The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 8, 1851. --- • -_____ -- - , ter was PO j• 1, e had thus secured and not a single compassionate HER MA JE STY'S COUR T AND DEST R UC TIVE FIRES. deLlies " arose fur the nu m bers whose lives had been tnat PRIVY COUNCIL. A rum Air was circulated last evening in the neigh 'Y saerific e d . The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham hourhood of the Houses of Parnament that Lambeth By As the red flaring flames of thou;ands of torches, Palace yesterday afternoon. COO-w aged in the hands of the soldiers, O 3 St a light that At half-past two o'clock a deputation from the Corporation Palace was on fire, and was generally credited IPPeared t to the circumstance of the whole of Newby, tied flee obe tinged with blr od upon all around t hem, of the city of Dublin arrived to present an address to her ow i ng Majesty, and were conducted to the Green Drawing-room by di r k.. "tiled as they passed along to bring up out of 11-e th-t side of the water being brilliantly illuminated, Sir William Martins and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, the general ' th "Bs in which the obscurity of night had buried the at the Ea ' "; 'ushers in Waiting. The Queen was conducted to the throwing into bold relief the dingy towers of that an ti"' tsci ld, white, naked corpses of the slaughtered Saxoes, Henry rig lie Throne by the Lord Chamberlain, his Royal Highness Prince cient building. Happily, however, this rumour proved to his h 111 7 passed along, his lace radient with joy, and Albert being by her side; the Duchess of Norfolk and the be incorrect, for on inquiry it was found that the palace , c f the t o e had bounding with exultation, for that awful earn- Countess of Mount Edgcurnbe, Ladies in Waiting, the Great ice be- t ow . e. Secured in his hands a power upon which he offi cer s of State, and a nuirber of the Officers of the Royal coming in uninjured, and free from any danger of I clever te rw ua uld perceive no check, and to which he was de- Household were in attendance. in contact with the devouring element which ided, as ro used Med to place no limits." Her M e iesty was also attended by the following Miuisters, was raging with great fierceness in its near vicinity. of sage ( I: characters introduced into the novel are well viz., Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir The scene of this fire our reporter found to be the ex atiff for kry,frotti the arnbitious,voluptuoue, and unprincipled George Grey, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Afar quis of Clanricarde. tansies premises of Messrs. Charles Ogleby and Co., e King, . ll it 3 r l 'with his cowardly and wicked followers and The deputation from Dublin consisted of the Lord Mayor who carry on the business of spermaceti re silo„ 01 of t h er s, to the sturdy forester Bernhard, and the hero of I iblin, Alderman Andrews, senior Alderman lderman of Dublin, t t „be t ale, the lover of Beatrice-Magnus, the young Alderman Kinahan, High Sheriff of Dublin, Alderman liners and oil merchants in Paradise-street, Lam - sego al 4 e f ' love- riticip a- In eeti ° Saxony. There are scenes of battles, Hoyte, Alderman Campbell, Alderman Gresham, Alderman beth- walk. The very nature of the business will fore the ug c • teres g i euncils, murders, and conspiracies scat- George Roe, J.P. D L., Alderman Hudson, Alderman Moy- at once show how great was the danger to be ap lar, Town Councillor Leland Crosthwait, :/.L., Town Coun- prehendcd from the first symptom of a fire on Berth a, witri through the three volumes, all of them written cillor Joseph Casson, Town Councillor Classon, Town Coun. patieo t the great attention to the manners and customs of cillor wiliiam Harvey Pim, Town Councillor Joshua Watson, the premises, which extend from Paradise. strea but the lens at that period, and being accurate delinea- Mr. Thomas Vance, T.C., Town Councillor Arthur Baker, to High•street, and are bounded on both sides by houses es of haffe lv e _ the sayings and doings of kings, nobles, pre- Town Councillor W . illiam Fry, Town Councillor John and ware-rooms. That part of the building in which the liSts , -cy, Town Councillor Thomas Hutton, J.P. D. 1.., Town :el% by sIIZI Warriors, and serfs, as they have been handed fire originated was a large pile of warerooms, three Councillor Francis Codd, Town Councillor Richard Kelly, sponge d , 'l4h by ancient chronicles. Thus, besides being T own Councillor John Jameson, Town Coencillea John stories high, on the left side of the yard, which was ;pd a ly i e t , nteresting to those who read only for their Chambers, Sir T. O'Brien. Bart , M.P.„% , ir Lucius O'Brien, Pet t he , Ue tn .„,. . completely filled with spermaceti oil. It appeared rom ,-- 4 ist o `"L , it is also instructive to the student of Mr.lds, M. P., Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Grogan, Mr. , TheSnaeg, and Mr. James Lambert. that while the men were working in the upper story i. m esh y r and of antiquities. With all these recom ' at' The fallowing - fficers of the corporation of Dublin were in they were startled by a strong smell of burning, c Ca b ! : ton • • • tesi s, this historical novel cannot fail of sue- Fra n ' . , and as I , o _, 9 we hope, soon will be followed by others attendance on the deputation, viz., Mr. Th mas Reynolds, Marsha' of D blin ; Mr. William Ford, Town Clare •; 11.1 r. and they had scarcely time to ascertain the Pl ace° , thi, & TV the favourable notice of the public as is Francis Dowling, High Constable; Mr. Th mas Atkins, cause . of it before the whole interior was enveloped thre °- ; with flames and smoke, and they say their escape 4 4 ; re first experiment of Mr. MacCabe in this twordbearer; and Mr. James Curran, Macebearer. one b tl ' Mr. Frederick Sutton, private secretary to the Lord Mayor ash of literature. into the open air was most miraculous. This was about a sa an of Dublin, was in attendance on his Lordship. five o'clock, and in less than a few minutes afterwards hem silt' Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms the c ur FINE ARTS. lined the Throne-room. the whole of the building, including a tower attached e Her Majesty being seated on her Throne , the deputation to the end of it , was one mass of flames, the „ in the T EMPTING! AND VANQUISHED. were admitted, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain, it BO W. tri t r,eng the various contributions to the Great Indus- heat wising from which was so strong that Who conducted them to the Queen. ;sad i n 11 Is • 4 X ii . h' ellen l euion, not the least noticeable fur their pre- The Lord Mayor read an address from the Corporation of no one could approach in front of it. Dispatches were im • reseals- Diu 4 1, and not the least admirable for their excellence, the City of Dublin on the subject of the abolition of the office mediate] sent off to the different engine -stations, and on As ea t ' thei e two colossal groups representing Satan under of Viceroy of Ireland, to which her Majesty returned a most their arrival the firemen set to work with y eetece r It s,eer,ehntrasting aspects, recently sculptured by Mr. E. gracious answer. ility for e t iee 0 ( : "Is- Yesterday morning we had the gratifies- The Lord Mayor had then the honour of being presented to a degree of courage and quickness which is be the ,„, / rwing these really beautiful masterpieces in kiss hands. yend all praise. By seven o'clock they got the flames ) f tbef e artist, whither Iless i • - "" ) of the we would commend all Sir Timothy O'Brien, the mover of the address, and Town sinecompletely under, but not before the building in ques- Councillor Leland Crosthwait, D.L., the seconder, had also on P re. ate lovers of his art to hasten, especially if they lion was completely gutted and the roof destroyed. e at f l As mo re enough to be numbered among the honour of being presented to the Queen to kiss hands. jog all tai the earnest admirers of Milton. Mr. Sty hens has The deputation then retired. This is the more wonderful, as the whole yard was o After the reception of the address her Majesty held a Privy 1 res sals a genius of the two tremendous events he has covered with barrels of oil, as well as the adjoining rd ri tl c Council, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince • tre e ' t s ell fur representadon with the sensibility of a poet A that • Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, s h e d s' l a fa -ided ,Is r ea lly touc hi ng, su bli me, and beautiful , the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial The loss sustained amounts to many thousand pounds 50 s e t died ;by the powers of his majestic art he has em be- Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the but the proprietors are amply insured in several offices. MO ° the , 11 s ubstantial forms the scenes rendered visible to Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber weilieg kiele -1411' s eye by the numbers of " Paradise Lost"- lain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to FIRE AND Loss or LIFE.-Independent of the great thre ra C ite i • -• ,, rs at once awful in their splendour and exqui- the Prince. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in fire in .Lambeth, the Brigade was called to five others. eout!'" Waiting. 'O 6 !toil,' their melod As Milton proved himself a poet, One was at No. 23, Skinner-street, Clerkenwell. It idee c . a;The Queen gave audiences to Sir George Grey, Lord , °4 4 o4 en t ! has most incontestably y. shown himself a sculptor. John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Grey. originated in the apartment . of a Mrs. Smith, and on Ws wr , " to he war® to throw aside for ever from this , some of the neighbours entering the place to render as rhe Court was attended by the Captain of the Honourable reeda fil - the - Selli„ chisel and the mallet he would still have Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen sistance they found the unfortunate occupier lying on the all cam e Isla i i ) e l d enough in all sincerity to secure for himself a Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the second-floor landing completely enveloped in flames. altar 60 r es„,. ° reputation. Both works of art display in a Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House- The engines of the London Brigade quickly attended, in t he ! t , •- •mi tabl -. lke- c degree breadth of conception and delicacy of . bold ; the Earl' . of Morley, Lord in Waiting; Lord George and the fire was subdued, but not until Mrs. Smith was of ft'" Illiti os ""s knowledge of anatomy and scope of imagt- Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Lieutenant-Colonel so frightfully burned that the flesh peeled off her body on --- ip ~,,g iI , 4t this 1 . "Satan Tempting Eve," is incomparably, to Hon. A. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting; Lieutenant u hint,. when touched. A medical gentleman promptly attended, Y ''' e ye -mg, the better of the two Productions (and this Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince, who gave it as his opinion that the poor creature could ee bi attire to assert with a full appreciation of its cum- Mn. James Tyler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps not possibly live a couple of hours. 7we d altl Gentlemen-at-Arms, Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the eo o alt sir ' g b n & tte e ° ll ) portrays that momentous occasion when the kitsa!tooping- over the slumbering • form of the first men Guard, Major Harman Standard-bearer of the . Honour de- i able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Colonel Chaplin (Cold- nigh being attended with consequences almost as tea 'a essayed by detestable arts "to reach the or- disastrous as that which occurred in Mark-lane, broke stream Guards), Field-officer in Brigade Waiting, Captain ste Ps c ' a In s ° I her fancy." 'le seer b eah In the figure of Eve the sculptor Curling, Adjutant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at. out on the premises of Messrs. Grosvenor and Carter, ,t ..,,g C aanted every attribute of feminine loveliness, Arms, Captain Phibbs, Exon in Waiting, and Messrs. wholesale paper merchants and stationers, Cornhill. b s plB ll . - / /111 6t r°4 k nded and symmetrical limbs are reposing on a Forbes and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Fortunately the fire was discovered so early, or it is be ° Pr ' at 1)04 4 °1 flowers, the body lying in a sort of undulated Her Majesty's body guard was on duty in the Palace as possible that the whole of the houses near would have ,so ' 4 4., r k e, with the f a ce turned so mewhat to the left shoul- usual. A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards (with b e en d es t r oyed ; as it was, however, the stock was c odt °, damaged. tie ol y t illi ' t an, on the contrary, with his " dewy locks dis- the band) was on duty in the grand quadrangle of the Palace °R ambrosia arip,,,," and his gigantic stature, e shaped and A MANUFACTORY BURNED DOWN AT BATTLE be °rg sji 4 ''''' like that of some seraphic inhabitant of heaven, CO URT CIRCULAR. BRIDGE.-Yesterday morning, about half-past four legs wes ,ter ve litli ng quietly over the naked sleeper, with every His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback o'clock, a fire of a very fierce character broke out in ni 'the f a nd muscle tense with an agonized vitality, yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Hon. Alexander the Patent Fire-Lighting Composition Factory, belong one 'i co the token of the Tempter is grandly disclosed as Gordon. ing to to Mr. 0. Priestley, at Belle Isle, Maiden-lane, , pre....... 6 'ate - "la of unutterable anguish, of ineffable The Royal Family took their usual pony and walking ex eh a ° 7,, Battle. bridge. The flames could not be conquered until bailee Prof,' .. ° 1 consummate wickedness, and of matchless ercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. the factory and the storehouse were totally gutted. The o _,,,j tiv e l s .4l ,ui.tY of intellect-just as that of the Tempted The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Viscount idfa ric- t e 1 4 , 4 us i ts p t .. dreaming serenity the graces of unparalleled ins Hon. Charles Grey, had the honour of dining with her Ma- FIRE AT MILE-LND.-Shortly before the T abo . ve fire geti er : i Serene the face of Eve is undoubtedly in its eon i l l e a jesty last evening• broke out another one happened at No. 9, VI ellington „Part of !Wet, though by an extraordinary skill on the , 00 3 - A eeputation of ladies, consisting of the Misses Lawrence, street, Waterloo town, Mile-end. The building was hag s ~1 410 sculptor there is thrown over the features the Marshall, Cubitt, Witten, Simpson, and Fuller, had an much damaged. Mr. Humm. the owner of the property, :14 weep eone e ; ° ' a strange and startling intelligence. In this we audience of the Queen on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace, was insured in the Norwich Union Office. Its itu ' v e the capacities of Mr. Stephens as an artist, and to deliver an address on the occasion of presenting a carpet, _________ ,f . an iir bee n artist, too, of the very highest rank, to have executed in needlework by one hundred and fifty ladies of anto i l, RAILWAY RETURNS kn e ,„9 3 ,ost conspicuously rendered apparent. " Satan Great Britain, to her Majesty. toer t6- i --....--- s ion t, l See e ` r - d l i a , aed by the Archangel," we have pronounced, The ladies were accompanied by Mr. Francis Fuller. TRAFFIC RETUPNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Chu w- ° the e "g, to our idea, as scarcely so meritorious as the The address was read by Miss Lawrence, and was most graciously received . by her Majesty. bat off .mss k e ° lo asal group already noticed. Nevertheless, it Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. g • tee Hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the studio of opened, "• Ipe r acknowledged that, with a preference for the Mr Thorn -croft on Thursday afternoon, to inspect the 1851. .11 Peg - 1850. 1851. ' l 9, ki r ", a work of art, this group also commands our e ' • questrian statue 3 of her Majesty the Queen. Daman. irsi ---- Op - 'qty. 4 , 110 4 by its astonishing display of power and abi • s idle A deputation of the Local Marine Board of London, con- 72 Aberdeen .. • ..... .. ••••.. • • .• ..... £B l9 £ 1,255 e s 0 8,3 t„ Ile vast proportions of Michael, the archaneelic sisting of Mr. Duncan Dunbar (chairman), Mr. Anthony 37% Belfast and Ballymena •• •••••• •• •• •• 454 165 lig a l it it t'si l itl er ; °r, are of the noblest symmetry. and the whole Ridley (deputy- chairman), and Capt. William Drew, had an 17 Belfast and County Down.• •••••• •• .. kilrbi e T Covered with an air of celestial inspiration. A interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchereyesterday, s, Or 2 337 Bristol Birkenhead , B lack L b r m ea .o. shir d Lancashire , e a . ? y C o h rt es . hir . .e . 9 ,4 5 13 4 1, 3 2 ,6 6; do t faet e ' d ° wit, in the studio of Mr. E. B. Stephens. at- at the Board of Trade. 85% and Exeter • • .... • • .......... 3,256 3, i To. fr o mitts O ur attention, as a gift from the Election Cos,- Major S. Hill had an interview with Earl Grey at the Co- 160 bah Oh tep re e of Tiverton to the Viscountess Palmerston. It lonial-office, yesterday. Caledonian.- . ..... . .......... •• 5 1 , 3 76 2 0 2 6 2 , 2 35 ., 6 , 943; Chester and Holyhead.•• .. •• .. • ..... •• . .• •- ;he ba , 0 ' t flou setn a the still handsome countenance of her illus- Dispatches were sent off yesterday from _the g_CKouloungi.al- n DublinDbiin wianddr.BrelogihasetdJatu..i.c.ti.o.n...............: 7 2 8 5 6 3 7 4 , 1 fir" k n , • 4 husband, one of the must gifted and patriotic office to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hon -- -.ot. , 6 Dublin and Kingstown .. •••• • • • ... •• 804 9 . 77 ler p e r li 16% Dundee and Arbroath ••••.••• • • • • • • 7 0 _ 354 , b •rsaglish statesmen. arg il- POLISH' AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. 31 Dundee, Per 4,10 141 _ _ _ _ ---- - b e So c ,„, We understand that the Government have undertake n 9 Dundalk andthE an niil d sk A i li b e e n i d . e . en .. J .. u . n . c . t . 10 . n . 0 11 9 4 6 13 46 4 171 East Anglian-. •••.•••••• • • • • • • •• •• 717 742 :as lig %id._ ed n 'l'l • OF ANTIQUARIES.-Viscount Mahon pre- to provide a sum which will furnish about 81. to each of 79 .- East Lancashire •• •• 0 13. littupf a Ihursday, but the proceedings did not offer many s. a % '' c t . interest. ' The the Polish and Hungarian refugees who have just a id), fir ' . tea l , reading of papers occupied an un- . rived at Liverpool from Turkey, for the purpose of pay 39225 Fa s t t e e rn rnu Co ni tm on ti . e..s . t . if . d . nrfolk.. • ......... ,14 1:3 20 12 9 12,539 1758 frogs e', short time, and consisted chiefly of contributions 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •• • ....• 2 2,9 2 1 1 8 2 3 1 t9 8 8 4 6sd o tO , the I .4'' ... l lenry Ed., relative to the Tower . of L . ond . on during ing their passage to America. Considering the extreme 7 1 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.• ...• „er b t° Ne t . „gut ofJames the First ; the communication included a difficulty which foreigners now experience in obtaining ig Furness Railway .. •••..••.•• . •• •• ' ' 431 I , 4e m . r o nl Sir W. Wad e , dated 1612. It referred merely to employment in this country, and the sufferings which the lel% l ief° t4° slerler of appointment to minor offices under the consta- Polish refugees now resident here have already under- eek Glasgow, arnaidslSeo.uthau-IdVeGsrteeerunee.ck......... 370 , 2 1 3 s 3, 9 4 ° 1 7 7 itt allr' aki i , : tinpressions in gutta percha of some curious seals were gone. and the difficulty their friends find in procuring for Gr a e s a g t o l v i'orther2lnd E. L.• ••••• .. .: ' 2,913 7,699 o,:olted, one being that o 1 the roundness of &alio' College, 236 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,920 4,269 for -_ll them even a scanty support, and the great demand for 262% Great Western .. •. 1 f o f ' ,;, - t er :rd ; and another, the seal of Cardinal Beaufort. They labour which at present exists in America, the measure . ... 3,039 4,031 R t . o _ i „, V,, A contributed by Mr. Doubleday, of the British Museum, of the Government a ears to be prompted by the most 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • •• 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••• •• ;S Se Pl th e Niel Lloyd sent an explanation of the method by which • 763 813 be O a tr ess metal torques, found in sepulchres and elsewhere, humane feelings towards the retugees. It a ears, how- Ni, Leeds and T c h r irs osb k y, . .. a . nel . S . O . u . th . po - r . t B7 253 10 re ar 'leo • • tre e _ rieenally twisted •it was simple but ingenious, and at. ever , that certain gentlemen , belonging , wrbelieve to 5184 London and North Western •••• 40,204 41,859 what_ . is called . the extreme dmocratic p g a ' rty amongst , the . Of' 5 % London and 81ackwa11.............. 601 750 ;,,, eir" Vii - "eci More attention ;hen anything else in the course of the eei n . 1731 A London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 7,465 7,630 have . ta . tren upon themselves the serious response- 23 9 London and South Western. . ... 8,257 8,707 ,rip, ar• Pie g• We cannot help thinking that the secretaries his- r . otes, ir the- do 4eitYte,Cl rather too much parsimony in the quantity of matter bility of . advising these poor men to remain in England, 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen .. •• •• -• 125 lab hick Sa t , W ki "esa for the occasion, and the conclusion of the business at the risk of their being exposed to the most abject 1114 Manchester , Buxton, and 24 atlock, Pm 120 114 P re.' . , *somewhat abrupt. misery. It is not easy to conjecture what motives may 167% Manchester, Sheflield,andLincolnsbtre 5,129 5,857 9% Manchester and South Junction....•• 358 410 ~g 1! de . I,47..R,LANcHOLY ACCIDENT. -A. poor man named have inspired the authors of this advice, but it is tcle- 28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• •• • ..... 580 613 )05 , 6 1 '4,,,f411, for twenty years horsekeeper at the Swan Hotel, rably clear that unless the y have large an . d . immediate . 496 k Midland ..... ....... ....... 20,505 19,432 re I P e d o) ' -1 0117 !kin, , met his death a few days ago under these circum- funds at their disposal, it cannot have originated in a 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• •• 1,007 1,061 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. - .......... 1,851 2.098 420 0- ail Sa n -e 8 :--- The Red Rover mail-coach had arrived at the due regard to the welfare of those to whom it is offered. 146 North British --..•••• • • • • • he 4 o r 4 0 -1 a nd Worrell proceeded to assist in taking out the The following letter has been received by Lord Dud- a l l .INN,.oorrtthi_Swtaefinoorrdnsla.r.s 41 : 0 2 9 6 76 4 1: 4 4. 6 1 9 2 rSeg, ) 10 d lO Ve lma The leaders having been detached were turned to- ley Courts Stuart, from Mr. Moly, formerly secretary to •• - 441 MP 6 1 shy t he s able, and the unfortunate man was undoing the er- s e ...came, :--- Scottish Central .... 22 Scottish Midland •• ••••• • •• • ..... .. 436 439 bo d tj 0 thei n e rs, the near-side one being only attached by the pole ' 6 UNIVERSAL EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION COM- 47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,377 1,384 f ill . With 'when the animals became restive and started away 386 491 f t i 0 0 ;hoe r th e coach over the bridge. Shortly after the coach got PANT. 30 Shropshire Union .• •• •• 58 South Dev0n........ ....... ..... ... 1,484 1,501 la, ' no s• ear, e %a i e bridge poor Worrell was shaken from the splinter " Liverpool, March 5, 1851. 234 South Eastern ...... •• .... •.-- ~ ~ 8,L03 9,086 dr e r 0 "My Lord four Lordship is no doubt aware that 75 south Wales ....................., - 919 tilt t o h e re he had been clin in and the wheels passed over 30e iC11 ea ° Wen parts of his body. clinging, aid was rendered, but the refugees, 253 Poles and 9 Hungarians, bave arrived. 69 South York Doncaster and Goole .. 1,013 0 , 69 o rr titie - , l4 reination it was found that the injuries he had sus- I went on board the ship, when still in the river, and 40 2,135 36 Ulster . ..... d .. L . i m ... e . r iii , ...... ................•........• ' 1 6 78 4 5 4 , 795 25 Waterford lal e . a . : the r ,A d etab l°- gtie 4a .were beyond the reach of human skill ; so, after lin- told my countrymen what arrangements have been made 3B6 5 ... 0 0. 4i ,. 4 1 . 11 6 ,, IT! .about four hours, death . terminated his sufferings. for their short stay, and subsequent conveyance to Ame- 13 West Cornwall ...... .............. 254 335 29312 WyohrikteanhadveNneJwimeasctitloen, and Berwick B . . e . rw .. i . c . k ....... 11,9 18 4, 2 193 30 1 016 . ' , 124:, est was held, when a verdict of e Accidental death e ries, with which they seemed highly satisfied. But this Pe ore b "Ir ted.-Worcestershire Chronicle. day there arrived a Mr. Stanislaus Worcell and hi 513,143 256 York and North Midland. .......... 6,400 6,761 00. I' , c „..11 l' l s' t i s tli ,,ANClan CONDITION or PARIS.-The budget of friends from London, and by holding out delusive pros- FOREIGN. ntlP 0 ,, Amiens and Boulogne . 10d 1 1 1 0 is • f or 1851 amou nts, in receipts and expenses, to peels to his countrymen, changed their minds; even the 7614 • left ' 37 9 0 ' 1 4f. In the receipts are included a sum o f 4,400,000 f. Hungarians, who seemed disposed to leave forthwith for P e ' e - s 0 ree, i ver from 1' , 50. The principal items under the head of A 2 Ptg America, began now to waver, and ask for a few days , 63 Montereau and Troyes •• 336 Northern of France ne• •• •• • . • 749 903 •• • • •• •• 15,581 16,830 .• •• 1,337 1.244 t 0 - 1,0 • t ei07 ,0 , ) are-Octroi, 33,585,000 E ; halles and markets, consideration. 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) ..... ..... 2,520 3,040 tO a kbliq i 4 f. ; communal centimes, 1,C86,t00f.; hydraulic es- "In this emergency, and fearing lest the poor men 72 Orleans to Bordeaux ... .. • 2,930 3,013 N A , °lent% - if s p a In , 41 of 1 . ( 35,000 f. ; slaughter-houses, i ,000,000 f. ; - tli. ground in the cemeteries, 608 350 f.; rent of stands should i he made victims to false prospects, and be ex- 85 p e a s Ait 82 Paris and Orleans .... •• .. ...... •• •• 6,852 7,324 an- •.ouen . •• •• .• • • •• - tn..' Duldir. ,i-.-„„,ar.-. cue a6a9 ' • ...re,. 05.5 ;Of.; pOseu to certain starvation, I feel it my duty to request 5: )4 Rouen and Havre .. •• .. .•••• • • • ,- __,.t.:.. ... .. ~.- it • .:c_. , ~. •.. ..,:ii, fil e d OF ANTIQUARIES.—Viscount Mahon pre littepfa Thursday, but the proceedings did not offer many astlei,vs'of interest. The reading of papers occupied . an contributions th e ; nenry Ellis, relative to the Tower of L9ndon during CNE' ofJames tile First ; the communication included a %e el. & cm . ' Sir W. Wade, dated 1612. It. referred merely to ble. l "er of appointment to minor offices under the consta ph 'Repressions in gutta percha of some curious seals were jolted, one being that of the foundress of Baliol College, `l w 'ord ; and another, the seal of Cardinal Beaufort. They V ip er e Contributed by Mr. Doubleday, of the British Musehm. V ! alel Lloyd sent an explanation of the method by which iterwucient metal torques, found in sepulchres and elsewhere, li ( Lnriginally twisted • ' it was simple but ingenious, and at. al - "e riL t l more attention than anything else in the course of the 1)1 1 ; w g- We cannot help thinking that the secretaries dis 4eie,V rather too much parsimony in the quantity of matter • R 4B " e ti for the occasion, and the conclusion of the business t_sonaewhat abrupt. ANCHOLY ACCIDENT. A poor man named tratiorrall, for twenty years horsekeeper at the Swan Hotel, ,1ita 1 , 4 „ 11 7, met his death a few days ago under these circum -4;,.ea l--The Red Rover mail-coach had arrived at the )40 1 .Z , and Worrall proceeded to assist in taking out the V tt 7 l B . The leaders having been detached were turned to e,ib.;e s able, and the unfortunate man was undoing the afZers, the near-side one being only attached by the pole Niti,"' when the animals became restive and started away ;04 Lhe coach over the bridge. Shortly after the coach got Barr the bridge poor Worrall was shaken from the splinter i /v here he had been clinging, and the wheels passed over e Q wer parts of his body. Surgical aid was rendere , u tkii: 4 4 tnination it was found that the injuries he had sip- Ra t i„' were beyond the reach of human skill ; so, after lin dp for a b out four hours, d eat h t erm inated his sufferings: , 1 441%. 11c l u est was held, when a verdict of " Accidental d eath et urned.— Worcestershire Chronicle. Pa t .IIIANCI AL CONDITION OF PARIS.—The budget . of 49 ,11, l OC 1851 amounts, in receipts and expenses, to left ' ,9 14f. In the receipts are included a sum of 4,400,000 f. rt ee 'l'er from Iqso. The principal items under the head of 2 iFte?l, B are—Octroi, 33,585,000 f. ; halles and markets, 41 )11 ‘ 1; 2 f- ; communal centimes, 1,C86,t UOL hydraulic es- Kra 4 - tnents, 1,135,000 f. ; slaughter-houses, I ,000,000 f. ; 11 of ground in the cemeteries, 608,350 f.; rent of stands f `ntr el ;Public thoroughfares, 608,6641. ; sewers, 05,5 ;0 .; PNiel" ts, 9 38,000 f. ; tax on funerals, 411,000 f. In the ex . 'es C u tilay be mentioned the sum of 7,357,498 f. carried to : I ttta t - Ig e t of the prefecture of police, and 6,722,556 f. for new ", 1 , •, --4 / "„ i nary works. Among the other items of expenses , b wltit, - ,; : u ninipal debt, 7,626,816 f.; hospices and charitable ll'es k2 - „"ens t 6,452,3521.; retentions for the benefit of the ,1 1 54 4 -- "rYt 6 ,149,1571.; works of reparation, 3,697,.<'41f.; ex . V65 R 3 ,,.0f collection, 3,466,03'f. ; primary instruction, • 'etati,',' o , l -_; libraries, promenades, and works of art,131,276f. ; Ilep e ;"at Guards and military service, 1,097,4 ; ex " direction of works, 485,300 f.; prefecture central 421 ,3001. ; principal sewers, 733,600 f. maires of l9 2 , l a lsernents, 466,430 f. ; fetes and public ceremonies, 4 44' 41 ; funerals and cemeteries, 464,300 f.; public worship ttt, Ort.CSCITATION OF FROZEN FISH.—" It may be lapdt of notice," says Sir John Franklin, in his First Over "ere taken to the Polar Seas, " that the fish froze as they kri4 Mass out of the nets, and in a short time became a essili7ass of ice; and by a blow or two of the hachet ere r, were s plit open, when the intestines might b e remove d v in • t ilal v ' tl P• If in this completely frozen state they * ll ,'M before the fire they recovered their animation. This oekael?artieularly the case with the carp; and we have had FilaB:l ° , 4 . to observe it repeatedly, as Dr. Richardson occupied "„f e a C In examining the structure of the different species ;14,, i ' and was always in the winter under the necessity of 4 aP r i l . g t hem. We have seen a carp recover so far as to 114ii,t1Leut with much vigour after it had been frozen for p ell e t ' -si x hours." Mr. Hearne, Mr. Ellis, and other tra the il l n icy regions, also mention the power of . many of oth,,"Yer animals to endure intense cold—mosquitoes ant • 114 .., 0f , the insect tribe being frequently frozen into one !ner,,"nd mass, which, when thawed, renewed all their l,lIe",;;" ; spiders, frozen so hard as to bound from the floor hog," Prat were revived by the fire; so were frozen leeches, snails. —Zoologist. the L e Pedest a l s t an di ng in the centre of the Court of th e Ouvre, a n d w hi c h formerly bore the equestrian statue of la rr , u ke of Orleans, is to be in a ftw days taken down,. and 1-sne fountain is to , be erected on the siot.—Galignanz. • 4 4 r OPERATIONS IN IRELAND.—A practical `V t ." , after an extended tour through the counties of Cork, eati,-intd, Limerick, and Tipperary, states, in a communi lage"'? addressed to the Ballinasloe Star, that generally W hat, hero a more advanced state, especially in Cork, than Ivith a ," witnessed at this period in any year since 1846,. not tit,finding the enormous extent ,of the emigration, con lotieti up to the present moment. It is only in some favoured . t terem " that wheat has been planted, oats being the favourite nrea c ij i r°P in all directions; there will be . a much larger hith er of barley than usual, and flax will be cultivated '"rhe , e xtensively. In regard to the potato, the writer . says, !le e xt 'ariners are determined to try the potato this year on ° rl.ll. enst ve scale. Go where you will, the ground allotted be t s . 0 . treacherous root meets your eye; in tact, there seems to tlotwi 'al forgetfulness of its ever having failed; and this its failure the overwhelming train of misfortunes which ‘4lltire brought upon the country.” 0 0 , „ gqi er .,"'"GlCAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly 8411 1 ,;" meetin g held at the Society's House in Hanover the et ! , .he Right Hon. Sir G. Clerk, Bart., M.P., V. P., in /'ell ow a lrt Mr. Remington and Mr. E. Robins were elected Dro p , * 3, arid Messrs. W. W. Rawlins and G. M. Fast were ,ut ei r as candidates for the Fellowship. The report of the tine e the that the number of visitors to the gardens th e e Ist of January presented an increase of . 6422 over a rte . i n n r"ding period of last year. The additions to the thoi,gerie during the month of February included a Bur kid tilz r: brat guanacos, Rusa d eer , a s loth, a Stanley crane, "Its) ,° specimen s o f t h e l eroo f tee (P e r d ix Pon n e Corr. The latter bi r d s were presente d by Mr. Keith A b bot, t apre so r n• Z. S , who brought them with build Pers!a. Pro gr Z'Y for the society. Several extensive ngs are in Part " 8 at the gardens, and will be completed in the early of Aril. . tOti vit ' e XFISe officer in Nottinghamshire has been ti ori ~et in two penalties of 5031. each, upon the prosecu aud , 3 ,Te 9rown, tor having received certain sums ofmoney, tia ct :Sleeting, in ct nsequence, to take an account of some ' , made i ll flt 4 collection. " In this emergency, and fearing lest the poor men should he made victims to false prospects, and be ex posed to certai❑ starvation, I feel it my duty to request your Lordship may use his %ell-justified authority with the Poles. Lieut. Charles Szulczowshi's presence here would do a great deal of good in openin„ , the poor de luded men their eyes as to their real position. As for the Hungarians, I trust Mr. Pulszky's letter, handed to them by me, will produce the necessary effect. " I remain, my Lord, " Yours very zespectfully, (Signed) " M. DIOBY. " To the Right Hon. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., &c.,, s ei ! e ig abl i36 o .t o bi n lelOgt ere `be of t FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday morn ing last, a fatal accident occurred at the railway crossing near the Collins-green station, on the Liverpool branch of the London and North-Western Railway. An old woman, named Ashton, who lived at a farm near St. Helen's, and was in the habit of going thither every morning with milk, went up to the gates as usual with her horse and cart, and was allowed by the gateman's wife to pass through; but just when the cart was upon the line the express train from Li- Of otiO ° lot' _ O 6O I'S P ;sir j 0 1 ' 'pa" c . iVg r d ; 01110- verpool came past, and running over it broke the cart to pieces, and killei both the old woman and the horse, the f orm er being thrown by the force of the shock into a field at the side of the line. HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Hearing that some hundreds more of these brave, suffering men have arrived (or are about to arrive, in this country, I v ould thank you, should a subscription be made for their relief, to again put down my name for one guinea. Who can read of the noble bearing and generous doings of these peace-loving, Christian •like, and brave people, as de scribed in a late work by the Baroness Von Beck, but must keenly sympathise with them in their sufferings, and pray that the hand of the Almighty (who ruleth in the Heavens above, and among the inhabitants of the earth beneath), may be speedily raised to cruAl (by direct or indirect means) the foul despotism that is desolating the Continent, and to avenge the patriot b ood on those who thus t y rannicall y hold possession of the earth. Rev. vi. 10. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Cheltenham, March 7, 1851. The expense of the in-door poor of Glasgow is 101. 12.1. ; and of, out-door, W. 14s. 10d. per head per annum. SALMON FISHING.—Since the Ist of February only ten fish have been caught in the Doon. The take continues to be very moderate in the Tay, but not more so than in an average of seasons in February. The fish hitherto taken have been almost uniformly large, and a few so very heavy as to he exhibited for their size and symmetry. Prices in London have varied from 2s. to Is. 6d. per lb. during the last fortnight, according to the supply. A very erroneous impression prevails as to the fall in the rents of the 'ray fishings. Some of the stations, no doubt, have fallen ofl, but others have proportionably increased; and, on the whole, the present rental of the river is about equal to what it was twenty years ago.— Glasgow Constitutional. BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, for 1841, corrected to the present time, and including many ad ditional Families, 2 vols. This importact publication ap pears at an appropriate moment, when the political excite ment of the day is drawing attention to that influential body—the Landed Interest. Ths work furnishes such a mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal families in the kingdom as has never before been brought together. It relates to the untitled families of rank, as the " Peerage and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms, in fact, a Peerage;of the Untitled Aristocracy; comprising par ticulars of upwards of 100,000 persons connected with them ! " A work of this kind (says the M orn i ng P os t ) i s o f a na tional value. Its utility is not merely temporary, but it will exist and be acknowledged as long as the families whose names and genealogies are recorded in it continue to f o r m an i n tegral portion of the Er?glish Constitution. As a correct rec , rd of descent, no family shoud be without it." DALETH. COUNTY EXPENDITURE.—A meeting of the with() rities of the metropolitan parishes took place yesterday even ing, at the court-house of Marylebone parish, Marylebone lane, Oxford-street, for the purpose of organizing the several parishes in the-counties of Middlesex and Surrey in favour of the passing of a Bill already introduced into the House; of Commons by the "Lancashire Committee," the second reading of which is fixed for Wednesday, March 12, havkag for its object the establishment of representative county financial boards throughout the kingdom, for the control of the expenditure of the county rates. After an hour's nelaY , occasioned by the insufficiency of the attendance, Mr. ..N icho• lay was voted to the chair. He briefly open,d the proceed • ings, and Mr. Day rose to address the meeting, but Mr. Halton having suggested its adjournment, the proposition moved by him was seconded by Mr. Day, and adopted. The meeting then dispersed. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this charity took place last night at the London Tavern, and was exceedingly well attended, about 220 gentlemen sitting down to the ex cellent fare provided. It was expected that the chair would be taken on this occasion by Mr. Lushington, M.P., but owing to the importance of the discussion corning on in the House of Commons, he was not able to attend. In his absence Mr. Cartwright, the celebrated dentist, presided, and discharged the duties thus hastily assumed in a very able manner. During the evening subscriptions were announced by the secretary to the amount of 7001. and upwards; and as the funded property of the institution is now nearly 15,0001., its financial position must be regarded as very satisfactory. The musical arrangements of the dinner were under the direction of Mr. Land, and Mr. Harker was toast master. NEW BARRACKS IN ST. JAMES'S-PARX.—The Government have decided upon buildi n g a new win g to Wel lington Barracks sufficiently large to accommodate an addi tional battalion of the Foot Guards, the expense of which will amount to 40,0001. United Service Gazette. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF ATIILONE, , —II(4I' Ladyship died at her residence, in South-street, on Wednes day. Her Ladyship was relict of William Frederick, the last Earl of Athlone, to whom she was united in 1814. TIIE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA. It is rumoured that an intention exists, on the part of Government, of re , uniting the civil government of Malta with the military command in the person of a general officer now in command of one of the districts.— United Service Gazette, TBE PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL.—The country will regard with mingled emotions of indignation and sorrow the proceedings last night, in the House of Commons, on the subject ot the Papal Aggression Bill. Never did a Ministry cut a more sorry figure than they did during the delivery of Sir George Grey's speech. The Papal measure never was worth much. It fell far short of the necessities of the case; but whatever little value it possessed, has now been taken from it by the " modifications" which Ministers have agreed to make in the measure. It has become a mere mockery. To waste the time of the House on such a Bill is an unwarrantable trifling with the country. How long is this state of things to last? How long is a Govern ment to be tolerated which does not know its own mind for two days tcgether ?—a Government which submits to mar and mangle its own measures, to propitiate opponents to such an extent as that they scarcely retain a trace of their ori ginal features ?—ildvertiser. THE GREAT EXHIBITON.—A letter from St. Peters burgh announces that the Emperor of Russia intends to spend 10,C01,000 silver roubles in making purchases at the Great Exhibition. His agents are specially commissioned to purchase every model which may be useful to Russian ma nufactures. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The usual monthly meeting of this society was held last evening at the society's rooms. 20, Bedford-street, Strand, A. Henfrey, Esq., vice-president, F.L.S., in the chair. Numerous dona tions to the library were announced, and a great number of valuable British and foreign plants had been received since the last meeting. After several new members had been elected, the continuation of Mr. Stock's paper, " On the Botany of Btuigay,.buffolk," was read. bed o b o e v o o co.' oio s o ,eo• , • to or 0 • en o ° 11 0 r Bt vo b e leo f 0 bt 0 Of NAVAL INTELLIGENCE Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., and captain Sir Thomas Hastings, returned to London on ThuTsday from Portsmouth. Commodore Bruce, appointed to succeed Commodore Fanshawe as commander-in-chief on the coast of Africa, has selected Captain Henry Lyster (1845), who was promoted for his services against the pirates at Maluda Bay, to be commander of his flagship, the Penelope steam-frigate._ Commander Edmund A. Glynn (1848), promOied from the command of the Dart, 3, en the coast of Africa, has been appointed to the Penelope. Lieut. Henry Warren (1840), has been appointed to the Boscawen, 70, ordinary guard-ship at Chatham, and Lieut. William Wood (1845), to be first of the Alecto steam-sloop, fitting at Woolwich. The 11ev. Edgar B. Barnes has been re-appointed chaplain and naval instructor to the Prince Ileunt, 80, at Portsmouth. Master John Belem (1841), who hashed several responsible charges of ships, and now ( f the Ocean, flag-stip at Sheer ness, has been appointed to command the Rhadamanthus, steam-transport, at that port. Assistant Surgeon —J. W. Elliot has been appointed to the Prince Regent. Second Masters—J. Rainbott (1846), and F. W. Rea (1849), to the Rhadamanthus; Richard F. Browne, to the Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth. Clerk—Charles Fisher, to the Alecto steam-sloop. Boatswains—John Goldsworthy, to the Print; Regent ; John James (acting), to the Boscawen ; Thomas Flintham, to the Monarch. Carpenter—John Hooper, to the Prince Regent. PROMOTION. John Doyle (1841) the senior eligible clerk on the list, late of the Arab, 12, has been promoted to the rank of pay master. SHELL PRACTICE OS BOARD THE EXCELLENT.—The trial of shells was resumed again on board the Excellent yester day, under the superintendence of Captain Chads, Colonel Stevens, and Captain Pickering, of the Rcyal Artillery, who are ordered to report on theii respective merits. Captain Moorsom's were alone tried on Wednesday and Thursday ; on Wednesday at the long range, 1,200 yards at a target and Topaz, and on Thursday at 5 0 and 800 yard ranges. As we have be:ore stated, these shells (percussion) were much ap proved and burst accurately, averaging 83 per cent. good shells. Yesterday about one o'clock the testing of Mr. Moore's concussion shells commenced at the long range, at the ship-target and Topaz. The committee, Captain Chads, Colonel Stevens, and Captain Pickering, were present, and also Colonel Dundas, R.A., Captains Lock, Stopford, Ryder, Elliot, Key, &c. Three shells will be tried at the three ranges of 500, 800, and 1,200 yards. The practice will be continued from the Excellent for several days to come, as there are other " concussion" shells, the invention of Mr. Freborne and Mr. Macbrey, are also to be tried and reported on by the committee. Apollo, 8, troopship, Commander Rawstorne, left Queens town on Thursday, for Corfu, with the colonel and 403 officers and men of the 92d Regiment. The Apollo.is afterwards to convey the 97th to Halifax, from Jamaica, instead of to New Brunswick. Alecto, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Lavie, is about a dozen blue jackets abort. She will be ready for sea at Woolwich by the 11th, and will proceed to Devonport, calling at Ports mouth, on her way to the coast of Africa. Penelope steam-frigate will be complete at Portsmouth on the 11th, and will be commissioned with a complement at 300 officers and men, as the new flag-ship for the coast of Africa. Banshee steam-packeto, Lieutenant-Commander Hosken, is now ready for sea at 'Woolwich. She is ordered to pro ceed to Plymouth to be paid advance and wait for orders. Bonetta, 3, brigantine, is now ready for sea at Chatham. She is ordered to Plymouth to be paid advance and to re ceive her finalorders for Brazils. _ . . Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, flag-ship of Vice-Ad miral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., will have her defects com pleted at Spithead, on the 11th, and will be ready to sail on the 12th for the West Indies. Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, will be paid off at Devonport this day. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is slowly entering her blue jackets. She wants 400 petty officers and seamen. It is expected that many of the Powerful's men will join her. Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., will be paid off at Portsmouth this day. Rhadamanthus steam-transport, is ordered to be commis sioned by Mr. Belem as Master-Commander, and to be got ready for sea at Sheerness with all dispatch. Vulcan screw troop-ship, Master-Commander Penn, had her steam up at Portsmouth yesterday, received her water and provisions, and was to leave for Cork last evening to embark the 74th Regiment for the Cape. PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE SEALARK.—Messrs. Hallett, Ro binson, and Co., have given notice to Commander Mony penny and the officers and company late of the Sealark, who were actually on board at the capture of the Francellina on the 6th of October, 1849, that they will be paid their re spective shares of the tonnage bounties an d sale proceeds of instant, the above vessel on Thursday, the 20th at No. 14, Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares not then demanded will be re-called for three months :—Flag, 31/. ss. sd. ; commander, 1501. 6s. lid. ; third class, 201. Os. 11d.; fourth, 10/. Os. sd. ; fifth, 91. Os. 4d. ' • sixth, 6/. Os. 3d.; se ,: ;eleventh, eighth, 4l l Os. ;twelfth, 2 i d. s. ; ninth, 3 1.0:; h . t ld i r . _; tenth,, 2 51 . . Os. cs. 2d i d. teenth, 15s. PRIZE- MOWRY FOR TILE PLUTO STEAM-VESSEL. - Messrs. Hallett, Robinspn, and Co., have also given notice to Lieut. Crowder, the officers and company of the Pluto, who wen actually on board at the capture of the Quatro Andorinha, on the sth November, 1848, that they will be paid their re spective shares of the slave and tonnage bounties and sale proceeds of the above vessel, on Thursday, the 20th inst., at No. 14, Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares not then demanded will be re-called for three months:- Flag, 104/. 16s. Bd. ; lieutenant-commanding, 238/.145. 4d. ; fourth class, 59/. 13s. 7d. ; fifth, 634 14s. 2(1. ; sixth, 351. 16s. Id.; seventh, 29/. 16s. 9d.; eighth, 23/. 17s. sd. ; ninth, 17/. 183. ; tenth, 11/. 18s. Bd. ; eleventh, 8/. 195.; twelfth, 5/. 19s. 4d. ; thirteenth, 4/. 9s. 6d. THE COMMAND OF STEAM -VESSELS TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES. Sir,—ln a letter that appears in your paper to-day, bear ing the signature of Sir Charles Napier, it is there stated that the saving to the State by giving the command of swam troop-ships to masters is only 66/. I send you, for your in formation, the expenses attendant on a commander and his tail, as well as those of a master and his staff; you will then see that the old Admiral is rather out in his calculation. I remain, Sir, yours, and a constant reader, Southsea, March 6. TRUTT'. COMMANDER AND lIIS TAIL. £ 9. d. ... 300 0 0 602 5 0 182 18 0 162 10 0 129 5 0 91 0 0 66 18 4 63 17 6 1 Commander 3 Lieutenants 1 Master ... 1 Surgeon ... 1 Assistant-Surgeon 1 Purser ... 1 Mate .. 2 Midshipmen Total sum ... £1,618 5 10 Thus leaving out second-masters, of which the Apollo has ,wo and one assistant. MASTER AND STAFF. 1 Master ... ... 4 Second-Masters 1 Assistant-Surgeon 1 Clerk ... ... £ s. d. 212 18 4 292 0 0 184 0 0 66 18 4 Expenses attending the Master ... 755 16 8 Ditto the Commander 1,618 5 10 £862 9 2 8621. 9s. 2d. saved to the public in pay only, and the work ten times better done and in a threefold proportion to what is done by vessels of that kind commanded by commanders. TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS• TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of to-day my attention was called to the following passage in a speech reported to have been made by 11i r. Cobden, at a meeting held in reference to what are called the "taxes on knowledge :"—" The fact was that this country had no daily press. The daily press only existed in London. It was scarcely known in the country." Being myself one of the many thousands of your country readers who receive your paper daily at a distance of more than 100 miles from the metropolis two hours after its publication, 1 was rather surprised at this statement. But I was still more surprised when I found, on a further perusal of the same re port, that the speakers at this; meeting relied on the superior merits of the American press as a leading argument for the repeal of all the taxes they condemn. Having twice visited the United States, and having tra velled through nearly all the northern States, I have had op portunities of witnessing the utter indifference with which newspaper statements are treated, and the powerlessness of the press as an organ of opinion. The little fly-leaves which are hawked about the railway cars for two cents a-piece, with are generally torn up and thrown out of window as soon as Heralds, and couriers, and Chronicles, the news of the latest British attempt to redress a grievance, or advocate a reform, or vin dicatelt would be as hopeless to thethsteamer,e l i a m s o t ghsuiaonstg,ae quotations nleenss of fs f cc H eort e tt r ao a inn i coar. principle, t b: e • through the columns of the New s a p P e P a:e i r in s g at St. Martin's-hall right by York Tribune, as it would to the American public addressing this note to one of the weekly retailers of penny blasphemy in Holywell-street. The newspaper press of this country, as at present consti tuted, has a vast power, whether for good or evil we need not f r me t a o try Pri n t c o i now inquire. Let it be once assimilated—either by the re moval of taxes or otherwise—to that of the United States, and it requires very little acquaintance with the two coun tries to assure us that from that moment its power is gone for ever.—l am your obedient servant, Bath, March 6. A. M, HULL PUBLIC BATH COMPANY.— On ThUrsday a meeting was held before Master Sir vv illiam Hoi'ne to ar• range the list of contributories, Which is diviJed hit° three parts ; the first contains the names of seventy-five members, holding 119 shares, and who have all signed the deed of e'ihgehty names, representing set tlement, and paid the calls. All these persons were settled as contributories. The second portion of the list consists of deed, but who paid upon decided generally as re third division of the The e f twenty-five persona, etceghioagnnerhtitdrtrreyii re garded t tr o ionre r ree i )el e ; s sal hib w saaitn h lr iced : soy. contains of fxmi nt n obhs o trih t tas hic s ncee i gigsanns names a es Ts h lding one share each, and who agreed to accept the shares, but did not take them up. After good deal of discussion, expressed surprise and the transactions of the c h h e books, the names of all the list were expunged. in 1841, n4hiabitants of Hull, than of idetnhoi dissatisfaction a h ppt e aai srneftofec parties bi s oieanndo the hbt which e h thnh i e c i n i h r rdeoc h do i er s d iendHon our. portioniwnhofit Mr. Goodchap, the official manage , r, n in io h re is w re i p th ort tle st d a e te s s ir t e ha o t f shares only theni making ki companyngc onferring a n 3a. the were subscribed for, and about 3,30e1. was raised by calls. FORGERS EXTRAORDINARY. CI --N,ACTION TO THE Puxuc.—At Rochdale petty sessions on Wednesday last, Mr. John Whittles, of Nelson-street, flannel manufacturer, aged 58 years, was brought up by the county police superin tendents, Jarvis, of Rochdale, and Carswell, of Burnley, charged with having paid forged Bank :cot England notes at Todmorden, Burnley, and other towns. When taken into custody on the day previous he had upon him 2201. in tbrged notes—namely, thirty-six 5/. and four 10/. Bank of England notes. Joshua Butterworth, a dealer in wool, )was also charged with a similar offence, and there were found upon him one 10/. and two 51. forged notes. The prisoners were remanded till this day. Several other persons, residents of Rochdale, Littleborough, and Todmorden, who are supposed to have been carrying on a similar business, and are con nected with a gang, have absconded, but the police are making great exertions to apprehend them. The notes are said to be excellent imitations.—Liverpool Mercury of yesterday. The CAPE OF GOOD HorE.—The 74th (High landers) and a strong reinforcement of the 91st (Argyll , shire) Regiment are under orders for immediate embarkation for the Cape. It is reported these troops will proceed to their destination in steamers.—British Amy Dispatch. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, March 7. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL. THE MURDER AT DO DDINGHURST, Thomas Drory, 23, described as a farmer, was indicted for the wilful mure.er of Jael Denny, by strangling her with a rope. Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Rodwell conducted the pro secution on behalf of the Treasury; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Clarkson. Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Hawkins. The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having opened the case in a lucid and temperate manner, the following evidence was adduced:— Frederick Chancellor, a surveyor, produced certain plans of the neighbourhood ofßrEntwood—the spot where the body of the deceased was found, and the prisoner's premises. Thomas Last—l am the father-in-law of the deceased girl, Jael Denny. In October last I was living at Doddinghurst, in this county, with my wife and the deceased. We had been there just a fortnight. Previously to that we had been living at Mr. Drory's off-band farm. I know the prisoner very well. He was living at this farm, and managed it for his father. On the afternoon of the 12th of October I saw my daughter in the cottage, about five or six o'clock. She was having her tea between six and seven o'clock with me and my wife. During tea she got up and said something, and then went out. This was about half-past six o'clock, as near as I can tell. I never saw my daughter again alive. We sat up that night until half-past ten o'clock for her. When she went out she had on a pink frock, a blue shawl, her mother's cloak, and her mother's old bonnet, and round her throat there was a piece of check. In consequence of her not returning. on the following morning between 5 and 6:o'clock, I went to search for her. I got to Mr. Camber's mead, or the Gravelpit Mead, and there I saw the body of my daughter lying upon the ground. I went up to it. The body was lying with the face upon the ground, and I saw a cord round her neck. I did not touch her, and could not see how many times the rope was round her neck, but I ob served that the end of it was loose between the thumb and fingers of the left hand. The deceased was righthanded. She had her cloak and bonnet on, and her clothes were straight down and orderly. After making the discovery, I returned towards my own house, and as 1 was going along I met a man named Hammond, and we returned to the body, and turned it over. I then saw that her nose was pressed down tight, and that blood was flowing from the mouth, nose and eyes. The ground, the spot whence I had moved the face, had blood upon it. After this the body was removed to my own house in the same state in which it was found. By Mr. CLararsox—l have been married some years to ;he mother of the deceased. Before I lived with the prisoner at the off-hand farm I lived at South Weald in this county. The deceased had lived with us at that place. She had not been at Mr. Drory's long before she went into service. She was in service about eight months and then she went into lodgings at Brentwood. After this she went to see her sister down in Suffolk, and stayed there about five weeks, and then she came back again to us at Mr. Drory's. She had been promised marriage by a man named Aaron Byat while we were living at Mr. Drory's. I think the deceased left Byat's company and that he did not desert her. After this she was acquainted with a man named Hubbard, and it was said that he was going to marry her. I don't know whether he left her or not. I don't know how long they kept company to gether. The deceased used to go sometimes to Brentwood Fair, but I don't know that she ever _ danced at any of the booths there. The prisoner managed his father's farm, and used to send fowls and calves to market. I don't know that he used to kill the fowls or bleed the calves. I have seen him kill pigs sometimes. The prisoner was engaged in reap ing last harvest, and I remember his cutting himself; but I don't know what trousers he had on at the time. He cut one of his nails right off, and he went home directly. Re-examined—lt was wheat harvest when this occurred. I never saw the prisoner bleed a calf. The prisoner was living at the farm at the time my daughter was there, and they were intimate together. Mr. W. Hammond—l live at Doddinghurst. I recollect seeing the last witness on the morning of the 13th of Oc tober, about eight o'clock, in the meadow adjoining his cottage. I heard him making a noise, and I went up to him, and he took me into Gravelpit-mead, where I saw the body of the deceased in the position he has described. She was lying a little upon her left side, and quite dead. I observed a fur tippet lying upon the ground near her. I felt her arms and legs and found they were quite cold and stiff, and then I assisted Last to turn her over, and I then noticed the mad of a cord, about an inch and a half hanging loosely on her left hand. I observed that her face was black and very much swollen, and there was blood bubbling from her mouth and nose. I next noticed a cord round her neck. It was twisted three times round it. I took one turn of the rope off the neck—that turn was a little loose. I then put my fingers to the throat and found that the knot of the cord was in front of the neck, and the re- mainder of . the cord was very tight round the neck,..and embedded in it, and the flesh Was swelling over it in consequence of the excessive tightness of the cord. I did not cut the cord, but left in the state I have described. After - I had left Last in charge of the body I went to the pri soner's house. It was about half-past eight o'clock. He was ❑ot at home, and, in consequence of something I had heard, I gave directions to my brother, and went myself to Mr- Colson, the police superintendent, and I accompanied him to the house of Mr. Moore, at Shenfield. This was a con trary direction to the spot where the body was found. Mr. Colson found the prisoner at Mr. Moore's, and we all went to the spot where the body was lying. As we were going along the prisoner asked me what made me out sowing so late in my field on the previous night? I told him I was not sowing anything, but I had drawn on a couple of loads of soot. A person going from the place where the body was found to Brentwood would have to pass this field. I was in the field about eight o'clock on the night before, and this was the time the prisoner referred to. I was about in dif ferent parts of the field for twenty minutes. I knew the pri soner and the deceased very well, and I had frequently seen them together during the last two years, and they appeared very familiar. Of late they had not appeared very familiar. The last time I nad seen them together before her death was about three weeks before it occurred. Upon that oc casion I saw them in the prisoner's father's mead. By Mr. BODKIN —The deceased's father took me to the place where the body was found. I don't know which of us touched it first. I do not think any one had interfered with the body before us. There is a gate in the field I have spoken of, which would lead from the prisoner's farm to Brentwood. I knew the man Wheel, in whose house the deceased had lodged. I may have seen him on the Sunday before the in quest, but I do not recollect receiving any communication from him respecting the deceased. Be• examined—There was a green lane on one aide of the field, and a road on the other. Louisa Last—l am the mother of the deceased. She was 21 years old on the 13th of last June. I know the prisoner, and had for some time lived at the Beech-house Farm, which he occupied. I knew that he was intimate with my daugh , ter for about a year and a half before last October. On the 12th of October the deceased was living at our cottage. We had moved from the farm on the 29th of Septem ber. I hads cted as housekeeper to the prisoner, and my husband worked on the land. I remember the evening of the 12th October. My daughter went out for a short time on that evening, between four and five v'clock,. She re turned home soon afterwards, and came to me in the garden, and in consequence of something she said I prepared the tea. It was about our usual time for that meal. I and my husband and the deceased sat down to tea, and while she was having her tea my daughter looked at the watch and got up and drank her tea, and laid her bread and butter down and went out. She put on my old bonnet and cloak, and a piece of check folded as a handkerchief was placed round her head and neck. She dressed herself very hurriedly, and did not tie her bonnet. Before she went out she said something to me about an appointment, and on the following morning, when I asked the prisoner where my child was, and he said he did not know, he had not seen her, I told him it was not true, for he did see her the day before, between four and five o'clock, and talked to her, and ap pointed to meet her at half-past six at the stile nearest to my house, and had gone to meet him. I then asked him where he left her, and he said he had not seen her after five o'clock, and that he had been to Brentwood afterwards. My daughter was in good health when she went out, and she ap peared cheerful and in good spirits. I never saw her again Alive. I expected from her leaving her bread and butter in the way I have -described that she would have returned almost immediately. I first saw the dead body at my own house. I observed that her bonnet was crushed both before and behind in the state it now appears, and I also observed stains of blood upon both the corners of the piece of check. I likewise no ticed some of the hair of the deceased upon the cape of the cloak she had worn, and likewise a rent which was not there on the previous night. On the 3d of September, before this, I remember a youth named Gibling being at the prisoner's house. At this time I knew my daughter was in the family way. I said to the prisoner, in Gibling's presence, and also in that of my daughter, that he must be a villain to think of marrying Miss Gibling when my daughter was seven months gone in the family-way by him. I had heard he was going to be married. The prisoner made no answer when I said this to him. I spoke to him two or three times afterwards upon the subject of my daughter's condition, and we used to disagree. Gibling was the brother of the girl to whom I had heard the prisoner was going to be married. On the 29th of September I and my husband went to the prisoner's house to receive some fruit trees we had left behind. My daughter was at the cottage alone. I suddenly missed the prisoner from the garden, and upon my returning home I found him under my bed in my bed-room. My daughter was down stairs in the keeping-room, and she appeared hot and flur ried. The prisoner, upon seeing me, came out from the'bed, and handed me a paper, which I read, and he said to me, " Here, are you going to sign this?" I saw it was my daughter's scribbling. I told the prisoner 1 knew nothing about it, and I was not going to set my hand to any paper whatever. The paper appeared to have been just written. It was then put in and read. It was dated September 29, 1850, and was as.follows : " This is to prove that this trouble that I am in is not by Thomas Drory, although I suppose it has been reported it is, and, therefore, I wish to satisfy the minds of those who may read this note, that I wish them to trouble themselves about their own business." It was addressed to the prisoner. •.' -- Examination continued—l cannot say whose writing is upon the envelope of the letter. The prisoner did not pro duce the envelope, but merely showed me the paper. This occurred in the bedroom, and I immediately went down to my daughter and spoke to her, and then went out, leaving her and the prisoner in the house. I did not know my daughter was in the family-way until the 3d of September, and in the ordinary course she would have been delivered at the end of October, and linen had been prepared for the baby, and every requisite had been provided. Before my daughter came to live with us she had occasionally been in service, and she used frequently to go backwards and for wards to the prisoner's farm. When she could not earn enough to support herself by her needle, lused to assist her. She was very clever at dressmaking and staymaking, and could turn her hand to anything. By Mr. HAWKINS—The letter is all in my daughter's writing. It was open when it was produced to me, and it had rot been folded. I remember that the prisoner cut his little finger very badly last harvest, and I dressed his finger for him, but it was bad for a long time. My daughter did not dress very smartly. Elizabeth ilammond—l was at Mr. Last's house on the morning of the 13th of October last, and saw the body of the deceased there. I helped to undress her between one and two o'clock in the afternoon. I observed that her face was very black and waled, and her mouth was bubbling with blood, and her tongue was protruding from it, and clinched very tightly by the teeth. Blood was also oozing from the nose, the eyes, and the ears. When I took off the clothes of the deceased I saw that her body, from her waist to her shoulders, was very black indeed, and her neck was quite lacerated by the cord through the akin. I also observed on one of her wrists the marks of both rows of teeth, as if of a bite. Mr. Thomas Colson— I am superintendent of the Essex constabulary, and am stationed at lArentwoo d. I remember of Mr. Hammond coming to me on the morning of the 13th ;eofbotclhye was lying, and afterwards body. Oct o b e r , i and giving accompanied m me dh information n m f: r wt m oe a nt t th i oe ton meadowo of r t . h I%. e ioov discovery rheez , tat Shen_ field, where I found the prisoner si ttin g b y the fire with his back to me. I asked him if he knew Jael Denny. He said he did. I then asked him when he saw her last, and he said, "Last night, about half-past 5 o'clock, up our mead." I asked him if he bad heard anything about her that morning, and he said he had not, hut he had seen her mother. I then told him I had received information that she was murdered, and it was highly necessary he shun go with me to the spot. He replied' Very well; I will Fo. Before we started I asked him if be had made any appoint ment to meet her the night before? and he said he had not. I asked him if he had not been in the habit of keeping cmi pany with her, and he said he had not for nine or eleven months past. I then went with the prisoner to the spot where the body lay ; and, when we came up to it, the prisoner looked at the body, but did not speak. We were there about twenty minutes, and the body of the deceased was then taken to the old man's cottage. Before this was done I had taken the prisoner into custody. When the body was removed I observed that the nose was pressed almost flat to the face.— (The witness here produced the rope that was taken from the neck of the deceased. It appeared to be about a yard long, and rather smaller than the little finger.) The knot was nearly in front of the neck, and the bite of the noose was nearly under one ear. The first coil was drawn very tight, and the flesh of the neck had swelled round it. I ob served that the hairof the deceased appeared to be very much matted together with blood and dirt, and the side of her mouth was bloody. After the body had been removed the prisoner was searched by a constable named Lennen, and I observed some blood on his breeches. They were common corduroy breeches. I asked him how the blood came upon them. IN here the blood was there was moisture also, which appeared quite fresh. The prisoner, in answer to my ques tion, said that it was not blue.' that was upon his breeches, but some stuff he had had to give the calves; and when we went to his house he would show me the pot he kept the stuff in. He also said he had a letter in his box that would show that the child was not his. I had said nothing to him about any child before he made this observation. When we got to the prisoner's place he took me to an outhouse and pointed to a pot, and said that was the pot he had referred to. I looked at it, and told him it was all over cobwebs, and I showed it to him that he might see it was so. There was a spoon in the pot, and that was also covered with cobwebs, and could not have been made use of for some time. After this I went into the prisoner's bedroom, and I saw his box open, and I ,observed Lennan, the constable, take out the letter and the envelope that have been produced. In a till in the box I found some pieces of rope which I produce. They do not correspond with the cord found round the neck of the deceased, but at first I thought they did. They ate about the same size, but the web does not correspond. The rope that was taken from the neck of the deceased was in the constable's hand, and when I took the rope from the box the prisoner said, " That is not part of the rope." I after wards handed in the trousers and the pot with the stuff in it to Dr. Taylor. Cross-examined—l once stated in my evidence that the rope found in the prisoner's box appeared to have been cut from the same piece that was round the neck of the deceased, but I afterwards found that I was mistaken, and told the coroner so. It was possible that some one else might have made some remark about the pregnancy of the woman and the child before the prisoner said anything about the letter that was in his box. William Lennan, one of the Essex constabulary, said,—l received information of the death of Jael Denny on the morning of the 13th of October, and I afterwards accompa nied Mr. Colson to Mr. Moore's house at Doddinghurst. The prisoner, myself, and Mr Colson rode in a cart to Mr. Hammond's house, and as we were going along, I heard the prisoner say that he saw Jael Denny about half-past five o'clock the previous night. He said this in answer to the question that was put to him by Mr. Colson, and he added that he hadmet her about twenty roods up their mead. He said at the same time that he had not met her by appoint ment, but accidentally. The prisoner afterwards said that he left his own house about seven o'clock, and went to Brent wood. We put up the horse and cart at Mr. Hammond's, and we three then proceeded to the place where the body was lying, and I then unhooked the clasp of the cloak that was on the deceased. The ribbons of the bonnet were entangled in the rope, and I was obliged to cut off the one on the right side. I then took the rope from the deceased's neck. There were three turns and a half altogether round the neck. All the three whole turns were very tightly drawn. The body was then carefully placed upon a large field gate, and taken to Last's house as speedily as it could be carried. I remained outside with the prisoner while the body was being taken in, and he said to me that he had a letter in her own handwriting that would certify that the child was not his. Before he said this I had not made any mention of a child. The prisoner then said that he had heard her mother say that she would destroy herself, and he added that the mother had come to him about 14 days before and askedhim if his razors were all right, and he told her he would go and see, and he did so, and found them all right. The pri soner then said that he inquired of the deceased's mother why she asked such questions, and she answered that she had heard Jael say that she would destroy herself, and she thought she would get at his razors. Superintendent Colson then came out and told me to bring in the prisoner, and I did so, and we searched him, and found some money and other articles in his possession, and we then proceeded to the pri soner's farmhouse. The witness then narrated the particu lars of what subsequently occurred upon the searching of the prisoner's box and the discovery of the letter and the rope. _ _ Cross-examined—When I was examined before the coro ner I swore that the two pieces of rope appeared to agree. John Herries— On the 12th of October last I was in the prisoner's service. I remember the evening of that day. I saw the prisoner and the deceased together. It was about half-past five o'clock, as near as I can tell, when I saw them. I first saw the deceased, who appeared to come in the direc tion from her home, and she walked up the footpath to the home mead till she came to a stile, and the prisoner left the farmyard and went towards her, and they met at the stile. They discoursed together at the stile for about twenty mi nutes, and then they parted, and both returned to their homes, the deceased taking the footpath leading in that di rection. I left work about six o'clock. My way home led in the same direction as the deceased's cottage, and as I was going along I overtook the deceased going towards her own home. From the farmyard to the cottage was about five minutes' walk. Before I left work I saw the prisoner in the house, and he paid me my wages. The prisoner asked me if I was going to Brentwood, and I told him I was; and he said he had a collar at the collarmaker's, and he asked me to bring it for him, and I said I would. After he had paid me he said he must make haste or else he should be behind with his work that night. I had frequently seen the prisoner and the deceased together before the time I have mentioned, and I once heard the prisoner say that he should like to " shake her off," for he was carrying it on so far it would bring him into trouble. Cross-examined— The place where the body was found I should say is a quarter of a mile from the stile where they met. It was drawing very near seven o'clock when I started for Brentwood. I did not hear any cry or alarm as I was on my way there. Mrs. Last recalled—l never said to the prisoner that my daughter would destroy herself, or anything to that effect. I never heard her say anything of the sort. I never went to the prisoner to ask him if his razors were all right. Nothing of the sort ever occurred._ George Nicholls said—l live at South Weeld. I know the prisoner. I remember on Tuesday, the Ist of October, being with him in a field at plough. There had been a sale shortly before at Mr. Bloore's, and the prisoner said he should blow Mr. Hammond up for scandalising his character at the sale. He went on to say that he had been to Jael Denny's house on the Sunday morning to get her to write a letter to certify that the child did not belong to him; and he added, " George, you will hear of something very se r i ous a b ou t Jael Denny, for she told me on Sunday morning that she wculd make away with herself." Mr. W. H. Jenkins—l am a baker at Brentwood. I re member that on the evening of the 12th of October last I vas near Mr. Millington's gate, at the entrance of Brent wood nearest to Doddinghurst. I saw the prisoner on this night. He was coming towards me from the Doddinghurst road. I spoke to him first. It was about five minutes past eight o'clock. James Millington—l am a carpenter and builder at Brent wood. I know the prisoner. He came to my house on the night of the 12th of October, and brought a basket and some eggs that I had ordered. It was a few minutes past eight o'clock, and while he was in the house my clock struck nine. The prisoner appeared to be astonished, and pulled his own watch out, and I told him he need not be surprised at our clock striking, as it was about three-quarters of an hour too fast, and the prisoner then said that his watch was twenty minutes past eight. Susan Twin proved that she knew the deceased, and that at one time she lodged at her house, and that she left in July, 1850. She knew the prisoner, and he was in the habit of visiting the deceased while she lodged with her. The de ceased employed herself in needlework and conducted herself very respectably. Another young man besides the prisoner used to visit her. W. S. Hubbard deposed that he and his wife went to live in the service of the prisoner after the Lasts had left, and he proved that between six and seven o'clock on the even ing of the 12th of October the prisoner went out with a bas ket which had some eggs in it, and that he said he was going to Brentwood. The prisoner took the key of the door with him, and he saw no more of him until the next morning at six o'clock. _ Mr. William, a surgeon residing at Brentwood, spoke to the appearances presented by the body of the deceased upon the post mortem examination. The face was livid, the eyes were swollen, and the mouth was also livid and the tongue protruded from it. There were also the marks of a deep in dentation upon the throat, evidently caused by a rope, and death was undoubtedly the effect of strangulation. On the right hand there was also the marks of a bite from a human mouth. The witness likewise proved that the unhappy girl was in a very far advanced stage of pregnancy, and he ex pressed a confident opinion that the death was not the result of her own act, but that she had been strangled by another person ; and he also said that her chest appeared as though it had received a heavy blow, or as if some person had knelt upon it. The witness also said that the effect of the pressure by the first coil of the rope upon the trachea of the deceased must have been to cause immediate insensibility, and it was impossible for her to have made two other coils of the rope round her neck afterwards. He had examined the prisoner's mouth, and had formed an opinion in consequence with re ference to the bite that appeared upon the girl's hand. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE asked the witness what that opinion was?—The witness said that from the regularity of the prisoner's teeth, and the absence of any indentations of teeth upon the hand, he had formed the opinion that the in jury was of just the character that would be inflicted by such a mouth as the prisoner's. Dr. Taylor gave similar evidence. He expressed a de cided opinion that the deceased, from the position in which she was found, and the manner in which the rope was fixed round her neck, could not have destroyed herself; he said that it would have been impossible for the deceased to have screamed, or have given any alarm after the first coil of the er rope was round her neck and tightened in the man described. It being now eight o'clock, the further procee dings in this trial were adjourned to this morning. Winows' FRIEND SOCIETY.—The t a oo n k nu p a la l e sl eeting eetingof the patrons and friends of this society yester day evening at the London Ceffe e Rev. J. Charlesworth, rector of g that this society had ex perienced S t. h Mildred,ouse in the chair. Ludgate-hill; the The report commenced by tatin the greatest d i fficulty t f o o s r e th c e a l s a e s s t t ‘ e v n hi y c 'e h ar t s he in y fron rais ing funds requisite to relieve those their nature had been imperatively called upon to relieve. The number of persons relieved during the past year w as 108, in t h e following scale :—By grants and exceedin g 20 5., t hirty-eight ; 305., nineteen ; 405., twenty-nine ; 605., thr ee ; and weekly allowances to nineteen. Twenty-rive had re ceived grants towards the purchase of materials for manufac ueic.; thirty, stocks for trading; and the r ema i n i ng tr' number e for different articles of clothing, furniture, &c. There were s ix pensions of 5/. per annum to females above 60 years of age. The receipts for the past year amounted to 1921. 14s. 7d., and the expenditure to 1911. 4s. 4d., leaving a balance of 1/. 10s. The report was adopted ; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. NEW FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. —We learn that it is the intention of Lady Franklin to tend out again the Prince Albert, with boat parties, for the search of Regent Inlet and the region south and west of it. The expedition will be commanded by Mr. Kennedy, late an officer in the Hudson Bay Company's service, who has had great expe rience in Arctic travelling. That gentleman (lately arrived from Canada for the mission in question) is now in the north engaging some of his men, and endeavouring to find some person of sufficient enterprise, knowledge, and perseverance to take charge, under him, of one of the boat parties. IMPERIAL PARMAAIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. DESIGNS ACTS EXTENSION BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the Tithe Commissioners' Report for ISSO. PETITIONS. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Law Society against the second clause of the Law of Evidence Bill which authorised the examination of parties to the suit and their wives; be personally did not agree with the prayer of the petition, because such evidence would always be talon for what it was worth, and the evi dence of the parties might lead to the discovery of tur thcr but stilt the opinions of the petitioners were entitled to attention, and he hoped the Bill would be referred to a Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAR bore evidence to the high re spectability of the petitioners; but forty-nine ont of fifty of the county court judges had reported in favour of the plan. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from Galway praying for the establishment of a packet station on the west coat of Ireland. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move the second reading of the County Courts Extension Bill. So long ago as the year 1825 Lord Althorp brougbt in a Bill for the better recovery of small debts. That Bill went but a little way; it merely proposed to give jurisdiction to small debt courts in cases in which the amount in dispute did not exceed 10/. Lord Althorp handed over the Bill to the late Sir R. Peel, who was always anxious to promote any measure of law reform, and Sir R. Peel cheerfully undertook the task of reform. Two Commissions of Inquiry into the common law, and another for inquiring into the law of real property, were issued by Sir R. Peel, and the reports of those Commissioners were most valuable, and many impor tant changes had been introduced, grounded upon the reports of those Learned Commissioners;' and so im perfect bad these changes been, that if some of the emi nent lawyers who had died within the last quarter of a century were to revisit Westminster Hall they would scarcely believe that they were in the same country in which they had passed their lives. He had himself, in 1840, introduced a Bill for establishing courts of local ju risdiction. In that Bill he had originally given jurisdiction to local courts, in cases of debt, to 1001, but on the re presentation of the Commissioners he had reduced it to 201. That Bill was rejected by a small majority com posed of proxies. In 1842, Lord Lyndhurst had intro duced a Bill which was in all essentials identical with the Bill which afterwards became law, and he regretted that more had not been done. Last year a measure was proposed extending the jurisdiction of these courts to 50/. in cases of debt. There was no man who could deny that these county courts had worked admirably. In every man's neighbourhood a tribunal existed where a man's dispute with his neighbours could be speedily and cheaply settled. In two years and nine mouths 1,200,000 causes had been disposed of in these county courts, being at the rate of 420,000 causes a-year, and the amount of property adjudicated on must have been about 2,000,0001. a• • year. The last year's Act gave an appeal upon points of law upon sums above 201. In five months 4,000 of these causes had been disposed of, and there had not been more than four appeals. Now, so far as regarded contentious jurisdiction, so far as regarded the ousting of the jurisdiction of the superior courts, he did not propose to extend the jurisdiction of these courts. The four classes which were included in the Bill of 1830, but which were now excluded by the county court jurisdiction,were bankruptcy,equitable jurisdiction, arbitration, and courts of reconcilement. He proposed to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts to cases of bankruptcy, gradually to absorb the bankruptcy juris diction in that of the county courts. He also proposed that all matters upon which a Master in Chancery could decide should be, upon the order of the Court of Chancery, remitted ,fo a countytcourt for decision, so that instead of parties being brought from Cornwall to Chancery-lane, they should have equity administered to them in their own district. He also proposed that all parties, whatever might be the cause or the amount in dispute, should be enabled to submit the matter in dispute to the county court judge as an arbitrator, sub ject only to have points of law, as is the case at present with regard to arbitration, raised in the superior courts on their award. In a great variety of cases at present, more particularly in cases of disputed amount, when a case became ripe for trial it was found that it was impossible to try it by a judge and jury, and the judge ordered such a case to be referred. Now he proposed to give parties a power of referring such a case at once to a county court judge. (Hear, hear.) In ordinary cases of arbitration there was sometimes a tendency to protract proceedings. Now the county court judge would have no temptation to protract proceedings, because be was not paid by the number of sittings, but was paid a fixed salary. But be set still greater store by his proposition to make these county courts courts of reconcilement. It was proposed that any party suing or sued on any matter whatever might cite his adversary to appear before a county court judge in reconcilement, and the parties thus uppearing might state, the one his cause of grievance and the other his defence. In every profession, and in the law as well as others, there must be a better and worse class, and as a skilful and honourable solicitor was tilt greatest blessing a neighbourhood could have, so there could not be a greater curse than one of the worst class. But a respectable solicitor might be misled as to the merits of his client's case ; he proposed that no counsel, no attorney should attend the court of reconcile ment, but that the parties should go unattended by legal advisers and state their case. The judge would at once see whether or not a party had good grounds for proceed • ing, and if he had none, and the judge told him so, in nine cases out of ten litigation would cease. These courts had been tried on the continent and had succeeded. In France they were compulsory; but if that were the case here they would gradually assume the character of courts of law rather than of courts of reconcilement, and therefore he did not propose to make them compulsory. In Switzerland, in some of the cantons it was compulsory, in others it was optional; where it was compulsory it was said to fail, where voluntary it succeeded. These courts were most suc cessful in Denmark and in Hamburgb, and the number of causes brought before the courts of law had di minished two-thirds since the introduction of courts of reconcilement. The introduction , of these courts would put a stop to the system of attorneys telling clients they were sure to gain, and then asking them for 401. or 50/. on account to carry on the cause, because the client would at once go to the county court judge and get his opinion. This reconcilement process, coupled with the arbitrative power, would at once prevent the occur rence of scenes such as those to which he had alluded. These were the provisions of the Bill which he bad introduced to their Lordships' attention. In Scotland they had long possessed the advantage of local courts, and almost all cases were originated in the courts of the sheriffs depute, and out of 22,000 cases brought in these courts in ens year, only one fifty-third of the number was appealed against. The value adjudicated upon was 300,000/., only 6,0001. bad been appealed against. Nothing could be more unjust than to tender a suitor liable to expense for that protection whieh the country was bound to give him in return for his allegiance. This prieciple had been unanswerably demonstrated by the profound and learned Jeremy Ben tham. He did not take any blame to himself for any undue haste in proposing these measures, for he felt that it would have been desirable to have established local courts with these extended jurisdic tions many years ago, and this establishment would tend to increase the respect of the people for the law. Lord LANGDALE was convinced that the adminis trative points of the bankrupt law, and of the Court of Chancery might be well adminis tered by the county courts. He never could see any reason why parties residing in the coun try should be compelled to come before a Master in Chancery sitting in Chancery-lane. He believed that in matters of arbitration it was of importance to have as an arbitrator a person in authority. They should bear in mind that if they extended the jurisdiction of these courts, they must have judges enough—they must have ample judicial power; it they did not they would either have hurried decisions or un due delay. lie agreed that it was a great abuse, that a person seeking justice should have to pay for it. Justice was the subject's right, and the country was bound to render it to him, yet at the same time they were bound to allow an adeqaate remuneration to the agents who were employed, and who devoted their time to acting for the suitors. be advisable to Lord BEAUMONT thought it wouldf the j urisdiction of get rid altogether of the lim ita tion itatio% ind uced a debtor these owing courts mo re than to 50 5 out, and thus force his s portion of his claim.. creditor to abandon the concurrent jurisdiction of He should also wish to ace • co urts in sums above 201. done away with, the superior attorneys took causes which might well have as many decided in county courts into the superior courts been for the sake of costs. He objected to the proposition of f ree ing suitors from all payments for justice, as it would tend to promote litigation, and was therefore dangerous. 1-01. tToebisolldim Lord CRANWORTH considered it all right that the l os i n g party should be compelled to pay his adversary's cost, but what was objected to was, the tax upon justice. Now in the Court of Chancery this tax amounted to year ge in to O / . the :p sh ape e rh l ral ver°aLaaea d of ffeseustlor. which amounted o After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord BROUGHAM replied, and the Bill was read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 7. The SP EAKER too k t h e Ch a i r a f ew ro i nu tea to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. PRINSEP, the new Member for Harwich, took tho oathi, and his seat. The Hon. Gentleman wa; in troduced by Mr. Ilerries and Mr. F. Alac lienzie. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD-LIEU- TENANT OF IRELAND. The Lord Mayor of Dublin , accom p anied by se: el al Aldermen, appeared at the bar, and presented a I eition from the corporation of that city, against the a:Vition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second tiny?, and or dered to be c:.,tornitted Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth S lure ). Metropolitan Cattle Market. COPPER MINER'S IN ENGLAND. On the motion that the Copper Miners in England Bill be read a second time, Mr. SPOONER objected to the Bill on the ground that the principle of it was to set aside the claims of all the creditors of the company unless they became partners in the undertaking, which had for