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carried the measure into operation. The Government rejected a compromise of this sort, because it was con trary to the principle upon which they had acted throughout, and because it would not have answered the urpose of the Noble Lord, viz. aff or d ti me f or t h e 'Females in the factory for the exercise of those domestic duties to which the Noble Lord had alluded, and for purposes of recreation. Ha was sure that the Government would not suffer in the estimation of their usual supporters because they refused to sacrifice their opinions of right on this matter, nor consented to re lieve themselves from present difficulty at the expense of the permanent interest of the country.—(Hear, hear.) No man could more deeply regret separation from those friends of his who had been the consistent and regular supporters of the present Government. No ; Hon. Gen tlemen who supported him well knew that the way to secure lasting confidence and respect was to act accord ing to their conscientious convictions. And he was certain that three months hence his Hon. Friends would hold the Government in higher estimation. Ile never felt more convinced of anything than that the proposed restraint would be most injurious to commerce and manufacture, but to no class so injurious as to the working people themselves. He thought that, at least as far as adults were concerned, the principles of labour should be left entirely unshackled—should be left to voluntary agreement. It was urged, in favour of the Noble Lord's proposition, that, in many towns, the fac tory labourers did not work more than ten hours. Now he (Sir R. Peel) thought this argument told rather in favour of the principle of voluntary labour ; for if ope ratives might so arrange, as it was stated they had ar ranged, not to work for more than ten hours, where was the need of legislative restraint ? Where was the necessity of such dangerous interference ? He must say that the Government would yield lo the Noble Lord in preference to any other Member of that House. His Noble Friend bad been for many years the noble and consistent advocate of the principles which he now sought to carry into operation. He had made great sacrifices, and would have been a member of the present Government but for his conscientious adhe rence to those principles. He considered that the re straint upon labour would not be attended with counter vailing advantages, and that if the Government be ac ceded to the eleven7,hour compromise they would have weakened their own position and given up those principles for which they had been contending. It was, he must re peat, with the greatest pain he differed from so many of his supporters on this question, but he felt satisfied that after further deliberation the majority of that House would take a very different view from that which they had already taken. The Government would persevere in a temperate, firm, and uncompromising advocacy of their own opinions, and he st rong ly h o p e d th a t th e re sult would prove, that the opinions of the majority of that House would be in favour of the course pursued by her Majesty's Ministers. Mr. CHARLES WOOD thought the proposition of the Noble Lord was not at all calculeed to give satis faction to the great body of the working classes, and that it would tend materially to injure the manufacturing interests. Lord PALMERSTON said it was time that, if the Government thought the maintenance of their proposal was essential to the interests of the country, they were perfectly justified in carrying it out ; but, still, he thought it rather an unusual course, after the sense of the House being manifested as it had been in this instance, to withdraw the original Bill, and then to replace it- by . another iden tically the same. He could not at all 'attribute any blame to his Noble Friend opposite, for consenting to this course, because he thought it was the only manner in which he co u ld act . At the same time it was his (Lord Palmerston's) intention, if his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury pressed his motion to a division, to vote in favour of it. Notwithstanding the particular opinions which the Government might entertain of the more beneficial results of a Twelve Hours' Labour Bill, over that of one which sanctioned a smaller number, he thought, after the strong expression of opinion by the House, that the Government did not act very judiciously in tke course they were pursuing. He did not think the Government were justified in charging Hon. Gentlemen who opposed them with introducing a new principle in legislation, for they themselves proposed to regulate the labour of adult females. It was the Government, there fore, that first introduced this innovation.—(Hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS hoped his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury would not press his amendment, as he thought it would not be attended with any practically beneficial result. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the order of the day wasjischarged. REDUCTION OF DUTIES. On the Order of the Day being read for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. E WART moved " That it is indispensable to .the maintenance and extension of the trade of this coun try, that those duties be repealed which press on the raw materials of the woollen an 4 cotton trade : that it is expedient also that those duties be greatly reduced which press on articles of interchange in return for our manufactures ; especially such articles of interchange as, at the same time, concern the subsistence of the people ; being (besides corn, which is the subject of superior and separate consideration) such articles as tea, sugar, coffee, bacon, butter, and cheese • That it is expedient that .those duties also be greatly reduced which, by . their .amount, encourage smuggling ; being at once injurious •to the revenue and dangerous to the morality of the country ; such as the duties on tobacco, silk goods, and foreign spirits: That whatever temporary deficiency of revenue be caused by such reduction ought, until the reve . nue regain its former amount, to be sustained by the pro perty, and not by the trade and labour of the country." lie regretted that the other evening, when he brought this matter before the House, it had not re ceived that attention which its importance demanded. Amongst the many. points to which he would refer was that of raw cotton, the duty upon which operated most harshly upon the manufacturer. On the articles of tea, sugar, and coffee, the people had a right to an alteration of the duties, and on such commodities as tobacco, spirits, &c;, the high duties on which led to smuggling, , he put it to the House whether it was not better for the morality of the country that those duties should be re duced. The duty on foreign spirits, such as brandy, Geneva, &c., were unreasonably high, and he thought that the present Government, would do well to follow the example of Mr. Pitt, who increased the revenue of the country by lowering the duty on those latter articles. Here Lord G. Bentinck, who was conversing on the Ministerial benches with another Hon. Member, said aloud " Question, question"— and Mr. EWART said—He was sorry to interrupt the Noble Lord. Lord G. BENTINCK—No interruption—not in the least. Mr. EWART was sure that the Noble Lord did not mean to insult an Hon. Member of that House. The lion. Gentleman was proceeding to continue his address when, there being but a few Members present, Mr. HUME moved that the House be counted. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and after the lapse of a few minutes, on our re-admission we found, there being more than forty Members present, Mr. EWART on his legs, stating his conviction that the _Right lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer could not but see the impolicy ofmaintaining the present system. If the Government adopted his views, they would find that the loss sustained in one article • would be compensated in another, and the ultimate effect would be the advantage of the poor by the cheapening of articles of subsistence, and the removal of smuggling. Mr. HUME rose to second the motion, in order to express his surprise at the conduct of those who ought to know better.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ewart) had brought forward this subject on a former occasion, and the House was then counted out, and when the Hon. Gentleman now brought the same subject forward he was met by cries of " Question." Her Majesty's Government - would not look at the origin and source of the evil. The reeking ricks showed what was the state of feeling amongst the labouring classes. The Hon. Member then read an extract from a, daily paper in reference to the recent incendiary fires ; attributing the fires to low wages, and the severity of the poor-law. The present legislation prevented the labourers . from getting work, and therefore from obtaining food. It was - discreditable to a reformed House, of - Commons to pay little attention to the prac tical grievances of the country. They would shortly have to go into a Committee of Supply. It was a dis graceful fact that not more than forty or fifty persons would attend the House on such occasions. He did think her Majesty's Government had much to answer for on account of the present condition of this country. The SPEAKER having put the question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon. Gentleman had attacked the House of Commons as a body. For that attack he did not feel ; but he was called upon to reply ; and if the Hon. Gentleman had been interrupted, the interruption arose from the feeling that the amendment was not likely to be of any practical use, and it was opposed chiefly by those on his own side of the House.—(Hear, hear.) He apprehended the Hon. mover of the amendment had brought forward this subject rather with a view of stating his opinion than with the hope of meeting with concurrence. All per sons agreed in the abstract principle that it was a great evil to have taxes on raw materials. The Hon. Gentle man said it was indispensable to the trade of this country that the tax on wool should be repealed. Why, it ap peared that the quantity of cotton imported into this country in 1842 was 4,200,000 cwt. in 1843 ,it was 5 ,200,000, being an increase of 100,000 cwt.—(Hear, hear.) The value of the exports in 1842 was 21,690,0001.: in 1843, it was 2 3,440,0001, being an increase in one year of 1 ,700,000/. Take the article of wool. In 1842, the value of wool imported was 4,440,001. ; in 1843, it was 4,860,0001. The exports in 1f142, amounted to 5,800,0001.; in 1843, to 7,480,0001 How could the House, with these facts before them, ex press an opinion that it was indispensable to the main tenance of our trade in these two articles that the tax should be removed ? The proposition would involve the House in an absurdity, which it could hardly in tend.—( Hear.) His general objection to the other parts of the motion was, that it would not be wise to commit the House to the expression of an opinion on very large branches of taxation. He thought the Hon. Gentleman was hardly aware, indeed, of the extent of his own pro positions. He proposed to deal with an amount of taxa tion which would fall little short of thirty millions of revenue. If the House adopted these propositions, what would be the effect ? Why, that they would throw the whole of the great interests of this country into the utmost confusion, and create an alarm with respect to the credit of this country by which they would forfeit all those advantages which they now derived from that source.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to express any opinion as to the propriety or impropriety of these taxes ;. the time would come when it would be their duty to state what were their views on that subject. • In one part of the Hon. Gentleman's motion, he proposed that the deficiency should be made up by a property-tax. On that subject the Hon. Gentiman seemed to have , changed his opinion. If he mistook not,- he opposed the proposal of his Bight Hon. Friend to establish an income-tax. He had now changed his opinion. Mr. EWART—No, no ; that was an income-tax.— (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he believed he acted in concurrence with the general opi nion in not enterinc , further into the discussion of this subject. Believing the motion could not be attended with a good effect, he should certainly offer it all the opposition in his power.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. BOWRING said it was only by bringing forward these subjects, thus repeatedly that they could hope they would be brought to a satisfactory settlement. Matters could not long continue in their present position. The experiments which the House seemed determined to try would not at all diminish the public distress. The pro bability was that they would greatly aggravate and in crease it.---(Hear, hear.) The whole tone and character of their proceedings must undergo a great change; and the more this was impressed upon that House, and through it upon the country, the greater chance was there of the evils of the country being remedied. Mr. F. BARING said that if the Legislature were to make any compensation in the way of imposing new taxes in lieu of others, they ought to do so on some com prehensive principle. If they were to take off taxes, they ought to look at what the effect of the Excise was upon industry and the comfort of the people. If they were only to take the case of soap, be would say that no tax upon raw material operated more severely upon the poor than that tax did. He believed, with Mr. Cobbett, that there was no tax which did not press severely upon the labouring classes ; but he did not think that any relief would be afforded to them by reducing the duties on the import of the raw material. He hoped that the House would not accede to the motion. Mr. WILLIAMS thought that no man who paid at tention to the interests ()film country could uphold the duty upon the import of the raw material of wool and cotton. If the late change in the duty had not taken place, he asked, what would be the state of the Exche quer ? What would be thecondition of the Government? He could see no reason why the raw material should be taxed. If he were to take the tax upon tobacco he should ask why the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite should pay no more than 125 per cent. upon his cigars when the poor man was obliged to pay upon his tobacco up wards of 800 per cent., and the poor man paid upon the coarse kind of tea four times as much as any Member of that House paid for his own beverage. It was to him quite evident that the House of Commons had no sym pathy for the people ; and, without meaning any disre spect, he would express his hope that the day was not far distant when the House of Commons would feel the pressure out of doors. Mr. P. HOWARD, in supporting the motion, wished to state his opinion, that when the Legislature imposed the tax upon income they should have fol►owed the example of the rest of Europe, and left the import of the materials of labour untaxed. The manufacturers of England were exposed to very severe competition with the Low Countries, with the tact and activity of France, and with the steady indus try, not of our fellow -subjects, certainly, but of the de scendants of our own race in the United States; and un der these circumstances, he thought it highly desirable that her Majesty's Government should take the tax upon cotton wool into their serious consideration, with a view to its removal. The House then divided, when there were— For going into Committee BB For Mr. Ewart's amendment ...... 24 Majority for Ministers SUPPLY—BRITISH MUSEUM. The House then went into Committee, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. Sir R. PEEL said the House was so familiar with the subject for which he was going to ask a vote of money, that he felt it was unnecessary to say anything in pro posing it, though he should be most happy to answer any question, or give any information that might be de sired. He would, therefore, simply move, that a sum not exceeding 37,9871. be granted to her Majesty for the charges of the British Museum. Mr. BERNAL said he wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) to the case of one of the most deserving officers of that establishment. It was that of Mr. Jose, an able, experienced, and efficient servant, whose salary was only 3501. per annum, who had no apartments assigned to him, and whose duties were of the most responsible character. He was en trusted with a vast amount of property, and was en gaged in classifying large assortments of prints, and had lately re-arranged the whole of the Rembrandt collec tion. During the last year, from seven thousand to eight thousand persons had visited the Library, and he really thought, that where such responsibility rested, and where services were so efficiently performed, they ought to command a somewhat higher salary. Sir ROBERT PEEL said no one was more willing to bear testimony to the character and services of this excellent public servant, than he was. He {(Mr. Jose) had been elected to his present situation by the una nimous vote of the trustees; but then it had been done on the plain, distinct understanding, that its duties were to be performed for the present salary. This had been stipulated by the trustees, and agreed to by Mr. Jose. He trusted the Hon. Member (Mr. Bernal) would be satisfied with the testimony he (Sir R. Peel) had borne to the services of Mr. Jose; but he must be excused from being made a party to any increase of a salary which had been accepted as an adequate compensation for the duties of the office accepted by the party. These things, moreover, were much better left to the discretion of the trustees. Mr. BERNAL wished it to be understood that he had had no communication with the individual in question, either directly or indirectly, in reference to this matter. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir Robert Peel) seemed to think that the question of salaries should be left entirely to the trustees, who were re sponsible for the proper performance of their duties. But to whom were these trustees responsible ? Not to that House, nor to any one competent authority ; bnt, simply to each other. The fact was,. the constitu tion of the board was not what the public wished or had a right to expect. As long as it remained a close body, a monopoly—there would be dissatisfaction. In refer ence to the subject introduced by the Hon. Member (Mr. Bernal), he should feel it his duty to move for a detail of certain salaries, and whether the recipients of them held, other situations or not. He thought if the Museum was kept open on Sunday i t would tend to the greatest good, and prevent many persons from going into public-houses and committing the greatest immo ralities on that day. Now, he could not conceive what could be the objection on the part of the trustees, in not making the improvements that had been pointed out for several years. He did not see why children under eight years of age should not be admitted. Another most foolish thing was, that of compelling parties to write their names, by which great inconvenience was occa sioned as crowds of persons were by that means col lected together. Sir R. PEEL would not remonstrate against the Hon. Gentleman's complaints, but the question was, were they reasonable ? Now in the first place the trustees were not responsible for these estimates, but the Treasury was. There was not a return as to the duties of the officers of the Museum, which the Hon. Gentleman chose to call for, that he should not have ; and as to the complaints of the trustees, he thought that the Hon. Member must admit that such men as the Duke of Sutherland, Mr. Hallam, and others, were not much calculated to adopt any course that would be injurious to the institution. So far from that, it was shown by the number of visit ors, that the rules laid down by them had been produc tive of great convenience, for in 1840 the number of visitors was 247,000, while in 1843 they were 517,400. The trustees, therefore, had so far succeeded in attracting a greater number of visitors. Then, with respect to the admission of children ; the age at which they should be admitted ought to be limited, because it must be appa rent to every one, that children could receive no benefit from attending them, although they could materially in terrupt the attention of others. The necessities they relieved were anything but the necessities for acquiring knowledge.—(Great laughter.) He could assure the Hon. Gentleman, however, that the circumstance had been brought under the attention of the trustees, and there was every disposition to give all facilities to the public. Mr. PROTHEROE hoped that no excrescences would be attached to the new building.—(Laughter.) He alluded to the department of the library. He thought it would be very unadvisable to make any present addi tions, for the time was approaching when there must be an emigration of some part of the collection, either of the statues or of the collection of natural history. He wished that means could be taken to exhibit the draw ings and prints in the Museum, in the same manner as the Duke of Devonshire exhibited his collection of original drawings at Chatsworth. With regard to the introduction of children into the Museum, it would be painful to him to do anything that would lessen the pleasures of this interesting portion of the species, but from being often at Hampton Court, he was sorry to say that the introduction of children there did not at all add to the pleasure of grown gentlemen.—(Hear hear.) At the same time he could not but pay a tribute of praise to the exertions of the Hon. Member for Mon trose on all occasions to increase the facilities of access to this national institution.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BERNAL said, there was a total want in this country of one department that ought to form part of a National Museum. There was not in this country any collection of monuments illustrative of their national history, nor of any specimens of the arts, implements, or costumes of the middle ages. There was an abun dance of specimens of Egyptian art and manufacture, of the arms and implements of the South Sea Islands, of mineralogical and botanical productions, and of numis matic treasures. But of anything appertaining to the life and history of the middle agcs,our artists,having no models whatever to study from, were entirely ignorant. The productions of their artists were thus disgraced by their ignorance of this period ; thus it was that they might find in modern paintings, Indian shields in Highland subjects, and South Sea weapons in tableaux of European warfare. In France, not only was great attention paid to this sub ject by the Government, but by the Municipality of Paris. One of the best speciments of the style of building of the middle ages, the Hotel de Cluni, had been purchased by Louis Philippe, and the Municipality .of Paris had voted a large sum for its restoration. Dr. BOWRING suggested that an easy and econo mical mode of adding to their national collection of works of art and nature might be adopted by sending a circular containing some simple instructions, to the British diplomatic officers abroad, who, by very slight exertions, might frequently make very valuable additions to the Museum. B. Sir PEEL said that s p ec i mens in mineralogy and --- botany had been obtained by some of the Consuls abroad. Within the last week the Treasury had authorised the expenditure of 2,000/. for completing the zoological and botanical catalogue of the collection made by the Antarctic Expedition. The catalogues were to be com pleted by Mr. Brown, whose unobtrusive merit was not sufficiently known, and who had been an associate of Sir Joseph Banks. DIA WiLIWURTON complained of the exclusion of the public from the 74)ologic,nSfins n Stinday, the day on which th e,naieiylprs o tyt atui.The Mem bers of that House' 0.114. d• ilmt“L ther , "Meatesnumbers. Why should they deny 'the *righV to the public ? No one could say that it would make them either less moral or less religious. As to the exhibition of drawings and prints in the Museum, it would require another building, but it would be of great advantage to the public. He hoped the lion. Member would not advise the Trustees to take care of any new department ' • the great fault was, that they undertook too much already. Mr. WYSE suggested that if any new gallery were added to the Museum it would not be confined to illus trations of one age only, but that it should embrace those of several. He would also suggest to the Right Hon. Baronet the propriety of providing a proper col lection of casts for the use of students and the public, and of erecting a building for their reception. He be lieved there was already such a collection in Edinburgh, and in Dublin a committee had been formed for the purpose of forming a similar collection. There was, however, some difficulty in finding a site for the gallery, and he would suggest to the Government the propriety of furnishing a site. He also thought there should be a similar gallery here. When once the gallery was erected the cost of the casts would be trifling. There should also be a theatre for lectures, and it had been suggested the gallery should be open to the public in the morning and to students only in the evening. Sir R. PEEL thought the subject was well worthy of attention, and he could assure the Right Hon. Gentle man that the Government took great interest in the question. Lord J. MANNERS complained of the disgraceful way in which some of our most ancient monuments were defaced and destroyed by modern corporations, and trusted the Government would exercise its influence to shame these modern Goths and Vandals. Mr. H(JME considered the answer of the Right Hon. Baronet to his question was very unsatisfactory. The British Museum was the only establishment in Europe in which there were no conveniences for the accommo dation of the visitors. He believed the Right Hon. Baronet visited the Museum on a Sunday, and why would he not let every one avail himself of the same privilege ? Mr. BORTHWICK considered that, abstractedly, it would be right that the Museum should be open on a Sunday ; but he doubted whether such a proceeding would be in accordance with the feelings of the great body of the people. The cathedrals, however, ought to be opened to the public on a Sunday—(Cheers)—instead of being closed more rigidly against the public on that day than any other. He was glad to know that in Westminster Abbey one step had been taken towards devoting the building to popular use—(Hear, hear)—but he was sorry to find that at St. Paul's nothing had been done.—(Hear, hear.) An Hon. Member had spoken of the monuments of the middle ages. Many of the monu ments in these cathedrals were of no age, and those who went to worship the figures which were seen sprawling on the walls, might do so without committing any breach of the second commandment ; for they resembled no thing in the heavens !above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. Mr. HUTT asked whether persons could obtain casts of the statues in the British Museum ? Mr. lIUME said it ought to be generally known that any persons might have casts of the works of art in the British Museum by paying the expense of making them. Dr. BOWRING hoped that some measures would be adopted to procure an interchange with other nations of casts of works of art. The vote was then agreed to. COMMISSARIAT. Sir G. CLERK: In — moving the commissariat esti mates, said that there was a large increase in the esti mates for the commissariat this year, which arose from the fact of a large sum, which used to appear partly in the army estimates and partly in the ordnance esti mates, having been transferred to the commissariat. The commissariat had always had the Charge of supply ing forage on foreign stations to the troops. The esti mates for those supplies had formerly appeared partly in the army estimates, partly in the ordnance estimates, and partly in the commissariat estimates. This had led to a complication of accounts, and it had been considered that it would be, on the whole, better that the depart ment which had the charge of providing the articles should also estimate the funds that would be required. On this account, in the present year, there was an in crease of 232,0001, which had been transferred from the army and ordnance' to the commissariat estimates. The Hon. Baronet then moved that a sum of 436,000 L be voted for the expenses of the commissariat department. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought it would be well for the chairman to report progress, inasmuch as the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department had given notice of his intention to introduce a new Fac tories Bill that night. Now there was every reason to believe that this Bill would give rise to some discussion, and therefore he (Mr. Duncombe) thought it ought not to be introduced after eleven o'clock. Sir J. GRAHAM said he should be very happy to bring on the Bill to which the Hon. Gentleman referred at once. As, however, his statement would be but a short one, he did not think it necessary to adjourn the Com mittee so early. Mr. HUME thought the observation of the Hon. Member for Finsbury deserved some attention. The Bill which was about to be introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet was a very important one, and the public would naturally be very anxious to know what was the diffe rence between the eld and new Bills. He thought they might agree to the vote then before the House, and then report progress. After a short communication the vote was agreed to. A sum of 46,682 L was voted for the half-pay of the commissarat department. A sum of 18,407,8301. was voted to pay off Exchequer Bills. The CHAIRMAN reported progress- ' and asked leave to sit again. The House then resumed. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. The Earl of LINCOLN moved that the Bill be read a second time. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he intended to refer it to a Committee up stairs. The Earl of LINCOLN did not propose to refer it to such a Committee. The Bill was then read a second time. FACTORIES BILL. On the motion for proceeding with the Order of the Day on the Factories Bill being put, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said tl4,t the House would remember that in the early part of the evening the Bill which he had introduced in the early part of the session was withdrawn, by permission of the House ; and he believed the opinion of the House was pretty ge neral that he should have leave to introduce another Bill on the subject. Having, on the former occasion, entered at length into the subject, he was not prepared at the present moment to trespass on the attention of the House. At the same time it was right to state to the House what was the precise nature of the Bill. The Bill which was withdrawn was a Bill which re pealed all former Acts regulating employment in facto ries. The Bill which he now introduced repealed none ' of the former laws on the subject, but it introduced certain amendments. Speaking generally the amend ments he introduced into the present Bill were amend ments recommended by the Committee which sat on the subject in 1840. The Bill which ho introduced pro vided that children between the ages of eight and eleven should not be employed in any factory in the manufac ture of silk, for a longer period than six hours and a half, and between the ages of eight and thirteen, for a no longer period in the manufacture of cottons, wool- lens, and flax ; and further, that six hours and a-half should not be extended over the forenoon and afternoon of the same day, but should be confined to either. In those factories where children worked ten hours, it was provided by the Government measure that they should work for that period on alternate days—that if they worked ten hours on one day they should not work at all on the next. He proposed an alteration in the exist ing law, respecting surgeons' certificates. At pre sent surgeons could only grant certificates as far as appearances were concerned, but he proposed that the surgeon should certify as to the health of the child, and whether or no it was fitted for the employ ment proposed. In accordance with the recommenda tions of the Committee, he proposed that proper guards should be put upon machinery—that it should be boxed up so as to present accidents. It was further proposed that all accidents, without reference to age, should be report-'d to the inspector, and that the Secretary of Stat e should be empowered to direct prosecutions against the owners of factories when accidents occurred by ma chinery through the proper guards being wanting. It was further proposed that the damages obtained in such actions might be awarded to parents and guardians. It was proposed for the first time (and not in pursuance of any recommendation of the Committee) that females should not work for a longer time than that at present allowed for young people. He had thus briefly stated the provisions which the Bill contained, and would not at present further detain the House. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the Right Hon. Ba ronet might have saved himself the trouble of intro ducing the present Bill, which would leave things just as they were, and repeal no grievance. The Right Hon. Baronet might have made his statement much shorter. How fur this Bill would be satisfactory to the House and to the country time would determine. He thought the Right Hon. Baronet was fully justified in the course he had pursued, for it was quite clear that those Hon. Members who were opposed to him on one evening were prepared to support him on the next.—(Hear hear.) The people of England, at all events, should not be deluded. It was quite clear that the advantages which the Noble Lord gained on a former evening were lost. The Right Hon. Bart. told the House there was not any chance of relief in limiting the hours of labour ; he managed the matter most dexterously. Three times the House had told the people of England that their women and chil dren should not be worked more than ten hours ; but they were to continue in a state of slavery. Redress from the Government or that House had proved to be hope less; the matter must be left for public agitation and to the Times newspaper. At a future time they would have some " sham moves," but he believed he might say that the Noble Lord would never again obtain such support as he had already obtained. The Noble Lord's forces were completely abandoned, and he wished the Right Hon. Baronet joy of the triumph he had achieved, but he sin cerely condoled with these poor people who were still doomed to slavery and hardship.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the House would not sanction the principles of the Bill introduced by the Hon. Baronet the Secre tary for the Home Department. Mr. HUME objected to this Bill upon the'very princi ples urged in its favour by the Government, but still he should reserve for a future occasion, his general reasons for voting against it. He would advise the Right Hon. Gentleman to reconsider this Bill, and not be led away by misrepresentations, and to consider well before they should at all trench upon the free and unshackled exer cise of labour. He believed the Right Hon. Baronet • was wrong in the principles of his Bill, and that he ought, instead of introducing it, to have appointed a Committee who: would hear evidence and make a report TE.-E SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1844 upon which legislative measures might be enacted. Let the Government remove the impediments which existed against the exercise of labour ; and they would have no necessity for such restrictions as those now proposed. Mr. HAWES said, he must certainly, so long as re strictions upon trade existed, vote against any proposition which would have the effect of restricting labour. He was sure that while they existed it was absolutely essential, to enable the manufacturers to make a fair profit, that they should impose excessive toil upon the operative. He would ask the Govarnment were they determined to uphold those restrictions ? If then the Right Hon. Baronet opposite were to adopt a different course with respect to protective duties, he for one should not oppose the restriction of labour, but until then he should oppose the introduction of this Bill. Sir C. NAPIER hoped that the House would support the Ten Hours' Bill. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAIII then rose to ask leave to bring in a Bill to amen' the jurisdiction of county courts. The county courts were some of the most ancient courts in the country, and in them there was no limit to the extent to which pqrsonal actions were brotight. But one defect was, that under the writ of justitia parties were allowed to remove their suits to West . . minster Hall, without being obliged to give security for costs. That was a defect which it was proposed to re move by the present Bill. The cumbrous machinery which had been altered in the superior courts had remained unchanged in the country. That, also, was a defect which it was intended to remove. He proposed, also, that the judges in those courts should be paid by salary and the clerks by fees. In courts that might hereafter be formed the clerks should be paid by salary. With respect to the extent of jurisdiction, he had, on mature consideration, decided that to go to 15/ The subject matter to be cases of simple contract, breach of agreement, &c. As to the form of proceeding he pro posed that the plaintiff should serve the defendant with notice seven days before trial; and that if both plaintiff and defendant were in the district, the suit should not be taken out of the district. But if the plaintiff were out of the district, he should have the option of bringing the suit, either in the county courts or in the sup: rior courts ; and if the parties should re quire a jury, it should be competent for the judge to grant a jury which need not consist of a larger number than five persons ; it should also be competent for the court to make an order, for payment of debt, by insta!- ments, and judgment might be taken either against the body or the goods. • Mr. WARBURTON trusted if there was to be an ap peal, it should be confined to one exercise only of the right. He hoped the examination of both parties would be allowed. This was the case in the Court of Bank ruptcy, and he did not see why the system should not be made to apply to the proposed new courts. Mr. CRIPPS considered that the examination of both parties involved a question of great doubt and delicacy, which would require great consideration on the part of the House. After a few words in explanation from Sir J. GRAHAM and Captain PECHELL, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the bailiffs of inferior courts. - - . POOR-LAW BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Order of the Day for the committal of this Bill stood for Monday ; with the permission of the House he would now move that it be read, for the purpose of postponing it to April 26. FACTORIES BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM then brought in the Factories Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday, the 22d of April. The RIGHT HON. BARONET also brought in the County Courts Bill, and the Bailiffs' Regulation Bill, both of which were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday, the 15th April. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to One till Monday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON-PARK RACES—Tnunsimr. The Farmers' Plate of 50/., and 10/. for the second. Heats, two miles. Mr. Stokes' Sister to Whitefoot, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Vincent's Unfortunate, 6 yrs, 13st 0 2 Mr. Hilton's Father Mathew, 4 yrs, list 101 b 0 3 Mr. Vincent's Pedlar, 6 yrs, 13st 2 0 Mr. Kirk's Madeline, 4 yrs, list 7lbs (dis.), and several others also ran.—Won easy. The Scurry Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. 12st each. (7 Subs.) Lord Granby's Gazelle (Captain Oliver) 1 Mr. Palk's Billy Button, aged 2 Forget-Me-Not, Christopher Sly, Locomotive, Giovanni filly, and Leonidas, also started.—Won by a neck. The Granby Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. (50 Subs., 27 of whom declared.) Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged .......(Lord Maidstone) 1 Mr. Gilmore's nd Fox 4 yrs, ist 101 b 2 Thirsk, 1 Ist 51b—Tamburiui, lOst 121b—Ameer lOst 121 b —Robinson, - 10 st 101b—Quilt Arnold, 10st 101bLArnagill, lOst 81b—Delamere, lOst—Johnny Faa, lOst—m by Reveller out of Clipsham, 9st 101 b—and Donna tuixota, 9st 101 b, were not placed.—Won by a neck. The Billesdon Coplow Stakes of 25 soya each, &c., were won by Lord Chesterfield nd Humility, 6 yrs (Mr. White), beating Raworth's Giovanni filly, 4 yrs. EPSOM SPRING MEETING—FRIDAY. Except in that grand essential with the multitude—quan tity, the bill of fare provided for yesterday's racing was of moderate pretensions; the Trial Stakes, the only event of any importance in the estimation of the betting community, had an entry of only eight horses, taking them as a lot, of inferior grade. It did not fail; however, to produce some effect on the Derby betting, Sir Gilbert Heathcote's outsider, Akbar, having achieved an easy victory, and, in consequence, advanced from 100 to 40 to 1. At the same time giving Campunero a lift of several points. The other races, if they lacked importance, afforded a sufficiency of sport to satisfy the largest company ever congregated at a Spring Meeting on Epsom Downs. They were run off with a precision that might have been expected from a zealous and competent executive. The weather was brilliantly fine, and the course in the most perfect condition imaginable. At two o'clock, to the minute, the horses were started for The Epsom Trial Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 sous. added by Sir G. Heathcote; for three yrs old, 7st; and four, 9st. One mile. (8 Subs.) Sir G. Heathcote's ch c Akbar, 3 yrs (Chapple) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed—Mr. Braithwaite's Gaiety, 3 yrs—Mr. Gratwicke's Hopeful, 4yrs— Mr. Balchin's Curate, 4 yrs—Mr. E. R. Clarke's Mespelus, 3 yrs—Mr. Glen's fby Camel, out of Minikin 3 yrs--Mr. Eng land's br c Midas, 3 yrs. Betting -10 to 6 agst Emma, 4to 1 agstAkbar, Gaiety, and 4 to 1 agst Hopeful. tn and made r unn i ng a t a cap it a l p ace; imaget 4 wellto o l fr, agst Akbar, who took the second place at the turn, following her to the Stand, where he went up, ran with her a few strides, and, quitting her without a struggle, won easy by a length. Gaiety was a couple of lengths from Emma, and a length be fore Midas. The others were tolerably well up. 251. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 6st ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 2501. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 3 yrs (Abdale) 1 1 Sir G. Heathcote's ch cby Glaucus--Shirine, 3 yrs... 0 2 Mr. Balchin's Moustache, 3 yrs Mr. Smith's Nora Creinn, 4 yrs 5 to 4 agst Croton Oil, and 7 to 4 on him for the second. Both heats won easy by a length. 251. added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats, a mile and a quarter. (11 Subs.) Lord. G. Bentinck's Misdeal, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Cowley's Adrian, aged, Bst 81b 1 0 2 Mr. Hardy's Little Dan, aged, Bst 61b Mr. Pearce's Jessica, 6 yrs, Bst 31b 0 3 4 Mr. Gardnor's f by Velocipede, out of Ermine, 4yrs, 7st7lb.. Mr. Stanbrough's Risk Mr. Stuckey% Paul Clifford 0 dr Mr. E. P. Clarke's Chummy Mr. T. Smith's Icarus .l - 3 dr Icarus carried 41bs overweight, and Mr. Gardnor's filly 21bs. 10 to 6 agst Misdeal and 5 to 2 agst Mr. Gardnor a filly. Won by a length. Chummy a good third, Misdeal did not go for the heat. Second heat—Even on Misdeal, who won only by half a length. Third heat-3 to lon Misdeal, who won in a canter, and was claimed for 80/. Match 50/. Three-quarters of a Mile. Mr. E. R. Clarke's Chummy, 12st (Evans) Mr. Liley's Unknown, Bst Won easy. DERBY BETTING. 16 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 6 to 1 on the Field 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir G _Heathcote ' s Akbar—taken ___ _ _ 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Ford's Diggory Diddle—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Warwick's Phalaris—taken. MR. LEVER'S NEW WORK, ILLUSTRATED BY CRUM.- STIANK.—We are requested to state that Mr. Lever's new work, entitled " Arthur O'Leary, his Wanderings and Pon derings in Many Lands, by his Friend Harry Lorrequer, and Illustrated by George Cruikshank," in 3 volumes, post Bvo., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, and may now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Col burn has also just published :-1. Chatsworth ; or the Ro mance of a Week, 3 vols. 2. Whitefriars • or, the Days of Charles 11., an Historical Romance, third edition. 3 vols. 3. The Secret Passion, by the author of " Shakspeare and his Friends," &c., 3 vols. 4. The Brothers, by the author of " Oliver Cromwell," 3 vols. 5. Jessie Phillips, by Mrs Trol lope, 12s. bound. 6. Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, by the author of "The Tower of London," with 110 illustra tions, by George Cruikshank, the price only 14s bound. Also, nearly ready, 7. The Wilfulness of Woman, by the authoress of " 'the History of a Flirt," " The Maneuvering Mother," &c., 3 vols. _ _ _ The Kentish Observer contains the report of' along inquiry into a charge brought against the master of the Blean Union, of having confined a little girl named Emma Hearn den, between nine and ten years old, at night in the dead room of the workhouse with a corpse. The evidence given before the Poor-law Commissioner was contradictory, and leaves it undecided whether the child was actually shut up with a corpse by the workhouse authorities or not. The opi nion of the Commissioner is not yet known. REPORTED TRAVELS OF THE QUEEN.---A night or two since Captain Rous inquired of Sir Robert if the report was true that the Queen intended to visit Berlin in May. Sir Robert Peel replied, "Certainly not." He might, however, have added that the report arose from a very natural cause— namely, that in Mena is said, the Emperor of Russia will come to England.—Punch. The Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson, returned from Antwerp to the St. Katherine's" Wharf, Tower, on Thurs day morning, after the very short passage of nineteen hours, performed against a contrary wind. BERLIN, MARCI I 21.—1 t is said that our King has decided in favour ofEngland in the differences between France and England respecting the losses sustained by England at Portendic. ON THE VERG E OF THE GRAVE • OR, A MIRACU LOUS CURE BY H OLLOWAY ' S Pzus.—L.Tames Langley, a ladies' shoemaker, residing in Allen-street, Goswell-street, caught a violent cold about twelve months since, which, being neglected, brought on a swelling of the legs and feet, pains in the side and shoulders, night sweats, with inability to keep food on his stomach; indeed, he was at last reduced to such a state of general weakness and debility that no one thought lie could long survive ; but, by the use of Holloway's Pills, every dangerous system quickly disappeared, and he is now as hale and as hearty as ever he was in his life.—Sold at Professor Holloway' s Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ; and by . almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the ayiliind LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, March 29. Mr. Under-Secondary KENNEDY sat in the Court of Con mon Pleas, Guildhall, to-day. WALLIS V. ROWELL. This was an action to recover the sum of 501. Bs. lid. for meat supplied by the plaintiff, a meat-salesman, to the de fendant, a butcher in the Kent-road. The defendant had not pleaded to the action, and judgment having gone by de fault, the action was consequently undefended. Verdict for the plaintiff. STEEL V. JONES. In this action the plaintiff, a tailor in Lombard-street, sought to recover from the defendant, a publican, 191. 175., for various articles of clothing supplied to him. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. William Read and William Simpson were re-examined upon the charge of having conspired to sink the Colina. Brady; the owner of the smack Sarah, stated that he saw the Colina go down. Simpson and the rest of the crew were in his vessel at the time, and, when Simpson saw her sink, he said, " Thank God for that. I think, now, we shan't be able to do anything with her." I said, "No, its all over with us now; we shan't be able to do anything with her now ;" and he then said he would have let her gone the voyage, only his wife was on board, and the weather was so bad that he was afraid, and therefore he put into some port in the west, the name of which I do not remember. He said she was not a vessel fit for their trade. She was too sharp, and didn't carry lading enough. He didn't mention any thing that was to happen to him if she was lost, but he said he dared say he should have a better vessel. When the vessel hove down she sank about twenty feet in half an hour. She went down head first. He told me that they had a bran new sixteen foot boat on the deck, and he hoisted ber out of the long boat on to the scupper, but she was not lashed at all. The boat was sucked down by the ship, and we never saw any more of her. When it sank he said it was a nice little boat, and it would have answered our purpose very well. He said he expected the boat would have floated, as she was not fastened. I had the boat that was saved, and the captain told me I might keep the boat and every thing belonging to the ship, as he did not want to hear any more about them. The clothes were not much for a voyage, for I put them all in a bread bag. If the vessel had had proper signals at dawn of day, we could have saved her. There was sixteen fathoms of water •, it was a nice moderate breeze. It was abottt W.S.W. or S.W. by. W. When the captain and I were parting, he asked me if I should ever talk about it. I said no ; I dared say he never would hear more of it 'from me. He asked what I thought of my partners ? I said I dared say they would never trouble their heads about it. The John Bull steamer came in sight that day, and I put the captain and crew on board of her. I had one letter from the captain a fortnight or three weeks after, which I think is lost. ii Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for Simpson, asked a few questions of the witness, but his answers did not affect the case. Mr. J. C. Smith, who is in the employment of the Shipowners' Towing Company, was in the smack, and confirmed the statement of the last witness. In conse quence of what he saw, his suspicions were excited, very much. He had ascertained who the owner was, and he considered it to be his duty to write to Mr. Read, and he received an answer. He never was called upon by Mr. Read, or on his account, to give any further account of what he had heard or seen. If they had seen the brig as early as three o'clock, by the united exertions of all the vessels, he had no doubt, they could have got her into the Texel. Removing the lining and taking out a butt would most decidedly contribute to the foundering. The vessel was about thirty. five miles from the coast. Mr. George Gardener, whose evidence was partly given on the first examination, made the following re markable statement :—I have for many years been clerk to Messrs. Read and Page, of Ipswich, the owners of the brig Colina. I remember a time policy being effected upon her in 1840. I remember her sailing from Ipswich. Simpson was master of her. She went to the north for coals, and I heard shortly afterwards that she was lost. In June, last year, I saw Simpson, and had some con versation with him about the loss of the Colina. It was on the road between the ship-yard and my cottage. I think it was on the 6th - of June. Simpson said he was very unhappy, and expressed his regret that he had ever entered Read's service. lie then spoke of the loss of the Colina, and said that he was very un happy about it, that it was a wilful loss, and that he had a great mind to go and tell the facts to Mr. Alexander, the agent of the Alliance Company. He said Mr. Read and he had agreed she should be lost, and he showed me the spot on the road where the agreement was made. After detailing the particulars, which were represented on the first examination, the witness said,- after the loss of the brig, there was a letter came to Read and Page from Barking. I saw it ; but did not read it. Read saw and read it, I believe, in my presence, so that I could hear the contents. It purported to come from a person named Smith. Ido not recollect the particulars, only that it informed him that the vessel was wilfully lost, and he bad better make some inquiries into it. I don't know that Read just then made any particular comment upon it. After that letter, I saw Simpson in the count ing-house with Read, talking about the loss of the brig, they appeared on good terms. Read spoke of the. letter, and said it was a very serious thing, and asked how he conducted himself to the men on board the smack ; whether he had said anything to them to commit him self in any way. Simpson replied that he had not. Mr. George Pooley, clerk in the bankin-house of Mr. Alexander, at Ipswich, stated that the pr koner and his partners kept an account there in 1841. Mr. R. D. Alexander. a retired partner of the firm, kept an account there, and acted as agent to the Alliance Marine As surance Company. Witness received a direction froth Mr. R. D. Alexander, on the 3d of August, 1841, and transferred from his name to the names of Read and Page, the sum of 1,2481. Bs. 6d., which was entered to their credit in their pass-book. R. Parker, the master of the Royal George smack, gave. evidence similar to that given by the other fisher man, whO witnessed the sinking of the Colina. Mr. Clarkson then stated that circumstances had transpired to induce him to request that the prioners should not be formally committed for trial till Monday next. Mr. Wontner and Mr. Humphrey, as the delay was not to be extended beyond Monday, offered no ob jection, and the former intimated that it was his inten- lion to apply to a Judge to take bail for Mr. Read. The witnesses were then bound over to appear_ at the Central Criminal Court on the Bth of April, to give evidence against the . prisoners. The Lord Mayor acknowledged the receipt of 5/. from a retired Bengal officer, to be applied to the service of the lady from India, for whom his Lotdship was receiv ing subscriptions, provided she was the daughter of a medical gentleman who had been known to the contri butor. As she was not the party referred to, his Lord ship stated that the note would be returned to the officer upon application at the Mansion-house. GUILDHALL. Jonathan Little, a young man of respectable appearance, "aged 23, was brought before Alderman Hughes, charged by his employer, Mr. John Sherword, cheesemonger, carrying on business at No. 29, Wood-street, Cheapside, by whom he was employed in the capacity of book-keeper and shopman, on suspicion of having stolen one shilling and sixpence, and other sums Of money, from his till, under the following cir cumstances : • Mr. Sherwood stated that having missed several sums of money from his till, he yesterday marked several pieces, part of which he put into the . till, and part he gave to persons whom he . directed to purcl.ase certain articles in his shop, as if they were casual purchasers. Soon after these persons came in, and the prisoner supplied them with different articles. and put the money, as prosecutor sup posed, into the till. Prosecutor, who was in a room adjoining the shop, said that immediately afterwards he counted the money in the till, and found a deficiency of 3s. 6d. He then gave the prisoner into custody, and had him searched by the policeman; one shilling and sixpence of the marked money was found in his possession, and about 30s. in a purse. A gentleman, of the name of Sutton, gave the prisoner.an excellent character, and said he was never in want of money, .as his friends invariably supplied his wants in that respect. The prisoner desired that he should be remanded, in order that he might be able to obtain professional advice. The prisoner was accordingly remanded until to-morrow. CLERKENiVELL. A fashionably-attired young man wearing mousta chios, and described on the police-sheet as William Bur ton Newenham, No. 31, Upper Berkeley-street west, Portman-square, gentleman, was charged with the ab duction of Frances Louisa Wcrtham, the daughter of a widow lady living in No. 39, Gerrard-street, Coburg road, Islington. Mr. Southey, of Ely-place, Holborn, attended for the prosecution, and Messrs. Sherwood and Vincent, soli citors, Temple, for the prisoner. Allen, tipstaff of the Court of Chancery, was in Court, bearing the Lord Chancellor's warrant for the prisoner's apprehension. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Wortham (mother of the young lady), who is possessed of a consi derable independence, that in June, 1842, her husband died, bequeathing a property of about 4001. per annum to his daughter Frances, when she became of age. In December, 1842, Miss Wortham, who was then fourteen years of age, was made a ward of Chancery. The pri soner (whose occupation is unknon'n), came to lodge with Mr.Wortham in 1840, awl remained a lodger there up to the 12th of October, 1842, when he left. In October, 1843, he became a visitor at Mrs. Wortham's again, and on the morning of the 13th of that month, Mrs. Wortham went out, leaving the prisoner and her (laughter in the house. Upon her return, at eight o'clock in the evening, she found they had gone away in the course of the day. The prisoner left a note, stating that " We are gone to Furnival's Inn." She never saw them afterwards, until the previous (last Thursday) evening, when her (laugh ter and the prisoner were together. She gave the pri soner into custody. In answer to questions from the Magistrate, witness stated that she was the only guardian of her daughter —that she had never given permission to the prisoner to remove her, and that he was fully aware of Miss Wortham's fortune. Mr. Southey requested that the prisoner might be re manded. Allen (the tipstaff of the Court of Chancery) inquired whether he should not take the prisoner into custody on the Chancellor's warrant. He produced two orders of the Court of Chancery, dated the 18th and 22d of De cember, 1843, the former of which was granted on the petition of Mrs. Wortham, presented on the 16th of the same month, forbidding all intercourse of any kind whatever between the ward and the prisoner, and requiring the latter to appear before that Court on the following Friday and to deliver up the ward to her mother. The second order directed the prisoner's arrest and incarceration for disobeying the first. The tipstaff conceived ne was authorised to take the prisoner into his custody, and instanced the case of a person who was charged at Worship-street Police-court with assaulting a sheriff's officer, but delivered up to him (the tipstaff) by Mr, )3roughton, the) bitting magistrate, on his presenting the Lord Chancellor's warrant against the prisoner for the non 7 payment of money into the Court of Chancery. Mr. COMBE said, that was quite a different case. He . would remand tha prisoner if no good reason could be shown to the contrary. The prisoner said, Mrs. Wortham had given her co n sent to the removal of her daughter. Mrs. Worth4ol left the house on the 13th, declaring she did not imam . ' to return again—he had furnished her house in Gerarel• street, and had been in Scotland since October; he re turned yesterday with the view of affecting an ami cable arrangement with Mrs. Wortham, but she gave him into custody. He wished the young lady herself to appear in Court as a witness. Mr. COMBE said he would not examine her at present, and inquired where she was, Inspector Penny said she was under his care. Mr. CosinE ordered him to give her up to her mother, and remanded the prisoner until Wednesday next. Mr. C'. F. Smyrke, a builder, residing in Bagnigge- Well's road, was charged with violently assaulting Mr. James Johnson, residing at No. 16, Wharton-street, Lloyd's-square. The parties had some difference about a business tran saction. The complainant went to the house of the de fendant, and in his absence used language of a grossly abusive nature to Mrs. Smyrke, who acquainted her husband of the complainant's bad language on his return. Mr. Smyrke sent a letter to Mr. Johnson on Wednesday last requesting him to come to his house and explain his conduct. Mr. John son came accordingly. A quarrel ensued, plaintiff and defendant applying the epithets " scoundrel," " rascal," unsparingly. At length Mr. Johnson called Mr. Smyrke a d—d thief, whereupon the latter struck him ; a fight ensued, in which the complainant got so severely beaten that he declared he was scarcely able to stand upon his legs, and he seemed in a very weakly condition. Mr. COMBE bound the defendant in his own recog nizance to answer any charge which might be preferred against him at the Sessions, observing that the com plainant's conduct towards Mrs. Smyrke was unmanly and improper, and calculated to excite the anger of a husband. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF STABBLNG.—Sarah Best, the wife of a shoe maker, in Cottage-place, Walworth, was charged before Mr. Traill with stabbing Thomas Best, her husband, with a shoe maker's knife, and wounding him severely. Policeman 130 P stated that about six o'clock that morn ing, while on duty in Walworth, he was informed that a man was stabbed at a house in Cottage-place. He went there im mediately, and found Thomas Best in the parlour of the house bleeding profusely from two wounds, one in the breast and the other on the shoulder. Seeing the man was very bad he took him to the hospital, where his wounds were dress9d, and he was not in a fit state to be brought forward now. A woman, named Manning, who lives opposite, stated that the prisoner and her husband had been quarrelling for some days, and that she (witness) was alarmed that morning on hearing the prisoner exclaim " For God's sake como into the house ; I've done it." The witness went. in, and seeing her husband bleeding, bound up his wounds as well as she could, and having given information of what happened, the pri soner was then taken into custody. The dresser of St. Thomas's Hospital described the nature of the wounds, and the prisoner, who said nothing in answer to the charge, was remanded until Monday. Thomas Steward was charged, before Mr. Trail], with hav ing attempted a very impudent robbery on board a vessel lying off London-bridge. It appeared that between three and four o'clock that morn ing an apprentice on board' a brig, being awakened while in his hammock in the forecastle, aroused his shipmates, and a light having been procured, the prisoner was found concealed behind one of the seaman's ehests. On examining the fore castle it was discovered that the prisoner had packed up a quantity of the clothes belonging' to the - crew, and was just about making his exit with them when a discovery took place as above described.' • It having been stated that. the prisoner was well known about the water'-side as a person of bad character he was com mitted for twenty-one days to hard labour. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY CORN-EXCItaNGE. Although the arrivals of English Wheat up to our market this week have been but scanty, the demand for that article was extremely dull, and in some instances purchases were effected on lower terms. Not a single transaction took place in foreign ; hence the quotations were nominal. The best malting Barley supported its value, but grinding and dis tilling sorts were a mere drug. Malt, Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were unaltered. Wheat. English.... ..... I 2,440 qrs. 1ri5h.............. - Foreign. ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats. I Flour. 1,7(10 qrs. 2,170 qrs. 3,190 sacks, 780 19,980 - lotht, 3,470 qrs: SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts was seasonably good as to numbers, but of middling and inferior quality, if we except the re ceipts from Scotland—in number about 290. The Beef trade was again in . a very depressed state, and prices had a downward tendency. The number of Sheep was compara tively small, yet the sale for them was inactive, at barely late rates. The Lamb trade was active, at an improvement of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. Calves moved off briskly, and their currencies were noted 2d per 81bs higher. Pigs were quite as dear, with a good demand. Mitch Cows sold at from 101 to 191. each. PerlBlbs. to sink the; offal. a d. to s. d. a d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second qualityslitte... 3 0 3 4 Second quality Mtn 2 8 210 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 310 Prime large Oxen 3 0 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 1 arge coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 8 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 i Quart er old Pigs, each 16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 725 13,780 I 133 315 NEVTGATE AND LEADZNIIA7OI.. We had a very heavy demand here to-day, on the following terms ;-- At per stone, by the Carcase 11. d. to s. d.! s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferi0r.....,...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 8 - middling ........ 2 6 28i middling 2.10 3 4 -- prime large 243 0/ - prime prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge...... Veal 3 4 4 4 -5ma11............ 3 8 4 4 Lamb. 5s 2d to 6s. BOROUGH HOP PICARZET. This market, although the amount of business doing in it is by no means extensive, remains very steady, and last Week's quotations - ara well supported.—Weald of Kent, in pockets, 6l to 6/ 16s ; Mid Kent, do., 6/ 12s to 9/ lOs ; East Kent, do., 6/ Iss to 9l; Choice, do., 101 to 11/ 10s; Sussex, do., 6/ to 6/ 10s; Farnhams, 81 15s to 11/ 15s ; Mid Kent bags, 6/ lOs to 8/10s, COLONIAL. SUGAM—The .market for British Plantations has been quiet this week, and the sales are about 500 hhds. Prices are rather heavy. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL.—There has been a fair private, demand, and at full rates, but very little has been done at public sale ; 1,503 bags of the former were mostly taken in at 57s 6d to 65S for low to fine bright yellow, and 880 bags Bengal at 64s 6d to 67s for sound low to fine white ; these have been sold since. 2,852 bags Madras in bond sold at 33s to 33s 6d for mid bright sound yellow, and a small quantity out, 1,283 bags, duty paid, went at Ms 6d to 56s 6d for damp. FOREIGN.--Brazil sugar has been firm. BEFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 75s 6d to 765, and not active. COFFEE.—British Plantation has not been much dealt in. At auction 10 casks 9 barrels Berbice partly sold at 56s to 65s per cwt. Ceylon Coffee has only been offered privately,' and good ord has realised 608 to 66s 6d per cwt. There have been 774 bags East India sold at 255 - to 30s per cwt ; 110 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 52s to 53s 6d per cwt, and 3,705 bags Padang at 325, which is a decline. Cocon.-481 bags 231 barrels Trinidad sold at 47s to 54s 6d for grey, and 242 bags Bahia at 29s to 30s per cwt. The former is 2s to 3s lower. SPICES.-335 bags Pimento went at aid to 3d per lb; 97 chests Cassia Lignea at 59s to 61s ; a small quantity of Mace at 10d to Is 9d per lb ; 536 bags Malabar Ginger at 21s to 21s 6d ; and four boxes Nutmegs at 3s 3d per lb ; 809 bags black Pepper being withdrawn at 3id per lb. Rum.—The market has been firm ; 31 per cent over proof Jamaica has realised 3s 6d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—There has been very little doing. . RICE.—The auctions have been" large, comprising 13,774- bags Java, which partly sold at and after the auction at 9s to 12s 6d for sound, and 2,002 bags Bengal were taken in at 11 s to 12s 6d, the damaged realising 8s to Its 6d per cwt. COTTON.—The quotations are drooping, and not much is doing. TEA.—The public sales have been to the extent of 31,039 packages, of which only about 11,000 have been sold. The decline has been about id per lb on low Congou, 2d on fine, Id on Twankay, and 2d per lb on Gunpowder and Imperial. TAuww.—P.Y.C. is 41s to 41s 3d per cwt on the spot, and 42s for the last three months. , (From the London New Price Current, of March 29.) SUGAR.—The market for West India has again assumed a dull aspect; grocers and refiners have operated with reluc tance, taking barely enough for their immediate wants. Mer ehants generally have refused to sell excepting upon previous terms. To-day importers of West India Sugar submitting to a decline in prices of generally 6d per cwt, tempted the trade to come forward more treely ; still the sales amounted to only 200 hhds, making the sales for the week 790 hhds and trcs ; and the market closed with a flat appearance. REFINED.—To-day the demand was brisker for Refined goods for home use ; brown Lumps 74s 6d, and standard Lumps 75s 6d per cwt ; bonded Crushed firm at 26s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—HoIders have shown firmness and the market has been sparingly supplied with all qualities, but the trade have operated with caution. EAST brnu.—For Foreign East India Sugar the market has a firm appearance; privately purchases made at 18s to 21s for Manilla, and Java at 18s to 22s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Sugar, fine white went at 67s to 68s, good 64s 6d to 655, middling 63s to 645, middling yellow 58s 6d to 59s 6d, good 60s to 61s 6d, white damp and washed 62, to 675, and yellow 58s to 59s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN—YeIIow Havannah is held for the improved rates of la:t week, but only a limited business has been transacted. White Havannah has met with more attention, and the rates paid are on a par with those of last week. This afternoon two floating cargoes of brown Bahia were sold, one at 18s, and the other at 18s 3d per cwt., deliverable at Liverpool. MOLASSES.—For West India rather lower rates again ac cepted ; Madras, 185 for good thick ; Bengal Syrup at 15s to 16s per cwt. COFFEE.—The middling descriptions of Jamaica and Ber bice are much wanted by the town and country trade, and the supply being small, holders have been enabled to obtain very full rates, but unclean and inferior sorts were difficult of sale, and prices are looking down. This afternoon Ceylon Coffee moved off slowly by private contract, and prices still drooping ; good ordinary sold at 64s to 651 per cwt ; of Batavia, 245 bags at public sale sold at very full rates ; good ordinary mixed brown fetched 325, bulked 31s 6d, and sea damaged first, second, and third-class, 243 to 28s per cwt. Foreign Coffee dull of sale ; Rio at 29s to 355, and St. Domingo 31s to 33s per cwt. COCOA.—Foreign is held with firmness; sound Bahia bought in at 29s to 29s 6d for good bright red ; sound cocoa husks from Malaga taken in at 17s per cwt. For Trinidad cocoa prices have given way 2s to 3s per cwt. TEA.—There has been less desire to purchase green Tea, and the market having been better supplied, prices have given way for all descriptions this week. Importers of black are generally inclined to sell, and large parcels having been pressed for sale a further decline in the value has been the conse quence. The public auctions which commenced on Tuesday finished yesterday ; there was only a small muster of the trade throughout ; the biddings were languid for all descriptions of black, and the trade purchased green with caution; prices continued to give way as the sales proceeded, and left off at a decline on the last auctions. _ _ . Rot, BRANDY, AND HOLLAWDeowjaMaica Rum fair qua• lity 3,9 to 34 per cent overproof at 3s 6d to 3s Bd, good 36 to 38 over 3s POd to 4s, and small parcels of superior it 4s 6d to 5s 6d per ga lion. Lceward s a t 2 s 2d to 2s :.yid proof ,strengtb• Calcutta Ru m much wanted, but few p arce l s are to be met with ; Is 1,1 d to Is If id paid for proof. Demerara at Ss 34 to 3s 4.el for strong, and 3s 5d per gall for very fine in bildn. Bra.ndy at following rates: Cognac, best bands of 11 3 _e t vintage of 183 6 ;• hhds 5s I Id, p uns 5 s 9d ; 1839, bin,' 5s 9d, puns 5s 7d; 1840, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 54; 1841, lib& 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1842, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d, and in levier marks 2s 10d to 4i; 6d per gallon. In Geneva not much done : Is 9d is the value of shipping sort, and 2s 2d to 3s fors fine for home consumption. In the value of English COn ,Spirits there is no variation. RlCE.—Carolina at 21s to 26s per cwt. This afternoon` Bengal Rice nearly all taken in, middling white at 12s, a ter lots ccmnson white sold at Its to Ils 6d, sea damaged fetcbe 11 7s to 1 . 11; pockets all sold at a decline of 6d, middling ssbi 14/ went at 13s to 1 Is 6d, and sea damaged 9s 6d to los 6d; 4 30 bags Madras Rice sold rather lower, good bold sound yellow at 9s, sea da. waged first class 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. Saco.- -Prices have declined 2s per cart ; Sago Flour 208 to 21s per cwt; Tapioca at 6d to 6 1 / 2 d per lb for fine quality. This atter noon Sago Flour taken in at 22s to 235 per cwt for . good whit, s, being above the value. SricEs..—This afternoon at public sale 91 chests of Cassia . Lignea sold at 52s to 53s for loose and broken, being t h e full value. 6 casks Mace taken in at 2s 4d to 2 s 6d f or co mmon Bs' tavia. 12 casks of nutmegs were bought in at 3s for Batasn 4 and low 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Pepper is littl e wan t e d, an d 403 bag* Sumatra at public sale all taken in at 3d f o r c o mmon light ratherdusty, 2id offered. Pimento h as d ec li ne d in value ' per lb. OILS.--:-For Olive Oil, further adva nce d ra t es paid, poll fetching: 50/, Sicily 491, Spanish 481 t o 481 lON and " 1 7 ' bary 471 to 471 10s : Linseed Oil 26s 9d to 27s per cri" Rape Oil, at 38s to 38s 6d for pale, and 37s to 37s 6d for brown. Cocoa Nut Oil at 59s 6d 4 1 323 per cwt.; Palm, first quality at 28 s p er cwt. Cod • Oil at 341 10s, to 35/. Pale Seal at 34l 15s to 351 per Nos Southern 31/ 5s to 321 lOs for mid to good. Sperm at 70/ 100 to 70/ 15s for British, and one lot low 63/ per tun. TALLOW. —On the spot for Russian Tallow 40s 9d to 415 per cwt are the current rates paid for P. Y. Candle of fia t quality. For delivery in the last three month s o f the year a. 42s per cwt. A merican at the previous currency: Town Tato low at 41s, net cash. New South Wales at 38s to 40s 9d pe r cwt. This afternoon South American T a ll ow a t 34. to 40s °v.; Odessa Sheep 39s 6d to 39s 9d, Italian 38 3 to Z 95, Ibst 39s to 40e, New South Wales Tallow at 38s 3d to 40s s' per wart. THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS AND THE PAll_ lslf OF ST.SAVIOUR ' S SOUTHWARK.—At the sitting of theßoan i w• Guardians last night, it was announced that the charges r e ; cently prefccred against Mr. John Richards, the governor *".‘ the St. Savo ur's Union, had been enti re ly disproved, c.- to the satish:i.ction of a large and influential body of rate payers. It ai.nears that if Mr. Richards erred at all it W as at least upon th, l side of humanity. MILITARY PCNISHMENT.—The whole of the Rei d Artillery in the Gal:rison at Woolwich were assembled on the guard mounting p,wade ground yesterday (ThurSdalf morning, at eight o'clock, to witness the remaining Par t , ( t !, the sentence upon gunner And driver Davis, of the 6th e a ' talion, who recently received corporal punishment for !ne a t : • ing a cornopean, value 5/, the property of Ljeufenen s Colonel Colquhoun. The prisoner - was brought out by iSI file of the guard, and the sentence of the Court-owrt held upon him read to the whole of the assembled tr 00 5.1 and in terms of its conclusion, that the prisoner be disebwe'ii • from the regiment with ignominy, the facings and orneel l o f , were stripped off his clothes, and he was drummed on of the garrison. An examination took place on Wedneginl fr • two privates of the Royal Marines, one named Bennetl i , , leaving his arms and his post when on duty at the Old rine Barracks, Woolwich, and not returning until the , lowing morning; and the other, named Lyons, for ha left his post when on duty, at Deptford, and ' lting.' ° A s : asleep in a stable, Both have been set aside to be toe" 3e a general court-martial. THE POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT.—On Thur l 4l a special general meeting of the vestrymen of the paril i ,' St. Luke, Middlesex, was held in the church, at six o'cic when it was resolved—" That the Committee already I t ; pointed be requested to watch the progress of the Bill, en,dtie oppose the clauses which are injurious to the interests o f parish." Another resolution was also adopted—" That ibs expenses attending the prosecution of this matter be Paid b; the guardians, and be charged to the poor-rate." THE SEASON.—Thursday from are early hour vent-garden market presented a scene of • great bustle pis , interest, from the very large and excellent spring suu, which it contained. Amongst the novelties were green 1”,; 8 0, French• beans, cucumbers, strawberries, hot;-house asparagus, rhubarb, and sea-kale ; good cauliflower ann, o f coli were abundant and cheap, as was also every arti ew the spring supply. The flower market had more the aPP e :I ance of May, from the quantity of roses, geraniums , e'7 o .. Has, lilacs, heaths, epacrises, and other flowers which it tained, all in rich and luxuriant bloom. POPULAR EDUCATION.—A meeting was held ("ii behalf of the great cause of popular education, on Tiverl: at the spacious Independent chapel, Cambridge-heath. - Hindley, M.P., took the chair. He was supported by nko r , Williams Wire, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Collison, the lti. ir ev• im ,„ Andrew Reed. the Rev. Josiah Vinez, J. Motley, IV- i n°r ‘jr, H. Althans, J. Davis, N. Garrett, C. R. Dexter, Esqs., ion large number of other gentlemen. The following resole moved by Mr. D. Wire, was carried:—" That this meetinrt, desires to be deeply impressed with the awful state of ante and depravity in which thousands of children are g: t p. ing up arouml•them, and would feel it their bounden especially at the present juncture, to put forth prompt, /14 r rous, and increased efforts for their instruction. It 1 0 - 5 ,,, a solved to establish a boy's school on the British and FoITA•SI School Society's principles, in Bethnal-green, towards dreg large subscriptions were announced. The Rev. AL„ s e, Reed, the Rev. J. Carlile, and other gentlemen also aatur the meeting. be' ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GA S.—ThllTSuaj pe tween seven and eight o'clock, a dreadful explosion Ern took place in the front shop of Messrs. Foxwell and do, linen-drapers, 26, Judd-street, Brunswick-square. Th e t be mestics and others used their utmost exertions in starnbaha progress of the fire, and messengers were dispatched forrof, engines and firemen, who were in quick attendance.. tunately water?, was soon procured, and those persons ",; ( 0, present at the explosion soon extinguished the flemes; o o/.. before they succeeded, stock to the amount of new I nearly v , was destroyed. The firm is instjed in the Pluenix fire- 0 "' og THE KING OF SWEDEN.—Oscar 11., lately Cr ° 60 Prince and now King of Sweden, was born at Pari%o the 4th of July, 1799, and is, therei: year. He accompanied his father to ' Sweden in) s o l where the title of Duke of Sodermanlanci was C. °l2 . l i e f tO ore now in bis_ 4 .lo, on him—a title borne by Charles XIII. piPre us , l 4- his accession to the throne. Count Cederstronl ri a . :44te pointed governor to the young Prince, and a i".. 0 06 tutor at the University of Lund, Mr. of Tannstre m ; • leis charged with the immediate superintendence a l e studies. The poet Atterbom was entrusted 16 _, 1 A ge, task of making him familiar with the Swedish lanS" Ds which Oscar was soon able to speak like a native. _ n ip his father's accession to the throne, th e Chancelir ; sr igs of the University of Upsula, previously held by en,A r tis John, was conferred on Oscar, who shortly aW rvi .ifoo. was entered there as a student, and has, at "a periods of his life, by munificent donations,. eli f many other ways, given unquestionable proofs o w e,• interest he feels in the welfare of that venerable 000 tution. His military education, meanwhile, ' 0 , 11 : 9 0 Ole neglected, and his musical taste has s hown itself _ , of l obe. composition of an opera, besides a great nu w etr e , songs, dances, marches, &c. ; we are not, 11 , e . fil icb aware whether in these works he has manifeste d di g more than the average genius of Royal compos ers ' i otni" military career commenced in 1811, when he Wet JR nated Lieutenant-Colonel in the Svea Lifegue s _7the.r e ; followed his father to Germany in 1814, and 11, 1, 44 5 • 0 ' for the first time, an opportunity of seeing solnetß. active service. , „T nild i ,„ h t" EXTRAORDINARYABDUCTION.-011THUTS , •- , 016/ at eleven, an extraordinary sensatio n was cr eated in bmter bourhood of Clerken well Police Court, upon W e rt , 0 driving up to the police-stati on adj o i n ing the Cn u s ee& several elegantly-dressed ladies and gentlemen, Distn4 panied by Mr. Duke, the Chief Usher of the, Court, and Mr. Inspector Penny alighting therefreara"- soon became known that William Burton Newen.., b e a P ; been apprehended for unlawfully carrying_a" t haraz taking possession of Miss Frances Louisa IN nr•T o atn' o, young lady of considerable property, whose i „ingt o ,„ resides at No. 39, Gerard-street, Coburg-row', „ o ar The young lady only attained her fifteenth - 7 0 December last. On reaching the station-bous%o tressing scene ensued between the young lad& cer a mother. Through the indefatigability of the n'" a nd re t ; parties were traced to have gone to Gretna-greetot. turned from thence to London, where they took i !r - t he P; 0 . in Carlisle -street, Soho-square. Mr. Boyce, Ce niue l gistrate, granted a warrant for the apprehension their„lB ham, and after much vigilance, the officers found e n "i c iersv,„ treat of the parties, at ten last night, and had con l i e difficulty ire effecting an entrance Into the reat o liee ductor was forthwith conveyed to Clerkenwel l do oiev r - r tion, where he was locked up on a charge of In rd e ace and the lady was taken to Inspector Fenny 's ret paratory to going before the Lord Chancellor, b e° in Chancery. ------ 10 BIRTHS. - On the 21st inst., at Mannheim, the lady' 0 . Colon e° 81' .a s ll, of a son. usra ilton ' er , On the 25th inst., at Paris, the lady of ''' the Esq., of a son. p„onsb ire '' On the 25th inst., at the Ryalls, Seaton, o fAeo ri 'yor lady of Major Daubeney, C. 8., of the 55th Foot, Ems., of . On the 26th inst., the lady of T. G. Bergma n ' r. mosa, Cookham, Berks, of a son.• On the 26th inst., at Ha rr ow-park, of a levy Harris, Esq., of a dau g ht er . of _..... On the 27th inst., a t Hi g hb ur y Lodge, th e Soares, Esq., of a son. the lady .., r, 6 S Swan, Esq-, Assistant Commis ' ry-Getteral, to Sarah l og irr eldestO n the daughter27t h of of J. 08 3 1 1 ., General. •'''''' Howe ° rd° ttag es t On the 26th inst., at Speldh st, Kent, eAmpßrbiliecsre-a:EaEtDelih.,e Di‘efrautitryiticousiorajn' o:..a.er, only son of Sir Orford Gordon, ur Bart., io 'M ien ' e l° Si ji daughter of the late B. Barnewall, Esq., of "r .11:'3 street, Portland-place. ear ol'u S he r lock. o th f e D 2 o 7 v t e h r, itnosts.,araath,Sto.nllyfadrya'usg,il2gtor ihr e i r a te l Cb ilr-ell 6tef Cria ! O ett, Esq., of Deal. ~ e stali n il et; On the 27th inst., at St. Margaret's Churc-1-- John Cox, Esq., Gorgie-mills, Edi n burgh , to eldest daughter ofJ. R. M'Culloch, Esq. Rob ill • h DIED. litre 19 On the 23d inst., Sophia, the wife of John ES,4 S C" , f o rmer - Esq., and daughter of the late Joseph Aldridge,',39,oc „,s, of Great Newport-street, and of Hampstead, Mil., ig - atth e " On the 9th inst., at Oestricb, Nassau, Dr. Jainv - ' at 0 , 0 rtlll° surgeon to the Forces, half-pay. ',I ea On the 21st inst., at Little Bray, Devon , "1"- big D• l3 ' Acland, Esq. i On the 23d inst., at Jersey, the Rev. Robert 11°1166 ill Vicar of Bedfont, Middlesex. 77t O h n ye th ar e , 2 C 5 o t l l o l n in el st ioi a m t F L r a e n d g e h ri ari c A, r C ow ar n r n e, ar ev e . l :l s a h t i e reLieute- V II° nant-Colonel commanding 28th Foot. at Ann On on ti c le D 2 e st G h re in n s ie t 7, i E n s N q o . rth-crescent, Bedford-agrelllit: 0 On the 26th inst., at Coventry Mrs. Whitten', • th 0 late Alderman Whittem , aged 80 • /41orth ye On the 26th inst., aeßlackborough Howe, 10 Elizabeth, relict of the late NV. Voules Ego. . ' 1 Ishat°l3' 4 On a the ß u 2 d 7 d t , h a g i e n d s t 9. , 6 .at Tollington-par , d l.. Th O o enn OD On the 27th inst., at Homerton, A r thurEdn'es— d . 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