The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday a most important meeting of the Mary lebone Vestry took place at the Court House, Mr. George Daniell, churchwarden, in the chair. The meeting was very filly attended, and besides the borough Members, Sir B. Hall and Sir Charles Napier, there were present Mr. Williams, M.P., Sir John M'Taggart, M.P., Lord Montfort, Sir James Hamilton, Bart., Martin Thacke ray, Esq., &c., &c. Mr. Hoop, the vestry clerk, brought up a communi cation from the Board of Management of the North Western Metropolitan District Asylum, demanding the sum of 1731. 7s. 11 d., as the contribution of the parish of SL Marylebone towards the expenses already incurred with respect to such proposed asylum. Mr. Hood also laid a communication before the vestry from the parish of St. James, Westminster, to the guardians of which parish a similar demand was made, and refused on the ground that it was illegal. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS said he would move, in reference to the application in question, " That, in the opinion of the vestry, the constitution of the Board of Management of the North Western Metropolitan District Asylum is illegal, and that their demand should be resisted." The motion having been seconded, Mr. FLOOD announced that he had just received a communication from the Home-office, addressed to Mr. llume, M.P., and, as it was probably upon the subject then under discussion, perhaps it would be better that it should be at once opened and read. Mr. Flood then proceeded to read the following communication from Sir James Graham:— LA W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, D:c. 20. The Lord Chancellor sat for the first time to- day since his attack of illness, in Lincoln's lan Hall. The cause of his Lordship's sitting was to enable him to give judgment in several dues that had been heard before him on appeal pre vious to his resigning the Great Seal. Long before the hour appointed for his Lordship to take his seat, one o'clock, crowds of persons had assembled in the old hall of Lincoln's Inn, and upon his Lordship taking his seat, the inner and outer bar were crowded to excess. His LORDSHIP, who appeared considerably improved in health, and to have regained his usual cheerfulness, upon taking his seat, stated that a short time since he had given several of his judgments to the registrar in writing; but that, in order that those judgments might be delivered in the pre sence of counsel, in case any questions should arise, he would give them over again. Just previous to his Lordship's commencing to give his judgments, a Treasury messenger brought an official box, which was handed to his Lordship, containing a letter, which he read. It was rumoured that the letter conveyed informa tion to his Lordship that Sir Robert Peel had been again sent for by her Majesty. After perusing the letter, his Lordship directed the registrar to call the judgments in the order in which they stood on the paper : MANN V. RICKETTS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then gave judgment in this case, which was heard, shortly before his Lordship's illness, upon motion to discharge an order made by the Master of the Rolls. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the decision of the Court below was correct, and ordered the appealed to be dis missed with costs. COOMBE V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LONDON. The LORD CHANCELLOR then proceeded to give judgment in this case, which was argued before him some considerable time since, upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship said the case came before me after motion to discharge an order of the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, for the production of documents mentioned or referred to on the answer of the defend ants. It is not necessary to state the facts in detail as they are fully set forth in the report of the proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor. The Corporation of London claim to be entitled by prescription to measure all corn, grain, &c., brought by the River,Thames, and landed at any point between Staines-bridge and Yanfleet, and to receive certain ancient fees in respect of the performance of that duty. The plaintiffs had landed certain quantities of malt at their wharf in Westminster, and the Corporation filed a bill against them for an account of the malt so landed, claim ing the accustomed fees. The plaintiffs filed a cross bill for a discovery, denying the right of the Corporation, con tending that if the right existed it was to a much more limited extent than as claimed by them ; that it was compa ratively of modern origin; that the fees had been from time to time varied, and that there was no ground for the prescription claimed. The defendants having put in their answer, the plaintiffs moved for the production of the docu ments mentioned or referred to in such answer. When the mo tion came on for argument the defendants consented to the pro duction of such of the documents as had been produced under an order of the Chief Baron, Lord Abinger. Secondly, to the metage, accounts kept by the meters, who were the ser vants of the Corporation. Thirdly', to certain books and re pertories enumerated in the first schedule to the answer. And lastly, to the charter of the 6th of James 1., and the subse quent charter of Charles. With respect to the case and opinions it is unnecessary for me to express any opinion ; they were considered by the Vice-Chancellor to be protected, and the defendants do not of course complain of that part of the judg ment. The first question for consideration relates to the books of account kept by the corn-meters. The plaintiffs in sist in their bill, among other things, that the rates of charge have varied, and that they will appear after inspection of their books. The statement in the bill is, that the defendants have in their possession, custody, or power, divers accounts or books of account, in which entries have been made of all corn &c., measured by the corn-meters during a long period of years, together with (among ether things) the fees and wages re ceived for such measuring, and that if such books of account were produced, it would thereby appear that among other things the rate of fees, and wages, and rewards claimed and received on account of the metage aforesaid, and the labour incidental thereto, have from time to time varied. The bill, therefore, charges the possession of these documents, and that they relate to the matters in dispute in this suit— namely, among other things, the metage, and the fees and wages paid in respect of it : if they exhibit a variance in the amount of the rates paid at different periods, it is obvious that such evidence would be material for the plaintiffs at the hearing of the cause. The defendants, the corn-meters, in their answer, admit the possession of these books of accounts, and say—not positively— to the best of their information and belief—that it will not appear from them that the fees and rates of charge have varied, and they further state that these accounts or books of account, contain material evidence for the Corpora tion, and that they are intended to be used in support of their claim, but the material question is, whether they do not also contain, by the alleged variance of charges, evidence for the plaintiffs. This is denied only according to the information and belief of the defendants. In Ban nestyne v. Leader, 10th Simons, the Vice-Chan cellor of England considered, and I think properly, that it was not sufficient in a case of this kind to swear merely to the defendant's belief. It further appears from the answer that the examination of the documents of the defendant, the corn-meters, had been imperfect, for in another part they set out the names of certain places where the measurement had taken place out of the city of London, being, as they state, all that they had met with, but they add that the accounts are numerous, and that there may be many others besides those they have mentioned. The number of the documents is not a sufficient excuse for an imperfect examination of them, as the Court would, upon a proper application, allow the necessary time to prepare a sufficient and satisfactory answer. The same objections apply to the answer of the Corporation. With respect to the town-clerk, it does not always very distinctly appear when he is meant to be included under the descrip tion of these defendants, but if he denies at all that the accounts will show that the payments have varied, he states that only according to information and belief, and there is sufficient also in his answer to show that if he has examined the accounts the examination has been partial and imperfect. lam of opinion, therefore, that these accounts must be produced. The next question relates to the books and repertories mentioned in the first schedule, The defendants, the Corporation, and their town-clerk, say in their answer that, save as therein mentioned, they deny that they have in their possession any book or books re lating to the matters in the bill mentioned, except that there are in the custody or power of the defendants certain written books or repertories, set forth in the first schedule, which contain entries of divers matters and things which the defendants believe form material evidence as to the exclusive right of metage, and which they intend to use in support of their right. And, in a subsequent passage, they ex pressly admit that the books and repertories, men tioned in the first schedule, contain copies and ab stracts, or extracts, from documents relating to the measuring of corn and grain by the meters ; and they admit the possession of such books and repertories, but they deny that the plaintiffs have any interest in them ; and further they deny, to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, that if they were produced, it would appear by them that the right had commenced within the time of legal memory, or that they contain, or would fur nish evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs •, on the con trary, they say they are advised and believe that they contain entries which they are advised and believe are most material evidence in support of the right of metage, end which they intend to make use of in support of their exclusive right against the plaintiffs. There is in these passages a sufficient admission that the books and re pertories set forth in the first schedule relate to the matter mentioned in the bill. The only question, there fore, is, whether any sufficient reason is assig ne d w hy th ey should not be produced The defendants deny that the plain tiffs have any interest in them, and further they deny, to the best of their belief, knowledge, and information, that, if pro duced, they would show that the right had commenced within time of legal memory, and that they would furnish evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs do not claim the right to the production of the documents on the ground of their having any interest in them in the ,lommon acceptation of that word, but as con taining evidence in their favour in support of the allegations contained in the bile, and this is denied by the defendants, the Corporation, and the town-clerk, only according to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, which, as I have already stated, I do not think sufficient. They farther add that these books and repertories contain, as they are advised and believe, entries which form most mate rial evidence of their exclusive right of metage, and which they intend to use in support of their right : but this will cot entitle them to withhold the documents, unless they also deny with sufficient certainty (which they do not), that they contain evidence in support of the case of the plaintiffs. It was further objected that the bill only charged that these books related to the matter in question, and that it was not alleged that, if' produced, they would establish the case of the plaintiffs, and that it was only admitted by the answer that the accounts related to the matters in question in the cause. But this admission alone will, prima facie, entitle the plaintiff to inspect them. Smith v. the Duke of Beau fort, Storey v. Lord Lennox, Tyler v. Drayton, and other cases have decided that point. It is not necessary that more should be stated in the bill, or that more should be admitted by the answer. It was also said that the documents were re quired merely to negative the case of the Corporation of London, and that the plaintiff had no right to require the production for that purpose ; and the case of Bolton v. the Corporation of Liverpool was cited as establishing that position ; but the ground upon which the production was there refused seems to have been, that the documents were re quired merely for the purpose of ascertaining whether they contained anything tending to disprove the title of the Corporation, not for the purpose of proving, as in the present case, the facts alleged in the bill, and which, if established, would defeat the plaintiffs' claims. Here the plaintiffs charge affirmatively that the pay ments have varied at different periods, that they will be shown by the accounts when produced, and th e state- " Whitehall, Dec. 18, 184:5. " Sir,—Although my position at the present mo men t i n this office is peculiar, yet I am unwilling to leave your letter without an answer, especially as ,volt and the ve s t r y o f S t . Marylebone express a wish to be informed of the result of m y c ommunication with the Poor-law Commissioners before I resign the seals of this department. "By the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 101, s. 41-45, the Poor-law Commissioners were empowered to form districts o: parishes in the metropoli s , f or t h e purpose of providing and maintaining asylums for the temporary relief in destitute house less poor. The provisions of the Act were fully debated in Parliament, and the power of forming the districts was given to the Poor-law Commi• sioners without hesitation or appeal. "The Commissioners, after a careful deliberation, adopted a plan for the division of the entire metropolis and its suburbs into six districts, each consisting of several unions and parishes, represented by a single Board of Management. The orders forming these districts, and prescribing the mode of election, and the duties of the Board of Management, and of their officers, have been issued by the Commissioners in the course of the present year. " All the parishes comprised in these orders have acquiesced in the arrangement, and have elected managers, except Mary lebone, St. Luke, Chelsea, and Camberwell. "The Secretary of State has no official power of interfe rence with the arrangement adopted by the commissioners ; nor is he rendered by the Act of Parliament responsible for their decision with reference to this subject. " The responsibility rests with the Poor-law Commissioners alone. They have acted deliberately, and on a general view of the arrangement best suited to the entire metropolis. " If the parish of Marylebone have any objections of detail which they wish further to urge against particular provisions of either of the orders of the Commissioners, I have ascer• tained that the Commissioners are ready to recei▪ ve them, and to bestow on them the most attentive considerati▪ on. "If the objection be to the entire arrangement, as well in principle as in detail, the whole subject might be referred to the investigation of a Parliamentary Committee at the com mencement of the session; and the Commissioners inform me that they are prepared to justify their plan. The case of Marylebone must be taken in conjunction with the general scheme, and cannot, in justice, be considered separately. " I have gone thus at length into the matter, which does not fall immediately within the control of the Secretary of State, even in present circumstances, because I was unwill ing to appear wanting in the respect due to the Marylebone vestry, or negligent in my endeavour to remove a misunder standing which I regret.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant, ~ J. G. GRAHAM. (Signed) " Joseph Hume, Esq., 111. P." This letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes, and to he considered on Saturday next. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., rose to give his cordial support to the resolution of resistance which had been proposed. The reason he advised this course was that the Poor-law Commissioners were doing everything they could to bring Marylebone anti other independent parishes throughout the country under their fangs. The reason the Poor-law Commissioners were so desirous to get independent parishes under their control was, that there should not be a comparison between the diet given to the poor of those parishes and poor-law unions. —(Hear.) Mr. H. C. WILSON cordially concurred in all that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Coventry ; but in con nexion with this subject he wished to say a few words on the conduct of the Hon. Members for the borough of Marylebone, who, for the first time for many months past, he now saw present.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wilson) was one of those who would not say that be hind the back of the Hon. Members that he was not prepared to say to their faces.—(Hear, hear.) He would say, then, that he believed, if the Members for the borough had done their duty to their constituents, the parish of St. Marylebone would not have been placed in its present position with the Poor-law Commissioners. —(Loud cries of " Hear.") He (Mr. Wilson) spoke more particularly with respect to the Hon. Baronet behind him (Sir B. Hall).—(Hear.) He was free to admit that they had no right to expect so much from the Hon. and Gallant Commodore, Sir C. Napier, when they con sidered his general habits, and his imperfect knowledge of all their local affairs, and therefore to some extent the Hon. and Gallant Commodore was exonerated. There was a probability, from the present state of political affairs, of a great change, and he (Mr. Wilson) thought that those gentlemen who aspired to be the representa tives of the largest and most influential borough in the kingdom ought to devote a greater degree of attention than had been devoted by its representatives recently.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear ") He again repeated it, arid he felt that he had the general support of his brother electors in making the assertion, that on whom soever the representation of Marylebone in future de volved, there was a greater degree of attention to Parlia mentary duties necessary.—(Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL rose, amidst some slight confusion, to address the vestry. The Honourable Baronet said, after the remarks which had fallen from Mr. Wil son, he hoped he might be permitted to say a few words in self-defence.—(Hear, hear.) It was at all times painful to advert to a serious personal and domes tic ealamity, but, in doing so, he begged to say that he did not wish to conceal from himself the fact, that his recent inattention to Parliamentary duties had been most unsatisfactory, and he begged to assure them th a t it had been equally unsatisfactory to himself as to his constituents.— (Hear, hear.) He begged to state, how ever, that his apparent inattention did not result from his own neglect, but from calamities over which he had no control, and which human foresight could not have prevented. Gentlemen were aware of the course he (Sir Benjamin Hall) had pursued when he first became elected for that borough, and after his second election also, and be thought it must be palpable to them, when they viewed his previous conduct, that he had not willingly and wilfully neglected their interests. He begged to remind them that there were times and circumstances which would prevent any man from performing great public duties.—(Hear.) Last year a domestic affliction, and at the commencement of the last session a serious personal accident, caused him (the Hon. Baronet) to be placed in that unfortunate position.—(Hear.) With reference to the probable political change which had been alluded to by Mr. Wilson, he (Sir Benjamin Hall) begged to say, be that change whatever it might, he should not deviate from the straight forward course he felt he had hitherto pursued. With respect to a political change, he (Sir B. Hall) was of opi nion that no material change would take place, and that it would be left for those who had produced the present crisis in the affairs of this country to quench the fire which their own bad conduct had created.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Lord John Russell would not take office with the inevitable prospect of being turned out immediately, but that he would leave it to those who had created the evil. With reference to the question before them, he cordially agreed with the Hon. Member for Coventry that they should offer a most determined resistance, and as soon as the next session of Parliament opened, he would not fail to use his best endeavours to support their local Acts and privileges unimpaired. Sir CHARLES NAPIER next rose. He did not think that he was deserving of the censure which had been thrown upon him by the vestry. He would venture to assert that no Member of the House of Commons had been more attentive to his Parliamentary duties than he had been since he had represented Marylebone.—(Hear, hear.) If the gentleman who had addressed them and called him negligent meant that he was so because he had not come 400 miles to attend a vestry meeting on the corn-laws, then he pleaded guilty, for he had previously promised to attend a great meeting held on that very day at Edinburgh on the same subject.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Wilson had said, if the Members for the borough had done their duty, this amended Poor-law Bill would not - have passed. Now he (Sir C. Napier) begged to say that he did attend to his duty, and opposed that Bill throughout. He also did so with respect to the Lunacy Bill, and when he divided the House upon that measure he did not even get a seconder.(Hear, hear.) It was true he was not so well acquainted with their local matters as his Hon. Colleague, Sir B. Hall, tint he begged to say that he had a head, and he never objected to their beating their local knowledge into it.—(Laughter.) He w as always ready to r ece i ve a d eputat i on o f hi s constitutenta, but if they meant that to do his duty, after working hard for five days'and nights every week in the session, it was necessary for him to attend there every Saturday, and also sacrifice his Sunday, he begged to say that he was ready t o resign their representation altogether. With respect to the question of the corn laws his opinions "'ere known , and he thou-ht no time a meetin g of that borough, ought to be lost calling containing as it did a population of 300,000 and up wards. He would say further, he thought all the metro in order p,litan boroughs should . have a meeting, an d , to make the d?monstration more coin P.a., that they hear.) sh,,uld meet in one day.—(Hear, Messrs. Joseph Gomm, Kirby, Michi e, and other gentlemen having spoken to the resolution, determining to resist the demand for supporting the District Poor law Asylum, it was carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. THE FARMERS AND THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAws.—We have heard from several quarters where informa tion of the kind was most attainable, that the farmers who usually visit Canterbury market did not on Saturday last express any other feeling on the Ministerial changes in progress than a wish that some permanent deci sion should be immediately arrrived at, and seeing that repeal of the corn-laws must sooner or later take place, they would prefer the accomplishment of such a measure at once to a state of continual uncertainty and alarm. The farmer is wise in this--there can be no ease or security or indepen dence for him until this takes place. The sooner that total r e ' of this landlord's law occurs, the better unquestion l' r er every cultivator of the soil.—Kent Herald : ISTOL • SuoJaz-MARKET, DEc. 19.—There is sorely any business doing i n our raw sugar-mar k e t , an d , in P'A, produce of an descriptions are difficult of sale, with a downward tendency in prices.—B mt • 0/ Mercury. ment is not po - sitively denied, but only according to infor mation and belief in the answer. When documents are charged and admitted to be in the defendant's possession relating to the matters in question, it must depend upon the suffi ciency of the answer whether the Court will order the pro duction of them. The remaining question relates to the charters of the 4th James I. and the charter of Charles 11. The charter of the 6th of James the First, either the original or a copy. but as I read the answer, the original, and the charter of Charles the Second, are admitted by the defendants, the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty, and the town-clerk, to be in their possession, and they clearly relate to the matters mentioned in the bill ; that may be material to the plaintiffs' case, for they tend to show that the right is confined to corn, &c., imported for the purpose of sale. In one part of their answer the defendants say the charter of the 6th of James I. was not necessary to their case; but in a subse quent part they state that the charter of Charles 11., in which the charter _of the 6th _of James I. was recited, forms part of the evidence of their title to the ex elusive right of metage, but they nowhere, as far as I can discover, state that they do not afford evi dence in support of the plaintiff's case. Beyond the facts which I have stated there is nothing relied upon as a reason why the charter should not be produced. There is no ground therefore for discharging any part of the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce's order, and the motion must, therefore, be refused with costs. FOSTER V. . The LO RD C HANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, dismissing the bill without costs; but, in consequence of some question being raised with respect to the costs, his Lordship said he would hear the arguments upon that point on Mon day morning. OLDFIELD . RBE'PT. The LORD CHANCELLOR als V CO o gave judgment in this case, refusing the motion without costs. HEIGHTON V. GRANT. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, evhich came before him upon an appeal from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls. His Lordship affirm ed the judgment of the Court below. BOOTH V. LIGHTFOOT. In this case his LORDSHIP gave judgme n t, also warming the decree, and dismissing the appeal with costs. HILL V. NASH. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment likewise in this case. It came before his Lordship upon appeal from the Judgment of the Muter of the Rollo, decidin *Omit eu cob jection that had been made to the suit for wait of parties: It appeared that the plaintiffs were corn factors, and that, in the year 1840, they entered into a specu lation with the defendant /stash, and two other persons, named Carpenter and Shepherd, to purchase wheat by that speculation. Eighteen thousand pounds were lost by the plaintiffs, and they instituted a suit for the pur pose of recovering from the representatives of Nash that sum. The defendants, the representatives of Nash, asserted that the suit was defective, inasmuch as Carpenter and Shep herd were not made parties, but the Master of the Rolls de cided against that objection, and from that decision the de fendants appealed. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the objection .ought to have been allowed, and ordered the decree to be discharged and the snit to be amended. JONES V. HOWELL. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, affirming the judgment below with costs. BLUNDELL V. GLADSTONE. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice. Chancellor of England, dismissing the petition of Lord Camoys and a lady named Temple, praying to be admitted into the possession of certain property belonging to the testator in the cause called Molyneaux and Horton. His Lordship was of opinion that the Vice- Chancellor had voted wrong in dismissing the petition, and ordered it to be referred to the Master to inquire whether the estates of Molyneaux and Horton were be queathed by the testator, subject to any and what trust, the Master to state special circumstances 4. 0 . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY tVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1845. belonging to one of the Messrs. Walker, and also a bunch of keys, their property. The watch was produced by a pawnbroker, with whom it was pledged for SL, on the day after the robbery. Mr. Walker identified it as well as the keys. The foreman of Mrs. Neil identified the screw-driver that was in the possession of the accused when appre hended. Prisoner—ls Mrs. Neil here ? The foreman sail she was not. Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—You may say what you please, but it is my duty to tell you that what ever you say will be taken down, and may be used in evidence against you. Prisoner (mournfully)—l own that I broke into the places. I was walking about in distress, without a penny in my pocket, and a thought struck me that I must get some money by some means. I was then by the court, and I went up and got over a shed, and seeing a window open I entered the house. It was Mr. Walker's and I took from there the property he lost. I could not go back in the same manner I came, and I then went further on, and dropped from a wall into Mrs. Neil's yard, and I broke in and took the cash-box, that is all." Mr. GREENWOOD—You asked if Mrs. Neil was here. If you wish her to be brought forward she shall he. Prisoner—My object was to question her respecting the cash- box. It has been said that a sum of money was in it, but I declare that it did not contain one farthing. Mr. GREENWOOD remanded him until Wednesday next. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. FATAL ACCIDENT. On Saturday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, the Coroner, at the Royal Oak, Croydon, on the body of Mr. James Padden Cross, a respectable master butcher, of Croydon, who met with his death in conse quence of injuries he received at the Dover Railway station, at Croydon, on the 24th of November. The inquiry created very considerable interest, on account of an impression that very generally prevailed, that the accident which led to the death of the deceased was occasioned by a want of proper attention and accommodation to the public on the part of the South- Eastern Railway Company. Mr. Howell, the superin tendent of the traffic department, was present to watch the proceedings, and to give any explanation that might be required on the part of the Company. The following evidence was adduced:— Mr. W. Jones deposed that he was a butcher, and residsd at Croydon. On the morning of the 24th of November, at four o'clock, he proceeded, in company ' with his orother, to the Brighton Railway station, to meet the up Dover mail train, for the purpose of pro ceeding by it to town, to attend Smithfield market. On their way they met the deceased, and they all proceeded together to the station, and the train drew up at the same moment upon the centre line of rails. A juror asked whether this was the usual place for the ordinary trains to stop ?—The witness said it was not. The trains usually stopped on the side rails where there was a regular platform, but to get into the carriages upon the centre rails, it was necessary for the passengers to go round the wall, a very considerable distance, or else to jump over the wall. He then went on to state that the deceased, in getting over the wall, fell, and broke his leg. The CORONER—Then getting over the wall was not the proper way to ;.•••,-t to the train ? wrg not, but they pass,n,;ers IT this early train generally did so, to save going round the wall which divided the two lines of rails. By the jury—lt was quite dark at this time, and there was no other light than a lanthorn, which the porter had who attended upon the train. The ordinary trains drew up on the side rails, and if this train had done so, the accident would not have happened. A juror inquired whether there was any platform for the passengers upon the centre rails? The witness said there was not. They had to scramble in as well as they could. He added, that since the acci dent there were lights at the station for that early train, and it also drew up to the side platform, By the CORONF.R—Had no doubt that the alteration was in consequence of the accident. Mr. Howell here said that he was present on behalf of the Company, and he was ready to give any explanation that might be required. In answer to a question from Mr. Hunt, one of the jury, the witness said that, 'before the accident, the sta tion had no lights. That there was no clerk, and the only person in attendance was one of the porters. Mr. Hunt said he thought that it showed great want of care on the part of the Company to have such a state of things at so large a station ; and that the acci dent was in a great measure to be attributed to it. The CORONER said, in his opinion, these inquiries were not at all relevant. The deceased appeared to have met with the accident entirely from his own act; if the train had gone over him it would have been an other matter. Mr. Hunt said, in his opinion, it formed a very proper point of inquiry. If the Company had taken the same precautions as they did at present, in all probability the accident would not have occurred. Mr. Howell said that if the deceased had gone two or three yards on one side he might have crossed the rails by a passage made for that purpose, and need not have gone round the whole length of the wall. A juryman said that might be, but how could he see, when there were no lights ? Several of the jury ex pressed an opinion that, under any circumstances, the centre rails was a most dangerous place to take up pas sengers. There was no platform, and it was, therefore, necessary so step up a height of eighteen or twenty inches, besides which the train was very close to the wall, and a nervous person might very well be frightened at having to be placed in such a position. They wished to know why the train could not draw up like the others, close to the platform, upon the ride rails? The CORONER said that perhaps Mr. Howell would give the jury some information upon this point. Mr. Howell said the jury were aware that Croydon was a large goods station, and it was customary to have the goods trucks at night upon the side lines of rails. It was therefore considered more safe that this early train should run into the middle line at Croydon, as that was alway kept clear, but since the accident it had been arranged that it should run to the side of the platform. He went on to say that the train in question was not originally intended to stop at Croydon at all, but in conse quence of a requisition to the Company by the butchers of Croydon, representing the accommodation it would be to them to get to market, it was arranged that it should stop for that purpose. Since the accident there had been lights at the station, and everything was done to prevent such an occurrence in future. A juror inquired whether there were many passengers who travelled by this train ?—Mr. Howell replied, very few indeed, and those principally on Monday mornings. The jury said they thought they ought to append to their verdict a recommendation to the Company to con tinue the precautions they had adopted of having lights, and causing the train to draw up to the platform. Mr. Howell said this would certainly be done without any recommendation of that kind. The Company were always desirous to do everything in their power for the protection of the public. The CORONER said there could be no harm in the jury making the recommendation in question. One of the jury said he thought that, at such a large station, there ought to be some one besides a porter to attend to the train. Mr. Howell said that a porter, with the guards of the train, was quite sufficient, and the Company would not think it necessary to employ any one else. With regard to having lights, and running the train to the side platform, he pledged himself that those precautions should be continued. Mr. Edward Westall, surgeon, was then examined, to prove that the death of the deceased was occasioned by the results of the accident to his system. The jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death," coupled with a recommendation to the Company to continue their present arrangements at the station, with a view to prevent the occurrence of a similar acci dent on any future occasion. /Cast London.... .. • • 81. Grand Junction 31. Kent .......... • • • • .. 21. 10e. Vauxhall West Middlesex .... . • V. 161. pr et. He 1, d. 100 0 0 46 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 Price. .... INSURANCE COMPANIES. r. Dividend Amount le Name of Company. per o f P a id. P r i ce , Annum. Share. -1 d X s. d. 1 X s. d. Albi on ......... ••• • • 35. 10s. 600 0 0 50 0 0 74 , Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 '' Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 51. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Df Atlas . 3, British Commercial ke Clericl,Med. & Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 a 0 210 1 6% LsD 30s.bs. 31• 100 0 0 10 0 0 r 9s. and 1 3f . Crown ••• • • 1 61.5 5. bs. j 40 0 0 5 0 0 - I@ Eagle • . • ;;0 Economie Life. 1000 0 0 250 0 0 n Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 d European Life ••• • • • 5 34 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 ,0 Globe - 14234 Guardian ..... •••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51 d Imperial Fire ....... - 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 235 Imperial Life ...... • • 12s. 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 16% it Indemnity Marine .• • • it. ch. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 29 11 Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 11 - 4 3. 190 0 0 10 0 0 50 y Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 0% n London Fire .••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 lb% _, London Ship •••• • • • • 10 s. 25 0012 10 0 15% u Marine - ......... 51. per cent. 180 0 0 15 0 0 10% 's Med.ln vlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 s National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% r National Life.... ••. • • Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 93% Palladium Life • ..... • • 4/. per cent. 40 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. I. Plicenix .. ... ..... .. .. 3/. p. et. & bs. - - 210 e Protector Life.. ••. • • • 51. par cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. .., Provident Life.... •- • • 1 /. ss . 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 •-' t Rock Lite.... ••••• • • • 4s. b 0 0 010 0 44 Royal Exchange ...... 51. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Fire . - - Ditto Life It. 6s. - lB Universal Life I LIST OP SCOTTISIE COMPANzas , PRICES . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. I Price Annum. Share. --- X 8. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland ..... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 171 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 165 • British Linen Company 81* per cent. - 100 0 0 230 r Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 166 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 15% t Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. -- 50 0 0 9834 Western Bank •••. • • • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 5434 iNorth of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 6 0 0 771, Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank 5l. per cent. - 10 .0 0 114 Caledonian Bank •• - 210 0 6 • Eclinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 i City of Glas gow B an k . 51. per cent. - 815 0 151 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 14 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1484 Insur. Co. of Sctothid- M. per cent. 10 0 0 All p a id . 104 North British Incur.. • 534 i l. pr cent. 1200 0 0 10 0 0 28% • Caledonian Fire Dunn 101. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Edin. & Glasg. Railway 51. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 65 Ditto, 34 Shares- - bl.percent. 12 10 0 All paid. 1534 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21% Glalgw& Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70 Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36 Standard Life Assarnee.l bl per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 3 DOORS. _ 1 Dividend 1 Am ount Name of Company, per 1 of I raid. Price. Annum. , Share. -__ ! £ e. d. 'X s. d. Commercial •.••.• . • . i 3/. per cent. , Stock. - East and West India... ;5%1. pr cent. , Stock. - 134 East Country ........ 1 1/. per eh. 100 0 0 - 21 L mdon - 11.) St Katharine •••• • • • 1 5 per cent. ' Stock. 100% Southampton • • •• • • .: - ; 41. per cent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 30 CANALS. .., 1 .5 Dividend Names of 1 . 'Dividend Names of e.• per Price. 1 .7 1 Price. Companies. 1 r.,• 1 per Companies. 11 Annum. in 1 i i 'Annum. ii , _ -..... X 1 X 1 95 ( Ashby-d-la-Z , 113' Al. 70 M u t omr ysli 100 bi. Ashtn& Oltlh 97 , 51.55. p c 72 M onmou thsh 100 91. 160 Barnsley.. • • 1601 195. 180 Maccglesfield . 10 0 - 95 1 Basheg.stelte..lool - - Neath ...... 100 201 . 365 c Htknk&Abrg,lso, 5/. 615 Nottingham. 1 50 12/ . 260 Cromford .. • . 1 100' 18/. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31 . 40 I; Dudley 100! 41. - R egen t' s ••• • 33 1/. 26 3 1,, Derby .. •• • • 1001 81. 103 Rochdale ..• • 85 ;`,. 14 ElLsture&Che 133 , 4/. 80 Shropshire • • 125 ''' - Ere Wash llOOl 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 7/. 10s. 123 Forth & Clyd 100' 4/. 1 - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. P. e. 11 Grand June tn ' 100 71. 100 St fird &Wore 140 281. 440 ( Grand Union 105 1/. 10e. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh . 1 172' 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. - Glstr & lirklyl' 00' - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham . • ,150 12/. 100 Severn and/ 26 1/. as. - ji Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wy e Rail. C Konnt & ANIL' 39 7s. 6d. 22 T rn t& Mr-} 50 301. Lancaster .•• 47 1/. 10.1 40 sey, 4 sh. - n Leeds& Livrp 100 341.- 525 Thams &3led 19 - 10 a Leicester .. • • ;140 10/. 1 05 Worestr ki 78 41. 49 h Lelcstr &Nth; 83 4/ . 62 Birm i ng. 17 Leughberogh,l42' 70/. ; 850 Wilts k IStks 67 11. 4s. 11 0, MATTHEWS V. BRISE. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, the question on which was whether the defendant, who was the executor and trustee of a fund for the plaintiff, was bound to make good a sum of 4,0001. in, Exchequer-bills, the amount of which was lost by the bank ruptcy of his brokers and bankers, Messrs. Wakefield. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the defend. ant was liable to make good the amount, and ordered the judgment of the Court below, to the same effect, to be affirmed. His Lordship, in consequence of an ap plication to that effect of the counsel for the defendant, stated that he would look into the papers between this and Monday, in order to see whether he was entitled to an in quiry before the Master as to whether the widow of the plaintiff had assented to the disposition of the money. IN RE GALL His Lottnstur gave judgment likewise in this case, which came before him upon appeal from the Chief Judge in Bank ruptcy. His Lordship discharged the order of the Court below. YOUNG V. LORD WATERPARK. His Lortnsmr, in this case, affirmed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, with costs. BOOTH V. CRESAVICK. Mr. WAKEFIELD applied in this case, which stood in the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England to be heard on exceptions, that it might be transferred to the paper of his Lordship. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well. Mr. PARRY said that he was instructed to oppose the case being put on his Lordship's paper at all. The LORD CHANCELLOR, with apparent surprise —What, did Mr. Wakefield apply to have it put in my paper ? I may, per haps, not be there to hear it, and I am sure I will not do my successor so great an injustice as to order it to be put in the Lord Chancellor's paper.—(A laugh.) Ilis Lounsun' then stated that it might be convenient for the Bar to know that he would sit on Monday at ten o'clock, in order to dispose of lunatic petitions. We believe that the Court of Chancery never furnished an instance before of a Lord Chancellor giving twelve judg-• ments in one day. His Lordship rose between three and four o'clock. The hall was crowded during the whole period of his Lordship's sitting. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 20. THE QUEEN V. SCHLESNEGAR. This was an indictment for wilful and corrupt per. jury. A verdict of guilty was returned against the de. fondant, who was recommended to mercy by the jury. JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, Dec. 20. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) ALLEGED DETENTION OF SLAVES. It will be recollected that a few days since Sir George Stephens, and others connected with the Anti-Slavery Association, made a complaint at the Thames Police office, in reference to the alleged detention of slaves on board of a vessel in the London Docks. It appeared that the individuals in question arrived in England in the Caroline, with presents to her Majesty from the Imaum of Muscat, and were now on board the brig Anne, in the London Docks, until their ship was repaired, when they would be conveyed back to Zanzebar as slaves. Sir G. Stephens not succeeding in the object which he had in view on that occasion, applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Mr. Justice Coleridge to bring the bodies of the poor men in question before him, and fifteen of them were conveyed in omnibuses yesterday to the Judge's Chambers, in obedience to the writ. At three o'clock Mr. Lush, the barrister, appeared with Sir George Stephens, the solicitor, in support of the writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Clarkson and Sir J. Bayley attended on the part of Messrs. Newman, Hunt, and Co., the consignees of the vessel Caroline, to show cause against the writ. The several sailors were again ques tioned by his Lordship, and they all said that they were sailors and not slaves ; that no one had died on the pas sage, and they added that they were all well treated. Mr. Justice CuLERIDGE, at the suggestion of Sir George Stephens, told the men, through the instrumen tality of the interpreters, that they were all free, and that, if they had been slaves, the moment they came to England they became free. The men seemed to understand his Lordship's ex pression, and left the Court to return to the ship. The return to the writ of habeas corpus was ordered to be made by Tuesday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD COURT. THIRD COURT. Alexander Gordon and John Cummins, the master and mate of the barque Neathesis, were indicted for assault ing William Scott, a stupid-looking lad, about sixteen years of age, an apprentice on board that vessel, on the 20th of June last, whilst on the voyage out to India. Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Wilde, and Mr. Robinson, defended the prisoners. _ _ The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having stated the case, and detailed the various acts of cruelty prac tised against the prosecutor by the prisoners, such as re peated floggings, and the subsequent application of vitriol, so as to madden and increase his torments, proceeded to examine the prosecutor in support of the charge. Several other witnesses corroborated the testimony of the prosecutor, and gave a frightf u l des c ripti on o f th e tortures he endured. It appeared that, in addition to the floggings, the prosecutor had fallen- overboard in escaping from the fury of the mate, and had remained immersed more than a quarter of an hour before be was picked up again. For the defence, it was alleged that the prosecutor had been found asleep on his watch, and the punishment with which he was visited was the ordinary treatment in such cases. The application of vitriol was strenuously denied, the contents of the phial being described as an ointment of healing quality, which was administered from kind and humane motives. Dr. Guy, of King's College, had examined the boy's back, and gave it as his opinion, from the appearance of the skin, that neither vitriol, nor any other corrosive liquid, had been applied. Several witnesses were called to testify to the humane and excellent disposition of the captain, as well as to the risk which he incurred in picking up the prosecutor out of the sea. The Learned Commissioner summed up. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned . a ver dii•t of Acquittal of the mate, and found the captain Sentence deferred till this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Saturday John. Wheatley was charged with steal ing two silver spoons and two silver forks, the property of Mr. Evans, the proprietor of the well-known hotel at Covent-garden. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecuior for about three months, and during that time some of the plate was missing, and suspicion falling on the prisoner, he was given into cus tody, and his lodgings being searched, the two silver spoons and forks were found there, but the marks on them bad been ?artially erased. The prisoner was re manded. There have been several robberies of plate recently at the Bedford and other hotels in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden, and which it is supposed have been effected by waiters. CLERICEN WELL. EXTRAORDINARY CASs.— William Willoks, a genteel looking young man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged with burglary under very remark able circumstances.' On the night of the 22d of November last, the pre mises of Messrs. Walker, surgeons, of St. John's-str ee t, and of those adjoining, occ u p ie d by Mrs. Neil, a mill maker, were broken into, and plundered of considerable property. A few days afterwards a man named North was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the depredation, and on his examination at this Court it appeared that the ground of suspicion against biw was an admission made by him to a pot companion, that he had been concerned in the robbery, and that a watch, which had been stolen, had been offered for sale for 51. He underwent three examinations, and at each he asserted his innocence, observing, in ex planation, that what he had said was merely by way of joke, and eventually the charge was withdrawn. When, however, he was taken into custody, five pieces of counterfeit coin were found in his possession, for which offence he was committed to Newgate for trial. From the day of the robbery up to the present time the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell and Islington have been kept in much excitement and nightly terror, in the belief that there was an organised band of burglars in one of those districts, in consequence of the very ingenious and daring robberies that were effected on Messrs. Walker and Mrs. Neil, thief or thieves having taken from the drawing-room of one of the gentlemen, while he was asleep, a gold watch, and from the chamber of the latter a cash-box, which was opened by force on the premises, and emptied of its contents, amounting to between 9/. and 10/. and then thrust through the window of the counting-house. Happily, however, the mystery sur rounding the case was this day cleared up, and the fol lowing evidence was given against the prisoner : Police-constable Moss, 199, of the G division, stated that at a quarter-past four o'clock on that same morning he saw him coming out of Mitre-conrt, St. John's-street, which leads to the back of the prosecutor's premises. He questioned him, and finding his answers very unsatis factory, he searched him, and found a screw-driver, some congreves, a candle, three door-keys, and two bunches of keys, which induced him to take the accused into custody. Having ascertained the prisoner's address, the constable proceeded thither, and called up the pro prietor of the house, who at once admitted that the pri soner was his lodger, but protested that he was then in bed. An explanation followed, and, on the landlord en tering the prisoner's bed-room, he perctised be was mis taken. A search was then made of the prisoner's boxes, wherein was discovered the duplicate of a gold watch f; _ . _ ~ ..... W R S HIP - S Mr. Edward Salter, a master butcher in Artillery place, Spitalfields, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having brutally ill-treated and entiant ered the life of his wife, by throwing a large kettle filled with boiling water at her head. It appeared from the statement of the:wife, a delicate, meek-looking woman, that she had been married about ten years to the prisoner, by whom she had two chil dren, during the greater part of which period he had abandoned himself to the most intemperate habits, and behaved towards her with systematic harshness and bru tality. On returning home in his usual drunken con dition a few nights since, he commenced a furious attack upon her, and seizing her by the throat while in bed, attempted to strangle her, in which he would in all pro bability have succeeded, but far the strenuous interfe rence of some of the lodgers, who heard cries of distress, and opportunely hastened to her rescue. On the pre ceding evening, after drinking to excess all the early part of the day, the prisoner went to bed to sleep off the effects of his debauch, and on her venturing to wake him to tell him that his supper was ready, he immediately assailed her with the most abusive and threatening language, and apprehending her life to be in danger, she ran into the shop to escape beyond the reach of his violence. The instant she loft the room, however, the prisoner caught up a large tea-kettle, containing nearly a gallon of boiling water, from the fire, and hurled it at her with all his force through a glass partition which divided the parlour from the shop. After passing over the heads of two children who were lying asleep imme diately under the partition, and whose bed was corn p!etely saturated with the scalding fluid that escaped during its progress, the ponderous missile struck against the counter within an inch of the spot where she was standing; and a policeman, who had been attracted by the disturbance, immediately secured the prisoner, and conveyed him to the station-house. Police-constable H 103 corroborated the latter part of the comp'ain ant's evidence, and stated that during the three months that he had been on the beat the prisoner had been in a constant state of intoxication, and that his brutal and inhuman conduct towards his unfortunate wife had excited the indignation and disgust of the whole neighbourhood. On being asked if he wished to make any answer to the charge, the prisoner, in a surly, growling tone, declined saying anything. Mr. BROUGHTON, after a severe and suitable admoni tion, ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of SL, or to undergo two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction ; in addition to which, he re quired him to find substantial bail to keep the peace for three months, with twenty-four hours' notice to ascer tain its sufficiency. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM, PANIES' STOCK. From Vie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. JOINT-STOCK ZANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. a. d. Australasia .. BritshNorth American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47 Comraereia of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 Colonial... Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 • 25 London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 3 4 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 8 0 25 0 • 45% Ditto, New......... W. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17 National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 8 0 20 0 0 Mk Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 • 38 Ditto, New... • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Union of London:.... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 VTZLT Zll.-NiXT 0 ItIES Dividend Name of Company. ' per Annum. Amount of i Paid. Share. THE ARMY, ALTERATIONS IN DRESS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE Alt Nil% MEMORANDUM. horse Guards, Dec. 11, 1845. Her Majesty having been pleased to approve of the following alteration in the dress and equipment of the army, with a view to the health and comfort of the troops, the necessary patterns have been sealed and de posited at the Office of Military Boards, for the regula tion of future supplies: viz.:- 1. A more pliant and elastic description of leather stock is to be worn throughout the army, which it is ascertained can be furnished at the same price as the stiff one hitherto in use. 2. Thick cotton shirts are to be subAituted for linen in all climates, by which a considerable saving of expense will be effected. 3. It is intendel that white linen or duck trousers, the use of which has already been discontinued in the cavalry, should no longer be worn by the infantry within the United Kingdom, or in the North American provinces, or on other cold or variable stations, but that trousers of a light worsted mixture, of the same texture and quality as those in use in Highland regiments, be submitted for summer wear, continuing the use of linen or cotton in the Mediterranean, the East and West Indies, and in all tropical or hot climates. It has been ascertained that the cost of trousers of this description need not exceed 65., and as only one pair at a time will be required, this alteration will also be in favour of the soldier. Lastly, an improved and more convenient mode of slinging and carrying the tools and implements of pioneers has been established, which will not in any manner increase the charge against colonels of regi ments. Stocks and shirts of the newly approved description are to be gradually introduced as those now in wear become unserviceable, and regiments having these arti cles of necessaries of the old pattern in store, under the provisions of her Majesty's warrant, of the 4th May, 1844, will be at liberty to issue them to the non-commissioned officers and men until the whole shall have been expended ; but, in order to preserve uniformity, it will be necessary that the whole of each regiment commence the wear of worsted trousers at the same time, and this will be accomplished as early in the course of the ensuing season as they can conveniently be prepared; care being taken that recruits joining in the meantime are not provided with trousers of duck or linen. Although specially adapted for wear during the sum mer months, worsted trousers are to be worn on the march at all seasons, but must be changed for cloth ones immediately on the arrival of the troops in their quar ters, at the termination of each day's march. Soldiers proceeding by railway or by steam-vessels are, however, to wear cloth trousers throughout the year. The sashes or girdles of the pattern prescribed for sergeants of infantry by the memorandum of the 6th of August last, being only half the price of those hitherto worn, are to be furnished, if necessary, every third year, an arrange men t b y w hi c h co l one l s o f reg i men t s will not be subject to any expense beyond what they have hitherto been liable to on that account. By command of Field-Marshal the DUKE of WELLINGTON, Commander-in-Chief. , (Signed) JOHN MACI)ONALD. Adjutant-General. ADYERTISEMENT.)—A WONDERFUL CASE OF AN ATTESTED CURE or DROPSY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—Copy of a letter from Mr. Thomas Taylor, Che mist_ " Stockton, April 17th, 1845. Sir,—Mrs. Clough, the wife of Mr. John Clough, of Adam, a respectable farmer, had been suffering from dropsy for five years, and had the belt medical advice without receiving any benefit. She had heard of your pills and ointment. and used them with such surprising •, --- - „ , benefit, th a t. s he ha s n o w left off taking them, being so well DUNSTER.—S iNGuLA4 E xpLorrs or A 1 - lARE.—in hut previously she had been given up as incurable. Signed— the village of Carhampton, on Thursday last, a hare, having Thoma s Taylor." Sold at Professor Holloway's Establish been started from th e fields, ran into the street, where she ment, 244, Strand, and by all respectable vendors of Medicine soon got a number of the villagers about her • she then turned th roug h out t h e c i v ili ze d wor ld . into a ceurtlage of Mr. Copps, and got on the roof the dwell- ALARMING FIRE IN ADAM -STREET, ADELPHI.— ing-house of John Ilaydon ; thence puss jumped to the Sunday night, shortly after nine o'clock, a fire, attended with ground, a height of about fourteen feet, and then ran through considerable damage, broke out in the spacious pile of the various streets of the village, and at last, being closely buildings b e lo ng i ng to Mr. Edward Lewis, a solicitor, situate pursued, she ra n i n t o the ox-court, an d t h roug h the various at No. 7, Adam-street, Adelphi. Mr. Lewis, at the time of ox-cribs of Mr. J. Thorn. Here it. was thought she must the disaster, had upwards of 2,000/. worth of property in the submit to capture, but her pursuers were mistaken, for she building, but, fortunately, what is burnt mid dernageil will nably cleared a stone wall, seven feet in height, and bade be covered tiv all ie,kiirttnea 111 the Suit Firc-uillee. 'fife .o them all " good litorpiv.:'—Sooe.:)...rct Ceuidy Gazthe, ii ez, „„ c h. r i i ti r. s up , r i uten d ut t Pe;tr:3€,,, el,:. , Ttill il4elinwl\ -, .6 to ihspatches were ree c iv t a au 6utui ch.i. at the Colonial- i the utmost% keeping time many thousands of spectators out office from the Governors of the West Witt Colo pies, lof the way n. the firemen. LYCEUM THEATRE. After a short recess this theatre re-opened on Satur day evening, with a new drama, entitled The Cricket on the Hearth ; a Fairy Tale of flow, founded on Charles Dickens's new Christmas tale, and dramatised by Albert. Smith. Now, either Albert Smith is. the most clever of adapters, or this is the most dramatic tale that Charles Dickens has yet written, or perchance both may be the case, for it is certain that the drama is a well-built, compact, interesting, play, the plot of which is developed most dramatically, and may, consequently, be clearly understood by those who have not yet read Dickens's book, which is more than can be said for the dramatic versions of the other works of Dickens. The play, like the tale, is divided into three " chirps," and on the curtain drawing up at the commencement of "chirp the first," we find ourselves in the interior of the cottage of John Peerybingie, the carrier. His wife, familiarly known as Dot (Mrs. Keeley), is preparing the evening meal for him, awaiting anxiously his return from his journey. "Fair she was and young, though somewhat of . what is called the dumpling shape." The teapot is on the hob, the cold knuckle of ham, the butter, and the crusty loaf on the table ; the kettle is singing on the fire; and the cricket is chirping on the hearth. " The kettle and the' cricket, at one and the same moment, and by some powers of amalgamation best-known to themselves, sent each his fireside song of comfort streseting into a ray of the candle that shone out through the window, and a long way down the lane." John Peerybingle (Mr. Emery) now enters—" That lumbering, slow, honest John—that John so heavy, but so light of spirit ; so rough upon the surface but so gentle at the core ; so dull without so quick within ; so stolid but so good." He is warmly welcomed by his darling little wife, who is somewhat younger than himself, and he greets her and her baby with all the warm affection of a true-hearted husband and father. This little Peerybingle is confided to the care of "Tidy Slowboy" (Miss Turner), who is thus described by Dickens :—" She was of teclosa and straight shape, this young lady, insomuch that her gar ments appeared to be in constant danger of falling off those sharp pegs her shoulders, on which they were loosely hung. Her costume was remarkable for the par tial development, • on all passible occasions, of some flannel vestment of a singular structure ; also • for affording glimpses, in the region of the back, of a corset or pair of stays, in colour a dead green." Miss Turner " made up" the character exactly, and acted it with the most quaint awkwardness. Verily the baby must have been a most hard-hearted little piece of humanity to have withstood the collisions with dressers, doors, and posts, which were constantly occurring. JohnPeerybingle, before arranging his parcels for deli very, introduces to the cottage a stranger." (Mr. F. Vining), old and deaf, who had joined him on the road. " His garb was very quaint and odd—a long, long way behind the time. He had long white hair; good fea tures, singularly bold and weil•defined for an old man ; and dark, bright penetrating eyes." "' If you please I was to be left till called for,' said the stranger, mildly. Do not mind me.' With that he took a pair of spec tacles from one of his large pockets, and a book from the other, and leisurely b eg a n t o read. The carrier and, his wife exchanged a look of perplexity." While the stranger is thus engaged, Dot examines the parcels which John has brought home, and among them discovers a wedding-cake for old Tackleton, a toy-maker—a hard hearted, close-fisted, ill-tempered, sour old bachelor, whose sole delight is to make every one about him as miserable as p oss ibl e . This old fel low is about to be married to May Field ing (Miss Howard), the prettiest girl in the vil lage, who loves him not, but who consents to accept him as her husband, because her mother desires it, as the old curmudgeon is rich. Tackleton (Mr. Meadows). now enters to fetch his cake. "He didn't look much like a bridegroom, as he stood in the carrier's kitchen, with a twist in his dry face and a screw in his body, and his hat jerked over the bridge of his nose, and his hands stuck down int o th e b ottoms o f hi s pockets, and 'his whole sarcastic ill-conditioned self peering out of one little corner of one little eye, like the concentrated essence of any number of ravens." And a 'concentrated essence of ravens he is, for no sooner does the croaking old scoundrel enter this abode of happiness, than he makes John's mind uncom fortable by artfully insinuating that it• is impossible a young woman can lore an old man. While he is thus playing the part of a domestic lago, Dot, into whose ear the stranger, unperceived by John, has whispered one single word, gives a loud scream. This creates an alarm, and John, and Tackleton, and Caleb Plummer (Keeley), Tackletou's journeyman, who has come to fetch a flower and a work-box for his poor blind daughter, gather around her. To all John's anxious inquiries " she only answered by beating her hands together and falling into a wild fit, of laughter. Then sinking from his grasp upon the ground, she covered her face with her apron, and wept bitterly." The stranger retires to his room, and thus ends chirp the first. The scene of chirp the second is laid in the abode of Caleb Plummer, the toymaker. We find Caleb and his blind daughter Bertha (Miss Mary Keeley) at work, " the blind girl busy as a doll's dressmaker, and Caleb painting and glazing the four-pair front of a desirable family mansion: Caleb, poor and wretched, and miserable—hard-worked and ill-paid by the grasp ing Ta,ekleton, has determined that Bertha shell live in a world of splendid imaginings. He took advantage of her blindness to make her happy— de ' scribed to her his miserable abode as a palace of rich ness, luxury, and splendour, and himself as young, joyous, and handsome. Tackleton, who came in fre quently to inspect their work, was represented to her by Caleb as the kindest of benefactors, and his . rough language as merely assumed, to prevent their offering to him their thanks for the comforts and luxuries which his benevolence had bestowed on them. The blind girl grows up to womanhood in this belief, and believing Tackleton to be all that her father had represented him to be, she loves him. Tho poor girl fancies her father is ill and low spirited. To convince her that such is not the case, Caleb commences singing, when Tackle ton enters, and addresses him after this brutal fashion:— "Go it—l can't sing—l can't afford to sing—l'm glad you can- s -I hope you can afford to work, too—hardly time for both I should think ;" while Caleb, to keep up the pleasing delusion of the blind girl, says to her, aside, "If you'd only see him, Bertha, how he's winking at me— such a man to joke." The blind girl greets Tackleton affectionately, and takes his hand to kiss, while he calls her idiot ; • but at length even he becomes somewhat softened by her tenderness, grati tude, and affection, but instantly- ; re l a p s i ng , h e mutters something- about " Bedlam broke loose," and Caleb stands stupitied at his own handiwork, for it is his handiwork. that burst of aMction of the blind girl for her father's hard taskmaster. That little flower and that work-hex which Caleb had fetched from the carrier's had been given to Bertha by him as a present from Tackleton, that she mieht not suspect the privations which he himself voluntarily endured in order to make her happy. A merry party now assembles at Caleb's. It is Mrs. Peerybirigle's pic-nic, which she makes once a fortnight at Caleb Plummet's, and the bustling little Dot, and John, and Tilly, and the baby, all arrive, and Dot cleans up the place for poor Bertha, and makes every thing comfortable; and May Fielding, Taeltleton's bride elect, and her mother, Mrs'. Fielding (Mrs. Woollidp-e) a stately lady in a majestic cup, who tells long stories about the indigo trade, are all there, and Bertha nod May converse together—they had played together as children, and Bsrtha loved May, for she had been ever kind to the poor blind girl. To her and to Caleb, 13-rtha, in the moot pathetic manner, confides the secret of her heart. She loves Tackleton, or rather loves that being whom her father had described to her, and implores May's forgiveness for her love, calling heaven to wit• ness that she could not desire to see him married to a wife more worthy of his goodness than May. " While speaking she had released May Fielding's hands, and clasped her garments in an attitude of mingled supplica tion and love. Sinking lower and lower down, as she proceeded in her strange confession, she drooped at last at the feet of her friend, and hid her blind face in the folds of her dress. Great God,' exclaimed her father, smitten at one blow with the truth, have I deceived her from her cradle but to break her heart at last.' " This scene was most touchingly, most truthfully acted by Miss Mary Keeley (who made on this occa sion her first appearance on the stage). It was worthy of Miss Kelly in her best days. The stranger joins the party, and John and Mrs. Field ing sit down to a hand at cribbage. Ihe stranger and Dot have left the room, and Tackleton calls John from his game to look out at the window, and there he sees Dot locked in the arms of the stranger, who has di vested himself of his grey hairs, and is a stalwart hand some young man. " The carrier clenched, his strong right hand at first, as if he would have beaten down a lion ; but opening it immediately again, he spread it out before the eyes of Tackleton, for he was tender of her even then, and fell down as weak as any infant."' Emery's acting in this scene was very fine—it was quite worthy of the name he bears. Chirp the third takes place in John's cottage. He is sitting at his desolate hearth heart-broken. He thinks of his wife, of his fond love for her, of her deceit—but still he makes excuses for her. A darker mood comes over him—the stranger, the destroyer of his peace, is sleeping under his roof. There is but a deer bet Ween them: He glances round the room—he sees a gun—he seizes it— rushes lowards the door—the stock of the gun is uplifted to break it open—when he hears the chirp of the cricket on his hearth—that sound which his wife so loved to hear, that sound which hitherto had been to him the harbinger of happiness—and instantly his better nature returns , he lays aside his gun, and, sinking in a chair, burts into tears. The spirit of the cricket appears to him —" for all the cricket tribe are potent spirits, even though the people who hold converse with them do not know it (which is frequently the case) ; and there are not in the unseen world voices more gentle and more true, that may be so implicitly relied on, or that are so certain to give none but tenderest counsel, as the voices with which the spirits of the fireside and the hearth address .themselves to human kind." The spirit of the cricket appears and speaks to him words of comfort, conjuring up to him fairy visions of borne which cairn his troubled spirits, and assure him that Dot is still true and faithful. The vision has passed away, and Tackleton enters, and endeavours to complete the work of desola tion which he had begun, but John, with that s t rong faith in the good an d th e beautiful and-the pure and the true—for ell that is good and beautiful and pure is true— which constitutes at the same time the strength of the trusting heart and its reward, resists the machinations of the tempter. " I sat upon that hearth," he says, " last night, all night. I called up her whole life day by day; I bad her dear self in - its every passage, in review before me; and upon my soul she is innocent, if there is one to judge the innocent and the guilty." Still does Tackle ton, who bas come to bid John to his wedding, pour " the leprous distilment" into his ear, and John, at length, unable to den the truth of:the occular demonstration that he had had of his wife's falChood, determines to send her I back to her ..parents, but at her solicitation def,rs the period of her departure for a short time. The period of I her departure approaches, Pot becomes aludous--the i 1 blind. girl hears the sound of wheels, and May Fie ld ; ing enters; the bride; not of old ifackleton, but 0' Edward, her old lover, the son of Caleb Plummer, "•,11° having heard -of May's infidelity, had core disguised it: the stranger, to satisfy himself of the truth of t•"" reports he had heard, had confided his secret to Dot, • who had assisted generouSly, ee e : yleehale truth' fulness, faithfulness, and love, aolas s now ow i re thoroughly convinced than ver. Bertha - is olue ceived by Caleb as to the true character of Tackleton, and lackleton himself, infected as it were lay the str°° s. phere . of happiness by which he is surrounded, bc° 6l3 ?:4 forapving and human, and gives to the newly rearri„ couple the wedding-cake which he had had prepare d 1 _,l' himself; and all ends merrily with a dance,. as a Christ nts piece should•do. Mils Mary Keeley, the debut ueie, is a young lady apparently not more than eeventee! years of age. •Ihr figure is finely proportioned , her e), e , -; dark and intelligent, her features most expressive, 21.70 ' her voice delightfully clear and finely modulated. 's fact, she is exactly like what her metler 1,14 Miss Goward. She has eviliently been well Pu': '- and has profited by her teaching; and, fre•i: over, she is possessed of that without w"lt;,, the best teaching is of no I.:vail—genius• lady, anticipate a very brilliant career for this young Mrs. Keeley . was fitted exactly in the character of 1.„ o _,l and. Emery s carrier was one orthe most a rtiste things he has yet done—full of pathos, intensity , ° l ll O , power, without the slightest approach to rant. gee was excellent as Caleb; and MeadoWs, 9,5 rani was an embodied sneer. Taken as a whole, h owe ' e perhaps the most perfect thing in the piece' wash e r' Tilly Slowboy of Miss Turner. She three`' self: completely into the part, and gave the ga uc i o ries of the emancipated charity-girl with t ee • greatest • gasto irnagiy,*bk, frequoLtly convulsing I ;eecee with laughter. The princinal perforniTo.: lied for at the fall of the ca g rtaia, a l w t e e with a plentiful sil°gr. of bouquets. The there . was a call fom ent s Albert Smith, who bowed his ackuowled,,7or from one of • the proscenium boxes; and then a cab Mr. Dickens, who did not, however, make his apr i s y ance. The piece is admirably got up, and tel pN eli e one of the moat; saceessful that has been produced `" l ., at the Lyceum. The approaches to the teo.j were threngad teven belbre the doers were open d e l g g d r e d lorg before the curtain drew up the house was e r°s • in every part. were r vists ,thlteti COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Saturday a Court was held for the dispate;e business, when Alderman FAREBROTIIE/t Ws de : pea observations upon the subject of the corn-laws ;b e -( „d. that when the Corporation should go up with the a, dress to her Majesty, it would be represented is tbe dress of the Mayor and Aldermen in their co r e. ° and not in their individual capacity. He "a'tl e ', l „ r° ,o of denouncing; in the most indignant and conte n3 r" l i n e terms, the cry which had been raised that 6 111 '" to was approaching. It was cruel and raischievotory, countenance such a report. There was, on the e tint i l : tee abundance of corn in this country, and the failure (1 potato crop was greatly exaggerated, s ale' Alderman Woon expressed his surprise tha t the bid ject should now be brought up again, when the r : t he been a proper opportunity for speaking late , Court of Common Council, at wh u i P er Farebrother had attended. He denied most ~ tr ;e n that any misrepresentation or exaggeration he f f o od. made in respect of the approaching searcitY .ben- The accounts were daily more appalling, a nd Eh' dance spoken of by Alderman Farebrother had it° e ence in fact. 0 01 Alderman HUDIPHERY also said he could see ne r id be . s hout tldssortiry why the statements respecting the searettYapf characterised as false or cruel. The eviden ces wereibad fieiently palpable to warrant the statements tbs beenere the made. H conversation dropped, and other Wipe° was proceeded with. . . SPORTING INTELLIGE N C E ' . ; CALEDONIAN COURSI NG . MEETlNG . n . i ,hisad The Tay Stakes were won by Mr. Wales " Mary ; Dr. Brown's Swallow ran up. . J a cob ;• I'D . The Clyde Stakes were won by Dr. Brown u s Bron's Dunlop Cadger ran up . Honey 13° The Tweed Stakes were won by Mr. Walke r's Mr.. Dickson's The Maid of the Mill ran up. ~,. Cerbe' The Highland Stakes were won by Mr. Pond . rus . Mr. Walker's Highland Mary ran lIP. ~ ~ flonef The Lowland Stakes were won . by Mr. l'faui er- Bee ; Dr. Brown ns Jacob ran up. - G . Folloco The Caledonian Gold Cup was won by Mr. Cerberus ; Mr. Walker's Honey Bee ran up. ~ i i n tods by Lord Dg The St. Leger Puppy Stakes were won . 13esty Bell ; Mr. Greenshield's Vixen ran up. .8 Colon Die Westraw Stakes were won by Mr. Curror ,^' , Mr. Paterson's Marie ran up. Ben Caunt ; Mr. A. Graham's Pasco ran u P' vs Cerber us ' The Carmichael Stakes were won by Sir W. Anstrutker 5 The Dee Stakes were won by Mr. Mr.' Gibbs's Clansman ran up. ' cozi P e ° I B ,I 7MEETIN G. SOUTH LANCASHIRE (SOUTHP'-'-- " w on by A ir ' The Scarisbrick Cup for twelve dogs w Taylor's Blue; Mr. Slater's Signora ran 1 1 : P. was won by ?J r ' The Fleetwood Cup for sixteen pupp y Robinson's Sam ; Mr. Chew's Chancellor ran n 1 ). b' c gr. The Churchtown Stakes for twelve dogs were vim. Deacon's Derwent ; Mr.. Slater's Selina ran up. 1 rt, Vs ° The Crossens Stakes were won. by Mr. &Te l, ' ° Blue; Mr. King's Alfred ran up The Port Stakes were won by . Mr. E. Taylor's g alurbef Lase ; 111 r. Robinson ocnn,svSerheakwspeonarbeyralsniru.pKnes.'i Jer /; The gr* Slater's Socrates ran up. HUN'J'ING APPOINTMENTS. ?rest. Cheltenham stag lids., Wed., Hawling gate ; SO' bury- park. Seventh Hussars (Ipswich), Fri., Sole. Inn- 11 i* Bu nbanr South Berkshire lids., Tues., Streatley ; Fri. , taw. Sir John Cope's hds., Wet!., Knowle-hill; Fri farm (Easthampstead)- 1 4 r Fri., Fildridge I Craven lids , Wed., Rainsbury . manor ; .. Lock* * Sat., Catmore , i4rim-14 Devon hds:, Fri., ilaccombe. Mr. Dram's hds., iiet., bludford-bridge. Fri. Dunce c ..5 ,le ; Lord.Elcho's hds., Tues., West Mains ; , V 4 • Sat, Hutton-bridge-14 , .H. Tues., Hinton-hodse; Greywe ' llL•hill-14 E lwysfacb. Gogcrddan lids., Wed., Llanrystid; Sat., g , ; Fri., don n Hanibledon lids., Wed., BroadhalfPennY - StePhen's Castle-down-10. Wed., Matterley-gate ; Sst., Sr J. Gerrard's, Tues., Newton-station- 41. Mr. Luahington's hds., Fri , Norton courr,--10i• Itnrsl6- Ms., Fri., Ball-down. 1 1 lonm,athEhire hds., Fri., Rockii:ld- 10 . • • • 11UHDEU IN LIVERPOOL.—LzvEsrooIi, Sfi DAY,—Conitletable, excitement has prevailed in torn t, of A in cone.equenon oftlie death of a prostitute by the hall u .. e d is sister in iniery hill crime. The name of the ilS 4 'loo 3PGill, quite a young woman, and the name of tbe nate wretch who • inflicted the fatal wound is Jo s d both, as before mentioned, living a life of profligacY 3 L vet sipation. It appears, so far as the particulars have, r "i• ans been ascertained, that between twelve ai , d one ph A mofnieg, Swift and the deeeiscd ro , .sig number of tailors in a public- i . -street, neigh boiirhood not of the highest repute in this aoc,;enoe Nt ditli , rence aroz - e between them, whethi , r -in eonse4l‘ or , anything said or done by thr , i; paramours, a it is by Ernie, (hes. riot clearie . ohoar, bat • certaiavited, got , ti words ; Swift being very much % y ogi and cleclarin 4. with ail Inc vehemence natt.ie d a t ici feees sec ji to her cla,s, that she would take .the life .of bse before naorii;:i;s. After some little time Swift , 4 , 9 gr rel ri dmin; but -on having the public-house the tv:,7 Bra e , resumed, and the deceased, some parties EsP oh lit Swift a blow, whilst others say she only gave her a p ush order to get out of her way. This we, however, so for Swift, who was already much exasperAted, s3ls6rious made' a stab at the deceased, inflicting a I nc ' st A ar th d and dangerous wound on the side of the necit,,t l . 4 - 0, but collar-bone. The deceased staggered and fell "°,," f iber ° was immediately carried to a neighbouring 11 ° 115- g e nt foLr she but died a short time afterwards. A s urge 0 u w ad so on 7 arrived too late to render any ass i stan ce. e kehl Swift had perpetrat e d th e d ee d, she ran off with ili„ ev erso in her band, and was pursued down Park-lane bY ' one Of persons who were standing by. She called oat t `lb e bed . the•women in pursuit that she would serve her 85 ," rat done the dm Esed, if she persisted in following ii,s,"of, an mately she outran her pursuers, and was lost sigu" d * boat succeeded in making her escape. The knife was, i f° i li r n shaw ve an hour and a half afterwards lyin on the grou,?",,,u;t ha alley, one of the streets through which Svriß a lly e s ; passed. It was a large clasp knife, such as is -. su lig 'on vied by sailors, and had marks of blood still reti lltin t l i u iel t r r in although there had been heavy rain for som e viously, which must necessarily have obliterated sorl' e n be d stains. Every exertion was made, after infor nlidi° veriog been given of the occurrence, with the view of disco rot the author of the fold deed,' but up to thi s s ei r rc ° C e :o t is ih n it i o f withstanding the police have made a strict bad transpired likely to lead to her a ryehen sion it probable, however, that she can long escape ele! ecti tr l i . re' Loss or THE BARQUE LEE.- -- A re po d r i t s s P t il he ceived at Lloyd's from the Fereign-office, ing of the British barque Lee, of Liverpool, of f Mary, Lisbon. Part of her cargo has been landed j° maged state. BIRTHS. On the 1 - '1 • - Mrs. Corhaliy, of a tiaty , hter. •7, of , t nisi., nt CAbalton Nall, ~,Leath, the 11 ` )11. On the :Mth inkt., at Herring-court, . the' "I'' the Rev. 8 , of a dau , ht t .„ er. Richard Eta, On the 20th • ' lnst., at St ;John NIT. fa - o - laughter . • ~------ Richmoso, . . . On the IRth inst., at 31 1 o A tfo R rd, RI S E al -n op; late of her Majesty's 55th Regiment, to Anne, third daughter ( f t he late R. Middleton. Esq , of Broonifiel d '' At the Cathedral, Canterbury, Marrnaduke lielllau b • tier of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, to Julia Anne Chris Captain John 110r0_,:qe daughter of Robert Christie, Esq., of 3.fanchester. On the 16th of August last, at the English church , te r raiso, Chili, Mr. James Hawksley, to Julia, second daub 1 of Mr. W. H. Greaves. - DIEI). On the 14th inst.. at Bratton, Wilts, E. F. Seagran l, : r ot On the 15th inst., Mr. James Wright,ofßurlitigton-st Manchester, aged 68. On the 17th inst., at Packington, near Lichfield, Maria, widow of th Rev. Thomas Levett. On the 17th inst. e , Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. W. - 1 of Palestine-place, Cambridge-heath. On-the 17th inst., at PariP, John Ward, - EN., aged B % ! rt, On the 17th inq., at Bognor, Sir, John Caetwode, M.P. for Buckingham, aged S. _On the ISth inst:, in Surrey-place, 01,1 Kextroad, of widof Chaucv Jones, Esq., aged 81. On the 18th inst., at. Brighton, Mrs. Maclaurin, , the late Dr. James Chichester Maclaurin. - t he onli On the 18th inst., at Royal-hill, Greenwicb, Julia, dauter, of Mr. T. M. Stone. O g n h the 18th inst., in St. John's-wood, Mr. George vt On the 19th inst., Elizabeth Turner, widow of the We Turner, of Northumberland -street, Strand, aged 81. v „ te r On the 19th inst., at Clapham-comm9n, Surrey , J . ' Blackburn, &q., aged 76. AO Lcei.cleu: Ptil.tod })y Y 002 "712, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ,`,an Unice, No. ,„ o f Strand, in the Precinct of tee Savoy, in the Coun fr i bliddlenx, Monday, December 22, 1445. L tl A el 'clg( h , 44 k, in bt 0 4'41414, 17017, +e ~u Lq per