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PIPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. (FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.) GLOBE.—The conversation in the Lords, re specting the employment of children in collieries and factories, is so far satisfactory as indicating concern for the welfare of a numerous, and, under the present circumstances, helpless portion of the population. What is not satisfactory, however, is the superficial treatment of evils whose source is deeper, and is not ascribable to particular important branches of employment. What could be more superficial than the remark of the Bishop of London—" All the statistical re turns connected with this subject wcnt to show that the mortality was greater among those employed in manufactures than among those employed in agricul ture. Whatever evils might exist among the labour ing classes engaged in agriculture, those evils were fearfully aggravated among the manufacturing popu lation." 'Here is not only fact—but theory as to the causes of fact—a theory assuming it as self-evident and incontestible that manufactures, and the manu facturing system, which he Right Rev. Prelate also says is " eating into the very vitals of the country," are the cause of mortality in towns. We hold that it is something very different which is eating into the vitals of the country; and that it is not the manufacturing system that is the cause of mortality in towns. In order to settle this point, might it not be as well to inquire whether towns destitute of manufactures are exempted from this increased mortality—whether, on the contrary, towns, asthe towns of Ireland, which are thus destitute, are not the seats of tenfold misery, and tenfold mortality, and whether the wretched inhabit ants of those towns do not eagerly resort for refuge to the great seats of industry, stigmatised with ,so little reflection by the Bishop of London ? Those who can find no footing on the soil—those whose labour is in no demand there—those to whom the Bishop of London can assign no place there but an Union Workhouse—where does the Right Rev. Prelate mean them to live ? Whom does the Right Rev. Pre late mean to employ and feed them ? What indivi dual or collective industry does he mean them to exercise ? Is it not something idle, and something ex cessively dangerous, to sentimentalise about the in herent evils of town life—when town life is alone left open to so many industrious and commercial citizens? Is it not something idle, and something excessively unjust, to fix the stigma of town mortality on the great employers of town labour ? The decay of com merce, the closing of factories, the blowing out of furnaces, demonstrate too clearly whether labour has much to thank those lawmakers for, who declaim against the mortality of towns,—having stinted their food,—and protect children from over-work, while crip pling the commerce which provides parent employment. It is with feelings of deep and unaffected dread for the future, that we mark this minute attention to the symptoms of evil in town life and labour, and con trast it with the interested indifference to the causes which govern the condition of all labour. We be lieve that, speaking generally, Lord Fitzwilliam is perfectly right in saying that there is not the slightest superiority in the agricultural population. But be this so or not, the great departments of town labour are necessaryand it is not to them, but to the injustice which is done them, that are due their worst evils. Employers and labourers suffer under a bad enough system certainly—but that sys tem is not of their own making or maintaining—its authors are the lords of the soil. Whatever mitiga tion of its worst effects the towns have enjoyed, has been owing to those manufacturing capitals which so long upheld the value of town labour. When those capitals have fled or perished, we shall see if town and country are better without them. All this is no de fence of infant ill-treatment in collieries ; but is, we think, not an uncalled-for answer to superficial treat ment. (even by a Bishop) of the question whether manufactures or numopoly be " eating into our vitals." STANDARD.—The case of women and children labouring in coal pits has been forced upon public attention, by the publication of three books of Reports of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sub ject. Two of these books are exceedingly large, and all of them appear to be the work of men earnestly and honestly resolved to bring the truth to light, neither _exaggerating nor extenuating any part of it. The disclosures made are extremely painful, exhibiting the condition of many of our fellow-creatures as so miserable and de graded that the representation could not be credited, if we were not prepared for it by what is known of some of the factories, and by the sad conviction which the experience of these factories must fasten upon every mind, the conviction, namely, that none are to be safely trusted with the care of their fellows where gain is the object, and human beings are the instruments. The volumes of the Colliery Commissioners are illus trated by well-executed engravings, and these en gravings speak much more sensibly to the mind than words can : it is, therefore, a vain hope to expect to communicate in words anything like the impression produced by the perusal of the Report, aided by the sketches in question. Every one has a rude notion of coal-pits, though few are aware of the shape they take in the interior, as they branch off in pursuit of the capricious ramifications of the veins, or, as they are called, " seams" of coal. These seams, however, are - found of all sizes—some very large, which permit men to work, in raising and removing the coal, in an erect attitude, and to avail themselves of the service of horses arid asses for the purposes of carriage ; but some of the seams are small, though still thought worth the working ; and from these the coal must be extracted in a stooping, crouching, and even grovelling posture, continued through many hundreds of yards. It is in these smaller seams that j women and children, down to the tender ages of seven, six, and even five years are employed. The nature - of the employment may be understood, from considering that the smaller seams in their whole width exceed very little, if at all, the width of an .ordinary chimney flue, and that they in cline •or ascend in every variety of angle. The poor workers in these channels are therefore in a , great measure employed as the climbing boys who used to sweep chimneys before the humanity of the Legislature imposed restrictions upon that trade ; but the condition of the " seam-gropers" in collieries is much worse than that of chimney sweeps in many respects; first, the seams are always wet and muddy; secondly, the seams almost always dip, so as tb render it necessary for the wretched creatures to work most commonly with their heads downward ; 14stly, they have to drag a heavy load of from one to two hundred pounds weight, on a truck without wheels, and through mud, for the whole length of the seam, which frequently exceeds many hundred yards ; add to this a perfect dark ness, add the close unwholesome air of a mine, it may be 500 or 1,000 feet below the surface—and here is a picture of physical suffering which it is impossible to exaggerate, even by the painful and de grading harness in which the sufferers are equipped —a chain passing round the waist between the thighs, and attached to the slide truck. It may be easily supposed that where so little account is made of phy sical suffering, much care is not bestowed upon the protection of morals ; and in fact the most ordinary guard of decency, clothing, itself is dispensed with. The men in some mines work altogether; and the women and girls nearly, naked. The necessary re sult is what it is painful to contemplate, what it would be, if possible, more painful to describe. NORWICH UONSJSTORIAL COURT. CHURCH RATES, BUNGAY ST. MARY. MANN AND GOWER V. CHILDS. The hearing of this case took place on the 7th of March and the llth Of April ; after which the defendant said he felt entitled to be dismissed, and was proceeding to - argue-that his costs should be decreed him, by showing that he had come out of the ease with clean hands, while the plaintiffs had greatly misconducted themselves, when ' he was stopped by The COURT, remarking that although costs did not necessarily follow the sentence, yet they would do so un less misconduct were proved against the party in whose favour judgment was given. He, therefore, called on the plaintiffs' proctor to show cause why the ordinary course should not be followed if judgment were given for the defendant. Mr. RACKHAPI replied that he had no charge whatever to make against Mr. Childs. The (CURT said it need not then trouble Mr. Childs on the point. The Learned JUDGE added that he was accus tomed to make such remark s, but he felt bound to say the plaintiffs had, in the i conduct of this case, thrown much obstruction and difficulty' n the way of the de fendant ; and he spoke thus bec ause he had himself been called upon to interpose oh suver al occasions when this ought not to have been required. Mr. RACKHAM said he was sure Mr. Childs would not charge him personally with any want of courtesy or of deference to the wishes of the Court ; and lie could not be answerable for the acts of kis clients. Mr. Cum.ns replied that he was bound to testify to the politeness which he had uniformly received from 311.. nockharn and the Officers of the Court. On Tuesday, May 3d, judgment was delivered by the Judge — CHAamEsEvaNs, Esq., who said:—This was a suit instituted by the Churchwardens of Bungay St. Mary, against Ms., Charles Childs, for the recovery of a Church-rate made September 6, 1839, in which the de fendant was assessed for a house and lands, at the sum of 3s. 4d. It appeared that Mr. Childs had been summoned before the Justices for the non-payment or this sum, Dee. 12th, 1839, when he took several objections to the va lidity of the rate, and shortly afterwards the pre sent suit was commenced. As the whole case had been argued before him on two - several occasions, it was only necessary for him to give his opinion on the various points which had been raised. The Learned Judge then disposed of five different grounds of defence, which the defendant had taken —that the notice of the vestry at which the question had been made was in sufficient —that the property. assessed was not duly described --that after the rate had been made, and was in cuurse of collection, additions had been made to the desc:iption of the property, by the person ern _ 14Q.Y01 ;ate aad C0116'044 , "' 1 4 11 t G 4 3 . tiga Plalltatiohlanti had been omitted from the rate—and that the defendant was over-assessed in comparison with two other pa rishioners ; and the Court did not deem any of these sufficient to render the rate invalid. The next point al leged by the defendant was, that the rate was in part re trospective. It appeared the rate was made on the 6th of September, 1839, and the whole sum raised by it was 37L; that prior to that time the churchwardens had expended eleven or twelve pounds beyond the amount of certain rents, from parish lands available for the repairs of the church. The Court was not aware of any case in which it had been decided, that a rate made for some portion of the expenses of the current year had on that account been held invalid ; but in all the cases, the rate had been made by church wardens, to reimburse their predecessors in office. Dr. Lushington had stated in Chesterton and Hutchins v. Farlar (1 Curt.) that the legal, safe, and conve nient way was for churchwardens to make an esti mate of needful expenses, and obtain a rate soon after they came into office, and before they effected any repairs. There was no doubt it would, in all cases, be better to do so ; but it would be going further than any of the Courts had hitherto gone, if on this ground the rate were held to be bad, and he was very glad he was not called upon to give an opinion on this point, as there were other grounds on which he was clearly of opinion the rate could not be enforced. The next al legation was, that certain inhabitants of Bungay St. Mary, were not rated for the right of de pasturage attached to their houses. It appeared that a certain tract of land called Outney Com mon, in Bungay, was within the limits, or abutting upoe the parish of St. Mary, and the right of commonage was in some cases attached to certain houses within the parish, and in others separated from the houses. It was not clear what was the whole value of the commonages so attached, but it appeared to be some where about 150/. per annum. Now it was de cided in the well. known case of Veley v. Burder, that the occupiers of all lands and tenements within a parish are liable to the payment of Church-rate—he had no doubt a commonage was a tenement, as it had been held that a sheep-walk was assessable—and therefore if the common in question, or any part of it, were in the parish of Bungay St. Mary, it would be a just ground of complaint, that the right of pasture was not assessed. The evidence, however, adduced to prove that the com mon was locally within the parish, ought to be so strong as to place the matter beyond a doubt, because it was proved that it had not been rated for forty years at least, and all the witnesses except one agreed that the reason for such exemption was a belief that a common was extra-parochial. The Court did not feel the evi dence to be strong enough to remove all doubt as to the local position of the common, nor on this ground to vi tiate the rate. It was next urged that this was a con current rate, made at a time when another rate, uncol lected, and for the same purposes, was still in existence. It was in evidence, and even admitted by the plaintiffs, that a rate had been made on the 19th of June, 1839, of the same amount, and for the same purposes—that one party had been summoned for it, and submitted to dis tress—that certain other parishioners, being afterwards summoned, took an objection to the notice o the vestry at which the rate was made—that the churchwardens were advised by the Justices' clerk that that rate was in valid—and they had thereupon abandoned it, and sub sequently made the rate now in dispute. It had been ruled in the Queen's Bench, that a concurrent poor-rate was invalid, and the same principle had, by Dr. Lush ington, in a recent case not yet regularly reported, been applied to Church-rates. It was clear, therefore, that churchwardens had no power to make a second Church rate, while a previous one remained uncollected, unless this were altogether void and inoperative. Now it was not alleged by the plaintiffs that the rate of June 19 was invalid—their proctor had indeed argued that it was of no importance whether a rate were valid or not, so long as churchwardens might be advised it was bad, and they were at liberty to make a new one, without ascertaining the soundness of this advice. But the Court could not assent to such a doctrine ; the rate now in question was therefore void, and could not be enforced. The remain ing point related to the assessment of tithes in the parish. It appeared that a certain number of inhabitants were assessed in respect of tithes at the sum of 1001. Their rateable value was estimated by a witness in the case at 1601. whilst by the vestry book it was shown that the annual value of the great tithes had, for the purposes of assessment, been reduced 50 per cent. and the smaller tithes 30 per cent. He had called on the plaintiffs' proc tor to explain this, but he was unable to offer any expla nation. It was further in evidence that the plaintiffs themselves bad, in the year 1840, considerably raised the assessment of these tithes, and this was stated by their proctor to have been done in consequence of the judgment by the Queen's Bench in Reg. v. Capel, re versing Rex v. Joddrell. Now, in the latter case, it had been decided that farmers were rateable for the profits arising upon their occupations, in addition to the amount of their rents, which the former case reverses. If, there fore, Reg. v. Capel availed as a reason for raising the assessment of the tithes, it would have equally appli‘d to the houses in the parish. The Court did not think, this decision had furnished the reason for the course taken in 1840; fur it further appeared that at the very time the Churchwardens raised the assessment of the tithes, they lowered the assessments of the lands held by the same occupiers to precisely the same amount, so that each person should pay the same gross sum as before, but differently apportioned ; and that whereas all other alterations of the parish assessment had been made with the sanction of the vestry, the churchwardens had not consulted the vestry on this alteration of the lands, but had taken upon themselves to make it of their own authority. The Court could not but hold the conclusion that it was made for the purpose of taking away from Mr. Childs the value ofthe evidence for this suit afforded by themselves in raising the assessment of the tithe. The evidence of the defendant's witnesses was thus very strongly supported by the churchwardens themselves; the rate must on this ground be held invalid, and the defendant must on this and the preceding plea be dis missed. The Judge went on to say the only remaining question related to the costs ; and after stating the ge neral principle, said there was nothing whatever in the conduct of Mr. Childs to deprive him of the benefit of it. It was proved that before the making of the rate he had objected to the assessment, on the ground of the tithes and Common ; and one of the Churchwardens them selves bad assented to a resolution to summon a vestry on the subject, but had neglected or refused to do so. It was further admitted that Mr. Childs had, when sum moned before the Justices, alleged the concurrency of the rate. Having urged these objections unsuccessfully, he had no other course open to him. and was perfectly jus tified in defending the proceedings in this Court. He must therefore be decreed his costs. Mr. CHILDS prayed to be heard at next Court on the taxation of costs. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Howe of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 6. THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. MINORITY in the Committee who voted that the computa tion of duty on trade upon amount of balance of the profits or gains should be taken upon one year in place of three years as proposed bp Government. Aghonby, H. A. Crawford, W. S. Attwood, M. Ellis, Wynn Bailey, J. Heiden, J. Barnard, E. G. Gibson, T. M. Bodkin, J. J. Granger, T. C. Bowring, Dr. Humphery, J. Brodie, W. B. Mitchell, 'l'. A. Busfeild, W. Morris, David Cnristie, W. D. Murphy, F. S. Cobden, Richard O'Brien, W. Smith Scrope, C. P. Thornely, Thomas Tufnell, Henry Turner, E. Wakley, Thomas Wawn, John T, Wood, Benjamin TELLERS. Hume, Joseph Rundle, John MINORITY who voted that the Tax s: year only, in place of three Aglionby, H. A. Hawes, B. A 'dam, William ' Heneage. E. Bell, John Hutt, W. Bowring, Dr. James, William Brothertou, J. Layard, Captain Christie, W. D. Marjoribanks, S. Colebrookc, Sir T. M ars h a ll, W. Crawford, W S. Morris, David Curteis, H. B. Mostyn, E. M. L. Dalrymple, Captain Munts, G. F. Dawson, T. V. Murphy, F. S. hall continue for one years. PuWord, Robert Redington, T. N. Rice, E. B. Rundle, J. Scholetleld, J. Scrope, G. P. Somerville, Sir W. Strutt, Edward Tancred, H. W. Turner, Edmund Villiers, Charles Wakley, Thomas Wawn, J. T. Williams, W. Wood, B. Ebring6n, Viscount Ellis, Wynn Lvans, W. Fielden, 3. French, Uill, Thomas Gore, Robert Gianger, T. C. Murray. A. Norreys, Sir D. J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, J. Ogle, S. C. H. Pechell, Captain Plumridge, Captain TRLLERY, Hume, Joseph Humphe,y, J. ELECTION COMMITTEES. LYME REGIS. The Committee met on Saturday at the usual hour. The examination of witnesses in support of the allegations in the petition was resumed. A witness named Pasey was examined at great length as to the occupation of certain premises, and was under examination when our Reporter left. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE. Four witnesses were examined on Saturday ; they all proved acts of bribery, having received sums of 31. and 41. each from a person named Collier, on behalf of the sitting Member. The ev►dence of each witness was a repetition of that given by the others, and was quite destitute of general interest. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway .iliagazine the sums re ceived on the principal ltailivays of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mar chandize : Week Miles Total. ended Name of Railway. • Opened. £. a. d. Apr.so Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,145 8 7 29 Birmingham and Gloucester .55 1,677 0 11 23 Brandling Junction 25 538 16 11 29 Chester and Birkenhead .. May 1 Dundee and Arbroath .... l6l 216 17 84 1 Eastern Counties Apr.3o Edinburgh and Glasgow 40046 757 8 5 1 1 1 ) 46 2,016 15 0 30 Glasgow and Ayr .. 30 Glasgow, Paisley, &Greenock 24 1, 30 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 8,986 3 9 30 Great North of England May 1 Great Western - 1 Hayle Apr.3o Hull and Selby 30 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 424 14 8 29 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,832 2 1U 30 London and Birmingham— 1121 17,404 18 8 May . 5 London and Blackvvall ...... Apr.3o London and Brighton 30 Ditto Shoreham Branch ....„ b i 133 7 10 May 3 London and Croydon 5 London and Greenwich 4 909 15 9 3 London and South Western Apr. 29 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury lg 534 14 0i May 1 Manchester & Birmingham Apr.3o Manchester and Leeds 30 Aiidland Counties ... ... 571 2,700 13 1i 30 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 28 Newcastle and. North Shields 7 338 11 1 May 1 Northern and Eastern ... ...... 30i 1,437 /3 11 Apr.3o North Midland 4,026 7 Pi 29 North Union 30 Preston and Wyre l9l/ 190 13 7 May 2 Sheffield and Manche s t er .....: • 7 273 14 2 1 Ulster apr.3o York iod Diortlz Nidlapi LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 7. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn- hall to-day. NEEDHAM V. NEEDHAM. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed and conluded to-day. The case came before the Court upon motion to discharge an order of his Honour, the Vice-Chancel lor of England, whereby he ordered the discharge of the defen dant from the Fleet, to which prison he bad been consigned for contempt, in not putting in his answer. The LOAD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu ments, gave judgment, discharging the order of the Court below, and thereby continuing the incarceration of the defendant. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) . PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.—The Benbow, 72, Captain Houston Stewart, and Daphne, 18, Captain Dulling, ar rived on Thursday from Gibraltar. The former sailed yesterday to Sheerness, to be paid off. The Daphne is placed under quarantine at the Motherbank, in conse quence of having Turkey carpets on board. On receiving pratique, she will proceed to Chatham to be paid off. The Belvidera, 42, Hon. Captain Grey, arrived at Gib raltar on the 19th ult. The Lizard, steamer, left Gibraltar for ,Malta, on the 20th ult. A French line-of-battle ship, frigate, and brig, were cruising off Malaga, on the 18th ult. The Dido, 20, Hon. Capt. Keppel, reached Port Prays, all well, in three weeks, from. Plymouth, on the 13th of February. She watered in the course of that day, and left again in the evening for the Cape of Good Hope and China. The Lime, 20, Commander Blake, left Trincomalee on the 18th February, for the Cape and England. The North Star, 28, Capt. Sir E. Home, left the Cape of Good Hope for China, on the 27th February. The Rose, 18, left Bahia for Rio de Janeiro on the Ist March. The Kite steamer left Lisbon fur the Coast of Afric a on the 22d ult. The new steam-frigate Geyser, Commander Carpenter, is to be at Spithead by the 12th inst. She will take etc supernumeraries for the China squadron ; also tw,, flat-bottomed boats, and despatches for Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.13. The Styx steam-frigate, Captain Vidal, is about to leave England, for the purpose of surveying the Western islands ; she will return home in November next. She was to proceed from Woolwich to-day for Plymouth, on her way to her station. The Satellite, 18, was commissioned at this port yes terday, by Commander Gambier. The complements of the Cleopatra, 26, ani Talbot, 26, re-commissioned at Sheerness, are to be two hundred and forty men each. The Rhadaman thus, steam transport, left Woolwich on Sunday, for Leith, to convey from thence to Go,port, the Depot of the 71st Regiment. The Avon and Tartarus steamers, have been paid off a . ,Weolvvich, this week. The former was recommis sioned on ThurSday, for Capt. W. F. Owen, by Lieut. Kortright, for the surveying service. The Alban, steamer, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday, to make good her defects. The Monkey, steam tug, arrived from Sheerness on Monday, with the Marines of the Ganges, and returned the same day. The Emerald tender arrived,on Tuesday with Super numeraries from Plymouth.ro The transport Premier arrived on Monday, from Ha lifax, with returned stores, and invalids from the different regiments there. She sailed for Chatham on Wednesday. The Lightning steamer returned to Woolwich, from Plymouth, on Saturday last. The ship Adelaide arrived at Spithead from the River, on Thursday, and is taking in provisions, stores, and boats for the China expedition. She also takes out Com mander Hawes, appointed principal agent for transports in China. The ship Lowther is daily expected at Spithead to take in a similar cargo. The Success, hulk, was towed out of harbour to Spit head, on Monday, and there moored with two lighters, preparatory to further operations for the removal of the remainder of the wreck of the Royal George, under the superintendence of Major-General Pasley, of the Royal Engineers. Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, President, Winchester, Satellite, Volcano and Echo (steamers), and Sylvia (cutter.) At Spithead—Resistance, Adelaide (transport.) PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce, was paid wages in advance on Monday, and is expected to sail to-day for China. The Malabar, 72, Capt. Sartorius (iastead of being paid off as was reported to be intended), is ordered to be ready for sea immediately, and it is said she is to go to the East Indies. The De von lighter sailed on Thursday with stores for Pem broke yard. The Emerald tender arrived on Friday from Portsmouth, with gunners for the Agincourt, and has returned to that port. The Magnet packet, Lieu tenant Griffiths, arrived on Saturday from Fal mouth ; she is to be paid off at this port. The Dili gence transport sailed the same day with stores to Pembroke. The Quail tender arrived on Sunday from Woolwich with stores ; and on the same day, the Alban steamer, Mr. King, sailed for Woolwich, to have her machinery repaired. The Netley tender sailed en Tues day for Glasgow, and will bring the men who navigated the Spiteful from Pembroke to that place, to this port. The Volcano steamer, Lieut. Featherstone, arrivej on Tuesday from Portsmouth, and sailed the same day to relieve the vessels detained in the Channel by adverse winds. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Crocodile, Philomel, Nightingale, Magnet, Contience. In the Sound—Malabar. WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. For the convenience of the suitors of the Court of Chancery, an order was issued this morning by the Lord Chancellor, and the other Judges of the Court, by which the usual Whitsun holidays will commence on Thursday, the 12th inst, and end on Wednesday, the 18th, instead of occupying the whole Whit sun week as heretofore. ROLLS' COURT, May 7. Lord LANGDALE disposed of some motions in the early part of the morning, and then proceeded to hear the remaining petitions. ATTORNEY-GENERAL D. REEVES. Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. TINNEY addressed the Court in this cise. The question involved related to a point of practice. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, May 7. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) His HONOUR disposed of unopposed petitions during the early part of the morning. • ARMYTAGE V ARMYTAGE. The question in this case arose upon a settlement executed on the second marriage of the late Sir George Armytage, in ovember, 1791, by which a sum of 10,0001 was given to him by the will of his father, to be divided equally amongst the children of the marriage. ( Before Vice-Chancellor Wm RAM.) COOK V. FRIER. In this case, which was heard a few days since, his HoNoux pronounced judgment this morning, leaving it to the parties to consider whether or not they would agree to a reference by consent, to see whether it would be for the benefit of all parties to confirm the settlement. If not, a reference was directed under what circumstances the Southampton articles were entered into, with liberty to state special circumstances. LECURING V. STERRALT. In this case the minutes were agreed to, with the addition that the reference before the Master should include an inquiry as to the legacy duty. His HONOUR disposed of several unopposed petitions and short causes of no general interest. COURT OF QUEENS BENCE, May 7. THE CAMBRIDGE BRIBERY CASE. THE QUEEN V. SAMUEL LONG. The defendant in this case had been convicted at the last Cambridge Assizes of bribery, in a prosecution instituted by order of the House of Commons. A rule nisi had been ob tained by Mr. Andrewes for a new trial, on the grounds—first, that previous to the trial one of the Jury had made use of certain expressions which proved that he entertained strong prepossessions against the defendant ; and secondly, that when the Jury had retired to consider of the verdict several persons had had access to them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom were Mr. Sergeant Stocks and Waddington) showed cause against the rule, and contended that the affidavit on the other side had been com pletely answered ; that no expressions were , used which would justify the Court in considering that one of the Jurorshad come to a toregone conclusion ; and that there was nothing to show that any communication had been held by the Jury with persons from without. Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. O'MALLEY, in support of the rule, contended that the Juror accused upon the affidavit of several persons, one of whom was a member of the University with . having made use of the expressions alluded to, had not sufficiently denied the use of those expressions, and had given no corroborative testimony in support of his denial, which he might have done by calling upon his friend, in whose presence and house the expressions had been used, to make an affidavit. It was also contended that the affidavit in support of the rule having shown that the officer in charge of the Jury had left the door of the Crown Court, to which the Jury had retired to deliberate, unguarded, so that persons might have had access to it, that was sufficient to in duce the Court to grant a new trial, more especially as that officer bad made no affidavit. Lord DENMAN, in giving judgment, said that if the rule had been applied for on the first ground only, it would most undoubtedly have been refused. The first objection was one of a most suspicious nature, especially in cases of trials for bri bery. It certainly was not improbable that in many cases Jurors might come to the trial of cases of this description with prejudiced minds, and it was equally probable that there were persons constantly on the watch ready to catch at any chance expression which a person summoned to be Juror might drop, in order to torture it into the expression of a preconceived opinion. If any person had heard any such expressions drop from a per. son summoned to serve on a Jury, it was the bounden duty of the party so hearing such expressions, to lose no time in in• forming the defendant, or his legal advisers, of what he had heard, and no doubt in such case the Judge would have called upon the Juror so accused to explain those expressions before he was permitted to be sworn. But in this case a member of the University, who stated that he had heard such expression, waited for three weeks or a month before he said anything about it ; and then the Juror stated to have made use of such impru dent expressions was at once to be treated as a criminal, and to be put upon his trial ; and itwas contended that it was to be assumed that he had used them, because he had not called his old and intimate friend to contradict them. Now it appeared the old and intimate friend kept a public-house in the town of Cambridge, and there was no reason to expect that he should be biased more in favour of the person who resided at a distance than in favour of his friends and neighbours, and therefore there was the in ference to be drawn against the accusation, because they had not called upon the man to corroborate it. He hoped never again to hear such charges made against aJuror. With regard to the second ground, it would be lamentable if, through the misconduct of an officer of the Court, who for aught that appeared to the contrary, might, in a case in which such political feelings were excited, have been induced to act as he had done for the purpose that such a crime as bribery should escape unpunished; and the Court could not forget that Long himself had made no affidavit on the merits. But it was the duty of the Court to see that the rules proper to be observed had been acted on. The Court would not proceed to judg ment until the affidavits had been minutely examined. The affidavits were then handed up to the Bench, and the defendant left the Court. BAIL COURT, May 7. APPLICATION FOR A CERTIORARI. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule to show cause why a certiorari should not issue to remove the order of the Poor-law Commis sioners to the Guardians of the Union of the parish of St. Pan cras, in Middlesex. The ground on which the order was sought to be impeached was that the Commissioners had ap pointed two relieving officers, and also pointed out the duties they were to perform ; whereas the Guardians, under a clause in the Act of Pat liament,had already appointed relieving officers, which also pointed out the duties they were to perform. Ruleg ranted. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. CLERKENWELL. Mr. GREENWOOD took his seat on the bench shortly after 10 o'clock. The Court was not much crowded. The prisoner seemed hardly able to totter into the deck. His face was hag gard in the extreme, and altogether he . presented a most de plorable appearance. He was dressed in the same manner, with the exception of a clean check shirt. He folded his arms and placed them on the front of the dock, leaned hie head on them, which he seldom raised ; when he did, it was but for a moment, stared wildly, and resumed his former position. The first witness examined was a lad named Grove. He proceeded to say, It was in a field just opposite Hornsey-wood House, and near the Seven Sisters'-road, through which there is a footpath, that I found a hat and gloves. This is the hat. (An old Carolina bat was produced, which belonged to the pri soner, and a pair of white gloves which belonged to the police man.) There were some spots of blood on the gloves. The policeman was first standing at the end of the field; afterwards he walked into a lane, exclaiming, " Help, help !" When he got into the lane, be fell. When I met him in the lane, he asked me why I had not come sooner. He fell just opposite Hornsey-wood-house. No. 34 came up, and he sent me to the house to ask for assistance. Young came. ( Young's depositions appeared in yesterday's Sun.) Young and I pursued the prisoner towards Highbury. 1 kept the prisoner's hat all along till I came to the police station in Islington. I did not reach Highbury Park until Daly was dead. I gave the hat to Inspector Thatcher. John William Young was next examined. At this moment Waddington announced that the prisoner was no longer able to sit in Court. Dr. Drewry was called to see the prisoner, and he ordered him to be removed to the gaoler's room. The prisoner hobbled out with an agonised expression of countenance. He returned into Court in a few minutes; the Magistrate asked him, on his return, did he wish to have the cue ad journed ? Prisoner—No ; I would rather go on with it, and have done with it. Young went on to depose, that from what he heard he went on in the pursuit towards Hornsey-lane, crossing the Seven Sisters'-road. He met Howell, now present, in a cart. (This witness merely deposed to what has already appeared.) He was examined for the purpose of taking his evidence in a legal form, the Clerk having merely taken notes of it yesterday. The Clerk compared his notes with the evidence of the wit• nets as he went along.) This witness further stated that he heard the prisoner acknowledge the hat fuund in the field to have been his. /Ur. GREENWOOB—cave you heard what he says? Prisoner—Yes. I did not say that I would shout two, but that I would shoot the first that came to take me. John William Howell was next sworn. The prisoner, who had been for some minutes trembling violently, here fell back, a:id was carried into the gaoler's room. Mr. GREENWOOD, after consulting with Dr. Walton, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, ordered him to be remanded fur an hour. At the expiration of that time, Waddington, the gaoler, said the prisoner was in a very debilitated condition. tie was not able to stand firmly on his limbs, nor yet to sit without reclin ing. He wished to be brought into Court and be placed on the stretcher, if his presence was necessary, during the remainder of the proceedings. Mr. GREENWOOD said such a course was very unusual, but as the prisoner desired a speedy termination of the proceedings here he would not object. The stretcher was then brought in and placed in the dock. In a few minutes after the prisoner was carried in by two con stables and the gaoler. Being placed on the stretcher he leaned his head on his arm, looked towards the Bench, and again fainted away. The medical gentlemen hastened to his assistance, and were about to relieve him there, when Mr. GREEN woon said—Really I consider that proceeding further in this case at present, under such circumstances, would be very indecent. I will, therefore, remand him until Monday next. If not able to attend on that day, let the Doctor report, and I will further remand him. The prisoner was then taken back to the prison. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning, the 6th instant, one of the plate layers on this railway was killed by a luggage ti ain passing ever him. No blame whatever can be attached to the engine-driver, the usual signal having been given. The man, whose name we could not learn, stepped aside to allow the train to pass, but by some means or other staggered back again, and was knocked down by the engine, which passed over him. Ile only breath e d once or twice after he was taken up. This is the first fatal accident that has occurred since the line was opened in January, 1841. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—A curious anecdote is related of Captain Souter, of he r M a j es ty's 44th Regiment, in one of the letters we have seen. When the troops were attacked at Jugdulluck, he tore the Queen's colour from the staff, and wrapped it round his body, to save it, as he hoped. from falling into the hands of th e enemy. J ust as h e h a d d one so, a ball - lodged in hii new. made cummerbund, which was thus miraculously instrumental in preserving his life.— Cal cutta Englishman. The keeper of a wine-shop near Nantes, a few days since, while in a state of„inloxicatiou, drank off a quart of brandy at three draughts, and Immediately fell'sellieless on the the door. lric ezpind on the same day. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS—Lieut. R. S. Simonds (1812), to the rank of Commander. Second Master Jeremiah Regan to the rank of Master. APPOINTMENTS—Captain W. F. Owen, to the Avon. Commander Robt. Fitzgerald Gambier, to Satellite. Lieutenants—John A. Shears, to the Talbot ; Charles Wm. Hallett, to the Malabar ; Hon. C. St. Clair (flag), to the Caledonia ; P. Lecount, Thomas Heard, and F. A. Egerton, to the Satellite ; Alfred Kortright, to the Avon. Masters—H. B. Harris, to the Satellite . ; Wm. Par sons, to the Cleopatra. Second Master—Robert B. Batt, to the Crocodile. Surgeons—James Wilson, to the Caledonia ; Dr. W. H. Foster, to the Satellite ; James Kittle, to the Cleo patra ; James Brown, to the Talbot. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. A. Armstrong, to Resist ance ; Charles Downward, to the Satellite ; C. A. An derson, and W. J. Gruggen, to the Impregnable ; Rd. Tilson, and W. H. Sloggett, to Haslar Hospital. Pursers—E. J. T. White, to the Talbot ; James Lyall, to the Cleopatra. Mates—C. P. Coles, and F. A. Kynaston, to the Ex cellent ; J. C. D. Hay, to the Agincourt ; A. Fletcher, to the Winchester ; T..J. Smyth, and R. W. H. Alcock, to the Caledonia ; Edward Rowe, to the Crocodile. 'Midshipman—Hyde Parker, to the Winchester. Second Engineer- —A. D. Ramsay, to the Ardent. ROYAL MARINES—Brevet-Major Mitchell is to re lieve Captain Watson (ordered for embarkation), on the recruiting service at Dorchester ; Captain Geo. Spurin, has embarked on board the Malabar, vice Bunce, promoted. COAST GUARD—CORL Grandy, to the Coast Guard at Swanage ; Lieut. D. R. 8.. Mapleton, to the Coast Guard, vice Hackney. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGLINTON PARK RACES.--THURSDAY. The Steward's Cup of 1001. added to a Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared. Mile and half. aged...,,,,,,,, (Capt. Richardson) I 2 Lord Howth's St. Lawrence, 5 yrs M m r ,. . A rt i a e m xa s n a b y e 's e N s u A b r i c a h n e , r,4yrs 3 Major Campbell named The Potentate, aged 4 Handicap of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, with 50 added. Once round. The winner to be sold for 2001. &c. Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs Mr. Maitland's Clem-o -the-Cleugh, 6 yrs Mr. Alexander's Anna, 6 yrs 3 Lord Cassillis's Curtius, aged, and Mr. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs, also ran. The Atalanta Challenge Whip, added to a Sweeps. of 5 Sots. each. Quarter of a mile. Lady Scott's Harrier, aged (Hon. Mr. Villiers) 1 Lady Eglinton's Pirate, aged Lady Drumore , s Homage, aged, Mr. Boswell's Bl ac k Dia mond, aged, and Mrs. Johnstone's Charlie, aged (dead) were not placed. The Free Handicap of 5 Sovs. each, and 20 added for the beaten horses, was won by Mr. A. Campbell's Hullbank (Capt. Pettat) beating Archer, Anna,. Jock, and Harrier. CHESTER RACES—.FRIDAY. The Roodee Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 50 added. Once round. Mr. Collett's Heads or Tails (Whitehouse) 1 Lord Westminster's Irony The Palatine Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft. Grosvenor Course. Lord Westminster's William de Fortibus (Marlon) 1 .ilr. Price's Valentine The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 It, and 5 only if de elareci, with 50 added. Two wiles. Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn (Bombs) 1 Lord Eglinton's Bellona Mr. Saunders' Kitty Cockle Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen The Wirral Stakes of 10 cove. each, with 50 sovs. added ; half • a mile. Lord Westminster's Maria Day, 2 yrs (Francis) 1 3I r. Bird's Dr. Allen, 3 3rs. Sir 11. Buleley's f, by Bay Middleton—Adriana, 3 yrs 3 The following were not placed—Mr. Owsley's Happy-go. Lucky, 3 yrs; Mr. R. J. Mostyn's Preparation, 3 yrs; and Sir. Price's Ernestine. 3 yrs. Match, 50 awls, half a mile—Lord Maidstone's Wide-awake, 3 yrs, beat Mr. Payne's Pensive. The Ladies' Purse of 50 move. Heats, twice round. Mr. Graydon's Clinker, 6 yrs Mr. Dawson's '1 he Biddy, 3 yrs 3 1 Mr. Langley' , Rancour, 4 yrs ... The third heat was not run, when our account left. DERBY.—Seven to 2 agst Attila LATEST BETTING AT CHESTER. (taken), 5 to 1 agst Frede rica (taken), 8 to 1 agst Canadian (taken), 14 to I agst Auck land (taken), 15 to 1 gat Jack, '25 to 1 agst Lord of Holder ! ness, 25 to 1 ag s t Tipto 27 to 1 agst Ballinkeele (taken), '27 to 1 agst Chatham (take n ), 40 to 1 agst Tiptoe , and 50 to 1 agst Comberm ere. OARS.—Ni ne to 1 agst Dil-bar, 9 to 1 agst Adela filly, 9 to I agst Svren, 25 to I I agst Sister t o Y orkshire Lass, 11 to 1 ags t Firebrand, 13 to LATEST BE.TTING AT ST. JAMES'S. DERBY. 7 to 2 agst C o l. Anson ' s Attila 4 to 1 agst M r . T relawny ' s F r ederica c.—taken 8 to I agst D u k e of G ra ft o n's Canadian—taken agst Fury filly. 15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken 20 to i agst Mr. Clark's Lord of Holderness—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hogers's Tiptoe 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Chathara 25 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele . 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 3000 to 60 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway—taken 2000 to 30 ag s t L or d G. B e ntinck's Tripoli—taken 2000 to 30 apt Mr. Copeland's Combermere—taken. We understand that Mr. Greville has the refusal of Canadian from the Duke of Grafton, but that no purchase has been com pleted as was reported last week. SHIPWRECKED FISIIEWNIEN AND MARINERS' BE NEVOLENT SOCIETY.—On Friday afternoon the third anniver sary meeting of the above Society took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Admiral Young was in the Chair, and many officers of the Navy were present. Mr. E. West, the Secretary, read the annual Report. The Commit- tee had the pleasure to state that many additional and liberal supporters had, since the last mewing, been added to the So• ciety, amongst whom were her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who had consented to become its Patroness ; and the King of Prussia, who, unsolicited, had forwarded a handsome donation, and become a Vice -Patron. The Committee had expended, during the past year, nearly 3,000/. The receipts amounted - to 4,7011. lab. and a balancik of 350/. remained with th e Treasurer. The Report was adopted, and thanks haririg becil reh to the chairthie, the izet*DZ nuata POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. THE GREENWICH PIER COMPANY AND THE WATER MEN'S FLOATING PIER.—The important question whe ther the barges moored from the public stsirs at Green wich constituted a nuisance came on before the Lord Mayor in the Justice-room. 1)r. Sutton attended upon the part of the Greenwich Pier Company ; Mr. Bristow, of the house of Souter and Bristow, solicitors, appeared on the part of 230 free watermen, who presented a petition against the moored barges; and the City Solicitor attended to advise the Lord Mayor on the subject. The Chairman of the Navigation Committee was also present. The following is a copy of the petition, whia was handed to the Lord Mayor by Mr. Bristow : "To the Right . Hon. the - Lord Mayor of the City of London, conservator of the llivjr Thames, &c. " My Ltird,—We, the undersigned, 230 of the free waterrnen of the parish of Greenwich, beg to draw your Lordship's serious attention to the injury we are sea-T -ing from certain barges which are moored from the pub lic stairs, called Garden Stairs,' at Greenwich, and which are illegally used for the purposes of a floating pier, causing great obstructions to the free ingress-and egress to the public causeway and stairs, and which barges ought not to be allowed to obstruct the pu%!i • thoroughfare any longer. We, therefore, must earne-- call upon your Lordship, as conservator of the. Thames, to adopt suchsteps for the immediate removal w' the said barges as to your Lordship shall seem Recesskr:, . We have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servants." To this petion 230 signatures.. were affixed. Mr. Bristow submitted to the Lord •:,ayor that it was acknowleged upon all sides tlat the barges were a nui sance, and destructive to the navigation, and the only means of accomplishing the removal, without danger to human lire, were through the interposition of' the Lord Mayor, as conservator, of the river Thomes. His Lord seip had upon a former occasion given it as his opinion that the barges constituted an obstruction and a nui sance, and in that opinion the members of the Naviga tion Committee concurred. His Lordship's; di , cision was looked forward to with confidence by the poor petitioners, who were prevented from earning a subsistence for them selves and their families by the impediments of which they complained. The LORD MAYOR said that he had gone down to Greenwich to examine the place and the alleged obstruc tions, and that the moored barges caused obstructions and formed a nuisance in the 'River he did not entertain the least doubt. The only persons exempted from injury by the floating pier were, to the best of his belief, the sixty or seventy men connected with it. He should not, however, like to proceed in such a case without the ad vice of tho City Solicitor. Mr. Bristow said he had consulted the Attorney-Gene ral on the subject, and the Learned Gentleman had as sured him that the floating pier was, to all intents and purposes, an obstruction within the meaning of the Act of Parliament, and that the Lord Mayor was compella ble, by a Mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench, to cause its removal. The City Solicitor said, that if the Lord Mayor di rected him to remove the floating pier he should imme diately obey his Lordship's orders ; but he certainly ob jected to the interposition of force to accomplish the ob ject. He thought the most legitimate mode of proceed ing in the case was by indictment, and he referred to the decision of Mr. Ballantine, the Magistrate of the Thames Police, against the application made by him (the City Solicitor) against the watermen of the floating pier, as entitled to consideration. That Gentlemen did not look upon the " moored barges" as coming under the Act, there being no ground for supposing that they were such vessels as the Act contemplated. It was pretty well understood that this was a contest between the Greenwich Pier. Company and the Floating Pier Proprietors, and the former might, if they pleased, proceed by indictment against the latter, - Mr. Bristow admitted that the Greenwich Pier Com pany and the 230 petitioners rowed in the same boat ; but he represented and attended on behalf of the peti tioners, who had never Appealed to his Lordship on the subject before, and to proceed by indictment would sub ject them to an expense completely intolerable to them. Mr. Allan (the Chairman of the Navigation Com mittee)—lf I were in the situation of the Proprietors of the Greenwich Pier, or in that of the petitioner', I know what I should do. Doctor Sutton—Aye, but our mat object is to pre vent danger to human life, whieh would be incurred by resorting to compulsory measures. Now, the Lord Mayor's interposition would be attended with no ha zank,us effects of the kind. The City Solicitor observed that the applicant; had had twelve months' knowledge of the obstruction, and they might have proceeded afr ' ainsu the owners of the floating barge s if th ey pleased. lie would not advise the Lord Mayor to the adoption of compulsory means. The satisfactory course would be by indictment. The LORD MAYOR said he certainly di&red with Mr. Ballantine in the construction-of the Act of Parliament. He most decidedly was of opinion that the barges were vessels, within the meaning of the Act,.and that an ob struction was formed by them which ought to be removed. The Navigation Committee entertained a similar opinion, and there was no doubt that the Greenwich Pier, which had been built at a great expense, was quite sufficient to answer the public convenience. The City Solicitor said his advide to ,the Lord Mayor was, that his Lordship would request the Navigation Committee to meet his Lordship and decide the question, and give directions to the City Solicitor upon the sub ject accordingly. or the power to put down the obstruc tion he had no doubt, but ho disapproved altogether of abating it by the strong hand, while it was practicable to accomplish the object by an indictment. The Corpo ration ought to proceed in the usual and regular way. Dr. Sutton and Mr. Bristow at once acceded to the proposition that the Lord Mayor and the Navigation Committee should meet and decide upon the question, and the day appointed by his Lordship was Monday week. MATRIMONY.—A Mr. Rainton, who stated that he resided in Mortimer-street, and was principal conductor of a matrimonial institution, came to the Justice-room in the,course of the week, in consequence of some observa tions which were made by Sir Peter Laurie relative to an establishment for bringing couples together in the matrimonial way. He brought with him a book con taining the items of the various charms and recom mendations which the subscribers possessed by their own accounts, and to which he desired to draw the attention of the Magistrate, in proof of the bona fide character of the mart with which he had, he said, the honour of being connected. Sir P. LAURIE—Pray what are you, . Mr. Rainton ? Mr. Rainton—l am of no trade, business, or profession. Sir P. LAURIE—Have you any cards? Mr. Rainton —None. Sir P. LAURIE —And what brings you here ? Mr. Rainton—l come here on account of the attacks which you have been pleased to make upon a highly honour able and bona fide matrimonial institution, of which I am the head. Sir F. LAURIE—How do you know that you are the person alluded to ? I never mentioned a name, and I never heard yours before. Mr. Rainton—Because mine is the only matrimonial mart in the metropolis, and I Suspect from whence the false information came. It came from a man who was formerly connected with the institution, but who acted disgracefully, and has now nothing to do with it. Sir P. LAURIE—Is it a partnership concern ? Mr. Rainton—No. lam the principal in the matter. I have an agent, who resides in Mortimer-street. Sir P. LAURIE. after having read aloud, to the emu* ment of the crowd, a few of the items of recommendation of gentlemen who sought ladit,:s with considerable for tunes, without requiring that they should be particularly beautiful, asked the principal in the matrimonial mart how long he was connected with the institution ?—Mr. Rainton replied that he was in the concern since the year 1839. Sir P. LAURIE—And how many marriages may you have caused to be perpetrated in that time ? Mr. Rain ton—Why three (laughter). Sir P. I.AumE—What ! only three in in all that time ? Then I suppose you get a per centage upon the cash which the ladies bring? Mr. Rainton—Certainly I do— (Great laughter). Oh, you may ridicule it, btit the con• cern is in every respect honourable anti creditable. Why should any man calumniale a business that is conducted upon terms the most strictly honourable ?—(Laughter.) Sir P. LAURIE—And do you get women %.ho are silly enough to expose themselves to this sort of humbug ? Mr. Rainton—l repeat that there is no humbug in it. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, I am very glad that you have caught no more than three flats three years.-(Laugh ter). Mr. Rainton—l am not a sharp, however, Sir Peter. Sir P. LAURIE--You are certainly rather a flat for coining here. I never sent for you; but as you are here you had better let -us know all about it.—(Laughter.) Mr. Rainton—l came here to complain of gross misre presentations, and to say that this institution is con ducted with undeniable propriety. Sir P. LAURIE—Let me look into your book for the history of these parties you coupled together.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Raintou—(Withdrawing and closing his book)—No, we never give information of that kind. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, then, do you know that I con sider all matrimonial agency rascally. I think it's very like swindling. Mr. Rainton—l assure you that some of the first people are in my books. There is one who is a Deputy- Lieutenant and u Magistrate of two counties. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, it is as creditable to him as it is to you. Mr. Rainton—Ob, Sir Peter, I have some in my books who are connected with the first•rate clubs, and have one here who belongs to your own club.—(Laughter.) Sir P. LAURIE-.—Depend upon it, if he had been known to be a customer of yours, he would have been well blackballed. Rut let me know your object in coming to me. Mr. Rainton—To contradict the statements you have made. I may make you responsible for them in another Court.—(Laughter.) - Sir P. LAURIE—I WTI ready to defend myself any where. I feel great pleasure in exposing every piece of humbug ; and I shall not hesitate in telling you that I consider yours a very discreditable sort of occupation. When I succeeded in knocking up the West Middlesex Insurance Company, I cannot be afraid of concerns of minor import. Mr. Rainton—Mine is no West Middlesex Insurance Company. Mr. Hobler—No ; I suppose, however, you insure the happiness of your couples ?—(Great laughter.) Mr. Rainton—No ; I don't insure anything of the kind.—(Laughter.) Sir P. LAURIE-But as you only effect one marriage per year, your profits upon the commission must be con siderable. Now, is it true that you charge each of your patients 2/. 12s. 6d. ?—(Laughter.) Mr. Rainton—Not at all. I charge no more altogether than eleven shil lings.—(Great laughter.) Sir P. LAURIE—What No more than eleven shill ings for a lady with 1,0001. a year ? That's u. very small iudeed. Zquw j 4o out reILL of couple making. I never knew any persons joined together in consequence of a matrimonial advertisement except a poor fellow in Fleet-street, who cut his own throat noun after the knot was tied, and Corder, the murderer, for whom a knot was tied in another way. Mr. Rainton then withdrew amidst loud laughter, which he bore with Christian fortitude. CLERKENWELL. Adolphus Conneskalb, a Prussian, about 34 years of age, was re-examined on a charge of having robbed Mr. Charles Nock, goldsmith and jeweller, of 24, Gerrard street, Soho. of property amounting to 1501., and with having nearly murdered the policeman who took him into custody. It appeared that thy prisoner, who is a married man with three.children, was in the employ of Mr. Nock, and was on' terms of great intimacy with Mrs. Nock, w horn he visited during her husband's absence. On Thursday Mr. Nock went to Kensington, and was told, upon his return, that his goods had been removed in a van to Margaret-street, Cierkenwell ; his wife he fmind had left her home with - his four children. Mr. Nock.then went with a friend and a constable to 76, Margaret-street, where he sound the prisoner ar.d his wilt and childre:•;. His wife, on seeing him, ran 'down stairs and escaped over the back wall, leaving her children. The constable told the prisoner to consider himself in custody, but he re fused to. be taken, and imtnt,diatcly ussautted the police man with a candlestick, and knocked him doWn ; a vio lent struggle ensued, during - which the plict , inan was dreadfully injured, and would have been murderetl by the prisoner had nor assistance arrived. • The prisoner was also very much cut about. Proof was ih a brought that the prisoner had hired the apartments, and brought. the goods (belonging to Mr. Nock) to the house in a van, and had paid for their conveyance himseht Mr. GREENWOOD considered the robbery had been clearly proved, and fully committed the prisoner for trial. ELECTIONEERING TACTICS. The work of discrediting the existing electoral body, and the Parliament returned oy it, but above all the inquiries instituted by that Paritatn,lit into the immaculateness of the gentlemen, who cairn a right to sit in it as the re presentatives of the people, goes on as bravely as Chartism itself could desire. Every day adds to our experience of the working of the system, and increases our contempt for the mockery of justice, which it pre sents. Both parties are now combining to stop an ex posure which they see to be dangerous. The effort will only deepen the impression, which publicity had pre viously produced. Everybody knew from the very first meeting of the present Parliament, or rather from the last day of the general election last year. that, whatever might have happened in the way of corruption elsewhere, there were two or three places so pre-eminent, so specially, and peculiarly distinguished by the wholesale way, in which every conceivable variety of malpractices had been carried on, that their detection and disfranchise ment were regarded as inevitable. Nottingham and Harwich stood at the head of this list. At Nottingham Sir John Hobhouse and Sir George Larpent had beaten Mr. Walter at his own weapons, and driven him from a field where he fancied his triumph certain, if there were such a thing as gratitude in the electoral world. But past favours, though barely six weeks old, go for nothing at Nottingham. Pay to-day and trust to-morrow, is the word_; and as it is not in everybody's power to pay 15,0001. twice over in three months, Mr. Walter gave way, like a prudent man, trusting to a petition fur his slice of the loaf upon more reasonable terms. Harwich, on the other hand, has been a standing joke at the Carlton against Sir Denis Le Merchant, the new Whig Baronet, and whipper-in. His happy security— his unexpected defeat—the novelty of buying a man's whole Committee over his head, and handing these wor shipful gentlemen over, Chairman included, to their rightful owner, Mr. Attwood, like a lot of bullocks at Barnet, or Smithfield, as soon as the purchase-money was paid—had something about it peculiarly tickling to the fancy of those who think that there is no such thing as political morality in the world, and that every man has his price, if you can but come up to it, and know how to hit the proper time. The only awkward thing about these illustrations of " the legitimate influence of property" is the exposure, which at Harwich was inevitable, unless a mortified oppo nent could be appeased. The Tories kep.; the second seat, therefore, to the last hour oethe last day that it was possible to hold it, and then threw a Berestord overboard to let Sir Denis in. Of course, nothing of this appears upon the jourr,ds of the House. On the contrary, the wee is kept up to the last with infinite spirit. The Election Committees aye. appointed. Mr. Cockburn, who appears for Ar. Walter, in the Nottingham case, disavows all imputa tions upon the conduct of - the sitting Members, and states his belief that, from the'very loose .character of the two, or three hundred witnesses, whom he must have brolight up, he shall best consult the interests of his client, by stopping the proceedings in lintine---,-and the Report of the Committee. consequently is,. 't that the Right Hon. Sir John Cain Hubhouse, and ,Sir George Gerard de ilochepied Larpent were duty elected to serve as burgesses:in this present Parliament, for the town of Nottingham ;" while,,in the llartvich case, Sir Denis Le Marchant, in propria Nrsona, communicated td the Speaker, " that it is not his intention to proceed with his petition," in consequence of which unlooked-for determi nation, the order reierring it to the General Committee of Elections is discharged. At Reading, acting upon a similar principle, Mr. Russell and Lord Ctit,i,;e6 the two Cous,rvative canal . dates, were pronounced to be irrevocably seated by their Chairman, Mr. Hogg, to the great astonishment of all who knew the extent to whim bribery and treating had contributed to influence tile rejection of Mr. Mills ; while 'Captain Plumridge was, to all appearance, as quietly - confirmed in the representation of Penryu, without the slightest elucidation of the motives which had induced certain parties to protest against his 'return. And .yet, by some singular fatality, it will happen that, one by one, all these decisions will be reversed. Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent will be com pelled, very shortly, by ill-health, to accept the Chiltern Hundreds ; and such will be the revival of Mr. Walter's popularity at Nottingham. that no Liberal will venture to contest it with him. Sir Denis Le Marchant will find Harwich tumbling into his arms, when abandoned by Mr. Beresford, the fickle. object- of its venal choice. Lord Chelsea, recommended by. his physicians to try the air of the Continent, will make an opening at Read ing for Mr. Mills, whose character is already so highly appreciated there, that fifty of his Conservative oppo nents profess their fixed determination nut to counte nance any resistance to his return. And though we cannot find that any similar change has occurred at Penryn, we should like to bet five to one, in hundreds, that Captain Plumridge's successor will be a staunch supporter of Sir Robert Peel. We leave our readers to put these things together, should we happen to prove true prophets as to the result. If they do not furnish an - argument for a change of sys tem,- we know not what can. It is fortunate, however, for the ends of justice, that the plan was not adopted sooner. We have the records of Ipswich, Sudbury, Marlow, and Southampton, before us, and we may judge, by what has been discovered, of what has been sup pressed. If the pairing off principle had been resorted to sooner, much valuable knowledge would have been lost . to the world. Luckily, the rogues have quarrelled, and the old proverb is likely to come true. We trust that a complete exposure of the system, as it now works, will take place in the Ballot debate, and that men will not be deterred by any false delicacy front speaking uut. .So long as each candidate for political honours can see with his own eyes that he gets actual value at the polling booth for the money, which he pays, it is folly to imagine that corruption can be checked. There will be rich men to offer bribes, and potir men to take them ; while, as the natural fruit of this unprincipled traffic, a perverted code of morality will grow up, in all •mutters connected with elections, amongst men honoura ble, and right-minded enough in other things. There can be no greater curse for a country than this. It has gone too tar in England already not to make •it a very grave question where, and how, the plague can be stayed.— Weekly Chronicle. LLOY D'S LONDON, NAY 7.—Wind this day at moon, Westerly. MA RGATE, .1•Y 6.—The Elisabeth, Burnett ; from Guernsey to Loudon, was ai , sisted off FOleness Rock ties morning, and brought into the harbour leaky, an,i with damage. DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind W. S. W. fresh.—Arrd. Tigris, Mauritius ; Silvia, Sierra Leone ; Thomas Henry, Churcn ward, Calcutta; Janet, Goldsmith, Cape ; Tropic,' Clark, Barbadoes. Arrd. frem the River and sailed, Suitan, Hobart Town ; Prince Albert, Cape. Remains, The Lively, tor Algoa Bay. Put back, General Palmer, Ascension. - PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind W. N. W. strong and squally. —Arrd. Circassian, London, for Montreal; Orbit, ditto, for Quebec. Sid. H. M. S. Bt•nbow, Eastward. Arrived off, Isabella Blyth. Lane, Mauritius. Cowes, MAY 6.--Arrd. Guernsey Lily. La frog, Rio; Dos Amigos, Rentina, Havannah. OFF DARTMOUTH. MAY 2.—Yari, AliCartney, Mauritius; Hever, Johansen, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh ; Copernicus, vrobst, New Weans, for Bremen; British King, Hurtun New York. for .ditto • Adelar, Smith, Batavia, for Rotter dam ; Vigilant, Eck ert, Port au Prince, for ilainburgh Washington, New Yurk, for ditto. ' 'BRISTOL, MAY 6.—Sld. Ann, Prince Edward's Island. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N.N.—Arrd. Star r Seller, Messina ; Jane, Ancona. Arrd. off, Fortune, Sier ra L eone . STANGATE CREEK, MAY 5. —Arrd. Gleugariff, Sullivan, Jamaica ; Eliza, Lawry, Mogadore.. FALMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S. W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Ann Eliza, Cape Hayti, sailed 3d ult. MAY 6. — Wind W., moderate.—.Arrd. Lo nna, Wi•mot, Calcutta; William Rushton, Arica; Courier, Fisher, Berbice, sailed 30th March ; Enterprise, Duckie, Nevis; Carter, Rennie, St. Domingo; Mountaineer, Palestine, Parthenon, and Mila, New Orleans; Hogarth, Ellen 'Neves, Shannon, Britannia, and Ellen Bryson, Mobile; • Ninian, Lindsay, St. Joseph's ; Glengarry, Savannah ; Alexander, Edward, and Elizabeth, Charleston ; Helena, Ho)ker, Halifax. Sld. John Babby, China; Coolock and George Glen, Mon treal. Put back, Areas, Valparaiso. The Swanton, from Mobile, did not arrive as reported. Orr Dove'', MAY 6.—Gilbert Munro, Nicholson, Mauri tius; Norma, Robertson, Belize. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 6.—Arrd. Inglis trans port, London, for Bombay. SWANSEA. MAY 6.—Arrd. Sunbeam, Dury, Helen Hardy, Smith, and Alexander Robertson, Harrison, Cuba. ' DUBLIN, MAY 4.—Arrd. Hugh, Smallman, and Ellen, Ro,s, Trinidad. Livmoot., MAY 6.—The Kestrel, arrived yesterday from Lima, brings about 000,000 dollars on freight. WORKINGTON, MA.Y 4.....—The Philomela, Sprott, was to sail from Monte Video on or about the 16th ult., for the United Kingdom. KINGSTOWN, MAY s.—Arrd. Thomas Dempsey, Crosby, Trinidad, for Liverpool. Coax, MAY s.—Arrd. Horsford, Byers, Buenos Ayres: Henry Bell, Hood, Laguna ; Scipio, Henderson, ditto—sailed 28th March. Sld. Mary Caroline, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. off, William Glen Anderson, Gilles, Savannah and Ber muda, in 29 days ; Europe, Honduras, and sailed for London. Mr. Joseph Tasker and Captain Britten had an inter view with the Earl of Abertieen on. Saturday, at the it , t i o, t hehold - a Trwouq 4444041 W 4 0413 01 qaill* GERMANY. FRANKFORT, APRIL 25.—The Austrian Govern ment deserves the full credit of having the first appre ciated the importance of railroads in strategical opera tions. To this fact the continent of Europe owes the early construction of so long a railroad as that leading from Vienna to Prerau, in Moravia, a distance not much less than from Liverpool to LondOn. It is curious to watch the unexpected, impression made by such useful and seemingly peaceable undertakings. While Russia was spending millions on the fortresses that cover her advanced line of operations towards the west (Praga and Modlin are nearer to Paris than to St. Petersburgh), Austria had, by the establisment of the steam-navigation in the Danube, taken this line quite in the rear, and menaced Odessa, Sebastopol, and the .Transcaucasian provinces. Prince Metternich t . . 1 showed himself thus clearer-sighted than Lord Pal merston, who, by sacrificing the Vixen, refused to claim for English vessels the free and unhindered trade between Circassia and the mouth of the Da nube. Now that the contest has commenced with the arm of civilization, the most civilized States will of course. have the advantage, and the impossibility of lon g managing a State of such dimensions as Russia on the present plan of unrelaxing centralization may be said to be demonstrated. As it is easy to foresee that the moral effects of the possibility, on an emergency of concentrating an Austrian army at Cracow in so many days as it would take months to bring a Rus sian three to meet it, must eventually show them selves, it is now the proper moment for Russia seri ously to consider whether it would not be prudent to recognise Poland herself; rather than trust to the un certain course of events which now inevitably tend to force her to do so invito mente. The industrious and civilised part of Europe has long asked on what pre tence it is to be interdicted from all communication with a rich and conveniently situated neighbouring land in the manner which Russia. has long presoribOt and which both Galicia and the Prussian provinces Oi the Baltic feel disastrously. The nation which will avail itself of the v nwe.r44 aid of steam-boats and railroads has, therefore, 00 choice of either advancing immense sums without 0 return, or of encouraging the freest and most rapid communication for both goods and persons. Ever, passport diminishes the contribution which can b4l levied from passengers ; every high duty has a ten/ dency to divert trade into some other channel. Thf* is the new mode of carrying on war, .and it is to he hoped that we shall soon see battalions of stokers and engineers able to guide a train, although not in blue or scarlet uniforms. With freedom of exertion, rapid circulation of intelligence, and a standing army of such a cast, we might soon actually believe that we were living in the 19th century, and to this point yon see that the States of central Europe are advancing' in some degree, unconsciously, and perhaps, in sonfo cases, unwillingly, but still advancing. THE MARKETS-SATURDAY. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. The supply was very moderate, with a good' demand; little variation in , prices, except in beef , in which there was a decide(' improvement. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 8d..; Mutton. 2s. Eid. 43. ; Veal, 2s. 4d. to bs. ; Pork, 2s. Bd. to 41. 6d, ; Lamb , 4s. Bd. to 6s. 4d. Clover, 21.75. to bl. Bs. ; Hay, 21. to a 45.; Straw, 1/. 12s. to 1/. 16s. TEA MARKET. The large public sales that are declared for out week caused buyers to operate with caution; and the markitt $lO dull, but prices were sustained. Company's Congou 10. 90" cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair business transacted at full rates. P.Y• Candle on the spot, 465. 3d. and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. SPIRIT MARKET. There was little business transacted in the Rum Marie, but p prices were sustained. Proof Leewards, 2s. 4id. to . sd. Brandy firm, and wanted. WOOL MARKET. Prices had an upward tendency, and a good business ( 10 ,. transacted in both En g li s h an d f ore i g n, at firm rates, Arriow come in slowly from ad parts. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS• i V,' lien•• . ' Harley. iiati. 1 def.!'.. ma' ............. I'cr Quarter. 4. to A. 4. to 4. to If. I. 10 i 1 . a • •,, 0 . Boston - 55 70 22 38 •18 2'2 35 38 ,39 4 ' liraintree 52 70 27 34 93 29 . 3:1 38 35 40 6, ighton 55 •7027 ' 31 2 1 ) 26 32 41 34 . 3 2 / 0 .. Cambridge — 60 25 16 29 Chichester., 6 ,1 61 26 32 20 24 36 40 54 s, Dumnow 47 57 20 31 19 25 211 40 32 Grantham Grimsby 56 74 2R 33 is 21 36 40 -- .1 Hailsharn 66 72 23 3:: 19 21 30 34 29 ''' liitchin ... 5O 07 '27 34 '..0 1'.1) I : 1 1 45' . Ol Ipswich 151 60 22 28 21 26 2, 30 29 t...ewi,.. 5B 68 27 !: , 8 19 211 34 36 33 3 2,. Lynn Maidstone 59 u 7 36 39 :26 32 38 40 """ 4 .-- k Norwich Vet wort h Rom ford 5! 62 24 30 18 '..6 14 34 ^6 Sandwich 6l .71 23 34 ~, 5 30 33 ::9 313 A l Thetford Wisbech Witham 5l 61 21 26 19 25 24 34 26 li Yarmouth 160 69 30 32 24 30 98 40 39 ' LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET..-Mae 3 i l• 9' ' WHHAT, English , White, per 7010... . ~. 8,1, tc 6 •-- Red • 9 3 9 p scotch, Welch, and Manz ----- Irish, White. r 7 0 7 9 ......____., -.- 6 i.d 6 A ) 0 0 ' ------- - ---- R.ci -. g . OATH, Siivlish, Walsh, and Scotch. per 45th 2 1 3 0 -..--•-•• i flat ... ............. see 21 0 0 ° Foreign ........... .......... i i it i s 0 3s ItLEY, English, Malting. per Imp. quarter ...... ...„ 20 a 4 0 --. Scotch and Irish, pet Nibs. ----- Feeding 3 6 . Beane, English,. per Imperial quarter 0 4e ....-- Inch, Bm. . ... ''., 1 . 0 36 u . --- Foreign Piratic, Englisn, per Imierlal quarter 5O 0 4 * m .•••—•• F ore i gn Elwin, English, per 2Hilb. 8 0 ti ---- Irish rry 6 ORTM ILA L j English and Irish, per 24 1 0 lbs••••• ...... •• 4 5 6 -- 0 INMAN CORN, pa 4801 h. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter - LEEDS CORN Al ioRKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Sudidk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. (301 b... Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 26s. to 311. , ---, Grinding —4. 10 ..0...Mil g Beans 631b... 3ll. to a • i. Oats, l'otatoe ' , -Mealing, t or. dd. to idd Eng. 934 d. to lON,o. Per - 1 0). Shelling 274. to 291. per DEVIZES CORN MARKET. . j Per Sack. s. d. a. d. Per Quat ter. I. d. \:2 0 That Wheat 33 0 to 35 0 Oats... 2O 0 to l'i 0 Second 29 0 31 (1 Beans (per sack),.. 10 0 third 0 0 darley 26 0 33 0 Bread (pergallon). A 3 '''' CHELTEN HA Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. . ‘•at tisr fey 3O 39 Oats 3 0 3 9 M MARKETS. Pet lb. • I Beef Mutton I Veal d." d. 6 1 6 1 6 9 7 Beans rease 5 0 8 0 Lamb Hay 41.55. to 4t. lOs. Od. per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, whit (iss. to ;N. to 7 6 ' tios. to - dera./.0 to Barley, Malting 30s. to 34,s (irnding.. —5. to Oats Beans Pease owl•••nre• ••••••••••••••• 40s. to —s. Grey....,.,. 345.10 --s. CHELMSFORD Al A 'MET. 39 t o 40 Wheat, White • 54 to 0 Oats G Red Earley 29 31 White 30 0 Chevalier ......... : 2 331 Beans. Tick 2B 0 nrinding HULL CORN MARKET. Wheat, White (per Quarter) 6os. 625. 6 6 '. Red Foreign Bailey, Malting GriEding :8. Wt. 3 01 . Oats, British Foreign (in bond) lBs 205.9. 5, Beans Pease, Grey ... . . ... . ......... ..,..... ...... ... 04s, 3's 31s • Blue and White 36s. 38s. 4 0 s• Linseed Flour per sack ...... •—s. 465. 5 6 25. Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) .. HAMBURG MARKETS. • Gil AIN. Wheat Malks 414 to 4119. Barley, Necklenourgh 15 0 .t:rg tebt , V 72 to 4,98 leburgh. `, lagdebuot .... z., -- Magd, - , ,„, , -- Anhalt, white 42 , ti, 4illi—:--- Holstein hu ;,," 14, , ---, red ...:t:': to 480'-- OdetbruCk -- Bruns,ick 414 tt, 41.2 Oats, little/ -- Mecklenburg .. :51'5 to 46. 4 -.. Met.kieriblirg ... 14 4 " 3 14 4 -- Polish ,65 to 52, -- Holstein 126 ':" ;44 -- Hol..tein - - - Upland .....„ ...... 135 o 'o4 Rye, sleekletiburg -- Marks 25.: V) 28 Beans 258 10 . --- Libilig And ho- suck Wheat 231 t° 0 nigsburg :24 to 286 Rapeseed; Hanover ... 5 65 t " IN C ---Pomeranian --.•-• AIIII:tit COTTON. 0 64 "'At 4% Carolina and Tennessee Vito 9% Georgia, Ist Pion 7% 8 2d . 6 14 ON :Int and 4th , Al t , COF Nt4ch- .. 1i to Iti% Batavia , urnatra :Go 9ali 5% Bahia . 2% 5% SUCiAtt.— ONit tiavanniih, White .3 to ;IA Brown .2% 2% Rio, White Brown , l% I ii Manilla. Brom Marrnham Madras SA 6 Sioatt. Domingo EE. 04% °ruling° L. il)aNra 4 ., My Porto Rico 5 tifi Havanna!) i); 0 ' te;-,4 ,171) :11 8% Discount.) Banta, Whits Brown .... . . Pernambuco, White Brown 11. 2% to 24,4 CARLISLE—STATE Or TRADEO--We rebrret to b os 'i that the hand loo m we a v i ng i n t hi s c ity c ontinues in A The depressed state, and that the weavers have suffered reduction of their wages, although the previous earnig s vast proportion of them were scarcely sufficient to su,tam Carlise Journal. , BIRTHS. On the 6th of March, on board the Conqueror, on her vol e g e to Madras, Mrs. Clement Dale, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Tredegar-place, Bow, the lady of J. Nyren, Esq., of a daughter. ...11ror On the 3d inst., at the Vicarage, Cleobnry. Mortimer. r le shire, the lady of E. M. Moultrie of the Middle 'fe re ' Esq., barrister, of a (laughter. .tree t ' On the 4th inst., Mrs. Frederick A. Packer , Cast le s Reading, Berks, of a son. 9 1 " On the sth inst. ' at Penton-street, Pentonvine, bfrs ward Hockley, of a daughter. ARRIED. P . On the 4th inst., at S t. Mary's, Lambeth, John Lyilot bt e er Esq., of Fethard, Wexford, to Emily Elisabeth, only datlS of On Tmas Harris Es., of South Lambeth. tit , the 3d inst., on, at Ev e rshot, Dorsetshire, Charles Augtiett Smith, of Crooms, Greenwich , solicitor , to Anna. e daughter of Thomas Martyr, Esq., Greenwich. .D/ED. On the 28th ult., at Harwich, Captain John Wilkinson' Iv of On the 30th ult., in London, George Ick, Esq., fo rmer ly A aged 58. f C. On the 3d inst., at Gloucester, Maria Louisa, 'fif e Browne, Esq. , 21 On the 3d inst., at Brighton, JoLn, son of P. P. On the 3d inst., at Rose-hill, C av ershans, Anne' e ld daughter of the late W. lnnes Pocock, R.N., aged 20. Ist° On the sth inst., at Blackh ea th, Mary, relict of the Isaac Warner, Esq., aged 87. London: Printed and Published y 111 1 R D:/ want" N rtr, 7 4 1 , .e -37,- Office, No- 14:, 2 , , the County of Druhllepz, Xooday, 31 g ‘4' S Ai tVENI ADVE ing Jaco 4, Wel lie r___,, house " lim e Part I M'Allist( Twa bon: At the DAY AI tertainnu Ticket, Music Sh A MENT, HEN: Every , granted, ] s ecurities, amount at Applica made at ti rr i II E PL, Place, N e , Surgical e ° Pen• T 1 loam;, di Guineas is Prospeci by applicai THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1842