The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-28 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE MANCHESTER. - By the Vivid steamer, which arrived last evening from Hull, we ascertained that the Transit steamer made that port on Monday, from the Elbe, and the additional particu lars brought by her confirm the melancholy fact that not a life was saved. When the Transit left the Elbe en Saturday the wreck of the Manchester could be seen to the northward of the harbour, but the crew were unable to gain any tidings of any bodies washed ashore. The following is a copy of a circular sent by Mr. Sanderson, the agent of the Company at to which the Manchester belonged, to the several parties interested in her loss:— "Hull, June 24. "In reference to my advices of the 21st inst., the following is an extract of a letter received this morning from Ham burgh, too truly confirming the melancholy anticipations. We have now no hope as to the disastrous fate of the Man chester and those on board:— " Hamburgh, June 22, 1844. " ' Our apprehensions have unfortunately been too well founded, and the loss of the beautiful vessel, the Manchester, is no longer to be doubted. The wreck has been seen at the north-east end of the bank of Vogel Sands, about 13 miles distant from the Danish coast, where a great number of pieces of wreck have been driven ashore. There is a report that part of the valuable cargo has been picked up, but we have no particulars about it. The clock of the cabin has been brought to Cuxhaven, showing the time of half-past one o'clock, and also a pocket watch, showing the time of one o'clock, so that the unfortunate accident appears to have occurred about mid night, after a run of about 32 hours from Hull. Her frag ments brought here aro nearly all dashed to pieces by the violence of the breakers, and all lives are undoubtedly lost.' "I may further add, besides the crew, consisting of 22 per sons, the following are ascertained to have been on board:— Mrs. St. George Smith and her son and daughter (the two latter being about 26 and 22 years of age), from Drogheda, on their way to Graffenburgh, in Silesia, for the benefit of their health ; Mr. Rothsay, of Leeds, wool merchant ; and it is thought that there was one or two others, but nothing par ticular has positively been ascertained. "J. SANDERSON." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS. Mate—Charles J. Austen (1840), of the Agincourt, to the rank of Lieutenant. Assistant-Surgeon—Hugh T. S. Beveridge, M.D. (1839) of the Lightning, steam-tender, late attendant on the Em peror of Russia, to the rank of Surgeon. APPOLXT3LENTS. Midshipman--Patrick Johnson, to the Camperdewn. Assistant-Surgeon—Datia Russell (1839), of the St. Vin cent, to the Fearless "steam-vessel. The Queen, 1 , 1(c Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., ar rived at Spithead on Tuesday from Lisbon, which place she left on the 13th inst., consequently has had a long passage of twelve days. When she left a French brig of 16 guns was the only man-of-war of any nation in the Tagus. The Queen has brought home a large quantity of the Xanthus marbles, - which she will land here to be forwarded to the British Mu .seum. She was ordered to be ready yesterday morning for Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker (in the absence of the Com mander-in-Chief) to inspect the ship's company firing at a target, &c.. She will take out her lower deck guns, and go into Portsmouth harbour probably to-morrow; and as soon us her books can be got ready, which will take about a week or ten days, she will be paid off, all standing, and bc..ready for re-commissioning. The Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., has sailed in his yacht, the Fanny, on a cruise in,The Channel, visiting the islands of Jersey and Guenasey, and the Scilly Islands, the extent of his command. The Fanny hoists his jiag, which will be struck in the St. Vincent during his absence. The Bonettaisurveyiqg-ship, Commander Brock, sailed from PortarnOuth, on Saturday morning for the Mediterranean. The Wanderer, 16, Capt. Seymour, has been dismantled at Portsmouth, and will be paid off this day. LETTING GO THE SHEET ANCHOR. A trial of the relative good qualities and best adaptation for the service of two plans for the most speedy and best method of letting go the sheet anchors of her Majesty's ships took place in Portsmouth Harbour on Tuesday, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley having been ordered to report thereon. Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Captains Eden, Rowley, Sey mour, &c., in commission, attended by a number of distin :guished half-pay officers—viz„ Vice-Admiral Fred. Warren, Captain Sir R. Grant, &c., embarked at the King's-stairs to witness it. One of the plans we have already noticed ;it was invented by Mr. 'Brown, the assistant-master attendant at this dockyard, and submitted last year to the Admiralty, who approved it; and, in consequence, many ships have been fitted with it. It consists of two strong iron cranks or crutches fitted to the ship's side on swivels, one clipping the shank of the anchor near-the crown, the other the shank wear the stock ; when the stoppers are let go; these *crutches bear the anchor out clear of the ship's side, so - that the anchor can be let go at a moment's notice, even with the gnus run out. `The other plan was by the Surveyor of the Navy, and appears to be only an alteration from Mr. Brown's. He has only one crank or crutch, that nearest the flukes ; substituting for the other crutch the lower part of the anchor-stock, the end resting on a totrong wood work secured to the ship's side. The Surveyor Thas placed his sheet anchor further aft, whereby he clears the fore rigging, and stows his anchor more in board. This might also be done with Mr. Brown's plan. The sheet anchors of the Britannia and the Rodney, both fitted on Mr. Brown's plan; were let go; and nothing could demonstrate the admirable plan more completely than the way in which they both went off from the ship's sides into the water. The Collingwood'A anchor, fitted by the surveyor, was also let go and answered very well. Both plans appeared excellent, but to Mr. BroWn is due the credit of the invention, and we pre ifer his, as we think the anchor would be more easily got into Its place and secured than by the surveyor's, as we think there would be some diffi cu lty i n gett i ng t h e end of the stock in its place , in the chock, if there should be much Motion in the vessel when stowing the anchor. Tait WEST INDms.--The Imaum, 72, Commander Sharpe, C. 8., was at Port Royal, on the 22d May, with the Griffin, brigantine, Lieut.-Com. Jenkin, which vessel arrived from Jamel, on the 19th ult. The Pickle, schooner, Lieut.-Com. Bainbridge, was at Aux Cayes on the 16th ult. The Spartan wits at Port-au-Prince on the 9th May. At Bermuda, on the 23d 'Ult., were the Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, and the Electra, 18, Commander Arthur Darley ; the latter was to sail in a day or two f or C a y enne . CORONATION DAY.—On Friday next, the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, the men of the dockyard establish ments will have a whole instead of a half-holiday, agreeably to the new dockyard instructions. Henceforth they are :also to have the whole day on the anniversary of her Ma jesty's birth. THE LATE DIVISION ON THE SUGAR DUTIES BILL. It is recorded in the life of Fighting Fitzgerald, that once epon a time that very respectable bully was black balled when trying to become a member of some club of the day. ' Most men would have been satisfied to have been quiet-under so very marked and significant a hint of 'unpopularity. But not so with this famous, or rather in- . Tamous, duellist. Forcing his way into the room where the 'members of the club were assembled, he severally' and separately put to them the question, " Was it you that blackballed me?" To which, as none of them had a fancy for the instant death which Mr. F.'s pislol was sure to administer, a negative was returned by one and all. "O! I thought so," exclaimed the insolent and triumphant " .1 knew it was all a mistake. I was sure that I was elected by universal consent." And it is from this very use of this man's life that Sir Robert Peel has studied a leason. for his political guidance. Blackballed three :several times by the House of Commons on the factory nueition, he yet persevered in forcing them into confess ing that "it was all a mistake." And again, during the last week, the same disgraceful game has been played with similar success, and the House of Commons utterly de• graded and brought into contempt in the eyes of the coun try and the world by being compelled by its political Fitz g ald to unvote one night what it had solemnly and de tiller -AS-Ty voted the night before. On the evening of fry week, as our readers know, Mr. Miles carried his ;amendment on the sugar duties against the Ministers. 'What was to be done ? Onis Cabinet Council after another was held. Shall we resign ? was the question with some. Fitzgerald knew his'men better. With theFac nory Bill experience fresh upon his memory, he laughed at the very thought. " What ! we resign because of such a paltry affair as this ! We resign, forsooth. ?Co I they shall rescind." And he made them rescind. lie 'compelled his ragged regiment of turncoats and renegades to march down the hill, on Monday, which they had climbed up with so much difficulty on Friday. By :the working of that legerdemain which Sir-Robert Petd knows how to manage so cleverly, the' vote, which was about four shillings, more or Jess, duty on sugar on Friday, was transmuted, on :Monday, into one of confidence or no confidence in ahe Ministers. The trick succeeded again, as it sue 'ceecled before in the matter of the Factories Bill. Some of the Friday independents were absentees on _Monday. Others, who were absent on Friday, mus tered to give an unwilling support to their hard task masters on Monday. And a small party, more auda cious in their bronze, voted one way on Friday and the other on Monday. Amongst this knot of apostates was that poor, feeble, old man, Sir Howard Douglas, the' impotent and incapable Member for Liverpool, who, We take it, has, in this shameless tergiversation and apoStacy, not only stultified himself and made him *elf a laughing-stock in all q uar t ers , b ut comm i tte d IPelitical suicid without and beyond even the benefit esf clergy. The West India merchants will settle the spatter with him. But the strangest feature in this :vote of confidence in the Ministers is, that it was ac tually carried against the rest of the Liberal party by the free trade leaders of the League, who, with the posies of continuing or unseating the monopoly Ministry in their hands, calmly and deliberately voted to renew their tenure of power. Of this extraordinary hallucina 'tiOn; ibis worse than treason and more than madness, we 4;411 speak, andspeak plainly too, in another article. Suffice 4t-ssstryhere, that, inameaspinion, never were the people so basely deserted, it' not betrayed, before. But, for the present, to keep to the subject immediately iisittsre us, the debate of. Monday night was very in teresting and exciting. Sir Robert Peel came down Coolly told his slaves that they must rescind :Oieir Friday's vote, and they, as we have said before, '.. - Obeyed their master's orders, but evidently, f rom their- tone and manner, with a very ill grace. At LONDON and CROYDON RAILWAY. times, indeed, led on by Colonel Peel, they essayed A special meeting of this Company was held on Wednes a feeble cheer, but it would not do. It stuck in day, at the London-bridge Station, for the purpose of their throats, as if it dared not face the light of day, considering the draft of a Bill to be applied for, during or, !as Dickens' expresses i t, w h en s p ea king of the the present session of Parliament, for amending the gleesome lads welcoming s queers, s u ch cheers ! Acts relating to the Company, and for authorising the Sighs of extra strength with the chill on." It is Company to lay the necessary atmospheric apparatus only' just, however, to say that Mr. Miles and others along th e li ne ; and also to sanction an agreement made of the Conservati ves s t rong l y o bj ected to a d m i tt i ng ! by the Directors, to guarantee to the s u b scr ib ers t o t h e that their blackballing Fitzgerald w as "all a mistake." I London and Chatham and Chatham and Portsmouth They persisted, indeed, in maintaining, even at the Junction Rail ways, interest at the rate of four per cent. risk. of sending the Mini s t ers b ac k i nto private life, per annum upon the capital to be advanced by them, that they had made no mistake at all, and were only i and from the time of its advan ce , upon condition th at overwhelmed at last by th e unnatura l combinatio n of the pro fi t o f t h e line, after payment of such interest, traitors from their own ranks and simpletons from ours, shall be equally divided b n to whom we have b e f ore a ll u d e d . Mr. Miles was re- Mr. W. A. WILKINSON, between the two Companies. to whom we have before alluded. Mr. Miles was re- Mr. W'. A. WILKINSON, Chair the two Compani es . man of the Bo a rd o f speetful to his q uon d am l ea d er, b ut ho would not consent ! Directors presided. to forego his independence at his fiat. It was the same On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by with Mr. Cochrane. Lord Sandon was evidently puzzled; CROLI, a Director, the draft of the Bill was approved, but; his wish to secure his seat for Liverpool at last there being only a single dissentient. got the better of his anx i e t y to support the Ministers. A long discussion ensued relative to the guarantee to But Mr... l)'lsraeli's was the speech of the jade- the promoters of the Chatham lines, which terminated penitent portion of the Tories. Formidably able and in the confirmation of the course pursued by th e biti.erly sarcastic, he gave utterance to truths on this Directors. uc e 4 sies which seem to have been deeply felt by the Tory I Before the meeting separated, the CHAIRMAN men r,;eak: anti. to have been so unanswerable, that the tioned a striking instance of the advantage of a low rate Chancelio r of the Exchequer could only reply to them of railway fares. Since the fares on the line had been' psrsunas abuse, followed up by the London Standard lowered to one-half of their former amount, the gross of the next ctsy in a style which would disgrace Bil- ! receipts have been almost doubled. Oh, Sir, cease not to expose this den of thieves. Let the bright beams of the daily Sun shine continually on that dark spot, till it be condemned by an universal cry of disgust, and till those Achanites are banished from their stewardship.—l am, &c., JOHN THOROUGIIGOOD, a Churchman. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Wednesday a meeting of the Shareholders in this Com pany was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the propriety of granting power to the Di rectors to appropriate the sum of 535,0001. to the con struction of a continued line of railway from licrtford, by Hitchen and Biggleswade, to Bedford. Henry Bo sanquet, Esq., in the chair. After the report had been read, • The CHAIRMAN explained the objects of, and benefits that would be likely to accrue from the proposed exten sion, and said that the profits of the trunk line would be considerably increased by it. The Extenson Com mittee had calculated that the increase from this source would be in all about 48,8881. Mr. LEE said, upon consulting the map, he found the proposed line would run parallel with the Birmingham Railway for a considerable distance, It was proposed to extend the line beyond Cambridge, but he very much doubted the prudence of such a measure. He thought by consenting to the expenditure of so large a sum they would be doing an injustice to a great many of the old Shareholders whose means would not enable them to purchase any of the new stock thus created. There was one other point to which he wished to allude, and that was the privacy which was observed in making the contracts fur work. He thought the utmost publicity should be given to this matter, and that advertisements should be inserted in the public papers. The CHAIRMAN denied that any injustice would be done to the old Shareholders. With respect to the contracts the strictest economy and impartiality had been observed. Mr. GUBDON hoped the Proprietors would be afforded the fullest information at the present critical moment when some Legislative enactments were pending with respect to railway property. If the many advantages possessed by the Company were properly managed the line would become the principal means of traffic with the north and east of England by connecting it with Lynn, Yarmouth, and Ipswich. In reply to a question from a Proprietor, The SECRETARY said, that at the present moment the Directors were not in a condition to state the exact means by which the money would be raised, but in a short time every information would be given. In answer to another question, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Directors bad entered into such a contract as prevented them from stopping at Cambridge, and they were consequently compelled to proceed with the line beyond that town. The SECRETARY stated that, the Directors were most anxious to form a junction between a line of the Eastern Union Railway, hut could not accede to the terms pro posed by that Company. After some further discussion a motion was put and carried, authorising the Directors to create additional extension stock to the amount named, and the meeting separated. lingsgate, as it sets up its low-lived howl about " llouns ditch," and other abusive and vulgar allusic n . Mr. D'lsraeli, however, will know from the rebound how the blows which he so well put in were felt by his sensitive friends.—Liverpool Albion. • OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPEECH OF MR. WILLIAMS ON THE CURRENCY BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,--A; Mr. Williams's speech occupies by far the largest portion of the debate on Monday evening, and as every sen tence contains an error in statement, or principle, and those errors are evidently adopted by the great majority of the House, I intrude on your columns to point out the mis chievous mistakes to which the Hon. Gentleman gave ut terance : First. He asserts " That the excessive circulation of the Bank of England paper had encouraged speculation." Now, it is clear, that Mr. W. imagines (from the vast im portance he attaches to its operation) that the Bank of Eng land circulation constitutes a preponderating portion of our total circulatiOn. He admits that our trading transactions are far greater than those of France, yet he does not discover that specula tion is carried to too great an extent in that country, though the currency of France amounts to one hundred millions, and the Bank notes have not averaged twenty-five ! Secondly. He complains that while France has one him dred millions of gold and silver, we, requiring more, have only thirty. The obvious inference is, that we ought, in his opinion, to import and pay for the difference, seventy millions at least ! He then treats us with the monstrous absurdities of Daniel Hardcastle and Mr. Horner, and their stuff about " depreciation." The truth is, that our paper circulation never was, never could be, depreciated in any degree—the idea arose from con fusion of terms. Gold was much wanted for payment of troops and rose in price ; and our ingenious theorists, instead of saying that "gold had risen," said " paper had fallen l" They might as well have said that paper had fallen, because claret or burgundy, from a short harvest, had risen in price, or that my son Henry had fallen or shrunk in stature, because his brother Leopold had grown three inches taller during the last year. Mr. Williams refers to the panic of 1825 (like the illus trious Attila), but cannot perceive that the country was then saved from convulsion by the enormous issues of Bank of England paper between the 10th and 20th of December, and votes in favour of a Bill which will render any repetition of such saving process impossible. Well might the old writer say that " those whom Jupiter has determined to destroy he first deprives of reason." COMMON SENSE. OUR FATE IS SEALED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The astounding, the inconceivable ignorance of our legislature leaves us without hope for the future. Peel con tinues his currency course without opposition ; he makes concessions of points as unimportant as whether a soldier's jacket should have on it twelve or fourteen buttons, and no one rises up to denounce and lay bare the monstrous fallacies and ruinous principles on which Procustes Peel bases his murderous system. I write on the 26th of June, at a distance from London—it is therefore possible that some Member whom Providence, (by a nearly miraculous interposition) has blessed with com mon sense, may have pointed out to the House the terrific evils with which we are threatened. In an enactment comprising a thousand evils, it is scarcely worth while to notice more than the most enormous of the blunders. I will content myself, therefore, with calling attention to the main features of this legislative Frankenstein. The first is, the attempt to convert our circulation from one almost wholly of paper, to one almost wholly metallic; the second, to restrain our circulation to a fixed amount, though the extension of commercial transactions may render a cor responding extension in our machinery of transfer imperative. The objections to a metallic currency are manifold. First (as laying most on the surface), is its costliness. If we add thirty millions of gold to our currency, we must give thirty millions of goods for it. The second objection is, the impossibility of obtaining a sufficient supply of the metals. Our real main currency con sists of bills of exchange, of which 250 millions are constantly afloat. These bills pass through as many hands as Bank of England notes of like amount, and perform exactly similar offices in our transactions. The third objection is, that metal, instead of being steady, is continually shifting its relative value; and that if cir• cumstances cause it to flow out of the kingdom, thus making a vacuum in our circulation, there are not any means of fill ing up that vacuum. Sir Attila Peel imagines that he protects commerce, by making Bank notes convertible into gold. Now, independent of the fact that he cannot accomplish this, his effecting his purpose would do little to benefit commerce ; the rendering the holder of a note secure, would not protect the depositors (whose interests are in the ratio of four to one of that of the noteholders), nor the billholders, whose interests are as eight to one of the noteholders. It could in no degree create additional wisdom or caution bankers in lending their own capital, or those of their de positors; and it is obviously on this point that the whole question of power to meet engagements depends. Sir Robert admits that the Bank of England may issue notes to the amount of thirty millions—sixteen on bullion, fourteen on Government debts, &c. The deposits exceed thirteen millions. I repeat a question I have put in a former letter—lf a panic should arise, and the depositors withdraw thirteen millions of the gold, how are the thirty millions of notes to be cashed? COMMON SENSE. BROTHELS SUPPRESSION BILL• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I cannot refrain offering you my most sincere thanks for exposing the hypocrisy of the Bishop of Gloucester and Co., in reference to the brothels still in existence in the Almonry, Westminster. The poor Bishops, true to the spirit of their brethren, the Pharisees of old, are very free in condemning the vices of their parishioners, though they are themselves in secret the encouragers of vice and infamy. There was, indeed, a great show of virtuous indignation in their brethren when they exposed the guilt of the adulteress ; but how sudden, how great a change all at once ! Behold they are all adulterers—they all dwelt in glass houses ! These successors of the Pharisees may appear very godly to men, but how hateful such conduct in the sight of Jehovah ! How is it, Sir, that West minster is in such a deplorable state ? Is it not because her watchmen are what the Prophet calls greedy dogs, who love to slumber ? How is it that every house is not visited by this cluster of parsons ? How is it that they preach not the Gospel from door to door, like our Lord and his Apostles ! Is it not because they are of their father, the Devil ? " I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lo it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."—Prov. xxiv. 30. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1644. LAW INTELLIGENCE. h'OUSE OF LORDS, June 27 Their Lordships sat to-day in a Committee for privileges. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Ridesdale, Lord Sudeley, the Earl of Fortescue, Lord Colburne, and Lord Monteagle. THE WHARTON BARONY. Mr. KELLY proceeded to sum up in this claim, in the course of which he took an objection to the outlawry of the Duke of Wharton with which the Committee decided they could not deal, and in consequence thereof the matter was ordered to stand over sini die, in order that proceedings might be taken in the Queen's Bench to set aside the outlawry. Their Lordships then proceeded to hear Scotch appeals. ADAM V. FARQUHAR. Mr. KELLY resumed his arguments on behalf of the ap pellant in this appeal, the arguments of which occupied their Lordships nearly the w hole IT. TXTE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX. The further consideration of this claim is specially ap. pointed to be proceeded with to-morrow (this day). TILE STATE TRIALS.-TIIE QUEEN V. DE. GRAY. The writ of error of Dr. Gray, one of the traversers, is specially appointed to be proceeded with on Monday. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, June 27. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) Hisonour sat in Lincoln's Inn to-day. ROBERTS V. MADDOX. The further arguments in this part-heard motion, occupied his Honour the whole day. The object of the motion is to commit the defendant for a breach of an injunction granted by the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 27. (Sittings at Nisi Prius,at Guildhall, before Lord Chie Justice TINDAL.) SARGENT V. WLEAN. Mr. Sergeant Talfuurd was for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Byles for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for injury done to a water colour painting which the defendant gave him to mount. The defence was, that the defendant followed the directions of the plaintiff, and adopted a course which he would not otherwise have done, in consequence of those directions. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 10/. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 27. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) LORD HUNTINGTOWER. The Court was, at two o'clock this day, crowded with a curious auditory, on tiptoe to hear a continuation of the singular disclosures which were given to the world on the previous examinations. They were doomed, however, to disappointment, for on the noble bankrupt's name having been called, Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, his solicitor, said that he had had a communication from his Lordship a very short time ago, and, from the tenor of that communication, he might say with certainty that his Lordship would not appear in Court that day. Mr. Lewis here wished to hand in the note he had referred to; but The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he could re ceive no private communication, as such, in Court. Mr. Lewis said that his object was merely to show that they were not in fault, for the non-appearance of his Lordship. He might appeal for corroboration of that to his Learned Friend Mr. James. Mr. Edwin James said that Mr. Lewis had to do with a versatile client, and he did not, from all he could un derstand of the circumstances, think that Mr. Lewis could have foreseen the intention of his Lordship to set at nought the forms of the Court. Mr. Lewis prayed that the hearing of the case might be adjourned to a future day, and that the protection of the Court might still be extended to his Lordship. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he should not ex tend the bankrupt's protection for a single hour until he should surrender himself. The process of that Court should nut be played with if he could help it. The further hearing of the case was adjourned till the 4th of July, to give Mr. Lewis au opportunity of com municating with his Lordship. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLER KEN WEL L. CHARGE OF ARSON.—Mr. John Capel, formerly an extensive woollen merchant in Basinghall-street, City, was placed in the felons' dock, charged with feloniously setting fire to a bed in the house of Mr. William O'Brien, a tradesman residing at 47, Charlotte- street, Islington, where the prisoner lodged. The prisoner was singularly attired and wore:an eye-glass;' he seemed to regard the proceedings with the greatest indifference, and laughed vacantly once or twice during the investigation. Mr. O'Brien deposed, that a few days ago, the prisoner carne to lodge with him, and gas e a most respectable reference: he had furnished lodgings. The morning after he arrived, the prisoner rose at 3 o'clock and began to walk about the house in a very strange manner, and had since continued to do so. Sometimes he arose in the middle of the night and commenced his perambulations. His bed-room was filled with the most mis cellaneous and extraordinary description of commodi ties. There was every description of perfume there that could be named, both animal and vegetable, and several costly plants, remarkable for the delicacy of their odour. In one corner of the apartment was a heap of maccaroni in a state of decomposition; in another a quantity of corn and sugar. His general employment during the day was chopping wood, and there was a pile of lucifer match boxes in his room. On the previous evening, about seven o'clock, without having received any provocation whatever, he threatened the life of Mrs. O'Brien, whom he met on the stairs, told her he would kill witness, and presenting a dagger, swore he would stab may one that attempted to come into his room ; he threatened to stab Mr. Kewett, a gentleman who happened to be in the house. (The dagger was produced. The scabbard of it was curiously em broidered, and it smelt strongly of musk.) About half past nine witness and his family were alarmed by cries of " fire!" and soon after the flames and smoke burst through the window of the prisoner's apartment. The two parish and three other fire-engines soon arrived. and an immense crowd had assembled, numbers of whom rushed into the house, and with their assistance the fire was speedily extinguished. The curtains and a portion of the bedding were entirely consumed. Mr. GREENWOOD inquired what proof there was that it was done by the prisoner? Inspector Thatcher said, from the appearance of the room after the fire, it seemed that the lighted candle had been placed under the bed, for it was the canvas under neath the bed which was first ignited. He believed the prisoner was a person of unsound mind. He had acted in the same manner in a house in which he previously lodged, in Edward-terrace, where he made several in effectual attempts to burn the premises. The prisoner's brother, an ironmonger, residing in Islington, deposed that he believed the prisoner was la bouring under a delusion of mind. His wife died about a year and a half ago, since which time the deceased had suff red from diseased limbs. He was under the care of Holloway, the pill doctor, and witness had been in formed that the disease in his legs, which was now very serious, might be the cause of the derangement of his in tellects. The prisoner spent an immensity of money in purchasing perfumery. Dr. Taylor, the police-surgeon, had examined the prisoner, but co u ld n o t y e t p osi t ive ly state that he was of unsound mind. The prisoner made a very ingenious defence, and de nied the charge. He said the fire was accidental; but when asked about the threats and the dagger, suddenly became most violent and excited in his manner, and ap plied the harshest language towards Mr. O'Brien, with out the slightest apparent reason.—He was remanded. William Baxter, a labourer, residing at 3, Brook-row, Clerkenwell, was charged with threatening to murder his wife. The prisoner escaped from the Clerkenwell Work house, in which he had been confined as a lunatic pauper for some time, and on the previous morning seized his wife by the hair with one hand, and brandishing a knife in the other ; swore he would cut her throat. She was however rescued from her perilous position, and he was arrested. Evidence was produced to show that the prisoner was a person of unsound mind.—Remanded. George Bathy, alias Flonton, a cab-driver, badge 687, was charged with being drunk, and assaulting police-constables 72 Gr and 223 G. It appeared from the evidence that, this morning between one and two o'clock, the constables found the prisoner lying drunk in the carriage-way, and fearing he would be run over, they aroused him. The ruffiian, instead of feeling grateful for the service done kin, had no sooner got upon his legs, than he aimed a desperate blow at 72_(x, and such was his violence that it required the combined exertions of four con stables to take him to the station-house. On their way to the station-house, the prisoner struck 223 G such a violent blow, that he reeled over to the other side of the street. He then aimed a kick at a delicate and vital part of the person of the other officer, but a smart blow of the truncheon on the shin prevented its taking effect. The prisoner, when asked for his license as a cab driver, said his master had it, but, upon search, it was found in his pocket. Inspector Fletcher said the prisoner was well known to the police of the M division as a very formidable character. Police-constable G added that the prisoner had threat ened to murder him. The prieoner was sentenced to pay a fine of 1/., or suffer a commensurate term of imprisonment. The Magistrate also suspended his license fora fortnight. L'IVION-HALL. Susannah Jupp, a respectable-looking elderly woman, was charged with stabbing her husband, who, however, was not in attendance. The policeman stated, that hearing acry of "murder" pro ceed from a house in Wootton-street, Lambeth, the preceding night, he entered and found a man bleeding from the arm, and he pointed out the prisoner, who was sitting crying in a corner of the room, as the person who had wounded him. The policeman added, that he then took the prisoner into custody, but .the husband had this morning expressed his intention not to appear against her. She was under the effects of liquor at the time. Mr. TRAIL'. said that the prisoner had placed herself in a most perilous situation, for if her husband attended, she would be committed for trial, and if convicted, sentenced to a severe punishment. Under the circumstances, therefore, he was compelled to discharge her. WORSHIP-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT CASE.—Thomas Walter Wilson, a tall, well- dressed man, was placed before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, and charged on a warrant with assault ing, and attempting to violate ➢lrs. Eliza Vale, a married woman, whose husband is a plumber by trade, and resident in Plumber street, City-road. Mr. W. Heritage appeared in support of the complaint, and Mr. E. Vann for the defendant. Mrs. Vale, a very good-looking and respectably-dressed woman, about thirty years of age, deposed that the defendant, who is of the same trade as her husband, had lodged in their house seven or eight weeks, arid about twelve o'clock last Saturday night he came home, and into the kitchen, where she was making some gruel for her husband, who had come home an hour or two before, and retired to bed rather un well. The defendant, while she was so engaged, kissed her, but she declared solemnly, upon her oath, that he did no thing more, and did not attempt to disturb any part of her dress, nor make any improper proposition to her, and both of the doors were open at the time. Mr. DROVGIIION put various questions to witness, who re plied that she had been married several years, and she and her husband had always previously been on good terms, but she believed, from his keeping closely about her, that he was rather jealous, and since this occurrence he had been so violent that she appehen'led some danger. James Vale, the husband, said that he returned home be tween ten and eleven on the night in question, and went to bed rather unwell, and he afterwards, hearing the noise of the defendant below, went softly down stairs to listen, and there heard the defendant tell his wife that he had reason to believe that witness had "a fancy woman," but the wife re plied that she had never any reason to suspect it. -The wit ness said he then distinctly heard the sound of two kisses, and having got into a situation where he could see into the kitchen, witnessed conduct on the part of the defendant, which proved unequivocally his criminal intention. He im mediately rushed in and beat the defendant with all his might, and pursued him to his bedroom, beating him until he rushed out again. He then, he said, got hold of a brass candlestiek, and beat the defendant with that until he broke it over him, and then threw his clothes out into the street after him. His wife, he said, went upon her knees, and pro tested to him tha the defendant had not attempted any thing but to kiss her, but what he saw on the 1 a-t of the defendant, he said, proved the vile intention of the Litter, from whom his wife was receding when he entered. Mrs. Vale being recalled, declared repeatedly, in the most positive manner, that the defendant, as she was pouring out the gruel for her husband, came in, and putting his hands on her shoulders, kissed her. That was all he did or attempted, and that, she said, was of course without her consent. In everything else her husband was entirely mistaken, and all that he had described must be a delusion of his jealous and excited imagination. The husband admitted that he had previously a jealous feel ing of the defendant, for he once before saw him kiss his wife in the kitchen, and then spoke to him about it. Holland, the warrant officer, stated that, when he served the warrant, the defendant, as they were proceeding to the station-house, said, " I did kiss his wife, to be sure, but then I had a good sound thrashing for that, and I think thatl ought to be sufficient." On the way to this Court yesterday, kow ever, he intimated a more particular intimacy with the com plainant's wife. The defendant now denied the construction put upon what he had said by the officer, and his solicitor said, in his de fence, that on the occasion in question, he had been drinking a little, and that what then took place was correctly stated by Mrs. Vale, and not such as the jealous imagination of the husband represented it. Mrs. Vale again assured the Magistrate that the fact was as she had stated it. _ Mr. BROUGHTON, after commenting upon the case said, that the wife completely negatived the charge of assault with the intent imputed to the defendant, and he should, therefore, dismiss that; but the defendant might be indicted at the sessions for a common assault, and he would require the de fendant to give bail, his own recognisance in 501., and two sureties in 40/. each, to appear and answer any such charge as might then be preferred. The defendant was locked up in default of bail. THE CASE OF POISONING AT STEPNEY. THAMES-POLICE.—The case of Mr. James Cockburn Be laney, charged with having caused the death of his late wife Rac!iel by administering to her a dose of prussic acid at their lodgings, 48, Green-street, Stepney, on the morning of Satur day, the Bth inst., having been remanded for a re-hearing on Wednesday before Mr. Broderip, the Court was densely crowded, and so great was the interest excited that several well• dressed women submitted to the heat and pressure of the body of the Court for the purpose of seeing the prisoner, and hearing the proceedings. Several of them had to be removed almost fainting during the inquiry. Some of the prisoner's personal friends, persons of great respectability in the counties of Durham and Northumber land, and amongst others a county magistrate, a near neigh bour of Mr. Belaney's, and with whom lie was in close inti macy, occupied the reserved seats in the Court, and his brother, a clergyman of the Established Church, who, it is understood, has a living at Arlington, in Essex, and to whom, it appears, from one of the letters put in evidence, the pri soner was about to proceed on a visit with his wife, sat on one of the benches appropriated to solicitors. One gentle man interested for the prisoner observing, previous to the in quiry being proceeded with, on the strange reverses of for tune which frequently take place in life, said, it would scarcely be supposed that a person who was about to join the Duke of Leeds in a visit to the Prince of the Netherlands, should have his journey intercepted, and himself incar cerated on a charge of murder, at the very moment he was about to avail himself of the invitation. At half-past two o'clock the prisoner was placed at the bar. He appeared considerably altered, his dress being to tally changed; as, instead of the clerical costume, he wore a Taglioni coat and a black neckerchief. He heard the evi dence with great firmness, and gravely, though slightly, bowed to some of his friends. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and two gentlemen from the office of Messrs. Code and Browne, solicitors, attended for the defence. The first witness called was Inspector Haynes, of the de tective force, who only returned last night from the north, where he had been collecting evidence. He said, that in accordance with instructions which he had received from the Commissioners of Police, he left town on Wednesday, and arrived on Friday last at North Sunderland. He went, ac companied by Mr. Ord, a magistrate, to the house of a per son named Bell, from whom he received several letters, num bered from Ito 6 inclusive. He then went, accompanied by Mr. Bell and the Rev. Mr. Simpson, to the prisoner's house in North Sunderland, and, on searching a cupboard, found twe papers, purporting to be copies of wills, in a portfolio. He afterwards went to Mr. Scott, the registrar, and procured a copy . of the registry of the death of Mrs. Skelly, mother to the prisoner's wife ; and, after that, he went to Mr. Thorp, steward of the borough of Bamborough, who resides at Aln wick, and procured a copy of a surrender and admittance of certain copyhold property, dated 24th October, 1843. These documents having been handed in, Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, proceeded to read them. The first ran as follows : " Euston Hotel, London, June 5, 1844. " Dear Sir,—We arrived here yesterday evening, safe and sound, although to-day, I am sorry to say, Mrs. Belaney is rather unwell. The fatigue of travelling such a distance, no doubt, to a constitution delicate like hers, was sure to tell a little upon her; and I think her spirit, to bear up and carry all before her, has been greater than her strength was equal to. However, I trust that in a day or two, after a good rest, she will be all right again, and we will be able to proceed to Arlington to my brother's. She does not think very much of what, as yet, she has seen of London. That is easy to be accounted for, she being not over well on the one hand to enjoy anything, and, on the other, having seen almost nothing of interest but crowded streets. As, to-day, I leave this hotel, and as I will be moving about from place to place, you had better direct my letters to a bookseller's, who I have ar ranged with to receive and forward them to me wherever I may be. His address is, ,‘ Mr. Hobson, bookseller, Commer cial-road East, London.' This with my name will find me, and I shall either call every day at the shop for my letters, or he will send them to me. If there be anything of import ance requiring my consideration, you may mentiou it, and I shall make as little delay over it as possible. "In haste, yours truly, "J. C. BELANEY." It is worthy of remark, that though the above, dated the sth, is addressed from the Euston Hotel, the prisoner had re moved to Green-street, Stepney, on the previous day. The next letter was dated June the Bth. Mr. BRODF;RIP—The Bth ! Was not that the day of the woman's death? Mr. Symons-Yes, Si r . This answer excited the greatest pos s ibl e i n t eres t, and the letter, which ran as follows, was listened to w ith b rea thl ess attention:— " London, June 8, 1844. " Dear Mr. Bell,---I have little else to write to the north about at present than to give you (who, I know, are all inte rested in it) a very unhappy account of Rachel's state. I have had her removed from the hotel to private lodgings, where, with two medical attendants, she remains dangerously ill. ymptoms of premature labour came on a few days ago ; but, what is still worse, one of themedical men pronounces the heart to be diseased. Of this I have:had some dread myself. This Y ; but, if she be spared, that will you are well, I must in ha s t e be will everything. alter ryth niy ing p . plans greatly; tl conclude, yours sincerely, " J. C. BELANEY. " No letters have yet arrived. " Mr. G. G. Bell, North Sunderland, Belford, Northumber land." The third letter, written also to the same party, was then read : "-London, June 9, 1844. " Dear Mr. Bell,—The worst that could be dreaded has come to pass. Rachel is no more. You shall know all. Put the men off work at the new house. As such could not be done at the quarry and lime works without great inconve nience to the partnership, I shall not desire the same there. I am hardly able to sit up; but hope to be able to write to morrow more particulars. As her death has occurred chiefly amongst strangers, and so suddenly, an inquest and post mar tent examination will be held. This has been mentioned to me. Of course Ido not object to it.—. Yours, sincerely, " J. C. BELANEY." The fourth letter, dated June, 1844, without the day of the month, but having the post -mark 14th of June, was then read:— " London, June, 1844. " Dear Mr. Bell,—l intended writing to you an account of what had happened to my dear Rachel, through my infa tuity or inadvertency, and - to myself; but at present am un able to do so. I have written Hall a sort of account of it, which I wish you to go immediately to peruse and consult with him what to do. Oh I what is this come upon me like a thunderbolt? I did not mention the cause of her death to you before, through a desire to bury the shame and avoid the public reproach for my fatal neglect. Yet I know well you can account for it under such circumstances; but, oh God ! I can never forgive myself. I would like you to call upon Mr. Simpson, and give him the particulars of what 1 have given of the awful occurrence. Lose not a moment in getting for Mr. Dornel testimony of my marriage from Barn borough, and post it to Mr. Clark, 17, King-street, Stepney, London." Though out of the order in which it was read, we shall, as the more consecutive mode, give the letter to Mr. Hall : " London, June, 1844. " Dear Hall,-0! I am distracted. I cannot write nor do anything. I have lost my dear Rachel ; and, what makes the loss so much the worse, it was caused by my own neglect, from leaving some medicine, which I myelf had been taking a.portion of for my stomach, in a tumbler on the top of the drawers at the opposite end of the room where she was. She had gone for the tumbler, and poured some water into it with out observing anything in it, the medicine being only a small portion of liquid in the bottom of the gips, and clear as the glass or water; then she bad drank it. Oh ! my God, I know not what to do. My dear Rachel is gone, gone for ever from me. You, and all of you, knew how happy we were toge gether. I had just gone, leaving her in bed, out of the room for a minute or so, into the other room, in search of another bottle to put the medicine in, for I had broken the one it was in, and got a tumbler in the meantime to secure the contents in ; and she had got out of bed to use the and take some salts, which were on the table by her bedside, and wishing to take some water after the salts, and supposing the glass an empty and clean one, she had gene. to the other end of the room, unknowingly poured water into it, and, oh God have mercy upon us all, she drank a portion of it. I heard her cry for me in the other room. I flew to her; but, oh God ! it was all over iii a few minutes, and I am now in a state of mind bordering on utter misery and madness. In the sudden shock I knew not what to do or say. I called for immediate assistance. It was brought, but it was of no use. The awful occurrence having taken place in a situation where 1 am en tirely unknown, all are strangers around, and the people being much inclined to doubt my statement that she was my wife, and everything else I said, I am in a terrible situa tion. The law has a right to suspect me, and as yet I have not a creature found to prove my marriage, or what I am, or who I am. I have nothing to prove anything as yet. The solicitor whom I have employed, will either have to come down to establish my character, and prove how we lived, and that we were married, or else he will require a few of my friends who have known me and her also, to come up and testify what they know of me. I know you will all do wl at is required for me. What I now regret the most next to the accident, in my confusion and half-stunned state, is, I did not say what had caused her death: • I knew not what I was ' doing or saying, and, of course, horror-struck and shocked at my infatuity iu having left such medicine there, though it was only for a minute, and the poor dear Rachel was in bed and, knowing well that the world would blame me perhaps too severely for my carelessness in leaving such a dangerous medicine where it was in danger of doing such evil, I did not, until after I became a little more collected, say what had happened. This, though very natural at such an awful junc ture, is considered as against me. Oh, God ! I now not what to do or say. It came upon me like a thunderbolt. Ii I were able I would write to you all—l mean most of my fries, d 4 ; but at present I cannot. Go to Mr. Bell and Wm. Wilson, and Alexander Wilson, and who you think fit, and state the melancholy contents of this to them, because I cannot acquaint them all. As poor Mrs. Stobbs is now the only memorial of dear Rachel I know, go to her and give her my respects, and tell her that I have lost my beloved Rachel ; and, although there was not much friendship existing:between them for some time past, I hope better will now exist between us, and that I shall always regard her for dear Rachel's sake. I must now stop ; for I am bewildered, as if in an unconscious dream.—Yours ever, "J. C. BELANEY." " I wish Wm. Wilson could give you Mr. Tewart's address in London. He is one who knows me, and would say some tUng for me. Go to Mrs. Stubbs immediately ; for, aq a rela tive, it is my duty to acquaint her. Tell Mrs. Patrick and all others you think well of. Oh, lam gone. I hope the Lord will support me under such trouble. IN can write to Mr. Simpson, who is the minister of the parish, I w ill; but at present I cannot." The next letter to Mr. Bell refers to the foregoing one. June, 1844. " My dear Mr. Bell,—By the time this reaches you, you will have learned from Hall's letter, and my com munication yesterday, the awful cause of my loss ; and you, well I know, can and will feel for me. 0, God ! what a visi tation came upon me, like a thunderbolt shot down upon me in the midst of my happiness. Alas '! where are all my summer arrangements gone with my dear Rachel ? But, I cannot write. You shall hear from me immediately. To meet the next payments go to Thew for the price of the wheat. I will arrange for your supplies. Let no one interrupt you in your usual course. I have legal advice to direct and go through the case for me. I wrote. a few lines for Captain Clark to direct him to write you, giving instruction_ for you to go on with the business as usual, and where to apply to for money to meet the pay. I did not think of writing you at that time ;• but now have done so. Besides several other friends who are coming up, and who have known me for some time, I should like to see Mr. Hunt of Belford. Do go and tell him what has happened, an that I should like him to come up immediately to say what he knows .of me. Mr. Hancock and several others have arrived. Tell him, for God's sake, to come off immediately. I will pay all expenses. I must have a few respectable friends to come forward to establish my character and say what they know of me. Oh, God I know not what lam doing or saying. Tell him I shall pay every expense. When he comes he must call at Hobson s, bookseller,Commercial-road East, London, or at 17, King's-street, Stepney, London, at Mr. Clark's. " Yours ever, in haste, " J. C. BELANEY." " Pray put the men upon the partnership on their work again when required, if they are not already on." Another letter, addressed by Captain Clark to Mr. Bell, at the desire of the prisoner, was then read. It ran as follows : " 17, King-street, Stepney, London, June 15, 1844. " Sir,—Mr. J. C. Belaney desires that you will go on as usual, and let him know when you want a cheque for the pay. His solicitor advises that you-do not allow any one to see his private correspendence, nor even yours ; nor allow any one to interrupt anything in his affairs, or to- see any of his pri vate papers, no matter of whatever nature they may be. You are also desired by him not to address me through the Stepney address, lest they should be intercepted and pub lished, which would be very unpleasant. You will, therefore, enclose your letter to Mr. Belaney, under cover to me, 17, King-street, Stepney. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " To Mr. Bell. " W. D. CLARK." Mr. George Grey Bell, agent to Robson and Skelly's Lime works, North Sunderland, identified the letters signed J. S. Belaney, as being in the handwriting of the prisoner, who recently became a partner of the firm. Witness believed the late Mrs. Skelly, the prisoner's mother-in-law, had been a partner. Since witness became agent, which was in Septem ber last, the prisoner took an active part in the business. To the best of his belief the letters signed J. C. Belaney were in the prisoner's handwriting. Witness received the letters numbered 2 and 3 on the Wednesday after the date. W. D. Clark (known throughout the inquiry as Captain Clark), was called, and admitted that the letter produced, bearing his signature, was written by him at the request of the prisoner. The two wills, found by Inspector Haynes, in the cup board at the prisoner's house, were then read. The first ran as follows: " 1, James Cockburn Belaney, do hereby will and bequeath all my property, personal and other estates and heredita ments, with their rights and titles, to Rachel Belaney, my lawful wife, to be enjoyed and disposed of by her, as she best thinks fit. "JAMES COCKBURN BELANEY. Alexander Wilson. "Witnessed by {Ralph More. "P. S.—John Dinning, Esq„ of Alford, is to have rry Greenland falcon, as promised. "J. C. B." "North Sunderland, May 17, 1844." The second was an exact copy of the former, but without the postscript. Judging from the signature, the whole of the document, except the names of the attesting witnesses, was written by Mrs. Belaney, who, it would seem, had copied it rom the other with a too faithful accuracy, as an erasure was made for the purpose of altering the female into the male prisoner. Alexander Wilson, a labourer in the prisoner's employ ment at the lime works in North Sunderland, remembered the prisoner and his wife leaving that place on the Ist of June. Witness saw the prisoner and his wife at their own house on the evening previous to their leaving. The prisoner asked - witness to sign a will, which he said was drawn up between himself and Mrs. Belaney. Witness then signed two papers. Those produced are the same. Mr. Symous—Did, the prisoner say anything when he asked you to sign them? Witness—The prisoner said they consisted of this :—lf anything happened to Mrs. Belaney the effects belonging to them would be left in her will to do with them as he chose; and Mrs. Belaney spoke to the same effect —that if anything happened to him the effects would go to her to do as she chose. Ralph More, a shoemaker of North Sunderland, signed two papers at Mr. Belaney's house, on Friday, the 31st of May. After taking the pen and going over the signatures in wit- ness's presence. the prisoner said it was much better to do so, lest anything should occur whilst they were from home, and added, that it was the custom of gentlemen, or people (wit ness did not remember which), always to do so when they went from home. Mrs. Belaney only signed the document, and witness appended his signature. The document was here handed to witness, who identified it. Mr. Clarkson declined questioning any of the witnesses. The next document read was the register of the death of Mrs. Skelly, mother of Mrs. Belaney; it was filled up on the information of the prisoner, who stated that Mrs. Skelly died on the Ist of July, 1843, of bilious fever. The registry was dated July 3, 1843. Margaret &maids was then called—She said she had been servant to Mr. and Mrs. Belaney for nine months. At times Mrs. Belaney's friends came to see her. They sometimes were not asked in, and at other times they were. On one occasion whilst witness lived there she was told by the pri soner that Mrs. Belaney had miscarried in the night. He told her so bet Ween six and seven o'clock in the morning on a Friday; but she did not know the month. Mr. Clarkson-1 see the clerk in his examination seems to get his information from some paper to which he refers. I should like to know whether this witness has been exa mined before in the presence of a magistrate. (To the wit ness)—Were you examined before ?—Yes ; in North Sun derland. . _ Mr. Clarkson—Was he a magistrate who examined you ? I cannot say : I do not know. Mr. Clarkson—l have material objections to this made of proceeding; but I will not urge them here. The witness proceeded to state tha.; the was not called to render any assistance to Mrs. Belaney on t h e o „,:_asion t when the prisoner told her that that lady had had a miscarr;;;P• Mr. Clarkson--If anything applicable to the present in quiry is to be elicited by this mode of inquiry, let it be shown; or, if there be any other charge, let it be stated. Mr. Bnor)Entr—l am sure the prisoner has no cause to complain of the manner in which this inquiry has been con ducted. The fullest latitude has been afforded for the defence. The witness, on being pressed as to the time when Mr. Belaney spoke of the miscarriage, said, to the best of her re collection, it was in September last. Witness knew a Mrs. Robson. No medical man was called in when the prisoner told witness that Mrs. Belaney had a miscarriage. • In answer to a question from Mr. Clarkson, witness said, she only arrived in town from North Sunderland on Tuesday, Sergeant Shaw was then called, and proved that he re ceived a letter from the prisoner on the Wednesday after the death of the deceased, which was intended for the post ; but which witness thought it his duty to detain. Mr. BRODERIP (to the prisoner)—lf you have anything to say, you can say it now; but your statement will be volun tary, and written down for or against you. Mr. Clarkson intimated that the defence would be reserved. Mr. BuonEmP—Prisoner at the bar, you stand remanded until Saturday next; but, at the same time, I feel it neces sary to state that, if no additional evidence be given, it will then be my duty to commit you to take your trial for the wilfal murder of Rachel Belaney. The announcement, which excited a deep sensation in the Court, did not seem in any degree to shake the prisoner, who walked steadily back to his cell. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.—MI'. Higgs held an inquest on Wednesday at the Savoy Palace, Savoy-street, Strand, on the body of a newly-born male infant, alleged to have died by the hand Of its Mother, a young woman named Sarah Hyland, late housemaid in the service ; of Mr. Gibson, landlord of the above house. The circumstances of this ease, as gathered from the lengthened examination of a fel low -servant of the accused, may be briefly narrated. Hy land had been in the service of Mr. Gibson during the last three months, and her appearance latterl'had given rise to suspicions that she was enc i e nte. When questioned on the subject, however, she stoutly denied the fact, and matters went on as usual until Monday last,.when she com plained very much of spasms in the chest, and was unable to perform her usual work. She retired to rest with her fellow -servant about eleven o'clock, but appearing to be in great pain the latter got up and went down stairs for a bottle of warm water, which the accused placed upon her chest. This gave her no relief, and her sufferings appearing to increase, the witness went down to her mistress's bed• room, whom she informed of Hylaud's illness, and inquired if she should call in assistance, or take her anything. Mrs. Gibson inquired if Hyland was in labour, and the witness replied that she did not know, adding that she complained only of acute pain from spasms. Mrs. Gibson then said, if that were the case, it was not necessary to send for any thing, and the witness returned to her room, where she found, Hyl an d wa lki ng a b ou t, apparent l y i n great agony. ultimately, both parties went to bed wain, and Hyland called the witness between five and six o'clock on Tuesday morning, saying she was unable to get up to do her work, and wished that a charwoman might be sent ter. A slight link in the chain of the witness's evidence was here wanting, the next point upon which she entered being the departure of Hyland, at nine o'clock in the morning, from the Savoy Palace, in a cab. Her quarter's wages had been previously paid to her by Mrs. Gibson, and after paying two or thrce small accounts to her fellow-servants, she requested wit , ness to cord up her box and send it to a certain place, to be left till called for; cautioning her, at the same time, not to allow her mistress to look in it, as there as was some linen which she did not wish her to see. Subsequently to Hylaud's departure the box was examined, and the body of an infant, wrapped up in a petticoat, one string of which was wound tightly round its neck, was discovered therein. The police were instantly informed of the eircumstance, and succeeded in discovering the mother. at a lodging-house, near Shoe maker-row, Blackfriars, from whence she had been removed to the Strand Union workhouse, where she now remains It having been thought desirable that a post 7nortem examinatio n of the body sh o uld b e made before closing the inquiry, the proceedings were adjourned for that purpose.. DCIIIIN AND UA6HEL RAILWAY. — The house of Commons having suspended the Standing Orders in favour of the progress of this measure, the Bill has been read a second time, and will go into Committee.on Monday next, Ist July. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess Maria of Baden) are expected to arrive at the Duke of Hamilton's, Portman-square, on Monday next, from Brodrick Castle, Isle of Arran. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BA NKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2. Dividend per Amount Annum. :.zames of Coln pantos. I 'aid. I Price. Sh re. Canals. 5$ per cent. 11. Ashton Oldham Ashliy.do.!a-Zolich..av Basingstoke Brecknmek & Aliergay Birmingham, 1.16 t h sh Do. and Liverp. Jui.c Cheliner & Bk.ckwater Coventry Crom ford Dudley ...... Derby ..... D.mutie and' . Mayne Ellesmere and Clie.tcr Erewash ........ Forth :lid .. thand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western- Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Hiiddersfie , '. ..........av Kenner :ad Avon ...ay Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp. Loughborough ........:.v Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak F. rest . ry Regent's (or London).. Rocndale.. ..........av, Shropshire ....... Somerset Coal Do. LOCK Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester rewsbury itourbridge Stratford .on. A ven...av Swansea...." ........... Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, i sh. hames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Birming Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun s. d. £ 8. d. !Y7 18 0' -- 113 0 0 .- 100 0 0 150 0 0 15 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 ( 0 100 0 0 100 () 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 133 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 1(X) 0 0 790 0 0 100 0 0 100. 0 0 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 57 6 6 39 18 10 47 6 8 100 0 9 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 0 , 33 16 8 85 0 0 12,5 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 8 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 8 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 C 41 13 4 ie~= n too o o A,rPaid Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bond:, Bristol ...... .......av Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto Bonds 100 0 0 Stock Stack 147 9 0 Stock Ditto B•nds Southampton 50 0 0 Bridges Hammersmith........... Southwark, new Subg. Ditto New of pr c. Waterloo. ..».».«.» ..... • Ditto Old Ann. of Si,. Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto VauxhalL ...... b 0 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 Assurances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine -Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle... .............. Economic Life..... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe ;Guardian five Life Ditto Fire.....„ Imperial Fi•e Ditto Life.... Indemnity Marine - Law Lite ;Legal and General Life - London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fun P 'Radium Life ..... Protecto! Life Pr. , v id en t Li Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life....... University Life. Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasia Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New...... London Joint Stock Metropolitan- ......... Provincial of Ireland.., Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire. Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight & Coke Bath British Ditto Provincial Birmingham Bir:c log . & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton ... ......... Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid , Ditto New Equitable Imperil Isle of Thanet Independent Phceinx Ratcliff:.. ....... South Metropolitan United General ..... Westmins. Chartered Ditto New ...... .....« Water Works Birmingham But London Grand Juncticn av Kent Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late STIOna. West Middlesex av Yrk BuldgCo.Les.Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Countie , Elinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junctio,..— Great North of Englnd Ore , t Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ...... Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selbv ....... Lancaster and Carlisle Lee& and ' Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes ndon and BI ckwall L ona ,..*: and Greenwich London ant: Birmingh. Ditto Quarter -.!hares Ditto 'l birds. London and*. Western London and Croydon Manchest. r and Leeds Ditto New Shares.-- Manchatr and Binning Midland Cou ties North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis. Norhern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51. dis. Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockt. n & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich fork and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Allen Anglo Mex.,iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditt Scrip ......... Brasil. Imp. isa.U.p.m. Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, iss. 5/. p.n► General Mining .. Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, IJ nr eg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Sant►ago de Cuba United Mex.,iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds (len. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Propeyty Met. Wood ray., iss. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick t Laud ) New Zealand .. l'enins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary. Int. Soc , South Australian 'flumes Tunnel ...... . Van thernen'a Land LIST of SCOTTISII GUM JUNE 19, Bank of Scotland...— Boy nl Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank... Western Bank Central Pk. of Seotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of SeotL Edinburgh Lite Insur. Scottish Union Imam Standard Life Incur Dalkeith Railway Edm. and (Gas.ft3ll7y Masg. and Gracri. Ita!l. 7thindf. , ..,..1 11.a.f. 6 per Cent. 6 per c• nt. 8 per cent. 6 per Cent 7 per cent. 0 pet cetat. per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. per cent. t per cent. E per cent. per cent. 5 ,Jer cert. 5 per cent. 11.%, per cent IN per cen t LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELANIL—We believe that we can now p.!sitively state that Lord Heytesbury has been appointee to succeed Earl De Grey in the im portant office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire levid.—Evening Paper. et coat. 401. W. 15 SI 12s. Sit 1 341. 11& 171. 304 3 178. 63. 104 6 pe•ceet. 28 151. 20:. 14 10s. 151. 321. lOs. 101. 81. 10s. 41. 11. 4s 3 per cent. per cent, 4 per cent. 4 per cent. al. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. I per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. Ili per cent. 11. Os. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. IL 7s. & 10s. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh 51. ss. 4 per cent. Ts. per share 5 per cent. 3/. 5 per cent'? % 30s. bds 53e, per cen , . 54 per cent. 5 per cent. 8 per cent. 5 per cent. 2s. 6d. per cent. 'IPs. sh. & bds. 11. ss. 10$. 10s. per cent. per cent. 5 per cent. IL ss. 5 per cent. 5% per cent, 11. 4s, spe cent. 10% per cen I 51. P per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. sper cent. ...per cent. per cent. per cent. $ per cent, 6 per cent. 21s per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. per cent. 15s. IL ss . 11.75. fat. and bs. 4 I. nd bs. per cent. (cent. 14.1. 104 bl per sh 15s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 4% per cent SI. 12& 2/. 10s. 2/. 10s. VI. 10s. 5 per cent. 4/. 16s. 11. 14s. 10s. per sh 11. 4s. per cent. per sh. 91. ss. per sh If) per cent 414 per cent. N. ss. per sh 4361. per sh. 12s. per sh. 4 per cent 10 per cent. 10 per cent. l x ;!. per sh 0/. 17,1 sh. 11. 14s. 94per share Ss 4d per sh 94 17s. pr sl 113 s per sl 11. 1 0a. Li. 59. lbs. li. 11s. 10d. J 5 per cent Per cent. tO per cent. IA per cent. IL 11. 31. 176.6 d. 1. 10s. 10 per cent. 10s. per sh. 1/. 101. perch. LL 4a. 15.. (per cent. a per ccnt. .41038. and ka.6d. bs. j bper cent. ?per cent. 44 per cent tper cent 2 10 0 100 - 0 0 we 7 0 O 0 10 0 0 O 0 30 0 0 O 0 35 10 0 O 0 32 10 0 - 104 15 0 0 14 0 0 5 9 0 110 0 306 5 0 0 5 0 0 j 1 10 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 70 0 4 4 4 '75.8 0 17 - X5OOl 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 to • 21434 00 0 0 lug% 20 0 0 50 0 0 594 20 0 0 4 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 L'ANIES" PRICES. 1844. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 • 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 6 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 00 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 'lO 0' 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 4000 40 0 0 5 , 1 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 9 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 18 0 0 18 8 0 19 9 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 1:8 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 li 0 25 0 0 100 0 I. 100 0 0 20u 0 0 400 0 50 0 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100. 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 5U 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 58 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 2500 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 03 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 soon 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 [OO 0 0 [OO 0 0 70 0 0 5 0 0 5 o , 23 0 0 ! 50 0 0 100 0 0 JOO 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 '2 0 0 ; 50 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 1 6 10 131 a 9 i 100 0 0 70 0 0 00 0 0 136 0 0 70 0 0 1,:0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 100 !100 4 g 4 15 20 0 0 20 8 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 '0 o 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 10 100 50 18 25 00 O 0 O 0 00 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 11/0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 50 0 0 2.5 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 o p O o o 0 O o O o O o 6 6 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 U 25 0 I' 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 5!) 0 0 7 0 0 6 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 35 2.5 20 100 20 MARKET NEWS..--(YESTEPPA N." nAlr 11.1.A.V.31CXYZ'S. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 41 ; ful ditto, 4/ 4s to 4/ 8s; tine Uplarl. ditto, 41 103 1i; '` 16s ; Clover Hay, 5/ 103 to 6/16s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s tcl/ 145; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. A fair average sup ply, and a steady demand at full currencies. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 153 to 41; use ful ditto, 41 4s to 4/ 12s; fine Upland ditto, 41 1 4 s to ; Clover Hay, 5/12s to 6/12 s ; Oat. Straw, 1/ 14s to 1 16s ; Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply limited, and trade rather brisk. ' WrirrEcHArEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 41; use; ful ditto, 4/ 4s to 4/ 8s ; tine Upl an d ditto. 41 10, f - 4 ,1 Clover flay, 5/ 10:, to 7/ ; tiat Straw, 11 10 ° d Wheat Straw, 14,5 to 1/ 16s per load Both flay a'i Straw sold freely at the alb ye quotations. New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 103 to 418 a per load. Ams t rt h A is m i , n( J ,r tzE )g, 26 y . e — t N p li r ' i e ce h s a ‘ d ve r r a e tl B l u er pp a:; t i e n ci tt . c_tilir ee g t; e v , fro ,e l l demand il 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 48 to s s; 3s 2d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d to ;3s 6d per 'bibs. din * ARUNDEL, JUN g. 25.—Prime Downs w e r e scarce, .an demand at 2d ry-r bibs more nrvury. Other ki n d s of st'e. o wc: - e quite as dear.—Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s; i utton. 35 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s to ; Veal. 3s to 4s; and Pork, 2s 6U t 3s 6d per bibs. CHICHESTER, JUNE 26.—There was a steady 'inquirylll: 0 111 r fat stock this morning, on the f o ll ow i ng t erm s.—Beef ,1 2s 3d to 4s ; Mutton 3s 4d t o 4 a 2d ; Lamb, 4s to 4s b',l; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s ; and Pi , rk, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per albs. zsu ct, , ling Calves, 18s to 26s • Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s, and Mulch Cows, with ;heir small calf, 161 to 18/ each. SOUTHALL, JUNE 26.—Although we had a full a verage `UP , ' ply of each kind' of fat sto c k on sa l e to -d ay , t he general. a _ e , mend was steady, and in some i nstances t h e quota tions tur d an upward tendency.—Beef f rom 2 s 6d to 4 s ; Mutton, 25 °, to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Vcal, 33 4d to 4s 4d; and ror.'d' 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Supply—teasts, 60; She e P all Lambs, 3,490; Calves, 50; Pigs, 61. ; rf ROMFORD, JUNE 26.—Prime stock was in active _nq4 1 ,.. 6 d full rates, but otherwise the trade ruled dull.—Beef, frc'r n , '` . 44 to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 48 ; Lamb, 43 to 5s 2d ; e s, to 4s; and Pork, 2s 441 to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling 18s to 275; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 203; and Xli"" Cows, with their small calves, 16/ to 19/ each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE etrlcEs OF hit: et For the Week ended June 22. P. 14, made tip from aie sietw " s o the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns .E;figia n. Wales, per Imperial Quarter IN Wheat..—..... 555. Bd. Oats 225. 86.; 8ean, ......... Rdriey ...... 325. &f Rye 340. 2d 1 Pease ..... AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIR WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. RARLEY., OATS. RYE. BEAMS., i to' 1 May 18 55 10 31 1121 0i .1 2 33 3 • ~i 3 4 25 ..... ;55 10 30 7 21 2 131 7 33 ; ,;', 1 June I 55 6 30 9 v l 7 '4 f; 34 10 '''„ 1 8 55 6i 31 4 11 33 11 35 1 1 „' A 1 15 55 9 31 10 22 6 32 4 36 II • ''' g 22 55 8 132 8 22 8 34 2 37 10 3 '" s IMPERIAL AGC+KKGATE AVILKAGY • OF nip st. • l' ' Wheat .... ..... 55. tBdOat, ........ 21 10, , !It af.:.........3 4 d , Barley 314 4.1. • Rye ...... ... 325. 10 .1 Peaac.........10- DUTIES ON POKEIGt. COILS'. - . , ..., Wheat .... 0. 0 17s. 4 , ,-s Barley .......... 74 Od. 1 nye ..... MYSTERIOUS MURDERS BY POISON. The little village of Long Sutton, near Wisbeach, lie 3 !„ ° : several days been kept in a st a t e o f p a i n f u l exc it em ent, 01 1 5 to the discovery of the m ur d er o f two :aged and respe ct a_ inhabitants, named Crosby, who occupied a cottage cun t hit ous to the Rose Inn. The circumstances connected with, shocking affair have undergone the fullest and most al (1 ,. inquiry, but unfortunately without any direct clue ben,* : air tamed by which the mystery might be cleared up• It „-ze peals that Mr. Crosby and his wife, rather of advance". t h e had for some years occupied a small but neat cottage in o r, above village, and we re in receipt of 1001., a life ani tn "' e , which, as they were frugal persons, and without incant,b r 7 was more than sufficient fo r th e i r main t enance. -On Aw n :, i y the 17th instant, Mr. Crosby went' out into the village - i t h walk, and on his return home took breakfast in companY his aged partner. Both were al mos t i nstant l y a tt a cked ,! „ a scalding )•ensation in the throat, which was succeedederew violent retching and acute internal pains. Both 'l 4 l dead within two hours from the time they had sviali ° the poison. al Mr. Jennings, the coroner, and the jury asseniew: i ial Wednesday ; and, after hearing the evidence of the giv - ", e d, gentlemen as to the cause of death, the inquest was aeic 4h- t . is and resumed on Monday morning, lasting till a late beu th is the evening. The substance of the evidence was t° te d, effect: —When the ()Id gentleman went out, as already , t!, 4o Mrs. Crosby began to prepare b rea kf ast , w h en a Stnit woman entered the cottage, h av i ng as k e d perm i s sion " down. L. , t he the of the witnesses stated th a t h e was pass ing °I; of house of the deceased about ten o'clock on the morning e t Monday week. At that time Mr. Crosby was standing to his garden-gate, and the witness, who stopped to 5P,7 0 , 9 0. him, heard a woman talking t o M rs . Crosby within the h° Another witness recollected having seen a strange . enter enter the deceased's cottage; and a thi r d w it nes s, Rho to $ to assist when the deceased wa s t a k en ill, depose,- he statement made by Mr. Crosby a short time bettor died. He described to the wit ness th a t "a strange tad woman had come to the house that morning, and as wit i t to be allowed to sit down and rest; they complie d • tea her request, and whilst there the stranger had. ass i t l i e Mrs. Crosby in making the tea for breakfast ; that whe n ou id were taken ill the strange woman went out, saying-ibe wbe fetch some spirits, but had not returned." Another o!1,0 witnesses deposed that he met a woman walking hurriedlY,;, a direction which led from the house. The medical got' t men nrpved, from the analysis of the contents of the tea; th P ° e and fhe tea-kettle, as well as from the appearance ei bodies, that death in each case was produced by arse tea which had been introduced into the water of which the was made, and in a very - considerable quantity. The jury, after a long consultation, returned a ve,, d . b ct i " That the deceased person., had come by their death s means of arsenic, administered by some person or perms the jurors unknown." •cd The local constables have scoured' the country in pasta d i the woman, who is suppos e d t o b e thesole perpetrator of crime, but hitherto without effect; nor bas any clue Beene' twined to show the motive. 'Mr. Crosby had about 40/. and a good deal of propertl i° the house, but nothing whatever has been missed. SINGULAR CASE at the MANSIO, HOUSE. of A Mr. Cornbedun on behalf of his friend, a foreigne r 4. the name of Bergstol, requested permission to call the iit*a tion of the Chief Magi s t ra t e t o th e ou t rageou s conduct • policeman, of the name of Hamgra, who had stopped the h o lucky emigrant the other evening, and taken away from his pocket-book and gold watch. The foreigner, as well as his broken English could elt e P re° , 4l o his sentiments, had called upon the policeman to tak: ae d before a magistrate, that any charge which the man "!. 1 7 3 7 - 10 in a little brief authority" might choose to make, r al b re• examined into. This Mr. Hamgra declined to do, or to 4o , turn the abstracted property. M. Bergstol had, therenwr followed—(we were going to say the "robber," we Ine .:Dool the officer, and luckily meeting. with Mr. Cornbedun, to e _ ve st he was well known, that. gentleman had insisted on th e m accompanying ju st him to the Mansion-house. o at- When asked what ification he could offer for tue A rage he had committed, Mr. Hamgra assumed a profoott eri es official look, assured th e M ayor that h e h a d gre at det,': olo st for the authority of the Chief Magistrate, but most ~ 0 8 respectfully, but firmly, decline to answer the quest i°/1 ,.. gi then uttered divers grand sentences abut the pe v " - ro y to the police, and referring to the case of the Se re i e ttel* State for the Home Department and Mr. Mazzia 4 t octh declared his conviction of the similarity (lithe circt ns io ert,,l' and that any inquiry i n t o hi s motive for taking the or what he intended to do with it, would *, b e fraub: d 0 .0 the most dangerous consequences to the empire, lw proceeding in this strain when our reporter left. EADVERTISEMEICT.3—A DISEASED sros1 t WS, CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY .1101,LOWAY'S ll'L s Aikins, widow of th e F i t e Captain Atkins, rot i bsu Connaught-terrace, EdgeA a re-r o ad. This la a . Y dis• been in India, where h e r li ver an d s t omac h bectO e the eased, so much so that she could scarcely' ke „ e iritild slightest food on her stom ac h. Sh e was very w e " c i a cbc , debilitated, and suffered continually from sick !I ts 01 0 ' Dervousness, and lowness of spirits. In six d /1 t pgb howe;'er wonderful it may appear, she was restoreocb high stage of health by this unrivalled medicine, eia co a certain reoedy in all liver, bilious, and stote, r , tle fosor plaints.--t 4 old (also Holloway's Ointment) at 0 0 00 Holloway's EstaOishment, 244, Strand (wh er l a Te r may be had gratis), and by almost all respects" dors of Medicine throughout the civilised w orld- d 0: The weather still continues very favourable for N''%cgitSlP The heat has considerably abated, and there is a succession of fine genial showers. BIRTS. ; On the 24th inst., at Datche H t, the wife of thelLg bt I°P. Henry Labouchere, M P.. of a daughter t oe , 111* On the 22d inst., at Warwick-row', tipper ClaP W. Turner, of a son. la On the 22d inst., at Spring-place, Hackney, --- 11 " o f Lovell, a n. On th of e 23d so inst., at Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, the la d y GO ° HenryHenryL.:Ai., of a sun and heir. sir On the 25th inst., in Woburn-square, Mrs. A. • don, of a daughter, --- MARRIED. ri .011 p On the 22d inst., at the Chapel of the B _ i• Paris, Frederick Janvrin, eldest son of Frtderict onv Esq., of York-place, Portman-square, to daughter of the late Thomas De Lis'e, Esq., o P a yee ' ,co On the 21st inst ., at Pilton, Banudaple, Drs s 'e' gent, Esq.; of Clonlost, Westmeath ,' Captain iata sir J? Guards, to Anne, 3 eungest daughter of the 4..- Robison, of Edinburgh. - Rey. r to At Brockley Church, Somersetshire, the vo nsw. — gai4 Wellington, 8.A., Rector of Upton lieLonsp_bhmerigettl.' Florence, second daughter of John Hugh Sior of Brockley Hall, Somerset. In March last, at 'Youlm n fi E n, j tart In.i4:,cipts i ' l Bkhaill L. Coxe, of her Majes ' iy's 84th .Regiment. ~ __,, On the 18th inst., at 13eaumont-. street, Oita'' , " °5l - cent Ra h n e d 2 a o ll t . h E J . 10 1 Sri°. s it q lst., at Maidenhead, Mary , f iciat On t • . onl,f,e tt— 1 -. , daughter of the late John Lee, Esq., ofWoode„Y I'Ve,,ecoDe On the 23. t inst.. at Dover, Harriet Lucy , '""" - daughter of il. Taylor. Esq. Yr g ' On the 23d inst. at Uphill Lodge Soraersetsbre' Knyfton, relie of T. ' linvfton, Es ' On the 24th ii.st., at Kensingtoqi; Gore. Mr. C. IVInclli; lst In London, Ltuiv Catherine 13ernaid, relict a . Colonel Bernard, of . .. Castle Bernard, Ireland. Esq' ' On the 15th inSt.. at Ludlow, Richard Widiefield, °4ll t)f 11 1;e 011 , of that place. Mr. John Esdail On the 18th inst , at Aberdeen, .. -sdaile, Esq , of Upper Bedford -place. laare' Sibs , s On the 19th inst., at Cb es t e r-terrace, Eato of her ;-slin-g.,v;e6Ey's Jane, the wife of G. B. Tattersall, Esq, Ceylon Rifle Regiment. the ° lt t l i r d 2 a o ug h lat i c n r st. o " f a t t h i e a On the 21st inst., John Peter, eldest surviving soli of I.' Grant, Esq., of Acton. Irllo'sn-.g3ifiit,dTfireovnec. iGlaeroireg9ipanegisi.i;L:. berton, Vicar of Wandsworth, Surrey.. r , 0 On the 21st inst., Caroline, the wife of the Be v. Dr. Fee l ' On the 22d inst., at• Trenodden, Richard Doidge , ''''''' magistrate for the county of Cornwall. , ~,, L , f i n On the 23d inst., at Berwick-on -Tv eed, Air. r rgn..veorge On the 23d just ,at Aberdeen -place, Maids-hill, Foley Ilodgkinson , Esq., nged 36. On the tad just., ILinuali, the wife of Mr. Wo file' of Tulsa-hill, Brixton. ....!•! . of Jaws ondon PrintkAi .ttc t tuiigheti by :DO 1 .„,." 112. , Pri cr. H. ..‘,lOl, 0 O ; mranti, in the Precinct a the Seven, in Dliddlet3Dx, Fridwr, June 28, 11144 ".7. 31y 4ro AIN '4O 141 3F5 W 2% 40 70 381 4 112% 101 34 725 1E 2 % 6% 17 111.133. 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