The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

THE PALACE OF THE SUN AND THE ANDES. The subjoined interesting paper was lately read eforo the Academy of Natural Science; of Phila delphia, by J. B. Quinby, Corresponding Member. "The following paragraph is now going the rounds of the newspapers of this city : " It was reported in Chili that the jewels of the Temple of the Sun, which at the time of the conquest of Peru the natives had concealed from the Spaniards, :have lately been recovered near the Cerro de Pasco, in Peru; the value of them has been calculated at 180,000,000 dollars.' " The palace of the Inca and the Temple of the . .. Sun here referred to, we presume to be Hunanuco Viejo, which is situated on the east side of the Andes, twenty leagues north of the Cerro de Pasco, on the right bank of the river Chucabamba, one of the head branches of the Amazon (or Marinon), at an ele vation of about fourteen thousand feet above the level of the ocean, in latitude 10 deg. south, and longitude 74 deg. west, nearly. It is known that when Pizarro, now more than three centuries ago, took the Temple of the Sun at Cuzeo, which is some twelve degrees south of that at Huanuco Viejo, and despoiled the Inca of his immense treasures of gold, and, finally, when threats could extort no more, put him treach erously to death,—the Inca of Huanuco Viejo, ad vised of what had taken place at Cuzco, secreted the jewels of the Temple and the gold of his palace in the fastnesses of the Andes and the neighbouring rivers and lakes. Avarice and ambition have made these hidden treasures the object of continued search from the days of Pizarro to the present time. But as yet no clue has been found to this El Dorado, unless the above announcement is well f o und e d, which we are inclined to doubt. " The writer has been five different times at these magnificent ruins, and always found many persons employed in their vicinity in searching for the hid den treasures of the Incas. The whole of the River Chucabamba, for a number of leagues above and t elow the Temple of the Sun, is auriferous, and the inhabitants of the province of Iluamelies through which it passes, obtain by washing the sand, and by means of sheeps skins, two or three hundred thou sand dollars annually. The wool on the skins is cut until it is about half an inch in length, the skins are then anchored down with the whole side up by means of loose stones placed on them, in and below the various falls and rapids, in which position they are suffered to remain from six to twenty-four hours ; they are then carefully raised out of the water, turned wool side down into a hatea (tub) of water, arid thoroughly washed, the gold falling from th e woo l c f the skin, and it is finally collected from the bottom of the batea. Sheep were unknown to the Incas, and as they had obtained an amount of gold from this pactolean stream, it is presumed that they used the skins of the llama (cemelas lacing of Lin.) and those of the vicuna (camelus perunus or vicugna of Lin.) "When we reflect on the fact that the Indians and Spaniards have obtained by their rude washings on this river during two or three centuries, one, two, and three hundred thousand dollars of gold annually, and that they have not, probably, secured the one hundredth part of the amount that has passed down the current of the stream, we may form an imperfect idea of the exhaustless source of this perennial supply. The stupendous Andes are alone cap able of furnish ing such countless riches. We shall not attempt a description of the magni ficent Temple of the Sun at Huai - Inca Viejo, its powerful fortress, and the ruins of the great city . which they overlook. When, and by whom they were built, neither history nor tradition informs us. The Incas had no written language, and we are left to conjecture. But their great magnitude and mas sive walls, composed of huge blocks of square, ob long, and elegant wrought marble, greenstone, and greenstone porphyry, weighing many t Ins, bear minute but eloquent testimony to the untiring industry of the Incas and their advances in the arts of civili sation. -The ravages and earthquakes of centuries have left these monuments almost as perfect as they were when Pizarro conquered Peru Even the great earthquake which destroyel the City of Callao, built by the Spaniards, with its thirty thousand in habitants, did not throw down the messive walls of the Temple of the Sun, and the writer can testify that they withstood, with bet slight injury, the great earthquake of 30th of March, 1828. The Seraglio and its various compartments with the exception of the roof, the voluptuous baths for a numerous train . of. wives, cut out of massive rocks, are almost as en tire as they were on the landing of Pizarro. "If there is any situation on the whole range of the Andes more sublime than all others, it is at the base .of the peak of Raura, in sight of this Temple. The writer has crossed the Andes, from side to side, . twenty-four times, at seven or eight different passes— twice from Naranjel, on the Gulf of Guayaquil, 2-e degrees S. of the equator, to the city of Cuenca, the capital of the province of Azuay, a little south of Chimborazo—and, having spent more than two weeks at the foot of the peak of Raura, at least one thousand feet above the line of perpetual snow, he has no hesitation in saying that it is comparably the most sublime spot he has ever visited on the Andean range. Besides the peak of .Raura, which we be lieve to be at least as high as Chimborazo, there . are innumerable smaller ones rising on the range of the Cordilleras to the north and south, having their bases resting in the perpetual snow, and throwing up their snow-clad apexes thousands of feet into the pure and attenuated air, almost out of the reach of the eye, and above the untiring wing of the immense condor or South American eagle. The largest and nearest of these peaks is that of Nuevo Potosi, the base of which approaches within a league of that of Raura, and is little inferior in height and magnitude to Raura itself. The intervening space between these two peaks is occupied by the lake of Nueva, Potosi, the surface of which is almost five hun dred feet above the lowest limit of perpetual snow, and as this line, within the tropics, is known to „be about fifteen thousand five hundred feet above the lewd of the ocean, the surface of this lake must be' sixteen thousand feet high. It is completely em bosomed by a ridge of the Andes on the west, another on the east, the base of Raura on the north, and : that of Nueva Potosi on the south. Its copious waters find a subterraneous channel through a high western limestone ridge, and break out at the western side of the Andes, at a point where the mountain is very nearly vertical, and from a magnificent cascade . of many hundred feet in height, falling into a lake of several leagues in circumference. A short distance to the north-west of this cases le there is a large cerro (hill) of yeah (gypsum or sulphate of lime.) The-lake of Nueva Potosi is the head source. of the river Iluara, which makes its way down the sides of the Andes in very nearly a westerly direction, and falls into the Pacific ocean at Huache, the famous salines of the western coast, which supply the greater portion of the southern hemisphere with salt. " On the north-east of the base of the peak of Raura is the lake of the same name, one league north of the lake just described, and from which it is sepa rated by a high trap dyke and al - nye-111M. This lake, which is about one hundred an d fif ty m il es from th e Pacific, is a little higher than that of Nueva Potosi, and has an open outlet to the east down a craggy • precipice of several hundred feet in height. It forms the head of the river Chucubamba, one of the prin cipal branches of the Amazon, and probably it is the highest and most distant source of that great river. The waters of this lake traverse the continent of South America from east to west, at its widest expanse, almost from the margin of the Pacific to the Atlantic, a distance of nearly five thousand miles. Both of these lakes are the receptacles of ava lanches from the peaks of their respective names. No less than two were precipitated into the lake of • Raura whilst I was encamped on the snow in the vicinity. The first occurred at midnight, and which, - from the great noise and the trembling of the earth, I for a moment mistook for an earthquake. The second took place at ten o'clock in the morning. At the time I was in the rear of a small hill ; know ing what was taking place, I hastened as rapidly as I could to its summit, which commanded a view of the lake and its outlet, a distance of not more than two hundre 1 yards. But such was my exhaus• tion subsequent on the difficulty cf breathing at an elevation where the barometer stood at but 151 inches,_ notwithstandi ng I s t oppe d f or resp i rat i on a , number of times, on reaching my destination I fell Ivan the snow, and for a few minutes was insensible to the sublime scenes before me. When I recovered, I found that immense masses of the ice of the gla ciers, some of it from fifty to a hundred feet thiel• had been broken from its literally, by the pressure of the snow that was piled u thousands of feet to the very summit of the P peak, and snow and glaciers were in he lake, heaped on each other in wild con fusion. The bosom of this lac inland idas sea a , which ir but a few minutes before was as p now heaving like the Ocean off Cape Horn, an ro d r ev wa se swell threw a mighty volume of w a t er over the preci pice i - pice to find its way through th e Amazon to the Atlantic." • A few days ago M. Mulct , an inn - keeper at Drn • lerent, in the Haute Marne, who, from his great strer.gth and hasty character, was nicknamed the " Gran Diable," was condemned to a year's imprisonment for insulting the Juge de Paix of his commune, and ordered to b•. , taken immediately from the Court to prison. He, how • ever, escaped from those who find charge of him, and ran -through the town pursued by the gendarmes. They :overtook him, and were on the point of laying hand, upon him, when he took a knifit from his pocket, and stabbed himself thrice in the body. lie lingered in treat pain for two hours, and then expired. Ile was the .lather of a family, and, though violent, was industrious and charitable.-- Galignuni. A white swallow was taken out of a nest in Twyn ing Church last week by a Mr. Thomas Brown, plum- • .bar, of Tewkesbury, and was kept alive rot. a couple of days. It has since been stuffed.—Gloucester Chronicle, I TRIAL OF BELANEY THE STEPNEY POISONING CASE. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) Tha Learned Judges having taken their seats on the bench shortly after ten o'clock, James Cockburn Belaney was again placed at the bar. The prisoner appeared far more dejected than he did on Wednesday. The following witnesses were then examined on the part of the prisoner Mr. R. Hembleton—Was a surgeon residing in Nor thumberland. The prisoner had consulted him with re spect to a disease of the heart under which he was labouring, and witness advised him to take prussic acid twice a-day, and an alterative pill at night. Witness also advised him to take opium and morphine. Was well acquainted with the prisoner and Mrs. Belaney. He was invariably kind to his wife, and she was vo y affectionate to him. The general character of the pri soner was invariably kind. Cross• examined by Mr. BODKIN—The prisoner was practising as an apothecary, when he consulted witness. He thought the last time the prisoner consulted hire with respect to himself was in 1841. Witness knew the prisoner's late wife well before her marriage. Re-examined—Did not know whether the prisoner was practising as a regular practitioner. Robert Swann was a druggist at Alnwick. The pri soner had repeatedly bought prussic acid of him. Had known the prisoner for some time, and always consi dered him a kind and affectionate man. Mrs. Robson lived in North Sunderland. Was ac quainted with the late Mrs. and Miss Skerrett. Recol lected the marriage of the prisoner and Miss Skerrett. She was a very pretty and fascinating young woman. The prisoner and his wife appeared to be an affectionate and happy couple. At the time of Mrs. Belaney's mis carriage the prisoner showed the greatest affection towards her, and Mrs. Belaney had spoken of the pri soner to witness in the most affectionate manner. Mrs. Belaney spoke to witness about going to London, and appeared to be most anxious to go there. Witness said to her, " Are you not afraid of going to London in the state you are," to which she replied, that stopping away from Belaney would do her more harm than the journey. Mrs. Wilson—Saw Mra. Belaney after her miscar riage. She said it arose in consequence of stepping off a chair. The conduct of Mr. Belaney to his wife was most affectionate. Andrew Gibson—Was a mason, living at North Sun derland. had also a farm, and kept an inn there. Wit ness asked the prisoner to go with him to the Cheviot Hills, and he would not go without the consent of Mrs Belaney. The prisoner appeared a most affectionate husband, and she appeared extremely fond of him. The Rev. Robert Belaney—Was the brother of the prisoner. Had visited his brother and his late wife in July, 1843, and they appeared to live most affectionately together. During the time he lived in North Sunder land he had had a conversation about his will. The prisoner was a very careless driver. and witness suggested to him that he might come suddenly to his death, and he ou4lit to make his will, especially where there was property belonging to his wife. Robert Hall lived in North Sunderland. Saw Mr. and Mrs. Belaney frequently after their marriage. They appeared to live most affectionately together. In speak ing of the journey to London the prisoner said he thought he should give it up, in consequence of the state in which Mrs. Belaney was. She laughed at that, and said she should go. Knew that the prisoner took poison as a medicine, but should not know what it was. Ellen Kerras—Had been servant to Mr. and Mrs. Belaney. Their conduct to each other was quite loving. The prisoner was in the habit of continually taking his wife out with him, to see the house he was building. John Hancock, an ironmonger, at Newcastle-upon- Tyne, hal known the prisoner for eight or nine year►. Both witness and prisoner were fond of the study of ornithology, falconry, and botany, and witness was often in his company. The prisoner was most affectionate in his conduct towards his late wife. George Hobson was a bookseller, residing in Croames row, Commercial-road. Was examined before the Coro ner, and bound over to appear, on the part of the Crown, at this Court. Had known the prisoner for several years; he had published a work on falconry. Witness intro duced bim and Mrs. Belaney to Mrs. Heppingstall. They appeared to be very affectionate to each other. 'Went to the house on the Saturday on which Mrs. Belaney died. Mr. Belaney was in great distress, and appeared almost distracted. William D. Clarke—Was a master mariner, living in King-street, Mile-end, Old Town. Had known the pri scner twelve months. Recollected his calling upon him on the 4th of June. Mrs. Belaney was with him. Saw tho prisoner and Mrs. Belaney frequently together, and they appeared most affectionate to each other. Mrs. Belaney was rather poorly on the Wednesday, but she appeared cheerful. There was a great talk about Mr. Belaney going hawking in Holland, and Mrs. Belaney. Bought Mrs. Belaney some work, which he, laughing, said he should be a long time away if he stopped till she finished it. Upon the death of Mrs. Belaney the pri soner appeared greatly distressed. Witness was present when she died. Mr. Belaney on that occasion said, "My God, all this has been caused by my gross neglect." Every remedy that could be thought of was applied, and Mr. Belaney assisted at it. All parties agreed as to the expediency of holding an inquest, and the prisoner agreed. The woman who came to lay out the body, claimed the clothes as her perquisite, at which the prisoner ap peared indignant, and said he would give her any money rather than be deprived of them. The prisoner left the management of the funeral entirely to witness and Mr. Robson. Mrs. Heppingstall said she hoped the funeral would take place as soon as possible, as it was a painful thing to take place in her house. On the Monday night, in the Commercial-road, he said to witness he had been the cause_of his wife's death. Witness felt alarmed, and asked him, how ? He said she had taken p icon. Witness said, " Good God, you have never poisoned your wife ?" to which he said, " No, thank God, that cannot be laid to my charge." Ile said, further, that he had been in the habit of taking prussic acid, that he had broken the bottle, and poured it into a tumbler, and that she had taken it by mistake. Cross-examined by Mr. BODKIN—When the prisoner said that his wife would not recover, he also said that her poor mother had died of the same disease twelve months ago. 'Witness was present at the post mortem examination. The prisoner was in the next room. Witness noticed that the contents of the stomach were sealed up, and taken away. Witness believed that he stated to the prisoner what had taken place at the exa mination. When the prisoner related to witness how the matter had occurred, he said that he seized the tumbler from the hands of his wife, and emptied the contents into the chamber vessel. Mrs. M'Geachy, examined by Mr. ERLE—I am the daughter of the last witness. I was introduced to pri soner and his wife on the 4th of June, and saw them until Saturday the Bth, from time to time. I learned from Mr. Belaney that she had miscarried last year ; and on the Wednesday, when she was sick, he told me that symptoms had occurred again. They appeared to be on the most affectionate terms. I have seen her alone, and she seemed perfectly happy in her marriage. His conduct was always that of an affectionate husband. .1 was sent for on Saturday morning. He was crying, and she was lying insensible on the bed. I thought she had been getting up, for her' night clothes were on, and her hair was down, as if she had taken off her cap to get up. Prisoner was much distressed. I fetched Mr. Gar ratt. Mrs. Belaney had told me on the Friday that she intended taking salts. I saw two tumblers ; one of them was empty, the other had some fluid in it. I saw Be laney empty it after Mr. Garratt had left. Mr. Belaney had in her presence spoke to me about her staying with us while he went abroad. I was examined before the Coroner, and bound over to appear as a witness for the prosecution. Mr. EXILE—And we have consequently forborne to examine you or your father. If they are not accom plices it is the strangest conduct on the part of a pro secution I ever knew.: Cross-examined by Mr. BODKIN—I saw her on Wed nesday night, and she said she was better, and there was no fear. He alluded to the probability of miscarriage as something that had passed by. On the Saturday morning she was lying on the bed on her back. Peter WArdell was called, but did not answer. Mr. CLARKSON said his name was on the back of the bill, but he had not been called by the prosecutor. Mr. Baron GURNEY—The usual way in such cases is, for the counsel for the prisoner to say to the prosecutors I should like to see such or such a witness. Mr. CLAaxsoN—l have applied over and over again, to the Solicitor-General on the subject. No matter, call the other policeman. W. 11. Shaw, examined by Mr. CLARKSOIq—I was examined before the Magistrate and Coroner, and was bound over to 'appear, but I was not examined before the grand jury, or by the attorney for the prosecution. I was the yergeant at the Stepney station, when Mr. Marley was brought in. I gave him a caution as to what he said. I visited him during the night. He asked for pen. ink, and paper, which were furnished him by his friends. He asked if he might put a letter in the post. I said I must first inspect it. He said, " Very well," and at six o'clock in the morning he gave me this letter, addressed to Mr. Embleton. I did not put it in the post, but I showed it to the magistrate's clerk, and afterwards to the Coroner. I think it was produced to the clerk during the examin ation, but I will not be sure. Peter M'Ardell—l took the prisoner into custody, and attended before the Coroner to produce the things which I had taken. I was present before the Magistrate, but was not bound over. I produced the bundle there. I was questioned by the Magistrate. I was not questioned in a private room by the clerk. I took the prisoner on Tuesday, 11th June. I was bound over before the Co • roner. I was in waiting to - go before the grand jury and sworn, but was not examined. I produce the morphine which I took from the prisoner. It has been opened and tested by a surgeon. I also found a box of tooth powder and a bottle of crystalised vinega r in his trunk at Captain Clarke's. In his rooms, at ; Mrs. ll epp i ngstall's, I found some carbonate of soda, ; some tartaric acid, and a paper of Epsom salts in his bed room. _ The prisouvr was rather in an exc it e d s t a t e w h en 1 took him. I told him what I charged him with in the presence of Mr. Hicks. lie said " Oh, my God r When be saw his brother, who was crying, he said, " Oh, Archy, Archy, why do yoil take on so—this is an inquiry ' which must be instituted." lie afterwards said in a low tone, " Oh, my angel, I have caused this—l am a mur dered man." Mary Gotobed examined by Mr. ERLE—I live with my brotlnr, at the Berlin warehouse in Regent street. One day in June a gentleman and lady called, and pur chased the pattern produced. They appeared on good terms. Miss Ann•Rebecca King examined by Mr. CLARKSON —T live with a bonnet-maker in the Mile-end-road. On Friday, the 10th of June, a gentleman and lady calle I, and purchased a bonnet. They left a pair of stays to be sent home with it. They appeared to be so remarkably affectionate, that I observed upon it after they were gone. The bonnet was sent to Mrs. Heppingstsll's. Frederick Salvey examined by Mr. ERLE —I live at Lenten Spring, Yorkshire. I hare known prisoner two years, and have visited him. His wife and he, and his wife's mother, lived together ; they seemed perfectly happy together. He has always borne a high character for humanity and kindness in every relation of life. I knew him when be was in practice. He was of very careless habits, and his medicines were always thrown about very carelessly. I have frequently remonstrated with him on the subject. Mr. George Dunn, of Edington, near Sunderland— Has known the prisoner three years. His character for 1 1 -humanity and kindness of disposition has always been excellent. I always considered him a most kind man. Mrs. Smith, of Commercial-road, with whom the priso ner lodged for some time in 1839, considered him a re spectable well-conducted kind-hearted man. This concluded the case for the defence, and the Court adjourned for a few minutes, for refreshment. When the Court re-assembled, Mr. BODKIN commenced his reply, by expressing his regret that, in consequence of the absence of the Soli citor-General, the painful duty of replying had de volved upon him. It was a duty, however, from which he felt bound not to shrink. He did not understand that Mr. Erie had complained of the spirit in which this prosecution had been conducted. None of the friends of the deceased lady had interfered, and if the prosecution had not been instituted by the Government, the case would have gone without investi gation ; and a prisoner had no cause to complain that instead of being prosecuted by the frisnds of the de ceased, who might be expected to follow up a case vin dictively, he was prosecuted by the Government, which could only have in view the fair and impartial adminis tration of justice. Observations had been made on the fact that persons who had been examined be fore the Coroner had not been called for the prosecution. Now if, as their Lordships well knew, the prosecutor was in every case obliged to call every person who had been examined before the coroner, the ends of justice would frequently be frustrated. The counsel for the Crown always made a selection of wit nesses, and placed the names of those they intended to examine on the back of the indictment. The prisoner, therefore, had no cause to complain of any hardship. With regard to the two policemen whose names were on the back of the indictment, they had not been called by the prosecution, because their evidence was consi dered to be quite immaterial. They had been called for the defence, and the jury could judge whether it was so or not. He trusted the jury would not suffer themselves to be influenced by prejudice. He felt they would not do so, but that their verdict would be the re sult of calm and dispassionate deliberation. The main ground on which he understood the defence to be founded was the inadequacy of the motive which could actuate ..he prisoner to the commission of this heinous crime. He had no wish to deteriorate from the legitimate force of that argument, or from the effect of the character which the prisoner had received, but let them consider for a moment the relative situations of the prisoner and the deceased. His Learned Friend was right in his state ment of the power of the prisoner over the copyhold pro perty, but with regard to the leasehold property, although he might dispose of it during the life of his wife, yet if she died it would go to her heirs. It appeared that the property to which she succeeded at the death of her father and mother was 6,000 L, and in looking for a motive, they must consider, not what were his legal rights, but what he conceived his rights to be ; and whatever cause there night be for his making a will, where was the necessity .. or his wife to make a will ? She was not going abroad, her health was good, and yet he had armed himself with an instrument, securing to himself all her property at her death, and which could be only available in the event of her death, and which could only be required in the contemplation of her death happening suddenly. cle feared that the annels of courts of justice contra dicted the position that crime was never committed with out an adequate motive, and it would be a most dange rous doctrine to lay down to make the enormity of the crime itself an excuse for its commission. It had never been suggested that the journey to London had been undertaken for the purpose of committing the crime, but the letters written to the north showed that, from his first arrival in London, he had prepared her friends there to expect the news of her death. Mr. ERLE—DO read the letters themselves. Mr. BODKIN would do so presently, but he would first call their attention to the, morning of the Bth of June, and the account which the prisoner gave of the circum stances attending his wife's death. He had stated that he was in the adjoining room. Now, could that be tree; or was it not the fact that he was in the room at the time his wife swallowed the poison? He says he placed he poison on the drawers, and then it was suggested that having taken the salts, she poured water into the glass containing prussic acid, and drank it, and also ate some biscuits to put the taste out of her mouth. Now, the probability was that whoever-gave - I;er the salts gave her the prussic acid. He rang for warm water and a spoon, and the glass and spoon were found by the bed-side. lie was up. She was in bed. He was a medi cal man. Was it not probable that he mixed the salts end handed them to his wife, who was in bed? He said that in preparing some prussic acid for himself, he broke the bottle, poured the acid into the glass, which he placed on the drawers, and went into the other room for a bottle. Now, as he knew the deadly nature of the acid, was it not likely that he would have taken the glass into the other room with him? Now,'in the other room he found the servant, but he did not ask her for a bottle, but sat down to write letters to his friends, and then heard his wife give a shriek, and rushed in. Now, it was most remarkable that, in a house so slightly constructed, no one else should have heard the shriek. He called up the mistress of the house and the servant, and they found him in the bed-room. He now came to a part of the case on which the Learned Counsel for the defence had not touched. No attempt had been made to impeach the accuracy of the medical evidence, according to which it appeared that in all cases of this nature all power of volition ended with the shriek, which was a convulsive action of the respiratory organs, and yet they were asked to believe that the deceased had gone to the drawers, swallowed the poison, and after wards walked back to her bed, and spoken to the pri soner and told him what had happened. If the medical testimony was to be believed, such an occurrence was impossible. They had heard the conduct of the prisoner on that morning detailed to them, and it was for them to say whether it was consistent with innocence or not. Would he not, as a medical man, having been told by his wife that she had taken prussic acid, have given an alarm, and called for those rem e di es w i t h which, as a medical man, he must have been acquainted, and which were at once at hand—cold water, a smellineo bottle, and brandy ; for, as one of th e witnesses had'' said, as long as there was life there was hope. Why had he not adopted these means? Why, because he would either have restored to life a person he did not wish to live; or by the use of the remedies betray his knowledge of the fact that she had taken poison. It was said he was alarmed, but would alarm lead him to coin upon the moment a falsehood, and to go through a mock ceremony in applying remedies which he knew to be perfectly useless. The deceased was represented to have been in bed and awake ; there were no curtains to the bed. Why his wife must have observed him attempting to open the bottle, and must have see n w h a t h e did ; an d yet h e represented that his wife got out of bed, poured water upon the prussic acid, and drank it. The odour of prussic acid, when spilled, remained in the atmosphere of the room some time. No odour was observed in the room. The room was swept. No broken glass was discovered ; but outside the street door,on the steps, some broken glass was afterwards found. They would not fail to observe that on his arriving in the front room he represented that suddenly a thought came into his mind of writing to his friends in the north; but this was more deliberate, for he desired the girl to leave the room, and not to bring up the breakfast until he called her. They would have to say whether having thus removed a person, who might have inter rupted, he availed himself of that opportunity of re turning to the bed-room, and administering, first the salts, and then the prussic acid. If he had at once given his account of the transaction it would have been open to the gravest suspicion, even if it had been taken alone, but when taken in conjunction with the letters which he had written to the north, he feared it was a ease pregnant with much more than suspicion.—[The Learned Gentleman here read the letter, dated from the Euston Hotel, and sent to Mr. Bell, and which was given yesterday, in the Solicitor-General's opening.] Had that letter steod alone, it would have been nothing, but it was the commencement of a series. On the 29 th May the will was executed, on the Ist June they set out for Lon don, and on the 3d of June this letter is written, in which allusion is made to the delicate state if her health. On the 6th June he wrote another letter, intended, as it appeared to him, to prepare the way for the news of her death, and stating that two medical gentlemen were in attendance on her. Now, that letter was written on the Thursday, the very day on which the prisoner had ob tained the poison from Donaghue. Undoubtedly the pri soner had been in the habit of using prussic acid up to the year 1841, but there was no evidence that he had been in the habit of using it since that period. It was also true that he obtained it where he was known. The prisoner was entitled to the benefit of that circumstance, although it should be remembered that he might have found difficulty in obtaining it where he was not known. lie now came to the letter written to Mr. Bell on the Bth June. This was written on the Saturday, the day of the death. [The Learned Counsel here read the letter, which was given in the Solicitor-General's opening :address yesterday.] That letter was posted after half-past five on the evening, of that Saturday on which the death took place. That letter, describing her dangerous state, and' saying that she was attended by two medical men, who pronounced 'her to be labouring under a diseased heart, was written hours after he had seen her expire, and after he had applied at the cemetery on the subject of the funeral. Th'it letter had been written before the necessity of a coroner's inquest and a post mortem examination had become manifest. The post mortem examination took place on the Monday, and the prisoner had expressed a desire to be present. He was not permitted to be present, but Captain Clarke was there, and described to the prisoner that the contents of the tomach had been analysed by the medical men, and had been placed in a glass and removed. This was ample notice to a medical man. He went to Mr. Gar rett, and received; what was evidently intended to be an evasive answer to his inquiries, and then, and not till then, he expressed a desire to get Captain Clarke into a Private place, and made to him that communication which Captain Clarke had stated to them. It would be their painful duty to consider the evidence, and to pronounce a verdict on which the life of the prisoner would depend. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 144. They should remember his statement to the registrar, that his wife had died of diseased heart, which was an hereditary disease, as her mother had died of the same disease in Northumberland some months before ; while at the same time there was existing in the register in Northumberland a statement, under his own hand, that she had died of bilious fever. If they could entertain any doubt as to the prisoner's guilt, it would be their bounden duty to give the prisoner the benefit of that doubt ; but if they could entertain no such doubt, it would be their duty—and however painful that duty might he, he was convinced they would not shrink from its per formance—then he\repeated, it would be their painful duty to pronounce hill% guilty. Mr. Baron GURNEY then summed up the evidence. The crime charged against the prisoner was that of the most odious nature--the crime of murder ; and the per son whom be was charged with murdering was one whom he was bound to protect and to cherish, for she was his wife —she was young, and beautiful, and fascinating. The case differed from most other cases that had come under his observation, for the doubt in other cases generally arose as to the person who committed, and the means by which, the crime was committed. Here there was no doubt of that kind, for it was perfectly clear that the prisoner was the person who purchased the poison, and that that p ison was the means of the death of his wife. If the .jury were of opinion that he had admi nistered the poison himself, or had left it in her way know ing she would take it, they would find the prisoner guilty; but if he had not administered it himself, or had not left it in her way with a guilty, intent the prisoner was not guilty of any crime whatever, however blameable his want of caution might be. The secrets of the heart were known to the God of all, and to him alone. It ap peared that the prisoner and the deceased lived, ap parently, in a happy state, so that the state in which they lived together afforded no probate motive for committing such a crime. Neither did the way in which the property was so circumstanced afford any probable motive for his committing the crime with which he was charged. But, though neither of those circumstances afforded any probable motive, yet it sometimes happened that great crimes were commit ted, for which no reasonable motive could be assigned. He was aware that, in the present state of the press of this country, it was impossible for twelve gentlemen to come into the box without knowing the cireumstances iu which great crimes were committed before they came to decide on them in a court of justice. If Any of them had received the least impression of prejudice from what they might have read of the present case, he begged of him to dismiss it from his mind, and to weigh the case, and 7 decide upon the evidence which they had heard. and by that alone. Some stress had been laid on the prisoner taking a lodging in Stepney, but he did not think, under the circumstances, that there was any rea sonable ground of suspicion in that. Those were the general observations which he thought it necessary to address to them. The Learned Judge then proceeded to read those portions of the evidence which bore upon the case, commenting on them as he went along. W hen his Lordship had gone through the oral evidence he referred to the letters written by the prisoner, which were of great importance in this case. It ap peared front the first letter which he wrote to Mr. Bell and Mr. Downing, that he had been practising a decep tion upon them, in telling them that his wife was ill, and that he had two physicians attending her. With regard to the letter of the Bth, in which he reiterated his statement that his wife was ill, it was evident that it was posted after his wife was dead, but whe ther it had been written before that event they had no means of knowing. If the letter was written before the death, he thought it furnished a strong argument against the prisoner, for it would seem to be a portion of that deception which it was evident he had been practising, on his friends. If it was written after the death, this view might be taken of it—that wishing to conceal that his want of caution, if his story wa s t rue , was th e cause of his wife's death, he wanted the}' to prepare to t try hemfoNrvatsh, whether the pri soner event. The qu es ti on which had administered, or caused to be administered, this poison, for the purpose of destroying his wife's life. If they were of that opinion, they would find the prisoner guilty ; but if, on the other hand, they believed that he was only guilty of an indiscretion, and had been guilty of falsehood in order to conceal it, they would acquit him. There were some very peculiar circumstances in this case. The prisoner had been guilty beforehand of a falsehood in stating that two medical men were attending his wife —that falsehood was subsequently repeated. He stated that his mother-in-law died of a disease of the heart, whereas he had given it under his own hand that she died of a bilious fever. All this was for their consider athtiaot the prisonerthoughtn.lftheyw as guilty,' they would, however, under all these circum s t ances painful to themselves, perform their duty to society, but if they had any reasonable doubt of his guilt, they would give the benefit of it to the prisoner, knowing that it was better that ten guilty men should escape than that one innocent life should be destroyed. The jury then retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of about an hour, they returned with a verdict of—Not Guilty. NEW COURT. William Edward Brown, a respectable-looking young man, aged twenty-three. was indicted for stealing a shilling, the property of his employer, Mr. J. Dobson. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated that he was a linen• draper, re siding in Southwark, and the prisoner had been in his service as a shopman. Having entertained suspicions respecting the honesty of the prisoner, he marked some money and placed it in the till. In the evening the pri soner was searched, and a marked shilling was found upon him, and he was In consequence given into custody. The prosecutor was severely cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Had never accused his wife of theft. His wife had left him, in consequence of ill-treatment. The witness, in the course of his cross-examination, prevari cated very much. The CommoN SERGEANT stopped the case, and ordered an acquittal. The prisoner was again placed at th e b ar , c h arge d w i t h stealing another shilling, under similar circumstances. The evidence in this case was less satisfactory than in the last, and The COMMON SERGEANT again directed an acquittal, and the prisoner was discharged. A respectable-looking young man, named Justinian Burrell, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling 54/. 165., the property of Mr. Golding, his employer. The prisoner was clerk to the prosecutor. In answer to a quesion from the COMMON•SERGEANT, the prosecutor said that the prisoner's salary was 501. a year, with board and lodging. The prisoner was sentenced to 7 years' transportation. Octapius Cl trke, aged 28, son of the celebrated clergy man, was indicted for stealing a gold watch, two seals, and a key, value 201., the property of Mr. Leese, in the dwelling-house of Mr. Alexander T. Sweat ; also with stealinc , a purse containing 151., the proporty of George Boothl; ; and also with stealing goods, to the value of 101, the property of Richard R. Pearce, in his dwelling hou se. The prisoner pleaded Guilty to the whole of the in dictments. The COMMON SERGEANT said the prisoner was a whole sale plunderer, and sentenced him to ten years' tran sportation. Jane Robinson, aged 40, was indicted for stealing a silver tea-pot, a silver coffee-pot, and various other arts cies, the, property of her mistress, Mrs. Mary Hoffman ; and Mary Anne Robinson, aged 40, sister of the prisoner, and Sarah Batley, were indicted for receiving the pro perty, knowing it to have been stolen. The first prisoner pleaded Guilty. From the evidence adduced against the others, it ap peared that the property had been given to them by Jane Robinson to pledge, but it did not appear that they had a guilty knowledge.---The jury acquitted them. The COMMON SERGEANT inquired how long the con victed prisoner had been in the service of the prose cutrix ? Mrs. Hoffman said she had been in her service four een months. The COMMON SERGEANT said the prisoner had been guilty of a very serious offence, and sentenced her to seven years' transportation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A man named William H;dera:Tvas charged be fore the Lord Mayor under the following circum stances : William Murton, a person in the employment of Messrs. Nathaniel Fenn and Co., of Botolph-lane, Aldersgate-street, stated that on Tuesday last a person called to look at some sugars, which witness showed to him, an d h e c h ose th re e bags, containing between five and six hundred weight, and value from 161. to 201. He then ordered that the sugar should be sent to the Nag's Head, Bow, addressed 0. M., in the name of Joseph Morris, of Kingston. Witness forwarded the bags accordingly. The prisoner upon being asked, said that his name was Joseph Morris, and witness told him it was the usual practice of the firm to have cash for the first purchase, and a refe rence for any future purchases, and he told the witness to send the invoice to Sir Charles Prices, and to mention in the invoice the day he would call with the discount taken off. Witness, therefore, considered it to be completely a ready-money transaction. The prisoner referred him to Messrs. Lowell and Nash, and Thompson, Ross, and Co., and the former house, to which witness applied, gave him a very high character of Mr. Morris. In order that there might be no mistake, witness asked the prisoner a second time his name, and the prisoner gave him a card, with the name of Joseph Morris, tea dealer and cheesemonger, Collaton-bridge, Kingston. Witness afterwards saw the sugars in the possession of Mr. Russell, and identified them. Mr. Joseph Morris, of Collaton-bridge, grocer, stated that the prisoner called upon him on Monday last, with samples of sugar, and, after receiving an order from him for two bags, asked him where he ' dealt in London. He replied, at Sewell and Nash's, and Thompson and Ross's, and was then asked by the prisoner for his card, which he accordingly handed to him. Witness asked him what house he repre sented, and he said he represented Messrs. Hands and Co., of Mincing-lane, brokers. Witness had not given the prisoner any authority to apply to Messrs. Fenn and Co. for any goods in his name. William Bashford, a man in the employment of the proprietor of the Nag's Head Inn, Bow, stated that whilst he was at work in the yard on Tuesday, a man entered and produced an order for three bags of ^A tgar. The goods were given to the man, and witness as sisted in loading the cart, but in consequence of in formation which he received, ha followed the cart to the Swan on the Dover-road. The cart then re turned to Mr. Russell in High-street, Borough, where witness, seeing the prisoner help to unload it, gave him at once into custody. Mr. Thomas Russell, of No. 72, High-street, Bo • rough, stated that on Tuesday the prisoner came to his shop and said he was a traveller, and asked him if he was a buyer of sugar. The prisoner stated that he represented the house of Hands and Co., Mincing lane, that he was selling on commission; and he exhi bited a sample, which he said was a remnant of three or four bags from off a large parcel which they had, and asked 60s. per hundred weight font. Witness offered him 595., and the prisoner observed, that as it was to clear a remnant, he would take it. Yesterday the sugar was brought to the door, and the prisoner presented the invoice produced, made out in the name of Dent, who he said was a commission-agent. Witness hesi tated, and the prisoner wanted to take the sugar away, but witness said, " No, if it's all right I'll keep them, as I bought them; if not, you have no business with them ;" and then the last witness came in, and asked whether witness knew the prisoner, and where the sugars came from, and witness sent to the Nag's Head to ascertain who had booked them, and found that they came from Fenn and Co.'s. The prisoner was then given into custody. The Loan MAYOR said the prisoner had adopted a most ingenious and systematic plan of robbery, and committed him for trial. GUILDHALL. A young' man of very respectable appearance, who gave his name Downing, was committed to Newgate, for having stolen from a public-house, in which he lodged for ten days, a satin a aistcoat and pair of trousers, va lued at 2/. 7s. The prisoner seemed deeply affected at Ms isgraceful position, and said that transportation would be a blessing to him, as he had now lost caste, and his friends had in consequence ... deserted him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Smith and James Clindon, young men dressed in very fashionable style, were chargel with attempting to pick pockets. From the numerous robberies that have lately been committed by picking the pockets of ladies and gentlemen passing through the Quadrant two additional beadles have been placed there, at the expense of the housekeepers, to prevent the continuance of these depredations. Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, the prisoners were seen acting in concert attempting to pick the pockets of two gentlemen in pass ing by ; they did not, however, succeed in extracting anything. Seeing that the officer was about to appre hend them they endeavoured to escape, but were even tually secured. Mr. ITAapwwx—Are the prisoners known to the police?—lnspector Russell, of the C division—They have both been repeatedly convicted at this Court as reputed thieves. Mr. HA RDWICK—I commit them both for two months to hard labour in the new Westminster Bridewell. The prisoner Smith—This is the most shameful treat ment for real gentlemen ; our dress 'll prove that. Leitch, the gaoler, removed the prisoners by force to the lock-up cell. .lames Juddenham, a carman, and Alfred Walher, alias Ribbins, who gave his address, at No. 302, Strand, and described himself as " Bug destroyer to her Majesty," were charged on suspicion of being concerned in the fol lowing extensive robbery of Bank notes and sovereigns from the mansion of the Earl of Harrowby in G rosvenor square. Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, the housekeeper of the Earl left home, and on her re turn in the evening missed from a workbox on a table in her room, Bank of England notes of the following amount :-3001, 501., 20/., DU, two of 51, and fifty-six sovereigns._ _ _ Information was immediately given at the station house of the C division, in Vine-street, Piccadilly, and a strict inquiry was instantly set on foot by Inspector Aggs, from which resulted the apprehension of the ac cused under circumstances of strong suspicion, both of them having been employed on the premises. Some of the witnesses not being in attendance, the further hearing of the case was postponed. DEATH OF A REMARKABLE CHARACTER. On Saturday morning, a remarkable character, well known to all classes of our citizens by the name of "Dr. Syntax," but whose proper patronymic was ' John Shirreff, died in the Royal Infirmary. He had been missing from the streets for the last six or seven _ weeks, indisposition having seized him, the result of a severe cold, which, to some extent, had also confined him to his house during a portion of last winter. This strange and eccentric individual, for twenty-five years, had managed to cut a strange figure in the metropolis, and although his peculiarities displayed much of the monomaniac., there was a harmlessness and innocence about him which made him a general favourite. In early 14', l;e had berm a eierk in rLe City Cess office, and it was while in this sitteitHn that his mental aberration first maiire•eed itse For the last qtrirter of a een ury lie iiev .; _eo , l his time to frequenting all public places, more pa , ticn larly the University and City Churches. In the College, by the favour of the Professors, he had a free right of access to all the leeture-rooms, and it was ~is h. ust more , 11,1:1 a hui:(ll , 2l cour, , es , )f lectures. Like all half-witted persons, he had his tale to tell of persecution and oppression, endured at the hands of mysterious enemies, and the same notion in duced the feeling that, notwithstanding his knowledge of the medical science, these same enemies had con spired to deprive him of his license as an M.D., long a favourite object of his ambition. A desire to show them that they had not altogether crushed him, seemed to be a ruling motive for his celebrated Sun day exhibitions. Dressed with the most scrupulous care and cleanliness, in an antiquated costume of a semi-military character, with Hessian boots, he was to be seen every Sunday stalking through the streets at a rapid p ice, with his stick over his shoulder. His appearance was rendered still more grotesque by his wearing a deep green shade over his eyes with a pair of unusually large green spectacles poised near the extremity of his nose. He was sure to plant himself in the principal seat of the front gallery of one of the City Churches, where he made himself still more con spicuous by standing up, sometimes sketching the portrait of the preacher while the rest of the congre gation were composedly attending to the sermon. The High Church was his favourite resort for this purpose, and happy man was he when he could con trive to secure his position without molestation in the seat of royalty. On the Sunday following the Town Council's resolution not to attend the High Church, the Doctor coolly and consequentially took possession of the empty seat, as he himself said, " to set the ma • gistrates an example." He always stood during the singing of the psalms, and he had an idea that he, and not the precentor, led the congregation in this part of Divine worship. He kept neither the time nor the tune of the precentor; so that his discordant per formances had a painfully ludicrous character. Several years ago, on account of the marked conspi cuousness of his behaviour, he was ejected from St. George's Church, and this was an affront which he never forgave, or ceased to enlarge upon, when re lating the malicious doings of his persecutors. As a sketcher of portraits, he used alai to attend the meetings of the Town Council, the Presbytery, the General Assembly, and the Parliament House. Many of these sketches possessed considerable merit. Though he never followed any*occupation by which he could gain a livelihood (with the exception of an eighteen months' connexion with a London newspaper), it is satisfactory to know that his wants were pro vided for by the united linerality of a few.benevolent citizens, who gave him liberty to purchase to a cer tain extent weekly. He inhabited alone a good house, but meanly furnished, attending to all his household concerns without any assistance. It was by dint of no little manceuvering that he was prevailed on to quit his own house, and he did not know that he had been taken to the Infirmary till some days after his removal. His death was hastened by his dogged re fusal to take the medicine prescribed by his attendants, under dread of poison, and after lingering ten days he expired early on Saturday morning. He was, we believe, a native of the Borders, and alma sixty-nine years of age.—Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday. ALARMING AFFRAY IN EALFRON (From the Glasgow Chronicle of Wednesday.) On Saturday night kit an outrage of a most daring character was perpetrated in the vicinity of Balfron, which alarmed the whole country for miles round, and for a time placed the lives of two persons in imminent jeopardy. It appears that there is a road now in course of formation between Blane toll and Gartmore, at which upwards of two hundred Irish labourers are employed. These men are gene rally paid weekly; and on Saturday afternoon last, as usual, after receiving their wages, they proceeded to occupy most of the public-houses in Balfron, where they continued drinking till an early hour on Sunday morning. Of this number, two men named M'Cormick—an uncle and a nephew—who were sub contractors on the line, both powerful athletic fellows, went into the toll-house at Kepculloch, where they remained fuddling until the night was far' advanced. Latterly, the toll-keeper refused to supply them with any more liquor, and they took their departure in rather an excited state. After a short time, however (the house having been locked up and secured), the uncle and nephew returned, and were refused ad mittance, when they, without any ceremony, de liberately smashed in the window of the toll-house, and, having effected an entrance in this way, they at tacked the toll-keeper, and nearly killed him in the presence of the police -officer of the district and a farm servant, who were in the house, but who were afraid to attempt rendering any assistance, in case their own lives should be forfeited. The M'Cormicks having perpetrated this outrage, made their escape. An alarm, however, was quickly conveyed to Bal- Iron, and ultimately nine or ten special constables were collected, who at once went in search for the delinquents, and succeeded in tracing them to a farm house on Auchentroig estate, where they were ac customed to lodge. By this time it was after mid night, and very dark. On reaching the farm-house the constables apprehended the elder M'Cormick, but the officer who accompanied the force foolishly re frained from putting handcuffs upon him, and, while others of the men proceeded to search for the nephew, the old man seized hold of the pickaxe that lay con venient to him, and with it aimed a deadly blow at M'Lane, excise-officer in Balfron, who, it seem=, had joined the party, which took effect upon his forehead, and stretched him nearly lifeless on the ground. On this the force of specials took flight and ran for their lives, and on reaching Balfron alarmed the whole dis trict. A party of from forty to fifty weavers and other inhabitraats then turned out and marched to the scene of action, where they found Mr. M'Lane, not dead, but severely cut on the head, and both the M'Cormicks fled. Information was next dispatched to Stirling, whence Mr. Sconce, fiscal for the county, accompanied by officers, arrived on the Sunday, and on being informed, of the circumstances, that gentle man suspected that the M'Corinicks, wbo carried with them from 40/. to 501. of the men's wages, had made across the country for -Helensburgh, on their way to Ireland, of which country they are natives. Mr. Sconce, on this understanding, proceeded direct to Greenock, where he was fortunate enough to ap prehen I the two bliickguards, with the assistance of John Blair, the efficient criminal officer of Balfron, on Monday last, just as they were stepping on board the Belfast steamer. Yesterday the M.'Cormick's were safely lodged in Stirling gaol, to await their trial for the offences above mentioned. We are happy , to learn that, although still in a most distressing con dition, M'Lane and the tollman are considered almost out of danger. MAI?YLEBONE. On Wednesday Charles Williams, Esq., a gentleman of large property, residing at No. 23, Park-squire, Re gent's•park, attended before Mr. Rawlinson, by virtue of a warrant which had been placed in the hands of Hooker, the officer, to answer the charge of having corn • mitted a ♦iolent assault upon Sarah Jacobs, housemaid in his service. Mr. Robinson appeared for complainant, and another solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de fendant. Complainant stated that on Saturday last, as she was in the lower part of the house, she heard her mistress cry out " Murder," and call upon her far assistance. She hastened up stairs into the bed-room, and on entering it beheld her mistress lying upon the floor struggling with the defendant, who was standing over and holding her down. He had his arms round her neck, and with one of his hands grasped her throat. My mistress, who is an elderly lady, prayed of me to stop and protect her. and my master then struck me a violent blow with his fist under the left breast, after which he called a police man to see me out of the premises. I feel the effects of the blow at this moment. Mr. Robinson—Had von done or said anything to your master to provoke him to strike you ? Complainant —All that I said to him was that he was exceedingly cruel to use my mistress in the way he did. Mr. Robinson—What became of Mrs. Williams ? Complainant—A soon as she was able she got out of the drawing room window, and passing along to another house, contrived to make her escape. Mr niece was also forced out of the place by defendant, and she and Mrs. Williams are, I believe, both away still. By Defendant's Solicitor—l don't know where Mrs. Williams is gone to, neither have I seen her niece since Saturday. I heard my mistress say to my master when they were struggling together, "You'll break my heart," and he repred, " I don't care if I do." At one period of the occurrence he seemed to be trying to lift her from the floor on to the bed, but the greater part of the time he did all he could to keep her down. Mrs. Williams's niece was present when I entered the apartment ; she was forced out before I was. I have no doubt that the defendant received the bruise which he now has upon his eye in the course of the struggle between him and his wife. I have not had medical advice for the hurt I re ceived ' • my side is p a i n f u l s till. I cer t a i n l y was or d ere d out by defendant, but seeing the manner in which my mistress was being treated I felt myself bound to stay and do all I could for her, as she had called to me so loudly to assist her. The answer mad e byd e f en d ant ' s so li c i tor to the • charge was, that a painful altercation had taken place between Mr. and Mrs. Williams, and that not wishing for any other person to be present during the quarrel, Mr. Wil liams ordered complainant out of the room. No more violence was used than was necessary, and Mr. Williams positively denied having struck any blow. Mr. RAWLINSON—Have you any witnesses? Solicitor —No, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON remarked that he could see no excuse whatever for defendant's conduct, and inflicted upon him the full penalty of 5/. The defendant, by the advice of his solicitor, intends to appeal against the Magistrate's decision at the sessions. LAMBETH-S7 REET. Several poor people complained to Mr. Nortan that they had several things pledged at the shop of Mr. Fryett, the pawnbroker, and although they had taken the tickets, and tendered the principal and interest, Mr. Fryett re fused to restore them their property, under the pretence that he had • not time to look for them, and they must come again in a month or six weeks. The greatest part of the property was pledged for a mere trifle, and they much doubted whether the pawnbroker intended to give up the property on payment of the money. This they considered a great hardship. Mr. NORTON desired one of the officers of the Court to go to the pawnbroker and tell him that the Magi strates disapproved of the manner in which he was con ducting his business, and if he did not restore the pro perty. if not burnt, on the avount being tendered, they would find means to make him. UNION-HALL. A man named Wetherell was committed for a month for keeping a " round-about " apparatus for gambling, at Camberwell fair ; and another man, named Edwards, who acted as a " decoy duck," was sent to prison for fourteen days. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lady Emma Cimpbell are expected to arrive in Connaught-place . LIVES OF THE SAINTS.-111F. Newman is now West, on Friday, from Brighton, en route to Inverary publishing a number of works under this title. We Castle, N. 8., for the autumn. turn to the biography of St. B rtholomew, one of the THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.— choicest of these saints. His history begins at page 128, Wednesday the fifteenth annual meeting of this society and contains, in the words of his biographer, " many was held at the Asylum, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, startling and even grotesque stories." The biographer for the purpose of receiving the report and transacting thus warns the reader at the very beginning of his nar the usual business of the institution. In the absence or rative, and very properly too—" We may feel startled the Earl of Mountcashel, the president, the chair was and digusted that such a figure, with an ill-smell of goat taken by John Dobee, Esq , the treasurer. The report, skins, should come betwixt the wind and our nobility, but which was read by the secretary, stated that the society he is the genuine product of an age of faith ;" when St. was instituted to afford protection to innocent females 13arttemy " was born, the blessed Virgin looked upon him who may be exposed to imminent temptation and dan- with a sweet countenance," and "the figure on the ger, as well as to assist the restoration of those who crucifix stretched out its arms to welcome this new have fallen into sin, and are desirous of returning to the soldier of the cross." We are told that "by his prayers paths of virtue. Since its - formation 805 females have a clear stream gushed from the hard rock." Besides been admitted. Thirty have been received during the a saint, no easy business in " Catholic" estimate, he present year, and the number at present in the house is was " a grazier, fisherman, labourer, and pilot." In the thirty-four. The balance showed that last year the do- midst of these labours, to, " a rough shirt of hair was nations amounted to 998/. 6s. 11d. Annual subscrip- worn by him next his skin," and he slept "on a tions, 323/. 17s. Id. Legacies, 1101., making in addition pallet from which the hardiest of the world's soldiers to other sums, a gross receipt of 1,9021. 15s. 9d. The would have shrunk." The " seagulls and the cider expenditure amounted to 1,433/. 7s. 9d. The whole of ducks" were fond of the saint's company. One dark morn the debt of 8161, Os. 3d., which was due from the so- ing Satan, we are gravely told, got into his throat, and ciety on the 22d of April, 1843, has since been dis- nearly choked him. " For some time he was un charged, and the institution is now free from incum- able to speak, but at last he shook off the impedi brance. The report was unanimously adopted. The ment and called upon Mary. Against these attacks meeting was subsequently addressed by several gentle- j his only weapons were the sigu of the cross and holy wa • men, and resolutions tending to the prosperity of the ter." The biographer of the saint closes with his burial institution having been unanimously carried, thanks in Fame; and it is conjectured by the writer that Grace were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. I Darling was in some way connected by succession or de- WORCESTER, AUG. 17.—There is a decided change scent with this monk of the olden time. "The spirit of in the opinions to-day, as to the prospect of the Hop these holy men who once lived in Fame seems still to crop, which is by no means so promising as it was a week dwell there. It was on Bartholomew's Island that that ago, the bur having made but little progress for several Christian maiden lived, who, not many years ago, yen days past, owing, it is supposed, to the cold nights ; and tured her life to save the crew of a shipwrecked vessel." the plant is looking dull and rusty from the same cause ; The writer forgets it was not by beads and holy water the duty h as , therefore, receded from 18,0001. to 16,0001., and crucifixes, but by hard rowing and strong-hearted with the feeling generally against the latter estimate. courage, that Grace Darling did service to the wrecked. N otwithstandingtheseunfavourableappearances,business Are these the productions of illustrious Oxford ? is slack, very few sales haring been effected since our 'We rejoice to answer, they are nat. They are printed last report. The best 1843's are nominally worth 1265. in Derby and published in London, and drawn up by per cwt.— W orces t er Ch ron i c l e . men who have unhappily associated the name of O x f on t SALMON FISHING.—The fishing on the Tweed for with publications replete with the dogrnas of Trent, lied the we e k u p t o Th urs d a y n i g ht h as b een rat h er un - they are too palpable proofs, not that the Church to England has p become R•smish . , but that M essrs . Newmai., producti ve ; b u t on Th urs d a y n i g ht an d F r id ay morn i ng Ward, and Posey, s hould he persan ss he re t h e y are i n the take was immense—so much so, indeed , that we have and predilection, in th e Ch urc h o f Bowe. — been info rme d it has exceeded that upon any occasion principle Manchester Guardian. fur 11.1=y years.—Ayr Observer. MARKET NEWS. (YESTERDAII NAY 7MLARILUTS. SMITTIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l lOs to 414 Useful ditto, 416 s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 1411 51; Clover Hay, 4/ 105 to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1165 Ss ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. As' supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 155 to 41 .51 1 ; 1 ° Useful ditto, 418 s to 41125; fine Upland ditto, 41 1 4 s 513-4; Clover Hay, 4112 s to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to 111 ( 7' Wheat Straw, 11'10s to 11 12s per load. Supply telext4i good. and trade dud. ' WRITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Ilay, 3/12s to 414501 Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12s • fine Upland ditto, 41 PP tt 51; Clover Hay, 41 103 to 6! los ; Oat Straw, 1 1 6s iii " 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to II lOs per load. ' average supply, and a sluggish inquiry. A •;t 1 Ni2W allow 11:ty sot! fr.go at 31 t.. 4145; an d "- C!over, -11 to 5/ 5: o:,,!. Tai 3 . i I , t G. and Sheer'" AT pri•••-•s. In other kte" ./, Stock imy a inodens , , , ,s wu• doing. 13:;e+, „ A fri° •2$ 10d to 4s 2.1; Alm- ton, 3a to 4- 2.1; Lamb, 3s 11/. 1 ,1 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2s 4d to Ss' per Sibs. • ,r C 1.14 A RITNTJEL, Arc 20. Although the ,fipply • , t'ltrr v t-. t he + l2 - pf,end 1e aus siettoy, on Inc following. tertus:—B,ef, 11 . 4 1; to 4s; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 45 '0 Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 34 per Sibs. t oo , CHICHESTER, AUG. 21.—We had a very steady , for most kinds of Stocti, the value of which had as y ward tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mtlit °l/ ii; to 4s 2d ; Laintv, 3s 6.1 to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s jo and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Sucking (31 ,1 vt0 to 31s; Quarter-old • Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; anti Cows, with their Small Calf, 16to 181 lOs each. rgc , SOUTHALL, AUGUST 21.—There was a fair al e ;ibi time-of-year supply of fat stock on offer to day, trade was rather active, at somewhat improve Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 45 0,4 Lamb, 31 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 45 .0; 4; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Supply :—Beast s, 1 Sheep and Lambs, 2,860 ; Calves, 49 ; Pigs, 58 ,' s. fot RomFoan, AUGUST 21.—We had a steady [nq each kind of fat stock, on the following terms from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; LAID 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, " te r. to 3s 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 29s ; q ° ,, s t r beli old Store l'igs 16s to 20$; and Mikh Cows, Tilt" " small Calf, 161 to 191 each. OEN ERA'CORNAVERAGE AVERAGES. COo. . PRICES OF BRI fISH For the Week ended August 17,164;. made up from the Retut4ool tho Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng° Wales, per Imperial Quarter . Wheat.....,.,, 495. id. Oats 20s. oi.l 8ean5.....,... ffsrley 34, 6d. I Rye 3ss lld 1 Pea5e........ AVER•GES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. BR AS& I rs' 5 . 51 July 13..—.... 51 10 34 10 22 - 3 34 23 7 S 4 3 ; ~ 20......... 51 1 31 5 21 5 :6 4 37 7 , 5 1 29..„.„.. 52 9, 31 2 20 11 31 9 37 1 3 6' ; Aug. 3..„..... 51 0; 34 0 20 3 37 6.34 7 0 10 ..... „.. 48 10 134 6 YO 1 31 9 35 0 3 3 ' 17 .. .... 49 11 94 6 20 0 35 11 _35 , .01 IMPICRIA I. AOORIQATN AVERAONS OF TIM PIS V i a Si Whys'...—. 51* 9d. 1 Oats ........ 20s 103.1 8eanr.........:‘ . 14 1 ' T5ari5t......... 31* 51 1 Rye ......... 35s 71.1 Pea5e.......'" - DUTIZS ON FOIRIGN CORN. Wheat ••.....„ 39*. 06.1 Oa ••••••••• 6s. 0d.18ean5..„...44 66. fs Barley .......... 4s od. Rye ......... 74. 6d. Pease..- .•••• MORTALITY in the METROPOL°. The following are the results of "A Table of 9O rtsli f r o: ll in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths tbi all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturdei4d 17th of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the of the Registrar-General : if _ al eelif i l CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Ac7oo FPI 8 Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 251 iii Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lOO 1 57 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5B Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 2 96 Respiration 216 0 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3l Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 69 Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 30 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 6 6 Diseages of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 1 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 4l 0 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified 931 0 Deaths from all Causes ...... DEATHS' FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDZI) THE ABOVE HEADS. Total.lw 147 WorFidifre4ll; Consumption Scarlatina 6B 34 79 Pneumonia . .. . .. Drops' , ..... .. .. ... Hooping Cough 8 - 33 31 Typhus 26 15 Small Pox 5B 20 Disease of the Heart Measles Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain l2 ' 12 Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS. 13 8 West 147 171 North l6l 183 Central East 223 S ou th 224 242 --- _.-- . . Total ..... ..... 932 946 0 1 ANNOYANCE JURY.—We see the Inspecto rs we Weights and Measures were very busy last week. t wish they had paid a visit to Sir Robert Peel to tes4o. measures of ast session ; for we are sure they would Pai found them not only false and hollow, but manyof tkieostift no weight at all. The Qui Tam and Commons ' ific measures, we are confident, ought to have been sow" long ago.— Punch. IMPORTATION OF RACOONS. - hntAcospo' farmer in the parish of Ilfracombe having set u'r trap in one of his fields, was surprised one moroerelY week to find in it a racoon, which, as it was caught by its claw, he was enabled to seare9,, to lit 4 preserve. Another of the same species was la te l y at Lynton ; and a third has been traced near Derr & VI" They are supposed to have found their way to t hl6 br try in some of the timber vessels which have 11"bolii.,' rived from America—the two near Ilfracombe , P r° 2( o " from the vessel lately wrecked at Woolacorabe e ' Devon Advertiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE TURN OF 1111 !:• 44. CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S r i robil respectable woman, aged forty-seven, named ~,`"e 09- residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was 5 05 critical and dangerous state for nine months, be'l l .,,E' n esor times almost choked with phlegm, with shcui e sso l ,. breath, palpitation of the heart, together with A 05 derangement and debility of the whole sys te m life was in the greatest danger, when she oorn i h err the use of these miraculous pills, which restoreu.re the highest state of health in five weeks. They 1 1 sg e i t finest medicine in the world for females of t% oolk Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor 1 ; 0 , b o e i way's establishment, 224, Strand] (where ad** d ots had gratis), and by almost all respectable Yes medicine throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. 'fr ig" On the 19th inst., in Lowndes-etreet, Belgr t ' Lad Marian Alford, of a . On the sth of May last, son at ilogota, New Granada, the of Enrique Paris, Esq., of a daughter.., On the 17th of June, the lady of George Griffin' master of the 97th Regiment, of a eon. Ale I' On the 19th inst., at Upper Hyde-park-street , R. Salomons, Esq., of Old 'Change, of twin eon s. On the 19th inst., the lady of Frederick Will 1 0 Esq., of Milton-street, Dorset-square, of a daughte:las, r - On the 9th inst., in Chester-street, Grosvenor lady of C. S. Grey, Esq., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., Minories, Mrs. Taylor, of $ 011 .1, of $4O" On the 9th inst., Mrs. Joseph Barber, of Cornb u fas, On the 9th inst., in Green-street, Grosvenor-a 4 " d i% Robert Harris Valpy, of a son. jarli On the 9th inst., in New Burlington-street, the sit. F. Chilver, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Dorset- terrace, Clapham.," Cunningham, of a son. ,n c MARRIED. ~,e l cOrpr On the 13th inst., at the parish church of n eJ Lancashire, Samuel Simpson, Esq., of the Greays*,_,jl. l 7 11 caster, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late-410w— son, Esq., of Elletgrange, in the same county. e , l i ne On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover -1 41. 1 ,;40 4 1 Bernal, Esq., M.P., late Captain in the Royal , c ,, f • Catherine Isabella, only daughter and heiress 0 ' . J. Osborne, Bart., of Newtown Anner, Tipper** . r s, Sof On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-00,54 P! Welsby, surgeon, of Prescot, Lancashire, to aE Birchen, of Knowsley, in the same county. On the 20th inst., at Lee, Kent, William Bo b .$. the Middle Temple, to Maria, eldest daughter o f cit *" • —,lO l Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, and of Lee. Ir• - 130 0, On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington C 111 1,41 031 Iltid Nicholl, to Eliza Louisa, daughter of ° of Esq., of Stoke Newington. Rober t rsto rrilille4 On the 20th inst., at St. James's Church , -- - Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, Esq., to Elizabeii, Solh o b, daughter of Wy . rley Birch, Esq,„ of Wretham 6- r o t 0 ( On the 20th inst., at West Ham, Essex, Mr., AS* of Bishopsgate- street, London, to S a rah, fourt ei i, the late Mr. William Page, of Little B er khanWs,,, in gak t ;; of On the 7th inst., at Hutton Manse, David ,i w• — dstir • publisher, Fleet-street, London, to Alicia, s ecoO str eet 4 the On Rev. John Edgar, minister of Hutton. 030 3 ' 10 ° the 10th inst., Mr. Charles Wilkinson, c f r r ic ° f tile London, to Mary Ann Corneck, only daug u Rev. S. Freeman, of Enfield, Middlesex. On On the the 12th 16th i n i s n t ; t , tt , t at pi Croydon,Bi shopED R . s?tbeerrttfeSrat.o, ck ,..... „ , R . ° se°e s a it ; tt e 1 1:1• yn H ia e ou a rnna t g h ,ag e d 38. • On the 18th inst., at Ogwell House. Devon , 14a1/ ag O r On te a t hs h g et e e d a l a9 l 4 ut s;ii ii i th e T tfit tei inst.. rn Da O m n es t , h F e ,s l ( 9 l., th ag in ed st. 6 . B N . lr. Thomas Ford, Theresa, Surrey, aged the wife of Mr. E. d. Smith, aged 20. JGgorde' late j rS stt.r.Jecetth,nl3l%ediiirdor;4ooo4 sotfa,tthGaerteaDto: ersfield-park, i.e._ , oar street, Richmond, George u.m:s6sll.ollS 'sse.st On the 19th inst., Forest gate, West Ilam, I. - f crest ° i ' n ° , your., On the 20th inst , Edward Troward, Esq. it Kobe the late Richard Troward, Esq• olk, Sag On the 20th inst., at the Grove. BungaY, Butcher, Esq., aged 80. Philipps' ° On the 20th► inst., in London, Richard Manse'. ~ fruiterer, v. Coedgain, Carinarthenshire, Esq., aged 76. , 11, daughter of Williain Frt;derick Gostling. Esq. _ A i roo t ' On the 9th inst.. in HYde-park-street, Annie Louisa , tbir' On the 9th inst., Charlotte, the wile 0: Jolla row' Esq., of gnex-park, Thanet. • - I-- .f .71,-)'" 111 -• , • '‘ to the C°'llll79 *ddlesex, Friday, August 23:1644.. 1' - ~, r ".~