The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Archbishop of Canterbury has re turned a reproving enswer to a complaint msile to him of Tractarianism in the sermons of a Rev. Mr. Shaw. We can say nothing about this case, as we have no evidence on it before us. But we can say that it immediately concerns the clergy more than the laity, that cases of this kind should be probed to the bottom, and not dismissed on ex parte evidense. Unless the clerical order, by itself constituted the Church—in which case, Puseyite development threatens it with having the Church all to itself—the laity must necessarily be allowed, directly or indirectly, to have a voice in the matter of the teaching they are to listen to. This is unavoidable, so long as listening is not com pulsory. We grant that, if the New.naniac van guard of. Puseyism could have things their own way—if reconciliation with 'Rome /were effected which the Newmanizoterie declare the first indispen sable requisite—if the noble and glorious company of St. Ignatius had its effective force fully reorganised, and if the Secular Arm could be forced to execute what ever the Infallible Church, by its Pope, had thcreed —the daily defections from High Church congrega tions might be viewed with indifference—or viewed simply as arguments for preparing sufficient dragoon force to drive the flock back to the fold. In the meantime, however, nothing of all this has, as yet, been accomplished. " Protestants, an I other heretics," have the assurance still to think themselves constituents of the Church. They have the assurance still to think that something else than obedience belongs to laymen ; and that something else than Jesuitism should be the model contemplated by their guides. They have the assurance to laugh to scorn the miraculous sacerdotal system again sought to be accredited. They do not contest the right of another Church to believe new wonders, and canonise new Saints. They do not contest the right of Roman Catholics to believe that St. Alfonso Liguori, while praying to the Virgin-in a congregation, was raised two feet from the pulpit, afkl turned, in rising, to the image of that Blessed Lady, whose countenance miraculously beamed upon him. But they do contest the right of English Churchmen to write as follows of the system of casuistry revived by that, and such other modern Saints, in moral matters: —" The tender but pure system of discipline intro duced into Italy by St. Alfonso towards the conclu sion of the last century, though it met with clamour and opposition from the rigid party, has probably been one main cause of the singular revival of spirituality in that part of the Church." It is well known to those who have looked into these matters, that the Jesuitical management of the con fessional—which " the noble and glorious company of St. Ignatius" are re-introducing in France and Italy—has always been one of the things most obnoxious to moral censure about their institute. It hag always, however, been one of the main elements of their power. The license exercised to distinguish and extenuate at discretion in all cases brought before them; is the sure recipe employed by men of the world engaged as soldiers of Christ, or rather soldiers of the Pope, for such has been, from the beginning, the Jesuit servicc-e-to attract weak men, and weaker women, into the great net which they spread ever all Europe. They are spreading that net again. Are they not? Is there no meaning in the fact that English clergymen have the impudence (that is the word) to hail them noble and glorious—to hail their permanence as a standing miracle ? Is there no meaning in the fact that French education is grasped at in their name ; mat rulers, philosophers, p:ofessors, all men who will not bow to their gentle yoke, are asssailed with every infamous inven tion of cell-bred slander ? They are too precipitate — the scribes of the Univers—the myrmidons of M de Montalembert. That notable Jesuit and Peer of France is, by half, too plain-spoken. The Dublin Review never did n worse service to the cause it supports than by publishing the haughty summons of that lay-preacher of Jesuit Mariolatry. The pear is not ripe ; not ripe' even in France ; far less in England. France haS not forgotten the old independent distinctions of her own Church. That Church, indeed, is now low enough ; a miserable multitude of despised parish priests are helpless enough against any impulse which ke stronger organisation may give them. But France is nit Bel gium : the intellectual republic of Paris cannot be itgain priest-ridden. It is more than a sally of Yt lilichelet that France expelled a dynasty to rid herself of Jesuit direction—and would expel ten dynasties more. Jesuitism is nothing but the volunteer force, or " auxilisry legion," of an Infallible Church. Implicit obedience to the earthly head of an Infallible Church was the grand scope of Jesuitism. This was, from its origin, an offensive warfare against the common sense of all Europa. Again and again Europe has expelled the sable militia which tormented her. Again and again they have made resurrection—and the Newinanite standing miracle again lifts its head. In this we hold there is nothing miraculous. The miracle, we think, if there is any, consists in the modern tolerance of a pretension—for enforcing whicll Jesuitism furnishes the best machinery. The preten sion is, that implicit obedience is due to any autho rity on earth. Admit that pretension ; and Jesuit agencies to work it follow in natural order. STANDARD.—It is not difficult to account for the contempt with which certain writers affect to treat agricultural meetings. It is by such meetings that the writers in question have been most effectually opposed—driven from their free trade doctrines and fixed duty projects to take re- , fuge in an ungracious and most reluctant silence. It may be true that much of novelty is not to be expected at •an agricultural meeting, but are such meetings useless ? If so, universities, colleges, and schools are useless, for they are all employed in to aching things previously well known to some. Neither universities, colleges, schools, nor agricul . tural meetings are useless, for though what they teach is not new in the abstract it is new to those to whom they teach it. The speech of Lord Stanley, at the late Liverpool meeting, happily illustrates the value of teaching old truths to those by whom those truths, though old, had never been duly appreciated. There had been scarcely any farmers or landlords in England for some centuries ignorant of the fact, that the inure money jadiciously laid out in draining and manuring land, the mere productive the land is made to the, farmer, and the more valuable his estate is rendered to the landlord. Yet how few, comparatively, are the farmers and landlords who seem to have profited by this knowledge? Now, one effect of agricul tural meetings is to remind the dull or negli gent of such plain truths as this, and to stimu late them by the intelligence that others are reminded of these truths also, and that if they do not act upon them, they will be left be hind; yes, when a farmer is made aware that his neighbours are, to some extent, about to reduce the money price of produce by greatly augmenting its amount, he must set to work to improve his crops, too, or he will surely be left in the lurch. Here, however, seems to arise a difficulty, as farmer and landlord are both equally interested in the improve ment of the land, who is to pay the cost?—and if both, in what proportions are they to pay it ? Lord Stanley solves the difficulty, by an appli cation of the rule as old at least as the civil law—" Qui sentit lucrum, sentiat et onus," — a rule most successfully and satisfactorily adopted by the Earl of Derby, the Earl of llarrowby, Mr. Barneby, and many other noblemen and gentle men. VVhere a tenant has a lease for a term, let him expend in profitable improvemeet an amount proportioned to the value of his term, and no more, unless his landlord lends it ; and where the tenantcy is at will, let the landlord advance money for improvement, upon a reasonable interest. Experience has shown that upon average land farmers may make twenty per cent. of money for which they pay but five, while landlords en sure from one to two per cent. upon th e mere loan, plus the immensekain ,by ,the ,permanent. impeovement of their , estates ? Is it not of som e worth, that through 'agricultural meetings this is known to all the landlords and farmers of the. country ?—that every improving landlord is re minded to say to his tenant, dr a i n an d i mprove the land, and I will lend you the money (which I can borrow at 3i) at 5 per cent„ and that the improving tenant is reminded to say to his landlord, "I am willing to drain and manure the farm I hold from you, if you will only grant me or procure me a loan at the legal rate of interest." In the present state of the money market, it must be shameful, when such things are known, to every landlord or farmer who neglects necessary improvements ; snd this reminds us of a material omission of the noble Secretary for the Colonies. His Lord ship forgot to remind his hearers that to the Cabinet of which he is so distinguished a support and ornament, the country owes not only the auspicious state of the money market, but the. perfect safety of investments in agricultural improve ment--for safe these investments would not be were it not for the moderate and efficient corn-law of 1842. That law it is which has ruined the League and muzzled even our " fixed duty" friends. &MAINE CAgE —. Wednesday an i nques t was h e ld on the body of a . female chikl, who h a d on reac hi ng h ome from school, where she had ear!cli3erfectly well, been se i z ed with 'violent vomiti ng, ilswhich continued for two hours; and though medic afa ' exani ali nit a t tyord ! d she died it was found' next day. On a post morten - that the brain and lungs were Sufficientl y con gested to cause death : no trace of poison could betscovered, though from the state of the stomach the surg e on opinion some active poison had been taken. Witwnesasses of . were examined at considerable length, includi ng a ser vant at the school, who stated that one of the scholars had been in the habit of giving deceased paints to play with, though none had been seen for some time in the child's possession. The jury found that " the death proceeded from congestion of the lungs and brain, and not from violence." LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT. Oct. 24. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY.) OSBORNE V. NUNN. This was an action brought by a gentleman named Osborne against the defendant, Alicia Nunn, who is well known in the musical world, to recover the amount of a bill of exchange at three months for 15/. A clerk from the office of Messrs. Temple and Burden, solicitors, of Furnival's Inn, appeared for the plaintiff. The action was undefended, and it was the only case that stood for trial to-day. Miss Nunn had pleaded that she was married to her present husband, Isaac Clark Pray, formerly the editor and proprietor of the Evening Star newspaper, at the time of drawing the bill of exchange. Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY—Is the defendant pre sent, or does any one attend in her behalf ? No one having answered, a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 151. ss. . . - COURT OF'BANKRUPTCF,• Oct. 24'. IN' RE -CHAPMAN AND HALL. ` Sir C. F. Williams was engaged the whole morning in hearing evidence in the above case. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Baron ROLFE.) THE CASE OF THE AUGUSTA. Their Lordships took their seats at ten o'clock, im mediately upon which, in consequence of the decision pronounced on Wednesday, Capt. Jennings was placed at the bar. Mr. PAYNE, who is counsel for the prosecution, then applied for a further postponement of the trial, on the ground of the expected arrival of Captain C. Hill, the Governor of one of the British possessions on the Gold Coast. If his application was granted, there would be no objection on the part of the prosecution again to admit the prisoner to bail. Mr. PRENDERGAST, on behalf of the prisoner, opposed the motion. The prisoner had been indicted for carry ing on an illegal traffic in slaves. That charge had been preferred against him as long ago as the conclusion of last year, and the Court had been so sufficiently satisfied with the explanations which had been given on the part of the prisoner, that since that period it had admitted him from time lb time to bail. At the last sessions the prisoner pleaded mitre fois acquit on the ground that be had been tried at. Sierra Leone by a competent tribunal, for the same offence, and acquitted, and that therefore he could not be tried again for the same offence. The Court, it was true, had decided yesterday against the validity of the plea, but still Captain Jennings was anxious that his trial should take place as soon as possible. Mr. Baron ROLFE observed that the trial had been postponed from time to time to afford Captain Jennings an opportunity of obtaining a copy of the judgment of the Court in Sierra Leone. in order that he might from it make out his defence. lie had put in a certain plea, and that had been held by the Learned Judges who heard it to be of no weight. He could not, therefore, see on what ground the application was made. Mr. PRENDERGAST pressed for proceeding with the trial. Captain Jenning had been in custody four or five times, which he submitted, taken together, formed a long imprisonment. The prosecution had been commenced nearly two years ago, and was it to be supposed that the parties who conducted the prosecution were not aware of the charge they had made, or the means of sus taining it. If, however, their Lordships should think that the trial could not, at the present time, be proceeded with, he was in hopes that the Court would make a peremptory order that it should be taken first at the next sessions. Mr. CLARKSON appeared on the same side, and sub mitted that the case ought to be tried the first at the next sessions. Mr. PAYNE said that if the prisoner, Captain Jennings. had been tried with Zulueta, the result on that occasion would have been different. Upon that occasion, how ever, ha was noa est inventus, but 2.3 s lon as Zulweit was acquitted, the non est inventus of Captain Jennings was lost, and the reality became apparent. The Captain ap peared in Court, he showed a bold front to his accusers, he defie I them to prove anything against him, and under these circumstances he thought it was not asking too much of the Court to postpone the trial to next session. Mr. CLARKSON observed that the trial of M. Zulueta took place on the 21st of October last year, and the pri soner at the bar, Captain Jennings, was in custody on the 12th. Some further discussion took place, which ended in Mr. Baron ROLFK directing the trial to stand over to the next session. Captain Jennings was then again admitted to bail on his former sureties, and immediately afterwards quitted the Court. James Ball, 30, was indicted for a felonious assault upon Lucy Leser. When the prisoner was placed at the bar he inti maicici that he expected counsel had been employed on his behalf. Mr. Baron Roire asked him if he had employed a professional man ?—The prisoner said he had not, but the deputy-governor of the gaol had undertaken to provide counsel for him. Mr. WimuNs complained of this course of pro ceeding, and said that the proper course, when a pri soner was not in a position to employ an attorney, was for him to hand over the depositions or the state ment of his case to a counsel in open Court. Mr. Baron ROLFE said there should be some inquiry, And he directed the deputy-governor to be sent for. 'That functionary soon afterwards came into court, and, in answer to questions from the Bench, he said that the prisoner had handed him a sum of money to provide counsel, andj he had given it to the governor, who, he understood, would engage counsel for the prisoner. Shortly afterwards Mr. Ballantine rose and said that he bad been requested by Mr. Cope to watch the case on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. WiLioNs said that the prisoner had, no doubt, made a judicious selection of a counsel, but he must say he did not think it a proper course for the officers of the gaol to act in this manner on behalf of pri soners. It placed the whale of the bar under the favouritism of the governor or the deputy-governor of the gaol. Baron ROLFE did not see any harm in the pro ceeding, If a prisoner fancied the governor was qualified to choose a counsel for him, he did not see how the Court could prevent it. The trial then proceeded, and the prisoner was eventually convicted of an assault, and he was sen tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months. • Mr. PARRY then addressed the Court in reference to what had taken place upon the subject of the de fence of the prisoner, and wished to know whether the members of the .bar were to understand that the judges sanctioned or approved of the proceeding of the governor or deputy-governor of the prison employing counsel for prisoners. Mr. Baron ROLFE said he had not expressed any approval of the proceeding, but what he said was, that if a prisoner chose to consult the governor as to whom he should employ for counsel, he did not see how it could be prevented. George Weston, 23, John Cooper, alias Tunberlake, 27, and George Jackson, 23, were indicted, the two first-named 'prisoners for stealing twelve sovereigns and other property, belonging to Edward Blundell, and the other prisoner, Jackson, for receiving a por tion of the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Simon conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Baldwin defended the prisoner Cooper. The other prisoners had no counsel. The circumstances under' which the robbery was committed were of a most cruel and heartless cha racter. The prosecutor was in the service of a builder in the Belvidere-road, and on the 27th of August he went to his work, as usual, leaving his wife, who had only been confined a fortnight, and her nurse, at home. Shortly afterwards the prisoner Weston went to the house and asked to see the prosecutor's wife on particular business, and when she was introduced to him he told her bat a very unpleasant circum stance had taken place, that her husband had been taken into custody upon the charge of robbing his em ployers, and that he was a police-constable, in plain clothes, who was sent with a warrant to search the house. The poor woman was, of course, dread= fully alarmed at the story, and, not suspecting Anything . wrong, lhe ,opened t ,opened boxes, rand cupboards, And,' produced twelve. sovereigns,, some silver-spoons, and some. articles of jewellery, all of which the prisoner put in the drawers. After a close search he said that lie did not find any property he expected, and' he would write a retter to the officer on duty at the station-house, which she had better take, and at the same time see her husband. He at the same time said that a young man in the employ of her husband's master, was waiting outside, and he would accompany her to the station-house. The poor woman, anxious to see her husband, and of course under very great alarm and agitation, consented to do as Weston suggested, and he then called the prisoner Cooper, who was standing outside the house, and asked him to go with Mrs. Blundell to the station house, and he would take charge of the property while she was gone. Cooper and the prosecutor's wife ac cordingly went away together, and when they had gone a short distance, Cooper, under some pretence, left her, and as he did not come back so soon as he had promised, her suspicion was excited, and she returned home, when she discovered that the moment she had left Weston had decamped with all the property he could lay his hands upon. The only evidence against Jack son was, that he had formerly lodged in the house of the prosecutor, and that when he was taken into custody a wedding-ring, which was believed to have been the one stolen from the prosecutor's house, was seen on his finger; but as he afterwards contrived to get rid of it, here was no possibility of identifying the article. The jur found Western and Cooper Guilty, and acquitted Jackson. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Common-Sergeant MIRMHOtTSE.) George Obehouser was indicted for feloniously steal ing, at the parish of St. Luke, Old-street, in the county of Middlesex, on the 25th day of May, 1844, one cask, of the value of 35., and 841bs. of a certain colour called Chinese blue, of the value.of Si., the goods and chattels of Thomas De la Rue and others, to whom he was servant. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBE I R 25 1844. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Alfred Fry conducted the pro ; secution, and Mr. Ballantyne appeared for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON having stated the case, Henry Turner was called and examined by Mr. Fry, and depised as follows :—I am in the employ of Messrs. Dickinson and Co., wholesale stationers, in the Old Bailey, in the capacity of warehouseman. I have seen the prisoner once ; it was at the end of May or in the beginning of June in this year. He brought a cask of colour about that time to Messrs. Dickinson's ware house. I received an invoice with it ' • there was a ticket or kind of card on it, marked 65, Old Bailey. I received the cask from the prisoner. I took possession of it, and gave it to our carman to go down to the mills, to Home Park mill, King's Langley. That is one of the mills belonging to Messrs. Dickinson. I wrote Home Park mill " Home P. mill," I think, ou the card. The card being afterwards shown to the witness with the writing; he, said " that,is, my handwriting?' Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—I know no thing of the colour myself. I delivered the invoice to Mr. Patrick. Thomas Patrick called and examined by Mr. CLARK SON—I am a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Dickinson and Co.. On, or about the 25th of May last an invoice was presented to me; li cannot say whether by the por ter or the prisoner. The prisoner was the man who came to the warehouse. ,(The invoice was here pro duced by Sergeant Brannan,. and handed to witness, who, Maing looked at it, said that was the bill of parcels presented' to me while the prisoner was in the house.) I paid the prisoner the amount, 61. 9s. 6d. The bill underwent the ordeal of being sent down to be examined, and having come back with the signature of the person who received the goods, the amount was paid. Cross-examined—Messrs. Dickinson are very large paper manufacturers. lam not in the working depart ment, nor do I think there is any one here in that de partment. James Brannan called and examined by Mr. CLARK SON—I am the same Brannan who is here so often. I am a sergeant of the G division of police. On Friday, the sth of September last, I went to Messrs. Dick inson's warehouse in the Old Bailey, and there received the bill of parcels now put into my hands. In consequence of what I then learnt I went to the mills of Messrs. Dickin son and Company, at King's Langley, and the servant there pointed out the cask now produced. Inspector Shackell marked it in my presence. I then took the card now produced from the cask, and also a sample of the blue, and the cask was produced at the next examination on the ,following day. Joseph Shackell called, and examined by Mr. Fat—l am an inspector of police. I went with the last witness on the sth of September, in this year, to Messrs. Dick inson's Mill at king's Langley. I marked the cask in his presence, and took a sample from it, which I brought up to town. Mr: Warren De La Rue called, and examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am one of the prosecutors—the firm con sists of four persons. lam a member of the Chemical Society. By the COURT—One of the partners is named Thomas, and is my father. • By Mr. CLARKSON—The making of coloured papers is one branch of our trade—it is a chief branch. I have turned my attention to the manufacture of Chinese blue. There are a great many Chinese blues. which all the trade use. I have turned my mind to the manu facture of a superior colour, of a constant tint. It is a great fault with the common blues that they are not of a constant colour. The Chinese blue I make is manu factured by a process of my own. No one out of my firm has any knowledge of the means by which I make it. In September I received information which induced me to send for the prisoner. He was a grinder, an ink grinder, and confidential storekeeper of colours. The colour is not ground, but he assisted me in making it. In consequence of what I heard I asked him if he had sold any blue to any person in the trade. He said " No." I asked him if he had sold any to Messrs. Dickinson. He said, " No." I then asked him whether he had made any blue. He denied having done so. My father was present. I then told him we had a person in the next counting-house who could prove he had sold some. He then admitted he had sold some. He said he had sold some, and made it at home. I then asked him to describe the process by which he had made it, if he made it all, and the quan tities of the materials he had used ; and he told me the wrong proportions. I asked him the proportions, which he told me, and I wrote them down on this paper (pro ducing it). They are 71bs. of prussiate of potass, 71bs of copperas, 71bs. of sulphuric acid, one-third of 141bs. of copperas, one-fourth of 141bs. of sulphuric acid, and one-fourth of 1 llbs. of nitrous acid. 1 also asked him to describe the apparatus he had made it in ; and he de scribed having made use of an iron pot, and a few tubs he had by him. I then asked him, whether any one in the house knew he had made it ? He said, " No." I asked him if his wife knew of it ? He said, "No ;" he made it when she was in bed. And knowing that large portions of nitrous fume are given off, and it would be impossible for any one • in the house not ,to know it was being made, as it would almost suffocate them, I sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody. I afterwards sent down the officers to King's Langley, to see what he had sold to Messrs. Dickinson. I cannot say the tub produced is our tub, but we have such tubs. I have no doubt that article is my manufacture. According to the account the prisoner gave me, I am sure he could not have made it. By his process it would have seemed green. I have no doubt the colour produced is mine. Cross-examined: by Mr. BALLANTYNE-At the time I questioned the prisoner I wrote the paper I have just read from. I wrote that very paper. I will allow you to look at it. My father was present at the time. I remembered all these matters at the police-court. I told my solicitor of this conversation and also the magistrate, but he stopped me. This is the memorandum I made at the time; it has not been touched since, but kept in my pocket-book. The altera tion you mention of oil of vitriol for copperas was a mis take—copperas stands for oil of vitriol. It is not the same article, although called copperas in the paper. It was the oil of vitriol. There is no other mistake that I am aware of. Sulphuric acid is mentioned again in the other part of the process ; it is mentioned in two distinct parts. I can recollect the exact proportions of the materials I use ; but I ,would not communicate them. I could tell them one after another, if you were to ask me. • I have been making this colour about two years. The prisoner knows nothing of the mixing of colours. I have employed him merely M a labourer. He used to assist me. and was always present when I made the colour. There are two things it is composed of he never saw me weigh. The least propqrtion of sulphuric acid, and nitrous acid.—(The rest t:f the answer was not given. The question having been o. t .'• jetted to by the witness's counsel.) We make a cwt. of materials at once. We manufacture it in our own yard in Bunhill-row. That is where we give off these nitrous fumes. Bunhill-row is a thick densely-populated neigh bourhood with many poor people round us. There is no inconvenient result that I know of in the neighbourhood from the making of the colour. It has never been complained of. About lib. of each of the materials will make 2klbs. of the material. We don't sell the blue, we use it simply for the manu facturing of our own paper and cards. We don't part with it to any one. There is one material that is very expensive. The prisoner said he had used 71bs. of it at time. At first hand it is now ls. 10d„ sometimes 2s. 6d. per lb. in large quantities, We do not use a steam-en gine, but make it in large vats and steam pipes. Re-examined by Mr. CLanxsom—Prisoner was in our employ and receiving our wages on the 25th of May, and had been for five years. lie was a weekly servant, employed from morning till night. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTYNE then addressed the jury for the prisoner ; after which The COMMON SERGEANT summed up. 'The jury having consulted for about twenty minutes, returned the following verdict :—" Guilty; • but we re commend the prisoner to mercy ; and we are of opinion that there is a great want of caution on the part of Messrs. Dickinson in purchasing of a common labourer." There was another indictment against the prisoner, which was not pressed. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced him to six months imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc. tio - n, observing, that had the prisoner not been a fo reigner the punishment would have been much severer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Wednesday Isaac Higg aged twenty-eight, a paper stainer, lodging in Upper Ground-street, Lambeth, was brought , before Mr, Alderman Wilson; charged with committing a murderous assault-on Robert Col lins, a city-policeman, who wad or:l.day In'St.- Paul's Churchyard on Sunday night. Mr. Wolfe defnded tfie prisoner. Robert Collins 'deposed that he, law the prisoner committing a nuisance against the lamp-post,.at the edge of the pavement; between Ilea and Allan's and the Chapter House ' and a female was standing by -his side, playing with him. Wipless took hold of his arm, and saying that lie 'was very indecent, led himi towards the dead wall, and ordered the female to move on. The prisoner went to the wall, but turned round and said, "George, you are a rogue." Witness replied, he had better mind what he was say ing, or he would get into the wrong. Witness told the female, who had stopped, to qo on. She did so, and witness walked after her. I'he prisoner came after him, and instantly struck him a blow on the forehead. Witness collared him, and said, " You shall, go to the station-house now." The prisoner said, "You shan't take 'me." Witness drew his truncheon, but at the same moment received another blow with the prisoner's stick, and by a push or some means was thrown down. The prisoner also fell, but got up first, wrenched the truncheon from him, and struek him on the forehead. Ile had no recollection of what occurred afterwards. This evidence was confirmed, and the prisoner was committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Asne Jennings was placed before Mr. Hall, charged with throwing a bason of boiling soup over Dennis Bryan. The complainant stated that he was a waiter at an eating-house in Great Earle-street, Seven-dials. The prisoner, in a state of half-intoxication, came in and called for a bason of soup, and as soon as she had got it she threw it into his face, whereby his eyes and face were very much scalded. The prisoner, when called upon for her defence, laughed, and treated the whole affair as a joke. Mr. HALL said he would put a stop to these practical jokes. The prisoner must pay a fine of 205., and in de fault of payment, must be committed for twenty-one days. On being removed from the bar she intimated that where she came out of prison she would have her revenge upon the unfortunate waiter. • CLERXEN WELL. Mary Crawley was brought up on a charge of obstruct ing the footway by hawking a busket of fruit. Police Sergeant 10 N said the prisoner was hawking the fruit. lie had cautioned her repeatedly. She re mained in the same spot though he desired her to move on. The girl (crying) said she was endeavouring to sell a little bit of fruit, and that she moved on when the pollee constable told her. The policeman said his only object was to protect the public, who were greatly annoyed by the nuisance. Mr. COMBE discharged her with a caution. Wednesday, Elizabeth Lewis, a tall woman, was charged by Mr. James Lewis, veterinary surgeon, of Long-yard, Lamb's-conduit-street, with stabbing him. The prisoner, who was charged on a warrant, was so violent towards Bayson,' the officer, that he w4s, compelled to convey her to 'the Court in 'a cabriolet. _ It appeared that the parties had been married for twelve years, and the defendant was addicted to in temperance, and disposed of property to indulge her propensity. On Sunday last complainant remon strated with her on the impropriety of her conduct, and the bad example she afforded to her children, when she seized a fork, and running ;towards the door, stabbed him in the babk, and caused three wounds by its prongs. Ile turned round to reproach her, when she seized another fork and stabbed him under the right shoulder. She was secured, and wit ness was taken to the hospital, where his wounds were dressed. She had before maltreated him, and he felt his life to be in danger from her violence. The prisoner, in her defence said, the complainant abused her in a shameful manner. He struck her with a stick, and threw a chair at her. Complainant said, he held up the chair to save himself from the fork. He did not touch her before she stabbed him. He was still under the hands of the surgeon. Mr. COMBS (to the prisoner)—You must be com mitted till Friday next. Prisoner (crying) —Oh, pray do not send me to prison ; do not disgrace me. Mr. COMBE—You should have thought of that be fore you used such a weapon. —She was then com mitted. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Parker, a labouring man, was on Wednesday brought before Mr. Maltby, by Lacy, the messenger of St. George's Hanover-square on a charge of having caused the death of his wife, by refusing to allow her sufficient support. The case was not gone into, as an inquiry before the Coroner is to take place. The short facts appear to be, that a suspicion arose some time ago that the deceased was kept in a starving state by her hus band. The parish authorities were applied to, and a warrant was issued against the husband for neglecting to supply his wife with proper maintenance. The woman died before the warrant was executed, and as an impression got abroad that her death had been accelerated by her husband's unfeeling conduct, the warrant was put in force, and the man was taken into custody. Mr. MALTBY directed the prisoner to be remanded until the result of the investigation before the Coroner was known. Captain William Breedon was charged with having committed an unprovoked assault on a gentleman named Falconer, living at No. 7, Wilton-street. The complainant said he was walking along the Haymarket at twelve o'clock last night, when he suddenly received a blow on his body from the de fendant, who was a total stranger to him. The blow was so violent as to deprive him of his breath, and to cause considerable pain to him ever since. Mr. Willis, of No. 4, Trafalgar-square, saw the assault, which was 'premeditated and perfectly unpro voked. He had previously watched the defendant, who, as he passed along the street, menaced persons with his cane ; but he took special care to avoid any man whose bulk appeared likely to secure retaliation. The prisoner said he lived at Kennington. In re• ference to the assault, he merely said he had been quarrelling with his wife, and this had operated on his temper. fie had no intention of assaulting the com plainant. Mr. MALTBY inflicted the full penalty of 51., or two months' imprisonment. UNIONJIALL. Thomas Stelwell was charged before Mr. Trail with stealing two bushels of oysters, belonging to William Smith, a green-grocer at Clerkenwell. The prisoner was employed by the complainant to carry home two bushels of oysters. Instead, however, of taking the oysters home the prisoner absconded, and was taken into custody the preceding night. In reply to Mr. num', the prisoner said that being hungry he ate the oysters. Mr. TRAML (with surprise)—What ! two bushels of oysters I Why, you have achieved greater wonders in gluttony than the man Dando, who was notorious for consuming large quantities of the same description of shell- fish. Prisoner—lt's a fact, Sir, I ate them all. - Mr. Ta.tn.i.—Then I shall commit you for trial.— Committed aceordiugly. Wednesday, Eliza Dasis, late inmate of the Female Penitentiary at Pentonville, was brought up on re mand, charged with robbing William Wyatt, in the employ of a mercantile firm in the City. When the case was called on, Mr. Payne, the bar rister, said 'that since the previous examination, Mrs. Lune, the matron of the Penitentiary, had been com municated with, and she distinctly denied ever having had such a conversation with the prisoner as she al leged, with respect to a meeting in Bond-street to arrange matters. That Mrs. Lane was now in at tendance to disprove the assertion alluded to, if it was deemed necessary to ask her ; but that, under all the circumstances, Mr. Wyatt, the complainant, had avowed he erred himself on the occasion in suffering himself to be. entrapped by the prisoner into an un. fortunate liason with her. Although it would be proved she had robbed hint of the property, yet that lie had no desire of proceeding with the charge, his main object being throughout to openly avow that, he had not authorised her to take the various articles. As, however, the complainant admitted he had erred himself on the occasion, he (the Learned Counsel) fully agreed that it was his best plan not to press the charge, unless the magistrate or the prisoner herself desirous he should proceed with the p rosecu ti on . we A l l r Payne then complained, on the part of his of ', u i n accuracy in the r e p or t o f t h e prev i ous exam describing that the com client, had auth or i se d th e pr i soner somei n in e o t ironni ng j .- 0 11 ; tieavcsiling pap er , an d cop i e d i nto that being the case, y the complainant throughout the 7 4101 e proceedings t p o l a t i a n k a e n h t is di p d ro n p o e t rt d y e . n ySo from de nied that he had ever given her such .7 4 t 116 ritY• Mr. TitAILL having questioned the pr.:^nee as to whether she wished the case to proceed or to n:" it withdrawn, and her answer being in accordance with the latter, she was therefore discharged. George Henry Brenton, an apothecary in Newport street, r. ambetl walk, was placed at the bar forexa• urination, charged with assaulting and causing the death of Mary, his wife. The deceased's brother attended, and stated that the inquest was held on her holy the preceding day, and that it was postponed with a view to have the attend ance of two gentlemen whose evidence would be likely to turn out of the utmost imp3rtance. Mr. TRAILL inquired if a pod inortem examination had taken place, and the witness replied in the affirma tive, and at the same time handed in a certificate of two medical gentlemen, which declared that her death was attributable to disease of the lower portion of the spinal column, which appeared to have been produced by violence. Mr. TRAILL—Was there any testimony adduced of the lady having received any violence at the hands of the accused ? The witness,,in reply, said there was none but that of the nurse, who heard the scuffling in the bedroom on the night of the alleged violence. The accused inquired . if Mr. Fisher was present at tbe post modem. Riamination ; a his wife, .that gentle;; man having attended her accouchement, - and there fore qualified to describe • her; particular condition during that period, and thedangerous'symptornS un der which she laboured, and which would accnunt for her dissolution ?—The witness, in answer, said that the coroner had ordered .the attendance of the gentleman alluded to; upon which the prisoner-•re. quested that Mr. Jones might.be_summoned to attend, as he could also give some important testimony in - the case. • . The prisoner was then remanded until Friday. WORSHIP -STREET. Wednesday Thomas Smith, alias Richard Sheldrick, who has been many times examined with Henry Mil ler, Sarah Dewar, alias Miller, and the rest of a gang who have carried on a most extensive system of swindling, was placed at the bar before Mr. Brough ton, upon a distinct charge of forgery. Mr. Michael Levy Green, and. Ephraim Levy Green, his brothr, clothiers, in Houndsditch, proved that early in September two persons, who called themselves George and James Truman, of Acton, or dered goods to the amount of 501., giving a reference to Mr. Dewar, 22, Ashford-street, Hoxton, an.l Mr. Ephraim Green proceeding to that place to make in quiry, saw a girl, who said she was Mr. Dewar's daughter, and that her father was out, but she went for him, and in a few minutes returned with the pri soner now at the bar, who, on being asked, said that his name was Henry Dewar, and spoke so highly of the two prisoners calling themselves Truman, that the 501. worth of goods were supplied, 201. being paid in cash, and the prisoner's acceptance taken for the remainder. On .the 9th of September, a bill for 291. 18s. was accordingly drawn up in the presence of the prisoner, who accepted it in his assumed name of Dewar. It was not due till the 12th of November, but in the mean time the parties had disappeared, and the house was shut up, and the complainants being, a few days since, applied to by Sergeant Dubois, found the prisoner in custody at this Court in the Lame of Thomas Smith. The bill was produced, and the acceptance identified as having been written by the prisoner. Mr. Healey, of Newington-green, stated that he is owner of the house referred to at Hoxton, and in the month of July let it upon a written agreement for three years certain, to a person who then called him self Henry Dewar. That person, however, was not the prisoner now at the bar, but the other prisoner in custody, of the name of Henry 21iller. The witness had never received any rent, and had lately regained possession of his house. The prisoner now said he did not deny what had been stated, but he handed in a letter and another paper, purporting to be a written authority to accept the bill in that name. Police-constable Wood, 277 N, proved that when he and the other officers were in possession of the house in Harvey-street, Hoxton, to which Miller and Sarah Dewar, : who passed as his wife, were. traced afpr ,they •had decamped from Hammersmith, the prisoner now at the bar knocked - at the door, and, seeing the witness there, became agitated, and said he wanted to see Mrs. Dewar. When told that he must be detained, he declared that he was a respect able tradesman at Mitcham, and his name Richard Apsell. •An officer. being dispatched to Mitcham without loss of time, found that the prisoner had re cently taken a house-of business there, and obtained possession of a heap of letters and papers relating to the proceedings of the swindling gang in various other places. Mr. BROUGIITON said that, in his opinion, the charge now before him was a clear case of forgery, and he should remand the prisoner, to be ultimately com mitted upon that as well as the other cases. The prisoner was identified as having, in the year 1832, been committed from WorAilp-street to Istew gate, with a person named Frost, for stealing a quan tity of wine and brandy, which they had ordered from a house in the City. On that occasion he gave his name Richard Sheldrick, and he and Frost were trans ported for seven years, William Thompson, alias Johnson, with his wife and daughter, another party of the numerous gang of swindlers, were brought up for reexamination, and committed upon several charges, but remanded upon others. The male prisoner in this case was stated to have been before committed, and his son, Charles Jones, alias Fetch, alias Thompson, who is in custody at this Court upon a separate charge, has also been convicted and transported. Alfred Edwards, the young man who has been a considerable time in custody, and repeatedlyexamined upon a charge of having murdered Jane Gregory, by infusing poison in some brandy and bitters that he had given her, was brought up on Wednesday for some additional evidence. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Mur der" against the prisoner several weeks since, but the evidence was very defective, and last week the body was exhumed, and some of the viscera extracted for further chemical analysis. Mr. Leeson, lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospital, who had, in the first instance, extracted some metallic lead from the coats of the stomach, stated on Monday:that in the kidneys he had, by the application of chemical tests, discovered what appeared to be minute traces of some combination of mercury and lead, but unless he could produce the metals them selves he would not positively affirm their presence. He stated yesterday, however, that he had since Mon day completed an analysis of a portion of the kidney, from which he obtained a distinct globule of mercury, and was now enabled to say positively that some pre paration of mercury and of lead had been taken by the deceased. These metals combined would cause death, and he had no doubt, under all the circum stances, that the deceased had died of poison. Mr. 13ROUGHTON said that, upon the Coroner's jury, the prisoner must be tried for murder, but it was such an important case, requiring such minute investiga tion, that it could not be properly prepared for trial at the present session, and he should therefore remand the prisoner until the next. The witnesses were bound over by the Coroner for the present session, but the Court would be moved for a postponement of the trial, and it was intimated that the law officers of the Crown would act for the prosecution. The prisoner, who seemed exceedingly dejected, was then removed from the bar. CONVERSION OF SIX HUNDRED ROMAN CATHOLICS TO PROTESTANTISM. The remarkable conversion of an entire commune, consisting of upwards of six hundred Roman Ca tholics, has been effected by the simple reading of the Scriptures, circulated by the agents of the London Bible Society. The commune is called Villefavard, and is situated in France. We take the following account of the conversion from a letter of Mr. D. Pressensee, published in the Bible Society's Monthly Extracts : " I have already spoken to you of the labours of the Bible Colporteurs in the department of the Haute Vienne (Limoges), and of the good effected by them in a commune consisting of six hundred and more Roman Catholics, where the reading of the Scriptures has led the people to make inquiries after a religion more consonant with the truths of the Gospel. I have also already mentioned that the Popish clergy have done all in their power to stop this movement, and the active and strong manner in which they have been seconded by the authorities ; yet, notwithstand ing all this, the perseverance on the part of the in habitants of Villefavard (the name of the commune here spoken of) has triumphed over every obstacle. They have come to the happy conclusion, not by violently resisting the authorities and the priests, but by declaring as one man (fur not a single individual among them manifested the smallest hesitation) that they were firmly resolved to embrace the Protestant Evangelical religion. " On Sunday, the 7th Sept., the church, on which the seals had been placed by order of the Sub-Pre fect, with a view to prevent the Gospel from being preached in it, was at length opened, and given up to the inhabitants, whose property it is. The labours at this time carrying on in the fields kept many from attending ; but still the church itself was not only full, but there were 'as many as it held standing on the outside. Mention is made of 1,820 persons from Villefavard and the neighbouring communes having been present. During the two hours that the service lasted, the crowd, in the church and outside, re mained stationary, attentive, and deeply affected. Three pastors officiated on the occasion. At the con clusion of this meeting many persons from the sur rounding communes, who had previously entreated the minister recently established at Villefavard to visit them and to converse with them on the Holy Scriptures, repeated their request afresh; and there is reason to hope that the spark, which has thus fallen in the midst of the department, may soon be I ;:ntiled, and burn in all directions. "< in - the meantime,' writes the friend from who m nn has been obtained, ►we behold a air gur g e . (that is, their consisting . 4 more than 600 souls, passing e t h o the m above une, over, with their mayor, former cure, converted to Protestant.. ¢m' and becom e a teacher), and their church to the Protes:a nt faith, or at least to the Protestant worship ; and if all f:',7 not converted to the Lord, all will at least have, in future, an opportunity of hearing the Word of God. Even at present, the reformation which has been effected in the Commune of Villefavard maxifests its influence upon those around them who are still Ro man Catholics, by compelling their clergy to be less haughty and less exacting.' " THE FISHERMAN'S GIFT. On their journey they met a fisherman, who pre sented them with a basket of fish which he held in his hand ; Confucius thanked hnn for his good-will, and at first refused, but the fisherman persisted, and said, " What I offer is of little value, but I offer it with all my heart. You will perhaps not find any fish where you are going to-night. You are just there, Anil I shou,ld have a- longtime to travel •before 1 -reached-home, so that my fish-would be spoiled, and I should be,unable to sell iti I have had the good for tune to meet you, can I do better than in giving you the benefit which I cannot enjoy myself?' At these words Confucius advanced respectfully towards the man, took the gift which he offered him, thanked him warmly, and ordered his disciples to pre. , pare it as an offering to the ancestors. His disciples could not forbear displaying their surprise at his attaching so much importance to a thing of so little value, which a person of the lowest rank offered him only because he did not know what to do with it, and because he could make no use of it him self. Confucius answered, that it was not the value of the gift, nor the rank of the person who gave it, to which attention was to be paid ; but the integrity, the goodness of heart, and the sincerity of the giver whose intention was to oblige. "As for me," said he, " looking at the integrity, the sincerity, and good ness of heart of this fisherman, I own to you, I attach more value to what he has just offered me, than I did to the th o u san d measures o f rice wh i ch I formerly re ceived from the King of Lze."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. MALARIA CAUSED DT TILE DECOMPOSITION oF GREEN Woon.—Dr. Black states that in the year 1815, the ship of war, to which he was surgeon, took in a quantity of green wood at Demerara, for fire -wood. The ship was then healthy, but after being at sea for three weeks, and without being in any other port, fever, of a very violent congestive character, made its appearance among the men and officers, and the ship was ultimately obliged to run to Barbadoes, where forty men, and the doctor also, were carried to the, hospital. The ship afterwards returned to her cruising ground, it being thought she would sooner get, clear of the fever by being at sea than by lying in the harbour. The men's diet was also modified, as they had not been long from a cold climate ; the fever, however, continued to make its ravages, and the ship was again obliged to return to port. The hold was then overhauled, and tound to be very foul and fcetid from the green wood fermenting and decom posing. It was immediately cleared out, the men quar tered on shore, and the ship fumigated and white washed ; after which the men returned on board, but no more cases of fever occurred.—Medical Timm. IMPORTANT RAIL.VVAY INTELLIGENCE. On referring to a list of newly-projected lines railway, the promoters of which are actively prepar ing themselves for the earliest possible application to Parliament, it will be found the number of schem-,s amount to forty, extending over a distance of 2,173 miles, and involving an aggregate estimated expeT . ,_ diture of 39,695,0001. Of this number, five of 'the projected lines are in Ireland, amounti gto 2,695,000/., and extending over 237 miles; the remaining (!nor mous amount of 37,000,0001. being the estimate for lines in England. While it is certain that a great many of these competing lines will not be carried out, we may safely calculate on a good half, or 20,000,0001., being expended on railways in the next three years— a sum which, under present circumstances, will, we trust, have a most beneficial effect on the-, industrial clasSes of th e Community ; while the division. of so much capital into various channels must have its due effects on monetary affairs, and, by the increased in terest afforded by such undertakings, tend to keep down the price of Government funds, and induce still further to the carrying out of large scientific works, for increased facilities of communication between dis tant localities, the increase of trade and commerce, and the moral advancement of the human family. We are glad to see the railway system in Ireland be ginning to cause that interest in the moneyed world, which the subject deserves, and trust that the pro jectd lines will meet with the most favourable con sideration from Parliament; it will open a wide field for the employment of her population, and the cir culation of upw a rd s o f 2,000,0001, sterling in Ireland, within a limited period, would disseminate an incal culable amount of good. That there are good grounds for still farther extension of the railroad system, the following extraordinary increase which h as t a k en place in the gross receipts of twenty-one extensive lines in the first quarter of the present half-year, as compared with the same period of last year, will show : Birmingham and Gloucester £11,721 Chester and Birkenhead Edinburgh and Glasgow 1,541 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr 3,406 Grand Junction 7,591 Great North of England Great Western Liverpool and Manchester London and Birmingham 15,558 London and Brighton London and Croydon London and South-Western 8,399 Manchester and Birmingham 5,028 Manchester and Leeds 24,349 Midland Company 22,278 Newcastle and Carlisle North Union 9,041 Preston and Wyre 1,802 Sheffield and Manchester 2,771 Ulster York and North Midland 9,006 Total increase on the above 21 railways for the quarter, 187,6641.-Itlining Journal. THE MEEK REMONSTRANCE OF THE MAN IN BRASS. TO MR. ALDERMAN GIBBS. The last twenty years, Sir, I have always been one of the principal sights at the Lord Mayor's Show. When I say this, I needn't tell you that I am the man who rides in brass armour. I was brought up to the bar, but having, in consequence of a fatal modesty of temperament, failed as an Old Bailey pleader, I was compelled to make the most of my very fine figure by riding the high horse every 9th of November in a complete suit of mail. Denied the Old BaLey bar, I nevertheless still thought I could profit by brass in some shape. I confess it; I have very often thought myself elevated above my merits. When riding in state, and looking over the heads of certain Aldermen, I have thought that nature had created them with a larger claim to the brass than myself. Nevertheless, I have thought they had sufficient opportunity of exhibiting their native metal on the magistrate's bench and at Guildhall meetings. Here upon I did not feel wholly abashed at the unworthi ness of my elevation. Alas, Sir, now it is otherwise ! With you, elected as Lord Mayor, my position is gone. It is impossible that I can stand against such rivalry. I shall be no more thought of in the show than so much gilt gingerbread. Those who deign to look at me will turn away from my despised glories, as men turn away from bad money. " You the man in brass !" they will cry, vtith contemptuous belief, " Pooh, pooh !—a rascally counterfeit." And then, Sir, they will turn to a certain carriage, and, with an exulting about—a shout that, through my metal, must wither my very marrow—will acknowledge the pre sence of the true thing—the man of the greatest brass in all famed London's City. I beseech you, Sir, think of my condition. Let rue be paid, for I cannot forego the fee ; but, good Sir, dispense with.my services on the coming O'h of November. Why should Ibe set upon horseback, only to serve as a foil to your sur. passing merits ? Besides, to put metal upon metal is bad heraldry. Therefore, Sir, let me, on the imprt ant ninth, remain in the bosom of my family. Do not enforce my presence in the procession only to con quer me. As you are strong, be merciful ; and so you shall ever have the sympathizing admiration of, yours, eclipsed, —Punch. THE MAN IN BRASS ECONOMY of ARTIFICIAL LIGHT " Report of the fourteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Mon day, September 30. Section G. M chanical Science. On the Economy of Artificial Light for Preserving Sight. By Mr. J. Hawkins." " Few were aware," he said, "of the injury in flicted on the Sight by too much, or too little light, and by a sudden transition from gloom to light. He had tried several experiments with a view to procure a light of a medium description. He commenced with two common candles, alternately snuffing and leaving them unsnuffed, and measuring the intensity of the light. The result of this experiment was, that he found that the candle well snuffed, gave eight times the light of that which was unsnuffed. He then proceeded to a process of weighing, and found that one pound of the snuffed candles gave as much light as nine pounds of the unsnuffed candles." Mr. Hawkins further found that a pound of candles, to burn (like Price's Patent Candles) without snuff ing, gave the same light as four pounds snuffed in the usual way, say every ten minutes, and the same as eleven pounds unsnuffed altogether. After alluding to further experiments with Candles, and also with Oils, he concluded by recommending the Self-Snuff ing Candles in preference to Oil Lamps. Price's Patent Candles have for some time past been advertised as more economical than common tallow ones, because, not requiring to be snuffed, they give so much more light. The Patentees now pub lish the above extract as a remarkable confirmation of the truth of their assertions. Those who still persist in burning tallow moulds, or dips, in the idea that candles at sixpence per pound are necessarily cheaper those at a shilling p er p oun d, may now learn real economy there is in s uc h a course. how muc:: snuffed candles gi v i ng , as a b ove Pour pounds of shown, the same light as one pound of the self-snuffing ones, those who burn tallow candles at sixpence per pound are doing the same thing as if they paid two shillings per pound for Price's Patent Candles ; for they pay four sixpences for that quantity of light which one pound of these candles will give. They suffer, moreover, the bad smell, dirt, and annoyance, arising from the use of the snuffers every ten minutes, arid the injury to the eyesight, stated above, to follow the sudden transition from gloom to light when the candles are snuffed. Price's Patent Candles are sold by respectable dealers in most parts of the kingdom, but care must be taken to insist on being supplied with the real ones, as many imitations are made at low prices.for the slkopkeepprs, which,, on account of the greater profit, some of theM endeavour, and with too fre quent succes's, to palm upon the public as " just the same as the Patent Candles." The trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; or from Palmer and Co. ' Sutton-street, Clerkenwell.—From the Athenaum of Saturday, 19th October, 1844. INFERENTIAL RittOOF OF THE FALLACY OF THE ORGANIC THEORY OF DOCTORS. Compare the human body to a tree, with all its roots and branches, and then fancy Doctors giving thousands of different drugs, among which are num bered prussic acid, opium, mercury, &c., with a view to eradicate disease out of different parts of the body. Does it not seem an absurdity ? Hygeists, on the contrary, treat the human body as they would a tree going to decay, viz., by draining its roots of stagnant impurities—the sole cause of its body and branches being withered and in a dying state. Let Doctors, if they can, prove the fallacy of this analogy. Doc tors might just as well prescribe different remedies for the different branches of a tree gone to decay, as prescribe different remedies for different parts of the body. Are not trees and plants treated as a whole? So should it be with the human body. Issued by Morison and Moat, of the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the body of Hygeists, who contend, that since all diseases arise from one cause, namely, an impurity of the blood, they can be cured by the Vegetable Uni versal Medicine; which being composed of innocuous ingredients, may be taken by any person without the aid of a Doctor. PRINCELY THEFT.-It appears that Kennington common, whilom a place for cricket and other healthful sports, is to be built upon, to benefit the estate of the Prince of %Vales as Duke of Cornwall. These places have been called the lungs of a town. Surely to choke the lungs is hardly the best way to captivate the heart. Will the Prince of Wales be more beloved in Kennington if only known as the Prince of Bricks and Mortar ? Punch. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, OCT. 24.—Wind N.E. with rain. DEAL, O CT . 23.—Wi n d E. to E. by S.—Arrd. 'lberia, ILivannab for Antwerp ; Agree, Wetherell, Ne i York for A ms t er d am. S hl. Indemnity, Car of G °l l . Hope ; General Hewitt, Sydney ; Alice, Ichabo e ; Majesty's s hip Apollo, and stamer Tiede, wt-siaarl; The Carl Gristaf, of and for Stockholm, from St. Ufa got on the Goodwin Sands last night, and became wreck ; crew and materials saved. -0 nab. RAMSGATE, O C T. 23.—Ski. James Watt, Port licain ; Mary, St. Thomas's ; Pandora, Antigua. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind N.E. to E.-- - "'"" St. James, London for New York ; Vernon, London fo r Madeira ; and both proceeded. Ski. her Majesty's sh i l4 j, Queen, Caled on i a , stad St. Vincent, on a cruise. A r olf. Proteus, New York for Amsterdam. tit POOLE, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Julia " 1 , Wayland, Paraiba. i loss of bul war k s , h av i ng experieficed a severe ,S11"1811° the Western Islands. • PORTLAND ROADS, OCT. 23.—Sid. all the wind b°ll°4: PLYMOUTH, OCT. 23. Wind variable —Otf T l:6o° ' Quebec. FALMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind W.N.W• , Viscountess Canni ng , si erra L eone. SCILLY, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Recovery, Cardiff for 11: don, with loss of t o p masts , & c. Sid. all tha windb ou° MILFORD, OCT. 22.—Sld. Helen, Hardy, Cuba. „. FALMOUTH, OCT. 23.—The Victoria, from Ot ie t . s lying alongside th e pi er , di sc h arg i ng, tell over, l a st nig. b tide. The Adrustus, fr o m Ll ane ll y to Valparaiso , "' hie put in here 18th inst., leaky, is discharging to repair LIVERPOOL, OCT. 23.—Wi n d var i a bl e a nd Sid. Lena and Lord S an d on, I c h a b oe ; Heywoo d, Afri a ; Mentor, St. Thom as ; Ab er d een, N ew O r l ea ns. r id , back, Brenda, f o r Montreal, leaky, and with loss 4)f ring warks, and having b een struc k by a sea in ion. 23, du a heavy gale off R en i ze . Bathur st ' OFF MARYPORT, OCT. 23.—J ames R e d man , CLYDE, OCT. 22.—Arrd. Phenix , Saagstee, St nM New Brunswick. Ski. Glasgow, Madras and Ii 1 ; 14 mein ; Royal Exchange, Valparaiso ; Brazil P c ' Lavinia ; and Wave, Ichaboe. DUBLIN, OCT. 22.—S1d. Argent and Mariner, St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Dounes, CORK, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Sphynx, Ichaboe ; John L ip p, ley, St. John's, Ne w B runsw i c k . Ski . Ri c h ar d C°" for China. Off Charles Hamilton, Bay Chaleur. LEITH, OCT. 22.—Ar r d. M o l son, W r i g h t , Ichab ° 4 o , HULL, OCT. 22.—Arrd. B oa di cea, M organ , and gothland, Rogers, Ichaboc. WAINFLEET, OCT. 23.—The Clio, of SCarv ere ir drove ashore yesterd a y on Skegness Main but i s Ar „.e, pected off with trifling da mage , crew saved. ' Th e Ge iior Eden, from Yarmouth to Leeds, got ashore nea r to tsi thorp, yesterday, and is expected to become $ .„der wreck ; part of cargo (barley) washed out, the relntil saved in a damaged state ; crew saved. „ HARwICH, OCT. 23.—The sloop reported ashore °- p j, Shipwash was not asho re , b u t at anc h or un d e r the 5 ,. 11 00 GREENOCK, OCT. 22.—The B e ll ona , i n t h e Clyde , ti l t he Montreal, was in cont ac t, 16 t h inst., off Tuskar, ) 1 0 Lyrea, of London, from Li ver p oo l t o Hamburg'', " lost bowsprit, cutwater, topmasts, &c. MARKET NE WS-(YESTERP.A RAT MARZCZTS. , 101; SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4 ` 41 to Useful ditto, 41 12 s t o 51 ; fine Upland ditto , to 5/ is ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, I ,'„ o plf 1110 s ; Wheat Str aw , 11 lO s t o 1 / 12s per load. '"h but oderate, an trade rather d. l9si CU m MBERLAND.— d Coarse Meado ull w Hay, 3/ 125 to o l , " t* Useful ditto, 4/ 15s t o 51 ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, " to , 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 12s to 61; Oat Straw, 14 8 1 fltit lOs ; Wheat Straw, it lO s t o I/ I3s per load. 4 " average supply, and a steady demand. / 01; WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/105 t° 4 g to Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 51 7s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/10s ; Oat Straw , f oo l, to 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 13s Per Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. f SOUTHALL, OC T . 23.—W e h a d a f a i r su pply stock today, yet the demand was steady, at very 49; 40; prices. Beef, fro m 2 s 6d t o 4 s ; M utton, 2s Sa p er Veal, 3s 4d to 4 s 4d ; an d P or k , 2s G d to 32 8 A .- 70; Sibs. Supply :—Beasts, 60 ; Sheep, 2,020 ; Calv e ' Pigs, 50. wet° RomFoRD, OCT. 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep jot in demand, at somewhat improved rates. In 5 11 , 11 :", 4s I stock, very little w a s doing. Beef, from 2s earrotko Mutton, 2s Id to 4s ; V ea l, 3 s 4d to 4 5 ; 2s 6d to 3s fid per 81bs. Suckling Calves,__ lB2 :'&s* quarter-old Sto re Pi gs , 16 s to 20a ; and Mile° with their Small Calf; 161 to 18/ each. 3 II LEWES, OCT. 22.—B ee f, f rom 3s to 4 5 ; e -2s 10d to 4s ; V ea l, 3 s 6d to 4s ; and Pork, 33 t° 5 per Bibs. Supply moderate, and trade steady. CORN AVERAGES. $0 co dole GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITIS H vrOcasse For the Week end e d O ct 19 , 1 814, made up from the orod '', In pcctor in the diffi.re,t Cities and Town , inEnglanu - rd per Imperial Quarter. 4 1 pi Wheat .... ..... 46s 3d I Oats Barley Od Sd j Pea_Bear Beans :::.:•"...., 0 I AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEK' . a• *Ns' Weeks ending - mm.lx. IBAILLBY.I owre. I ays. -- , i 1 - -..-- 35 II 20 1 35 ! 37 3 ~,,3 5 0 35 6 20 5 35 , r i f ; 8 . ..o.' 1 34 5 20 5 37 3 -, A 51 0 33 9 20 6 57 5 .. ,-, 54 ig 33 6 20 6 lO 36 ~' A , 34 9 `...0 8 :13 0 36 ' f/. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES or THE FIX Wt '" 0,l Wheat 45s Ild. Oats ..... .... 20s. !d.I Beam ..... .... 5 1 4 ' 8ar1ey...." 34a. &L I Rye - DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 0 11 B W a r il l ?: .................: 2e 4 : : od. od. I R O y at e s ..... 5 6! . 3 0d d. .1 p ß ea el e s ........... 5 ,' fil , ..... rgi . ! Sept. 14 21 Oct. 2 . 75 ***** 4 5 11 45 3 45 9 46 1 46 3 46 3 f EFFECTS OF THE MARCH OF AN ARMY. — , pd have an army of one hundred thousand men on f° ( , ) " es are about to lead it to the distance of a thousand 'Tthe must be sure that both without, as well as wit hilt s 1 ;ore . country, as well as in town, all things will be in ° A . O O went and in rumour. The towns and the village s ~oor which you will have taken the men who comPo,s e h lyoS, troops, the hamlets and the countries from whiel t ;, have drawn your provisions, and all the apPil ra n ," a pi° those who are to lead them, the roads filled witf P e ko e going and coming ; all these things cannot MO 'atif without there being many families in desolation, ai lands uncultivated, and much expense to the st ate curred.—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. EXTENT IN AlD.—This process was put In ob e sition at the Sh er i ff s ' C ourt yesterday, on the part ° e of Crown, agai ns t th e executors of a Mr. Gostlink j°,l,lties• its debtors. Th e d e b t was 6,0001., f or excise o' d The property, wo r th near 15,0001., as all mortg s g e n o its full value, and its available value was, con seque s t be assessed at Is. W r it s were t h en enforced aglll its t tbs two sureties, on th e b on d g i ven f or the d e bt ; verdict in both cases was—no property ! The 1- was, therefore, lost to the revenue. tal l h ee f FRENCH PR INTS .—A quest i on of some to printsellers and p u bli s h ers has recently been P a t ", be the Customs' officers, with respect to the dutY r ; o ties' charged on prints published in France, and aee °ll/r drie by letter-press in illustration of the different engr s ';atit, A case, containing upwards of fifty numbers of so d executed in France, illustrative of the Chateau crP; re ncl! of her Majesty's recent visit to the King of the ', A t& (being, it is understood, a copy of the al!;urn Pr e ',;f big by Louis Philippe to th© Queen on the occasio li ,:iping return visit at Windsor Castle), each number coo t `r e - t ter six engravings, and accompanied by two pages °f ;riot!: press in the English language descriptive of tu e :bJe' j has recently been detained by the officers, as "Ida& the duty- of fi ve per cent. as books, it being e c)a t," e d,° that,"being bound slightly too.ether, or rather stile' n ott it is termed, and accompanied h by a descriptive s e- •ntSt it destroyed their claim to being termed simply P r i l otre and gave them the character o f books. Order!. 0 0 been issued f or th e same to be delivered as Prill'free' letter-press being merely descriptive of them, dot} a rc and directi ons h ave b een g i ven to the o ffi cers to g r ess themselves in all future instances, where the letter'P o e• is simply descriptive of the engraving, and doss n ot tain any historical or statistical account, accorili" [ADVERTISEMENT.] A CERTAIN CU" r Oll ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS I—READ r LOWING CASE !—J ames H o l mes, a cotton .spin°e"ileol siding at Ancoates, Manchester, had been asthor t hstr tbr the last three years ; he was frequently so ba ,,:k o r when rising from his bed, he could scarcely sk i ds!' draw his breath, and would cough and spit for . Ic ed. hour together, and often thought he should be c lod, He was much reduced in strength ; and, af te „ r derfr other means of cure failed, he used these wt t litest Pills, which have removed every symptom of ' c hill' and he is now as f ree f rom i t as when he was, l ll „ - oil Sold (also Holl owa y' s Oi ntment ) at Professor 110",:be Establishm en t, 244, S tran d (where advice mat Thdoll gratis), and by a l most a ll respectable me di c i n e °- throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. c od' On the 16th inst., at Loudoun House, St. John's — Mr., Ogle, of a son. A g ghte f ; On the 20th inst., at Matfen, Lady Blackett, of a m ti ni - orle - On the 21st inst., at Southampton, the wife of C . : 13/- isa A. Montgomery, R.N., of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at Marinesquare, Brighton, w e j Allan Maclean Skinner,. Esq., of a daughter. gra. On the 22d inst., in Ebury-street, Eaton-square , Leggatt, of 4 son. •,/ Iff On the 22d inst., at clam Hall, Stafford, the lady of Russell, Esq., of a son. On the 18th inst., the Countess of Sandwich, MARRIED. 4 i o 0 On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Tte:ford, , 4 0 0 Mr. James Asprey, of Sandlefcrd-villa, Ne wl urY, of f° l ' Sarah, only child of the late Joseph Gifford, Esq. , 1). mer place. On , i , f nles_ A On the 22d inst., a t S tepney ON ChUrobt" A'n 44fem'ls * eldest eon of M r , B e ll , Fi nch-lane, Comb a t, PI: VOW' youngest daughter of Mr. Bland, Garraway's Couv___ DIEDIO I69I On the 28th o f May last, at Sydney, New south ..a., . Emily Agnes Elliot, thi r d d aug h ter of James 'liotti r 0 e lats of Great O rmon d- street, B loomsbury, Cha rl64 On the 9th in s t., a t B russe l s, A rne, the wife f ~t i t Al ler, Esq., f Cosham L ode, Hants. rig" „ On the 18 o th inst., at o the r GI( ucester Hotel, D Colonel William Spearman, aged G 9. ti , ris 4 ' ; tror ete On the 20th i ns t., a t N eston, Chesh i re, Joseph l'lt On the 22d inst., at Wavertree-road, Edgehill? il . ..,.. r ita infant daughter of M r . R o b ert B rowne. On the 22d inst., Edwin Hen r y, s i x th child of ..-- frewd % Mary Simms, of the at Ram Ke Old nt-road. On the 22d inst., sgate, Thomas, second WIVI iij son of Thoma s Y a ll op, E sq., of London. On the 22d i ns t . , at L ower Edmonton, Middiese°' J. A , Chappell, Esq., age d 74. Tiarr iet Ger On the 23d i ns t., i n L ower Belgrave-street, m• o trude, third dau g ht er o f W . G r i ffith, Esq., surgeon' On the 23d in s t., a t Blackheath, Fanny Marta, u' the late J. Brittain, Esq., aged 18. GP °f 10 ig , London : Printed and Published by MUSD n 10 $ 0. l pi No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bus Officeb o unti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in 01° Middlesex, Friday, October 25,1844. ~..I \ i'S W A t 3. %lan' h orn -9 % to )1.11)11 4: t h tti tO ti ma) bent, belt thei, th ro lUe lou t hot V a ; 1..5,, twee 1.0 ti Nil S S w a bio4 4 1i i 1 Mt; Ctl H Chi ilti d •I'' a will 14; 41Vil