 12s. 4J. This report wog . slo resolutionthat received ar t d b e . adopted, do further s lim of UT ] , and th e cour t agree d to a re 8001. be invested in the Threeand-a-Half per Cent. C onso l s , i n th e na mes of the trustees of the hospit a l. S everal mem b ers o f th e court expressed their regret a t t h e decease o f M r . H arve y, who had acted as secretary since the foundation of the charity, and it was resolv e d t h at the ex p e nses of his funeral be defrayed by the i nst i tut i on , a nd the sum ofof 201. presented to his survivin g re l at i ves . vote After a thanks to the chairman, the court a djourned. AND._The land enclosed by this work has proved t NENE ESTUARY EMBAN KMENT , "r ra of the most productive and fertile character, and from a waste of mud and weeds covered with water, h a s emerge d into a fruit ful and prosperous region, and the su bject is _ one so:pecu litarly fitted to arouse the attention every one . in terested in the prosperity of the country, as to force itself upon public attention. The last year's crops were very large, exceeding the anticipations of the most san guine, and the present appear to be equally promising. The quantity of land enclosed within this embankment amounts to 2,500 acres, valued at 200,0001., and the works were carried into execution under the auspices of Commissioners of the River Nene Outten, Mr. Tycho Wine being their chairman, after whom the reclaimed land is called. The engineers were Sir John Rennie and Mr. Hamilton Fulton. The undoubted success which has attended this measure, not only as regards the recla mation of land, but also the improvement of drain age n and ca n p a i v ia ig li a s t t i s o t n o , u avi:l ur questienut ilY dertakings of the same char ac t er, and draw the att en ti on of from the experience which has been gained in executing these works, a great saving would be etr.c.ted in carrying out works of a similar nature. The Norfolk Estuary Project is a like undertaking, for which an Act has airs ady been obtained, and the works will be commenced as soon as some additional powers have been granted to the Company by Parliament during the present Session. EADVERTISEMENT.]--CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, INFLUENZA, &c.—The following cases of the severest forms of disease are selected from the clinical report published by Dr. Cronin:— Mrs. Osborne, 8, Ox ford-street; Mr. Morley, Messrs. Croneock and Co., Bow Churchyard; Major Lynch (late 14th Foot), 7, Wood land-place, St. John's Wood; Mr. Bryant, 7, Padding ton-street Marylebone; Mademoiselle Dupree, Royal Academy of Music; Miss Erwood, 72, New Bond -street; Miss Robb, at the Baroness Bassett's, Tehidy Park, near Truro, Cornwal ; Mrs. Tharmott, 29, Bedford -street, Covent Garden; Mrs. Williams, Portobello Arm', Kentish New Town; —, ]4, Leicester-place, Leicester square. The infant daughter of Lady Adeli/A Norman was chri,quied at the pails!' church, Ilottesf, rd, on Good Fridu afternoon, in the presence of the Duke of Rich tumid, Lady Caroline Leimox, the Marquis of Granby, Lady E. Di =mond, Lords Charles and John Manners, lion. Mr. and Mrs. Forester, &c. The church was crowded to excess. The names given to the interesting child are, " Elizabeth Cecil Sophia." TUE DUKE Or BUCKINGHAM'S IRISH ESTATES. — Notwithstanding the difficulty his Greco the Duke of Buckingham's trustees have in disposing of the Duke's English estates to their mind, it is a fact that the estates in Ireland were readily disposed of at sums amounting to 30 years' purchase on good rentals. A MARKED SetatoN.—One of the Duke of Athol's marked salmon, " No. 168," was caught at Benchill, on Monday last, and was found to weigh fully 121 b. The same fish was a kelt of 61b., weight when first caught and'restored to its native element, which took place at Poolin-arn, near Logierait, on the 25'h February last year.—Perth Courier. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF MR. DROU ET FOR MAN SLAUGHTER. (Examination of Joseph Andrews, continued from our Afternoon Edition of - yesterday.) Mr. Baron PLATT—HOW many, my little boy, make dozen? Witness—Twelve. He slept a good time in the bed, aad remembered his brother being taken ill. The room was in the attic. He was amongst the little boys, and he and his brother were treated like all the rest. We did not have enough to eat. Sometimes his brother asked him for a portion cf his allowance, and sometimes he gave it to him and sometimes ho refused. He refused because he had not enough for himself. The little boys dined in a hall. They had sometimes rotten potatoes and meat, and sometimcs meat and bread. When they had bread they had no potatoes, and they had no bread when they had potatoes. What he meant by rotten potatoes was that they were black and nasty. They had meat twice a week, and on these oc casions they had potatoes. He thought they were always bad and used to throw them under the table. They seldom Lad meat enough. For breakfast and supper they had a piece of bread and some gruel. 'There was generally in the room they slept in one tub for use, which was removed every morning by the big buys. Sometimes the tub smelt very badly, and in the day time it was used to hold the water for washing cut the rooms. Cross-examined by Sir F. Tfiesroen—He went to Drouet's about two months before his brother. Pre vioudy he had been in the workhouse a fortnight. His brother had been in the workhouse before ho went to Drouet's. A man attended the little boys while they were at meals. He was called "Jonney Cuff." lie had meat three times a week—Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri. day. On Monday they had soup, on Sunday meat, on Friday pudding, and on Saturday they had soup. He had half a s:ice of bread for breakfast and supper. He did not know whether his brother had meat and porter every day, but be had bad eyes, and his ward was there fore changed. He had not bad ayes when he carne to Dr( net's. W hen his brother came to London ho had bread and milk. His eyes had got well. No doctor saw his brother till the morning after they came up from Tooting. It was very cold the night they came up, and it snowed. Re-examined by Mr. Cu.nasoN—His brother did not eat his bread and milk, but gave it away. He was too ill to eat it. By the COURT—They came up as late as 11 o'clock. His brother was sleepy, and wanted to go to bed, but his being sick was the reason he did not eat the bread and milk. Thomas Titan examined by Mr. CIIAMBERS—Was sixteen years of age, and bad been fifteen months at Droueey. He had to empty the slops and scour the floors. He knew the attic in which the little boys slept, but there was more than one attic in which the little boys slept. One of them had about twelve beds in it, but he did not clean that, though he had seen the state which it was in. He knew James Andrews, who slept in a room where there were fifteen or else twenty beds. The teds were close together, and two or three used to sleep in them. It was part of his duty to empty the tub used in that room, and he remembered it often smelt very strong. The room was perhaps as long as the court, but not half so wide. They seldom had food enough, particularly the little boys. The potatoes were black, bad, and watery, and the boys generally threw them way. When there was not potatoes they had bread. The clothes James Andrews had were the same as his own ; they did not keep them warns by any means, but the corduroy clothes they wore on Sundays were much better and warmer. Out of school hours the boys were put into a yard, and he had seen some of the little boys out us late as seven or eight o'clock. He had often seen a half quartern loaf cut up into twenty pieces. On cross-examination by Sir F. THEME% he said he was posted in the pantry for a week once, it was then that he saw the loaf cut up into 20 parts. There were four attics and about fifteen beds in each. He knew Mr. Winch. He had been questioned once or twice by him about little Andrews, and his answers were taken in Samuel Jennings, another boy, said he assisted in cleaning the rooms of the big boys. Was not able to give any account of the mode in which the little boys were treated. _ _ By the JUDGE—There were as many as a hundred little boys, and they were about eight years of age, quite old enough to state what they had to eat and how they were treated. A boy named Selby, aged 15, said he was 15 months at Mr. Drouet's establishment. He had not complained himself of the way in which he was treated. Mr. Baron PLAIT—I really must complain of the mode of proceeding. Mr. CIIABIBERS—My Lord, we go upon our instruc tions, and the general management of the establishment seems to me very important, both with regard to the big and the little boys. Mr. Baron PLATT—AII the witnesses are from 15 to 16; surely a Hula boy aged eight can tell whether he had enough to eat, and how he was treated. Mr. CLARKSON—The evidence we give was produced at the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Baron PLATT—I have observed that the evidence of many witnesses was received by the coroner's jury, who were not examined upon oath, and I cannot retrain from saying that that was a most irregular proceeding. (H ar is Ldhip said this with considerable emphasis, end was cheered by several persons in the court. This ebu lition of feeling was speedily checked.) John Welch was then called—He said he was 14, and had been at the Tooting eataLlishment fifteen months. lie slept up stair , . The little boys used to sleep three in a bed. lied seen them at dinner—the potatoes were sometimes good and sometimes bad; the bad ones were black inside. H. collect, d some complaints bt log made three months prior to November, with respect to the food. Heard Mr. Drouet say to one of the boys aft, r the gentlemen came to inquire abeut their treatment, "I'll let you know, you youeg scoundrel, far letting them know that you had not enough to eat." He (witoess) was whacked by the schoolmaster next day.—(L- ughter). Cross-examined—lt was not because he did riot say his lesson that Le was whacked. Had enough to eat at present—had plenty of meat and plenty of bread, and could nut eat more if he had it given to him. Could not say that the other boys were so satisfied. Re-examined--Did not have so much to eat at Mr. Drouet's. Was whacked by the schoolmaster for hold ing up his hand when asked if he had enough to eat. By the COURT—Had now meat five times a week at the Ilolborn Union. Had setnetimes bread and a basin of milk for breakfast. Before going i,o Tooting he had meat four times a week. Was Tait° well when he went to Tooting, and also well when he came back. Henry Hartshorn, aged fourteen, said he was among the big boys at Tooting. The deceased Andrews was among the little boys, and ho could not say how he was treats d. A long and somewhat desultory discussion hero took place. Mr. Baron PLATT observed that every man brought to a criminal bar ought to have lair play, and that he thought it but right and just to him that proper evidence should be pro,iucerl. Mr. CIIIMBERS considered that it was legitimate and essential, under the indictment, to give evidence as to the gener..l management of the children. Sir F. THESIGER said, although he gave his Learned Friend cr, dit for the firmness and perseverance with which be had performed his duty, he could not give him credit for offering evidence which he must know, from his experience, was irrelevant. The boy Patrick Shsen was again recalled, and in arenpdlyt the e o h t i: i s g L b o o r 3 d s , half dinnersaid together,had h s i e s e nnhotrhti thatd l s i t a t flde they e y yf s t bad the same food , with t h e exception of the big boys d. i hav ingerh.i children Baron o e r n e w h P e r L r e e r , p a r f o t p e e r r S I y o n tr e e f urther,ate d a n dt h observations ey co could both sides, and after looking at could be proved that Mr. Monet had notice in M a y th a t the connect that treatment with the treatment of Androwa, then evidence as to the general management might be received. Hartshorn was recalled, and said he got no additional food in consequence of holding up his hand when the gen tlemen asked the boys who had not enough to eat to hold up their hands. Mr. Monet said that it was a fair ques tion to put to them. Six boys held up their hands, and there were eight present. Mr. Winch, recalled—Said he recollected Mr. Dronet saying " That's a very unfair and improper question—l have a character to lose ; that boy," pointing to one of them, "is the greatest liar in the school." Went down to the establishment with the committee on the 30th of May. Told one of the boys to cut up a loaf in the usual way, and he divided it ipto sixteen pieces. He and his brother guardians signed a paper approving of the manner in which it was conducted. Recollected making a suggestion confining his approval to that day. The only meal of which the quantity was specified was break fast. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTYKE —I am an ivory dealer at present, and keep a shop. As far as lam con cerned, I think the evidence of the children is not true. It was Mr. Reding who asked the children if they were satisfied. By the COURT—A four pound loaf was cut into six teen pieces. Mr. Shaw Mays, another guardian, said in May, when he visited the establishment, he asked one of the boys in the presence of Mr. Drouet, whether he had enough to eat, and he said that he had not enough bread. He went into the room where they were at dinner and looked at what one of the boys was eating. The greater portion of it was ne 1 meat but gristle. Mr. Drouet lost his temper, spoke harshly, and stated that they (the committee) were not fit to exasuine the boys. He made an observation as to the ventilation of the building. The attnosphere of the new be droom was very hot and close, and be suggest. d that some ventilating holes should be made, and that an iron grating should be put in the wall, under the flooring. Mr. Drouet said if he had to attend to the suggestion of every one, he would have nothing else to do. Ho visited the establishment again fourteen days afterwards, and found the dietary better, and that more attention was paid to the children. Cross-examined by Sir F. THESIGER-110 could swear positively that there were no ventilating holes. Mr. Kelly said he had two grand-children in the Tooting establishment at the end of last year. One was eight or nine, and the other four. He visited them the last day but two of the year, and he found the eldest one ill in bed. There were three in a bed. Mr. Baron PLATT intimated that this evidence could not be received unless it could be shown that the deceased Andrews was in the same room with those two children, Mr. CHAMBERS said that unfortunately he could not show that. There was another branch of evidence upon which he bad now to enter, and, as it would occupy a considerable time, he wished to know whether his Lord ship would proceed with it at once, or take that oppor tunity of adjourning the trial until to-morrow. Si. Lamar *aid, to; they had h i rte d tat eight hours, it would be better not ‘o proceed further until to morrow morning. The Court then rose, ard the trial will ha proceeded with to-morrow at ten. Mr. Drouet having entered into the necessary bail for his re-appearance, was liberated from custody. DREADFUL MURDER at THORPE, NEXT WAINFLEET. Oa Monday afternoon last a murder was committed here, on Mrs. Ward, the wife of Mr. William Ward, a small farnier in the village; and what renders the affair still more shocking is the circumstance that the mur derer aFpears to be her own son. who on the evening of the same day was committed to Spilsby prison, where he awaits examination before the magistrates. We are in formed that on the morning of the fatal day, the mother and her son John had some strong words respecting you-ig female whom he was wanting to marry; that the son then left the house, and did not return till after din ner, when, finding his mother asleep in a chair, he took down a loaded gun, and deliberately shut her in the head. Death seems to have been instantaneous, as when a surgeon, who was promptly sent for, arrival, she was found quite dead, although still sitting in r chair, in a position little changed from that in which she had been sleeping. After the commission of the dreadful deed, the unhappy son did not attempt to escape, but allowed himself to be taken hy the constable before the Rev. T. P.awneley. ut Ilal:on liolgate, by whom he was com mitted to Spilsby prison. A coroner's inquest Was held on \VW:les:day. FURTHER PARTICULARS. It appears that the decea , ed had, during Monday, given her son some good advice, a Lich gave offence. The prin c ip a l gr i evance was an i mproper conni xion which had been fOrmed, and which frequently gave rise to disturbance. The murderer had said to his mother in the course of the day, that he believed be should shoot the g!rl (the servant in the house), who, it is said, has had some difficulty more than once to resist his improper attacks. Nearly an hour and a half had elapsed before the horrid parricide could be made known, the villain having secured the door, threatening the life of the girl if she would not make off with him. She mado an excuse to get her clothes, and eventually escaped from the house and made up to a neighbouring farmer's almost breathless, followed by the murderer, who was met by the master of the premises and stopped from proceeding further. On returning to M:. Ward's resi dence, which was soon filled by persons anxious to ascer tain every particular, the fellow went into an outhouse, and there made an attempt to; cut his own throat, but this was done to a small extent only, and Mr. Dawson, surgeon, sewed up the wound. Ward was then secured by the police.—Stamford Mercury. POST-OFFICE N OTICE. After the 14th instant, the mails to and from Canada will be forwarded through the United States, and all letters and newspapera for Canada will be transmitted in such mails, unless specially directed to be sent by some other route. Letters for Canada will be chargeable with postage at the rate of Is. 2d., the half-ounce, as at present ; and newspapers will be liable to a postage of one penny each to be paid on delivery. Letters and newspapers for any other part of British North America may also ba forwarded via the United States, if specially so addressed ; but the rule will be to forward them via Halifax, as heretofore. From the period above mentioned, the reduction of postage, authorised by the Treasury warrant of the 3d instant, will take place on letters transmitted by B►itith packet between the United Kingdom and New Bruns. wick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia (the port of Halifax excepted), as well as on such letters for Canada as may be specially addressed to be sent via Halitax. On all these letters there will be chargeable an uni form rate of Is. whvn not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 2s. when above half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce in weight, and so on, according to the scale of weight at present in operation for charging inland letters. Letters for Halifax, N.S., and for Ntwtoundland, will also be liable to the rate of one shilling, as at present. It will be seen that, as a general rule, all It tters and newspapers for Canada will be fen - wank(' through the United States, and that letters and newspapers for the other Provinces of British North America, will las sent via Halifax. None will be transmitted by other routes unless specially addressed. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of Aprll, 1349. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 28,019,480 Government debt .• 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,695,911 Silver bullion .• • • • • 323,569 X 28,019,450 X 28,019,480 MAASLIALL, Chief Caahien Dated the 12th day of April, 1849. OEPAATMENT. Government securi- ties (including Dead Wtight Annuity) .. 14,372,844 Other securities • • 11,121,55 G ,Notes ........ ••• • .. 9,7..7,375 Guld and silver coin.. 06,0(20 .VG,091,005 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cushier. BANRING 1)1 Proprietors' capital . • 14,553,000 Rest . ••••• • • • • • 3,079,659 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Conamiesioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 7,731,781 Other deposits ••• • • . 9,625,222 Semen day and other bills• ••. .• •• •. 1.101,113 £36,091,065 Dated the 12th day of April. 13 MARKET 111 TELL' GEN CE. (Frcqn the Linden Z'sew 1 1 ,ice Current, April 13.) UG tit —To-day there was not nitwit disposition imed to operate in West India sugar ;or home-trade purposes; still holders are tires, and olyained full r,tes for most aor:s. '1 he purchases to•day were ratAing 1,335 hhds, Szo., for the week, and the market closes quietly. For public sale on Tut sday 150 hhds 13arbadoes and 3,000 bags Bengal Sugar are dcclartd. REFINED.—To-dey there was less desire cvinud to operate in Ittfincti Goods for home trade purposes; still, in the value no variation took place. For Bonded Crushed sugar tl.e nyliket is in a viet state at former rate's. YAURITIUS —This afterno, n the market was better supplied with Mauri.ius sugar, and four parcels were offered at public sale, amounting to 10,614 bags; the whole, however, stud, and at full rates, but in some cases the lower sorts went rather cheaper; fine and very superior yellow realised 40s to 4.3 s 6d, middling and good 383 to 395 6d, low 36s 6d to 37s 61, good and fine brown 352 to 36s 61, low and middling 31s 6tl to 34s 6d, ordi nary to fine grey 37s to 40s, and strong white 443 to 47s per cwt. EAsT INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with attention, and 4,603 bags at auction sold at full rates; low to fine e hite Benares went at 39s 6cl to 43$ 6 strong yellow 40s to 45:, and white ditto 45s 6d to 493. Of AlanilLs 633 bags were taken in a 1 16s for low soft brown. FOREIGN.—To day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, anti by priva'e treaty the purchases made were of little moment. The tendency of prices is to decline. MoLAssEs.—For West Itidia, the market is firm, and sales tto a tair extent have been insdc from lis to 21s 61. On the part of holders there is firmness. East India Treacle is held firmly at 15s Gd to 163 per cwt. There is, however, not a brisker sale; but deliveries are exceed ing arrivals. A further advance in the value of Honey is observable. COFFEE.—To•day there was no public sale of Coffee, aed privately little desire was evinced by exporters or home dealers to do business. The value of Native Ceylon is from 30i to 323 6d per cwt. The market for all sorts of Coffee has a dull aspect. COCOA —For British Plantation the demand on the decrease, and rather lower rates have been accepted this week for all sorts; the stock also continues to get larger. At public sale 92 bags of Trinidad went at from 37s 6d to 423 6d. Foreign is held for 27s 6d to 30s; there are, however, not many buyers. TEA.—There are again large arrivals, and for the public sales which will take place on Thursday 20,000 packages are declared. Black can be obtained upon rather low er terms, yet town and country dealers have evinced little dis position to do business, and a larger amount is offered. Prices for low to goed common Congou rule at 71d, but middling Bid to 104d,strong blacklish leaf lid to is 2d, fine and I'skoe kind Is 3d to Is 9(1, Souchong ordinary and middling 9d to is 2d, good and fine is 3d to 2s 9J. There is much dulness in the market for green ; the supply is abundant and prices are receding. We quote Ilysun ordinary at is to is 2d, middling and good Is 3d to is 10d, fine and super 2s to 4s; Twankay or dinary and good 5d to 9d, superior 101 to Is; Imperial Canton I Id to is 3d ; Dyson sorts is 4d to 3s; Gun• powder Canton Is 2d to is sd; Ilyson skin 6d t• Is 3d; Young 11y son is 2d to 23, superior 2s 3d to 3s; other sorts have been dealt in with caution, and there are sellers of Orange Pekoe at 8d to is 3d, super Is 4d to 2s; flowery Pekoe Is to 1 9d, and black leaf 10d to ls 8d per lb. SPICEB.—NILce is not much wanted, and can be 'ob tained at a I.< ductie.n; the stock is also getting larger. Pimento is held with firmness, and the mat ket is less freely supplied, but the demand fur all purposes has fallen off. There has not been much desire to do businers in black Pepper for home use or export...,. yet merchants have confidence. The supply is falling °P .- , Sumatra is held for 2-id to 21d, and Afalabar ss 2 r to 30 per lb. White is held with firnine con -5d to Si for ordinary to fine, and the i d em and neat.e _ tinues to get brisker. For Cassia t scan n ty 7 i . e :: a firm market, and the supply y but the supply sma ll, len Is 3d to Is 9d, and Bercoo inquiries have . existed. n aCtllopvreisce7isseatrewetil; little il Bourbon urh o n attention, and Z3l zitar at 61d to. . tsivae'r is not much wanted by Arnboyna tod to Is. buyers. For public sa(.l Gin ger, is not barrels chealer el ; a ther e tnai are few casksand 2 exporters. Cinnamon 43 casks Nutmegs, 40 ea, Nate, ,500 bales of e y cla tt i l d. deonand was n o t b r i s k er for East p a o n eli : t t s i . c a ,r t in ti e u r ct p i:: i ti e( w s e i r , i ) t r Indiajn4ni Ci nna m on , nL , Be,l a' andure day declared. 2,000 bags 2,800 at rather lower rates fur Bengal, o other milli; Madras mid pinky white realised 83 to 8s 6 damaged 68 to 7s Gd, good sound pearl bt I • white Bengal 103 6tl to Ils, go o d 1 03 to t i o r : Y Bs,6lmid to oo bo 9s 61, brokenfo to 8s 6d, and d.maged Si to ' 93 6d ; eSago fetched 21s to 24s 6d fur good and fine CeC e li a l rl. NEAL.—To-day little desire is shown to do busi• ness in Cochi nea l , and 80 bags Mexican at auction on ly in part sold at tether lower rates; silvers went at 3s 8:2 to 3s 10d, and black 3s lld to 4s. For auction 220 bags are de clared, SALTPETRE. —T o- d a y SA Saltpetre was much in demand, and parcels of Calcutta to arrive realised 28s 6d to 293 per cwt for 5 per cent refraction. INDIGO.—'The market is quiet, exporters as well as home dealers evincing little disposition to make pur ' dans, still Ibtre are Dot roller. wader Isot quuterlY - - • sales' rates. Tile quantify d ?claret] for auction has been i fcre..aed to 6,000 elicste. Sp,.n.,h the supply i s bet el ter, and as there is not trench deinanti rather lower rates has e been taker. Fiturr.—There has Let becu much demand for Rai sins; holders a,k 40s per c w t for prime Valencia. Cur rants leave been dealt in with more readine as, and stiffer d r p c. s o saerde of,p a i d. goodAt r e public d sale 37s t l o 4o 4o p s k , g inferior Tetras e b r a 2 d i c ti o se n a ci t i e c l o : s4a to a t t l o id r 3 a 3 ; ' n , but 't a l) a p r a " r ot. 36s,1b unch i n ell' very cel of 590 pkgs realised 433 to 455. SPIRITS.—The rates asked for Leeward Island Runt are is 4d to is 5d proof, still the sales made have been small for all purposes. East India has been dealt in with caution, and prices are on the decline. The value of proof is l' 3d to is 31d, and a larger amount is on offer. For Dr'merara the market is quiet, and prices rule at Is 101 to 2s 4d for 28 to 38 per cent. over proof. There are sellers of low and mid sorts of Jemaica Rum at rather lower rates, as the supply is sbutidsra, still only a limited home or export ee tu n d has been experien;:ed. Fine and good sorts met with a fair sale, and realised full rates. There is a larger Stock of rum than last year by 10,000 pkgs, and home as well as export &liveries are moderate. Brandy has been operat d in with caution, and there is a desire to sell. Cognac Lest brands of the vintage of 1845 can be purchased at 5s 61 tc; Se 84, 1846 ditto 5s 2d to 5s 4d, 1847 cii,tu 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1848 ditto 3s 6d to 3s Bd, inferior brands 2s 3d to 3e 4:1, and Bordeaux 2s to 2s 3d. For Geneva the market is quiet, still holders ask Is 9d to Is 10d for psl,., and 2e 4d to 3s ;or fine home trade sort. There is no variation iu the value of British made spirit, and the market his a quiet aspect. TALLOW.—TO day there was little desiro evinced to do business iu Tallow, and fine P.Y.C. on the spot cannot be quoted above 38s 6 , 1. At auction 550 pkgs South American in pat t sold at 34s 3d to 39s ; 279 ditto New South Wales, 333 9d to 39s ; and 50 casks Peters burgh Soap Tallow 36i 3d to 36s 61 OILS.—For home consumption a brisk demand has been experienced for Linseed Oil this week, and ship pers have taken several Freels. Prices are higher, and rule at 26s 6d to 27s per cwt on the spot. For delivery operations are on an enlarged scale at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. The production is barely equal to the consumption. Rapeseed Oil finds a ready sale, and prices are on the advance, as the supply is get ting smaller. Pale is selling at 38s 6d to 395, and brown 378 6d to 38s. The market is quiet for Cocoa Nut, and more desire is evinced to sell at from 34i to 36i; there is a lair consumption. Olive met with less attention, and on the part of holders a desire is evinced to sell; Gallipoli 421 to 431; other sorts 40/ to 411 lOs per tun; there is no falling off in home consumption. Palm is held for former rates, the supply being email at present, still there is less de mand. Fine quality is quoted at 34s to 34s 6d. Lard Oil has been dealt in with caution at from 39s to 425. For Oils the market is still in an unfavourable position. Seal has been operated in with reluctance; pa!o is offered at 30/, straw and tinged 28/ 103 to 29/ yellow and brown 261 to 281; the tendency of prices is to recede. Cud is cheaper, and only small parcels have been sold at 261 to 261 10s. There are few buyers of Southern; holders ask 271 to 31/ tor low to fine, as the supply is still scanty. Fur Sperm there is not much demand, and no difficulty is experienced in purchasing fine Colonial at 801 to 801 lOs per tun, as the stock is large. There has been no public sale of oils this week, and arrivals have been of little moment. TURPENTINE-T here has be en little passing in rough, and sellers are ready to accept 32s Gd to 33s tor British drawn. The supply continues to get larger. Spirits are held for 7s Ga to 8s; few buyers are to be met with, and there is a lair supply. THE STANFIELD HAIL MURDMIS.—We have re ceived the following strange letter, which we print just as we rcceived it. Whether it is a more hoax of some witless fellow, or is really viritten by some tool or friend of the convict, we cannot even guess. The handwriting is about es bad us the spelling, but it does not appear to be feigned. It bears the Liverpool post-rnailr, pith the following superscription, and is as follows: " headitor the Livcrrool Mercury Lord Street to Mr Edter 1849 I wish to make it known to tho world that Mr. Hush is not the murderer of germy:the rifer of this is the man but before they can know eney thing about me ill bee far on the sea they may hunt me as the plea 1 am sorry the innocint should s.uffer gerroy done my re tlation an ingerrey and i made him suffer so i am revenged that is all i wanted if they hang him, they hang the in nocint i left that knight of the murder poor Rush felin for it but he knower nothing about it i ant a paucher Liverpool Mercury. so was my relation." LORD CLARENDON—A it umoun.—A rumour is again abroad that Lord Clarendon contemplates an im • m diate retirement from the administration of Irish affairs. We have not been able to trace it to an suihen- tic s...urce; but a less thing than his Excellcnc)'s !milked incivility to co many as 25 of his honourable friends at one fell swo4 p, is enough to set idle people tuna! g. It is surmised, accordingly, that he never woul t have snubbed them all in that terrilic tnniiner had he not made previous arrangements to cut their tociety altoge ther without delay. We at!ach no credit to tlo report, end ihtre is no reas,n to suppose that the PrMi:e Se cretary u'•erly di,believes it.—Ercning Mai!. TUE EARL or CLARENDON.—The Noble Earl has eine,. Sunday been slightly indisposed ut hiv ttsidei c.., iu Gro,.yenor-ere,cent, which has o',,liged his Exc. Vercy to remain in London during the holidays. or nth' raise his Lord: hip would h.vee gel e a ith the C, uutess to the Grove, hia seat, in Her t<. We no ler: bled hi, Exe, I leiA!}. contemplates returning to Dublin about r hi., day wee h. 'rift; N PACKET SHIP CONSTELLATION, OF NEW YORK his ve: sel is 1,600 tuns Geverrmeet, or eeeie caretmere' measure 'Dent, aid is said to be the largest trierchaet ship in the world. Her length on deck (Custom-home meteburenieni) is 204 feet, breadth 31 (extreme 43), and depth 28 feet 9 itches. She las three decks, with oak hanging rand lodging knees, and diagonal trutengs between the hanging knees of both decks, which must add very matt rially to her strength I...rgitudinally. The inane ot the Constellation is equal in size to that of a ship of the line, and she is planked and fastened in the most approved 81)10. Her mod, 1 ter beauty, buoyancy, and F peed is all that 1,I;e eye could desire. A full figure of Cos-mmodore Truxton ornaments her bow, and her stern is, in itself, a gem of exquisite workmanship, set ofF wi•li quarter galleries. The pumps of the Constellation are of the frost approved kind, end are designed to force out the foul air from below, while they ere in use pump ing ship. Her masts will bo fitted with lightning con ductors, agreeably to the plans of Sir %V. Snow airris, except that the fore and main lower masts heing made sticks, the conductors pass through their c( tyres and through the ket lsons and keel. The (.'onmtellation'will t. rut one of the Bed Star Line of Peekets, conriened hi re to Messrs. Spooner, Sands, and Co., and was built by Messrs. Westervelt tied Mackay, agreeably to the designs, end under the immediate supelietendenee of Captain IVillturn Sicitidy, the same g• ntlernan who de signed the sph.lidid ship New World, which was built a tew years since by Mr. D. M . Ketylb, East Boston, she will he cormnandecl by Captain James C. Luce, late ot the well known packet ship John H. t'kiddy. The Con stellation wili leave this port for New York on the 26th of May.— Liverpool Mercury. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIIING.—The ship America, Captain Harrison, which sailed from Bristol on the 21s: and Ilalifex on the 231 ult., reacted the Mersey early on the morning of the 3d instant, after a rapid run of little more than 9 days from the latter port. Messrs. %Vintner end Smith had a summary of the news brought by the America placed in the hands of a clerk in charge of the electric telegraph here about three o'cleck; but from mismanagement and bungling a delay of 6i hours took place in the transmission of the message, much to the annoyance of the London press, and the great dis,p pointment of the commercial community. Notwithstand ing this unwarrantable delay, the company's chief clerk here refused to make any abatement in the charge. On the contrary, by a species of ingenuity any thing but commendable, he endeavours to force Messrs. Willmer and Smith to pay one-half more than they have been hitherto charged for such communications. We deeply regret to be obliged to stigmatise the manner in which the Electric Telegraph Company's officers carry on the business connected with this wonderful and highly-im portant invention. To advertise " instantaneous com munication," and yet take 6i hours to transmit a message of 60 words, is really too bad.—European Times. APOTHECARIES HALL—The following gentlemen , passed their cxemination in the science and pr n atitiee medicine, and received certificates topractis f ro , Thurs day last :—Charles Augustus West, Batt, %vane), Cum min Tashach, South Shields ; . Corn wall; Francis Edward Goldsmith, Edward(.7tieitenham; henry At Budge, William Borlase, Ilelston, C I% ° ri l dhurst • J ohn Davis, Fakehham; John Robinson, TRAFFIC. — FoLKESTONE Oxen; Griffith Itooper Berber t Brow HARBOUR, The Princess Mary sage d for Boulogue APRIL 13. tvrday, with fi'ty-eight IV (3 , e ( c )ls k T it i te N t E o N n T . A Durham;T A F y passengers and nine horse and returned at 5 50 P.BL, bringing 127 passengers. The Qu. en of the Belgians also arrived yesterday, having on board eighty two passengers, urnongst whom was Lord llowden. To day, the Princess Clementine sailed for Boulogne with eighty-one passengers; Mary arrived, bri ng i ne , a i r , tl one passengers, including Lt Cranbourne and Sir B e t .' njatain Ray. FALL OF A C.: .cnooL.—A SCHOLAR KILLED, AND :;FNERAL LAMED.— Oil Wedne.da mort.ing last the gable of the schoolhouse at Brougli, in 'Westmoreland, fell in with a Ire rneudous crash, by which one little girl, named Mary linlaun, was killed, arid several others very ceti eis4 injured; oot them, whose legs were a: et; o n e rn i c Jam es rod broken in two et: three places, so much su that little or no hopes ere entertained of their recovery. It appears that the ectie!ent heppuned about tine o'Lluck, Mr. Le n caster and a few of the scholars only leaving assetettice, elech wns a very torten ate cireuteseuitce, for had all the scht lira been :1551 inbl.d the consequences would have proved more fatal and calamitous. '1 lie master was at the other end of the schuolioem w ben the accident luir pilled, and did Lot sustain the least injury. The ch.l - here completdy buried in the ruins; and although Mr. Lancaster got assistance with all speed, yet Mary Dub:ion was quite dead and roost shockingly emaciated. Two girls, Limit d Rudd, aged rrspectively 14 and 1G )(lira, are so cllcadtully bruised that it is almost inapoti :We that they will ever recover. This unlookea-for and fatal accd,nt has cist a seep gloom over the spirits of Mr. Lancaster. the master, and the whole of the habitants of the place. ExEcuTioN.—The unhappy convict Griffiths.suf- Bred the extreme penalty or the kw on Wtdnetdey morning, for the wilful murder of his fellow-servant a t Cwmgoody. Ho made a full confession of No guilt, and 1764 ttUly peigOat.—liereford Jourtla.