The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-31 00:00:00

fiEWSP. ,e. PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. VROIII THE EVENING FAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Times this morning, in announcinlz Mr. Gladstone's retirement from the Mini try, call, it the most unforeseen and significant of the changes which had been anticipated in the Administration. Sig bificant, to some extent, it is—but we must say, that to term it " unforeseen" appears to us not to be paying any high compliment to that gentleman's consistency. Be sides the exclusive Anglican churchmanship with which his name stands especially associated, and with which the lower Church views, and liberal velleities, as re gards Ireland, of his leading colleagues, exhibit a con trast which no longer admits of being palliated—how could Mr. Gladstone take the prominent part in re versing, which he took in advocating, the policy hitherto affected in favour of the colonial and free-la bour interests, as regards the admission of tropical pro ducts ? We have already laid before our readers some intimations of this reversal ; and it is no more than we should have expected of any man who desired to be deemed of otherwise than as a mere tool—a mere ' mouthpiece of any opinions made up for him in his office—that Mr. Gladstone, having been Sir Robert Peel's right-hand man so conspicuously on one side of these questions, should decline making volte face, in .order to remain his right-hand man on the other. It is less surprising that Mr. Gladstone should re tire now, than that he should not have retired sooner. He represented in this Ministry the Church, in it:F highest pretensions—just as the Duke of Buckingham represented the corn-laws, and " no surrender" of protection. We knew what speedily became of the stuffed figure, which was to frighten the pre datory tribe from descent on the landed inclosures. And now the more efficient champion of the other rallying sign of Toryism has followed him ; and in consequence of these successive epurations, the Government, according to the Times, will be " more able to encourage its friends and silence its opponents by a policy worthy of the great party who placed it in office." We have no longer, indeed, " a Tory Government "—according to the fond aspirations of Tadpole ; but " a sound Conservative adminis tration " according to the wiser mind of Taper. " I see I see !" said Tadpole musingly— " Tory men and Whig measures." Power gravi tates, however, naturally towards the hands in whose direction it is exercised; and therefore we, at least, have no disposition to complain of the pre sent tendencies of the Government. Whether " the great party which placed it in office" has equal rea%on to be satisfied, is its own affair. Perhaps we are to understand the assertion in a non•hatural ...... -..._.... _. sense. The " great party" is said to be satisfied, as Dandle Dinmont was said to be " content," when he had got a sufficient knock-down blow on the head, and was placed hors de combat. Nothing can be more satisfactory certainly to those active sections of Toryism, which stirred most, and worked hardest, and bawled loudest, to place Ministers in power, than to have acquired the final conviction they must now have acquired, that no Ministry they can make will march through Coventry with them. They could indeed do yeoman's service against the Whigs with the wavering public ; but they cannot keep Tories like themselves at the head of affairs. Of this they should now be satisfied. STANDARD.—The Times will no more sur render the Ministerial crisis in France than it will " the diocese of Exeter," or than it did the Bridge water union—the riots in South Wales—the fires in Suffolk—the fabled murders and other outrages in Candahar—the treacherous seizure of Sinde—or any other of the thousand-and-on: events, true or feigned, whLh it has spun out to a thread until the whole world was sick of them. Tne Ministerial crisis, however, though the Times would keep it alive, was at an end on Mon day, when the whole Ministerial Address was carried by a great majority. The Times and its fellow-la bourers of the Thiers-Palmerston press endeavour to assimilate the condition of the French Cabinet to that of the Mole Ministry, which did not resign when its majority had been reduced to eight, or until a dissolution of the Chamber had reduced its majority, such as it was, to a minority. Again, the Times and its accomplices try to establish a resemblance between the position of the French Cabinet, and that of the Whigs in this country from 1838 to 1841 ; but the Whigs did not resign, though having a less majority than that to which the French Government was reduced on Monday, by a concurrence of accident, surprise, error, and passion in the Chamber, such as pro bably never can again occur. The working majo rity of the present French Ministry was no more reduced by the seeming diminution of Mon day, than was Sir Robert Peel's working ma jority reduced when he was out-voted last spring upon the West Indian and factory questions. But supposing, contrary to the truth, that the work ing majority of the present French Cabinet were less than 40 or 50, or even less than 10. It would not place them in the position in which the Mole Ministry and the Whigs were placed. The weakness of the Mole party, and of the Whip did not lie in their numerical defi ciency so much as in their want of cohe rence and of external support. The Mole and Whig Ministries were coalition Ministries, and whatever their strength in one House of Parliament, each was, we believe (the Whigs certainly were), the ob• cts of aversion to the other House of Parliament in their respective countries, and both were, as coalition Ministries always are and always ought to be, the objects of disgust to their several nations. There is, therefore, plainly no parallelism between the position of a Ministry possessing the confidence of the Crown and the confidence of the Upper House of Parliament, and thoroughly united in principle with its supporters, and either the Mole or the Whig Ministry. If the majority of the French Cabinet were either small or doubtful, the nearest parallel would be that of Mr. Pitt in 1783, or Sir Robert Peel in 1834. Mr. Pitt had the confidence of the Crown and of the House of Lords, and opposed a corrupt coalition Ministry, supported by a corrupt majority in the House of Commons. He, however, for some months carried on the Go vernment, though in a minority, and succeeded in establishing an Administration of nearly twenty-four years' duration, with a very short intermission. Again, Sir Robert Peel, in 1834, supported ty the confidence of the Crown and of the House of Lords, and a united though numerically inferior party, carried on the Government for five month* against a coalition part:-, and did not think it necessary to resign, though repeatedly de feated by the Lichfield House conspirators ; nor did he abandon his post until the parties to " the com- I act," by their factious proceedings, rendered it impos sible for:him to carry on the Government—then he withdrew, and about a million and a half of the people testified their regret that he did so, in their grateful addresses to him. Now the examples of Mr. Pitt lied Sir Robert Peel are good precedents in the law of Parliamentary government ; and, according to these examples, the Soult-Guizot Ministry, even in a minority, would not be justified in thinking of resignation. But Sir Robert Peel has elucidated the subject by more than an example. It is very well known that at any time between 1837 and 1841, it was in his power to render im possible the carrying on of the Government by his opponents. He abstained, however, from offer ing any obstruction, because he would not do that indirectly which ought to be done directly; and even when the Whigs had suffered defeat after de feat he allowed them to remain until compelled to interefere by an irresistible necessity. The finances of the country had been thrown into ruinous disorder by the misconduct of public affairs; the Ministers had no remedies to propose for the pressing evil but measures, if possible, more ruinous than the state of things which they were to correct. These, their ruinous expedients, were one by one rejected by the House of Commons. Then, when they had brought the country as it were to a dead lock, and not before, Sir Robert Peel told them that they ought to resign ; even then, however, they would not resign. Sir Robert Peel next proposed his memorable vote of want of confidence, and the terms of that vote put in few and clear words the whole question of the degree of confidence which justifies a Minister in retaining office, or which rather, while it lasts, renders a resignation unjustifiable. " The Mi nisters were unable to carry through Parliament, measures which they considered essential to the public' service." The Ministers, however, paid no more attention to the solemn declaration of their in capacity than they had paid to the repeated proofs of it. They would not resign, and they remained in office until th r e o y o werefairly turned out. We do not, however, p this disgraceful_e tenacity for imitation by any one of the Whigs. We use the case merely te Sir R. Peel's opinion of the precise point at which, and not before, a minis try ought to resign. A majority, or even a minority, which can effectually carry on the Go vernment, does not justify resignation. A minister is bound to do his duty as long ashecan th do it effectually. As we hav e before remarked, arguments are not necessary to the French Cabinet, e which has an united and sufficient working majority; but as the principles of Parliamentary government .Dave been brought into question, it is proper to state ele'+. clearly. • , • .1 5 :‘,-,sErr TO FATHER MATHEW.—We have seen a most ; :autiful tablet, of solid silver, with the following don, presented by the Directors of the Dublin 416 o;heda Railway Company to Father Mathew, as a Lee_ ticket of passage at all times. We have not space fir ens letter which accompanies it at present:—" Pur suant to B vote of the Board of Directors of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company, passed on the 18th of October, 1844, this perpetual ticket of free passage in the trains of the line is respectfully presented to the Rev. Theobald Mathew, as a small, yet earnest, tribute of esteem and gratitude for his devotion and useful labours in the greet cause of temperance."—Cork Examiner. MONEY MARKET and CITY NhAV:;. CITY, s SEDNESDAY EVENING TIMES._ The English Funds continue fl.,t, and sales have been made, to invest the proceeds in railway slia,rt-s, which are now almost exclusively the favourite of the day. The Government broker has not yet con cluded his official purchases, but these, though occa sionally large, are scarcely sufficient, .in the absence of other good business, to support prices. It is known as a fact that within the last few days several considerable parcels of stock have been sold to lend out the money on the bonds and debentures of some of the old Railway Companies, and also to purchase the shares of the select of the new. In this state of affairs Exchequer-bills are very sensitive, and whenever a sale of 20,000/. or 30,0001. is effected, a fall follows. A few purchases within the last week have had the contrary effect ; but while they yield so low a rate of interest compared with the securi ties of established railways, their market cannot be ex pected to maintain a very stable appearance. The Railway Share Market has been quiet, the job bers preparing for the settlement at the close of the week, which seems to be looked for with some little anxiety by most parties engaged in business at the Stock Exchange. It is expected to be one of the heaviest ac counts ever yet known, and as large differences will have to be paid, money is already increasing in demand. The current rate this afternoon was from five to seven per cent.; but it is thought that before the whole of the busi ness can be got through, a much higher value will have to be paid. To-morrow appears likely to be the great day for ascertaining the positive result of the late exten sive speculation; and though, of course, till it has pas , ed, nothing can be known of the true solvency of the dealers, still there appears to be no fear of any serious difficulties arising, seeing that operations for the advance have, in most cases, been attended throughout the period of the account with complete success. It is not with a rising market that failures principally occur ; it is when a sud den re-action comes, and when prices are enormously depreciated by the immediate desire of holders to rid themselves at a sacrifice of a responsibility which they apprehend will swallow up their all. At a meeting to-day of the North Kent Railway shareholders, one of the lines rejected by the recent decisions of the Board of Trade, it was determined, in pursuance of an almost unanimous vote, to go to Parliament with their plans, so strongly do the pro moters entertain the opinion of the ultimate success of their scheme. All dissentients who choose to with draw their names and subscriptions from the list are to be allowed the par value of their shares, without anything being deducted for expenses up to the pre sent time, and about a week is given them for signi fying their desire on the subject. In the application to be made:to Parliament, the cost of such proceed ings is guaranteed not to exceed 10s. per sharo. A very elaborate report was read, which entered into the advantages of this line compared with their more fortunate rivals, and hints were thrown out that it was not improbable, if perseverance were continued, that the North Kent Company would be able to come into some arrangement for perfecting railway communication through that county with the South-Eastern Company. The meeting was not very fully attended, but a great deal of unanimity prevailed among those who t )ok part in the business before it. In all these cases there are two sides to the question, and before any sound opinion can be entertained of the statements made on this occa sion, it will be as well to hear what the South-Eastern Company have to say at their approaching meeting. Both parties may have great confidence in their respec tive schemes, and yet after all, both may be to a certain extent disappointed. It would therefore be well to weigh all the different circumstances calmly aad deliberately before such an enormous outlay of capital is made, and see whether by some proper adjustment of interests the struggle and expense of a Parliamentary contest could not be avoided to the benefit of both Companies. The Board of Trade is evidently giving the chief considera tion to those lines and branches which have already an interest in, or are identified with, the great branch rail ways, and properly so, because, as connected with these, there is strong security that they will be completed, while, looking to the question as one favouring mono poly, a view of the case recently started, there can be no doubt that Government supervision will provide for the necessary accommodation and protection of the public. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 30. TOLLOCH V. HARTLEY. The bearing of this part-heard appeal was continued during this morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jax. 30. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HoNoun disposed of a great number:of unopposed cause petitions and short causes, possessing no public interest. BAIL COURT; Jan. 30. (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) IN RE TIIE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. DEVONPORT HILL moved the Court for a writ of certiorari, to bring up the inquisition on the body of William Vernells, and also for a rule to show cause why the inquisition should not be quashed. He objected to the inquest on two grounds, on those that appeared oa the face of it and on those that did not. It appeared that William Vernells was killed upon the line somewhere between Nottingham and Derby, and that an inquest was afterwards held upon the body. Sometime before another person, Mr. Dean, had also lost his life on the same railway, and in reference to the proceedings upon that occasion an article had appeared in a newspaper, which newspaper was carried to the second inquest and handed to the jury, notwithstanding the objection to such a course urged by the gentleman who attended there for the Railway Company. The neighbourhood was in a greatly excited state, the jurymen were also excited, yet when that gentleman urged upon the Coroner the impropriety of placing such an article before the jury at such a time, he declined to interfere, alleging, forsooth, that " the jurymen were in an awful t-mper." Mr. Hill then read the article in question from the Morning Post newspaper. It imputed blame to the Company on account of defective arrangements, and said that the driver in cases of that painful kind, blamed the guard and the station-master, anybody or nobody ; and in conclusion it found fault with the jury for not amer cing the Company in a heavy deodand. Another point, not on the face of the inquisition was, that by a late statute regulating the Coroner's Court, it was laid down that the jury should come from the county in which the inquest was held. That accident oecurred in the county of Nottingham, and yet he ( Mr. H.) held affidavits proving that, at least, one of the jurymen resided in the town of Nottingham, which was a town and county in itself, and, therefore, as far as the legality of the case went, he might just as well have come from Wales or Cornwall. The Learned Counsel took several technical objections to the inquisition itself, and was proceeding with his argument, when Mr. Justice WILLIAMS intimated that he might take the rule. IN RE GILBERT. Mr. JERVIS said that in this case his Lordship might recollect that the Learned Solicitor-General had applied for and obtained a rule for a habeas corpus to bring up the bodies of two children of the names of Francis and Joseph Gilbert, on the application of the mother. The children were at the time in the custody of a gentleman, named Schwank, who had brought up the deceased father and his brother, one of the co-trustees in this case ; he having reason to believe that the moral and religious education of the children were neglected while under the mother's care, and with the full approbation of Mr. Schwenk and his wife, sent them to a most respectable school. It had been arranged, with his Lordship's approbation, that the children should, by a fiction, be considered before the Court, and that they should remain at school accord ingly. William Gilbert, while in possession of the chil dren, made a return to the Court, in obedience to his Lordship's direction, without producing the bodies of the children, the return, in effect, stating that he was appointed testamentary guardian along with the widow, and that believing their education not attended to, he had, with Mr. Schwank's approba tion, sent them to school. His Learned Friend Mr. Iloggins and himself were then prepared to show just cause why the children should still be kept at school ; but it now appeared that the mother of the children had learned where they were, and had gone there and obtained forcible possession of them. This was no doubt a con tempt of Court, and a warrant of attachment might in consequence be issued, but he (Mr. Jervis) would at pre sent content himself with filing certain affidavits. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 30. (Sittings in Banco.) LACEY V. BUNN. Mr. OGLE moved for a rule, calling on the plaintiff in this case to show cause why defendant should not be allowed to add special pleas to the record, in addi tion to the general issue. The declaration was on a contract between the parties, that plaintiff would at Christmas next following enter the service of defendant. as manager of Drury-lane Theatre, and would act and perform in light comedy during the remainder of the season, the defendant agreeing to retain to him for that time at a salary of nine guineas a week. In other parts of the contract plaintiff gave defendant the power of declaring it to be void, if he performed at any other house in the stipulated time, or refused, after a week's notice, to act in a piece which was not light comedy. Plaintiff having made default in some of these particulars, an application of the same nature with the present was made to Baron Rolfe at chambers, who did not ' decide on it, but allowed three days , in which to obtain the opinion of the Court. The LORD CHIEF BARON—When was this condition made ? Mr. OGLE—It was a part of the contract, my Lord. Baron PARKE—I should like to see it. Mr. OGLE—Unfortunately, my Lord, I have it not with me. It does not appear in the plea, and we do not want to compare it with the original document. But de fendant is advised that it would not be safe to go to trial with the record as it now is. Baron PARKE—There is a case in point, respeo ii g contract and plea. Mr. OGLE—It is the case of Nash v. Burge, in tie 11th Meeson and Welsby. The LORD CHIEF BARON—There the plea qualifii s the contract recited in the declaration. Baron PARKE—The case I speak of is of much carlit r date. Mr. OGLE. --Your Lordship, probably, alludes to the case of Smart v. Hyde, in the 7th volume of the same reporti.ll Baron PARKE—Just so. It appears to me a sufficient warrant for your application. Baron ALDERSON—What pleas do you want to add ? Mr. OGLE—It was part of the contract, that the de fendant could oblige plaintiff to play in a piece which was not light comedy, after a certain notice. Notice wa. accordingly given him t a appear in the character of Ferdinand, in the Tempest, which he refused to do. E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3l, 1845. Baron ALDERSON—The prii,cipal issue then appears to be. whether the Tempest be or be not a light comedy. Mr. OGLE—No doubt, my Lord, that question is suf ficiently prolific to give rise to sln argu rent, if nvcesssry, a 3 abstruse as rny m law. The question whetht rit was any pArt of plaintiff's day appear in the ch.( • ratter of Vtrdinand after the regular mottee, and whether the contract had not been rendered void by his net hav ing done so. There are, however, other points with which I will not now trouble the Court. Baron PARKE—Do you then mean to say, Mr. Ogle, that in the same document there are two conditions — first, that plaintiff shall platy in light comedy when called upon to do so, and in other species of dramatic representation after a certain notice ? Mr. OGLE—Yes, my Lord; he engaged to play in light comedy on demand, and in other pieces at seven days after date.—(Laughter.) Baron PARKE—I should like to know► if these two conditions are really in the contract ? Mr. OGLE replied that as his time of pleading expired today, there would not be sufficient time. It was ultimately arranged that the rule should be drawn up, not absolute, and that plaintiff should tomor row show cause at chambers, the time of pleading being in the meantime extended for three days. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGV John Edwards, a boy, whose head scarcely reache up to the top of the bar, was indicted for stealing ss. and a handkerchief, the property of Mary Ann Brown. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutrix, that the prisoner, accompanied by a man who appeared to be his director, followed her along Barbican and into Worship-street, when, feeling a tug at her pocket, she turned round, and saw the prisoner with the handker chief in his hand, which he immediately dropped upon the ground. Ilis companion made his escape, but some , of the bystanders detained the prisoner, and handed him over to a policeman. In his defence the prisoner said that the lady had dropped the articles which he was charged with stealing. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The officer of the Court handed up to the Assistant- Judge no less than four previous convictions against the prisoner, whom the goalers described as an incorrigible young thief. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced him to seven years' transportation, intimating at the same time that on account of his extreme youth he would be sent to Parkhurst Penitentiary. Mary Walsh, a girl about thirteen 'years of age, was indicted for stealing a coat, of the value of Bs., the pro perty of John Summers, her master. It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor had taken the prisoner into his employment at a time when she was in the greatest destitution, having been deserted by both her parents. In less than a week after being taken into his employment, she committed the robbery for which she was indicted. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced her to three months' imprisonment, the last fortnight to be solitary. CLERKENWELL. This Court was crowded with spectators, in conse quence of its having been generally known that the parish officer. of St. Luke's were about prosecuting a worn:m, hying in 3, George's-yard, Golden-long, St. Luke's, for cruelty of a most atrucions character to wards her step-child. John Marks, a smith, and Anne Marks, his wife, were brought up on a warrant, charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks, aged 10 years, the daughter of the former and step-daughter of the latter prisoner. Several of the parochial officers of St. Luke's were in attendance. Between four and five o'clock on Saturday evening last, a poor woman, living next door to the prisoner, went to the police-station, and informed the sergeant on duty there that a child had been most brutally treated in George's •yard. The police-sergeant ltidney, and police-constable Few, 154 G, went to the house of the prisoner, and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment, somewhat intoxicated ; they asked for the child, but she refused to give any answer concerning her until her husband was present. The husband was sent for to a public-house, and, upon hie arrival, the child, who had been washing out a room, was produced. The officers declared that her appearance shocked them. She had no covering but a threadbare shift, black with dirt, and a piece of sack, quite as filthy, about her shoulders. There was an ulcer on one of her feet, and a bruise on her back, and another sore on her neck. Her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt, and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable. When brought into the presence of her parents she cried and seemed terribly frightened. She refused to say a word. The officers sent for Mr. Birch, the relieving-officer of St. Luke's, and he bad the child removed to the workhouse. Mr. Birch and the two policemen then proceeded upstairs to the apartment in which the girl was chiefly con fined, and in which she and her three brothers always slept. Upon entering the room they were so dis gusted with the smell as to be obliged to retire. Upon re-entering it they found the floor covered with human excrement, and the only thing it contained was a small heap of carpenter's shavings which had been picked from the dust-holes, and huddled into a corner of the room, and on this heap the prosecutrix and her three brothers slept, with no other covering than a part of a filthy old sack. The child said that they strove to keep themselves warm by huddling to gether when the nights were cold. There was only one small window to the room which was closed, and the constables declared that it would be cruelty to put a dog or a pig in it. The house contains but three rooms, and that in which the female prisoner was found, and in which herself and husband slept and lived, was rather a comfortable apartment, and was as well furnished with food and furniture as most mechanics' dwellings. When Mr. Birch spoke to the mother she laughed at him, treated his remonstrance with the greatest derision, and set his authority at de fiance. He accordingly applied for and obtained a warrant. The child cried bitterly on being brought into Court, and seemed to regard the female prisoner with the greatest terror. She sobbed so bitterly and fre quently that there was great difficulty in collecting her testimony. She was lame from the ulcer on her foot. Mr. COMM determined on sending the case for trial for the assaults inflicted on the child on Satur day, and hence the child's testimony was confined to what occurred on that day. She deposed—My name is Anne Marks, and I shall be 11 years of age next April. My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning, and when I returned with it she met me at the door, and, saying that I had been idle, she seized me by the hair and dragged me into the passage. She lifted me up in her arms and threw me down as hard as she could on the floor, and kicked me on the body. I screamed, but she took me up, and "chucked" me down again. She kicked me on the side and (as the thighs, and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on me. I lay there crying. When my mother went away, I went out and sat upon a door step in the court. I sat there crying for half an hour, when a woman came and took me in. I had nothing to eat up to this time. The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my father gave me a fortnight ago. My back was very sore. I stopped more than an hour in the neigh bour's house, when my father came for me, and brought me home. As soon as my mother saw me she ran at me and kicked me again, but my father beat her for doing so. The child added, that she did not wish to hurt her father, who had given her bread and butter. All the clothing she had on was a shift and a bit of a sack, and sometimes the skirt of a petticoat fastened upon me with a rope. The poor child, who, as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more and more convulsed with grief, at length swooned away in a paroxysm of grief, and was removed from the Court in a state of insensibility. The male prisoner burst into tears, and seemed deeply affected, as was almost every one present. The female prisoner did not seem in the least moved, but actually shook her head and laughed when the child was borne by her like a corpse. Mary Dowlan, a poor Irishwoman living next door to the prisoner saw the child sitting on a door step and took her into her house. The only covering she had was a dirty ragged chemise, and a piece of a sack round her shoulders, both of which were saturated with wet. She made the child dry herself at the fire, and gave her a potato. Before the child left the door-step she told witness to watch her mother, lest she might be at the window. She was trembling from cold, and said her mother had kicked and thrown cold water over her. There were several bruises on her, 'and a sore on her leg. One bruise was on the small of the back. The child was very hungry. Witness never saw any one in so horrible a state before. When the child's rags were dry, wit ness went in to the mother, and begged that she would not beat the child, and she promised she would not. When the child was taken in by her father she heard her screams, and soon after seeing her crying at the window gave her another hot potato, which she eat up. Sarah Angelina Hewett, a very respectable-looking matron, corroborated the above testimony in every respect, and also deposed to the general brutality of the female poisoner towards her. There was an ulcer on her neck about a fortnight ago, as if she had been burnt. Her back and legs were bruised. Witness went into the • house of the last witness whilst the child was there, and the latter seeing her said, " Oh, Mrs. Hewett, pray do take me from my mother ; she beats me dreadful: , The child had her hand on her back, saying it ached very much from the kicks. After the child was taken in by her father witness heard her screams for ten minutes after, and her cries for " mercy." Heard the female prisoner say, "Yon —, by I will have your life, if you go into a neighbour's house again ; or the life of any neighbour that will harbour you." She used other horrible expressions and threats. The female prisoner here exclaimed, " And your life too, you b—y perjured wretch !" and she held up her clenched fist menacing the witness. Mary Hewett and John Ward corroborated the above testimony in every respect. Elizabeth Howse, the workhouse nurse, deposed to the nature of the injuries above described. Her flesh was encrusted with dirt, and it required great labour when the child was in the bath to scrape the dirt off ; the smell was horrible. On Sunday morning when the child got up she said her bones felt sore from lying on a bed, she had been so unaccustomed to it. Mr. COMBF said, he should discharge the male prisoner, but send the woman for trial, and wished to know if she had anything to say, telling her she might say nothing if she pleased. The woman—Then if I may not I will say nothing. She was committed for trial. A lad named Williams, was charged with the follow ing daring act of shoplifting : This morning the prisoner coolly walked into the shop of Mr. Edwards, a tjbacconist, in Marchmont-street. Burton-crescent, took up a large box of cigars, value It. 45., and walked off with it. was secured at once. —Committed for trial. Daniel Cooper, a cabman, was charged as follows : The fellow was the ringleader of a mob of the lowest vagabonds in Isl:ngton, at the Blue Coat Boy: at twelve o'clock last night their shouts and yells disturbed the whole neighbourhood. Police-constable 141 interfered. The prisoner swore he would split his b—y head open, and carve him ; he made use of other language of a shockingly blasphemous c haracter, and for was five most violent. a v y io s l . ent. —ln default of fine, he was committed a condition could be supposed to be. He stated, that he had property in some houses in Leicestershire, but that no rvnt had been paid out of it for some years. The only furniture in the room was an old bedstead on which the wretched man sat with a piece of old sacking wrdpped about his loins, and the filthy rags upon the bed were c:;lculated to create a contagion. Seeing a human being in such a condition, applicant thought it his duty to apprise the magistrate of the matter, that some inquiry might be made into it. Mr. BRODERIP commended the man's conduct, and directed Macready, the warrant officer, to inquire into the case, and, if necessary, report it to the pa rochial authorities. Macready, on his return, stated that he never be fore witnessed anything so filthy as the premises. The deceased wotnan was sister to the two brothers who resided in the house, and her parsimonious habits surpassed even those of the brothers. From all he could learn, she had fallen a victim to her extreme notions of economy, though they were reported to be possessed of considerable wealth. She had scarcely any covering, except a slight upper garment, and her flesh as well as that of the brothers appeared as dry and dark as mahogany. The man in the cell up stairs was even in a more miserable condition than had been described. He complained of not having received some rents to which he was entitled for the last seven years, and when told by the officer that the parochial authorities would take charge of him, he said he was sure that exposure to the cold in the removal would kill him. 'When he heard, however, that he was only to be taken a short diltance, he was much pleased at the prospect held out. The other brother (William) who seemed to be the owner of the house, and had a male and female servant, seemed equally wretched, but, notwithstanding his penurious habits, he indulged daily in from twelve to fourteen quarterns of rum, alleging that it was to that he owed his existence. The other brother stated to Macready that whatever he swallowed appeared io drop instan taneously through his stomach and flow to his legs, which were terribly swollen and eaten into as if by leprosy. The constable reported the circumstances to Mr. Hughes, the relieving officer of Whitechapel, who promised that the case should be immediately attended to. THAMES POLICE. A man, who seemed by trade a shoemaker, w a i ted on Mr. Broderip and stated that o n the p recedin g n ight his wife was called in to atte nd a woman who was said to be in a dying state at the house, 63, Rose mary-lane, kept by a dairyman named William Chap man, who is the owner of thir teen or fourteen cows , and is considered by the neig hbours to be worth a considerable sum of money. On going to the house she was almost suffocated with the nauseous sm e ll which issued from the place , and informed her hus band of the circumstance ; he went back with her, and the dying woman informed him that two brothers lived in the house who entertained a deadly animosity to each other, and that but for her interference some thing terrible would be the consequence. Mr. Cripps, surgeon, of Wellclose-square, was sent for, but before his arrival, the woman expired. The applicant hearing the sound of distress in an upper apartment, proceeded up stairs, and in a small room more like a cell than an apartment, having neither window nor fire-place, and lighted day and night by a rushlight, he found a miserable creature, who, though only forty-five years old, seem bowed down by want and age to the verge of the grave. His beard seemed to be the growth of several months, his face and body were terribly emaciated, and his legs, which were swollen to an im mense size, were eaten into by sores as large as a half crown piece. Mr. BRODERIP—Was be sane ? The applicant said, he seemed to be as sane as a man in so wretched THE BETHNAL-GREEN MURDER. The exertions of the authorities in developing the circumstances connected with the tragedy of Monday night, have been successful. Although in possession of the particulars. it is deemed prudent, pending the inquiry, to withhold some of them. It may, how ever, he stated that important evidence crimina ting the accused, Tapping, has been obtained. Since Friday last he carried a pistol to a gunsmith in the neighbourhood to be, cleaned and repaired, and at the same time ordered four bullets and a quantity of per cussion caps. On Monday night, at half-past nine, he was in the tap-room of the Rising Sun, Seale street, in company with a man and woman. The conversation turned upon the deceased, when Tap ping, with an oath, declared that if he did not enjoy her no one should, for he would do for her. The woman replied, " You don't mean that;" to which he replied, "1 do—l'll shoot her." On leaving, the af fair was forgotten, and within a quarter of an hour after the finding of the female, Tapping returned to the Rising Sun, on his way home, and apprised the man and woman that he " had done it." At a quarter past one he was observed in company with the man al luded to, by the ex-landlord of the Rising Sun, near the Salmon and Ball, Bethnal-green-road, a consi derable distance from Tapping's home. It is some what singular that Inspector Horne and a sergeant of the K division passed close to the spot within a few minutes of the occurrence, and must have been passed by the accused. The affair has excited an extraordinary interest in the vicinity. From all that can be learned, the deceased was a prudent girl, and strongly attached to Tapping, who had lately under- I gone twelve months' imprisonment for defrauding oil men and others by the sale of spurious articles. When apprehended he was found sitting on a chair, his head being buried in his hands. The spot on which the unfortunate girl waa found was on Wednesday visited by many hundreds of persons, and credence is given to a statement that the impress of a bullet is discernible in the brick wall. This is believed by competent judges to be im?robable, though certainly appearances favour the supposition. Sergeant Backhouse, K 37, has, it is said, succeeded in obtaining testimony of a highly important character, which will be adduced before the Coroner at the next inquiry. At the inquest it was stated by Mr. Cummings, a surgeon at the London Hospital, that, in his opinion, the ball which caused the death of the murdered woman was still in the head. On its extraction, should it be identified by the gunsmith above referred to, it will be a strong circumstantial paint in evidence implicating Tapping with the sanguine act. It is said that Tapping was jealous of Emma Whiter, on account of her paying some attention to a young man whom he looked upon as a rival. SUICIDE OF A RELIEVING OFFICER. Or: Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Maidstone, before F. F Daily, Esq., on the body of George Bailey, who came to his death under the following melancholy eircumstances : John Daniels, landlord of the King's Arms, de posed that he had known the deceasl for several years. He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o'clock as a customer, and inquired for a bed. He went to bed about twelve. He drank two glasses of rum and water previous to going to bed. Witness saw him last, but did not remark anything particular in him. He was not quite so cheerful as usual. They sat together some time, and he com plained of not being sufficiently paid as relieving officer of the Hollingbourne Union. He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly, and that his expenses beat him. After the conversation he retired to rest. Nothing more passed that night. He told the girl to call him at eight o'clock. When witness went down at nine o'clock the following morning, he found deceased's shoes at the bottom of the stairs, cleaned, and he told his boy to take them up stairs and call him, which he did. Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one, and called to him, telling him that dinner would be ready in a quarter of an hour. He replied, " Yes, I am coining directly." He did not come, and in about twenty minutes witness went up again, and called out, "Bailey, we are waiting dinner for you." He replied, " Don't wait, my good fellow, I shall be down directly." Witness sent his boy up to hint shortly after, when he told him that he had not had much sleep iat night, and should not get up till tea time. About five o'clock he went up again and called to him, but, receiving no answer, he went into hid room and found him lying an his left side, apparently asleep, breathing very hard. Witness shook him, but could make nothing of him, and immediately sent for Mr. Power. Mr. James Joseph Power, surgeon, was called on last evening, a little after half-past six, and arrived at the King's Arms at a quarter to seven. He went into the room and found deceased lying on his left side, with his head and face. on the pillow, making a snoreing noise,_ and perfectly insensible. Witness went to his house for the stomach-pump, but he found there was no use in applying it. He was too far gone to do any good ; no remedy would have had any effect upon hi n. He remained vtith deceased till he died. This day he made a post mortem examina tion of the body. He examined the brain arid sto mach. The vessels of' the covering of the brain were very much injected with blood, and very much in flamed, and there was also an effusion of blood be tween the skull and the covering of the brain. He then took out. the stomach, but had not analysed it. He could not smell laudanum, but from the appear• ar ce of the inside of the stomach and brain, which was injected with blood, be had no doubt but that he had taken poison, and that that poison was laudanum. Mr. F. W. Buchanan, chemist and druggist, X`t'eek street—Did not know deceased himself, but Mr. Jenkins knew him, and they had some conversation in my shop together. He said his object in coming there was for some laudanum for a female pauper, who had long been in the habit of taking opium, which the surgeon had refused to let her have, but he was de termined to ive her some. This was between seven and eight o'clock, on Saturday evening. Ha then served him with a shilling bottle, which he labelled " laudanum, poison." The bottle was produced, and identified by witness. It was found itt deceased's bed. Obadiah Millgate, Lenham, farmer—Has known deceased for six or seven years. Last time he saw deceased alive was on Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock, near the Maidstone Savings' Bank. He said, " Mr. Millgate, I'll give you the 31. I owe you, and take these two 51. notes home to my wife." He caught hold of his hand, saying, " Good bye, Mr. Millgate, I shall never see you any more," and turned short, and was going away. Witness went after him, and said he could riot part with him in that way, and walked down to the bridge, where they had a lengthened conversation ; he tried to get away, but witness held him fast. He said he could never live, for he had some thing to meet, which he could not' do. He said he had laboured and tried hard, and made another at tempt to get away, but witness held him, keeping him in conversation, and said that he would not leave him unless he promised to return home. He was .ex ceedingly excited and very much depressed in spirits, and witness feared at that time that he waulsl com mit some desperate act. He wished to get him home with him ; he said he would not go, and it lie made him a promise it would be of no use ; but after some hesitation he said that he would go home, and wrote a letter home to his wife. Ile called at lig bouse on the following morning, and found he was not there. Mr. Gulden Reader, clerk to the Hollinghourne Union, stated the deceased was a relieving officer of that union, and resided at Lenham. He was not much behind in his accounts with the union, the ba lance declared against him at the last quarterly meet ing being but 161. This being the whole of the evidence, the room was ordered to be cleared of strangers, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a vedict of "Temporary insanity." Mrs. 'Elwell, the A ife of the man now in Aylesbury Gaol, aecti , ed of th- murder of Sarah (Hart) Laurence, has heel) p , culiarly unfortunate in both her marriages. Her first hustaind (Mr. Cutforth) was a most reTectable man, engaged largely in the silk trade, in which he had accumulated considerable property, and they lived iti circumstances not merely of comfort but of affluence. By the failure of his banker, ant several heavy losses in trade about the same time, he was deprived of his all, and :the effect upon his health and spirit , was such as to undermine his conslituti. n, and eventually to bring him to the grave. He lest one daughter. To maintain herself and child, Mrs. Cutforth brought into exercise her cultivated talents, and. opened a school for young ladies in Northampton-square, Cl‘atenweli. Success attended her laudable efforts. The body of "Friends," of which she was an esteemed member, aided her in an attempt to extend her sphere of exertion. At the time she became acqnainte I with Mr. Tawell she was at the head of a conside. able estabishinenL, and had the daugh ters of several highly respectable Quaker families under her charge. The idea of a marriage with him was op posed by her most judicious friends. It, however, took place. They removed to Berkhamstead, near the church. FORTUNATE PRESERVATION.—On Friday last an aged gentleman took a third-class ticket, at Chester, for Manchester, and had proceeded about a mile and a halt on his journey beyond Crewe, when an antiquated lady, with whom he had an entertaining tete-a•tete, observed that the engine had turned at the last station, leasing Crewe, and they were going back to Chester. The old man immediately leaped out of the carriage, and fell into a ditch, but happily escaped without having sustained any injury, excepting a ducking. T he train was going at a speed of about twenty miles an hour. Ile walked back to the station, and leafnt , to his mortification, that grey-headed chroniclers have yet to learn that they should look before they leap. The clerk charged him his fare, ss. Gd., from Crewe to Manchester by the next train, by way of re-impressing on his mind the useless. ness of his recent display of agility. — Liverpool Pap er . CITRIST'S HOSPITAL.--The public suppers of this institution are to commence on Sunday next, the 2d of February. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. AFFAIR OF " HoNoun."—A young man of gentle. manly appearance, who gave his name as John Haig, and stated that he was a farmer from the county of Meath, in Ireland, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with assaulting Mr. Ivimy, the soli citor of Chancery-lane. The complainant stated that the defendant this morn ing came into his office, and, on bein g introduced to him, said that he called on the part of Major Cartwright, to require that complainant should retract certain expressions which he had used in reference to the major's conduct. Complainant asked the defendant if he knew the circumstances of the case between him 'and Major Cartwright? To which Mr. Haig replied, that the circumstance were of no consequence whatever, - as he only wanted an apology. Mr. Ivimy answered that he would retract nothing until he was convinced that what he had said was untrue ; upon which the defendant told him to name a third person. This, he refused, and defendant called him a coward. Complainant being naturally irritated struck him, when the defendant struck him several blows upon the head with one of Major Cartwright's patent whalebone walking-canes, which caused the blood to flow. The cane was produced, and Mr. Ivimy explained that the whalebone was prepared in a very ingenious manner, so as to form not only very handsome walking or riding canes, but in fact very formidable weapons, when used as that one was by the prisoner. It was partly in connexion with this invention, a loan for Major Cartwright was procured by the complainant from one of his clients, on account of which he had thought it necessary to speak of the Major in the terms which he was required to retract. Two of Mr. Ivitny's clerks interposed, and the prisoner was given into the custody of the police. Mr. TWYFORD, on examining the cane, said that the invention was very ingenious, and one might almost wish the inventor success, even though there might be some cause of complaint on the part of Mr. Ivimy. Complainant—l wish him success for the sake of my client, but not in applying his invention in this way to gentlemen's heads. The defendant said that he did not call Mr. Ivimy a coward, but only told him that Major Cartwright said he was a coward. The MAGISTRATE said that was much the same thing. He would not say judicially that any other Englishman, as well as Mr. Ivitny, would have instantly struck the person who gave him such an insult in his own office, but he thought it very natural that such should be the case. He would not decide summarily upon so serious a charge. but would hold the prisoner to bail to the ses sions, himself in 2001., and two sureties of 1001. each. with notices of bail. The defendant said he knew no responsible person ir. London, brit Sir Felix Booth. Mr. TWYFORD expressed his willingness to take that gentleman's bail. A warrant was subsequently granted to Mr. Ivimy against Major Cartwright. William Dunn was charged before Mr. Hall with stealing a penknife and pencil-case, the property of Samuel Ward, a shopkeeper, at No. 18, Lowther-arcade. A boy who serves in the prosecutor's shop stated that he was standing in the arcade, by his employer's door, this morning, at eleven o'clock, when a lady, who had been purchasing some articles of him, said that a man had taker. a penknife away without paying for it, and she pointed out the prisoner. He pursued and overtook 'him, and mentioned what the lady had said. Prisoner produced a penknife and pencil case, and said he had just bought them, and paid for them. Witness then gave him in charge. On being taken to the station house several articles were found upon him, which wit ness identified as Mr. Ward's property. These might have been purchased and paid for, but the pencil case and penknife had not. The lady who gave the informatioa corrabonted the above evidence. The prisoner, who described himself as a steward on board an American steam -vessel, stid that he had pur chased the whole of the articles found on him, to the value of 75., from Mr. Ward. lie had paid for the pencil-case which was found upon him, but thinking it was not a good one, and wishing to take a better one, he took up another and examined it. Finding that both were alike, he laid it down and went on. He had paid 'or the penknife. Mr. lima. had no other course but to commit him for rial. WORSHIP-STREET. • _ _ Thomas Miller, a middle• aged man of muscula r app arance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham, charged with having created a violent disturb ance at the house of his brother, a builder in the City-road, and assaulted and wounded his daughter, a child about three years of age. It appeared from the statement of Mrs. Jane Miller, the prisoner's sister-in-law, that the prisoner, who had been for some time in the employment of her husband, and had been accommodated with board and lodging in the house, was a person of very irregular habits, and repeatedly returned home in such a state of intoxication as to occasion the greatest annoyance to herself and family. On the preceding evening he entered the house in a highly excited state from the effects of the liquor he had taken, and had no sooner got into the apartments in which she was sitting, with an infant in her lap, than he began to abuse her in the grossest language, threatening to smash all the furniture in the place, and set fire to the house. She expostulated with him gently on his conduct, and used her utmost endea yours to moderate his violence, but all to no purpose, fur he became still more outrageous, and at length suddenly caught up a carving knife from the supper table, and, with a shocking oath, hurled it at her face. She providentially saw the action, and by making a hasty movement to avoid the weapon, escaped the intended injury to herself ; but the blade of the knife unfortunately struck the child upon the forehead, and inflicted such a frightful gash that its face was covered with blood. She instantly raised an alarm, which brought other persons to her assist ance, and, after a strong resistance on the part of the prisoner, he was overpowered and taken into custody. The police-constable who took the prisoner in charge stated, that upon being called to the house he found the prisoner conducting himself with great violence, and that be repeatedly threatened he would " do for" his brother, and burn the place down. The prisoner now said, that he was very sorry he should have misconducted himself in the manner de sccibed by the witnesses, but ;he had been drinking more that he was accustomed to do, and had not the slightest recollection of what had taken place. Mr. BINGHAM said, that nothing whatever could extenuate the gross outrage of which the prisoner had hem guilty, and he might consider himself very for tunate that he was not standing where he then did upon a charge of manslaughter. He had very great doubts whether he ought to deal summarily with the case ; but, rather than subject so near a relative to the pain, expense, and inconvenience of appearing against him elsewhere, he should take upon himself to do so, and punish the prisoner to the utmost extent in his power. He should therefore order him to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default to stand committed for six weeks to the House of Correction ; in addition to which he should require him to find substantial bail for his good behaviour for the next three months. . The money was not paid, and the prisoner in con sequence was removed. LAMBETH. A gentleman residing at Camberwell-green applied to Mr. Ht nry for his assistance to recover his sister, who eloped with a person last night. The gentleman said the fellow wore most luxuriant curls, a pair of must.:chios, large steel military spurs to his boots, and was always accompanied with a bloodhound and huge mastiff and generally carried in his hand a handsome gold-mounted riding whip, so as to give him the most aristocratic ap pearance, while in reality be was a man of low station. The applicant stated that his sister left her mother's re sidence yesterday evening, he believed in company with this person, as they seen coming out of a public-house together in the neighbourhood_ He had with 9 friend been its search of his sister all night, but had lost all traces of her. This person had been seen lurking about the house for a considerable time past, and he had no doubt but he had accomplished the seduction of his 'sister. He bad every reason to be lieve that he knew his name, and it was only about six months ago that he had seduced the wife of a publicist. residing in Lambeth. Mr. HENRY asked the applicant the age of the young lady, and whether he was aware that she was taken fr,m the house with her own consent, and if her mother was alive ?—The gentleman replied that his sister was 16 years of age ; she was residing with her mother at Cam berwell-green, who was the widow of an officer in the army, but it was impossible for him to state whether she eloped with her own consent or not. Mr. HENRY regretted that fur the presont, under the circumstances, he was afraid he could render the appli cant no assistance. The applicant wished to know that should he discover his sister, could he not give the person into custody for the abduction. Mr. HENRY said that if the lady went off with her own consent he could not ; but the applicant could do this, he could apply to a Judge at Chambers for a writ of habeas, and if the gentleman obtained a clue to his sister's re treat, he might renew his application, and this Court would afford him every assistance. The gentleman then thanked the magistrate for his courtesy, and sail he would renew the search, after which the applicant, accompanied by his friend, left the office. Mr. Inspector Topp, of the L division of police, stated that he had a gentleman in his custody charged with being drunk, but unfortunately he was in a dying state, and had been removed to the Lambeth wrokhouse, where he was now lying speechless, and in a most dangerous state. On the sheet he was charged with being drunk, but he thought it was a fit. On searching his person they found a gold watch, six sovereigns, and a pencil case, and also a card, on which was written, if anything happens, " take me to 14, Clayton-street, Kennington." The gentleman's name turned out to be W. Webb; and, although he was a person of very great wealth, he was residing in a small back roc m. His sister was at present attending him in the worki.ouse. and the house-sureeon stated that he was not expected to line throughout the day M . r. HENRY said, should the gentleman die, the corm(' r must hold an inquest. The magistrate directed the sheet to be marked" Discharged." LENT ASSIZES. Wednesday the Judges appoiettd the following days for holding the Lent Assizes for the Western and Oxford circuits. The Judges appointed for the former being Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erie. and for the Oxford circuit Sir Frederick Pollock (Chief Baron), and Mr. Baron Platt, the newly made Judge. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Southampton, and county, Thursday, Feb. 27, at the Castle of Winchester. Wiltshire, Wednesday. March 5, at New Sarum. Dorchester, Wednesday, March 12, at Dorchester. Devonshire, Monday, March 17, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter, same day, at the Guildhall, Exeter. Cornwall, Monday, March 24, at Bodmin. Somersetshire, Monday, March 31, at the Castle of Taunton. OXFORD CIRCUIT. (Before the Chief Baron and Mr. Baron Platt.) Berkshire, Saturday, March 1, at Heading. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, IV:lrch 5. at Oxford. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 8, at Worcester. City of Worcester, same day, a'. Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Stafford. Shropshire, Saturday, March 22, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire, Thursday, March 27. at Hereford. Monmouthshire, Saturday, March 29, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire, Wednesday, April 2. at GI ucester. City of GI mcester, same day, at the City of Gl..ucester THE CHURCH. (From the Plymouth herald.) The following petition to Parliament was adopted at a numerously attended Vestry Meeting of the parish of Buckland Monachorurn, convened by the Churchvvardens, held on the 15th for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bishop's Pastor al Letter. Several able addresses were made, and it was resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament, pray ing the Legislature to interfere, to put an end to the unhappy divisions in our beloved Church, and to re lieve it of such of its ministers as are dishonestly re ceiving its revenues : The humble Petition of the Parishioners of Buck land Monachorum, in Vestry assembled, Showeth,That your petitioners deplore exceed ingly the schisms that have arisen in the Church of late years, and the attempts of some of its ministers to revive certain ancient and conflicting laws and re gulations that the common sense of both clergy and laity had consigned to oblivion, by allowing them to fall into desuetude. That these attempts, in connexion with the promu'• gation of what is come to he familiarly termed Puseyite doctrines from tie pipit-, end the counte nance they have received, until very recently, at our Universities; together with the sanction of some, end the apparent connivance of other, of the higher order of its ministers, to whom the people have a right to look for protection against any inroads on their faith, have, not unreasoeably, from their decided tendencies to Romanism, filled them with very considerable ap prehension and alarm; that your petitioners, judging from certain expressions in Pastoral Letters, issued by the bishop of this diocese to his clergy, and the general tenor of what has received the designation of Tractarian publications, are conscientiously impressed, with the opinion that the time is arrived for Parlia ment, who alone have the power, to interfere with a strong hand, not only to repress all attempts at priestly domination, hut to cause a searching inves tigation to be instituted into the origin of these here sies, and to relieve the Church of such of its minis tens, whatever be their station, as are dishonestly re ceiving its revenues, by propagating or permitting the propagation of tenet% at variance with their ordina tion vows, and that have a tendency to undt rmine the Protestant faith. That your petitioners, justly con ceding to all men the right of private opinion, view with the highest admiration the noble conduct of those ministers of the Scottish Church who seceded therefrom—they thereby showing that a far higher principle than the love of filthy lucre governed them in their secession. That your petitioners deeply lament that this great example has been lost on the ministers of the Esta blishment professing Tractarian opinions. That your petitioners, earnestly wishing to see healed these divisions in our beloved Church, there fore pray that your Honourable House, conjointly with the other branches of the Legislature, will take such-measures :;s shall effectively secure to the people of these realms their religion in all its purity, as de rived from the Sacred Scriptures, untainted by the traditions of weak and erring men, and will cause such a code, in lieu of the absurd and conflicting laws, canons, and rubrics as now exist, to be enacted for the regulation of its ministers of all grades—from the archbishop to the deacon—a, shall be in coinci dence with the present enlightened state of society, and have the effect of restraining them, with a view to increase their superior usefulness, from interfering in secular affairs. And your petitioners will ever pray. Mr. Thomas N. Redington, M.P., has liberally given 2001. towards building a chapel at Clanranbridge, county Galway. - - LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON • , JAN. 30.—Wind S. to S.E , moderate and cloudy. There was a slicht fall Of snow, o°4 Hied with frost, last night. ligh t DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind N.N.W. to WS . -1. '60 breeze —Arrd. Ann, Ichaboe ; Betsey, Dou"btY',-- R Ayres ; Northumberland, Griswold, Nevit'Yoritlisto. Ranger, South Seas • Rebecca, Hobart Town knrsst tins, China ; Brechin 'Castle, Calcutta; Letitia, ntraood Rambler and Eclipse, 11(luritius; Napoleon , Car °' bolt Hope ; Layton, West Coast of Africa ; I' Hope ValparaisJ ' Ruckas, St. Vincent's • C a stries, S t. London and Nautilus steampacket,JamaiM D W , L OVER, JAN. 29.—P.M. Wind W.N.Wo Fanny, Amy, Demerara, for London, loss of si,m s 6toe, chors, &c.; Phcenix, Liverpool, for Antwerp, bowtee bowsprit broken, and with other damage, haviagspar contact with a large barque early this mornig geness. OFF BEACHY HEAD, JAN. 29.--PeTBlll.nr M,_l/Leragfe sa i esa FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind W.S.W., fr 181 Off, Edward. Schmidt, Buenos Ayres, led D 4 n" and proceeded for Antwerp. .r-- f rdi V ete : BRIXHAM, JAN. 28.—The Sancho Pan za, fa d t his d to St. Ives, was brought in here this moraillc so leaky, having struck on a sunken rock between Dartmouth. The Ncincy, from London to-Algtted has been brought in here, ' the crow being in a - mutiny. ? ,/ a y/ O a. JERSEZ, JAN. 26.—Arrd. Iris, Bertram, !and. Sld. Wm. Pitt, Rio Grande. 01d Val Pg. SWANSEA, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Kenmore, - MILFORD, JAN. 28.—Wind N.N.W 7 strong sn" . Arrd. Isabella, Liverpool, for Demerara. FALMOUTH. JAN. 29.—A cask of oil, 1121,.," a .7,,01t5r and burnt much, and marked on the head " been picked up off the Lizaid. 111 1 - CARDIGAN. JAN. 28.—A Ivo ' v essel ; 15 Eybur, six miles from this. A ?r d. 0 0 ,1 1 ' CORK, JAN. 27.—Wind N.W., VP" - Leicester, Bullard, Rio Grande ; et . ' men Crosbie, Porto Rico, with loss of foremast, 86e ' Halifax. Off, Chantey Castle, Valparaiso. , 4,400 P LEITH, JAN. 28.—Arrd. Brothers, Leslie" New Brunswick. CLYDE, JAN. 25.—Sid. Mary Ann, Solvr ° vant, Bombay; Mary Eliza, Madras, ate. 1;00 .Tames Ewit:g steamer, with 169 casks of Wine , of Diamond, wrecked at cepwar",4 AYR, JAN. 28.—The schooner Helen Dundee, *from Waterford to the Clyde, wen-pliare during a heavy gale at Girvan Head 26th inane oo 9 mains, filling with every tide. The sch w ith o oner Of Luke, of Waterford, is riding at Gir van, „ a fro°iolP sails gone. IcO r ' OBAN, JAN. 27.—The Roberts, o to Leith, W , Dt ashore in Duart Bay yesterday Hum.. JAN. 29.—The Harriet, Powell, frandiscbstrof of and for this port, ashore on Spurn Point, i% OA% • in g her cargo in good condition. The de sr" Dunkirk, and the Lion, or Glasgow , ashore - Jiro place, must also discharge. al"" S, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 29.—Wind N.E. to D-Itoodi• —Arrd. Sandbach, Bellis, Demerara ; Le e . o 'ii,,ba tA r v " Domingo Lancashire Witch, Jamaica ; o„y'.o4tr ,on, g -t. Marks ; Calli , pe, Scott, St. J 0130% P` wick. Off, Goodwin, New Orleans. M ARKET NEWS.—(YESO Tt" ..na. —.—..„---_ 81'1' ;4.a. , - •,)'-'1 , 4:11 10 . / 100 t e A. t° T • Sm . ITHFIELD.—C.`o , rse Meadow . I;ay , 3 ' - 51 . 0 1, 5,,, , ful ditto, 41 12s to 51 3, ; fine Upland clilt th t i 10 A 518$; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 61; Oat Straw , l odp li 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16 5 Pe r moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. , „ to4 lll to s. CUmBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Bay , 3 i lb° 51 5i 41 o d ditt ° ;, , f/l t Useful ditto, 41 15s to Si 4s ; flue Upla 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 183; Oat Slot I to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 11 ISi 411641 Supply good, and trade rather dull. ql Og t ° ISO ° WRITECHAPEL.—CoarseMeadow Hay, -,:- 1 ,, 5. -, to Useful ditto, 41 Its to 5/ ; fine Upland pi" - ' il e l;1 518 c ; Clover Hay, 418 s t o 61; Oat Str,/,j, h 1/14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1 16$ per le •n the whole, dull, at the above quotation& , MEAT' MALIZEITO. n ip 0 A 0 SOUTHALL, JAN. 29.—Alhou h the InPr" Oa" 0' vot t, the d e we re 141 0 here this morning was seasonably g tolerably steady, and last wees-W.lol6°g 35 I°ll - 11° guttont 25 le 0 0 ported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and r °ll4 oge Ir 4s 4d per 81133 Supply:—Beasts, 40 1 S /I ' - ' ' 4 ' Calves, 41 ; Pigs, 54. 01l and ROMFORD, JAN. 29.—Prime Mutton a- 430MA mended a steady sale, at full prices i bu t°. P gt IP to 4 1 , 5 0 ; 4, 0 0. 01' trade ruled dull. Beef, from - 2s 8d 2s 10d to 4s 6,1; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; O a , sOsi "fi t) to 4s 4d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, ISs i t " 00 0 ' A ter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s an d )li.ch ) fr' their small Calf, 16/ to 19/ each. ; A 4;fot o LEwEs, JAN. 28.—Beef, from 25 10 3 t ° , -s ole oilt ton. 3s to 4s 641 ; Veal, 3 s gd to 4$ 6 ', ; tr ole s ' ' 2s 10d to 43 per Sibs. Supply moderate, B O- - _-., CORN AVER AG ES to ,: f tls 1 0# DR ITIS e s 0 41 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF For the Week ended Jan. 25, 1845 made 11P fr i ° ,, l l t ag lll ° l 159 Inspectors in the different Cities 'and Towns " per Imperial Quarter. Wheat ...... 45s 7d 1 Oats • .. 215 2d I Barley 34s 2d I Rye.. ** ** * 325 11d r e— V° 9 "/ AVERAGES OF THE LAS T SI'S " • re . ; O * 'heat. L I1Ye• 1 1 5. 1 n 1 34 2 21 10 . 32 . 3 5 3 96, 34 3 21 10 3. A 3 6 34 2 20 10 3 1 - 4 3 5 I f 6 34 b 21 7 3 1 A 3 5 34 7 21 8 31 j 1 3S 34 2 21 3 32 Weeks ending Wheat. Barley. Oats. Dec. 21.... ... • Jan. 4.... 45 • 3 45 6 45 8 45 10 45 7 45 7 d , 4 0 0 TO ../ 0 , WO ...' A i r eAse. 11 0 1)0' e''..i I3o ls p ','"' i ress-' • ' c SA C' S lii ByeC, !I d ° 1 , 61fs SALE AT CHESTERFIELD I I OUS S, i 11.7./ 11 0v, e fl Tiv , - ale of the effects of her late ROI/n-00' nil Princess Sophia of Gloucester corntnenee" - 10 14 'he 'of at Chesterfield House. Most o f the 411. 10 1 )° 11 , 1 ' house plants, &e., had been. wit e 01 35 oi ci about a week sin •e, and the re'ie'rticie- oP li d le services of china and gla,s, bijouterie. i e ll? to f lA s ifi books engravings, plate, &c., and a s fillt ,,ffer eti fi. ~,, wines, &c , were amongst the articles - ,,f I% , jeoilor competition, neckr the .:uporietc..deneew re 4 A, nook. DUriI.V Wlllitty aod Tue-daY , fie fi e rot/ ittcrally b,siegetl b) parties anxious t t o f th A , There was much competition, and ill r _les• A l o ft" disposed of f-tched a very hig h It` e 4 7 o f, handsome dessert service was kn °4. 4 . 0 - 2 5 : e a i gentleman residing in Gre ,,, lvvi ch .-r iv ii / rbi` if i dessert ervice , was sold for 40 1 - l a te d ° o ;061 formed of p• - .ll.Ard oak, a present to he r tte, -li eu - , ness by her late Majesty Queen Chaf / . 4 deed e%„fii we understand, for a nobleman, at L 6. real, folielol wines, of the very choicest qushi;',7lar 10 ir os e , prices, 22 dozen of brown s herry tvve ra i'yon. 'of } dozen, 8 dozen of pale sherry 41 Pertldo%ehneclot4 port 3-1- euineas per dozen, and 0)6111 t of t" - it r r i f East India Madeira 31. 10s. The lass '''''. y ose 4 ef illi particular notice was a pair of S vre 'rec o ' fr' from his Majesty Louis PhilippeA o n , . t i 6 s is; 1 :8C/f e r,t trig the French crown and royal 0 o ds 0 1 aa fo r guineas. The day's sale realised llP *v 5. ...--- ho ordi DESTRUCTION OF SHEEP Iff P i ?, G ); O a t- 0 41 it tn day last, between six and seven 0 ,clock Y tO,i; toil three dogs, which had got loose fro. f 0094, : 0 90 yard, in Brook-street, made t, bel. of 513 '0 414 ,0 neat the paper-mill, where a nuiro„Vervyvei„. ifeeidi pastured. of Messrs. tl. Saxhy aud "' - n o/fe w- 07 pastured. The dogs attacked the hlreegarofecif do with great ferocity, and in about .the de, 9 ; 0 1 1 1 . . i fi r hour no less than eleven slieeP We'woeu' 0r • being worried to death, and others dr° Th e o ( 6VI whilst attempting to make thir eiseriareropioir rr, i 0 0 0 , i commenced feeling on the man bed • th e 0 4 but they were fortunately diAturbed I:lthetao,.oe6 s man who, passing by the field, drofel ho 10 fourteen sheep out of' the twentY' 6 ` ' A ll 9 .1.1, left alive.—Sussex Advertiser. filo, Atcyf [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- COSsllsl,op $i O A t TRAORDINARY CURE UT 1101'1'°A ti v- :1 0 0 5 OINTDI ENT.— Mary Gilmore, og - e siai Pr cl 6 01 daughter of Mr. Henry Gilminoret.her rie e r c o i li elorloo .4 1 ,,,. 1 14 0 street, Shoreditch, was corsumption, and considered past o f 11° C l i el! e lle, a last resource. large intoquanities her e t herif e cl i t meat was rubbed twice /1 daY 00' 1 10 5 ( l ir . t side, which was imbibed int.) the 111 , fi iiee 7 " 00 eD r i j, the ravages of this otherwise fats' Ajecl 1° Of c oif as though the remedy had been f o r iverrepotlior sore palpable to the eye. Th e wo s Peggd 414 :01 rested, an d th e young person Acipe three months. Sold by every 011100,0 P the Estaldishtnent of Vrofessor 1 0 ' i i where advice may be had g ratis. t ifr Ce 1 0 , - - --- tio -- -- 1 10 rj L ade j, T o. t On the 27th inst., at WOO /Dyer" ._of w of daughter. / Dyer" ~,,leAO On the 23d inst., Mrs. 'I ho l e, P" ffiv Cottage, Norwood, of a daughter. ve, Oa"' .4 0 On the 25th inst., at Hassell -t; IP ofb e W. Fryer, Eso'., of a son. , -g e nt, 1411. 14 On the 27th inst., at Hytti e, Pt° tr of a son. ' Ve t ' ti On the 27th inst., in Coleshill4 Folkestone Williams, of a son. e e4 / 1 ag e 0 to itLifiliffis,• I{ f l Oe l* fo o 4' Ili On the 28th inst., at St. GeorAolot3-4.0080 to,, Rev. Henry Barton, to the 11°n. count 40t0,1)0, ton, third daughter of the late v'' at An r o 19, 1 0 0 On the 19th of December ast:. , scIA,,OOO Agri Chapel, Edward Rvcaut Sho rdi s e . 7 s e t ot -v- piriv 0 1 daughter of R. Lindsay , Esq" ' ( 0 0 fiv ,f 1 a ) , ge h; 16 ,1 , 0 , 6 : no sa , On the 3d of October, on hi s r ,c.sto - . 0 0 0° , •• in A u° otil le 're. io board the Samarang, W llll3 rd, 1010 /*V ,11 Madras Civil Service. John On Ctlheamlbsetirtlaiinns,t' Thomas 012,1eicepstiedieft 10 On the 23d just., otfh‘eVbßeetvstv,liili°,.,:ts,slielel)l4lS.44l if Fellow of Jesus College. Care- 11"- ft 0 1 io , p On the 26th inst., at 11115" u ' ife o f II: l l ' 0 1/ i Sr the ori ._ IMPERIAI AGGREGATE AVERAGES' OF I . 45s 7d Oats 2 1 6d • 34s 4d Rye ........ 32 2d DUTIES ON FOREIG N Wheat I Barley •••• • • 4 s Od Rye ..• •.. 10s 6" Wheat • • • • Barley • • • • w Sl i t:t h t ' : ' ,: g On the!:26 ". 2 ;1 5 - 1 . -i-n.-st-., Ellen, th e /file:- ..i O r - al 0. " 0 f 0 01 in n e n t t hr h ye e 2D 2 B 7 ot t wh h in s t • 3fonts664i. Of'. ~n.terr Pi° beth J ' dinenst,:O,fatAvidoerrotesg:te's'o,rrsls:6,, il, 0' ; ugins. ..socte. Iv it'r On the 28th inst at, De D 1 , i l tir i - Alders treet, iwoo ad Marion Jane, the dau'ghter of Vi' __ --- - : D . C, co / t' A o' li ----- -'- gi/P'oo • C r .ti abi • 10 London : Printed and rubliP-t Teo ' ~,, 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, sto g0,c02 Strand, in the Precinct ... f o r I ' 3 o o°' KiddleeeZ• Fridqo/81/21W - - ,