The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-08 00:00:00

PORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--TCESDAY. CHESTER CUP. !0 to - n agbt Ratan —t 50 t o 1 agst Th e B as h aw — t i g ' to 1 agst Poi -a-bal- 50 to 1 agst Alamode—t f 42 sgh—taken 1000 to 15 agst Littlo John to 1 agst Portobello—t —taken to I agst Rowena—t 1000 to 25 agst Rowena and uu to 1 agst Extempore Dog Billy —taken BY. 11 t o 1 agst Alarrn—t DE? 1 6 to 1 agst Idas 1 8 to 1 agst Ked gar to 1 agst Pam Vlit to 1 agst Cob we b co l t — t 34) to 1 agst Annandale BO to 1 agst Newsmonger 35 to 1 agst Colt out of Calypso's dam 40 to 1 agst Miss Whip c—t 1000 to 12 agst Grotesque —t `- COURSE CO OF EXCHA3 ,gterdam .. ... CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight ... ... 12 6 Botterdam ...... U. 12 8 Antwerp ......... 26 0 ilainburgh ...... 13 14 Ana ............ . ..... 2 570 1 )&68 ,3 daya' sight._ 570 Otto, 3 liz)ntha ...... 25 35 araeillea .......... 2f, 75 locurdeaux ... ....... 26 0 Frankfort on Maine.. 122 ?stitabur4, , h, 3 1.7 a... 37 Berli n ... .... . . .... 7 Vienna, e . ff ec. 11: .. 9 57 M riest e, ditto ......... a(lrid ..... 58 ............. 36i Cadiz ................ 36} ililbae ..... ..... ... Barcelona .... ....... 36 aerilla .......................... 36 (.IE.—(YESTERDAY. ) Gibraltar__ Le,ghorn ...... 31 1) Genoa ...... 26 Milan . _ Venice .... ...... ..... 47 Naples ...... ....... • 39 Palermo, oz ll9 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeirr, ........... 24 Bahia lituenos Ayi.ts New York .:2 dyssight Philad?hrb;e. PRICY.A , 11.1LCION, PER OZ. ForeigT 4',,, 11,bar5..£3 17 9 PortugA.: Gold Coin 3 i 7 5 New U 0 0 New :3;.,12.a)s 3 4 9, Silver it Bars I 4 1:L, -VATA .ACCIDENT.-111r. Joseph Payne held an in sttieltiet last e vening at the Vestry-hall. Horselydown, on - e b edY of He nry Edward Roberts, aged thirty-nine a P n "ei, of No. 3, Goat -street, Horselydown. It appeared from the evidence that on boxing-nisht the ueeeased, with his brother-in-law, with some friends at No. 6, Queen" spent the evening Queen-street. About eleven , d. To ),..(41°ek, whilst goints down stairs, his foot slipped. which - "leak his fall he ' caught hold of the banisters, t o re ke,, and he' fellheiVily on his back into the passage. hod 4 bel ng picket' up he was found to be sensible, but l ostall 4 his - l im bs.He was removed home, .n 1 u se of iks' kin a surgeon, until was attended by Mr. - Saturday night last, when he died. ' The cause of death brto ex • w" fee-nd be, travasation of blood into the . mew : dile, coverin the spinal cord. Verdict—Accidental death. g ~,e ' lucllr AT LAST.—Some months ago convict ffi a cers who — "tie his escape from the custody of t were carrying him to Woolwich, by leapi h n e ° from a rea ul") train, while passing through a tunnel . g at the rate of pwards of thirty miles an hour. His escape . was not uiscovered until the train had emerged into daylight, whets the policeman started back in pur r su e it ; but did not though the:S 4tlcceed' hissl recapturing the r ir . I d o e st of eha round hat on the furthe si the g tunnel- T irom that time nothing more was heard of the , ftSgitive until bar wek, when it was discovered the: I lummer, the ourglar, Who was tried at the late assizes at Durham, was the individual. He states *s i nat the first person who relieved him was a policemen, who furnished him with a hie'!st and gave him some: toffee, after which ho wended wa ' n th rd d escaped discovery until appre ,3 or wR nended on the ssnar ' ge le for which he has now been trans- Potted,— ~., Parham Chronicle. ""t Der.—The lovers of scandal, and ie those of Pr'erient tastes, are likely to have amp, . food to tratify their appetite during the next term, i . n . , eon .ase, which is to form a subject of discusse n aJnongat the gentlemen of the long robe. The nlsured suitor is a young gentleman of one . of the e: trued professions, who married a very beautiful Eng- Llth lad ' and the Lothario is an elderly gentleman of rinr'esident in Dublin, and the father of a large 41141 - Great exertions were made to compromise the ?natter, but up to the present they havedobneentnunsuccess -141 Commissioners have gone to Lon take the ; ch lenee of parties who could not attend.. It was in d th . at C .: s ty the alleged criminal conversation commence 41 41 in Pilot. p, THE FUNERAL AND PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM orr.----The funeral of the late gallant General Sir . Wil liel' Nott, which was a public one, and . which, to his family and private friends, was attendedby the no b ility and surrounding gentry, took place yester day with great splendour, at Carmarthen, the w h o l e eor k- oration a l so j o i n i ng in the sad and solem n ceremony. he remains of the gallant General were interred in the f ainily vault of his ancestors beneath the Old Church, arnid s t the deep sympathy and regret of hu n d re d s o f hi s fell ow - townsmen. The grand military portrait of Sir William Nott, painted by Mr. Thomas Brigstocke, of `fames -street,. Buckingham P a l ace , and intended for the T own -hall, Carmarthen, is now completed, ie the course of a few days be forwarded to its destina tion, Prior, however, ,to its removal, it i s understood that thi s pi c t ure , whichis of the full size o f lif e, and is the only finished likeness for , which the g a ll ant G eneral Itas sat since his arrival in Englsnd, will be submitted to th e inspection of her Maje . sty and his Royal Highness ?since Albert, So truthful is the picture, that Mr. of Captain Nott, tigsteeke has received commands General, t also to paint one fer the ~..ea,on of the gallant .`;` 1 2,! 1 3', and the gal nt General himself was so struck ;1 41 41 tta accuracy, that a he commissioned that gentleman si ' l paint the likeness of every member of his family for "ht/Ln'LtWell House, the mansion in course of erection for 4" t t S .— 'te g a llan:Gneral near Carmarthen, but the build . - Which has been suspended on account of his me thel s , de 110. t... nase. e tenie r , L ,e S eßialt LONDON DISPENSARY.— Yesterday . Mast s ''' a nnual meeting of the subscr i bers to the Ise Institution, which is situated in in. Laurie.place, As. ttestr e i e luns ~ ster-road, directly opposite to the board-room d -. and Uethl e D l, was held in the tithe establish In linen' ita feymott, sen., in the chair, sup s - Par ted by severel al eli s t' b i c r r . ileis, eec. The dispens h a t ry great 's'e Ztaatthliehed in the year s 1821, in consequence of t *hie e h titt e lte 3 7 of medical relief to the large pop_ ri u: h la e tt 'port for'e,.," on the Surrey side of the Thames. bed ; l'ue Past year stated that during the yeir ot the a re . tie nt et t a considerable increase in the number 4 as; t he total being 4,904, those for the year previous .. k' . .l - ' l, and for 1842 , 3,983. About 3,600 had been relieved , 4 _'s • cured,- and thre remained under care about 600. "ittneeording to the report it appeared that the receipts n Zrp n „_ n s tgd to 658/ 0 6d and the expenditure had i hel;7 st . a ut, on account.s. of addition of patients, that VII fundedlttLtlon remained in debt to the amount of 4341. 14, stock amounts to 2001. A long discusesionn 044;E'Ree regarding the description of drugs to be o re. se ti 7_, fur theurposes of the charity. 144 1 1 : 7 1 that ncrease in the amount of e l x t p w en a d s iture ore t kt • ee forused:by the subscribers recommending d m _ meientsassistance than they were entitled to o re soh, ittne nnt of their annual subscriptions. It was the ht soft that they should be requested to increas n e ..n th ine ' rind thereby render tacility for further extending e ~ret'perations of the dispensary, which is the only e kind situate in a large and pi . spdlousdistriet. It IPPears that more than 25,000 patients have been re d%lnce its establishment. A,T A „. ilekji,h t, 'A CCI DENT ON THE D OVER R AILWAT .—L as t ' " eight o'clock, an inquest was held in Guy's tlital, before Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy coroner,. on dYof Charles Menden, aged 25; late a guard inthe . ! r a h s ' e of the London and Dover Railway Company. 14)°,1353 Slater of Ashford, an engine -driver on the quelltlull and, b4er Railway, said that on Christmas-day, with 0 clock, he was at the New-cross station,. going lwith a train, when he gave the usual whistle, an . d . ne e , , eshitthnaed round to see that the carriages fall, about three ' Whilst doing so he saw somethiug . y, t , s e e Yar.ds from the end of the platform. He re ;I°ftp. e 'd his engine and put down the break, and on back found it to be the deceased, who was lying • k - i , t he slope. Witness, having procured another li"e-4,1, proceeded on to Ashford, and the deceased_ was ., s,,, nl s °l :ed by an engine and carriage h. to o to (i o u L s . vi,p i it, o. The signal had been given for . I tt' . 11 1 sasianl The porter at the New-cross stßtio g n, de -14.13-' to bringi- a ll d eased the hospital. On 111` te l , r 1 ,‘, 4 3' he told w t iti e less ‘ h e e was t endeavouring to se n a d t flL e "' on the carriage, when he missed . his hold I N ,I, ( 1 ) :: °e or two of the carriages passing over . his . arm, se sli e n w aa Inuch shattered Mr. Andrew Davies. house e u t t is e ° ; , said deceased was brought in on Chi.' tails ;-day tif ti e i r e ' l l from a severe compound comminuted iracture aft er lightri. ar m. His arm was amputated a : few hours day admission, by Mr. Calloway. He died yester sajoittlee.erl.ing from irritation and exhaustion consequent 'deeply in inty. The deceased's brother, who appeared ezei affected, said he had no complaint to make lie - • r e 's r , ts uY one. Verdict— " Accidental death." An inti bertl,l-",,was made to the coroner that the company Ivisevr'e deceased, and also make provision for the Q LThiGur Ais T 1 / Vile) -'‘.. ITROCEEDING Al . A FUNERAL.—The et t...°la labouring man, named William K eetch, died aktleropston, near Bedford, last week. Keetch is a le r s • le Yan Meth odist, and not being able to produce a ot!ficte of his wife' s b apt i sm, the Rev. Foster, the lteeter of the parish, informed him, that “ of course he z tt ld i not exPect her burial to be attended to in the b? it s w aY,” and the husband clearly understood it to Lts positive refusal to e accustomed ceremo.- ek ed „ T he society of teetotaller at Bedford, denomi ,l4 seeehabites,- being informed of the circumstance, 1,„ eetcelonging to their order, about thirty mem t i l l went from Bedford to Kempston on Sunday last, buria l erilh instant, to attend the funeral, and to perform the and a service according to the forms of their own order, ,o,,the funeral procession proceeded to the church ac esCtlY. After they had sung a hymn outside the iieurehyard, tied were proceeding with their usual set. : as Zu• ( ;,' w hich Was read by Mr. Hill, the clergyman in ed if the cession was " forward, as . te 4s Waitin g h i e '' also inquired of the hushand if he m e tided haling "his wife buried in the usual way." The ':'ut,lsband replied that he should leave it to the brethren .hla order. The chief ruler of the Rechabites then hrdfusel to the minister that, in consequence of the first rF -015:i, and not being aware till then of any alteration in ettrtnination, they now objected to his performance . L.,. the. servic e of the Church. The Rechabito ceremonies ,i; sl ng been completed, the corpse was taken into the th hr ' l l3 ard, and deposited in silence in the grave, and e funeral party then quietly returned. STR, . ,i, , ANGE DlscovEßY.—Some time ago a human _ eleton was f ound in the earth near Charonne. Sus inßeoeting that 1501ne murder had been committed, the au _ rules of the commune instituted an inquiry. At l engt h It PerSoll who in 1814, was a grenadier in the Bth 4'41 of the National Guards, and continued to be so pr_ev.ery lately, came forward, and, having viewed the daredu Ise spot at which the skeleton was discovered, de tin th • • e ... at it was that of a Cos-ack who made a charge eV hire at the attack of the Allies upon Paris, but h s fish© shot dead with his musket, and buried where S; THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1845 , SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Publtt Optitton. " Who runs mar resat" Von.szos. reception at the Court of the Tuileries was most numerous. A great neeetrlt• kAif tnglish ladies were present, and it veal teniariced that it was with them particularly that the king remained longest in conversa tion, The dresses of the ladies generally were exceed ingly splendid. and in good taste. The Spanish ladies were distinguished by the profusion of their ditntonds. The Duchess d'Orleans and the Prince and Princess de Joinville were absent, being, it was said, with their rela tions the Prince and Princess d'Aquila. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale, who was with the Queen, excited much interest. she is of small stature, with beautiful light hair, and her manner is exceedingly gracious and amiable. The King gave a grand dinner on Sunday, in honour of the Prince and Princess d'Aquila, at which the whole of the Diplomatic Corps, including the Marquis d'Abrantes Ambassador-Extraordinary from Brazil, were present. In the evening there was a grand receptien,. Mauguin was expected in Paris from Madrid on Tuesday. The Countess d'Oultremont, widow of the late King of Holland, passed through Metz a few days ago, with a numerous suite, on her way to Italy. Major-General Lafont, who commanded the artillery of the guard, under the Government of the Restoration, died a few days ago at his estate in the Lot-et-Garonne. The illoniteur de eArmee announces that the Minister of War has given orders for the formation of libraries, composed of medical and chirurgical works, in the prin cipal hospitals of Algeria. In less than four years (says the Cottrrier Francais) the continuous wall of the fortifictitions of Paris, with bastions at stated distance, over ground extremely varied in its surface, has been raised to the extent of 40,000 metres, being From 3 to 4 metres in thickness and 10 metres in height. In front of this wall a wide and deep ditch has been dug, and scarps and countersearps formed, besides 80 kilometres, or 20 miles English, of strategic or military roads, This is not all ; for, outside this wall, 16 out of the intended 20 citadels have been constructed, and militarily occupied. At this time. magazines are being erected round the fortress of Vincennes, which has been converted into a formidable arsenal, stored with cannon, mortars, howitzers, ammu nition, and large stores of every species of materiel de guerre. Canonville, one of the remaining fortresses, which is to be placed in front of the wood of Vincennes, has its site traced out, and all its plans and estimates prepared. To complete the continuous wall, nothing remains but a comparatively small portion of the masonry-work, for which every preparation is made, so that it may be renewed in the spring. In fine, through-: out the winter, labourers have been employed in finish ing the scarps, counterscarps, glacis, and slopes. The barracks are very nearly ready for occupation in all the citadels that are finished. Several robberies have taken place lately at the Paris Bourse. On Friday a gentleman had his pocket cut away, with a pocket-book, containing nine I,ooof. notes; and on Saturday another person was robbed of a parcel, containing a number of rail% ay shares. During the last month the consumption of meat in Paris was 6,530 oxen, 1,852 cows, 6,088 calves, and 36,541 sheep; being 138 oxen and 2,034 sheep less, and 307 cows and 247 calves more than in December, 1843. During 1844, the consumption was for the whcle year 76,481 oxen, 16,374 cows, 77,881 calves, and 437,985 sheep; be i ng 2,718 oxen and 5,963 calves more, and 1,111 cows and 8,804 sheep less, than in 1843. A letter from Bremen of the Ist inst. says:—" During the last year 146 vessels, having on board 19,863 etni grant4, sailed from this port. Of this number 19,145 went to the United States of America. During the year 1843, the number of emigrants who embarked here was under 10,000. The Supreme Direction of the Federal affairs of Switzerland, which was last year confided to the canton of Lucerne, belongs this year by rotation to the canton of Zurich. As the leading men of this hitter canton pro fess more liberal opinions than those of Lucerne, a con siderable change in the federal policy as regards the religious differences is expected to take place. I.AW AND POLICIA. At the Central Criminal Court David Rees, convicted of stealing a firkin of butter, from the door of a shop in the Walworth-road, during the late fog, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The Recorder passed a similar sentence on Ellen Carroll, late a servant at the Black Horse, Barbican, for robbing her employer. In the New Court, W. Dixley, the young man whose case has been so frequently before the public!, was con victed of embezzling moneys the property of his em ployers, Messrs. leeking, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment w i t h h ar d l a b our . The Middlesex sessions commenced before Mr. Ser geant Adams. The calendar contains the names of 124 prisoners. At Worship-street, William Fraser, who had at one time been a respectable licensed victualler, but who had recently been i n a state of great distress, was fully committed on various charges of etubt. , siling wines and spirits under fal se prett flee At Bow-street James Hughes, a carter in the service of Mr. Ed yard Henry Jones, 2..", Mark-lane, wine-mer chant, %as placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with causing the death of a lad by driving his cart over him in the Strand. A young man, named James Vera see, stated he was going through the Strand about noon, when he saw a lad speaking with two boys near the corner of Southampton -street, as they were proceeding in the direction of Temple-bar ; and hearing an omnibus going at a rapid rate the same way, the lad left the boys to cross the road, and in doing so he turned round, ap parently to se© if the vehicle was approaching him, when he dashed against the defendant's cart, going towards Charing-cross, which caused him to fall upon his face and hands, and at the same instant the wheel of the cart passed over his back. The defendant, who was deeply affected, said he was exceedingly sorry for what had happened. Mr. Jardine told him there was not the slightest blame attached to him for what had occurred, for he had acted with the greatest humanity from be ginning to end, and it would be sufficient for him to enter into his recognisance to attend when required. The Magistrate also directed that the number of the omnibus should be obtained. At the same office, Ebenezer Paron ilingston, prosec tor to the Professor at the King's College, Strand, was fully committed for trial to the Middlesex sessions on three distiact charges of larceny in the institution, there being no further evidence against him. At Clerkenwell, two women of respectable appearance were charged with having obtained goods under false pretences. The prisoners, it appeared, called on Mr. Collingwood, a butcher, and other tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Brunswick• square, and under pretence that they had come from Mr. Peachy, solicitor, of Queen square, Bloomsbury, &c., they obtained meat and other articles. They did not deny the charge, and were fully committed for trial. •, Alice Williams, who has been several timd . etiiiitifided, charged with having obtained a pianoforte, the property of Mr. Gunter, teacher of languages, of No. 1, Upper Gower-street, Russell-square, was finally examined, and fully commitud for trial. At Queen-square, Thomas Ferguson, foreman to Mr. Thomas Witford, of Queen's-row, Pimlico, baker, was brought up on a warrant charging him with having un lawfully absented himself from his master's service. It appeared that it was the practice of the trade to give a week's notice on leaving the employer, but this the pri soner had not done. The complainant stated that he had sustained a loss of between 31. and 41. in consequence of his bread being spoiled through the prisoner not return ing to work. Mr. Burrell allowed the matter to be com promised, by the prisoner paying the prosecutor 51. as compensation, which was afterwards put into the poor box. At Marlborough-street Johanna Donovan, an orange vendor at the gallery entrance of the Princess's Thea tre, Castle-street, was charged by a police-constable with having caused an obstruction at the door of the theatre, and with having created a disturbance when given into custody. Mr. Maltby, on receiving the defendant's pro mise that she would net repeat the annoyances, ordered her to be discharged. At Marylebone Inspector Brown, of the D division, was charged with improper conduct as an officer of police in causing the dismissal from the force of Police-sergeant Phelps. The case ha.l been referred by the Police Com missioners to the magistrates at this court for adjudica tion, but lung La-fore the hour appointed for the hearing it was stated by Mr. Rawlinson that he had received a communication from the Police Commissioners, setting forth that they were quite satisfied that he (the magis trate),had no jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Rawlinson expressed an opinion that he had no power to interfere in the matter, when the parties quitted the court. Ellen Cummins, a girl 15 years of age, was charged at the same office, by her father, under the following circumstances ;—The evidence of the prosecutor was that the prisoner was of such depraved and dissolute habits that he now felt himself bound to proceed against her, in the hope that she might, by being punished, be ultimately brought to a sense of honesty and propriety of conduct; what he had now to allege against her was, that about a week ago she broke open one of his drawers and stole therefrom two handkerchiefs, having done which she absconded from his house, and he saw nothing more of her until the previous night (Monday), when he found her in William-street, Lisson-grove, and then gave her into custody. The handkerchiefs were here produced : one of them was found upon the prisoner, and the other had been pledged by her at the shop of Mr. Baylis. The prisoner, who cried, and had nothing to say, was committed for trial. At Lambeth Police-court, John Williams was placed in the dock on the following charge of robbery :—Mrs. Eleanor Evans, the landlady of the Mitre and Dove, in King-street, Westminster, deposed that, about four o'clock, on the day before, while standing at the shop window of Mr. Harvey, in the Westminster-road, she felt a slight pressure at her side, and observing the pri soner, who stood close to her, move off, she put her hand into her pocket and instantly missed her purse. Seeing a policeman close by, she called out to him, and, pointing to the prisoner, said, " that man has got my purse." The constable instantly pursued the prisoner, and succeeded in apprehending him. The purse pro duced by the constable was her property, and the same that had been taken out of her pocket. After the exami nation of several witnesses, from which it appeared that the prisoner was well known to the police and had been tried at the Old Bailey for a similar offence, Mr. henry said he should send the prisoner again to the Old Ba (ley ; but if Mr. Wooller should object to his being tried a,:t tree present sessions, he (Mr. Henry) would remand the; pri soner to a future day, so that his trial would not ceice 91?, before the next month. Mr. Wooller, after conferring with the prisoner, said he should prefer the case standing over for some days, and the prisoner was remanded till Monday next, 00Uar— lezung.zoirvnis. The Drke and Duchesi df Bedfotd ate entertaining a icirge in ' tlt Wobilrn Abbey. Lord and Lady Francis Lotd and Lady Charles Russell, are among the circle. The Marquis of Tavistock is in town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Dotiro have left Hatfield House. the . e'est of the Marquis of Salisbury, end m-e boas to visit the Duke of Wellington at Strath ficldsaye. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton are still at Eg- Eaton Castle, surrounded by a large eirele of friend.. The Noble Earl frequently tikiiklys thk 'vigo'rows pastime of curling, „n the polids which his Lordship has had retefitly constructed at Eglinton Castle. Earl Cadogan has arrived on a visit to Lieutenant- General Sir Edward an‘l Lady Harrison, at Oakley Park, near Eye, from Mr. Charles Drummond's ; New sells, Herts. The Hon. Captain iNdogati hits &parted for the continent: The 1 : - .',onniess 'and the Ladies Au usta and llonoria Cadogan are still at Queensberry Meuse. The Countess of Beauchamp has arrived in Portman square from Madresfield Court, Worcestershire., Viscount and Viscountes , s Catitkin have been enter taining P, large patty at Barham Court, during the Christmas fortnight. Lord and Lady Combermere are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square to-morrow from Comberruqre Abbey ) Chet,hire, for the season) Lord Langdale ) Master of the nulls, and Lady Lang dale and fau ily have been passing the recess at Temple ton house, lioehampton. AIV.; =ZS CIIMLANZOITIII. The Liverpool Times says the young wheat looks very beautiful in that part of the country, now that the frost is gone. It does not seem to have been at all injured by the severe weather. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before two o'clock, the tide was unusually high, and o erfiowed the banks in several places. Many of the cellars and kitchens in the vicinity of Barclay's brewery, St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, Tooley-street, Rotherhithe, and Wapping, were deluged. At London-bridge the river stood 29 feet deep. Lord and Lady Leigh will shortly receive a large ac cession to the number of their present visitors at Stone leigh Abbey, to celebrate the coming of age of their eldest son, the Hon. 'William Henry Leigh, Who attains his majority on the 17th inst., when great festivities will take place in honour of the auspicious event, it being intended that all classes of the numerous tenantry shall participate in the same on this happy occasion. A young American, who is travelling in Europe, gravely announces in a letter that Professor Van Gras selbach, of Stockholm, has brought to a state of perfec Lion the art of producing a torpor in the system by the application of cold, of degrees of intensity proceeding from less to greater, so as to cause the human body to become perfectly torpid, in which state it may remain for a hundred or a thousand years, and then be awakened to a new existence. The iron trade of South Staffordshire is in a most prosperous condition at the present time. Several large works, which have been for a long time standing still, are gradually getting into operation throughout the dis trict. Indeed, so brisk has every department of the trade become throughout the Staffordshire district, that the masters have advanced their price ten shillings per ton, thus raising the value of iron to the same standard as before the recent fall. The Welsh trade has also partaken of a similar improvement s and is considerably advanced. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WATCHES AND JEWEL LERY.—Yesterday information was forwarded to the metropolitan and City police that, on the night of Friday last, the premises of Mr. Griffith Davies, of Dolgelly, Merionethshire, watch and clock maker, were broken into, and the following property stolen there from, viz :—One hundred silver watches, which had been sent to be repaired; eight new silver watches, a lady's gold watch, about forty gold wedding rings, a large quantity of gold seals and watch keys, and a gold watch case without works, besides other gold and silver articles to a 'large amount. TAXES ON SUCCESSION TO PROPERTY ABROAD. — Yesterday a Parliamentary paper extending to 33 pages was printed, containing the correspondence which has recently taken place relating to taxes or duties imposed on succession to property, after death, in foreign coun tries. In April the Earl of Aberdeen, as Foreign Secre tary, addressed a circular to the British ambassadors and other diplomatic officers abroad stating, that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to comply with an address of the House of Commons to the effect that her Majesty would procure a statement of the rate or scale of any taxes or duties imposed (either by the Govern ment or by municipalities) on succession to property after death; stating also, whether in such taxes or duties any distinction was made in such foreign countries be tween real and personal property ; and likewise a state ment of the annual amount received from such taxes or duties. The document was ordered to be printed on the motion of Mr. Elphinstone, the Member for Lewes, and affords information on the subject to which it relates. Returns have been received from Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Frankfort, Greece, Ham burgh, Hanover, Hesse Cassel, Holland, Prussia, Sar dinia, Saxony, Sicily, Sweden, Sw itzerland, Texas, Tus cany, United States, and VN urtemburg. The last return was made as late as the I4th of August. It appears that in Texas there are no taxes or duties imposed either by the Government or by municipalities of the kiad; and in the United States that the taxes mentioned do not form a part of the general revenue. MYSTERIOUS DEATH BY POlSON.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Jolly Butcher, Stoke New ington, on the body of John Poole, aged 19, a shoe maker, who is supposed to have poisoned himself. It appeared that the deceased was in the employment of Mr. Smith, shoemaker, Church-street, Stoke Newington. He had formed an attachment to a young woman, a rela tion, and to whom he believed he was under an engage ment to be married. About two months ago she mar ried another person ; after which a great change was perceptible in the deceased's manner, He used to com plain that his head would split lb two; and he frequently sat by himself, in a dejected way. Last Sunday evening he was in company with a shopman of his employer's, when he was taking some pills, whichl, e said were com posed of opium. The shopman left him for a few minutes, and soon after the was heard moaning heavily. The deceased was then found by him in a state of stupor. Mr. Killich, a surgeon, was called in, who said that deceased was suffering from the effects of some narcotic poison, and it was discovered that he had taken fifteen opium pills, which the medical gentleman said contained twenty-five grains of crude opium, five of which were sufficient to destroy life. Verdict—" That the deceased died from taking a quantity of opium pills, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show whether he took them for the purpose of destroying life.'' MYSTERIOUS WINDOW-HREAKING AT HACKNEY.— ' The efforts of the officer engaged in detecting the au thors of the mischievous attack upon the windows in the house of Mr. Hulloh, chemist, London-fields, hare at length proved successfal. While engaged in watching one morning last week, Francis, N 227, observed the 'girl thenw koveettl stotiei - ,at mistress,,a j t the same time loudly. expressing. het' indignation' at_the set t _ In the evening of the same day, Clarke, N 223, -the other officer engaged in the affair, detected a son of Mr. Hulloh, a lad ten years of age, in the act of throwing stones at the windows. These facts were communicated to Mr. Hulloh, who regarded them as incredible. Mea sures for removing the girl and lad during the next day were, however, suggested and acceded to, and the win dows were, as might have been expected, unmolested. Mr. Hulloh then confronted the two mischievous agents, when the girl admitted that she had been the prime mover in the attack. Her detail of the schemes resorted to in order to baffle the police, showed that she possessed extraordinary cunning. She broke several of the win dows from the inside, at the same time dropping a stone, which she directly picked up and conveyed to the po lice. Her only reason for the malicious destruction of her employer's property was a dislike to the situation of the house. The placing of stones in the plum-pudding, breaking the pan, &c., were all the work of her mischief. The lad admitted his share in the transaction, for which the girl had given him trifling sums of money. To the regret of the inhabitants, many of whom hare laboured under suspicion, Mr. Hulloh has declined to prosecute the girl, now discharged, owing to the lad's participation in her conduct. INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSED VICTUAL.. LERS.—A special meeting of the Governor and Com mittee of Management was held yesterday at their School-house, Kennington-lane, for the purpose of elect ing the Governor of the Corporation for the year en suing. The qualification for the above honourable office is vested in the three trustees who have severally served in that capacity for two years, and who may be in business as licensed victuallers when the election takes place. On the present occasion the three gen tlemen who had served as trustees for that period were Messrs. Hughes, Stowell, and Burrell, but the last-named gentleman now being out of business, was consequently ineligible. The contest was, therefore, between Messrs. Hughes and Stowell, and the latter gentleman, having the majority of votes, was declared by the Governor, Mr. Wicker, duly elected to the office of Governor of the Corporation for the forthcoming year. Mr. Stowell, the Governor elect, briefly returned his acknowledgments for the honour conferred upon him by his colleagues, and assured them that he would use his utmost endeavours to maintain the efficiency of the institution, and to economise its funds. Mr. Hughes, although unsuccessful, said that he should still continue his exertions for the benefit of the society. The Governor elect was warmly congratulated upon his success by his colleagues, and the contest was of a most praiseworthy and friendly character, both of the compe titors evincing a laudable desire to coalesce in their ex ertions to advance the great object for which the society was established. MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The late Dr. Cotgrave, who recently died at his residence, Gregg-green, near Henley-on-Thames, has left 2,0001 to the Chester In firmary, 1,000/. to the Westminster llospital, and 500/. to the Berkshire Hospital. The deceased was surgeon to her Majesty's forces, and served thirty years in the 35th Regiment, and accompanied that fine corps to Holland, Melte" Calabria, and Egypt. Lady Caroline Neeld has joined the family circle assembled oh a visit to the Earl of Shaftesbury, at St. Giles's Ho ase, Dorset. The Countess of Warwick, who has been /or some time in rather delicate health, is, we are hapr l y to state, improving. The Noble Earl is ex pected to join her Ladyship at Warwick Castle next week, when his duties as Lord in Waiting on her Ma jesty expire. Earl Fitzhardinge, and the Hon. Craven Berkeley have re.spectively made handsome donations to the fund for the :relief of the unemployed poor at Cheltenham.iThe surg !.lready subscribed amounts to upwards of 6001, - r r . THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT SALT-HILL. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. SLOUGII, TUESDAY EYENIN(4.---Thismysterious affair still continues to excite the most intense in terest amongst all classes of persons for many miles around the vicinity in which the in elaticholy circum stance took place. Since the adjournttieht of the proceedings before the Coroner and jury, on Satur. day last, po me very important evi 4 . ..„„ has b e 6 n wnicn will tend, as I am informed, to throw considerable light upoti the thystetioto death of the tinfilfttkpate IttlijOA e 1 the inguity, il.ditCh Will be rfe . Siime€l, after two adjournments, before Mr. Charsley, the Coroner, at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. The following facts I have obtained to• day, and from the respectability of the parties through whom I ha‘eq detivea the information, I am induced to for ward them for publication in full confidence of their strict correctness. It appears that the prisoner, John Tawell, soon after he left the house of the deceased, wat seen to cross oeer tht high mail frem off the footpath on to the opposite side, and walk close to the palings of the garden of Mr. Botham, in which was found, early the next morning, the ounce phial which has been previously alluded to, attd whith ctilitaitied a very small portion of a white liquid having a slight odour of Prussic acid. The phial, the contents of which have been analysed, and the result will be given in evidence to-morrow, was without a label to indicate what it contained. The prisoner pr oceeded direct from Bath-place to the Slough (down) station on root, where he arrived at a few minutes past seven o'clock. The half-past six o'clock train from Paddington had then then just arrived. He then got into Mr. Dyson's Windsor omnibus, and told the driver (who will be examined before the jury at the inquest to-morrow) that he wanted to be set down at Eton, and upon being asked at what part of Eton, he replied, " At the house where Sir John Herschell lived." " Why," said a gentle man who was sitting by his side, "that is at Slough, sir, and not five minutes' walk from the station." " so It is friend s " repli e d th e pri soner , " b u t that s where I want to be set down." Upon the om nibus arriving at the late residence of 'Sir John Herschell, the prisoner got out, paid his fare, and was observed to knock, but very gently, at the door. The vehicle drove off, leaving him standing on the steps of the house. Within a very few minutes after wards the omnibus from Windsor to meet 7h. 42m. up train at Slough, came along the road. The pri soner hailed it, got inside, and rode back again to the station. The particulars of his departure from Slough to Paddington, and his subsequent apprehension at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, have already been made public. From inquiries since made at Sir John llerschell's late residencee, it has been ascertained that the gentle knock at the door, on the evening in question, was not heard by any of the inmates, and that none of them had ever seen a person at the door dressed in the garb of a Quaker. For the purpose of being enabled to trace the small phial and its contents (found, on the morning after the supposed murder, thrown over the palings into the gardens of Botham's Hotel) into the possession of the prisoner, full particulars of all the circumstances, together with a correct description of the accused, were forwarded to the Metropolitan Police Commis sioners, in Scotland-yard, in order that the necessary inquiries might be made at the shop of every chemist and druggist throughout the metropolitan districts. A letter was received from Col. Rowan this morning, stating that the required investigation would be made to-day, and that the results would be forwarded to Eton before the assembling of the Coroner's jury to morrow morning. I give the following correct description of the per son of the prisoner, which may, perhaps, by the pub licity which will be given to it in the columns of the public press, be the means of eliciting some informa tion, and thus forward the ends of justice :—He is about five feet six inches in height, 61 years of age, with a small, narrow face, and light hair, rather in clining to a grey colour. He has no whiskers ; his person is rather thin. He has a trifling squint in his left eye, the pupil inclining towards his nose. He is attired in the garb of a Quaker, wearing a broad brimmed hat, black waistcoat, dark olive-coloured trousers, white cravat, and a loose great coat. He is somewhat quick and rapid in his manner, and ap pears to be a man of considerable intelligence. The unfortunate deceased was a servant in his fa mily during the lifetime of his first wife, to whom, I am informed, he was united in New South Wales. She died between five and six years ago, shortly after their return from Sydney to this country. The de ceased left his establishment enciente, and was never subsequently in service, but was ever afterwards sup ported by the prisoner. When the deceased fetched the bottle of stout from the Windmill Hotel, on the evening of the fatal oc currence, she borrowed a corkscrew of Mr. Botham's barmaid. Upon being requested to return the cork screw and the bottle as soon as she had done with them, she replied, " You may depend upon my bringing them back in the morning." The prisoner, who was born in Norfolk, about three miles from the city of Norwich, has also friends and connexions at Northampton, a town he visited about three weeks ago. Mr. Ball, the superintendent of the Northampton police, has been instructed to cause the same inquiries to be instituted amongst the che mists and druggists in that town as those which are to be made to-day amongst the same class of trades men in London by the metropolitan police. When Airs. Tawell visited her husband in custody, on the afternoon of Friday last, she brought with her from London a morning paper of that day, containing a report of the proceedings before the Coroner and jury of the day before. The prisoner read the whole of the evidence with great apparent composure. The daughter, residing with her parent at Berk hamstead, is not (as I have previously stated, from information communicated to me in error) the child of the prisoner by his first wife, but the daughter of his present wife, by her former husband, Mr. Cuthbert. The prisoner, who is in daily expectation of receiv ing remittances from abroad, appears to be at the present time extremely short of cash. When his wife was with him on Friday evening last, he wished her to leave with him some money, but she had but a sovereign in her possession, and consequently his re quest could not be complied with. He has since re ceived a parcel containing a change of linen, from Berkhamstead, without the required pecuniary aid. The special messenger who was sent to that town on Pr , iday, with a le,tter from the,,, pritioner, to his Ifei Vas to hive been liaid'irseVereiEn for his trouble, he•could not obtain it. • Th e m one y his since hien paid to him by the prisoner's solicitor. The greatest precautions are taken by the Eton superintendent of police to insure the safe keeping of the prisoner. At night he is handcuffed and secured, by means of a chain, to the bed-post. He appears at all times to be fidgetty and ill at ease, and extremely restless at ni ;ht, obtaining but little sleep till towards the morning. On Sunday evening he read several chapters in the Bible, and prayed fervently for a con siderable time after he had retired to rest. From the inquiries he has made as to his mode of conveyance from Slough to Aylesbury, he appears to anticipate the result of the inquiry before the Coroner and jury, which it is expected will be brought to a close to-morrow. The result is looked forward to with the deepest interest. Mr. Tavvell, although he ceased to be a member of the Society of Friends upon his conviction and trans portation, has nevertheless not only continued to wear the distinguishing garb of that body, but has regu larly attended religious and other meetings connected with the Scciety from which it was not in the:r power to exclude him, sometimes travelling considerable distances to be present on such occasions. On his first return from Sydney he discharged all his debts with the most punctilious regard to the claims of his creditors, and also presented a consider able sum of money to a person with whom he had previously been in partnership, in consideration of any loss which he might have sustained from his un fortunate connexion with him. After remaining in England for some time, he again returned to Sydney, where he added considerably to the wealth he had previously accumulated. In Berkhamstead and the neighbourhood the pri soner has long been regarded as an exceedingly cha ritable man ; indeed, we have heard that his gifts in charity frequently amounted to 201. a week, and al though this is manifestly an exaggeration, he could not have enjoyed the good opinion of the poor which he did, had not his largesses been considerable. While in Sydney he made himself remarkal , le for his advocacy of the cause of temperance, and, at his own expense, on one occasion " started" a cargo of ruin into the sea, rather than allow it to be the means of demoralising the colonists. CARLISLE AND LANCASTER ItAILWAY.—We are assured from all quarters that the works of this line are in a very advanced state, notwithstanding the late un favourable weather. The ground has been broken in no less than thirty places, and there are already 3,000 men employed along the line. When the spring advances, and the workings are more fully opened out, it is computed that at least double that number will be employed. We are glad to learn that the Company have hitherto expe rienced very little difficulty in their transactions with the owners of the land traversed—indeed, we have not heard of more than one case that is likely to occupy the atten tion of a jury.—Carlisle Patriot. NORTII. CURRY.—On Friday night, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, an unoccupied cottage, in Moor-lane, was discovered to be on fire, and was en tirely consumed. The fire apparently commenced at a corner of the thatch, and was no doubt the work of an incendiary. The poor man, of the name of Fudge, to whom the cottage belonged, had purchased it, and laid out the hard earnings of many years in making it com fortable, and intended almost immediately to occupy it, when some vile wretch, it is supposed out of spite, ruined his Fmk:wets / for evori—Somertet Clountv GcOredia DISCOVERY OF A SUPPOSED MURDERER. Luring the last fortnight an extraordinary degree of eiteiterhent Las Pre*ailed thrthigheilt the bitrett,'!, western and north-western portions of the Canty of Middlesex, in consequence of its having beConie known that bomb rOati 4 .-e td tlio pefpetrator of a under very iitystetidiiA eireihnitaneei about eight years since had been received by the local - • - tilitglni awn, Ii ho have ever since been a c ti ve ly engaged in furthering the ends of justice, and entering into a searching investigation late the matter; The S . Cet* Of t , ,t Climb iS situate in the rural and re tired parish cif Uis4i alio* far tntle north of the town of Uxbridge, the actual spot being a Wood ; ailed "Young Wood," which abuts on a crossroad leading from Uxbridge to the town of Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, and about midway between those towns, which with another Wood adjoining it ; called " Mad Bessy," Eonsigs of Mina 130 8,6.0, the *hole of which is covered by a thick underwood about five feet high; through which there are no paths, with the exception of blind paths or hares' tracks, and which is altogether a place well adapted for the perpetration of any atrocious crime without the chance of immediate detection, The object for which the nitirdet was committed was at the time considered to have been revenge, the Unfortunate youth, who was only fifteen years of age, having shortly before given evidence against a party of poachers, who were cn that evidence convicted, and by whom, both at the inquest and at the examinations before the local magistrates, threats of vengeance were directed against him. The name of the murdered youth was John Brill, and the circumstances, as they appeared in evidence, were as follows:—John Brill was the son of a labouring man, living in the village of Ruislip, and was in the employ of Mr. C. Ohttrchill, iiri extensive farmer in that parish. On the morning of Thursday, the 16th of February, 1837, Brill left his father's house about a quarter past six o'clock, and proceeded to work on a farm of his master's, who about ten o'clock set him to fill up some gaps in the hedge of " Young Wood," and directed that, after he had finished doing so, he should then watch some poles which had been eta, in the wpod, Not returning to the farm in the evening, as was his custom, a search was in consequence instituted with lanterns in the wood, but no trace of him could be discovered. On Friday morn ing, the 17th, Mr. Churchill's men were sent out in vari ous directions, but they all returned without any intelli gence respecting the unfortunate lad. On the Satur day the search was again renewed, but with no better success ; and on Sunday morning a large body of vil lagers joined in the search, when, about noon, the ill fated youth was discovered by a man named James La vender (the father of one of the men who it was alleged had threatened his life), in a hollow in a remote part of the wood, where he was lying on his back quite dead. His clothes were in disorder, and his face was covered with dirt, as if be had been rolled in the de cayed leaves with which the spot was covered. On examining the body the mark of a severe blow was discovered under the right ear, which was considerably swollen, and from which a quantity of blood had issued. About six yards behind him the bill-hook which he had been using was found, and on a hedge, just above him, was his cap, which had apparently been caught by the furze as he fell. There were also marks on the leaves for five or six yards, as if he had staggered as he fell. On lifting him up—although every joint of his body was stiff and rigid—his neck was found to be remarkably lax, and indicated every appearance of having been broken. The body was then conveyed to the Six Bells public house, about 500 yards from the entrance of the wood, where, on the following Wednesday, an inquest was held on the body by Mr. T. Stirling, the late coroner for the western division of Middlesex, when, after a lengthened investigation, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Early on the Monday morning following the finding of the body, in consequence of information communi cated to Mr. Thomas Dagnall, a county magistrate, re siding at Cowley, warrants were issued for the appre hension of Charles Lamb, Thomas Lavender, and James Bray, junior, labourers in the village, on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder, who were immedi ately taken into custody by Murray, the active police-constable of Uxbridge, and other officers. The examinations before the magistrates at Uxbridge occu pied two days, during which the town wts crowded by persons from all the neighbouring parts, anxious to hear the evidence, which was, however, not considered con clusive against them, and after the termination of the inquest they were discharged from custody by Sir Wil liam S. Wiseman, Bart., and Mr. Dagnall, both of whom were in attendance at the Six Bells to watch the inquiry. After the prisoners were discharged and their hand cuffs removed, Bray begged a favour of the magistrates, which was, that he might be permitted to see the body of the murdered youth, saying it would give him plea sure, as he had suffered a good deal through him. Most probably he demanded this test by way of impressing the bystanders with a notion of his innocence, there being a superstition among the uneducated classes that the blood of the murdered person will burst out if the murderer approaches the body. The request was granted. All the three prisoners were taken into the room in which the body was lying, and after looking at it for some minutes they merely asserted their innocence and retired. From that time, notwithstanding every possible exer tion has been used by the local authorities to trace the actual murderer, the matter has remained in abeyance until the present time without even any reward being offered in the case. The intense interest excited at the time of the murder has, however, been revived, by the receipt, on the day before Christmas-day, by Sir W. Wiseman, Bart., of the following letter : " House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, Dec. 23, 1844. " Sir,—A voluntary declaration has this day been made to me by a prisoner named George Sibley, the younger, who was committed to this prison by you on the 14th of October last, to the effect that Charles Lamb, also a prisoner, committed by you on the 14th October ast, had told Mai (Sibley) that about a fortnight before their committal, one afternoon, between four and five o'clock, when on their road from Rickmansworth to Harefield, a few years since he (Lamb) had killed a lad, named John Brill, in Mr. Churchill's wood at Ruislip ; that he struck the lad with a stick, and when he lay upon the ground he took the lad's cap and hung it on a tree, to make it appear that he had fallen out of the tree ; and that he left the lad's billhook and glove lying near the body. Sibley says, that Charles Lamb had warned him, that if he said anything about it, it should be the worse for him. Sibley made the same communication to the chief warder yesterday, asking him, if he gave the information, whether he should get his liberty. This is a suspicious circumstance ; but I have thought it desirable to put you, as one of the local magistrates, in possession of what has been stated to me. You may send any person whom you may think fit to sift the matter. " I shall inform the visiting justices at their next meeting also of this communication, in order that they may take any steps which they may deem advisable. " I sent for Charles Lamb this forenoon into my office, and, without informing him of the charge against him, simply asked him if he had ever known John Brill. I watched his countenanee, but could not discover the slightest emotion_ on the mention of the name. Lamb said, he had been apprehended on the charge of mur leringlollll64 tch 4 lid, htmk Gorlod ;api %pleat 'of 4 I Must - add" from rht eifeervation-of Sibley, I do not attach much creilitlol4Atime - iiti:still; hever I consider it my duty to make it - known to . S'Oltr with a view to some investigation.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " G. L. CHESTERTON, Governor. " To Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., Hillingdon." Immediately on the receipt of that letter Sir W. Wise man communicated the fact to the other magistrates of the Uxbridge division, and it was eventually determined that Sir W. Wiseman and Mr. Dagnall should proceed on the following Saturday to the House of Correction for the purpose of taking the deposition of Sibley in the presence of Charles Lamb. Accordingly, on December the 28th, both magistrates visited the House of Correc tion, and having sworn Sibley in the presence of Lamb, took the folloaing deposition : " Middlesex to Wit.—The examination of George Sibley, late of the parish of Harefield, in the county of Middlesex, labourer, and now a prisoner in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, in the said county, taken on oath before Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., and T. Dagnall, Esq., two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, this 28th day of December, 1844 : " Who saith, that he knows and has been well ac quainted with Charles Lamb, now also a prisoner in the House of Correction, rather better than a twelvemonth. That about three months ago he and Charles Lamb having been convicted of poaching, and being ordered to be sent to prison for it, were at hide and seek to gether. That about a fortnight before Charles Lamb was taken to prison, Lamb and the witness were coming from Rickmansworth to Harefield between four and five o'clock in the afternoon in the lane there ; we was talking about getting into mischief and trouble, and stating that it was easier to get into trouble than it was to get out, for• Charles Lamb said, I'd sooner be taken for murder than come to prison.' Murder?' I said to him, what murder?' Upon which Lamb said, ' I was in Churchill's Wood getting a bundle of wood, when a boy named John Brill came up to me, and I knocked him down. I stood a few minutes, and took his cap and hung it up on a stem, and laid his glove and billhook by the side of him, as if had tumbled out of a tree, and,' he says, ' nobody else knows on it but you, and if you tell anybody I'll kill you.' Lamb said the boy was walking round the wood. " Witness hid heard.Of the murder some years ago, and that Lamb had been bad up for it. Witness also said to Lamb, when he mentioned the murder, What —murder Charley?' . to which Lamb said, Yes.' "Witness says he has always been on good terms with Lamb ever since he has known him. " Witness says, that his reason for making this state ment is because he has had such queer dreams, and could not sleep on account of his knowledge of the murder. " Witness says, on being asked by Lamb whether he could look him in the • face, and say that he told him such a thing, 4 that you certainly did,' and he has told nothing but the truth, and that it is true as that he stands here. " Witness says, that he voluntarily makes this state ment, and that no person has held out any promise or favour to him to do so. " Witness first made the statement to Mr. Hoare, the chief warder of the House of Correction, having told the wardsman he wished me to see Mr. Hoare. Mr. Hoare came and said, What's the matter?' Witness said, Charles Lamb told me of a murder.' " Witness is 25 years of age last August. " The mark of P 4 GEORGE SIBLEY." Charles Lamb, who treated the matter with stoical in difference, on the deposition being completed, said, " All the statement'ma;de by George Sibley is untrue." On the Monday after taking the above deposition, a meeting of the truster wss held in petty sessions at the King's Arms Inn, Uxbridge, to consider how the pri soner could be brorght to Uxbridge for examination, and it was determined to address the following letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department:— " Uxbridge, Dec. 30, 1844. " gir,=We are iliatfileie,ei by lier - MaJesty's justices of the peace acting for the exbridge difietoti i and Who sat in petty sessions here to-day, to enclose for yotif Verusal cOPy df a , letter addressed by Mr. Chesterton, the Governor of the liaise of 0 , ..e rection at Coldbath-fields, to Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., one of the justices, and to acquaint you that, in consequence of that letter, W; S Wiseman, Bart., and Thomas Dagnall, Esq., Uxbridge magistrates, attended at the House of Correc tion on Saturday last, to make inquiry into the circum aiantes; when George Sibley, one of the prisoners, in the presence df Charles Limb, the other prisoner, de posed to on oath, and sighed the statement, of which a copy is also enclosed. "John Brill, a lad of about 15 years of age, was mur dered in Ruislip Woods in February, 1837. The ecirdner's jury, at the inquest, returned a verdict of ' Wilful Murder against some person or persons un known.' Several circumstances' attending the murder stated by George Sibley in his deposition are corrobo rated by other testimony. Charles Lamb was always suspected of being the murderer, and was apprehended and taken before the magistrates at the time, but the circtictistential evidence against him not being deemed quite sufficient to authorise his committal for trial, he was discharged. " Charles Lamb has since the murder been tried for sheepstealing and acquitted. He was shortly after wards tried at the Old Bailey, and convicted of felony, and sentenced to seven years transportation. After having been imprisoned on board the hulks at Ports mouth about four years, he received her Majesty's pardon, and returned to the neighbourhood of Ruislip. He was lately summarily convicted of poaching, and committed in October last to the House of Correction for six months. George Sibley was convicted for a like .offence, and was committed to the same for a like term. " The Magistrates consider, that in consequence of George Sibley's statement, the matter of the murder re quires further investigation, but submit the whole for your consideration. If you should concur with them, they beg to know whether 3ou will issue an order for Charles Lamb being brought down here, that the evidence of the witnesses be taken before them, and that George Sibley may also be brought down to give his evidence. The term of . Lamb's and Sibley's impri sonment will not expire until about three months hence. " If you should approve of the course submitted for your consideration, will you instruct the magistrates what line of conduct they ought to pursue on the occasion ?—We have the honour to be your most obe dient servants, " RICHES AND WOODBRIDGE. " Clerks to the Magistrates." To that application to Sir James Graham, Bart., the following answer has been received : " Whitehall, Dec. 31, 1844. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st instant, and its enclosures, and to inform you, that he is not able to make any order for removing the pri soners George Sibley and Charles Lamb from gaol, and taking them before the magistrate at Uxbridge for exa mination. There is no -objection to the magistrates taking their examination in the prison, and this appears to Sir James Graham the proper course to be adopted. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " S. M. PIIILLIPPS. " Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge, Clerks to the Magistrates, Uxbridge." The above answer from the Home-office has greatly disappointed the Uxbridge magistrates, as it compels them to put the county to great expense for the convey ance of the numerous witnesses, who are all residing in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, when the transmitting of the two prisoners to Uxbridge would have been at tended with little cost. On Saturday last a muster of the witnesses examined at the time, both before the magistrates and at the in quest, took place before the magistrates at Uxbridge, the front of the King's Arms Inn being crowded with persons waiting the result. Their statements, however, were only taken down to see how far they recollected the facts, and the decision of the Bench as to the course it will eventually pursue in conducting the inquiry has not yet been made known. On Monday, being the day on which the petty sessions is held, the Magistrates' room and the road outside the inn were again crowded, in the expectation that a public examination on the matter would take place. THE " STATUE OF WILLIAM IV."—The comme moration of the erection and inauguration of the statue of the " Sailor King," which has just been completed by Mr. Samuel Nixon, and is now placed on a pedestal at the termination of King William-street, at the point which faces London-bridge, was celebrated yesterday evening at the Adelaide Tavern, at the foot of the bridge, where, at six o'clock, a very numerous and re spectable assemblage of the influential gentlemen of the wards of Bridge and Candlewick sat down to an excel lent dinner, provided by Mr. Softlaw, the proprietor of the house. The chair was filled by Sir Chapman Mar shall, who was supported on the right hand by Sir George Carroll (these two gentlemen being the aldermen of the respective wards), and on his left by Mr. Samuel Nixon. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Talberan, who was assisted by Messrs. Sporle, Genge, and Smith. Mr. Oakey presided at the pianoforte. The healths of her Majesty, of the Queen Dowager, of Prince Albert, and of the rest of the Royal Family, were drunk with the usual honours, after which the Navy and Army, the Memory of William IV., the Healths of Sir G. Carroll, of Sir C. Marshall, and of Mr. Nixon, were drunk with every demonstration of good feeling. The three last-mentioned gentlemen ac knowledged the honour done them in the usual manner, and a ere cheered by the company. A variety of other toasts were alto proposed and drunk. The erection of this statue is an era in the progress of good taste in the City. It was originally intended only to erect a sort of obelisk on the spot which it now cecupies, in order to break the length of the crossing from the one foot-pave ment to the other, and afford foot-passengers a refuge from the rapid and almost continuous succession of car riqgps, of various sorts, by which the streets at this anre are filled. Fortunately a better genius than is al ways present at City councils presided, and the result is the erection of one of the most ornamental statues in the metropolis. The statue does great credit to Mr. S. Nixon, who is already known favourably to the public by the beautiful illustrations of the four seasons with which the Goldsmiths' Hall is ornamented, and by other works of art in different parts of London and the country. This statue of King William IV. is in a pure and vigo rous state of art—it is felicitously correct as a portrait, both as to features, person, and character—it is digni fied without stiffness, and easy without coarseness. It is of granite, colossal in its dimensions (the figure of the King and the pedestal on which it stands being upwards of 40 feet in height). The monarch is neither idolised into a demigod, nor vulgarised into the representation of a boatswain. It is altogether an excellent specimen of the advance of sculpture in this c; untry, and an orna ment to the locality it occupies. The Chairman, during the course of the evening, stated that her Majesty the Queen Dowager would, from what had been communi clikedo him, take an opportunity of viewing this testi mqiiiirto her deceased husband, and that his Royal i g h npas p r ince A lbert_ ancithe_Dukestf_WellingioiLliad expresa,e4„thetiatention 9f in.specting the labours of.the artist. A statue . - or Queen Adelaide on tfie Surrey side of the bridge would be no inappropriate companion to this of his late Majesty, and would be both an ornament and a work of utility to the inhabitants of Southwark, and to those who traverse the streets in the neighbour hood of the bridge. DARING ROBBERY.—EarIy on Monday evening, during the absence of the family, the house of Mr. Turner, one of the Queen's marshalmen, in Graham street, Pimlico, was entered into, and property consist ing of plate, jewellery, wearing-apparel, and other things was stolen therefrom. It appears that the thieves effected an entrance at the parlour-window, and having lighted a candle, lost no time in ransacking the whole house. Doors, boxes, and drawers, were broken open, and their contents turned out in a style which clearly evinced that no inexperienced hands had been engaged in the work. It is said, that some valuable articles were stolen from the apartments of one of the lodgers, who is holding a respectable situation in the royal household, but who is at present, unfortunately at Windsor. No clue has yet been obtained which might lead to the ap prehension of the offenders. Suspicion, however, is entertained that a woman who had in the course of the day applied for a petition to obtain relief from the Pim lico Philanthropic Society—of which Mr. Turner is a member, and who was afterwards seen at a short dis tance from the house, was concerned in the robbery. A report is also in circulation, that a gang of notorious burglars is living in the neighbourhood ; and, from se veral attempts which have been made to plunder, the police cannot be too active and vigilant in their exertions to prevent a repetiton of these offences. DEATH OP A FEMALE FROM ALLEGED VIOLENCE. — Yesterday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Star and Garter, Great Peter-street, Westminster, on the body of Mary Cotton, aged thirty, who cohabited with Isaac Harmon, at No. 22, in the above street, who died under the following circumstances:—Witnesses living in rooms next to that of deceased, said that on Saturday night they saw her alive and well, and that at about two o'clock next (Sunday) morning, they heard Harmon come home intoxicated. On entering he accused deceased of tardi ness in opening the street door for him, and said to her, " give it you for keeping me waiting." They ther , i , heard what they termed a " sobbing and wheezing noise, as if made by a person trying but una t b to cry out, and shortly afterwards they heard h sue sound of a heavy fall upon the floor, which f! the seeded stai r b s y or th k e i n e g om fo i r n gsuocuctouorf, landingHaaarsmomoenthoinngth;ehewaaaid, wasof Eliza un the matter m an a d tteL a withry Carman, deceased. arm an deceased lying on the floor on her side, with her head partly under the bed, her hair d'shevelled, and her night wntTn into i t t h n e es go s • from her mouth. The woman Durham was in dress disordered. One eye was closed, and froth was oozing the act of lifting the deceased up, when she groaned feebly and died. Mr. Hanley, surgeon, of the Horse ferry-road, said he was called by Harmon to see de ceased, antrthat he found her on the floor quite dead ;with no exterior marks of injury on the body. Their absence, howeve r, was no proof that violence had not been used. Harmon had given him two different versions of the affair. The Coroner and jury said that, under these doubtful circumstances, the inquiry must be adjourned for a day, in order that it might be ascertained by a post rnorttmexaminationtwhether volence had been used or not. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—At the Maidstone Quarter Sessions, on Saturday last, a pork butcher was tried for having five hundred weight of unwholesome beef, &c., intended for the purpose of making sausages. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Chairman, as a caution to other tradesmen, sentenced the prisoner to nine calendar months' bard labour in Maidstone gaol. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen walked out for some time this morning, attended by Lady C. Cocks. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Austrian Am-- bassador (Count Dietrichstein), the Earls of Liverpool and Delawarr, left the Castle this morning on a shooting excursion in the royal preserves, attended by Mr. Anson and Colonel Bouverie. James Bentley, Esq., the treasurer of St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, Thomas R. Bartrum p Esq., Richard Gilbert, Esq., and John Dixon, Esq., Governors (a deputation from the hospital), attended by Mr. William Wix, the clerk, had the honour of an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert at th• Castle this morning, to present to his Royal High ness a green staff, and a copy, on vellum, of the reso lution of the Court, upon his Royal Highness be coming a Governor of that ancient foundation, which the Prince was pleased to accept. The gentlemen of the deputation were most graciously rece;ved, and were invited to partake of a luncheon in the Castle, after which the deputation took their departure for London. Mr. Alderman Lucas, the President of St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, was unfortunately prevented, by indisposition, from accompanying the deputation to present the address from town. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, were taken for their accustomed air ings to-day. The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Diet richstein visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore House, this afternoon. The Countess I'Vratislaw has been confined by a cold at From more House for some days past, but. is now much better. The Viscount Melbourne, Lord lind Lady Beau vale, and Mr. Patrick Fraser Fytler, left the Castle to-day. Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe has succeeded Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting on the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, went to the riding school in the afternoon, to take equestrian exercise. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Right lion. Sir William Fremantle, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the remainder of the evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Trea sury. The Commissioners present were the Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy- Governor. Mr. Higham Secretary and Comptroller- General was in attendance. _ _ A deputation from the Shrewsbury, 'Wolverhamp ton, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway Company, consisting of the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P., Mr. W. R. Collett, M.P.; Mr. Richard Smith of Dudley ; Mr. Dugdale Houghton, of Birmingham ; Sir John Rennie, Mr. Richard Roy, and Mr. George Knox, the Secretary, had a lengthened interview at the rail way department of the Board of Trade yesterday: Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and '1 axes.. had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Bishop Griffith had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Ceylon, and also for the Governor of Hong-Kong. THE BISHOP OF EXETER v. ROYALTY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The mild and tolerant Bishop of Exeter, in his letter to Mr. H. M. PhiHipps, very kindly consigns to the uncove nanted mercies of God all those who have not been in troduced into the true Church, i.e. the Church of Eng lamd, by the rite of baptism, through the medium of men episcopally ordained. Now the Bishop, if he really believes his own doctrine, is placing in an exceedingly awkward position two illustrious members of our royal family, Prince Albert and the Queen Dowager. We suppose these royal and excellent personages were bap tised by Lutheran clergymen, whose ordination is not, Episcopal, and that they have not been rebaptised in England; they, therefore, are not included in the cove nant of mercy! Prince Albert may be exemplary in all the relations of life; the Queen Dowager may give " all her goods to feed the poor," and to build churches and parsonages, but lacking—not that godlike spirit of " charity," or love, which with St. Paul was of such great account, and with " H. of Exeter" is of such small moment—but lacking baptism by the bands of the priest hood of the " Anglican Church," they are, according to this good Bishop, in point of fact, no Christians! The Bishop, however, proves one thing most satisfactorily; and that is, that he is no PROTESTANT! He would un christianise all the Protestant Churches of the Continent of Europe—those Churches which were more truly the offspring of Protestantism than the Church of England; nine-tenths of the people of Scotland, and one-halt of the people of England, betides the vast majority of our trans. atlantic Protestant brethren. lie, therefore, cannot be a Protestant ; and if a Christian himself, ho is a very unapostolic one! THE ROYAL BUCK HOUNDS.—DE ATH OF Tim CELEBRATED STAG HIG lIFLY E rt.— The royal buck hounds had ore of the most splendid runs of this season on Monday, but which, however, unfortunately resulted in the death of Highflyer, one of the most celebrated deer which has been hunted by the royal pack. The _ meet was at New Lodge, the field numbering upwards of 200 of the neighbouring gentry and yeomen. High- flyer, upon being uncarted, took away in gallant sty!* to the Pump House, on to North-street, and Hatchet-lane, to Ascot-place; into Miss Ferard's park, leaping the palings into the road near the lodge, and thence over Chevy-downs to the plantations at Swinley, through Easthampatead, to Henniker-lodge, near Finchamp stead, without a check, and at a rattling racing pace. Here the pack were at fault ; but upon being laid on on, the heath, Highflyer made for Eversley, iu Hampshire, where he got into the mill stream, with the hounds close at his heels, and was drowned before his fleet pursuers could be called off. The sides of the stream were of that soft, muddy character, that it was impossible for the horsemen, or the yokels, who had assembled in goodly numbers, to approach the banks. The scent was good, and the run, which was over at least twenty-five miles of country, occupied not more than two hours. Between 30 and 40 well-mounted horsemen—and none but the best of cattlecoulfl live thapace—were up at the finish. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.-IV6OLIV7CH; 4) AN. In'ConseqUence of Mr. Sunderland declining to havottny more experiments made with his propeller in the Rattler steam-vessel, the intended trial, on Monday, did not take place, but she will leave on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, to try Mr. Hodgson's " Parabolic Propeller." The Styx steam-vessel, recently engaged in surveying the Azores, was paid off at Woolwich on Monday, and Captain Vidol, with Lieutenants Gill and Cox, are to be borne on the books of the William and Mary yacht.. The Styx being rather large in her draught of water for the surveying service, will be re-commissioned as a war steamer, and have a crew of 145 men. Mr. Frederick Sturdee,( late of the Daring, experimental vessel, has been appointed additional master of the William and Mary. The following ships are building at Woolwich: — The Royal Albert, 120 guns, 3,330 tons hurthen ; the Amphion, 36 guns, is being lengthened eighteen feet forward, under the direction of Mr. White, of Cowes,. and will be fitted with a screw propsller, and harts engines of 300 horse power. The Sphinx steam vessel is now in frame, and will be completed about June next. Mr. Penn, of Greenwich, is preparing her engines. ahe other three building slips at this dockyard are at present vacant, with the exception of one in which is a barge seventy feet lcng. recently . built and in progress of beit g fitted with Mr. Foulertetes ship m anceuvrer, which is formed of a three-bladed screw, and i; tended to show that it is applicable to turning the largest vessels by the aid of the crew in the event of any accident to the rudder, or during cala.s. DISCOVERY OF THE BODY or A CHILD IN THE o T n R e U 0 14 , c K I 0 0 c F k AtheTbßeEdE)..—ofYeastneerwd L,,rnbcteiNlTiedn w t as welv e and conveyed by the police to the St. Pancras workhouse, having been discovered near Highgate that morning under the fol lowing singular eircumstaeces :—A number of seite b t o ura y )te, s , l a t n at d i s gone oine i o u t t t i themthe proceededfie l fields e le ly, Highgate i a g n h g o a l te d tr C ee en: be tween Swain's-lane, leading to the cemetery, and the upper part of Maiden -lance Whilst thus engaged one of the boys gut into the hollow formed in the tree's trunk, and whilst there felt, as he thought, something move beneath his feet. He put his hand to the bottom to foel what the substance was, and pulled up a black bundle, which, on being opened, was found to contain the body of a child wrapped up in an old black stuff apron. The body was somewhat decoulposed, but it is stated that the head is much bruised, and there are marks of vio lence on its person, which leave little doubt it has been murdered, and then secreted in the hollow of the tree where it was found. WORKHOUSE MANAGEMENT. - At the Biceeter petty sessions on I.onds,y last, the 6th inst., two met were brought before the magistrates (the Rev. A. H. Matthews and Mr. W. Style), in custody, from du. Bicester lock-up, or cage, where they had been confined upwards of 24 hours, charge. by Mr. J. 11. Mansell, the governor of the Bicester union poorhouse, with having on the previous day—Suns !—refused to perform the task-work set them by the complainant in return for the food afforded them. The men, it appears, were on tramp, and on Saturday evening applied to the officer for relief for the night. They were supplied with an order for admission to the poorhouse, and in consequence ad. matted. Supper was given them that night, and lodging iu the vagrant ward. On the following morning (Sun day), betore their departure, the governor called un them to pump a large tank full of water. This the men rs fused to do, as they said, because it was Sunday. The complainant, in consequence, gave them into custody, and they were taken to Bicesrer (about a mile), an.. there locked up, as above stated. The parties gave tilt. names of William Smith and William Pudle r. magistrates committed them to Oxford gaol for 14 dap; hard labour.