The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-25 00:00:00

THEATRICAL LAW IN ITALY. [We take the following from a late number of a French print. Some of our English actors, who are, food of indulging themselves in fulminations against "managerial tyranny," will perceive that, if this nar rative be authentic, " we order things better " in Eng land, even in matters connected with theatrical law, than one, at least, of our continental neihbours.] Mademoiselle Hallez, a distinguished French canta trice, at present attached to the Opera in Naples, was announced one evening lately to sing at a benefit. Being seized With a sudden hoarseness on the morn ing of her expected performance; she hastened to ap prise the manager of her inability to appear that even ing. The physician in attendance at the theatre was immediately despatched to the fair invalid to ascertain and report upon the nature of her illness. On returning from his official visit, the medical functionary reported that though free from actual tbver, Mademoiselle was suffering under a severe soreness in the throat. Now the regulations of the Neapolitan theatres declare that, the case of fever alone excepted, an actor can be excused from performance on no plea or pretence whatsoever. Accordingly, Mademoiselle Hallez re ceived a peremptory mandate to be ready for her part in the representation of the evening. At eight o clock she repaired to her post, and the performance commenced. But the result was as might have been anticipated—the lady was scarcely able to get through her first air, and in a style quite inferior to her usual sweetness and power. The audience-room showed signs of discontent, ominous siffiets were heard from different parts of the theatre, and the storm was threatening to become more grave, when the cantatrice advanced to the front of the stage, and signified by gestures a wish to ex plain. Silence being restored, Mademoiselle, all blushes and agitation, related, with the ingenuous earnestness of truth, the story of her correspondence with the management, and the order she had received to appear, though the severity of her indisposition was perfectly well known. Unanimous plaudits followed _this explanation. Discontent was succeeeded by enthusiasm, angry voices by a shower of bouquets, and the entire audience loudly demanded that the performance should be postponed. Managerial spite or obstinacy was obliged to succumb to the voice of the public, and Mademoiselle returned home in triumph. But she had hardly reached her domicile when she was disagreeably inter rupted by the arrival of a police commissary, with all the formulable paraphanalia of his office. This pa ragon of a magistrate, who would appear, from his conduct, to have thought that it formed no part of his duty to soften the rigorous forms of justice, cried out to the four gendarmes by whom he was attended, " Lay hands on the damsel immediately." The satellites, far from reluctant, seized the trembling prima donna by the wrists, and lost no time in sub stituting handcuffs for her bracelets ; and thum-ties for her rings. In this state, and still clothed in her thin theatrical dress, the young lady was dragged to the police-office, and locked up in a narrow and un wholesome cell. Let it not be supposed that, while thus circum stanced, the fair prisoner was permitted to communi cate with her friends, or even to snatch a little re pose after the fatigue and' agitation of the even ing. The poor girl was fastened, standing, to a cold damp wall, tied by the neck, her arms and feet, being• also chained. In this deplorable condition the poor Parisian nightingale was left to wait for the ap proach of day. At length, at the joyful hour when macaroni begins to smoke in the streets of Naples, one of the great Court grandees, having learned the circumstance from public rumour, hastened to wait upon the Minister of the Interior, obtained an order for the liberation of the prisoner, and she was ac cordingly released from durance. It was almost too late. A cold fever and icy shivering had seized upon the suffering artiste, who was carried to her bed in an all but dying state. The French Journal then proceeds to relate that M. Montebello, the Ambassador from the Tuileries, to the Court of Naples, succeeded in having punish ment inflicted on some of the parties concerned in this atrocity. We question whether, if Naples were more powerful, or ranee less so, any notice would be taken of the matter. It is clear, however, that our. Neapolitan friends have rather curious notions concerning the liberty of persons, at least of cantatrices. MECKLENB URG SCH WERIN. The Schweriner, weekly paper, contains the follow ing proclamation from the young Grand Duke Frederick Franz who has just succeeded to the titles and honours of his deceased father : " We, Frederick Franz, by the grace of God, Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh, Prince of Wenden, Schwerin, and Ratzeburgh, Count of Schwerin, and Lord of the lands of Rostock and Steurgard : To all our faithful nobles, citizens, municipal authorities, servants of the State, both spiritual and temporal, as well as to all our faithful subjects, greeting. 'We graciously make it known to them that it has pleased Almighty God, b d his inscrutable decree, to call away from this earth, to a life of everlasting bliss and peace, our dearly beloved and unforgotten Lord 'and Father, his Most Serene Highness the Prince ftne. Lord Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh, Prince of Wenden, Schwerin, and Ratze burgh, Count of Schwerin, and Lord of the lands of Rostock and Steugard, this morning, at a quarter past five, in the 42d year of his age,' and the sixth of his reign. Sorely and heavily hath this blow come upon us. Irreparable will be the loss, both to us and to the whole father land, that he should he thus cut off in the prime of life, before. he had ac, complished many of the great benefits which he had contemplated for his faithful subjects. Ae cording to the laws and regulations. of our house, the lands, power, and authority have descended to us in direct succession, and- we therefore graciously make known to all, our subjects, servants, and vassals, especially to those immediately in the Grand Duchy, of whatsoever . rank and condition they may enjoy, that it behoves them to. pay unto-us all honour and Obedience, as becomes loyal subjects and servants to their liege lord. By these letters we hereby con- . firm all the Grand-Ducal servants of the Crown and State in their present respective offices and vocations, nor do we demand any renewing of their oath, being convinced of their fidelity to us, their preSent liege Lord, and Sovereign. By these same letters we also confirm in their present offices all the special com missioners of affairs, and all the collegiate, and other offices. We are deeply impressed with the import ance of the truth that is committed to our charge, and will ever continue to do our utmost to ensure the - welfare and prosperity of our beloved subjects: May it please the Divine Providence to assist and stand by M - us, that we ay enjoy the :sande . love: 'and affection which was ever shown to our excellent father, .who on his death-bed. .fcfrebly impressed upon, us .;be value and necessity of obtaining ; this. affection, an.d making the preservation thereof our chief. care , Aud f duty. Given in this present. year of our reign,' at Schwerin, March 7, 1842. " FREDERICK FRANZ. " L. V. LUTZOW." A Government order has also been issued pro claiming a general mourning for the spaces of three months. Another proclamation sets forth that during certain hours, the bells shall be tolled, and that no organs shall be permitted to be played at this period. No ballet-music is to be allowed to be played in any dramatic representation for six weeks, to be dated from the 7th inst. The Court of Assizes rtheSarthe was occupied, on the 11th, 12th. and 13t 4i inst., with the trial of five men, for the robbery and murder of a farmer in easy circumstances, named Gaine, living in the village of La Motte, in the commune of Berus. The man was of a feeble intellect, and easily excited. On the 3d June, he went, as usual, to Alencon to market, and, on his return in the evening, found that a robbery had been effected in his house, by means of. an entry made in the roof. A gun, some books, and clothes, a quantity of thread, and a pocket-book containing notes, had bocci stolen. Every inquiry was instituted to discover the perpetrators, hut to no effect. On September 16, Gaine again went to market and returned in the evening about ten o'clock. He was at that hour seen by several persons just as he went in to bar his door.. In the middle of . the night his neighbours heard loud cries for help, but paid little at tention to the circumstances, as he had been frequently known to utter such cries without cause. Some short time after, however, a vivid light was seen to burst from • his windows, and on the house being buraf into, the un happy owner was found on the bed enveloped in flames, and with evident marks of violence on his person. The flames were put out without much difficulty, and it was then discovered that combustible matterhadbeen heaped round the bed, to procure a more rapid destruction. Several suspicious characters were taken up, and it carne tor light by the voluntary, though unwilling confession of one of them, named Louvard, a liberated convict, that he, and four others, had agreed to rob Gaine, con ceiving him to be a richer man than they discovered of terwards he really was. Of these men, two, Drans and. Chanibrier, proposod to murder him, to prevent the rob bery being known, to which two others, Gamier and Belland, offered opposition. They entered the house the second time as they had done the first, through the nuf, and Gaine, having struggled violently, they stunned him by striking him On the head, and afterwards rrangled hint. They then escaped, after taking away what money they could find ; but, before doing , so, set fire to the bed on which they had placed their victim. All this was denied by the other prisoners, but circum stantial evidence clearly proved the case against some of them. Gartner was acquitted; Bellard -and Louvard erc found guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, and sentenced to 20 years hard labour at the hulks ; and brans and Chambrier were sentenced to death. As a waggon heavily laden was on Saturday morn ing, about eight o'clock , c oming down the rue ales Foss es - Mensieur-le-Prince, a man attempted to cross from the rue de l'Observance, but slipped and 'dl with his head under th e wheel, which crushed him to atoms. The Austrian Lloyd's gives the following state ment of the trade carried on hetsreen Austria and the United States during the years 1839 and 1840. In the former year •028 exports from Austria to the- United States amounted to -477.:535 dollars, and the imports from that Wintry to 522,2-15 - dollars. In 1640, the exports amounted to 373,363' dollars, ..aa the imports to 1,766,621 dollars. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CIANCERY, Mardi 23. His LORDSHIP disposed of several lunatic petitions of triv:al interest. THURSDAY. His LORDSHIP disposed of several petitions by order, which con. tained no feature of general Interest. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 23. (Before the'VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) No case presenting any feature of public interest was heard in this Court. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) LEE!,III_ , IG V. SHERRATT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause, which came be fore the Court on further directions. There were two points raised at the bar. In his will, the testator gave 1,0001. to each of his children. With respect to the daughters they were to have 5001. paid to them, and an additional 5001. was to be settled upon them - in a particular mode. The direction in the will was that the interest of the second 500!. should be paid to the daughters, and the principal be disposed of in such manner as they themselves should direct to their issue, " but in ca e they die without issue, I give such principal amongst the surviv ors o f my c hild ren i n equal proportions." The first question was, whether the words " in case they die without issue " meant an indefinite failure, in which case the limitation over would be void. He was of opinion that the words meant an indefinite failure. The second question was, whether he should construe the word "survivors " as meaning others. The authorities on that point were very contradictory. In This case the provisions which the testator had made in his will were sufficient to satisfy him, that he used the word " survivors " in its proper sense, and that the testator intended to give to the survivors of a deeeased child the same benefit as would have been received by the parent. THURSDAY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wioaam.) His HoNowt was engaged during a great part of the day in hear. ing the further arguments in a part-neard cause of "Harvey v. Bousfield," which possessed very little public interest. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, March 23. RE JOSE?I1 CORBYN. The insolvent in this case, who was described as a Com mander in the Royal Navy, and at present of the Royal Hos pital, Greenwich, applied to be liberated on bail until the day of hearing. The Learned COMMISSIONER proceeded to examine Em with regard to the statements in his schedule, where the names of several creditors to a large amount appeared, but he seemed to be quite incapable of understanding the nature of the legal technicalities upon which he was questioned, when Mr. Cooxe informed the Court that although a very small sum appeared by the schedule to be available to the creditors, yet the insolvent bad lately got an appointment in Greenwich Hospital, and received 3001. a year compensation, 150/. of which he gave up to his creditors, and all of them considered him to have acted in the most honourable manner, and consented at once to accept of it, save a person named Walker, who was his detaining creditor. Captain Corbyn had been indebted to this individual in the sum of 80/., out of which 72/. was paid, and yet he refused to accede to the same_ composition as other and incomparably larger creditors. He (Mr. Cooke) consi dered the insolvency under such circumstances as these could scarcely be considered a discredit. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he agreed in tho opinion expressed by the Learned Counsel. So far as Walker's oppo sition was concerned, that he thought would be disposed of very soon at the:general hearing of the case. Mr. COOKE further stated, that there were some small excepted articles belonging to Mrs. Corbyn, from whom t:•.e insolvent had been living some time separate, and allowed her 401.; a year for maintenance, se that he thought it would be useless to occupy the time of the Court, by dwelling further on that subject. The bail having justified, Mr. Corbyn was ordered to be discharged. RE HENRY CHAPMAN, The insolvent applied to be liberated on bail. He had been intimately acquainted with Lord Huntingtower, and had had several bill transactions with that Nobleman previous to his departure for the Continent. About fifteen months ago the insolvent took the benefit of the Act, at which tittle he at tributed his insolvency to those dealings. In reply to Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, he said that he resided on Lord Huntingtowet's premises, but was not " one of his establishment ;" neither was he his tenant ; but he had the honour to be his particular friend. A creditor named Caldwell, who described himself as a cab man, complained that he had not been served with due legal notice of the qualifications of these offering themselves on bail ; also that the detaining creditor was net to be found. „ The Learned COMMI ISION ER having examined the bail. de clared the insolvent entitled to be discharged until his hearing. There were 34 Bail cases for hearing, all of which were got through during the morning. The town cases amounted to 32, and the country to It. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRC UI .—Shrewsbury, March 21. THE CHIRX MURDER.—John Williams and Joseph Slaw son were placed at the bar this morning, charged with the murder of Emma Evans, on the 16th December last. Mr. F. V. Lee (with whoin was Mr. Cook) prosecuted on behalf of the Crown ; and the prisoner Slawson was defended by Mr. Yardley. It appeared, from the evidence adduced on this occasion, that it is the custom for tailors in this part of the. country to make up the cloth purchased by their employers at the owner's house, and for this purpose they resort thither, with their journeymen, until the work is completed. The prisoner Slaw'- son was a tailor, and for some time previous to the end of last year was in the employ of one William Vaughan, with whom he resided. Going to his work on the morning of the Bth, with his master and another man, as they were pas ing the deceased's cottage, between six and seven o'clock, they observed a light in one of the rooms, which led to the remark from Vaughan to Slawson, " What an industrious old woman that must be to be up so early!" Some fur ther conversation ensued respecting her, and it was remarked that she must be worth money. On the Monday following, Slawson applied to his master for his wages. Vaughan re monstrated, adding that he had much work to be dote, and that it would be using him ill to desert him then ; he replied, that he only wanted to go to 'Wrexham to get some clothes, and would most certainly be back that night. Shortly before this, he had been heard to say, that if the Wrexham chaps knew of such an old woman living alone in such a p ace, they would soon be there to rob her." His object in leaving his master's employ was, as the event proved, to find an accom plice, which want he speedily supplied by obtaining Williams's concurrence in his nefarious arrangements. The two pri soners were then traced, by the testimony of numereus witnesses, to the neighbourhood of Emma Evans's house from Wrexham, on the afternoon" of the following Thurs day, and the murder was proved to have been committed between six and seven the same evening, two hotirs after which time, that is, about a quarter past nine, the two prisoners stopped at a public-house near Rhunbon, at the Celn, where they appeared fatigued, and asked the landlady to fry some bacon, which they produced, and which was shown to have been a portion.of a flitch which the murderers of Mrs. Evans had carried off from the house. While the. baron was frying, the landlady observed a bundle, which had been deposited in her back kitchen, and which, on her making inquiries resprct it, Williams claimed as his. His manner excited her suspicions. She communicated them to her son, who watched an opportu nity of examining the packet, and it. clearly appeared to him to contain some tea, tobacco, and other articles, which con firmed him in his opinion that a robbery had recently been committed somewhere ; he, however, allowed the two men to depart, when he procured the assistance of his brother-in law, Davies, who joined him in pursuing them ; they overtook the two prisoners about a mile and a half from the public house, walking very fast, when Davies tapped Williams on the . shoulder and said, " You are the person and bundle I want ;" whereupon both the prisoners took to their heels, and were soon lost in the darkness of the night. The bundle which' they dropped was taken up shortly after, and inspected by two Ala . gistrates, Lord Dungannon and Mr. Lovett, who immediately took active measures for the apprehension of the delinquents, all the articles contained in the bundle having been sh , .wn to have belonged to the unfortunate deceased. By those who proceeded to Mrs. Evans's house, her body was de scribed to have been found extended upon the ground in an easy posture, showing that death had come, although so unexpectedly, at least without a struggle. The wounds inflicted werc• of such a- natnre that they must have been in- Stantly fatal.; the skull was „broken completely across. - Marks were visible- upon the face as if idrne oheliairknelt upon it. (the iinpresi of corduroy trousers being difeefrithle on' the chin), and had then drawn a sharp knife dab throat, and the deed appeared as if but little time had been taken to accomplish it. • A sufficiently' strong chain of circum stantial -evidence' having appeared to connect . the Pi-is - oilers with the crime, that coupled with their sudden dis appearance from the neighbourhood in which they had always resided, led to the offer of a reward of 100/. by Government, it the suggestion of Lord Dungannon, fur their .apprehension. For some days after the murder, the direction in which they had fled was not discoverable, and Williams was only accidentally apprehended about a fortnight after, through the instrumentality of Mr. Findlander, a silver smith at Coventry, to whom he offered some spoons and sugar tongs (part of the plunder) for sale. The other prisoner was speedily found in a house close by, and with Williams, taken before a Alagistrate at Coventry. After their committal, on being asked if they had anything to say, they stated that they had found the bundle between Llangollen and COI. On being searched, Slawson was found to be wearing, at the time of ins apprehension, a shirt which was known to have been in Mrs. Evans's house the day before her death. Since their incarce ration in the gaol of this town the two prisoners have made statements giving different accounts of the transaction, each endeavouring thereby to criminate the other, but both ad mitting that they were the sole perpretators of the crime. At the time when these statements were reduced into writing, the chaplain and governor of the gaol were present, as was also the under-sheriff, and the prisoners were respectively cautioned that they need say nothing whatever witless they thought ro per, as whatever they did say would most undoubtedly be u,cd against them at their trial. The summing-up occupied about an hour and a half, and the Jury, after a very short deliberation, found the prisoner Wil liams Guilty of the murder, and acquitted Slawson. Mr. Justice PaTTESON then annonnced to him the awful doom which awaited him, advising him to use the few days that intervened in preparation for that dreadful fate. • Slawson who, as will have been seer, was the chief originator of this nefarious scheme, was next charged with the robbery, his confession being admitted in . evidence against him. He was convicted upon that, and sentenced to transportation for seven years. , FIGOTT V. KENDALL. In this case, which was an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and 11r. F: V. Lee were counsel for the plaintiff, and the defendant was re presented by Mr. Godson and Mr. W. H. Cooke. The plaintiff is a respectable farmer, far advanced in life, and the defendant is a groom in the service of Lord Levescri at Aldenbam, and is also the owner of a small freehold, yield ing about 161. a year. His daughter, Mary Pigott, whose dishonour led to the commencement of the present action, was the youngest of fire children, and as often happens when the parent is blessed with offspring when well-stricken in years, was her father's favourite child. She was in the habit of superintending his dairy, and in order to dispose of the produce used to visit Bridgenorth market, where about three years ago, she then being only 15, she met the defendant Thomas Kendall. The defendant paid her much attention, and although his addresses were discouraged by Miss Pigott's family, wins a ispei ted that his designs were not of an honour • able nature, he found means to prtss his suit to a successful but disgraceiul termination, and . Mary Pigott became a mothar before she had acquired a right to the title of a wife. Th e defendant at first promised to prey de for the child, but aft, r wards refused to do so, and imputed to her acts of gross de ba:ichery with other men. His own brother, Richard Kends: 1, who was called as a witness for the defence, swore that in No vember, 18 . 40, when Mary Pigott was staying on a visit at the Harp, at Bridgenorth, be had criminal intercourse with her, and had frequently been with her i ince, adding that he knew his brother was intimate with her at the time. The landlord of the Harp, a married man with a family, under whose protec tion she was staying on the occasion spoken to by Richard Ken dall, rlso swore that Keda!l had told him that it was arranged that he should pass the night with Mary Pigott, and that lie said he should not interfere, as it was no affair of his. These' witnesses, however, were contradicted by the evidence ilo -duced on the part of the plaintiff, and The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the evidence, told the • (nr I . r c • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNiNG, MAifell 25, 1842. Jury that whether these two witnesses were to be believed or disbelieved, their testimony was equally shocking. The Jury found immediately for the plaintiff—damages, ICd/. TUESDAY. MACKENZIE V. OUSELET. This was an action by Dr. Mackenzie, Editor of The Salopian Journal, the old established Shropshire Tory paper, against Air. Ouseley, editor and proprietor of the Shropshire Conservative for two articles in the latter paper, alleged to be gross persona, libels against Dr. Mackenzie. Sergeant Taltourd led for the plaintiff. Sergeant Ludlow, who called no witnesses, was for the defendant. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, charged the Jury to the effeet that the articles were gross, iuexcusable libels. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages 51. GARRETT V. OUSELEY. In this ease a Special Jury were called. This was an action by Mr. Edward Garbett, a solicitor at Wellington, in Shrop shire, for a succession of libellous articles published by the de fendant in the former case in the same paper during the last year. Sergeant Talfourd, with Mr. Phillips and Mr. Whateley, were for the plaintiff; Sergeant Ludlow and Air. Busby fur the defence. The reading of the libels, which were filled with opprobrious epithets, such as " Bullying Radical Attorney," " Scoundrel Attorney," and " Pettifogger, " occupied much time. No witnesses were called by the deendant ; and after an ingen i ous speech by Sergeant Ludlow, and a luminous summing up by Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Jury found for the plaintiff— Damages, 1001. MEMORIAL TO E. T. BAIN BRIDGE, ESQ. A numerous meeting of of the electors and other inhabitants of Taunton was held on Monday, for the purpose of raising a fund for presenting to their late representative a memorial of their respect and gratitude for his long services, and " faithful and independent discharge of his duties in the House of Com mons, his uniform and attentive kindness to the inhabitants, and his thoroughly honourable conduct throughout his long connexion with the borough." Not the least gratifying feature of this demonstration, is the fact that it was begun by the poorer classes. It will, of course, be gladly adopted by all who value -independence and uprightness in public men. The resolutions go to limit she subscription of each individual to five shillings as the highest sum ; but the wealthier classes may show their liberality by enabling the very children of the poor to place their names upon the list of subscribers which will accompany the gift, and which will be accounted by Mr. Bainbridge, the most valued and treasured portion of it. Mr. Bainbridge does, indeed, deserve the warmest tribute of gratitude which constituents can offer. On no single , occasion during so many years of hard service, did he fail faithfully to discharge his duty. Scarcely has he recorded one vote which did not meet the approval of those he represented. He never sacrificed prin ciple to party. He never cones ded a conscientious opinion to a short-sighted expediency. And in his private relations with the town, he was distinguished for a kindness, charity, and courtesy, as rare as they are delightful. The circumstances attending his retirement were of a piece with his previous career. Seldom has a more generous sacrifice been made by an individual for the welfare of his principles. Previously to the general election it had been Mr. Bain bridge's intention to retire into private life. He sent his resignation to his friends, but there was not time before the dissolution to make the necessary arrangements for procuring another candidate. It was represented to him that the con sequence would be the triumph of Toryism in the Borough, which had been so long the champion of the cause of the many against the oppression of the few and he consented, rather than the cause should suffer, to fight the battle, at the same time declaring, that as soots as he had seen that cause safe, he should resign. He led the glorious cause of the country against the forces of Oligarchy and Monopoly, and triumphed, and then, with almost Roman heroism, he put his resigna tion in the-hands of his friends, requesting them to use it when they could do so with great advantage to the cause for which he had fought so manfully. The result is known to the world.-- Somerset Gazette. POLICE IN ThLiSiiENCE. MANSION lIOUSE. Two wretched women were brought before Sir Peter Laurie, charged with having threatened to break windowsin order to obtain a resting place and food for the night. One of the women had been, she said, at the Peckham work house, for relief in her extreme want, but she was turned out next morning, and she met the others, who were in as bad a condition. They both declared that they must have perished in the streets if they had had not at last succeeded, by threatening to do mischief, in getting an asylum in the station.house, to which they were con veyed by the policeman, who very properly did not delay till damage was done. Sir P. LAURIE said he slid not know what to do with the mise rable creatures who made appeals of the kind, proceeding, it was quite evident, from total destitution. He then desired Gooch, the turnkey,of the Giltspur.street tompter, to let him know in what condition that prison was as to the accommodation of the inmates. Gooch said that he had been a servant in the prison twenty-two years, and he had never seen it in so crowded a state. There were three and four in a bed, in which no more than one man ought to be, and fires were kept up all night for those who could not be ac commodated with a bed in a cell to warm themselves by. The in convenience was very great indeed. Sir P. LAURIE said he had received intelligence from Captain Kingcude, the Governer of Bridewell, that in that prison from 40 to 50 persons were obliged to lie on the floor. From such crowded prisons infectious diseases must be apprehended, and he was most decidedly of opinion that the Government ought to interfere to pre vent the fearful consequences of the breaking out of gaol distempers, After some conversation between Sir P. Laurie and Mr Hobler, the women were discharged, with the advice to apply to the union of the district in which they were found in a state of destitution. MAR LB BO L.' GH- S T.RE.E T. Edward Richetth a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with committing a violent and aggravated assault upon Eliza, his wife. The complainant stated that her husband had deserted her about a week ago, leaving her without any means of support, and was cohabiting with a young woman who was servant at the house of a tradesman he was employed by, and whom he had seduad, and was now pregnant by him. His master had in consequence dismissed him from his employment. Between eight and nine o'clock last' night she accidentally met him in Ilolborn, walking with the female in question, and on her meekly asking him if he did not intend to return to his home, he seized her in his arms, shook her violently, until she was nearly breathless, and then struck her, with his clenched fist, with all his might, a blow on the mouth, which cut her lips add tongue severely, and loosened several of her teeth. On a police constable coming to the spot, he was given into custody. The defendant, in a very haughty tone, said that he was de terrr.ined not to live with his wife, as she had twice attempted to stab him. _ The wife emphatically declared that there was not the slightest truth in the assertion. . _ _ Mr. Matror said that he must abate a little of the imperi• ous feeling he was displaying, or he would find himself severely dealt with. Why did he not go home and live with his wife?— Defendant—l never will ; I'll go to prison first. Mr. MALTBY—Then that you shall do.—The defendant was accordingly committed. CLERKENWELL. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A very pensive and rather pretty looking young girl, named Mary Berwick, was brought before ' the magistrates charged .with attempting to destroy herself on Alondsy last. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who was a servant, in Peter-steet, Gray's-inn-lane,:went out on pretence of visiting her mother on Sunday evening last; she returned a few hours after very much 'intoxicated, in company with a cab man, who lived in the same house. She immediately went to bed. The next morning her mistress observed upon the impropriety of her conduct and told her she would inform her mother of it. 'l his seemed to prey very much upon the poor girl's spirits, and she fell into a state of the most gloomy melancholy, and from ssliich her mistress made several in effectual attempts to arouse her. Late on Monday evening she threw herself into a cistern of water, six feet deep. The screams of a female who saw her brought a man from a neigh bouring house to her assistance, who, after some difficulty, succeeded in rescuing her. Her mistress gave her an excellent character, and the Ma gistrate having recommended har to return to her service, and her mistress to treat her with care and kindness, the parties left the office. PILICES OF CANAL,DOCIs., ASSGR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. Are. Ac. • Lur4ll()N, THURSDAY, MARCH 24. Number Dividzrd Price of per CANALS. ncr dare.. Annum. Pain. Share. 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton& Oldham-. Avcrag e 071.18r.5h. t 1 1,48 2 41. Ashby.de-le.Zouch Artragc 1131.5 h, '7B 1,260 Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5 1,00 51. Brecknock and Ahergavenny l5O/.sh. 99 SPII I-16th. 101. Birmingliam,l-16th share .., ,811.14 711. 194 4,000 Ditto .& Liverpool Junct.l o 2l. sh.loop4 21 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. al:. all p 1 100 51. 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101 300 321. Coventry 1001. eh. 300 ..... ..,. Croydon .. Average3ll.2B.lod. sh . - 2,060 51. Os. Dudley 100/.sh. 92 800 131. Derby lool.sh . 120 20,0,10 '4 pet cent.' Ganube and MNyne ... ...... 411.139. 4e .pd 30 3,575 i 4' Ellesuwreand Chester Avelage 133 ..sit. 62 231 621 Erawasn 6,445 8 , 2-1 Forth ad Clydo lOOl. en. 1001. pd. I`B 11,455 7t. Grand Junctior - MIL an lys 20.49$ 255. Grand Onion lool.lh 27 ',500 ......... Grand Surrey lool.sh. 15 1,0001 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. ./gle, Grand Western 600 13. 124.84. (11,innrganaiire, Aver. cost 172/.13:4.4d. 'I l 0 749 121. Grantham l5O/.9h. W 1 6.2 . 38 t., oil. Hudderstivld Av erag cZ, /1. 69.6 d. an. 21) 100 .. Kensingtoa lOO ch. allpd 10% 3139.8 11.10'. Kennet ;.nd Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. 10:1.sh 184 11,61131 1/. 10s. Lancaster Average 471. Os. 3d 27 2,827/ 301. Leed s and Liverpool lolll.lh 720 5451 11. 10s. Leicester 1401. st 150 ,897 N. (tr. Leicerter & Northampton Aver 831.101 71% 2,409 101 Monmouthshire lOO/.sl 200 250 101. Melton Mowbray lt'B4.sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and 41 , 701 lool.eh. 510 3,030 11. 10s. Maccicateld lOOl. sh. all pd 1534 247 171. Neath lool.sh. 361 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avr.i.ge about 73/. sh. 64 1,418 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.105.8d.5h. 10 1 4 1,669 6!, rtochdalc Average 415/..h, 12 500 8/. Shropshire ..1251.5h. 137 800 111. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501.3h. 170 3,609/. 6 per rent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11 1 4 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h. 680 500 151 Shrewsbury 393 21. 3tourbridge ...,,.... 1452.5 h. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon A ver....791.98.0d.5h. 33 533 12;1 Swansea lool.sh. 205 3,762 2/. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Av. 261.95. sh. 45 0101 1 1 sh. 1?21. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOOl. sh. 475 8.149 Thames anki Medway Av.l9/. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,004:Ish. 141. Warwick and B;rrnisigham lool.sh 202 1,0004 s h. 950 104 Warwick and Napton lno/. sh. 117 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.714/.81. sh. 55 5.1100 36.. Wilts and Berko Average 671. 105 Bd. sh. 28$' 1100 6s Wytlev and Essington 125/. sh '74 .20 905 II Wed' and Atuu llOl. sn . 20 DOCKS. 2,500 & Sp. C. Commerc al ...... 1001.1 h. 01 I,oosish. 5 per rent. East and West India , ....Stock 10731,4 ,2:33,3101e. :34/.p.ct. London Stock 77 Ditto Bonds 2.209 31. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14 - 1. 9s. sh. 75 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 282,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock ifili 50C O v i 41 per mut. Ditto Bonds .. lOO e q 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .... "01. eh. WI. pd 10 BIIIDGES, I,floll 1/. 7,211 1,700 1/. 15s. .4000 ..... 5,000 thls. 0(1, 5,000 198. 3d. 10,4100/ 51. per cent 5,948 27s Hammer:mitt sol.sh. 21% Southwark, Ohl Av. MI. 9.5. Bd. sh. Ditto, New, of 74 par cent., 50/. sh. 151 Waterloo 100/. sh. 3 Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 !in/. pi: 21 Ditto . ; New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd IN Ditto Bonds Vauxhall .........Average 701. 108.1 d. sh 2O ASRURANCE COIMPAN:ES. - --- - -- 2,000 3110 s Albion 5004 rh. 50/. pd 72 50,000 1 6 r e ""9 Alliance British &Foreignloo/.s.h. lIL pd 14 .nii Iss. . 50,000 fl per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 5 24,000 $l. perch. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 144 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham 1' ire...... .....:_'sol. sh. 551. pd 107% 20,000 4/. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50!. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 100/.Fh. 2110 s pd 6% 4,000 210 s County lOO/.5h. 10/. pd IC 1,000 3s. Eagle SOL sh. Si. pd 4N 209 r 5 per cnt.l land 30/ ebs.3 Economic Lile 10001. sh. 2501. pd 406 2,271 228. percent. European LA ‘ , 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2e. Ditto, New 0 01.5 h. 21. IA 1% .000,000/. f Lper et Globe Stock 116 20,000 51. Guardian "No 45. (m Hope 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5 2,400 5/. 125. M. Imperial Fire 5OO/. oh. 501. pa 136 7,500 lOs rd. Imperial Life WO/. sh. 10/. pd 11 13,459 5/. per ccsit. Indemnity Marine IOW. sh. 8/. pd 31 2,090 31 lOs Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 91 ____ 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. Pd t'fl 10,000 Lys Law Life lOO/. th. 10/. pd 32% 5,000 10s. London, Firo .5/. sh. 12!. IN. pd 17 3,900 10s. London, Ship .5/. sh. 12/. IN. pd 17 1.000.0001. ... ..... Minerva Life lOciL ah. 25,000 51. per cent. National Loan Funtl...ol. ah 2/. 10s. pd 2% 30,(00 at. per cent. Palladium Lit , : 50/ sh. 2/. pd 216 s 50,000 51. per cent. Protector 1;f! QM sh. 21. pd 17s 6d 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... MD/. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2.500 1!. Provident Lite lOO/. sit. 101. pd 2n 100,G60 4s. Od. Bock Life' m 9,2201 51. per c«nt. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100!. ah. 51.'pd 7 1 4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Corn, of Irelantl2sl. sh. 101. pd 15,000 43 percent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd S:N 10,004' 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 50/. sh. 10!. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 10/. pd MN 39,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 201. pd 22(4 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster i 001. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 le per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 1241. pd 1:1 50,000 '74 percent Manchester and Liver ] 50i.0 ,. 151 pd 1 , 34 pool Discount 20,000 7 per ceu t. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 494 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. 25/. pa 40 Si 10,000 01 er cent National Bank of Ireland Pl. sh. 1741. pd 16 10,000 6 per cent National Prov iuclal Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 3.5% 1(1,000 Ditto New... 101. sh. 10/ pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh., 101. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,5,00 MI 16s — Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 British 401. sh. 161. pd 19 5.000 rs l .r er cent./ Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19/. pd 23 a t nd Bs. 61. 928 5110 a Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2O!. oh. 36 2,250 31103 Brighton .0/.sh. 13N 750 31 103 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 151. pd 9 t,471 4} per cent Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9% 1,000 71.103. Continental Consoliqatcd ....75/. 62/ /. pd 110 1,011 101. City of London.. . ...... ....100!. sll. all pd 1115 1,000 ... 61. Ditto, New lOO/" .sh 75/ ?A 150 ' . . 4,000 nr.os. Equitao, riot. pd 10,000 f...V. per cent. Imperial ifl.sh. FO) 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 0/. per cent. Independent 20/. sh. ail r, 9,000 St. per cent. Phcenix 'Ol. sh. 39/.1,0 1,000 if. per cent. }Weill! .. lOOl. sh. W. pd 4,1)00 smith 01.tropolitan 501. sh.' i'3%/. pd 9,000 N. per curt. United Cleneral 50/. 9h. 471. pd 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 400 N. per cent Wakefield 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 710 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. el. IN. pd WATER WWI KS 100 • 34s Birmingham 1,4 M 71. East LotuTon lOO/. ;h. 5,500 2/ !.ss. Grand Junction A verar,e 411 r,s. 4d. sh. 2,000 •il. Kent 1001. sh. :372 1111. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2 / iOs New River London Bridge Water Ann... 5,490 21 ins Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 1,000 5 per cant. South London. 1 nor. s 1). 8,291 41/. West Middlesex Average 031."123. Pd. sh. 1,300 1114 s York Building 1,0. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. (.614 fr.% :3'25 sf; 57 20 IRON RAILWAYS 6,300 2/. Os. Birmin;•ham and Derby ...- lOO/ pd 9,500 :3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester KO/. pd 15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter .........1001. sh. 70 pd 7,500 Cheltenham Lk; G. Western 1004 sh. 72%, 1. 3,002 Clarence • ' 1001. Rh. 100/ pd 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 51. pd 10,000 ..... .... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23/. pd 10 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of England Nash. IVO/. pd 87 10,918 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh, all pd 182 25,000 4 per cent. Great Western 100/. sh. (151. pd 92 25,000 2 per cent.. Ditto New 504 sh. 504 pd 01% 8,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction 501. sh. 501. pd' to 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/ rd 14514 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 39 ~, 2,100 4 per crut. Leeds and Selby 1110 sh. C 5 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( /.sh. 100/. psi 181-11,1 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares .504 pd 90 11,405 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "54 pd 45 36,000 London and Brighton 501. sh. WV pd P 5 14 24,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 25/. pd I , N 0,600 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -204 s 5. t:O4 pd fi ii .5.000 91 per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 9114 pd 176 25,000 24 7s fd. Ditto Quarter Shares ....254 sh. 51. pd 3 t 7. 21,250 0/, Pe. 41. Dit o New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 291(, 30,0 t o 3 per sh. London and S. Western Av. 38/, 179.9 d. 1.9' , 1. 33,000 ......... London and Croydon/ A ,. 131. 153. 01. 13 1 4 Ditto New Scrip .... s 11 i4i 13,000 4 . per sh. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 1 70/. pd 82 13,000 .. 10. 000 „„ ..... Manchester and Iti rmixgha in 70/.81).40/. :BS, Ditto Extension . .. 71. pd 2 10,000 alt.. -, Midland Counties :00/.•sh. 400/ pd t3O 15,000 3/. Os. North Midland ... 5.01. sh. 100/ pit 70 ~ - - 11.109.- .. Ditto. j' , le . w 404 pd 35 10,4n6 14 los. N orthe'u and. Eastern... 50/. - sh 4134 pd - :5 34 mo . ' Preston and Wyre ...... .. 5O/. sh. 304 pd 26 23,003 ' 4 per cent. Sonth Eastern and D0Ver...5...•.4F1. , pd ' tn; 14 1,000 10t. per cent. Stockteas•anil, Parilugtou.. ..... ...10e/.Bh. 265 9,000 ... ...... Th am cs Haven • 50/. sh 5!. pd 6.000 10/. per cent. ork.and NOVI. Midkrid 50 .a h. 50!. pd P 5 .;, ~ . : , . NINES. 8,000 Albion Copper.... ...... . .... ......s h, 3,1/. pg 12 4,000 11. 5s Alten 15/.sh 121 Ilk pd 1U 10,000 ... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. al ‘1 d 1 Ditto Subscriptton . ....... ..........251 pa . 1% 2,000 Bolanos ......5h all pd 4 10,000 11. 101 Brazilian' mu, les. M. pm 351.61).211. pd 10 6,000 ..„ ..... Placaubas & locate United 251.811.251. pd 1% 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/.sh. 141. pd lal ic, o o o .....4... Bolivar Copper Company 204 sh. 20!. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/. pc' 2 20,000 British Iron lOOl. oh. 70/ pc( 8 ,000 ... ...... British Copper 51. sh. 4il. pd 1% ~. ..... . Ceti Br ones 641. pd 6% Candonga ... 10,000 11 Copiapo ... „ ... 2O/. sh, 131, psi 10 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 54. pm 55/,sh. 551. pd 0% 2,850 31. English 20,000 General MiningAssociation2o/ sh.lBl. pd . I% 6,155 Mexican Company 1004 sh. Co/ pd WOO 11,500 . . ... .... Real del Monte, Unregistered 133 .3 Ditto Loan Note. l5O/. pd 160 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd 1% Dan. Scrip l% Ditto New Scrip 4/ pd 3 Weit Cork ......... ............ 50/. sh 501. pd 38 LITER A RI( I NSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 7sgs. sh. 13 1,500 London University . 100/. sh. all pd 'I 700 Russell 25gs. sh. 6 King' College lOOl. 19)4 MISCELLANEOUS. 70,701 15s. Australian Ap;ricultural.loo/.'sh. 28! pd 37 60174) 1. percent. British American Land Company 354/. prl 0 10,000 01. per cent. Canada Company lOW. sh. 32;,/. pd 28 0,000 51, per cent. Upper Cana -a Loan City Bonds, 4 irrr cent ll'o i'o,ooo 1 1. 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. ,h. 141. pd '2 101. per cant. Hudson's Bay Stock 1!. London Coin. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh. 111% Camitehotic Company I2&1. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Conliss, y 501. pd I IOU!. 5,"87 41. per cent Reversionary int. 50c...100/. sh. pd r 4 %li:ia 51. per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 100?. pd 107 4,00 a :0,000 es, Van DioAner.'s Land.... 1110/. oh. IN/. pd 7% LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MARCH 16, 1842 BANKS. _ I, ( k o,ooB' 61, p. cc. Bank of ;Zeotia.nci . ....B3/. 6ff. Bd. fh, all pd '55 2,000,0111 el. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/.sh. all pd 14P% 500,0004 81. p. ct. British Linen Comp. ny 1001. sh. cell pd ';11,) 600,000 i. 71. p. ct. Commercial - 5001. th. 100/. pd :58 ' 500,0004 (n. cc. National lOO/. eh. IW. pd 14 600,000/, 81. p. et. Glasgow Union 2rol. sh. 50/. pd SI .. 2 1.000,01:01. 6p. et. Western of Scotland —.2001. sh 401. pd C 8 INSURANCE COMPANIES. •2 ` 0,0006 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union .9/. sh. I/. pd Zs 6.1. 7,500 in p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. pd 1:14 1(0,000 10p. ct. I nsurancc Co. of Scotland .101. sh. all pd V 4 1.0,000 10 p. ct. North kiritish 2eo/. sta. 10/. pd 1734 1,000 10 p. et. Caledonian Fire 'OW. sh. 101. pd 2,i 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lie 100/. sh. 10/, p 4 15 160,000 Sf p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd M.ISCELLA NEO U S. 4,818 .... Edin. and Ulas. Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd lo Ditto Allocated ' WV. sh. all rd 45 125,40( 6i per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251, sh all rd 31 I.ooosh 24 per cent. Shotts Iron b0u»dcry......501 sh 48/ pd 40 0,1100 :3 per cent. Edinburgh 1.1 Leith Glass.2ol.sh. 16/. pd 3% 4,500 10 tier cent. PliEnburgh Cod Oa , 251. sh. all pd 50 1,450 In pet cant. &atm., Gas 750 71 per cent' Litt h Ccal Gas 1.154 ......... hdinnurkh and Dalkeith Railway 50/. sh 31, The Journal des Pyrenees of the 12th inst. has the following ;.- 7 ." The Barcelona Journals, on the faith of some French - Papers. which consider it exceedingly patriotic to ac cuse their own Government and undertake the defence of a foreign Power, declare that bands- are being organised on our frontiers, in order to pass into the Peninsula, and renew the events of September. We declare that our frontier is per fectly quiet, and that all the assertions of those Papers, whe ther French or Spani,h, are totally unfoutvled. It is true that some reftt;evs arrive here , but they are for the most part furnished with p ass p or t s en regle. After appearing peyote their Consul to take the prescribed oath, they enter peaceably into their country. The French authorities exercise the strictest surveillance, and all persons who are found without papers are sent back to the depols vihiCh they had clandestipely pitted." THE POPULATION OF SMYRNA.. For variety of costume, and diversity of - people of different nations, Smyrna beats everything I ever beheld. I had previously looked on Gibraltar as the Babel of many languages; next, in this opinion, Constantinople usurped its place ; but they were both thrown far into the shade by the varied assemblage I witnessed here, in a morning's stroll through the market places and bazaars. Your way in the narrow thoroughfares is often completely stopped by long strings of camels, groan ing nder uimmense loads of figs, and preceded by their uncouth and Tartar-like looking drivers, gen erally mounted on a small ass. These wild-looking and bronzed figures from the interior, generally rejoice in enormous turbans, and huge jack, or rather fisherman's boots, which must add greatly, to the burden of the already over-weighted little ani mals which they bestride. You are jostled by busy and noisy Greeks, ever in motion, and resplendent in all the glories of the magnificent Palicar costume, offering, by their noisy vociferations and vehement gestures, a marked contrast to the grave Turk or stately Persian merchant, who, with his amber mouthed chibouk in hand, is patiently awaiting the arrival of a customer for some of his rich silks or handsome carpets, which are displayed before him in the greatest profusion. The next stall is, may be, occupied by some cunning Israelite, or plodding son of Armenia, who, with pen in hand, and an enormous tea-kettle of a calpac stuck on his shaven crown, is carefully noting down, in cramped and mystical cha racters, the gains of the day, and scarcely raises his eyes as he casts a glance of surprise at the rolling and careless gait of some of our jolly tars, who, with Dido ' written on their glazed tiles, are now laying a spree on shore. Unless to this list be added French men and Austrians, friars and Catholic priests, wan dering Turcomans, and 13-2gging dervishes, Syrian Jews and Maltese sailors, the picture would be in complete, as far as regards the rougher sex. And now we take a peep at the ladies. " Remoter from its focus, innovation has, at Smyrna, made less rapid progreSs than' in the capital ; and, as the insignia of the faith, the turban,' is here much more prevalent than the fez,' so, in the gentler sex, a greater adhesion to Oriental customs and costume is observed in the closer folds of the feridj'ee, and more careful adjustment of the yashmac. Their charms are further protected from any obtrusive glance by the addition of a piece of black crape, which completely shrouds the countenance, and - leaves no thing for the most lively imagination to seize on. " Towards evening, the portly beaUties of Armenia may be seen at the windows, and are easily discerni ble by their Dudtt' forms, sleepy dark eyes, and fine complexions ; the voluptuous langour .of their general appearance offering a marked' contrast to the lively glances and sparkling black eyes of the Greek damsels, who display their charms amidst the gaudy and often ill-assorted collection of brilliant colours, of which their dress is always composed, and which gives them a much less modest appearance than their veiled and nunlike Osmanli sisters. Their. hair, increased by the addition of false locks or co loured silk, is plaited, and either twisted round the red and gold-studded fez, else intermingled with the folds of the turban. A kind of loose jelic, or spencer, with open sleeves, and generally of rich embroidered velvet, and a common petticoat, complete the costume 'of the fair Smyrniote. The Jewesses were seldom seen in public : however, more of their tribe annn. Mingled with all these Oriental costumes, bonnets and shawls are now' nearly as common as in London or Paris ; and I even had one or two passing' glanees at the mysterious and fluttering faldette' of Calypso's isle. To this list must be added the swarthy and thick lipped beauties of Ethiopia; and a more varied col lection of these Ilouris could nowhere be found, or be deemed more worthy of the zenana of the blessed Prophet in his seventh and highest heaven," THE FORCE IN AFFGHANISTAN. [The following list of the officers mnployed in Aff ghanistan during the autumn previous to the insurroe tion, is taken from a recent number of The Bombay Times:—] , SCHAII SOOJAH-00L-MOOLK'S FORCE. Staff—Brigadier T. J. Anquetill, 42d Native Infantry, commanding the Force ; Captain C. Troop, 48th Native Infantry, Brigade Major ; Captain I. Johnson, 26th Native Infantry,. Commissariat Officer and Paymaster : - Lieutenant 11. Milne, 21st Native Infantry, Assistant Commissariat Officer, Candahar ; and Lieutenant E. Dallas, 16th Native Infantry, Commissariat Officer and Pay Department. Horse Artillery, Candahar—Captain W. Anderson, Artillery, commanding ; Lieutenant G. L. COoper, Ar tillery, Ist Troop, Candahar ; Lieutenant •:F. Turner, Artillery, 2d Troop, proceeding to Cabool ; and Lieu tenant A. W. Hawkins, Artillery, Adjutant. Mountain Train, Cabool—Captain J. B. Backhouse, Artillery, commanding; and 2d Lieutenant G. A. Green, Artillery, second in command (on duty, Ghilj ce country). Engineers—Lieutenant J. L. I). Sturt,. Engineers, surveying the passes of the Hindoo Koosh ; and 2d Lieutenant R. Pigott, Engineers, on service in the Ghil jee country. . . Ist Regiment of Cavalry, on service in the Ghiljee country—Captain J. Christie, 3d Light Cavalry, com manding, on medical certificate to liindostan ; Captain J. Leeson, 42d Native Infantry, in temporary charge ; Cornet J. 11. L. M. Toone, 2d Light Cavalry, Quarter master. 2d Regiment of Cavalry, Cabul—Captain W. Ander son, 59th Native Infaniry, commanding ;. Lieutenant Le Geyt, Ist Bombay Light Cavalry, Quartermaster. Ist Regiment of Infantry, Quetta—Captain J. Griffin, 24th. Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant Travers, Bombay Native Infantry, Adjutant, Quartermaster. 2d Regiment of Infahtry, Candahar--Captain C. G. Macan, 16th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant J. Hoppe, 16th Native Infantry ; Lieutenant Podmore, 6th Bombay Native Infantry, quartermaster. 3d Regiment of Infantry, Cabool-Captain . J. Cragie, 20th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant R. Mackean. 17th Native Infantry,. adjutant ; Bro . ( t- Captain M`Donnell, 19th Bombay Native Infantry, quartermaster. 4th Regiment of Infantry, Bamian—Captain C. Cod rignton, 49th Native Infantry, commanding Ensign J. C. Naughton, 31st Native Infantry, adjutant ; Ensign E. W. Sainsbury, Ist European Regiment, quartermaster. • sth Regiment of Infantry, Candahar—Captain J. Woodburn, 4th Native Infantry, commanding .; Lieut. J. K. Spence, 20th Native Infantry, adjutant, on medical certiticiate ; Lieutenant A. H. Ross, 42d Native Infantry, quartermaster. Medical Department—Surgeon J. Forsyth, head quarters, Cabool ; Assistant-Surgeon P. F. H. Baddeley, on sick leave ; Assistant-Surgeon C. M`Kinon, M.D.,- Cabool ; Assistant -Surgeon . G. Rae, with the 2d Regi ment t. Assistant-Surgeon A. Colquhoun, with the sth Regiment. Affghan Levies—Lieutenant R. Warburton, Artillery, commanding the King's guns ; Captain A. W. Tayler, Ist European Regiment ; Captain R. 8: Trerrr, 3d Ligli"t Cavalry . ; and Lieutenant H. Marsh, 3d Light Cavalry, Paymasters. and Mustering-officers to the Affghan Mounted Levies. • • ..- • The following is a list of the regiments presently em,.. ployed in Affghanistan, Seinde, and Cutebee falcon from the latest edition of the Bombay and Cakatta , Alma 7 nack MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Leicester, March 22. William Whatoff, aged 19, was charged on six different counts with writing letters to Mr. J. E. Lawton and Mr. J. Lawton, sen., with a view of extorting money, threatening, if certain sums were not sent, he would accuse him of an unna tural crime. The prisoner (who is a mere boy), pleaded Not Guilty to two charges of sending letters to John Lawton, sen., threatening to accuse him of the like horrible offence, if he did not send him the money he . demanded. He said he meant them for the son. Its also pleaded Not Guilty to sending a letter to Mr. J. Abell, of Savoy Gate, threatening to murder him, if he did not send him the money demanded of him, viz. 2/. It also appeared that he had ob tained money under the influence of this intimidation. The prisoner was found Guilty. The JUDGE, in passing sentence, remarlted that his offence was as bad as murder, for to a man orthie' feelings the loss of character was as bad as the loss of life itself. He sentenced the prisoner to be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. WELSH ClRCUlT.—Carnarron, March 18. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) THOMAS V. FRITCLIARD-CURIOUS CUSTOM. This was an action brought to recover damages for the se duction of the plaintiff's daughter. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Webby for the . pl4intiff ; Mr. Towns end for the defendant. In the summer of 18.38 the defendant, who was a small shop keeper, became intimate, with the daughter of the plaintiff, a poor widow, and after a short interval from the commencement of the acquaintance was admitted to such terms of familiarity as to be allowed to " bundle" with Ellen Thomas, the person whose seduction was the cause of thepresent action. It appeared by the evidence that this practice of "bundling" is general— even universal is Wales, and is the recognised mode of court ship. The suitor visits the house of his inamorata by night, and participates her bed with her, without, however, undtessing, and thus carries on a courtship which generally ends in marriage. In the present instance the defendant, either taking an undue advantage of the opportunities thus afforded him, or being unable to resist the temptation to which he was exposed, seduced the plaintiff's daughter, and the result was, that she was delivered of a female child, which her mother had been obliged to maintain up to the time of com mencing the action. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages 121. WILLIAMS V. ()WEN. This was a case very similar to that reported above. The plaintiff was a small farmer and a tailor, and a rigid Calvanistic methodist, and the defendant a quarryman, and the owner of a small farm. The plaintiff's daughter was the eldest of seven children ; and after three years' " bundling," gave birth to a male child.—Verdict for plaintiff—damages 151. Mr. Town'end and Mr. Walker Jones for the plaintiff ; Mr. Temple for the defendant. HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 22. •CaowN Couß•r.—(Before Baron ALDERSON.) Edward Mercer, alias " Curly," labourer, 21, James Baker, alias Porter, 29, and William Cottner, alias Mark, the Conjuror, were indicted for highway robbery upon Richard Lowe, and steal. ing a canvass bag, seven sovereigns, a half.sovereign, six pounds in silver, and a cheque for fifteen pounds, from his person; and the indictment, in accordance with the statute, stated that at the time of the robbery the prisoners met and wounded the prosecutor. This case, from the circumstances connected witO it, has created a good deal of interest, and the Court was ereivrled during the trial. It seemed that the prosecutor, who is bailiff to a gentleman named Graham, residing at Worth Hill, went, on the 30th of De. cember, to East Grinstead market, 'and he there received about 331. on account of his master, and he set off on horseback on his return home about one o'clock in the morning, having the money at that time in a canvass hag in his trousers' pocket. When he arrived at a place called Histed's Bars, he was attacked by four or five men, who seized his horse, dragged him - to the ground, beat him most severely, and ultimately robbed him of his money and left him in a state of insensibility. • Baron ALDEASON summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoners were ordered to be transported for life. WEDNESDAY. CROWN COURT. THE RINGNER ROBBERY AND ALLEGED MURDER.— JOhn Pochney, 30, Charles Brigg 426, and Stephen" Sted man, 29, were indicted for assu4lting Hannah Smith, otherwise Devonshire, since deceased, and stealing from her various articles, her property. Mr. CLArtasost stated the case ; after which he called the following witnesses : Ann Stanford deposed—ln the year 1838 my husband kept the Anchor Inn at Ringmer. I recollect the de ceased being at our house on Friday night, the Ist of June. She came there between seven and eight, or eight and nine in the evening, and she had a basket with her, which contained cottons, tin pots, and other little articles. She went in the tap . . The prisoners came to the house that night while . deceased was there. They stopped until nearly eleven with the deceased. About a quarter to eleven the prisoners left the house ; but deceased was there. I asked her how far she had to go ; she said to Lewes. I said " You are afraid, are you na ?" She replied. "No ; lam not afraid ; have been on the road too many: times ; no one will hurt me." She left about eleven o'clock, and I saw her paSs the paring. She had a pack on her back, and a basket, and an umbrella. Cross-examined—l saw prisoner Pockney in the tap room about eleven o'clock, with the other prisoners. John Gatson deposed—l am in . the service of the . Rev. Mr. Lupton, who liVes in . the rectory-house, Pound, Ringmer. At the back of my master's premises there is a pond, and on the other side a meadow, and by the side of the meadow .is rising ground. On the morning of Saturday, the 2nd of Jur.e, I had occasion to go to the pond about six o'clock to get some water, where I saw a basket standing on the bank in the mea dow, and also an umbrella. The grass was a good deal trodden down, which appeared to have been done by three or four persons. In consequence of other appear ances about the pond, I obtained assistance, and.l saw the body of a woman taken out of the pond. There was a pack on her back. The body was taken to a place belonging to a man named Briggs. I saw there were a few things left in the basket. The depth of the pond was nearly ten feet. • Francis Fagan, superintendent of police, deposed—ln consequence of a letter which I received I made inqui ries as to the death of Hannah Smith. I apprehended a man named Washer, and after that .1 took prisoner Pockney, on the 21st October. After he had been in . • custody he made a statement, and . prisoner signed it, which was ppalupp4 befor9 . ,the C.,tmi witting magist rate. I afterwards took .Briggs into clittsely, , a4 add:ldin for, what, when he made thc . statement produced. • The st4temes t. was them read, and wits..to the following ()Weft-I—lie was. at the.A ne hor about, elexen,o'cloek, wit h. Briggs aAci Stedman, when the. deceased was there ; they bad: some conversation 'with her, ; and. it wai agreed that. they should :0 have connexion with her.- went out .first, wlien'the .deeease'd • Carrie and . I spoke to her, and she said she had no ObjeaiiOn: Stednian and Briggs., followed behind us. I took her into the fields. Th 4. prisoner then admitted, the committal of a capital offence, and that they also then robbed the deceased. I had the work-box and • some other little articles. We shared the things in the church-Yard. Stedman then went home. On the following morning, when I got up, General Washer called .me out, and said, " Where did you leave the old woman last night, because she is dead, and I thought you might have had some nonsense with her." I said I couldn't stop now as I was in a hurry. The confession went on to state that after the Jury had sat upon the deCeaSed it was agreed Cult Stedman and himself (Pockney) should : return the things, as . they might get them into trouble. Stedman told me he had thrown something in a pond at the back of his brother's house. We left the woman near the pond asleep. I don't know anything about any specta cles. A further statement was then read, also made by Pockney, and which was taken before the Magistrates ; it was to the following etrest :—Before we left I said she was asleep. Briggs said, " Let us see what she has got in her basket," aria he then took - something out of her basket. Stedman then took a snta-box out of (le ceased's pocket. m it i‘cedr l niy ' io a nni g olea a nono n f; c l:et o , hr n u2ei t rtd i di n i e( u ig,rit e l.:ln d dtogo — a;tt. l thohnb t ec o ieg o trlh, k :l;tic: t ,ao l nt i ,aliv e dari p nnttig r o i mal s : ti o ffa t edh l ß e cei a‘ g e, t‘ g rrli l lesv i n n leoti t nn o e cus tody -tits .. i t n it h it i t s ) the Anchor, and I saw the woman ,in the house. Sted man, Pockney, and Washer were there. We left about eleven o'clock. I only saw deceased drink a glass of ale. Pockney went on with the deceased, and Stedman and myself followed." Fagan resumed.—l took Stedman into custody on the 21st of October, in Watford, Hertfordshire. I told hint upon 'what charge ;. when he said, `,` bad company has brought me in that situation." We came to London and slept in 'one room, when he made a statement. . The statement of Stedman was here read, addressed to the Earl of Chichester, and commenced by stating, that he I being unfortunately one of those who were connected in t disgraceful affair of the woman who was drowned, he cO sidered it his duty to appease his conscience by dirulgii that which he knew about it. The unfortunate wold was sitting in the tap-room when he went to the Anehi Pockney told hint that he made it all right with the woman. MS LORDSHIP then summed up, and remarked, that was not not -fair to presume that the deceased came her death in any unfair way, and he -thought it Al probable that . she, being in a state of intoxication, st: gered into . the pond.; but, as they were aware, ti charge 'was done away with. The Jury found the prisoners; Stedman and Poclin guilty of larceny, and acquitted Briggs. • The prisoner Pockney was sentenced to two yeti and Stedman to eighteen months' imprisonment and ha labour. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SAUCE.IR an advertisement, so headed, in the- Morning Chroni,e(e, a Mr. Carstairs of Edinburgh states that he is the inventor'and proprietor of "the above much-admired sauce which has on the reverse of the labd, a fac-simile; of the Right lon• Baronet's letter.of approval." We-take for granted that Mr. Carstairs has invented - this Sauce, fin. the patribtic •Farpbse . of enabling the- cuuntry-- - 4o digest • 6ir -Robert Peel's income tax UNION-H 4 LL. ROBBERY BY A SzavANT.--Richard Ho/yoak a confiden tial servant, in the employ of Mr. Sturge the large ship owner, was charged with robbing his employer. Mr. Sturge stated that the prisoner was formerly a seaman on board of one of his ships trading to the South Seas, and owing to his good behaviour witness latter y employed him at home to superintend his warehouse, containing Honduras mahogany, and a material for the manufacture of a new de scription of wax candles. Latterly various articles were missing from the stores in this warehouse, and suspicion having been excited against the prisoner, his house was examined, and in it was found a considerable portion of the stolen property. Committed. John Thomas was charged with breaking a window in Christ-church workhouse for being refused admission. The master said that upwards of eighty vagrants collected at the gate the preceding night, and out of that number as many were admitted as the ward would contain. Th. defendant being one of those excluded for want of room commenced breaking the windows. He• was committed for five days, and to be passed. WORSHIP-STREET. Thomas Drew, a demure looking elderly man, de scribed as a tailor, was -charged before Mr. Bingham, 'under the following circumstances : . A policeman of the 'N. division stated that he was passing an unoccupied house in Sheperdess-walk, City ,r9ad, at tu r lale hour op, ',Wednesday ni4ht, when he heard affirbi!ookiri(l,6‘wg' . n ,the :Cellar he perceived the _prisoner, who, on being' asked ! what 'he wanted thei - e ; .soid lic vas a tramper,- - iind being without any place of`reNge, - he"had - taken up his quarters there fur the night. ." - Ain turning. his ; into the cellar,, - 'less observed a woman's bonnet lying at the prisong's feet, "Whkli the, prisonpr_said, belopged to his wife ; and tit -the. „s .-same moment. a woman darted out of the cellar, and scampered off, leaving her soi disant Benedict to his fate. The prisoner was con veyed to the station-house, and on his way thither he confessed that he been allured by the blandishments of the cockatrice who had left him in the lurch, and begged witness to let him gti, for if the affair reached the ears of his wife, he would never hear the last of it. The prisoner who appeared thoroughly ashamed of his conduct, was about to stammer out some explana tion, when . • Mr. Bisnuftm . toldhim that the circumstances of the case required no elucidation, and he had much better remain silent. The inconvenience he had suffered was a sufficient punishment for his folly, and he might go his way and endeavour to make his.peace with his wife. The prisoner was then discharged. • . eaafloatingnrcdhViennafeosu6, t t alh h tye e iTrE D , rntb a hop n erer u nr m b i wgr e i Ftt : s o r a fd y hs. e a carriedna3d. r l ,ds e a t Itßuveasartyi -road, from h,o the rr hkebe h ;, u6i d o pgi f cseue t h doo a df t fe n blocks; but this was the only damage done. The rioters arrested at Chaurkat, near Clermont, as engaged in the unlawful and violent bpposWon to the census, have undergone their trial before the Court of Assizes for the Puy-de -Dome. The number arraigned was 30, of whom 10 were acquitted, and 20 convicted of different degrees of offence. Of these four, one of whom was a woman , were sentenced to hard lab our a t t h e h u lk s for from eight to six years, nine to close confinement for from eight to five years, five to simple imprison ment for from three to one year, and one, by default, to hard labour at the hulks for ten years. After these were disposed of, the Court, on the requisition of the Advocate-General, pro notineed sentence on seven who were involved in the riots at Clermont, against whom judgment had been pronounced in de fault, viz....0n0 to death, one to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the rest to close confinement for from ten to six years. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DURHAM AND SUM DERLA ND RA ILWA Y. —On Monday last, as Mr. Thoma Halliwell, clerk at the Durham and Sundcrlund Railway station, at Shincliffe, near Durham, was engaged in lowering goods into a.warehouse beneath the station, the board on which he stood gave way, and he was precipitated to the bottom, a depth of about 20 feet, and his head came in contact with the ground, which caused instant death. Mr. Hallivvell was a highly re spectable man, and a local preacher in the Primitive Methodist Society, and has l. ft a wile anti a large family to mourn his loss. One of his children was playing within a yard or two of the spot where he fell.— Tyne Mercury. A STRAY MONKEY.-IVednesday morning one of the tenants of Daviot, in this county, informed his proprietor (Mackintosh, younger of Mackintosh) that a strange-looking animal had been seen in the neighbourhood, and was at that moment in pursuit of one of his children. His wife and neighbours were in a state of the utmost alarm, and dared not approach tke creature, which grinned at them like an evil spirit ! On repairing to the spot, the animal was indistinetly seen in a bush at some distance, and Mackintosh immediately fired at and killed it. The strange visitant that caused so much terror proved to he a fine old monkey, in excellent condition. Where the wanderer had strayed from to that comparatively secluded Hi g hl an d spo t co uld not be ascertained.—l nverness Courier. Count Mole, says the Commerce, dined at the Tuileries on Saturday. In the evening, the King sent for Marshal Soult, and Messrs. Guizot , Teste , and Cunin-Gridaine. The m an and two women who were arrested the other day at Havre, on board a vessel .beund for Monte-Video, just as it was setting sail, :have been proved to be parties who had circulated forked notes at Ilonflour, where the women had kept an upholsterer's shop. The maa was their shopman. Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford will preside at the approaching festival dinner of the Shipwrecked Fisher men and Mariners' Benevolent Society. UPPER SCINDE FIELD FORCE. Ist troop of Horse Artillery, 4th troop of Horse Ar tillery, wing of the 3d Regiment of Light Calry, wing of the Ist Regiment of Light Cavalry, 3d company of the Ist battalion of Artillery, her Majesty's 40th Regiment, wing ,of her Majesty's 41st regiment, Ist Grenadier Re githent of Native Infantry, 2d Grenadier Regiment of Native Infantry, 6th Regiment' of Native Infantry, 20th Regiment of Native Infantry, 21st Regiment 'of Nati% e Infantry, 25th Regiment of Native Infantry, detachment of Pioneers, 'detachment of Poona Auxiliary Horse. LOWER SCINDE. 2d company of the 2d battalion of Artillery, sth coni pany Golundauze battalion of Artillery, Bth Regiment of Native Infantry. Ist Local Corps of Infantry, Pultunies, Cabool—Cap tain P. Hopkins, 27th Native Infantry, commanding ; , adjutant. 2d Local corps of Infantry, Khyberies,' Jellalabad— Captain 11. P. Burn, Ist Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant W. R. Hillersdon, 53d Native Infantry, ad. jutant. • • 3d Local Corps of Infantry—Captain J. Ferris, 20th Native infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant B. Dowson, ZVI Native Infantry, ajutant. 4th Local Corps of Intlintry—Captain C. Codrington, 49th Native Infantry, commanding, recruiting ; Ensign J. C. Haughton, 31st Native Infantry, adjutant. sth Local Corps of Infantry, Quettah—Captain J. D. D. Bean, 23d NatiVe Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant AV. F. Hanimersley, 41st Native Infantry, adjutant. The King's Guards—Captain J. Nash, 43d Native Infantry, commanding. ON SERVICE. IN AFFCIIANISTAN, General Staff—Major-General W. K. Elphinstone, C. 8., her Majesty's service, commanding; Brevet-Major V. Thlin, her Majesty's 21st Fusileers, Aide-de-Camp; Caput. J. D. Douglas, 53d Native Infantry, Assistant- Adjutant-General ; Captain J. Paton, 58th Native In fantry, Assistant-Quartermaster - General ; Cornet W. .F. Tytler, 9th Light Cavalry, Officiating Deputy Assis tant-Quartermaster-General ; Captain G. E. Westma. cott, 37th Native Infantry, Deputy Judge-Advocate- General ; Captain A. Watt, 27th Native Infantry, As sistant -Commissary• General ; Captain J. Skinner, 61st Native Infantry, Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-Ge neral ; Captain B. Bygrave, sth Native Infantry, Pay master ; Lieutenant' V. Eyrc, Artillery, Deputy Com missary of Ordnance •; Surgeon J. Atkinson, Superin tending Surgeon. - Brigade Staff—Artillery -4th company 2d battalion of Foot Artillery, 2d company 6th battalion of Foot Artillery, No. 6 Light Field Battery. Ist Brigade—Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry and 16th Regiment of Native Infantry— Major-General Sir R. H. Sale, K.C.8., her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, commanding ; Lieut enant H . C . W a d e, h er M a j csty s 13th Light Infantry, major of brigade. 2d Brigade-2d and - 42 d Regiment of Native Infantry and 43d Regiment of Indian Infantry—Major-General W. No_t, 42d N at i ve I n f antr y , commanding ; Captain 'l'. Polwhele, 42d Native Infantry, major of brigade. 4th Brigade -35th and 37th Regiments of Native 1.11- fantry—Brigadi er / W. H. D onn i e, C. 8., her Majesty s 13th Light Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant E. Hay, 35th Native Infantry, major of brigade. Detachment of Sappers and Miners—Detachment the the 27th R eg i ment o f N at i ve I n f antry , detachment of Ist Regiment of Irregular Cavalry .ancl detachment of the 4th Regiment of Irregular Cavalry. • --- - The undermentioned regiments are proceeding to Aff-- ghanistan :-Ist troop of the Ist brigade of Horse Ar tillery, the sth Light Cavalry, her Maj, sty's 44 th F oot, a det•tehment of her Majesty's 13th Fovt, the 27th Na tive Infantry, and the 54th Native Infantry.—Brigadier J. Shelton, her Majesty's 44th Foot, commanding; Girt- IV: Grant, 27th Native Infantry, major of brigade. The sth Native Infantry, with the convoys, proceeding to Affghanistan. CORONER'S INQUEST. Last evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Crony public-house, in St. Durittan's-hill, Lower Thames-street, be fore Wm. Payne, Esq., on the body of Mr. Henry Lephards aged 26 years, late of No. 7, Cross-lane, Saint Mary-at-Hills Billingsgate, manufacturer of and dealer in tobacco. Edward Funnel), constable No. 594, sta.ted that about eight o'clock on Monday morning last witness was fetched fro u t h station-house by a man, who said a gentleman had cis throat at No 7, in Cross-lane. On proceeding there and forei,of open the door of a room on the third floor, which was look on the inside, th dd was found lying 00 the •17, throat cute deceased at A gr quantity of blood had florets from the wound, and in a table drawer in the room was a rigor, in a very bloody state. The deceased wi:s se nsible, 81 ; looked at 'witness as he entered the room. Witness resnair!ecncs with him during the day, and in answering a written que.tso s.f put to him, he wrote that he was induced t olestroy from a sense of his being inadequate to the discharge of the f n dinar' duties of life, arising f ro m nervous deafness and affects n of the head, combined with his anxiety about bususer and in answer to an inouiry whether he had contemplateed act, he stated that it had occurred to him, but that h n always been able to overcome it until the presen t instan ce. Mr. George Mayberry, of No. 7, Lttle Tower-street,., N_ 3 ! A geon, stated that he was called to attend the deceased and found him with a cut in his throat, five inches in lin t T e sths three in depth. Witness continued to attend h im to "' which took place en Wednesday morning. bo p I rom other evidence it appeared that the d icess entered into business within the last three weeks in part`L a wa s with a gentleman named Porter. He was unmarried, in most highly respected by his relations and friends e,r not of tegrity and amiableness of temper. He was, hogr:ariago' strong mind, and incapable of taking upon himself Lu c ' 1- log ment of an extensive business. He was generally verigood. and desponding. His prospects in life were 01 Verdict—lnsanity. CORN A VERA Gtlne:Fi cons', 01 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ISIIITI.,•,- l ictur ll- id For the Week ended March 14, 1842, made up from t'1 . . 0 ,1,,,, , ''' the Inspector:in the different Cities and Towns in ' " ~ Wales, per Imperial Quarter Wheat l9;. Pd. I Oats Barley 27s. 6.1. 1 Rya AVERAGES OF THE LA 3I96 S : T . N 4l l Z . I W rB i aa f: : : ::"1::: , 4 :::: ;t : Week ending WHEAT. RARLEV.( OATS. RV " A _ —...... ii. I . " --- " .......--- nj d -.....---• ~ 9 II Feb. 11 .8 6O 0' 2S 5 12 8 :$7 1 , n . , w 13 ., 6 25 March 4 • ( 0 P 28' 3 19 1 3 :1 : 3 . :i 3 g 11 18 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE P."' .16 l' Wheat...• l, 60s. 2ii. 1 Oats .......... 19 , 6 i.I Beans .•• •• .4; Harley. 2Bs. 0:1„ I Rye q• DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN• .. o .' ycl Whcat ...... ... :61. Pd. I Oafs .. 19 1 Barley l9s. 10d. Rye • 18s. 3(1.1 Pease ....... - THE MARKETS.-( yEsTBA COLONIAL MARKET. ord lithe Prices were firm generally, but the Market s quiet, and but little business done. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week el nding RC) ------------L--- A ,ef i g ' From Tu„ 4 0 , 4 415 Wheat,per barrel •4, 5,nte..... 24 0 3 6 " i'' : 301 Bere ........ l6 stone l4 (1 14 0 ,! 14 0 324 Barley ~ 1 0 o 413 Oats. '4 atone 8 6 14 u. - 5 (1 Flour, per cwt... 8 sttniv - t) - „ 11 i ' 377 0atmca1......-----. 8 stone . 11 6 14 . 6ii Sold to Bakers only. . A f 0 9,C56 Cwt. Flour ' 8 U 2 3 0 (1. 01 • • Average price a NA heat and ;lour 55 Funs from 17s. . : 1 , 1 .,, 111.' 0 4 Receipts of Flour, 13,' 61 ,_ from 15s- w• i 16 0 0,4.,,,, , , Bales of Do. - 11,3)3 1 . • ••••-• . ~._• 0 4. to ~.. T turd? ........ from ob. . ?EWE or Ritual , . 40' Quarterr f.oat ..... .....;kl. l' Halt Qt.(at tern ....• 14 CORK M ARKETS.- March 19• ~ 0 0° 0 Wheat (per 205t.)15s 31. t 028.. Od.tuats (per last. . a„' 0 Barley (per lOst. ) 0 0 15 6 !Hoer (per cwt ~... ~, Oatmeal (per cwt.)... ...... ....3 Od to las. ru t° 5J - 0(1 per 6 %0' j Beef, 6d. to 6;d.-Mutton, 56. to Eliot-Veal, 4 0 ~ 0 ) . • Pork, 4d. to 5c1.-Fresh Buttet, 11d. to 1"d P er i d PRICE OF RUTTER ,II To the Merchants . . To th e ',lit Fife Quality••• ........... ... ro. 80q .••••••••••••••••••••......... l' l° &vend •., 74 ................•••••• .. • ' fI 0 •••••••••••••••••••••• • nird Fourth ... ..... .... . • 49 .... .......•.--.•••••• 01. .. 5,..: Fifth —..".••••• •• ..... .41 ............••• ..... • . ..... Pi Sixth u• CS .......,...•• ••• CLON !BELL MA 6 K ET5.....M arch 19 . .. Per Cwt. 6 d. 0 i a. d. e. d. . 0 1; d , New Butter .llB oto 99 6 Hides vraw)........... - . c ~. • Oatmeal - 0 14 6 Racmings.... ..... .1; , Renderen Lard - 0 52 .‘, dead' ............. ..... uu i 0 p • Per Bat. 0 ...• Fleur Second ... 0 40 ' 1F10ur,Thad5........1, 0 0 0. ..--:Household - 0 38 0 1 --=-. Fourtns.....•. il -. Per Barrel. , ,g 0 Rapesevd 20 0 - 0 I Barley ...............'" Sere l3 01 Cull .................," 06.4 KILKENNY MARKETS. - (14 (kb t( 0 1 Wheat.perbarrel)2Bl.od.to 33./.od. beef ',ier 11 - . ...... 0 5 0 , Barley .....12 0 19 0 Mutt on ........... 0 4 ` 0 0 Oats , 14 0 .15 0 Pork ... ...... ....... 0 6 I 6 Flour (per hag) 25 0 1,9 0 Ve0 0 ..............: 0 0 0 1 ,1 Butter(percwt.) U 0 98 0 Freda Butter .... 0 6 a . Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Ditto ~......•• u 9 , Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes (per BO „I, 11 1. t he 1 ,4 ' lit -- -- - K ELLY, - -- , ----.- ,-, t w .., , .. 0 0 f t DEATH OF JOHN .11. .V....5Q. -- k. lll , bi .bis ..00 t stant, in the 85th year of his age, deeply mourrle" er ' o us f i vick , 4 and lamented with sincere sorrow by very nun', un q" , ,,,,'"" s oli John Kelly, of Stradbally, in the Queen's '-'° 0 s G 1 'l'o Volunteer of Eighty-two, and Coroner of the 2 u ,.„% ' , c s o t t the for more than thirty years-being the first l' ° ctr ou t who filled that office from the period of the O a 01A ht penal laws. -Dublin Pilot. i n the '4 6 tla t The Precurseur de l'Ouest states, tiO` , the 9th instant, a waggon was stopped' heOc e... Angers by five armed men, eho carried ass' hantlkerehiefs, valued at 2,000 fr. A bellman in a certain town having, lingly, to perform the last sad offices upon tradesman with whom he was acquainted, mon' " sale by auction of all his very valuable hom shop fixtures, and stock in trade," showed his 5: distressed friend by mutllis_g his bell. COMMON CoUNcIL.--lesterday Mr.Lati: a Common Pleader in the room of Mr. But a Judge in the Sheriff's Court, the nionbel rie being 102, and for 'his opponent, Mr. I.l.'Taylor withdrew his motion respktin; . income tax, without giving any reason f( proceeding, and simply announced that 1 1 his motion on a future day. PoSsibly 1 arrives his motion may be of .no use. 'l'L don seems to be stamped by Tory politics, t hem joy of their propensities. Nine out o y shopkeepers are opposed to the Corporation__. solo e stel' DEATH FROM HASTILY EATING FISII. t s t tb, e 0 .Cesx.—An inquest was held on Wednesday nigt l ., iligo°, l ' corn, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, before . cobe rt co ot" tha body of Charles Slater, aged forty-two• r volie l r e sit!! Cott said that he resided at the Queen's Hea t " is t d ' il s9P; Bon-street, and the deceased occupied a No n 7 0, ,- 0 0- house. Deceased had been a cornet in the,, u t fo r „ eor and afterwards a clerk in the Excise-office 1,.." t i bet" bia':, time past witness did not know how he L', ll sot o tio; ployed. He. was, during witness's acquaintinTthe v o i i ef h l t , in very distressed circumstances, and in nant . , ° ,ol 1 b 1 tin necessaries of life. He was often without form and l',„ purchase any, and was upon those occasion ,' y ' e st g pot a. l ; tellow-ludgers. On Monday morning last:o3lll,th a l „e}i , 1 1 a small quantity of bread and cheese, and thet , , e o°:,,, c of 1 1. ",,, was all he had to eat during the day. At e , a ' i sr oo " - a 03 :g the evening witness, while drinking in the -1, - ;f, 5 „1,01 , " e °; Queen's Head, saw the deceased ran to the , 0 0 - ova - , the persons there nodes stand by signs, that nc oti ch ..„ to He Wined black in the face, and exhibited ~, h 11 1; ,fr' symptoms, that it was deemed advisable to e ts :hor ti ci t t'ea b i g surgeon's. Deceased was then taken to tli was tiq e s l'd, Nicholson, a chemist; in Bow-street, where b e ;„- tei l apsta'„g Mr. Beale, a surgeon ;, but he died in a few r p rf u tho . %7ea ll , t 3 had attempted with instruments toxelieve him be t e' or , t' h ''. in his throat. Witness heard that deceas e I° 4 .o o( l ' e by stealth some fish which belonged to enni th e cau b ", t c i , that a bone of it, by sticking in his throat, 02 ,000 la to os ehoking. Had deceased lived anotherdals b e or, , re t bat ~0 ceived a sum of 2501.. from one of his frie B sin tlit lg t s Alexander Pryde, a lodger in the same h on9e 'der s, "0 0 ' 1 g Monday evening last he hought some small floun ot pit ta yia o them th the servant to eook for him. He ad .,: sta i f,th° h '. eat them many minutes, when deceased ran "r i , sai`", s oli that ha was choked. . r. Lionel Beale, anildYi lll ,lly. oe found the deceased on Monday evening las t .... t oo 11 ' 5. 0. . 0 1 tion from suffocation, the effects of swallowing his tbl o es/ 1 . : means of probing some fish was taken froni_osooo.o° died in a few minutes, witness had no doubt I f t roto s ea by eating fish voraciously.—Verdict, " pica „ stee, by eating food too hastily." l'A O. o of 'Tr DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES 'Or . 25, 11 31 : v i e itel „f day or two ago .Mary Ann Nicholson, abouthut it ,' 0 o : 6 idei r ; the wife of a respectable mechanic, was brong,, o n b ° d to h e , it o ster Hospital with dislocation of the jaw" b6n o c" civ il o rs' °. l e the neck which it appeared had suddenlY fi,i n loa,Oh e t , short time previously, while indulging in th o e o ing. but of unequivocal yawn, on her awaking in the r° o - 11 e sid e ' ii• siderable difficulty the joint was replaced on . 13- 1 . yesterday theother had not been effected. G , v,0 11,0; '4l, Ye ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT ST' ors 1 , rol e Or( y 0 , illa( RACKS t AND DESPERATE ATTEMPT •,- \rte. r ge . ' o',. VATE SoLßlzas TO COMMIT SUICIDE.-- -., GO -- 0 0- 31,1 in "" e t"'" great consternation and alarm was created urre oc to th e ly i st s(t) . °l.)) : .t47".u res l • d racks, Charing-cross, by the following " h c o o nging s ot/ Je e r the privates, named William Humphries, . „. t h e re' the be battalion of Grenadier Guards, now 513 ,./ In o ; t d s etai v g r oo l os showed symptoms of mental d e rangeme n ? m , in the hrew r tlii self from fr q portunity of being left alone for a short tt ~ he t l ot f p nes, J ug fee' di ° o u m ar quartered windowi n (one upon n the h e fo il u a r ; t r 1,11 is ab ut A OD 100 rai Mos of the area. The distance he state, ans. „ter 4 was taken up in a dreadfully shattere.d._ tes , boa is t . D wo bele Charing-crass Hospital, but not the sli ce h _44, ann_ oB o ,n, o f of his surviving. • He is about 35 years t y w i as 'in co ti c h ose t i: be several years in the regiment. 111 reP had t' sse"e wade or the neighbourhood that Humphries . , c ,_ ha ving ..„, o n,S oil t sereral of his comrade's musketsoctil n_ adm it F i J o ell o il It ell 1 shut himself in his room, and refusehdis to toro-e, o f se P er' of the window, he fired several - . 4 d an ger ° OO l e rr , of the room-door, to the immT a e n Ti a t ivg _ p iace. the stol t bri to leave it himself, and just previous to shot thr, °wir l tile P ver" persons, who were standing on the t I Re I nve nt ' h s on the reporter making a'or of the that it h o o t he was informed by the Sergeant-m j mour, and been tb ° there was no truth whatever in the ro e _ having .. b t . , hey I doubt arisen from the fact of II uall h ir i t s 5 hr-ad, awl 1::De c inquiry a year or two ago similarly affected.' _ tting fi re r . o ri d attempted to set fire wills roo , :n D . t iyllto his pas se '' ' t O h n ut, 1111. ttd ridges he had by some means ,0 ;Alit s tates a 03 el tli e the Barracks on doe The' Hainburgh. Correspo / 783,466 roub e it. The exports amounted to Odessa , an i 9, and 4 Ja ffi ......- i 1 m 8: 0 1 , , t 5 2 86 t65, vessels osentered the port 0 0 : la d y of Bill TB 'S ' the la -, r 1 ton, fla n" ' fle il On the 21st inst , at Lyming Sceales, Esq., of a son. Bromley, D , On the lith inst., at Ve rt. , Berger, of a daughter. At .... ~D . _ e _ ..... .a g° 04 ABB I. r A V. l 81 gf r DegttOr ~.. .-',, - , W .At uiv On the 22d inst., at St. Paul's,bt r of F . j • 0 fourth daug e pro , Esq., Sydcuham, to Lois, .._ f th e .D lb -U. lfeild, ° D. can 11 0 On the 24th inst., Lieutenant A. ries Sew ' Army, aged 25. Wellington, On the 20th of September, at it William Rufus Tyrrell, 1,..5t5:....._, 3. 0 , !Wiest's, Afr ° • aged 2 , 0 0 .----- - r- - -----____::_- —__-------- IDO I London: Mated and Published by No. 112, Strand , at The Sfx!. 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