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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 711031 THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The remaining points in controversy between the Bishop of Exeter and the laity continue to occupy more space in publicity than perhaps any other subject. We agree with the Times in con gratulating the public on having obtained concession of that which the Bishop made a great point of, by preference, because it was a small one. We so far concur with the Right Reverend Prelate, that we consider the smallest point equally good with the greatest one to try the right upon—to try, namely, the question whether the hierarchy have a right, ex cathedra, to impose unde sired innovations (as regards this generation, and many generations back, they are so)—or whether a Protestant hierarchy is under the obligation to con sult the Protestant community in some shape, before introducing novelties (to them) in their discipline or worship. If, again, the title of Protes tant hierarchy is not aocepted, if—as Mr. Pal mer said, in one of his writings he, and those thinking with him, would leave the Church, if it expressly adopted the Protestant de signation—if, as Mr. Gladstone says in the Quarterly, our Chureh was not founded by the Reformers of the sixteenth century—and if the inference to be drawn from this (although it by no meaus follows as a neces sary consequence) is meant to be, that those Reformers had no right to make any fundamental changes in it—if all this, we say, is admitted, then we are thrown back for ecclesiastical titles to some state ef things previous to the Rekrmed, and previous to the corrupt Roman ers.Now, to find this, we must go a great way back. We must go a great way back to find the ecclesiastical system free from those characters which the Anglican Church has struck out of her symbols as unscriptural. We must, in short, go back to primitive times; and this our Anglican doctors indeed say they do. Well, we have no objection. But if we do this in good earnest, we shall find that it was not " the Reformers of the sixteenth century " who first took it into their heads that the laity should have something to do in controlling Church matters. "We cannot fail to recognise," observes a recent Church-writer (Conybeare, " Bampton Lectures for 1839'') " many minor differences between the earlier discipline of the Church and that which still remains ; and this is particularly striking in the more direct in terference during the primitive ages of the lay members of the congregation in the election of Bishops and Presbyters. Bingham, in his invaluable storehouse of Ecclesiastical Antiquity, the " Origines," produces many authorities to show that the power of the people on such occasions was not barely testimenial, but judicial and elective ; that in the ap pointment of Bishops they exercised exactly the same consent, suffrage, veto, election, and choice, res the inferior clergy; and the same privilege was like wise on sonic occasions conceded to them in the designation of Presbyters. The testimony of Cyprian is very important on these points. ' In the 67th Epistle, p. 172, he strongly insists, .that the whole analogy of the appointment of the priesthood under the old covenant, and every order of ministers under the new, demonstrated ordinationes sacerdotales not nisi sub populi assiskintis conscientia fieri oportere ; ordinatio jesta et legitima esi, quo omnium suffragio et judicio fuerit examinata ; and he himself apologises (Ep. 33) for having been tinder 'the pressure of the times of persecution obliged to ordain a very meritorious individual by his own single authority, without having had an oppor tunity thus to consult the Church. It appears then that the laity were considered pars magna of " the Church" in those primitive times which our orthodox Anglican doctors are fond of appealing to. And with reference more particularly to ques tions of discipline (more important than the present ones) it is clear that, in the earliest ages of the Otturch, those were not decided, as it were, over the heads of the laity, but, on the contrary, remitted to their express concurrence. " A painful con troversy arose," says the writer above cited, " as to the terms on which the lapsed brethren, as they were called, were again to be admitted into the bosom of the Church they had for . saken in her hour of trial. He (Cyprian) throughout scrupled to issue any determination on the subject from his own judgment alone; and declared his desire to remit its decision to the public synods ,of his Church, which appear to have included it; lay as well as clerical members. He will take no steps, he says, sine petite et constientia pkbis." That Father of thel Church who had perhaps most reselsiblance to Henry of Exeter (if we may judge by the tone of his fulminations against Vigilantius) —we mean Jerome—by no means, however, extrava gated in the direction of " dropping-,town-deadness" before Bishop,. On the contrary, he devoted much of his monkish labours and temper to demon strating not only his personal disposition to defying eeiwoptiey when it came across his way—hut the non existence of any original distinction in office between Bishops and Presbyters. On tli•o. whole, We ra.nnot think ;fiat ecclesiastical sticklers will take much by their motion', if they insist on driving 113 back to primitive time; from " the Reformers of the sixteenth cen tury." The plain question we take to be—whether the Church-going people are to adhere to die general s,ty le of worship of the ages after, or the ages before, the Reformation. Of course a very imblatecable pro. ferense may he entertained either for the one, or the other. We do not etrelertake to decide on any grounds applicable to all religious commitnios, between altar and cominunion4able, priest and minister, sacrament of penance, and doctrine or te pentanee rind remission. We do not undertako to shy what human forms most approach divine truths. But we do say that the people of Eng land, w:10 have hitherto been accustomed to one act of forms, as those most expurgated from ad mixture of superstition, have a rieett to be con salted before the usage of centuries is changed in complaisance to the feelings of certain scrupu lous clergymen—whose scruples, for the most part, point Homewards. In fact, it is shrewdly suggested by a correspondent, that the Bishop of Exeter himself, however satisfactory a testimony he adduced lately to his own Protestantism, in stating that he had withdrawn from the Cambridge Camden Society, because they patronised windows with pictures and mottoes indicative of " MariolaTry"—has placed himself in a singular position towards ;Protestantism, awl august Protestant personages ! • STANDARD.—It certainly is not the least gratifying of the profs of the advancing intelligence of the couetry, that, notwithstanding the successive announcements of the rapid improvement of the revenue, 4Te hear little or nothing from the people of a reduction of taxes. The millowners, no doubt, clamour for a diminution of the cotton duties, though they never had cotton at so low a price, and like demands are heard from other classes, bat the claims for reduction are all class claims, in which the people take no part. It cannot, however, ba supposed, that the present generation have more pleasure in paying taxes than the generation before them; and, therefore, we must conclude that their contentment with the ex• istiag financial arrangement arises from a conviction that a hasty reduction of taxes may be in the end more injurious than beneficial. In short, that the " ignorant impatience of taxation" (to borrow the late Lord Londonderry's happy though much abused phrase) has given place to an enlightened consideration of the future. The reductions of the late Administration have demonstrated that such relief may be bought too dear, and fully exposed the fallacy of Lord Syden ham's theory of fructification from deficit. Never theless, it is scarcely to be expected that, with that steady and rapid improvement of the revenue, which may be anticipated from the continuance in office of an Administration that has, in four short years, so wonderfully reversed the financial state of the country-- it is scarcely to be expected, we say, that IT Sir Robert Peel s Government continue to hold office, the public will not look at its hands for a remission of taxation. 'We fear the ltime has not yet arrived when all men will see, what all thoroughly-in formed men see already, that the contribution to a public revenue wisely laid out in providing for i the national d e f ence , an d i n p romo ting national m irrovements, is the most profitable of all investments ; that double taxes may be made to produce double wealth to the people collectively and individually. As yet we have h a d b ut h a lf t h e l esson — t h a t h a lf which teaches th a t a d e fi c i ent revenue, ar i s i ng f rom (imunished taxes, leads to collective and individual distress—the oth er , an d more_ valuable portion of the instruction remai ns t o b e i nculcated by an experience, for which, perhaps, th e mass of the people are not yet prepared.he time, however, w ill come, an d question less the measures of the present Administration are well calculated to advance its arrival, when the public will feel that defence and war are not the only good reasons for a nation's making large pecuniary sacri fices—when it will be thought that nmey may be as properly, and much more profitably, l a id out in providing docks and harhotirs -- in prom o ti ng a Well-considered system of colonisation---an ext en di ng ieligisus and secular education, and the mean s o f . comfort to the poorer classes--as equipping fleets and armies, important as the dna equip went of fleets and armies must always be. A great deal has been done, and will be done, in this country by individual enterprise and by pri vate benevolence ; brit there are objects of the greatest national importance (we may cite the construction of refuge harbours) which present no temptation to individual enterprise ; and there are . ..ithers of no less importance, as the full extension of religious and secular education, too vast to be ade quately effected by private benevolence. Sir Robert 1 no doubt, acted with true wisdom in leaving to private enterprise the Irish railways, so pro lmising of prosperity and civilisation to the sister e-land ; but if the construction of the Kings town harbour had been left to private en terprise, the whole western coast of the Irish THE SUN_ LoNDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1845 { sea would he at this moment without one safe port. In the same way it is manifest that the edu cation of the people cannot be safely confided to private benevolence. Without a reasonably well supplied exchequer, however, no Government can I undertake anything beyond routine expense. We are aware that there was, at one time, a sufficiently strong objection to leaving with an administration the command of more money than was absolutely necessary to carry on the publio ser vice. The successive Whig administrations of the first two-thirds of the last century had reduced peculation and robbery to a perfect system, and there was no reason to hope that money at the mercy of a government would be applied to any but corrupt personal or party objects ; unless, indeed, it should go to pamper that passion, the indulgence of which was said, and then truly said, to be " the pastime of kings." The checks, however, imposed upon the public expen diture during the last fifty years (we are proud to say self-imposed by Tory and Conservative Governments) are, it is confessed by all, a sufficient guard against any misapplication of it ; and kings have had enough of that game which was once their peculiar pastime, from 1793 to 1815, to serve them for one good century, eves were not the British people too wise to join in the game, upon any save the strongest provo cation. We are thoroughly persuaded that were the revenue from the present taxes augmented 20 or 30 or 40 per cent., as, if these taxes are con tinued, and the world remain in its present happy state, it will be, the increase would be to any Bri tish Government a dissuasive from war—because it would commit the country to such civil im provements as are the surest hostages for peace, while the influence of such proof of our national wealth upon foreigners would have just the same pacific tendency. A large and even re dundant revenue, applied to civil government, is, in the present condition of Europe, the best possible guarantee for peace, while, we need not repeat it, such a revenue, so applied., is the fertile seed of internal prosperity and happiness. Every class, therefore, which calls upon the public to join in demanding a remission of taxes for its own class benefit, really solicits the public to sacrifice, by so much, its guarantee of peace, its seed of prosperity. In offering these opinions we must be understood as speaking merely from ourselves, as, indeed, merely repeating what we have constantly laboured to inculculate—the mis chief of reducing the revenue—what we laboured to inculcate, whether it was the Government of the Duke of Wellington, or of Lord Grey, or Lord Mel bourne that sought popularity by diminishing the revenue. We hope that we speak with a better hope of success than formerly, because we know that the more revenue the more good the Government can effect; but of Sir Robert Peel's financial purpose we really know nothing. (Hear, hear.) He believed that if they had taken the whole country they could not possibly have selected a worse line.—(Hear, hear.) Epping itself had never been able to support a stage coach. They might expend 500,0001. in constructing this line ; but if it ever paid one farthing in the pound for the outlay, he would undertake to eat all the places which would be served by it.— (Laughter.) Dr. BOWRING, M.P., thought the Hon. Proprietor was rather too hasty in his prophecy. He said that if the railway prospered, he would eat all the towns. Mr. LEVY—And you with them.—(Great laughter.) Dr. Bow RlNG—When it was proposed to send a steamer across the Atlantic, a Noble Lord said , if the attempt succeeded, he would pledge himself to swallow the boiler. It could not be denied that they had the best terminus ; and he felt every confidence that the estimates given in the report, would be fully borne out by the result. Only sixpence a share was necessary to be guaranteed, and he thought that sum would be well expended in going before the Board of Trade. After some further discussion, the resolution was agreed to, there being but three dissentients. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution, authorising the Directors to take the necessary steps for applying to Parliament. Mr. K. MANGLES, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. _ _ It was then proposed and carried—" That a further meeting of the Company be called before any distribution of shares be made to the public." A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION LINE. A placard has recently been issued by Dlr. Withal solicitor, of Parliament-street, addressed to the inha bitants of Lambeth, and endeavouring to obtain from them an expression of dissent to the proposed Metro politan Extension of the South-Western Railway. In consequence of the circulation of this placard many of the principal proprietors and inhabitants of the bo rough thought it advisable to convene a meeting for the purpose of taking the subject into consideration, which was accordingly held yesterday (Wednesday) at the King's Head Hotel, in the Belvidere-road. A considerable muster of highly influential residents and holders of property in the district were present on the occasion. Jonsr BALLARD BYRON, Esq., having been voted into the chair, the business of the meeting was com menced by the Chairman reading a resolution to the effect that the proposed extension line, passing, as it did, through a large portion of the worst-built and least valuable portion of Lambeth, and causing the erection of large and costly edifices contiguous to the line, and on the site of the projected station at the terminus, would prove highly beneficial to the inte rests of the district. It was at this period of the pro ceedings of great importance to ascertain the opinions of the inhabitants of Lambeth upon this subject, espe cially as a strong attempt had been made to obtain an expression of dissent against the projected railway by Mr. Withal, who was largely connected with pro perty in the parish ; the purpose of the present meet ing was therefore twofold, first, to ascertain whether the completion of the proposed line would prove bene ficial to the interests of the. parish ; and, secondly, to adopt means for obtaining a general expression of the opinion of the inhabitants upon its bearing on their individual advantages. Plans of the proposed extension line having been inspected by the gentlemen present, Mr. GBISSELL observed that, as regarded the effect the construction of the railway would have upon the owners of properties in the parish, the only subject of regret on his own part was that, as he was informed, no , portion of his property was intended to be touched. He concluded by seconding the resolution that had been read. Mr. LETT said that, as proprietors and men of business, they were well aware of the importance of keeping free the principal thoroughfares ; all the ap proaches to every locality should be kept as free and accessible as possible. If a terminus and station were made in the Belvidere-road, the confined situation would result in considerable inconvenience, which would be avoided if the railway were conducted to the York-road, with the capability of being carried to the water-side. The great object which they had in consenting to the proposed line was to get a ter minus made in the York-road, and not to have the railway carried across the water. If such a project was in contemplation, he thought the meeting would be only stultifying themselves, as it would merely make a convenience of the inhabitants of Lambeth, and carry all the advantages that might be looked for from the undertaking to another part of the me tropolis. Mr. BYRON stated that he was able to answer the inquiry of the gentleman who had spoken in such a satisfactory manner. As owl of the Bridge Committee, he could state that there was no chance of getting the railroad across the water. A scheme that had been highly favoured by the Government was that of constructing an embankment along the course of the Thames, and this required the preserva tion of an uninterrupted thoroughfare down the banks of the river, which would render impossible the com pletion of the line of way across the bridge. Mr. CHADWICK observed that Mr. Lett was quite rig ht in the observation he had made regarding the importance of preserving the thoroughfares uninter rupted. The terminus was absolutely fixed in the York-road, on its south side. The railway to the river would pass upon a viaduct of nineteen feet in height, and the traffic in the Belvidere-road would not he in any way impeded. Mr. BROWNING said that he believed that the pro perty encroached en by the line was of a description which contributed very little to the parochial rates, and it would, in fact, conduce to the interest of the parish to get it removed. Mr. BYRON observed that he was able to corrobo rate the observation just made ; in particular, one locality with which he was acquainted, in the neigh bourhood of York-place, was notorious for the bad construction of the houses, and the frequency of dis union among the inhabitants. Mr. GODING said his name had been mentioned some time since as being opposed to the Extension Railway, which was at that time the case, inasmuch as he had been informed that a valuable portion of his own premises was to have been cut up by the line. He was now, however, aware that that p ar ti cu l ar por tion of the plan had been altered ; and, such being the case, he was inclined to give his unqualified sup port to the undertaking. Mr. CoLes CHILD agreed to what had fallen from Mr. Coding. His own case was much the same, ai he had been at first alarmed by accounts that a sec tion of his premises, which he could not have pos sibly found means to replace, would be sacrificed in the construction of the line. The existing plan ob viated this objection, and would meet with his de cided approbation. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Warburton, M.P., who was extensively connected with the parish as proprietor and trustee, was a warm advocate of the line as it was proposed to be constructed to the foot of llungerford-bridge. The resolution (for which see our advertising columns) was then carried unanimously. Mr. LETT then moved a resolution, appointing a deputation of gentlemen present at the meeting, to take steps to obtain the opinion of the inhabitants of Lambeth, as well as to wait upon the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Members of the county and borough. As a wrong impression had got abroad that a feeling existed in the district hostile to the pro posed undertaking, it was of great importance that every means should be taken to remove it, for which purpose there was no more feasible method than to procure, as extensively as possible, the unbiassed opinions of the inhabitants at large throughout Lambeth. Mr. FavroE, in seconding the resolution, observed that their own opinion, and that of all proprietors and men of business in the locality, appeared pretty well made up as to the advantages attending the in troduction of a railway. They were all agreed upon the benefits that must accrue from the many facilities it offered to them in their business. It was now, therefore, their chief object to learn the impression that existed on the subject in the minds of the other inhabitants, and the influence of the projected under taking upon their convenience and that of the public at large. The deputation, whose names will be found else where, was then appointed, and, after thanks had been voted to the Chairman for his able discharge of the duties of president, the meeting broke up. FATAL ACCIDHNT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.--On Tuesday night, at eight, an inquest was held in Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy coroner, on the body of Charles Meaden, aged 25, late a guard in the service of the London and Dover Railway Company. Thomas Slater, of Ashford, an engine-driver on the London and Dover Railway, said that on Christmas-day, about five o'clock, he was at the New-cross station, going out with a train, when he gave the usual whistle, and then looked round to see that the carriages were all right. Whilst doing so he saw something fall, about three yards from the end of the platform. He re versed his engine and put down the break, and on going back found it to be the deceased, who was lying on the slope. Witness, having procured another guard, proceeded on to Ashford, and the deceased was removed by an engine and carriage to Guy's Hospital. The signal had been given for him to go on. William Wadley, a porter at the New-cross station, de posed to bringing the deceased to the hospital. On their way he told witness he was endeavouring to seat himself on the carriage, when he missed his hold and fell, one or two of the carriages passing over his arm, which was much shattered. Mr. Andrew Davies. house surgeon, said deceased was brought in en Christmas-day suffering from a severe compound comminuted fracture of the right arm. His arm was amputated a .few hours after his admission, by Mr. Calloway. He died on Tues day morning from irritation and exhaustion consequent on the injury. The deceased's brother, who appeared deeply affected, said he had no complaint to make against any one. Verdict—" Accidental death." An inti mation was made to the coroner that the company bury the deceased, and also make provision fer the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A man, whose name appeared upon the prisoners' list as Sinops Kent, was brought before the Lord Mayor, upon self-accusation, of a very serious offence. Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mallows, solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prosecution. The prisoner, who was undefended, seemed to be in a state of extreme dejection. Robert Starling, policeman No. 157 of the A divi sion of Metropolitan Police, stated that at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, at Charing-cross, the pri soner, after looking at him for a moment, said, " I can bear it no longer ; you must take me in charge." Witness asked him upon what grounds, to which he replied, " For sending a threatening letter to Messrs. Prescott and Grote, the bankers." The prisoner then put into his hands a seal, with which he said he had impressed the wax on the letter he had sent to the bankers. Witness took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner likewise said, upon being taken into custody, that it was to save other parties he had done it. The LORD Meson.---Do you wish to ask this wit ness anything, or to say anything ? The prisoner— Nothing. Mr. Bush stated that the following extraordinary letter had been received by a gentlen.an in the esta blishment of Messrs. Prescott and Co. The post-mark was 8 at night, 6th January, 1845 : " 6th December. " Messri.,—A plan has been arranged for the pur pose of firing your bank, and which you cannot prevent, however strict you may keep watch, unless you consent to pay the party 100/ within one month, namely, 501 immediately, which you must inclose in a letter directed to Mr. John Wright, and send without fail to-morrow morning, by twelve o'clock, to the Angel Inn, Islington, I. be left there until called for. Unless this is complied with, woe betide you. It will be folly of your attempting to discover the parties, for if you do so you will be plac ing your lives at stake. Avert the fate which now hangs over you. I say, be warned, and comply with the de mands now made.—Yours, &c., " SINOPS KENT. " Messrs. Prescott and Grote." Mr. Bush also produced the seal which the prisoner had given up, upon which was engraven a coat of arms. It was a very remarkable seal. Mr. George Taylor, principal clerk in the banking house of Messrs. Prescott and Grote, stated that he had received the letter read by Mr. Bush at half-past nine o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, by the first post, and he had put a mark upon it, and delivered it to the partners. Mr. Bush said there was an Act framed to meet the particular sort of offence of which the prisoner stood accused, and he had been directed by the bankers to bring the case before his Lordship, to be treated according to law. It was, he added, the firm inten tion of the Committee of Bankers to prosecute in every instance in which a threatening letter was re ceived which was written for the purpose of extort ing money. It would be necessary, in order that op portunities might be afforded for ascertaining some thing about the prisoner's state of mind, that the case should be remanded. Previously to the appearance of Mr. Bush, who had been but just informed of the apprehension of the prisoner, Kent was put to the bar, and The LORD MAYOR showed a desire to know some thing about a person who had acted in so strange a manner, and asked him where he resided ? The pri soner—l have no fixed residence. The LORD MAYOR—Are you connected with the law ? The prisoner—l have copied for a lawyer, but I am not one. The surgeon of the Compter is to examine the pri soner before his next examination. A well-dressed man, who stated his name to be Samuel Illisit, and appeared to be a German, was charged with robbery. William Lubbock, the owner of a public-house, stated that, three weeks ago, the prisoner applied to him for a lodging, and wished to occupy a front room. Witness, after consulting his wife on the subject of accommodating the gentleman with their bed-room, gave it up to him. In a drawer in the room was de posited a silk dress, which cost 2/. 55., and that dress disappeared on the day the prisoner left the lodging to go, as he pretended, to France. It was found upon inquiry that the prisoner had, instead of repairing to France, taken another lodging in town, the landlady of which had occasion to look for him, in order to make him account for some property which was miss ing when he to3k his departure. The prisoner said he was at a loss for a defence, in consequence of not being acquainted with the Eng. lish language. Several tradesmen in the justice-room declared that he could speak the English and many other lan. guages perfectly. The prisoner —I cannot express myself properly But I know Mr. Benjamin, and I know Mr. Solo• mons, and Mr. Levy, and they knew me a honest man. The LORD MAron—Well, you shall have an op portunity of proving that you have been acting pro perly. I shall remand you till to-morrow. The prisoner—Well, but can't Igo home ? I must go home. The LORD MAYOR—No, you cannot have your liberty yet.—Remanded. A poor woman appeared before the Lord Mayor in the greatest distress of mind, to beg his Lordship's advice. She stated that her son, a little boy, aged 11 years, had on Monday last left his school, in Rope maker's- street, at half- past nine o'clock, with the al leged intention to call at home, No. 38, Galway street, Bath-street, City-road, and had never been seen or heard of since by any one who could give any information on the subject. His name was James John Wellsmer, and he was remarkably attached to the school business. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the applicant had given notice at the several police-stations ? The applicant replied that printed notices had been issued, and her husband had been all over the t -wn making inquiries. There was, she said, a singular occurrence a short time ago, which induced her to suspect that the child was entrapped. He had met a gentleman in the street, who offered him a shilling a day for picking horse-hair, and she called to make inquiry about the party, but nobody in the neigh bourhood knew anything about any person such as she described. The Loam MAYOR said he ha-1 no doubt of the readiness of the editors of the new Tapers to render all the assistance they could to a family in such affliction. WORSHIP-STREET. Joseph Mason, a bald-headed respectable-looking old gentleman, verging on his 70th year, was charged with being drunk, and refusing to pay the amount of his cab fare. David Goodwin, the cabman, stated that, shortly after ten o'clock on the night before, while on the stand in Bishopsgate-street, waiting for a fare, his attention was drawn to the prisoner, who was lying upon his back on the pavement without his hat, and bleeding profusely from a wound in his head. He immediately drew up to the spot, and having with great difficulty succeeded in getting the prisoner into the cab, drove him to the shop of a neighbouring sur geon, where attention was paid to him and his wound dressed. It was then ascertained that the gentleman's condition had been solely caused by taking too much, and on recovering the faculty of utterance, prisoner expressed a wish to be driven to North-street, Fins bury, where he said he resided ; hut on reaching there the prisoner told him he had driven him to the wrung place, and that it was North -street, St. Luke's, he meant. To that street he was accordingly conveyed, but as soon as he got there he declaimed against the unaccountable stupidity of some people, said the wit ness was determined never to be right, and ordered him to drive to North -street, Whitechapel. Off they again set for that locality, and on reach ing the right street at last, the prisoner, who appeared to be greatly revived after his two hours' ride, skipped livhtly out of the vehicle, and, thanking the witness for his polite atten tions, wished him a pleasant drive back to the stand, and walked off. Witness, however, pursued him down the street and demanded his fare; but the pri. soner told him " he had come too far North for that," that he felt himself under a moral obligation not to pay for cabs, and that he should certainly not do so then. Witness was therefore obliged to call a police man and give him into custody. Mr. BROUGHTON—WeII, Mr. Mason, what have you to say about this transaction ? Prisoner (good , h , u ll m ,o o r u d r f e c o , i r ly t ) h — e " i lr ee h d y ,, , , S fo ir r , l l r s e u al p l p y o f s o e rg l et m al u l s a t b t o a u ke ti h t. is Mr. BROUGHTON—The cabman has acted with ex treme good feeling in the matter, and is not only en titled to his fare, but to some compensation for his loss of time. He seems to be a reasonable man, and I shall put that at half-a-crown, which, together with the fare, you must pay, or I must commit you for a week. The money was paid very willingly, and the old gentleman was then discharged. CLERKEIV WELL. Yesterday Thomas Lloyd, a man of very lofty stature, long visaged, and with his hair combed over his face in a strange manner, was charged with begging. The prisoner alleged that he was blind. His eyes were concealed by his hair. Stammell, the street-keeper of Islington, deposed that he saw the p r i so ner begging on the previous evening in High-street, Islington. He had a placard hanging on his breast with the words "Relieve the blind" printed upon it. Witness told him to go away ; but the prisoner refused, and became most in solent, using the foulest language. Stammell, finding remonstrance useless, took him to the station-house. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, in a grave, puritanical tone, denied that he had used bad language, stated, that it was in consequence of ex treme distress he had sought aid in such a manner, and that he had come from Wrexham A few days ago, wearied in body and depressed in mind. He lodged at present in Tyndars-buildings, Gray's Inn-lane ; and the landlord knew him to be an honest, decent man. He was totally blind and altogether helpless. Mr. COMBE, who evidently suspected his manner, directed Nesbitt, the doorkeeper, to make inquiries into his statement. Thereupon the prisoner fell upon his knees in the box, and, in the most earnest manner, besought the magistrate to set him at liberty, and to have pity upon a poor old blind man. He said he would not rise until the magistrate would pardon him. The affair was dramatic, but not natural. Upon leaving the court, he again turned round, and, raising his hands to Heaven, whilst the tears rolled down his cheeks, again craved his liberty is a tone and manner that would have done him credit on the stage. Nesbitt, however, removed him and returned into court in an hour with him, and stated to the magis trate that every word he had uttered was false, and that the fellow was a confirmed beggar. The impostor now stood erect, but said nothing. No sooner, however, had Mr. Cotnbe sentenced him to a month's imprisonment, than suddenly and quickly raising his long blackthorn stick, he aimed a despe rate blow at the magistrate; fortunately, it did not take effect, but the weapon slightly grazed the arm of the junior clerk. He raised the stick a second time, but was secured before he could accomplish his object. He was removed to the cell, swearing all the way. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Mr. J. P. Duckett, against whom a war rant was applied for by Lord Huntingtower on Mon day, for using language of a threatening description to him, attended before Mr. Cottingham, to answer the complaint, and also that of obtaining possession of a bill from his Lordship by threats of violence if he refused to deliver up its possession. A solicitor appeared for Lord Huntingtower, and Mr. D. Keane, the barrister, on behalf of the de fendant. Lord Huntingtower's statement was to the effect, that having business with a person in the Queen's Prison on Saturday evening last, while he was in con versation with him the defendant came up, and asked him some questions relative to a Capt. White, and as to whether he knew if he had his acceptance. Lord Huntingtower replying that the bill was in his possession the defendant said th a t h e h a d b een ro bb e d of it, applied the epithet " scoundrels " to him and Captain White, and used other language of an irri tating description, and finally threatened to break every bone in Lord H un ti ng t ower ' s b o d y if h e did not give him up his acceptance. The latter indivi dual exclaimed against such a summary proceeding being adopted, and said that he had given a conside ration for the bill, and that as it was his property he should not part with it. The defendant upon this became very much excited, clenched his fists, and seemed to be preparing to make use of them, when his Lordship, according to his own account, being ap prehensive that from the threats used he would have been assaulted, resigned possession of the bill to the defendant. Lord Huntingtower added, that the bill in question was for 471. odd, and that he had had it from Captain White, and for which a consideration was given, that it was accepted by the defendant and endorse 1 by Captain White. Mr. COTTINGHAM—On your resigning possession of the bill, was the defendant pacified, or did he still continue to use language of a threatening nature ? The reply was, that the defendant still abused him, and declared that it was his intention to thrash both him (Lord Huntingtower) and Captain White when he met with them. In answer to another question, the complainant said that nothing but the dread of being assaulted on the occasion by the defendant, who was a much more powerful man than he was, induced him to give up the possession of the bill. At this stage of the inquiry the defendant's counsel observed that a document was in the possession of Lord Huntingtower which would at once explain the whole transaction, and show that there were not the slightest grounds for the imputed charge against his client, that of obtaining possession of the bill by threats of personal violence ; and the production of this document would show exactly how the matter stood. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that he had nothing to do with what formerly had taken place between the par ties. It had been stated that the defendant had on a former occasion been before the magistrates of Marl borough-street at the instance of Lord Huntingtower, but even that fact had nothing to do with the present charge ' • the question being n ow a s t o w h e th er t h reats of such a nature were held out against the com plainant as to justify the necessity of making the de fendant put in ample bail to keep the peace. The Magistrate added, that he thought it best the other transactions between the parties should not be brought forward then, as they had no reference ,, to the point in question, and that ha saw no necessity for their going forth to the public. He did not require to see the document alluded to, unless it was of a nature that was likely to produce on his mind a different im pression of the circumstances as detailed in evidence by the complainant. Mr. Keane said it was most important for his client that the document referred to should be pro duced. After some hesitation on the part of the com plainant's solicitor, the document was handed to the magistrate, who, on perusing it, said it did very ma terially alter the complexion of the caset and he then proceeded to question Lord Huntingtower, who ad mitted that he had written it on the ocevision of the meeting between him and the defendant in the Queen's Prison. It was a written idemnification to him on his delivering up the bill into the possession of the defendant from all proceedings for its subsequent recovery by action or otherwise. It was signed by the defendant. Mr. COTTINGUAM asked Lord Huntingtower if he got the document io question subsequently to the al leged threats of violence used towards him ; and com plainant" bthuattstithel addedhe a:lm ,, iite h d such er h eas t o o n be t the oapp f r a e c h t eta ; defendant will commit an assault upon -xne if he is not restrained by the law." Mr. COTTINGUAM said, it was extraordinary that Lord Huntingtower should now come forward, and complain of being apprehensive of personal violence from the defendant, after having received the docu ment just produced immediately after he had given up the possession of the bill. His Lordship, on being deprived of the bill by threats, as he asserted, ought to have proceeded to the nearest police-court, and there complained of the circumstance ; instead of which, by his own avowal, he accepted of a written undertaking from the defendant to bear him harmless from any future proceedings for its recovery on his delivering it up to him. - • _ . Lord Huntingtower, in his cross-examination by Mr. Keane, said that the bill in question was given to him about a fortnight ago by Captain White, and that he had no objection to relate the whole transaction. His Lordship was about proceeding, when he was stopped by the Magistrate, ; who said that it was not necessary to occupy the time of the Court by entering into a lengthened statement relative to the transac tions between the parties. Mr. Keane then entered into the defence of his client by describing that the defendant had on a re cent occasion received a letter, stating that the bill in question had improperly come into the possession of Lieutenant (not Captain) White, and as it was his (defendant's) acceptance, he went up to Lord Hunt ingtower to make inquiries on the subject; that the latter individual, upon admitting he had it, when it was demanded refused to give it up, but ultimately resigned the possession of it on the defendant giving him the document produced that day in Court. It was not true that threats of the nature adduced had been made use of by the defendant, who was perfectly satisfied to have got back his acceptance, and, instead of having any disposition to come in contact with Lord Huntingtower, his wish was to avoid him in future, and therefore he had not the slightest concep tion of either threatening or assaulting him. He:need not be afraid. Lord Huntingtower—The bill, I still maintain, was extorted from me by threats. Idogo in bodily fear. Lord Huntingtower was here asked, if he had not adopted proceedings against the defendant some time since at a police -court at the west end of the town ? He replied in the affirmative. Mr. COTTINGDAM—Have you been on terms with Mr. Duckett since then ? Complainant again re plied in the affirmative, saying that Mr. Duckett had established a business in the City, and that it was on matters of business he called upon him. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that if it was not for the production of the document referred to so many times during the inquiry, he should have considered it his duty, for the protection of Lord Huntingtower, to call on the defendant to put in heavy sureties to keep the peace; for, whatever title the defendant had to the bill, he was not justified in using threats of personal violence to the holder of it for its recovery. The pro duction of the document, however, in Court, had the effect of changing the whole aspect of the case, and Lord Huntintztower, by his accepting it from the defendant, instead of adopting immediate proceedings for the alleged threats, had debarred himself from the remedy which he now sought, that of having the de fendant bound over in heavy sureties to keep the peace. He (Mr. Cottingham) was of opinion, on hearing the whole of the circumstances, that Lord Huntingtower had adduced no proof of his being in personal fear or danger from the defendant, for, if that had been the case, he would not have taken the written acknowledgment, bearing him harmless from future proceedings relative to the bill. Taking, therefore, the whole of the circumstances into consi deration, instead of m: king the defendant find sure ties to keep the peace, he should merely call upon him to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 1001. not to ',lse any language of a threatening nature to ward Lord Ifuntiugtower. Mr. Duckett having entered into his own recogni woes, was immediately discharged. [ADVERTISEMENT.] EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POISONING. (From the Morning Herald of Jan. 8.) Under this head there appeared in the papers of Saturday last a report of a coroner's inquest held on the body of a young man lately employed in a com posite candle-manufactory : the verdict of the jury being, " That the deceased died from the mortal effects of his exposure to the poison of arsenic, while at work in a candle manufactory." Part of the evi dence was as follows :—" Nine ounces of arsenic were generally mixed with the melted stuff in other manu factories ; but in this only two ounces, the manufac turer being desirous of doing away with arsenic as much as possible. The arsenic made the candles have more the appearance of wax." These words and some other parts of the report would imply that arsenic is used in all composite candies. We understand that the name of " composite" was first applied to candles in the winter of 1839, when it was discovered that the hard substance obtained by a patent process from cocoa-nut oil, formed (in combination with the ex pensive material already well known in commerce by the name of " stearine wax") candles possessing the intense inflammability of the latter, and the beautiful bluish-whiteness o f li g ht an d absolute freedom from smoke of the former material—candles, in fact, equal in all their light•giving properties to the finest wax or spermaceti, and yet more economical, allowing for the amount of light, than common tallow-moulds. These compound candles were called by the inventors (the patentees of the process referred to) " composite" rather un luckily ; for no sooner was their merit knOwn than some dozen of imitations came out under the same name of "composite," of different degrees of merit, and of all varieties of price ; but all so far dif ferinz from the real candles that not one of them con tained a particle of cocoa-nut oil, except in the crude, soft state in which it is imported—the makers of the real candles holding, as already said, the patent for the hardening of this substance so as to make it fit for use in candles, by the abstraction from it of all its liquid oil, the presence of which oil is the cause of its extreme softness in the natural state. In consequence of the report above alluded to, which would lead the public to believe that compo site candles cannot be made without arsenic, and that as a matter of course the real patent or true composite candles must contain a double portion of it, the pa tentees, Messrs. Price and Co., of Belmont, Vauxhall, invited us yesterday to see the process at their factory, and we spent some hours viewing the very ingenious, complicated, and expensive machinery by which those difficulties in the manufacture of composite candles, for the overcoming of which the arsenic is said to be necessary, are surmounted. It is unnecessary to de tail the whole process of the manufacture which we wit nessed, but from our own observation, and the answers we received to questions addressed to the workmen upon various points, we feel perfectly satisfied that not a particle of arsenic is used in the composition. In deed an inspection of the mechanical arrangements would convince any person acquainted with the manu facture of composite candles that arsenic could not by any possibility be used. The Messrs. Price have also given us their solemn assurance, which we willingly make public, that from the commencement of the manufacture there has never been a single composite candle (now called simply " Price's patent candles") made with the use of arsenic, and that during the five years these candles have been made not one grain of arsenic has been admitted into their factory for any Purpose whatever. They inform us that the state ment made at the inquest that " the arsenic makes the candles have more the appearance of wax" is perfectly true, and they have given us the following explanation of this tendency :—lt appears that the stearine wax has a great tendency to assume a crys talline texture in solidifying, and that the temperature at which it solidifies is much higher than even the congealing point of the hard cocoa-nut stearine, and of course very much higher still than that of the soft crude oil used in the imitations. The two substances of which the composite candle is to be made are per fectly incorporated together in the liquid state, and are run into the moulds. If they can he kept in this perfect incorporation until the whole mass has become solid, the candle is clear, smooth, and waxy, free from oiliness and from any mottled appearance on the surface. If, on the contrary, the stearine wax is allowed, in the cooling of the mixture, to separate itself partly f rom th e ot h er material by crystalising away from it when its solidi fying point is reached (the other being, as already said, still liquid for many degrees below this point), then the candle has an unsightly appearance, and does not at all possess the clear smooth surface of the other. Now the use of the arsenic is this—the smallest quan tity of it mixed with the stearine wsx entirely de stroys its tendency to crystalise, and the stearine wax, thus prepared and incorporated with the other material in the liquid state, remains perfectly incor porated, and the whole difficulty is overcome, at no other trouble and expense to the manufacturers than some slight wear and tear of the conscience of the manager. The material must not be boiled with water subsequently to the addition of the arsenic, or the water removes it entirely, and along with it all the desired effect. In Mr. Price's factory this very practice of violent boiling with water is the means used to in corporate the two materials without the use of any chemical agent whatever, all the previous mechanical processes in the preparations of the stearine wax having, however, been regulated with the one view of overcoming its tendency to crystalise, and further mechanical processes are brought into operation with the same view, after the incorporation. The most exact attention is paid also to the temperature, n( only of the material but also of the moulds into which it is poured, all of these being heated to the required degree in steam-closets built for the purpose. The result is that the candles are extremely good and pretty. That the surface and appearance of all the candles of every filling of the moulds are per fect, as would invariably he the case were arsenic used, Messrs. Price and Co. do not pretend. The candles have to be examined, and the very small pro portion which show any considerable appearance of inottledness or defective surface are remelted. It has even occurred to them, but very rarely, to be obliged to condemn a whole day's work, between six and seven tons of candles. Even in some of the candles passed as good specks and a slight degree of mottle are observable on close inspection ; and occasionally a sharp-eyed consumer detects these, and animadverts upon them. The answer of the shopkeeper is very ready :—" Those specks are merely a stamp of no arsenic. The patentees would consider it iniquitous in them to make arsenicated candles, and folly in you to ask for them." We understand, however, from Messrs. Price and Co. that by a new patent process which they are busily engaged in working out, they have every hope of accomplishing, by mechanical agency, all the desired effects, with the same ease and certainty as those af- forded by the arsenic. IVe heartily wish them suc cess in the attempt, and would suggest to them that they should, in that case, rise superior to the mere considerations of trade, and either grant licenses for the process at a very moderate rate, or else sell at a small profit the stearine wax prepared by it. We re publish, at the request of Messrs. Price and Co., an advertisement inserted by them some years ago in all the London papers, and of which they beg us to say that they consider the engagements still in fierce. The interest which the public naturally feel in a matter in which their health and c Infort are so deeply involved (these candles being very extensively used throughout the kingdom) must be our apology for this lengthened notice. COPY OF AN ADVERTISEMENT INSERTED IN ALL TIIE LONDON PAPERS. Edward Price and Co. solemnly declare, " That they do not, in any part of their manufacturing. process, make use of arsenic, or of any other deleterious in::redqent. Any of their customers doubting this fact will par ticularly oblige E. P. and Co. by having a packet of their candles analysed by any chemist of known skill, the expense of which will be cheerfully borne by them, on condition of their being at liberty to publish the result." [ADVERTISEMENT,] MR. TOTHILL'S REPORT FOR 1844. TO TIIE PUBLIC. • The only thing I have to add to my report of last year is, that I feel still more convinced, from prac tical experience, of the truth of Mr. Morison's Hy geian System of Medicine, and of the fallacy of the Organic The9ry taught in the schools of medicine. I have, during the last ten years, treated gratuitously upwards of 5,000 poor persons labouring under all sorts of diseases, at the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, solely with Morison's Pills, of the British Colle ge o f Health, L on d on , most o f whom had been given up as incurable by the most eminent medical men of Exeter. To any person desirous of investigating such cases, I hall he most happy to give them the names and ad dresses of the parties cured, together with the names and addresses of the medical men they were under. I beg to thank Lady Sophia Grey, and the other subscribers, for their annual subscriptions. (Signed) RICHARD TOTHILL, M.R.C.S., London, but now prac tising on the Hygeian System. Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, 91, Fore street Hill, Exeter, Jan. 6, 1845. We are assured, on what we deem competent au thority, that notwithstanding the strong expectations of a Brevet, those who indulged hopes of being included within its range are doomed to disappointment. There will, after all, be no Brevet.—Evening Paper. The Lady Thomas Hay, who is at present sojourn ing at the Hotel Brightot r i, in Paris, gave birth on TUC's day last to a daughter. The intatt, we regret to state, survived its birth only a few hours. Her Ladyship is going on well. BL A.CKWALL RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday, at the Londoa Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the Directors on the subject of a proposed branch railway from the Stepney Station of the London and Blackwall Railway, through Stratford, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Woodford, Chigwell, Loughton, and Abridge, to Epping. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by J. N. Daniell, Esq. After the notice calling the meeting had been read, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report. He commenced by stating that the attention of the Directors having been called to a considerable tract of thickly-po pulated country, lying between the Eastern Counties' and Northern and Eastern Railways, they thereupon de termined to ascertain what were the facts as to the amount of the present existing traffic in that part of the country, not making use of either of the railways before-mentioned, and the amount was found to be much larger than they could possibly have anticipated. The traffic returns had been made by persons in whom the Directors felt the most perfect confidence. The following was the traffic of one wook, taken at the beginning of November last : Estbna'etl Number of Con• number of veyances. Passengers. 504 1,512 874 1,748 3,041 6,792 113 '226 275 2,475 183 2,196 878 Double-bodied carriages Single ditto Gigs and taxed carts Yams Stage coaches Omnibuses Horsemen Total passengers Goods—Waggons, 516, at 3 tons each Carts, `,132, at 2 tons each Deduct one-third empty ... 5,812 ... 1,937 Total tons These returns did not include the multitudes who visited Epping Forest and the neighbourhood during the sum mer months on pleasure excursions. The revenue from traffic beyond Stratford w-as estimated as follows Passengers-411,502, at is £20,575 205,751, at Is. 6d.... 15,430 411,502, at 2s 41,150 77,155 Coach parcels, usually estimated at one-tenth of the passenger traffic 7,715 Assume only one-third of the goods traffic after the deduction previ ously made of one-third, or 1,300 tons per week carded various distanc,s, say on the average eight miles, at 2d. per ton per mile.. 4,506 Giving for the gross receipts, from that part of the line beyond Stratford Add half the existing traffic between Stratford and the City, or 334,980 passengers per annum, at the average fare of sd. 6,987 Gross annual receipts 96,354 Deduct for working expenses, calculated at 40 per cent. 38,54 Net receipts per annum £57,813 The line was fifteen miles in length, and the only ex pensive portions would be those w hich approached the termini. From the detailed estimates, which had been prepared with great care, the Directors were satisfied that the cost of the whole work would not exceed 500,0001., upon which amount the ettinitited revenue would pay more than eleven and a half per ccut. per annum. Should the meeting concur with the Directors, it would b^ proposed to apply to Par liament to obtain an Act authorising the construction of this line. The CHAIRMAN said, that as the shareholders had been assembled for the special purpose of considering the report, he trusted that on that occasion they would ab stain from introducing any other topic. This arrange ment would, he thought, be conducive to the convenience of all parties. At the last meeting it was felt to be very desirable that the immense extent of country lying beyond the Blackwell terminus, and a great portion of which was at present unserved by their rail way, should not be left in that condition. It was not likely that any other company could be induced to join in incurring the expense necessary for constructing a railway over a most expensive district of one mile and three- qnarters. It was equally unreasonable to suppose that any company could be formed for the purpose of making a railway for that district. The Directors having turned this matter over in their minds, awl having seen how necessary it was that some step should be taken to secure a fair return fur the enormous capital expended, had now the plea sure of submitting to this meeting a report in reference to the project. They had, at first, indeed, thought there must be some good reason which had in duced other companies to select the valley of the Lea in preference to that of the Ribble, but after duly consider ing the subject, they had arrived at the conviction that there was a valuable opening for such an extension of the line as they now proposed to make.—(Hear, hear.) Even if the Blackvrall Railway Company did not under take the project, still a company might be formed in conjunction with their own, which would carry the line as far as btepney.—(hear, hear.) In the estimates which had been made great care had been taken to make every necessary deduction, and he believed that they might fully be relied upon by the shareholders. The Eastern Counties Company had been invited to unite with them to secure this object ; but they had since adopted a resolutio n declining all co-operation. The question, then, for determination was, whe ther or not they should proceed. Supposing they were to do so, the matter would stand in this posi tion. If the Board of Trade objected to the scheme, which he could not believe a likely event, the money would revert again to the parties who had advanced it; if the Board of Traile approved of the scheme, that money would ramain as part of the capital of any company which might undertake the line, whether it were the Blackwell or some other company in co-operation with it; and la s tly, if they did not choose to carry out the project after obtain ing the sanction of the Board of Trade, the matter would end with the expenditure of a few hundred pounds. At all events, there could be no question that the for mation of the line would be an advantage to the Blackwell Company, and he should, therefor pro pose the following resolution:—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, it would be of great advantage to the interests of the shareholders of the London and Black well Railway that a railway , should be formed from the Blackwell Railway at Stepney to Epping." Captain PAGE seconded the resolution. Mr. LEVY said he thought the Directors had great confidence in th e f or b earance o f t h e s h are h o ld ers, s i nce, after giving them only half-a-crown for the last two or three years, they now called upon them for a further advance of half a million. He knew a great deal about the traffic on these roads, having been employed by the Government to check it during a considerable period, and he never . saw s uc h an exaggerated s tatement as that before the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) It was made out that 740,000 p eo pl e came from Strat ford to Londonin the year. That wa s a b out 2,000 a day. Why the whole population of Stratford did not reach that amount.—(Hear, hear.) What was to come from these planes ? Take the case of Epping. n ay was brought to Whitechapel, potatoes and cabbages to Spitalfields, and a few sausages from Epping. Could they expect that all these would in future wale by railway ? EXTENSIVE ROBBERY at STOXE; On Monday morning last, soon after seven c'ele"' a rumour was generally circulated that a robb er ,/ of serious extent had been committed at the she' ) of Mr. R. Lind!ey, bookseller and sub-distributor t stamps. The indications of a robbery were ftr o l a discovered by Mr. Lindley's female servant, who , coming down stairs, perceived that the staple which rB, ceives the bolt of th e l oc k on the inner door of the t o P had been wre n ch e d o ft; and her attention was a drawn to a quantity of papers which were scatter,el about the floor of the parlour. She instantly ecC Mr. Lindley, who g ot up in haste, and, after l b amining the state o f th e s h o p, communicated 01 _, ' the police. I ns p ec t o r A r m s tr o ng (in the ab se nt of Major Macknight, who was at Stafford 2; and subsequently Major Macknight hin3sTo inspected the premises. The grid under she, front shop window had been removed, and the ea s e l ment in the cellar window beneath the grid opelL A for which purpose a pane opposite the handle a; been taken out, as well as another pane oPP 6 ;l e j the bolt below. The wood had been chis e l b e away from the door-post of the door on t cellar stairs, and the bolt pushed back. The b° o 3 staple o f th e s h op i nner d oor was a l so t or n oft; the the alarm-bell b e hi n d th e f ron t d oor h a d shared the "thesame fate, and was lyi ng on th e co unter, the " the itself being unfastened, so that it would spra t t he thief or thieves had made their exit that waf to of street. The shop-drawers had the appearaneeod having been rummaged, and a quantity of paper been abstracted from a table-drawer in the park' and thrown in confusion about the floor. In the course of the day a placard was issued, h ing partic u l ars o f th e property missing, from wh ic .,o, appeared th a t rumour h a d no t exaggera t e d the 00' 14 It is stated to have consisted of near 700/. in m ° , 4o , and 1151. worth o f pl a t e an d j ewe ll er y. The desc r y tion of cash is, " Half Bank of England notes to,o amount of 651.; and a quantity of gold and sil' er coin and Bank of England no t es — go ld, 120 t ; sily t te about 21. 10s. ; and Bank of England notes to 4i, amount of 5001."—making a total of more than 6 8A The following is a list of plate and jewellery;" - ap d case containing 17 valuable gold wedding rings, co ; 30 gentlemen's fancy ditto, bestudded with diont ) ,,r. six steel chains, three German silver ditto, 2, 4 ,, go ld man silver gu ar d s 10 large ditto, four ditto, six gilt ditto, 12 silver ditto ; s 'el cord purses, two s il ver k n i ves , splendid necklace, with brooch and bottle ; t wo jet l' e , c o r chains, pair of bracelets, five do z en sha w l pins, ' 1 " 0 dozen pair of coat links, two silver corals; two &r o c silver penholders, splendid de s s e rt case with 51 4 knife, fork, and spoon ; lady's companion, contaio:o, a silver thimble and scissors, with case, &c.; 18 4 ver thimbles, two silver b u tt er k n i ves , three ' 4 ditto, three silver pickle forks, three silver eT ve s shells ; a most v al ua bl e assor t men t of sal pencil cases, desk seals, toothpicks, scissors ds , sheaths, vinegaretts, w at c h-h oo k s , k e y s , b uc kles, et ll o l tops and battOrns of purses, hand pins, chains , I small pins ; gold brooches, and a great varie t io, bosom ditto ; gold cuff breguet chains and 4e o studs, lockets, pins, microscope, eye-glasses, 5 1 1 6/ quantity of knives, &c.," the whole valued at cost price. der The cash-box containing the m one y, we ti n to o stand, had been left overnight in a compartine o 'd the inner side of the shop counter; the p l a te tbe jewellery in a show-glass on th e coun t er , where were usually kept, and which had been wreecv. open. Notwithstanding the most active efforts o f the lice, no clue has yet been discovered to the perpets3 tor or perpetrators of this serious robbery : th,o the cash-box was found the same morning 00 we are sorry to say, near som e t rees w hich 01c, f '7, 0 0 carriage road from Stoke to Fent on M a nor 13 f/ 0 the residence of P. B. Broade, E sq ., t o whom its taken, and by him restored to Mr. Lindley i ',o4 lock of the box had been forced.—North Stafforao Mercury. • • . EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO BY ?HE Atr aE • TOMS' OFFICERS.—On Saturday l a st a l arge quai l ' ' O O / tobacco and cigars was discovered hidden beneath e ic*, packages on the quay at th e St. K a th er ine P, o dev which, it was supp ose d, h a d b een surrept i t i ous ly 1 7, 0 1 from a vessel now dischar g i ng h er cargo , t o swe l : 0 00 opportunity of removal from the premises with, ;10; g' ods about to be shipped i n t o cra f t t o b e l an ded 00 1 , where, which was immediat e ly se i ze d b y t h e Clks' ec ti: officers. On Monday afternoon a further quantitY , , or l. sieting of about forty pounds' we i g ht o f manufee'd 0 1 negrohead tobacco, done up i n . th e same mann er, It e gbl exactly the same description as that discovered e ri do rl quay on Saturday, was found concealed behind th e e ' of a shed adjoining the place, which was also seio 0 0 7 the same parties. No clue has yet been obtained_Adi the actual source from when c e t hi s t o b acco w as is though suspicions are entertained on the subject. t . f sb THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW " STRATHERN ; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABB°1; 0 1 , " This novel presents a s eri es o f exc i t i ng t a bl e aus Pt of Italian, French, and English society, such 0 i bl writer of the day except Lady Blessington hal e t u courage to paint, and at the same time has the n o / to execute. Her portraitures are full-length, ene, being as firmly ma rked as th oug h f res h from t'l,e bd of Vandyke; her groupings are bold and deamati e i r i r it dissection of the human heart is scientific aid un 6 o%ief In Strathern' Lady Blessingto n h as g i ven her g e- 0 , unbridled sway, and here we have exhibited toolf work all those essential attributes that pe cu liarly, h e a p l? to the mind, and all the attra c tiv e graces th a t disting ii tii the pen of this accomplished novelist. Pathos, ° s e e ment, romance, wit, humour, satire, ridicule, by rule the hour."—Morning Post. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN IMMEDIATE RE:VV. -1 y A DISEASED STOMACH BY HOLLOWAY'S PILL' . ": re j TRA ORDINARY CuttE.—Mrs. Lydia, a stay-stitche" siding in Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-lane, Holbore4 e #X, been subject for two y ears t o sw i mm i ngs i n the Po , dimness of sight, constant sickness, and derangett e b )1 1 ' the stomach, with a want of app e tite, t oge ther vok it iP health and loss of flesh. Half h er ti me s he en° or no work. She had been to almost every PI pital in London, but they could do h er to ,I, good. Notwithstanding this, she was resteru s , three weeks to the highest state of health by the li t ) , Holloway's Pills.—Sold (al so H o ll owa y' s OintEne, ii . i bte Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, St r and t - 0 1# advice may be had gratis), and by almost all resr' vendors of medicine throughout the civilised wo rld. ~e i t Before we enter on subjects relating to the P , year, there is a blot connected with the old which e /li tiO most e anxious to expunge. We owe it in justice ° :) . 00 offended feelings of a nobleman—we owe it in PO I " a public, who may have been misled—and we also 0 0 4 in justice to ourselves, to express our regret at been made the channel of an unfounded i itnP u : p r against the commanding-officer of a cavalry regite"ti • Ireland, who was said to have refu s ed an extensh / o / leave under very peculiar and distressing ciremnsttigt 9' On receiving intimetion of its incorr e ctness, we I° , tlO time in offering to place the column s o f our paper t o y , disposal of the aggrieved nobleman, for any refutet i tf t o might desire at our hands ; and it is now our tlf i l e ac express our regret at having been the means of ou e d ing the public mind by a statement which has ta l , to be unfounded. The difficulty of keeping the C O.° Ir of a public journal free from erroneous statement s ! , til l ,' greater than perhaps any one unconnected tiri i‘ i it y 0 9 ; press may believe. In the present case, there if/ u 4 ,41 4 7 4 circumstance to mitigate our regret—by having V D publicity to the paragraph in que ,tion, we hil f° o9 o f placed in a position as publicly to establish the P eto:, untruth of a charge which might otherwise hi ee p ii oT tinued to be darkly and maliciously whispered 13 ,510' the Noble Lord. It is our anxious wish as joul . " 0 : 0 1 always to do right; and when led into error, our ef o, satisfaction will always be promptly to acknowletlg amply to at. me for it. — Court Jou, nal. h Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, interview yesterday with the Chancellor of w e chi- quer. —der filic'' BIRTHS, On the 6th inst., at Stratford-green, Mrs. of a d..,ughter. the On the 6th inst., at Westhorpe Lodge, Suffolk, Nathaniel Cotton, Esq., of a daughter. , P' O❑ the 7th inst., at Titchfield-terrace, Regent's - P ih teP c , wife of G. De Morgan, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a datt,f On the ith inst., at Finsbury-place South, the wit` Charles Hogg, surgeon, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Clairville, Old Brompton, Mrs. Chapman, of a daughter. r A RBI ED . e r . of On the 15th of November, J. P. M a y ers , E s q, jesty's 28th Regiment, to Wilhelmina, yo ung est davq. ar George Ormond, Esq., of her Majesty's 86th Rc t ,^ria ler :Tal Ou the 6th inst., at Leckhampton Church, J. klel i ,jo , , Esq., of Alvest on , Gloucestershire, Captain in her i fi e,: h el' 14th Regiment Light Dragoons, to Harriette Cath er , child of John M. Connell, Esq., of Lansdown-cresc e " m tenham. -s(l l.fr cP , On the 7th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Mycidelfonogrll. the Rev. Robert S. Tabor, 8.A., Incumbent of Christ i 3 yo Enfield, to Mary, second (laughter of the Rev. Fr anc man, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's. DlED.Dlillt co" er last, On the 7th of Septemb at the Royal 10 lege, Sandhurst, Captain F. li. Prosser. rig 'ul' On the 6th of October, at Victoria, Hong -10 ,,;,'1 - eldest (laughter of the lion. John Walter Hulme, tire of Hong-Kong. On the 10th of November, at Nolapore, ndia, n 5 „. 1° 11 j3ri Weld, of her Majesty's 22d Regiment of Inlfantrt h On the 26th of Desember, at Tulloch Castle, :N° l.t. " of Eleanor, the wife of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tullocelief On the 3d inst., at Burcot, Shropshire, 1, it 1 abet!) , r 9 '' Richard Emery, Esq. a ge d On the 4th inst., at Brompt on Mrs. Sarah Brooke,_oe s On the sth inst., J o h n Leaelam, Esq., of i ro eigl l 3, Southwark, aged 68. pig" On the sth hist. at Osnabur h-terrace, Sinirke, Esq., aged 93. p i e On the sth in s t., M r . Th omas Walton, of the - Canterbury, aged 86. On the sth i ns t., a t St e p ne y, Mr. Butcher, dips' 1 ,, 0 On the sth inst., at Wellington-street, Sout h''' 1r trude Butler, youngest a' 4 daughter of Dr. Lever. -, On the sth inst., at Clarence-terrace, Regent's-P 4 a d , Smith, Esq., aged 75. tiotobo, On the sth inst., at Ifigh- elms, the DONTggerLY On the 6th inst., in Grosvenor-street West, )Ir* Dodsworth, aged 72. . On the 7th inst. in Sloane-street, Mrs. Elisabeth „,($ 6 ";, Loilion: Printed arta Pnblifthed by AIIIRDC 1 "No: 1 ` No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Sun OftlN' i i c onif Strand, is the Precinct of the Savoy , in the Uiddlesoz ) Thurwity . , Janitary 111 1845. i