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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. I RUN THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The tone of Sir Robert Peel's speech fully proved that he felt his position. It was one more tribute to the policy of his opponents in cultivating friendly relations with those permanently organised bodies which possess the confidence of the Irish masses. Every Government that is not at war with its subjects ust cultivateor such relations. There are passages in m Burke's C respondence, applying to the Emperor Joseph 11. and his subjects in the Netherlands, which are equally ap plicable to Ireland at this present day. We shall take future occasions of reproducing them ; and at present have only to say that, however questionable the shape or source of this measure, or the means of its execution, we cannot entertain a doubt that an organised clerical body (like any other organ ised body in a country, whose necessity and utility is ad mitted) ought to be made its friend, If possible, by the Go vernment of the country. And for this plain reason—if both are working for public good, they can assist each other ; if either is working fur public mischief, then indeed it is clear that they cannot be friends ; but it is equally clear that one or the other is not in its normal and natural state. To conciliate a priesthood is not, indeed, to reconcile a people ; nor is to endow a college even to conciliate a priesthood. And the difficulty of the present men is that the slightest move which they make in this direction arrays against them not only all that is genuine in zeal on their own side, but a vast deal of what is genuine in popular spirit throughout the country. Mr. Sheil may call this fanatical insurgency by a very ill-advised figure of speech. In the veteran ringleader of the Catholic Association the charge may excite amusement. But we beg to remind Mr. Sheil that in England we are accustomed to think i 1 y a loin de la plume au poignard. It is precisely because Englishmen are in the habit of petitioning, that they are not in the habit of insurrection. They petition Parliament when they are its constituents, and they attend it when they are its members ; they have an innate contempt for demonstrations of what they don't mean to de, and threats of transferring allegiance as substi tutes for performances of public duty. If Mr. Sheil will pick ns out from the " three denominations" on which his scorn is visited, twenty-five ministers of religion, sole signers of a requisition for holding a " monster meeting," for the purpose of defying the Imperial Legislature, and not of petitioning it—we will be content to call such Pro testant ministry " fanatical insurgency." Not till then. We are well aware that much of the fault of priestly hostility is to be charged to that sinister policy, which by exciting Protestant animosities, naturally aroused Roman Catholic discontent. We are rejoiced to hear the final declarations of Conservative statesmen that those days are over. But English Protestantism (except passively and ignorantly) had really nothing to do with the old system of Irish ascendancy. Nor is English Protestantism of the present day answerable for the difficulty of adopting a wiser system. Sir Robert Peel long retarded that system; and now, when he wishes to promote it, he is alike abandoned by his friends, who dislike his ends, and by the public, who dis trust his means. But he seems prepared to draw his mantle round him, and fall decently. ,STANDARD.—The debate upon the second reading of the Maynooth Bill, after six days' continuance, terminated this morning at a little before three o'clock, when the House divided as follows :—For the second reading, 323 ; against it, 176 ; majority, 147. We may not conceal that we are grati fied by this result, but it is not a case for exultation. The contest, in which we see opposed Members of the same and of our own party—"cognatas acies"—are indeed the "belle nullos habitura triumphos." We cannot triumph because one section of our friends has, even in a cause which we believe to be politic and just, overcome another section of our friends, commanding, perhaps, even a greater share of our respect and affection, than the victors. There is one circumstance connected with this great contest, however, upon which we can look back with unalloyed satisfaction, because it is impartially h ono urable to both divisions of Conservatives. We mean the perfect fairness and courtesy with which the discussion was conducted on both sides. Nor would we confine this praise to the Conservative party only. Mr. Sheil and Lord John Russell, and some others of the regular Opposition, are justly entitled to share in it ; and we think all must acknowledge with Sir Robert Inglis, the honoured leader of the defeated party, and a leader infinitely exalted by his noble though unsuccessful struggle, that never was so long a debate so little disgraced by deviations from candour or good man ners. Some sufficiently disgusting exceptions offer, no doubt in the case of Messrs. D'lsraeli and Macaulay, and, though in a far less degree offensive, one or two others ; but, on the whole the conduct and temper of the debate were ad mirable. Last night, as generally happens when an immediate division is anticipated, the debate was highly animated. Mr. Shell and Lord John Russell spoke well. Sir R. Inglis said whatever it was possible for an able and honest man to say against the Bill, and said it with matchless ability. Sir R. Peel never spoke with more perfect self-possession, or with more complete success, than at three o'clock in the morn ing, at the end of a 'ten hours' sitting and a debate of six days. He therefore has not yet sunk under the combined assaults of Messrs. Babington Macaulay and Benjamin D'lsraeli. We cannot expect the attention of our readers for a retrospect of the arguments in this long debate, or even for an analysis of the last night's proceedings ; it may be useful, however, to point to a particular passage of Sir R. Peel's speech which refers to that anticipation that more than anything else has excited alarm in the minds of Protestants. It will be remembered that the Chancellor of the Exchequer distinctly disclaimed, on the part of the Government, any purpose of proposing an endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy, or any expectation that such an endowment could be contemplated by any Ministry or Parliament of the nineteenth century. Sir J. Graham on the following night repeated the disclaimer on the part of the Go vernment, but let fall an acknowledgment that he himself was, as an individual, not indisposed to such an arrangement. The acknowledgment was unnecessary for the information of those who remembered the Right Hon. Baronet's former connexion with a party with which this endowment has always been a favourite plan ; from which party Sir James separated only because he would not consent to a robbery of the Church in order to provide the means of the endowment in question. was resolved into a large globular cluster of stars, not much unlike the well-known cluster in Hercules, called also 13th Messier. Although, however, the power of this telescope in re- I solving nebulae into stars hitherto considered irresolvable ' was extremely gratifying, still it was in my mind little more than I had anticipated ; for experience has long since told me that a telescope may show nebulae, even those resolvable by it, very well, when directed to a bright star, with a very moderate magnifying power, its imperfections will be actually offensive. During Sir W. Herschel's lifetime, with the 20-feet reflector at Slough I saw, amongst others, 3 Messier, 5 Messier, 13 Messier, 92 Messier, the annular nebula of Lyra, and the great nebula of Andromeda. No telescope of its size pro bably ever showed them better ; yet on the same night the same instrument, when directed to Alpha Lyme (a star of the first magnitude), broke down under a power of about 300. Perfection of figure, then, of a telescope must be tested, not by nebulm, but by its performance on a star of the first magnitude. If it will, under high power, show the star round and free from optical appendages, we may safely enough take it for granted it will not only show nebulae well, but any other celestial object as it ought. When about to buy my large object glass at Paris, in 1829, I directed it to Aldebaran, viewed it in the tele scope, certainly not one minute, and paid for it the next, without any one of the astronomers of Paris then pre sent, and by my side, imagining I had even had the telescope on the star, much less that I had pur chased it in consequence. Regulus on the 11 th being near the meridian, I placed the six-feet telescope on it, and with the entire aperture and a magnifying power of 880, I saw, with inexpres sible delight, the star free from wings, tails, or optical appendages ; not indeed like a planetary disk, as in my large achromatic, but as a round image resembling vol taic light between charcoal points ; and so little aberra tions had this brilliant image that I could have measured its distance from, and position with, any of the stars in the field with a spider's line micrometer, and a power of 1,000, without the slightest difficulty; for not only was the large star round, but the telescope, although in the open air and the wind blowing rather fresh, was as steady as a rock. On subsequent nights, observations of other nebulae amounting to some 30, or more, removed most of them from the list of nebulae, where they had long figured, to that of clusters ; whilst some of these latter, but more especially 5 Messier, exhibited a sidereal picture in the telescope such as man before had never seen, and which for its magnificence bat: es all description. Several double stars were seen with various apertures of the telescope, and with powers between 360 and 800; and, as the Earl had told us before we should—before the speculum was inserted in the tube, in consequence of his having been obliged to quit the superintendence of the polishing at the most critical part of the process— we found that a ring of about six inches broad, reckon ing from the circumference of the speculum, was not perfectly polished; and to that the little irradiation seen about Regulus was unquestionably referable. The only double stars of the first class which the weather permitted us to examine with it were Xi Ursm Majoris and Gamma Virginis ; those I could have mea sured with the greatest confidence, whether, however, it would have separated some of the closest or of the most difficult double stars I cannot say. D'Arrest's comet we observed on the 12th of March, with a power of 400, but nothing worthy of notice was detected. Of the moon a few words must suffice. Its appear ance in my large achromatic, of twelve inches aperture, is known to hundreds of your readers ; let them then imagine that with it they look at the moon, whilst with Lord Rosse's six feet they look into it, and they will not form a very erroneous opinion of the performance of the Leviathan. Thus, then, the difficulty of constructing a Newtonian telescope of dimensions never before contemplated is completely overcome ; but to render the part on which I am about to enter more generally intelligible, let me say, that the Newtonian telescope is composed of a large concave speculum, of a small flat speculum, and of an eyeglass. The large concave speculum lies in the close end of the tube at right angles to the tube's axis. The small flat speculum is placed near the open end of the tube in its centre, but at half right angles with the tube ; whilst the eye-glass (a hole for the purpose being pierced in the tube's side) is fixed opposite the centre of the flat speculum. The rays from the object to which the telescope is directed fall on the large concave speculum, are reflected from it into a point called the focus, in which the image of the object is formed, this image falls on the small flat speculum, and is reflected from it to the eye-glass, by which it becomes magnified, and enters the ob server's eye. But only a part of the light which falls on the large concave speculum is reflected oa the small speculum; and again only a part of that which falls from the large speculum on the small one is reflected from the latter to the eyeglass. Newton, to avoid this lass of light by the second reflection, proposed the sub stitution of a glass prism for the small flat speculum; but from some difficulties which have attended its use, it has (perhaps too hastily) been laid aside. In 1728 Le Maire presented to the Acad‘mie des Sciences the plan of a reflecting telescope, in which the use of the small flat speculum was suppressed; for by giving the large concave speculum a little inclination he threw the image formed in its focus near to one side of the tube, where an eyeglass magnifying it, the observer viewed it, his back at the time being turned towards the object in the heavens ;—thus the light lost in the New tonian telescope by the second reflection was saved. — Vide Mach. Appr. par l'Acad., tom. vi., p. 61. No one, however, seems to have availed himself of this form of construction till 1776, when Herschel, with a 10-feet reflector, tried it and rejected it. In 1784 he again tried it with a 20-feet reflector, but again abandoned it. In 1786 he adopted it, eulogised it very much, amongst other advantages, for " giving almost double the light of the Newtonian construction," and called it " the front view." Subsequently to this period, all his 20-feet telescopes, as well as his 40-feet telescope, were constructed as Le Maireans. The excess of light, however, is very much overrated y Sir W. Herschel ; for experiments since made indi cate that the diameter of the Newtonian telescope must be increased about one-fifth only to obtain equal light with one of the Le Mairean construction. That we might have a practical pro if of the advan tages of the light of the Le Mairean construction, the three feet Newtonian of 27 feet focus which stands in the demesne by the side of the Leviathan was tem porarily fitted np as a Le Mairean. Stars of the first magnitude were seer, not well defined as in the New tonian form of the instrument, but the superiority of the Le Mairean, where a large quantity of light was required, was most decided. The small pole star was as bright as a star of the fourth magnitude when seen in a five feet achromatic of 34 inches aperture. The dumb-bell nebula, or 27 of Messier, was resolved into clusters of stars in a manner never before seen with it. The annular nebula of Lyra, brilliant beyond what it had ever yet appeared, was surrounded by stars too bright to escape immediate notice, although neither the dumb-bell nebula nor the annular nebula had more than 15 degrees of altitude when I placed the telescope on them. On the 15th of March, when the moon was seven days and a-half old, I never saw her unillumined disk so beautifully nor her mountains so temptingly measurable. On my first looking into the telescope, a star of about the 7th magnitude was some minutes of a degree distant from the moon's dark limb. Seeing that its occultation by the moon was inevitable, as it was the first occultation which had been observed with that tele scope, I was anxious that it should be observed by its noble maker ; and very much do I regret that through kindness towards me he would not accede to my wish; for the star, instead of disappealing the moment the moon's edge came in contact with it, apparently glided on the moon's dark face, as if it had been seen through a transparent moon, or as if the stars were be tween me and the moon. It remained on the moon's disk nearly two seconds of time, and then instantly dis appeared, at 10h. 9m. 59.725. sidereal time. I have seen this apparent projection of a star on the moon's face several times, but from the great brilliancy of the star this was the most beautiful I ever saw. The cause of this phenomenon is involved in impenetrable mystery. The only telescopes in point of size comparable with Lord Rosse's 3 feet and 6 feet, are Sir William Herschel's 20 feet and 40 feet Lemaireen's. The 20 feet had a speculum of 18.8 inches diameter, and the 40 feet one of 4 feet. The Lemairean of 18.8 inches diameter in point of light is equal to a Newtonian of 22 inches and a half diameter. The Lemairean of 4 feet diameter is equal to a New tonian of 57 inches and 4 tenths. The Lemairean of 3 feet is equal to a Newtonian of 43 inches. And the Lemairean of 6 feet is equal to a Newtonian of 86 inches. By substituting then the Lemairean form for the Newtonian, the present 3 feet Newtonian will be made as effective as if it were 43 inches diameter, and the 6 feet as if it were 86 inches in diameter ; or the quantity of light in each elescoe, after the aeration, will be, to its present light, t as 7 to 5 nearly, or altlmost half as much again as it now has. Seeing, then, that the change from the Newtonian to the Lemairean construction will be attended with such an accession of light, Lord Bosse, having determined geometrically the form of the curve requisite to produce with it a definition of objects equal to that which each of the telescopes at present gives, is devising mechani cal means for producing it ; but, as he is in about a fortnight coming over to England to attend his Parlia mentary duties, it is probable that this important desidera tum will scarcely be effected till autumn comes upon us. What will be the power of this telescope when it has its Lemairean form is not easy to divine ; what nebulae will it resolve into stars ; in what nebula.: will it not find stars ; how many satellites of Saturn will it show as ; how many will it indicate as appertain ing to Uranus ;—how many by mortal eye will it nebuhe never yet seen us what causes variable present to us ; what spots will it show us on various s brig P t f i la tn n e e s t s s of ; manywill o i f t tell the fixed stars ;—will it give us an •in ormrion as to the constitution of the planetary nebulae 1 it exhibit to us any satellite encircling them it tell us why the satellites of Jupiter, which generally pass over J ter's face asdiscs nearly of white light so • Jupi ter's , it as black patches ;—will it add to g our i n , i n e o t w irr i l e es traverse I physical construction of nebulous stars ;—of te t of the terious class of bodies which surround some stars, called, for want of a better name " photospheres;"—will it show' the annular nebula of Lyra ' merely as a brilliant lumi nous ring, or will it exhibit it as thousands of stars ar ranged in all the symmetry of an ellipse ;—will it enable us to comprehend the hitherto incomprehensible nature and origin of the light of the great nebula of Orion ; will it give us in easily appreciable quantity the par allax of some of the fixed stars, or will it make sensible to us the parallax of the nebulae themselves ; finally, having presented to us original portraits of the_raoou and of the sidereal heavens, such as matt 134 s • THE EARL OF ROSSE'S LEVIA T lIAN T LLESCOPE. We have been favoured by Sir James South, of the Royal Observatory, Kensington, with the following de scription of the enormous telescope lately constructed by Lord Rosse, and from the extraordinary powers of which great discoveries have been anticipated : In the Times of September last I had the gratification of announcing to the public that the construction of the larze telescope by the Earl of Rosse was so far advanced that the instrument had actually been directed to the heavens, and that, too, with satisfactory results. The great speculum, however, as then used, had been only approximately polished, and was inserted in the tube merely to ascertain if its focal length coincided with that which it was . esigned to give it. The difference being considerable, it was suffered to remain in the tube without having been used by the Noble Lord till Dr. Robinson's and my arrival at the Castle at the commencement of February last ; but a continuous series of bad weather haring precluded all possibility of observing any other object than the moon, on the 21st of February the large speculum was re moved; and on the 4th of March, having been reground and repolished, it was reinstated in the tube. The diameter of the large speculum is six feet, its thickness five inches and a half, its weight three tons and three-quarters, and its composition 126 parts of copper to 57i parts of tin ; its focal length is 54 feet — the tube is of deal ; its lower part, that in which the speculum is placed, is a cube of eight feet; the circular part of the tube is at its centre, seven feet and a half diameter, and at its extremities six feet and a-half. The telescope lies between two stone walls, about 71 feet from north to south, about 50 feat high, and about 23 feet asunder, These walls are as nearly as possible parallel with the meridian. In the interior face of the eastern wall, a very strong iron arc, of about 43 feet radius, is firmly fixed, pro vidsd, however, with adjustments, whereby its surface facing the telescope may be set very accurately in the plane of the meridian—a matter of the greatest import ance, seeing that by the contact with it of rollers at tached to one extremity of a quadrangular bar, which slides through a metal 'six fixed to the under part of the telescope tube, a few feet from the object end of the latter, whilst its other extremity remains free, the position of the telescope in the meridian is secured, or any deviation from it easily determined, for on this bar lines are drawn, the interval between any adjoining two of which corres ponds to one minute of time at the equator. The tube and speculum, including the bed on which the latter rests, weighs about 15 tens. The telescope rests on an universal joint, placed on masonry about six feet below the ground, and is elevated or depressed by a chain and windlass ; and, although it weighs about 15 tens, the instrument is raised by two men with great facility. Of course, it is counterpoised in every direction. At present it can be used only between 14 degrees of southern altitude and the zenith, but when completed its range will embrace an arc between 10 degrees of ald. tude toward the south and 47 degrees north ; so that all objects between the pole and 27 degrees south of the equator will be observable with it ; whilst in the equator any object can be viewed with it about forty minutes of time on either side of the meridian. The observer when at work stands in one of four gal leries, the three highest of which are drawn out from the western wall, whilst the fourth, or lo west, has for its base an elevating platform, along the horizo ntal sur face of w hi c h a gallery slides from wall to wall by ma chinery within the observer's reach, but which a child may work. When the telesco is about half an hour east of the meridian, the g a lleries hanging over the gap between the walls present to aspectator below an appearance somewhat dangero us ' s u t t ee observer, with common a prudence, is as safe ground, and each of the galleries can be drawn fr om the e wall to the telescope's side so readily, that the observer needs no one else to move it for him. The telescope lying at its least altitude .can be raised to the zenith by the two men at the windlass in in that six m i n utes; and so manageable is the enormous wi g ive me the right ascension and declinationofan m eiestial object between these points, and I will have the object in the field of the telescope within eight minutes from the first attempt to raise it. When the observer has found the object, he must at present follow it by rackwork within its reach. As yet at has no equatorial motion , but it ve r y shortly will, and at no very distant day clockwork will be connected with it, when the observer, if I mistake not, will, whilst ob serving, be almost as comfortable as if he were reading at a desk by his fireside. The night of the sth of March was, I think, the finest I ever saw in Ireland. Many nebulas were observed by Lord Bosse, Dr. Robinson, and myself. Most of them were, for the first time since their creation, seen by us as groups or clusters of stars; whilst some, at least to my eyes, showed no such resolution. Never, however, in my life did I see such glorious sidereal pictures as this instrument afforded us. Most of the nebulae we saw I certainly have observed with my own large achromatic; but although that instrument, as far as relates to magni fying power, is probably inferior to no one in existence, yet to com pare these nebula comparing, as seen, as seen with it with the and the 6-feet telescope. is like naked eye, the dinginess of the planet Saturn to the bril liancy of Venus. The most popularly known nebula observe . d . this night were the ring nebulas in the Canes Venatim, or the 51st of Messier's catalogue, which was resolved into stars with a magnifying power of 548 ; and the 94th of Messier, which is in the same constellation, and which RAILWAY. TRH !MN, LONDON, MONtAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 18 never dared even to anticipate,—will it by daguerreotypic aid administer to us copies founded upon truth, and enable astronomers of future ages to compare the moon and heavens as they then may be, with the moon and heavens as they were? Some of these questions will be answered affirmatively, othPrs negatively, and that, too, very shortly; for the noble maker of the noblest in strument ever formed by man, " has cast his bread npon the waters, and will, with G od's blessing, find it before LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND many days." As it is interesting to trace the progress of human in dustry and intelligence, I will say a few words, indi cating their effects as far as concerns the Newtonian re flecting telescope. It was discovered by the head and made by the hands of Sir Isaac Newton, in 1671 ; its large speculum was two inches and 3-10ths in diameter ; its focal length was about 6 inches, and magnified 38 times ; it is in the possession of the Royal Society. I regret to say it is in a most dilapidated condition, and its eye-glass is lost The next of any importance was made by Hadley, in 1723 ; its large speculum's diameter was about 6 inches; its focal length about 63 inches; it magnified 230 times; in performance it equalled the great Huygherian re fracting telescope, of 6 inches diameter and 123 feet focus. He gave it to the Royal Society. Its metal is ruined, and its tube, its stand, and others of its appur tenances are last. Short succeeded Hadley. The figure of his metals was very good, but their composition was bad, and very liable to tarnish. Still he greatly excelled all who had gone before him, and, that posterity might not be aided in their attempts to make reflecting telescopes by any knowledge he had acquired, he ordered, before his death, all his tools to be destroyed. Next to Short came Herschel ; his metals were of a very inferior composition ; in others' hands his tele scopes did but little, but in his own they raised for him an imperishable name. Watson followed Herschel. His metals, in composi tion, figure and polish, were exqusitely perfect ; his largest Newtonian did not exceed 9 inches aperture ; with larg e ones he never grappled, but for such as he did mak, I doubt if he was ever equalled, and am sure he never was surpassed. Contemporary with Watson was Tulley ; his teles copes were superior to Short's, but certainly inferior to Watson's. Ramage, about 1820, constructed telescopes of 15 inches diameter and 25 feet focal length—they were Le maireans. One of them was many years in the court• yard of the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, where its performance was much vaunted. At the request of my friend Dr. Wollaston I examined it whilst it was there. Sir J. Herschel accompanied me, and with an aperture beyond 7 inches it was good for nothing. It has, lam told, recently been purchased for the Observatory of Glasgow. From the late Earl of Stanhope's endeavours all who knew him expected much—for some 30 years before his decease he occupied himself very much in endeavouring to produce large reflecting telescopes. Although, how ever, he was a sound mathematician, and a most power ful mechanic, his failure was complete. After his de cease, his manuscripts on scientific subjects having be come the property of the Royal Institution, I thought that even the errors of such a man must be instructive ; I have therefore recently waded through all that relate to the manufacture of reflecting telescopes, and I think there uis scarcely amongst them a single hint which is worth remembering. Having dwelt so long on the telescope itself, I have only space to say that the mechanism for using it is worthy of the telescope and of him who made it. All appertaining to the telescope, except its principle, is original. The only master who might have left some thing like a copy for imitation was Sir W. Herschel— for any information, however, which the Earl of Rosse, or any one else, except his son (who has for nearly a quarter of a century kept it to himself), has derived from Sir W. Herschel's experience in making large telescopes, Sir William might as well never have been born. In formation which might have been in the highest de gree important, if communicated to the world at a proper season, can now, thanks to Providence for having given us the Earl of Rosse, who is openness itself (for his own fame, perhaps, even to a fault), be easily dispensed with; whilst a hint is given to those who, like Short and Sir W. Herschel, kept their secrets even unto death, that other will succeed there, the success of whose energies, industry, and talents will most assuredly eclispe theirs; and who, by following con luct as generous as theirs was selfish, will be regarded as benefactors to mankind. Far be it from me to say a disrespectful word of the late Sir W. Herschel. Whilst he lived, I loved him ; now dead, I venerate his memory—nay, I respect the very ground he worked on ; his integrity as a man and as an observer I implicitly confide in. I cannot, how ever, refrain from saying, that if it be true that the 6th and 7th satellites of Saturn were not discovered by the 40 feet telescope made by him at the expense of George 111., as from his own words, found in the " Philosophical Transactions," I stated they were, in a lecture given at the Royal Institution, on Lord Rosse's telescope, in May, 1843,—1 must, however painful to me to do so, regard the remains of that telescope, which I visited not long ago, as a monument of failure. I therefore entreat his son, seeing that his father's veracity is im pugned by doubts which have been recently and publicly expressed by one of the first astronomers of Europe, to give to the world every information on the subject which his father's manuscripts supply ; assuring him, however, that till this be done by him, and till it de monstrates the contrary, there shall be at,least one of his father's friends who believes that by Sir W. Her schel's pen plain or naked truth was never violated. 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Gran d C onnection • • • • Grand Jtinction • • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares • - Ditto, Quarter Shares St. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • Great 'Western . ...... Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Fifths.. • • • • • • Guilford Junction. • • • • Hull and Selby . ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford. • • Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares 7,ondou & Birmingham 4s. per 'h. 5L per et. 21.55. p. sh. 113.3 d. p. sh. 01. per et. 01. per ct. ,01. per ct. 31. 85. 71. per lieut. 71. per cent. 71. per cent. Sl. be. pr et, 01. per et. 01. per et. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per et. Ditto, Now Thirds. • Ditto, New M Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Ditto, Loan Notes.. London and Greenwich 3/. Os. per sh. 51. per cent. Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New • • • • • • . • Condon and Croydon •. Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. C. London and Y0rk..... Lynn and Ely •• • , anchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths Manchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland . • • • • • • • • • • • , Ditto, Fifths . • Ditto, Birm. & Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcstle & Darl. June. North British Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss. 51. d. 51. per cent. 1 31. ss. per sh ,Os. per sh. Amount SI are, X s. d Paid Price. 20 0 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent ..... ..... Norwich and Brandon . Ditto, New.. .. Portsmouth Direct.... Preston and Wyre Itichrang & W. E Rugby . • ... Ditto, 2d Pref., 1842 Sheffield and Lincoln.. Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir South Devon .... South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New iss. 32Ldis South Wales ......... Stevenson's Prtsmouth Thames and Medway.. Trent Valley Yarmouth & Norwich Ditto, New....... .. York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .. Ditto, Extension.... Boulogne and Amiens. tit. Northern of France Orleans and Vierzon • • Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons(Laffitte) Paris and Strasbourg.. Parts and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen ...... Rouen and Havre .... 41.75, 6d. p. is. 1/.175.6d. p.s 2/. per share 14/. 4s. per A. V. 13s. per sh, 21. 59. 15s. 51. per cent. X 5. d. 2 10 0 100 0 0 17 10 0 10 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 ..... 11. Is. 1 0 5 0 .0 0 2 0 3 0 2 10 1 0 1 10 2 10 2 10 14 16 3 13 0 13 10 0 50 0 12 10 101. per et. 101. per et, 1 5 0! 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 BO 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 1 10 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT-STOCS BAN: Dividend per Name of Company. Australasia • • .. ..... Britsh North American Commercial of London Colonial . • • • • • • • • . • • • • Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock . • • I%letropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New.• • • • • . • . National of Ireland .. Nat. Provnelal of Eng. Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • Union of Australia• . • • Union of London.• • • • Annum. St. per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cant. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. SI. per cent. M. per cent. M. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. GREAT LEINSTER and MUNSTER 51. per cent. Amount Share. X 0. d. 41 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 109 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 14' IN 9,4 4 3 4 3J 1p 1 U Pm. 634 15% VA 202 IA 18914 105% 2% 103 40i 21% 237 45% 33% 81 g i 64% 13% _ _ 4% 7% 149 S 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 ei 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 A meeting of a few of the Shareholders of this Company was held on Saturday at theLondonTavern, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. LATOUCH was called to the chair shortly after one o'clock, when there were but very few Shareholders present. Mr. SMITH apologised for the negligence of one of his clerks, in not sending circulars to all the Shareholders ; and read a report of the last meeting and a minute of the pro ceedings adopted at the meeting of the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway Committee, which was to the effect that a report had been received from the Committee of the Great Leinster and Munster Railway, which recom mended the issue of 6,000 shares for the undertaking. Mr. SHAW said that he understood that the Dublin and Cashel Junction Line was to cross the Barrow at Carlow. Mr. SMITH said, in answer to a Shareholder, that the Wex - ford and Carlow shares were now at a premium of 2/. - per share. The Directors of the Carlow and Kilkenny line would have no powers but those they derive under the old Bill ; but all the papers would be referred to the solicitors, in order that every necessary precaution should be taken. He believed the title of the new scrip would be the Carlow and Kilkenny Line; and that, on the payment of 21. 10s.,each Shareholder would get anotherscrip ; and it was intended, in the next ses sion, to apply for a Bill to consolidate the Carlow and Kil kenny Line with that of Wexford. Mr. WILSON—The question for this Company was, would such a proposition be advisable ? He did not see why it would not. Mr. SMITH believed there could be no doubt but that the Wexford would be a profitable line. When the consolida tion should take place, then the Directors of the Kilkenny line would become Directors of the Wexford and Carlow line. Mr. ROBERTSON suggested that this meeting should be ad journed until some negotiation had taken place between the two parties. Mr. Wrisox concurred in the suggestion, as he did not think anything decisive should emanate from so thin a meeting. The Shareholders agreed to the proposition, and adjourned to Saturday next. 10% 159 118 4% 27 42% 17 6% 2% 17% 45% 45% 22 14% 27 144, 46 . 16% 37K INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- -- - X s. d. £ e. d. Albion • • . • • ...... • • • 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72% . .. ..... .. .. 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 it 0 0 16% Alliance Brit. and Fo r. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 % Ditt o Marine. • • • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% • Atlas ... . Br i t i s h C o mmercial .• 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Med. ScGen.Life 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 County ••••••• " • • • • • c 9s. and I Crown ••••••• • • • • • • ' 1 61.55. bs. 3 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 61. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Eagle ••• • • E con omic Life .• ••• • • • EBc 30s. bs. j 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & Scot. Law Life.. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life........ 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 F ree masons' .. •••• • • • Si. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 142 G u ardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. p er cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50 % Imperial Fire ...... 121. per cent. 00 0 0 50 0 0 195 I mper i a l Lite. ••••• • • •0 0 10 0 0 16 I n d em nity Marine •• • • 11 . sh. & be . 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life •••••• • • " • • 11. S e. 100 00 10 0 0 45% Legal and Genieral Life - .. l2s. 5 100 50 0 0 20 0 6% L on don Fire .. •• • • •'lox. • 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% 10s. Loudon Ship ••••• • • • • 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Marine ....... ...... . - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 50 0 0 20 0 3 N a ti o nal Loan Fund . • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 ' 2% 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9% 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 National Life • • • • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 Palladium Life • ..... • • ..... ~..... 3/. p.ct. & bs. _ Pha•nix • • - 195 si. per cost. 20 0 0 1 0 0 U. 2s. Protector Life • • • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% 51. per cent. Stock. Royal Exchange . • . • • • 6/. 10s. - - 188 Sun Fire • • ••• • • " • • • 11. 62. - - Ditto Life . • • • • " • • • - RProocvkileiitiet.L.i.fe. .... 6 15 0 14 ....... 10%1. pr cnt. NO 0 Universal Life DOMES. Dividend Amount Name of Company per I of Paid. Price . Annum. Share. ---------- ______ per sh. 100 0 ?last Country, X 8 . d. C ommerc ial .• • • ..... 3/. p er cent. Stock. ••••• • • • I IL e East and West India.... 5%1. pr cent. Stock. London ..... . ... • ... 4%1. pr cent. Stock. St. Katharine •• • • .... ' 5 per cent. : Stock. Southampton .• • • .... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 - IVATEIL-VTOILICS. s. d. 50 0 0 Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. Amount of , Paid. Prli Share. East London.. • • • • • • • • 2'; Grand Junction • • • • • • 31. Kent Vauxhall .... •• • ..... 5/. per cent. West Middlesex .•• • .. 41. 16s. pr ct. X s, d. 100 0 0' 46 11 4 - 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 63 12 9 230 90 65 60 127 LIST OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- --__ ----. _ .£ s. d. X a• d. Bank of Scotland ... • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 172 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company 8l per cent. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 15% 50 0 0 95 Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 765 Western Bank. 6/. per cent. 50 0 7 North of Scotland Bank. 61. per cent. Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank.... •• • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 13% Caledonian Bank 5 0 0 75 Edinb.St Glasgew Bank 5/. City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. per 8 15 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. p per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 15 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scotind 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur 9l. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 18 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 1 00 0 0 10 0 0 18% Edin. &Glasg. Railw a y 4%1. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid 16 Ditto, 5 Shares 4% /. 20 per cent. 12 100 0 0 20 0 0 15 . 5 Edin., Leith, & Grant n Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4391. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6514 Glasgw &Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 15 Glsgw & Ganikirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 32% __----------. CANALS. -------- 1 .2. , .: Dividendi Names of !p. Dividend Names of 1...' per Price. Ashtn & 014111, 97 51.55. p c ' Companies. A ! per Price. Com „ anies. 4 A Annum. r cf. cr., Annum; -- __- -____ - ---- - X' 1.1. 98 Ashby-d-la-Z l ll3 4/. ! 70 Mntgoinrysh 100 15 Ilarnsle Y •• • • ! 160 121. • 180 Maccieslleld . 10 0 - 11asingstoke-1100 -_ 5 Neath ••• • • • 100 20/. 365 12L. 260 Brictik&Abrg 150 ! 5/. 85 Nottingham • 150 3!. 40 Cromford - • •1100 181. 160 Peak Fsrest .78 24 Dudley. •• .• •1100 4/. 80 Regent's ••• . 33 It. 72 151onmouthsh 100 91. 160 5 41. 55 Derby • . llOO 81 . 103 Rochdale -• • 123 120 Ellsmre&Chs ! l33 4/. Erewash lOO 321. Forth & Clyd ! 100 4/ 105 Do.Lk I'd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 71. 124 St ffrd &II ore ' 140 25/. 480 5/. 230 Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 12s 1 Giamorgush ;172 14%1. 210 Stourbridgo .. 145 20/. 360 Glstr & Brkly! 00 - g Strtfrd on Av 791 1/. 10s. 30 Grantham • • 150 12/. 100 Severn and 4 5 1 8 0 Lilmr°rPseltdCreoal 1401 71.81101. 26 1/. Bs. 29 Iludderstleid.! 57 - 20 Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn' 39 7s. fid. 7 Trnt & Mr- i5O 301. 450 Lancaster .•• ' 47 11. 10. 40 sey, ~ ,i sh. 3 Leeds& Livrplloo 34/. 570 Th a ms &Med 19 10 Leicester ..• . 1 140 10/. 110 Worestr &/ 78 4/. 50 Leiestr &Nth 83 41. 70 Birming. . Loughborogh 142 701. 1050 llts & Bib 67 U. 4 S. 11 BOW-gTI?EE . 7'. LAW INTELLIGENCZ. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 19. CUMMINS V. WILLESFOND. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE moved for a new trial in this case. which was a breach of promise of marriage. The circumstances were fully reported when the action was tried. The plaintiff had recovered 7001. damages. The grounds stated were that the evidence produced at the trial relative to the income of the defendant, who was a lieutenant in the army, was not correct ; that the state ments made as to his keeping five horses were without foundation ; and that the defendant had acted a most pm dent part in breaking off the match with the young lady, when he discovered that his income did not amount to more than 2501. a year. Lord DENarAN refused the rule. TROTTING MATCH—BOWLES V. MILBOURNE Mr. V. LEE moved for a rule for a new trial in this case. The action was tried in London, and a verdict given for the defendant. It appeared that a wager for 50/. a side, for a trotting match, was laid between the plaintiff and another party, and that 201. a side was placed in the hands of the defendant, for the purpose of securing the performance of the wager. Previous, how ever, to its coming off, the plaintiff demanded from the stake-holder (the defendant) the money which he had placed in his hands, which the latter refused to give up. The plaintiff then brought his action, but a verdict passed for the defendant. It would appear according to the argument of the Learned Counsel that the principle upon which the verdict passed did not fairly apply in this case, and he, therefore, contended that the plaintiff ought to h tve recovered.—Rule nisi granted. first instance for attempting, by means of a forged letter and petition from Mr. Best, of Greenwich, to obtain money from the Earl of Devon. It appeared that it was the practice of the defendants to concoct petitions, setting forth cases of great afflic tion and destitution, and to make use of the names of different clergymen, as parties recommending the cases of the petitioners to the benevolent consideration of those noblemen and gentlemen to whom the petitions were addressed. In the case of the Earl of Listowel, the name of the Rev. Mr. Nicolay, of St. Katherine's, was used, and the petition was so plausibly drawn up, that his Lordship addressed a note to Mr. Nicolay—who had offered to be the " almoner of his bounty"—enclo:ing a Post-office order for 11., or the relief of the alleged case of misery. The Rev. Gentleman was natu rally surprised at receiving such a communica tion, and an explanation having taken place, a statement of the occurrence was forwarded to the office of the Mendic ty Society in Red Lion square. Horsford, one of the constables, was instructed to keep a look- out fo- the parties, and on Tuesday last he succeeded in falling in with them accidentally in Pall mall. Having kept a watch on the m Ali a' of Jarratt and Musgrove, he traced them to the residence of the Earl of Devon, in Berkeley-square, on Wednesday morning, and after the visit to his Lordship's house had terminated, the constable took them into custody. It was then discovered that the defendants had been palm ing off a petition on Lord Devon precisely similar in character to that furnished to Lord Listowel, with thk exception of the locality and names of the parties who furnished the recommendation. Mr. Best came forward, and on being shown the let ter and petition purporting to be in his handwriting, immediately pronounced them both to be forgeries. Jarrett denied all knowledge both of the letters and the defendant Musgrove. Musgrove said he had re ceived the letter from a man in the city that maiming, who had promised him a shilling if he brought back an answer. He also declared that Jarratt was an utter stranger to him. Horsford said the defendants were not aware that he bad watched them on the day before he took them into custody to a coffee-shop in Strutton-grouud, where they had lodged together for some time. Mr. HARDWICK said he was quite satisfied with the evidence of the guilt and the connexion of the defend ants. The course of imposition they pursued was one which ought always to be visited with the rigour of the law, inasmuch as it tended to check the stream of pri vate benevolence towards real objects of commiseration. e should therefore send them to prison for three BAIL COURT, April 18. (Sittings in Banco.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN V. ALDRED. Mr. RosiNsoN stated that in this case an indictment had been preferred against the defendant for certain slanderous words he had spoken of and concerning the Mayor of Yarmouth. To this indictment the de• fendant had pleaded not guilty, but he was now an xious to withdraw that plea, and plead guilty, and he had also instructed him (Mr. Robinson) to express his (defendant's) regret that he had made use of the words complained of. Mr. MArxxx said that he appeared on the part of the prosecutor, who had felt himself compelled to insti _tate the present proceedings, in doing which he was not actuated by any personal feelings toward the de fendant, and after the expression of regret which the defendant's counsel had made, he was willing to forego all further proceedings against him on payment of the costs. Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE—Very well. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. On Saturday, Mr. Elks Ben field, a merchant, resid ing in Great Tower-street, was indicted for having assaulted the Hon. Captain Charles Lewis, of the Grena dier Guards, on the evening of the 31st of March, and for obstructing a detachment of the Guards as it pro ceeded from the Tower to the Bank. The defendant, it appeared, was standing on the pavement talking to a friend, when the picquet passed ; the foremost soldier requested him to move on one side, and then endea voured, by laying his hand on his shoulder, to put him on one side ; the defendant refusing, was about to be forced off by the soldiers, when he laid hold of Captain Lewis and pushed him into the middle of the road, and then struck him violently over the head several times with a piece of rough wood, which he held in his hand. Mr. O'BRIEN, on behalf of the defendant, said he was anxious to plead guilty to the charge, and to express his deep regret for the assault he had committed. From several serious domestic calamities the defendant at times evinced great irritability of temper, and to that he attributed the uncalled-for attack. _ _ Captain Lewis had consented to withdraw this charge on condition that 5L were presented by him to some charity. The RECORDER congratulated the complainant on the kindness of feeling wjiich he had shown to the defendant. It was a very seria's offence, but he would not stand in the way of the complainant's mercy, and therefore should only bind the defendant to keep the peace. Captain Lewis requested the 5L might be put into the poor-box of the Mansion House. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Mr. Lewis, of the firm of Israel and Lewis, sheriff's officers, Strand, attended before Mr. Alderman Farebrother for further examination, on the complaint cf Mr. W. Cole, of Clapham, for substituting a gold watch and diamond ring for similar articles of greater value, the property of Frederick Lindsay Cole, seized under an execution for debt. The evidence pre months. The third defendant, Owen, was charged with at tempting to impose on Mr:Bailey, M.P., No. 6, Bel grave-square, by means of a petition and recommenda tion from the Rev. J. Nicolay. When the defendant was searched a number of cards of noblemen and gentle men were found on him, together with an ample supply of materials for future frauds. He had also two begging petitions, directed to the Countess of Wilton and the Earl of Bradford. _ _ _ viously taken was read over, showing that the effects seized by the sheriff having been advertised for sale by auction by Mr. Izod, the complainant employed a broker to purchase certain articles. He bought only the diamond ring. Upon seeing it Mr. W. Cole found it was not his brother's, and waited upon Mr. Izod, who said the ring would be sold at a future time, and offered to return the money if the ring produced had been purchased in error. From the evidence of Mr. Harding, a solicitor, it ap • peared that the defendant, who acted as a sheriff's officer, sold him the ring by private contract. He gave 201 for the watch and ring. On the evening of the same day, or the next morning, Lewis asked him to allow the ring and watch to pass through the sale as a matter of form, as that would ba more regular. No application, however, was made for the articles till after the sale, when Mr. Izod by letter, and Mr. Lewis in person, applied for them, that they might be sold by auction and bought in. Mr. Harding parted with them for that purpose, receiving Lewis's written undertaking to return them or forfeit 501. At the sale they produced 321 Mr. Alderman FAREBROTBER,after consulting with —.. The defendant, who shed tears, admitted his guilt. He had been driven by severe destitution into the course adopted, and he was truly ashamed of the degrading situation he had placed himself in, by connecting him self with such a gang of bad characters. Mr. HARDWICK hoped the punishment which he wouid now have to undergo, would have the effect of bringing him to a true sense of his scandalous conduct, and would induce him to seek some honest means of get. ting a livelihood. The defendant was sent to hard la bour for three months. the City solicitor, pronounced his decision from a minute drawn up by the latter. He said Lewis, it was admitted, had lawful possession on 13, half of the Sheriff, and the right to the property remained in Cole, as the lawful owner. The officer had a right to sell the articles to Mr. Harding for 20/, if he intended to account for the money to the Sheriff. It he intended to suppress the fact of that sale, and to appropriate the money to his own use, that mo ment he completed the offence, and no act of the parties subsequently could alter the eharactcr of it. It was immaterial what Lewis had subsequently done with Mr. Izod or Mr. Harding, to endeavour to recover the pos session of the ring, after inquiries respecting it had been instituted. If it were a bond fide sale of the ring to Mr. Harding, there could be no reason for inserting the article in the catalogue, and by doing so strong evidence was afforded that the former sale was a fraudulent con version, and not a bond fide sale. A jury must determine the intention of the officer, and he should require him to find sureties to answer any charge that might be pre ferred at the sessions. Mr. Manning said, if the officer had been irregular in his proceedings, that would not subject him to be con victed of felony.—The defendant was bailed. A person who gave his name as William Pealce, was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from the proprietors of the Morning Advertiser newspaper. Dr. SHERIDAN, the editor, began to state his charge, when the prisoner interrupted him to assure the magis trate that the charge was scandalous, malicious, and ab surd, and was an attack on his reputation, which he de fied him to prove. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL entreated him to be quiet till the complaint was made. Dr. SHERIDAN stated that he charged the prisoner with sending to the newspaper a fabricated account of an in quest, which was not holden till the following day, and which did not give the verdict the prisoner had antici pated. He had a clerk to prove that the prisoner de manded and received 2s. for his false account, and he had a reporter to show when the inquest was really holden and what the result was. He did not, however, wish to press the charge against the prisoner, but merely to show that these tricks were not to be played. The prisoner said he had borne a good character on the press for 24 years. Slr CnAPmANsaid, as Dr. Sheridan had kindly with drawn the charge, it was unnecessary to go further into the matter, and he discharged the prisoner. CHARGE OF SDI UGGLIN G.—C AUTION TO STEWARDS OF VESSELS.—A man named John Murphy, who stated that he was second steward on board the City of Bou logne steamer, now moored near the Custom-house, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged w ith smuggling on shore a bottle of French brandy, with in tent to defraud her Majesty's customs of the duty. A constable of the Thames Police proved that about seven o'clock on Friday evening he was walking along the Strand, when he met the prisoner carrying a bundle in his hand. He asked him what it contained ? to which he replied, nothing, except dirty linen; but suspecting there must be something more valuable than he stated, witness inquired whether he had not some brandy about him, to which he answered that he had a little. Witness insisted on seeing it, and for that purpose took him down Milford-lane, where, on search ing him, he found the bottle of brandy he now produced in his side-pocket. which he said he had brought ashore for the purpose of drinking with a friend he was going to visit. Witness then took him before the inspector, by who ze directions he was detained, and the goods were seized. The prisoner in his defence said he cer tainly brought ashore half a bottle of brandy, or there abouts, in order to treat a friend ; but not wishing to take it to him unless it was full, he went to a shop where he had it replenished, but on his coming out he unluckily met the constable, who questioned him, and he admitted immediately that he'had the brandy. He had no inten tion of disposing of it. Mr. JARDINE asked whether the practice of conveying goods ashore from the foreign steam boats was carried on to any great extent ? The Inspector replied, that he believed there were iin manse quantities lauded at various times. Mr. JARDINE said, if such were the case, the, only means to be adopted for stopping these proceedings was to make such persons who were detected feel how ex pensive it was to treat their friends to smuggled brandy. However, as this was the first case of the kind brought before him, he would mitigate the penalty from 5/. to 20s. or in default he must commit the prisoner for a month. Murphy stated that the bottle was only half full of smuggled brandy when he came ash.we. Mr. JARDINE said, that if there had been only a single glass in the bottle, he would have been just as culpable as if he conveyed ashore a large quantity. The prisoner paid the fine, and was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _ BEGGING LETTEII6.;;;.--(Tharles Jarratt alias con ten, Philip Musgrove alias Richard Wright, and Robot Owen, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged by the Mendicity Society with being confederated together for the purpose of obtaining charitable contributions from the nobility and gentry, by means of false and &audu lent pretences. The Earl of Listowel and Mr. Bailey, M.P., were present to prefer charges of imposition against the prisoners. The tWQ first prisoners were taken into custody in the FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS Arm', U.—The average price of wheat in the week ending en the 12th of this month was 17f. 16c. per hectolitre, and that of rye llf. 27c. The duties on impor tation remain at 37f. 50c., on wheat and rye 2lf. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty o* both twenty-five centimes. The Chamber of Representatives continued to- day the debate on the organisation of the army. On Sunday evening a great number of German emigrants arrived at Antwerp by the last train. They will shortly em bark for the United States. The execution of the railway from Maestricht to the Prus sian frontier may now be considered as certain. The King has given audience to-day to a great number of persons. We learn from Rome that M. Van Brunnel, the Bishop of Liege, continues to receive numerous marks of regard from the Pope. On the 31st of March he celebrated high mass in the Church of St. Andrew, before the brothers and sisters of St. Vincent de Paule. According to custom a collection was made by several ladies of quality, among whom were Lady Plunkett, the Marchioness Capranica, Countess Vander steen, and Countess Vibrage Capranica. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, APRIL 15. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent .............. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent . Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •. • . Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • 77 Ditto, ditto, 1840 . 103 Ditto, ditto, 1844 1025,, Ditto of the City, 1843 .. • . • • •• • • • • 102% Ditto, 1832 101 Bank of Belgium.... ...... —Brussels Papers, April 16. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 18.—We have had a better market this week, and the trade have evidently more confidence in prices ; the sales of the week exceed 800 hogsheads. West India, at from 41s. to to 465. per scale descriptions; and from 41s. to 565. for new brown and fine bright groceries ; 2,000 bags Bengals, and 500 mats Mauritius have also found buyers, at steady rates. No sales reported in rum or molasses.—Bristol Mercury. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in ])owning-street. THE FAUGH-A-BALLAGIL—This new and splendid iron steamer, built for the Drogheda Steam-packet Company by Messrs. Caird and Co., the eminent engineers of Greenock, arrived in our river on Wednesday, after a voyage of eleven hours from Drogheda. The Faugh.a-Ballagh is a beautiful model of naval architecture, and so constructed as to combine all the qualities of a swift . ailer with the capabilities which are essential to ensure suffi cient steadiness in the heaviest seas. She Is of 600 tons burden; her length all over is 195 feet, length of keel 170 feet, breadth of beam 26 feet, and depth of hold 15i feet. She is furnished with a beautiful pair of engines, each of 150 horse power, fitted up with malleable iron framings on a new and greatly improved construction, by which greater strength is united with a more elegant and graceful appearance. The ornamental appendages of the vessel are of an exceedingly chaste description ; the carvings are very elaborately worked, displaying wreaths of shamrock gracefully intertwined with various fanciful and appropriate devices. The rich mahogany furniture, the gorgeous gothic panelling, so tastefully relieved with gilding, the large and superbly ornamented mirrors, and the lofty dome of beautifully-tinted glass, give an air of grandeur to the cabin which commands the admira tflornladotfaite.ael;:ownhdinoissh,ave beheld it. In every arrangement comfort has been studied as well as elegance, and on every side provision has be did en s made for the most perfect ventilation. There are tt%o splen here a large Is eapecious and partmy on ooa e ft cooofmwmhodichio,uwsliythfitatedseparatencaebihno,lids fs:rt cattle up. ample lo ft y, accommodtionfo an r and thoroughly tire ventilated,,fterno afternoon n and o f t hheerre arrival s r a iv lso al the enterprising and indefamtigoastbeilre."mi:natablinieg other gentlemen havin g ur were entertained oncattle sales masters and board an interest in the welfare of the company, b . y Patrick Ternan, Esq., of Drogheda, —LiVerpopi dibi cm. director of the company 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 0 25 0 0 6 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 26 0 0 6 5 • 40 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 • 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Paid. STATE OF TRADE, ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL, 18.—Sales during the present week have been steady, but not exten sive, and prices are firm at last week's rates. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 18.—There has been a better inquiry for most descriptions of short wool, at very firm if not improved rates. Long wool is unaltered in value, and a steady business doing in hogs, whilst wethers continue neglected. LEEDs.---There has been an improvement in the markets both on Saturday and Tuesday at both our Cloth Halls; the demand has been brisk for goods of all descriptions calculated for the summer trade; low-priced Tweeds for shipping have also gone off more freely than has been the case for several weeks past; there has been no alteration in prices, and the stocks of fine and middle cloths and fine Tweeds is lower than usual at this season. Many of the larger buyers have been in the town this week who have purchased freely ; the shipping trade is also improving. On the whole business is quite as good as usual in the warehouses at this period of the year. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is nothing dif ferent either as regards the demand or prices of wool since our last. There is no marked improvement in the yarn branch, which for some time past has been very depressed. We cannot learn that there is any decided improvement in the demand for pieces to-day ; yet the recent accounts brought from America being more favourable, an active business is likely to follow. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had a heavy and rather declining market for all descriptions of cloth this week, accompanied by a strong inclination to sell even below the general rates asking, but no progress can be made. It begins to be surmised that the great increase in the production and the certainty that it will also continue to increase for a long time to come, is the real cause of the recent decline. Our dyers were never so slack, at least for a long time past; always a sign of bad home trade. Yarns are still slightly drooping, though a good quantity is now shipping.—Leeds Mercury. EXECUTION of JAMES CRO WLEY. WARWICK, FRIDAY.-At least five thousand pertona of the lowest of the low were mustered on this occasion to witness the dying moments of the unhappy culprit. Early in the morning the idle and dissipated of the lo cality assembled without the prison doors. What is de nominated the " funeral sermon," was preached by the chaplain on Sunday; therefore, this morning prayers only were read in the sacred edifice. The prisoner maintained the utmost firmness through out the service, which never abandoned him to the end. To view the sad procession, had not his arms been pinioned, a casual spectator could have scarcely guessed the criminal. While the latter process was being undergone, he said in a firm voice to the officials around . him, " I did not go down there with any intention of shooting that man, so help me God." About eleven o'clock, attended by the gaoler and others, he mounted the scaffold, and immediately placed himself underneath the fatal beam. Perceptibly, not a muscle moved, and though he was expected to have addressed the popu lace, the only words he uttered were to his executioner (a man from Nuneaton), to whom he said upon his ad j usting the rope, " It's too forward—it's too tight—it's too much under the chin." Upon the fatal bolt being withdrawn, the body of the young man appeared for a moment in a stationary position, thus yielding for awhile, to his friends who were present, the pleasing hope that he had died without a struggle. As is usual in such cases (to their shame be it spoken) a number of females were present, and scarcely had the soul of the deceased taken its farewell flight from its earthly tabernacle, than the scaffold was crowded by members of the " gentler sex" afflicted with wens in the neck, with white swellings in the knees, &c., upon whose affections the cold clammy hand of the sufferer was passed to and fro, for the benefit of his executioner. It is rumoured in Warwick that the young lady to whom Crowley was attached has given her word that many matters pertaining to his family shall be made public, in order that at least he may ensure the sympathy of his former acquaintances and the world in general. That unhappy dissensions have long existed amongst them cannot be doubted, and lamentable, indeed, is it that they should have brought the deceased to so sad and so untimely an end. The prevailing opinion is that had the plea of insanity been gone into, a verdict of man slaughter would have been returned. The memorial was signed by the parties upon the coroner's inquest, and nine out of the twelve jurymen upon his trial—the three being Mr. Jones, of Bennett's Hill (foreman), and two others, who were out of town. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will he be dispatched from London on the evening of the 24th instant. The next mail for Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gib raltar, from Southampton, will be dispatched from London on the 27th instant. The next mail for Sydtley, New South Wales, a be dispatched from London on the 30th instant. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSES ON THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND. " Admiralty, 17th April, 1845 "Sir—With reference to my letter to you of 26th Feb., announcing that His Majesty the King of Sweden had ordered two lighthouses to be constructed on the island of Gothland, in the Baltic, and that the light on the southern point would be exhibited next spring, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyds that by that expression you are to understand the spring of the y, , ar 1846. " And further, that the building of the lighthouse on the northern point will not be commenced till the southern light has been completed.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyds." " W. HAMILTON, LLOYD'S COLLECTION OF CHARTS. The N, therlands Government has pri.s.mted to the establishment of Lloyds copies of the maps and charts published in that country by official authority. STOURBRIDGE.—THE GLASS TRADE.—On Sunday last the various glass houses of this and every other neighbourhood were relieved from the presence of the officers of the excise, and as each house required the ser vices of three officers, a considerable niub;?r of their worships will, as in the judgment of Mike in the old song, be wanting a job. No doubt many of them will rejoice at being relieved from a duty which required their presence at all hours of the night in places nut cele brated for their cleanliness. Already the country teems with reports of numerous embryo establishments which are to be called into active operation forthwith, for the manufacture of glass ; and as a consequence, lead, and the other ingre.iients required in the manufacture, are rising in price, but more especially the important article of fuel, on which the advance, cowequent on the demand for the iron trade, is so great as to increase the cost at the various glass % arks more than double. The great increase in the price of coals is felt as a serious evil by all the manufacturers of this district, and more especially at this particular juncture by those engaged in the glass trade. The price of best coals at the pit is now 12s. 6d. and 13s. per ton.— Worce4tershire Chronicle. NEVER DESPAIR.—It i 3 told that a maiden lady of fourscore on being asked at what age a woman ceases to think of marriage, candidly told the interrogator that he must apply to an older woman than herself. The age at which an old man's vanity in affairs resarding the sex comes extinct is equally dubious. UNIVERSITIES OF OXFOtil) CAMBRIDGE. gel - Under the administration of Lords Grey and s ; 5 bourne, the question of reforming the two Universittbei; and rendering them Jess exclusive, made considv r t yy s progress, in as well as out of Parliament; and it once confidently expected that, long before this, eenjos derable changes would have been made. The P ree ele derance, however, of such Members as form the tst,.o of the majority in the present Parliament, his t i 11 .% it back all hope of success for some time to come, !Lie, is highly to the credit of that able member, Mr. Ch: fo r that he still perseveres. His motion, this year , to a commission of inquiry into " all matters relatitiig,., the privileges, revenues, trusts, and to the sta te of eerra tion, learning and religion in the Universities of OP° and Cambridge." of the From the various details with which the speee- la s s Hon. Member for Weymouth abounded, we will The few of those possessing most general interest. do . Regius Protessorships in these Universities have . o e ll f e s. silents of 2401. each per annum; and the Arabic .LlThres serships of 6401. There are eighteen canonries, tp benefices, and several other preferments anneltSel variou ; Professorships. and several canonrie s att' 0 to Headships of Colleges.. The Universities bolo perpetual copyright of all works they publi sh ; Whess private authors have but forty-two years. Thq-o, also a copy each of every work published 't w o United Kingdom. They are exempt from the Swyot. of mortmain. They have the peculiar powt rs of e ls ; ing degrees for practice in the Ecclesiastical Oldie and with their degrees, individuals can pass throutse, inns of court in considerably less time than othe r ;al "heir church patronage is immense. The Uni, v* tas sf Cambridge has in its gift 305 livings, of win c A " sss declared annual value is 113,000/. ; that of Oxi or ,,,m , 440 livings, of the value of which there is not - 6 t o plete return ; but, if calculated upon the basis ° ', hs a Cambridge return, their value will not be less L. 0 09 308,000 L per annum. Beside this the two iost itri c7ooL have the granting of privileges of the value of 17 3 9 ne e per year to those who receive them. They nal e F i sof half per cent. returned by Government on theaid so duties on degrees, which duties, with fees, ere them by the individuals. f The Universities had at one time the monopoll 0„ printing of almanacs, and charged the Stationer s,ve party 1,000/. per annum for its exercise. That booiloy 1775, declined to make the payment ; and the Ae l , o sl posing a stamp Duty upon almanacs having to shortly after, the Universities possessed sufficien t t hus slice to procure the insertion of a clause by wh ie ,"seta: 500 L a year each was permanently secured to of in the shape of the payment from the Bosir-ssse Stamps and Taxes, and though, when the s'l33-es, duty was repealed the revenue ceased to deriv e 60 11 benefit from this source, yet the payment ig,the continued ; though nothing is done in return I° ,oll W e' way of service to the public. The Universitie s the Queen's printer the sole right of peint s ir lfrofs Scriptures ; and, until a recent period, their profi',ur this source amounted to about 12,000 L per anno o sides an additional advantage of 6,0001 a Yea l .', l ' f ilet drawback upon all the papers so used. When i si- e gst monopoly in Scotland was abolished, a short tints ,A by the exertions of Dr. Thomson, of of Coition' and one or two others, aided by Th e pee s paper—Scotch Bibles being saleable here , s u e s brought at greatly reduced prices into cotoP e r.ttet with English ones, and necessarily reduced th e , s i. the to the great benefit of the poor and the saving„h tit! funds—or rather the increased exertions vvi :an d same funds—of Bible and Missionary Societ ies ' fed' Sabbath , schools ; the poor having been previousij "rt e led and the circulation of the Word of God greatly 01 , 4 0 e for the profit of these great religious institutionV, vet' monopoly has been virtually destroyed; but the th e sities still possess, in addition to the ordinary V l ': ;O advantage of paying nu paper duty; and thei t also the like exemption upon works printed in sev er guages. rs iSef There are many particulars in which the Ilnifehettiet.f need to be retormed, in order to render them , in science, literature, or religion, worthy of the of position they assume, and of the great ad vantage is possess. The main question, however, for general discus s )0 the religious exclusiveness of these institutions. t Sc s Cambridge persons not of the church establishineness' admitted to study; but, whatever their attainment:Of not take degrees. At Oxford, subscription t o the ! Aire / nine articles is required, and therefore they a re see, es excluded. It is a common notion that these thers elusively church foundations, and that therefore t Ist is no hardship in the matter. But the tteoliC9 that the Universities were founded by R om an CO"ticeee and various endowments were added i n Catholl e e . soa s Since the establishment of Protestantism , a u , professorships, &c., have been set up. So tb s lsts a , question of right, depending upon the view s sh'd the Lions of the feunders, Catholics and members I's Establishment have an equal claim, in prop ortion As sh" endowments made by the respective founder a • t hong; Protestant I )issenters, they have no such clailnk. L . many eminent men, members of the Church , P ii „,,s n ope eitio w vacated their admission on the ground of pediency and benefit; considering that Increa s liudie e* tion would give a stimulus to learning, soften P r o : o seal s remove animosities, and produce harmony arafniflie o ., l° 6 classes of the people. Probably, ere long, t e ns e a may be met, by further additions, at t he exPe n . s , is State, and on condition of all parties being eligl u " , :d or The discussion upon this question has haPP en- fich l f portunely, we think, while the scheme of m ore : d o , endowing a Roman Catholic College is under coestiv se tion ; though no one, in or out of Parliament, a ir S 4 know has noticed the connexion of the two• l y e ooll ; gest as a good point of resistance ta the WY; as Bill, that some independent member should 113°/,`,"olho" substitute for the whole grant, the admissi on of re f lies to Oxford and Cambridge, as a matter 01. arising from Catholic foundations ; leavino. like other denominational institutions, to voluntar, port.— Whitehaven Herald. D •t rag [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BOTANIC WATER A--- d GREASE.—W hen the hair is beceming thin, an off; the only effectual remedy, besides shaving l e a s„ is the use of the two above-named articles, ePP fro; ternately—the botanic water to cleanse the r °° ,,,, as he scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's gr.e a t i f nourisher. If any further evidence was requi re :el virtues of bear's grease for renovating and p r ' ac t, the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity Atari the length of hair obtained by some of the Nc r iz t 0 0 1 ' 1 ',„ rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Sons, t uft o 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who DP," , 'c l duced the use of bear's grease in this country, At,„ fat and kill the animals, recommend the publ ic ., o ftlr e chase none other but with their names tottaieig.if printed on the pot, or the chances are their cu spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to are worse than useless. ofP SIR WALTER SCOTT ON BEAUTT.--11l Cb re delightful descriptions of female loveliness hi 0 Pi: the pages of this interesting writer, he alludes t" grant and balmy mouth and pearly set of teeth , e , in among the ti , •st attributes of feminine beauk 7 ; o pr of care and conservation therefore of ornaniebt s P h ; e cts,„ cious and important, cannot fail to become clu ‘ 0 0,1 high interest, and our own experience induces o r Y e j e t sitatingly to recommend " Rowland's °dont° , i. O B toil e , Dentifrice," as an indispensable appendage I,ot u „ r eer,, f e of beauty, and as calculated to heighten an d r Te etin the advantages of " Balmy Breath," and " Pearl in all their beauty and perfection. e P J o , WRONG SIDE 0! A STREET.—A rema rae-I is r 9 of the effect which this idea has upon proPeillgeOli stanced in the fact of the immense premises of Rundell and Bridge, on Ludgate-hill, having 10010 tor so long a period without finding a tenan t, a d, fl' e j in the most public thoroughfare in London , f iti their spacious and admirably lighted galleries, ,I,4oseris to very many trades. After having been to let bee three years, during which period the rental in 0 . ,,° gradually reduced to a fraction of what theY is sieV s ' time coinntetn.ted, they have been leased to a Mr' or , i f „" late of Graham and Smith, who, it would acP e- s ; t v, i B connected with the late house of Everington selector of the various Continental and Briii s ,Theka factures for which that establishment was celto'f", ado an appointment rtquiring no ordinary judgic,foce ; and, it seems, that having acted in the popular notion above alluded to, he intends 1 "? of th the public to bi% aid by giving it the beneo;,,, e thousands he has saved in the purchase of his lea cot THE SHAPWICK MURDERS.—The wretch!, $ tr, vict, Sarah Freeman, since her trial has assurno.„, meanour somewhat more becoming her awful situa ti9 "co understand that she has generally behaved well si ° o4,, sentence, displays much shrewdness in her bo rer t o and understands everything she reads. She ho, Ris k to made no confession, nor has she expressed a 4tea x , see any one. Her brother, nevertheless, was Aura:, er e see her on Sunday, when, after affirming that „ irio ; body was against her." she strongly asserted her cence, and attempted to criminate the relative Oleo her. At present she exhibits so resolute a tone that t i N !, lir, hopes are entertained of her making a confession. „„ that her spirits are, at times, exceedingly good. tion is fixed for Wednesday next. —Taunton Courier:___„/ --- —____ ~;.------ BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., at Ditchley, the Duchess of e llit4britt : of a son. of t°''' On the 17th inst., Mrs. Augustus Banks Taylor , well, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Milton-terrace, Gravesend , tb o e e0 141 : 11 of - Captain Archibald Park, of the 29th R e gimen t 0 , Jlis Native Infantry, ()fa daughter. IV" - On the 18th inst., at Portland-place, the lady o f o f Davidson, Esq., of a son. il• C. 0' On the 18th inst., the lady of Captain Isacke , o f a son, still-born. (lord e' On the 19th inst., in New Bridge-street, Mrs. - a daughter. fri j ol' On the 19th inst., at Clare Lodge, Sydenhani,Mr 3 ' ' ~, V l ' Letts, of a son. At the Hyde Parsonage, Bedfordshire, the 1adf .„...... " ( t ' - Edward Bullock Webster, of a son. e MAR/ID:1%. 1 ,0° 5 11V0 On the 17th inst., at Leckford, Hants, William li. Esq., to Emily, eldest daughter of the Rev. Fra ndS ton, M.A., of Hamilton -terrace, St. John's -wood. P 46 DIED. On the 15th inst., at Southerndown, Glanlorg/°sl'' Catherine James, wife of Abraham Verity. Esq. „. f t,s, On the 15th inst., at Elm cottage, Welwyn, 13.- or Batten, Esq., aged 87. et r ill On the 15th inst., James Cotterell, Esq., of 00- tto Kensington, aged 69. 1, Eli °llB liir e. On the 16th inst., in Alpha. road, Regent's-par- , „ 0 10., 1 4? relict of the late Mark Palmer, Esq., of Boston, Li°'6,l, P On the 16th inst., at Bramcote, Notts, Henry Bum Town-Clerk of Nottingham. Dfol l6 ;,rl On the 17th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. Charlotte r 5 f g . On the 18th inst., at Upper Tooting, Surrey', A ..or Smith, lat .- eof Walbridge, Gloucestershire, agef B6 '....--e-' o f ........—...„..„ - ---- - f -P.: O, 4 , ----- v London: Printed and Published by MURDO A ot IV 50. of No. 112, Strand. Printer. at The Run Oftine , oot l Strand. in -hp , Preeinc . of the Savoy. in do litiddleaex, Monday, April 21, 1845.