The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

TUE REVENUE. In consequence of the sth of January falling this year on Sunday, the revenue returns for the past quarter will he made up this evening. We rejoice to hear that the accounts are likely to be most fa vourable, and will show a gradual increase of pros perity in every department of the State. It is, perhaps, generally known that the " financial" year ends on the 6th of April, when the accounts can be accurately compared with the corresponding statement of tl - a . previous year. And we are happy to state that it i s confidently expected, when that time arrives in 1845, they will exhibit a most grati • fying and pleasing aspect of increasing prosperity, in every branch of trade and commerce in this great country. With respect to the quarter's account, which will be made up this evening, we understand that it will shc w an increase, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year (as far as the returns from the different public departments have been received) of upwards of 600,0001. The increase in the Customs, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, is expected to exceed 150,0001. The Excise, that great test of the increasing com fit is of the people, is most satisfactory. The three quarters' revenue from the 6th of April last year, (ending to-day) will exhibit an increase of upwards 350,0001., as compared with the three correspond ing quarters of the previous year, ending sth Jan., 1844: and it is confidently expected that the increase on the financial year, ending on the 6th of April next, under the head of Excise, will be upwards of half a million sterling. In the Post-office there will be an increase, calcu la'.ed at about 5,0001. or 6,0001. in the quarter. The Property-tax returns do not materially differ fe ins the returns of the last two or three quarters. In Stamps, Taxes, and all miscellaneous articles of every description of revenue, there is a small in crease. The quarter's account, it is understood, will he most favourable, and give the greatest satisfaction to the country.-31vdsterial paper of Saturday. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The memorable State intrigue by which Pitt, in 1784, succeeded in circumventing and up setting his great rival, Fox, was effected by means of a bribe to the East India Company, which inflicted on the nation an increased window-tax to the extent of 650,000/. per annum. The window-tax had existed pre.iously to that time, it having been first im posed as a substitute for the hearth-tax, which was abolished in the reign of William and Mary ; a relief which was described as " a lasting monument of their Majesties' goodness in every house in the kingdom." To win over the Hon. Company to his India Bill, Pitt talked largely, and bribed bountifully. Ile supplied the talk, and saddled the nation with taxation for the substantial part of the inducement. One part of his scheme was a reduction of the tea duty from about one hundred and twenty per cent. to twelve and a half per cent. To make good the evenue, thus sacrificed for the benefit of the then existing tea - monopolists, he imposed the large in crease of the window-tax to which we have alluded. This happened sixty years ago ; so that for the famous job of the "heaven-born Minister," the nation has had to pay, without estimating interest, simple or com pound, a sum amounting to upwards of fifty mil lions sterling. We have alluded to the origin and increase of the window-tax, for the purpose of showing the clumsy and unequal mode of assessment by which it is imposed, and the con sequent injustice which marks its operation. The inequality of assessment is so manifest, that it is scarcely possible to acquit the Minister who proposed it, and the Parliament which adopted and sanctioned it, of imposing burdens on the poor to lighten the pres sure upon the wealthy. Let any one take the table of window-duties, which is to be found in any almanac or pocket-book , and he will see that the scale of win dow-duties is formed on the principle of diminished taxation in the ratio of increased means. What a mathe matician would term " the point of contrary flexture" is observed ; f or , on examining the scale, the larger number of windows pays the least amount of duty. The duty upon each window increases as the inability of the tenant to pay is indicated by the diminished number of windows in his dwelling, until the point reaches seven, below which number the tax is not payable. A reference to the window-duty table will show that the rate per window chargeable upon the palaces of the higher aristocracy is less than one half the rate chargeable on the houses of the middle classes, and above twenty per cent. less than that charged on the house of the petty shopkeeper with fifteen windows. The next in stance of inequality in the operation of the win dow-tax is found in the size and quality of the windows. Except in a few peculiar circumstances, there is no difference between a large window and a small one, and none whatever according to their re spective value. A window of twelve panes, glazed with ordinary crown glass at ls. 6d. a pane, and worth therefore but 18s., is charged the same duty es a window with the same number of panes of plate glass, and worth thirty guineas. The duty in the fir,t, case may be as high as thirty per cent., and in the latter little more than one per cent. As the panes in the latter case will be at least double the size of those in the former, and of course afford double the light, or be as good as two windows, the tax, put in this shape, will be reduced one-half. On an average, the window-tax of the aristocracy is computed at one-fourth part of what is paid by the middle classes of society. The window-tax is not of necessity a charge on the rental, even suppos ing all windows were of the same size and of the same value. A house in Belgrave-square fetches double the rent that a house of the same num ber of windows does in Russell-square. The tax on the rental is therefore double in the one case to what it is in the other. A house with the same num ber of windows situate in the obscure purlieus of London, it is well known, will not fetch half the rent of one in Russell-square. The window-tax, therefore, is twice as heavy there as in Russell-square, and four times as heavy as in the fashionable locality of Belgrave-square. But setting the value arising from locality out of the question, the amount of duty is quite unequal upon houses of different rentals. Thus u house of 10/. per annum, with eight windows, pays a duty equal to eight per cent. on the rental ; a house of 100!. rental, with thirty windows, will pay above twelve per cent. on the rental ; but a Louse of 3001. rent, with -fifty windows, will only pay five and a h a lf p er cen t. on th e r en t a l a house of 500/., with sixty windows, will pay only four per cent. on the rental ; a house of 1,500/. a year, with 100 windows, will pay only two per cent. ; a house of 3,000/. a year, with 180 windows, will pay only one and a half per cent. ; and the palace, with 365 windows, estimated at 6,000/. a year, will pay only one per cent. on its rental. The wealthy have other advantages arising out of the window duty. There is no window duty charged on the glass of hot-beds, hot-houses, and green-houses, which either belong to these classes, or are employed in raising luxuries which are beyond the reach of the middle and poorer classes. Such is the tax which some financiers defend. It is a tax on ventilation, health, and comfort; a tax on light; a tax on archi tectural taste ; a clumsy and preposterous tax ; un equal in its operation in every way in which it can be viewed ; and one which, we hope, will be among the number of those which Sir Robert Peel, with his surplus of three millions to dispose of in the way ofi reducing taxation, will deem it right to remodel or remove. CUSTOMS. It was stated a short time since that some important alterations were about taking place in the landing de partment of this branch of the revenue; and that in consequence o f th e p ress ure of business necessarily so I frequently occurring, owing to the prevalence of con trary winds and sudden change, and consequent in flux of sit' • __ip- ir , for forming a body 'of r g an arrangement was in progress men from the inferior department into three or four classes " superintendent lockers, 1 who were to be available at all times on such occa sions to assist in the 1 of the cargoes of vessels, weighing, and housing I order to prevent delay I to merchants, and inconv ' ehlen in ce to trade. The or- rangement alluded to has within these few days come 1 body into operation, and a l arge tb , se inferior officers have, with th e sanct i on ofy of the formed into a body f or t h e desired been at an increase of salary b e y on d that purpose, at rtceived in their previ ous positions, which they varying front 101. to 401. per annum. This newwarrange r nent 1 ..., has been a most fortunate thin g f or a great man these officers, who previously held offices at ? of lute more than half the sal a ry they receivewill their new position, and p er f orm i ng a very in in ierior description of duty, and who h ave been pro moted in consequence of their previous good charac ter and capacity, entitling them t o the benefitof the new arrangement. Several of them are officers drafted from the different outports, being inferior officers of the Customs, or belonging to the Coast guard, the collectors and comptrollers at these places having having been directed some time ago by the Commis sioners to recommend to their consideration such Persons under their supervision as they might con sider deserving and entitled, in consequence of their merits and good character, to the benefit of a participa tion in the new appointments about to be submitted to the Lords of the Treasury for their approval. For these men the change is a great advantage, and an important improvement in their condition. It is not intended, we believe, that this new description of landing-waiters should perform the whole of the duties appertaining to that department, but only the simple routine portion of them, leaving the higher and more important, as before, to officers of more capacity and experience. Various other alterations THE SUN, width. The land belongs partly to Mr. Chamberlayne,l of Chester; and partly to the corporation of Liverpool; but it is understood that tho hare r fusc t to give any sanction to the undertaking. The Dock Com mittee of Liverpool have agreed to petition, so as to give them a standing to be heard when the case is under Parliamentary investigation.—Liverpool Mercury. NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY COMPANY. — On Saturday a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Newark, Mr. Thorpe, and Mr. Godfrey, accompanied by Captain Salmond, chairman, Mr. Denniston, secretary, and Mr. Sanderson, surveyor and assistant engineer to the Newark and Sheffield Railway Company, waited, by appointment, on his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber. His Grace inquired minutely, and with much interest, into the objects and prospects of the proposed line, more especially as to its probable bearing on the town of Newark, the best interests of which his Grace expressed himself as most anxious at all times to pro mote. After an interview of upwards of an hour, the deputation retired, much gratified with their reception, and especially with the kindness and urbanity of manner which so peculiarly distinguish his Grace on all occa sions. We understand that his Grace the Duke of Port land has expressed his intention to support this line.— Doncaster Gazette. The largest elm-tree that has been brought into Worcester for the last half•century was on Thursday safely deposited in Mr. William Tunk's timber-yard, Tybridge-place. It grew on Lord Sandys's estate, Om bersley, near Worcester ; it measured thirteen feet long, and fourteen feet in circumference at fifteen feet from the butt ; weighs from fourteen to fifteen tons ; and there is supposed to be 150 cubic feet of timber in the top, left behind on the estate.— Worcester Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 4. IN THE MATTER OF JOHNSON, JOHNSON, AND MANN. TILE ROMFORD BANK.—This day was appointed for the allowance of the certificate to Mr. Mann, one of the partners in the Romford Bank. An application was made to the Court on Saturday last, and it was then stated that Mr. Mann's private debts were only 301. in the shape of weekly bills, and that the re mainder of a sum of 12,0001. would be carried over to the joint estate, which would pay about 2s. 6d. in the pound. On the present occasion Mr. Maim was in attendance. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE asked if any creditor attended to oppose the certificate ? No creditor attended, and the Registrar informed the Learned Commissioner that all Mr. Mann's pri vate creditors would be paid in full, and a day had been appointed (the 22d instant) for that purpose. The Learned Commissioner signed the certificate, and it was, therefore, duly allowed. When the case was mentioned the other day, Mr. Commissioner Goulburn remarked that the small amount of debts owing by Mr. Mann was very credit able to him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) GUILDHALL. John Luca , : Grierson, residing at 210, Strand, and who stated himself to be a phrenologist of some cele brity, was placed at the bar, before Sir James Duke, charged with having defrauded Mr. Charles, the tailor, of Fleet-street, of a suit of clothes, value 51. ss. Mr. Ward, a solicitor, of Essex-street, appeared for the prisoner. According to the evidence of the prosecutor's son, it appeared that on last Wednesday evening the prisoner entered his father's shop, and ordered a suit of clothes to be made for himself, and which he desired might be executed by the following evening, and sent to his residence at the above address. The clothes were accordingly sent home by the time, witness taking them, when he was informed that the prisoner was not in the way, but that if he called in the course of two hours, he, no doubt, might find him in the way. Witness then left, and on calling in the course of two hours, found that he had returned home. Prisoner immediately came I down to the door, and expressed his regret that he had been disappointed in having some cash, and which would prevent his paying the amount of the suit, cash on delivery being the agreement; but that if witness would call with the clothes on the follow ing evening (Thurrday) he would be sure to have sufficient cash to settle the bill. On the Thursday evening witness again called at the prisoner's resi dence, when he was ushered into the sitting room. The prisoner then expressed his desire to try the .clothes on, and they were handed over to him for that purpose. He instantly proceeded into a kind of anti-room, as witness supposed, to put them on. In a few minutes afterwards a lad came up into the sitting -room with a pair of boots, appa rt ently . new from the bootmakees, and inquired for the prisoner, but who was not forthcoming. A gen tleman next came up and made the same inquiries, bat met with the same unsatisfactory results. The 1 andlady, Mrs. Butterworth, at last entered the apartment and informed them that the prisoner had I , !ft the house about ten minutes previously. Wit- Less, on passing a bootmaker's shop at the corner of _Essex-street, in the course of Friday afternoon, saw the prisoner come out, and he immediately caused iii in to be taken into custody. Wardle, the City police-officer, stated that he re• rekved the clothes from the mother of the prisoner, wilt) lived at the boot-shop alluded to. They had, app gently, been in pawn, for they were very much creased, and had only been brought into the house a short time before he seized him. Sir J. DUKE wished to know whether Mr. Charles, serr.., could identify the prisoner as being the same part y who ordered the clothes of him on the Wednes dav evening ?—Mr. Charles said he could not posi tive] y swear to him. The prisoner was something like the party, but there was a difference. rardle, the officer, thought he could assist Mr. Chau lea in clearing up the doubt. When he appre hei td ed the prisoner, he found him wearing a wig; that: was since doffed, and he thought that if it was put ou the prosecutor might then have an opportunity of io lentifying the accused. Si r J. DUKE immediately ordered the wig on, and on it 'lbeing effected, Mr. Charles said he had then no doubt • but what the prisoner was the same person who orders mcil the clothes of him on the Wednesday evening. Th prisoner was remanded. LAMBETH. On Saturday a reseectable-looking middle-aged female dressed in " widow's weeds," applied to Mr. Norto a. for his humane assistance. The applicant stated that, through the sudden and unexp acted death of her husband, herself and her six childe rai were at present reduced to a state of perfect want, 'End she knew not what to do to provide them with a b solute necessaries. In reply to the questions of Mr. Norton, she said that her late husband, Mr. John I l 'Dore, was an artist of considerable eminence, and 11 pi idly rising in his profession, when in the midst health he was seized with violent illness, and died in' a few hours afterwards. Though he had re ceived a good deal of money from several distin guishe a personages for portraits, and other paintings, yet fr o m having to provide for a young family in' a man Et er which he thought befitting his position, her , husbal u I had not been enabled to make the slightest' provisi n for herself or his children, and the conse quenci s was, that the melancholy deprivation placed her ar a her family in a state of dependence, and, she might my, poverty. By the assistance of some kind friend s she took a house in West-square, in the hope of bei a g able to make a living for herself and family, by bo. a -d and lodging ; but this turned out a perfect failure.. Her furniture had been seizel on and sold up for 3 'ent, and she was now left, as she had ',before stated, • without the means of subsistence for herself and clii dren. The applicant further said that her oldest d hild, a girl of seventeen, was out at a boarding school, • giving her services for her board and lodging; and the other six (and one of them an infant in arms) were ion her hands. The applicant here handed to Mr. Na aton some flattering testimonials of the talents of her late husband. Amongst them was one from Sir - illiam Follett ' in which that distinguished lawy, r e addresses him in the most familiar mane ar, and speaks in the highest terms of his pot trait 'of Sir Edward Sugden, the present L'rd Chan cellos of Ireland. Another, from the Right Hon. John - Wilson Croker, in which that laconic writer, addre 5.5 ing the late artist, sap.—" Dear Mr. Moore, you w i ll be glad to hear the picture cause down - a c, and is pronounced here equal to Sir Thomas's."-- A this , from Mr. Barrow, of the 1 reasury, in which the wrii er speaks in the highest terms of admiration of the pi irtrait of his mother, Lady Barrow, painted by Mr. , Moore ; and several others, and from distin guished persons, equally laudatory of the talents and genius e f Mr. Moore. Mr. 3 ronrom remarked that the funds in the poor box w( e intended to relieve those cases of distress which c ame incidentally before the magistrates more than is s, cases of applications for relief, such as that made l I the applicant ; besides, the funds in the poor-I m r were, he was sorry to say, not very great. He th e n direct ed one of the summoning officers to make the z pecessary inquiries, and he having repre sentei l the .circumstances precisely as they had been descri be, Iby Mrs. Moore, Mr. Norton ordered the chief tle r l / 4 to give the applicant a sovereign. Mr J. 1 doore, on receiving the money, expressed her gratit iich to the worthy magistrate for his kindness. SOUTHWARK. 0 a S A turday morning the vicinity of Long-lane, Berl sey, was thrown into considerable excite meuf, ow ing to a report being extensively circulated th at a ma n had inhumanly murdered his wife in the forma Lion of the above being given a e s y o u rhood of Smith's -buildings, Long- lane.tthta t. on- In house 8001 i after the 'occurrence , Sergeant Newberry, o wta. f iasn thnteispotfound th e t oas womancer oofn was the dispatchedreport. H t e o f t o h u e of the ins i s Thomas Hines, residing with his family, which eo sists of his wife and four children, at N 0.5, but in a hopeless condition. The name Cotta porte r, lin the habit of earning from 15s. to 20s. a de- but the woman and children are in the most depl pra b ia state. Saturday morning, about eight BAltrdet4l.l\divh,isi have recently been made in the department, and several reductions in the number of officers in diffe rent branches have been effected, where it was prac ticable, in order to meet the increased expenditure caused by this new arrangement, so that on u e whole, but a trifling additional expense will be thereby en tailed on the revenue. GROSS OUTRAGE. A most violent attempt at robbery has recently been made on the Forest, but which proved unsuccessful, in consequence of the courage displayed by a female. The appended are the particulars, as we have learnt them. Last Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, a man dressed in a blue smockfrock, with his face blackened, and having on a " billy cock" cap, called at a lone house at the top of the Larkdale, on the Forest, occupied by a mechanic named Bowers, and asked permission to light his pipe. The only persons in the house at the time were Mrs. Bowers and her child, eleven months old. The fellow was very inquisitive; after asking a number of ques tions, such as " Was Mr. Bowers likely to return soon ; was the dog in the house ?" &c., he retired. Upon learning these particulars, Bowers told his wife in future to lock herself in the house on those evenings on which he was absent. She subsequently did so. On the next (last) Monday night, about a quarter.past eight, as Mrs. Bowers was sitting with her infant at her breast, the house door was suddenly forced open, al though it had been locked, and a men rushed in who was dressed in a similar manner to the one previously described, except having a striped worsted cravat tied round his head, in place of the billycock," and with his face again blackened. The woman immediately put her child down and grappled the fellow, who struck her a severe blow on the head with a heavy stave ; notwithstanding this, she still stuck to him, and had nearly overthrown him, when an accomplice entered the house, and taking up the infant, threw it on to the Forest. The mother left the dastardly plunderers, and ran to the assistance of her child. Immediately the first man found himself at liberty, he went up stairs, where he ransacked the drawers and boxes; as soon as the poor woman had recovered her child, she returned to the house, and had the door closed upon her by the accomplice. Fearing the approach of the husband, or the alarm of the adjacent cottagers, the man upstairs quickly descended to the house-place, and rejoined his companion at the door ; they both then ran away together, down the Larkdale. When they had arrived about half-way down, they met a man and a boy, when they turned off through the fields, in the direction of the cemetery, and escaped. They were in so great a hurry to avoid detection, that they decamped without taking away anything of value, and leaving in the house the bludgeon with which the poor woman was struck. We believe the fellows have hitherto eluded detection.—Nottingham Review. MR. POLK THE PRESIDENT ELECT. (From a New York paper.) During the last summer a variety of wandering politicians visited Tennessee, for the purpose of casting an anchor to windward in the affections of Mr. Polk, and impressing upon his mind, should he be elected, an adequate idea of their immense importance and over whelming influence in carrying his election. But it seems, according to the best and most authentic accounts, that all these politicians were quite astonished by the cool manner in which they were received by Mr. Polk, particularly in reference to political matters. On science, on religion, on all ordinary topics of conver sation, Mr. Polk would talk with fluency and interest, and discovered himself to be a well read, polite, and agreeable man. But on politics—on the tariff—on any other public question—on his views—his policy—he was as silent and mysterious as the grave itself. It is, therefore argued, from all these accounts, that Mr. Polk will turn out a much shrewder man than people have generally imagined. He was never, it is true, regarded as a very great man in Congress, but he always maintained his personal dignity and position, and discovered that the great element of his character was firmness and stead fast attachment to his political views and his friends. What effect may be produced on his mind, or what influence may be exercised by the various cliques of the democracy, it is utterly impossible to make any probable conjectures. No doubt there are many ready to pounce upon him, but how they will succeed is quite another matter. In reference to the fashionable movements in the White House during the next four years, the prospect is very brilliant. The lady of Mr. Polk is quite a good-looking woman, has a great deal of tact, and a certain amount of that genius for society which will doubtless give a new tone to fashionable matter in Washington. It is a long time since the White House was tenanted by a lady possessel of com manding position, talents, genius, and personal beauty, and we should not be at all surprised if Mrs. Polk were to restore to the White House the brilliancy, refinement, and gaiety which dis tinguished it during the presidency of Mr. Madison, when Mrs. Madison was the presiding genius. Mr. Van Buren was a bachelor, and could not, of course, give the tone and character and refinement of female genius to that establishment. Mr. Tyler, with all the disposition in the world, had not the material, ; and, even if Mr. Clay had been selected, we doubt whether female elegance and refinement would have presided to such an extent in Washington as under the auspices of Mrs. Poik. In fact, the accession of Mr. Polk brings with it the best prospect of a com plete restoration of gaiety, elegance, refinement, beauty, and fashion to society in Washington. DAGUERREOTYPE BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. A friend, who has recently returned from London, assured me that he had discovered a simple method of making a permanent engraving on a metallic plate, of a Daguerreotype likeness or sketch. On making the discovery (the nature of which he explained to me), being then in London, his application for a pa tent in England was enrolled, after which, he was compelled to specify in six months, or forfeit his right to the discovery. When the time was nearly expired he was seized with an hemorrhage of the lungs, which prevented his specifying; whereupon a Frenchman stepped in and secured a patent for a similar process. My friend is now about securing his patent for the United States. He showed me a finely-engraved let ter seal, copied by this process . from en original en graving made by a first-rate artist in London. He says, that by this discovery h e co pi e d severa l B an k of England notes upon metallic plates, by merely re flecting the light from them to the plates, as is done in taking miniatures, and by a simple chemical process converted them into permanent-engraved plates, and then proceeded to take impressions from them, which exhibited a striking and remarkably exact likeness to the originals, even showing the waved lines in the paper. This he did for amusement, showing this wonderful result to his friends, and deposited them in the museum, as objects of curiosity. He tells me he entertains no doubt but the process is known in France, and that the 1001. counterfeit notes offered at the Bank of England were executed by it. So exact were the counterfeits that the Bank actually paid some of them, and only accidentally discovered the second or third note by a genuine note of the same number, letter, and date, being offered at the same time. My friend thinks that when the plate is once thus accurately formed, it might be made more perfect, if necessary, by receiving slight touches from a skilful engraver. He thinks there is not a bank bill but what can, by skilful management, be so perfectly counterfeited as to defy the detection of the bank which issued it. He supposes there can be but one probable mode of prevention, and that is, to have the bill crossed or printed transversely, w ith a variety of strong colours. Even in this case he does not know but the difficulties might be surmounted by ingenuity and perseverance. If this new mode of counterfeiting has been so .successfully practised in France, what is to prevent the same ingenious scoun drels from putting their art in operation in the United States ? Under these considerations, it may be well for our banks to keep a close look out for counterfeit hills of a large denomination, and devise some scheme, if possible, to forestal or prevent such a fraudulent operation.—New York Journal of Commerce. parish,nigh u l e as n a worthy ploughman, ( vst ithaAct:t.ous ESCAPE. his way homeward with a residing It tur ian d a a n Y by some chance or other lay down " wee drap in e'e," A cart belonging to a frewshire, fast asleep. on the road, and 1111 whip: wen a servant man, neighbouring farmer, attended hap pened to the road, but was suddenly come up shortly afterwards. The ni g ht bein g dark, the man saw nothing on startled by a crash under one of the wheels, followed by a loud roa r . The horse being stopped, alighted, and to his great horror the driver discovered a human being appa ren tl y un d er one o f the wheels. He imme diately b aw l e d lustily for help, but none appearing, he proceed e d to a n , itehbouring house, and having alarmed the inm a t es , d escribed all the horrors of the ease. Lights being procured, the party repaired to the spot, expecting to see nothing but the remains of a mutilated human being, when, to their astonishment, thsy discovered their old neighbour apparently in perfect health and good spirits. The wheel of the cart had pulsed over his hat, crushing it in two within half an inch of his head. It may truly be said of this man that he was " within an inch of his life."—Glasiow Journal. PROJECTED NEW DOME AT BIRK.ENVEAD..--It is be made t€ in contemplation to turn Tranmere Pool ireo a floatg dock, and, :we understand, 'application Parliament in the next session for powers From the Parliamentary plan of the proposed docks , it appe ars that their position will be between the two slips of Birkenhead and Tranmere, a sit e w hi c h is covered with water every tide, just the same as Wallasey Pool. It is intended here to construet—suppose th 4 Act should be obtained—one wet dock, the area of vhich will be eleven acres and 1,980 yards, and also a :raving dock, at the point nearest the Chester Old-roal. The quay to the northward of Tranmere slip will be 100 feet wide; and the dock will be entered by gaes of 70 feet LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1845. o'clock, he entered his house, and began to abuse his wife, threatening to murder her. She ran out of the tooth and auempted Lo j, out of his way, when he turned round and kicked her brutally in the lower part of the abdomen. The poor woman immediately fell down , insensible, and her assailant absconded. The eldest of the poor chil dren, a girl about nine years of age, finding her mother speechless and deluged in blood, called in the wife of the postman, living next door, who imme diately obtained the assistance of some of her neighbours, and conveyed her up stairs. Mr. Neill, the surgeon, of 150, Bermondsey-street, was instantly in attendance. He found the poor woman bleeding profusely from internal hemorrhage, caused by a violent kick. She had miscarried only a fortnight ago through her hus band's violent conduct towards her, and it was Mr. Neill's opinion the present injury, coupled with the former, would cause her death. Late in the after noon the accused, Thomas Hines, was brought before the magistrate, who, after hearing evidence to the above effect, addressed the prisoner, and informed him that the charge at preent was merely a violent assault on his si ife, but he was sorry to say that it was almost certain his wife's life would fall a sacri fice to his violence. He advised him to be silent in the present stage of the inquiy, as it was his intention to remand him until Wednesday. The prisoner, seemed much agitated, was then remanded. MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT SALT PITLL. NTEAR WINT)QnR, On Saturday die iuquebt ott the body of 6arati Hart, who came by her death on the evening of Wed nesday last, under extraordinary circumstances, was resumed at the place in which the previous inquest was held. The excitement in the neighbourhood is most intense, and is hourly increasing, owing to the profound mystery in which the matter is enshrouded. It is impossible to give any idea of the sensation which the tragical occurrence has created. The hour of adjournment was ten o'clock, but owing to the non-arrival, by the early trains, of certain par ties interested in the examination, the proceedings did nct commence until eleven o,clock. The names of the jury having been called over, the Coroner called the witnesses. The first was Mr. Henry Montagu ChampneisLTS ;in — admitted and practising surgeon in the neighbourhood. On Wednesday evening, a few minutes before seven, was eallAd to see the deceased. Did not know her name, but knew her person. The female who called him rang violently at his bell. When he opened the door she said, " Will you come immediately to a woman who has fallen clown at Bath-place ?" adding, she was afraid she was dying. Witness went imme diately—indeed he ran—to the place, which was about 200 yards from his house. Found the woman, Sarah Hart, lying on the .ur.d. She was lvii on her back, with her clothes half way up. The I,.et stock ing was down, and torn. Deceased had no cap on, but a cap was lying on the floor. Her eyes were fixed. Felt her pulse, and thought he felt three beats ; but not being continued, he thought he might he mistaken. She moved her nether jaw slightly, which he thought to be a dying effort. He then saw that she was dead ; but to convince himself, he put his hand to feel her heart, and found there was no pulsation. Opened a vein, not with the idea of bringing her to life, but to see her blood, with the view of ascertain ing the cause of her death. Saw the person now in custody at the station shortly afterwards. Had no conversation with him. Told Mr. Favell to convey information to London by the telegraph. Then re turned to the house of the deceased. Ought to have mentioned that he saw in the house a porter bottle on the table, with a brown liquid, half full, in it, and also a tumbler with a lighter liquid in it. Gave orders to Mrs. Ashlee, whom he found in the house, before he left it in the first instance, to take charge of the bottle and the tumbler. His reason for this was, that he thought some deleterious matter might s• I, lon in the liquids. Took the articles himself },i. r >taro, and had kept them since, until they had been produced before the Coroner. On the second day, externally examined the body by order of the court. Did not find any external mark on the person of the deceased. Made the examina tion in conjunction with Mr. Norblad, another me dical gentleman. Has been desired by the Coroner, in conjunction with the same gentleman, to make a post nzortern examination. When he applied his lancet, on first seeing the deceased, there was nothing unnatural in the appearance of the blood. At the post mortem examination, he discoved nothing on dis secting the head, to account for the death of the de ceased. Found the heart, on opening it, perfectly healthy. Examined the lungs, and, with the excep tion of an adhesion on the right lung, they were healthy. The adhesion could not cause death. Examined the abdominal viscera, and found it rather fat, but generally healthy. Removed the stomach and its contents for the purpose of chemical examina tion. The internal surface of the stomach had rather more mucuous matter than usual. Then reported to the Coroner that he and Mr. Norblad could come to no satisfactory conclusion without analysing the con tents of the stomach. The .tesult of that exami nation was, that the contents of the stomach were found to be generally acid. The contents of the stomach were tested for four different poi sons. There was no oxalic acid nor sulphuric acid, nor arsenic. The contents of the stomach were then examined for prussic acid, and the result proved that acid to be present. It may not have been prussic acid by itself, but in conjunction with some salt nearly allied to it. This experiment was tried twice, the same result following in each case. Could not say whether there was sufficient prussic acid to cause death, but had every reason to believe there was. Was of opinion it would cause death. The appear ance of the stomach would not assist him in coming to the conclusion that death had been caused by prussic acid. Neither could they detect the presence of prussic acid by the smell. Did not think the prussic acid was administered by itself, lot that it was administered in a liquid, but could not say what liquid. Could not tell the quantity of prussic acid taken. Was of opinion that the quantity of prussic acid found in the stomach would produce death speedily, but did not know in what time. Was of opinion that she died from the effects of this poison. The liquids in the bottle and tumbler had not been analysed, because there was not sufficiant time to do it fully. . . By a juryman—We have not discovered what salt, if any, was present in conjunction with the prussic acid. The salts of prussic acid have not the same pungent peculiar odour as prussic acid itself. The salts of prussic acid would produce death, but he could not say how quickly. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams, counsel for the prisoner—Was about three minutes at the railway station before he saw the prisoner. Saw him get into the carriage and go away. Did not pour out the liquid in the bottle till yesterday. The liquids were left in the charge of Mrs. Ashlee about an hour and twenty minutes. Mr. Pickering was also present at th , . post mortem examination. Witness had seen a considerable number of persons die from convulsions. Ilad not seen persons die from prussic acid, but had seen animals die from the effects of that poison. The adhesion on the right lung was pretty considerable, and was evidently old. Even when persons are violently agitated, such an adhesion on the lung would not cause death. Enough of prussic acid to cause death would possibly make a slight difference in the appearance of the brain. Smelt the breath of deceased after her death, but there was no smell of prussic acid. Prussic acid has a violent smell. Could give no opinion as to the smell which salts of prussic acid would have, for he did not know much about them. Could not swear that there was any other salts in conjunction with the prussic acid at all though of opinion that there was enough of prussic acid to cause death, but did not know what the quantity was. William Marlow was next examined—ls a gar dener. Saw deceased on Wednesday evening at a quarter past six, going towards her house. She spoke to him first. She said, " Ah, Marlow." She was running, and he asked her why she was in so much haste ? She said she had got a friend come in, and she had been for a bottle of Guinness's stout for him. She appeared quite well, and in high spirits. She then ran away again towards her own house. By a juror—Deceased had nothing else but the porter in her hand. Mr. Norblad—ls a practising surgeon in the neigh bourhood of Slough. Saw the deceased shortly before the inquest. Her shoes were off, one of her stockings down, her legs partly exposed, and her cap off. Examined the body externally, in conjunction with Mr. Champneys, but did not find any marks of ex ternal violence. There was nothing in the external appearance of the body which could lead to any sus picion of a violent death. By order of the coroner he then made an internal examination. The result was that the whole of the interior of the body was free from existing disease. They removed the stomach, laid it open, and turned out the contents. There was no smell of prussic acid whatever. The stomach was then sealed up, and put in posses sion of Mr. Champne:y. s. An examination of the con tents was made yesterday. The application of the tests did not discover any ordinary poison. They then submitted the contents to the tests of prussic acid, which was unequivo cally proved to be present. From the absence of disease, the manner of deceased's death, and the pre sence of prussic acid, he was of opinion that she died of prussic acid, or of some one of the salts into the composition of which prussic acid enters. In conse quence of the absence of the odour of prussic acid, and knowing there is a salt equally poisonous which gives the same results by chemical analysis, he qualified the latter part of his evidence. The salt he referred to would produce death in from two seconds to a quarter of an hour, according to:the strength of the poison. There was sufficient poison in the stomach to cause death. The adhesion on the lungs was not of the slightest consequence. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—The name of the salt to which he referred was cyanuret of potassium. A considerable quantity of the elements of prussic Jeid entered into the composition of this salt. f eri ne White—ls a single person, residing at Mr. Botham's hotel. Is barmaid at that establishment. Recollects deceased coming to the house on Wed nesday evening, at half-past six, and having a bottle of Guinness's stout. Was about ten minutes at the hotel. Witnessed served the deceased with the stout. It was a t bottle of the description now produced, and, she believed, the same bottle. Lent her a cork screw. The screw produced was the one she lent deceased. Deceased did not seem at all agitated. Seemed quite well. Gave no reason whatever for asking for the stout. Mrs. Moss—Derived her knowledge of the prisoner from the deceased herself. She did not know him personally. The CORONER said that, in that case, he would not ask her any questions. Mrs. Ashlee examined—ln addition to the bottle and tumbler on the table there was a glass. The one produced was the glass. There was froth on the table, but it had no smell. Never saw the prisoner until the occasion in question. Mrs. Burrett deposed that a bottle and two glas ses and part of a bun were lying on the table when she went into deceased's house. She was fetched by Mrs. Ashlee. Rinsed one of the glasses, in which there was some froth, to give a little water to the de ceased. It was such a glass as that produced. There 11 , 1 R rn riTtirli!nr 11 , oc LoaoNEIL 11 , adjourn the case, and he would fix the adjournment for Wednesday. Mr. Williams said, that before the court rose, he wished to apply to the Coroner for an order to allow his solicitor to see the prisoner. The CORONER had no objection to grant the per mission sought for, only the interview with the pri soner must be in the presence of the officer. Mr. Williams trusted the Coroner would be satis fied if the officer stood outside the door, so as that the prisoner should not be able to make his escape. He trusted this request would be granted. The CORONER —Oh, no ; that will not do. The pri soner must not be out of sight of the officer. Mr. Williams was quite sure that the officer was far too respectable a man to wish to hear anything that passed between the prisoner and his legal adviser in their interviews together. The CORONER concurred in what Mr. Williams had just said. All the officer was hound to do, and all that he would wish him to do, was to take care that the prisoner was never out of his At this mom.;nt Mr. Montague Chambers arrived from London, and begged before the court rose to make an application to it. A sum of money, and other articles, which had been found on the pergon of the prisoner, when taken into cnstody, had been taken from him. Now, as these could not have any thing to do with the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, he trusted the Coroner would order them to be given up to him. . The CORONER said that, as the prisoner required some money to support him while the present charge was pending, the 225. in silver found on his person must be given up to him, but he would not feel justi fied in ordering the remainder of the money, or other property, to be handed to him in the present state of matters. Mr. Chambers then applied for copies of the depo sitions against the prisoner, in order that he and his counsel might he able to understand the nature of the evidence against him. The CORONER said he could not comply with the request of the Learned Gentleman. rile prisoner and his counsel, however, could learn the nature of the evidence brought before the Court through the reports which appeared in the newspapers. The in quest was adjourned till Wedneday, when much additional evidence is expected to be brought forward. The prisoner is a rather tall man, and approaching his 60th year, but looking older than he is in reality. His hair is of a greyish colour, and very short. His face and features are small. The expression of his countenance is not pleasing; there is something sinister about it, which may, however, be partly accounted for from a slight squint in one of his eyes. The prisoner left this country for New South Wales many years ago, under very peculiar circumstances. During his residence in that part of the world he is said to have amassed a large fortune. He has been twice married. His first with died some years since. By, her he had two sons, both of whom, it is said, were brought up by him for the medical profession ; but they died in early life. He married a second time, a little more than a year ago. By his second wife he has one child. It is said that she visited him in Windsor Gaol, and manifested the deepest grief at the distressing circumstances in which he is placed. It is right to mention that he himself dis plays the greatest composure. R hen he arrived yesterday morning, in the custody or the officer, at Salt Hill, and entered the room in which the inquest was to be resumed, he drew out his handkerchief, and wiping his face with it, remarked with the greatest coolness, that they had arrived too soon, there being no appearance of the Coroner or the jury. The house was crowded all day by persons anxious to get a sight of him. Indeed, the desire to see him was so great, that it was with difficulty the officer could prevent persons forcing themselves into the room ad joining that in which the inquest wa , held, in which he was kept in custody. It is said that the prisoner has an extensive establishment at Berkhamstead, keeping no fewer than six servants. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) SUNDAY EVENING.—Upon the prisoner being taken to the house, at Eton, of Perkins, the Superintendent of the Eton Police, at the conclusion of the proceedings be fore the Coroner's jury yesterday afternoon, where he ar rived about four o'clock, in a fly, he appea re d consider ably more depressed in spirits than upon the former occasion. His sighs and moans, his quivering lip, and restless (ye, clearly indicated that he was suffering the most intense mental anguish, although there was not only an apparent but very manifest effort on his part to appear to treat the matter with stoical indifference. While he was waiting in a private room yesterday, at the Three Tuns, Salt-hill, during the progress of the inquiry before the Coroner, he appeared extremely tidgetty and anxious to avoid the gimf, of those who were present. lie maintains an almost total silence, and has never once alluded to the mysterious and painful circumstances connected with the death of his former servant, Sarah Hart. During the whole of the past night he was very restless, scarcely obtaining any sleep till the morning. His appetite has also considerably fallen off since he was first taken into custody. Some years ago the prisoner was tried and found guilty of forgery, and sentenced to be transported for 21 years. The forgery was committed upon a relative of Mr. Smith, one of the partners in the Uxbridge Bank, to the amount (as I am informed by a member of the Society of Friends, who came from Uxbridge yesterday to attend the inquiry before the Coroner) of 1,000/. His good conduct while in the colony obtained for him a ticket of leave after having served seven years of his time. Ile then set up in business at Sydney as a che mist and druggist, and embarked generally in the ship ping trade, in which he was so exceedingly successful, that in the course of a few years he had saved upwards of 20,0001.—some persons have reported 60,000/.; but I believe the amount I have mentioned is the most correct. As soon as the crime of forgery had been clearly es tablished against him, he was discarded by th Society of Friends, and nu longer acknowledged to be a member of that body. Upon his return to England from Botany Bay, between six and seven years ago, he applied to the society to be again admitted amongst them, but was pe remptorily refused, his former crime of forgery being an insuperable barrier, notwithstanding the great effort he made to be again received Into membership. lie theft went to live at Croydon, where he rf sided but t very short time, but where he is well-known. Thence he went to Berkhatnstead, where about four years ago he married (but much against the wishes of her family and connexions) a highly respectable widow, a Quakeress, named Cutforth. This lady kept a ladies' school at the time of her marriage, but her extensive establishment was given up immediately after her union with Mr. Tawell, who lived with his wife and family in a spacious house, nearly opposite the church at Berkhatnstead, in very good style. He had two sons and a daughter by his first wife. Both the sons have died within the last five years. The daughter, an interesting girl, about 17 years of age, resided with her father and step-mother, at Berkhamstead. A child is the fruit of his last marriage, which is now about 18 months old. The distressing intelligence of the apprehension of her husband, upon strong suspicion of his being concerned in the death of a woman at Salt-hill, was only commu nicated to Mrs. Tawell through the medium of the Lon don papers of Friday last, which contained a report of the proceedings before the coroner and jury of the pre ceding day. Mrs. Tawell, in state of mind it were impossible adequately to describe, her feelings wrought up to the highest pitch of mental excitement at receiving the acting news, immediately left her home and pro ceeded to London by the Birmingham Railway, and from Paddington, by the four o'clock train, to Slough, by the Great Western. The interview which took place be tween the afflicted wife and her unfortunate husband, which was of the most harrowing and heartrending description, I will not attempt to describe. Mrs. Tawell, after remaining at Eton for upwards of four hours, took leave of her husband, and returned to London by the last train from Slough. It has been stated that the eldest child of the unfor tunate deceased Sarah Hart, a boy about five years of age, bears a close resemblance to the prisoner. From circumstances which have transpired since the first exa mination of the prisoner before the coroner's jury, there is very little doubt that he is the father of both the children of his former servant. He was always known, at the different lodgings occupied by the deceased, as Mr. Talbot. A special messenger was sent off from Eton with a letter from the prisoner to his wife at Berklumastead on Friday morning ; the messenger, however, did not ar rive at that town until after the departure of Mrs.Tawell to visit her husband. The letter was opened by the daughter of the prisoner, who was not aware of the painful situation of her parent. She imnudiately re cognised the handwriting, but even then she would scarcely believe her father was in custody upon suspi cion of some offence he had committed at "be cause," she said, " her papa never knew any person, either there or at Slough, and therefore there must be a mistake." Upon Mrs. Tawell's return, the dreadful tidings were communicated to her. Tawell is weillinowiTinthe City, and is now, I am informed, engaged to some extent in the shipping trade and exportation of goods. He is a subscriber to the Hall of Commetce, the Jerusalem Coffee-house, and other publi c mercantile establishments, and also to the Zoological Society. There is tint the lea-t doubt that all the renreserta tiohs made by the deceased to her female to.qMtititances (with whom she became intimate at the different lodg ings she occupied during the past four years) as to her being the wife of Mr. Tawell's son, who was, us she said, abroad, and also as to Mr. Talbot (as she always called him, and n o t M r . T awel l ) b r i ng i ng h er h er h us b an d' s quarterly allowance, are entirely without foundation. I have stand that both the prisener's s'm,, l)3 his first wife . , are dead. She also stated to a nother of her de quamtatices that she was the it of a servant of Mr. jun., who was abroad with his master, and that a part of his wages was paid to her quarterly by . his master's father ; b u t this statement is equally devoid of truth. The public, however, will be enabled to form their own opinions as to the nature of the connexion which existed between the unfortunate woman and her "friend," the party in custody. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. J. J. Williams, barristers at law, and also Mr. Bevan, solicitor, of the o.cl Jewry, have been specially retained to be present at the ad. journed inquiry on Wednesday next, to watch the pro ceedings on behalf of the prisoner. In the meantime the contents of the bottle and glass found on the table of the deceased at the time of her mysterious death. and i.;i; • it by w inch the prisoner passed in his route to the Slough station on the night of the supposed murder, will be carefully ana lyzed, and the necessary evidence produced before the Coroner and jury. It has been stated that the prisoner is confined in Windsor gaol. This is not the fact. Windsor is not in th., same county as that in which the death occurred. Ile , wa, visit , :d In hi< wife nu her arrivel on Friday frefr.oon, at the nisei, of Mr. Perkins, the superin tendent of the Eton police, in that town, where he will remain until he is taken again before the Coroner at the adjourned inquiry to be held on Wednesday. HAMMERSMITH. TIDE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF TILE DUKE OF NORMANDY.—Late on Friday afternoon, the Duke of Normandy, who was accompanied by three of the officers of his household, entered the court and requested to have an interview with Mr. Clive, the sitting Magistrate, on the subject of the late alleged attempt to assassinate the Duke, at his residence, Mulgrave House, Fulham, on the evening of Thurs day last. Inspector Shepherd, V division, then made some private communication to Mr. Clive, who, accom panied by. Mr. Nichols, the clerk, proceeded into the Magistrate's private room, followed by the Duke and Inspector Shepherd, where they remained in consulta tion for upwards of an hour, after which the Duke, &c., left the court by the private door, without the result of the application being made known. On Mr. Cuve re-entering the court he appointed Inspector Shepherd to meet him at the Wandsworth Police-court, at half-past twelve o'clock on the fol lowing day, when he said he would aceon , :r.ny him to Mulgrave-house for the purpose of making ..n mination of the premises. On Saturday, between one and two o'clock, Mr.. Clive, accompanied by Superintendent Bicknell, V division, Mr. Nichols, Inspector Shepherd, and In spector Haynes (Detective Force), made an examina tion of the premises, which lasted nearly an hour, during which they inspected the apartments in which the Duke was at the time, and through which the ball passed, and also the flattened bullet which had been found in the garden. Mr. CLIVE, on leaving, directed the police to use their utmost endeavours to get all the evidence they could in the case, and to bring the witnesses on as early a day as possible in the ensuing week to this court, when a searching inquiry will be made into the circumstances connected with the mysterious affair. EXECUTION of TWO MURDERERS AT LIVERPOOL. KMKDALE, SATURDAY, ONE o'CLocx.—George Evans and Thomas Stew, two young men just burst ing into manhood, the former being only twenty years of age, and the latter twenty-one, have just termi nated their short earthly, though wicked, career by an ignominious and forcible death upon the public scaffold. The prisoners were both confined since their con demnation in one cell, but on Monday last they were separated, a measure which turned out, apparently, for the benefit of both ; and from that period Evans was continually engaged in reading the Bible, singing hymns, or listening to the religious instructions of the indefatigable chaplain. Some of his friends, up to Thursday evening last, had visited him, and his father, whom he had requested to see, sent a letter declining tbe interview in consequence of his being in a very poor state of health, and anxious to avoid so agitating a scene. From the moment of his condemnation, Stew acknowledged the justice of his sentence. On Wed nesday one of the culprit's brothers and one of his sisters, with his brother's wife, paid him a visit; and on Friday, his stepfather and several of his friends, took an eternal farewell of their unhappy relative. Both the prisoners made a voluntary confession of their guilt to the reverend chaplain several days before their execution, and on Friday afternoon each reite rated a declaration of its truth. That of Evans was very short. He said he had had a quarrel with Mrs. Millen, the day before the murder, about six shillings which he owed her. He had written to his father for some money, and his letter had not been answered, and Mrs. Millen taunted him with it. But it was not that which made him kill her; something came across his mind, and he killed her with several blows of the life preserver. He denied having taken a ring from her finger, as was stated by some of the witnesses : the ring was in a drawer with the other trinkets. Stew, on the other hand, has given a more circum stantial account, of which the following is a copy : "I, Thomas Stew , voluntarily make this state ment to Mr.. Appleton , the chaplain :—I courted Alice Nolan for a little more than four months. She was as decent a young woman as any one would wish to keep company with, and I thought we should have lived comfortably together. About a month before her death I made her a promise to marry her in five weeks (the wedding-day was to have been the Sunday after the day on which she died); but could not keep my , word in consequence of getting into bad company and spending all that I had. As, therefore, we could not live together on earth, I thought we might be happy together in heaven. I borrowed a razor, as appeared on my trial, to take her life and my own. With this razor in my pocket I took her on her way home, as I had been in the habit of doing, and when we reached a bank, the name of which I forget, very near to her house, we stood to talk toge ther, as we had usua ll y done before. She ask e d me if I was going to do what I had promised ( name ly, to marry her) ? I answered, No, I cannot, for I ilitici nvery hard; I have l e ft St ep h en Bill'shdrinking on Saturday s , an d no t beenave thro u d looking after my horses on Sundays; but I got an other place on Wednesday last; but it does not suit me so well as Stephen' s pl ace , f or i t w ill not be so const ant an employ.' She said, `Well, then, you must do as well as you can.' I then said, am very badly vexed that I should have left the last place, an d tha t I cannot put things for ward as I could wl h to do.' She said, ' Give me a kiss, and I put my arm round her neck and gave h er one. She said, ' Shall we meet again at Sally's on Monday night ?' meaning Mrs. Shepherd's. I said, still with my arm round her neck, No, I hope we shall meet in heaven next.' Then I drew the razor across her throat, upon which she exclaimed, Oh, my love, Toni Then I left her, and walked at my usual pace across a corner of the bank, along George street and down Brewery-street, and so along the several streets to Mrs. Shepherd's. Down the entry, about half a yard from the door, I went down on my knees, and I said, hope her is in heaven, and that I shall soon meet her there.' I then drew the razor across my throat, after which I got up and fell against the door, which flew open, and I fell down into the house. Somebody picked me up, but I could not tell who, and put me in a chair, in which I sat with the -blood pouring from my neck. I re member no more until I saw my two brothers stand ing over my bed in the Manchester Infirmary." During the whole of Friday night both prisoners were engaged in prayer and religious devotion. To wards morning, however, both the prisoners lay down for a couple of hours, and slept soundly. At seven o'clock, at their own request, they attended the usual morning service in the chapel. After partaking of a slight breakfast, they repaired at eleven o clock to the chapel, where the sacrament was administered to them. They joined in that holy ordinance apparently with the devout feeling of sincere repentance. The procession left the chapel precisely at twelve o'clock. The chaplain, in his surplice, walked in front, read ing the funeral service, followed by the Governor. Next came Stew, walking with a firm step, but with his face hid in a handkerchief. Evans followed, walking erect, his eyes closed, and apparently engaged in prayer • he appeared to be not in the least discomposed. Never, perhaps, did a per son so situated display such firmness. They :,: , c.nded the stairs leading to the press-room in the same com posed and firm manner, and took their seats in view of the scaffold. The proce: s of pinioning having been performed with great dexterity by the execu tioner, he led Evans to the scaffold, where, after the rope was adjusted, Stew was afterwards led. Not the lea s t symp t om o f ag i ta ti o n was displayed by Evans. St ew was somew h a t affected. The chaplain followed th e cu l pr it s to t h e s caffold, and at the con clusion o f th e f unera l serv i ce , th e drop fell. Evans, who was a short youth, though stoutly made, strug gled convulsively for some time. Stew ceased to exist instantaneously. The wound in his neck burst t ß h l e oo c tl ap al w so hi b e u h rs w t as fro d m raw th n e o n v o er se h o i f s f E ac v e a . ns, and stained open, and the bl oo d tr i c kl e d down upon his shirt. few years since A SAD REVERSE. —Four individuals , who were a occupiers of as many far ms of consi derable extent in th e parish, are now wo rkin g on the roads for the means of existence, at Boarsta ll, Bucks. A sad reverse thi s ! f rom master to man, from the land to the road, t o pbe obliged to labour on the high ways for the parish surveyors, at the small sum paid them for their work, we believe eight shillings is the highest down to six shillings par week. With two of them it is the more severely felt from their having large families to support. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JAN. I.—The latest accounts from our East India possessions state that the squadron sent against the pirates on the coast of Celebes, had returned to Socrabaya without meeting any of them. The Government schooner, the Niobe, had found on the reef of Warren Hastings, shoals in the Banea seas, a stranded vessel, which proved to b? the English ship Gondolier, Captain Hamilton Oliver. It was abandoned, and so mucl• damaged, that it was not possible to save any part of the cargo, chiefly consist ing of tea. FRANKFORT, DEc. 30.—According to private letters from Berlin, the report gains ground, which has likewise been spread here, that her Majesty Queen Victoria, and her Illustrious Consort; will pay a visit in the spring to Potsdam, and that other German. Courts may expect the same honour. The papers are full of accounts of the river ; the . water is everywhere fallen, and the continued thaw has weakened the ice so much that it is generally' unsafe to pass it, and some persons have unhappily' been drowned. Some apprehensions are entertained, from the great accumulation of ice, especially in the Waal. Every possible precaution is, however, taken both by the local authorities and by the Government A detachment of sappers and miners had been sent ht waggons with the necessary implements, and a large quantity of gunpowder, to be employed, if necessarY,. in blovving up the masses of ice. BERLIN, DEC. 24.—1 t may now be positively stated that Privy Councillor Seiffart will shortly gcs to Rio Janiero, as Prussian Consul-General. We hear that he is to promote, in South America, not only the commercial interests of Russia, but those of the Zoll verin.—/tragdeburg Gazette. Baron Alexander von Humboldt is gone to Purls. He is expected back in six weeks. An old man in Silesia has addressed a petition to his Majesty, in which he says that he is much afflicted at bearing the same name as the assassin Tschesch, with whom he cannot discover that he is in any way' related. He is indeed old, but he has sons, and he begs his Majesty to give him another name. The King immediately wrote on the petition--" The petitioner's request is granted. He shall be called Echt." FROM BAVARIA, DEC. 22.—We hear from Het that several citizens and a travelling merchant have lately been thrown into prison, for some imprudent' expression to which a late attempted crime gave occa sion. The investigation is said to be terminated, andi that the merchant is sentenced to four years' imprison ment in the house of correction. HANOVER, DEC. 21.—Count Seckenclorff, the Prussian Ambassador, is expected to return to hi* post here before the end of the month. THE GENBRAL POST•OFFICE.—On Saturday the following Post-office order was placed in the hands of the several postmen, by direction of the Postmaster-Generals having also been issued to all postmasters, suh.post masters, and letter receivers :—" General Post-officer December, 1844, No. 37.—0 n and after the Ist January next, should any letter or packet be tendered at your office, which you may ascertain to contain, or which re have every reason to believe, contains any of the follow ing articles, viz., any Klass or glass bottle, any razor, sors, knife, fork, or other sharp instrument ; any leeches, game. fish, flesh, fruit, veget a bl es , or o ther perishable substance ; any bladder or other vessel con' taining liquid ; or any article, matter, or thing what' soever which might, by pressure or otherwise, be ren-' dered injurious either to the officers of the Post-of cee or to the contents of the mail-bags, you will refue to ree coive such letter or packet. In the event of any letter or packet being taken by you, and you do notuntil after' wards discover that it contains any article as above de' scribed, or should any such letter or packet be deposited• in the letter-box, you will not forward it to its daeiina lion, but you will detain it in your office, and infor o me by the first post of the circumstance, stating the precise address of the letter or packet, and its con‘cn,.'l or what you suppose them to b e , w h en proper steps will be taken in this department in the else, and :.-ou will to instructed in what manner to dispose ~ f the letter or packet. Should any letter or packet containing any sr' tide as beforementioned not be discovered by the rag; master at whose office it may be posted, but be forwu:.deu• on to its destination, the receiving postmaster to wiles° town it may be addressed, upon discovering, or having reason to believe, that its contents are Such as those Ai luded to, will not send it out for delivery, but will detain' it in his office, reporting the circumstance to me by th e ' first post, and stating the nature of its contents, w hen he will be duly instructed in what manner t o di s p os e o f it.—By command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary." THE CROOME POACHING AFFRAY.—WORCESTF•It WEDNESDAY EVENING.—It WaS stated in The Su7L of Monday last, that beside the man, Joseph Turvey, pre' viously stated to have been committed to Worcester county gaol, on the charge of being implicated io th i s murderous attack upon the gamekeeper on the Earl 0 ' Coventry's estate at Croome, three others, whose none % were Samuel Dinely, Samuel Turvey (brother of rie; seph), and William Bromfield, had been apprehended , and we have now to state that two others of the g ang have been taken—namely, Joseph Tandy an d Thom Hooper. These have, during the past two days, bee° undor exarnivati.m before the magistrates, who have Fel' at the county gaol for that purpose. The examinatie i oe however, has been strictly private, no r e p or t er being s'y mitted. We are, however, enabled to state th a t the re' suit of the examination has been, that Joseph Tull (who was only previously committed on the charge poaching and assault) and Dinely have been fully cony' meted on the eharge of the unted.r of the unf6rtunta lf Thom'.s Staite, the remaining four being remanded fo r the present , The witnesses exami ne d were Willie/ Compton, Oeorge Baylis, Samuel Millward, Richer': Compton, and Wm. Andrews, all of whom were engage" in watching the preserves on the night of the attack' The two latter, it will be recollected, were examined on the inquest. Baylis and Millward swore to Dinely as the man who shot at Baylis, whereby a po L f: tion of the crown of his hat was bl own away , t h ou gh escaped with a few slight injuries. The whole batch arP well known by the police and others to belong to a i of poachers who have for so me ti me past nfested v" neighbourhood of the Earl of Coventry's extensive pr r serves, and it is confidently expected that by lineal next (when the inquest will be res ume d) some ot h e rs the party will be in the hands of the police. [ADVERTISEMENT.] ANOTHER EXTRAORDINRSI CURE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS!—Patriv" Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-place, Betinswiei t ' square, had suffered from a Chronic Asthma: for more than three years this poor man was so great a suffere r ' that he did not dare to go to bed for fear of the phlegm;he choking him ; indeed he could no t even l ay his "' upon a table for half an hour, lest he should be 00' eated. Nevertheless, this person is now labouring . fro" morning to night, sleeps as well as ever h e did ill Pi lift., and, in feet, is completely cured by the 11.58 Holloway's Pills.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (wh e S, advice may be had gratis), and by a l mos t a ll respec ts' vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. !o r • BIRTHS. On the 26th ult., at Milton, the L a d y F. Mil ton . °I daughter. On the 4th inst., at Eaton-square, L a dy R osa G rev i i or a (laughter. On the 31st ult., at Notting-hill, Mrs. Joseph Ludlat°' a daughter. On the 2(1 inst., in Upper Sey mour - s t reet, P ortman-sq a the wife of Charles Unwin, Esq., of a son. fs, On the 3(1 inst., in Mount-itreet, Park-lane, the lady W. Gaussen, Esq., of a s on . o(1 4 On the 3d inst., at Li ver p oo l, th e l a d y of Thomas T Esq., of a son. On the 3(1 inst., at Compton terrace, the wife ofJ. Es On of a daughter. the 4th inst., at Lowndes-square, Mrs. Willis - an ford, of a son. MARRIED. Ea' On the Ist inst., a t T r i n it y Ch urc h , St. Marylebonetmot ward Charles Hampton, Esq., to Elizab e th Sarah, e'- daughter of John Butler, Esq., of Dublin. Se ll° On the 2d inst., a t St. Mark's Church, Kennington , iffl io William Ireland, of Camberwell Ne w roa d , to Rebecca -r , ~3 - second daughter of the late E. T om ki ns , o f Norwood, Suunirof On the 2d inst., at Hea v it ree , D evon, Ch arles D . 09"" Esq., second son of Si r John Osborn, Bart., of Chiek7 t ir , Priory, Bedfordshire, to Lo u i sa , e ld es t d aug h ter o f the Arthur Atherley, Vicar of Heavitree. ssrol On the 2d inst., at St. John' s , i n B e d war di ne , ne ar,, or 0 tester, William Irate, to Cath er i ne M ary, eldest darig" G. Farley, Esq., of Henwick House, noar Worcester. Aii ref On the 2d inst., William J ames Hi xon, E sq., o f na__,„tnegf Surrey, to Jemima, da ug ht er o f t h e l ate Robert Brew" E , q., of the Bank of England. D Ile D. deft On the 29th of October last, at Ichaboe, James AleS jill commander of the ship Wilhelmina. ° el On the 26th ult., Donald Douglas M'Leod, only son ° f late Captain M'Leod, C.D., late of Greenwich Hospital. 1 00 •On the 27th ult., Ottiwell Tomlin, Esq., of Kic W O Yorkshire, aged 27. r ef . On the 26th ult., a t S an df ord Lodge, Chel tenbarat :We Marian Imply, youngest da ug ht er o f th e l a te Sir JP Impey, formerly Chief Justice of Bengal. s' On the 29th u l t ., M rs. H orstall, of I lkley Ha ll , age d On the 30th ult., at Walworth, William Corbett. E _s t kple On the 30th u lt., at Blackbridge, Augustus Leyces r 4 well, Esq. loSel 4U On the Ist inst., at Coburg-place, Kennington, oteti eldest surviving s on o f M r. Blades, ofAbchurch-lar 03.- On the 2d inst., at Warwick House, Gray's l'inr cl“' Bar Onolomew, Esq., architect, F.S.Ath the 2d inst., at Fren c h a y, near . Bristol, EliTabetlso re of the late P. R e b e ll T uckett re' . 0 4 °' On the 2d in s t., i n S outh Audley-street, L a d y Bay lict of Sir Edward Baynes, , d 76. L)ndon: Printed and Published by MURDG YO 11 Office► Na 4 o. 112 Strand, Printer, at The sum Strand, in the Precin c t o f the Savoy, in the i 9 Aliddleaex, Monday, January 6, lad& L , I i El ii