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THE SUN,AVIVTION, TITURSDAY MOANING, JANUARY 9, 1345. . . , --COURT CIRCULAR:— THE A LLEGED MURDER VVIND3OR W EDNESDAT.—Ihe Queen •:rill Prince _ ___ ___ _-__ • ___.! - I Albert walked out for some time this aft The f o on. akin ng the d y dprevented the Royal f Family weat from AT SALT-HILL. a g their usual airings. is The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter arrived at e the Castle to-day, on a vi s it t o the Queen. Ms Excelleney the Austrian Ambassador and the ft Countess Dietriclistein took their departure from the r, Castle to-day. Th e E arl of Liverpool, the Earl and i• Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary West, also left the Castle today. ' Mrs. 13,)uverie had the honour of joining the royal ; circle a t t h e Castle at dinner this evening, i it ADJOURNED INQUEST. The inquest on the unfortunate woman, Sarah Hart, who was supposed to have been poisoned on Wednesday last at Bath -cottages, Salt-hill, was re sumed yesterday, at the Three Tuns Tavern, Salt hill, pursuant to adjournment from Saturday last. The proceedings appear to excite the most intense interest in the neighbourhood. and the road leading to the tavern was occupied by a number of persons anxious to catch a glimpse of the prisant.r, J. Taavell, who was brought up from Eton, in a fly, in custody of a constable. Mr. M. Cham bers and Mr. Williams attended for the prisoner. J Charlesey, Esq., the Coroner, took his seat at ten o'clock, and the Court was opened in the usual manner, after which the names of the jury were called over. The first witne.ts called was Mr. (hard Western Norblad, the surgeon, who depo=ed as follows :—I have analysed the contents of the bottle and glass found in the house of the de ceased. I performed the analysis in conjunction with Mr. Champneys. The inquiry was adjourned until to-day, to enable us to do so. The bottle was about ha.f full of porter. I find that the bottle contains no poison of any description. The bottle was delivered to me by Mr. Champneys. I did not see it on the table. I have also analysed the livid in the glass, which was delivered to me by Mr. Champneys. and that contains no poison. I have caref‘illy pre served the results of that analysis, and they are in the possession of Mr. Champneys. By Mr. Chambers—Mr. Champneys and Mr. Coo• per were with me when the examination was made. Mr. Cooper is a very eminent chemist. The analysis took place at Mr. Cooper's laboratory in London. Mr. Coaper concurred with us in opinion. Mr. Cooper will not be here. Mr. Chambers—Was Mr. Cooper present at the analysis of the contents of the stomach ? The ConoNza—l have not examined the witness on that point, and do not think you can cross-examine him on it. Air. Chambers—As you please, Sir. The question was not put. The CORONER—Was the analysis conducted by yourself or Mr. Cooper ? Witness—By Mr. Cooper, in my presence. I possess sufficient knowledge of chemistry to understand the manner in which the analysis was performed, and to state its results. Mr. Henry Montague Champneys, surgeon, ex amined by the CoRoNEn.—I live at Salt-hill. I was directed at the last sitting of the Court to analyse the contents of the bottle and glass, which I took from the table in the house of deceased. In conse quence of these directions, I, in conjunction with Mr. Norblad and Mr. John Thomas Cooper, have analysed the liquid found in the bottle and the glass, which was taken by me from the house of the deceased from the sitting-room where the body lay. No poison was found in either the bottle or the glass. I was present the whole time of the process of analysation, and my experience enables me to state that that was the result of the examination. I have preserved those liquids. I took them from Mr. Cooper's, and they have been in my sole possession ever since. They have been put under lock and key, so that I shall always know them to be the same when called upon. Cross-examined by Mr. Chatnbers—l applied tests for several kinds of poison ; they were the same as I mentioned the last time—oxalic acid, lead, oxide of copper, arsenic, and prussic acid. I have never met with an instance in which the elements of prussic acid have been found in beer and porter. I entered the profession myself.io nitt July, 1835. I attended th e r egu l a r , Zurs i e i s of ch em i cal lectures, and manipulated occa- I never appli e d th e t es t o f pruss i c ' aci n d a to urea. I am not aware that prussic acid is to be f ound in large quantities in urea. I do not take in the Lancet, but I know Liehig's lectures. I was not aware that prussic acid was contained in large quantities in urine or urea. It may, 1 believe, be evolved from the human body during the process of decomposition. It was disco• vered by Scheile, I think, about forty years since. Mr. Chambers—Did you decompose the beer so as to ascertain its composition ? Witness—That was what I endeavoured to do. Mr. Chambers —Did you apply your tests to that? Witness—Yes, after distillation. Mr. Chambers—Then you first distilled it, and then applied your tests to the distilled liquid ? Wit ness—Yes. Mr. Chambers—That I believe is the usual method. The CORONER—Did you taste the liquid before analysation ? Witness—l did, and it had every ap• pearance of porter. The officer of the Court here addressed the Co roner and said the Inspector of the London Police had a statement to make to him. The CORONER — It must not be made in public. I will come out to him presently. Margaret Jane Bennett was then called, and her deposition taken the other day was read over to her and signed. This proceeding was rendered neces sary in consequence of some informality in the manner of taking the deposition. This was the witness who first went into the deceased's cottage and saw the bottle, glass, and bun on the table. Mr. Norblad was re-called and examined—A part of a bun was also produced by Mr. Champneys, which I subjected to the same analysis as the liquid. There was no poison found in it. Mr. Champneys recalled—After the analysation of the liquid I produced a bun which I had taken off a table in the house of the deceased, in the same room where the body lay. I found that the bun contained no poison. The CORONER said the case on the part of the Crown was now closed. Mr. Chambers—You were kind enough, Sir, I understand, to state to my friend Mr. Williams, on the last occas:on, that at the close of the case you would permit me to say a few words. The CORONER—I cannot permit you to make a speech for the defence. If you have any observations to make on the evidence taken to-day, you may do so, but I shall not allow you to go into a general reply. Mr. Chambers—lf you will be so good as to lay down any rule of proceeding, I will take care to abide by it. -her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited ti e Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ve!iterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Gra n d D uc h ess of M,•l;l••nburgb Strelita to o k an :tiring to li e W yesterd:ty, returl:ing to Cambridge House in the afternoon. A deputatinn f rom t h e G reat Western, Uxbridge, and of Staines J unction Railway Comp...l)y, consisting - Mr. Martin Rich ar d C arpenter, Mr. Swynf,ii Jervis, Mr. Stutely, ani Mr J. Wheelto t , o,emb..Ts of the Provisional Committee ; Mr. .John Davis Paine, t en er gineer; and Mr. 'l'. Mawr J. Maw, solicit or , h a d no in tview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the offic e of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the CustOms, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, t hi official rosidence in Downing -street. ages The Hon. tiff liam Ashley and a deputation from Centaki Rent Railway had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Archer, ,jun., and Mr. T, Smith, hail an inter vie • " Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial- Office. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in White nsatalle-gorairdens yesterday evening, from Drayton Manor, ushire. Mr. La Touch, and a deputation from the Great LNyi!irth-Western Railway (Ireland) h a d an i nterv i ew yeste r d lt ith the Earl of Dalhousie at the Boa r d o f T ra d e y. I • of 11°`• q ranville Somerset. Chancellor of the Duchy k r g i le,a s ter, arrived in town yesterday a ft ernoon. inter p _ u 'An Wood, Chairman of the Excite, had an %esterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. . and Earl o f Hill s b orough, M.P., Viscount Newry RMorne, 111.1) , Hon. J. H. K nox, and Sir John e nnie, r f rom the. Newry and E nn i s kill en R a i lway `'ouipany, h a d an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday. MR. BRA RAM'S CONCERT. Co Braham, as s ist e d b y hi s sons, gave his first ncert for the season last evening, at Hanover square Rooms. The following was the programme:— PART I. The Wit c h es Glee (Mr. P. Kin g ) ; S ong, O n the Cold Shores o f t h e Stranger (Bellini), Mr. C. Braham ; Grand Scena, Sampson's Lament on his Loss of Sight Mandel), Mr. Braham ; Song, Revenge, Timotheus V e t _lles (Handel), Mr. H. Braham ; Song, Molly Bawn v er), Mr. Braharn ; Glee, The Red Cross Knights ; f . cella, Adelaide (Beethoven), Mr. Braham ; Song, ,1;°011-1 Bellini's Norma, Mr. H. Braham ; Serenade, from n Pa squale (Donizetti), Mr. C. Brnham ; Duet, from 4+Elisir D'Amore, Vogho Dire, Mr. Braham and Mr. Braham. PART;II. R_Glee, The Winds Whistle CGId (Sir IT. R. Bishop) ; "Jrig The Death of Nelson (Braham), Mr. Braham ; S e ' R l ig, My Heart with Love is Beating, Mr. C. Graham ; I' m g, the Wanderer (Schubert), Mr. H. Braham ; I )l4 't, Oh ! Albion (Braharn), Mr. Braham and Mr. C. 14r])rah •, Song, Rage thou Angry Storm (Benedict), .IL Brahatn ; Song, the Watchman (Tom Moore), tr. Braham ; Duot, The Brothers (Knight), Mr. C. ilr ithiltn and Mr. li. Braham; Song, The Bay of Biscay, l!ttr. Braham. ~The gl ees constituted the novelty of the evening. 4 tH, ey were d e li g h t uiiy given; and we trust th at 'luring the course of the season the Messrs. Brat:am kill give us many more specim ens o f thii, the nati ona l 4111 sle of England. Lie Grahams‘,4 ere all there, in rcellent voice. What may be the age of Mr. Braham, Paccording to the calendar, we know not; but, vocally eaking, he is what he ever has been in our renieli urances about thi rty - - j ust in his prime. Long may l le so continue. Mr. C. Braham Las ripened into a delicious concert. room singer ; but Mr. Hamilton G raham should not confine his exertions to the concert- Nom. The lyrical drama stands in need of his ser vices. Nature intended him for the prime bass() emitate of .Europe, The concert way well attended. .._ SHAKSPEA REA N. We last night had the gratification of hearing the first of a course of three lectures on the play s of ilSalespelre deliver e d at t h e Eastern Literary and cientifie Institution, Ilackney-road, by Mr. T. Cross, °,,,_teambridge. The subject was the play of Richard - 75„n i,. d, which the lecturer analysed atcl commented b n -'n manner that drew forth frequent and ethu- kghstic burst s of applaue from a numerous and highly s Z3l)_,Qtable audience, who, by the usual testim f on t i he 4143tabation h'i it d their appreciation ( acon,,,, r ex 1" e 111" w ho edd y and taste, of the talented gentle ecu- liarly finedh-a„-"'r them. Mr. Cross wP i n whi e h 1,17 his selections. His introd uct ion, resx., as . ni e noticed the genius of Shakspi o a hei Cher , °st warm] Y applauded. At the lecture PPear understand . ed a general feeling of regret , c that the thi s i s I ‘ ‘ i as not q longer duration. f ib re a Le,ird.oeross, first appearance as il a e . leturer he -.Yinwit t 4 audlence and it must be highly grad taethtili- Fentleman'and his friends to find that he icess. I,•4l.laucu Slie r, lineqUiVOCal symptoms offuture litilebeth, s next lecture, the subject of which is Nvhen t Is A h "led for the 14th of February ensuing, Ivithsts e,admirers of our immortal bard may, not hi w-nuing all that has been written and said upon not have r4 s, be startled bno on a subject they e th ou ht y g exhausted. LL D yvs SHIPPING. N D O. cloud -, JAN. 8.----Wind, easterly, moderate' breeze .1,, y, 414 14 ... . breeze.—Arrd. lia r 8' OC 7.—Wind S.W., light J 44 Y twart, R e nw ick, and James Stewart, bree Ichaboe; k.r. ChriStie, P k,Be b . • Palmyra, Croal, and .„ Ell . en . New 1 orSkt.' :104iateritasi;irib,eria3oerscatora t. Vioenneeto,GGe,rwisgwe,old, Marshall, _ t. '1 0 1 1 1 , Ja n : 8 ' ,I`,z.rew 13runswnijek ; Fearnought, Sheridan, St. kild, p d-(eitfotiridiatid; a• barque, Quebec, for L sitt:-Y.e..ittherine Barham, Jamaica. /,/ "48, JAN. 7.—Arrd. Asia, Quebec. inlowl9tilh"43t* JAN. 7. Arrd. Star, At:zinsonassisted OFD tetnnsiderable injury, having been incontact. ' taiiia `Actlr ITEAD.—Java's Wolvaren, Retgero, Ba -14 poAnisterdam 13rtoktToN, JAN. 4.—l Toward, New York, for ' l ra ; Favourite, Batavia, for Gothenburgi.... ,_e_. ItosaTa,itotteli, I;19 AN ' 7,--Wind s.s.E.-7A.r_dov."l3r. 14 St..1"1:? g ship 18 i81 Cape of Good Hope, sailed N lie le 27 th. and Ascension 3d ult. rh T e a s r t , eamer in which +hipilicrantine ground wa s the 3 kttr, . the remainder of the Royal l t b , y the 1 - 37_- 14'14 th e L d t4)-flit 0 azarette, an returned to SouthainP, ni C O MB r ''' ii' `TAN. 7.Arrd. Mozart, Fischer, Sou to th ß S ic e o n 110, r(l'neti ; Eleanor Hlnriett© Deneken, °the;'/Calliehsen, New York, Tgk&ag • with loss of sails and —ll°l3lll JAN 7 •—Wind w,_Arrt . 1 Jane and ita,i4e4ii'Prifihani, New— foudland, with loss of bulwarks, lota of li,)"'. See.; Friendship, Mills, Newfoundland, opp ,01Warks Po, ''AtrrlitonTß, JAN-. G. New York. P , 'ln uTit J - fI,kII N. —Washington, ~ steamer Majesty s . ftevi ~ 1 AN. 6 . .-1 ut -ac . . G.: den, Ichaboe, Ltid sailed for tatavia Off, Ocean, ir , 'ad foriv . •• • NI: .helson, Ilivarman, L-. san e , i . - -- . eintrose; Arnicitta, ff li`4,/,k II for Plushing. kebilleBl7B, JAN% Wind S.E., light. A rrd. tete t . , raburgii f,, r New y ork. f leak ti y;, ,,r lo w ss it o h f s tr ii t .i . : i ~ cina 1,,,,,_ . Zking-, 8,,c u."'sPrit carried ,away, 11, it 'tn a sudden shitt of wind, t 4' l7th ult., lat. 48, 1)141.1iT 3- Loi tk ,', -A-V. 6.--Arrd. Rate, Conrad, Quehee ci . ' l % G ' "11. 5.---Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. )des i,ll4ll iirdtier, I chabo e •; Prowler, Demerara and New t 'ttie ell ; rriendship, Anderson. Ilorduras ; Albion,. i til'f' x ' l BL d o htl's_, New Brunswick; Univin and Hit ir d n, 'tkicilsi ~441,1Pe, litirvey, Ne wfoundland. Off, Woo - ) tte e ,. "'Ws. New Brunswick. q's -"p), A:c. 7.—Wind southerly.—Arrd. Ripley, ()ll' -4leutta ' Maid of Mona, Wilson, 1chf,..b09 ; l li aratn o d ' • ,;*if; t) ,% P ro n . Aries and London ; Broeket, Nixon, t, wse, and Lord Ravi.nsworth. Valparaiso ; !il';''' Sewell, Benny• Warwick and Zephyr Africa; tltitc,ll-ettf. tillttra,therbo_ne, Can'eroons ; Adams, Maraiiham ; . oy, Q ,IC .Nt:w Orleans; Baronet, Pinder, Laguna; l‘'tt l'n'ti, Mobil e • Scotia Leslie, and Powhattan, lilt 1 10 ; Louisiana, Ste Charleston ; . Brothers, 1 i I'4' Andrew's ; Deve°re'uz Quebec ; Lavinia, kt4l", St. John's, New Brunswick. A barque is ?it,,,d. nti llerbo Bank. ,1:0"7:111, JA,,6.—Arrd. Economist, Smith, Quebec' 4'44f) --"ADS (I.9IIUAY), JAN. . s .—Arrd. Margaret, illt‘itt:lrt,',l•llohn's, New Brunswick. on'r (PxateeEY), JAN. . s .—Arrd. Suit, ,t 44; for Llanelley. ;SPoeB°ll4e,,i)°":, JAN. 6.—Arrd. Maria Louisa, Kind, t\ - '` , B .;' i 't 1300 0 y and Bombay, with damage to but 0 8 e IcB, I:,Rl''e., having been struck by a sea. Ic.:1--°1,,11, JAN 7.—Jane, Salt, Demerara. 11, has , dAN. 6.—The Sultana, from Limerick to Lein- IldkPitt in here with damage, has been surveyed, ''lt discharge; cargo supposed to be damaged. k,, ~ th, i tioti: ,°P THAl:z.—The improvement which tided - ,`'n in this market last week was fully sus "l J4terdav when the demand both for yarn i 4 gOodi, .• f,, Ni t , , was considerable ; and the market being tkte,"R-'3' bare of stock, purchasers were compelled n hi s es, to give, for immediate delivery, an advance i;'() i i ,"' n'r pound o n pine and of lAd. to 3d. per ~,''' t il v I,'nch shirtin s - M. contracts 1;1' future 741-4,ille4e_ifilso been g M ' ade at ;till previous rates.— ' lit,,t. -reiteNee MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 6.7- - Nib ' e t has been better attended to-day thi.n is e. il .i th, „ ~,, %,,I,_t.ao at this time of the year, and pieces have " 414 1" 4 't small advance. W t of continues in good e' ''' 1144 the dealers are asking better prices. lila n •-. ticirdi,o4 The CORONER—The case on the part of the Crown is closed. Have you any witnesses to call for the defendant ? Mr. Chambers said there was no person who at present conk' properly be called the defendant. The Court was one simply for the purpose of inquiry generally, and not for inquiring as to the guilt or in nocence of any particular person. The Coroner's duty was to inquire into the cause of the death of one of the Queen's subjects, and not to inquire into any charge which might be brought against any par ticular person. Therefore, he appeared before the Court, by the Coroner's gracious permission, as the advocate of a person Who had been taken into custody, and it was to be presumed it was for some offence connected with the death of the person who was the subject of this inquiry. He had been permitted by the courtesy of the Coroner to appear there as advocate to watch the proceedings on behalf of his client ; but before he retired from the Coroner's presence, he wished distinctly to understand to what extent he was to be permitted to carry his professional exer tions—whether he was to be limited only as to the cross-examination of witnesses ? He did not mean to contend. He understood the Coroner to say that he had no right to be heard in giving any directions to the jury, but if he was to be confined in his ob servations to remarking upon the evidence then taken, he thought he should be doing more injury than good to his client by such advocacy. He would, however, wish to be heard, not in defence of any particular party, but to suggest to the consideration of the Court and the jury, that on the evidence as it stood there was so much doubt with regard to any individual, that The CORONER—I must interrupt you. You are now doing the very thing which you said you would ask permission to do. I hope I shall give a fair and upright charge to the jury, but I cannot perrait you to direct them. Mr. Chambers was very sorry if he was going be yond the line which had been laid down, but he bad understood that the Coroner had on the last occasion told his friend, Mr. Williams, that they should have an opportunity of addressing the jury. The CORONER had never intended to have said so, and he had no recollection of having so done. Mr. Williams—You never did say so. The CORONER, in a rather excited manner, accused Mr. 'Williams of having addressed the jury on Satur day during his absence, which, he added, was exces sively irregular; and said if I had known you had done so in any way, I would have excluded you from the room. Mr. Williams denied that he had addressed the jury during the absence of the Coroner. After the inquest was over, he had made observations on the circumstances to some of his neighbours, which he had a perfect right to do, and if any of those persons happened to have been jurymen, he could not help it. Ile did not in fact know who were jurymen. Mr. Chambers had read an account of the pro ceedings, by which he had been misled. If the Coroner told him that he was not to address the jury, he should at once bow to his decision, as he was sure that he was safe in leaving the evidence in the hands of a gentleman like the Coroner, who would properly deal with it, without attempting in the slightest de gree to influence the jury. Nothing could be more improper than for an advocate to abuse the limited privilege which was permitted to him, and he wa glad that he had been interrupted. If the Coroner told him, be would at once sit down, but it seemed to him that the case was one involved in great mystery and doubt, The CORONER—Are there any witnesses for the de fendant ? Mr. Chambers—l tender no evidence. There is in fact, no one who can be strictly called the de fendant. The CORONER then proceeded to read his summing up from a paper which he held in his hand. He was sorry that the inquiry had been so long protracted, and he was also sorry that there had been any publication of the evidence. He begged the jury to attend solely to the evidence, and to be misled by no vague newspapers reports, but to give the verdict in accordance with the depositions, and with the depositions only. There were many declarations which were not evidence; but Starkie laid it down, that a declaration accompanying an act might be taken as part of the act itself. (The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read the evidence, and in relation to the evidence of the witness Moss, he said that he had it on the deposition that she lived at 93, Crawford street, and that the report that she had lived at 45, Crawford -street, which had been contradicted in the Times, and on the subject of which he had received a letter from a person residing at 45, Crawford-street, was not correct, and had originated in the error of the reporter, for she herself had stated that she lived at No. 93.) There was no direct evidence as to the administration of any poison to the de ceased, but there was indirect evidence sufficient to enable them to form an opinion. There were the means found in the late deceased's house by which poison might have been administered to her without her knowledge, and that she had swallowed poison was evi dent. Although it was possible that she might have swallowed the poison knowingly herself, still it was very improbable. She was seen by White and Marlow at half-past six in the evening well, and in good spirits. The next aceount they had of her was from Mrs. Ashlee, who, between six and seven o'clock, heard deceased's stifled screams, and on running out met John Tawell coming from deceased's cottage and asked what was the matter with her neighbour, but could get no reply. Now, it was a most important fact that a man should have left her in the agonies of death without giving any alarm. It was evident that the poison had been administered after the stout had been fetched, and that the poison was quick and most deadly in its effects. If a man wilfully laid poison in the way of a person and it was taken, that was murder, but if it were taken acci dentally there was no murder. Now, with re gard to the evidence affecting the priioner, Mrs Ashlee saw the Quaker-looking person coming from the door while the deceased wes in the agonies of death, and she recognised John Tawell as that person. It was also an important fact, that on the Monday when the prisoner was with deceased, Keziah Harding had heard him ask her if she should be alone the next time he called on the Wednesday or Thurs day. They should also recollect that a description of the Quaker had been forwarded by the telegraph to London, and that by the description he had been followed and arrested, and that when arrested, he said he had not been at Slough the day before. There was no direct evidence to show who had administered the poison to the deceased; but circumstantial evidence in many cases was of much greater cogency. If they had any doubt as to the guilt of John Tawell, they would give him the benefit of that doubt ; but if they had no moral doubt as to his guilt, it would be their duty to say so by their verdict, without regard to his station in society. The room was then cleared, and the jury, after re maining in deliberation for three-quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of WILFUL MURDER against JOHN TAWELL for poisoning Sarah Hart with prussic acid. BLACKWALL RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the Directors on the subject of a proposed branch railway from the Stepney Station of the London and Blackwell Railway, through Stratford, Leytonstone, Wsnstesl, Woodford, Chigwell, Loughton, and Abridge, to Epping. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by J. N. Daniell, Esq. After the notice calling the meeting had been read, The SECRETARY proceeded to read the report. He commenced by stating that the attention of the Directors having been called to a considerable tract of thickly-po pulated country, lying between the Eastern Counties' and Northern and Eastern Railways, they thereupon de termined to ascertain what were the facts as to the amount of the present existing traffic in that part of the country, not making use of either of the railways before-mentioned, and the amount was found to be much larger than they could possibly have anticipated. The traffic returns had been made by ' person• in whom the Directors felt the most perfect confidence. The following was the traffic of one week, taken at.the beginning of November last : Estimated Number of Con- number of viees. Passengers. Double-bodied c arr i ages vey 504 1,512 Single ditto Gigs and taxed carts Vuas ll3 226 Stage coaches Omnibuses Horsemen ... ... 878 Total passengers . .... ....... 15,d27 Goods—Waggons, 516, at 3 tons each Carts, 2,132, at 2 tons each Deduct one-third empty ... 5,812 1,937 Total tons These returns did not include the multitudes who visited Epping Forest and the neighbourhood during the sum mer months on pleasure excursions. The revenue from traffic beyond Stratford was estimated as follows : Rissengers-411,502, at i 5........., £20,575 205,751, at Is. 6d.... 15,430 411,502, at 25.......... 41,150 77,155 Coach parcels, usually est;mated at one-tenth of the passenger traffic 7,715 Assume only one-third of the goods traffic after the deduction previ ously trade of one-third, or 1,300 tons per week carried various distances, say on the average eight miles, at 2d. per ton per mil• 4,506 Giving for the gross receipts, from that part of the line beyond Stratford Add half the existing traffic between Stratford arid the City, or 334,980 passengers per annum, at the average fare of sd. 6,987 Gross annual receipts 96,354 Deduct for working expenses, calculated at 40 per cent. - Net receipts per annum £57,813 The line w as fif teen m il es i n l engt h , and the only ex pensive portions would be those which approached the termini. From the detailed estimates, which had been prepared with great care, the Directors were satisfied that the cost of the whole work would not exceed 500,0001., upon which amount the estimated revenue would pey more than eleven and a half per cent. per annum. Should the meeting concur with the Directors, it would bo proposed to apply to Par liament to obtain an Act authorising the construction of this line. The CHAIRMAN said, that as the shareholders had been assembled for the special purpose of considering the report, he trusted that on that occasion they would ab stain from introducing any other topic. This arrange ment would, he thought, be conducive to the convenience of all parties. At the last meeting it was felt to be very desirable that the immense extent of country lying beyond the Blackwell terminus, and a great portion of which was at present unserved by their rail way, should not be left in that condition. It was not likely that any other company could be induced to join in incurring the expense necessary for constructing a railway over a most expensive district of one mile and three qnarters. It was equally unreasonable to suppose that any company could he formed for the purpose of making a railway for that district. The Directors having turned this matter over in their minds, tied having seen how necessary it was that some step should be taken to secure a fair return for the enormous capital expended, had now the plea sure of submitting to this meeting a report in reference to the project. They had, at first, indeed, thought there must he some good reason which had in duced other companies to select the valley of the Lea in preference to that of the Ribble, but after duly consider ing the subject, they had arrived at the conviction that there was a valuable opening for such an extension of the line as they now proposed to make.—(Hear, hear.) Even if the Blackwall Railway Company did not under take the project, still a company might be formed in conjunction with their own, which would carry the line as far as tetepney.—(Hear, hear.) In the estimates which had been made great care had been taken to make every necessary deduction, and he believed that they might fully be relied upon by the shareholders. The Eastern Counties Company had been invited to unite with them to secure this object ; but they had eince adopted a resolution declining all co-operation. The question, then, for determination was, whe ther or not they should proceed. Supposing they were to do so, the matter would stand in this posi tion. If the Board of Trade objected to the scheme, which he could not believe a likely event, the money would revert again to the parties who had advanced it; if the Board of Trade approved of the scheme, that money would remain as part of the capital "f any company which might undertake the line, wheth er i t were the Blackwell or some other comp any in co-operation with it; and lastly, if they did not choose to carry out the project after obtain ing the sanction of the Board of Trade, the matter would end with the expenditure of a few hundred pounds. At all events, there could be no question that the for mation of the line world be an advantage to the Blackwell C ompany, and he should, therefore pro pose the follo w i ng resolution:—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, i t would be of grea interests of th e s h areholders of the London and Black walltadvantage to the Railway th a t a railway should be formed from the Blackwell Rail way at Stepney to Epping. " Captain PAGE seconded the resolution. Mr. LEVY said he thought the Directors had great confidence in the forbearanc e of the shareholders, since, after giving them only half-a-crown for the last two or three years, they now called upon them for a further edvance of half a million. He knew a great deal about the traffic on these roads, having been employed by the Government to check it during a considerable period, and he never saw such an exaggerated statement as that before the meeting. —(Hear, hear.) It was made out that 740,0 00 people came from Strat ford to London in the year. That was about 2,000 a day. Why the whole population of Stratford did not reach that amount.—(Hear, hear.) What was to come from these places ? Take the case of Epping. Hay was brought to Whitechapel, potatoes and cabbages to Spitalficlds, and a few sausages from Epping.• Could they expect that all these would in future come by railway? (Hear, hear.) lie believed that if they had taken the whole country they could not possibly have selected a worse line.—(Hear, hear.) Epping itself had never been able to support a stage coach. They might expend 500,000/. in constructing this line ; but if it ever paid one farthing in the pound for the outlay, he would undertake to eat all the places which would be served by it.— (Laughter.) The counsel and solicitor for the prisoner were called in before the public were admitted. As soon as the doors were opened the rush was terrific. When silence had been restored, Mr. Chambers applied that the property found upon the person of the prisoner should be given up, now that the inquiry was over, and the Coro ner's duty, to all intents and purposes, ended, especially as he (Mr. Chambers) could now posi tively assert, and not assume, that that property had nothing to do with I he offence imputed to the unfortu nate man. The CORONER, in answer to the application, said he could not say that the money had nothing to do with the case. The amount was very important, and it would be more advisable for a court to see the money. He could not give up the money, but he would take care that the officers should not dissipate it; they would detain it as trustees for the purposes of thin inquiry. The prisoner would not be damnified, for he under stood he was a man of property. Mr. Chambers—The watch. The CORONER—I canaot let the watch be given up either. Mr. Chambers—You stated that, at the last exa mination, there might be something material con nected with the money, inasmuch as you had received other information of considerable importance. Now that c )uld not be the case, because, if it had been, the information ought to be produced. Dr:BowatNc, M.P., thought the Hon. Proprietor was rather too hasty in his prophecy. He said that if the railway prospered, he would eat all the towns. Mr. LEVY—And you with them.—(Great laughter.) Dr. Bow RlNG—When it was proposed to send a steamer across the Atlantic, a Noble Lord said , if the attempt succeeded, he would pledge himself to swallow the boiler. It could not be denied that they had the best terminus ; and he telt every confidence that the estimates given in the report, would be fully borne out by the result. Only sixpence a share was necessary to be guaranteed, and he thought that sum would be well expended in going before the Board of Trade. The CORONER would not say that it was not impor tant now, from information he had received. Mr. Chambers protested against any information being kept back. The CORONER had kept back no information. He had heard no evidence except in Court. He had em ploy ed an officer to investigate the case. What that officer had reported to him could not be evidence, because he had not the witnesses here, and if it could be received it was merely corroborative of evidence already received, and would not enlighten the minds of the jury. The prisoner was then committed to Aylesbury gaol. After some further discussion, the resolution was agreed to, there being but three) dissentients. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution, authorising the Directors to take the necessary steps for applying to Parliament. Mr. K. MANGLES, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. It was then proposed and carried—" That a further meeting of the Company be called before any distribution of shares be made to the public." A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned: The prisoner, who wore the garb of a Quaker, was called in to hear the •erdict delivered. He is a respectable-looking elderly man, with silvery hair, and with rather a mild expression of countenance. He listened to the verdict without manifesting any emotion, and a person un acquainted with the circumstances would have taken him for a casual spectator. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION LINE. MEETING IN LAMBETH. A placard has recently been issued by Mr. Withal, solicitor, of Parliament -street, addressed to the inha bitants of Lambeth, and endeavouring to obtain from them an expression of dissent to the proposed Metro politan Extension of the South-Western Railway. In consequence of the circulation of this placard many of the principal proprietors and inhabitants of the bo rough thought it advisable to convene a meeti ng f or the purpose of taking th e su bj e ct into consideration, which was accordingly held yesterday (Wednesday) at the King's Head Hotel, in the Belvidere -road. A considerable muster of highly influential residents and holders of property in the district were present on the occasion. THE TRADE OF THE TYNE.—We are sorry to find that there has been a considerable decrease in the num ber of cargoes exported from the Tyne during the past year, as compared with 1643. Number of ships cleared with cargoes, in 1843, 3,717 ; in 1844, 2,985. Cleared in ballast, in 1843, 19 ; in 1844, 135. Of the latter, in 1844, twenty-five cleared for Archangel, thirty-two for Canada, sixteen to Wyburg, two to Davis's Straits, twelve to Riga, six to Onega, and the remainder princi pally for the guano trade. Among the cargoes exported, it is worthy of remark that five, consisting of 2,250 tons of West Hartley coals, were shipped for the Marquesas Islands, no doubt for the use of the French Government. The falling off in the exports is another evidence, in addition to the many already existing, of the injurious consequences of the pitmen's strike.—GatesheadObßerver. lIMBWAY ROBBERY. - On New Year's-eve, shortly after six o'clock, Mr. Irons, of Lilley, Herts, a farmer, was returning home from Hitchin market, and when about a mile from the latter, he was attacked by six men, dressed in dark clothing, who handled him ra ther roughly, and robbed him of a silver snuff box and about 10s, in mone liitchiu. y, with which they decamp e d towards JOHN BALLARD BYRON, Esq., having been voted into the chair, the business of the meeting was com menced by the Chairman reading a resolution to the effect that the proposed extension line, passing, as it did, through a large portion of the worst-built and least valuable portion of Lambeth, and causing the erection of large and costly edifices contiguous to the line, and on the site of the projected station at the terminus, would prove highly beneficial to the inte rests of the district. It was at this period of the pro ct.edings of great importance to ascertain the opinions of the inhabitants of Lambeth upon this subject, espe cially as a strong attempt bad been made to obtain an expression of dissent against the projected railway by '1.4; A., -1 • • Mr. Withal, who was largely connected with pro perty in the parish ; the purpose of the present meet ing was therefore twofold, first, to ascertain whether the completion of the proposed line would prove bene ficial to the interests of the parish ; and, secondly, to adopt means for obtaining a general expression of the opinion of the inhabitants upon its bearing on their individual advantages. Plans of the proposed extension line having been inspected by the gentlemen present, Mr. GRISSELL observed that, as regarded the effect the construction of the railway would have upon the owners of properties in the parish, the only subject of regret on his own part was that, as he was informed, no portion of his property was intended to be touched. He concluded by seconding the resolution that had been read. Mr. LETT said that, as proprietors and men of business, they were well aw a r e o f th e i m p or t ance o f keeping free the principal thoroughfares ; all the ap proaches to every locality should be kept as free and accessible as possible. If a terminus and station were made in the Belvidere-road, the confined situation would result in considerable inconvenience, which would be avoided if the railway were conducted to the York-road, with the capability of being carried to the water-side. The great object which they had in consenting to the proposed line was to get a ter minus made in the York-road, and not to have the railway carried across the water. If such a project was in contemplation, he thought the meeting would he only stultifying themselves, as it would merely make a convenience of the inhabitants of Lambeth, and carry all the advantages that might be looked for from the undertaking to another part of the me tropolis. Mr. BYRON stated that he was able to answer the inquiry of the gentleman who had spoken in such a satisfactory manner. As one of the Bridge Committee, he could state that there was no chance of getting the railroad across the water. A scheme that had been highly favoured by the Government was that of constructing an embankment along the course of the Thames, and this required the preserva tion of an uninterrupted thoroughfare down the banks of the river, which would render impossible the com pletion of the line of way across the bridge. Mr. CHADWICK observed that Mr. Lett was quite right in the observation he had made regarding the importance of preserving the thoroughfares uninter rupted. The terminus was absolutely fixed in the York-road, on its south side. The railway to the river would pass upon a viaduct of nineteen feet in height, and the traffic in the Belvidere-road would not be in any way impeded. Mr. BROWNING said that he believed that the pro perty encroached on by the line was of a description which contributed very little to the parochial rates, and it would, in fact, conduce to the interest of the parish to get it removed. Mr. BYRON observed that he was able to corrobo rate the observation just made ; in particular, one locality with which he was acquainted, in the neigh bourhood of York-place, was notorious for the bad construction of the houses, and the frequency of dis union among the inhabitants. Mr. Gonttm said his name had been mentioned some time since as being opposed to the Extension Railway, which was at that time the case, inasmuch as he had been informed that a valuable portion of his own premises was to hare been cut up by the line. He was now, however, aware that that particular por tion of the plan had been altered ; and, such being the case, he was inclined to g i ve hi s unqua lifi e d sup port to the undertaking. Mr. COLES CHILD agreed to what had fallen from Mr. Goding. His own case was much the same, as he had been at first alarmed by accounts that a sec tion of his premises, which he could not have pos sibly found means to replace, would be sacrificed in the construction of the li ne . The existing plan ob viated this objection, and would meet with his de cided approbation. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Warburton, M.P., who was extensively connected with the parish as proprietor and trustee, was a warm advocate of the line as it was proposed to be constructed to the foot of Hungerford-bridge. The resolution (for which see our advertising columns) was then carried unanimously. Mr. LETT then moved a resolution, appointing a deputation of gentlemen present at the meeting, to take steps to obtain the opinion of the inhabitants of Lambeth, as well as to wait upon the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Members of the county sand borough. As a wrong impression had got abroad that a feeling existed in the district hostile to the pro posed undertaking, it was of great importance that every means should be taken to remove it, for which purpose there was no more feasible method than to procure, as extensively as possible, the unbiassed opinions of the inhabitants at large throughout Lambeth. with unrelenting severity, on that portion of the mid dle classes with whom the struggle to make out life is most difficult, and who are least able to bear such a burden. But as the TVestminster reviewer observes, the same objections do not apply to the tax upon landed and funded property, or, in other words, to that which is really the "property-tax." It is col lected with ease, certainty, and very little expense. It does not involve vexatious inquisition into private affairs, and if it stood alone, it would provoke as small a share of popular dislike as any other form of direct taxation. Keeping in view, then, the broad distinction between the property-tax and the income•tax, let us see the amount of revenue yielded by each. To show this the IVestminster reviewer gives the following tables : PROPERTY TAX, OR TAX UPON INCOMES ARISING FROM REAL AND FUNDED PROPERTY AS COLLECTED FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 5, 1843. SCHEDULE A. Income. Tax. Land, Tenements, &c., England £73,728,429 £2,150,412 Ditto for Scotland SCHEDULE C. Annuities, Dividends, &c., Eng land Ditto for Scotland £113,226,982 £3,271,248 INCOME TAX, OR TAX UPON PROFITS, SALARIES, AND OTHER PRECA. RIOUS SOURCES OF INCOME. SCHEDULE D. Income. Tax. Profits and gains, England —.X50,296,645 £1,465,985 Ditto for Scotland 1,404,287 61,763 SCHEDULE E. Public Offices, &a, England 8,936,831 260,637 Ditto for Scotland 468,095 12,353 SCHEDULE B. Occupancy of Lands and Tene ments, England 20,486,606 298,763 Ditto for Scotland £B2 060,9 £2,111,876 The items given for Scotland are only approxima tions, but are no doubt sufficiently accurate for the purpose of discussion. The property-tax, therefore, yields about three millions and a quarter sterling, and the income-tax little more than two millions. It is tolerably certain that the expense of collecting the latter sum is at least two or three times as great as the expense of collecting the property-tax, and the cost in annoyance and hardship to the community is out of all proportion in the two cases. The obvious suggestion from these facts is, that the property-tax alone should be retained, and the odious and expensive income-tax abolished. When the real state of the case becomes familiar to the public, as it must soon be from Parliamentary discussion, this cannot fail to be come the popular demand. The removal of the in come-tax is evidently practicable. The state of the revenue affords no reason for its continuance. It is no longer possible to plead for it as a necessary evil. It is an enormous evil, now stripped of every pretence by which a palliation can be made out. It is of no use to say that it was imposed along with the property-tax, and that they must stand or fall together. This may seem very good logic to the landed interest, but nobody else will perceive the vis consequegtia of the argument. The conjunction of the two taxes on the same basis was originally a rank injustice, and a rank injustice it remains. The representations originally made of the unequal pressure which the scheme would produce, were overborne by Ministerial influence rather than at tempted to be answered. The unfairness, indeed, of taxing the precarious income of the struggling ti ader, or the still more precarious gains of professional toil, as heavily as the rental of a landed proprietor, was so obvious that it could not be denied ; and was only disregarded on the plea that any juster arrangement would be so inconvenient as to be impracticable. This unjust burden has now been borne for three years, and it is time that it should be got rid of. Its complete removal is the only fair mode of settling the question; because an income-tax bearing the same propor cion t o th e p ro p er ty-t ax which the value of a trading or professional income bears to the value of a landed or funded income of the same amount, would yield 'but little over the cost of collection.— Chronicle. TIE COTTON TRADE. (From Messrs. Wrigley and Sons' Circular.) The prospects of the cotton trade at the commence ment of the present year were of a very cheering character, the low prices previously current having assisted in a very material degree to cause the revival of trade, which then began to show itself in a very decided manner, and raised sanguine expectations for the future, which, it is gratifying to add, have not been disappointed. Trade, it is true, received rather a severe, but only a temporary check in the two 'first months of the year, arising from a sudden advance of the raw material, caused by a 3x,ischievous, and to many of those en gaged in it, rm. - mous speculation, founded on deceptive estimates of the last crop of cotton in America. During the month of January the transactions in cotton were unusually heavy, and prices of American advanced fully id. per lb. In the week ending Feb. 2, the speculation had reached its climax, when the weekly saite3 extended to the enormous amount of 109,570 bales, of which 84,200 were taken by speculators. :Immediately after that period the day of reckoning began ; prices had then reached the highest point they attained during the year. The advance was so sudden, particularly with the rather heavy stock then in the port, that consumers, finding that they could not realise an equivalent advance on goods and yarn, began to lose confi dence, and purchase more sparingly. Towards the close of Febru axy it became very apparent that the import from America, which until then had been un usually light, - would soon greatly increase, as the accumulation of stocks in the American ports had already becorae unwieldy, and could no longer be held back ; a, hied to this, towards the middle of March the false estimates of the crop could no longer escape detection, so that all the visionary profits of the spe culators speedily vanished. Prices began to recede early in March, and, with some trifling exceptions, they have co atinued to decline gradually ever since. Prices of z nost descriptions of cotton are now Id, per lb. below those current in January last, and 10. to lid. lower than the highest point of the year. The result of the speculation in cotton this year, so dis astrous to those engaged in it, and so ruinous to the regular imporl'er, if it does not inculcate any new lesson, gives e,dditional weight to formerly, we should say, already Ito° dearly purchased experience, and affords a very severe warning not to place too much confidence in estimates of crops, as the increased energy and activity which an advance in price gives to the planter to secure all he possibly can, tend to make an otherwise short crop, as we have seen this year, into a full average one. Estimates of crops, even when ma de with honest intentions, it should be borne in mind, are mere guess work, and may be ren dered erroneoils from a variety of causes it is quite impossible at ithe moment to foresee. Notwithsta»ding the short crop, we have had at one period of the year, viz., the week ending 12th July, the largest stock of cotton ever before held in port ; it react lea the enormous amount of 998,400 bags. It has since materially diminished, but we have still a co nsiderable excess of stock over last year. The, lung prevalence of easterly winds during this month have kept back the sup plies, so that as yet we have received com paratively little of the new crop, although it is said to have been an earlier one by some weeks than the last. The change of wind, which seems now about to set irn, will bring in the large supply now on the way, so elat we shall, in all probability, see a constant addit ion made to the stock for a long period. During the pa at month the prospect of an increasing demand for goods and yarn at the turn of the year, has induced m:tny consumers to purchase largely, so that on the whole a very ample supply is now held by the trade, about on a par, it is supposed, with the quantity they had on hand at the close of last year. The increase of consumption, although considerable, is not so large as might have been anticipated from the additional quanity of machinery brought into operation ; this is supposed to arise chiefly from the inducement offen for an increased production of the lighter fabrics; whilst the manufacture of heavier descriptions of goods, requiring a greater weight of cotton, had been attended with less benefit. Mr. FELTOE, in seconding the resolution, observed that their own opinion, and that of all proprietors and men of business in the locality, appeared pretty well made up as to the advantages attending the in troduction of a railway. They were all agreed upon the benefits that must accrue from the many facilities it offered to them in their business. It was now, therefore, their chief object to learn the impression that existed on the subject in the minds of the other inhabitants, and the influence of the projected under taking upon their convenience and that of the public at large. The deputation, whose names will be found else where, was then appointed, and, after thanks had been voted to the Chairman for his able discharge of the duties of president, the meeting broke up. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX. Of the many questions suggested by the prosperous state of the revenue, we believe the most lively interest is excited by that which relates to the income tax. As the period for which it was imposed draws to a conclusion, everybody begins to look with anxiety to the decision which Parliament will soon be called upon to pronounce respecting its continuance. There could not be a greater mistake than to suppose, from the comparative acquiescence with which the income-tax has been borne, that the people of this country are prepared to sanction it as a permanent financial arrangement. If Sir Robert Peel builds upon any such supposition, he will find himself egregiously mistaken. The circumstances under which the income-tax was proposed, removed or weakened the objections of a large portion of the community, whose opposition would at another time have been fatal. There was a large deficiency in the public income which it was necessary to supply. An income tax might not be the best remedy for the case, but it was a remedy ; and those who throughout the country had opposed the budget and commercial reforms of the Whigs could not well point to any other. The constituencies had rejected the scheme of making up the deficit by an alteration of the duties on corn, sugar, and timber, and, without Pennsylvanian dis honesty, they could not well shrink from the other alternative of a new tax. Besides this, the income tax was the first great measure of Sir Robert Peel's Government ; it was proposed when that Government was at the height of its power, and when its hold upon public opinion was stronger than it has ever been since or can ever be again. The mercantile Con servatives still cherished the delusion that the new Minister would do something great for the trading interests ; the agriculturists were not yet alienated ; and the country at large was somewhat wearied of political contests, and much more disposed than is wont to suffer passively an experiment from new rulers. In addition to these considerations there was the highly-important one, that the income-tax was proposed as a temporary measure. Its operation was to be severe but speedy, and however painfully it might be felt, there was the consolation that in three years it would be at an end. Under such circumstances the income-tax became law with far less difficulty than might have been expected, but its grievous hardship and injustice have realised the worst anticipations of its opponents. A proposal to renew this tax in its present form for an indefinite period, or for even three years longer, would be as unpopular a measure as any that could be brought forward. It is not possible, however, to sur render an income of five millions a year, and there fore it is important to observe the nature and bearing of the two wholly dissimilar taxes which, under the general head of property-tax, or income-tax, yield that amount of revenue. This distinction was exhi bited very clearly in the last number of the West minster Review, by a writer whose facts and reason ings are well worthy of attention : " Sir Robert Peel," says the reviewer, " when he came into office, imposed two mew taxes—a tax upon property, correctly so called, just and equitable in principle; and an income-tax, or a tax upon the wages of labour and the profits of trade, however precarious the source from which they might be derived—a tax at once oppressive and inquisitorial. " Oppressive, because the annual payment of 91. to a clerk dependent for the support of himself and family upon a salary of 3001. is a burden dispropor tioned to his means; and unjust, because a burden greatly exceeding the tax imposed upon the rich man, although nominally the same in amount. " For example : 3001. per annum arising from capital invested in the Three per Cents., are at the present moment worth 10,000/. The income of a clerk is unsaleable ; it depends upon personal services, for which he may be incapacitated at any moment; and if he die, his family are beggars. Yet the clerk is called upon to contribute the same amount to the ; revenue as a rich man with 10,0001. in the funds ! It is this tax upon incomes gained in trade and by personal exertion which produces five-sixths of hardship and annoyance associated in the public mind with the whole system. It is this which gives rise to the inquisitorial examination into the circumstances of every trader. It is this which exposes the poverty which so often lies concealed beneath an exterior of professional respectability. It is this which presses, We think we may with safety congratulate our friends on the p cospects for the future, as we do not recollect a period when the year commenced under more favourable auspices; there seems to be nothing in the distance but what is cheering and encouraging to skill and industry. The quantity of cotton al ready gathered of the lust crop, is sufficient security against high prices for a long period to come.. The value of cotton is, from the latest accounts, declining in the United States, and seems likely to be purchased there en terms that will inducer the importer to bring it at once on the market. The export from America exceeds already 150,000' bales, the greater part of which is still to arrive; so that if we continue to be blessed by Providence with abundant harvests, cheap cotton, and cheap food—the chief elements of prosperity to this country—must give an additional stimulus to trade, and whilst it affords increased comforts to all at home, must render also essential benefit to those distant na tions whose products are exchanged for our manu factures. _ If, therefore, the stock in the hands of the trade this year is estimated at the same amount as last year, the consumption this year must be estimated by the deliveries from the ports, which average 27,326 bales per week. DEATH OF DEAF BURKE.---The death of Deaf Burke took place at his residence, No. 5, Francis street, Waterloo-road, at half-past one o'clock yester day, after a short illness. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POISONING. (From the Morning Herald of Jan. 8.) Under this head there appeared in ;he papers of Saturday last a report of a coroner's inquest held oa the body of a young man lately employed in a com posite candle-manufactory : the verdict of the jury being, " That the deceased died from the mortel effects of his exposure to the poison of arsenic, while at work in a candle manufactory." Part of the evi dence was as follows :—" Nine ounces of arsenic were generally mixed with the melted stuff in other rriauu factories ; but in this only two ounces, the manufac turer being desirous ofdoing a way with arsenic a, much as possible. The arsenic made the candles have more the appearance of wax." These words and some other parts of the report would imply that arsenic is used in all composite candles. We unde=r :tend that the name of " composite" was first applied to candles in the winter of 1839, when it was diseovered that the hard substance obtained by a patent process from cocoa-nut oil, formed (in combination with the ex ' pensive material already well known in commerce by the name of " stearine wax") candles possessing the intense inflammability of the latter, and the beautiful bluish-whiteness of light and absolute freedom frem smoke of the f ormer material—candles, in fact, equal in all their light•giving properties to the finest wax or spermaceti, and vet more economical, all ow i ng for the amount- of light, than cominon tallow-moulds. These compound candles were called by the inventors (the patentees of the process referred to) " composite" rather un luckily ; for no sooner was their merit known than some dozen of' imitations cae e out under the same name of "composite," of ditrerent degrees of merit, and of all varieties of price ; but all so far difs fering from the real candles that not one of them con tained a particle of cocoa-nut oil, except in the crude, soft state in which it is imported—the makers of the real candles holding, as already said, the patent for the hardening of this substance so as to make it fit for use in candles, by the abstraction from it of all its liquid oil, the presence of which oil is the cause of its extreme softness in the natural state. In consequence of the report above alluded to, which would lead the public to believe that compo site candles cannot be made without arsenic, and that as a matter of course the real patent or true composite candles must contain a double portion of it, the pa tentees, Messrs. Price and Co., of Belmont, Vauxhall, invited us yesterday to see the process at their factory, and we spent some hours viewing the very ingenious, complicated, and expensive machinery by which those difficulties in the manufacture of composite candles, for the overcoming 0f which the arsenic is said to be necessary, ere surmounted. It is unnecessary to de tail the whole process of the manufacture which we wit. nessesi, but from our own observation, and the answers we received to questions addressed to the workmen upon various points, we feel perfectly satisfied that not ' a particle of arsenic is used in the composition. In deed an inspection of the mechanical arrangements would convince any person acquainted with the manu facture of composite candles that arsenic could not be any possibility be used. The Messrs. Price have also given us their solemn assurance, which we willingly make public, that from the commencement of the manufacture there has naver been a single composite candle (now called simply " Price's patent candles") made with the use of arsenic, and that during the five years these candles have been made not one grain of arsenic has been admitted into their factory for any purpose whatever. They inform us that the state ment made at the inquest that "the arsenic makes the candles have more the appearance of wax" is perfectly true, and they have given us the following explanation of this tendency :—lt appears that the stearine wax has a great tendency to assume a crys talline texture in soddifying, and that the temperature at which it solidifies is much higher than even the congealing point of the hard cocoa-nut stearine, and of course very much higher still than that of the soft crude oil used in the imitations. The two substances of which the composite candle is to be made are per fectly incorporated together in the liquid state, and are run into the moulds. /f they can he kept in this perfect incorporation until the whole mass has become solid, the candle is clear, smooth, and waxy, free from oiliness and from any mottled appearance on the surface. If, on the contrary, the stearine wax is allowed, in the cooling of the mixture, to separate itself partly from the other material by crystalising away from it when its solidi fying point is reached (the other being, as already said, still liquid for many- degrees below this point), then the candle has an unsightly appearance, and does not at all possess the clear smooth surface of the other. Now the use of the arsenic is this—the smallest quan tity of it mixed with the stearine wax entirely de stroys its tendency to crystalise, and the stearine wax, thus prepared and incorporated with the other material in the liquid state, remains perfectly incor porated, and the whole difficulty is overcome, at no other trouble and expense to the manufacturers than some slight wear and tear of the conscience of the manager. The material must not be boiled with water subsequently to the addition of the arsenic, or the water removes it entirely, and along with it all the desired. effect. In Mr. Price's factory this very practice of violent boiling with water is the means used to in corporate the two materials without the use of any chemical agent whatever, all the previous mechanical processes in the preparations of the stea r i ne wax having, however, been regulated with the one view of overcoming its tendency to crystalise, and further mechanical processes are brought into operation with the same view, atter the incorporation. The most exact attention is paid also to the temperature, not only of the material but also of the moulds into which it is poured, all of these being heated to the required degree in steam-closets built for the purpose. The result is that the candles are extremely good and pretty. That the surface and appearance of all the candles of every filling of the moulds are per fect, as would invariably be the case were arsenic used, Messrs. Price and Co. do not pretend. The candles have to be examined, and the very small pro portion which show any considerable appearance of mottledness or defective surface are remelted. It has even occurred to them, but very rarely, to be obliged to condemn a whole day's work, between six and seven tons of candles. Even in some of the candles passed as good specks and a slight degree of mottle are observable on close inspection ; and occasionally a sharp-eyed consumer detects these, and animadverts upon them. The answer of the shopkeeper is very ready :—" Those specks are merely a stamp of no arsenic. The patentees would consider it iniquitous in them to make arsenicated candles, and folly in you to ask far them." We understand, however, from Messrs. Price and Co. that, by a new patent process which they are busily engaged in working out, they have every hope of accomplishing, by mechanical agency, all the desired effects, with the same ease and certainty as those af forded by the arsenic. We heartily wish them suc cess in the attempt, and would suggest to them that they should, in that case, rise superior to the mere considerations of trade, and either grant licenses for the process at a very moderate rate, or else sell at a small profit the stearine wax prepared by it. We re publish, at the request of Messrs. Price and Co., an advertisement inserted by them some years ago in all the London papers, and of which they beg us to say that they consider the engagements still in force. The interest which the public naturally feel in a matter in which their health and comfort are so deeply involved (these candles being very extensively used throughout the kingdom) must be our apology for this lengthened notice. COPY OF AN ADVERTISEMENT INSERTED IN ALL THE LONDON PAPERS. Edward Price and Co. solemnly declare, " That they do not, in any part of their manufacturing process, make use of arsenic, or of any other deleterious ingredient. Any of their customers doubting this fact will par ticularly oblige E. P. and Co. by having a packet of their candles analysed by any chemist of known skill, the expense of which will be cheerfully borne by them, on condition of their being at liberty to publish the result." MR. TOTHILL'S REPORT FOR 1844. TO THE PUBLIC. The only thing I have to add to my report o f l as t . year is, tbat I feel still more convinced, from prac tical experience, of the truth of M r . Morison's 1-{y.. geian System of Medicine, and o f th e f allacy faf the Organic The-my taught in the schools of medic:me. I have, during the last ten years, treated gnituiteusly upwards of 5,000 poor persons labouring under all sorts of diseases, at the Exeter Hy ge i an Di spensary, solely with Morison's Pills, of the British College of Health, London, most of whom had bef,n iziven up as incurable by the most eminent medical mend Exeter. To any person de. irons of investigating such cases, shall be most happy to give them the names And ad dresses of the parties cured, together with the names and addresses of the medical men they were undt-r. I beg to thank Lady Sophia Grey, and the other subscribers, for their annual subscriptions. (Signed) RICHARD TOTHILL, M.R.C.S., London, but now prac— tising on the Hygeian System. Exeter llygeian Dispensary, 91, Fore street Hill, Exeter, Jan. 6, 1845. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, JAN. 7.--ExAmrwAtioN OF THE QUESTIONISTS NOT CANDIDATES FOR HONOURS. —This examination begins 0, - ). Wednesday (this day), and continues seven days. There are in the first divi sion 107 candidates, and in the second 105. Term com mences on Monday next, the 13th Instant. Earl Fitzhardinge, and the Hon. Craven Berkeley hues respectively made handsome donations to the fund for the relief of the unemployed poor at Cheltenham. The um alre.tdy subscribed tunouuto to upwards of 600/.