The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

- - RAILWA Y COMMITTEES. Sub-Committee, No. 2, assembled yesteresy in Committee-room, No. 6, in the cloisters of the House of Commons. The Committee consisted of Sir J. Y. Buller, chairman, Mr. F. Mackenzie, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Walker, and Eliot Yorke. EDINBURGH AND HAWICK RAILWAY. Mr. VENABLES appeared as agent for this Bill. The necessary formal proof of notices, &c., having been gone through, the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. The petition was uu opposed. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Mr. VENABLES appeared in this case, also, as agent fur the promoters of this line ; engineer Mr. Miller. This petition was also unopposed ; and the necessary proofs of the service of the notices, accuracy of the plans, de posits, Fie., having been adduced, the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. The object of the Bill is to alter and amend the North Britiai Railway and the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Bills, and to effect a junction of the two lines. GREAT SOUTHERN - AND WESTERN RAIL ... WAY (IRELAND.). This petition was unopposed. Mr. Yenables appeared as agent. The length of the line is 97 miles, and the Capital 1,200,0001. Engineer, Sir J. MeNeil. Standing orders complied with. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The next petition called on was that of the South- Eastern Railway Company. Mr. BURKE appeared as the agent in support of the promoters' petition. Mr. HAYWARD appeared in support of a petition com plaining of non-compliance with the standing orders, by Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Chairman of the North Kent Railway Company. Mr. Dvsos appeared to support a petition, presented on the part of Lord Bexley, a landowner on the line. The Bill is to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make railways in connexion with the South- Eastern Railway, or the branches thereof from London to Chilbam, and Tunbridge and Paddock-wood, with a branch to Faversham creek and to Stone, near Dartford; and also to make railways, or branch railways, from the South-Eastern Railway and Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells, and from Maidstone to Rochester, and from Ashford to Hastings ; and also to alter and extend the Cautcrbury, Ramsgate, and Margate branch of the said South-Eastern Railway, and to make a branch therefrom to Deal, and to widen certain parts of the London and Greenwich Railway, and extend the same railway, and for other purposes connected with the said South-Eastern Railway. Mr. BURKE put a witness forward to produce the pub lic notices with respect to the Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells branch. The only newspaper in which the notices bad appeared was a Kent newspaper. Mr. HAYWARD objected to this, on the ground that, as a portion of the Bill applied to works to be done in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, the notices should have been inserted in newspapers in the three counties. _ _ Mi. BURKE said the newspaper applied to a branch which a as confined to the county of Kent. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and The Committee decided that the standing orders had not been complied with, as notices should have been in serted in the newspapers of Surrey and Sussex. Mr. BUNKE then prayed fur an adjournment, in order that the promoters might consider what steps they should take. . . This was granted, and the Committee adjourned for a week. WHAT IS POUND ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Stn,—The Government having in the speech from the throne, announced its intention of extending the present banking system of England to Ireland and Scotland, it becomes es- sential that we inquire whether this system is as perfect as its votaries would induce the community to believe—whether, in fact, it is based on correct principles, or whether its po pularity is not owing to its not being understood. It will be in the recollection of every one that when the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment introduced the present system of banking to the notice of Parliament, be began by asking, what is a pound? and lie defined the pound to be a quantity of gold of a given weight, and of a certain degree of fineness. Now, I am not inclined to quarrel with this definition of a pound, but I could have wished the Right Hen. Baronet had gone one step further, and after having toad us what the pound is, he then would have informed us how it gets its value, or in other words, how money gets its value? and I think it will be found that, on this last question, and not on the first, the whole theory of the Lurrency hinges. To reach the first principle of a currency (and thereby as certain how money gets its value, and to deduce therefrom its true nature) is the object of this letter, and I think 1 shall find it more easily by searching for it amongst the simple transactions of primitive life, than if I attempted to trace it amidst the complex relations of our own marvellous country. I will, therefore, take a tribe of naked savages, roaming the forest without any other means of subsistence than that to which chance directed them. The principle of progression being innate in the human character, even these unfriended beings would not always remain in this degraded state, and the first step theyiwould take towards ameliorating their con dition would be to protect themselves from the inclemency of the weather; they would build themselves huts, they would clothe themselves with the skins of the animals they took in the chase, and they would cultivate small .plots of land around their huts. In the nature of things one man would be the more successful cultivator, and another the more successful hunter, and the natural consequence of this would be, the hunter would have some of the spoils of the chase to spare; and the cultivator would have some of the pro duce of his field to spare. These two, seeing they respec tively possessed a superabundance of that which the other wanted, would naturally be desirous of effecting an ex change. I will suppose the hunter saying to the cultivator— " Winter is coming on, I have more skins than 1 want; you have more corn than you require; I will exchange my skins for_your corn." "Granted," says the cultivator, " but how are we to exchange ; my corn has required the labour of half a year to bring it to perfection, whilst you can procure a quantity of skins in a few hours ; my corn is therefore of more value than your skins." They would, however, ulti mately come to an equitable adjustment, and effect their ex change with reference to the labour represented by the re spective commodities. As their little society progressed, they would find it neces sary to have a regular medium of exchange—money, in fact ; but, being ignorant of the metals, they would be obliged to substitute something else for their medium of exchange ; for argument's sake, I will say the beaver skin. So the beaver skin would become the money of this tribe, its value beitLe based on the trouble it would take to procure it, and it would exchange for other commodities with reference to the labour they represent. I would here direct attention to the distinction I am en deavouring to establish, and which, if I succeed in establish ing, wilt strike at the root of what I consider a popular de lusion respectin , money ; it is, that money is not both the medium of exchange and the standard of value too, but that it is only the medium of exchange, and that labour is the' true standard of value—a standard by which money should be estimated .-qually with every other commodity. Let us test this by what is going on around us; a yard of cotton, which can now be bought for a shilling, would, fifty years ago, have been worth two shillings; so that, if we wanted to buy a sovereign with cotton, we should have to give twenty yards for it, whereas, before, it might have been bought with ten yards. Why is this? The improvements in machinery have enabled us to dispense with sixty or seventy per cent. of the labour that used to be worked up in cotton. Cotton, therefore, not representing the same quantity of la bour, has become depreciated in value, and we have in con sequence to give a greater quantity of it for those things which represent an unvarying, or nearly an unvarying quan tity of labour. Again, if a mountain of refined gold were to be disco vered, gold avould immediately become cheaper, and the twenty yards of cotton might purchase two sovereigns; not that cotton had become dearer, but that gold had become de preciated. But why, under such circumstances, should gold have b'ecome depreciated, seeing that its value in use had remained precisely the same? Simply because it would be more easily obtained, because less labour would be used in obtaining it. The concurrent approbation of mankind has selected gold as the chief medium of exchange on account of its inde structibility and hardness, but there was not any inevitable necessity for its having been selected. The concurrent ap probation of mankind might have selected tin or iron as the medium of exchange; yet no one will contend that this con current approbation would have given to iron or tin the same value as gold But why not? Because they would be more easily obtained, because less labour would be used in obtaining them. If we do not make labour our standard of value, we are absolutely without any standard by which to estimate the value of gold ; and, then, when we ask how money gets its value, we are told that is the concurrent ap probation of mankind which gives it its value, or some other reason is assigned equally absurd and unphilosophical. If I have succeeded in showing that labour is the origina tor and standard of value, it follows, as a natural sequence that the circulating medium representing such value should expand with the creations of industry-, whilst the new system of banking is based on the directly opposite principle, that of limiting money without reference to production. The practical effect of this change must inevitably be, that, as production increases , each unit of money will represent a sreater quantity of the creations of industry, and that prices must continue to decline so long as production coal nues to increase. This would not be of so much importance if society were in a less Lir:inch( state; but, as it is constituted in this country, the new banking system will act most severely on the producing classes for the benefit and advantage of the non-producing classes. It will greatly increase the value of all fixed incomes. The owners of estates having annuities to pay out of them will find this measure will increase the real value of those annuities, inasmuch as, though the money value remains the same, it will command a greater quantity of those productions which spring from and give value to their estates. On the same principle, it will increase the interest of the national debt, and increase the value of all salaries paid to public officers. It must be a self-evident proposition that a very low range of prices and a very high rate of taxation cannot long co exist, The sweeping charge which has been made with respect to agriculture will render other changes inevitable, which are now scarcely dreamed on—such as the sale of the national estates (except those which are requisite to maintain the splendour of the throne), and the appropriation of the proceeds to the liquidation of the National Debt, the reduc tion of the interest on the debt, and the reduction of al official salaries, both count)' and national. These are some of the fruits w hi c h will ultimately spring out of the legislation of the last four years.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,_ A CONSERVATIVE. Lincolnshire, Feb. 28, 1845. , FORMER CHARACT ER OF T 11 0 'm AS HOCKE R .-,-Th e n Ipswich Express observes, in refere th the late murd er at Hampstead :—" We have understo o e l that Thomas Henry Hoeker, the individual now in cust , od s y mn % the charge of mur dering ' Mr. James Delarue, was illi(a,ravhsto2s,:f Holbrook, employedstat d to since, a resident at the Rev. 5. B. W in this county. During his stay there be for the purpose of recruiting .us health) he e s es 1 il i c a o s f ir t e u i i i ti as on t t the school, o a r nil iws , from nean- S:b on Clx, , t by several influential families." at, , ,, "Iltff . _ . ' t. )l le , O s NOP ti O r L e lS d T a 3. — E ig ht widows hay la got tnikr d!•F d i n y t h e s pinsters of that icio:wrt r k iage - .. t/ s t_. requisition for a public meeting to re adept thy f•,... •_•.“. oor resolutions, and " put down" the Otlfalnguk-Oiab .1! r marriage. To such an extent has this -Econorioingo .., •'. in 1842 the number of widowers and Figows whool .. , tied in England was no less than 26,198! Nbivernoi Atm SPIRIT of th • i PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The Property- tax Bill was last night con sidered in Committee, and its clauses agreed to. Our sum mary will have shown the details of the night's proceedings, which were singularly tame on the part of the Opposition, though two amendments were proposed, to be defeated, how ever, by overwhelming majorities. One expression of Mr. Muntz deserves to be noticed. " The Right Honourable Baronet," said the Member for Birmingham, " had im proved, to a certain extent, the condition of the in dustrious classes at the expense of the other (i. e., idle) classes." We doubt whether a higher panegyric was ever pronounced upon a statesman, even with a pur pose of eulogy, but in the particular case it is infinitely more honourable, because offered with all the sincerity of a re proach. Sir Robert Peel has Unproved the condition of the industrious cla,ses ; but this has been to a certain extent at the expense of the idle classes. Must not this be always the case, and ought it not to be always the case? There has been no general deterioration, but the reverse, a great general improvement. The idle classes are no worse off than they were, but a great deal better ; everything to be purchased by money, except labour, is a great deal cheaper than it has been within the memory of the existing genera tion. Ought not this, then, to be the golden age of the wealthy? But labour, though not yet as highly paid as it ought to be, has been enhanced in value by Sir Robert Peel's measures, at the cost, no doubt, of the profit, although in no respect at the cost of the property of the rich. And is not this just what the most perfectly wise statesman ought to de sire to accomplish? GLOBE.—Mr. Thornely's questions, and the answer they elicited last night from Sir Robert Peel, respecting the admis sion of the cargoes already shipped—with more to follow— from New Orleans of slave-labour sugar, the growth of the repudiating State of Louisiana—throw fresh and strong light on what Lord John Russell termed, with such perfect justice, the" impracticable and illusory distinction" attempted between the produce of free and slave-labour. According to Sir Robert Peel's view of our subsisting treaty with the United States, an Order in Council must he issued, admitting these car goes on the most favourable terms. These slave-labour sugars will, therefore, come in on the footing of free-labour sugars. Nay more, according tc the new-fangled ad valorem sliding scale (as Mr. Ewart pointed out) they will come in on better terms than the growth of free-labour. Mr. Ewart said—" He wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet was aware that all the sugar coming from Louisiana was brown muscovado sugar, and, therefore, would come into this country at the duty of 235., and not at 28s. ? So that, in fact, this slave-grown sugar of the United States would be imported at a lower duty than the free-labour sugar of Java, Siam, and Manilla." This is a prospect which Mr. Thornely contem plates " with great satisfaction. lie begged simply to state that the produce of sugar in Louisiana was such as would give great profit on its exportation to this country, and that there was every reason to believe the new trade would be carried on to a very considerable extent." The temper of some Liberal Members seems to be to take alternately " the bit and the buffet" with edifying patience. Parliament, under the magnetic passes of the present Minister, appears to be quite suspended in its faculties of discerning inconsistency, or resenting injustice. The threat of Moliere's maid to her mis tress, " Vous serez, ma foi, Tartuffiee," appears accomplished in the transfused spirit of Peel through the British House of Commons. We cannot participate the satisfaction at these surprises on a partial and hollow policy. We cannot comfort ourselves with cargoes of sugar tbr the exposure of English sense to the world's mockery. It was only the other night that the United States' evasions of subsisting treaties, as regarded our products, were mentioned in the House, and admitted by the Minister. For the sake then of these slippery customers—for the sake of giving them a protected market—of encouraging their exports at the ex pense of fairer dealers—we legislate. We legislate to admit Louisiana to our markets, while we exclude Brazil. We legislate to admit the evaders of treaties on a privileged foot ing, while we break off treaties with those who offered reci procity. And all for love of the African race. THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) _ . _ It has been mentioned that, tho deceased Delarue was known to be in the habit of wearing two rings, - and although the most valuable one was discoverel by the unfortunate father of Thomas Ilceker, amongst some of the cuttings of the shoe nriterials at his house, still up to the period of the pri soner's examination on Tuesday, at the Police-court, no tra-:e of the second ring had been found. It appears, however, on the return of Mr. Hoeker, sen., to his resi dence, in Charles-street, that his wite had al , o , durnig his absence, found the second ring ka kind of goy keeper) amongst eper) amongst some rubbish. Mr. Hocker, sen., lost no time n placing this further evidence of the gu It of his wretched son in the hands of the police. It still believed, as was the case in the first instance, that there was more thin one pers,:n concerned in the murder, and this suppo. sition is strergthened by facts which, subsequently to the holding of the coroner's inquest, have transpired. In the North rosd, and hut a very short distance from the Swiss Cottage, a penknife is stated to have been found, having the handle covered with blood, and it cannot be ide, tified as having ever been seen in the possession either of the accused, Thomas Henry flocker, or of the murdered man, Mr. Delarue. The facts which have transpired in evidence also tend to shcw in some measure that more than one was conce: ned. In the first place, Delarue was, as compared with the accused, much ranre powerful man, and therefore, single handed, would have been likely to, have had the t;est of llocker. A Ttin, the cries of murder from deceased were heard for two or three minute‘, therefore that fact does away with the impression that locker must have pounced on the. murdered man una wares, and stunned him. The police arc actively en gaged in tracing out, if possible, the owner of the pen knife alluded to. During the inquest, it will be remembered that when the coat of Thomas Henry !locker was :•roduced, there was evidence of a bloody hand having been thrust into one of the pockets. Shortly after the verdict ut " Wilful Murder" was recorded, Mr. Wakley directed the summon ing officer of Hampstead, in whose custody the clothes of the deceased are plac«l, to examine the pockets minutely, in order to ascertain if, when they were rifled by the murderer, he had blood on his hands. On Hunt's return he stated that there was not the slightest s pit of blood on any of the pockets, and 'he only blood observable on the trousers at all was a long streak passing down the front in the direction of the left thigh. The extraordinary manner in which the police have got up the evidence in this case has been the subject of general remark, and the anxiety manifestee by them all, as it were, to have " a finger in the pie" is still more sin gular. For instance, in the first place, Inspector Par tridge holds the watch and ring, identified as having belonged to the murdered man. Secondly, Inspector Shackel holds the mackintosh, trousers, &c., covere 1 with blood, belonging to the accused. Thirdly, Inspector Haynes holds the gatnbroon trou sers, drawers, coat, waistcoat, stockings, and shirt of Rocker, as also the button found on the mantel piece. Fourthly, Inspector Gray holds the letter signed " Caroline," and other documents. Fifthl y , Sergeant Scotney holds some letters found at the accuseit's lodgings, addressed by him to a Miss Batty. Sixthly, police constable Thomas holds the button found on the spot where the murder took place. Seventhly, Inspector Teritnan holds some obscene books and prints belonging to the accused. Inspector Furlong holds some thing else ; and lastly, Hunt, the constable, holds the deceased's clothes. It has now been ascertained beyond a doubt that had !locker been taken into custody on the night he was, that most, it' not ail, the above-mentioned evidences of his guilt would have been removed or destroyed. It appears that on the following morning after the capture of the accused, the copper at his lodgings was found filled with water, the tire laid, and everything prepared for washing, and all this was done entirely without the knowledge of the landlady of the house. The letters in the custody of the police are said to deeply criminate the murdered man as well as Hooker. THE SALT-HILL MURDER. The trial of John Tawfl, charged, upon the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart, at Salt-hill, on New Year's Day, will take place next week at Aylesbury. An application will be made, on the part of the Crown. as soon as the commission is opened, for a day to be fixed for the trial, in consequence of the immense number of witnesses who will be examined both for the prosecution and the prisoner, the great majorit; of whom will have to travel a distance of be tween thirty and forty miles. Wednesday next will be the day named for the trial to take place, should it meet with the approbation of the Court. The number of persons who have made application to be present during the proceedings (which are expected to oc cupy nearly two whole days) would fill the Court (which is somewhat confined), even if it were five times its present size. Mr. Fi'zroy Kelly, who had been retained by the prisoner, to conduct his defence, will not, it is confidently stated, be enabled to undertake that arduous duty, Mr. Kelly having received a heavy brief with a fee of five hundred guineas, in a cause to be tried on the Home Circuit, at Maidstone, where the assizes occur in the same week as at Aylesbury. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. J. J. Will.ams, wha were present to watch the proceedings at the coroner's inquest on the body of Sarah Hart, at Salt-hill, on the part of the accused, will be en gaged elsewhere on their respective circuits. In the ab sence of these three gentlemen whom we hare named, we understand that Mr. Gurney and Mr. O'Malley have been retained for the prisoner by his solicitor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Pender gast have been retained on the part of the Crown. In order to accommodte as many persons as possible during the trial, various alterations and arrangements are being effected in the interior of the Court, by the orders of the High Sheriff. The prisoner continues to be supplied daily with a dinner from the Whit e H ar t I nn at Aylesbury, the prison regulations permitting an accu se d person, before trial, thus to obtain his me a l s . He is only restricted as to quantity with reference to wine and beer. His appetite continues very good, end his usual spirits, until within the last day or two, have not forsak en him. He has been taking hydrocyanic acid, medicinally, nearly ever since he has been incarcerated, the prisoner alleging- that he is labouring under a complaint which renders that medicine necessary for his health. Several consultations have taken place within the last few days between the accused and his professional adviiers. e may state that he looks forward with confidence to the result of his trial. TROTTING MATCH FOR 101.-a-sinn.--On Tuesday the match between Hobson's pony and M'Clue's mare to trot in harness ten mileS, came off over two miles of road at Tot tenham. The quadruped competitors having been harnessed to light carts, the race was commenced at good speed, and both performing the first mile in three minutes and twenty two seconds. The mare turned the second mile abont thirty yards a-head ; and, at the .conclusion of five miles, which was completed in eighteen minutes, lioth horses were together; they were pulled in; and, from the state of the road, the vehicles ran very easy ; and the horses had scarcely turned a hair, and in two minutes they resumed their work, and covered the next two miles in seven minutes; at the ninth hw m oi i rt l e shei t sn h b a he y iani lT a r p. e ri ne ' . a wello4o. t g thi e je t e greorda, drivers, and ,‘, etrhseot when th o m t e t ng i n g g til e f . fre s h. ensued, ,bWr broke, a l l dd in e a t n r d a t t u ec r i n i e n d a ; this ea s e y n enabled winner,th the accomplishingpo o t ke the and t Advantage , e w n asp miles in thirty-eight minutes and four ses. The spectators were numerous, and the betting large. TRH SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY MOANING, .mAncn 7, 1845. LAW INTELLIGENCE. was holding her daughter by both her wrists, and she appeared to be trying to get away. Baron ALDERSON said, he could not very well see how she could be trying to get away when it appeared by the evidence the defendant was trying to get away from her, and she would not let him. This was the plaintiff's case. iiirr. Sergeant CitAXNELL then addressed the jury for the defendant, and contended that it was a trumpery ac tion, which ought never to have bean brought into Court. lie admitted that there had been a promise of marriage, and he did not intend to deny the fact, but he submitted that there was no evidence whatever to show, if the de fendant had been let alone, he would not have honourably fulfilled his promise. It . should bt, recollected that his wife had not been dead more than twelve months, and it was very reasonable that he should be desirous to delay the ceremony as long as possible on that account. He had promised to marry her in a month, but, instead of waiting that period, the mother angrily told him that if she were her daughter, sho would nut wait a fortnight, took her daughter away, and then this action was brought. He submitted that there was no ground to give a verdict at all against his client, but if the jury should think there was, he trusted that they would consider the smallest coin in the realm a sufficient recom pense for the injury the plaintiff was alleged to have received. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 6, The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. Lord Campbell presided. TIIE EARL OF STIRLING I/. THE OFFICERS OF STATE OF SCOTLAND. This appeal stood on the paper for hearing, but upon its being called on, hi consequence of some informality, the case was again referred to the Appeal Committee. MACKINTOSH C. GORDON. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session. The question In this case was as to the effect of a bond executed by Alexander, the last but one Duke of Gordon, on the marriage of his natural daughter to Mr. Mackintosh, by which he settled upon her the sum of 5,0001. The que.tien in the case was whether by that hone( the daughter took the sum absolutely, or only a life interest in it. The Court of Session decided that she took a life interest only, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The arguments on the part of the appellant occupied their Lord ships the whole morning. Mr. Baron ALDEUSON having summed up, the jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron rAQICE and Mr. Justice WILLIAXS.) THE BETHNAL-GREEN MURDER. James Tapping, aged 25, tallow-chandler, was indicted for the wil ful murder of Emma Whiter, by shooting her in the neck with a pistol, on the night of the 07th of January last. The prisonci, when i laced in the dock, exhibited much iftrtnness. He is a short stout young man, with a rather unmeaning face, and certainly has nothing in his features to exhibit deep-seated passions of any kind. 31r. Doane attended to prosecute, and Mr. Clarkson was engaged for the defence. Avanche, who lives in Waterloo-town, Bethnal-green-road, said that between twenty minutes and a quarter to one o'clock on the morning of the 27th of January, his attention was directed to something smouldering on the ground. He 4741 Y that it was a bonnet and ribbon, and, on looking about, discovered the girl lying in the street with her face downwards. She was not dead, tier he found some sonsation in her pulse. She was conveyed to the London Hospital. Joint Harvey and. Edward Baekhouse gave similar evidence, and said that a pool of blood was discovered on the spot where she had lain. Wm. Whiter—l live at 105, Brick-lane, and lam brother to the de ceased. I did not know that the prisoner and my sister kept com pany. I never saw them together. I recollect the night of the 27th of January; my sister came into my house about a quarter before ten o'clock that night; the prisoner camein a few minutes afterwards. I took her into the parlour. The prisoner went into the tap-room. During the time they remained they did not speak to each other. My sister went away at _twelve o'clock. The prisoner met her at the door, and they went away together. By Mr. Justice Wita.httts —They appeared to go away on good terms, and shook hands with the before they left. William Slater, a weaver, stated that he lived at No. 4, South Conduit-street, Bethnal-green -road. I know the prisoner, and I also knew Emma .Whiter. Whilst I was standing at my father's door, about half-past twelve o'clock on the night of the 27th of January, I saw the prisoner and the deceased pass, and go towards King-street. Ile had his arm round her neck. I then went up stairs to bed. About six or sevenininates after I heard the report et' fire-arms ; the soand came front the back of our residence. I looked out of both the back and front windows, but I saw nothing. The spot where the deceased was found is about thirty-five yards front my residence. Cross-examined by Mr. CLattx.soN-1 have known the prisoner for some time. He has several brothers and sisters—how many I cannot say. I do not know that he has been very kind and considerate to his brothers and sisters, as I was not sufficiently intimate with hint to know. I have been in his company many times and I always found him a well-conducted and kind-hearted young man.. By a juryman -4 heard the report of tire-arms about six or seven minutes after they passed the door at which I was standing. Richard Bunn, a weaving machine-maker—l was in a public-house called the " Rising Sun," in Sail-street, Waterloo-town, between one and two o'clock on Tuesday morning, and the house is within it quarter of a Mile from the place where the deceased was found. The prisoner's brother was there ; there were about twelve-there al together. The prisoner came in about one o'clock. lie appeared in a very deranged state. He sat dow on the corner of the table, and spoke to his brothel*. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKiON— He trembled, and appeared very strange in his behaviour. Ile appeared to he in a state of vio lent excitement, and seemed confused. He was not collected. Examination continued—A person named Capes was there. The Prisoner said, " The deed is done, and cannot be undone." His brother did not do anything. I said, " Jem, what is the matter with you ?" His reply was, " What's the matter, indeed ? - . " The sun shines bright, And the moon shims:clear." I said, " Will you go with me ?" He said, " Yes, I will go with you anywhere, as you never led me into any harm." He said, " You go up the court, and I will meet you at the other end." I heard the prisoner say to Capes, " Capes, I want no more to say to you, for you have been the cause.of this destruction." I went round the court and joined again with the prisoner. I asked him to 1;o home with a,c to have supper, but he declined. He said, " Why should Igo to supper with you ? Go in doors, and I'll go and see how the young children are," meaning his brothers and sisters. I went with him, Ile sat down on a chair behind the door and placed his hands on the back of another chair, his head resting on them. I then left him. It was past two o'clock when I left Tapping. I then went to. deceased's father's house. When I went back to prisoner's house I heard the father of deceased ask Tapping, " Where is my daughter ?" He answered, " Yes, I have been with your daughter all thy evening at your son's." By Mr. Justice Wittrasts---The prisoner appeared to be sober. He said he had only two glasses of brandy the whole of the night. Thomas Whiter—dlive at No. 20, North Conduit-street, Bethnal green-road. lam father of the deceased. On the morning of the 28th of January I went to prisoner's house, and found him sitting on a chair with his heft,: resting on his hands. He was rather paler than usual. I asked him if he had seen my daughter? He said, ." No, not this night, nor yet the night before " I asked him if he had.heard anything of her? He then said they both had been toge ther that evening at her brother's. lie said he had left her well and hearty at a quarter.past twelve o'clock at the corner of Mape-street. Then I left: . _ _ .... Police-constable Johnson, 206 K—On the night of the 27th of January 1 went with the last witness to Tapping's house, and in answer to a question front the father, the prisoner said he bad left the deceased in the Bethnal-green-road. Exatnined the room, and found a pistol. William Crispin—On the morning of the 28th of January I was in the parlour of the Rising Sun, when the prisoner came in, and I ob served that his hand was bleeding. On my observing it to him, he said he had cut his finger. After some time, he said the deed was done, and could not be undone, and it would be a mystery to all. The brother Henry said, " strike me dead, you have shot your woman !" I then left and went home. . Thomas Perkins, gunmaker—The prisoner brought me a pistol on Saturday, the 20th of January, to get the tap repaired. I did so, and took it to the ItiSing Sun, where I gave it to the prisoner. Saw him on the following 'Sunday to further repair the pistol. Did so, and gave it to him. Thomas Capes, of Bethnal-green Knew that the prisoner was paying his addresses to the deceased. On the night of the 27th the prisoner and deceased were at the bar of Vie Rising run. The prisoner paid some attention to two young girls there, which excited the anger of the deceased, who struck one of them. Prisoner interfered and separated them. They then re turned to the dance, and continued there till twenty minutes to one o'clock. I went with the deceased to Lower Conduit-street, as she said she was frightened of the girls with whom she had quarrelled. We stood standing at Conduit-street, waiting for the prisoner's coining up ;he came up, and struck her with his right hand in the face. He gave no reason for it. I told him not to strike her. He struck her again, I returned for her bonnet, as they appeared to have made It up, and were again friendly. I was never in the company of the de ceased, except at the ball. Sergeant Shaw stated that he first saw the prisoner about half-past three o'clock, at the station, on the morning of the murder. Ile noticed a slight wound between the finger and thumb of his right hand.. There was am:Alter wound on the fore-finger of his right hand, on which there was a piece of plaister, but it seemed to he an old wound. The other was a fresh wound, and seemed to have bled a little. (The witness produced the pistol and two bullets ; it was a pocket one, and about four inches long.) The wound on the prisoner's hand was one that might have been caused by the recoil of the pistol. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Asked the prisoner if he had been in company with the deceased the night before. He said he had been with her at her brother's. Ile also said lie was an innocent man, and that he had kept company with her for two years. Asked him about a . spot of blood on his apron. Ile said he did not know that it was there, and said " I suppose it must have come from my hand," meaning the old wound. It was then I noticed the slight wound between the finger and thumb. Before he made these state ments I lent cautioned him. Mr. 'William Cummings, a surgeon at the London Hospital, said — Soon after one o'clock, on Tucaday morning, the 28th of January, the deceased was brought into the hospital—she was quite dead. There was a black patch on the left side of her neck. It appeared to have been caused by a pistol-shot.—(The witness then ,howed the position of the wound, by pla2ing his hand on his neck.) There was a great deal of blood on her clothes. liar hands were slightly smeared, as if they had been touched with bloody fingers. I afterwards made a pear mortem examination, and found a wound in this black patch, which proceeded upwards to the top of the spine. I extracted two bullets and some wadding, and have no doubt that they were the cause of her death. These are the bullets. The deceased's father was re-called, and said that he had seen the body of the deceased, and that it was the body of his daughter. -Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Baron PARSE afterwards summed up, and recapitulated the evidence already given by the different witnesses. The jury having consulted for two or three minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty. Tke Learned Judges having put on their black caps, Mr. Baron PARKE proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner. He said—Prisoner at the bar, James Tapping, the time has now conic adie❑ . you are to receive the sentence which the offended jastice of your country requires for the dreadful crime of which you have beets most justly convicted. The jury after a calm consideration of tke evidence adduced before them, have cotne to the conclusion that you are guilty of the crime laid to your charge, and I think no one in this assembly who has heard the evi dence, can entertain the slightest doubt that you committed the enormous crime of taking the life of a fellow-creature In a moment of unsuspecting confidence on her part. You took away tier life without giving her time for t efiection—without giving an in stant for repentance. 'What could hare driven you to commit a crime like this ? A feeling of jealousy was no doubt at the bottom of it. It is now my duty to pass the sentence of the law upon you, a sen tence which wilt unquestionably be carried into effect, for I cannot hold out to you the slightest hope of mercy on this side of the grave. Before that sentence, however, be car ried into effect, that time will be left you which you did not allow to your unfortunate victim ; and I trust that reflection will bring to you sincere repentance for the sins you have committed. You will be assisted by the chaplain of the gaol in your devotions, and I most earnestly implore you to devote every moment of the brierperiod you have to live in preparing yourself for the great change that awaits you ; and your fate will, I trust, be a warning to others, not to give way to violent passions. All that now remains for me to do is to pass upon you the sentence of the law for the crime you have committed—that for this crime you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead, your body then to he taken down and to be buried within the precincts of the gaol : and may God have mercy upon your soul. (The Learned Judge, while delivering the sentence, was so deeply affected, that at times he was quite inaudible.) The prisoner who, during his Lordship's feeling address, had lis tened with the most earnest attention, at the conclusion bowed pro foundly, and was then led from the bar. • • NEW COURT. The Court was occupied during the morning in trying petty cases of no interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Jobs Green, a shabbily-dressed man, between 30 and 40 years of ags, was charged with burglariously breaking the shop-window of Mr. Charles Wright, of No. 11, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, watch and clock-maker, and stealing there from a case containing three gold wat c he s and seven silver watchoil, of the value of between 50/. and 601. The prosecutor stated that about a quarter to eight o'clock last evening, as he was sitting in his shop, he heard one of the panes of glass in the window break, and saw , a man's hand inside, amongst the watches displayed for sale. He instantly rushed to the shop-door, but could not get out, as it had been tied by some twisted string to the scraper. The case of watehm produced he had seen safe in his shop-window but about a minute before. Police-constable, No. 163 of the C division, stated that as he was on duty in Bear -street, Leicester-square, he saw the prisoner come running in the direction from Lisle-street, followed by a neighbour of the prosecutor, who had seen him thrust his hand through the window, calling "Stop thief." Witness joined in the pursuit, and, as the prisoner was pass ing a hoarding on the east side of the square, inclosing the sits where Julien's Hotel formerly stood, he saw him throw something into the excavations there. He continued in pursuit of the prisoner until he was stopped by some gentle men in Green-street. His right hand was found to be cut very severely. l'olice-constables 165 and 81 of the C division proved finding the cases and watches on the spot where the prisoner was seen to throw something from him. The prisoner, who is a well-known thief, was fully committed. Tuesday morning a shopman, in the employ of Mr. Byefield, operative chemist, of Exham-street, Paddington, was odiously injured by the accidental explosion of a Inlminating mix ture, which blew out the windows of the back warehouse, and knocked the shopman down senselesS. It is feared the young man will lose the sight of both eyes. NAV AL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Rattler, screw. , propelled steam-sloop, one of the steam-trial squadron, came up to Spithead during the night of Monday, and came into harbour yesterday morning. She left for Woolwich this day, to have some alterations made in her machinery. The 11.bernia, 120, was taken into dock on Monday afternoon ; her copper was stripped eff yest , srday. Captain Richards took up his appointment to her yester day, and hoisted the pendant over the housing at one o'clock. The Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. Nicolson, Bart. was paid advance wages yesterday at Spithead, and her crew completed by a draught from the Victory. She sailed to-day for the Mediterranean to relieve the Stout, 18, Commander the lion. J. R. Drummond, whose period of service has expired. The Belvidera, 42, Lieutenant Ward commanding, was paid off this day. The Siren, 16, was unducked on Monday, her dock being wanted for the Hibernia. The Siren has been overhauled and examined, and will complete her refit iii the basin. The Harlequin, 16, is in the basin, waiting to be docked and brought for re-commission. The Dwarf steam (screw) ♦essel, Lieutenant-Com mander Proctor, left this afternoon, for the river, to transfer her company to the new tender Fairy. The Black Eagle Admiralty stpum yacht, Master- Commander S. B. Cook, left this afternoon, for Wool wich. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert has got her steam and the jack up in the harbour for a cruize. DEyoNron.r.—The Shaine. 12, Commander Crawford, was at Madeira, all well, on the Ist ult. In her trial of sailing with the (Ivey, 12, Commander Patten, Water witch, 8, Commander J. Francis Birch, and the Pan taloon, 8, Commawkr Wilson, after leaving Plymouth Sound, she butt them by a long distance upon every point of sailing, especially in light breezi , s, before the wind. They only had one trial, having parted company in a gale a few days after leaving port. The Canopus, 84, was commissioned on Sunday by Captain Fairfax Moresby (1814). The Dee steamer transport, Master Commander Driver, put into this port, on her way to Cork from Portsmouth, on Sunday. The Rolla, 10, Commander Simp , on, came into har bour to repair defects on Saturday. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, joined the Es piegle and Flying Fish in the Sound on Saturday. The Netley tender arrived on Sunday with supernu meraries from Portsmouth. STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKWALL. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) The names of the sufferers arc us follow: Killed—Thomas Wright, Richard Grimes, James Chapman—all la. tourers. ttcalded and wounded—Jonathan Smith, fitter; Joseph Baddown, smith ; George Neale, boiler-maker Thomas Whitcombe, engine driver ; William Ingledew, labourer ; Alexander Mahoney, labourer ; Joseph Vincent, labourer ; and Mr. Lowe, the manager of the works, who experienced a very narrow escape when the explosion took place on board the steam-ship Gipsy (poen, in November last, when ten lives were lost. As many erroneous statements have been already given relating to the terrible calamity of Wednesday, and the causes which led to it, we are induced to lay before our readers the following correct version of the facts:— At the mouth of the River Lea (there called Bow-creek), and close to the Thalues, Is a range of factories, Which steam navigation and other improvements have called Into being. The most prominent are the Thames Plate Glass Company's Works and the steam-engine factory of the Samuda Brothers, one of whom was killed by the explosion on hoard the Gipsy Queen last November. The business has since been carried on by the surviving brother, Mr. Joseph Samuda, a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, whose. name and that of his brother, as connected with many improvements in the arts amid sciences, and particularly with the atmospheric railway sys tem, Is well known. The factory, dwelling-house, and workshops oc cupy an arca of about an acre and a half on the banks of the Lea. The machinery of the factory was put In motion by a steam-engine, or rather two of eight horses p..wer each, and the steam was supplied by a large tubular boiler, which l'lrst begun to. work about three months ago. This boiler wits originally intended tar a new steamer, and was tendered with the boat in which it was placed. '1•I:e b.at was built by Messrs. Fairborn, the engineers, and the boiler was manufactured by the same persons front a design of Messrs. Milner (formerly Braithwaite and Milner), of Bath-place, City-road. The engines of the boat were made by Messrs. Milner. After the re jection of the boat by the Waterman's Company, the boiler was pur chased for the low price of 30 guineas by Messrs. Samuda, for the purpose of supplying steam to the engine in their factory at Black- On Wednesday, soon after the men employed in the factory had rettfrned front their bre:Abu:to, and the works were in full operation. the boiler gave way with a loud explosion, dealing death and destruc tion aro7nid. Every man in the engine-house was either killed or wounded, and the steam-chest and outer casinz of the boiler were sha tered and distributed in all directions. The explosion was distinctly heard along the whole line of the 'Rockwall Railway, from Fen church -street to the East India Docks, and in Gre nwich, Woolwich, Bow, Brumley, Stepney, and Limehouse. The mischief done on the premises, and in the immediate locality, was terrific. The engine house was hi an instant reduced to a heap of ruins, and the principal part of the materials hurled to a considerable distance. - The premises of the Thames Plate-glass Company's works, the Crown Tavern, and numerous tenements adjoining, are damaged, and the windows and frames blown out. Portions of the boiler were found In the Plaistow marshes, on the opposite side of the river, about 150 yards from the factory. In the same place the body of one of the unfortunate suf ferers, which had been blown across the creek, was picked up in a mutilated condition. It is believed that he w•as on the top of the boiler and in the act of easing the safety-valve when the occurrence happened. The other victims were found close to the spot where the boiler stood, and they appeared to have been killed instantaneously - . The outer casing of the boiler, and the steam-chest, are completely destroyed, and the top row of tubes bent, and thrown over on the side. The other rows of tubes, wills two or three exceptions, have escaped Injury. The destructi‘m of the engine -house was complete. It was a building about P , O feet square, and not more than nine feet high. The (nettle itself did not sustain much damage. There appears to be only one opinion as to the cause of the acci dent, and as It has been given by more than one practical man, there can be no harm in publishing It. It is necessary to premise that the steam-chest was found divided in three pieces. One piece, and the largest of the whole, weighing about half a ton, was carried a distance of 200 yards towards the premises of Messrs. Turner and Co., of the tar and turpentine works, carrying away in its pro gress a portion of the parapet wall of a house, and passed over the road, where it fell against the side of a warehouse doer with such tremendous force as to shatter the door-post, and demolish a portion of the brick-work. The next largest piece, about six cwt., was car ried In au opposite direction towards the Thames Plate-glass Com pany's works, and the piece where the connexion of the steam pipe was made was Ibund in a field in the rear of some premises on the opposite side of the road. A quantity of the fallen materials fell into the Creek, and pieces of iron, tints, bolts, and serews, connected with the boiler were found in the yards at the back of the Crown Tavern, and In the grounds in the rear of the adjoining premises. At a moderate computation there were not less than 11re thousand panes of glass broken by the concussion. The window-frames were shattered in several dwellings, and the furniture displaced. The dwelling-house of Mr. Lowe, the manager of the works, situate at one corner of the yard, also suffered, and every window was broken. The residence of Mr. John Howard, foreman grinder of the Thames Plate-glass Works, situate near the Western corner of Mr. Samuda's premises, Sustained considerable damage. Tte windows were all broken, and the parapet was blown down. Mr. Joseph Salmi(la, the surviving partner of tile firm, was at Croydon, on business, when the explosion took place, and a Ines senger was sent after cim immediately afterwards. Ile appeared much affected on hearing of the awful occurrence which has followed so close on the one which deprived hint of a brother, and caused him a severe pecuniary loss. 31r. Samuda stated that ho had nothing io do with the manufacture of the boiler, and that he purchased it merely to drive the works of the factory, because he had not time to make a new one, and that it had not been used more than five or six times when it came into his possession. He stated that he believed the water had got very low in the boiler, and that gas was generated instead of steno, and an explosion was the consequence. There were various rumours in circulation, and statements male by the men employed on the premises respecting the pressure of steam on the boiler. None of them, however, can be depended upon. The boiler was certainly capable of bearing a great pressure, but there is great blame to be attached to some one, and the deplorable acci dent on board the Gipsy Queen, last November, when Loa•e narrowly escaped with his life, noes not seem to have operated us a warning to him. He has, however, the reputat.on of being a very careful and skilful man. SUGGESTIONS RESPEC PING THE MONUMEN N IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Huge monuments, in the styles prevalent during the reigns of Elizabeth and James, or before the art of sculpture had been created in England by Bacon and Plaxman, block up the aisles or the windows, whilst architectural decorations of surpassing beauty have been cut away, to make room for tasteless mo numents to men unknown to the pages of history In the east walk of the cloisters, over the door lead ing to the Record•office, may be seen the most beautiful bit of architecture which the Abbey affords. Two brackets support mutilated figures of angels, and the third is thought to have borne a figure of the Virgin and child; the whole being surrounded with scroll-work of most beautiful design ; but in the very centre of the composition a square tablet has been inserted. Of such barbarisms there are several hundred instances. The range of , beautiful arches beneath the windows of the aisles, once enriched with colour and gil ling, have almost disappeared, being replaced by tablets of the most objectionable character. Every part of the building is crowded ; a huge figure of Watt nearly fills the chapel of St. Paul, a window in the south aisle is blocked up with a .mountain of clouds; even the elegant chapel of Henry the Seventh is defaced. It is much to be deplored that the dean and chapter do not take it into their immediate and anxious conside ration, whether some change in the disposition of the monuments may not be effected less detrimental to the fabric itself, and more conducive to the ends of monumental design. It has been suggested that tire chapter-house would be an appropriate place for some of the monuments, but we should deprecate any step which would only remove the evil, and prevent the restoration of the building to the exact state in which it formerly existed. The triforium is sufficiently lofty for a large portion of the monuments; it is well lighted, and would, in our opinion, be the most desirable place. There is no architectural decoration which they would interfere with, and we urge that the advantages of this position be well considered. IVe have not had the opportunity of personal exa mination, but we believe that the height of the tri forium is nearly 15 feet in the highest part, from which it takes the slope of the roof; it is lighted by the upper range of windows, and is, of course, the same width as the aisle, and has: a :owl fluor laid upon the graining. The monument to Wilberforce, an ad mirable work, though hardly adapted to its locality, is 9 feet high, including the pedestal, and the greater part of the objectionable works are much smaller. The monument to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, is the largest in the Abbey, reaching to the capitals of the piers ; several others are near the same size, and for these another locality must be found, unless they are consigned to the lime-burner, a way of getting rid of them, which, far ourselves, we should hardly r egre t. IVhether some of them could be placed in St. Paul's, without injury to that edifice, or whether, as has been suggested to us, a cloister could be built in Dean's yard for their reception, is matter for very careful consideration ; but we could well consent to their re maining as at present, if other monuments were re moved.—The Builder. . RINGING THE CHANGES.—Master Jonei rang on Friday night several peels on seventeen different bells in Fitzrry. square. • This he cleverly effected, without any apparent fatigue, by running from No. 1 to No. 17, and pulling the area•bclls violently, one after another. Tbe, tones were very distinct, and a beautiful echo of each was heard In the dialling-rooms of the respective houses. Master Jones, who is only nine years of age, wound up his masterly performance with a grand triple bob-major on the Tleltols and servants' bells of NO. 18.—Ponch. COURT OF CHANCERY, Ma.o7. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day, and heard appeal notices. Ills Lordship was occupied the whole morning with a part-heard motion, which contained no points of interest, except to the parties concerned. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 5 The `ice•Chancellor of England took pleas and demurrers to-day. His Honour, in comequence of the extreme cold, sat in a private room: • . _ _ _ _ _ The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce was occupied the whole morn ing with the part-heard ease of " Goodson v. Ellison." SHERIFFS' COURT, March 6. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) SOTEE t'. DE EOINVILLT. The parties to this action are both Frenchmen. The plaintiff, who Is a shoemaker, and resided at 126, Strand, the premises lately burned down, sought to recover 141. for goods delivered to the defendant, M. De Boinville, at various times between April and December in 18.14. In defence a set-off was urged, amounting to - nearly 401., for services which it was alleged the defendant had perfoi med for the plaintiff in negotiating loans of money and other matters of busi,iess which the latter was incompetent to, front his inability to speak English, There was, however, no satisfactory evidence adduced to support the set-off, and the plaintiff's claim bein r - proved, with the exception of one Item, which was doubtful, a verdict was given for 121. 18s. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. IJOME ClRCUlT—Chelmsford, Much 5. The Commis-ion for the county of Essex wits opened at eleven o'clock to-day by the Lord Chief Justice, and at once both Courts proceeded to dispose of the business of the assize, Lord Denman presiding on the Crown Side, and Mr. Baron Alderson at Nisi Prius. CROWN COURT. THE CASE OF MISS RICHARDSON. It will be recollected that at the last assizes a charge was preferred • against a young lady named Richardson, the daughter of a gentleman residing at Brentwood, of stealing some silk, the property of a tradesman at that place ; and the case, from the station of life of the se ens: d, and the circumstances connected with it, created a great deal of interest in the county. Upon the appli• cation of the counsel for Miss Richardson, grounded upon the fact of her being too ill to take her trial, the case was postponed to the present assiz , s. It should be stated that the charge was originally preferred at the quarter sessions, and a true bill found against her, but the trial was postponed to the assizes, when it was again put off on the ground above stated. Mr. Straight, the deputy clerk of Assize, now called upon Ellen Mackrel Richardson to surrender in discharge of her recognizances. No answer, however, was re turned, and the defendant did not appear. Mr. RYLAND then rose and said that in this case he appeared for the third time in support of the prosecu tion ; the lady was out on bait, and as she had ni-t th•pught proper to surrender in accordance with the con ditions of her rt.cognizances, be submitted that they -hould be estreated. Lord DENMAN inquired whether the Learned Counsel had rveeived any communication uron the subject of the trial from the friends or legal advisers of the accused. Mr. RYLAND said he had not, and he believed no coun sel had been engaged fir the defence. All he knew upon the subject was, that his witnesses were ail in at tendance, and he was prepared to go on with the pro s: cution. 'I he defendant was then formally called upon her re cognizanees, and as she did not surrender they were ordered to be ectreated. Thursday, March 6. CIVIL SIDE.--(Before kr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.) HOWARD •V. SCUDDER.--BREACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mary Elizabeth Howard ; to recover compensation in damages tro:n ttie defendant for the breach of his promise to marry her. The defendant pleaded that he never made the promise, and also that reasonable time had not been allowed to keep it, if it had been made. Mr. E. Jimes and Mr. Wines were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Peacock for the defendant. Mr. JANIS addressed the jury, and said that the de fendant in this action was a corn-merchant and baker. eariying on an extensive business at Rayleigh, in this county, an.l the plaintiff was a young woman, very re spectably connected, and whose friends reside l at S,•uth Marston. In 1843 the wife of the defendant died, leaving two young children, and shortly afterwards, through the instrumentality of a gentleman named Clark, who was acquainted with the plaintiff's family, the plaintiff entered the family of the defendant as housekeeper, and to take the charge of his children. It would appear, that in less than two months afterwards the defendant first made her an offer of marriage, but the pleintiff; having more regard to the usages of society and the. memory of the defendant's wife than he himself appeared to possess, refused to marry him until a decent period had elapsed, when alone she could appear in pub lic with propriety as his wife. The offer was afterwards a t renewed, and things went so f a r as th a t th e r i ng an d t h e wedding clothes were actually p urc h ase d, w h en t h e de fendant, on a sudden, arid without, a s h e was i nstructe d, the :lightest ground for such a p rocee di ng, d ec li ned to deliberately co m m a p d e e ns t a o ti t o h n :s plaintiff ; and, under these c i rcumstances, she was corn :led:l elel the P to come r ud se%hi before‘c ah jury he had n d ask for in damages, for the gross insult and the outrage that had been put upon her feelings. The Learned Counsel then called the following witnesses : Mr. W. Clark said he resided at Rayleigh, and he knew the defendant, who carried on the business of a baker and corn dealer at that place. His wife died in May, 1843, leaving him with two children, one aged seven, and the other five. Shortly after his wife's death the defendant told him that he had been advertising for a housekeeper, and witness said he knew of one that would just suit him ; and he recommended the plaintiff to him in that capacity. The plaintiff is a fine-look ing girl. Baron ALDERSON—HOW old is she ? Witness— Thirty- two. • Baron ALtsFalsoN—Girl I a young woman you mean- Examination continued--. S he was a person of good . education and quite competent to take the charge of a family. She first went inte the defendant's service it. August, 1843, and remained there until the beginning of July, 1844 ; and during that interval he frequently heard the defendant say that she suited him very well, and the children appeared very fond of her Towards the month of July, in consequence of what hid been said upon the :subject, witness told the defendant that the time was drawing near, and asked him when the wedding was to take place, to which he replied that he could not h et a bridesmaid. Wi tness to ld hi m, if t h at was the only difficulty, he would soon get him a bridesmaid. A short time before this witness and his wife, accom panied by the plaintiff, had been to London fur the pur pose of purchasing clothes for the wedding ; and, very soon after they returned, the plain tiff one day called vvitness into the parlour, and told him that the defendant would not have her. Upon this witness asked the defendant how it was that he did not intend to marry Miss Howard, and his reply was, "I will not marry her now, after what has happened." The plaintiff was present at the time, and she said that the defendant had been trying to get her ring away from her, and that he had gene into her bed-room and endeavoured to break open her box. The plaintiff's mother, at the same time said she was sure that the defendant never intended to marry her daughter, and that his only object was to ruin her. Wit ness then told the defendant that he had put the girl to expense in buying clothes for the wedding, and the best be could do was to pay the girl what money she had laid out, to which he replied that he would see her firer, and she might do what she liked. Mrs. Mary Howard deposed that the plaintiff was her daughter. In the month of June, 1844, she was staying at the house of the defendant, and, in consequence of a communication that was made to her by her daughter, she took an opportunity one morning to ask the de fendant what his intentions were respecting herd %tighter. He replied that he did not know but what everything was right. The wedding clothes were bought, and she had seen the tailor measure him for his wedding suit.— (A laugh.) Witness said—" Don't you think lam beg ging you to have my daughter ; she has been here long enough for you to know whether she will suit you fur a wife or not." The defendant replied that be liked her very well, and better than anyone else. She had seen so many " shades" with the defendant, that she doubted his word, and she again pressed him as to his intentions, and he said he could give no better proof of his inten tions than the purchase of the ring and the wedding clothes. On the same day this conversation occurred she heard a noise up stairs, and, on going out of the room, she saw the defendant coming down stairs very fast, and followed by her daughter, who seemed very excited and angry. The defendant ran towards the bake house, still followed by her daughter; and when witness came to them, she saw the defendant looking very fierce, and holding her daughter by both her wrists, and he seemed as though he was going to give her a blow. Witness said to him, "Pray, don't strike my daughter," and he then ran through a glass -door into the bake e house, and stood laughing at her daughter, at the same time charging her with having brok en some windows . Witness's daughter then packed up her thing s, b uebefore she left the house the defendant said that ha would marry her in a month. She then took her daughter home, and told the defendant that if he wanted her, he ' could come and fetch her. The plaintiffs feelings ap peared a good deal hurt at the defendant's. conduct, and she bad since suffered a good deal in her health in consequence. Cross-examined—Her daughter wse present when the defendant said he would marry her in a month. Wit ness did not say that if she were her daughter, she would that if she were in not have him at all, but she did say, nor yet a furt her place, she would not wait a month, night.—(Laughter.) The plaintiff did ‘ - _.!iot . say, that if he would not marry her then, she Ire's". not have scene she him at all. It was after this conversation. that the • had described took place on the stair* and in the bake house. The defendant came down star rs first, and the plaintiff was following him apparent!? I . _endant was en- as fast as she a could, but she could not say that the deavouring to g e t a w a y from her. Ha ran into the bakehouse, and she followed him there, a, td broke th e window with some keys which she had ill her hand. WIWII witness went into the baite4ouse t. 4 defendant IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. DUBLIN, MARCH 3 —The weekly meeting of the As sociation was held this day in the Conciliation Hal, B. A. Molloy, Rig., barriiter-at-law, in the 'hair. Mr. O'CoNNELL commenced the business of the day by handing in a large number of remittances, and an nounced the receipt of a letter from the Right Rev. I)r.• Brown, Bishop of Elphin, inchoing 65/., and another from Dr. NPllale, Archbishop of Tuam, transmitting the sum of 127!., his personal subscription and those of the clergy of his diocese, to the repeal rent. A lote of thanks was then passed to the Reverend Prelates amidst the loudest applause. Mr. J. KELLY, M.P., in reference to a letter from Limerick enclosing r 4. nr, said that be would abstain from alluding to the charges made by Mr. Roebuck against the Irish Members, for absenting themselves from Parlia ment, as he considered they had already puffed that un happy creature tnto too much consequence by their allu sions to him.—(Cheers.) . . Mr. O'CONNELL said - he wished to draw the attention of the Association to a matter of much importance. A most useful measure had been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Watson, for the purpose of repealing the penal statutes which operated against the Roman Catholics. It was true these laws had become obsolete, but still they were part of the penal law of the land, and might be put in force at any moment that an informer wished to avail himself of them. The most important part of Mr. Watson's Bill was that which went to abolish the restrictions imposed on the Jesuits, and other bodies of the regular clergy. by the Emancipation Act. For his par, he would declare, that this measure, if sufferect to pass into law, would be received in Ireland as a measure of con cession and conciliation, and would be considered as a convincing proof of the favourable disposition of the Go vernment towards this country.—(Chiers.) The pass ing of the Bill in question would place the regular clergy en a footing with the secular, and that was exactly what they required. The Ministry had an opportunity of proving that their professions of friendship towards this country were founded in reality. His object in rising was to have the resolution passed on the last day of meeting for adopting a petitwn to the Legislature to re move the restricttons on the regular clergy, rescinded, and that in its stead a petition in favour of Mr. Watson's Bill be adopted. The lion. Gentleman then movel a re solution to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. Smith O'Brien, and pass,d. After some further business, _ _ _ Mr. O'CONNELL said that Im the next day of meeting he w,:uld give notice of a motion of a vote of thanks to Duncombe for his able exposition of the nefarious system of espionage and 1 tter , opening. which had taken place in the English Post-office ; and that the Asso ciation do record its indignant condemnation of such conduct on the part of the' present Governmialt.— (Cheers.) The lion. and Learned Member again ad verted at some length to the report ot t the land eorn• mission, and the condition of the peop e of Ireland in past and present times.—(llear, hear.) It was awful to think, he continued, that a country so blessed by hauven should be so cursed by the mismanagement of man. It was said Peel intended to do good far Ireland, but he (Mr. O'Connell) did not believe it. Peel won dered how it was that he cou'd not convince Ireland that he meant well towards her • but the reason simply was because he (lid not mean well, and the Irish were too sa gacious to be caught by his humbug.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman next proceeded to controvert the assertion of Mr. William., of Coventry, that the Irish Members were place-hunters, and said that nothing could possibly be more untrue than that assertion ; but he supposed it was his 'inherent hatred of Ireland and everything Irish, that prompted him to slander them. For his part, he never solicited a situation in his life. It was true the Mastership of the Rolls had been offered to him ; but he refused the appointment. There was no sympathy for Ireland to be found in the Imperial Parliament—Whigs, Tories, and Radicals were equally and . perseveringly• opposed to the advancement of her interests or the upholding of her rights. It hud been said that they ought to appeal to the Queen, and he had no doubt but her Majesty would, if the Con stitution allowed her, remedy the grievances of Ireland— but she had no such power. The real monarch of Eng land was the Prime - Minister, and the Crown a, mere bauble in his hands. The English people had shown at all times an undying hatred towards his countrymen, and, therefore, he considered it fruitless to appeal to them for redress. They should trust to themselves, and victory would, he felt confident, ultimately crown their efforts. The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Mr. E. W. COSTELLO, barrister, then moved the fol. lowing resolution—" That this Association is desirous to impress upon the people of Ireland the paramount im portance of an earnest and persevering exertion to effect a general and immediate registration of repealers. with a view to secure at the next election the return of Members who will aid our national struggle for the legislative in dependence of Ireland." Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the resolution, and briefly dwelt on ills necessity and impor , :ince of an immediate registration. After some further business had been disposed of, Mr. O'CONNELL announced the rent for the week to be 5861. THE SPA-FIELDS BURIAL GROUND. The repeateo. complaints and representatiens of the Committee of the inhabitants of Clerkenwell have at length attracted the attention of the Home Secretary to the existing nuisanle and malpractices that have so long prevailed in the neighbourhood or Exmouth-street, Spa fields. A communication was male by Sir J. Graham to the Police Commissioners on Saturday, and Captain [lay, the Assistant-Commissioner, on that day inspected the Spa-fieldi burial-potou:.d, accompanied by Mr. Watt, the chairman, Mr. Clarke, the secretary, and several other respect able householders. The stench arising from decomposed human bodies was declared by Cap tain Hay to be insufferable, and the Committee were directed to forward such information as they could c:.l - (reduced into writing) for the guidance of Sir J. Graham. A meeting of the Commitve took place on Sun day, and the subjoined examinations were then o:en, and forwarded to the Home-office. A meeting of the parish officers has likewise been held at the workhouse in Coppice-row,,and Mr. Wekeling, the vestry clerk, has, it is stated, opened a correspondence with the Secretary of State on the subject. It appears that the manner in which this extraordinary and revolting work of demoli tion was first discovered is this :—Reuben Room, a gravedigger at the burial ground, had a child interred some time since, and upon his discharge he insisted on removing the body, asserting that he well knew after he left that the coffin would be burnt, the body and limbs severed, and deposited elsewhere. Police.consteble Henry Webb, G 106, and Martin, 144, were called in to prevent Room opening the grave, upon which he took the two officers to an outhouse, where they saw the lids of several coffins being consumed over a fierce fire, and pieces of "human flesh" ( o use the officers' own words) 6' were attached to the coffins the size of their bands." The fellovOng is a copy of the written depositions that have been transmitted to Sir James Graham:— Reuben Room examined—l was in the employ of Mr. F Green, as gravedigger, in 1837, and continued in his employ for about six years. Our mode of work ing the ground was not commencing at one end and working to the other, but digging wherever it was or dered, totally regardless whether the ground was full or not ; for instance, to dig a grave six feet deep at a par ticular spot, I have often disturbed and mutilated seven or eight bodies ; that is, I have severed heads, arms, legs, or whatever came in my way, with a crowbar, pickaxe, chopper, and saw. Of the bodies some were quite fresh and some decomposed. I have had as much as a hun dred weight and a half of human flesh on what we term the " beef-board " at the foot of the grave at one time. I have often put a rope round the neck of the corpse to drag it out of the coffin, fasten ing one end of the rope to a tombstone so as to keep the corpse upright to get at the coffin from underneath, to make room for the flesh of other bodies. The coffins were taken away and burnt with pieces of decomposed flesh adhering thereto. I have taken up half a ton of wood out of one grave, because I had to take out two tiers of coffins, some of which were quite fresh, and we used to cut them up for struts, used for shoring up the graves. We had as many as fifty or sixty sides of coffins always in use to keep the ground from falling in when digging. We have buried a, ninny as forty five bodies in one day, besides still-horns. I and Tom Smith kept an account one year; we buried 2,017 bodies besides still-borns, which are generally enclosed in deal coffins. We have taken them up when they hare been in the ground only two days, and used them to light fires with. I have been up to my knees in human flesh, by jumping on the bodies, so as to cram them into the least possible space at the bottom of the graves in which fresh bodies were afterwards placed. We covered over the flesh at the bottom by a small layer of mould. I have ruptured myself in dragging a heavy corpse out of the coffin. It was a very heavy one. It slipped from my hold, lifting it by the shoulders. The corpse was quite fresh. These occurrences took place every day. " Robert Watt examined—l live at No. 14, Exmouth street, Spa-fields. I have been an inhabitant for ten years, during which time I have been disgusted with the mode of conducting the ground, and the complaints ma:le from the people in the back neighbourhood. About five years ago I left the neighbourhood to reside at Hollo way, believing it injurious to myself and family to re main at Spa-fields. I was compelled to return about eighteen months back, and nearly ever since have had illness in my house. A few months back fire broke out at the bone-house, which aroused my suspicions from the unpleasant odours which were emitted nightly, and I felt convinced that the illness in my house arose therefrom. I have seen the spot opened and re-opened during the last ten years, and bodies continually placed therein. 1 have remarked this to the officiating minister, when lie replied that it was not injurious to the inhabitants, and no business of his. I have frequently heard and seen the grave-diggers employed in destroying the coffins. " George Walters exainined--1 lire at N0.'17, Guild ford-place. Oa the 14th of I). cember, 1843, I was called to a fire at the bone-house, Spa-fields ground. I saw in the grate a rib-bone and part of two socket-bones, partly burnt, and a quantity of coffin-wood, in different states of decay, with mould attached to it. Was called again to a fire on the 2d of January last; was refused entry by Mr. Bird; saw coffin-wood upright burning on the fire, planks four feet long were blazing up the chim ney. The wood was sound stuff. I saw as much coffin wood tied up as Lair men could carry. The chimneys were lined through with a cot of pitch—there were large lumps of it towards the top. I forced it down with a crowbar as big as my two lists. The smell was hor rible. There were about 100 people assembled, begging of me, fur God's sake, to put an end to the nuisance. "John Lynn—l live at No. 4, I;:xtr.outh-street ; am land). .rd of the whole of the n o rt hern row, wt.teli con tainA eleven huses, all of which abut on the east side of the Spa-fields o burial-ground. I have been handler of the above for seven years ; during the whole ofl7or period I have heard complaints made by the A d tenants of most shocking sights in the above g gret l i n A let have often been applied to to come and behe l d with my own (yea—the bru t ', ing up of coffins sil-ire turbing the contents. On one occwion when r is eP o V the roofs of the houses, I saw what appea;ede mat e j i tY, seeme I to me to be the bowels of a corpse w ") tt gravedigger attempted to gather up in a slieyiii; place in a barrow; and after several attetePts 13 0 6 he was obligel to put it in the earth. 'l le I di? from the graveyard, arising from the co ntinus 4 turbing of the earth and keeping graves contine ll : s3 r (av:raging 30 per week) is so intolerable that the ii e ' s o rity of tenants are continually shifting . Thee e' s ' p e, in cold weather, especially at night, is quite tobefle' I have been an eye-witness to the remould pl ° coffins in all states of preset vation, at all time s is part of the day. slk; Er " Ann Mitchell—l live at 81, Garden .° W I fields. I entered on the 3d of February, IS"' :110 been subject to illness ever since, and se. have.°l:7 11l band and children. Within ten days after tolote above cottage my two children fell ill; they wer e ,,,,, c- s co"' with watery blisters all over the body-- 3 Y o 2_7ofl A bi atantly in the vicinity. My house is at the .Unc i 7 noc lO bone-house. I have heard noises nightlY4 itt .41 0 ' from cvo till five in the morning. My room siv e „ paper is spoiled, and I have a nasty coppery tit s ' - mouth. • reptel: "3"-§ " Harriet Woods—l live at No. 13, Nortlito row. Went to my house in 1842. Saie Thew ° g with a blue coffin quite new. He broke it to Pieceo,ol a pickaxe, mangled the contente, and mixed it earth. Saw him look round to see if watching, Have seen him continually wheel 0: 3.7 10 and return ast.e-, from the bone-house. Once 55 ` 3 , hold up what appeared to be the bead of W ° l t ) the hair. Mrs. Gill, a lodger, also w itnessed , I „ . ,;er another occasion I called to him, and he used t,Tettel ing language ; he said he should have MY °I oink before tong. Have seen this sort of thing COl'nedg' I have lost five children out of eight •• twn ° n , • I , i t oi. by a malignant fever. Have seen Tom Sind ' 1 the coffins. stol e " " William Penny, Inspector of the G as follows :—ln December, 1843, seated to the magistrates at Clerkenwell d e e signed by 150 inhabitants. The magistrate elv e n . f t petition, and desired me to see did went irninr-dietely to a ene-story erection in t h A e , i lstrj ground, called a bone-house; where I fnun' eme e, tire on the floor and in the grate. The tire, vliitlf?, petition eo co o of coffin-hoards of fu'l- grown people Tina c iec e broken up ; some were quite sound with, Lol a ' black cloth, and handles and plates, an; r id ibor ::broods were flying about. The smell was inu e fi d Have visited the ground many times, since , r eelw h , found it in the same state. Have repeatedly e!Ptroitt' in my nightly iounds the horrible' steno A burial-untied. t 0 06'1;1•'Jehn Newman, an inhabitant near the 41) " the principal points of the foregoing ststenlethiefe Ada, that the burials averaged from fifteen t's; a Sunday, and from six to twelve on Motniar ; i t bro ll i g r i The greatest excitement continues to preva',' o oto out the parish, and it is understood that a Pa' l p 00' inquiry will be forthwith instituted into thes charges against the managers of the ground. MARKET NESS'S. (YESI:11 EMT DIAR.7iLZITS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31103 t o ;; t o Y,G,; ful ditto, 4/ 12s to 41 183; fine U pland nd ditto , a: t Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to Si 15s • Oat Straw, 11 16 :¢e °01. Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. A fair ave"P ' and a sluggish demand. ~41 16; ; ComaenLAND,—Coarse Meadow Hay 3 1 I°3 t useful ditto, 4/ 18s to 5/33; fine Uland ' ditto , 5 15 : 0 0 1 , 0 '1 Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 12s; Oa t Straw, 1 116 :,bW Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Sup & Y to-- $ i oji and trade rather dull. to '5l w , WHITECILWEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3 1 t 0 1 4 ' useful ditto, 4/ 123 to 5/ ; fine Uplan d t 0 ',to* Si 5s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 51183 ; Oat Straw, sad V Wheat Straw, 1/ 183 to 21 per load. Both 113) moved off slowly, at our quotations C$ Ifes MEET MAR.Z.ZTO.. .„, „ 4 t or SOUTHALL, MARCH s.—The supplies 01 Pr - s g beerw and Pigs, were seasonably extensive, those oi ,eryslepttef. rate. The former descriptions of stock met 3 Ih B quire, and at barely previous figures • bat so d, od to firmly supported late rates, with a stead,' c l ir ll, s3 s l o °l from 2s Gd to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs. P u i pej 40: Sheep, 1,110; Calves, 45 ; Pigs, 54. t i „ O e , ROMFORD, MARCH s.—We had a very intw," -s oorileP demand; here to-day, and prices were 11° ',,, 4 ,1 4 Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 2d 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 33 104 Per 4 '1 1 , 1' Calves, 18s to 30s • Quarter-old Store Pigs. r, n . esc" t 't Mulch Cows, with ' their small Calf, 16/ to 18 1 "jr,, HAILSIIAM, MARCH s.—Prime Sheep sold str a it!' aJ prices, but all other kinds of stock were a chill o' } r e a l, 33 ' a from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 4( 1 ; OO 5, 4s ficl; and Pork, 33 to 3s 64 per Blbs. tocl‘ „0, ARUNDEL, MARCH 4.—The supplies of sa t o ttj morning were by no inea*.s large, yet the 44 1; active, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8 d to 3 7 . , 50 0 3s 44 to 4s 4cl; Veal, 4s to 45 8d ; and roll" per 81bs.lim ed. 3 Pci° 6I CHICHESTER, MARCH 5 —There was oral' ,ortr,,, ness passing here to-day, vet prices were' sur est , 90 Ca t `-,,) from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; d 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old Stove Poigs 163 to Cows, with their small Calves, 161 to 'l9/ escb' CORN V ----- GE S; Cof l e CORN A ERA no s s . 014 , 1 01, g 0 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF 1111 17 : h - . 0 0' . . 1 For the Week ended March 1, 1845, made up froln,'" e ~, Inspectors in the ditlerettt Cities and Towns Mr , I' i" per Imperial Quarter. ." SO Wheat ...... 45s Od 1 Oats(Bean ' ~. 21s 7d Barley •• • ... 32s 3d 1 Rye. . 325 6d I tea se 0. /e, AVERAGES OF TLIE LAS r SIX go— wr , f re ° i X 3 6 1 /xlOl 3 5 e )a a 3 5 1 ¢ I 36 0 :4 5 0 YS 3 5 9„ly 34 Weeks ending Jan. 25.... 45 7 34 2 .Feb. 1.... 45 5 33 10 8. 4:i 6 33 0 15.... 45 4 32 3 22.... 45 2 32 4 Mar. 1.... 43 32 3 Wheat. Barley. Oats, Rye. ~-fl 21 a' 3 2 21 6 3 1 21 6 3 0 1 6 21 7 2 9 21 7 30 2 21 7:32 6 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF •'' Wheat •• •• .. 45s 4dl Oats •• •• 21 6d 1 . . -- 1 1 0 Barley ...... 333 Od I Rye ........31 ltlql DUTIES ON FOREIGN CO 1 ``;; . 5. , Wheat ...... Od Oa . 614 Od •• •• 2 5s Od I Ry e lO6 6d I ilt s ol - SP/v g p, LONDON JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' ' TUTION.—On Wednesday evening a meeting °^ i• ti tliv A . cre friends of the Surrey and Kent AuxillarY °' at ` l, O " • the purpose of explaining it. objects, was held Izel tIIC hall, Webber-street, Blackfriars-road: to the chair, and the meeting was addee'„-,-,00.:00.,t6i cretary, who said that the necessity of the " - t duced by the circtunstance that there Te''"l a l ictP r ', - je. C " voured to be thrown among the friends of their m — De P. 'SO blisiunent of another institution, which wn u 'La serious evils. 'the present instituti n was foritroDe l- )094 i s for the purpose of supplying a fund for the dirinput granting of pensions to their widows a nd te, e 'r vating their moral character by supplying 0: 1 :01 the advantages of lectures on intellectual sublee"'4i,oll:,.oo" vere strictures on the proposed institution, the I titrid...e a 0.4, tution was, that noae of the trade should mart,' t i ', 1 011 1 . % - t,l o d ir e shop, the speaker concluded amid considerabl,e other speeches in the same tone were delivered' ..„,ose` support the existing, and to discountenan ce the were unanimously agreed to. After which the OOP" TESTIMONIAL from John Savv'e r, P u 111 ' 4 DEAFNESS. v 54.9 To, „,of J 9. $ t o, o fP• wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messr s ,' . Oro s , - th ,t, mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 1: e 01, 0 ,7 0 4 , 0 1 : been deaf for some time, I was induced, in tiro is e o,,ir vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible 0 pOt o ijerol and, although at my advanced age, at that yet int ° e l l year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief , r os tilst ' o sf applied them I could hear the general corlifi.esettirefi hearing has become so much improved by non - / A, I now hear acutely without their aid. I ! I to, 64 107 4 most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 2 2 ° "Wi t te * Delfor the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of iewen ho iega _,off for many y S S. years,and B I . wSaoslomi inducted s e t e — d G t o eu t t r l y e tn y e o p u , r r i i n_.lsl o ',4t o r oi oi Conductors. They enable me to hear Pe l t: SPnleg'Sfri and at a plane of worship most distinctly. ~, *lP: i ota ' suit my y th a si t g Handglass which you have sent me are / 8 5011 / t hs 7 ', 86th i n dlr"ol / hathpheorufgechtli,utahveetrpaanssspedareinnicy of fear 4 1 4 May last, yet they enable me to read, anal ) ! 14' 0 e ti p 1 eto_. C ° a the greatest ease and comfort to myself . -I. llePiri a' thanks, and remain your obedient servant, se. ..41- 0 01 1 22d June, 1839.—Telescopes, Oilers G.„:,45. 9 1 ;;4 04 _,b00 i ' &c. of the same kind of Lenses.—Cautten.--Pres-y e 0 h boto4, lomons, Opticians and Aurists, arc not in ILO " it p etV i ,l l :oo a person of the same name in their immediatoti el, Nor n any part ~f the country. To pre y nn et Albe °3° tious, and Observe,—Only to be bad at 07f • Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. te .4 . Ile , On the 13th of JanuarliyallasTt,HoStl: CeY l ° ° ,,' ° l i, rlll°4Pcsj ' r oi l ' Madras, the lady of Captain Philip Chanw e ~ ° , Tiers, of daughters •e, Ibej ;f( 014 On the 23d ult., at Ashbourn, Derbyslixtrosibiree,lo F. Powell, Esq., of Brandlesholme Hall, 1 4 t oo . 1 do al . On the '2sth ult., at Chelsea, the lady 0 " , o to , late of the Madras Army, of a daughter. D ior , ~ 0 On the 25th ult. at Chelsea, the lady 0 ' ' for d s late of the Madras Army, On the 26th ult., at Dayton Hall, fib _ $e re 10 4/ ' Hon. Mrs. G. H. Holland, of a claughte!. ,_ f,scp i ia On the 25th ult., the wife of James Nieto", _ .4 1 , of a :laughter. re fer' place, Leicester-square, surgeon, of a Eon . _,.Richte" , / 60 On the Ist inst., Mrs. John 0. Smith, uL b s t ore P ill 1 Brighton, of a daughter. 04 On the 2d inst., at the Priory, Pecki"ani ' " s6' rb of F. R. Jackson, Esq. , o f a daughter: ,„ fo re J. ' On the 3d inst. , the w ife of John brreg°'" iteo Ox On for dthe -terrac3deinst. , , Hydeatp Blackheath, I%o'-ark, of a son. , „. vir. ril e jun , of a son. if 6 ° ,i°‘ . ,11.4.8ia,w. pi i . o tit_i Esq., eldest son of Captain James G „ _ tr. pr. . 4 0„, On the Ist of February, at Madeiorrad,oJ:lo,ess ~ j t i o o v _o( 7 o ( Charlotte. eldest daughtet of the late Ike . c ,te t p Incumbent of Charles Church, Plymouth:, ~,,t v . ti er 0 , On the Estinst., at Lambeth Church_,fcooglo Stockwell, Esq., to Sarah Elizabeth el de bt late C. W. Philipps, Esq. (P r iLLEv. do ote ° of , On the !th inst.. Emily Maud, the infant m e mood D'Arcv Newton, Esq. . r d, of v", 10 On the 2,1 inst., llrs• 11fary Elizabeth J3l gar land-place, New-road, St. Marylebone. , t.: 1 : , .d1 0 v, 1 On the 2d inst., at Crooms-hill. Greenivicil' ,i Eeq., R.N., aged 92. On the 2(1 inst.. Mr. Aplin, the Green , 13a," 1. On the 3d just., at Blackheath, the 1fon• ao' one of the Commissioners of Customs, sg c e a t s t g o . , sg- - 1 1 jot On the 3d inst., at Brighton, John ..-Al 000-0600 Lieutenant Colonel B. Knox, Scots Fusili er J o hn On the 28th ult., at Ealing, I,diddleses, .t. . Esq., aged 92. ~r . Og 135760. f ar On the 28thTorquay, Devon, "`"" A ga' ;,,e ' On the Ist inst., at Baldock, 'Mrs. Peaceelc, cool. On the 3d inst., in Devonshire -place, Ljuil - -' 44..'° risson. 1;-'0' , London : Printed and Published bs .. onic 'Cos 1. 1 —_----;,-iiin, e "?.i.rotf N''. 112, 'it rand. P rints. e They SO the Stral ' ~, i. .. _. in " in . ' ' rqr".,o- of the SOY, IlLtddleaex Friday, March 7,184 S. TENDS for a r btbenrt Per a im °M Applic ee, r GL 14 111.1 Sir 1 Sir Loix del; Halal iit u t b Itur LtyZ