The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, for the dispatch of business. Amongst the business on the paper for the day, there stood an order to consider the report delivered in on the 10th October last, by the QUEEN'S RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Mr. R. L. JONES, adverting to this order, observed that it had now stood so long on the paper of b usiness, and as nothing appeared likely to be done with it, he should move that it be struck out. A MEMBER OF THE COURT thought it would be un fair so to dispose of it, in the absence of the Chairman of the Committee. Mr. LAWRENCE concurred, and moved that the report be brought up and read. The TOWN CLERK read the report, which stated that the Committee had been appointed by the Court to con sider in which manner the Corporation could best testify its loyalty and attachment to her Majesty on the occa sion of her royal visit to the City to open the new Royal Exchange. The report then, at considerable length, de tailed the progress of its labours and its conferences with the Joint Gresham Committee, by which it will be remembered the whole of the arrangements on the occa sion of the ceremonial were made, on the understanding that by them such accommodation would be provided for the members and officers of the Corporation as they had been accustomed to enjoy on all occasions of royal en tertainments. The report concluded by stating, that the Committee abstained from making any remarks upon the circumstance that the Corporation were left without accommodation, but suggested to the Court, it would be well to adopt some means to avoid a divided responsibility on future similar occasions. Mr. LAWRENCE moved that the Court do agree with the Committee in its report. Mr. B. BOWER moved, that the debate be adjourned in consequence of the absence of Mr. King, the Chair man of the Committee. The amendment was supported by Mr. Lorr and other members of the Court, until at length, _ _ Mr. KING appeared in his place and slated, that the consideration of the report now on the table had not been sooner brought on because the Committee had learned that the Remembrancer was preparing a report of th:, proceedings on the occasion of her Majesty's visit, for the Court, and from that report (a copy of which would be applied for), the Committee anticipated same further information, which it would be important to have communicated to the Court of Common Council, The Committee had no desire to stifle inquiry ; on the contrary, even if the Court should wish to do so, they, the Committee, would be no party to it. After a lengthy conversation, in which Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. IL. Taylor, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Lott took part, Mr. LAWRENCE withdrew his motion, and the amend ment fur the adjournment of the consideration of the report was agreed to. Mr. DixoN presented a petition from the Directors of the Hospital for Women in Red Lion-square, stating that the Institution had been founded in 1843 for the treatment of diseases incidental to females ; that its annual expenditure had only been 5471. ; that it was the only Institution in existence for the exclusive reception of a very numerous class, labouring under the most dis tressing maladies, for the complete cure of which un usual care and attention is essentially necessary ; and praying for pecuniary aid. Mr. Dixon moved that the petition be referred to the Corn, Coal, and Finance Com mittee, to consider and report thereon. Mr. R. TAYLOR, in seconding the motion, said he was anxious to set the public right as to the real character of the charity. It was a charity, the object of which was to afford medical relief to virtuous females labouring under diseases peculiar to that sex. The importance of such an institution was shown by the following testimonial from Dr. Conquest :—" The amount of unrelieved disease peculiar to females is immense, and loudly calls on the public and profession for its relief. Could an hospital exclusively devoted to uterine complaints be established, there can be no questioa that it might be a great bles sing to a large class of hitherto neglected cases." The motion was then agreed to, and the petition re ferred to the Committee. An election then took place for the office of bricklayer to the Corporation, when, after a poll between the only two candidates, Mr. Boucher was elected by a majority of 65 votes over his competitor, Mr. Ward. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Mr. Lorr presented a report from the Committee to whom had been referred the correspondence which had taken place, with reference to her Majesty's recent visit to Christ's Hospital. The report certified that the Committee had referred to the statute 22 George 111., ch. 77, which confirmed an agreement entered into between the Governors of the Royal Hospital and the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London, together with the memoranda and other documents presented in the year 1836, relative to the conduct and management of the hospital; as also to the report of the Commis sioners appointed to inquire into public charities ; and after duly considering the subject, the Committ€ e were of opinion that the Lord Mayor for the time being is the head of all the royal hospitals of the City of London, and entitled to preside on all occasions, public and private, when he shall so think fit; and that, on the late visit of her Majesty and her Royal Consort to Christ's Hospital, the taking precedence of the Lord Mayor by the president and treasurer was an unwarrantable inva sion of the rights and privileges of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Lott was about to address the Court, on his motion that the report be agreed to, when Mr. Maori moved that strangers should withdraw. The Court was consequently cleared, but soon after wards re-opened, when a protracted discussion ensued. Eventually the word " unwarrantable " was, on the suggestion of Mr. ASHHURST, struck out, and the report, so amended, ordered to be transmitted to the Gover nors of Christ's HospitaL EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a report from the Thames Navigation Committee, on the subject of a letter received from the Earl of Lincoln, as Chairman of the Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements, with a plan for the embankment of the Thames from Chelsea to Vauxhall. The report recommended a reply to be addressed to his Lordship, expressing the concurrence, to a certain extent, of the plan. On the motion of Mr. ASHIIRST, an addition to the effect of reserving to the Corporation of London, in any measure introduced into Parliament, their right to the bed and soil of the river was agreed to. On the motion of M. DE JERSEY, a petition to the House of Commons, praying the insertion of a clause in the Bill now before Parliament for the removal of Jewish disabilities in respect to corporate officer, for the pur pose of extending the relief afforded to Quakers, Mora vians, and Separatists, by the Ist and 2d Victoria, chap. 5, to all classes of her Majesty's subjects, was agreed to end ordered to be presented by the Sheriffs in the usual manner.—Adjourned. THE ANTI-CORN-LAWfBAZAAR, The greatest activity pervades the free trade interest in every large town in the kingdom, on the subject of the bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre, in May next; and the preparations in progress under the direc tion of the local committees are on a scale of magnitude which promises to make this grea t bazaar whatJullien would call " une foire grande et monstre ."The ladies, especially, are everywhere at work with their character istic ardour and industry. The aggregate committee of ladies now numbers upwards of 1,150 ladies amongst its members, all of whom are, of course, pledged by their position to do all they can themselves, and to interest their friends to furnish contributions. The, ladies' com mittee in Manchester meets weekly, the- general com mittee of gentlemen twice a week, at the offices of the League, and the various sub-committees of arrangement, correspondence, &c., as often as necessary for the pro motion of the object in view. Deputations from the Council of the League are proceeding to all the principal towns of the kingdom, to assist in the formation of com mittees, and to organise a mode of procedure for the collection and procuring of contributions. On this mission, Colonel Thompson and Mr. It. R. Moore are engaged in Scotland, and Mr. George Thompson and other gentlemen in England ; and in their communica tions to the Council they report most favourably of the enthusiastic spirit and liberal encouragement with which the object is embraced in the various towns visited. Already forty large stalls are bespoken on behalf of towns, of firms, or of individual contributors; and there can be no doubt, from the very numerous promises of extensive and valuable contributions, especially- of various products of manufactures, that the difficulty will be where to find space, even within the spacious walls of Covent. garden Theatre, for the bales and boxes, the cart loads, and even vessel-loads of contributions which are expected and promised. The contributions are certainly of a character as hete rogeneous as ever were collected together, even in a " general store" in an American newly-settled town ship, in the far west, or in the most motley grouping of an English fancy fair. A large assortment of small nails is promised from Bromsgrove ; a quantity of flour in par ce l s o f a i lb. each from a farmer; rock-salt from Northwich,• a vessel_load of coal (sea-borne) from New eastle-on-Tyne; a quantity of bottled ale from Dundee, which town is celebrated fora ver y boxes of liquorice from Pontefract; iron -ore from ane ale; Nova Scotia; a sack of the finest wohfeatfri:oaliet°Na;otting liamshire; numerous collections fossils,. minerals, ancient and modern coins, b oo k s , • drawings. &c.; a box of bitumen candlesp•amsotimaagmes'ornrental stoves; a neat power-loom ; an Indian h plum cakes; horse-shoes; linen, glass, chinaware, &c.; some one has contributed a fine full-grown New ' foundl a a n n d dog. Sheffield is making great exertions, worthily to represent on its stall the staple manufacture of th o e town. Its stock of cutlery promises to be as superior in quality as it is extensive; as types of the cutlery manufacture, the stall is to be denoted outs id e by a pair of enormous elephant's tusks, and by a large and tine buck's head, in all the pride of full-grown antlers. Carlisle is furnishing a stock of whips, fishing-hooks, flies for anglers, &c., and a quarter of a ton of the cele brated Carr's bircuits. Bradford is furnishing a large stock of its staple manufactures ; and the reports from the Yorkshire towns generally, are exceedingly favour able and encouraging. Even Melton is sending some vases manufactured from the stone got in that neigh bourhood, and a quantity of fossils, coins, and fancy articles. The contributions from individuals are also " rich and rare." Amongst those in Manchester is that of Mr. J. C. Dyer, of a copy of the large and valuable illustrated work of the eminent ornitholo g ist, M. Audu bon, on birds. Rear-Admiral Bouverie has promised to send a box of coins, a gold coronation medal of William IV., a box of specimens of different kinds of woods, two warlike weapons from China, and a small box of fancy work. Mr. Thos. Bowles, of Midhurst, Sussex, is sending a small oil-painting, a vier of the house in that village in which Mr. Cobden was born. Mr. Bowles rnie - ht find customers for at least twenty copies of his little sketch, if a faithful one. Mr. S. Bartlett, of Maidstone, has given the orrery made by that great self taught astronomer, James Ferguson, and which is de scribed in his life; and Mr. David M'Kinley, of Man chester, has annexed to this gift, the presentation of a copy of the life and lectures of Ferguson, in one volume. Sir William Lowthrop, Bart., of Hull, contributes a splendid time-piece; Colonel Williams, of Battle, a very handsome and complete air-gun; Sir G. Stuart Macken zie, of Edinburgh, a collection of exceedingly valuable and rare coins; Dr. H. Ogden, of Sunderland, a newly invented hydrostatic bed; Mr. John Jenkins, of Swan sea, a variety of articles connected with the ores and metal manufactures of that district; also a variety of illustrations of the national customs of the wo men in that part of Wales. Amongst contributions from artists, are a number of oil paintings, water colour drawings, &c.; a surveyor sends plans, models, and estimates for the erection of farm buildings and cottages ; and a Scottish free-trader sends a snuff-box, made of part of " the kind gallows of Crieff," referred to by the author of Waverley. A valuable and exceedingly curious contribution has been received from Mr. G. H. Rylands, of Warrington. It is a work printed at Madrid, in two large folio volumes, containing the music of the various masses, and other services of the Roman Catholic Church, for the whole year, and is entitled, " Forma canendi in Missis servanda, secundum ritum Sanctfe Romance Ecclesiw." (The form used in singing the ma-ses, according to the rites of the Holy Roman Church.) It is by Brothers Peter Carrera and Lan chares. The first volume contains the kyries, glorias, credos, sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus, for the whole year ; the second, masses for the solemn festivals and fasts, &c. The music is printed in one uniform character, a sort of black square upon and between the lines of the staff; and both the notes, which are without stems, and the words to be sung, are printed in so large a type, that a large choir, by standing in a group at a little distance, might see to sing from the same book. It is a very curious specimen of music, and of Spanish typography. Another singular relic, contributed by a gentleman in London, is a portion of the bed upon which Napoleon died, at St. Helena. It is cut in the form of a coffin, and fringed with some of the black cloth used for the coffin. Few of the contributions from individuals will be more intrinsically valuable, or will excite more interest and curiosity, than one which the council of the League have received from Miss Martineau, viz.—the MS. of an unpublished tale, which she bas placed at their disposal, and which is to be printed forthwith. It is entitled " Dawn Island," and is divided into nine chapters, of which the following are the titles;-1. Nature and man at war. 2. Puerile man and his gods. 3. The priest and the oracle. 4. More human sacrifices. 5. Vital tribute. 6. The priest and the advent. 7. A higher disclosure. 8. Spiritual tribute. 9. Nature and man at peace. This contribution is the first offering of an original work from the author ; it is an example that may, however, be extensively followed. The most active preparations are made to fit up Covent-garden Theatre in a style at once bold and striking, and adapted to the peculiar character and form of the building. It has been determined by the stroke of Grieve's magic wand, and the aid of the " willing imps" in the service of Mr. Edwards, builder, of Man chester, to transform the whole interior of the theatre, audience part and stage, into a Norman Gothic hall, for which designs have already been prepared; and all the contracts have been let for the fitting-up, &c.; Mr. Edwards being the contractor. The hall is to have a roof corresponding in character with the style of the rest of the building; this will be of stained glass, from a design of Mr. Grieve, and brilliantly lighted from above, so as to shed a " myriad coloured lustre" of great brilliancy on the upper part of the large area. l'he pit will be floored over, so as to make it and the stage one vast hall ; and there will b e a range o f beautiful Gothic windows of stained glass, round the stage part of the hall. The arrangement of the stalls will be almost, if not precisely similar to that of the great Anti-Corn-law Bazaar, held in the Manchester Theatre Royal--viz., the dress circle of boxes will be converted into stalls ; the stage will also be stalled round, next the walls ; and a double range of stalls will extend from the centre box of the dress circle, down the middle of the hall, to the extreme back of the stage. The Norman Gothic style will of course admit of much florid ornament and decoration, both in the form and draperies of the stalls, and the balconies of the galleries. The stalls representing the contributions and the products of particular cities or towns, will have the name of the town and its arms, duly blazoned, placed conspicuously over the stall. The bazaar, we understand, will be opened, in all probability, on Whit-Monday, the 12th May, and be kept open during the whole of the month of May. The arrangements for cheap trains by the various railways are in progress, and it is expected that during the holi day time thousands of customers will thus be conveyed to the metropolis from all parts of the kingdom.—Man chester Guardian. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, April 4. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice i'A.i-rEsoN.) TIM FOULSIIA3I MiliSLAUGHTER.—Barnard Eglinton, aged 18, and Henry Chipper . *ld, aged 42, were charged with unlawfully pushing and casting one John Ames on a fire, and so inflicting divers mortal burns on various parts of his body, whereof he afterwards died, on the sth of March las - . Mr. Evans, Mr. Power, and Mr. G. L. Browne, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Dasent defended the prisoner Eglington. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Amess, that her late husband, who was seventy-four, was much addicted to in toxication, and that on the night of the 21st of February last he was absent from home. On the following morning she found him in bed, when he complained of having been shame fully treated, and named one Archer as one who had pulled him on the fire. Deeming that the deceased was only drunk his wife called him a " drunken old rogue" and said "it served him right," but having ascertained in a day or two afterwards that he had several burns on his back, and thighs, and hand, she wished to send for a doctor. This he refused to allow, till it was too late, for he was in a dying state when a medi cal man was called in, his death being attributable partly to inflammation caused by the injuries he had received, and partly to:the want of proper remedies. On the inquiry be fore the coroner, it appeared that the deceased and the two prisoners were at the " Unicorn" public-house at Foul sham, on the night of the 21st of February, together with many others, among whom were two men named Archer and Baker, and that at 6 o'clock Eglinton sent William Clitheroe, the son of the landlord, to buy threepenny-worth of jalap, which, though it was enough for six or eight ordinary doses, he induced the drunken old man to swallow in three glasses of beer within five minutes. As soon as this joke had been perpetrated, the company there assembled, who with very few exceptions were very drunk, began to pull about the deceased, till at length t glinton pulled down his breeches, turned his coat over his head, and while in that disgusting state most brutally danced him about the room to the music of some wandering " Germany girls," and eventually pushed him, all naked as he was, and in the presence of the women, on to the kitchen fire, which was then very fierce. The old man, as he did this, called out, " Barney, Barney, don't burn me • but without avail ; and at last he succeeded in raising himself from the bars with his hand, after which he was taken into the back kitchen and there laid on the cold bricks. Soon after this he was put into a wheelbarrow by Clitheroe and some others to be wheeled home, but he was turned over by Eglinton, and being taken into the house again he there passed the night on the floor. Upon this evidence, a verdict of " Manslaughter" was re turned against the two prisoners, together with Archer, Clitheroe, and Baker ; but the grand jury having ignored the bill against the three last named parties, the above facts were now adduced in evidence against the two men at the bar. Mr. DASEST having addressed the jury on behalf of Eg linton, who wan shown to have acted towards the deceased on former occasions with more than ordinary kindness and attention, contending that the testimony of young Clitheroe was not to be relied on, His LORDSHIP directed Chipperfield to be acquitted, and left it to the jury to determine by their verdict whether they believed the story told by young Clitheroe, or would infer that the deceased had been put on the tire by some one else than Eglinton, or had fallen into it by accident. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a recommendation to mercy.—Sentence deferred. Richard Cater was indicted for having unlawfully wounded John Rivett, police-constable, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The inictment contained a second count, charging an assault, with intent to resist apprehension. Mr. Evans prosecuted, and Mr. Cooper defended the prisoner. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been sum moned before the magistrates, for trespassing on some land, and, in consequence of his not appearing, a warrant for his apprehension was delivered to the prosecutor, who, on the 14th of January, went in search of the prisoner, and found him at Crabrook, returning home from his work, with a hatchet in his hand. The prosecutor took him into custody, and he asked to go to his master's house, at Claxton, for some money; and on the way there the prisoner suddenly struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with the hatchet, which knocked him down, and when he got up the prisoner struck at him twice, but fortunately the prosecutor avoided the blows and ran away, and when he reached home he found his head very much swelled and bleeding. The surgeon proved that the prosecutor was three weeks under his care, and during that time unable to attend to his duty. Mr. Coomt addressed the jury for the prisoner, and said that he understood that it was not the intention of the pro secution to press the charge on the first count, and as counsel for the prisoner he was willing that a verdict of guilty should be found on the second count. Mr. Justice PArrEsoN stated that if the constable had been killed, it would have been murder. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty,on the second count. —Sentence deferred. Robert Rouse, aged 18, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of barley, the property of Charles George Cubitt. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. The fire in question broke out between eleven and twelve o'clock in the night of the 3d of February. The prisoner was met running away from the fire, and' on the following morning his shoes were discovered near the stack, and they were found to correspond exactly,: and the prisoner a short time after his apprehension confessed that he had set the stack on fire. The jury, with ou t th e s li g ht es t h es itation, returned a verdict of Guilty, and The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 4. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) T. Hunt was indicted for shooting at a child about four years old, with intent to wound. There were other counts varying the intent. Sir. Cole conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was un defended. The prisoner, a lad about seventeen years of age, had been employed by a farmer to keep "birds," as it is termed, and had been entrusted with a Fun for this purpose. At the close of the day he was returning home with the brother of the little child that was shot, who was only four years old, and who was standing in the road. From no motive at all, ex cept that induced by the wanton feelings of a reckless boy, the prisoner aimed the gun at the child and drew the trigger. The piece missed fire. He then shook the pan, re-cocked the gun, again aimed at the child, and pulled the trigger. On this occasion the gun went off, and thirty or forty shots were lodged in the body of the poor little victim, from the effect of which she was still severely suffering. The jury convicted the prisoner, who, after receiving as impressive admonition from the Learned Judge, was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. 'We noticed, yesterday: that Mr. Rogers had lent his valu able assistance in trying prisoners. The Learned Gentleman had been employed again the whole of this day. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) April 5. THE SHAPNVICK MURDER.—This being the day fixed for the trial of the Shapwick murder, the Crown Court was early besieged with a number of persons eager to gain admittance. At nine o'clock the Learned Judge took his seat on the bench, before which the jury had been called, and were seated in their box. The prisoner was then placed at the bar. She is a little woman, about thirty years of age. On being ar raigned, she pleaded " Not Guilty," in an audible and distinct voice, to the indictments, which charged her with the wilful murder of Charles Dimond, by administering to him a quan tity of deadly poison called arsenic. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Rawlinson conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Stock. The trial lasted from the sitting of the Court at nine o'clock till eight at night. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE stated the case to the jury. From his observations we learned that the prisoner was a widow, and had been since Christmas, 1833. The deceased was her brother, and had lived with his father, mother, and brother John, at a cottage situated at Shapwick. The prisoner, who for some time previously had been living elsewhere, re turned to her father's cottage on the 9th of December, in last year, at which date the real evidence in this case com menced. The first witness called was a person of the name of Hare. He stated that in December last he was was living with a Mr. Varrer, a druggist, at Bridgwater. On the 9th of that month the prisoner, whom he did not remember to have pre viously seen, came to his shop. His master had two shops, the one of which he was being situated in St. John-street, East . over. She asked for some arsenic. Witness said he could not sell her any, as it was a rule in their shop never to sell poison to one person. She pressed him to sell her some, and he still refused. He asked her what she wanted with it, and she replied that it was to kill rats or mice; witness did not recollect which. He still refused, but as she still pressed him, he asked her her name, and where she lived. She replied that her name was Darston, and that she was a sister to Edmund Darston, who was the son of a carrier and postman between Bridgwater and Solden-hill, and well known to witness. Witness hearing, as he supposed, who she was, consented to let her have the arsenic, and ac cordingly weighed her up half an ounce, which he tied up in two papers, and marked " poison." At the same time he explained the deadly nature of the drug, and gave her direc tions about taking care of it. The prisoner did not imme diately leave the shop, but entered into conversation with witness, who remarked to her how much her brother was grown lately, meaning Edmund Darston ; to which the pri soner replied that he was. It being a very cold day, wit ness asked her to sit down by the stove in the shop and warm herself, which she consented to do ; and singular to say, re mained in the shop more than an hour. Whilst she was seated by the fire, witness melted over it some hair oil which had become congealed. Seeing this, the prisoner asked him to give her a little for a Christmas present, promising to be come a customer of his master's when she came into Bridg water. Witness gave her a little of the oil in a bottle, which she promised to return by Edmund Darston on the next day —a promise she did not keep, so he never saw the bottle again. Whilst the prisoner was thus seated and talking by the fire, the clock struck one, and witness quitted the shop to go to dinner, leaving the prisoner there with the porter. On his way to the place where he got his dinner, he met Edmund Darston, with whom he entered into conversation. When he returned from dinner the prisoner was gone. Edmund Darston deposed that he was at Bridgwater on the 9th. His father was a carrier and postman between that place and Soldenhill. lie met the prisoner in Bridgwater about nine o'clock on that morning, and made an arrang_e ment with her that she should ride home in his cart. His mother was with him. After this he saw Hare, and, in con sequence of what he said to him, he milt to the shop to see who had personified his sister, and arriving there he found the person had left. Shortly after he met the prisoner again at the Queen's Head, where she sat talking with him for a long time. In the course of their conversation she told him she had been to Mr. Varrer's, where she had purchased some hair-oil, and had passed off as his sister. She said nothing about the arsenic. She rode as far as Cossington with the witness, where he was obliged to stay some time, in conse quence of which the prisoner went on in another cart to her father's house. John Dimond said, he was brother to the deceased and the prisoner. In December his father, mother, and brother Charles were living with him at Shapwick. On the 9th of that month his sister came home about eight o'clock, quite unexpectedly. She cried, and . said she was a martyr, or something of that sort, on hearing them say they did net know how she could sleep there that night. However a bed was made up her in the room where the old people slept, and she remained. The deceased was not in when site arrived, and did not come home till after they were all in bed. He slept with witness. The next morning prisoner was told she could not remain there. She asked to remain till Saturday, when she said she would go back to Bridgwater and give herself up to the master of the union. She was permitted to stay. The next day her mother told her that her brother Charles did not like her being there, as his master had de dared, if she remained in the house, Charles should work no longer for him. Deceased had been in his master's employ for three years and a half. Prisoner said she supposed she must go. On the Sunday following the mother died, an event which kept the prisoner still in the house. All parties were now agreeable that she should remain and do for them, seeing that they had lost their mother; only Charles did not like to lose his winter's work, and he therefore desired that she should go. The deceased was very well till the day after Christmas-day, the 26th of December. On that day he was very well in the morning, when he got up. Witness did not see him again until the evening, when he found him very sick and bad. He continued ill from that time until he died, which he did on Tuesday morning. He got better, however, towards the end of the week, and on Sunday was so much better, that he wished to get up. He did get out of bed and put on his clothes, but did not come down stairs. On the Sunday night, or towards Monday morning, all his former symptoms returned, but in a much more violent manner, and early on Tuesday morning he died. The pri soner was the person who, up to Monday, had cooked all his dinners, prepared his gruel, which he was ordered by the doctor to take, and tended upon him generally. On the Monday before his death suspicion had been awakened, and the prisoner was ordered, by direction of the magistrates in the neighbourhood, to quit the house, which she did, going to the house of a neighbour for the night. Another witness stated that he had met the prisoner on Monday, and asked her how she did? She replied, "Pretty well ; but Charles wants to turn me and Jack out of doors, that he may bring his wife home, but he shan't ; and if he does not take care, something shall happen to him before long to spoil his fun," or words to that effect. The next day an old man named Walker, went into Dimond's house, and saw the prisoner there. She was just going to cook the herring in which it was supposed she administered the first dose of poison. She again referred to her brother Charles's wish, that she should leave, saying that he wanted to turn her out of doors to bring his wife there ; but she would be d—d if he should ever bring a wife there ; and then she added, " I'll take good care of that, I'll take d—d good care he shan't be here long himself." When the deceased was lying ill on the Saturday, he wished to make a will, and asked a Mr. Martin, who was present, to make one. For this purpose he desired him to take the key of his box out of his pocket. Martin searched to do so, but could find no key there. The prisoner was called to, and asked if she had seen it. She admitted that it was on her person, and when asked what business she had with it, she said she had pos sessed herself of it for the purpose of taking out a small book that was in it. She then went down stairs, leaving Martin to make the will, which he did, and which was signed. The prisoner again came into the room. and, ad • dressing her brother, said, "Charles, you may give away what you please ; but remember there are two pairs of trousers in your box which belong to my husband, and I'm d—d if Ido not have them." She then left the room, as be fore stated. When her brother died on the Tuesday even• ing, she was in a neighbour's house. When his death was communicated to her, she said, " Well, I'm sorry for him, but I can't cry." To this evidence was added the testimony of the medical men who had visited the deceased whilst alive, and made a post mortem examination of the body. They proved that all the symptoms of the deceased were those that would be sure to follow the taking of an irritant poison like arsenic ; and that on the post mortem examination they discovered just those appearances which they should have expected to do where the parties had died from poison. Mr. Herapath, of Bristol was then called—The stomach and its rejected contents had been preserved, with a bottle of gruel found in the house; all of which had been safely conveyed to Mr. Herapath. He had analysed their re spective contents. No poison was found in the gruel, con tents of the stomach, or the stomach itself; but in the large intestine and in the liver arsenic was found ; and he had no hesitation saying that the deceased had died from the effects of arsenic. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned JUDGE then placed the black cap on his head, and, assuring the prisoner that all hope of mercy in this life was past, and that her days were numbered and few, he passed upon her the awful sentence of death. During this time the prisoner was supported by a police man in the dock, and appeared several times as if she wished to speak, When the sentence was over, as they were hand ing her away, she turned towards the Judge and said, "Jus tice has not been done me ; my life has been unfairly taken away." She was then led from the dock. Four charges of murder were made against this wretched woman, one of which was for the murder of her own mother, on which a true bill was found by the grand jury. The other two bills were ignored. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA IV S ON-HOUSE. Captain Platt, who had undergone two examinations before the Lord Mayor in the course of the week upon a great variety of charges of felony and misdemeanour, was brought up for final examination. The captain having stated that he wished for the pre sence of Sir John Pirie, who could testify as to his ex pectations and character, - The LORD MAYOR sent for Sir John, but that magis trate said the only knowledge he had of the gentleman at the bar, arose from an examination upon a charge of swindling, very properly brought against him. Mr. Inspector Shackell called witnesses in proof of the following case of forgery. Mr. Thomas Horne Williams, tavern and hotel keeper, at No. 4, Albemarle-street, stated that on Wed nesday, the 26th of March, the prisoner came to my house and said that he was Major 'Terries, the son of the Right Honourable John Charles Herries ; that he had just returned from India, and wished me to take charge of his luggage whilst he was absent in the coun try. He also stated that he expected that a watch would be sent to my house for him. In the afternoon of the same day the servant of Mr. Dent, watchmaker, in the Strand, brought a watch for Major Hen ies, just at the time the prisoner came up to the door in a cab. I said to the man, "Here is the major; you had better remain and receive your cheque." I then informed the prisoner that the watch had come, arid that he had, therefore, better write a cheque for it. The prisoner requested me to write the cheque, which I did to the following purport:— " London, March 26, 1845. "To Messrs. Herries and Co.—Please to pay to Mr. Dent the sum of ten guineas, on account of the Right Hon. John Charles 'lorries. " MAJOR R. HERRIES." The prisoner wrote the signature, " Major R. Herries," in my presence, and delivered the cheque to me. The prisoner stated that as he had only just arrived, the family were not aware that he was in town. As such was the case, I suggested that it would be desirable that I should accompany Mr. Dent's man to the banking house, to prevent any difficulty which might otherwise llries, Farquhar, and to occur in payment of the cheque. The prisoner acqui esced,_ got into the cab, and took the watch with him; and I went er. with Mr. Dent's man to the banking-house of se I said I had seen Co. t , endorse the cheque. I did endorse it "T. H. ‘l , illiams," and the the ewhere Major ww:terehqiusired becau money was then paid. I believe they paid it to it, name TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7 1845. The LORD MAYOR—You know something of the fa mily of Mr. Herries ? Witness—Certainly ; but I had not seen the Mr. Herries, who went out to India for seven or eight years, and supposed that in that time he had grown out of my recollection. I entertained not the slightest doubt in the world that he was Major Herries. Charles Isted, porter in the service of Mr. Dent, went with the last witness and received the amount of the cheque. Mr. Charles John Herries stated that he was the son of the Right Hon. John Charles Herries, and was a Commissioner of the Excise, and resided at 14, Water loo-place, Pall-mall. He had a brother in India (a cap tain not a major) in the army. His name was William Robert Herries, and the signature in the cheque pro duced was not in his hand-writing. Mr. Thomas Iloulston, bookseller and stationer, of No. 154. Strand, stated that the prisoner bad obtained goods of him by representing himself as Major Herries. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, you have heard the evidence in this case of forgery, do you wish to say any thing ? The prisoner said it was well known that he had been ill-treated ; but he said not a word in denial of the truth of the statement made against him. The Lora) 'MAYOR—Ii there any other case ? Several voices—Aye, tvventy more.—(Laugh ter.) James Downes, marine store dealer, of John-street, Tottenham Court-road, said that on Easter Monday the prisoner came to my house. He met me in Holborn, and he said he knew me. I said I had no knowledge at all of him ; but he said, " Oh, I knew you twenty years ago." I looked at him, and I told him I did not know a feature in his face. "Oh r' says he, 66 I am Anthony Cox, of Ramsay, near Harwich."—(Laughter.) Well, I knew Anthony Cox right well ; and I began to consider that as I had not seen him seven or eight years I might have lost my remembrance of Anthony's face ; so I thought it must be all right. Well, he asked me to have something to drink, hut I refused. However, I went into a public house, and he drank about half a pint of beer. lie then asked me how far I lived off, and I told him, and asked him home to take tea with me. He said he had no money, or he would treat me, but he would borrow 10/. from a friend ; and I said, " Don't borrow any money to ireat me, for I don't wish for it." He then came home to tea, and he told me, as we went along, everything: , about Anthony Cox—aye, everything that ever happened to him in his life. I'm sure he didn't miss a single c ircumstance.—(Laughter.) Well, he stopped till half-past ten o'clock ; and then he asked me to let him have some silver. I let him have two half crowns, but he said that was not enough, and so I lent him another. Ellen Turner ; the wife of a cabman, said that the prisoner engaged her husband to drive him about on Easter Monday, and at last ordered him to drive to his papa's, at Wapping, upon arriving at which place he gave to her husband an order for 21. upon Messrs. Wi grams, and upon a tailor for a pair of trousers. Her hus band had paid for several things on their way. John Howard, of the Queen's Head, Darkhouse-lan said—On the 6th of December I was called out of my parlour, and I saw the prisoner, who said he was Captain Pratt, and he had been a long trip. He said that he bad received 1,5001. from Messrs. Wigram to pay off the Prince Albert. He said he had left the money with Mr. Dimes, and as he was going on the -pree he wished the to let him have a sovereign. I let him have half a sovereign, and he told me I might as well take his gold eye glass. I found afterwards that his eye-gloss was not worth sixpence, and that Mr. Dimes, instead of having 1,5001. of his, had lent him eleven shillings.—(Laughter.) Frederick Stammers, of Bridge-street, Westminster, hosier and tailor, said that on Thursday, the 20th ult., the prisoner called at his shop, and contrived to get from him not only a change of clothes, but fifteen shillings. The prisoner took the tailor in a gentleman's carriage, the use of which he managed to obtain by some means or other, into Hyde-park, and completely bothered him by the show of style and fashion. Mr. T. Saville, of Clapham-rise, said that as he was passing down xford-street, he went into a house to have a glass of porter, and the prisoner came in and said he was a lieutenant on board her Majesty's ship the Pelican, and had brought over the Sycee silver from China, an instalment from the Chinese Government. Upon that representation I let him have three shillings, and paid for his dinner and brandy and water and cigars. John Saville, keeper of a coffee-shop in High-street, St. Giles's, and cousin to the last witness, said—My cousin brought the prisoner to my house, who, after being treated, wanted to borrow a crown, but I refused to give it to him. He slept at my house, and he told me that he was my cousin's sPhoolfellow at Highbury College. The Morning Chronicle came in, and I saw a description of him as connected with a case at Horsemon- ger lane. The LORD MAYOR said ho had received information that the prisoner had been dischargedfrom Horsemonger lane Gaol only on the 12th of March, and from the evi dence adduced it appeared that the captain had com menced his career, which was thus checked, on the 20th. The prisoner was ordered to be committed early in the ensuing week, and the depositions were all made out. A young woman named Ann CriSile, was brought up for final examination upon the charge of havin , r com mitted a robbery in the house of her master, Mr. Howard, hemp merchant, of No. 39, Mark-lane. Mr. Howard stated that the prisoner had been in his house about nine weeks, that on Thursday, the 27th of March, he had a small party of young ladies at his house, and when they were about to depart, all their outer gar ments were missing. The prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody, and witness went to the Giltspur street Coulter, where she confessed to him, but without receiving either promise or threat., that she had taken all the things and deposited them in the cockloft of the house. Miss Phoebe Asten Howard; niece to the prosecutor, stated that she was on a visit to her uncle on the night in question, and left her cloak and bonnet on a chair in a room up-stairs, and when she was about to go home, she could see nothing at all of the articles. Her sister's bonnet, fur-cuff, veil, and fur-tippet, had been also taken away from the same place. Other witnesses deposed as to the identity of other articles of dress which had disappeared from the room on the same night. A City policeman stated that as he was taking the prisoner to the Cornpter, she said she would tell Mr. Howard, if she could see him, where the things were, and she declared that they were in the cockloft, where witness immediately afterwards found them. The prisoner, who cried bitterly during the investi gation, was then committed for trial. John Ashley and William Allen were committed for trial under the following circumstances : Mr. Ward is a stove manufacturer in Tottenham -street, Tottenham-court - road , and the p r isoner Allen was an ou t-d oo r apprentice of h is, and Ashley had been in Allen's company, A clerk in the h ouse of Mr. Kinnard, iron merchant, upper Thames-stre e t, rece i ve d , i n t h e afternoon of the 24th of March, an order for six elliptic stoves, purporting to be the order of Mr. Ward, but im mediately discovered it to be a forgery ; and, after hav ing questioned the boy who was the bearer of it, deli vered to bim three stoves, in order to detect the con trivers of the fraud. The plan succeeded. Allen was waiting for the boy in Thames-street, and it was ascer tained that the two prisoners had concocted the plan of robbery, and had exchanged clothes in order to carry it more cleverly into effect. CLERKEN WELL. The minister of Sp a-fields bu r i al - ground was sum moned for interring b odies that had not been duly re gistered. s thete r e summons, n Mr. aon s as i Lewes, i , an nont attorney, took an o bj ect i on properly describe the de fendant; and Mr. Greenwood held it to be fatal, and dismissed it. THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. BOW-STREET.-(SATURDAY.) EX AMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Michael Connor—l live in Belton -street, now called Endell-street. The prisoner is my son. He lodged with me up to:Wednesday morning, since which time I have not seen him till now. He slept with me on Monday night from about eleven o'clock till the next morning. He went out on the Monday night at from nine till half-past nine. I saw him on Tuesday morning in bed at half-past six, and left him there. I did not again see him till night, when I returned home about half-past eight o'clock. I saw him on the Tuesday night at a relation's, who lives at No. 4, Stone cutters'-alley. He came home at two o'clock on the Wednesday morning. Mr. Lennard, his relation, saw him home. 1 left him in bed at half-past six o'clock as usual, and he was still in bed at nine o'clock, when I came to breakfast. I was informed by his mother that he was unwell, and I did not in consequence urge him to go to his work then. From that hour I did not see him until I came to this Court and found him in custody. He has worked in the same employment as myself since June last. When he went out on Monday night, he had on the coat he had worked in all day, and a hat on his head. His work was to turn the wheel to the silver polisher . I assisted to stamp the metal. We work at Panton-street, Haymarket. William Pocock examined—l am a constable, No. 81 of the F division. After receiving information of the murder I proceeded to George -street ; and, from inquiries made, I ascertains 1 that the prisoner lived in Endell-street, and I went there to the two-pair front room, where I saw the prisoner's mother. I searched the room, and in doing so found a vel veteen coat hanging behind the door. That coat I produce now. There are stains of blood on both cuffs. Prisoner—There are no stains of blood. That is where it has been worn. Witness continued—l found in the pockets six hospital tickets for King's College and other places. The prisoner bad no question to ask, but he requested to look himself if there was any blood upon the coat. Michael Connor was recalled, and said that the clothes produced were his son's. A cloth cap produced he had never seen. Nicholas Pearce, Superintendent of the F division, sworn —I was induced to go yesterday, about five o'clock, to No. 4, Stonecutter's-alley, Gate-street, Lincoln Inn-fields. I went to the door of the first door front room, and I found it fastened in the inside. I knocked at the door, and the person inside said " Who is there?" I made no answer, and the door was opened by a female. I went into the room, and saw the prisoner sitting on a chair. There were four females in the room. I asked the prisoner what his name was, and he said Joseph Connor. I told him I was an officer, and had a communication to make to him. The prisoner made no answer. I fastened the door, went to the window, and called up the constable. The con stable came up and took the prisoner into the yard of the house. I said to him there, " Con nor, I have told you lam an Oka and I ow take you into custody for having murdered the woman in St. Giles's, on Monday evening." The prisoner said, "Yes, sir; oh, yes." I then brought him to Bow-street. The prisoner had no question to ask. Adolphus Lonsdale, 110 F, examined—l was directed to take charge of the prisoner, preparatory to his examination before the magistrate, and I was therefore placed in the cell with him from. nine o'clock last night till nearly nine this morning. About four o'clock this morning the prisoner said, "I am sure to be tucked up, if those two women come and give evidence against me, that saw me oh MOnday night be tween eight and nine o'clock. I know them to be prostitutes." I asked him no question on the subject. The prisoner declined asking any question. James Brothers, the husband of the deceased woman, was . called, and proved the identity of the deceased. She was wife, and her name was Mary Brothers. lle had heard that she lived with a person named Tape, and was afterwards called by his name. This closed the list of witnesses, and Mr. Pearce had no wish to have the case remanded for further witnesses. The depositions were then read over, and the witnesses bound ever to prosecute. The evidence having all been read over by Mr. , Burnaby, the chief clerk, Mr. JARDINE, after cautioning the prisoner, asked him if he had anything to say then ? The prisoner —No, Sir, I have nothing to say. The only time the prisoner seemed affected was when his identity was so positively sworn to by one or two of the witnesses. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. The crowd outside the Court was computed at two thou sand persons, who had waited patiently for five hours and a half (the period of examination) to get a glimpse at the prisoner. In this 4ish they were not gratified. INQUEST ON THE BODY. THE CORONER AND THE POLICE. The inquest on the body of Mary Brothers was resumed on Saturday afternoon at three, at the Angel Inn, High street, St. Giles's, before Mr. Wakley, M.P. The Court having been opened, Mr. WAKLEY inquired of Harvey, the beadle, if there were any additional witnesses ? Harvey said there were none summoned in addition to those in attendance on the last occasion. Mr. WAKLEY ; Are all the witnesses here ? Harvey said he had summoned them, but he understood from Inspector Black that all the witnesses were at Bow street, and that the prisoner was then under examination. Mr. WAKLEY said he had issued a warrant this morning for the production of the prisoner before them at a quarter past ten; and complained that it had not been complied with. From questions put to the inspector and sergeant, it ap peared that the warrant was in their possession, and that they could not inform him whether the magistrate, Mr. Jardine, had seen it or not, though from Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk at Bow-street being aware of the tenor of it, and their superintendent sitting by the magistrate, it was not un likely that he had. The prisoner had been taken into cus tody at six o'clock last night, and conveyed to the Court as early as half-past nine this morning, and they had no power to interrupt the usual course adopted in respect to persons taken into custody, who were taken on the morning following their arrest before the sitting ma gistrate. Mr. WAKLEY said that if the magistrate bad not seen the warrant, or was not acquainted with its purport, and unaware of what transpired here, he might commit the prisoner for trial without coming before them. Sergeant Logan said it was intended to submit the Coroner's warrant to the magistrate at the close of the examination. Mr. WAKLEY said—Gentlemen, I will tell you what trans pired at the last examination. You remember that the inquest was adjourned, in order that, if any person was taken into custody on the charge of having murdered Mary Brothers, we might sit immediately on the spur of the moment, and go on with the investigation. You will also recol lectthat the police in the room received that intimation—they were told that information should be conveyed to the Coro ner's office directly any one was taken into custody on the charge of having slain Mary Brothers. I heard of no person being taken into custody until about 6 or 7 o'clock last nights in the House of Commons. lam not quite sure as to the time, but I think it was about the time I have mentioned. I received information to that effect from the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the floor of the House of Commons. He handed me a note which he had re ceived from Mr. Mayne, the Police Commissioner, stating that a man had been taken into custody, and was at Bow street. Determined not to act by messenger—taking especial care that no misconception, no misconstruction, and no misrepresentation should occur, I went to Bow-street my self to ascertain the accuracy of the statement. When there I saw the inspector now present (Black) and the person who had been taken into custody. I imme diately addressed a letter to Mr. Mayne, stating that I was to hold the adjourned inquest either at half-past nine o'clock this morning or at three this afternoon, and asking him if he would consider himself justified in sending the prisoner here this morning at half-past nine, that I might go on with the investigation. A policeman was dis patched with this letter to Mr. Mayne, and last night at 12 o'clock, I received the following reply : " Eleven o'Clock. "My Dear Sir—l have received your note relating to the party in custody on suspicion of murdering Mary Brothers; and I beg to say, in reply, that I do not conceive I am authorised to direct the police to de part from the ordinary established course, according to which he will be taken before the magistrate at his sitting in the morning.—l am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, " it DIAYNE." Of course, when I received this note. seeing no chance of the prisoner being brought here at half-past nine o'clock this morning, I inferred that by appointing the further in vestigation for three o'clock this afternoon, that the magis trate would have completed,or proceeded so far in the inquiry, that the witnesses, or at least some of them, could be here, that we might be enabled to go on with the .investiga tion. I do not think it was an unreasonable inference on my part—( Hear, hear)—there was ample time between ten this morning and three this afternoon. One witness, however, is here—Mr. Fitzgerald, who we did not examine on the last occasion ; and I will write to Mr. Jar dine, stating that the jury is now sitting and desiring that the prisoner may come here as soon as he has done with him.—( Hear, hear.) These things (continued Mr. Wakley) are very perplexing and especially annoying to me ; and I suspect that in the end it will produce a great deal of indignation in the public mind, and I am strongly of opinion that it is impossible that jurymen can perform their duty in being obliged to return verdicts of wilful murder against persons whose identity is not proved before them.—(Cheers.) I entertain that opinion, and juries also entertain it. I cannot conceive how any obstacle can exist in any quarter—juries cannot properly determine on the guilt of persons accused of such serious offences and discharge their duty to society, unless the suspected party is before them. Many county magistrates are of a different opinion. Such a course is most unreasonable, and he could not conceive why it should be entertained. Juries are most ancient institutions, and protect the interests of the people from aggression. The Honourable Gentle man then went on to say, that for the last six years he had been endeavouring to sustain the powers belong ing to the Coroner's Court, and if jurymen themselves would not take the subject up, it must in effect be abandoned. Nothing could be more repugnant than to, return a verdict against a man without his being present to hear the evidence on which it was arrived at, and without having the opportunity of uttering one word in explanation or his defence—(Hear, hear)—nor to suggest a single question, or check by his presence every one who may be disposed to give false testimony.— (Hear, hear.) They would not like such treatment them selves and in his opinion it was a violation of the law. The police were hostile to the production of persons before the Coroner's Court, and thought that jurymen could not form proper opinions.—(Hear, hear.) The next time ♦ot.es of money were proposed to the police he would take care that they had especial trouble in getting it.—(Laughter and cheers.) He then read the warrant he had issued for the production of the prisoner before him, and which had been handed by him to the police. He con cluded by stating that, unless some effort was made, the prisoner would be committed without his being brought before them. The jury being unanimously of opinion that the Coroner should write to the Magistrate as he had suggested, a letter was written by the Coroner to that gentleman, the sub stance of which was as follows : " That, at the desire of the fifteen jurymen, he had to re quest that the prisoner, Joseph Connor, should be sent before the Coroner's Court, in order that he might be identified by the witnesses." The Foreman said the Coroner bad better add to it, that he had issued a warrant for the production of the prisoner before him, which had been suppressed by the police. • Inspector Black—lt has not been suppressed. The chief clerk knew the purport of it. Mr. Wakley did not appear in favour of this course, and the letter was dispatched. Mr. WAKLEv—We want the witnesses to identify the man charged with committing the murder. None have yet seen him in the presence of the jury. Several of the witnesses who had been examined at Bow street then repeated the evidence which they had given. Towards the conclusion of the proceedings the following letter was received by the Coroner from Mr. Jardine : " Police -court, Bow-street, April 5, 1845. _ _ _ " Sir,—ln reply to your letter, just received, I have to in form you that Joseph Connor has been this day committed by me to Newgate to take his trial for the murder of Mary Brothers.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " D. JARDINE. "To Thomas Wakley, Esq." Mr. Wakley having in strong terms animadverted on the conduct of the magistrate and the police, and having stated his intention of bringing the subject before Parliament, put it to the jury whether they would then agree to a verdict or adjourn, in order to have the prisonerbrought before them. The jury retired to consult, and on re-entering the room, The CORONER asked "were they prepared to say they could come to a verdict of wilful murder' against any indi vidual, without having the individual before them. ° A juryman—l for one, say we could not. The Column—What does the foreman say ? M. BcS lo— Tho beet ewer I ow give to that gladiola is to read to you the opinion which I know the jury and myself entertain upon this subject. It is as follows : " That the deceased was wilfully murdered on Monday, the 31st of March, and that we have reason to think we might have come to a verdict as to the individual who so murdered her, had the police afforded proper facilities for a due examination of witnesses against the person suspected." Mr. Oldham, the cutler, wished to ask the Coroner a quese tion. He was bound to appear before the grand jury on Mon day and Tuesday, and possibly he would be detained before them until Wednesday. In that case he could notsappear before the Coroner to give evidence, if he was required. Now, he wanted to know how he was to act under such circum stances? The CORONER—YOU cannot be in two places at the same time; and, if you are detained before the grand jury on 'Wed nesday, that will be a sufficient reason for your non-atten dance here. Mr. Oldham thanked the Coroner and retired, after which ,h 3 inquiry was adjourned until Wednesday next. HAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL. BERLIN, MARCH 27.—Yesterday letters arrived from St. Petersburgh: they confirm the accounts of the pre paration which the Emperor is making for a tour to in spect the army, and for a visit to Warsaw. Accounts from that city mention several regiments which at pre sent form part of the Polish corps of the army, but which are to be sent to reinforce the army employed against the mountaineers, and arty to be previously re viewed by the Emperor. With respect to the journey of the Empress to the hot springs at Kreuth, in Ba• varia, nothing certain is known at St. Petersburgh it• self. It will all depend on the state of her Majesty's health, and her being sufficiently strong to bear so long a journey. BERLIN, MARCH 29.—The King gave an audience on the 27th to the Baron Rendutro, the Portuguese Am has-ador, and received from him the insignia (sent by her Majesty the Queen 4:f Portugal) of the three united royal P.,ruguese military orders of Christ, St. Jago de Espado. and Sr. Bento d'Apiz. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 28 —The communication with Swede n across the continues to-day, but some per sons have lost their lives At Elsin--re t•le Sound sod denly open•-d, and two ships have arrived there, though only ten minutes before two persons crossed the ice from Sweden. BERLIN, MAactt 26.—The Russian Government have lately ordered Kali! , ch to be more strongly fortified, and a new levy of 100,000 men to be made. As the fortif)ing of Katisch is of particular importance to Prussia, on account of its vicinity to our frontirrs, it is said that our Minister for Foreign Affairs has directed M. von Lebermann, in St. Petersburgh, to ask for some explanation on the subject. BREMEN, MARCH 31.—1 am sorry to have a most dis tressing piece of news to send to you. The river after having attained the height of 181 feet, made a breach in a dike in spite of every effort, and pours with dreadful violence over the adjacentcountry and suburbs. The sight is awful; near the breach the tr,uses and trees are swept away by the furio is torrent which carries everything before it. Unfortunately, it seems that several lives are lost, the torrent being so furious that the boats sent out to afford assistance could not reach them. Between thirty and forty houses are said to have been overthrown and carried off, The water is now falling ; but the lower streets in the city are still inundated. The Bremen Gaze* of the 31st gives a longer account, but says that it is not possible to enter into more details. P.S. At half-past three in the afternoon, the ac counts are rather more favourable, no more persons are missing, and those who had taken refuge on trees and the reds of houses, are all saved. The water continues to fall. _ _ CUXHAVEN, MARCH 30.—A number of ships have arrived from sea, and those that have arrived up to this day at noon, as well as those that lay on the beach, are in the quarantine harbour ; same have a'rcady gone up the Elbe. HAMBURGH, APRIL I.—A very advantageous change in the state of the ice has taken place during the night. Several ships have come up the Elbe from Cuxhaven, and some small vessels have passed Blankeneuse. TWELVE AT NooN.—Eight of the steamers are lying at the Luhe, and the Helen Macgregor is at anchor near Wit tingburg. THE HAGUE, APRIL 2.—From the accounts received to-day of the state of the rivers, it appears that the waters everywhere continued to rise, and that the dikes had suffered during the late storms. The state of the Rhine dike at Liendea caused some apprehensions, and great exertions were making to strengthen them. From Bois le Due we learn that some dikes had given way, and that on the evening of the 31st of March six breaches were made in the Empels dike, ene of which is from 120 to 150 feet in width. The Rhine at Cologne at half-past sir in the evening of the 30th of March, was at 31 feet 7i inches; in the following three hours it rose only half an inch. A letter from Cologne of the 30th March says—" The Rhine gives us a melancholy spectacle. The rapid thaw after the long winter brings down an im mense mass of water, for which the bed of the river is too narrow, and which consequently overflows the banks to a great distance. All the streets near the Rhine are inundated, from the Custom-house to the bridge, only the upper half of the houses is visible. Boats are plying backwards and forwards to maintain the communication between the overfb.wed streets and the other parts of the city. Opposite to us on the right bank, Deutz is almost wholly inundated, and forms an island; in the gardens only the tops of the trees are visible, and the Dragoons in gArrison there were obliged to leave their barracks some days ago, the water haviruz penetrated to their stables. The whole' surrouoctng country suffers greatly by the inundation, and thoa_ h sew ral breaches in the dikes of the neighbourhoo,l have taken place by which new outlets are opened to the water, it still continues to rise, and threatens us wi h turther ray. , ges." It is probably owing to the inundati-ns that the South German papers have net arrived to-day. We have received the Java pipers from the 7th to the 14th of December ; those of the 11th have the following account : News having been received that an English ship was stranded and set on fire on the Karang Oedjong, betw een IVoelatteatt and Berouw, on the East coast et Borneo, and that the crew, consisting of six Englishmen and some Benealese, had been taken tip by the people on the coast, and were at Geonong-Tabor and Tandjong (as mentioned in the Staats Cozy ant of the 20th March.) The schooner, the Egmond, conpuanded by Lieut. Van Capellen, was sent by Mr. A. L. Widdik, the Commis sary for Borneo, &c., to endeavour to bring away the shipwrecked crew and take them to Banjerma.ssing. " The ship arrived on the 20th of October at the mouth of the river of Berouw, and after some corre spondence with the Sultans of Tandjong and Goenorg- Tabor, and a personal interview of .Lieutenant Capellan with the two Sultans, he succeeded in obtaining the re storation of some of the goods that were saved, and the release of the crew. The native crew of the Premier having found means to go to S " The shipwrecked men, W. Brownrig, J. Watson, J. Matthews, H. Matthews, S. Macdonell, W. Pinkerton, and F. Patina, went on board the Egmond in good health on the 26th of October, and were landed on the Ist of November at Banjt.rrnassing, whence they were to be sent to Batavia in the brig Mansoerie. " Though these people have suffered much during their stay with the uncivilised princes of Tandjong and Goenong Tabor, yet it appears to the Commissary that their representations of bad treatment by the Sultan of Goenong-Tabor were rather exaggerated, and that the demand of that prince to have them back must be ascribed to the wish to injure the Sultan of Taudjong, with whom they were in the last instance, than to a desire to put them to death, or to sell them for slaves." THE HAGUE, APRIL 3.—The account of the rivers, re ceived to-day, states that the water continued to rise yesterday. Many dikes are broken through. The accounts from Cologne, of the 31st March, are very distressing. All the dikes are broken through in the low districts in the vicinity. The inhabitants of the villages of Niehl, Merkenich, &c., are among those who have with the greatest difficulty saved their cattle and effects ; but many have saved only their lives, with the consolation that, as far as is yet known, none have perished. Their misery is beyond description, as they were unable to save the small stock of provisions that remain after the long winter. Many houses, stables, and barns are swept away by the torrent. All the stock of corn, hay, &c., that remain, is spoiled, and the sur rounding places which received the cattle of the unfor- tunate people cannot maintain them, being themselves in want of fodder. The winter corn is destroyed, and with respect to the summer corn there is no prospect of sowing it at present, the land, it is thought, being covered with sand. _ _ _ No South German papers received to-day. THE HAGUE, APRIL 4.—Though the Rhine at Co logne has Callen a little, the rivers in the Netherlandt continued to rise yesterday, and the dikes in severa: placus were much injured. NOVEL WATER CONVEYANCE.—About 10 days ago some of tbe inhabitants of Dunkeld were astonished at the appearance of two small objects on the surface of the water at some distance from each other, borne along with the gentle current. As they approached it turned out to be two men, having each on their backs what appeared to be a knap sack ; they had. no guns, nor any other military accoutre ments, but each held in his hand what seemed to be a long pole, and they were supported on the water by what ap peared to be a bundle of clouts. The figures passed by Dunkeld and its rapids in safety. No more was heard of these apparitions at the time, and various conjectures were in circulation ; but at length the mysterious visitors were re ported to be the ingenious and enterprising Nlr. Anderson, of Tullymet, and a friend, who, on separate air mattresses, were inspecting the river for the purpose of testing its safety for conveying potatoes and potato-flour to Perth. This day (Wednesday) we had a repetition of the visit of the same persons on their air rafts, having each under their charge a cargo of some of those materials, carefully covered over with waterproof cloth. They were standing on their cargo ; each had in his hand a long pole, at one end of which was a kind of oar, placed at right angles to the handle, with its flat side to the water. Sometimes they pushed the water at one side and sometimes at the other, thereby directing their singular vessel to the proper part of the river. As Mr. Anderson was passing under the bridge he took off his hat to the inhabi tants, who watched his progress with much interest ; they returned the compliment, and added a hearty cheer. They are now away on their voyage, out of sight, and we wish them safe to land. They have each a knapsack filled with air at their back and at their breast, and appear to have waterproof trousers and boots, so that they will float like a duck, should any untoward event displace them from their novel raft. —Perthshire Courier, March 27. FIRE ON THE RAILWAY.—On Wednesday last a quantity of cotton wool was being conveyed on the Leeds and Manchester Railway, and when the train arrived at Wake field it was found to be on tire. The wool was .pread in the h4t most of it wail consua - :ed or niuch injured before the fire was extinguished. It is probable the fire was occa sioned by a spark or cinder from the engine.— Wakefield Journal. MANUFACTURE of COUNTERFEIT FRENCH COINS at BIRMINGHAM. A discovery h Is recently been made in Birmingham . of a manufactory of counterfeit foreign coins on an ex tensive seale, the principal party engaged in it being foreigner, who is now in custody, having been remanded by the magistrates. The followirg particulars are from s local paper : In consequence of information privately received, Pe: lice. officer 'Tandy, accompanied by Richard Bingley and Sydney Mees, repaired about half-past three o'clock On the afternoon of Good Friday to a court in Snow-hi 11, where there is some shopping. On Tandy entering oi to of these buildings on the ground floor, closely followe . by the others, he saw a large, powerful, self acting presF and two or three men in the place. At the mower X Tandy entered, which he did with stealthy tread, he sa a man in a hole up to his middle, in the act of placing 6 blank in the lower die, and on the instant another part who appeared to have no suspicion of Tandy's eeeran dt , struck off the impression. The man in the hole was instantly seized, tiled the handcuffs placed upon him. Tandy then pro seeded to search his person, and in one pocket he four, d five 5-franc counterfeit pieces, and one good one ; a ud in another pocket four 4-franc pieces, all of which were good. Tandy then conveyed him to the Waterloo-s trf'e t station, leaving the other efficers in possession of the premises. On arriving at the station, the prisoner gave the sager of Joseph Sine. On his person being again seavcleent 70/., mostly in gol], was found upon him, and tel valuable gold watches. In the meantime Bingleg snu Mees were searching the premises. They found oet; tine press, and on one side of the other press sewe rs ,' blanks ready for striking. Bingley took possession, of the counterfeit piece, which was struck off on their en tering the shop. The whole of the dies, presser, were, of course, taken possession of. It having been ascertained that the prisoner Sine bid been staying at the Hen and Chickens' Hotel, the officers proceeded to search the room he eoccupied in that establishment. Mees found a carpet bag. which contained a brave of pistols, and, amongst other ar tY ' clee. a number ol foreign letters. The prisoner is e Spaniard, forty-nine years of ate, and of most gentle . manly address and bearing. He has been backward s and forwerd to Birmingham for the last ten monthi , but he came on his lase visit to that town about ten date ago. On Saturday he was taken before the magistrate.* and mantled. On his capture. communication %vs° immediately made to Mr. Powell, solicitor for ttse Mint, and that gentl -man came down to Birminghaes - Accompanied by George Tandy, he returned to towilt when the lodging .ceupied by the prisoner in London was searched, and docuan nts were found of considerabl e importance, the production of which before the reap trates, it is said, will create an extraordinary sensation. The principal press fount'. in Snowhill is vietteed seam hundreds of pounds, and receipts were found is the prisoner's possession for the dies alone, which were for all the French coins, for 5501. For obvious reasons' no other persons found on Oh e premises were taken into custody. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylo n • India, and China, via Marseilles, will be dispatched from London this evening, 7th April. The next mail for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands; Egypt, India, &c , via Southampton, will be dispatch ed from London on the morning of the 20th instant. Leaving to the brilliant author of a Coningsby'r the task of portraying the new generation, the mysterio ° „, author of " Cecil ' seems determined to amuse the w0r.,11.' at the expense of the old. The Court of George Iv' has already been laid open by his caustic pen, with degree of fearlessness that would make us tremble if it slid not make us laugh—and " SELF " may be regard we are told, as a catalogue raisonnee of the portraits el Sir Thomas Lawrence illustrated by the pen of a Grain' mont. REVELATIONS OF SPAIN IN 1845.—The importan t work just published under the above title is ex ec ing extraordinary interest. The editor, in his Pr e : face, does not claim too much for it, when he says (at e ' adverting to the talents of the author, and the opper tu f: pities which his long residence in the country had a forded for extensive and minute observation) There is scarcely any subject of interest connected with SO O and its inhabitants that the author has not handled 01 ' detail. The country, under all its aspects, and the people , in all the phases of their contradictory and bizarre eh e : ratter, pass before our eyes. Spain fighting and fea s t; ing, pronouncing and fraternising ; Spain in the Ore n and in the Senate-house, torturing bulls and baiting Ministers ; Spain in its hours of mad folly and its rare moments of reflection. USEFUL IN VENTION.—PATENT MACHINE FOR PAWS ° ACCOUNT BOOKS, NUMBERING RAILWAY TICKETS, 8 0 1 This is the most expeditious mode we have yet seen ° printing consecutive numbers, and there can be little doubt that its simplicity will insure its adoption in many of the public offices. The greatest credit is due to al r ; Shaw, the inventor, for this improvement, and we h°P he may reap the reward which his ingenuity deserves The machine, which is a very handsome apparatus' erected on a pedestal, attached to which is a table , justible to the size of any book. Before this table the o sits, and, as fast as the leaves can be turtle"' against a guide, the serial numbers are impressed , o ne action of a lever instantaneou , ly changing and inking the figures. Provision is made for printing all °d u numbers, or all even numbers, the necessity of vvili c ,„ will be obvious, when it is mentioned that the rig"' hand pages of a book are completed before those at the left are commenced, an d t hi s i s e ff ecte d with out causing any change in the usual action of the machine. We think the Stamp and Post-Offiees should look t o the invention * Relieved Telescopes. INVENTED SPECTACLES, Deafness enevea Telescopes. Opera Glasses, &c., 39, Albemarle-street ,Pie. ca di ly. Deafness Acoustic Instruments—lnvisible Conduct. rs when fixed in the cavity of the ears are ro t perceptible, they enable individuals at an advanced all: and of forty and fifty years' standing, of extreme d es ness, instantly to join in general conversation, a nd ° catch the sound of a distant low speaker at c hurch' tO theatre, &c.—lt pours the conversation into the ear s ot such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cane be observed. Also original Ear Cornets, Freoch German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and Improvedh e T:a ims Trumpets of every description. Immediately t t` - ci Newly Invented Spec acles -are placed before impel l , s e vision that mist and dullness which appear before, eyes is removed, every object becomes clear and distieci so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and n „ . 4 ginal state. Also Achromatic W a istcoat Telescopes e , Opera Glasses. Every ki n d o f Tel esc op e s of larger with increasing powers, f o r Shooting, Sea purposes, ° I/ upon stand for astro n o m i ca l observations, with the OP A ': brated Lenses of the most clear, transparent brillian c Y c i the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright brilliant, that min u te objects at an extraordinary dist s %, are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, a t, rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a great rr e o d Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians 5 0 f Aurists, are not in any way connected with a p e rson a the same name in their immediate neighbourhood It hs in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes cautious, and observe,—Only to be had st 39, Albecaa: street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. n o6 ll [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOD - jif AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS ! AN ASTOUNDING Clig t i oii THIS MIRACULOUS MEDICINE, AFTER EVERY OTHER M s HAD FAILED !—See extract of his Lordship's letter, " vo . Villa Messina, Leghorn, the 21st February, 1845. " ` fessor H-4.lloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your P l h , have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stonsaeo which all the most eminent of the faculty at home, l inci .orl nay, n ot s t.. o over the Continent, had not been able to effect, the waters of Carlsbad or Mamenbad.—Signed, AldbOr"ea These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the l iver of stomach. Sold ( also Holloway's Ointment) at Proles be Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice rsal o t had gratis), and by all medicine vendors throughout the eilln world. NEW PIER AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE..—III COD fr , quence of the many fatal steam-boat accidents at Blac`;, friars-bridge wooden pier, the Corporation have come to or d e t erm ination of erecting a new pier of safe construction, AlOO which purpose on and after this day the second Lenuos lower side„arch will be closed till the completion of the 0- pier. —met THS. wit ° On the 9th of February B , l at ß the Luz, near Madras, th e dr eS of Lieutenant T. Greenaway, of the 46th Regiment D' ,a Native Infantry, of a daughter. fl a °as • On the 27th ult., at Greek-street, Soho, Mrs. Th°— Wilson, of a daughter. A stree t- On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. W. H. Wright, Ob.' road, of a daughter. v thelif 0 On the 3d inst., at Bernard-street, Russell-square, - of James Cockell, Esq., of a son, still-born. ac daughter. IA If' On the 3d inst., at Lorn-road, Brixton, Mrs. Char Engelbh, of a of Lfi'rli' On the Ist inst., the wife of W. J. Bovill, Esq., hall lane, Clapham, Surrey, of a son. H. R. Isr' On the Ist inst., at Vassal- roa d, B r i x t on , Mrs. riott, of a son. ii, f t ' On the 2d inst., at the Priory, Homerton, the lady a Blyth, Esq., inst. ,of a son. job° On the 2d at the Avenue, Streatham, the wife o f Beckwith Towse, Esq., of a son. _....--- RIED. On the 6th ult., at St. m J A ames' R s Church, Clerkenwe , A 9 Ite' tenant Frederick Huse Chitty, of the 40th Madras Sat i% T e sa° fantrv, to Eleanor Jane, only eaughter of the late Rev- John Brazier, Rector of Market Drayton, Salop. e the On the 2d inst., at the ch urc h of All Souls, Maryleh a H C on. harles Gore, to the Countess of Kerry. C ab On the 27th ult., at Worthenbury Church, W. F. ki— be tb, Esq., of Cerney H ouse , Gl ouces t ers hire, to Ellen Eljz v a nl ralf second daughter of Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., 0 " - Flintshire. .„,aut On the 2d inst., Henry Currey, Esq., Westminster, to Emily Harriet, youngest daughter °` Charles Price, Bart., of Spring-grove, Richmonil:___.../ of Old Palace-Vsir _ _ _ rd DIEb. • Sta g° On the 28th of January last, at Madras, Capta in Vardon, Madras Engineers, aged 36. late On the 30th ult , Frances, second daughter of th e James Death, of Waltham Abbey, aged 24. Sar i On the 2d inst., at Hindon-street, Pimlico, 1'h 1.6 " Donmall, aged 86. noug i q On the 3d inst., at Bryanston-square, William— t 0 Scott, youngest son of Sir Edward Dolman Scott, Ba r • Great Barr, Staffordshire. On the 10th of February, on his passage home ( 0111 ', of South Wales, Ambrose, the brother of S. Hallo, Stamford-street, Blackfriars. Pir• On the 17th of Fe bruar, a Kinston, Jamaica, Scott, chief officer of the Li y ffey, t Roya g l mail s team-P sc e " , On the 21st ult.. at Peckham, Mr. Thomas Ch anel i r of Bow-lane, builder. t reh ire ' On the 31st ult., at Southrop Vicarage, Glo uces-e Frederick, fifth son of the Rev. W. J. Walker. On the 29th ult , at Kentish-town, Mrs. - (N - 6 °I L-uulisuod MURDO A Chark•Yulito. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun offi ce ,,„„ti of Strand, in the Preeiact of the Savoy, in the Midanitio Monday, £p 7, IW.