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one obj-ction, however, in the resolution which he would wish had been omitted, namely, " that this meet- ing has heard with surprise and regret of the extraor dinary opposition which the measure is receiving in Par ! haunt ;" for he confessed that he felt no surprise what at the circumstance, knowing the parties from .ora the opposition proceeded, and the motives by rich they were actuated. He contended that not only ever would the town of Manchester be benefited by the competition of another railway to the metropolis, but that the whole country would be likewise benefited by it. While he made this observation, however, he would distinctly state that he should be no party to recom mending another line of railway to London, if it went to deprive individuals of the fair profit to which they were entitled for the spirit with which they took up the que:it;on when the prospects of success were yet un c trt,iin. But he would endeavour to show that a large traffic would still be left to them, with the means of still further increasing it by better management. If the Extension Line was carried out it would not deprive them of the traffic of the first fifty- five miles v between Liverpool and London. In a l lition to the local traffic between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, which was capable of considerable in crease, they would also have the benefit of the traffic of new tributary lines, the one between Preston and the Lakes, of another between Birmingham and the 'West of England, another between Shrewsbury and Wolver hampton, and all the intervening places, which left them without the shadow of a doubt that their traffic would bJ most ample. He therefore contended that they had no right to come forward with the case which they had done, that they had a right to the monopoly because they happened to be first in the field. Mr. Birley here referred to a letter i❑ the Railway Times of the 26til of January, in support of the position that a moderate scale of fares would tend to increase the revenue of Railway Companies generally, and contended that no thing but competition would ever induce them to try these low faros, or give the public the benefit of them. Amongst the disgraceful tricks resorted to by the Grand Junction Company, he felt compelled to notice one, which in his opinion was most unworthy and eon temptille—that of hiring a person to write letters, and to insert them in the Manchester Papers under the title of a " Manchester Man," in order that these Papers might be put into the hands of Members of Parliament, cud give them an opportnnity of saying, " See what the opinion of the people of Manchester is." Mr. Birley ..Jed by seconding the resolution. CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, 7 .1 was carried unanimously. es CONSTERDINE, ESQ., in proposing the next confessed that as an inhabitant of Man s:er, and hating no pecuniary interest in the under ,ittg, be felt if ever there was an occasion when they ,ouid unite in support of the enterprising share delers of the Extension Line it was the present. wns not a cold concurrence that would prove service• to the Company on this occasion, but a warm and arty concurrence ; the whole town of Manchester ;ould go along with them and support them, and he j(te: , (l to hear the worthy Director, Mr. Tootal, say, nit if - supported by the inhabitants they would never 'ase till they had achieved tLis most desirable object. eeling its full importance as .he did, it was impossible it hiat not to feel de( ply indignant at the nature of the j.polition manif sted against them. When he beard it t.ttcd that cut of nearly .500 allegations 46 only had ten sustained, and that of these latter scarcely any :r7e four:d to aff..-ct the propertyof complaining parties— repeated, when he reflected on the character of that ,;,position, every man ought to feel the cause his own, 11 that it. should be met by the manly support exhi by the rrosecutors of the undertaking. At the last early meeting called in support of this undertaking, a st ttenteut was made by Mr. Whitehead, which had peter been contradicted after twelve months trial and test of its truth! lie found by this statement, that Max.: fester, which had been encouraging and con tr:boting large portions of the capital, which had fur nished the principal lines of Railway communication in the kingdom, when she attempted to obtain similar ad vaatages for herself, found all the oppcsition of the sultcunding neighbourhood brought against her. Such conduct was as ungeeeroes as it was despicable. He rusted that the people cf Manchester would act in a earner worthy of themselves on the occasion, and give heir h-est energies and support in behalf of those who bad .41 ,!ed so much property and time in endeavouring the best interests of their town. COlieill w I " ~~ s:,luti TooTAL here observed that, reference havin; been made to the Directors, he begged to say on their hc. , ltalf, that if they received the support of their fellow townsmen, in the manner he. anticipated they would th..t day, he did nct hesitate to say that they would perse%ere, session after session, till they obtained for Manchester that independent and pefect railway corn unnim:ation with the metropolis, to which they were entitled. WM. WANKLYN, Esq., rose to second the resolution. When he entered the meeting he had not the slightest idea of taking part in the proceedings ; but after the details which he had beard that morning he could not give his simple assent to the resolution without express ing his indignation at the abominable conduct of the in dividuals who were opposing the present Directors— men whose only offence was the endeavour to obtain for their native town the shortest and best communica tion with the metropolis. As an individual totally un connected with the undertaking, he merely gave a simple and uninterested expression of feeling upon the subject. He had experienced on travelling to London the incon- venience of the present system, and so long as the pre sent monopoly existed they would never enjoy those benefits which they had a right to expect in common with other large commercial districts. The resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. R. Bannon!, Esq., i n mov i ng t h e next resolution, said he conceived it to be quite unnecessary to go into any lengthened det a il w i t h regar d to the mer i ts or the demerits of the line proposed through the Valley of Churnet. It was sufficient to say that this line had been already before the Legislature, and after mature consi deration had been abandoned. As an individual lately connected viith the Directorship of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, no one more deeply regretted the conflict is which the present Company were en gaged than he did. He did hope that an amicable and sltisfactory arrangement might have been entered into with Vie Grand Junction Company. That arrange ment however failed, and he hoped that the House of Commons would prove to that Company, that the diffi culties which they had thrown in the way had not mealy been frivolou - sandvexatious,hut that they had been most unfair and unjust. It should ever be kept in view the precise position in which the Extension Railway stood in reference to the Grand Junction Company. In order to prevent the expensive conflict in which they were engaged, a most liberal offer had been made to Directors of the latter body. They were offered on-11-.llf. the interest in the shares of the Extension Company ; but this they refused to accept unless they had also one-half the management, in order that by holding the shares in their own hands they might at any time exercise a preponderating influence on the under taking. If they had conceded this point to them the consequence would have been, that the whole controul of the Extension Line would have been under the influ ence of the Grand Junction Company, and that the great and important town of Manchester would have been der rived of the benefits and advantages of an independent line. In noticing some of the objec tions of the opponents to the present Com pany, Mr. Barbour observed that Parliament had sanctioned a line of railway to Stone at the expense of two millions of mono y, by which a saving of thirty five minutes had been made in the distance between Manchester and Birmingham, and he asked upon what ground could they refuse the outlay of another million for the construction of a line to Rugby, which would effect a saving of an hour and a quarter? With regard to the oppOsition, he would ask for what reason did the London and Birmingham railway oppose the Ex tension Line when they hal hitherto uniformly supported the Midland Counties Railway, by which they lost the whole of the traffic to the north of England for a dis tance of twenty miles along their line, and yet they opposed this line upon these very grounds. He could account for this inconsistency by the fact that some of the most influential of the London and Birmingham RailwavDirectors were also deeply interested and equally influential as Directors of the Midland Counties Line. Mr. Barbour afterwards adverted to the large profits of the Grand Junction Line, and the high price of their shares, as a proof that there was complete traffic for another Company. He therefore trusted that the support and encouragement which the undertaking would receive from that highly respectable meeting would have that weight and influence on the Members of the House of Commons, as to induce them to waive the paltry and frivolous objections to this great and im portant undertaking. GEORGE PEEL, Esq., said, after the very able man ner in which the question had been discussed that morning he would have satisfied himself with merely seconding the resolution, were it not that he felt anxious to mark his sense of the importance of tie Extension Line to the town of Manchester, and of the high claims which the Directors of that undertaking had upon their best erwrgies and support. After some Nrencr observations, The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, which was carried unanimously. The SENIOR CONSTABLE having been called to the chair, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Evans for his kindness in presiding. over the proceedings of the day, and the meeting separated. th aTREssING ACCIDENT.—Another melan choly incideetc,f death by burning occurred here on Thurs day last. Several children happened to he incautiously a'nusing themselves in an out-house in St. Michael-street, by kincling a lire with some Lroken sticks, when the clothes of a little boy about five years of age, son of Mr. Adderson, tailor, ignited in consequcnce of accidentally approaching one of the crnb,2rs which were sca tered about C The poor child, being severely scorched, was e t,-) the Lfirmary, where he expired in a few Dadfries Courier. HU. 1.•-••••• AYH ITECHAPEL METROPOLITAN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. i We have pleasure in announcing that this Institution, the opening of which we noticed in our columns for Ja nuary, has been for the short period of its existence emi nently successful. At a meeting of the proprietors, which was held at Salvador House, on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst., the report of the Committee of Manage ment stated that the institution was generally in a pros perous state ; that the library, which consisted of a se lection of standard works in various branches of literature, contained 1,309 volumes ; that 1,237 volumes had been issued to the members since the opening of the library in February ; that classes for the study of the French lan guage, for the discussion of literary and scientific subjects , and for the practice of vocal and instrumental music had been formed—that the News and Reading-rooms had been liberally supplied and well attended—and that the Lectures had given general satisfaction. This state of the Institution is extremely gratifying, and shows that " the great object which the Managers have in view"—namely, " to meet the wants of the neighbour hood—the literary wants that have been created by the advancement' of society—the scientific wants that have been produced by the great exertions made during past years for the advancement of science by the British nation"—is duly appreciated by the inhabitants of the locality in which the Institution is situated. EXPERIMENTAL SUBTERRANE OUS AND SUBAQUEOUS EXPLOSIONS AT CHATHAM BY THE VOLTAIC BATTERY. For several months past the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, under Colonel Pasley, have been trying con tinual experiments in firing gunpowder by the voltaic battery, chiefly under water ; and after many vicis,i tudes of partial success and of failure, they have at last succeeded _in bringing this process to as much perfection as it seems capable of ; that is, to as much certainty as the former methods of firing mines in dry soil. They have repeatedly fixed gunpowder at the distance of 500 feet, with their conducting wires either buried underground or led entirely under water, excepting a few feet connected with the bat tery, which in their subaqueous explosions was in a boat on the Medway, the powder being lodged at the bottom of that river. In their subterraneous explosions they blew up a field-work ; and in one of their subaqueous experiments they blew to pieces a vessel representing a wreck, the fragments of which being of fir timber, came up to the surface of the Medway immediately after the column of water thrown up by the explosion. On Saturday last they applied their voltaic bat tery to the blasting of rock under water. Two very large and heavy pieces of hard sand-stone were each prepared with a hole three inches in dia meter by a borer, after which a charge of three quarters of a pound of powder was put into each, and the upper part of the hole was tamped by pouring in small fragments of broken stone round a cone fixed over each charge , in a new and ingenious manner, first sug gested by Mr. Howe, clerk of works of the Royal En gineer Establishment, more than five years ago, which does not seem inferior in resistance to the common mode of tamping, but is much safer, and far more expe ditious. The conducting wires were 16d from each charge to the battery, which was placed on the gun-wharf, whilst the stone thus prepared and loaded were lowered down from a crane to the bottom of the river oppo site, where the water was 14 f. et deep at the time. The first stone being of a compact form was blown to pieces, and the rope-sling by which it had been lowered, and which had not been removed, was broken. The second stone being of more irregular shape and much thinner, so that there was not sufficient resistance above and below the charge, was brought up by the crane after the explosion, which had blown out the solid part of the stone below the bottom of the hole, apparently without injuring any other part of it. Another charge was, therefore, placed in the same hole, which was tamped both above and below in the mode before described, and the stone was then again let down to the bottom of the river ; and after firing this second charge, on being hauled up by the crane, it was found to have been broken into three parts, one of which did not, reach the surface, whilst the other two being still held together by the slings, atter being raised nearly to the level of the wharf, separated from each other and fell to the bottom. One of these charges was contained in a tin cylinder fitted to the size of the hole ; the two others in a canvas bag of the same form, covered with waterproof composition. These last experiments, which, like several of the former ones, were witnessed by a great number of spectators, chiefly military, have proved that the voltaic battery may succeed for blasting rock under water, as well as for blowing wrecks to pieces ; and on the former supposition, the holes in the rock would be formed, and the charges placed, by means of the diving-bell. The results of this course of experiments may be of great importance, especially for defensive military mines, because the voltaic battery affords the only possible means of firing several such mines not only instanta neously, but simultaneously, and at the very moment when an enemy's column advancing to the assault is over the very spot where those mines have been pre pared ; whereas by the common mode of firing military mines by a piece of portfire, or slow match, connected to a pow der hose, there can be no certainty of their taking effect at the precise moment required, so that the enemy's troops might either have passed over, or not yet reached the spot at the period of the explosion ; and the simultaneous explosions of conjunct mines by this methcd is out of the question, for no two pieces of portfire or powder hoses, though cut to the same length, were ever known to burn exactly alike. For subaqueous explosions the superiority of the voltaic , battery is still more striking ; so much so, that Colonel Pasley has repeatedly declared that if he had beet) possessed of the same voltaic apparatus, and had known how to use it, last year, id his operations in the Thames, it would have saved "a great deal of trouble and expense. _ _ Nothing can appear easier than to fire gunpowder under water by the voltaic battery, as exhibited in a lecture-room or scientific institution ; but the mode usually adopted on such occasions, of passing the con ducting wires through a cork, coated with sealing-wax, and of insulating the remaining length of each wire by inclosing it in small India rubber tubes, would be in adequate and inexpedient for practical purposes in a rapid tideway and in deep water. 1 n Colonel Pasley's experiments at Chatham corks and seal ing-wax were rejected, the former as being too weak, the latter from being liable to crack : and India rubber or caoutchouc was also rejected as being far too expensive —instead of which a composition of pitch softened by bees'-wax or tallow was adopted, the remarkable efficiency of which was proved by keeping one of those experimental charges ten days under water before it was fired, when the powder was still perfectly dry. Each pair of conducting wires used in these experiments was always attached to a rope or line, previously saturated with boiling tar to prevent it from tearing asunder the soldered joints of the wires, by its alternate contraction and expansio❑ when wet and dry —an effect which on one occasion actually took place before the rope was so saturated. The two wires and rope wers bound together by tape, and served round with hemp yarns, and in this state they had the ap• pearance of a single rope, capable of being coiled, and veered out conveniently. One of the most important points necessary was to prevent all strai❑ acting upon the connecting wires from without, and thereby breaking the very small and delicate platinum wire within the charge, which, by interrupting the circuit, would render explosion impossible. To guard against this cause of failure, in the shocks in which the conducting wires may be exposed in a rapid tideway, appeared at first a very difficult task. The voltaic battery used was of Professor Daniell's improved construction, which, from retaining its energy much longer than any former voltaic battery, he has named the constant voltaic battery, and which Colonel Paslsy found to be much superior to the beat of the for mer constructions, at least for the peculiar purpose of firing gunpowder, either under ground or under water. Serjeant-Major Jones, and the non-commissioned officers and privates, who have been employed in theso experi ments, are now as expert in the use of this battery as can be desired, and being artificers, they arc as able to make as well as to use such batteries. At Manchester, the Directors of the 'Mechanics' Institution have made an exhibition of a varied and in structive character ; comprising specimens of the produc tion of nature and art, models and machinery, and samples of the products of our manufactures. Although, in con sequence of the expense of the exhibition, it was necessary to charge an entrance fee of sixpence, it is most gratifying to learn that, notwithstanding this check to admission in a tow❑ generally considered much below the level of Eng_ land's populgtion, no less tl:an 33.000 persons visited the exhibition. "It was delightful," says Mr. Cumber, the Corresponding Director and Chairman of the Exhibition Committee, " to see working men, with their wives, and some with their children, clean washed and in their beat apparel, enjoying a sight they had never before had the opportunities of contemplating, and to observe the indica tions of a newly kindled spirit of inquiry."—Morning Advertiser. INFLUENCE OF PROPERTY.--The late Lord Recicsdale, by way of illustrating the propensity of the people of this country to worship property, quoted the ob servation of a Yorkshireman to his friend, whose attention he directed to a Bench of Magistrates, " See, there are 200.0001. a year on that Bench." In a Paddington omnibus, a short time ago, there had b2en an altercation between two of the pas sengers, and, on one of them quitting it, the other was rudely reprimanded by a third party, for having the as surance to contradict a man who to his knowledge was worth upwards of 2.0,0001. MIDDLESEX SESSIONAL COURT.—The Court granted warrants, on affidavits being made and the re quired recognizances having been entered into by the pro secutor, against John Platt, W. Smeed, Wm. Sufflin, Wm. Croft, Richard Thorn, Thomas Wilson Richardson, Romeo Faux alias Vaux alias Fox, and David Gidion, all of whom are indicted for nuisance, and keeping common gaming houses. As soon as the warants were obtained the parties prosecuting started in various directions in order, if pos sible, to put them into execution. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 10. There being only twenty-eight Members present at Four o'Clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow (this day). MIDDLESEX SE S SIONS. These Sessions commenced on Tuesday before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and a full Bench of Magistrates. The calendar is an extremely light one, there being but ten prisoners charged with felonies. ARTICLES OF THE PEACE.—Mr. ADOLPHUS said he was instructed to apply to the Court on the part of a gentleman of fortune for leave to exhibit articles of the peace against his son. He would not, from motives of delicacy, mention the names of the parties, neither would he state the particulars of the case publicly, being anxious, as far as possible, to spare the feelings of the highly respectable family of which the defendant was a member. The parties had recently been before a ma gistrate, who, on being made acquainted with the facts of the case, had ordered the defendant to find bail to keep the peace until the Sessions, himself in 801. and two sureties in 40/. each. He would hand up the ar ticles for the perusal of the Chairman, leaving the Court afterwards to deal with the case as it might think proper. The CHAIRMAN read the articles, and, after consult ing with the other Magistrates on the bench, ordered that the defendant should enter into recognizances to keep the peace for twelve months, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 50/. each. Mr. ADOLPHUS said he was instructed on the part of the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Portland, and the rest of the Governors; to apply for a license for the Lying-in-Hospital, in Brownlow-street. The application was necessary in consequence of a late decision of that Court on an appeal case relative to the settlement of a pauper who had been born in a lying-in-hospital, and which had been licensed, but one of the Governors was dead at the time of the birth, and the license not having been renewed, he became chargeable to the parish in which the hospital was situated. The CumassAN—l think there can be no obj•'ction to grant the license to the I\l,,blemen and Gentlemen whose names have been mentioned.—License granted. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. REIGATE, APRIL 10. THE WIMBLEDON DUEL.—At the sitting of the Court a memorial was presented to Lord Eastnor from John Young, Henry Webber, and Edward Delves Broughton, three prisoners at present confined in Guild ford gaol, praying the Court .to order some further in dulgences to be allowed them. These persons, it will be remembered, were convicted of the murder of a per son named Mirfin in a duel at Wimbledon. The memorial was read. It set forth that the prisoners bad been sentenced to twelve months' impri sonment without hard labour. That they found the water-gruel allowed them for breakfast by the regula lations of the gaol, peculiarly distastefnl to them, and caused violent reaching and sickness. That their former situation in life made it the more severe punishment to them, and they requested that they might be allowed to purchase milk for their breakfast in future instead of having the gruel. The memorial also stated that they had always been accustomed to read the leading journals, and that they found it a great hardship to be debarred from doing so while in confinement, and they preyed the Court to allow them to have newspapers to read. They also preyed that further facilities might be given them to communicate with their friends. After a few remarks from Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Best, Lord Lovelace, Lord Eistnor, and other magistrates, the Court refused to make any order upon the prayer of the petition. - 11El& GERMAN PAPERS. CLEVES, APRIL 4. —The accounts which the Dutch Papers give of tl•e disturbances here are in many points exaggerated. A battalion of the 13th Regiment of in fantry has arrived here to.day ; two companies are quar tered in the town and the rest at Calcar and the neigh bourhood. Part of the 11th Regiment of Hussars is guar. tered in the environs. It is said, and the cfficers themselves are of the same opinion, that these troops have come thither less in consequence of the late trifling disturbances than because they are destined, with the numerous corps at. Cacfeld, Geldern, Meurs, Rheinberg, and the interme mediate places, to occupy the province of Limburg, and especially the the town of Venloo. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherlands is at the head of the 15th Regiment of Infantry. THE HAGUE, APRIL 7.—His Imperial Highness the young Grand Duke Alexander, who continues diligently to visit all our public institutions, has sent to the Burgo master of this town a sum of 2,000 florins to Le distributed among the poor. AMSTERDAM, APRIL s.—We have great pleasure in being able to announce that the objections raised by some of the South German States to the ratification of the com mercial treaty between Holland and Prussia are removed, and that the ratifications were exchanged at Berlin on the 2d instant, the assent of some smaller States, which is yet wanting, will soon follow.—Handelsbled. We learn that Lieutenant-General the Prince of Hesse is appointed Governor of Luxemburg, in the room of the Prince Hesse Homberg, lately deceased.—Dutch Papers, April 9. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 15.—A1l is in motion here, and war as good as begun. Couriers arc constantly arriving from the head-quarters of the Seraskier, and going back. to them. lhe army on the Taurus is con centrated, and has already made a movement in advance. It now depends on the disposition of Ibrahim Pacha whe ther the signal for attack shall be given. The Foreign Ministers do their utmost to preserve peace, but their suc cess is problematical.—Allgemeine Zeitung. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CROYDON RAIL ROAD ENTRANCE.—On Tuesday an inquest was held in the board-room of Guy's Hospital on view of the body of William Sheen, aged 39 years. It appeared from the evi dence that the deceased was a labourer employed at the entrance of the London and Croydon Railway at London bridge, and on the 18th ult. while in the act of untying a cord for the purpose of removing one of the polei, the pad lock gave way, and the whole top part of the scaffold came down, the deceased falling nearly forty feet, with his back across a column of stone. He was immediately conveyed to the above Hospital, when on examination the spine of his back was found to be severely injured. He gradually sank, and expired on Monday afternoon. Verdict—" Ac cidental death." The Nassau Balloon will commence its aerial voyages this year by an ascent from the Montpelier gardens, Cheltenham, on one day before the 13th of the present month.—Cheltenham Gazette. THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF CHILD-BIRTH AT SHOREDITCII —An inquest was held on Tuesday, on the body of the infant to which reference was made yesterday. It was proved that the mother had shown the body to a lodger in the house before the circumstance of her having given birth to a child was noticed. With respect to the parts of the body missing, the surgeon had removed the lungs to make an experiment on them, and the leg had been carried off by a cat. Verdict, " Found Dead." The mother will be examined at Worsh'p-street when sufficiently reco. vered. SUSPECTED MURDER AT BRIGHTON.—Abou twelve o'c!ock on Sunday morning the neighbourhood of Edward-street, leading from which are several of the lowest streets in Brighton, was thrown into a state of great excitement, in consequence of the discovery of the body of Mrs. Julia Johnson, the wife of a vagrant-hotel-keeper, who resides in Nottingham -street, with her throat cut in the most dreadful manner ; and from the circumstances attending the discovery of the body, and the absence of the husband from home that morning, it was supposed that he had cut his wife's throat with a razor. The alarm was first given by another lodging-house or vagrant-hotel. keeper, named Donnelly, who it appeared had visited the residence of the deceased, and, finding the door locked, suspected, from a previous knowledge of the parties, that the deceased had laid violent hands on herself. The front door continuing locked for some time, a man named Jones got into one of the up-stairs windows, and on going into the front room of the house on the ground floor, he ob served a small press bedstead, and on removing a blanket, deceased was found stretched upon the bed in a pool of blood. The room was about nine feet square, and in the farther corner from the door the bedstead stood. According to the evidence of Jones, deceased was lying in a position as if she had been asleep upon her right side, her right arm resting under her head, but, about three inches from her face, and her left arm lying in a pool of blood near her shoulder. The left leg was lying over the right one. De ceased wore a nightcap and a blue handkerchief tied round her chin, both of which were nearly cut through by the in strument which inflicted the fatal wound. A razor was d covered lying on her pocket without any visible si gns o f blood upon it and shut. And what is sill more remark able, and tendin g t o i n crease the suspicion that the deed was not committed by herself, another razor was lying with the blade shut upon the top of the bedstead, beside an open razor-case. This razor had a few spots of bl oo d upon it, and h a , every appearance of having been wiped. No other instrument with which the wound was likely to have been inflicted could be found. The husband was apprehended at Worthing, and on being informed of the state in which his wife bad been found, merely observed, "That it was no more than he expected; he bad that morning left her for the purpose of taking some of his son's clothes over to Worthing, and she had so often threatened to make away with herself that he never paid much atten tion to what she said." It was proved that the blundle which Johnson was seen to carry contained the clothes of a young man. He was then brought back to Brighton in custody of the officer, and was present at the Coroner's in. quest on Monday, which, after lasting fourteen hours, was adjourned. On Monday morning a hankerchief was found under a table in the room stained with blood, apparently as if it had been used for the purpose of wiping off some blood. When thi s h an dk erc hi e f was pro d u ced Johnson owned it, and said that it was occasioned from wiping his own face after havinglhad a fall. Marshal Clauzel, who left London on the Ist of April, stayed only a few minutes at Boulogne, and imme diately set off for Paris. We learn from a good source that the journey of the Marshal was the subject of much conversation among men in power, and created much an noyance at t h e Ch a t e au. A p e r so n w ho. from his po sition, is likely to be well informed, states that in high quarters there - was no misconception as to the motive of the Marshal's j ourne y, an d that it was less w ith the object of visiting the English manufactories than to have a con ference with Prince Louis Napoleon.—Le Progress du Pas de Calais. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A bluff, merry looking fellow, who gave the (we be lieve) fictitious name of Tobias Nickleree to the person who on the preceding night booked the charge against him at the station-house, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having been drunk in the streets. As there was reason to believ e that the defendant was a gentleman of fortune, and a Magistrate in a distant county, there was a sort of sensation in the room when he appeared. A policeman stated that he saw the gentleman at a late hour in Tower Ward, moving along in a semi-cir cular sort of way, and evidently ignorant of the figure he cut. Witness followed bin', in order that he might fall into no bad hands, and perceiving that there was a very ill-looking fellow . hangi ng a b out hi m, d eterm i ne d to place him in the statlon:house, as the safest lodging in which he could be deposited for the night. The de fendant had a great deal of money about him, and after he had what he called a "slap-up snooze" by the fire, sobered down into a reasonable being by five o'clock, when he was allowed to depart, but not without giving security to the Inspector that he would appear before his brother Magistrate, the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—Who was the person who fol lowed him ? Policeman—l believe he is porter at the inn where the gentleman resides. Dofendant—He is the boots at my inn. I took him out with me in the morning. The LORD MAYOR—And you kept him out I sup pose to take care of you at night Defendant—A man can't be too cautious in getting through the streets of London at night. The LORD MAYOR—Particularly a man who is in the habit of getting drunk. You seemed to have bee❑ aware of what was to happen. Defendant—l hope your Lordship does not suppose it is my habit? Inspector—The gentleman was here before, my Lord, for being drunk, and upon the former occasion he lost a gold watch. Defendant—That is true. But I know no other instance. The LORD MAYOR -- -Well, I can only say that I am very sorry to see you in so discreditable a condition. It is a scandalous offence in a person of your years and respectability. I understand you had a couple of hundred pounds in your pocket ? Dcfendant—Oh ! considerably more, and ail is safe. but I should have been safe with poor boots too. _ _ The LORD Maron—Well, I am in the habit of fining persons in indifferent circumstances five shillings for drunkenness. I dare say a person in your station in life will have no objection to give a trifle to the school of the Ward in which you were found. Defendant—Not the least. The drunken Justice then handed over a sovereign and departed evidently determined not to let the las' night's liquor die in him. A young man of very fashionable appearance, named Richard Phillips, was charged by Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Clerkenwell, under the following circumstances : Mr. Rogers was, he said, walking with a female friend in King William-street at ten o'clock on the pre ceding night. Suddenly the lady was pushed by the defendant, who was accompanied by two or three other persons, and who burst into loud laughter at the feat. Several females immediately came up and said that they had been treated in a similar manner by the de fendant and his associates, and witness, when the police man came up, resolved to give the principal offender in charge. The defendant thereupon struck him a blow on the face, and also acted most grossly and violently in the station-house. Defendaut—inever struck a blow,till I was called a blackguard, and then there was no alternative. The LORD MAYOR-But you had no right to strike him. Defendant (drawing himself up, and looking round upon the crowd)—Not strike! Oh ! The LORD MAYOR—Pray who are you ? Dcfen dant—l am a gentleman, and I am going to the bar. Mr. Nobler—Why, you arc come to the bar already, my good Sir.—(Laught er.) Policeman—H e sa id h e was a Yorkshire squire, with a large fortune; and I found nothinn in his pocket but three halfpence and a flash 501. note.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYoit—A flash 501. note ? Defendant —I admit that it was very unfortunate that I should from curiosity have put that note in my pocket. I found it amongst some papers which I was looking over, and never having seen anything of the kind before, I kept it to show to others who are as ignorant of such things as myself. The LORD MAYOR—You have got youself into a disagreeable dilemma, and before we part you must show me that you are not one of the swell mob.— (Laughter.) Defendant—The swell mob ! The Loan MAYOR—Yes. What am Ito think of a person who calls himself a gentlemen and has nothing in his possession but three halfpence and a flash note? Mr. Joseph Jenkinson, a young man of respe c t a bl e appearance, here st e pp e d forward, and said that he knew the defendant to be a gentleman who was going to the Bar, and to be the son of a gentleman of pro perty, deceased. Witness knew that the 50/. flash note got into the possession of the defendant in the way that had been stated. The defendant's relative happened to be executor to a lady who lately died, and amongst her papers was found the note which occasioned such suspicion. The note was exhibited to witness as a curiosity. The LORD MAYOR—If the defendant is the gentle man you say he is, it cannot be difficult for him to find some gentleman in London to corroborate your testi mony as to his character. The complainant said it was his intention to prose cute the defendant, who was then remanded. GUILDHALL. Mr. Bate, a fringe manufacturer in Moor-lane, was brought up for final examination, before Sir Peter Laurie, charged with bigamy. At the previous hearings the first marriage was proved by Joseph Totman, of Park-place, City-road, who gave away the bride, Georgians Matilda Cartwright, on Christmas Day, 1833, at New Pancras Church ; but the second marriage having been solemnised at Shef field, there was a difficulty in producing evidence, the second wife carefully keeping out of the way. Mr. Hudson, the parish clerk of Sheffield, now at tended, and produced a certificate of the second mar riage, to Elizabeth Chapman, which took place on the 19th of December last. Mr. Jessup, an upholsterer, gave notice to put up the bans. He recollected the prisoner by his coming to ask him to officiate as father. Hs did so, and the sexton was the other witness. On the morning of the 19th the prisoner came to inquire if he could be married. He asked the prisoner if he was a fringe manufacturer, and the prisoner said he was. From his anxiety to have the marriage as private as pos sible, without any parties accompanying them, he was induced to take particular notice of the prisoner. The following is the letter which he had received from Mrs. Jessup __ 44 hear Friend,—Permit me, with impunity, se riously to address these few lines to you, concerning m y new situati on , f rom w hi c h , if you are intimate with the clerk of the chur c h, y ou may be able, in some degre e , to release me. Now, de ar friend, if y condescend to exercise your influence overou wouldtheel rk but of the church (if he is called upon to a p pear next Satur day), so as to make him, or rather persuade hi m , not positively to swear to me as the man who was married in the name cf J. H. Bate, you will very much oblige me ; whereas it may be the means of saving me from transportation. I am now in the Compter. If 3•ou will but proffer your services to me I shall be extremely obliged to you, and will ever remain your humble servant, «J. H. BATE." John Wade, a City policeman, stated that he appre hended the prisoner at Clapham, where be had apart ments. A tea party was assembling. When he told the prisoner his unpleasant business, he wished to go up stairs, but witness would not permit that. The pi i soner then whispered to some of his friends, and said to some one, tell Elizabeth she had better go to America. Sir PETER LAURIE asked the prisoner if he admitted having written the letter to Mrs. Jessup ? The priSoner replied he should not admit anything. Sir PETER inquired how the second marriage had been discovered. It was explained that his wife separated from him, on an allowance, about eighteen months ago, but latterly he bad discontinued the pension, which led to some violent altercations in the street, and frequently ended in her being locked up. Lately she heard that he had married again, and by breaking into his work rooms, in Moor-lane, one night while he was at Clapham, she discovered where the marriage was solemnised. She found a series of love-letters from the scond wife, who appears to have been an upper servant in a respectable family. Several letters were produced, and the prisoner, who is in his 23d year, was committed for trial. TH E POLES.—Joseph Alexander .who stands charged with stealing 12/., the property of Mrs. Wreford, of Beech -street, Barbican, was again brought up, but no material progress having been made in collecting o7 i_ dente against the prisoner, as to the stealing, he was further remanded till Friday.' lIIARYLEBONE. THE LAST OF THE D O GBERRIES. — An old man, named 111‘Carthy, muffled up in a huge great coat, with a Welch w i g on his cranium, was charged with having been found drunk and asleep at the mouth of a com mon sewer, under repair, near Tottenham-court-road, which he had been especially appointed to guard by the parish. A constable of the E division stated that he was on duty about two o'clock that morning, when he was attracted by a loud snoring noise issuing from the mouth of the sewer. He went to ascertain the cause, an d found the prisoner lying flat on his back, fast asleep, his head resting on a paving-stone, while his lantern had rolled into the sewer. Almost all the lights, placed to guard passengers against falling into the abyss, were extinguished, and the prisoner being drunk he conveyed I him to the station-house. I Mr. RAWLINSON—W hat have you to say ? Prisoner (shaking his head)-1 was no more drunk than I ought to be, and quite capable of attending to my duty if the policeman had left me alone. Mr. RAWLINSON—What have you to say to being caught asleep with the lights out ? Prisoner—Lord bless - you, I've been an old parish watchman, and quite used to that sort of thing ; but, as for the lights, blow my wig if they were not burning all as right. as a trivet. Policeman—You must have been double. Prisoner—l've seen double your service, and I knows the duty of a watchmen afore sich a thing as you was heard of ; but I'm now the last of my race, owing to the new system of watching, whot ar'nt to be compared with the old one ; by then people could sleep quietly in their beds, and watchmen in their boxes, without being disturbed by policemen stalking about the streets in the dead of the night. Ah I shall never see such times again ; everybody is for halterations and improve ment, as they calls it. Mr. RAWLINSON—Persons might have broken their necks down the hole. Prisoner—No, I should have warned them of the danger. _ _ Constable—By the snoring you made, I suppose ; you were nearly tumbling down the gulf yourself. Prisoner—Then old Charley would have perished gloriously. The last of the Dogberries was then mulcted for his drunkenness, and the constable ordered to report him to the parish authorities. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE TENDER PASSION.—A stunted, blear-eyed, nose less Irish tailor, by name Jerry Meddicks, in piteous accents, brgged for a warrant against one" Betty Bur ton," who had, as he declared in a strong Munster brogue, " bate an murthered an tuk array his kracter wid the back of a mahogany chair." The warrant was granted, and Betty Burton made her appearance in the custody of Clements, the Gfficer, with a bow:cing baby in her arms, and the marks of a recent affray on her face. " Now l'il get justice," said the noseless tailor, " and I'll swear a felony to her ! Spake now Betty, in the prisitice—didn't you stale me blanket and pawn it to get a drink wid ?" " What is it you charge the woman with ?" said the Magistrate ; " you brought her here on an assault warrant ?" " I want to git justice," said the tailor : "she won't lave me night nor day, by which manes she force her company into my company, and she breaks in me room jlure every night, and makes me cohabit wid her." " Oh, you old villain !" roared Betty, father of this poor orphin chid ?" " Why," said Mr. CONANT, comparing the papa wit his progeny, " there certainly is no likeness between them." " ain't you the The tailor, who, even with the addition of any kind of nose, would have been one of the ugliest of mortals, shook his head sorrowfully and said— "lt is not a bit of me or of me family. But, your \Virtchip, she will lay it on me, by which manes I don't belave her." Mr. COANT—But do you mean to tell me you could not keep the woman out of your room if you chose ? Tailor—B3 nib oath no ; bekase I'm only a wake ould pinsioner, and not able to contend wicl her by no manes. She bursts aff the lock ov me dure, and comes into me bed against me will. Betty—You hasn't got a bed, you've only a blanket to roll yourself in. And when you're on your back on the floor don't I put your pipe in your mouth and hold it that you may take a smoke comfortable ? Tailor—And hasn't I done as much wid you, anil is that a rason why you should be ether breaking me bead ? Betty—You began first with the poker. Tailor—You knocked me down wid the chair back, and then I tuk me own part wid the poker. " If you cannot keep the peace together," said the 'Magistrate, "why do you come near each other?" Tailor—She won't let me part. She forces me to live wid her, for she says she doats on me company, and she couldn't love any Oder man but me. Mr. CONANT, having heard both sides at some length, became of opinion the parties were equally in fault, and accordingly dismissed the case. The tailor went out in a passion, saying, " If this is all the justis I'm to get I'll be off to Lord John Rus sell, and if he don't give me justis I'll spake to Dan O'Connell, and he'll do me business." In about an hour the tailor returned, and, addrcs sing Mr. Conant, said, " I've a clear case, your \\Tirtchip ; she's committed felony since I've been to the office." What has the woman done ?" said Mr. CONANT. " She's tuk me goose," replied the tailor, " and pawned it fora quartern ; so now I hope I'll get justice, and you'll grant me a warrant." Mr. CONANT—The whole business is quite nonsen sical. You first complain the woman will force you to live with her, and then you bring forward these trumpery charges to get rid of her. If you want to prosecute you may go and indict at the sessions. The too-attractive tailor then went away, declaring he'd get a padlock to his room door, and thus keep out the future visits of the enamoured Betty Burton. Q UEEN SQUARE. ROBBERY AT THE ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE.—Leo pold Mercier, a young Frenchman of fashionable ap pearance, was brought up for re-examination, charged with stealing a Geneva gold watch and appendages, the property of Arthur Mainwaring, Esq., a Captain in the 68th Regiment (Light Infantry). The account he gave of himself and his acquaintances in this country has proved very unsatisfactory. The accused appeared much agitated. He frequently asse verated his innocence, and exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, " Mon Dieu, mon Dieu !" Mr. WHITE observed that the French Consul or Ambassador might assist the prisoner in procuring his character. People should not travel in a foreign coun try without friends or letters of credit. The money (14/. found upon hi m ) was or d ere d to b e restore d. The whole of the evidence having been gone through, the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial, and left the bar in a state of extreme agitation. NOVEL MODE OF POACIIING.—A gentleman from Dundee, now resident in Edinburgh, related very lately the following anecdote :—Devotion to old Izaac's " gentle art," induces him to make many excursions in summer and autumn, and there are few better acquainted with the lakes, aad rivers, glens, and strains, of broad Scotland. During one of these rambles to the far north, he beard of a shepherd who had hit upon an ingenious way of procuring game, without either taking out the licence, or subjecting himself to prosecution as an intruder on the do mains of others. With this man he became acquainted, fiom his own lips learnt the truth of a story, which in the first instance excited incredulity. The shepherd had be come aware, from personal observation, that an eyrie ex isted within his own beat, and being, like most of his brethren, averse to the extension of the race, he embri.ced what he deemed a fitting opportunity, and made prepara tions for harrying the nest. With some assistance in the way of rope-steadyin g , he descended th e cliffs, and, though not without considerable risk, succeeded in capturing two splendid eaglets while the parent birds were absent. This feat accomplished, he removed the feathered prisoners to the scene of his daily avocations, and there, by means of stakes and cord, tethered them for some time on a verdant knoll at no great distance from the cliffs he visited. When the eagles returned and found the nest empty, their feel ings were roused to the highest pitch, and barking loudly, much as a dog does, they flew about everywhere in search of the lest ones ; this call was so often repeated that it was at length answered, and paved the way to recognition alike curious and grateful upon both sides. Upon this result, it appears, the shepherd had reckoned, and as his sheeting was situated two miles farther down the glen, he removed the stakes, cords, and birds, to within a short distance of his own door—a change that soon became apparent to the parent eagles, who continued to hunt and carry for their young as before. Their diligence, in fact, was very re markable, and by it the shepherd and his family profited. Moor-fowl, hares, and rabbits, were brought in abundance, and in allowing the eaglets a fair share, the shepherd fared sumptuously every day by approp:iating the remainder to his own uses ; nor would it have been easy to prove, in a court of justice, that the spoil thus acquired was unlawfully come by.—Dumfries Courier. APRIL WEATHER.— Spring-time, we regret to say, has again been protracted by another week of weather more rigorous than anything we experienced in December. April, in the olden time, used to be characterised as pecu liarly the season of singing-birds and flowers; but in place of these welcome harbingers of solar heat and reviving ve getation, we find the hills thickly capped with snow, water ways frozen lower down, and icicles of the size and thi,.k. ness of spears depending from cottage eaves and other roofs. More bitter days than blew last week t,w can recal, even in what are called the depths of winter, and hundreds, or rather thousands, are suffering in consequence. Invalids and persons otherwise delicate, aro afraid to venture abroad (luring such unseasonable weather, and care is required on the part of the most robust to eschew colds, followed, or rather accompanied by bilious attacks.—Dun fries Courier. ACCSDENT TO A LADY IN HYDE PARK.— On Monday afternoon an accident which, it is feared, will be attended with fatal results, occurred to Miss E. Blair, daughter of the late Captain Blair, and residing at 39, Welbeek-street, Cavendish-square, while taking equestrian exercise in Hyde Park. It appears that the unfortunate lady had gone, together with an elder sister, and accom panied by the groom, to ride in the Park : and about half. past four o'clock Miss E. Blair, who was considered an ex. perienced horsewoman, separated from her sister and the groom, and rode in advance down the Kensington drive. Upon arriving opposite Apsley House the horse suddenly reared, and the rider, having let go the reins, was thrown, and pitched with great violence on her head against one of the curb-stones. She was picked up in insensible state, and bleeding from her mouth, ears, and the left side of the head, and carried to St. George's Hospital, where instant attendance was given by Mr. Hewitt, the house-surgeon, and Dr. Barrington, who, upon a minute examination, discovered that in addition to mark . ) , minor injuries, the un fortunate lady had received a severe fracture of the skull. The surgeons were in constant attendance all night, as also the elder Miss Blair and other members of the family. From inquiries made yesterday at the hospital, it appeared that Miss Blair was still alive, but lying in an almost hopeless state. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--The Globe, of Havre, Feb. 17, on the Line, by the Hartley, Fewson, arrived at Ports mouth; Argus, from Palermo, to Liverpool, in Gibraltar Bay, by the William Ingle, arrived at Liverpool ; Abra ham, from Trieste, to Liverpool, on the 27th ult., in lat. 38, long. t 3; Jane Clark, from Malta to Liverpool on the 3d inst., in lat. 46, long. 10; Etna, of Newcastle, on the 4th, in lat. 46, long. 8, by the Idris, Harrison, arrived at Falmouth ; King William, on the Ist inst., off Cape Finisterre, by the Victory, Frost, arrived at Fal• mouth ; Fortuna, bound to Manilla, Jan. 6, in lat. 30, S., long. 22, W. ; Planet, from Bordeaux, to the Mauritius, on the 13th, in lat. 32, long. 4, W. ; Prince Regent, Thompson, from London, to New South Wales, on the 23d, in lat. 34, S., long. 9, E., by the Antigua Packet, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope; Caroline, Williams, from Ceylon, to London, Feb. 18, in lat. 19, S., long. 3, W., by the Plantagenet, Domett, arrived off Plymouth ; Maas, Van Velthoven, from Calcutta to Batavia, Nov. 30, its the Straits of Sunda; Johanna, Guyt, from Rotterdam, to Batavia, Dec. 16., in the Indian Seas, by the Canton, Loureus, arrived at Bromvershaven. NEW LIGHT IN THE BAY OF BISCAY.— GROIX LIGHT (FIXED). On the Ist of April a new light will be shewn on Pen men or the north-west point of the Ile de Croix. The light-house has recently been built, 547 yards S. E. by S. from that point, and lies in 47 deg, 38 min. 55 sec. N., and 3 deg. 36 min. 30 sec. W. of Greenwich. The light will be 75 feet above the base of the Towe;", and 170 feet above high water, and may be teen in clear weather at the dis tance of 18 sea miles. It should be remarked that, c cept in foggy weather, vessels coming from the southward mi I perceive the light on Belle-ile ( which revolves every minute) b fore .this light can be seen, and that in approaching the Ile de Croix the small light on the eastern point of the island will be seen at the same time as the new light on Penmen Point. In like manner vessels coming from the westward will be exposed to no risk of mistaking the lights, for before the new light on Penman Point will be visible, they will almost always have seen the great Penmatk Light, the flashes of which are at halt minute intervals; and also the Penfret Light (on ore of the Glenan Islands), which fliishes evory four minutes, with preceding and following short eclipses. PENLAN LIGHT (FIXED). This little fixed light wa3 shown on the Ist of March, and is placed on the turret of a small building lately erected on Peclan Point, or the North point of the mouth of the Vilaine River. It stands fifty. two feet above the high water mark of equinoctial spring tides, and in clear weather may be seen at th e di stance o f nine sea miles. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEW LIGHTS ON THE WESTERN COST OF FRANCE. (Communicated by the French Government.) On the 15th of May next the Chaussee de Sein, a chain of rocks which extend 141 miles from the coast, and which is commonly called by English seamen the Saintes, will be distinguished by the following Lights :- 1. SEIN LIGHT (FLUSHING), will be placed on a tower, built on the northern point of the Isle de Sein, in 48. 2. 40 north, and 4. 51. 58 west of Greenwich. The Light will stand 141 English feet above the base of the tower, and 148 feet above the level of high water at equinoctial spring tides. It will be an intermitting light, the flashes appearing every four minutes, and preceded and followed by short eclipses, which, however, will not be total in fine weather within the distance of three leagues. The weaker light, which will continue about three minutes between the flashes, will be visible in fine weather at the distance of six leagues. 2. BEC DU RAZ LIGHT (FIXED), which will be placed on a building lately erected on the highest part of the point of land called the Bcc du Raz, in 48. 2. 22. N.. and:4. 43. 53. W. of Greenwich. The light will stand 46 English feet above the base of the building, and 239 feet above the level of high water, at equinoctial spring tides. It may be seen in fine weather at the dis tance of six leagues. The Sein Light is 5i sea miles from the Bec du Raz Light, cn the bearing of N. 86. 50. W. ; this bearing, which is likewise the general directim of the whole chain of rocks called the Chausse de Sein, passes about 4 cables length to the southward of the north western extreme of the chain, which is nine miles from the Sein Light, and 141- miles from that on the Bec du Raz. In approaching these rocks from the westward the first Light seen will be flashing light on the Ile de Sein, and a single bearing of it will indicate to the mariner whether he is to the north ward or southward of the line ofdirection of the two lights. In clear weather the Bcc du Raz Light will not be seen till the vessel is within four or, five miles of the western extreme of the chain of rocks. When it is intended to pass to the southward of the rocks a course should be steered so as to open the light on the Bea du Raz to the right or to the southward of that on the Ile de Sein, but if it be intended to pass to the northward, or to enter the Iroise, no time should be lost in quickly opening the Bee du Raz light to the left, or northward of that on the Isle de Sein. It must, however, be remarked that the intermittent light on the Isle de Sein will present the same appearance as the Penfret Light (on one of the Glenan Islands) ; but this resemblance cannot occasion► any mistake, as the light of Penfret is within' the horizon of the great light of Pen mark the flsshes of which arc at half minute intervals, and which in fine weather are seen as far as the Bee du Raz. FAMILY DINNER AT THE MAN SION HOUSE. On Friday last the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a most splendid state dinner to the members of his Lord ship's family. Invitations had been sent to 180, and 117 sat down to dinner, which was served in the Egyptian Hall, with the magnificent fittings and decorations in the same tasteful manner in which they were displayed on Easter Monday. The state hand played in the saloon a variety of new tunes while the company were assembling, and in the music gallery during dinner. All the different individuals of the family above nine years of age were invited, and it is unnecessary to say that the children were delighted beyond measure with the magic brilliancy of the scene. The Lord Mayor wore the entertaining robe, and, at tended by the sword and mace-bearers, received his rela tives with all the splendour and form which are destined to accompany the most distinguished civic banquets. The heads of the families were seated at a cross table on the austings, commanding a full view of the hall, the gorgeous decorations of which were reflected by large mirrors. Two tables in the centre reached from the cross table nearly to the end of the hall. The sideboards all round the room were most tastefully laid out with gold and silver orna ments, and the floor was covered with rich Brussels carpets. A chaplain sat at the end of each of the long tables, and performed the duties of vice-presidents highly to the grati fication of the family party. " The Queen's Health" was given and received with three times three, and the toast was joined in by those who never before had such enjoyment with all the enthusiasm of the oldest veterans. Indeed, the trumpet's call to silence was necessary between each toast. The Queen's health was followed by " Prosperity to the City of London," which was seconded by the toast of " Continued Prosperity to the Wilson Family " It may interest our readers to state the fact that every member of the family present was in independent and comfortable cir cumstances, and indebted in a great degree to the city of London for that prosperity. After dinner the ladies retired to music in the drawing rooms, and the younger members flew with rapidity and delight to all sorts of games in the ball room, which was brilliantly lighted up for the occasion. The party separated soon after eleven o'clock, all declaring that it was the hap piest and proudest evening they ever spent in their lives. SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. BAR CLAY AND PERKINS'S BREWERY.--Tuesday between eleven and twelve o'clock one of the extra men was assisting to load some pockets of hops into a waggon ; after the waggon was loaded, the man, forgetting the hops would rebound, jumped upon the top pocket from a height of upwards of 30 feet, and was thrown on to the stones. He was picked up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed without loss of time to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he lies without the slighte-t hopes of recovery. APRIL FOOLS.—On the Ist of this month, a day consecrated to practical jokes, one of those singular tricks by which even the wisest are convinced of the silt& lowness of human sagacity, was successfully played r,ff at the Angel Inn, in Bury St. Edmunds. A wag mentioned that Sir Thomas Gooch had stated in the Grand Jury. room that he received a private communication that the Ministry had resigned, and that Sir Robert Peel had been sent for by her Majesty to form a Conservative Adminis tration. As might be expected, unusual joy filled the hearts of the Tory expectants, and was depicted on the rubicund countenances of more than one of the old Corpo ration, giving additional zest to the triumph they had that morning achieved in the return of Churchwardens; but. alas, for the dt crptiveness of human hopes, the rep,rt Ras no sooner blown about than the arrival or the London morning Papers was doomed to blast them, and the reek. less advocates of change found, to their mortification, that they themselves, and not the Ministry, were out. Suffolk Chronicle. DREADFUL AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-- On Tuesday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, a car. man, named James White, in the employment of a Mr. Lomas, of Vauxhall, was driving his master's cart along Thames-bank, Westminster, laden with rubbish, when the unfortunate man fell down in an epilectic fit, and the near side wheel passed over his legs and body. Several la bourers who were near at work ran to his assistance, and found him lying insensible; they raised him up, when it was found that both his legs were fractured in a dreadful manner below the knee. His right shoulder was also dis located, and several of his ribs appeared to be broken. The poor man was instantly removed without the least hope of recovery. On Monday noon, the Ist instant, the ferry boat here, with five persons (three passengers, besides two ferrymen), also a cart laden with furniture, and the horse, sunk a short distance from the shore at the south side of the river. One of the ferrymen and a passenger fom Ilowden were drowned, and, we are sorry to say, both have left wives and large families. When the accident occurred, it was high water and very windy. The furniture in the boat wks Mr. J. Carter's of Bowden, who was removing to the neighbourhood of Goole, and a great deal of it was lost, among which, we are sorry to state, was a quantity of valuable plate in a chest. The horse was saved, and was the means of saving Mr. Brook, of Armin, who clung to his mane and got safely out. The wind luckily blew hard from the cast, which kept all from drifting to the middle of the river. If this had not been the case, every soul must inevitably have perished. It is thirty.six feet at low water, w here the chest is sunk, and the di v i ng man with his helmet from Grimsby is engaged, as the only likel y m eans to recover the articles.—_Doncaster Gazette SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING ME ETING, 1839. MONDAY NEXT. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each; three-yr-old s, 7st.; four yr?, Bs. 91b. ; five yrs, 9st. 21b. ; six yrs, and, aged, 9st. 41b. ; D,lll. 50/. for four-yr-olds, 7st. 101 b.; five yrs, Sst. 911'. ; six yrs and aged, 9st. Last three miles of B. C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds acd upwards. T. Y. C. Sweepstakes of ten sovs. each, for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. and fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y. C. The winner t• be sold for 2001. if demanded, &c. Sweepstakes of 75 sons. each, 5 ft., for four-yr—olds. Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin, Bst. 81b. ; Duke of Grafton s Chemist, Bst. lib.; Mr. Greville's Morella, 7 it. 61b.; Mr. Newton's Vacuna, 7st. 21b. ; and Lord Jersey's Glenare, 7st. 21b. Duke of Portland's f. Caenis agst Lord Stradbrole's b. f. by Priam out of Minima, Bst. 41b. each. D. M. 100. h. f. Duke of Portland's Caenis receives 25 sous. forft it from Col. rPeel's f. by Cain, out of Garcia. D. M. 100, h. ft. No weigh ts mentioned. TUESDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares ; four-yr-olds, Sat. 91b. ; five yrs. 9st. 81b ; six yrs and aged, Wit. 11 ;.,C . Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for four-yr-Olds. A•r• Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 7st. 121 b. ; General GTOSTEDOr'S Dwdalus, 7st.; and Fultvar Craven's I wish-you-may - g et -it, 6st. 121 b. The 2000 Guinea Stakes, a subscription of 100 son. each,b.lt• for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Est. 41b. 11.111. Duke of Rntland's b. c. Flambeau; Mr. Bowes's Epidau rus; Mr. Bowes's Roustan ; Lord Exeter's c. by Mulatto, 0 , " of Marchesa ; Lord Jersey's Caesar; Lord Jersey's Ild erioi ! Lord Lichfield's Id. c. by Sir Hercules, out of Gulnare • Lord Suffield's Vernon ; Lord Suffield's hynx : Mr. Batsons Bro. to Plenipo; Duke of Grafton's /Ether; Duke of Graf ton's Montreal ; Col. Anson's Zimmerman; Mr. arevill es Darrynane; Duke of Portland's c. by Priam, out of Trageoi; Lord G. Bentinck's c. Glenlivat. Sweepstakes of WI sous. each, 100 ft, for four-yr-old colts Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. B.C. Lord Jersey's e. by Cetus, out of Ishmaers d. ; Lord Ex e ' ter's f. Velveteen ; Lord Exeter's c. Alemdar ; Mr. Grevilless Alorella ; Lord Chesterfield's Caroline Elvira ; L or d Lichfield 't Tableau ; Lord Tavistock's f. by Taurus, out of Whisk's cl; Mr. Wreford's br. c. by Defence, out of Whisk's d. ; 31r * \Vreford's br. c. by Defence, out of Escape's d. ; Lord Che s " terfield's Don John. WEDNESDAY. 501., for four-yr-olds, 7st. 81b. ; five, Bst. 1 llb. ; six and age' 9st. 31b. B.C. Ilf. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds. D.- Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds, let. ; and W.', Bst. 10Ib. D. 31. The winner to be sold for 100 Ws. , 11 demanded, dm. THURSDAT. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. ; for four-yr-elds, 9st. 81b. ; Svc years, lOst. 71b. ; six years and aged, 10st. 121 b. R. . Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three-yr-old colts, ist.7lb. and fillies, Bst. 41b. ; first half of Ab. 141. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs. if demanded, &c The 1,000 Guinea Stakes, a subscription of WO sovs. each, h. ft., for three year old filliei, Bst. 41b. D.M. Lord Mr. Bowes's b.f. Lobel a, Lord Exeter's Maicrernma bJ Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Amina ; Lord Exeter's 1 . Reveller, out of Augusta's darn ; Lord Lichfield's S ister Hector, Mr. Watt's f. Cara, Lord Suffield's Alms, Lord Sur field's Marchioness, Mr. Thornhill's Confusionee, .Mr Osbaloi deston's Alexandria, Duke of Grafton's Drogheda ; Du ke Grafton's ch. f. by Taurus, out of Problem ; Mr. Wilsons., :e . by Mulatto, out of Yorkshire Lass ; Colonel Angon's sarde, Mr. Greville's Pydnar, Duke of Portland's Colis, A of Newton's Retrospect ; Lord Jersey's ch. f. by Emilius, on' Variation; and Lord G. Bentinck's Real. The Clarendon Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft, for three Y rs ' old colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. R.M. Lord Chesterfield's c. Bloomsbury, Mr. Bowes's Ep id a u rog ci Lord Suffield's Sphinx, Lord Lichfield's Sister to Hector, I ''' . Jersey's Caesar. • ~t Match.--Lord Tavistock's f. by Taurus, out of Mona, age,j, the Duke of Rutland's c. Flambeau. bst. 71b. each. P'' 100 sovs., h. ft. FRIDAY Speepstakes of 10 sow. each ; for three yes, 7st ; four yrs! r 61b • five yrs, six yrs, and aged, 9st. D.M. The Woe to-be sold for 100 sovs, &e. Srseepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs, old colts, Est. 61b; and fillies, Bst. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each, for three yrs. old and ' upwards. T. Y. C. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft, for three 1 11. old colts, Bst. 71b ; and fillies, Bst. .21b D 111.' Mr. Batson's Brother to Plenipo, Mr. Byng's * Boa ; Orford ns b c by Langar, out of Petulance; Lord Exeter's " o e f by Sultan, out of Velvet; Lord Exeter's br c by Mulatto, oe,,t Marchesa ; Lord Exeter's ch f Macremr.aa, Mr. Grove,: Lablache, Mr. Ford's Ferryman, Colonel Anson's Coe rs , a e t : Mr. Bircham's br fby Rouncival, d by Cattort ; Duke of ' 7 • land's Flambeau; Mr. Watt's ch by Margraw, out of Nicotr7 Mr. Gardnor's c by Count Porro, out of Mopsy ; Lord field's Sphynx, Lord Suffield's Vernon ; Duke of Portlat;e c by Priam, out of Tragedy ; Duke of Portland's f b 1 Colonel, dam by Reveller Duke of Portland's f Ctenis, ' Wigram's Nictea, Duke of Grafton's Montreal, Duke of Grafton Courier ; Lord Lichfield's bl c by Sir Hercules, out of Gui n t e : Lard Lichfield's ch c by Actreon out of Wings; Lord marle's Tros, Lord Albemarle's Tyrius, Air. Thornhill 's EP"' meron, Mr. Thornhill's Montezuma. Sweepstakes of 100 sots each, for three-year-old fillies, tie" - „ t of untried at the time of naming, Bst 7lb each. Those e ` fo re untried mates allowed 3 lbs. A winner of 200 ors be the day of starting 7s — et;:. D. Lord Stradbroke's b lb f by ; out Priam D.M. Minima, 31bs Lor4• Exeter's f by Reveller, out of Amina, 31bs -. Lord Tavistoorcoe by Taurus, out of Leeway, 31bs ; Duke of Portland's f by Colonel, dam by Reveller, 3 lbs. WARWICKSHIRE GRAND STEAPLE CHA TUESDAY. _ _ Sweekstakes of 25 sovs eaTcll,llitWith 200 added, overat'ven four miles of country, commencing at the Grand Stan 0 (1 9 the Warwick Race-course, and finishing at the same. Subs.) 1 Lord Macdo na ld' s b m Th e N un , 12 s t 71b (Mr. I , ason ) / Sir E. Mostyn's b h Seventy-four, 12st ........................ 3 Mr. Lambden's oh c Weathercock, 12st Lord Che ,tei field's b g by Waverley, 12st The following also started, but were not placed—Mr toy shall's b. g. Railroad, 12 s t. 71b. • Mr. G. Willis's b. g. 12st. ; Mr. Ball's b. g. Needwoorl, 12st. 71b. ; and Mr. P e combe's Cannon Ball, 12st. 71b. Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added the Race Committee ; two miles; six leaps. (7 subs.) Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, aged, (h. b.) Mt. 71b. Mr. Theobald's b. m. Paulina, aged, 12st. 71b. (h. re 1).), ~• "*. .1 1r. The following al so s t ar t e d, b u t were no t p;aceu Beardshaw nd. c h. m . P r i mrose (l ate H arr i e t), aged b.), 12st. ; Mr. Th omas W es l ey ' s c h . g. N eptune , 5 yrs t",. I Ist. 71b. ; M r . Th orn hill n d . b. tn. Helen, (h. b.) 1 Ist. 71b. ; Mr. Smith's ch. g. Meteor, 6 yrs (h• as ", er , 12st. ; and Mr. Oli ver ' s b. g . Li tt l e C om b erton , by SP d. by Solicitor, 4 y rs (h. b. ), lO st. 91b . (fell. ) 11" Troy, , In Yesterday a b a ll ot was ta k en at t h e East - of Hence, for the election of six Directors, in the fc ) °, ui s'r Patrick Vans A gnew , E sq ., C.B. ; M a j or- General a I . James Law Lushi ng t on , G. C.B. ; G eorge Lyal/ t John Petty Muspratt, Esq. ; Martin Tucker Smith, .P s 'At and William Wigram, Esq., who go out by rotation• the six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered t° 0 scrutineers, who rep o rted th a t th e e l ec ti on had fall e h u ,7l, Josias Du Pre Alexa n d er , E sq ., Si r R o b er t Caun' u - gh Bart., Neil Benj am i n Ed mons t one , E sq ., Hon. A l" - p Lindsay, John Goldsbo r o ug h Raverishaw, Esq., an Henry Willock, K, L. E. Yesterday a Cou r t of Di rec t ors was held at th r e e East India House, when the thanks of the Court - I.:et voted unanimously to Major- General Sir James Lushington, G. C. 8., Chairman, and Sir Richard Jenitin G. C. B , M. P., D e p u ty-Ch a i rman , f or th e i rg reat 001 0 : tion and a.tention to the affairs of the East India I.'° pany, during the past year. att is LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—The IVla r3 _,ll of Bute, in Glamorganshire, and probably elsevvbere,twhei not suffer his tenants to be distressed. He says, " s ill cannot pay one year, they cannot pay two ; but let have no distraint!. If the farm should not suit the i rn i ; i o me know their exact circumstances, and they shall le • what money they may require and q uit. This is nob PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY a nd S O2- Ai- t be Manufacturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, (oßpos3o) Bank of England), o ff er th e b es t r i c h SHELL-BORDP t 95. SILVER WAITERS, of every size, with plain centres , $ . per ounce, or with chased centres, at 9s. 6d. per ounce. Price, with Chased Centres. Xs. o 4 Dia 5 14 0 0 A round fl li,rd flyer Waiter, with shell er m , eter. Oz. Bin. 12 at Os. 8 1 A round Silver Waiter, with shell bord.T, 9 17 9- 0 0 A round Silver Waiter, with shell border, 10 4 0 15 0 A round Silver Waiter, with shell border, 12 30 JO 1 0 A round Silver Wait..r, with shel bcrder, 15 42 40 0 A round Sib er Waiter, with shell bord r, 18 86 5 16 A roun d Silver Waiter, with shell border, 1 0 -1, The Plate rooms of this Establishment, which arilFla e, sive, contain a large and choice selection of Silver jer Plated Goods, and every article requisite to comple te i‘ f a r.o - vice. List of Prices gratis. A. B. Savory and Sons , .te the facturine: Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London, oplaw l Bank of England. SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS -- o ar — An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of then4r ib' ranted, and of various sizes, may be selected from , above price, at. T. COX SAVORY'S, A 7 Co ll' Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker , 0, hill, London ( Seven Deors from Gracechurch-str e !,;riee s , N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of theb; bait of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., m a /notion' gratis, or will be forwarded in ansv_vet:22., MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Tourniy, Edmond Joseph de LosTg e orf to Frances Charlotte Elizabeth, eldest daughter of S i Thomasthe Oakes, Bart. On 3d ins.., John Berns, Esq , third sen of the iat e v , to tenant-Colonel F. W. B e lli;, of Esq., Cottage, 5s r r i l l the Katharine, only daughter of, John Nason, of Newtown, co y On t unt of Cork, Esq. hi I leic l.e 9th inst., at. St. G eorge ' s , Hanover-square, tcouder Theodosius Burnett Stuart, B. I). ;Fellow of Que en's ,f th . Cambridge, to Ma r i a Love Robertson,youngest daughterLnp late Captain Th omas R o b ertson, of the East India C° .— .Scrvice. DIED. k M rs. On the 30th I' Clark, f Chapel-street, Bedford-row, architect u ~, at Albany-street, Regent's par of Charlotte Clark (widow of gr. William Barnard ,i, u `titer °; architect) youn gest ,- 1 1 .! f itsv the late Alnjor-Ceneral William Brooks, of the 11 ' ' India Company's Service , oil, worthy - tesworth, within of the lion. Robert Moles A 4) 1 0 . 14.411e ". . 24 -i. 14 0 „at Kir . igstown, near Dublin, the n°°' o a daughter of Charles Viscount Ranela E dgar On the 29th ult., at Dublin, Lara, gbthe wife of Cap tain Campbell, of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers• n of S ir On the 31st uR., at CI-ma, Augustus, Y Henry St. John Ilikimav, Bart. relic t Of On the Bth inst., in lie gent-street, Lady Hu hest 70. Sir William 13. Hughes, of Plas-cock, Anglesey, ag u young so ° f London : Printed and Published by IVILTRDO Yolli N. 112, tre ' the county of Middlesex. —Thursday, April 11, 1 89. S W grd ' On the Sth inst., at Gilston Park, the lady of If. G . F` 9 n . ,of a daughter. On th M e P 6th inst., at Offley Vicarage, lierts, the lab" °f t he ROn the Bth inst.. e envoc Rectory, Glamorg an lady of the Rev. Charlos Jenner, of a daughter. o f S it On the 9th inst., at the British M useum , the lady Frederick Madden, K. IL, of a son. John g °lfaeil/ of On the 9th inst., at Sydenham, Kent, Mrs. a daughter. EVA:NING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1839. EVENING EDYTION• .i,, ;;