The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At the first meeting of the London Phrenological Society, for the present month, the President, Dr. Elliotson, in the Chair, Mr. Henry, a gentleman re cently returned from America, presented to the so ciety, on the part of Mr. Drew, a member, two casts of sculls of the, fiat-headed Indians who inhabit the banks of the Columbia river. The appearance which these specimens presented was most remarkable. The whole - of the superior .anterior part of the skull was flattened nearly to the level of the eyebrows, so that it would be supposed that all that part of the brain which phrenologists consider to be the seat of the intellectual faculties would seem to be altogether wanting. But it was the opinion of Mr. Henry (in which • the meeting generally con curred) that the organs were displaced, or dislocated, and not destroyed by the artificial pressure which produces the deformity. For he had found those In dians as intelligent, or nearly so, as those of neigh bouring tribes, who did not use the same unnatural custom. lie said that the sculls were obtained with difficulty and risk ; for the natives have great vene ration for the remains of the dead, which they watch with so much jealousy, that eleven Englishmen have been shot in attempting to obtain possession of speci mens. The thanks of the society were voted with much applause to Mr. Drew, for this valuable contri bution. MESMERO-PHRENOLOGY.-Mr. Atkinson read his promised paper relating to experiments, from which Mesmerism was supposed to establish, not only the truth of the phrenological theory, but the exact and precise correctness of the phrenological allocation and nomenclature of the several organs. From the last report which we gave of the proceedings of this Society, it was seen that simultaneously in America and in the South of England, several gentlemen, having no communication with each other, and no knowledge of each other's proceedings, reported dis coveries of very wonderful phenomena in Mesmero phrenology. Mr. Atkinson states that his discoveries were accidental, and that he supposed them to be exelusively his, as, at the time the phenomena pre sented themselves to his observation, he knew no thing of the experiments of Dr. Collyer and the other physicians in America, or of Mr. Gardiner in Hamp shire. After some preliminary observations on the reluctance of most persons to acknowledge new truths, and the claims of 'Mesmerism to calm and dispassionate examination, he explained the progress . of his own, mind in relation t o thi s mys t e rious subject, from incredulity to convinced belief. He had no love of the marvellous, and what he was going to relate was only what nature had revealed to him in the presence of a number of intelligent per sons, some of whom were at the time opposed both to phrenology and mesmerism. His first case was that of a young lady, 18 years of age, of a sanguine, ner vous temperament, brain well developed—ldeality, Wonder, and Time, very large, th e perceptive facul ties moderate. After being thro w n into the mesmeric sleep, she appeared as if lost in the enjoyment of an exquisite dream. Her countenance assumed an ex pression of intense happiness, and when spoken to, she prayed not to be disturbed, "she was so happy," she turned her head round, and rubbed the organ of Ideality against the cushion at the back of the chair. After a time she put back her hair from over Ideality, and began passing her fingers back wards and forwards over that organ. Her expression continued a beautiful exhibition of the natural lan guage of ideality. Moving her fingers a little higher, she exclaimedl "Oh ! Grand !" Her sister then played some expressive music ; whereupon she passed her fingers on to the organ of Tune. In reply to a question from Mr. A., she said, " Oh, yes ; I hear the music. It is beautiful. It is part of the picture." On being awakened, she had no recollection of what had passed, more than that she had slept a long time, and had been very happy. The second case was that of a lady subject to fainting fits and hysteria. She was mesmerised in five minutes the first time, and could not be awakened by ordinary, but only by . mesmeric means. The following day she was mesmerised without being conscious that the process was performed on her, the operator being behind her, and, as she supposed, sketching at the window. Her attention was, at the same time, confined to her work, by a ady who sat beside her. Her eyes became perfectly closed, and then a book was held before her, from which she read, though with difficulty and reluctance. But the size of the type seemed to make no difference. The next case was that of a young lady, who read some lines from a book held over lier Sorehead, so that she could not have seen it if her eyes had been open ; but they wire in fact perfectly closed, and she had not power to open them. Air. A. held the back of his watch (and it was a hunting watch) over the organ of Time, when she told the hour correctly. A great many other experiments were made upon her with the like success. On one occasion she read, and she then said it was on account of the re cent leech-marks that were there. She could be mes merised in spite of strenuous efforts on her part to resist the influence. The hands pressed firmly over the eyes, and pressing down the lids, did not interrupt the vision. By picturing different scenes, effects, and feelings, the mesmeriser excited different organs at pleasure, alternately inducing laughter, tears, joy, and sorrow. He pictured to her the effects of battle, its plea sures and horrors, love, friendship, bright colours, music, Sic., and she followed him in the most excited manner, passing her hands from organ to organ, in rapid succession, and in a manner whi c h wou ld be impossible tO the best phrenologist in his working state. She used sometimes one, sometimes both hands, pressing on one or several organs as on the keys of a pianoforte. She stretched out her fingers to cover an excited part ; and, if one hand could not reach it, the other went to it, fur she seemed to act with one side of the brain only at a time. She pressed the different organs the more firmly, the more they were excited, covering one or several at once, as they were excited singly or in combination. Her age was twenty— frame firm—temparament bilious lymphatic—head ordinary size—intellect well balanced—perceptive faculties predominant, but not deep. ' She was subject to hysterical fits, shortness of breath, sleepless nights, fatigue from little exertion, and want of appetite—of all of which she had been relieved by mesmerism ; and Mr. A. affirmed that he had cured others by those simple means. In answer to questions from Mr. Churchill, Mr. Nodm, and Mr. Kirby, who had been present at many of the experiments related by Mr. A., confirmed his statement in every particular. Other cases were mentioned, of which the Archbishop of York was a witness ; and two gentlemen related th e case o f a l a d y i n Devonshire, who, fr om a f r i g ht , h a d i ncurred a morbid nervous sensibility, an d man if este d a power of clairvoyance similar to that of Mr. Atkinson's patients, being able to read without the eyes ! Mr. Bulteel, the son-in-law of Earl. Grey, and two arch deacons (whose names escaped the reporter) had witnessed and borne testimony to this lady's extraor dinary faculties. MESMERO-PHRENOLOGY IN MANCHESTER.— The Manchester papers of last week contain reports of public experiments, by Mr. Crooks and Mr. Wilson, in every respect corresponding with those related by Mr. Atkinson. But the detail is too long for ourin sertion here. The most curious appear in the Man chester Advertiser of Thursday last, 24th inst., in reports of public lectures in that town. ANOTHER “ DELICATE AFFAIR." The tea-tables and fashionable circles of the town for the last fortnight have had ample materials for gossip, seasonas we do not remember a so famous for " delicate affairs," and, by the way, it must be remarked that som e of those " affairs " have , on investigation, turned out 1 any thing but " delicate." The year 1842, it i s p re di c t e d, Iwill be a very extraordinary year, and if one were to judge from the past, the work has gone on bravely enough up to the present period. The following of the many strange affairs, is perhaps the strangest that has occurred ,for some time, and the truth of the details are guaranteed. Some four or five weeks ago the Rev. Mr. H—, a young gentleman who had just been admitted to orders in the Protestant Church (a native of a northern county), entered the shop of a certain trades man in Sachille-street, for the purpose of making some purchases. At the moment the shopkeeper was engaged attending a fashionable-looking young man who happened to be purchasing similar articles to those required by the Rev. Gentleman. A con versation ensued, and the first customer strongly recom mended the clergyman to deal at the house, as he could vouch for the excellence of all the goods sold by his friend, &c. The "country curate," not knowing much of the town, being rather " raw," replied " he was aware of the fact ; for," added he, " I am sure my friend, Mr. , of --, would not recommend me to this house if what you assert were false." " Bless me," said the strange gentleman, whose initials are J. R. R., "do you know my friend -- ? Sir, lam glad to see you ;" and thereon he presented his card to the clergyman, with an earnest request that he would visit him, and "make his lodging his own" dui ing his stay in the metropolis. Our country friend did call the next day, and after an agree able tete-a-tete, departed—shortly after which he missed a pocket-book, containing 251. in notes and some memo randa. (It should have been mentioned that Mr. R. occupied elegant and expensive lodgings in Gardi ner's-place.) The conclusion arrived at by his rever ence was, that the property had been abstracted by some pickpocket in the street, and notice thereof was given to the police. Things went on in this manner, each party visiting, &c., at the other's lodgings, until, shortly after one of these visits, which took place in the evening, the Rev. Mr. IS missed a gold repeating watch and other articles of small value, but the slightest suspicion never fell on his friend, Mr. R—, nor why there should be any attached to him. On Thursday last the reverend gentleman requested the pleasure of Mr. R—'a society at dinner, which Mr. R— promised faithfully to attend to at six sharp ; but in the mean time Mrs. B-I—n, a lady of the first respectability, who re sides in a fashionable street off Stephen's-green, and who is aunt to Mr. H--, called in her carriage at his lodg ing, and insisted on his " taking pot luck" with herself and his fair cousins on that day. He begged to be excused, as he had a " friend" to dine 'with him at six o'clock ; but this objection was at once obviated by the lady telling him to bring his friend with him, as he would be most welcome. Things were thus arranged, and at six o'clock, Mr. R— called to the house where his friend lodged. The Y— street business was men tioned, and the idea delighted Mr. R----, Both parties went to the place, and, in the course of the evening " a few friends" dropped in to Mrs. B—'s, no doubt to see the ladies, as the Misses B. (four in number) are con sidered, not only as extremely wealthy, but extremely handsome and accomplished young ladies. Cards were introduced, and Mr. R— lost a few shil lings with the temper of a perfect gentleman, but then protested that his purse was empty. An offer made on the part of his friend to accommodate him had the ef fect of causing Mr. R— to draw from his pocket a book, which contained a couple of bank notes; this book Mr. ll thought—of course it was only a thought—that he had before seen, and had been its owner. However, matters went on until Mr. It— really lost all his money, when another offer was made him, whereon he " drew a dial from his poke," and, ;" looking on it," not with " lack lustre eye," declared it is time to be off. Again Mr. ll thought he beheld the watch before, but the idea fled as soon as formed, and, after a little coaxing, he was induced to take another hand. He then took out his draft-book, and filled a cheque on a certain banking house for 50L, receiving the difference in notes and gold. Luck seemed to favour him this time, and lie became a considerable gainer. The party broke up, and oa leaving the house Mr. R—'s liberality to the servants was very remarkable. The cheque on the bank was presented next day, but the surprise of the party may be imagined when the answer was, "No account here—don't know such a person." The truth was instantly out—Mr. R— turned out to be a notorious blackleg, and some thing worse. On making inquiry at his lodgings, " the bird had flown," and has not since been heard of. A warrant has been issued for his apprehension, and the officers are on the look-out. So, at present, stands this "affair in high life."-=Dublin Pilot. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received tbr passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize eek Total. en W Name of Railway, ded Opene d. l%liles £. s. d. Mar.l9 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 4S 1,061 15 2 18 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,556 14 0 12 Brandling Junction 25 741 19 7 18 Chester and Birkenhead .. . Dundee and Arbroath 20 Eastern Counties 19 Edinburgh and Glasgow 19 Glasgow and Ayr .. 19 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenovk 22} 654 . 8 2 19 Grand Junct , Chester &Crewe 113 7,716 14 10 19 Great North of England 45 1,175 18 8 19 Great Western _ _ __ 12 Frayle 19 Hull :did Selby ... Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 No return 18 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,575 8 8 19 London and Birmingham.-- 1121 14,376 7 3 25 London and Blackwall ...... 19 London and Brighton 19 Ditto Shoreham Branch 22 London and Croydon 24 Landon and Greenwich 34 750 18 9 20 London and South Western 17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 535 13 9 21 Manchester & Birmingham 19 Manchester and Leeds 19 Midland Counties 19 Newcastle and Carlisle Newcastle and North Shields 7 No returns 20 Northern and E as t ern ... ..... . 30i 1,0 53 711 19 North Midland. ... North Union ... .......... 19 Preston and Wyre ............ 21 Sheffield and Manchest er 7 239 4 7 20 Ulster 19 York and North Midland...... 2 8 1,777 510 A GOOD WORD AT , SUI'rOSED PARTING. Lord Hill is at length about to re tire fro m the army, and it is but justice to say, that , he la y s dow Ii his auth or i ty with the respect and good will of all parties. No man hold ing like him a statio`n of great power and patro nage for so many years, and indepement of al! constitutional con trol, could have carried himself with more moderation or less offence.—Dublin Monitor. The other day, as some parties were sawing an oak tree into planks, at Willington Wharf, they discovered a knife-blade embedded in the solid wood, 9f inches below the bark. The tree grew on Needwood Forest, and, it is Supposed the knife-blade originally belonged to some deer stealers, who had stuck it in the tree and forgotten it. Derby Reporter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Wootwlcn, MARcH 25.—The Hecla steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander J. B. Cragg, recently serving on the West Indian and North American station, arrived at Woolwich on Monday, and will be paid off at the dock yard in the course of next week. The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander E. C. Pearce, arrived from Plymouth on Monday. The Kite steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander T. J. Gooch, was taken into the basin on Wednesday, to have the pillar fixed for the standard compass, ordered to be fitted in all the steam-vessels in her Majesty's navy. On Thursday the crew of,the Kite were paid wages in advance, and she is expected to leave immediately for Plymouth. The Blazer steam-vessel, Commander John Stcane, lately on the West Indian station, and at present at Woolwich, is ordered to be paid off next week. The Cornwall transport-ship was towed down from Deptford by the Confiance and Monkey steam-vessels on Tuesday. The ilorgon steam-vessel, Capt. W. H. Henderson, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday evening from the Me diterranean. and on the following day detachments of the Royal Artillery, forming part of the Syrian expedition, were disembarked and joined the garrison. The Gorgon is ordered to be paid off at the Dock-yard in the .course of next week. The Geyser is in the basin fitting for sea. Yesterday morning one of the crew, while employed in washing some potatoes in the water pumped out of the inner ba:•in by a steam-engine, lost his balance, and was pre cipitated nearly 20 feet amongst the bricks used in con structing the new dock. He was much bruised by the fall, and was immediately taken to the Marine Infirmary, where he obtained prompt medical attendance. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain Edward J. Johnson has been appointed to superintend the fitting of the pillar for Azimuth compasses in all ships and vessels, and also the application of rules prepared by the Magnetic Committee for ascertaining the deviations of the compass. Lieu tenant Charles Cleveland to the Styx. Mr. R. T. Saun ders, Second Master, to the Lightning, vice Bowers, promoted. Mr. J. R. Risk, Assistant-Surgeon, to the William and Mary yacht, for service in Woolwich Dock yard. Mr. A. 0. Hansard, Mate, to the Geyser. Mr. F. Robinson, Mate, to the Shearwater ; and Mr. H. K. Foot, Mate, to the Kite. , ROYAL ENGINEERS.—Major Aldrich and Lieutenant Skyring, of the Royal Engineers, with Sergeant William Black, and thirteen rank and file of the Royal Sappers and Miners, arrived at head quarters at Woolwich, in the Gorgon steam-vessel from the coast of Syria. The entire party appeared to be in excellent health, notwith standing they had suffered much at Mount Carmel and Beirout from the fever peculiar to the country. The sergeant and one of the privates were formerly employed under Colonel Chesney of the Royal Artillery, in the celebrated Euphrates expedition. The prejudice of the inhabitants of Beirout against modern improvements ap pears singular. There is no landing place for vessels at that fortified town, the inhabitants wading up to their middle to take on shore such articles as may arrive by water. The Royal Sappers and Miners assisted by a party of the Royal Artillery formed a small wharf wall which would admit of small craft coming alongside for landing goods ; but the inhabitants were determined not to use it as it would be departing from their ancient cus tom and they still actually wade into the water as for merly, and carry the goods on their back to the opposite side in preference to landing them at the wharf'. An American missionary has a school at Beirout, and the children of the inhabitants are permitted to attend, although their parents are so prejudiced in favour of ancient customs, so far as they are themselves concerned. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH ' MARCH 26.—The Queen, 110, Cap. tain Rsch (with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Ed ward Owen) ; and the Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., sailed on Monday, with a fine northerly wind, for the Mediterranean. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord Henry Paulet, having received orders to proceed to South America, sailed yesterday to Chili. The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, will proceed to Rio Janeiro, as soon as the weather moderates. She will take out Commander Stopford to join the Pearl, and Commander Haimes to join the Fantome. The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniel, will go out of Harbour on Monday, be paid on Tuesday, and is ordered to be then ready to sail at a moment's notice, with despatches. Her destination is not known. The Athol, arrived at Liverpool, spoke on the sth inst., in hit. 34, lon. 30, her Majesty's ship Warspite, with his Excellency Lord Ashburton on board. The Warspite was 19 days from Portsmouth, and had made "fine weather," as the sailors term it, by run ning so far to the south. The Thunderbolt steamer, will sail to-morrow for Glasgow, in charge of Mr. J. Aylen, Master of the Victory, and 60 of the Victory's crew; calling at Mil ford, to return the Collingwood's jury masts, &c. She will have Napier's engines. Mr. Aylen and crew will return here immediately after leaving the Thunder bolt at Glasgow. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Paulson, sailed yes terday to Shields, &c. for seamen. The Blazer, steamer, which left this port f or Wool wich on Monday week, was run ashore on Seaford Head, by the neglect of the pilot, the same man who recently had charge of the Volcano, steamer, and ran her aground off Margate. The Blazer was soon got off, but in going up the River she ran down a Hull smack, Billy Boy, full loaded, and worth 2,0001., the crew of which were saved. The Growler, steam frigate, arrived on Sunday, from Chatham, and sailed on Tuesday, to Plymouth. The Quail, arrived on Tuesday, from Sheerness, and returned on Thursday ; and the Emerald, arrived on Tuesday, f rom Shi e ld s , with newly raised men. The M on k e y, s t eam -t ug , a rrived yesterday, w ith the E mma , schooner, of Portsmouth, in tow. This vessel had been driven off the coast of Sussex, in the late gales, with only a boy on board. The Monkey, returned this evening to the River. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 2 Bl 1842 . The Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieut. Featherstone, arrived on Tussday from Plymouth, with seamen. The Pilot, 16, arrived at Halifax, with specie from Jamaica; on the 20th ult. stated to have accepted. The friends and relatives of i the deceased were wholly ignorant of the existence of any instrument of . the kind, , but the writing was so well imitated, and the difficulty of contesting the point ap peared to be So great, that serious intentions were enter tained of paying the bill, and he (Mr. Tew) had no doubt that by this time the fictitious debt would have been discharged if he had not seen in the newspapers an account of the pro ceedings before Sir Peter Laurie on the subject of the forged bill, which had been concocted upon view of the wills in Doctors' Commons.- He immediately after wards communicated with his solicitor, and the result was, that the attorney, who had sued for the amount of the forged bill, not only withdrew the action, but the whole of the costs and expenses to which the executors to the will had been put were paid. He felt indebted in no small degree to Sir Peter Laurie for the money and annoyance thus saved, and lie had reason to suppose that many other parties were under as great obligations to the public spirit and incessant labour of investigation, which distinguished that Alderman. Sir P. LAURIE—I trust that the exposure has done a great deal of good of the kind that has been rendered to you. The system has been extensively carried on, and by and by the public will hear more particulars. In the mean time, it is proper to state that great facilities are afforded at Doctors' Commons to persons who commit frauds of the sort. For a shilling a thief may look over a will and copy the signature, or he may go at another time, and compare any instrument he may choose to draw up for the purposes of plunder for another shilling. Nothing can be more - easy than for a schemer, with a good head up:.n his shoulders—an article all these fel lows are provided with—to impose upon executors by forged bills, in which the name of the testator is con cerned. The Kite steam-vessel, at Woolwich, is ready, and was to be towed down the River to-day, where she will get her orders. The following vessels are at Woolwich, all preparing for sea, and nearly ready : The Geyser, Styx, Fearless, Shearwater, and Mastiff, with their tenders Violet, Speedwell, and Woodlark. The Lightning is under repair ; the Gorgon, Hecla, and Blazer, are preparing to pay of about the 31st inst. The Black Eagle is ready for sea. The follow ing are in ordinary under repair :—Salamander, Comet, Megaera, Acheron, Columbia, and Swallow. The Raven sailed on Wednesday, for the Eastward. The Albatross, 16, will be launched from this Dock yard on Monday next. The Atholl, troop-ship, Mr. C. P. Bellamy, Mas ter Commanding, was paid off this day, having been four years in commission. In this time, she has been actually at sea, 859 days, and ran over a distance of 101,697 miles, and has conveyed to their destinations 263 officers-6,801 non-commisioned officers and pi ivates-647 women, and 1,098 children. The Canhadar convict-ship will sail to-morrow morning for Hobart Town. In Harbour- St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Winchester, Ringdove, and Volcano, and Echo (steamers), and Adventure (naval transport). At Spithead-Alfred, Candahar (convict ship). Colonel Custance, of the 10th regiment, is ap pointed Colonel Commandant (an office revived), at Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight; Colonel Con sidine succeeds Colonel Custance in the command of the 10th regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Maclean (late of the 13th Dragoons) • is appointed Colonel Commandant of th e d e p o t a t or, Dchester, for Canadian 'cavalry. There are 18 line of battle ships, 14 frigates, and 16 sloops, and other smaller vessels of war, now building in the various naval dockyards. The Prince Albert, 90, Royal Frederick, 110, Constance, 36, Eurydice, 26, Albatross, 16, and Sealark, 10, at Portsmouth ; the Aboukir, 90, Albion, 90, Ex mouth, 90, Amethyst, 26, Flora, 36, Creole, 26, Niobe, 26, and Philomel, 6, at Plymouth; the Algiers, 90, Victoria, 110, Centurion, 80, Co lossus, 80, Lion, 80, Superb, 80, June. 26, Sybil, 36, Helena, 16, Liberty, 16, Squirrel!, 16, Marmon, 6, and Martin, 6, at Pembroke ; the Cumberland, 70, Goliah, 80, Irresistible, 80, Mars, 80, Majestic, 80, Active, 36, Chesapeake, 36, Arab, 16, Calypso, 20, Coquette, 20, Dispatch, 10, Dove, 10, Elk, 16, and Heron, 16, at Chatham ; the Daedalus, 42, and Daring, 10, at Sheerness ; the Hannibal, 90, Boscawen, 70, Chichester, 50, and Amphion, 36, at Woolwich ; and the Worcester, 50, at Deptford. Some of the foregoing are ready to launch, and others nearly so. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24.-The Alban steamer, Mr. J. King, Master, arrived from Portsmo u th, on Monday, and sailed the next day for Pembroke, with Mr. Anderson, Assistant Master Attendant, and a party of men, to navigate the Spiteful, a new steamer, to Greenock. The Volcano steamer, Lieut. C. J. Featherstone, also arrived from Portsmouth, with forty-two men for the Agincourt, and sailed in the afternoon, on her return to Portsmouth. Arrived the Alert, packet, Lieut. E. Jennings, from Falmouth, to be paid off. Sailed the Spy, 3, Lieut. J. M. Pot bury, for Bristol, for newly raised men ; and Camel, lighter, for Woolwich. The Vindictive, 50, Capt. J. T. Nicholas, with Sir Thomas Cochrane's flag, passed down Channel with a fine breeze from the northward; she had been detained in Torbay some days by con trary winds. The Philomel, 10, to be launched from this Dock-yard, the 28th, it is said will be imme diately commissioned by Commander B. J. Sullivan, for a surveying-vessel on the Coast of South America. The depot of the 98th regiment marced from Devon port barracks, the 21st instant, for Wales. • The Growler steamer, Commander C. H. M. Buckle, ar rived from Portsmouth.--In Harbour-Caledonia, San Josef, Agincourt, Resistance Crocodile, Fly, Scylla, Growler, Alert, and Bramble. Sir PETER LAURIE said he had received a letter from a Member of Parliament of high rank and fortune, through the hands of a friend, to which he considered it necessary . to refer. That letter, after having spoken of a professional person stated to be mixed up in the disgraceful transactions recently exposed at the Mansion house, went on as follows :---" I strongly suspect that he is the same person who, a few months ago, brought an experimental action against me in the Court of Queen's Bench at the suit of a woman of the town, and after putting me to an expense of 1501., never brought it to trial. On my getting judgment and execution against his client, and having traced her, I found that she had robbed her lodgings and absconded." Now, there is no class of men more dangerous than the abandoned vil lains of the law, and there were no persons whom he should feel more gratification in holding up to public ignominy and abhorrence than those who, knowing that they had thieves for their clients, aided and abetted them, and participated with them in their nefarious profits. CLERKENWELL. James Bennett, a well-dressed young man, was charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of silver plate from the Reform Club-house. Mr. HuMPARIES appeared as solicitor for the establish ment. He stated that some few days ago a considerable quantity of silver plate, consisting of silver spoons and silver forks, were stolen from the club-house. That on the 19th instant some of the stolen property, consisting of half a dozen of silver forks, were pawned with Mr. Baylis, pawnbroker, Hampstead-road. The prisoner was arrested at the instance of the pawnbroker, but it appeared he was altogether innocent of the transaction ; and Mr. Baylis said he was now perfectly certain he was not the person who pledged the forks, though he resembled him. He was accordingly discharged. UNION-HALL. James Bartlett, a plumber and glazier, with his face very much disfigured, was committed to take his trial, for an indecent assault on a little girl, named Rose, eleven years of age. It appeared that the prisoner had behaved with great rudeness to the child, during the absence of her father and mother. On their arrival she stated what happened, upon which they took imme diate vengeance on the prisoner, and then gave him into custody. John Morthaore, a well-dresSed young man, belonging to the " swell mob," was charged with the following im pudent robbery: — On the preceding day, at two o'clock, the prisoner contrived to enter the house of Mr. Sibeth, of Herne hill ; went directly to the pantry, and took a watch which was on the mantel-piece. The housemaid hearing him went in, and, seizing him by the collar, held him until the footman arrived, when the prisoner fell upon his knees, said it was his first offence, and asked forgivenness. Evidence being adduced that he was a member of the " swell-mob," he was fully committed. WO R SHIP- S TREE T. CONVICTION OF A BEGGING-LETTER IMPOSTER. — Thomas Hushes, a grey-headed elderly man, who was said to have held the situation of bud( r in several families of distinction, was finally examined upon a charge of soliciting alms. ' It appeared that the prisoner called at the house of Mrs. Jones, a lady of fortune, residing at Upper Clapton, and solicited charity, and on her refusing to give him anything:, he followed her into the parlour, and persisted in his importunities until she gave him sixpence in order to get rid of him. Information of the circumstances was given to police constable N 223, who stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the house, and took him into custody. Horsford and Reany, the mendicity officers identified, the prisoner as a member of a notorious gang of begging letter imposters, but they were not aware that he had ever been convicted. The prisoner was committed to the House of Correc tion, to be kept to hard labour for a fortnight. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge, Mardi 23. CIVIL SIDE.-TIIE QUEEN U. SAMUEL LONG, This was an ex officio information, tiled by the late Attorney-General at the instance of the then House of Commons, in consequence of a special Report of the Committee appointed to try the petition against the re turn of the Honourable Charles Manners Sutton for this borough, in 1839. The indictment charged the defend ant with having bribed one George Smith to vote for Mr. Sutton, %%WI a sum of nine sovereigns, in one set of counts, while another imputed to him an offer of ten sovereigns, for a similar purpose, to a voter named Marsh, at the same election. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL having stated the facts of the case to the Jury, in a calm and temperate address, proceeded to substantiate the charges laid in the indict ment by the following witness!s : George Smith stated that he was a voter of the borough in the Liberal interest, and that on the week preceding the election in, question, which took place on the sth of September, 1839, the defendant Long called at his shop, in Hobson-street, several times, touching the purchase of some shoes for his children and his wife, on all of which occasions he more or less directly alluded to the subject of the forthcoming election. On the 24th of August, 1839, Long again called at his shop early in the morning, and asked whether the shoes he had ordered would be done that night. I promised, said the witness, to send them home the next morning early, and then he said as to the expected election, if I thought well to vote for Sutton, he thought he might put a few pounds into say pocket. I said I thought it was a curious question to me, who had voted the other way, to which he said, "Oh, as to that, it was all nensense." I told him I would give him a positive answer when I took the shoes home. He said, " That will do," and went away. I sent the slices home the next day. He called again on Tuesday, the 27th of September, to pay for the shoes, and gave me a sovereign. The price was 3s. 6d. I sent for change. While my wife was gone, he asked me- to go that even ing to measure Mrs. Long. I went and saw the defendant there as well as Mrs. Long. I was shown into a room with him alone. The door was shut. I gave him the change for the sovereign, and he produced some wine of which we drank. He asked me what I would charge him for a pair of shoes. I told him 12s. ; and he said his and Mrs. Long's would be about a sovereign, and added, " Well, to cut the matter short about this elec tion, I can give you 101. if you will vote for Mr. Sutton." I said that was a good price fur two pair; of shoes, and I should like a lot of customers like him. He saitl he could give me the money then, but should not ; that m y wife could call for it, and then I should know nothing about it ; that that would not be bribery, which was all a parcel of nonsense and stuff. I replied that he should hear further from me, and went away: Next day I went to Royston market, and told my wife she might go to Long's for some money. My wife gave me nine sovereigns next day, after my return. I marked them, locked them up, and ultimately took them to Mr. Francis Eaden, one of the Liberal Committee. I was afterwards examined before the Magistrates. Mrs. Smith—My husband told me to go at one o'clock or eight to Mr. Long's, on Wednesday, August 28, 1839. I did not know the house, but met Mrs. Long in the street, who toll me where it was, and asked me to walk into the back* room till she told Mr. Long I was there, as he was busy. The door of the great room was open a little, and I heard voices there. Presently afterwards Mrs. Long left me, and in a few moments the defendant csme to the and said, " Now, Mrs. Smith, I'll speak to you." He then asked me into the front room, and gave me a glass of 'wine. There were a bottle and two glasses on the table. Afterwards 'he said, " I suppose you know what you have come about." I said, " Yes ; I suppose about the election." "Well," said he, "you know all about it—the nine sovereigns I mean." He then counted out nine sovereigns on a book which was on the table, and told me to take them to my husband, and tell him " that was better than his vote, for it was no matter to a poor man how he voted." I took the money. He added, " Your husband knows nothing of this ?" to which I replied, "He is at Royston." I then went away, and gave the money to my husband when he came to me. There were an old woman and a boy in the back room at dinner when I was there. William Marsh, watchmaker—l live in St. Mary's stre.q, in Cambridge. I am a voter. I voted first at Mr. Gibson's election, and afterwards for Mr. Starkie. I know Samuel Long. He called on me on the 19th of August, 1839, about a brooch. He afterwards asked if I had a vote, and for whom I intended to vote. He said " There was a Mr. Gibson coming forward, a rejected candidate from Ipswich—a turncoat was coming, and if I would be one to support him." I said if Mr. Gibson came forward I would hear him, and I hoped the man who deserved it best would be at the bead of the poll. He replied "It was all stuff, that Whigs and Tories were all alike, and that when they got their own turn served they did not care about the electors, and that it was better for a poor man with a large family to look out for his own interests." I saw him again on Wednesday, the 28th of Au gust, about one o'clock, near his own door. He asked me into his house, and I went into the front room. He produced wine and two glasses, and we both drank. There was a large book on the table. He asked if I had promised my vote. I said no; and be said if I agreed to vote for Mr. Sutton lie would give me ten sovereigns on condition I would give him back one. I said I Could not take any money, as I was no Tory. He pressed me, and I said I would think about it. Some one came to the door while I was there. I heard Mrs. Long go and speak to the person. The door opened, and a female asked if Mr. Long was at home. Mrs. Long said he was engaged, and invited the woman in. I saw them both pass the door of the room in which I was sitting into the back room. I went away in about ten minutes, and on the next day I told Mr. Cooper about it. He was clerk to Mr. Cannon then. On the Saturday after I went before the Magistrates in this Court, and made a state ment in the presence of Long. I also went before the' Grand Jury and the Committee. Mr. Titterton, superintendent of police, apprehended Long on the 30th Au , -ust. As we went on to the station I saw him fidgeting about his hand in his pocket, and at the station I found sixteen sovereigns and a halt' sove reign loose in his pocket, with a quantity of small bits of paper, which I put together. They turned out t o b e a list of names of voters. These are the pieces which were produced to the Committee. I also found an interleaved copy of the registry of voters for that year. The list was here read, as far as it was legible, and contained about twenty names of voters, among which were Smith and Marsh. The case for the prosecution closed here, and the Court was adjourned. MA nen 24. Mr. ANDREWS, at the sitting of the Court, addressed the Jury for the defendant at great length, vitiating the evidence adduced against his client, whom he repre sented as having been the victim o persecution, and as having been harassed by a conspiracy, in order to trump up a charge of bribery, as a means of throwing discredit upon the party to which he belonged. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having repli:d, The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence on both sides to the Jury, who retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and, after an absence of nearly five hours, re turned with a verdict of Guilty on the counts regarding the bribe to Smith, and Not Guilty as to the other charge. THE QUEEN V. WM. SWAN, JUN. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly stated the facts of this case, which had also been instituted by order of the House of Commons, against the defendant, the son of a large and opulent carrier for this town, for an alleged act of bribery at the election of Mr. Manners Sutton in 1839. 'The information charged the defendant with having bribed one Benjamin Lee to vote for Mr. Sutton, by promising to give him U., and to lend him the fur ther sum of 151. after the election in September, 1839. Two witnesses were called, whose evidence being di rectly at variance, the Judge interrupted the ease, and the Jury immediately returned a verdict of Acquittal. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Warwick, March 23. THE QUEEN V. ALLEYNE. This case excited great interest, and brought together PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Commander—Ahn Washington, of the Shearwater; to the rank of Captain. Mate—Benjamin P. Priest, of the Dublin, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.— Commanders—W. L. Shering ham, to the Sylvia cutter; C. M. M. Wright, to the Alfred, vice Woodthorpe, promoted. Lieutenants—Peter Cracroft (Flag), to the Victory, vice Bouverie, promoted; John Lodwick, to the Growler; E. J. L. Cooper (additional) ; and J. R. Thompson, vice Elliot, to the Ringdovc ; D. P. Du meresq, to the Isis ; R. J. Smith, to the Alfred ; F. G. Leigh (acting), to the Driver ; Jacob J. Young. to the Resistance; Chas. Seaver, to the Ja seur ; Geo. Cleaveland (additional) to the Styx. Purser—Thomas M‘Knight, to be Naval Store keeper and Agent Victualler, at Hong-Kong. Assistant-Surgeons--Dr. A. Armstrong (addi tional, for service at Haslar Hospital, to the St. Vin cent, vice Costello ; J. Brown, to the Alfred ; S. R. Risk, to the William and Mary, for special service in Woolwich Dockyard. Mate—H. R. Foote, to the Kite. Midshipman--11. D. Graham, to the Formidable. Volunteers First Class—W. Fenwick, to the Cam bridge ; George Parker, to the Carysfort. Royal Marines—Captain Isaac Toby, to be Bar rack-Master at Plymouth ; First Lieutenant Edward Rea, to be Captain ; and Second Lieutenant W. Jol- Hee to be First Lieutenant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 26. IN RE. CARRON. This day being appointed for a meeting of the creditors under the fiat against the bankrupt, who carried on ex tensive business as a draper and mercer. in Southwark, Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the creditors, applied for the interference of the Court under the following cir cumstances :—lt was alleged that the bankrupt had made away with, or secreted, property to a large amount shortly bofore and subsequently to the is suing of the fiat, and that there were three per sons who had cognizance of this fact, two of whom were in attendance to give evidence, but the third party, who was Miss Agnes Carron, the bankrupt's sister, refused to recdve the summons issued from the Court. The messenger who served it put in an affidavit stating that Miss Carron was sitting in the parlour behind the shop when ho sent it in to her by the shopman, but she refused to touch it, and said she -vas not compelled to attend in consequence. Now, as Miss Carron was the person who was supposed to be best acquainted with the facts connected with the re moval of the goods, it was of the utmost importance to the creditors to have her examined, and he (Mr. James) therefore applied that the Court, acting under the powers which were vested in it by the Act, would issue a warrant compelling her attendance, as she had ne glected the first summons. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said it appeared to him that although Miss Carron was wrong in not attending the summons, yet he thought that neglect did not warrant taking extreme measures. However, a second summons should be issued, with a memorandum appended, stating that if it was not obeyed a warrant would be issued: - The case was then proceeded with, but was of a pri vate and wholly uninteresting nature. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.. MANSION -HOUSE. An information was laid against William Minchell, an old smuggler upon a large scale, by the revenue officers for having brought over from Ostend, in the Menai steam-boat, without payment of duty, 3;345 Flemish ells of foreign lace, and a small quantity of tea. .The officers having had information of the arrival of this man, went on board the Menai, but he managed to escape to the house of his son-in-law in Lower Thames street, where he stripped himself of the lace, which was so concealed about his person by calico pockets, that no part of him appeared to be disproportioned to the rest of his body ; even his neck and legs were stuffed with the neatly-arranged lace. The above-mentioned quan tity of lace was found in the house, and also the calico dress in which the defendant had performed the charac ter. The officers said they had not then the power of detaining the defendant, as the lace was thread and not silk. Since the seizure he had disappeared. It was stated that the defendant had been caught at Dover with a great many thousand yards of lace, and had frequently , visited Brighton with foreign goods. The ALDERMAN having heard proof that the goods had not.paid the duty, fined the defendant. 1001. The lace was, of course, lodged in the Queen's warehouse. An old woman, of decent appearance, named Sarah Lewes, was brought before Sir C. Hunter under the fol lowing circumstances :—A policeman, named Godwin, stated that he had been informed by a man named Rey nolds, that the prisoner, who kept a marine store-shop in Silver-street, was a receiver of stolen goods ; and, being told by Reynolds that a boy had taken some broken pewter- pots into the shop, he went to the place, and asked the prisoner whether she had made any pur chase of the kind. She replied she had not, and was not in possession of anything of the sort. Witness,, however, put over his hand to the spot near which she was standing, and took hold of a bundle which proved to be the pieces of broken pewter pots, which had the name of the publican upon them. He considered h e was justified did not know where Reynolds was. The old woman swore most positively that she had never seen the bundle mentioned until the policeman came, into the shop, that he had pretended to take th em up from a place near where she was standing in the ' shop, but, in fact, he must have brought the bundle in himself. She moreover stated that she had missed several things from her house when she returned from the station, to which she was taken off by the policeman, wit') had then ransacked the house with Reynolds. The ALDERMAN said it was a very singular business altogether. He should discharge the prisoner, and should recommend her to consult a solicitor, as to what she ought to do. The policeman was at liberty to go, but he would have to explain his conduct to the Com missioner of Police, who would certainly investigate the matter fully. Mr. Tow, an official person connected with one of the City Companies, waited upon Sir Peter Laurie for the purpose of mentioning the particulars of a case in which he, as one of the executors of his deceased father-in-law, was proceeded against by a solicitor for the sum of 54/, the amount of a bill of exchange which the deceased was WORSHIP-STREET. Edwin Reynolds and Fredericlt William Tattersall. two genteel-looking youths, who were stated to be clerks in a barrister's office, were charged with having uttered a counterfeit shilling at the shop of Mr. Jennings, a baker, in Hackney-road. Several respectable-looking persons, the friends and relations of the accused, surrounded the bar, and a solicitor attended to defend them. The tom plainant stated that the defendant Tattersall entered his shop, and asked for a bun, in payment of which he ten dered a shilling, which witness perceived was a bad one. The defendant said he had received it from his friend, the other defendant, who was outside. The witness then sent for a policeman, and had both the defendants taken into custody. In answer to the charge, the defendant Reynolds said he had received the shilling in change fora sovereign, and had not the slightest suspicion oF its being a bad one. The friends of the prisoners here stepped forward, complained loudly of the harsh manner in which they had been treated, and of the injurious effect such an accusa tion was calculated to have upon their characters, which had been heretofore without a blemish. Mr. BROUGHTON said that the prosecutor had certainly acted in a very hasty and injudicious manner in giving the prisoners into custody, the most respectable people being liable t 3 have a bad piece of money in their pos session without being at all aware of it. He recollected the case of a respectable married woman who was brought before him some time ago on a similar charge, which he dismissed, and her husband afterwards brought an action against her accuser, and recovered 100/. damages. He should discharge the defendants, and he strongly recom mended Mr. Jennings to endeavour to make his peace with them, and thereby avert the unpleasant conse quences that might otherwise result from his hasty pro ceedings. The prosecutor accordingly made a public apology to tha defandants for the harsh conduct he had pursued to wards them, and, as a further atonement, he contributed 20s. to the office poor-box. The defendants were then discharged. GUILDHALL. John Cooke, who was charged about a week ago with picking the pocket of John Anderson in a cab, the par ticulars of which appeared in The Sun, was again placed at the bar this morning, but remanded again till Tues day next for further evidence. The other cases possessed no features of public inte rest, and the whole of the early charges were disposed of soon after eleven o'clock. BOW-STREET. A HOPEFUL YOUTiL—A wicked4ooking, white headed little fellow, named Watts, with piercing black eyes, deeply sunk in his head, and of very diminutive stature, dressed in a dark waistcoat, buttoned up to the chin, and dark flannel armings, so that not one particle of white could be seen about him, was charged under the following circumstances : Mr. Joseph Lambert, of Hart-street, stated that he was sitting in his parlour on Thursday, in the afternoon, when he saw some faces looking into the shop window. He thought they were after no good, so he watched, when he saw the till gradually begin to move. He could not see any one in the shop, but seeing the till move, he went into it, and closed the door, when he found the little gentleman at the bar, just under the till, engaged in the interesting occupation of carrying it off. Policeman F 61 said he knew the prisoner ; he was brought up the other day under similar circumstances, but the prosecutor would not press the charge. Mr. TWYFORD-49 this the little fellow who has been brought up before me so many times for this kind of thing ? Tyrrel, the gaoler, 'said no, it was the prisoner's brother who had been there so often; the little wretch was not above 13 years of age, and he had been at the office at least twenty times. TWYFORD tlien ordered the little fellow, who had hitherto been invisible, to be set upon a stool, which was accordingly done : the young gentleman folded his arms, and looked about the Court with the utmost composure ; proud, no doubt, of the enviable position which he oc cupied, and hoping mayhap one day to become as dis tinguished a high-toby gentleman as Jack Sheppard or Jonathan Bradford. Mr. TWYFORD (to the prisoner)—" How old are you?" Master Watts with admirable sang froid— Viped his nose with a dirty mok• Folded his arms and thus he spoke," "Vy goin' on for 11." Mr. TWYFOR.D--YeS, but I can't suffer you and your little family to go on in this way. I scarcely know what to do, you are so very small. After some consideration the worthy Magistrate sen tenced him to one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. The prisoner bowed to the Magistrate, and, when his Worship's face was turned, we observed the youngrascal with the thumb of his left hand applied t o his little snub nose, whilst the digits of the dexter hand were busily employed in performing mystical kind of gyrations around the extended digits of the left. A certain poet has described the import of these hieroglyphical kind of movements by saying that a certain person -- .gmeaniiig to imply a doubt, Put his thumb unto his nose and spread his fingers out." So much for Master Watts. THE DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—From the number of good persons whom we met last evening in a state of stupid intoxication, and from the knowledge that we have of John 13ull's' propensity to indulge in the sports of Bacchus, we certainly . anticipated that the charges of " drunk, disorderly, and incapable" would have assumed a very formidable feature in the charges at this office this morning. We are happy to have to report, how ever, that such was not the case, there being only seven men and two women brought up under that charge. The nine (we don't mean the Muses) were dismissed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two, young men 'of fashionable' appearance, whose names were enteredlon the charge-sheet as Henry Smith and James Jackson, but who are said to belong to two very noble families, were placed at the bar, charged with wrenching off knockers and ringing door-bells in Re gent-street, at two o'clock on Friday morning. Police.constable, No. 81 of the C division, stated that he saw the defendants walking together in Regent-street, and overheard ono say to the other,'" I wonder Where we can get some nice knockers to-night ?" which in duced him to watch them for some distance ; but they somehow eluded his observance, and in a short time afterwards he discovered that the knocker had been wrenched from off the door of Mr. Gabriel, 135, Regent street, and broken, and the pieces left close by on the pavement. In about twenty minutes after the defendants again made their appearance in Argyll-place, and from thence proceededinto Regent-street again, knocking and ringing at several different houses on their way. Witness having obtained the assistance of another constable, followed and took them into custody, the defendant Smith being at the instant in the act of endeavouring to wrench off a knocker, and Jackson violently pulling the bell. They were taken to the station house, but were shortly afterwards liberated on bail. Inspector Baker, of the C division, informed the Ma gistrate that the defendant Jackson was a short time ago fined at this Court for a similar offence. He then gave a different name. Mr. Gabriel then came forward, and said he. wished to charge the defendant with felony ; they had to all in tents and purposes, stolen his knocker, which would cost him 10s. to, replace. Mr. HARDWICK said he regretted that the evidence was not sufficiont to sustain the charge. Mr. Gabriel said that the housekeepers of liegent street ought to be protected from the repeated acts of damage and annoyance to which they were subjected. Mr. HARDWICK said he should in all such cases deal as severely with them a:: the law allowed. The defendant Smith denied the charge altogether, and Jackson said he was so much intoxicated that he did not know what he did. Mr. HARDWICK said he should impose the highest fine 40s. on each, and he was surprised that persons who called themselves gentlemen, and who from their age ought to know better, should conduct themselves in such a foolish, mischievous, and disgraceful manner. The defendants immediately paid the fines, Smith saying, "If it had been 401. we must have our lark." And then addressing the policeman who took them into custody, added, " Now, Spooney, what will you get by it?—you have only been kept ot.t of your bed by meddling with us." a very crowded Court. The defendant, said to be bro ther-in-law to Mr. Dempster Heming, formerly candi date for the northern division of Warwickshire, was in dicted for sending a challenge to Mr. Henry Power, so licitor, of Atherstone, and afterwards publishing and circulating a libellous placard, w ith the intention to commit a breach of the peace. Mr. DANIELL (with whom was Mr. Mellor and Mr. Macaulay), in stating the case to the Jury, regretted that it was one of the most painful description. The simple question they had to try was, whether or not the defendant had been guilty.Of sending the challenge complained of, and afterwards publishing . the libel which was the subject of the present indictment. In the discharge of his duty he should, however, be obliged to allude ~ to the circumstances under which the offence was committed. The prosecutor was a highly respectable attorney, residing at Ather stone ; but who the defendant was he need scarcely say, after the occurrence of recent circumstances in an ad joining county, which were the subject of considerable curiosity and inquiry amongst the.-gentry of Warwick shire. He (the defendant) had, however, requested them to form a judgment of 'his conduct, and upon that the Jury would have to decide. In October, 1839, Mr. and Mr 3. PoWer, in company with Mr. Roberts, the late vicar of Wetherley, and his lady, visited Ramsgate, and there became acquainted with the defendant Alleyne and a lady who was stated to be his sister. They appeared to be persons of great respectability, and moving in a high state of society, An intimacy took place between the parties, and after an intimacy of twe months, Alleyne and his sister paid a visit to Wetherley. The young lady was shortly afterwards married to Mr. Dempster Homing, of Caldecote-hall, and the defendant, her reputed bro ther, resided with them. Occurrences afterwards took place which led it to be currently reported that he and Mrs. Heming were not brother and sister, but in fact man and wife. The defendant charged the prosecutor with being a party to this report, and authorised a Mr. Graham, a solicitor, of London, to wait upon him to ob tain satisfaction. The following is a copy of the letter delivered by Mr. Graham to Mr. Power : _ _ _ " Caldecote, Nov. 25. " Sir,—Having ascertained that you have uttered a foul, malignant slander against me, I require you to give me satisfaction ; and my friend, who delivers this, will make the necessary arrangements on my behalf. " I am, &c., " H. L. ALLEYNE." Mr. Power denied having uttered the slander with which he was charged ; but, considering the menace held out in the above letter, he refused to give a written denial. The consequence was, that the next day a placard, of which the following is a copy, and its publication admit ted, was circulated in Atherstone and its neighbourhood : " Caldecote, Nov. 25. " My character having been traduced during my resi dence here, by an odious and malignant slander, which has been most industriously circulated in this neighbour hood, and having for a long time most unsuccessfully sought to trace the source from which it emanated, I have recently ascertained that Mr. Henry Power, attor ney at law, of Atherstone, is the person who uttered the fuul calumny, ' that it had been ascertained beyond doubt that Mrs. Dempster Heming and myself were not brother and sister, but man and wile; upon which I lost no time in requesting a friend to require tram Mr. Power immediate satisfaction for the base lie, which he has refused to give me, and being thus unable to obtain any redress I now denounce Mr. Henry Power to be a slan derer, a liar, and a coward. " H. L. ALLEYNE." The Learned Counsel said he knew not what the result might be as regarded the domestic relations of Mr. D. Homing and his family ; but the prosecutor, who acted under the advice of friends, could take no other step than that which he had adopted on the present occasion. He placed his case in the hand of Mr. Baxter, a profes sional gentleman of Atherstone, and, with the sanction and approbation of Mr. Bracebiidge and the Rev. S. Homing, that gentleman wrote to Mr. Dempster Heming the following letter : _ " Atherstone, Dec. 11,_ 1841 "My dear Sir,—Mr. Power, having placed himself in my bands professionally, with reference to the steps lately taken by Mr. Alleyne, in challenging and posting him in consequence of alleged reports reflecting on Mrs. Demp ster Reining and Mr. Alley no, I think it right, before I take any proceedings, first to ascertain whether all matters connected with these unpleasant affairs cannot be amicably settled by reference to mutual friends. If Mr. Power has unintentionally or unguardedly said anything reflecting on the conduct of Mrs. Dempster Ileming and Mr. Alleyne, he is willing, and always would have been willing , if called upon, to make the most ample reparation which one gentleman can require from another. Should you entertain the same views as my self, I shall feel great pleasure . in naming a friend on Mr. l'ower's part, and receiving ono on yours, whose decision and orders all parties shall duly carry out. " Yours faithfully, "Dempster Herring, Esq. " S. S. BAXTER." On the same day the following reply was received by Mr. Baxter : " Caldecote-hall, Dec. 11, 1841. "My dear Sir,— I have received your letter of the 11 th instant, and will send you an answer as soon as Mr. Alleyne returns from London. " Yours very truly, " D. HEMING. " To S. S. Baxter, Esq., .Atherstone." It appeared that Mr. Hernirig-muld do nothing without Alleyne, and unfortunately he was led, under his advice, to answer Mr. Baxter's conciliatory letter in the follow ing terms : ? _ _ " Caldecote- ball, Dec. 15, 1841. " My dear Sir,—l have laid your letter of the 11th before Mr. Alleyne, who has given me no authority, in asmuch as it concerns him; and, as far as it may relate to myself, I cannot consent to submit the atrocious ca lumnies uttered by Mr. Power against my wife to any private reference.—Your's truly, " S. S. Baxter, Atherstone. " D. HEMING." Mr. Daniell concluded by stating that he should lay the facts of the case before the Jury, and there could be no hesitation in declaring that a verdict of guilty must pass against the defendant. Mr. Power was then put into the witness-box, and de pased to the facts stated in Mr. Daniell's opening. On cross-examination, he admitted that he and Mrs. Power had paid Mr. and Mrs. Heming a visit shortly after their marriage, and that the visit had never been returned. Mr. Burgess, a printer from Hinckley, deposed to the libellous placard having been written by Alleyne, with the sanction of Mr. Feat ahead and Mr. Jarvis, two soli- citors, who were present at the time it was concocted. Mr. Sergeant GOULBUR!!! (with whom was Mr. Hill) designated the prosecution as malignant on the part of Mr. Power and declared, were he allowed to do so, he could prove that the imputations, with respect to Alleyne and his sister, were scandalous falsehoods. The Learned JUDGE directed the Jury to find the defendant guilty, but intimated that he should defer passing sentence, in order to allow Alleyne the oppor tunity of contradicting the statements made with regard to himself and his connexion with Mrs. Dempster Heming. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence deferred. HEARTLESS CASE OF HOCEISS ING AND. ROBBERY. CAUTION TO YOUNG FEMALES.--011, Tuesday last Jane Mills, a young woman, 19 years of age, whose father had served for many years in the Royal Artillery, for which he now enjoys a pension, and at present re sides at 5, Jackson's-lane, Woolwich-cominon, came to town to look for a situation, and having called upon one or two friends, and leaving her address at the shops of various tradesmen, with a view of getting a place, was about to return home to her father's, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening. While passing along King William-street, towards London-bridge, she was accosted by a middle-aged woman, of respectable appearance, who asked her the way to Aldgate. Mills replied she did not know, that she was a stranger to London, and that she had merely come to town that day to look for a situation, and that, being unsuccessful in her efforts, was returning to her parents, at Woolwich. The female upon this remarked that, as she would have to come to town on the following day, to follow up her object in getting a situation, it would be much more advisable to remain ; and, as she had a comfortable home,.she would be happy, under the circumstances, to accommodate her with a bed for the night, and a .moreover, would assist her in looking for a place the next day. The yoUng woman, supposing her to be a respectable person, foolishly corn plied with the stranger's request, and having asked an other person her way to Aldgate, they proceeded together in that direction. In pr o c ee di ng a l ong Fen church-street, the elder female prevailed on the younger to go to the Grapes public-house, where they had two quarterns of r, in, of which the latter drank two glasses, and from tha?time until seven o'clock on the following morning-, she was perfectly unconscious of what had happened to her, and no doubt can exist but that some powerful drug had been administered to her. At six o'clock on the following morning, while Serjeant B ar k er II 11, and police constable Sullivan II 80, were going their rounds, their attention was directed to a privy, in a filthy court off Essex-street, Whitechapel, by a man who said he had endeavoured to get in-but could not, and on going to it and forcing the door open, they found the young woman Mills as naked as when she was born, and in a state of insensibility. Serjeant Barker humanely took off his great coat, and having wrapped it round her, had her at once removed to the police station-house in Spital-square, and put to bed in his serjeant's private apartments upstairs. Restoratives were administered by Mrs. Barker, and in a short time the young woman began to recover her recollection, and entreated those about her to tell her where she was. She was soon enabled to tell who and what, she was, and what had happened as above related, but did not recollect anything that took place after being in the public-house in Fen church-street. Sergeant Barker communicated with her friends, who sent her the necessary articles of clothing, and on Thursday being sufficiently recovered, she was taken home by her father. The articles of which she had been robbed, as well as a few shillings in menu, were worth from 41. to 51, and the polic e are ac ti ve i n their efforts to apprehend the heartless wretch by whom she has been so grossly deedved and stripped. The British Museum re-opens on to-day, and will continue open all the week until Friday, inclusive, from ten o'clock until four. The National Gallery at Trafal gar-square, Charing-cross, will be open each day till Thursday, from ten till six o'clock. THE NEW TERRACE IN PICCADILLY.—The Board of Works, we hear, have agreed" to make the projected improvements on the south side of Piccadilly. We allude to the widening of the public road, twenty feet, from Hyde Park corner, to the ground opposite Devonshire House, and erecting a terrace along the whole line. The ground to be taken from the Green Park. There is one condition annexed, namely, that the p a rish should keep the whol e i n repair. The two lodges, i. e., the one where the late ranger's lodge stood, and the other , o pp o-, site th e b as i n, are to be removed instanter. The keeper of the latter g oes t o th e Alb er t• ga t e , at Knightsbridge. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 24.-21161 has been about an average amount of business effe,cte during the last week, at former rates. ' _s a les ENGLISH WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 2 5. 4 during the resent week have remained dull, and limited to the immediate requirements of the manufacturers' The tendency of prices is downwarik, though there is n O6 any decided reduction from . the quotations of last creek WAREFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH . 24.--We 11 , : a „ 1 0 . no visible imprevement in the demand for deep enule'm t ; wools. The few sales passing are chiefly confined wethers, which continue in light stock. Hogs are buut, ; dant in the market, an d' p r i c es of all sorts are withuy any variation from last week's quotations. We Tre s doing in clothi ng an d blanket wools ; and Pee are nominal. TRADE or LEEDS.—There is no improvement in el, market this week. Busin ess i n the warehouses was neve . in a worse state. Some p ers ons anticipate an itnPre,Y,e, ment from the recent propositions of Sir R. Peel ; but general feeling seems to b e that they hold out no P lr ' s s e pect of an extension of our foreign market, and do l no permanent improvement at home. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The attendancebef buyers in the Piece Market to-day is slender, - and,. t , e amount of business done is very limited. It ally ehn fi e in prices, it is in favour of 'the buyers. average business doing in • • which ma l Y shbet ' rett-t in t r il i ; buted to the export being more freely market ; prices, howe ver , h ave ' no t impro v ed. I " t ' bes there is no improvement sinc e our last report. T h i e n 10 - or descriptions of wool c on ti nue dull, at lower rates ; - and middle qualities the market is tolerably %sell plied, and prices are about the same as lasV wee Leeds Mercury. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING. able.„ ll LONDON, Meo,' 26.—Wind this day W. :ar c ' in t's . DEAL, MARCH 25.—Wind River, Fingalton. for St. John's, Surrey, and Jane Blain, for Hobart Town ; Jelin'''Valpairaso ; Cornwall, Singapore ; Canton, 0 " New Brunswick. Sld. Douglas, Montreal. ' LIVERPOOL, .MARCH 24.—Wind W r •S' ' ls„ Co 4° ' Ellen Preble, Hindley, New Orleans ' • Coluinbtl s ' wail` ; Mobile ; Acadia steamer, Halifa x , with tu t r r , - 'worn , brought from Boston to Halifax, by the Cookso n ' steamer. Sid. Duke of Clarence, Calcutta' port' Rio Janeiro; Henry Shelton, Baltimore ; Br e nol ) , l te au-Prince ; Hero, Af r ic a ; Th omas LeeeLi , s ago' Video; St. Lawrence, and Rob Roy, New York. „ icebergs were passed 16th and 17th inst , in let. , 44, by the Acadia steamer, arrived here.. , cle 1) , MARGATE, MARCH 24.—About two hunnned or and about two hundred deal forms have been re m fat in the Roads, and brought in here to-day. GUERNSEY, MARCH 21.—Arrd. Heroine, Sh ie 'b o i. tter a St. Thomas. A clinker built boat, with white - on t he andgreen top, marked Mary Ann, North Shielt,roiv e ' stern, was picked up off Beechey Head, by the ." - 4 fee arrived here. The wreck of a boat of about on keel, with " Sirocco, Sunderland, John AYnsie?; end the stern, has been picked up at the n orth of this island. • ott er ;b' SHEERNESS, MARCH 24.—The Vi g il a nt, fro.. burg to Havre, has been a ss i s ted i n h ere , lcalOnenr deck cargo thrown ove r bo ar d, a f ter beating on t ' e sands. poor On' DOVOR, MARCH 26,-Eliza, Rankin, Stfool ° for Antwerp ; Vigilance, Pernambuc o , for S t ' Vesta, New York, for Hamburgh. 1 1 0 4 PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24-Wind „ 25, N.N.W.-Sld. Anna Robertson, Madras; h Martinique. si r COWES, MARCH 24.-The Amiable Rose, r ne, ,3 Was ashore on the rocks off West Cowes upgr, ao assisted off last night, brought into the bor discharged. BRIDPORT, MARCH 24.-Sld. Devon, Neww, IlatxuAlw, MARCH 23.-The Ann, Spartsbi' t` o Liverpool to Dunkirk, has put in here w ith carK r os '''. having been struck by a sea off Portl a nd , and her beam ends. air/ SALCOMBE, MARCH 23.-Arrd. the Era, L° l3 PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.-Wind N.E. ; /e s , Arrd. Tobago, London, for New Zealand. Sl u 'V ' Sierra Leone ; Magnet, Grenada ; Ann, Lang,' Rover, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.-Wind E.N.E. to l'•v ! 10 1 ' breezes. 24. N.N.E. to N. moderat e. Sid. the d P for Algiers. 410 1* C OFF WEYMOUTH, MARCH 25.-The Tyrer, for Calcutta. tt. PADSTOW, MARCH 24,-The Blundell, BO Pe- of Trinidad to Dublin, has put in here with lo ss and bulwarks, crew sick, and short of provisioos' BRISTOL, MARCH 24.--Sid. Elizabeth, Bogoo. re ol o MILFORD, MARCH 24.-The Hebe, from ' , tics .° Wisbeach, having washed up among some be sold, it being expected she will go to piece s ' CP' CLYDE, MARCH 23.-Sld. Barlow, New Yor k ', rine, Malta. fo r CORE, MARCH 23.-Arrd. Clyde, LiverPo ° " John's, New Brunswick; Highlander, Leghorn, c KINSALE, MARCH 21.-Sld. Lord Sandon, . New Brunswick. tu.dobe SHIELDS, MARCH 24.-William Wallace, THE MARKETS.-SATUft-, NEWGATE AND LEADENHAL P- There was a good supply of meat ; the deo o l , 4 k heavy, and the advanced rates paid last ° fe e stigi ' i barely maintained. There was also a motle rsv ,a of Lamb at market, the demand was brisk, t moderate-viz., 6s. to Os. Bd. per stone of , B ` - ; '4 :: 3s. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. to 3s. 10d, ; Veal , r) " . ;: Uls ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. per stone of 81b. " r ices and Poultry a largo supply, trade heavy, an d P same as last quoted. cel 4 WHITECHAPEL MARKET. f. The supply was good, with a brisk den for Beef. The prices of Veal, Lamb, and dolt P'43, fully supported. Beef and Pork rather 2s. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10d. ; to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 2s. 4d. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. 8 0. it Clover, 21. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 21. to 4/, 4s. ; to 11. 16s. TEA MARKET. 6r fPf The demand was limit e d, b u t h o ld e rs we r e Company's Cungou Is. 11d., cash. ri d SPIRIT MARKET. ) In Rum a fair business was done at full rgt e r di le Leewards 2s. 2d. to 2s. 2kd. B ran dy d u ll co - cheaper. TALLOW MARKET. r IT , Prices are steady, but the demand dull. * dies 475. 9d. on the sp o t, an d 49 5 . f or deli°r 'y last three months of the year. COUNTRY MARL.HTB 1 VVhcat. 1 Barley. 04t _I Berns Per Quarter. a. to a. Isto s s. t • s. s. to s ,, 'lath ..... 54 70 .1 33 20 23 38 p Slandford 52 72 131 32 .3 26 46 tlridport 68 .2 41 44 shard 56 72 29 32 22 26 tI Exeter A , i d aloucester 6O 64 21 30 0 25 40 r j duildford 58 74 27 34 24 28 31 " A ; 0 , ~ Newbury 30 74 23 2 ,. 18 •,9 32 1 . .' Reading 48 76 tts 37 18 32 Z) Salisbury 52 72 27 34 20 zs 40 • ^ 4 ', Shtrborne 156 62 26 'lO 40 :8 Shepton Mallet 50 7u 25 24 18 24 94 ' Uxbridge 37 43 - 28 :‘ A Warminster.— 55 69 24 36 19 25 26 Worcester I 64 68 32 30 11, 26 38 it 4 teovil 52 62 24 28 20 22 40 di', EDINBUROH CORN MA KKET. • 11 4 0+ 1. Wheat. Barley. oat, m ea ns. d 0/1. First lid '4 : 01. 33s 41. 40s. ( .0 Second 5B 0 31 0 25 0 33162 0 1 third Average price of Wheat PRICES ON PROVISIONS 4C. gd t- o'a v Beef, per ou Us. sd. to 01.7 d. freshßutter, Ik. "pi iv Mutton 0 5 U 7 Salt Ditto... .., 0 0 I Veal 0 7 010 Ditto, per cwr...7, 0 10 0 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... „ g ji Lame, per qr. 0 14 0 OatStraw(kpl.). ,t 0 6 1 , fallow, cwt...... 39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto... y, 0 1 Quartern U 9i 010 Barley Ditto 10 v0tat0e5,141b...... 0 0 0 5 Hay, ° Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp . T EDINBURtifi M Per EAL MStone() ARKE D 1 0 .0 I 1 First Oatmeal £l 15 0 First 0atmea1......... . , 0 . i I Second ditto.— 1 13 0 Second ditto .........v e 1 Barleymeal.... ..... Ptssenteal . I 8 0 Peasemesd ......•••.. Pot Barley from 30s. to 48s. per Oa , CORNWALL MARKEV-: (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushe l " 02;;..."0 ~. 0 Wheat. • Barley. 1.---,i,'' 4'o . s, d. to s. d. s, d. to s. it _„, s (; :I n Truro ........ ...• •• U 7 5 0 3 8 (' " v Heistene — . 7 8 0 3 9 -_ 0 :l , 9 St. Austell —o s o — 0 3,0"0 ' 0 uodmin — 0 8 8 •-• 0 44". 0 /1 Liskcard..... 0 76 0 36 2 ...." 8 o ! 6 Launceston Camel ford 6 6 7 0 3 0 3 ~" ,I Peusallea 7 8 84, 0 4 v .... r fo, ~,, , --------- . e.. 0). 0 A return relating to Friendly Sock tie ' 10 1 .'0 in the sev era l count i es of Englan d an d Wa l l P cl e olc been laid b e f ore P ar li ament. The n ame of en the places where established, and the date °i OP e are given. The number altogether auo ull— / 5,000. _..--•--- - - Sc ke On the 24th inst., at W p i l m ß po T le ll , the Countess of • ir° ofllo ~, w ag, / B of e O n a g n s a o t i n h . a e rm ls y t , h of ills , t o . o ,. the lady of Captain T. rAI 0 1' I ;,. the ~ On the 25th inst., at Curzon - street, Ife7 ll ' o' Robert Dickson, .111. D ,of a son. A 10' On the 22d inst., at'Ais.-la-Chapell the 114 °I f tY Whitgreave, instf a son and heir e' Ve °. On the 21st .., the lady of Theodore Foulke' •-- -.' 0 t di Lodge, Jamaica, of a son. se P 1 • • rPt On the 24th inst., at Storey' s - ga t e , St. Janie ) - J 1 lady of Carteret J. Kempson, Esq., of a son . • th° li On the 23d inst., at Pelham crescent, EroMpton , of Dr. Sims, of a daughter. MARRIED. 0 11, 94 11 ;; On the 17th inst., at Bebigton. Chester, George , t he 111. D., of Peckham, Surrey, to Susanna, daughter w . jj , Askew Bickmare t Esq., of Hadleigh, Suffolk. i jlt„,• On the Bth of January, at Bombay, at the Catheare",slol, bald Hugh Hope, Esq., 3d Madras Cavalry, to CaNlin i i 5r elle' beth, youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant -G R.chard Jones, K.C. B. a DIED. „ a te. ~1 On the 25th inst. , jn York - street , P ortman--4 e William Beatty, M.D., F. H.S., late Physic ian to her ' 0 fleet and Greenwich Hospital. 11°" e, On the 24th inst. , at Lark - hill , Preston, Samuel , $ Esq., formerly M.P. for that borough. wil! 0 !,, On the 25th of January, at Sierra Leone, Wa lter fi t' Lewis_. Esq., Chief Commissary Judge of thellixed is sion Court in that settlement. ,_ tr bell!. t ,, On the sth inst., at the Schloss Seekof, near H° 11 4° Bavaria, Frederick Baron Von Zandt, of Ovington - r 1 Orli° On the 25th sons int., in Belgrave•square, Malcoltnivontio' eldest surviving of Henry and Lady Harriet Dru w . et ta ' On the 21,t inst., at Kingsland, Shrew,burY, Ilcurl phia, third daughter of Joseph Loxtiale, Esq. f: , 0( .......---- , P , VOU Londcn : Printed and Published by hIURDO ' str a* 10 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112I"4 .., the County of Illiddlesex, Monday, March 28, 1 at t . 1 1) D; bi r e Clce