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BANK RETURNS. (From the Londun Gazette of Tuesday.) n Account, pursuant to the Act E oven th itnd eighth ti ictoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank otes, of the several Bank 3 of Issue in England and Wides,ln Circulation during the Week ending . Satur ttsy, the 18th day of ,Ji - innery, 1845 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £25,780 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 14,269 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,605 Aykliarn Bank, Avlsham—R. and E. Copeman 6,009 Ay leiibury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford lin(' 1 Lint B-Idoek Bank and aild ,, ck and Bigle.witde Hogg, and Lindsell... i; ie Bank, Bqrnst,iple —Drake and Co I; ,- . 14:,,t0ice and Wihani BAnk, BaAngstuke— ;. 'or.e, Seymour, and Co. 1; ink, Bedford—T. Barnard and Bedfordshire . Bank, Bedford— Halfhend, and Co. ivy Bank, 13e.wdley—Nichols, Baker, and 39,979 33,814 13,218 23,280 33,649 17,792 • ,'rafte ; 1,-./..str , l and Oxforikhire Bank and Oxford Bieester—Tubb, Wootten, and C 0.... ion):4 - nitm B ink, Birmingham—Attwoods, 51 , 0,)-ier, and Co riir.iiii,-;znam and ‘Varwiekshire Bank, Binning n -Lewis, Meilliett, and Co Kamit.:rd Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak .1:.; dank, Boston —Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co Bridg Ayr Bank, Brid4water—E. &J. Sealey L'riet 'l 3ank, Harlon', and Co. 8r,:50n..7' and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Bi . oFeley Bank. Broseley—llessrs. Pritchard 25,443 B;l , Aini.;Ertm Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Pis •trtt, and Co. Thiry Stalk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co • ,P Bank, Btubirry—Gillett aad Tawney. Pari':.,nry Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... City Bank, Bath—Mager and Son Bi'..t&prdsliire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton 114.:.,...iard—Bassett and Grant Dirm-ingham Bank, 13irminghain—Taylor and 25,040 £3,830 16,374 9,614 67,569 11,343 8,982 43,432 85,720 35,212 46,028 4,081 34,226 Bra(lf rd Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. 37,264 and A. Harris Brocon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brid port Bulk, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry .Urightt2n Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 12,103 62,550 24,331 and Borrer Burlington and Drittiold Bank, Burlington— 33,250 I fariing Smith, and Co Bury St. idmundii Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—nufford, Briggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Catn bri:lge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 12,416 3,218 Co. C::rmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chortsey Bank, Chertsey—blessrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Iche3ter and Essex Bank,litham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester . —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co , .. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, r.nd Ccr Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgo3d and Co Chepstow Old Batik, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Dorby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Prank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Deg izes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—Hughes, Locke, and Co Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fiacham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Itetford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. 'lnver Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co Darlington Bank, Dtutham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—pßackhouse, and Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—lodge and Nor- man ... Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins,Foster, and Co. Ea.st . Itiding Bank, 13overloy—Bower, Hutton, and Co. •••• Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrew, Walford, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—ganders and Co Fulienntra Bank, rakenham—Gurneys, Birk- bock, and Co. Forringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ri4wlon—Barnes and Medley leztruhain Bank, Farnham—Messrs. knight Faver.inam Bank, Faversham—Hilton old Co Goda!raing Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and King - Grantham I3ank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon r:tuttutin Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Udder, atitl Co. lit :record City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Ifert:ordshlre Bank and Ware Bank, Ware-- S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull Smith, Brothers, aad Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Bast and Veasey 11 arwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, lioniton —Flood and Co. I re r tflrdshire, Mellen Bank, Hitehen—Sharples and Cu. J 1! r-of,rd Ros , , and Archenfie!d Bank, and Ross nn.l Itrchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan iv's! lioskinv ;wioh Bank, Ipswieh—Bacon and Co. Jr-wn:h and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, 11.0.1eigh Bank, Minningtree and Mistlay rt:nk, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-- A!exavdors and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, nn.! Alereer and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J I):ivics and Co Ka;ghtsfin Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co Krairesoorongh Old Bank and upon Old Bank, lionee,lywough—Terry and Co Koi,dl.l Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Creptdson, nnd C o . Kr•o.ei ing Bank, K'lterlng—Goteh and Sons I,•ciii, ,, ter Bank , Lampetur— Jonos,F,vans,aruiCo I.ana L d S!atlor,lslLire Bsnk, Lane End—C 7un 1 on 1,-eds—B-ekett and Co Tnity, 2a:Ac,Lcsed..i—W.Willianis, Brown, C a•.(1 StotT.,rdshiro Bank, and Leek and Bank,Li-E k—Fowler,Gaunt,nndCo. • c.s:e - e Bank, D.icesEer—P2,gets and Kirby L 011 Bank, Lewt•s—Molineux and Co B uac, Li4ifv..l(l—l'ainier and Green 1,1!woln Rink, Lincoln —Smith and Co : , ,v,ry 131!!k and Llsndilo Bank, Llando and C o , : iiia):•ong null:, Loughborough—llliddle r a:11 t !oolc n,iNion Bank, Lynlio„ , ,ton—C. and S. St I;arb Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Mas.,ey and Cc. Alacclestield Bank, Maeclesfield—Broeklehurst an.l Co. 10,095 Ann ningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. 7,376 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wifts 011 Bank, Marlhirough Old Bank, Marl bwough ld Bank and Hungerford Bank, Ilungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough aud North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 12,005 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and illia.ns 9,372 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyums and Co 18,099 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavonny—Baileys and Co 27,895 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Wink, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth ---11rornage and Snead 13,913 Momnoathshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons B,l P 4 Ncwark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 2 7, 875 Newark and Sl ea f ord Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Handley Peacock, and Co Co 50,813 Newbury Bank, N ew bury and Slocock. 29,379 Ne , virarket Bank, Ne wmarket —Eaton, Ham mond, and Son .............................. 22 399 N:.rfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—TaYlo; .. J )yson ............... Norwich Crown bank, Norwich—Ha. ........... .. 3,584 11 .......................... NorAich and Norfolk Bank, ur noys and Co ......... .... .... 43,870 69,666 N6tlinf;•ham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co ............... X 1,200 Nuleaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and 26,395 INK rim= Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 13,854 Nottirg 3 )am Bank, Nottingham — Sm i t h and Co 28,427 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os -15,642 woqrv—Croxon and Co tord Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,668 Ox.f;)rd ildßan k, Oxf)rd—Robinson, Parsons, 31,597 and 'i hompson Old Blink Tonbridp, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wf4rOld Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge IV‘Wizoid Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge -11,898 1:e :ening and Sons THE SL N, LONDON, THITRSDAIL - EV:ENING, JANUARY 30, 1845 Average Amount. Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-Williams, Clinch, and Co 9,804 Peas,'s Old Bank, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co.. 46,832 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 10,606 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 10,464 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, En thoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading--Simonds and Co 33,595 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co, not received Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and C 0... 6,437 Ringwood and .Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co 4,945 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches tar-Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot nor and Son Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 15,790 Rugby Bank. Rugby-Butlin and Son 13,823 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 30,234 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 14,865 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay 4,640 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 18,210 Scarborough Old Bank, '3carborough-Woodall and Co 24,523 Shrewsbury and Markel. Dray ton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Arians, and Co 8,290 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury--Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 4,674 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddicon and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 3,988 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 22,711 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King 9,883 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stoat -W. Moore 8,050 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stavenson and Co 12,239 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton; Cayley, and Co. ~ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Batik, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 21,410 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 26,573 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Randle, and Co 12,851 Thornbury Bank, Th ornbury-Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns- ford and Barne 13,766 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,995 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 15,450 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 24,589 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 12,912 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. . . 27,967 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co ' 13,959 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Batik, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,937 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkosw nrth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wtveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and liolyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 13,090 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmero, and Co 81,637 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham —J. and S. Kenrick 2,238 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolv erhamp ton — Me isrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,783 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 46,269 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,395 Billiton District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... .. Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield - - 7,092 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Irnion flanking Company, Coventry 14,605 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,040 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,515 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 24,145 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 134.921 Halifax Joint-Stack Bank, Halifax 17,783 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,825 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,627 Halifax Commerekl - Banking Company, Halifax 13,674 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Bvking Company, Helstoa . 1,461 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,541 Knaresborough arid Claro Banking Company, Knaresborongh 27,236 Kingsbriti,pe Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,315 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 47,121 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 48,681 Leamingtol Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Hiding Banking Company, Leeds..... 20,999 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 13,957 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,057 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 30,778 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 73,518 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 54,529 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,712 Northamptoflahire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 48,785 Pares's Leioastcrshire Banking Company, Lei- cester Saddleworth Ba ,eking Company, SaddleworLh 7,926 Sheffield Bankirg Company, Sheffield 33,299 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamibt ri Stuckey's 8ank;1..., Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banitiog Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge an'l Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbi itl A e Sheffield and lial:amshire Banking Company, Sheffield .. Sheffield and R ,therham Joint-Stock Banking Company, St. ellio'd Swaledale and ‘l l zusleydale Banking Company, Richmond.. . Stockton and Dur:iam County Banking Com pany, Stockt: -- 6,332 Storey and 'I; ~ ,r uas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury . Sheffield and I.l.%ttord Bank, Sheffield .. Suffolk Bankint-, +.:ompany, Ipswich Wolverhampto.. aud Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton v d e and n j , 13 ,i a n r t . );:teoyek BankingUnionßank , C Wakefield , 3 14 7, 8 5 7 1 8 8 Wakefield IVhitehaven . Warwick and Le,oon.gton Banki ng Company, 27,315 Leamington West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol, Average Amo9nt Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,647 Wt.st Riding Union Banking tJompany, Hud _ dersfield ...... ... Whitehurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch - - - 6,303 Worcester City a od County Banking Company, Worcester.... , 4,799 York Union Bao't.ing Company, Y,,tk 72,230 York City and C, • inty Banking Company, York 87,865 Yorkshire Bankir. ;Company, Lpeils P. 1 .EANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Ta_* - es, Jan. 25, 1815. THE OCCUPATION of OTAHEITE THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY AND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The visit of the King of the French to her Ma jesty the Queen having appeared to the Directors a suitable occasion for presenting to the King a respect ful, but faithful, statement of facts connected with the former history of Otaheite, and its present la mentable condition, as the result of the French aggression, the Directors deemed it also highly desirable that a small deputation of their body should solicit the honour of presenting such a document, that its details might, if necessary, be more fully ex plained, and its design respectfully urged on the humanity and justice of the King. In soliciting an interview the Directors were un successful ; but their memorial to his. Majesty was presented through the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, by whom his answer was also communicated. That answer, the Directors deeply regret, is altogether unsatisfactory; but they still indulge the hope that the Government of France will yet be convinced of the impolicy, as well as the injustice, of maintaining the occupation of the island, and generously restore to the deeply-injured Queen and her people their per fect freedom and independence. The following is the memorial presented through M. Guizot to King Louis Philippe : MEMORIAL ADDRESSED BY THE DIRECTORS OF TILE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF TILE FRENCH. May it please your Majesty,—The following Me morial of the Directors of the London Missionary Society, presented with sentiments of profound respect, Showeth,—That your Majesty's memorialists are entrusted by a numerous body of constituents with the direction and management of the London Mis sionary Society, one of the Protestant institutions of Great Britain, designed to extend among pagan and other unenlightened nations the blessings of know ledge, civilisation, and religion. That the institution which your memorialists have the honour to repesent was formed in the year 1795, and consists of members of different Protestant com munions, including Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists ; and that it is now employing upwards of 700 agents, partly European and partly native, who prosecute their self-denying and be nevolent labours in different parts of India, China, Africa, the West Indies, and Polynesia. That, by the blessing of God vouchsafed to the operations of this institution, multitudes of the human race, once the victims of savage life in its lowest state of misery, and of pagan idolatry in its most cruel and degrading forms, are now enjoying the inestimable advantages of social order and happiness, secured as well as heightened by the influence of Christianity. That, by the literary and philological labours also of the Society's missionaries, the holy Scriptures have been translated into the languages of China and various nations of India; while to many tribes of Africa and Polynesia, previously unacquainted with any written form of language, they have presented the inspired volume in the vernacular tongues, and have taught the people to read and understand its hallowed truths. That your memorialists deem it proper very ex pressly to inform your Majesty that, among the earliest spheres selected for their efforts of mercy by the founders of the London Missionary Society, were included the populous islands of the South Pacific, and more particularly Otaheite and other islands known in Britain as the Georgian and Society groups, discovered nearly thirty years before by our navigator,. Captain Wallis. That, in the year 1796, a band of enterprising and devoted missionaries, sent forth by this institution, landed on the shores of Otaheite, where they found the natives in the most abject state of social wretched ness and moral pollution. The power of the chiefs was despotic and cruel ; the national idolatry was equally sanguinary and licentious; human sacrifices were frequent; infanticide general; and these, with other depopulating atrocities, combined with frequent wars, then threatened the speedy extinction of the Otaheitean race. That, amidst these revolting scenes, and while exposed to hardships and dangers almost incredible, in which their lives were in continual peril, and they were often driven from the island, these self-denying men persevered in their endeavours, by instruction and persuasion, to enlighten and bless the miserable people, till at length the islanders were influenced by these means, and by these means only, to renounce idolatry, with all its cruel and polluting rites, and to embrace the Gospel, both as the warrant of their faith and the rule of their practice. That, for the subsequent period of more than thirty years, Christianity has gradually diffused its benign and salutary influence over the minds and habits of Otaheitean people; during which a system of good government has been adopted, and a code of laws, equitable though simple, has been established ; both the persons and property of foreigners have been re spected ; the various relations of social life have been honoured ; education has become general; the Holy Scriptures have been translated, printed, and widely circulated; and the practical observance of Chris tianity, both in its public ordinances and its personal and relative obligations, has been exhibited to an ex tent but rarely seen in European nations. That the internal harmony and progressive im provement of the islanders have, however, been grie vously interrupted by a series of calamitous events, originating, as your Majesty's memorialists believe, in the attempt of two Catholic missionaries, subjects of France, in the year 1836, to settle on Otaheite, in opposition to the established and well-known law of the island, which prohibited " any master or com mander of a vessel from landing any passenger with out special permission from the Queen and go vernors." Your Majesty's memorialists do not feel it incumbent on them to sustain or justify this application of the law in the:case of Messrs. Caret and Laval, but they cannot suppress the con viction, that the measure was adopted by the Queen and the native authorities rather from an apprehen sion of civil, than religious, dissension—a fear which subsequent events prove not to have been groundless. To the operations of the same law, however, the agenst sent forth by tho London Missionary Society have ever been subject; and your memorialists ven ture most respectfully to remind your Majesty, that in France, and other enlightened kingdoms of Europe, the same principle of right on the part of the Sove reign and the Government to regulate the admission of foreigners to their respective territories is strictly exercised ; and your Memorialist; submit, that if the exercise of such authority be deeme,l essential to the safety and well-being of ancient and powerful mo narchies, its equity cannot be questioned or its neces sity denied to the defenceless Sovereign and the feeble Government of Otaheite. That, while entertaining these views as to the right of Pomare and her chiefs to establish and enforce re gulations for the government and protection of their own country, your Majesty's memorialists most em phatically disclaim all desire on their own part fur any restriction on the propogation of religious opinions and practices by Christian communities from which they differ. While, therefore, the Directors of the London Missionary Society cannot but regret that the Catholic missionaries of Prance should wish to obtrude the peculiarities of religious controversy on a people so recently rescued from the depths of ignorance and paganism as the natives of Otaheite ; and while it would have appeared a nobler exemplifi cation of Christian charity and self-denial had their labours been directed to the other islands of the Pa cific, where multitudes are still enduring the unmiti gated miseries of barbarism and idolatry, your Ma jesty's memorialists nevertheless concede most readily to all, and would strenuously claim for all, the right which they claim for themselves—the right of propagating, with unrestricted freedom, by instruc tion, argument, and moral influence, those sentiments and principles which they believe to be revealed and sanctioned by the authority of God. That, for the enforcement, however, of the Otahei teen law on your Majesty's subjects, Messrs. Caret and Laval, a fine of 2,000 dollars was imposed On the Qaeen, in the year 1838, by Captain A. Dupetit Thouars ; and in the year 1839 the law itself was abrogated, in application to natives of France, at the demand of Capt. Laplace, of the Artemise ; since which period the Catholic missionaries of your Ma jesty's dominions have enjoyed a liberty never granted I to the Protestant missionaries of Britain—the liberty of residence on the island without the previous sanc tion of the Government. That the occurrences now recited by your Ma jesty's memorialists were followed by the establish ment in Otabeite, in the year 1842, of the protecto rate of France, and, during the year following, by the assumption, in your Majesty's name, of the absolute sovereignty of the island, the dethronement of P. mare, and the forcible occupation of her country. As the result of these aggressions on the rights of the Sovereign and the liberties of thpeis,bitlendd,;weare peaceful,w-i tliits attendant desolations, has since prevailed; inhabitants have been scattered, and their villages destroyed; the schools of the missionaries have been dispersed, and their congregations ruined ; their wives and families have been compelled to flee for safety from the island; their own persons have been in fre quent peril, and one of their number has (though un intentionally) been killed; thus, withiu a few months, a train of miseries has been produced which the labour of many years will he required to counteract. That, while your memorialists are happy to ac knowledge the honourable decision of your Majesty's Government in declining to assume the sovereignty of Otaheite, and while they d aibt not that the de struction of human life, and the other multiplied evils to which the invasion of the country has given rise, will be to your Majesty an occasion of sincere and deep regret, they are encouraged also to entertain the assurance that a similar course of upright and gene rous policy would have been pursued in reference to the French protectorate in Otaheite had your Ma jesty's Government at the time of its commencomen been accurately acquainted with the means by which it was established; inasmuch as it is now notorious throughout the civilised world that, instead of being a measure sought by Pornare and her people for the protection of their country, it was forced upon the Queen in the approaching hour of maternal anguish, and under the alternative of invasion and war; and that, under the compulsory influence of these circum stances, she subscribed a document to which she had been no party, and which could not but prove fatal to the peace and the best interests of her country. That, with the knowledge of these facts, which are now indisputable and universally understood, your Majesty's memorialists indulge the sanguine hope, and prefer their most importunate entreaty, that your Majesty will exercise a generous Inagnimity, alike worthy of yourself and of your powerful and en lightened country, by restoring to the Queen and the people of Otaheite their perfect liberty and indepen dence, securing only to the subjects of France those rights, civil, religious, and commercial, which are enjoyed in the island by foreigners of other nations both of Europe and America. That, in the hope that your Majesty's Government will be generously inclined to remove from Queen Pomare and her subjects every just cause of opposi tion and complaint, your memorialists entertain the strongest conviction that the honour and interests of France will be thereby better secured than by the perpetuation of a power obtained by means so justly repugnant to the islanders, and which cannot fail, so long as it exists, to be the fruitful occasion of discord and contention. That, in earnestly soliciting this boon from your Majesty's Government on behalf of the Otaheiteans, your memorialists feel it due to the institution which they have the honour to superintend, to assure your Majesty that the London Missionary Society is en tirely unconnected with any political objects or inte rests; that it receives neither pecuniary nor other support from the Government of Britain; that its income is derived from the voluntary contributions of its members ; that its agents are wholly dependent on its funds, and subject, exclusively to the control of its Directors; that they are sent forth, in private and unarmed vessels, at the expense of the Society; and that the members of the institution, no less than its Directors, would feel an insuperable objection to the use of civil authority and compulsion of every kind for the establishment of their missionaries among the heathen nations, entertaining the conviction that such means are most calculated to defeat the moral and re ligious objects of their benevolent enterprise. Your Majesty's memorialists feel it due also to themselves and to their constituents, in preferring their importunate petition for the freedom of Otaheite, to disclaim all desire of securing any secular or political advantages for their missionaries labouring in the island ; in cor roboration of which it is only necessary to state, that during a residence of nearly fifty years the agents of the London Missionary Society have never pos sessed any portion of the land, but such as may have been granted during the pleasure of the Queen and the native chiefs ; that they are strictly prohibited from accepting any appointment from the native Go vernment ; that, although in the early part of their labours barter with the natives was indispensable for the sustenance of the missionaries, the necessity having now ceased, they are forbidden from engaging in trade or any mercantile pursuit; and that any vio lation of these restrictions would be followed by the immediate withdrawaient of the Society's confidence and support. That, in expressing solicitude for the withdraw ment of the French protectorate from Otaheite, your Majesty's memorialists deem it all but superfluous to repudiate the desire of seeing that island transferred to the dominion of Britain, or of becoming in any degree subject to its control ; that they are well as sured that Otaheite, from its geographichal position and limited resources, must he regarded as politically insignificant alike by the Governments both of Eng land and France ; and that your Majesty's memo rialists would feel the deepest regret that the islanders should be deprived of the right of independence, and the blessings of perfect freedom, by any foreign Power ; being sincerely anxious that, in the history of Otaheite, it may be made evident that, by a course of intellectual and moral training, a race of savages may be elevated to the power of salutary self-government, and be inspired also with respect for the rights and interests of other nations. That your Majesty's memorialists, in common with their countrymen, have felt the deepest regret that the occupation of Otaheite has already threatened to interrupt the cordial understanding existing between the Governments of France and Great Britain, and they sincerely rejoice that the pacific relations of the two countries have, notwithstanding, been happily preserved : they are gratified also, that their mis sionaries in the island, amidst the peculiar difficulties of their position, employed their best influence, though in vain, to prevent the effusion of human blood ; and they fervently pray, that under your Majesty's pro lotwed and peaceful reign, the people of your great and enlightened kingdom may continue to reciprocate with the subjects of Great Britain the practical expres sions of sincere goodwill and fraternal amity ; and that under the gracious destinies of Divine Providence the two nations may be found in future years blend ing their powerful energies to extend the blessings o social order, solid happiness, and true r e li g i on , t o th e degraded and the suffering children of men of every country and in every clime. By order and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the London Missionary Society, FREDERICK SMITH, Chairman. ARTHUR TIDMAN, Secretaries. J. J. FREEMAN, London, Dec. 13, 1844. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The correspondence between the secre t-ries of the London Mission, and the French Government, forms a curious supplement to the dispatches and debates on Otaheite. Our opinion on this question has uniformly been, that whilst sound policy, and a comparative estimate of the in terests involved, alike forbade making its discussion a subject of unnecessary irritation between the two countries, it still less became Englishmen to hush up or gloss over manifest facts from a fear that their mention might be unpleasing to France. To those who hold the latter opinion, indeed, whether private individuals, journalists, or Cabinet Ministers, the cor respondence in question must be a most un wel come publication ; for it puts strong truths in a clear light, and dashes asi:le, by a few pungent facts, a vast deal of diplomatic - pomp and eloquent sophistry by which the question has been obscured. We will allow for the appeal of the Londoa Mission being called an ex parte statement, for the short reply of the French Minister does not enter into any of the facts there detailed ; but it is one that refers to certain events and occurrences in Otaheite, the contradiction of which is easy if incorrectly cited. The Society's memorial of 13th December may be divided into three portions :-Ist. The Society's recapitulation of its missionary labours up to 1836. 2. A. Narrative of the subsequent introduction of French influence, and its effects on the island. 3. A Demand for the relinquishment of the French Protectorate on the grounds of justice and humanity. The first cannot but be regarded as highly creditable to the Landon Mission. No reasonable person can doubt that the Otaheiteans of 1796—sunk in superstition vice, and ignorance, and, as we are there informed, verging towards extinction from infanticide, human saerifices, and sanguinary feuds—were a complete contrast to the same people in 1836. This is fair ground for congratulatory reminiscence. A people of considerable physical and moral capabilities (their spirited resistance to the French during the last year proves the former, the latter is confirmed by the statements of all contemporary observers) gradually introduced to civilisation based on the foundation of Christianity, offers a subject of congratulation to all well-wishers to the human race, and is highly creditable to the So ciety by whose agency it was effected. In 1836 occurred the arrival of the two Catholic mis sionaries, and their expulsion under a law of the island, " prohibiting passengers from landing with out permission from the Queen and governors." This trenches on delicate ground, for the French have always assumed that it was done at the instigation of the agents of the Mission : this the latter deny, or at least imply as much, and disclaim "all desire for a restriction on the propagation of relgious opinions by other Christian communities. We must take this statement with some allowance, fora is in the nature of things that these agents for the propagation of a strict form of Protestantism could not look with com placency on the introduction of Roman Catholic doc trines, to say nothing of the risk of diminished social and political influence, which weighs with all men from diplomates to missionaries included. In 1830 a fine of 2.000 dollars was imposed by Captain Dupetit Thouars, for injuries received by I /M. Caret and Laval, the expelled missionaries ; and in 1842-3, the protectorate and sovereignty, following each other, led to the destruction of our influence in Ota heite, the abandonment of the missionary schools, and the other events of which we have lately heard much by speeches, correspondence, and diplomatic notes. Then came the demand for the withdrawal of the French protectorate, made formall► by Messrs. Smith, Tichrian, and Freeman, in the name of the London Mission, on grounds of justice and humanity. It is easy to smile at such a demand, the answer to which was certain ; for we are far enough from a state of society in which the expressed wishes of a body of religious teachers can outweigh the political designs of a powerful nation. But perhaps each party sustains its character herein the Mission, strong in its spiritual functions, puts aside all po litical interests, and demands that the French eva cuate Otaheite on grounds of moral justice and for the benefit of the islanders; M. Guizot, in his reply, strives with diplomatic finesse to turn his opponents' position, and deduces from sentiments " of humanity and toleration" therein set forth, the startling conclusion, that "the mis sionaries will aid the authorities, charged to execute the protectorate, in the work of civilisation, &c." An emphatic disclaimer of this presumed co-operation 00 the part of the Society closes the correspondence. However ludicrous may seem this protocolling be tween a religious society and the Cabinet of France to the worldly wise, some serious matter for reflection is suggested by it to all thinking men. We will now only indicate three points, the last of which has been lately handled by some of our Contemporaries ; these are-1. The theory of protectorates as developed in practice at Otaheite. 2. The social prospects of that interesting island. 3. The policy of allowing re• ligious bodies to conduct diplomatic correspondence with foreign Powers. On each of these heads we hope to say something at a future opportunity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday, in the course of the sittings before the Lord Mayor, Mr. Lachlan Mackintosh Rate and his witness attended for the purpose of completing their depositions in support of the charge preferred against Mr. R. Forbes, jun., for having published certain false, malicious, and defamatory libels of and con cerning the firm of Messrs. Rickards, Little, Rate and Little, and particularly of and concerning Mr. L. M. Rate, one of the parties of the said firm. The particulars of the extraordinary case were fully de tailed in the journals of Tuesday's date, and the pro ceedings of yesterday's were limited to the mere read ing over and signing the depositions, and binding the witnesses, in the usual recognisances, to appear and prosecute at the session of the Central Criminal Court. The defendant, Mr. Forbes, jun., was in the justice room, but took no part in the proceedings. Mrs. Mary Frances Keele surrendered, in discharge of the recognizances entered into by her husband on Wednesday last, for her re-examination upon the charge of bigamy preferred against her by her mo ther-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Keele, of Canterbury. Mr. Clarkson appeared on behalf of the defendant, who, in consequence of her ill state of health, was ordered by the Lord Mayor to be accommodated with a chair in front of the bar. The evidence which had been given by the prosecutrix: and her son (the husband), as well as the statement made by the de fendant at the last examination, having been read over, John Dixon, City policeman 619, produced two marriage certificates from the register of the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square ; the one of a marriage solemnised between John Weller and Mary Frances Witham, on the 7th June, 1831, and the second of the marriage of William urney Keele with Mary Frances Weller, in the month of October last year. Mr. Clarkson remarked that the defendant had never denied or concealed the fact of her first mar riage—on the contrary, she had always spoken of it to the young .man, her present husband, who had sworn that he was of opinion the defendant believed her former husband to be dead. If she had sought concealment of the fact of her previous marriage, it was somewhat singular that she should have taken the young man Keele to the very church where the evidence of her first marriage existed. In short, so far from attempting any concealment, she had afforded the only evidence which existed against herself. The LORD MAYOR (to the prosecutrix)—Are you prepared now with any further evidence in support of the charge ? The prosecutrix—No, my Lord. I have written to the sister of the first husband, Weller, but she,has refused to have anything to do with the matter. The LORD MAYOR —Then you have no further evidence ? The prosecutrix—Only that my son wants to get rid and clear of the defendant altogether. Mr. Clarkson—l rather think it is somebody else who wants to get rid of her. In answer to a series of questions put by the Learned Counsel, the prosecutrix stated that prior to his marriage her son had been in the habit of allowing her Bs. a-week out of his earnings, but that this allowance had, since the marriage, been discontinued, though some money had been remitted to her, as she thought, by her son,' though she would not swear it had not been sent by the defendant. The witness had visited them since their marriage, and washed for them, but she had not been in the habit of endeavour ing to persuade her son to leave his wife and return to Canterbury. She had, however, done so since she had heard the first husband was still living. She positively denied that she had ever promised her son that if he would leave his wife and return to Canter bury she would not appear before the Lord Mayor, neither had she threatened to prosecute them both if he did not return to his father's house. William Gurney Keele repeated his former testi mony, and added that this prosecution had not been instituted by his desire or wish. The letters pro duced were in the handwriting of his mother, who had repeatedly applied to him to leave his wife and return home. Since his marriage he had not sent any money home, but when he and his s‘ ife left Can terbury to come to London, the latter, knowing the condition of his mother, gave her thirty shillings. Mr. Clarkson—Answer this question : Have you not stated since you have been here to-day, that nothing on earth should induce you to leave the defendant, though your mother has stated that you wished to leave her? The witness hesitated, but on the question being repeated, replied that he had no reason to complain of his wife's conduct, and that he should not wish to be separated from her in case her first husband was really dead. Mr. Clarkson submitted that the only question was as to whether the first husband was alive or dead. Of this important fact there was not a scintilla of evidence, and therefore the charge must fall to the ground. The young man, Keele, said he would become an swerable for his wife's appearance in case she should be required again. The LORD MAYOR intimated to the prosecutrix that, if she could procure any evidence to show that the first husband was still in existence, the defendant could be brought up again—at present the defendant was discharged for want of evidence. The parties then quitted the justice-room together. WORSHIP-STREET. Thomas Miller, a middle• aged man of muscular appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bing ham, charged with having created a violent disturb ance at the house of his brother, a builder in the City-road, and assaulted and wounded his daughter, a child about three years of age. It appeared from the statement of Mrs. Jane Miller, the prisoner's sister-in-law, that the p r i soner , who had been for some time in the employment of her husband, and had been accommodated with hoard and lodging in the house, was a person of very irregular habits, and repeatedly returned home in such a state of intoxication as to occasion the greatest annoyance to herself and family. On the preceding evening he entered the house in a highly excited state from the effects of the liquor he had tak-n, and had no sooner got into the apartments in which she was sitting, with an infant in her lap, than he began to abuse her in the grossest language, threatening to smash all the furniture in the place, and set fire to the house. She expostulated with him gently on his conduct, and used her utmost endea vours to moderate his violence, but all to no purpose, for he became still more outrageous, and at length suddenly caught up a carving-knife from the supper table, and, with a shocking oath, hurled it at her face. She providentially saw the action, and by making a hasty movement to avoid the weapon, escaped the intended injury to herself ; but the blade of the knife unfortunately struck the child upon the forehead, and inflicted such a frightful gash that its face was covered with blood. She instantly raised an alarm, which brought other persons to her assist ance, and, after a strong resistance on the part of the prisoner, he was overpowered and taken into custody. The police-constable who took the prisoner in charge stated, that upon being called to the house he found the prisoner conducting himself with great violence, and that he repeatedly threatened he would " do for" his brother, and burn the place down. The prisoner now said, that he was very sorry he should have misconducted himself in the manner de scribed by the witnesses, 'but she had been drinking more that he was accustomed to do, and had not the slightest recollection of what had taken place. Mr. Brno lIAM said, that nothing whatever could extenuate the gross outrage of which the prisoner had been guilty, and he might consider himself very for tunate that he was not standing where he then did upon a charge of manslaughter. He had very great doubts whether he ought to deal summarily with the case ; but, rather than subject so near a relative to the pain, expense, and inconvenience of appearing against him elsewhere, he should take upon himself to do so, and punish the prisoner to the utmost extent in his power. He should therefore order him to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default to stand committed for six weeks to the House of Correction ; in addition to which he should require him to find substantial bail for his good behaviour for the next three months. The money was not paid, and the prisoner in con sequence was removed. CLERKENWELL. This Court was crowded with spectators, in conse- ' pence of its-having been generally known that the parish officers of St. Luke's were about prosecuting a woman, living in 3, George's-yard, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, for cruelty of a most atrocious character ti.)- wards her step-child. _ _ _ _ _ _ John Marks, a smith, and Anne Marks, Ms wife, were brought up on a warrant, charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks, aged 10 years, the daughter of the formar and step-daughter of the latter prisoner. Several of the parochial officers of St. Luke's were in attendance. Between four and five o'clock on Saturday evening last, a poor woman, living next door to the prisoner, went to the police-station, and informed the sergeant on duty there that a child had been most brutally treated in George's .yard. The police-sergeant Ridney, and police-constable Few, 154 G, went to the house of the prisoner, and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment, somewhat intoxicated; they asked fur the child, but she refused to give any answer concerning her until her husband was present. The husband was sent for to a public-house, and, upon his arrival, the child,. who had been washing out a room, was produced. The officers declared that her appearance shocked them. She had no covering but a threadbare shift, black with dirt, and a piece of sack, quite as filthy, about her shoulders. There was an ulcer on one of her feet, and a bruise on her back, and another sore on her neck. Her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt, and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable. When brought into the presence of her parents she cried and seemed terribly frightened. She refused to say a word. The officers sent for Mr. Birch, the relieving-officer of St. Luke's, and he had the child removed to the workhouse. Mr. Birch and the two policemen then proceeded upstairs to the apartment in which the girl was chiefly con fined, and in which she and her three brothers always slept. Upon entering the room they were so dis gusted with the smell as to be obliged to retire. Upon re-entering it they found the floor covered with human excrement, and the only thing it contained was a small heap of carpenter's shavings which had been picked from the dust-holes, and huddled into a corner of the room, and on this heap the prosecutrix and her three brothers slept, with no other covering than a part of a filthy old sack. The child said that they strove to keep themselves warm by huddling to gether when the nights were cold. There was only one small window to the room which was closed, and the constables declared that it would be cruelty to put a dog or a pig in it. The house contains but three rooms, and that in which the female prisoner was found, and in which herself and husband slept and lived, was rather a comfortable apartment, and was as well furnished with food and furniture as most mechanics' dwellings. When Mr. Birch spoke to the mother she laughed at him, treated his remonstrance with the greatest derision, and set his authority at de fiance. He accordingly applied for and obtained a warrant. The child cried bitterly on being brought into Court, and seemed to regard the female prisoner with the greatest terror. She sobbed so bitterly and fre quently that there was great difficulty in collecting her testimony. She was lame from the ulcer on her foot. Mr. COMBE determined on sending the case for trial for the assaults inflicted on the child on Satur day, and hence the child's testimony was confined to what occurred on that day. She deposed—My name is Anne Marks, and I shall be 11 years of age next April. My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning, and when I returned with it she met me at the door, and, saying that I had been idle, she seized me by the hair and dragged me into the passage. She lifted me up in her arms and threw me down as hard as she could on the floor, and kicked me on the body. I screamed, but she took me up, and " chucked" me down again. She kicked me on the side ands n the thighs, and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on me. I lay there crying. When my mother went away, I went out and sat upon a door step in the court. I sat there crying for half an hour, when a woman came and took me in. I had nothing to eat up to this time. The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my ,father gave me a fortnight ago. My back was very sore. I stopped more than an hour in the neigh bour's house, when my father came for me, and brought me home. As soon as my mother saw me she ran at me and kicked me again, but my father beat her for doing so. The child added, that she did not wish to hurt her father, who had given her bread and butter. All the clothing she had on was a slat and a bit of a sack, and sometimes the skirt of a petticoat fastened upon me with a rope. The poor child, who, as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more and more convulsed with grief,at length swooned away in a paroxysm of grief, and was removed from the Court in a state of insensibility. The male prisoner burst into tears, and seemed deeply affected, as was almost every one present. The female prisoner did not seem in the least moved, but actually shook her head and laughed when the child was borne by her like a corpse. Mary Dowlan, a poor Irishwoman living next door to the prisoner saw the child sitting on a door step and took her into her house. The only covering she had was a dirty ragged chemise, and a piece of a sack round her shoulders, both of which were saturated with wet. She made the child dry herself at the fire, and gave her a potato. Before the child left the door-step she told witness to watch her mother, lest she might be at the window. She was trembling from cold, and said her mother had kicked and thrown cold water over her. There were several bruises on her, and a sore on her leg. One bruise was on the small of the back. The child was very hungry. Witness never saw any one in so horrible a state before. When the child's rags were dry, wit ness went in to the mother, and begged that she would not beat the child, and she promised she would not. When the child was taken in by her father she heard her screams, and soon after seeing her crying at the window gave her another hot potato, which she eat up. Sarah Angelina Hewett, a very respectable-looking matron, corroborated the above testimony in every respect, and also deposed to the general brutality of the female prisoner towards her. There was an ulcer on her neck about a fortnight ago, as if she had been burnt. Her back and legs were bruised. Witness went into the house of the last witness whilst the child was there, and the latter seeing her said, " Oh, Mrs. Hewett, pray do take me from my mother ; she beats me dreadful." The child had her hand on her back, saying it ached very much from the kicks. After the child was taken in by her father witness heard her screams for ten minutes after, and her cries for " mercy." Heard the female prisoner say, " You -, by - I will have your life, ifyou go into a neighbour's house again ; or the life of any neighbour that will harbour you." She used other horrible expressions and threats. The female prisoner here exclaimed, "And your life too, you b—y perjured wretch !" and she held up her clenched fist menacing the witness. Mary Hewett :and John Ward corroborated the above testimony in every respect. Elizabeth Howse, the workhouse nurse, deposed to the nature of the injuries above described. Her flesh was encrusted with dirt, and it required great labour when the child was in the bath to scrape the dirt off; the smell was horrible. On Sunday morning when the child got up she said her bones felt sore from lying on a bed, she had been so unaccustomed to it. Mr. COMBF said, he should discharge the male prisoner, but send the woman for trial, and wished to know if she had anything to say, telling her she might say nothing if she pleased. The woman—Then if I may not I will say nothing►. She was committed for trial. THAMES POLICE. A man, who seemed by trade a shoe ma k er , wa it e d on Mr. Broderip and stated that on the preceding night his wife was called in to attend a woman who was said b be in a dying state at the house, 63, Rose mary-lane, kept by a dairyman named William Chap man, who is the owner of thirteen or fourteen cows, and is considered by the neighbours to be worth a considerable sum of money. On going to the house she was almost suffocated with the nauseous smell which issued from the place, and informed her hus band of the circumstance ; he went back with her, and the dying woman informed him that two brothers lived in the house who entertained a deadly animosity to each other, and that but for her interference some thing terrible would be the consequence. Mr. Cripps, surgeon, of Wellclose-square, was sent for, but before his arrival, the woman expired. The applicant hi.aring the sound of distress in an upper apartment, proceeded up stairs, and in a small room more like a cell than an apartment, having neither window nor fire-place, and lighted day and night by a rushlight, he found a miserable creature, who, though only forty-five years old, seem bowed down by want and age to the verge of the grave. His beard seemed to be the growth of several months, his face and body were terribly emaciated, and his legs, which were swollen to an im mense size, were eaten into by sores as large as a half crown piece. Mr. BRODERIP—Was he sane ? The applicant said, he seemed to be as sane as a man in so wretched a condition could be supposed to be. Ile stated, that he had property in some houses in Leicestershire; but that no rent had been paid out of it for some years. The only furniture in the rootn was an old bedstead on which the wretched man sat with a piece of old sacking wrapped about his loins, and the filthy rags upon the bed were calculated to create a contagion. Seeing a human being in such a condition, applicant thought it his duty to apprise the magistrate of the matter, that some inquiry might be made into it. Mr.BRODERIP commended the man's conduct, and directed Macready, the warrant-officer, to inquire into the case, and, if necessary, report it to the pa rochial authorities. Macready, on his return, stated that he never be fore witnessed anything so filthy as the premises. The deceased woman was sister to the two brothers who resided in the house, and her parsimonious habits 8,184 15,439 24,648 47,510 33,775 21,329 3,147 22,055 43,949 45,360 10,396 21,464 68,035 2,208 6,483 7,035 12,718 35,629 26,022 17,689 10,264 13,917 55,391 9,869 73,107 9,590 45,631 93,790 50,607 56,411 37,286 22,877 8,029 14,201 5,645 5,751 17,480 14,536 27,360 40,283 19,600 21,070 19,086 46,647 5,486 22,273 13,530 38,860 24,8C4 21,577 77,873 21,827 22,597 7,353 22,047 43,255 8,969 7,580 5,465 52,564 36,140 2,921 27,778 43,449 20,686 69,925 19,09 7,430 4,345 t surpassed even those of the brothers. all could learn, she had fallen a victim to her tre notions of economy, though they were reportedill be possessed of considerable wealth. S he m o scarcely any covering, except a slight upper g 4r— ,,re and_ her flesh as well as that o f the brothers aP,P e- ce as dry and (lark as mahogany. The man in We e g up stairs was even in a more miserable condition had been described. He complained of n ot ilas tl received some rents to which he was e ntitled f or t i ll last seven years, and when told by the officer, bill the parochial authorities would take charg e o h ti he said he was sure that exposure to the cold Wye, removal would kill him. When he heard, loviesci that he was only to be taken a short distance, be tb , much pleased at the prospect held out. Th e , brother (William) who seemed to be the owne,,,, the house, and had a male and female servant, seer°, equally wretched, but, notwithstanding hispeour,e habils, he indulged daily in from twelve to feerv7e quarterns of rum, alleging that it was to that he ° a d his existence.. The other brother stated to M 2cre t o that whatever he swallowed appeared to drop instep taneously through his stomach and flow to IlisA which were terribly swollen and eaten into es L a i leprosy. The constable reported the circarls;p) to Mr. Hughes, the relieving-officer of Whitlti who promised that the case should be imr°' attended to. LENT ASSIZES. Yesterday the Judges appoint. d the following clnlls.%for holding the Lent Assizes for the Western an d 1 ) 'n circuits. The Judge s appointed for the formereltb Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erie, and ')") ' Oxford circuit Sir Frederick Pollock (Chief Btir°°/ Mr. Baron Platt, the newly made Judge. WESTERN CIRCUIT. a t It Southampton, and county, Thursday, Feb. 27, Castle of Winchester. Wiltshire, Wt dnesday. March 5, at New Sartunor, Dorchester, Wednesday, March 12, at Dorcbec.et6l Devonshire, Monday, March 17, at the Castled f te ' r, City of Exeter, same day, at the Guildhall, se Cornwall, Monday, March 24, at Bodmin• ° Somersetshire, Monday, March Si, at al° - Taunton. OXFORD CIRCUIT. (Before the Chief Baron and Mr. Baron ris Berkshire, Saturday, March 1, a - Reading. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, Dr atar ch 5, at Ox ford. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 8, at W ore e' w City of Worcester, same day, at Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Staff('" Shropshire Saturday, Mara' 22, at Shre wsbat . Herefordshire, Thursday, March 27, at Herefroil], Monmouthshire, Saturday, March 2 9 , at Will:ester, Gloucestershire, Wednesday, April 2, at Gi,l°ll/oacest# City of Gloucester, same day, at the City ofu LLOYD'S SHIPPING. 0 EAST INDIA SHIPPING. u.poes Arrival—Scindian, Terry, from Bengal, ill fr°' sailed Sept. 27, St. Helena Dec. 11. 10, t , n o Arrivals at St. Helena—Carthagenian , Bombay; Emilie, from Bourbon; Douglas,i);,;o apt the Capascar e ; Loise, er, FrDec. 21ench fr;g i ate Trout B° llr i Madag; RothHe'schel, Glin';.olr;fir Rachael, Three Sisters, Statesman, r Baron Mary, Jane, 22d; Czar, Golden Spring' l' or d ; ;P?! Margaret Littlejohn, Adolphus Yates, and La dy D id;, 23d; Maria, Spry, Catherine, Nida, James, 24t. r b ; te grilP John Brown, Caroline, Violt, 2511 ; DrY ° P e r' c l i b' n ftil Blonde,26th; Ganymede, Elizal3eth Hughe 6, 27th—all from the coast of Africa; Claretnoutil:t, (r; to 21st, from coast of Africa; 'Unicorn, 20ja,11,r Mauritius, and sailed 21st to London; Nell 31 1 ' 0) ; h o,t from Batavia, and sailed 22d to Am ster o - eorg e j tJ Majesty's brig Rapid, 21st, from Ascension; fle d g 3 ,,,pi Fourth, Parsons, 22d, from the Cape, and Dolt l e London; Jack, Tavenor, 23d, from Mauritius r a OW 0 Mary Ridley, Sharer, from Calcutta, and s , lli A je 0, 11 „0 ,1 London ; Elize, from Batavia, and sa., i . le "„, Ca' o r ;ilk Amsterdam ; Timandra, Skinner, 23d, , 11.°.. f ier, and Cape, and sailed 26th to London; 1-/°ll-13ri5r4,, passed the island; her Majesty's ship Lol le 'shoP tp ) - 1 0 24th, from coast of Africa; Ascension, Estile.gr'a;il,,•„"ifii; 24th, from Calcutta; Isabella Harnett, 'l,.„ t a Calcutta; Inglewood and Sandersons, 25th , .",;,,10" St. Reliance, from P, sang ; Earl Durham, 2603,1r — Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales--' f.iver Norce, from LOn ion ; Mary White, ° l.' lanthe, from Boston ; Sultana, from OM/ 1 140 Te Og (00 Loury, from Manilla ; Sydney, White, 11.°131 0e 09 ' np l land ; Annie, Potter, and Maid of Athen.,s. d es, China ; Giraffe, Grant, and Eagle , Launceston. cpot. 111 Departures from Sydney—llnide e, London ; Sultan, 23d, to Sandwich Islands.,,dfcel Arrival at Hobart Town—Athen s, Liverpool. V I o f .00 5 0 0r, A A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT.—The superstl A re of century have not entirely passed swat, he4l l ; is still left at the present day, even ill t . '" the .i c er", agricultural county of East Lothian, g s rt i i :bel"; ing will show :—On Sunday last a w° "l - 1 b° 0' Ihe Free Church, who 'is a farmer aeL• t e e 4 tici f io j r left his house in the care of a female d lac e c ei he went on his way to attend his regular P o o o e pt ship. No sooner had he taken to the roil sott od,ji4 noise was heard in the room he had left, abl e i d pr 0f the pattering of many feet. Such a s ° • 9 hat ,. ‘-Al ij -1 , from the master's own room was anything "collrvin and so frightened was the servant that sh e t frig il ce il to neighbour, but she in her turn also gji i to ilb il i when both took to their heels and ran 13 . es t.' r 'fi I 'l4 quarter of a mile to where the binds' 110 0 % y o ° ,o li their story of the house being haunted " nro ell' i pl',`,' to the gaping wonder of the assemble ( ' `b e tte r ' t he 'd many consultations, curiosity got the b i :i g o bi e3' k o fears, when it was resolved they sh ° d 1 tl I 9 hc use in a body, and endeavour to !Ok i ( ' atie g liblil of the disturbance. This was accord 000;j0 reaching the room door, the same ee ise buti l°ll d, IL: with even greater violence than before , 00 0 1 i r + , venture to open it; at last one of the ty ilff l ogyP man on the public road, and to hire t' - e 0 05 ,„'(,), counsel and assistance. The man very court''' tell'Ve to lend his aid, and laughed at their feavso'o,,er:6,4 there were no ghosts nowadays; but 1 10 5 1 , 0 ' 1° ,0,, y the house, and heard the noise, th• eb e I . ll e ' -- f i if a iling to with the malady, and declaredhis tin"' A l ia, /,' the door. In this dilemma there was 4 7 - , es t ioli e irj waiting with patience until the 039-. e c ier Pie from church. As the noise was Jo° 0 ° Pi I they wisely concluded that this wa s 1,,,,$ sea rod ( he had net long to live—of course t'" il 1- 0 0 not apply to themselves. In the interileoad gb, i , 01 that ever e d z u w ss e e r d e , heard tohfeawboourtthwya. i c in id ir e nr olo ,(3 .o e , li tio l3 l,e (: :wee, when, with breathless anxiety, l'. e „iiii , ..4,,h i ie awful sounds heard ter to calm th eir t heiet a g s posed to read a chap of the Bible to o d e rl„l , ' i 4 accordingly done. Thus fortified, Of th e fr o lieY 4 , room door, when the astonishment °',..ibedtsjll9,V.o be more easily imagined than des c i, - ,lt ?,,,,, j v started the ghost in the shape of a Re l i c , the ' p ,;',,, . e , in the habit of following its master in b0 01,, a I V / it is generally regaled with a piece °C , $ O l- lii/ present instance had been inadvertently ~t o , Kelso Warder. .501 0 0,0; The S al e ll 03- 4 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-- '" 4. °' t r . i a col . id4 o ; e 4 o ~, of Astronomy proposes to begin lectures on Thursday next, the O d le o re glV o'clock. Gentlemen desirous of attee tl eL'ild" to call upon the Professor on Tuesc hl Yilevi ' between the hours of one and three. Jan. 25, 1845. DE AF OS S. f ) , (1 84 0 ,/ TESTIMONIAL from John SawYer',. wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Ale s4 'oeo ti t no.,, t ll mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. in til°,C 4 r o il l ' i l i been deaf for some time, I was ind'ic e , d ;bie ir' le v io t e ,p ) and, although at my advanced age, vember, 1839, to make trial of your 0 10 sok, year, I had no hope of obtaining any ' 0 0 01 '0 9, 00" applied them I could hear the g eneral the c ot _hearing has become so much improved bYai, i l i to 4 now hear acutely without their aid. L i l l ' Jerl e ' a il , bet tl il o most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 4( 1 70. 04.3 P t the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of rrevc e !„ o , Messrs, S. and B. Solomons:— Gen tle o3- 0 0 ,ele ° for many years, I was induced to try Y pe rg ) ". - Tellee4 Conductors. They enable me to he ar Vie ' e st e and at a place of worship most distinetl% i t g yroij Handglass which you have sent ole ar of est " suit my sight perfectly, the transparendsoth for liant, that although I have passed and by ° to o / . 0 at tlreof, yotatiolo May last, yet they enable me to read, a re t ol d ti the greatest ease and comfort to 0 0 1 ., 14 ,0 thanks, and remain your obedient ser ° 015 5 7,: p 22d June, 1839.—Telescopcs, Ol'e ra „JO' er r , &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Cautieo ,vsi ve i r i lomons, Opticians and A urists, arc not i°_,, a e ,liste_ioo, a person of the same name in their ito!e'vent Al b Nor n any part of the country. To Pr t 39, tious, and Observe, —Only to be bad a Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. iso v da o Ougi n thtf t he h re e . 27th inst., at Woodcote, I -43 ' of I'Ll , i 1 On the 25th23d B/R TO* d s , I,o° tO , „favors, 10 .4 a ofao . e ,th e Alf Cottage, Norwood, of a daughter. 00gle.7' ~,, v ~ On the 27th inst., at H;thiel; inst., at as3e I 8 ' e W. Fry ~ er, Esq., inst., Mlrisr. Thonlis Ji of a son. , ;qrs. 0 p i to On Folkestonethe2l7vthilliinamst.s,, ofin a C s o o l o e . shil l-street, i; ) 0 4 ' ' AV cer ,a On the • /11.4.ga:8. 110fliel, •ii 0 0. V lotte Y iris y dtßoaenOvg.nti llHlt tieireirdenor d 2 : B a, it t, til i j: ins t . , at St. Geo , r i.... , e ,, Chapel, Edward Rycaut Shordiche,Fi;tslorsoi 101.1 °T ~ 0 01,44 f , PlE,sage li,,orce, efY Madras a O d n i a t s h c e i3vdilosfeConrcticgoel:.er,i on his 41 ,, r°e ,1 :1 , e iu :0 '' e fil. . t ilj oo tiv f board the Samaran Wiliam .Mb' -- ,der d g eg e s ' y , i 1 , t iLhroittrfelrp:oeafteyoe the i ntthbselgear. " a ° si , n t,s . ,ii t / 55 et:; ,u.r.1.11 ,i3t i tagorcv i to ii i 1:1 . , 0 0 Su O tt n on t : I:',sq l vice - • e V , , 0 John Cliamberlain, of Whetstone, , s pi ~ ,fe ~ bweitc O hh n , j t ai li gi g e egd 2 i 3 n2 d ss.. inst , the Rev. Th 0 r" bole P ' IV Fellow of Jesus College, Pambridco, t.A, il • Y On the 2Gth inst ., at Hastings, so I H o • f e o li l3 ' t , o plr On the 26th inst., Ellen, the Wife .sth inst., Thomas Etlara!J yo_iiirovp, / „.„, t.• d o On the 27th inst., Katherenis 'lit°l.onott,7,6llol,,4°lkActl of Henry Dowden, f Aldersgate-sfroo, Velb - On the 28th lust at Dunea n ' te• -, : lt-te rffic fi ed . P. na On the 28th inst., at DeAtir'l.l(l4,oill, arion Jane, the daughter or , A 1 Lyndon 4 : iftil l° oo,,, c : I.)Printed 1' had bi quo w n and Pub.is rhe No: 112, Strand, Printer, A t i g4 v sorole Strand, in the Precinct of tiles° . Middlesex, Thursday, Jan 1 4 k , 4 it,l% 44; )4) 1 to,S, 'w on~bol (1 4 11 14'1 ; 4 1 do l ell, 1tt*44,1