The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-27 00:00:00

Mr. Corballis—Did you see Brophy and Mr. Parker in conversation at any time, immediately- before this ? I saw them freq uen tly t oget h er. I saw Mr. Parker with him, at a time that arms were seized in Clancy's house. Cross-examined by Brophy--Are you sure that the blunderbuss which White had was a brass-barrelled one ?—I am. Could you understand by me that I en deavoured to hide anything, in reference to the arms, that night 2—l could not. Mr. Corballis-16h, no. So far as I can collect from the evidence of Copeland and this witness, nothing of the kind has appeared. This ended the evidence of sub-constable Burke, and the investigation was adjourned to half-past ten o'clock on Friday next. CUSTOMS SEIZURES.—The Board of Customs having bad under consideration their general order of INlay, 1815, under the authority of which the water-guard officers at the outports are allowed to participate in seizures made out of baggage sent by them to the Queen's warehouse for examination ; and being of opinion that the officers of the water-guard should only be allowed to participate when present at or assisting in making such seiaures, or when they have given such directions or information as may have led directly to the making of the same, conformably to the practice at this port, and to the general practice in other cases, orders have been issued for the officers to govern themselves in future accordingly, and th a t th e genera l order of slay, 1815, referred to, be rescinded. OUT-PENSIONERS IN THE ARMY —A Correspond ent informs us it is now fully arranged that the drill and exercise of the out-pensioners of the army, for a certain number of days, is to take place early in the ensuing month, for which purpose all the preliminary arrange ments have been effected in accordance with the Act of Parliament passed in the session of 1843. The men are to appear in uniform, and armed, and it is expected that the general officer commanding each district will make anlinspection of them. The out-pensioners to be assem bled are those only who are capable of bearing arms, and they will receiv e a liberal allowance, to compensate them for the loss they will incur by being absent from their usual employment during the six days they will be on permanent duty, but they will be allowed to return to their homes each night, provided the distance from head quarters be nut too great. They will also (under the discretion of the staff officer) lie allowed to take their uniform with them, so that they may be prepared, without inconvenience, to be at parad e in the morning. It is the wish of the authorities that every p oss ibl e cility be afforded the men in carrying out the present at • rangementS. AGE or oUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SUIPS.—A State ment under this head has been put forth for the purp ose of proving that our ships are not so very old after all and it appears that half of them are not out of their teens, while very few indeed have reached the years of discre tion. The Superb, of 80 guns, turns out not to be an old man-of war, but a mere baby, having been launched in 1842 ; while the Boscawen, 74, can hardly be said to • have been weaned, having never hoisted the pendant. In fact, the line-of-battle ships stem to be in a state of happy infancy, and England may boast of as juvenile a navy as she could possibly wish for.—Punch. • M. Grimaud, a chemist, at Poictiers, has proposed • a mode of rendering poisoning by arsenic more difficult. He recommends that this article shall be sold only when mixed with a certain quantity of sulphate of iron and cyanure of potash. About one per cent. of each substance would, he alleges, be sufficient. The arsenic, thus qua +, lified, sho ws i tse lf e i t h er b y co l our or smell, when used in •-• •ITETit/te.varioum aliments fit fur man. Thus, arsenic prepared twit 441,p d thrown into warm meat soup, gives imme tr, • 46 , broni- col o ur ; i n t o h o t m ilk , an onsl ; s. . 52 , 71•:,,Y • eavinti, a violet ; into bread, a deep blue ; and so '1t7k.4' 7 1 Oiler twenty m i x t ures , on wh i ch M. Grianaud has made , f 02p4runents. ,t Brophy—ls the date there, sir?—Yes, I have the date here—there are some entries; but it is perfectly silent as regards this transaction. Mr. Corb tills here read various extracts from the diary, referring to transactions before and after the find ing of the arms at the widow Ryan's, and observed that it appeared to him strange that no reference was made to such an important fact, more especially when there was an entry of the discovery of the arms in the turf clamp. Examination of Copeland resumed—l know constable Ray; I was n)t stationed at Couraclavin when he was there. Cross-examined by Mr. Brophy—.Are you sure it was a brass blunderbuss we had when we returned from White's ?—ln my opinion it was a brass blunderbuss. When I told you and Burke to remain outside the Widow Ryan's house, did I give you any reason for doing so ?—Yes, to see that no person came out of the house, Mr. Corballis—l do not wish to interfere with any courto you wish to take, but you will be examined on oath by your own request, and it would be better to re serve any statement you yourself have to make until then. Br.iphy (to witness)—Did I tell you that night that I put the arms in the turf clamp P—l do not recollect, but you may have told me so. By Mr. Fitzgerald—At this time I thought White a faithworthv person. I have had opportunities since of knowin his general character. From any knowledge of his character, I do not believe him a person worthy of credit on his oath, in a court of justice. As far as I know, Mr. Parker had no reason to think that the party did not go out that night in the ordinary course of duty. Mr. Parker was at the barrack the morning the arms were brought to Shinrone. By Mr. Corballis—l could not tell if Mr. Parker was at the barrack a few days before this transaction, or if he had any private communications with Brophy about that time. I never remember to have seen White in communication with Mr. Parker. Brophy—When Mr. Parker and I were bringing the arms from the turf clamp did we nut stop at the barrack, and did not the men come out to see them ?—I believe ye did ; and I believe also that some of the men went out to see them. Brophy—That proves we had no wish for conceal ment. Mr. Corballis—l don't perfectly understand the force of that inference. Brophy—Why, sir, Mr. Parker and I were charged with a conspiracy respecting these arms, and it is right to show that there was no concealment. Mr. Corballis (to witness)—Who were the police that went for the arms to the turf clamp ?—I think Mr. Parker, and constables Brophy and Ogle were there, but I don't know of any others. Did you hear them say when they were leaving the barrack on what duty they were going ?—Yes ; they said they were going to look for arms, but did not mention acy place particularly. Mr. Fitzgerald—l am here for Mr. Parker, and I wish to know if he said so ?—He did not. Mr. Fitzgerald—Was he present at the time ?—Not to my knowledge. Mr. Corballis—How soon after the night of the occur rence at the widow Ryan's did you see Mr. Parker at the barrack ?—The day or the day but one after. I know a person named Clancy ; he lives about a quarter cf a mile from the station ; I believe he is a tailor ; I never saw him at the barrack ; I recollect that two pistols were found in his house ; it was before this oc currence, but I don't kcow how long : I don't know of a blunderbuss having been taken from Clancy. This ended the examination of Copeland. Patrick Burke, the policeman who remained in com pany with Copeland during the visit of constables Brophy and White to the widow Ryan's, gave testimony similar to that of the previous witness ; he further added—When Constable Brophy and White were in the widow Ryan's haggard, I heard noise of stones like the throwing Clown of a wall. They came back in a very short time after that. They had three or four pistols and a blunderbuss when they came back. I think it was the same blunder buss I had previously seen. The constable said that some of the pistols were loaded. They remained with us a few minutes, and then went back to Mrs. Ryan's land again. They went in direction of the turf clamp, where the arms were subsequently found. They were away this time about twenty minutes. When they came back the constable remarked that he did not like to take up the arms, as he did not think he had authority for doing so. He also said he changed them out of the place where they first were, being in fear that the person who gave information would remove them. I understand that that informer was White. And did not White go with him ?—He left us with him. Now, did it not appear odd to you that he she old have taken White with him for such a purpose, when White himself was the informer ? Mr. Fitzgibbon--He did not say that White was the informer;?-oh, yes I did ; but I did not give the subject any consideration then. Mr. Corballis—Had Brophy all the pistols in his pos session when he left you ?—lie had all. What did you understand by Brophy saying he Isad no authority to take arms?—l don't know. He did not tell you:on what duty you were going ?—He did not. And would you not consider that you had sufficient authority to take up arms under such circumstances P—l would, most cer tainly. What opinion did you form of his refusal to take them up ?—I considered it strange. Did you con sider it your duty to inform your officer of the fact ? No, I did not. When did you see the arms after that ? —Next day; constable Ogle had them in his possession, and Mr. Parker and Brophy were of the party. Was there anything stated by either of them as to the place the arms were found ?—Yes ; constable Brophy said he took them from the turf clamp, to which place he had removed them the night before ; and the reason I did not consider it my duty to mention the fact is, that Brophy told me his officer, Mr. Parker, was in posses sion of what he had done ; before we went to Ryan's house, Brophy and Whelan appeared to have had a private conference. Do you mean to say that they went out of the hearing of the rest of the party, or that their privacy was accidental ?—I think they went out of our hearing for the purpose of conversing ; White had the blunderbuss then. Did you ever know nn in stance before of arms being so re-deposited in this manner ?—Never, sir. a They were always before, as far as I know, brought to the station. Did you ever see White in the barrack before P—l did, sir. Did you ever see him write there ?—Never ; but I know that he called for paper at one time, and I believe it was for the purpose of writing. Was it well known to all the men in barrack that the arms had been removed ? —Perfectly well, sir. How do you account for White giving up the blunderbuss on this night to the constable —can you give any reason for it ?—I cannot, sir. Was not the blunderbuss in the constable's possession, before you came near Mrs. Ryan's house at all P—lt was, sir. By Mr. Fitzgerald—White's character in the neigh bourhood was not good ; it was so bad, that he earned the marked displeasure of the Rev. Mr. Nolan, his clergy man. He was not liked in the place. The general re putation of the man is such, that he would not be trusted on his oath in a court of justice. Mr. Corballis—Now, that is not the way to put the question. Is his general character so bad, that yo would nut believe him on his oath in a court of justice —I would not believe him. IRELAND. REMOVAL OF MR. BREWSTER. DUBLIN, SEPT. 23.—We have heard in nevi quarters rumours of the removal of Mr. Brewster from his present office. As to the successor of Mr. Brewster the public are rather indifferent, but the Government, in taking the step attributed to them, may gain, and cannot lose support. They cannot, by the exertion of the most searching scrutiny, discover a man more unpopular than him whose removal is reported to be contemplated. EARL FORTESCUE AND HIS TENANTRY. DUBLIN, SEPT. 24.—1 n consequence of a para graph, which originated in the Waterford Chronicle, and was generally copied in the English newspapers, respecting the conduct of Lord Fortescue in regard to the rejoicings for the reversal of the judgment against Mr. O'Connell, that Noble Lord has deemed it necessary to publish the following address to his Irish tenantry, amongst whom he is at present re siding:— " TO THE TENANTi ON MY ESTATES IN THE COUNTY OF WATERFORD. " My Friends and Neighbours—Having reason to believe that there has been some misconstruction of my conduct on a late occasion, and that erroneous inferences have, in consequence, been drawn from it respecting my opinions, I wish to set both clearly before you. " When, on the news of the reversal by the House of Lords of the judgment against Mr. &Connell bonfires were lighted in various directions "around us I heard that my Corbally tenants had declined join ing in them from an apprehension of my displeasure., I, therefore, intimated to one of them, for the infor mation of others, my desire that, in any matter of this kind, they should freely consult their own wishes, without reference to mine, and I repeated the expres sion of this desire to the Rev. Mr. Cantwell, adding, that though I rejoiced at Mr. O'Connell's liberation from what I considered an unjust and illegal impri sonment, I could not take part in any public demon stration of joy on the occasion, connected, as it pro bably would be, with the question of repeal, to which I am as much opposed as ever. " I trust, therefore, you will understand, that whilst I disclaim alike the right and the wish to con trol you in the peaceable manifestation of your poli tical opinions, I have not in the slightest degree altered my own. " I am always your sincere friend, " FORTESCLE. " Summerville, Sept. 21st, 1844." In this address, the Dublin Evening Post justly remarks, " Lord Fortescue has asserted and vindicated the true principle of independence and liberty of action between the landlord and the tenant. Such an example would be most important anywhere ; but in Ireland it is invaluable, because many of our worst social evils have been produced by the political dictatorship of landlords, treating their tenants as serfs, and compel ling them to become the merest instruments for pro moting their factious objects. This degrading ty ranny, practised almost universally by Tory landlords, is repudiated by Lord Fortescue, who, whilst retain ing his own opinions, gives to his tenantry the fullest latitude to exercise their own judgments, unfettered by the dread of persecution from landlord or tenant." OFFICIAL INQUIRY: POLICE SPY SYSTEM. The following is a report of the proceedings at the in quiry held yesterday, before Mr. Corballis, QC., at the Land Commission-office, Dublin Castle. At eleven o'clock Mr. Corballis opened the proceedings by stating briefly the nature of his Excellency's commis sion. He then read the following abstract of the charges preferred against the parties : " FIRST CRARGE.—That sub-inspector Parker, and constable Brophy, being stationed at Shinrone in the month of October, 1843, conspired with one Martin White to have fire-arms placed in a wall at the widow Ryan's haggard, at Cooraclavin, in order that they might afterwards be found by sub-inspector Parker, when acting ostensibly in the discharge of his duty. " SECOND CHARGE. That sub-inspector Parker having, on the 20th of October, in the year 1843, re ceived information at Shinrone that fire-arms were ille gally concealed in the widow Ryan's haggard wall, he (sub-inspector Parker) instead of ordering said fire-arms to be seized and brought to his station at Shinrone, directed constable Brophy to remove them to another place, and there conceal them, in order that said fire arms might be found by himself, and that constable Brophy was privy to that transaction, and either actuall l y removed the tire. arms from the wall in the widow Ryan a haggard to a clump of turf at some distance, and con cealed them there himself, or was privy to Martin White's doing so. " THIRD CHARGE.—That Sub-Inspector Parker hav ing, on the 21st of October, 1843, seized a quantity of fire-arms, found by him in a clamp of turf at Cooraclavin, and knowing that said fire-arms had been actually found the day before in the wall of the Widow Ryan's haggard, by constable Brophy, and placed by constable Brophy, or, at all events, with his privity, and by his authority, in the turf, made a report, bearing date the 22d of Oct., 1843, to the Inspector-General of Constabulary, in which he wilfully suppressed all mention of those facts, and suggested that a reward of 51. should be given to the person who gave him the private information. " FOURTH CHARGE.-That Sub-Inspector Parker and constable Brophy, while stationed at Shinrone, endea voured to induce one Martin White to bring an armed party to attack the house of Mr. Benjamin Armitage, or the Widow King, and that constable Brophy gave the said Martin White gunpowder to assist in the outrage. " FIFTH CHARGE.—That constable Brophy conspired with Martin White to put a fabricated Ribbon document on the person of one Thomas M'Loughlin, and that said constable Brophy actually wrote out said document, and gave it to Martin White to copy." The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Sub-constable Matthew Copeland sworn and examined by Mr. Corballis—l am a member of the King's county constabulary. I was stationed in Co.oraclavin, in Oc tober, 1843. There were at the station four sub-con. stables and one constable. Their names were Carroll, Burke, Tracy, and myself, sub-constables, and the con stable (Brephy). Brophy had the command of the Cooraclavin station. Cooraclavin is in the Shinrone district, and under the command of sub-Inspector Parker. I don't know how many stations Mr. Parker had under his command, but I believe eight or nine. There was a diary kept at Cooraclavin, and it was con stable Brophy's duty to take charge of it. Sub-inspec tor Parker visited the station very often. It was his duty to do so once a month. I don't know if it was Mr. Parker's duty to inspect the diary, but he often did so. The book was always open for his inspection. I knew a man named Martin White. I saw him first at his own house, which is about a mile from Cooraclavin. I first became acquainted with him because he was a remark able looking character, and I was told also that he gave information to the police on several cccasions. As well as I can remember it was one of our men who first told me about his having given information to the police. I saw Martin White at the barrack several times after, but never before. I could not tell what brought him to the barrack. It was always with the constable he commu located when he came. He met the constable generally in one of the apartments of the barrack. I don't think there was any one present but the constable and 'White on these occasions. I never saw White in the barracks but once. Brophy was not present then. White had a quarter of an acre of ground close to the barrack. I saw him several times at it. I never remember having seen the police with him there. I was told that White had been a schoolmaster at one time. He lived with his father at the time I knew him. I recollect the night the arms were found at the widow Ryan's house. I don't recollect what day of the month that was. The constable, another man, and I, went to the house that night. I don't recollect whether that other man was Burke or Carroll. It was after nightfall when we left the barrack. It was not more than about a quarter of a mile from the barrack to the Widow Ryan's by a short cut. I think White was with us—l am almost certain he was. I don't recollect having seen White previously on that day. When I left the barrack I did not know where I was going. I went merely in obedience to the constable's orders. Before we went to the Widow Ryan's we stopped convenient to White's house. The constable and White left us fur a short time. He did not say where he was going to, but he desired us to re main until he came back. They went off in the direc tion of White's house. They (were about half an hour away. When the constable and White came back I saw a blunderbuss with them which they had not when they left the barrack, or rather, which I did not see with them then. The blunderbuss, I think, had a brass barrel. I could not exactly say who had the blun derbuss when I first saw it, but I am certain it was the constable who first pointed my attention to it. He told me it was the blunderbuss that shot Mr. Roberts. We went off then to the widow Ryan's across the fields. We had thu blunderbuss with us. When we got to the Widow Ryan's, the whole party with White crossed out to the road. I think constable Brophy had the blunderbuss at the time. The constable desired us to remain on the road near the house. We did so. White and the con stables then left us. I know the haggard in which the arms were found. It was in that direction they went. They were away between half as hour and an hour. We were all the time on the road. When they came back they had some pistols—three or four I believe. They had the blunderbuss also—at least I think it was the same I had previously seen, but I could not swear positively to it. They showed us the arms when they came back, and said they got them in the wall of Widow Ryan's haggard. They said nothing about the blunder buss then. They only remained with us two or three minutes, and went back in the direction of the haggard wall. They took the arms with them. They were better than half an hour away. They had not the arms when they came back. There was no conversation on, or in quiries about, what had been done with them. The con stable merely ordered us home. What! no remark whatever about the subject?—None, thing sir. Y ou did not even ask on the road home?—Some might have passed, but I cannot remember it. Was White with you all the way home?—Whito, I think, went home to his own house from the road. Did they describe to you when they camo back from the widow Ryan'a how they got the arms?—Yes, they said they found them built up in the wall. Do you remember when the arms were found in the turf clamp?—l do. Do you know ground belonging to a man named Egan? —I do, sir; but I don't know if there be a turf clamp upon it. Had you any suspicion that the arms found in the turf clamp were those you had already seen?—None whatever. Do you know if constable Brophy made an entry in his diary next day about the finding of the arms at the widow Ryan's?—l don't know, sir. Would not it have been part of his duty to do so. Brophy--I will answer that, sir, and say it would be my duty. Corballis—Well, there is no sub entry here. THE_ SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27, '844. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR BILLINGSGATE WARD. Yester,lay a wardmote was held in Fellowship Hall, St. Mary-at-Hill, for the election of an alderman in the room of Anthony Brown, Esq., appoined Chamberlain of the City of London. Mr. Sidney, the Sheriff-elect for the ensuing year, was the only candidate ; the other, Mr. 'William Mitcalfe, having resigned. Precisely at twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, attended by the several civil functionaries, entered the Hall, and having taken his seat, the Court was opened. Mr. PEAK; in proposing Mr. Sidney, said he was supported by all parties ; and he (Mr. Peake) was confi dent that, in the office of Alderman, he would be equally distinguished for the virtues and abilites which had so much characterised him in private life. Mr. BOWER seconded the nomination. He said that he had not, like the mover, the honour of such an inti mate acquaintance with Mr. Sidney, yet the voice of fame had spoken well of him ; and from the little he knew, he was fully of the same opinion. They had parted with a gentleman who was highly respected, and ' who had filled his office well, and he had every confi dence that the gentleman now proposed as Alderman would do away with their regret at parting with the last one. He was glad that there was no opposition on the present occasion, as however well conducted such contests might be, they invariably left gall and bitterness behind. He would, therefore, with every heartiness, second the nomination of Mr. Sidney, and he hoped that in all their future relations he and the " good men" of Billingsgate would esteem each other in the highest degree. There being no other candidate, Mr. Sidney was de clared elected. Mr. SIDNEY returned thanks. There were moments in every man's life, when words would be found inade quate to express the intensity of his feelings, and such was the case with himself at that time. He could say unfeignedly, that that was one of his proudest moments. He would not take up their time by detaining the prin ciples he had laid down for his future guidance, because the last month bad given him ample opportunity of ex plaining these. He had sought that important position as a means of extended usefulness to his fellow-citizens. —(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that opportunity of much usefulness could not be found in the privacies of life as in its public walks— " To do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," might be chronicled of many—the most humble indivi duals.—(Cheers.) If in that office, he did not the good which at present he hoped 20 do, he would not retain it, but at once resign into their hands again the honourable distinction they had conferred upon him. They had had the good sense not to ask him any question as to his political sentiments, and he had no right, nor would he, in that unanimous assemblage thrust these opinions upon them ; although they all agreed, be was convinced in this, that it was truly wise, and truly liberal, to allow to each and all the expression of that opinion, whatever it might be.—(Cheers.) He was proud to call himself a friend to the glorious insti tutions of the country, and he hoped that he should ever advocate an extended system of education. He would hail the day with gratitude when education would raise from among the masses of the country a new power, moral, political, and religious—(Hear hear)—and to that object would all his exertions be given. That was the best mode of preventing crime and its consequences. He thanked them all for the kindness with which they had received him in the course of that canvass, and he could assure them that he would endeavour to discharge the duties of his office in an ho nourable and honest manner.—(Great cheers.) Mr. Deputy CURLING moved a vote of thanks to their late Alderman, Anthony Brown, Esq., which was passed unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor, who then dis solved the wardmote. PORTSOKEN WARD. The poll was adjourned at twelve o'clock yesterday until to-day at ten o'clock, in consequence of the Lord Mayor's presence being required in the Ward of Bil lingsgato. The numbers then wero for— Mr. Sheriff Moon . D. Salomons, Esq.. Maj ori ty BOIL 94 132 -38 _ ()UGH OF MARYLEBONE RE GISTRATION. (Before C. D. MOYLAN, Esq.) The Revising Barrister sat in the St. Pancras vestry yesterday to d►spose of the claims and objections in that parish. There are 6,775 voters in St. Pancras ; 389 names having been added to thelist since the last revision. The following is a list of the number of claims and objections by the Liberals and Conservatives, and by other persons in each of the following districts : CLAIMS. Reformers. Tories. Other persons. Total. East Pancras ... 6 5 9 20 West Pancras ... 10 2 1 13 South Pancras... 15 2 13 30 North Pancras... 7 4 5 16 38 13 OBJECTIONS. 28 79 - . Reformers. Tories. Total. East Pancras 34 80 114 West Pancras l7 61 78 South Pancras North Pancras 106 329 435 Mr. Tripp, residing at 20, Tavistock-place, claimed to have his name placed on the register. He occupied two rooms, for which he paid 50/. a year. The rates were all paid before the 20th of July. Jane Farrell's name appeared on the rate-book. He made a claim to the overseers of the parish to be placed on the register, which he left at the Anti-Corn-law League office. The RETISIN ; BARRISTER said the Anti• Corn-law League office was not the proper place to leave his claim. It appeared that Mr. Tripp had not claimed to be put on a rate made on the 9th September last year, which The REVISING BARRISTER said would prevent him from placing his name on the register : his name, how ever, would be on next year's register. Some persons held that a person ought to claim to hare his name placed on each rate, and although he did not quite coin. tide in that opinion, yet he had no hesitation in advising parties to do so. The names of several persons who were proved to hold subordinate offices in the service of the Government were struck off ; as also the names of others who had not resided twelve months at their places of abode, or had removed. The REVISING BARRISTER yesterday afternoon gave his decision against the claim of Thomas Smith, whose case was reported in The Sun. He occupied the second floor of a house in Great Carlisle.-street, for which he paid 53. 6d. per week, which Messrs. Ivemy and Allen contended was sufficient to qualify him to vote ; whilst Mr. Greenwood supported his objection on the ground that the house was occupied by three parties, each of whom paid a weekly rent. The house was rated at 201., and valued in the rate-book at 251. EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. The Revising Barrister yesterday held his Court at he Vestry-hall, Camberwell. Mr. E. Meymott appeared as the Conservative agent, and Mr. Jeans attended for the Liberals. In the Camberwell list, Mr. Thomas Moseley had, under the head of "residence," described his place of business, and also his private residence. Mr. Jeans applied to have either one or the other description removed from the list, as it was productive of great inconvenience, in the event of any objection being made to the vote, that there should be more than one address. The REVISING BARRISTER said he did not see what inconvenience there could be in having a full descrip tion of the voter. Mr. Jeans said that, some time ago, it was three years before he could get a party into court, in con sequence of his having placed the description of his residence and also his place of business upon the register. The notice of objection was sent to his pri vate residence, and the Revising Barrister ruled that a notice should also have been sent to his place of business. In the case he alluded to, when he did at length get the voter into court, it turned out that he had no qualification, and yet his name had been re tained, for three years, upon the register. The REvzsuso BARRISTER said he was quite sure that he had not decided that notices to both places were necessary. If a notice of objection was served at the private residence, it was abundantly sufficient, and the insertion of the place of business was mere surplusage. The claim was then left in its original form. One of the overseers of Thames Ditton attended with the list of voters and new claims in that parish. It will be remembered that his duty was to have attended at Kingston, but he did not do so, neither did he send any lists, and the Revising Barrister ex pressed his intention to fine the overseers for their negligence. The overseer now stated that the reason he did not attend at Kingston was, that he received no notice of the places of holding the courts in East Surrey, but that by mistake the West Surrey meet ings were sent to him. The REVISING BARRISTER said this might be a reason for his not attending at Kingston, but it was no excuse for his neglecting to send the lists to the clerk of the peace, when no less than four applications were made to him for them. The overseer said he left it to his brother overseer. The REVISING BARRISTER said this did not alter the case, and hf should fine him 50s. At the close of the business, Mr. Fish proceeded to consider the Thames Ditton lists, and it appeared that the overseers had not placed the list of new claims upon the church door. The REVISING BARRISTER said this was really most gross and unpardonable neglect of duty. The clearest instructions were sent to every overseer by the clerk of the peace, but it appeared in this case they were determined not to comply with them. He must ad journ the consideration of this list a second time, and he should require the attendance of the other overseer, whom he should certainly fine, as well as this one, for his neglect. Mr. Meymott said that these lists were made out in the most bungling manner of any he had ever seen. The REVISING BARRISTER said he was of the same , opinion, and it was high time the overseers were com pelled to perform their duties properly. There was no excuse in this case, and he felt bound to prevent , the recurrence of such gross negligence ill future. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE (YESTERDAY.) MANSIOII'-HOUSE. Two persons appeared before Alderman Johnson, for the purpose of complaining against the officers of the General Steam Navigation Company, under the following circumstances : They stated that they had taken and paid for, to the individuals acting for the Company, their passage in one of the vessels to Hamburgh, and they were in formed that the vessel was to sail at six o'clock in the morning. They accordingly went to the place at which they supposed they should see her lying, a quarter of an hour before the appointed time, and to their surprise and great disappointment they found she was gone, and were told that she had taken her departure a considerable time before they attended. As no fault lay with them as to punctuality, they con • sidered of course that they were entitled to the resti tution of the passage-money, or to be accommodated in another of the Company's vessels, but they could obtain no satisfaction of the kind. One of the clerks of the Company stated the com plainants were informed of the exact hour at which the vessel had been appointed to sail, and she did sail at that hour, and they were therefore entitled to no part of the passage-money. Alderman JOHNSON asked in what manner they were informed that the vessel was to sail ? The clerk replied that they had been, according to the custom of the office, informed regularly by one of those in attendance. The complainants stated that they could produce five persons who could prove the correctness of their statement, and they handed to the Alderman the re ceipt for the passage-money, on which no time for starting was specified, but a blank was left for the hour. Alderman JOHNSON expressed his great surpri se that so loose a practice was allowed to exist at an office in which business of such importance to the public was transacted. It was quite evident that the blank should have been filled up with the time of ap pointment; and the fact that it was not so filled up, was calculated to mislead, and therefore to impose upon persons. The clerk said, if parties wished to have the blanks filled up, there never was any objection made ; but the complainants had never made any application of the kind. Alderman JOHNSON declared that it was the duty of the Company to write down the hour of starting, whether a request to that effect was made or not ; and he would not hesitate to say that the complainants were entitled to receive their money back. The clerk stated that he should intimate the opi nion of the Alderman to the authorities. As the complainants did not return:to the Mansion house while the Alderman was sitting, it was con jectured that the money was returned to them. BOW-STREET. _ _ _ A fashionably -dressed young man, who gave his name as Robert Beechcroft, was charged before Mr. Hall with the following violent and most unprovoked assault on Mr. Chatterton, of St. Peter's-court, St. Martin's-lane. The complainant stated that this morning, at about five o'clock, the p r i soner ca me to hi s house, knocked at the shop door, and asked for Mr. Chatterton. He said he wanted to be introduced to the family, as he had known them in Paris. The complainant, seeing that the prisoner was drunk, and not knowing him at all, shut the door. The prisoner then went round to the private - door, and commenced knocking loudly. The complainant went to the door and opened it, and the prisoner said he was determined to go into the house. Mr. Chatterton said he should not, and then the prisoner immediately struck him a blow on the head Kith a loaded stick, which felled him to the ground senseless, where he lay for some time bleeding. The household, by this time, were roused, and the prisoner was given into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had been to Vauxhall-gardens ; he was quite drunk, and had no recollection of what he had done. He could not, there- , fore offer anything in extenuation of his offence. Mr. HALL inquired what he was? The prisoner —I hold a Government situation. Mr. HALL said he had only power to fine the prisoner SZ, and that he did not consider sufficient ; he would, therefore, recommend Mr. Chatterton to prosecute at the sessions. Mr. Chatterton said he would do so. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. On Wednesday a Jew, named Abraham Myers, late keeper of a saloon in Great Windmill-street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Maltby, charged with having wilfully wounded Mr. Robert Clayard, livery stable keeper, Lisle-street, Leicester-square. It appeared from the evidence that Clayard and Myers were in the habit of meeting at the house of Mr. J. Banks, the Crown, Cranborne-passage, Lei cester-square. On Tuesday evening they met as usual, together with several other persons. Some altercation took place between the prisoner and Cla yard, and blows were exchanged. This occurred in front of the bar about 7 o'clock. An apparent recon and all parties went e r e al conversation was iciliati onparlour,afte r afterwards ds whoretoo k g e p n l ae car ried on, without any reference to what had occurred in the bar. About 9 o'clock Myers went out, re questing some one to take care of his great-coat till his return. Having been absent ten or twelve minutes Myers resumed his seat, and no apparent change had taken place in his demeanour. Clayard, who Aby, there should be no ani mosity sitting in a chair at the opp os it e en d o f t h e room to Myers, addressed the latt er , say i ng i n a f am i l i ar m to o n s e i , ty " bCeotmweee, come,nus,here is hand, and with it my heart," at the same time extending his right hand. Myers, without the slightest hesitation rose from his seat, and approaching Clayard, took hold of the ex tended hand with his own left hand, and then said, " I freely accept your hand, but I'll have your heart's blood ;" and suddenly drew from his coat pocket a large butcher's knife, and made a desperate lunge at his in tended victim. Clayard caught sight of the weapon, and, in order to turn the point from his side, to which it was directed, seized the knife with his left hand, when Myers violently drew it through the hand, cut ting through the ball of the thumb in the most danger ous manner. Myers again riised the knife, and re peating his threat, made a secon d sta b , which inflicted a flesh wound just above the left breast. The fact of Clayard being seated in a chair enabled him to throw himself backward, and to this may be attributed his fortunate escape, for the prisoner's determined pur pose was evident to all present, who interposed as speedily as possible. The prisoner then dropped the knife, and was making his escape from the house, but was stopped by a waiter, and given into custody. A surgeon was fetched to the wounded man without loss of time, and after the blood was somewhat stanched, he was carefully conveyed home. Wednesday the policeman who took charge of the prisoner handed to the magistrate a certificate from the medical attendant, which was to the effect that the present removal of the wounded man would be unad usable. Mr. Smallwood, solicitor, who was present to watch the case on th e part of the prisoner, did not at all in terfere in the proceedings, nor offer any opposition to the magistrate's determination to remand the prisoner, who was accordingly put back till Saturday next. The knife with which the attempt was made was exhibited in court. It is nearly a new one, and of the largest size butchers use, being altogether from eighteen to twenty inches long. WORSHIP-STREET. Wednesday James Lewis, a shoemaker, and Sarah Hayman, a woman with whom he cohabited, were brought up before Mr. Broughton, charged with deserting their male infant, a child six weeks old, in the public streets, whereby it had become chargeable to the Spitalfields Union, and since died in that work house. It will be recollected that the infant, which was rolled up in a bundle of dirty rags, was found at ten o'clock at night, on the 31st of May last, lying upon the flag-stones in Henry -street, Commercial-road, by a married woman, named Mary Gray, who took it to her own house that night, and on the following morning delivered it to the parish authorities, at the workhouse. At the former examination, the infant, which was exceedingly ill, was produced by a work housenurse, and sev er al of the witnesses the n i n attendance disti nc tl y swore to i t as b e i ng th e c hil d of which the female prisoner had been delivered, and identified also the clothing upon it as belonging to Hayman. It was now intimated to the magistrate that the unfortunate child had expired in the work house at fuur o'clock in the morning of the 20th inst. and that a coroner's inquest had returned a verdict of "Died frog natural ewes." GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION.—CRUELTY TO A CHILD. —Catherine Stewart was indicted for assaulting Clarissa Tyler, a child of tender years. Mr. WILDE, who appeared for the prosecution, which was instituted at the instance of the Lords of the Trea sury, said that the female was living in prostitution Kith the father of the child on whom the assaults were com mitted, and that the case had been taken up by the Trea sury, in consequence of the poverty of the complainant, and the aggravated circumstances with which it was I surrounded. The mother of the child died about three years ago, and from that time the child had been treated with the greatest cruelty by the prisoner. On one occa sion she threw a quantity of boiling liquor over the head of the poor little creature, and at another time kicked her violently in the eye. She at all times gave her the most spare diet. The prisoner admitted her guilt. Mr. WILDE observed that it would greatly enable the solicitors to the Treasury efficiently to perform their duties if the committing magistrates gave them a little more time to look into the cases sent to them. In this particular case, instructions to prosecute only reached them on Monday, and they were obliged, without inquiry, immediately to attend at the sessions, fearing that the case might be called on, or the grand jury discharged. The COURT concurred in the suggestions thrown out by Mr. Wilde, and sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. The case of John Tolfree, an Excise officer, indicted for assaulting and cruelly ill-treating his son, was, on the application of Mr. Wilkins, postponed until next sessions. I / Mr. Ross, the surgeon of the Shadwell and Wap ping district of the Stepney Union, said that the child was brought to the workhouse on the Ist of June, at which time it was in good health, but that in a month afterwards it was attacked with diarrhoea, from which for a short time it rallied ; but a second attack took place, and it then expired. He did not think that the exposure of the child had produced the disease which caused its death. Mr. 13nonowroN then inquired whether the police man who had the case in hand had succeeded in ob taining any information with respect to the other child, of which it had been proved at the last exami nation that the female prisoner was in a state of preg nancy with when she absconded from the work house on the 15th of August, 1842, and which it was suspected the prisoners had disposed of by unfair means, as they so positively refused to give any ac count of it ? Hams, 248 K, replied in the affirmative, and called the following witnesses : Elizabeth Laws, living at 21, Brown's-lane, Spital fields, stated that at the latter end of August, 1842, the prisoners, who were accompanied by a little boy, two years old, hired apartments in her house, and that in about a week afterwards the female prisoner gave birth to a male child, which was full-grown and perfectly healthy. The prisoner had no baby-linen ready, and she (witness) supplied her with it. About a month after that the prisoners left her house clandestinely, taking with them the child in question, and upon witness going up into the room they had occupied, she found every article of child's clothing she had lent the prisoner left behind them, and hang ing upon a line. She hat never seen anything of either of the prisoners since. Maria Ridley, a midwife, proved having attended the female prisoner at her a,:coucheinent on the 26th of August, 1842, when she was delivered of a re markably fine male child, which was both full-grown and in every respect in perfect health. Diana Still, of No. 12, Sebright-street, Bethnal green-road, stated that in September, 1842, the pri soners engaged an unfurnished room in her house. They were accompanied by a little boy, about two or three years of age. The woman appeared in a very weak state, as if she had just got up from a confine ment, but she had no baby with her, nor did she make any allusion whatever to having had one. They left about five months afterwards, having been ordered to quit by witness's husband, in consequence of their cruel treatment towards the little boy. The prisoners had been frequently in the habit ofgoing out for hours together, leaving the poor child shut up in a dea box, and locking the door of the room after them The child frequently remained so locked up till mid night, when the prisoners generally returned and re leased it. Mrs. Laws here stated, that while the prisoners lodged at her house, they were guilty of similar in stances of cruelty towards the boy, whom they were repeatedly in the habit, when they went out, of shut ting up in one of the drawers of a chest in their room till their return. Hams, the officer, stated that he had ascertained from Mr. Lawrance, a master shoemaker at Cam bridge-heath, Hackney, for whom the male prisoner had formerly worked, that a young man who had lodged in the same house with the prisoners in Brown's-lane had been to his (Mr. Lawrance's) house, and made frequent inquiries of him to ascertain the prisoners' address, declaring that if he could only discover it, he would instantly give them both into custody for destroying the life of their child. He (Hams) in consequence had been using exertions to find this young man, but had not been able as yet to ;do so. He had traced the prisoners to a lodging in a house at the back of Shoreditch Church, which they occupied before they lodged at Mrs. Still's, where they went without the infant of which the female prisoner had been so re cently delivered, and there he lost all further trace of their movements; but he hoped he should succeed in finding the young man, who, no doubt, could give important information. Mr. BROUGHTON said as the evidence of the medical officer absolved the prisoners from the charge of sausing the death of the child which had died in the workhouse, they would now, as far as regarded that child, be only sent to take their trials for deserting the infant ; but with respect to the other child, of which it had been proved that the female prisoner had been delivered two years ago, its fate was wrapped in such mystery, that nothing could remove the suspicion at taching to both prisoners, but a full and candid reve lation on their part. Would the male prisoner give this explanation ? Male prisoner—l could very easily do so, if I chose, but I decline saying any thing about it at this court. The female prisoner remained silent. Mr. I3aouGuToN said, in that case, he could not think of parting with them as yet; he should send them both back to prison to enable the police to make further inquiries into the matter, and endeavour to ascertain the fate of the missing infant, if possible. The depositions of the witnesses were then taken in the first charge, on which the prisoners were com mitted for trial, and they were remanded to answer the second. UNION-HALL. George Wright and Thomas lhaton, two young fellows, were charged under the following circumstances : Sutton was employed to do some work at a public house at Walworth, and during the absence of the land lord from home, he discovered a two-gallon jar of sherry wine in the passage, which was about to be forwarded to a customer. Sutton having drawn the cork, and finding the quality of the liquor, ho then acquainted the other prisoner of the discovery he had made, and they com menced drinking until they finished the incredible quan tity of six quarts of the wine between them. They were found in a state of complete intoxication, lying near the jar which had contained the beverage, and sent off to the station-house on a stretcher. The defendants, who said they had no recollection of what had taken place, were committed for f our t een d ays each to the House of Correction. THAMES POLICE. Wednesday George James, a dissolute-looking lad, about fifteen or sixteen years of age, was charged with highway robbery und er the following curious circumstances : Henry Morton, a very intelligent boy, fifteen years old .but short for his age, stated that he was bred to the sea, and had gone two or three short voyages. On his return from the last of these he went home to his father, who resides at Cheltenham, in Gloucester shire, taking with him 1/., which was all he had been able to save up. He found that his father had been some time out of employment, and tendered him the money, but the poor man, not being able to make any provision for the lad, gave it back to him again, tell ing him to go to London, and procure another ship. He consequently came to town about a fortnight since, and lived as sparingly as he could upon the sovereign whilst looking out for a ship. On Tuesday evening, whilst he was talking to a lad at the St. Katherine's dock, the prisoner and another, who overheard him inquiring after a ship, came up and addressed him. They then moved a little away and whispered after which the prisoner again addressed him, and said he could procure him a ship, but it would not do for the whole four of them to go to the captain, who would blow them up. Complainant, who promised the pri soner a shilling in the event of his procuring him a ship, proceeded with him and his companion towards Black wall, where they took him to a shed near the Gun, and asked him where was his, money, to which he made no answer. Upon this, the prisoner took a blue kerchief with white spots from his pocket, and tied it round the complainant's mouth, threatening if he called out, to stifle him. The other lad then put his hand into com plainant's pocket, and took all the money he had— namely, four shillings, 6d. in halfpence, and six far things. They then ran away, and he pursued them, calling out, " Stop thief." The prisoner was subse quently caught by a constable, but the other had got away. Police -constable Davies, 94 K, hearing the cry of " Stop thief," pursued the prisoner, who, in the true artful dodge style, also called out " Stop thief," at the top of his voice. When arrested, he cried out, " Oh, Sir, it was not me; it was a shipmate o f m i ne. " Witness asked hi m w h a t his shipmate had done ? to which the prisoner, pointing to complainant, replied, he had robbed the boy of 3s. 6d. The complainant then came up, and, addressing the prisoner, said, " 'You have done sufficient to transport you, as you and your mat e h ave ro bb e d me of 55." He, at the same time, added, " What did you tie the handker chief round my mouth for ?" To which the prisoner replied, " What if I did ? I did not think any harm of it ; but I dare say we shall overtake my shipmate, and find whether he has your money." The prisoner was then taken to the station-house, and on being searched nothing was found on him but a spotted blue kerchief, the same with which the prisoner's mouth was tied up. The prisoner said he knew nothing more of the matter, except that the lad who was with him offered to take complainant and introduce him to his captain. They went together, and on coming to .Black wall, the other boy, of whom he knew nothing, except hearing from him that he ran away from his parents, thrast his hand in complainant's pocket and ran away. He (prisoner) pursued and overtook the boy, but he succeeded in getting away again. bavies, the constable, here stepped forward, and said the prisoner told him he and the other lad came from St. Alban's together, and slept at the Holborn Union on Monday night. Mr. BRODERIP said, that if the boy's statement was true, the case deserved attention and he should be looked after. He would remaxd the prisoner until Tuesday next, and in the mean time ii was pro- A LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT.—In the list of bahle that the other lad would be apprehended. toasts to be proposed at a recent dinner, in a town in Inspector Rutt, who seemed much interested in the .Nottiughamshire, was the " Health of a certain country lad's case, said he would see to a full provision in the gentleman, with thanks for his attendance." Some cir interim. c,umstance intervened to prevent the worthy squire Mr. BRODERIP commended the boy to his care,ox- dining with his tenants and neighbours, and, of course, ' pressing the fullest reliance o n hi s humanity.the toast required a slight alteration. The person into hose hands the toast was given thought it would not youth of all the parti es i nvo l ve d, an d the more The case excited the d ee p es t i n t eres t , owi than to the w do to propose it without some thanks, and considering that so powerful a neighbour sh ould be thanked for al ordinary intelli ge n ce w hi c h th e poor li tt l e fellow dis- ; h est everything he did, proposed " The health of —, played throughout the i nqu i ry . Esq., and thanks for his non-attendance! —Lcieest gr.' Lendley, the junior clerk, undertook to Nits Chrotn:q, A DAY AT A CUSTOM-HOUSE. For the following vicissitudes of a "Day at a Custom-house" we are indebted to the kindness of the Custom-house officers of Folkestone : You arrive very early in the morning. Your fel low-passengers eye you with distrust ; though you are 135 on the list. The clock strikes nine. A groan escapes from 178 individuals in and out of the room. The first train has gone. No. 4is called. An hour afterwards No. 5; than No. 6, followed at eleven o'clock by 7 and 8, the latter consisting of a French schoolmaster, with thirteen of his pupils, come over on a holiday trip. Good heavens ! It is already twelve o'clock, and you have a wife waiting for you at the Bricklayers' Arms, and a bill to take up at four. One o'Clock.—You have read the almanack over the mantelpiece no less than four times, eaten a basin of soup, got bitten in playing with the old lady's parrot, and yet No. 29 has only just gone in. You think of your wife, and prepare to go to sleep. Half-past One.—You wake up. Can you believe your eyes ? There's not a man, woman, or child in the room. Don't be al arme d ! The dustom-house officers have only gone to their dinner, and you have missed the second and third trains long ago. Quarter to Three.—Another boat has just come in. Two hundred passengers. You wonder at what dis tant period No. 200 is likely to reach London. Not before A.D. 1845. You suddenly determine to go in search of lodgings. Three o'Clock.—Not a lodging—not a book —not a newspaper to be got in the place, excepting at the Pavilion. You begin reading the " Hackney -coach Fares " in last year's pocket-book, till another train starting reminds you it is Four o'Clock.—You rush recklessly into brandy and water and cigars. Five o'Clock.—lt's beginning to rain. Your great coat is in your trunk, so you are obliged to go back again into the little cupboard of a waiting-room for shelter. Six o'Clock.—A mutiny has just broken out amongst the starved-out passengers. The complaints are heart breaking. The door-keeper has retreated into the next room to escape the vengeance of an old lady's poodle, and the threats of a Baron of the Exchequer. Seven.—A policeman and a copy of Punch have restored order. A famine, however, has just attacked the 257 remaining passengers. Five and thirty full grown children and two babies are screaming ex cruciatingly with hunger. The policeman has sent to the Pavilion for a wheelbarrow of sandwiches. Eight.— The sandwiches be praised ! The babies are again quiet. Half-past Eight.—The children are asleep--the women are putting their hair into paper. The men every five minutes keep pulling out their watches. Nine.—No.loo hasjust gone in. Hip, hip, hurrah. Ten.—Every bed in the town is booked three deep. Eleven.—Can it be possible ? Only two numbers more, and then— _ Quarter to Twelve.—No. 135 ! Yes —no, pooh ! it cannot be—but yes —you are called! You shake the door-keeper by the hand, and plunge franctically into the next room—huddle boots, shirts, shaving tackle, gloves, chocolate, soap, perfume, all together in the same box—and drive at a steeple chase pace with your luggage up to the railway station. Half-past twelve strikes as you arrive. Command your patience—the last train has that moment gone. Conclusion.—You are morally convinced there is a b ,se conspiracy between her Majesty's Custom house and the Pavilion Hotel to detain passengers at Folkestone as long as they can.—Punch. to Gloucestershire, to test the accuracy of his state ment ; and The MAGISTRATE assured the lad, that if his story proved true, no pains should be spared to provide him with a ship, and furnish him with an equipment. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND. We understand that Burgess, the clerk in the Bank of England who lately absconded with 8,0001. in gold, obtained by means of falsely identifying an accom plice, who personated the stockbroker, and forged the name of that gentleman to a transfer of stock, is the son of the bailiff to a Baronet in Essex. So great was the respect entertained for the father of Burgess, that his employer brought the son forward and pro cured him to be educated at the Blue-coat School, and ultimately obtained for him a situation in the Bank. It is well known that on entering this establishment every clerk is required to find security for 1,0001., and so high was the opinion entertained by the Baronet alluded to of the character of young Burgess that, as we are informed, he consented to be one of the securities. From all that we have heard, however, it seems that Burgess has been gradually getting into bad society, and it is from amongst this set his accomplice was no doubt selected. lie laid his plans with a good deal of cunning, having taken care to provide himself beforehand with bags large and strong enough to contain the enormous amount of gold he obtained ; and before he com mitted the forgery he applied for three days' leave of absence, so that he might be away from his duties for some time without giving cause for suspicion, and make arrangements for his flight. In fact, it was not until his leave of absence had expired that any suspicion was entertained, when, from his having been seen engaged in assisting at the transfer of stock alluded to just before he left the establishment, coupled with his absence without leave, caused the authorities of the Bank to institute an investigation, which ended in the discovery of the fraud. It ap pears extraordinary that so soon after the conviction of Barber and Fletcher any one should be found like Burgess, who must have been almost an eye-witness of their degradation, to have ventured upon such a proceeding; but the observer of what passes in life must almost daily see that even the horrors of tran sportation for life will not deter from the commission of great crimes when the temptation is more than proportioned to the hazard. John Forrester, the able City officer, is in pursuit of the fugitive. It has been erroneously stated that the two Forresters have sailed for America on the business. It is, we are given to understand, the intention of the principal merchants and bankers of the City to follow the example of the Court of Aldermen, by bestowing a sum of money upon these two officers, in acknowledgment of the very great services rendered to that class of the corn munity by their zeal, alacrity, and energy. -------- A HORSE IN A CHINA SHOP. On Thursday last, a gig and horse, in charge of a servant of Colonel Low of Clatto, having been left standing before Mr. David Reid's shop door while the servant was inside executing some orders, the horse got startled by the noise, it is said, of a wheel barrow which some person was rolling out of a neigh bouring court. lie immediately darted into Mr. Newton's stoneware shop opposite; and having broken from his traces, left the gig at the door, in order to be more at his freedom, and began dancing about among the crockery. M r . N ew t on h av i ng endeavoured toe stop this outrageous beast in his mad career, was soon disposed of with his broad back on the floor. Tu reens he overthrew with his feet, basins he knocked about with his nose, and he whi s k e d th e sma ll er arti cles of crockery off the counter with his tail, pricking his ears all the while, and snorting with evident glee and delight. Amidst all the fearful desolation which he created, the inhuman creature, far from feeling the pangs of remorse for his crimes, seemed to take a savage pleasure in the thing, and continued to go-ahead, and try how much of Mr. Newton's valuable stoneware he could destroy, knowing that the whole was to be charged to Colonel Low's account. Nothing so utterly lawless and wild in the dancing department as this beast's style of pirouetting and side cutting was ever seen in this world, or even in Cupar, within the memory of man. Luckily, the finer branches in the stoneware line were in the back room. The horse, now wishing to extend his depreda tions, set his face towards the quarter. Mrs. Newton, who throughout the whole of this trying scene had displayed the utmost fortitude, had the pre sence of mind to fasten the glass door, and to barricade it inside with the furniture as well as she could, and then fled for safety and for succour into a press, the door of which she kept a little agee, in order that, if her life should be spared, she might witness the issue of the day's eventful transactions. In the meantime, the horse having satisfied himself with smashing two pounds nineteen shillings' worth of good pigs (Anglice, crockery) in the front shop, resolvel to have a shy at the elegant china in the back room, and accordingly manfully knocked his head through one of the - panes of glass ; but was checked in the assault by the defences skil fully erected by Mrs. Newton, who still maintained her position in the press. 'While in this retreat she saw the monster thrust his bleeding head and gory locks into the room, and coolly stand and take a vidimus of the whole premises —gazing earnestly upon her, while he allowed the blood to flow from his reek ing temples into one of her most fashionable basins. His spirits, however, being at last cooled by plentiful phlebamny, he was with some difficulty backed out into the Bonny-gate. Mr. Newton does not recollect of any customer having done so much business in his shop in so short a space of time, and with so little speaking.—Fifeshire Journal. CORN AVERAGES. of GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C .. 10 For the Week ended Sept 21. 1814. made up from the Ret lo 7o o . In pector in the differ. t Cities and Tuwn• in Eng t at.d 0" per Imperial Quarter. R heat ..... 45s 3d Oats Barley .... 35s 6d f Rye 3se 7d I Pe.ts ..... AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS' Weeks endinc,wHavr. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. 11111 ANS• 35 11 35 ,„ 36 8 35 w 0,1 34 2 37 4 ? 53 34 4 38 5l •, 35 9 37 t Aug. 17 24 31 7 ...... 49 10 40 1 50 4 • 8 11 45 11 31 6 33 3 34 11 35 9 35 11 20 0 20 4 20 7 20 5 20 1 45 3 135 W.O 51 35 7 37 31 '0 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OT THE P-- NO,Ig Wheat...—. 48. 4d i Oats ..... 20% 411 8ean?.... Har1ey......... 355. 0.1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 6 , Wheat (al. Oats ..... Od.l 9 Barley MARKET NEWS--(YESTER O4 /14. Y IVEJLEILETS. .„ 41 4/1 U SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Mead ow Ilay, 31 lus Useful ditto, 4/ Gs t o 41 18 s ; fi ne pland ditit o, 4o 515 s ; Clover Hay, 41 lO s t o 6/ 10s ; O a t Straw, 1 4 1 11 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to I/ 12s per load. ,‘",j o i. but moderate, and t ra d e steady, at the above 01 0 ` 6 7 4 190 CUMBERLAND. --Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 1 55° 090 Useful ditto, 41 lO s t o 51 ; fi ne Upland ditto , 5 ' to ll 518 s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61 ; Oat Straw, Mob lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13$ per load. f elt Hay and Straw m e t a fi rm i nqu i ry, an d pr ices 'or e supported. • 41 411 WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse M ea d ow H a y, 3/ 10 5 t7, 5§ Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12 s ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 41 ' 16 11 5/ 5s ; Clover Ilay, 41 lO s to 61 lOs ; Oat Stralosti, 7s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12$ per A fair average supply, and a steady demand. , t MEATDIULILXET3. , of i r SOUTHALL, SE PT . 25.—Al t h oug h t h e supP 4° n e r Acc iio; stock here to-day w ere seasona bl y good, a 4 0,1 provement was notic e d i n the general do"" 21r prices had an up war d t en d ency .—Beef, fro l3l 4 J to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s ; Lamb, 36 31 0 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6€ lt l o lo per Sibs. Supply : —B eas t s , 49; Sheep lulu 2,840; Calves, 60 ; Pigs, 49. cci r ROMFORD, SEPT. 25.—Prime Beasts and Slieer'ibei mandul a steady sal e a t f u ll p r i c es. I n is 6 1 kinds of stock very little was doing.—Beef, frota d to to 43 ; Mutton, 2s 8d t o 4 s ; L a mb, ,3s . 6 31 0 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d t° r old per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 34s ; clus u rte t beit 'Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; a nd Mul c h C o ivs, "Wi t ' Small Calf; 16/to 19/ each. V ti ttin LEWES, SEPT. 24.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4 5 ; qs 2s 10d to 4s 2,1 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork , ; 0 1 to 3s 8d per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade 5 It is very ---- City 041 ; 0 commonly rumoured in the c o the intention of Government to exclude from the,thue and from the Ministerial parties all' the Foreign ° e e l ters or Charges d'Affaires, whose Governments i l _letors faithfully f u lfill e d th e i r engagements w i t h their rr7 t ete in this country. Such a proceeding as this wel t , err greet satisfaction. Th e more reasona bl e among ,110 re ditors of foreign G overnments are per f ec tly ary tl to eti ° our own Governm en t canno t adopt forcible lee°oll,° urge the completi on o f a pr i vate contract, 1 0" - seer plan as this, which plainly dra ws a distinction ible honest and dishonest states, seems perfectly p u ce 0 1 and no more than just. A similar spirit, if repo be trusted, has e x t en d e d t o some o f t h e c lubs. 11 „. st ile it is said, made citizenship in a " repudiating d iestl sufficient reason for iefusince the admission or c61)011, however unexceptionable the individual chara nte,. 0 04% parties may be. In some cases, a rule like tilts it' fall hardly on h o n oura bl e an d sens i t i ve personse'idif i ts f .. no bad principle in some manner to, identify, ll l t eeke dual with his Gover nmen t, since if all the ieup, ej erd a dishonest country were made to feel son de oter,, inconvenience, a reformation would follow as 6 — the& 1.. f course. If the report be true, there is no doubt w ipe/ clubs have adopted the suggestion in the Be v ' Smith's letter.— Tines. tbe ur easi , 0 FATAL ACCIDENT AT MOLD.—On -e-- bter ille nod - of. 12th instant,:a young man from Ruthen, natty bed -es Jones, better known as Steve the Cryer," wager of 3/. 10s. the following arduous w"c e bow l ' agreed to perform forty miles in eight succe l j d to P i e on the Liverpool- road, about a mile from sl°_,miler W milestone near Altamy. He walked the ibr_ n t.i r aing, h , three-quarters of an h our un d er the time; an' re ft tt the rule of his wa ger h e did no t p ar take of Jul e disial o f ment. He is a fine tall young fellow, and sod , arose on account of his having taken part (Ir e y ig be V e . coffee, which, however, was overruled. It - 113 (00°44 ticed that Jones walked thirty-teo miles .1t chester to Liverpool) the day previous to h as . ll it here. An accident occurred the following 1 ) = 011 Kolb nearly proved fatal to Jones, and unfortunate en Kolb the death of Rowland H ug h es , a c arrier bete pit and Liverpool. It a pp ears th a t Hughes us eell_ d Jones, and two of hi s f r i en d s , to take thew to • the '1; a car; and, the whole party being far in li o r 'd P: O4 was up let. Hughes, the driver, was killed' Ong 1 ;0 was seriously injured, as well as another Y left s who had his shoulder dislocated. Hughes bee and four children.— Liverpool Chronicle. The 0 0 DEATH BT pal; body of Henry Luxford, ment i on ed in °lir last g tion, was found in th e O use , neat Old Ms 13 e tP n d reta inquest sat on the body shortly a fter, a if s a verdict of " Found drowned." The V" insu eo and other property were found upon him, ao t. pigh l exists of his death having been accidental. -- t Guardian. in to ,111 Ladies travelling, or t em p orar ily subjecleeds-i deviation of equable temperature, will find in B ° dtsQ e d Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliarf f , 1 113 ,, ling the cloud of langour from the compleO te edil immediately affording the pleasing sensation 6 ! 0 , 0 11 ,, restored elasticity of the skin. The distress, l slr unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions ni tu ple, h ts promptly eradicated by the Kelydor. spot.'iS t o l a freckles, discolourations, and sallowness , Y l t ` i t oe os si r specific qualities, and are succeeded by a stn° e . e of tb , e , transparency of the skin, givine. rise to Sensati on_et et . i s ` w eere.„, r " utmost pleasure and surprise. Its universalla mend excites the cupidity of unprincipled $ C° P. oi who give the title of "Genuine" Kalydor t? i l ejete rio pounds of their own manufacture, of the no e t v er i f ruin e r character, containing mineral ` J o na,tringen ts endo ri g s to to the complexion, and by their repellant on urereasers,,, ing health. It is, therefore, imperative ..,P are t" see that the words "Rowiands lialt d° ' • terfe lts r wrapper. All ethers are fraudulent 0 0 3 , ; SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONI ALS ' 1 ,4 Si r b e MA RLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.---MajOT - G e l ecttiel el ebe ward Elphinstone begs to say that the Pieamed elf has now had some time in use. have fully re: 0 to ' h o e assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon e _ e , ti ed,. er excellence, and having found so much cotot y u e " r/ on' to vantage from their use, far preferable to e n i.---P ° so . kind of glasses, 13, Norfolk-street, Park la 0. the the Hon. George Cavendish, to Messrs. S. % e dit!. t he lomons, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly , °P ti r o e o f of York Hotel.—Gentlemen. I approve very 112- de Il le e n. Spectacles I purchased from you. I have mad in yr glasses for many years, and never met with $ e io eoll ee , able me to see equal to yours and with ie ss a.,Ca v to e nience to my eyes. I am, yours obedientb • l fie Cl sY be dish, Leixlip Castle, Irelard.—General Br c ' vt i o ntsg e rser feels desirous to express the comfort and a i j id ice has derived, at his advanced age of 70 yea pa )3. S e) io , two years' trial, from the use of Messrs. v e ahle ble,,„j, mons' Newly Invented Spectacles. Thy wel tlo , vendors fully merit the patronage theY P rove d AF. IO , Address, Adlington Hall, LancasMre.- -- I o3 P„' o e Scee je matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microse c 'r ee 'r Ye, t e hle of the same kind of Lenses, to surpasS Invi'a tte f vented.—The Messrs. S. and B. Soil re, for tee Operative Voice Conductor Sound Mag ni ( li n g e 5 1 4 ,1 10. persons, give immediate relief to old str su e 13- e cases of deafness.—Caution.—Messrf• t heir Wilte mons, Opticians and Aurists, are not ' 1 the ir w' netted with a person of the same name it' o on % be diate neighbourhood, no r in an y part of the o 0 130 prevent mistakes be cautiou s , and obseriv — _: - :,, o ite ' had at 39, Albemarl e - s tr ee t, Piccadilly, uk'r York Hotel. On the 17th inst., in College-place, Everest, of a daughter. BIRTHS. Irfr e ' u. tte' On the 23d Cheri° inst.,Mrs. Richard Walford, of street, Bedford -square, lin C. On the - e 23d inst at ' square, of a daughter. iii* - , Twickenham, Moore,Pliddlesex•o"- f daughter.•- 0 o a Geerg On the 23d inst., Aro. at Croom's-hill, Greenwich, the Busk, of a daughter. e, Camden-to Wet • ~, lOW' On the 2 9 d ' - inst at ,the Rectory-, Fledborougo lady of the Rev. • On the 23d inst., 'Augustus Fitzgerald, of a son., sr. y{ 1 1 inst., at Lacock, the wife of the l' e• bter. Beckett 31 ~A, of Trinity College,' of a doug •O. On the 23d inst. , -' Orford , ~... 4 , 100 , lifee• , at Liverpool-terrace, Jew'," M. Boyer, o f a sonStocker' . On the 24th ' ...-... Ones inst., at Guy's Hospital, Ow' 1 of a son. ..--.„, of On the 24th inst., the lady- of Samuel Oxford Wreford, r....i square, Hyde-park, of a daughter. MARRIED , bo o, On the 24th inst., at the parish . 1 . b St. Mere Dcl courc , e co Henry ~ Tufnell, Esq , 31. P to the Hon. Frances M a 5 daughter of General . Lord SArn fford, G.C.B. ..nati, .. On the 24th inst., at St. John's Church, Waterloo-,n,h i!lingay Syder, Esq., M.D., °flipper Stamford -street, tci_lit'-„, Ann, fourth dau h l at e J• P • Studd, Esq., I ho w g ter of the • Suffolk. ' , f flig On the 24th inst., Captain W. B. Suckling, R.N.R.N., 0 btet wood Lodge,' homsev Hants, to Elizabeth, eldest _c . l _ .lO , of the lat J B ' e . arm- Esq. of 31ontague-street, Russell of,oo, On the 24th ins' ' S An 1 ' Holborn, Mr. Plui'sr, t., at t. c rew s, to of Gray's Inn, to Jane Weston, only daughter of the la Slater, of Birmingham. , to s, John Ca rter, On the 24th inst., at Upton, Buck Eicl aroline, relict of Captain John Crockett, o f Chins. „ono C _ _On the 24th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, 14000, M. Smith, Esq., to Elize Isabel la, daughter of W. Ste' EN- , of Hampstead-road. DIED. Of On the 23d inst., Lady Ellen , wife of J. Vir. Fo e,. "--- ' Shirborn Lodge, Oxfordshire. Sarre' On the 14th inst , W. Bryant, Esq., late of Reigate, , rh o- On the 16th inst., at Dover, Elizabeth Anderson, o f u on , o t ham, youngest daughter of the late Bev. W. Andera Bristol, aged 19. ~/s o do On the 19th inst., at Vevey, canton de Vaud, Switze' Nathan Dunn, Esq._.,„,.„borough' On the 20th inst., John Willis, Esq., of Wouu" — Kent, aged 79. . oK b Woo On the 22d inst., at Nightingale-vale, Wo o l w ic h , J Briggs, Esq., of the Royal Mili tar y Academy'. any d-re'eci' jj On the 23d inst., at 3 lorn in g ton- p lace, stea Miss Louisa Mary Guy , aged 82. Usite r ' SO On the 24th inst., George Wi lford Bulkley, Esq., Ch On elsea. 00 the 24th inst., gdwin Hills , Esq., o f Claremon t -te ar Pentonville, aged 56. N _ erthli ,iel On the 22d inst., in Upper Grosvenor-street, Fenn, Esq., aged 65. .00•11 1 Ise° S. On the 23d inst., at Brixton-place, Brixton, TT --- Browne, Esq., aged 38. _.-- ,:f ____ v London: Printed and Published by MURDO No i i9f No. 112, trand, Printer, at The Sus Oilice,}4l_°:ft, 0 Strand, in s the Precinct of the Saw y,: in the yew. Middlesex, Ftidey, September 2711044. Sept. PARLII The Portant by Yor after rri of such The rnost cE shire, at Takil brac es colnshir It op, and the The I drainage markets The ii too.lerat agnitu Ing lines in travel line and The e nuach re Profit is tables, Iv PrePared The c exceedin adtisable t hose of The i last, th e rn anY of . b rought unto an Partied 1)3 April, 1E at Xing, At Chi for a dire than am th r os met 1 bridge ar that tin c hanged PanY, an( 2,500,00 4,0 00,00 pant also Of the rooters of t C ompany Der of thl S ecretary A ma lashed in t he prom, oPpropria of the Dii Still th /11 7 far g leen from From ...._ " 14 , is 21 to be 200 billy Dutina (* the lan %Ignited Ponant in Public pnnctple 1"on to mow n to lodhoeiet; noorgate, r etard to The Pa 4 PPlicatioi session of The de t neet the' Proiminai Interes 411 calls r ttilv;ay. t7e:qh:Nime: ti 4 47 for et„.4k large th e 1 4_1 , t 0 Dr° s Pectu, ‘o n t 1 h eS s te o ; s et ry D; I V: " atso n , sbarebroi t atirrial N based leen at th i 7 Pasgen Part Men Cony Ditto king Deduct _ _ to ex Pen - s - c 4 ' 4 1 atx To emt.l 10 /. e ud e ; t a t bitted Tp sn ti r ßl ' , No. pi N 4 4 74 kide e nn Sig/ a The I J. M. John 1 Rohr Edwar The Cl Lieut.• quh, Jame, Wiilia Exsiv SOLICIT