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Isles, aria 4 1 /. for medicine for the Scilly Isles. He • economy had not been observed, as this large sum had wished to know who were the proprietors of these increased year after year. Scilly Isles ?—(Laughter.) : Lord LINCOLN said, it was not until lately that his The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I do attention had been drawn to the subject of the parks. st exactly know who the proprietors are.—( Laughter.) Ile was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman could have iII.T3IE-- - -Tie'n what business have you pay-ing fon:al fault with the expenditure upon the royal parks, docters and mediein. , , for th e m,—(f a ehe r .)• as t.ey were entirely appropriated to the public accoli- The CHANCELLOR of the EX , 2ItEQUER said the mo !ation. So far from tie expense of the Parks being laez, was, a communication had been made to the Go- oo the increase, there was at present a decrease. It %N es vernment representing that the people in these isles were 1 true, that in some of the metropolitan narks, the ex sorely afflicted with disease, and were in the most de- penses had been increased owing to the greater number plorable state for medical help, which they had no means of persons who latterly visited them. Hampton Court of procuring, and it was thought a duty not to refuse as- had besn occupied by some Members of the wisto sistance so dreadfully needed, and the cost of which was cracy, but still he thought that it would be wrong so smalli—(Hear.) if the Crown had not the power of appropriating Mr. HUME said he perceived there was a sum of apartments to those persons, and the connections of 2,3001. set down as the salary and expenses of the Mar- those persons , who had rendered eminent services to the shal of the Queen's Bench Prison for three-quarters of a country, and who might be destitute of house and home. year. The former Marshal of the prison, he understood, But at the same time it should be remembered that in had 6,000/. a. year. He had complained of it again and this building there Was a large suite of roo.ns, which were again, and he bad been assured that the salary would in solely appropriated to the public. future be more moderate. He wished to know what the Sir CHARLES NAPIER said a large sum of money salary of the present Marshal was ? would be likely to be expended upon removing the Mr. M. SUTTON said that the salary of the Marshal buildings in St. James's Park on t he side of St. James's of the Queen's Prison w as 7001. a y ear . street. - Mr. HUME said he s h ou ld move for a detailed ac- Dr. BOWRING complained of the item of 300 L being count of the salary and allowances of this officer. He expended upon a Government building in the Isle of also complained of the su m of 3201. charged for bring- Wight. He thought they ought to be allowed to manage ing silver from the Bank of Ireland to the Bank of their own financial affairs, and then they would be wil- England. ling to pay such expenses as those now sought to be in- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex- eluded in the estimates. plained that the silver was brought over to accommodate In reply to a question from Mr. EWART, the Bank of England, during the great demand for silver. Lord LINCOLN said that the proposed improvements Mr. HUME thought the item ought to have been in thelocality between the Regent's-park and Primrose carried to the general account of the expenses of calling hilt had been retarded inconsequence of the negotiations in the coinage. , pending with Eton College. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER again Mr. HUME objected to this mode of passing all the explained that there was at the time a great accumula- estimates for public parks and mansions in one vote. tion of silver in the Bank of Ireland, which was lying He did not wish at this late hour to oppose the vote, but there useless, while there was a great demand for it in be thought the Government ought to allow the House England, wed therefore it was brought over here, but to have the separate expenses of each establishment for that the expense could not be charged to the Bank of the previous year laid before it. England, After a few words from Captain PECHELL , the vote Mr. HUME said he had warned the Right Hon. was agreed to. Gentleman of the inconvenience that would arise when Mr. BROTHERTON then moved that the Chairman the coinage was first called in. The gold was called in report progress. witheut any provision being made by the Mint or Sir G. CLERK said that the next vote was only for the "Bank for the great demand that would arise the expenses of the temporary Houses of Parliament. for silver, in consequence of sovereigns being Mr. BROTHERTON gave way. made receivable only at a certain weight. Great incon- Sir G. CLERK then moved for a grant of 5,400 Z venience was felt in consequence; some bankers had bad for the expenses of the temporary Houses. to give one per cent. for silver to furnish their custo- The vote was agreed to. mers'svith, and in some cases silver was not to be pro- The next vote was 60,0001. for the Houses of Parlia cured at all. There was great culpability somewhere ; ment. In answer to a question upon this vote , the large establishment of the Mint was at such a junc- The Earl of LINCOLN said the new House of Lords. ture 'perfectly useless, no additional coinage of silver could be fitted up temporarily for the next session if ab having been made; it went on in its old jog-trot man- solutely required, but he thought it would be in such a nor. This was riot the way in which a great public de- state as to cause great prejudice to health, and therefore partfnent ought to be conducted. It had the power of he hoped their Lordships would see fit to alter their working four times as much as it did, yet no increase wishes. Both the Houses could be made comfortable by was made, notwithstanding the great pressure the session following—that of 1846. . for silver felt by the public. This charge of 3201. ought The vote was then agreed to. to be paid either by the Master of the Mint or by the The next and last vote was 7,0001. for Trafalgar- Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not know which—(Hear, square, which being agreed to the Chairman reported hear)—it was a charge the public revenue ought not to progress and asked leave to sit again. be subjected to. But though he made these observations, COUNTY COURTS (LANCASTER.) he begged to say that the present estimates were the The House having resumed, best he had ever seen submitted to the House of Corn- Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET obtained leave to mona.—(Hear, hear.) But still they might have been bring in two Bills ; one to amend the jurisdiction of the better.—(Hear. hear.) County Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster; and Captain PECHELL thought that the Committee had the other to alter and amend the jurisdiction of the not had a sufficient explanation of the charge made of Chancery Court of the same Court. sending out one of the largest class of ships to Gibraltar ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS. with the Governor, Sir Robert Wilson. He objected to Mr. SHAW moved for a Select Committee to inquire the employment of large ships of war for such a purpose. into the merits and importance of atmospheric railways. It had been. made to appear that it was the cheapest —(Much amusement was caused by the President of mode, but this could not be ascertained unless they had the Board of Trade, in whose department the appli a return of the cost of the wear and tear of one of these cation came, being in a sound sleep, on the cross large ships. during a passage of fourteen days in the bench behind the Speaker's chair. Having been aroused winter season. • by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Gentle- Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH objected to several roan proceeded to his place, amid the laughter of the items of expenditure, such as 5501. for abstracts of the Hon. Members present.) Mr. Shaw then proceeded to account's s of turnpike trusts; and .459/- lIs: 2d. to, the state that at that hour of the night he would not go into Pock : laW• Commissioners for, preparing certain returns, the question ; lie would merely say that he would follow ordered' hY the Government., . arixeourse-tire Right Hon. Gentleman -might suggest as Mr:COLLETT said he perceived there was a sum of the most desirable. 2,945/. for the cartoons which were exhibited in West- Mr. GLADSTONE said he should suggest, as most rninster Hall. He wished to know whether this was advisable, .that the Honourable and Learned Gentle the amount, after deducting the money which was re- man should postpone his motion till after Easter. ceived frotn those who paid Is. each to see them before The Honourable Gentleman must be aware of the the public was admitted ? difficulty that attended any proposition for a Select Sir G. CLERK said the sum referred to by the Hon. Committee to inquire into the success of scientific expe- Gentleman was the amount paid as premiums. The riments ; it might lead to many similar propositions. sum received from the public went to defray the ex- There could be no doubt that, on the small scale on penses of fitting up the Hall, and for the payment of which it had been tried, the experiment had succeeded ; those who attended. There was a balance remaining the question was whether it would succeed if tried on a of 20014 - which would go to meet the expenses of the more extensive scale. He had another objection to, the other works of art which were advertised to be seen in motion, which was this. The Hon. Gentleman asked the ensuing month. for an inquiry into the importance of the experiments on Sir C. NAPIER said he understood there was a con- this railway ;he (Mr. Gladstone) thought that they had siderable disagreement between Sir H. Pottinger, their already got to that point, and he _doubted if be would Minister in China, and the naval and military officers get further by having the Select Committee he asked employed there, the latter not liking to be placed under for. He did not propose to inquire into any particular a civilian. He wished to know from the Noble Lord plan, but into the importance of the atmospheric prin the Secretary fur the Colonies whether there was any ciple, which he believed was generally admitted. _ Who truth in this report ? He wished also to know Why it were the persons most interested, in this plan ? The was that a frigate should be employed to convey Sir R. proprietors of railways—the possessors of vast masses of Wilson to such a petty place as Gibraltar, while Sir C capital, and who had the best means of investigating the Metcalf was sent to Canada in the Columbia ? The plan for themselves. The House could better ascertain Noble Lord talked of the dignity of sending a Governor the merit of the system if these parties were before it, in a mareaif. war, but he did not see what dignity there which at present was not the case. could-be in sending out a frigate to Gibraltar. Lord 11. VANE said that as this was a matter of na- Lord STANLEY said he had no hesitation in telling tional importance, it Was right that the session should the Hon. and Gallant Officer that general instructions not be allowed to elapse till the House had made a had been sent ont to the naval and military officers, in practical inquiry into the principle. He therefore hoped consequence of the anomalous position of their affairs in that the House would consent to the motion of theßight China, at the tiine, that they should render Sir H. Pot- Hon. Gentleman. tinker every service in carrying on his operations. He Mr. SHAW said that at this moment when there believed there was some difference ofopinion with regard to were many important railways in contemplation, he was the nature of the services they were to perform, but there most anxious to have the principle of atmospheric rail was not the slighest difference of opinion during the whole ways tried in this country. If the question was not course of their military operations. Whatever con- decided this session it would be too late, but as the struction might be put on the instructions, he did not Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to think it would be believe that there was any difference with regard to the better to withdraw the motion till after Easter, he had cordial discharge of their duties by the officers. With no objection to do so. regard to the second question, he thought that it would The motion was then withdrawn. create more respect for him if they sent out the Go- CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES. vernal- of Gibraltar in a frigate, particularly as there On the motion of Mr. COWPER, leave was given to was one to spare. Sir C. Metcalf went to Canada in the bring in a Bill for the establishment of Charitable Pawn COhimbra., because it 'was more convenient for him than Societies. if he went in a frigate; which could not, at the period he went out, take him to the seat ,of GovernMent. Str.C. NAPIER expressed hithself satisfied with the answer of the Noble Lord to tly. , first qUestion, but he could tell tin' noble Lord" that a most deserving officer, Lord John Hay, gave up his ship in disgust at, being constantly employed iii this service. 14fr..M. J. O'CONNELL objected to the payment of Sc/. to Mr. Brownrigg, the inspector of constabulary, fel makinglin analysis of the Arms Act, which was of no use; and very ba-My drawn up. Lord .ELIOT said in reference to what hadbeen said by the lion: Member fin. Rescoinmon, that he did not think the items to which he r e f erre d cou ld bed objected to. With respect to Mr. Brownrigg, he was supposed to be a person very competent to make an abstract of the, Act referred to by the Hon. Gentle man , and the 801. was for the expenses of preparing a numb er of copies for the different constabulary stations. Mr. M. O'FERRALL, in allusion to the item of 591. 17s:; for the expenses of a CoMmission of Inquiry ini6 certain alleged malversations on the part of certain officers of Kilniainham gaol,. in connection with the ex pense of convicts, complained, that although Major Palnier""(who had been, according to the report of the Ct.rnmissioners, guilty of gross negligence), had been disrniSsed by the Treasury from- the office he held in connection with the convict establishment . in liilmain ham-gaii) ; yet he had been continued by the Irish Go vernment in the office of Inspector-General of the Prisons of Ireland. Sir G. CLERIC admitted that, although the report acqUitted Major Palmer of all knowledge of a participa tion In the thalversations alluded, to, yet it stated that he guilty of gross negligence, and, therefore, he had been removed from his office ; but no complaint had bee.n•inideligaiiist him in his office of Inspector- General of rrisons. He' bad satisfactorily performed the duties of that office for twenty-three years. He had introduced many and great improvements into the ma nagement "ef the prison, and, therefore, it had been deemed advisable to continue him in his office. _ M: O'FERILALL'S complaint was ageing, the Noble Lard 'for continuing in office a man whom the TreeSury had dismissed for gross neglect. Mr. F. T. BARING did' not cOnsider'the explanation of the Right Hob Baronet - to be at all satisfactory. Lord IsLIGT said that Major Palmer was an old and distinguished officer. Ile had held his office for twenty three years, and no complaint had ever been 'made against him. lle would be entitled to no retiring allowance, and the Government thought that the loss of the office, the duties of which he had neg lected, was sufficient punishment fo r t h at him destitute by depriving himneglect, without making of that office the duties of which he had satisfactorily dischar ge d, Mr. ,EWART asked if it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill for the' regulation of charities during the' present session, and if it was likely n that any digest of the criminal law, found e d o the report of- Mr. Justice .Wightman, Mr. Sergeant Stark" ' Ancl: other eminent lawyers, was likely t o b e brough t forwaid. Siesß. PEEL said that with regard to the first point his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department had been in communication with the Lord Chancellor on the subject of introthicing a Bill. Mr. lI,UME -complained of the fees to Attorneys and Solieitor-Generals. He understood that some of these offiCers had received the enormous sum of 18,000/. a-year.. Now . 5,000/ a-year would buy the best At torney-General that ever stood in Westminster-hall. Mr. BARING had been always very hostile to fees, but a Commission appinted by that House had recom mended. the system of fees to these officers. He thought a substitution of salaries for these fees would be very advantageous to the public. - Sir R. PEEL expressed himself to a similar effect. Colonel SIBTHOR. P wished to know what salary was paid to Mr. Bulwer as aMbassador to Madrid. He (Colonel Sibthorp).Was surprised that the Government should have selected a person opposed to them in politics. for this important situation. Sic PEEL said he must decline answering the question. Mr:l3ulw er was a highly talented gentleman, anti every way calculated fur the situation in which he had been placed.. He (Sir R. Peel) did not think it Was the duty of the Government to look to party in Making . such l appointments as these, b ut rather to t he capabili ties. of_ the person to be appointed. It was upon these considerations that Mr. Bulwer had been appointed, and he was sore ;hat no-one could obj ect to the appointment en the ground of incapacity in the person appointed. The vote was then agreed to. The sum of 112,190/7was then proposed t o d e f ray the the expenses of public buildings, &c. Mr._ W. WILLIAMS objected to- the vote. He found that the.average sum voted for this purpose for the last five years, was 120,000/. The whole sum votettfOr the Whole Ave years, was 686,0001. for the expeuses of public parks,. palaces, &e. He thought the Right Hon. BitroplPPS*e v would figCeC. ;.with hen tlitlt proper IRISH TEMPORALITIES. Mr. F. FRENCH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to Temporalities of the Church in Ireland. He would not ask for more than leave to have the Bill printed. If the Government had any objection to it, he would not proceed further with it. Lord ELIOT saki he would . not give any opinion on the subjc-ct, but he would not oppose the introduction of the measure. Mr. SHAW said he did not think that there was any chance of the Bill passing. It was opposed by the heads of the Church in Ireland, and he regretted that the Government gave leave "to have it introduced. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS. Sir It. PEEL moved—That Sir Thomas Fremantle be discharged from further attendance on the Contro verted Elections Committee ; that Lord Ashley be added to the said Committee. The Noble Lord was chairman of the chairman's panel, and had been included in his original draught of the Committee. The name of his Noble Friend had only been omitted through inadver tence, and he considered it very important that the Com mittee should have the advantage of his Noble Friend's services. Mr. HAVES admitted the necessity of having the Noble Lord on the Committee but' considered that the Committee ought not t o be deprived of the services of Sir Thomas Fremantle. He would suggest to the Right Hon. Baronet the propriety of moving that Lord Ashley should be added to the Committee. The SPEAKER said that the motion could not be made without notice. Sir H. PEEL trusted the House would recollect that it was on the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman that he acted. although at the same time he admitted that it was the course most consonant to his own feelings. Be would therefore withdraw his motion, and give notice that he should this day (Tuesday) move that the name of Lord Ashley be added to the Committee. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. _The Earl and Countess of War Wick, Lord Brooke and Lady Caroline Neeld, left Warwick Castle, in the early part of last week, for Bath. . Mr. Lever's new work, " Arthur O'Leary," illus trated by Cruikshank, is just published, in three volumes. The Wanderings and Ponderings of Arthur O'Leary cannot fail of affording all the entertainment expected from a new work by the lively author of "Harry Lorrequer." It is ad mirably diversified, full of adventure, rich in character—a rattling, dashing, narrative ; now touched with genuine inte rest, and now with humour, equally new and striking, and possessed of a degree of variety that must supply amusement even to those most difficult to please. The hero escapes from the cut-throats of Paris—to be cheated by the blacklegs of Brussels --partakes of the enjoyments of the chase with Bel gian Nimrods--shares in all the pleasures of the Brunnens of Germany—falls into the power of Dutch smugglers—has an extraordinary adventnre in the mountains of Spa—and be comes acquainted with all sorts of strange persons and sin gular incidents u n the Rhine. Every descri p tion of cha racter likely to fall m the way of the tourist in his continen tal trips, and more than all the anecdotes, escapes, perils, m arvels, and pleasures the most adventurous or experienced traveller c ou ld h ear or meet w i t h , w ill be found chronicled in t t l‘ nu must render this work one of the most popular of the season. HORRID CASE OF CHILD-MURDE an inquest was held at the Malris of - grave -road, Pimlico, before Mr. of a fine - new-born male infant, wbilgetis' Rl.%—resotmllinSstaetete g on view of the body was discovered murdered in'some waste ground in the l above neighbourhood. unfortunate little Mr. Cubitt, the Thomas Thornsett, a man in the em builder, proved finding the body of the of brutally shawl, he up innocent, about ten o'clock on Tuesday. in a piece of calico and a part of an old and face were dreadfully disfigured by violence. Ti head where the body was found is about four yards within 71 81 r wall in the Belgrave-road. Mr. David Wilson, surgeon, of Eccleston-square, Pimlico, deposed that he had examined the body of the child ; it was full grown. There was a violent blow on the forehead between the eyes, and other bruises about the head and face. The umbilical cord was not tied, proving that the mother was not professionally attended at the birth. Witness has no doubt the infant was born alive, and had been destroyed by violence. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown," and recommended that a reward should be offered by the parish for the discovery of the inhuman murderer. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—The virtue, of this most extraordinary medicine is so admirable and, efficacious that it wonderfully preserves man in health and - strength of body, and of all the powers and faculties of his. mind. It is a sovereign remedy for all diseases, however bad, that admit of a cure. All persons suffering from general debility, nervous affections, liver or bilious complaints, sick head-aches, indigestion, want of appetite, as well as every complaint brought on by sedentary habits. For all such these pills will be found to give almost immediate relief. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Esta blisement 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. TU tiN,_ SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YIiSTERDAY. GLOBE.—lreland still continues the difficulty and the disgrace of Sir Robert Peel's administration. The former it might have been without reproach. The letter is not merely its misfortune, but its fault. It is with Ministers, as with ordinary men — they cannot " command success ;" but, by a strict adherence to principle, and an uncompromising course of impartial administration of sound po licy, they may "deserve" to succeed; and will even tually, if not at once, succeed in silencing com plaints and establishing confidence in their rule. From the day that Sir Robert Peel obtained the ob ject of his aim, and, as head of the Administration, selected his instruments of government in Ireland, down to the last appointment made by those who govern in that country, one " untoward event" has followed another in quick succession—all tending to exhibit the unfitness of the Administration to restore tranquillity, or to confer prosperity on that part of the empire. Ignorance of the most essential and easily ascertained facts and circumstances, of which a Go vernment should be well informed to be safely guided in its policy, have caused blunders as palpable as they have been mischievous. Infatuation seems to have rendered the executive blind to consequences. Hence, the Ministry has been damaged in charac ter ; the country disturbed by agitation—vibrat ing between alternate fears for the preservation of social order and hopes of restored peace. The prosecution of O'Connell and his co-agitators was to vindicate the majesty and assert the supremacy of the laws ; yet that very prosecution was marked, from its commencement to its close, by violations of the Constitution, and by open disregard to that im partiality of administration which gives to the laws their efficiency, and preserves justice from de generating into tyranny. By this perversion of the forms of law to the purposes of oppression—this securing a pre-determined conviction by pre arranged violations of constitutional right, the Go vernment has rendered itself the criminal. Public opinion directs its severest censures against the ad ministrators of the law; while those who were con victed, by stretchin, the law that it might reach those who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the party in office, are regarded as heroes. If punished in virtue of the conviction thus obtained, they will be elevated into martyrs. The moral influence—from which the administration of justice derives its real power—has been thus neutralised, if not absolutely enlisted with the convicted parties. No sa!atary results could follow the infliction upon them of any sentence. A nominal punishment would be at tributed to fear—a severe one to vindictiveness. In either case, the Government would be the sufferer. A virtual triumph will be conferred on O'Connell. Whether he escape, or be incarcerated, is, com paratively, of no moment. At liberty, he would be hailed as the victor in the conflict. In Kilmain ham or Carrickfergus, his prison would be the centre of attraction, within which the sympathies of his countrymen would be concentrated. From his cell the Liberator " would issue his periodical behests. These would inspire more reverence, and - be invested, in popular estimation, with more solemn sanctions, than the proclamations of Councils, or the enactments of Senates. At the ex piration of the sentence which removed him, for a time, from the presence of his adherents, he would come forth, wieldingan immensely increas°d influence ; exercising a power over the credulous and easily ex cited population, more dangerous than ever to the tran quillity of the country and the integrity of the em pire. Yet in this dangerous predicament—the result of that want of foresight which seems to have actuated the Government in its mode of dealing with O'Connell and the repeal agitation—another instance is afforded of the folly which actuates the Irish executive. The appointment of a stipendiary magistrate is to be made. The Government is about to give an instance of its desire to conciliate the popular feeling, by selecting for the important post a gentleman whose superior fitness for the office shall be manifest to all. And when the Government does endeavour to do the conciliatory, its success is wonderful. They look round them—weigh the qualifications, mental, moral, and professional, of the numerous aspirants to the honour and emoluments of the office—and they select Mr. O'Brien ! This gentleman's claims to the patronage of the Govern ment and to the confidence of the people were set forth by the Marquis of Normanhy on Friday evening, in the speech by which he called the attention of the House of Lords to the appointment in question. Not only did Mr. O'Brien refuse to give the health of Lord Ebrington, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, be .cause of his avowed determination to withhold the Go vernment patronage from members of the Repeal As sociation; but he wrote a letter on the subject to R. Dillon Browne, Esq., the Member for the town in which the dinner took place. In this epistle, which was published at the time, the most fulsome panegy rics were pronounced on O'Connell, and the most inflated protestations of his own devotion to Repeal, were expressed. STANDARD.—Our attention has been called to a passage, in the seventh edition of the " Encyclo paedia Britannica," recently completed. It is a rich storehouse of knowledge, reflecting honour upon the age and country that have produced it. We know of nothing in any language approaching to it in fulness and accuracy of matter, orin excellency of arrangement. This great work, however, is not faultless, but its error certainly does not lie on the side of hostility to the " new philosophy" in commerce and social eco nomy. On the other hand; we should say, that the new science is a great deal too much in favour with the writers of the" Encyclopmdia." From this charac teristic, which nobody who knows the magnificent repertory in question will dispute, the passage above quoted [relative to " Government inter ference with the regulation of factories] derives additional authority, and this passage, it will be seen, directly impugns the proposition urged in the late debate, that the principle of in terference between employer and employed is "an unsound principle." No objection, says the encyclopaedist, can be. made to the principle of interference between employer and employed, where the latter are children and young persons. It was in this exact case, however, that the prin ciple was condemned, as introduced forty years ago; it was said " the Legislature committed itself to an unsound principle in limiting the labour of children in factories, and it is proposei to increase the lithitation, and to include women in it"—women surely as helpless and as well entitled to the protec tion of the State upon principle as even infant children. If it was our purpose, and if we could command time and room to discuss the subject in this particular light, we might show, by reference to returns, that in the proportion in which the hours of children's labour in factories have been limited have the manufactures of the country improved in quality and increased in amount ; certain and obvious must it be to all men, that within precisely the forty years that have elapsed since the adop tion of the principle said to be unsound, Great Britain has made a progress not only in manu factures and arts, wealth and commerce, but in moral and intellectual improvement, greater than was ever made by any nation in the same period, or even in three times the same period. And if we are asked how to connect this vast and rapid advance with a cause so seemingly slight as a restraint upon the labour of children, we point to the orderly and peaceful character of the people, which has left enterprise and industry to do their work. '• If you would be prosperous, make a hedge for the law," is, if we remember rightly, the first precept of the " Pirke Abboth ;" and every farmer will tell, that generally fencing is worth more than ploughing or manuring; at all events, that without fencing, ploughing and manuring, and all the other efforts of the husbandman, are thrown away. There is, then, something more than the mere consideration of humanity to combat the proposition that the principle of interference for the protection of children, and we will add of women also, is unsound. Such protection fences the opera tions of enterprise and industry; and these operations must thrive in a country thus fenced from internal danger, and otherwise sufficiently protected from ex ternal violence. sln the case of Lord Ashley's pro position, little stress is laid upon the unsoundness of the principle that protection is due to infancy, though that hypothesis cannot be dispensed with by his Lordship's opponents ; the main objection to tke pro position is, that the effect of limiting the labour of women and children 'to ten hours, would, according to the existing arrangements in factories, limit the labour of men also. This we submit is not a fair treatment of the question. If women and children are not entitled to protection, refuse protection upon that ground ; recur to the unsoundness of the prin ciple which forbids to employ infants of six and seven protection, formerly yßenatrsifolwdolmfeonr nein'gdheteneinldhreonurnsrleleinntiatlemdiltloas then do not withhold the right, because, according to the present arrangement of the mills, men may avail themselves of the same protection. Loss OF LIVES AT HULL.-7A serious accident ton oc curred Company on Th urs d a y last at Hull. The Hull Flax and Co t. book-keepers. Th e o ffi ce s are built over a reservoir or drain. are building some new offices for c lerks and The accident occurred in striking some wedges from an arch over the reservoir, when the arch fell with a great crash ; o s y us and at the ti me of the accident f our men were at work un derneath the arch, two of whom were killed; the other two fortunately escaping with nl a sustained few i ed dozen men were a t work on a scaffolding o ver the reservoir; but providentially they also contusions. u serious A in j b u o r ; ._ a n He Packet. . YANKEE RATIOCINATION.--A distinguished clergy_ elan of the Universalist denomination was accused, while in Lowell, of " violently dragging his wife from a revival meet ing, and compelling her to go home with him." He replied —" Firstly, I have never attempted to influence my wife in her views, nor her choice of a meeting. Secondly, my wife has not attended any of the revival meetings in Lowell. Thirdly, I have not attended even one of those meetings for any purpose whatever. Fourthly, neither my wife nor my self has any inclination to attend those meetings. And fifthly, I never bad a wife !"—New Orleans Paper. Lowflow, TITE&DAY moRIs'ING, APRIL 2, 1844., ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Coventry, March 28. • (Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) CON.—HUNT V. HICKLLN. This was an action to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, for criminal conversation had with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. Humfrey - and Mr. Miller were counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. - Whitehurst conducted the defence. The plaintiff is a publican, living at Bedworth ; the defen dant is a ribbon manufacturer. The evidence of one Sarah Bird, aged 17, who was for merly in'the plaintiff's service, and by which the case was sought to be made out, was, that while she was in service with the plaintiff's family defendant was on familiar visiting terms, and that she had on many occasions been sent out on trifling errands when the husbapd was out and the defendant there, or to bed when the plaintiff had gone to bed, so that Mrs. Hunt and Hicklin would be left alone. On Sunday, the 16th of July last, her master and mistress had dined, when Mrs. Hunt went up stairs to dress for church, while her husband went to lie down, saving he was to be called at three, as he wished to go to Voleshill, a distance of a few miles from Bedworth. Mrs. Hunt went to church, and the plaintiff went out at half-past three, on foot, for Foleshill. The mother of the girl, Bird, was in the house at the time, and remained there until Mrs. Huut came from church. After tea Hicklin came in and asked for Hunt, and was told he had gone to Foleshill. He called for a glass of ale and the newspaper. Witness's mother put on her bonnet to •go a little way into the town, when her mistress sent her away, saving she might go with her mother, Mrs. Hunt showing them out the back way, and going a little way with them, and then returning, nobody being left in the house but her and the defendant. The witness quitted her mother, going to the house of an acquaintance, but was fetched away by her mother to her mistress's, where she found things in confusion, her master and mistress there, and a constable named Smith. Mrs. Hunt was crying, and there lay on the parlour floor a piece of board, broken out of the partition which divided the kitchen and parlour. Mrs. Hunt soon after went away to Foleshill, to a house kept by the father of the witness, and went to lay down on the bed. The defendant came in in half an hour,, and went up stairs to her. On seeing her he said, "Why the devil do you lie there, Mawnsey ?" and pulled her up by the hand. She was crying, and he put his arm round her neck and wiped her eyes, and said " Never mind, worse jobs than this happened, and we shall get over In cross-examination she said she had been sent to bed sometimes when other poisons besides Ilicklin were there. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt seemed to live happy together. Never heard him beat her. They differed about once a week, a few words or so. Another witness who was called, upon being questioned whether the plaintiff had not seen his wife since this occur rence frequently, gave several very evasive replies. Joseph Kelly, of Bedworth, a grocer, deposed to a conver: sation he had with the defendant, in which he confessed to the witness that an improper intimacy had existed between him (Hicklin) and Mrs. Hunt. Mr. Whitehurst said it was evident no conjugal happiness had been destroyed, and as to a claim for the loss of the valuable society of such a wife, what would it amount to? The Jury thought 591., and gave it. • OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, March 30. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) lIARBERT V. EDGINTON. The trial of this cause, which had been partly heard yes terday, was resumed this morning at nine o'clock. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. W. J. Alexander appeared as counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Godson and Mr. F. V. Lee for the defendant. This was' an action for a breach of promice of marriage, to which the defendant pleaded, in the first place, that he never did promise to marry the plaintiff; and'secondly, that she was not of sober or temperate habits; but was accustomed to get drunk with wine and spirituous liquors. The unusual nature of the defence in this case invested it with a good deal of interest. The parties on the record were wither of them in the heyday of youth, bOth of them having turned the goal of 40, that sober, unsentimental, practical stage in the race of life, when the agreeable begins to be re garded as of secondary importance to the useful. The plain tiff, Miss Elizabeth Harbert, is the daughter of a respectable farmer, who formerly resided at Oddinton, but who died so long ago as 1823, leaving a widow with eight daughters and one son, all of whom were respectably brought up by their mother. About fourteen years ago the plaintiff went to live with her twobitchelor uncles, who were farmers at Broadwell, as housekeeper, and continued with them until May last, when her uncles gave up the Broadwell farm, and went to live with the plaintiff's mother at Oddinton. The defendant, Mr. Edginton, was a tenant of Lord Leigh, occupying a farm of some 300 or 400 acres, in the same neighbourhood. In April last year lie took a farm called Frogmore, which brought him nearer to Broadwell, and on the 2d of that month he asked one of the plaintiff's uncles whether he was willing to part with his housekeeper, as he intended to make her his wife, if the family and the lady had no objection to the match. After this he was received as the intended husband - Of the plaintiff, and visited the house two or three times a-week till Thursday, the Bth of June, when he fixed the day of marriage for that day week, and prepara tions were made for the ceremony. On the Sunday follow ing he brought with him a number of wedding rings, but— ominous mischance!—not one of them happened to fit the finger of his bride elect. From that day the course of the lady's affections ran any thing but smooth. On the next Tuesday the defendant had cooled wonderfully : his blood, which had previously been up to " marriage heat," was down at" temperate;" and he requested that the marriage might be put off till the beginning of the next week, as he was not very well. He did not appear to be unwell, but as a man, generally speaking, neither takes a wife nor eats blackberries on compulsion, Mr. Edginton had his own way, and took j h u i snlee,awv when n N t h o e t h p i l n a g i n m t ff o r r e e w c e a i%d h heard let te o f r l f i r i o m m t h i l i l m t ht to e t 2 h 4 e tl f r ol o - f lowing effect : " Dear Madam,—l doubt not but that you consider it strange that I have not been to Oddinton lately. I trust the inclosed copy of a letter will be sufficient to convince you that lamin a very unsettled state of mind. Perhaps you will be able to understand it, and know from whence it came. " I am, Madam, yours respectfully - , " W. EDGINTON." The inclosed letter, which was dated the 19th of June, and was directed to " Mr. W. Edginton, Frogmore Farm, More ton in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire," was as follows : " Sir,—As a friend and well-wisher, I have taken the liberty of writing to you on a most delicate and important subject. I have been informed that you are going to enter into wedlock with a lady resident at Bri.adwell. I feel sorry to injure the character of a female of respectable family, but I feel myself in duty bound, as an old friend, to apprise you that there is strong reason to believe she is addicted to a practice disgraceful to a woman, and that would lie ruinous to her husband. I shall say nothing more, but believe me to be your well-wisher. • " ANONYMOUS." After receiving this letter from the defendant, Miss Har bert, accompanied by her sister, went over to Mr. Edgtnton, when lie said that he did not believe the anonymous letter, but thought it desirable that the marriage should be put off for a few days. He told her " not to fret about it," and said he was willing to carry on the correspondence as if nothing had occurred , - but nothing more was heard from him about the marriage, and upon being pressed upon the subject, he said, " I suppose you must action me." Upon another occa sion he said, " If she wants 2001. or 3001., I suppose she must haire it." It appeared that the defendant had communicated to 'several persons, as a fact, that the 'plaintiff was of intem perate habits, and on the 21st of Sept. the match was posi tively broken off on his part. To rebut the charge contained in the defendant's plea, a very great number of witnesses were examined, consisting not only of her relatives, but several servants who had lived with her uncles during her residence with them, some neigh bours,a sin? that t l s attendant. x t r T e i h n e generalely temperate, effect buotf theirev a i n d d eac h e er w it seemed that she was subject to bilious attacks, which occa sionally caused sickness; to severe toothe-ache, fur which she smoked tobacco from a pipe; and to an affection of the throat, for which she was directed to take frequent draughts of tincture of iodine in a wine-glass. of cold water, which looked very like sherry and water. On the other hand, se veral servants, who had a l s o lived wi th her uncles during her residence there, deposed that she was frequently sick from intoxication ; that she drank two. or three glasses of brandy a 'day, which she directed them to procure, nut not to lether uncles see anything of it ; that she was in the habit of smoking cigars, and that she kept a bottle of spirits in her bed-room. That part of the story which related to the brandy derived some confirmation from the landlord of the King's Arms at Stow, who supplied the family at Broadwell with a good deal of brandy from 1837 to 1842, although the favourite beverage of the plaintiff's uncles was gin. Mr. Baron .PARKE, in summing up, told the jury that they would have no difficulty in finding a verdict for the plaintiff upon the first issue. There could be no doubt that the de fendant had promised to marry her, but the main question in the cause was, whether the second plea of the defendant had been made out to their satisfaction. • If they thought it proved that the plaintiff had been guilty of the intemperate habits ascribed to her by the defendant's witnesses, and that the defendant had broken off the match, not upon the autho rity of an anonymous letter, but upon obtaining sufficient evidence of the fact of the plaintiff's intemperance, the ver dict upon the second issue must be found for him. If, how ever, they were of opinion that the second point in that plea was not made out, still, if they considered that the former part of the plea was proved, that circumstance ought to in fluence them in considering tfie damages which ought to be given ; because, a woman who could so far forget herself was not entitled to ask for heavy damages. The jury consulted for some time, and then found a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 200/. THE LATE MURDER AT MARYLE BON.. E._coßoNEß's INQUEST. Mr. Wakley, M.P. the Coroner for Midd lesex, havin g ap pointed the inquest on the body of the female murdered on Saturday by her husband, to be held yesterday morning at nine o'clock, at the Three Compasses,:Little Marylebone• street, a great crowd of persons assembled from an early hour in front of the premises, anxious to have a look at the mur derer, as it was well known that the Coroner had determined on his being present during the proceedings. This morning, shortly before ten, at which time, for the better convenience of jurors, the inq uest ha d b ee n ultimately fixed, the wretched prisoner was conve •yed in a cab , in the custody of Inspector l'edman of th e D division, and a cc omp an ied by Mr. Joseph, surgeon, of G reat Mary l e bone-street, from the St. Marylebone Infirm ary to the place appointed for the holding of the inquest. l it he w a a s PP :h raliccoens i o de f ra th i l prisoner difficulty was tha t t a he signal for a yell of the most fr i g htful character from the as sembled mob, and posse of police was enabled to protect him. Mr. Wakley M.P., and Mr. J. G. Mills, his deputy, hav ing arrived, the jurors were sworn in, . and the first witness called was Mary 'Lynes—l am a married woman, residing at No. 4, Little Marylebone- s t reet, w h ere the body of the deceased at present lies. On Saturday evening last, a few minutes before seven o'clock; I was scrubbing down the stairs, when William Crouch, the deceased's husband, came up, and said to me, " Is my mis Bus up stairs?" I said that she was. He then went up into my room, on the first attic, where she was nursing - her baby, and singing to it. The instant he went in she ceased singing. I was at the time only some three or four steps from the stair, and I heard my little girl, who was also in the room, scream out, e Oh, mo ther, mother, he has cut her neck." I ran up stairs, and saw Crouch standing at the door wiping a razor with a bit of rag. When I got inside the room I found Mrs. Crouch sitting on a stool, with her head leaning against the side of my.door, and her throat cut. I said to Crouch, • ' -- ob -, you villain, get out of the room ;" to which he replied, " If one man is not sufficient for her twenty is not." Deceased never moved nor spoke after. I ran down stairs and called Mrs. Mayhew, another lodger, and at the same, time Crouch passed me and ran out. I rushed down stairs after him, and found that he had reached the corner of Chesterfield-street. Mr. D av ies, my landlord, followed him, and caught him in that st re et. On his being given into cus tody he was brought back to my room. He then asked, "Is she dead ?" and I said, " Oh, you villain." I did not see the razor then, and Crouch on being questioned said he had thrown it away. Mr. Joseph, surgeon, was sent for, and the prisoner was taken away. By the CORONER—Scarcely a half minute elapsed between the time when Crouch passed me on the stairs, and my child screaming out. _I saw him before on Saturday morning, and lie asked if his wife ,was pp_stairs, when I told him no: He `i was a sober man, and no words arose before he committed the act. When he ran away after committing the murder, • I saw him conceal the razor in his left waistcoat-pocket. He lived at 7, Great Chesterfield -street, and, I believe, was at one time agentleman's servant, but afterwards a potman. He did not keep the last place long : Sarah Simpson, the little.grrl alluded to by MrS. Lynes, said - she wat seven years of age. About seven o'clock on Saturday night she was with Mrs. Crouch, who was sitting with her baby on her knee, when her husbsnd came into the room. He stood by the side of her, and then took her by the hair and cut her neck with a knife. She fell a the stool on to the floor. They had not quarrelled before he cut herneck. She was singing to her baby.at the time. After he had cut her, he stood by the drawers, and when her (witness's) mother came in he ran away. Sergeant Bennett, 18 D, said that at a quarter after seven o'clock on Saturday night he was in Great 3larylebone street, when he was called by a little boy, who said that he was wanted in Little Marylebone-street, where a man had cut his wife's throat. Went there and found a mob of people, with the accused in the midst of them. Witness asked which was the man, when some one there said, "That is him, don't you see his hands covered with blood." Crouch said, " Dont collar me ; go quiet." Took him to the house where deceased lay, and in going along Crouch said, " There, you see I've not hurt her." The floor was covered with blood, and it was still pouring from the wound in her throat. He said to the prisoner, " What have you done with the ra zor," when he replied, "I have thrown it away." He then took prisoner down stairs, and met Mr. Joseph at the door. In going to the station-house the prisoner said, "I don't care anything about it ; she deserved it for leaving me. You may hang me, and be d-d." And on going further he said, " Oh, this cursed drink; she left me, and if she had not left me I should not have done it." On searching him at the station house, found a razor-case in his right coat pocket. Found also Is. ?id. On taking off his handkerchief found that he had cut his own throat also. Robert Davies merely proved the prisoner's running away, and his capturing him. Mary Ann Smith, sister of deceased, had last seen her alive on Tuesday, when she informed witness that she had left her husband, but said nothing of his treatment of her. Mr. E. Joseph, surgeon, of Great Marylebone-street, was sent for to see deceased scion after seven on. Saturday night. Found her in the front top attic of No. 4, Little Marylebone street. She lay on the floor in a pool of blood. Examined the wound in her throat, which commenced about an inch .anterior to the left jaw, severing the windpipe, and reaching to the angle of the right jaw, in length about eight inches. It had divided the muscles of the throat, the jugular vein, and carotid artery on the right side. The entire structure of the throat to the spinal process had been injured, and he should suppose' that the throat had been drawn into a state of ten sion before the prisoner had inflicted the cut. The prisoner, a thin and wretchedly. emaciated-looking creature, was asked if he wished to say anything to the Court, when he stammered out, " The cause was "—he then hesi tated, and appeared almost fainting. At last the words could be indistinctly heard, Oh, I cannot ; don't ask me. Take me away, take me away." The wretched creature was then removed. Mr. WARLEY briefly addressed the jury, and said that from the very clear evidence adduced, and the admission of the prisoner himself, he thought there could be no reasonable cause for hesitation in delivering their verdict. He would, if they wished it, repeat the nature of the witnesses' statements. The jury replied that it was altogether unnecessary, and at once returned a verdict of " 'Wilful murder." The pri:oner was then taken to Marylebone Police-court, where the same evidence was gone into. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. William .Read, the owner of the brig Colina, and Captain Simpson, the master of that vessel, were brought up before the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie, Bart., for re-examination upon a charge of having con spired together to sink the said brig, for the purpose of defrauding the Alliance Marine Insurance Company, with whom the vessel was insured. Several gentlemen connected with the shipping interest in the City were in attendance in the Justice-room, to listen to the pro ceed ings. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin appeared as caunsel for the prosecution. The prisoner Read was represented by Mr. Wontner. Mr. Clarkson, addressing the Lord Mayor, said he had to inform his Lordship that, since the prisoners had been before him, the master of the brig Colina—the pri soner Simpson—had made a statement in reference to the loss of the vessel in question. The statement was a general one, which he (Mr. Clarkson) was not then in a condition to lay before his Lordship. It was enough for him to say that it materially affected the prisoner Read. The statement went the length of showing that the loss of the brig was wilful—that it was after some delibera tion, and by arrangement, she was lost—and that the circumstance took place at the instigation of the prisoner Read. On the previous examination, Mr. Wontner ex pressed his determination to apply to the Judges, in order that the prisoner Read might be allowed to find bail. If it was still Mr. Wontner's resolution to do so. he (Mr. Clarkson) would feel it to be his duty to submit the statement, to which he had referred, before the Lord Mayor at the earliest possible moment. If, after Mr. Wontner saw the nature of the statement in question, he should feel it to be his duty to make an application to the Judges, he, of course, might do so. He now begged his Lordship would remand the prisoner to such a day as would enable him to complete the case, so as that the prisoners might be committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court at the ensuing sessions. Mr. Wontner expressed a hope that the remand would be to an early day, as it might be necessary, after hear ing what the nature of the statement referred to was, to make inquiries respecting it. After a short conversation, the prisoners were ordered to be remanded till three o'clock on Saturday next. The depositions taken on the last day of the examine• tion were then read over by Mr. Goodman, and the wit nesses bound over to prosecute. One of the witnesses, George Gardner, clerk to Read and Page, of Ipswich, said that the gentleman who came into his employers' counting-house, with a newspaper containing the loss of the brig, was Mr. Taylor, ship owner, of Ipswich. Mr. Wm. Henry Moss, a clerk in the Ship Registry office of the Custom-house. produced an office copy of the registry of the brig Colina, dated sth January, 1841, showing the ownership of the vessel to be in the prisoner Read and his partner. The prisoners were then remanded till Saturday. TREATMENT OF MR. BARNARD GREGORY IN NEW. GATE.—Mr. Wells, the barrister, appeared before the L ,, rd Mayor, for the purpose of calling his Lordship's attention to the case of Mr. Barnard Gregory, and the treatment which it was alleged that individual was suf fering from in the gaol of Newgate. He knew nothing whatever of Mr. Gregory personally, and he was only induced to come forward respecting him, in consequence of the statement which had appeared in some of the public journals, as to the conduct which had been pursued towards him, in the gaol in question. If the statement put forth in the journals referred to was a true one, he must say, that the treatment from which Mr. Gregory was suffering was more cruel than any he had ever read of, in connexion with the Bastile, the enormities of Robespierre, or even the Government of Algiers. The Learned Gentleman then read the statements in question, from which it appeared that Mr. Barnard Gregory was compelled to associate with felons ; that he was denied the use of pens, ink, and paper, or even of a. black-lead pencil ; that he was not allowed any books to read ; that he was not permitted to have candles, and was conse quently in darkness for fifteen hours out of the twenty four ; that he was obliged to sleep on an iron bedstead, with rope mattress and rug covering ; that he was only allowed the prism diet ; that he could only see his friends under the order of a magistrate ; and that al though a certificate signed by two physicians and four practical surgeons, had been transmitted to the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, showing that Mr. Barnard Gregory had since his imprisonment burst a blood-vessel, and that if the present treatment was continued the result would be the death of Mr. Gregory; yet, up to that time, no notice had been taken of the re presentation by the Home Secretary, and the prisoner was still treated in the same manner and subjected to the same hardships and privations as heretofore. The LORD MAYOR said that the case of Mr. Gregor) , had already been under the consideration of the Magis trates of the City of London, and the attention of the Home Secretary had been called to it. Mr. Wells said that - his Lordship must no doubt be aware that the prison discipline did not apply to persons incarcerated in the gaol of Newgate on account of libels, and added that he was determined not to allow the matter to sleep. Lie would either apply for a habeas corpus on the first day of term, or call a public meeting to address the Queen, who, he was sure, could not be aware that one of her subjects was treated so unjustly. The LORD MAYOR said he would take care the matter should be inquired to. MARYLEBONE. William Crouch, the man charged with the murder of his wife, and against whom a verdict of wilful murder had been given by the Coroner's jury, was brought before Mr. Rawlinson for further examination. On being placed at the bar, he appeared in a very weak state, and was accommodated with a chair; He shed tears, and looked much paler than when before the Coroner. The same witnesses having been examined before Mr. Rawlinson as gave testimony at the inquest, Elizabeth Haines, whose evidence wits additional, was called, and stated that she was the wife of Samuel Haines, and lived at 7, Great Chesterfield-street. The prisoner and the deceased had lodged at her house. On Saturday he went out to look for work. On his return he was accompanied by a man; she spoke to him, and he went out again. He returned a second time in about an hour and a half, and appeared in liquor. She told him that he was so, but he denied it. He talked of, taking a room, which she told him she thought was let, and said that he was better as he was, as his wife had left him. He then sat down, and said, "If it must be done, it must be done." She gave him some clothes, and he said, " I shall never want these ; I shall never wear them." He then opened the bundle, took out a shirt, and said, " Here's a shirt to wear ! it has lain in the box six weeks, and she was too lazy to mend it or sew the buttons on." He afterwards said, " Why, the b— h—, could not she mend my stockings ?" He went into another room locked his box, and put the key into his pocket. He shortly afterwards went away without saying anything. On a previous occasion, about a fortnight ago, the very night she had left him, he said he would lie in wait for her, and give her a good hiding; and if he had had her there then, he would cut her throat with a razor. The Magistrate having asked the prisoner if he had anything to say, the wretched man merely replied, the mother and sister of his wife had persuaded her to leave him, and that had undone him. He h a d b een ou t o n Saturday drinking, and took more than he could manage. The thoughts of her leaving him•had so wrought upon his mind that it was more than he could bear. He had wished to cut his own throat, but the handkerchief pre vented it. Mr. RAWLINSON—Have you any more to say? Pri soner—Nothing more. Mr. RAWLINSUN—Then you are committed to New gate, to take your trial. `An crowd around the Court was very great, and it was with difficulty that the mob could be prevented from laying violent hands on the priznter, both on his being taken to and removed from the Court. CLERKENWELL. Henry Williams was charged with obtaining money on false pretences from several housekeepers. The fint case against the prisoner was that of a poor woman named Hayes, who keeps a little shop in Peter street, Clerkenwell. whose son is a seaman, and went out to China in the Castor at the commencement of the war with that empire. The prisoner told the mother that he had been serving oh board the same ship with her son, and mentioned the name of the vessel. He added that he had parted with Hayes about two months previously at Rio Janeiro, and' that Hayes had given him a parcel for his mother, containing two damask shawls and a letter. He had taken the greatest care of the parcel, and having been steward on board the Amelia, which arrived in Liverpool on the 16th March last, .he thought there would have _been nothing to prevent his removal of it. The vessel had, however, no sooner anchored in the dock than the Custom-house officers boarded her, seizing the parcel, and refused to give it unless 14s. 6d., Custom-house fees were paid upon it. The poor woman, upon his promising to send up the parcel by railway on the following Wednesday, gave him the money, which she made up with difficulty. No parcel arrived, and the whole story turned out to be fabulous. The second case was that of Mr. James Alexander Mathews, a glass merchant, residing in the Dover-road. To him the prisoner stated that his name was James Edwards, and that he was second steward on board the Amelia, which had arrived from the West Indies on the previous Monday, the sth of last February. He asked Mr. Mathews if he had not a son in the colonies, and on his replyingin the affirmative, told nearly the same tale as in the former case, stating that the parcel contained silk handkerchiefs, a writing desk, and parcels of cigars. He was sorry to inform Mr. Mathews that the cholera was then raging with great violence in the district in which his son resided. The parcel was detained for IBs. 6d., Custom-house fees. This sum he obtained on the same promise as in Mrs. Hayes' case. They never heard more of him until his arrest. Mr. Mathews wrote to Liver pool, and was informed by one of the officers of the docks, that there was no such vessel there as the Amelia, and he (the officer) regretted to say, that Mr. Mathews was only one of a large number of London housekeepers who bad been made the dupe of som.. swindler, as he had received a large number of commu nications to the same effect. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, No. 2, Cockpit court, Poppin's court, Fleet-street, deposed, that on the 22(1 of Decem ber the prisoner came to her, and asked her if she had not a son in the West Indie. She replied in the affir mative, and he made the same representation to her as in the former case regarding the parcel, and obtained 9s. 6d. from her ; but the most cruel part of his con duct was telling the poor oki woman that he had left her son dangerously ill of the yellow fever, which grieved her exceedingly. He told Mrs. Brown his name was John Phillips. Two other elderly women, named Rainsforth and Burgess, residing in the Borough-road—the one having a son in Sydney, and the other in New Zealand—deposed that they had been defrauded of small sums ofponey by like representations. The Court was crowdel with the victims of the pri soner's artifice—they were mostly old women. Police-constable 136 G, who arrested the prisoner, de posed that he could complete thirty cases of the same description against the prisoner. Housekeepers of every condition, and residing in different parts of London and its vicinity, had been defrauded by him. Mr. COMBS said he would commit him for trial, and depositions in the above -mentioned three cases were taken down. Thomas Foley was charged with threatening to murder his wife, and with having violently assaulted her and also police constable 124 E. It appeared from his evidence, that on Saturday night last the constable was on duty in Brunswick-square, when he heard cries of" Murder" proceed from a house in Marchmont-place ; he hastened thither, and ; on ascending the staircase, saw the prisoner standing over his wife, and beating her in the most brutal manner. The constable rushed in, but had scarcely entered the room, when the prisoner pushed him out again, and, striking him a violent blow on the breast, knocked the officer against the bannisteit The bannisters gave way, and the unfortunate constable was precipitated down to the next landing, and his hand coming under him, was severely sprained. An outcry was raised, and the police and civilians rushed in and secured the wife and officer from further vio lence. Waddington said the prisoner was one of the worst cha racters in that neighbourhood; he had been frequently con victed of assaults on the police. Sergeant Lester, 10 E, said the prisoner's wife refused to prosecute, fearing his violence when he came out of prison. The prisoner denied the assault, and said he had several witnesses to disprove it, but when called upon to produce them not one came forward. Mr. COMBE sent him to the House of Correction for a month, without fine. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. For some time past the churchwardens, and other autho rities, of St. Margaret's parish, have been endeavouring, by every means in their power, to put a stop to Sunday trading, and although their exertions in some instances have been crowned, with success, gin-palaces, cigar-shops, confectioners, &c., continue to supply the lieges with articles in their pe culiar line of business, in defiance of the wrath of the heads of the parish, or of the commandment which saith, that they shall labour six days and rest on the seventh day of the week. However, many respectable shopkeepers have con • ceded to the wishes expressed in a handbill, industriously circulated throughout the parish, but persons carrying on the above-mentioned businesses are by no means favourable to the adoption of the new plan, which they declare will ma terially reduce their profits. The police, however, have been instructed to use their utmost endeavours to put an end to Sunday trading in this neighbourhood. Ellen HaggerN, a poor Irishwoman, was brought before Mr. Bond, charged with hawking a basket of ( ranges about for sale whilst the congregation of St. Margaret's Church was leaving that edifice. 60 B said that, a few minutes after one o'clock yesterday, he saw the defendant with a basket of oranges opposite St. Margaret's Church. She was moving slowly along, and on desiring her to go away, she became very indignant, but did not make use of any bad language, and would not go, but kept moving along. She did not ask persons to buy, but was evidently there for the sole purpose of disposing of them. She said she was going to Millbank to serve some persons there, who were in the habit of buying oranges of her. The woman, in answer to th ‘, charge, said she had seven children who were solely dependent upon her for support, and that she was compelled to go .out to endeavour to get then► some food, as she had taken. very little during the week. She was not in the habit of selling oranges on the Sabbath. Mr. BOND discharged the defendant, telling her that there were six days for labour and one for rest; and that if she was brought before him again charged with a similar offence, she would not be so leniently dealt with. UNION-HALL. Hannah Boyd, a girl in the service of a Mrs. Trindall, in Bermondsey-street, was charged before Mr. Traill with steal ing a neck chain, and a variety of other articl es , th e proper t 3 of her mistress. The prisoner, who is a young and well-looking female, had been hi the service of . the complainant for the last six months, during which period she was in the habit of attend ing in her mistress's shop. The prisoner, however, absconded about a fortnight ago, and, when she was gone, a variety of articles were missed, amongst w hi c h were th ose a b ove 'de scribed. Upon subsequent inquiry it was found the prisoner had formed most improper connexions, and, when taken into custody, the stolen articles were found in her possession. Mr. Truth', said that he should consult the feelings of the complainant, and either commit the prisoner for trial, or deal summarily with the charge, and at once commit her for a limited period to gaol. The complainant said, that with a view to sever the con nexion between the prisoner and her associates, she should wish to prosecute. The prisoner was, therefore, committed for trial. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCII 30.—This being the last day of Hilary or Lent Term, a congregation was holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were; conferred : MASTER OF ARTS.—Rev. J. S. Northcote, of Corpus Christi College. _ BACHELOR OF ARTS.—E. H. Cole, of Trinity College. - The Rev. H. G. Liddell, student of Christ Church, has been appointed Public Examiner in " Literis Humanio ribus.' The Lusby.scholarship has been, obtained by Mr. Price, from King Edward's Grammar-school, Birmingham. The Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, have presented the Rev. High Jones. Fellow of their Society, to the vicarage of Holywell, Flintshire—value, 2501. per annum. ,Edward Owen, Commoner, of Jesus College, was yesterday elected a Scholar of the same College. The Dean of Lincoln has presented the Rev. W. Gibbs to the rectory of Matlock, Derbyshire—value, 3201. per annum.' The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Alexander Broadley, to the vicarage of Bradpole, Dorsetshire—value, 1991. per annum. The Rev. J. Bartlett has been appointed to the new dis trict church of St. John,lvington, Herefordshire. The President and Fellows of Magdalen College have pre sented the Rev. T. Harris, Fellow of their Society, to the perpetual curacy of Horsepath, in this county—value, 911. per annum. The following members of this University have been or dained Deacons by the Lord Bis!“ p of Winchester:—Robert Sumner, of Balliol College; John Lloyd, Worcester College. The next congregation for conferring degrees will be holden on Wednesday, April 17, being the first day of Easter Term. On the same day, at two o'clock, the Procter elect will be admitted into office. CAMBRIDGE, MAncit 30.—The Professor of Chemistry commences his course of lectures for the Easter Term, April 22, at the Laboratory in the Botanic Garden. The Professor of Civil Law has concluded his lectures for this term with the thirty-fifth lecture of the course, and re sumes them in Easter Term, on the 23d day of April. In addition to the fixed subjects of examination fir the degree of Bachelor of Arts, the following are selected for the year 1846 :-1. The first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. 2. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesialls, and the Epistle of St. James. 3. The Ajax of Sophocles. 4. The Bellum Jugurthinum of Sallust, 5. The Second, Third, and Fourth Books of Paley's Moral Philosophy. Congregations will be held on the following days of the ensuing Easter Term :—Wednesday, April 24 ; Wednesday, May 8 ; Wednesday, M ay 22 ; T uesday, June 11 ; Saturday, June 29 ; Monday, July 1; Friday, July 5. Christ's College—The Porteus medals have just been ad judged to Messrs. Wrattislau and-Evers; to the former for the best Latin dissertation, and to- the latter for the best English essay. The reading prize has, been awarded to Mr. -Weston. • Magdalene College—The following gentlemen have been elected Scholars :—Morley, Rachel], Gooch, Walker, and Harley. Clare Hall—The Sizarship of this College has been ad judged to Mr. Klugh, and his name placed on the boards accordingly. Caius C.Nallege—Lent Term Examination :—Jogior Sophs— Woodrow, first prize ; Watson, second prize. Day, first pri z e ; Weir, second.priz`r. freshmen— Trinity , Hall—Lent Term - Examination :—Prize Essays Second Year—English essay, Chase; Latin essay —. First. Year—English ess a y, Smith ; Latin . essay, Hosts., The Earl and Countess of Jerseyhave gone to Belvoir. Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, who is sur roundedk a distinguished circle of 'friends at that splendid residenm The Marquis of Bute, who has been slightly in disposed at Cardiff castle, is now convalescent. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Arm', I.—Wind this day at • noon, - 140 easterly breeze and fine, with slight fog. - DEAL, MARCH 30.—Wind E.N.E. fresh breezes ; 311 E.S.E. to E.N.E., moderate.—Sld. Orestes, - Madras • Stadi Utrcht, Batavia; and Euphrosyne, Quebec ; Welliffgto.n , New York ; Constance, I'rince Edward's Island. OFF DOVER, MARCH 30 AND 31.—Ro'wellayTalot, -I firer Gambia. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Wind E.N.E. fresh breeze ; 31, E.N.E. to S.E. ditto.—Std. City of Poonah, Cape and Ma4ras. OFF SALCOMBEi MARCH 29.-- -John Pilau, Loudon flol . Algoa Bay, with loss of jib-boom. OFF SCILLY, 3lmicn 30.—Resource, Bondi Sierra Lewis , Papszow, 111micx 29.—Std. John and Mary, -Quebec. BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—S1d. Bristolian, Coquimbo, and no b Africa, as reported ; Bee, Quebec ; Cosmo, New York. WurrsTAnt.F., MARCH 30.—About eighty quarters of wheat have been saved from the Industry, front Spalding to Lon don, wrecked on the East Burrows. STANGATK CREEK, MARCH 30.—Arrd. Iberia steamer , Books, Constantinople (left 6th ult.), with loss of miteninfigt and other damage, having been in contact with 'a large shiP. 28th instant. , CORK, MARCH 28.—A piece of a wreck, forty feet long and thirty feet wide, perfectly flat, with planks six inches thick longitudinally, longitudinally, and beams about three feet apart trans - , versely,'and apparently something under, with an opening or hole like a hatchway or scuttle, the side arid ends at rigbt angles, and supposed to be the bed of a steamer's engine, WO passed on the 19th ult. 250 miles north of Terceira, by thi Douglas, Wade, arrived here. SiftEr . .ns, Maucit'3o.—Sid. Gratitude, St. John's; Lilburtir Pugwash ; Bolton and Jane Avery, Quebec • Express, Calcutta. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 29 AND 30.—Sid. Express, Hough - ton-le-Spring, and Thomas and Hannah, Quebec. Hum., MARCH 29.—S1d. Elizabeth Holderness, St. Jolla% New Brunswick. CORK, MARCH 28.--Acrd. Dale Park, London, Port Phillip ; Britannia, Volnin, Africa (guano). Off, Doug's* Wade, Ichoboe. CLYDE, MAnot 29.—Arrd. Duchess of Portland, Paterson* Demerara. LIMERICK, MARCH 29.—Sid. Jane. Black and Div, Quebec' BRIGHTON, MARCH 30.—The Cheviot, Griffitfis, was in contact off this, 28th inst., with the schooner Post Boy, and lost foreyard, &c. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—Wind S.S.W. to S.E., moderate 31st, S.S.E., fresh breeze.,-Arrd. Brazilian, Cunningham , Pernambuco ; Cario, Childs, New Orleans ; Llama, Torte, Rico ; Quiz, Patras, after being ashore. Sld. 29th, Sir K. Huntley, Prince Edward's Island. 30th, Ann ArnistYr Bombay; Laurina, Para; Sunflower, Bahia; Grace, An tigua; Sea Flower, Bay Chaleur ; Prompt, and Sari Montreal. 31st, Patna, China; Currency, Calcutta; John Walker, Cape of Good Hope; Charles, Buenos Ayres ; Tar' tar, Bahia; Elizabeth Beynon, Pernambuco ; Portland , Cuba; Herman, Baltimore ; Princess Victoria, St. John' '► New Brunswick; Fairega, Caireget, United States ; Tamer lane, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.--(YESTERDAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. For the finest descriptions of English wheat, fresh ups the demand was, on the whole, steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ; but, in all other kinds, exceedingly little was doing, and, in some instance* the currencies had a downward tendency. For free Foreigt, Wheat no progress could be effected in sales. In bowie? grain, the rates were nominally unaltered, at about last week S prices. The best parcels of Oats were held at full prices; the middling and inferior kinds 6d per quarter cheaper. Beaoo and Peas at .last week's figures. In Flour prices tenor' downwards. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, Ms to -• 41. to 58s OATS—Yorkshire and Ditto, White .. , 52t t0,63s Lincolmh., feed ... 23i to Norfolk and . 14 . n. Potatoe ..... 25a N coin, red 4os to 43s Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 42s 'to 47s black Irish, red........... .... 47s to 50* Cork, white Ditto, white ..... New - 36s to 38s PEAS...Grey BARLEY—Grinding 253 to 28s Maple 33s to 3.• Malting 'l3. to 33s White ..» .... .. . ... 30. to Chevalier 32s to 35s 80i1er5........... ....... -32 s to 3 64 .. MALT—Suffolk and Nor nova—Town made ... 48i to 2 f, folk 561 to 62. Sufto k Si* to Brown 50s to 51s Stockton & Norfolk 344 to 7 2 Kingston and Ware 56s to 02s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT—Dant zic Hamburgh ............ 36s to 40s Peas *23s to I+ 4 BARLEY 305 to 33s FLOUR—American ...... 2:3s to OATS—New Feed ..... 14s to 16s SMITHVIELD. The primest Scots were mostly disposed of at the pric. quoted on Monday last, or from 3s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs be thoae of most•other kinds had a downward tendency, and clearance of such was not effected. The Mutton trade If ° unusually heavy. Prime old Downs were with difficulty dir A posed of, at an abatement of 2d, while other kinds were *- lower than on this day se'nnight. Prime small qualities of Lambs were in demand, at fully 6s 4d per Blbs and marl/ the whole of the supply was disposed of. - In Veal no alter tion in prices. Pigs at late rates. . Per Bibs.. to sink the offal. • s. d. to s. d. • sd.toO. . 0 Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Secondgualitiditte... 3 0? Second quality ditto 2 6 2 8 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 4 i j Prime large Oxen 210 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. • 3 8 310 Ditto out of the wool 3 4 "! • large coarse Calves 3 2 310 Large Hogs 3 2 I Prime small ditto. 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 3le Suckling Calves, each 18 027 I Kluarter old Pigs, eachl6 0. 20 4 1 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beans. I Sheep. Calves: Pig*. I 2,820 27,140 63 I' 340 NEW GATE AND LEADENBALL. Prime beef, mutton, lamb, and pork, have sold steado/f at full prices; but inferior qualities, as well as veal, have 0 1 1 a heavy demand, and the quotations have had a downWei w tendency. At per stone, by the Carcase , A a. d. to s. d.l " ' a. 41. to 0 Beef, 2 2 2 4 Mutton.inferior ...... 2 6 2 6 middling 2 6 2 .8, --- middling..... ,1 • --prime large is., 210 3 . 0 4 ---- prime ..... 3 6 t 0 prime 5ma11..., 3 2 3 4 1 Pork, large:. .........».. 2 . 6 1 . 6 Veal ..».«.».«....;......3 0 4 21—small 3 6 • Lamb; 5s 2d to 6s. 2d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. ScOtland OO Beasts. Sheep. Calv 00 es. Pito. Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk 6 so lM Cambridgeshire .. Essex 2O 300 30t) 34 1 Surrey l7 450 200 400 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts • Total l2B 3,029 1,010 3,262 Previous week's arrival. l3O '2,892 595 2,290 --- Dillbrence since our last 2 137 sit 445 BOROUGH AND SPITA.I.PIELDS. From all quarters the arrival of potatoes at the water - ti a, during the week, have been very moderate, and of but et;_ ef dung quality. Prime qualities are in request, at furtP u advanced rates; but, in other kinds, comparatively little doing. BOROUGH HOP BTARRNIT. • The supplies of all kinds of hops being extremely limit', the amount of business doing is un i m p or t an t ; ueverthel!" prices are generally supported. WOOL MA&ZET. *. Since our last the imports of wool have been only moderate extent, while the demand for most qualities 0 "'" ruled steady, and previous rates have been supported: • TALLOW. There is no new feature in this market. The holders' tallow'remain firm, therefore the prices of Y. C. on the o , i ( and for the autumn are the same. Town Tallow is 1 /,,,'*0 plentiful at 41s to 41s 6d nett cash. There are letters Vf. 4 . morning from St. Petersburgh. A fair business is doing the t a!; and the prices still on the advance. • ' MR,OVONNELL.—In consequence of M r . o rive nell's pre-engagements in. Ireland, his visit to Nottinguni which had been fixed for Easter Tuesday, is postponed future day. an SHOCKING' CASE OF BURNING.—On 5U1L.....y af t" 5 noon, between four and five o'clock, an accident of a serious nature occurred to a little girl named Reed, rega l ; with her parents at 55, Battesland-street, East-road, H o _A ton. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Reed had been indu,c.„;, by the fineness of the weather to spend a day at Greenwt e " o and for that purpose had entrusted the care of their chil°4 o . to a neighbour's servant, who most incautiously left i t e ,( child amusing itself by tossing up an orange. In e, t he minutes afterwards she was attracted by the screams ce •icl child, and, on entering the kitchen, . she met the cube screaming most piteously , ilth her clothes all in flames. t hs servant,fortunately, had th e p resence o f m i n d t o roll ho t hearth-rug round the child, and extinguished the flames,,ke not before she was burnt in a most shocking manner. "'"i f i general supposition is, that the orange must have fallen it+ the fire, and the poor little girl, in endeavouring to regal° 4 0 must have set her cloth es on fi re . Th e littl e su ff e rer ! he immediately taken to St. B ar th o l omew ' s H osp it a l, w hore ' n o now lies in a most precario us s t a t e , w ith s li g ht, if an y, b . , ° Yof of her recovery. The feeling s of th e p aren t s on h ea rinb • the accident may be better imagined than' described. 1 ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE --About nine, o n Sun a x an alarm was given by some individuals, on Di alc oo friars-bridge, that a woman had leaped from the parapet lief the river. Some policemen on duty immediately pros mia to the place, and after great exertion succeeded m reec 4 oo the unfortunate woman from her perilous position. Sh e . d ge, conveyed to a public-house in the vicinity of the brl where efforts were made for her recovery, which proved s t lii cessful. Her circumstances in life, if we may judge fro ll , l o clothes she had on, were very dist ress i ng , an d - we have -'1•011, doubt that poverty had been the cause of her infatolos Too great praise cannot b e ass i gne d to t h e po li ce, by praiseworthy exertions she was rescued from a watery %le DETERMINED S UICIDE IN FLEET-.STENET. - - "Alf day morning, at the early hour of two o'clock, the P i Les of. Mr. Scratchley, surgeon, of 168, Fleet-street, was t ll , l- 0 0 into a state of great al arm an d con f us i on, on b e i n g e"„ e i, from their slumbers, i n consequence o f t h e i r h o useke e r r ial Mary Wares, 28 year s o f age , h av i ng swa ll ow ed a P°lffisr° dose of laudanum, which terminated in death, It a1 3 ,1 - 0 1ce that at the above hour M r . S cra t c hl ey ' s ass i stant wa s 8" der by the deceased, who, w ith diffi cu l ty gave him to 10 0 stand that she had swallowed poison, which she had tie, from the shop. Mr. Sc ra t c hl ey was f rom h ome a t the t e ' d to attending on a labour ; the assis t an t, th ere f ore , haste „ "lgriolf Mr. Ray, siirgeon, of Salisbury-square. who, on hie a t ,i discovered that his patient was i n a s t a te o f collapse, sch' sensible to everything. lie, however, applied the atom s t' , pump, but could detect little or no laudanum 'in its conTo, arising from the fact of its having entered into her elf i in consequence. no doubt, of the lengthened 'time sli ° elapsed since she had t a k en it. She never s poke eira o lief had made the assistant acqua i n t e d w ith w h a t she he",,A,•° but remained in a state o f i nsens ibility u n til seve n o'clv - c os e j period of five hours, when sh e ce a se d to breathe. can be assigned for her committing the rash act, 1 gO" been several years in th e serv i ce of M r . S cra t c hl e y, every satisfaction. BIRTHS. : .• . r .,....,,, 0 00 On the 10th ult., at Florence, the l a dy . of J. iv 7 !" Bruce, Esq., of a son. d th° On the 28th ult., at Chast e lt on R ec t or y, the 114 -- • • Rev. Horatio Westmacott, of a son . ' ' Co On the 28th ult., at Bocking, E ssex , Mrs. John - of a son. . gfr On the 29th ult., at Wandlebank House, WitubledoPt I. Harry P. Ashby, of a daughter. moil E Eg re On the 29th ult., the lady of Daniel West, sq., place, New-road, St. Pancras, of a daughter. ' .....,;_...-."- MARRIED. . „ w it' ..). On the 30th ult., at St. Pancras, Mr. G. B. W4 1115 * u glir Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, to Caroline, only 44 • , of Mr. Moss, John-street, St. James's-square. DiED. On the 27th ult., at Hardwicke-court ) near Gle tlegteil . i f Nicholas Lewis Fenwick, Esq. late '', On the 26th ult., at Brompton, Sarah, relict of th e G. Scarlett, Esq. 2 o t --r - - --- 115 0 !/ London : Printed and Published by MURDO YO 11 1 1 : ; No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oflice,:ooti Strand, in the Precinct of ' the Savoy, in tbo t• Middlesex, Tuesday, April 2, 1844. ' ..