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efitrb Ntation SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PRAM THE EVENING PAPERS OP THIS DAY. GLOBE.--We add nothing in the way of argu ment to the articles which have already appeared in our columns on the injustice and impolicy of charg ing enormous fees on summary convictions which involve merely nominal penalties, and allowing those fees to be taken by the magistrates' clerks in lieu of fixed salaries. The fines are apportioned by the magistrates, according as the offences with which they are called upon to deal are marked by aggravating or extenuating circumstances. The dis cretion with which the law invests the magis trate is sufficiently wide. In cases of assault and of trespass, the fine may range from the smallest coin of the realm to five pounds. But, however frivolous the charge, if conviction follow, and a farthing fine be affixed, the costs upon the conviction are the same r s they would have been had the highest penalty allowed by the law been inflicted by the magistrates. This is so manifestly unjust in pri nc i p l e , an d , i n t h e great majority of cases, so oppressive in practice, that it requires only to be stated in order to show the neces sity fur a more equitable mode of apportioning the costs on summary convictions in trifling assault and trespass cases. A corr es p on d en t supp li es us w i t h a case which forcibly illustrates the observations we have now made on the practi ce we h ave on f ormer occasions endeavoured to expose, with a view to its abolition : "At the Woodstock petty sessions, on Wednesday, a trumpery charge was preferred against George Cooper, a poor man, of Bladon, by Elliott, a gamekeeper to the Duke of Marlborough. The magistrates showed their opinion of the charge, which was not denied by the de fendant, by fining him one halfpenny, which, with the magistrates' clerk's fees—thirteen and sixpence!—was paid." In this case, a fine of one-halfpenny was the penal infliction for the offence committed by the poor roan against the Duke of Marlborough's gamekeeper. And sorely did the Duke's gamekeeper feel—who, doubtless, thought the halfpenny fine was an affront put upon him, and upon the illustrious individual of whose game he was one of the authorised protectors. Our cor respondent adds !—" Elliott, the complainant, was insolent to the Bench. He had the impudence to tell the magistrates that he knew more than all of them put together. The half-penny fine evidently did not accord with the fellow's expectations." And yet the complainant, had his stomach for revenge not been , of most capacious size, might have been satisfied. The Bench, it is true, had been considerate—perhaps merciful—in its views of the charge against the defendant. But then the clerk's fees were suffi ciently exorbitant to gratify the moderate desires, even of a Duke's gamekeeper. Thirteen shillings and six pence is the average amount of a fortnight's labour wages in that part of Oxfordshire. Had the poor fellow not been able to pay, a fortnight's imprison. ment, at the least, in a felon's prison, would have been the alternative ; where he must have been maintained at the county charge, and his family out of the parish rates. Lord Denman's Act for discouraging the practice which had grown up, of bringisg actions for slander, petty assaults, and insignificant acts of trespass, has had a salutary effect upon the litigious propensities of individuals who were prone to run to a lawyer upon , every trifling provocation, an d u p on th os e me mbers of the profession whose appetite for costs prevail over their desire to protect the interests of their clients. The dread of verdicts which leave the respective parties in the action to bear their own costs, operates as a valuable check on vexatious litigation; and thus saves the time of the Courts and the pockets of the foolish. If petty cases of the same kind, which are frequently brought before magistrates in petty sessions, were governed by the same rule ; and a frivolous complaint, which results in a fine upon the defendant of a few pence, were to subject the complainant to a moiety of the costs, or to the payment of the whole, many of the trumpery charges which consume the time of the Bench, to the postponement of more important busi ness, would never be brought before the magistrates. The parties would settle their differences in a way better calculated to obliterate the recollection of their quarrel, and to restore them to the tranquillity which a trifling altercation had disturbed. STANDARD. —The stability of the present French Ministry is of too much importance to the peace of Europe not to render all thinking men anxiously alive to any danger with which Marshal Soult and M. Guizot's Cabinet may seem to be threa tened. In this, as in all other cases, our suscepti bility to apprehension bears a direct ratio to the value of the object in hazard. It is only upon this ground we can account for the fears entertained for the safety of a Ministry enjoying the most ample and unreserved favour of the Crown, the full confidence of the Chamber of Peers, and, clear of all actual or possible defections, a working majority of at the least sixty in the Chamber of Deputies, which, comparing the numerical difference of the two assem blies, is just equivalent to Sir Robert Peel's majority of ninety in our House of Commons at the com mencement of his auspicious administration. /n such a state of affairs in France, we have not the slightest apprehension of danger to the present Cabinet, and we think that even the op position to it that exists will sink rapidly in proportion as its structure and design shall be developed ; the nucleus of that opposition is the slave-trading interest. There is at this moment sitting in Paris a committee composed of delegates from all the slave-holding states of the world, in communication with Al. Billault, and the other French slave-traders. The slave-holders have taken fright at the English law of last year, which, by giving a large prefer enoe to sugar, the produce of free lobour, holds out a strong temptation to the French Govern ment to imitate our Emancipation Act; and it need scarcely be said that ware France to take this course, she would give the death-blow to slavery all over the world—we believe as much to her profit as to her own honour. Great Britain and France united may govern the world, to the utmost extent that free and enlightened nations can desire to govern ; they may command universal freedom, and when a few years shall have thoroughly conso lidated the union, we trust that they will command it. France, too, will have much less to pay for her half' of this proud position as joint guardian of the liberty of mankind, than England has paid; because, as the accession of France would extinguish slavery at once. there would be no after competition with slave la bour, such as England has been necessarily engaged in. We repeat it, that independently of the honour, France would reap a great profit from the imita tion of our Emancipation Act. The French slave-owners, however, would have only a common share in this national gain, while they would lose, or think they would lose, in the deprivation of their pro perty in human flesh. They therefore, stimulated as they are by the suggestions of their brethren of the United States, of Cuba, and of the Brazils, will employ every exertion to overturn a Ministry which they believe to be too honest and too philanthropic not to detest slavery. 'Were these persons more nu merous than they are, they would, however, fail in an assembly of Frenemen ; and, indeed, we know of no weapon that could be employed against them more likely to ensure their failure than the eloye upon the human flesh trade, and invective against the Christian religion and natural humanity, forwarded to the American Minister at Paris by Mr. Calhoun. France has long since purified herself of the dross of her revolution, but the noble spirit of freedom and of universal philanthropy which adorned it still remain. There is no danger, it is true, that France will repeat the error committed in the case of St. Domingo, turning an uneducated race loose to govern: themselves. Perhaps she will also avoid some errors committed in our Emancipation Act, which left an uneducated race too free from the neces sity of paving for their support and their liberty by their labour ; but that, sooner or later, she will govern the coloured population of her coloniv.s as citizens, and not as slaves, we have no more doubt, than we have of her maintaining her high position among nations. Meanwhile, it is not by a conspiracy of foreign and domestic slave owners, that free and generous France will allow a Ministry to be overthrown, even though that conspiracy conciliate th e a id of the parti preire, and obtain the accession of the French Lord Palmerston, Count Mole —the French Lord Pal merston in his political versatility, in his greedi ness of place, and i n his Russian' predilections. France will not submit . to a c oa li t i on li ke this. As . regards the right of search question, there can be little doubt that the British G overnment would be, merely for the sake of the peace of th e world, and to gratify the King of the French, disposed t make every concession, and will make every con cession that can reasonably be demanded. And independently of these considerations of more ge neral policy, it is plain that by coining to a per fectly good understanding with a nation so powerful as France, and, as a nation, so resolutely bent to suppress the slave trade, our Government will adopt the course best calculated to effect our common object. Let the officers of the British and French navies cordially co-operate, as if they were engaged in one and the same service, and the slave trade will soon be at an end, despite the slave traders of the Brazils, of Cuba, of the United States, and of Nantes. For our own part, we would, to secure such co-operation, be disposed to submit to anything short of an indignity, and that we are quite certain the present French Govern ment would not be likely to offer. Here is the state of the case—the slave trade exists at present only on account of the jealousies of Great Britain and Fra.ece, though the Governments of both coun tries are most anxious to suppress it. What sacrific e possible in the case would be too great for IMPROVEMENT of the DWELLINGS OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. (From the Builder.) The master carpenters and builders residing in and near the metropolis have resolved upon petitioning Parliament early in the ensuing session for such a modification of the window duties as will insure a better system of ventilation than that which at pre sent exists, particularly in the dwellings of the, la bouring classes. The following is a copy of the petition resolved upon at a meeting of the " Society of Master Carpenters," held on the 23d ult., at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street, and which has already been very numerously signed. " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. "The petition of the undersigned Master Car penters and Builders residing in and near the metropolis, " Humbly showeth— " That your petitioners are desirous of adopting every improvement in construction which may tend to promote the healthfulness of dwelling-houses, in accordance with the valuable evidence laid before your Honourable House by Sanatory Commissions, out that your petitioners have daily reason to observe that a fatal obstacle exists to the improvements most needed, in the present mode of assessing houses to the window duties. "'That the window duties, as now assessed, operate as a premium upon defective construction, the occu pier having a direct interest in blocking up every opening intended for the admission of light and air that can possibly be dispensed with, to lessen the burden of taxation. " That under the existing system, an unglazed aperture only seven inches wide cannot be made for purposes of ventilation in a cellar in London without the payment of an average duty of Bs. per annum, although such an opening is now permitted to be made free of duty in the town of Liverpool, by a local Act of last session, 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 51. " That your petitioners are deeply impressed with a conviction that the influence of light and air are intimately connected with the moral as well as the physical state of the whole population. That the exclusion of light is unfavourable to habits of per sonal cleanliness, and that the crowded lodging-houses of the poor become necessarily abodes of diseases when rendered by fiscal enactments gloomy recepta cles of dirt. " Your petitioners therefore pray your Honourable House to put an end to the serious evils arising from this cause, by either a repeal of the window duties or by such a limitation of their present burden, that taxation may no longe r keep pace with improvement, and that there may be no check or hindrance to the construction of light, cheerful, and well•ventilated dwelling-houses for any class of the community. " And your petitioners will ever pray," &c. AMERICAN Saws.—The Sheffield Mercury of Sa turday last says :—" Many of the artizans of this town, as well as other individuals, have had their attention arrested during the last few days, by the display in the window of Mr. Eadon, the carver and gilder, In Fargate, of a large lithographed show-bill of the firm of Worrell and Co., machine and tool makers, New York. Some of the lookers on contented themselves with admiring THE SUN, LONDON, TIIVIUSDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 9, 1845. the attainment of the common object? As in the judgment of Solomon, the more sincere party will be proved by the greater readiness to make sacrifices. As respects the unhappy series of blunders at Otaheite, which rendered it necessary to compen sate Mr. Pritchard, the opposition can make but a pitiful case. The French expedition sought Mr. Pritchard ; Mr. Pritchard did not go to look for M. Dupetit Thouars or M. d'Aubigny ; and if either party sustained a loss by the meeting, it is only the common rule of justice, that the volunteer must pay. Deprived of the right of search grievance, however, and of the Otaheite grievance, the slave trading—parti pretre, and Mole opposition, will not have a foot to stand upon. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 314 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1 ,4 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 12 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 15-16 India Stock for Account India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,0001 „....... 78 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities 99% Consols India Stock for Account 289 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 65 pm. Ditto 500/. Ditto Small .. .. 66 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent. Columbian Bonds 6 per Cent 14% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 45 Belgian Bonds, 41 , per Cent 10 2 14 Dutch, 2 1 per Cent SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid Ditto New Shares, 17 1 / paid 2 51 Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid Churnet Valley, 2 paid Pirect Northern, 2 1 ,4 paid 6 Eastern Counties, 25 paid..„.... ............... Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great North of England, 100 paid — Ditto. New Shares, 5 paid 26 Great Western, 75 paid. Harwich, 1 paid l l4 London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .. Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto Quarter Shares, 2 paid London and Blackwall, 165 ii London and Brighton, 50 p a id 5l London and Greenwich, 12' paid London an.: South Western, 41a paid 77 London and York. 2 1% paid MancliestAa-ond Leeds, 70 paid Ditto Sixteenths, li paid Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid Midland, 100 paid .New.astie and Berwick, 11 paid North British, 7 1 , paid Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 59 Ditto Scrip, 30 paid Norwich anal Brandon, 8 paid Ditto New, 1 paid Portsmouth Direct, 1 paid Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid 2% South Eastern and Dover, 33A paid 4l South Wales, 2% paid York and North Midland, 50 paid Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid 3210 Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid Ditto Extension ll A FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid 430 Parisand Strasbourg, 2 paid ATTEMPTED MURDER. At the Bury sessions, on Monday last, John War burton, who keeps a house of bad character, in Hamer's-yard, near Clerk-street, was brought up, charged with attempting to shoot a young woman, named Martha Ackers, and then endeavouring to murder her, by striking her with the butt-end of the gun. The complainant, a young woman, about twenty-three years of age, said she had lived at John Warburton's house for about six weeks. She went to his house on Saturday night last, about half-past ten o'clock. When she entered the house, she saw Warburton, an old man, and a woman, named Alice Ashworth, who lived with him. As soon as she entered, he rose from his seat, and pointed the gun ; it did not go off. He then struck her with the but end of the gun, and felled her to the ground. She believed it was his intention to shoot her ; for he came into William Walker's (formerly Jenkin son's) beer-house, in Clerk-street, about nine o'clock, and then said he would shoot her. Complainant put Mrs. Ashworth to bed, about five o'clock on Saturday night ; she was tipsy, and they had some words. Eliza Walker said, she saw the prisoner at half-past nine o'clock on Saturday evening in his own house ; he had a gun in his hand. He said, " You are wel come to come into my house at any time, but if Martha Ackers comes any more, I will shoot her." Prisoner then told her the gun was loaded, and said that Martha had been insulting his mistress. He appeared to have had some liquor. Witness then left the house from fear. Isaac Ramsden, a labourer on the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway, said he went to Walker's beer-house, in Clerk-street, on Saturday evening, and also into the yard leading into the yard where the prisoner resides. He heard a noise, and seeing some boys run, went towards the prisoner's house to see in hat was the matter. He saw the prisoner with a gun in his hand, and heard him say he would shoot the prosecutrix. He pointed the gun at her, and the next moment he turned the butt-end, and struck her several times on the head ; she fell to the ground, and bled very much. A young man named William Turner, and witness, then went in and took the gun from him . They hadgreat difficulty in getting it from him ; they each " loosed" a hand. He was very determined. The young woman, Martha Ackers, was quite insen sible. She lay on the floor bleeding for several minutes. Edmund Yates, a boy fifteen years of age, said the prisoner sent him on Saturday even ing last to Mr. Peel's, ironmonger, for a penny worth of powder, a pennyworth of shot, and a half pennyworth of caps. After he had bought them, prisoner began to load the gun, saying he would shoot Martha (meaning prosecutrix) ; this was a few minutes before nine o'clock on Saturday evening. Mr. Superintendant Henhall produced the gun, which was loaded with powder and shot. He found the prosecutrix in the the prisoner's house on Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock. Prisoner was committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes Manchester Guardian. at large. the artistic cleverness of design, others in wondering whether any of the Sheffild houses exhibit so large a pictorial advertisement in America ; but there have been nut a few observers shrewd and interested enough to no tice particularly, that saws of all sorts, from the largest circular to the smallest web, form a principal part of the design, aad are especially mentioned among the leading articles of manufacture ; thus corroborating the correct • ness of the statements we have often incidentally made as to the great and successful efforts that are made to rival us in this important class of articles by the manu facturers in the United States." ESCAPE OF A MAN FROM CUSTODY UNDER THE CHARGE OF MURDER.—This morning, information that a man named John Brough, who stood committed on the charge of murder, and who was handcuffed to another prisoner named Thomas Swinton, charged with felony, managed to effect his escape the other day, to gether with his companion, from the custody of the officer, Thomas Michel, whilst the latter was conveying them from Biddulph to Stafford gaol. Brough is described as being about forty years of age, five feet ten inches high, slender made, sallow complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes, large front teeth, wkich project, and long visage. Had on a large smock -frock, with buttons down the front, barragan trousers, strong shoes, and tommy hat. His companion, Swinton, is about twenty years of age, five feet four inches and a half high, fresh complexion, and dark hair and eyes. Had on a light barragan jacket, dark cord trousers, blue cap, and a pair of clogs. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION LINE. A placard has recently been issued by Mr. 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. JOHN 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 railwa♦ by Mr. Withal, who was lar ge ly connec t e d 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. GRISSELL 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 an d 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 ono of the Bridge Committee, be 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 right 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 be in any way impeded. Mr. BRONVI4ING said that he believed that the pro perty encroached on by the line was of a description which comtributed very little to the parochial rates, and it would, in fact, conduce to the interest of the parish to gist it removed. Mr. BYRON observed that be 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 had constructie n of the houses, and the frequency of dis union among the inhabitants. Mr. Goinzsc said his name had been mentioned some time 'since as being opposed to the Extension Railway, which was at that time the case, inasmuch RS he had been informed that a valuable portion of his own premises was to have been cut up by the line. Ile was nu tv, however, aware that that particular por tion of the plan had been altered ; and, such being the case, he was inclined to give his unqualified sup port to the andertaking. Mr. Cowls CHILD agreed to what had fallen from Mr. Godins;.. His own case was much the same, as 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 I lun gerford -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. FELTOE, 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 ix,o as to the advantages att en di ng th e 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, tlfteir 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 upo n their convenience and that of the public The deputation, whose names will be found else where, was t} ,en appointed, and, after thanks had been voted to the 'Chairman for his able discharge of the duties of prey ident, the meeting broke up. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE aOVEI3 RAILWAY.-011 Tuesday nigh t, at eight, an inquest was held in Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy coroner, on the body of °aeries Meaden, aged 25, late a guard in the service of the London and Dover Railway Company. Thomas SI, ater, 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 t rain, when he gave the usual whistle, and then looked round to see that the carriages were all right. Wh ds t doing so he saw some thing fall, about three yards • f rom t h e end of the platform. He re versed his et igine and put down the break, and on going back fi (und it to be the deceased, who was lying on the slop Witness, having procured another guard, proceeded on to Ashford, and the deceased was removed by- an engine and carriage to Guy's I lospital. 'llae signal had been given for him to go on. William W ad ley, a porter at the New-cross station, de posed to br ingino' the deceased to the hospital. On their way I to told witness he was endeavouring to seat himself on the carriage, when he missed his hold and fell, one or • ta , o of the carriages passing over his arm, which was mu( •h shattered. Mr. Andrew Davies. house surgeon, a- lid d eceased was brought in on christmas-day suffering f rom a severe compound comminuted fracture of the rig'at an n. His arm was amputated a :few hours after his adn3is sion, by Mr. Calloway. He died on Tues day morning f rom irritation and exhaustion consequent on the injur y. The deceased's brother, who appeared deeply sifee ted, said he had no complaint to make against any one., Verdict—" Accidental death." An inti mation w As ms de to the coroner that the company bury the deceased, and also make provision for the widow. 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 Ns bat 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 MAYOR—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. " Messrs.,—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 E within one month, namely, 50/. 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, to 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 %bout 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 pl.; soner before his next examination. A well-dressed man, who stated his name to be Samuel Misit, 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 21. 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 took 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 MAYOR—WeII, 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 LORI, MAYOR said he had no doubt of the readiness of the editors of the newspapers 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, whsle 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 ; but on reaching there the prisoner told him he had driven him to the wrong 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 unaccour.table 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, skipp e d li e htly out of the vehicle, and, thanking th e w itn ess 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 bumouredly)—Why, Sir, I suppose I must take his " word for the deed," for I really forget all about it. Mr. Baoucierox—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. /he prisoner alleged that he was blind. His eyes were concealed by his hair. Stammell, the street-keeper of Islington, deposed that he saw the prisoner 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 sueh 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 Tyndal's-buildings, Gray's Inn-lane; and the landlord knew him to be an honest, decent man. He was totally blind and altogether helpless. Mr. COMBI3, who evidently suspected his manner, directed Nest itt, the door- keeper, 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 cheek s , aga i n craved his liberty in 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. Combe 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 Hun tingtower, 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 that he had been robbed 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 Huntingtower's body if he 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 endorsel 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 tc another question, the complainant said that nothing but the dread of being assaulted on the occasion by the defendant, who was a much snore powerful man than he was, induced him to give up the possession of the bill. At this stage of the inquiry the iendant'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 as 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_bsat the other transactions between the parties should not be brought forward then, as they had no reference to the point in question, and that ho saw n o ne cess ity f or th e i r 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 case, and he then proceeded to question Lord Huntingtower, who ad mitted that he had written it on the occasion 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. COTTINGHAM asked Lord Huntingtower if he got the document in question subsequently to the al leged threats of violence used towards him ; and com plainant admitted such to be the fact; " but still," added he, " I have reason to apprehend that the defendant will commit an assault upon me if he is not restrained by the law." Mr. COTTINGHAM 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 tha' 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. Ile: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. COTTINGH/11—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 def en d an t h a d t o 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 Huntingtower, 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 making the defendant find sure ties to keep the peace, he should merely call upol, him to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of low. not to use any language of a threatening nature to wards Lord Huntingtower. Mr. Duckett having entered into his own recogni ances, was immediately discharged. [ADVERTISEMENT.] EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POISONIN G. (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 tie 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 to ell composite candles. 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 of light and 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 theer merit known than some dozen of imitatians came out under the same name of "composite," of different degrees of merit, and of all varieties of price ; but all so far dif fering 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 ate 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, o n the contrary, the stearine wax is allowed, in the cooling of the mixture, to separate itself partly from the other 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 surfsce of the other. Now the use of the arsenic is this—the smallest quan tity of it mixed with the stearine wix 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, not 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 be 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 mottledness 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 fGr 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. We 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 lieen,es for the process at a very moderate rate, or t.lse 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 force. The interest which the public naturally feel in a matter in which their health and comfort 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 THE LONDON PAPERS. Edward Price and Co. solemnly declare, That they do not, in any part of their manufacturing process, make uce of arsenic, or of any other deleterious ingred ent. Any of their customers diiubting this fact will par ticularly oblige E. P. and Co. by having a packet of their candles analysed by any chemit,t of known skill, the expense of which will be cheerfully boreq by them, on condition of their being at liberty ti) etillish the result." [ADVERTISEMENT,] MR. TOTHILL'S REPORT FOR 1844 TO THE PUBLIC. The only thing I have to add to my report of last year is, that I feel still more conrinced, from prac tical experience, of the truth of Mr. Morison's Hy geian System of Medicine, and of the fallacy of the Organic Theory 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 C o ll ege o f Health, L on d on, most of whom had been given up as incurable by the mosterninent medical men of Exeter. To any person desirous of investigating such cases, I hall be 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 wrong 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 Brighton, in Parts, gave birth on Tues day last to a daughter. The infat.t, we re gret to state, survived its birth only a few hours. Her Ladyship is going on well. _ _ open. Notwithstanding th e m os t ac ti ve e ff orts o f the tro , lice, no clue has y e t b een di scovere d to t h e pe rPed tor or perpetrators of this serious robbery : tb ° o o the cash-box was f oun d th e same morning t 1 we are sorry t o sa y, near some trees which 5k,1"0.0 carriage road fr om St o k e t o F enton M anor the residence of P. B. Broads, Esq., to whom it taken, and by him restored to Mr. Lindley. lock of th e b ox h a d b een forced.—North Sitifora" Mercury. --- • -- g Ci; EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF TOBACCO BY TH.. ;1 ,- TOMS' OFFICERS.—On Saturday last large plan t 'Z i fll tobacco and cigars was discovered hidden beneath 4t packages on the quay at the St. Katherine t - t ieJ which, it was supposed, had been surreptitiouslY 1 7 IV from a vessel now disch arg i ng h er cargo, to nsval'esli opportunity of removal from the premises with e l i s, goods about to be shipped into craft to be landed , 0 0 where, which w as i mme di ate l y se i ze d b y the Cwit'estr officers. On M o nd a y a f ternoon a further quantit).9 , 'listing of about f o rty p oun d s ' we i g h t of manuflictdoi negrohead tobacco, d one u p i n t h e same manner, ;13i exactly the same description as that discovered " l/ c i o nt quay on Saturday, was found concealed behind th e e do of a s h e d a dj o i n i ng t h e p l ace, wh i ch was also se ii the same parties. No clue has yet been obtained ddi the actual source from whence this tobacco was la g though saspicions are entertained on the subject. r THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW " STRATHERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ARRO. 4 ". e ' a gi " 'This novel presents a series of exciting tableaux e l , p ) of Italian, F renc h, an d En g li s h soc i ety, suc h it' of writer of the day except Lady Blessingtou ha s iO courage to paint, and at th e same t i me has the it b tol to execute. Her portrait ures are full-length, e ach t 6 ' being as firmly mark e d as t h oug h fresh from t he te t of Vandyke; her groupings are bold and d r amatic' o, dis-ection of the hu man h eart i s sc i ent ifi c and ullsPtrilitli In Strathern ' Lady Bles s i ng t on h as g i ven her g' unbridled sway, and here we have exhibited i1 1 ,,1 0 14 work all those essenti a l a tt r ib u t es t h at peculiarly 140 to the mind, and all th e attract i ve graces that distidb,pli' the pen of this accompli s h e d nove li st . Pathos, t'arao ment, romance, wit, humour, sati re , r idi cu l e, by rule the hour."—Morning Post. t ot [ADVERTISEMENT.)—AN IMMEDIATE REMO' fr A DISEASED ST O M ACH BY H OLLOWAY ' S piLLs•-"re, TRAORDINARY CURE.—Mrs. Lydia, a stay-stitche r ' se siding in Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-lane, Holborn' been subject f o r t wo years to sw i mm i ngs in the no) dimness of sight, constant sickness, and derange °3e rill' w the stomach, with a wan t o f appet i te, together ", I d health and loss of flesh. Half her time she O il bor no work. She had been to almost every S$ pital in London, but they could do be r g O f good. Notwith s t an di ng t hi s, s h e was resto re o o three weeks to the hi g h es t s t ate o f h ea l th b y the tig tt Holloway's Pill s .—S o ld (also Holloway ' s Ointale% e te Professor Holloway' s E s t a bli s h ment, 244, Strand (d t ,' slo advice may be had grati s ), an d b y a l most all respec vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world' ve l Before we enter on subj ec t s re l a ti ng to the year, there is a bl o t connecte d w i t h the old which If s tio naost,anxious to expunge. We owe it in justice t. ° , e offended feelings o f a no bl eman — we owe it in jos ti Poi / a public, who may have been misled—and we also ° ,itti in justice to ourselves, to express our regret at b :ti ,4 been made the ch anne l o f an un f ounded itorl'o;ii against the comm a nding-officer of a cavalry regidi'o Ireland, who was said to have refused an ext... 0 1, leave under very peculiar and distressing circuros t4 , t On receiving intimation of its incorrectness, we I °i . the time in offering to place the columns of our paper g !, o l' 6 ‘ disposal of the aggrieved nobleman, for any refutllt i ti i might desire at our hands ; and it is now our du 1 9 ,1' dr express our regret at having been the means of 54 '30 ing the public mind by a statement which has turn i e t ," to be unfounded. The difficulty of keeping the CO!, for of a public journal free from erroneous statements to e ;10 greater than perhaps any one unconnected wi‘'coll a press may believe. In the present case, there is bt l OP circumstance to mitigate our regret—by having eb publicity to the paragraph in question, we hil ve „itil l placrd in a positi o n as p u bli c l y to esta b l i sh the 131-)-sor, untruth of a charge which might otherwise hor ° ,„ss' time d be darkly and malicietisk whisper. d the Noble Lord. It is our anxious wish as jollr ° ,ol always to do right ; an d w h en l e d i nto error, our -' r e s s' satisfaction will alway s b e p rompt l y to acknow l e dge' an ply to atone for it.— au; t .lou, nal. a Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, h a p' interview yesterday with the Chancellor o f the chequer. i lior° BIRTH N. On the 6th inst., at Stratford-green, Mrs. W 0140 ,f of a d..iughter. ,ife' On the 6 t h i nst ., at W esthorpe Lodge, Suffolk, the " Nathaniel Cotton, Esq., of a daughter. k t ll On the 7th i ns t., at Titehtield-terrace, Regent, sr- ' 5-P hte,P r , wife of G. De M organ, E sq., barrh , ter at-law, of a daug n i P On the 7th i nst., at Fi nsbury-place South, the Wife - ~{ Charles Tl ogt.f , surgeon, of a son. Eci tCy On the Bth inst., a t Cl a i rv ill e, Ol d Brompton, MP. Chapman, of a daughter. _...," MARRIED. beg " ( On the IStb of N ovem b er , J. P . M ayers, Esq., - bter ° jesty's 28th Regiment, to Wilhelmina, youngest &ag e, George Ormond, Esq., of her Majesty's 80th Reginie ri On the 6th inst., at Leckhampton L.OO Church, J. Hellr,, Esq., of Alveston Gloucestershire, Captain in her e oi l , 14th Regiment Light Dragoons, to Harriette Cather`ri-Cl3l/ child of John M. Connell, E sq ., of Lansclown-cressent" tenham. .5 6 1 ° ,11 1114 : On the 7th inst., at St. M ar k' s Ch urch, Myddeltoneborii. the Rev. Robert S. T a b or , 8.A. , Incumbent ()f Christ Enfield, to Mary, second daughter of the Rev. Fra il — man, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's. DIED. -- Co l. On the 7th of September last, at the Royal Alilitoll z Iti f ! l ii * lege, Sandhurst, Captain F. H. Prosser. On the 6th of Octrber, at Victoria, liong- 1 ,1, - i e f '' - eldest (laughter of the Hon. John Walter Hahne, L'w - I, tice of Hong-Kong. oil o. '' On the 10th of Novemb er, at Nolapore, India, gri t " ;d , Weld, of her Majesty' s 22d R egiment of Infantry, pritio on the 26th of De cem b er, at Tulloch Castle, INort,".b. .f Eleanor, the wife of Duncan Davidson, Esq , of err s Richard - On the 3d inst., at Burcot, Shropshir' e, Elizabeth( '- Richard Emery, Esq. ag ea 9 : . 3 On on t t h h e e 4 s th th in i s n t ; , t. a , t J B o r h o n mp L t ea on d , a ll a4 lrs. EBl Sara p h of ßr l oo o kl e , „ - :00. - „, Southwark, aged 68. n or-, On the sth inst., at Osnaburgh-terrace, Regen t's -r th Smirke, Esq., ILA., aged 93. eeir ie On the sth inst.. Mr. Thomas Walton, of th e Fr Canterbury, aged 86. . T wi eb ' fl r On the sth i ns t., a t S tepney, M r. Butcher, of 4 5- i, ,-A -p On the sth i ns t., at W e lli ngton-street, S ou thWe ' trude Butler, young es t d aug ht er o f D r. L ev er. „,.k.I. O r On the sth inst., a t Cl arence - terrace, Regent's-par 1: Smith, Esq., ag e d 75. cu bboc,._ On the sth inst., at Hi g h- e l ms , th e D owa ger Ladi 'TboriP' On the 6th inst., in Grosvenor-greet West, M r- Dodsworth, aged 72. I , ose' On the 7th inst. in Sloane- s t ree t, M r s. Elizabet ' London: Printed and Published by MURDC No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Bun Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav oy, .. in t he -A) litddlosenc, Thursday , January 9 . 1045' EXTENSIVE ROBBERY at ST 01 01 ' On Monday morning last, soon after seven o'clock? a rumour was generally circulated that a robber?? of serious extent had been committed at the shop Mr. R. Li n dl ey , b oo k se ll er an d sub-distributor o f stamps. 'The indications of a robbery were discovered by Mr. Lindley's female servant, who , 0 coining down stairs, perceived that the staple which r ceives the b o lt o f th e l oc k on t h e i nner d oor o f the s h :r o had been wrenc h e d off, and her attention was i e d drawn to a quantity of papers which were scatter ieti about the floor of the parlour. She instantly cal l , Mr. Lindley, who got up in haste, and, after amining the state of the shop, communicated with t the police. Inspector Armstrong (in the aloe r ' d of Major Macknight, who was at Staffeq and subsequently Major Macknight hin 3se the inspected the premises. The grid under front shop wind ow had been removed, and the cs 74, ment in the cella r w i n d ow b enea th t h e gr id o P el l ii j for which purpose a pane opposite the handle P, te been taken out, as well as another pane 0P1 3° ,1 1 e 3 the bolt b e l ow . Th e woo d had been chi away from th e d oor - post o f t h e d oor on t'; cellar stairs, and the bolt pushed back. The bO O l staple of th e s h op i nner d oor was also torn oft a d) , the alarm. b e ll b e hi n d t h e f ront door h a d shared;ctiPi° t same fate, and was lyi ng on t h e coun t er , the ", itself being unfastened, so that it would apPee r t v thief or thieves had made their exit that way street. The, shop-drawers had the appearance 4 having been rummaged, and a quantity of paPer,: at been abst rac t e d f rom a table-drawer in the par and thrown in confusion about the floor. • if In the course o f th e d ay a p l acar d was i ssue d, i t ing particulars of the property missing, from which app-pared that rumour h a d no t exagger a te d th e aal° ll- 0 It is stat e d t o h ave cons i s t e d o f near 700 1 . i n tri el l e . ' and 1151. worth of plate and jewellery. The de gr iit tion of cash is, " Half Bank of England notes t e lo t amount of 651.; and a quan tit y of gold and 51 1 ;, e t, coin and Bank o f E ng l an d no t es — go ld , 1 201.; 5",1 9 about 21. 104.; and Bank of England notes to „ ir amount of 5001."—m a ki ng a t o t a l o f more than 6 „ e i t The following is a list of plate and jewellery:—" ni , case containing 17 valuable g o ld we ddi ng rings , 30 gentl emen ' s fancy ditt o , b es t u dd e d with dia l '', ° G n r six steel c h a i ns , t h ree German silver ditto, 2 7 man silver guar d s , 10 l arge ditto, four 50,:"`, ditto, six gilt ditto, 12 silver ditto ; 13 siel cord purses, two silver knives, splendiug v necklace, with br ooc h an d b o ttl e ; two jet Recut chains, pair o f bracelets, five dozen shawl pins , 'o dozen pair of coa t li n k s , t wo s il ver cora l s; two d? i r of silver penhold ers , s pl en did d essert case w i t h 51 .4 knife, fork, and spoon ; lady's companion, eontai e :il. a silver thimble and scissors, with case, &c.; 18 1 0 it ver thimbles, two s il ver b u t ter k n i ves, t h r ee I r e ditto, three silver pickle forks, three silver C O i ,, e t shells ; a mos t va l ua bl e assortment of skivi pencil cases, desk seals, toothpicks, scissorS t/ b, sheaths, vinegaretts, watch-hooks, keys, buckles, s tu O J tops and bottoms of purses, hand pins, chainst; o f small pins ; gold brooches, and a great vsrietjpo bosom ditto ; gold cuff breguet chains and s 'd studs, lockets, pins, micr , scope, eye-glasses, 11 , 11 0', quantity of knives, &c.," the whole valued at cost price. t' The cash-box con t a i n i ng th e money, we 11°- A stand, had b een l e f t overn i g h t i n a compartmen',Bo d the inner side of the shop counter; the plat e h et jewellery in a s h ow - g l ass on t h e counter, where 'bel were usually kept, and which had been wrens r r