The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

GREAT FOOT RACE. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather upwards of four thousand persons assembled yesterday at Gannick Corner (about a mile and a half beyond Bar net), to witnese the great foot race between Jackson, the American Deer, and Sheppard, of Birmingham, which has excited so much interest in the sporting circles dur ing the past fortnight. Both these men have, in a num ber of contests, exhibited the most extraordinary speed, and in a race between them only a few days ago sur passed anything ever known in the annals of pedes trianism. On that occasion Jackson, who was the win *er, after a most spirited run, performed upwards of eleven miles in an hour, a task hitherto unprecedented, and which surpasses the great American's trial of speed which has deservedly been the subjeot of much talk. The exceeding closeness of the race between Jackson andiSheppa,rd, until the latter fell at the conclusion of the tenth mile, with the extraordinary game displayed by both, was the theme of conversation amongst some gentlemen shortly after the struggle, and a match was made for 501. a-side, and the money deposited in the hands of Owen Swift at once for a five-mile race. Both men had been in very active training, and shortly after two o'clock made their appearance on the ground, and exhibited first-rate condition and great confidence. Betting was 6 to 4 on Sheppard, and a great deal of money was laid out at that price. Preliminaries having been adjusted, the men went to the starting-place near Frank Key's, to run one mile out and return (the dis tance being measured towards London). Jackson had the lead, which he maintained until nearly the whole of the distance had been accomplished, his opponent mak ing upon him the whole of the way, arid being but a few yards behind him. The speed throughout the race was most extraordinary ; the first two miles were performed in 10 min. 10 sec.. and the four miles under 21 min. In going up to the fifth mile the men appeared to increase their speed, and Sheppard, whose style is the most ex traordinary and beautiful ever seen, ran right up to his opponent, and they were together for about fifty yards, when Sheppard, almost within sight of the distance post, gradually went in advance, and won by about four yards, accomplishing the five miles in 25 min. 45 sec. It was admitted to be the finest race ever witnessed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—taken 18 to 1 agat Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour 30 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni 30 to 1 agat Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Hemp—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Hutchinson's Extempore—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Corranna—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne 50 to I agat Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust 50 to 1 agst Mr. Davies's Emun ac Knock 50 to 1 agst Mr. Heap's Stayley 100 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 100 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-ballagh. The betting against several of the horses included in the above list was uncommonly spirited, and in some in stances at a considerable improvement on the prices last reported. Semiseria was in immense force, and strong commissions were out in favour of Obscurity, The Era, Celeste, St. Lawrence, and Extempore, very few of which were executed to the full extent. Cataract was backed, but not heavily, at a trifling improvement, and the odds quoted against Corranna, I'ride of Kildare, and Sorella, were taken t 4 1001. each. Winesour's price was nominal. DERBY. 13 to I agst tlr. Greville's Alarm—taken 13 to 1 avt Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken 16 to 1 s.gst Colonel Anson's Kedger 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Ides 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam 25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Annandale—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen —taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus 50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 66 to I agst Mr. Coleman's Fusbos— taken 6,000 to 90 500 even between Alarm and the Cobweb colt, and 600 to 500 on Alarm agst Ides. The grand, and in fact the only, movement, was on the Cobweb colt, who camo into strong play just before the room closed, was backed at 13 to 1 outright, and for 500 even against Alarm, whose supporters (at 13 to 1) were , numerous. The betting against other favourites threw out nothing fresh. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—t. 1G to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—taken. The layers of the first and last of the three refused to go on. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—BATH, 1845. Handicap for the Somersetshire Stakes. Declare on Saturday. Foig-a-Ballagh, 4 yrs, 9st 91b—Corranna, 6 yrs, 9st 41b —Newcourt, 5 yrs. 9st 11b--Counsellor, 6 yrs, Bst 131b — St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 101b—Una, aged, sst 1016—Ben y-Ghlo, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Mickey Free, 5 yrs, Bst 71b— Lotharia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Red Deer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Vi tellins, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Morpeth, 4 yrs, Bst 51b— Semi seria, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—John o'Gaunt, aged, Bst 41b—So rellst, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—Discord, aged, Bst 21b—Cataract, 5 yrs, Bst llb—Orion, 5 yrs, Bst Ilb—What, 5 yrs, Bst s---Ajax, aged, 7st 121b—Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st 121 b —Naworth, aged, 7st 101b—Greenfinch, aged, 7st 101 b —Pride of Kildare, 4 yrs; 7st 61b—Captain Flathooker, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Playfellow, 6 yrs, 7st Gib—The Dean, aged, 7st 51b—Teetotaller, 6 yrs, 7s 51b—The Artful Dodger, 6 yrs, 7st 416—The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Fausta, aged, 7st 41b—Pharaoh, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Foxberry, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Barricade, 4 yrs, 7st 216 Roderick, 6 yrs, 7st 21b Croton Oil, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Emerald, 4 yrs, 7st 21b All rottad-my-Hat, 4 yrs, 7st llb Lochinvar, 5 yrs, 71t—Idleness, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Jane, 4 yrs, Est 131 b T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Emun ac Knuck, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Ninety-one, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Seaport, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Corodino, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Europa, 5 yrs, Est 1 Ilb—Surety, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Strath spey, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Subduer, 5 yrs, Est 101 b Glendower, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Obscurity, 4 yrs, Est 101 b —Coal Black Rose, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Pugilist, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Discount, aged, Est 71b—Vates, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Seaweed, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Mimic, aged, Est 61b —Delightful colt, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Agriculture, 5 Yrs, Est 51b—Aurungzebe, 6 yrs, Est 51b—Comet, 5 yrs, 6st 41b—Turquoise colt, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Temerity, 4 yrs, Est 31b—Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, 6st—Clumsy, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Eclogue, 4 yrs, sst 1316—Miss Elis, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Zelinda filly, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Busk gelding, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Midnight Star, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Bastion, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Pug, 3 yrs, sst 51b—The Hermit, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Velox, 3 yrs, sst 41b —Cabin Boy, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Plenitude, 3 yrs, sst Ilb— Secutor, 3 yrs, sst 11b—Giantess, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b Worthless, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Wild Roe, 3 yrs, 4st 71b— The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. NEWMARKET CRAVEN - MEETING, 1845. Acceptances for the Newmarket Handicap. Gorhambury, 5 yrs, 93t—Knight of the Whistle, aged, Bst 916—11 a Mie, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Phlegon, 5 yrs, Bst 61b —Napier. 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Perkin Warbeck, 4 yrs, Bst 41b —Pine Apple, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Orion, 5 yrs, 7st 91b — I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 81b—Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st 71b —Example, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Captain Fiathooker, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Priscilla Tomboy, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Johnny, aged. 7st 51b—The Poor Soldier, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Porto Bello, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Qui Tam, 4 yrs, 7st llb—Manto filly, 4 yrs, Est 1 11b—CrotonOil, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Celeste, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Skeleton, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Vol-au-Vent, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Strathspey, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Lydis Lan guish, 4 yrs, 6st—Eoltgue, 4 yrs, sst 1 11b—F by Liver pool, out of Corrarna's dam, 3 yrs, .sst 41b—Tawney, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—B gby Slane. out of The Captain's dam, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. The rest paid 5 sons. each. MrpicALltEroam.—Last night a meeting( f mem bers of the medical profession took place in the Com teittee-room of the General Medical Protection Assem bly, at Exeter Hall, for the purpose, among other things, of considering a motion, of which Mr. Wakley gave no tice at the last meeting of the assembly, for the adoption of a petition to the Queen, praying that her Majesty would not sanction any alteration in the existing charter of the College of Surgeons, until the members of the col lege, amounting to upwards of 10,000 persons, had an opportunity of stating their grievances, and what they felt to be their incorporated rights, before her Majesty's Privy Council. The Hon. Gentleman said he thought there would be this advantage in taking the course he proposed—that it would be impossible for a Minister of the Crown, after learning from them how the Crown had been deceived in the grant of the last charter to the College of Surgeons by the representations c,f the members of th e C ounc il, t o li s t en to them again. The members of the college had not been cols tithed on the last occasion of granting the charter, but the Crown had been deceived by a majority of twenty-one of the Council, although it was stated in the c bner that th e constitution of the body had been i li tered on th e representation of the members. That was animmoral fraud ; and, after having been thus trea cher?usly betrayed by that body, the P refe.sior would be simpleto ns to trust themagain. The Hon.. Gentl eman then proceeded to urge stronoly the importance of union, pointing out th e advantage disunion gave their' enemies, who wo u ld h ave this obvious answer to give when asked for reform—that the profession were not agreed among themselves on what conditions or prin ciples they would be governed. The power against thm VMS immense; they had an enemy in the Government they had an enemy in Parliament ; and if they we re enemies to their own i n t erests, and remained disunited, nothing but defeat and discomfiture, and disgrace, would be their lot. Mr. Coop er secon d ed the motion,' which was carried unanimously, and a Committee having been appointed to prepare the petition, the meeting separated. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. —The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Queen, Captain Russell, arrived this evening, at seven o'clock from Gibraltar, bringing the followieg mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follows :— F rom Gibraltar, Jan. 19, at 30 min. past .5, P.M.; Cadiz, Jan. 20, 30 min. past 10, A.M. ; Lisbon, Jan. 22, 30 min. past 3, P.M. ; and Vigo, Jan. 24, 5, A.M. Specie on Board—Four packages. Pass engers —l - lon. . Frederick Ellis, Mr. aM. Ourdie, and J. P. Calley. PtIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1845. PORTUGAL-THE BUDGET. LISBON, JAN. 22.—0 n the 19th instant Coant Tojal laid before the Chamber of Deputies his anxio.:sly-ex pected budget for the year beginning on the Ist of July next, awl ending on the 30th of June, 1846, from which it appears that a surplus of about 39 contos is calculated upon. The following is an abstract of this important document : REVENUE. BOARD OF PUBLIC CREDIT. Milreis. For the payment of the interest on the home debt For the payment of the foreign debt 2,868,941 PUBLIC TREASURY. Direct imports. Indirect ditto Crown lands and miscellaneous 417,832 7,888,013 Total revenue EXPENDITURE. BOARD OF PUBLIC CREDIT. ______ __ _ -----_ Milreis. Interest on home debt Interest on foreign ditto 2,868,457 General charges (including Civil List) . 2,065,207 Home Department 1,098,351 Finance ditto Justice ditto 423,216 War ditto 2,494,523 Marine ditto 868,194 Foreign Affairs ditto .-- 7,849,085 _ 10,717,542 Surplus 10,756,954 The presentation of this budget was preceded by a very long programme, which the Finance Minister read aloud to the Chamber, and the most important and inte resting portions of which we have selected for translation, as follows, viz. : _ (TRANSLATION.) "Sirs,—l have the satisfaction to lay before you the budget of the receipts and expenditure of the State for the financial year 1845-6. " For my ability to do so I am indebted to the confi dence with which her Majesty the Queen has honoured me; and assuredly never was it my duty to perform a more pleasing and grateful task. "The efforts by which the present Administration has for three years preserved public order, maintained the institutions of the country, and provided for the exigencies of the State, are fully acknowledged and ap preciated. " The triumph of the cause of royalty and legal liberty —the organising and reforming measures adopted in all branches of the public service—awl the punctual fulfilment of all legally contracted engagements, have been the bases upon which we flatter ourselves to have established that public confidence without which there can be neither political stability nor financial organi sation. " Various measures promulgated in the course of last year by the present Administration, are now become laws of the land. Amongst them there is one which is eminently tendent towards the organisation of our finances. I allude to the farming of the united tobacco, soap, and gunpowder comp'nies, in connection with the raising of a loan of 4,000 contos, at five per cent, and at par. " A seriei of political events had long rendered the solution of our financial problem extremely complicated and difficult. Imperative circumstances arising out of those events had caused a necessity for sacrifices which the scanty resources of the treasury could ill support; and to crown all other difficulties, the future revenues were mortgaged to the extent of two-thirds of their amount—a state of things which could not but inspire the Government with the most serious apprehensions of a crisis, the fatal consequences of which could easily be foreseen. It was in this alarming situation that the Govern. ment conceived a thought pregnant with advantageous results to the country, and calculated to put an end, a great measure, to the torrent of embarrassments which involved it on every side. " The Decree of the 30th June last contained that most important measure, to which we owe— ! " Ist. The loan of 4,000 contos at par, and at the moderate interest of fire per cent., to be redeemed in 23 years. " 2d. The augmentation, by 72,427 milreis, of the price for which the tobacco, &c., monopolies have been farmed. " 3d. The redemption of the _mortgages upon various branches of the revenue. _ . "4th. The rapid rise in the value of the public funds. "sth. The development of the spirit of association, inspired by confidence in the acts of. Government, anti the tendency of capital towards useful undertakings, which must promote the material amelioration and pros perity of the country. " The Government purposes laying before this Cham ber at an early period a statement of the application of the last loan of 4,000 contos, and to propose such mea sures as it may deem indispensable, in order that the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the year, ending 30th June, 1845, as well as any extraordinary demands that may arise in the following year, may be provided for without encroachment upon the revenue appropriated to each of those years. "I shall now proceed to state to you the estimated revenue and expenditure for the year 1845-6. (Here follow long details, the substance of which is given in the above abstract.) " The interest on the foreign debt is calculated at the rate of one-half per cent. additional, in conformity to the decree of the 2d of November, 1840. There would therefore be, under that head, a deficit of 248,292 milreis; but by means of the accompanying project, No. 1, whic I have the honour to lay betore you that de ficit can be covered. It is proposed therein, that in ex change for the additional duties upon foreign imports, which have hitherto formed part of the endowment of the Board of Public Credit, shall be substituted an annual allowanee of 900,000 milreis, 480,000 of which to be paid from the Custom-house of Lisbon and 420,000 from that of Oporto. "You will see by a comparison of the present estimates with those for the years 1844-5, that reductions to the following amounts have been made in the expenditure of the several departments, viz.:— Home 88,551 milreis. Finance 122,029 Justice War Marine Foreign Affairs 451,017 -- Add to which the reduc tion in the Pension List 64,035 Total saving 515,053 The Chamber will see from this statement that the Government has been most solicitous to adopt all prac ticalle economical measures, in • der to avoid as much as possible the imposition of further burdens upon the country. By a Royal Decree published in the Diario of the 18th instant, the Queen has ordered the assessment of the decima tax for the financial year 1844-45, to be pro ceeded to forthwith, so as to be completed by the 31st of May next. The decree further enjoins an inspection to be made of all lands and houses, and a strict inquiry into the means and incomes of all persons subject to the payment of that impost, by the visiting Commissioners appointed by virtue of the decree of the 7th June, 1e44 ; as also that any Commissioner who may show himself deficient in zeal, activity, or intelligence, in the disebarge of his duties, shall be dismissed and substituted by ano ther and more capable person. The project of law for the abolition of the foreign Conservatorial Courts was voted unamimously by the Chamber of Deputies on the 15th inst. _ In the course of his speech the Minister owned that there had been great difficulty in inducing the British Government to surrender the Conservatorial privilege by the treaty of 1842, and that Lord Aberdeen had only consented to the sacrifice on production of proof incon trovertible of the great amelioration which had been ef fected in the judicial machinery of the country. Of the improvement in question her Majesty's Minister at this Court had soon after a taste himself, having been for the last year or upwards involved in a suit to recover the value of a broken-winded horse from the rogue who sold it to him warranted sound. An attempt is making to form an opposition company of " Public works," under the name of the " Alliance" with a capital of 8,000 contos, but as the projectors, at the head of whom is Count arrobo, are all of the anti- Cabral party, the Government is endeavouring to throw cold water upon it, by refusing to sanction its code of statutes. The Cortes have been occupied during the last few days with a project for equalising the weights and mea sures throughout the country. GENBILAL ANNUITY SOCIETY, 36, Coleman-street, for Allowing Annuities to Decayed Merchants, Bankers, Professional Mon, their Widows, and Clerks, and to Single Females, the Daughters of Persons belonging to such Classes.—Luke James Hansard, Esq., has, in a communication full of good feeling, addres3ed to Mr. H. F. Richardson, the secretary of this charity, munificently presented 100/. The annual festival will be presided over by Lord John Russell on the 30th of April. The stewards comprise names of the highest rank of commer cial and professional importance. SAVINGS' BANKS.—Under the recent Act of Par liament applying to savings' banks, various amounts of interest have been fixed ; and it is a curious fact that small institutions are allowing a higher rate than larger ones, whereas the larger ones (reaping of course a greater profit) ought to allow the higher rate of inte rest. Probably those conducting larger banks are de sirous to produce as much " surplus ' as possible, but the Government has a surplus fund enough in hand from savings' banks. Why, then, cramp depositors' in terest? The highest rate which can be allowed to them now is 3 per cent., and that they ought to receive—not a fraction less. The Government ought not to be bene fited at the expense of depositors.—From a Corp espondent. 1 It is mentioned as an extraordinary circumstance, that the white thorn on which Lamb (who is accused of murdering John Brill in Ruislip-wood), is said to have hung the hat of the murdered young man, has not grown the sixteenth part of an inch during the eight years that have elapsed since the murder. SPIRIT Of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE —The following requisition is circulated at Oxford; and our reaicrs will also find in our ad vertisement columns a notice on the same subject : " T 3 THE REV. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HEBDOMADAL BOARD. " We, the undersigned Members of Convocation, re spectfully but earnestly request that you will take imme diate measures for submitting to the Convocation about to assemble on the 13th of February next, a resolution conveying the formal censure of the University upon the principles inculcated in the 90th number of the • Tracts for the Times,' and a solemn repudiation of the modes of interpreting the Thirty-nine Articles therein sug gested. " We consider such a censure on the part of the University imperatively called for, and peculiarly ap propriate to the important occasion already referred to; inasmuch as we cannot but recognise in Mr. Ward's Ideal of a Christian Church,' a legitimate development of the principles of Tract 90, and a practical exhibition of the pernicious effects which must necessarily result from their adoption." We consider this a mode of proceeding much more proper than that which was originally proposed by the Heads of Houses. The plain matter of fact is, that Mr. Ward threw out a boastful challenge to the Church and the University ; declared himself devoted to the Papal See ; declared the Church he belongs to " radically and vitally corrupt" ever since separated from that see—and boasted of the impunity with which he had hitherto been allowed to do all this, and of the principle of inter pretation of the Articles which admitted of his doing it—interpretation, namely, in a " non natural sense." Now, this purposely offensive proceeding was some thing exceedingly different from any ordinary latitude of construction of the Thirty-nine Articles. It was an open pronunciamento (in Spanish-American phrase) against the whole constitution of the Church and Uni versities, as established and privileged by law. It must be evident that if such a standard of religious revolu tion were followed, its followers would at once place themselves on an opposite basis to that upon which the Legislature and the laity have concurred in placing the Church of England. They would place them selves on a basis on which they cannot consistently stand, separate from Rome—whereas the claim of the Church of England to its present position depends unquestionably on its continuing to re fuse recognition to Romish supremacy. All this has been rendered perfectly clear by the publica tion of Mr. Ward. That gentleman has, in fAct, let the cat out of the bag; he has openly thrown off his moral allegiance to English authority, and as openly professed his " devotion" to that of a foreign see. We understand that the less headstrong portion of the Rotnanising party are disposed to let him suffer for having sprung their mine thus prematurely. But in our view Mr. Ward's fate is not the question. The proceedings of the University must be aimed (if at any oject) at declaring its own prin ciples. The main question before it is not whether Mr. Ward personally merits degradation. We, for our part, should be strongly against anything resem bling a privilegium ; and besides, with all Mr. Ward's arrogance, ignorance, and presumption—we like his explicitness much better than the studied reserves of his precursors in that school. What (or whether anything) should be done to Mr. Ward is one (and the minor) question. Another, and the more important one, is what the University should say to his book. The University had placed him in that order of her members who are looked to as teachers of youth. Does the University recog nise as moral and admissible such principles of teach ing as he applies to the Articles ? Are not such prin ciples (legitimately developed from the notorious Tract 90) worthy " the noble and glorious company of St. Ignatius" rather than Protestant England ? Is the University desirous of ranking with that noble and glorious company in public estimation ? Let the University be sure of this—it is Oxford that is upon trial—much rather than Mr. Ward. Whether that gentleman keep his degree and fellowship is of com parative unimportance. Our humble judgment, expressed from the first, is to let him keep them. We love no ex post facto laws. If Mr. Ward's contempt and abhorrence of everything as at present established—if his devotion and veneration for the popedom—do not disgust him from continuing to de rive income from institutions which he spurns—as being national—nor induce him to join the Church which alone he reveres as Catholic—we should leave him unmolestedly to repose in his taste and logic—and fel lowship. But the University will sink to Mr. Ward's level, if it allows itself to be suspected of retaining Articles, to be signed "in a non-natural sense." Let it dispense with signature of Articles altogether, or let it declare their non-natural signature the immoral thing it is. Or, let it accept tacitly for its own the doctrine of Tract 90 and Mr. Ward. CHILD FOUND IN PEMBROKE COLLEGE GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE.—On Thursday evening, at six o'clock, an inquest was holden before Mr. Cooper, at the Bell Inn, Botolph-lane, on the body of an infant found in the garden of Pembroke College. The following evidence was advanced:—James Charles—l am gardener to Pembroke College. On Monday morning about eight o'clock, I found the child at the end of the college garden, next to the Tennis Court-road, wrapped in a white petticoat and pinner ; it was lying about a yard from the wall. I had not been to that part of the garden since the Tuesday or Wednesday preceding. I went to that part of the garden in consequence of dreams wjiich I had on Saturday and Sunday night. I dreamt twice on Saturday night, and once on Sunday night, that I saw a female throw a child over the college garden. I dreamt I was in the Tennis Court-road, and that she was there also. A surgeon who examined the body gave it as his opi nion that the child had been born alive. Mr. R. Fergusson, a Fellow of Pembroke College :—I was in the Fellows' garden on Sunday last, with Mr. Stokes, who is also a Fellow of the College. I did not see a bundle in white lying there. I think if there had been we must have seen it, but I did not go close to the spot where I am informed the child was found ; I was within about fifteen yards of that spot. I was in the garden from half-past one till two. The jury re turned a verdict to the effect that the child was born alive, but there was no evidence to show how it came by its death, or how it was placed where it was found.— Abridged from the Cambridge Chronicle. COMMITTAL OF Two YOUNG FARMERS FOR POACHING.—On Friday last, the 17th instant, Thomas and Henry Cumberland, farmers, living near Newtown, Linford, were charged at the County Office, Leicester, before T. Pares and I. Hodgson, Esqs., with night poach ing in the preserves of the Earl of Stamford, on Thursday night. Joseph Harrison, a watcher, said—l was lying in Blake Hay Wood last night, about half-past seven o'clock, when I heard somebody down in the wood for some time. They came nearer to me. I lay down, and two men, whom I knew to be defendants, passed me. I went and fetched Branston and Greasley, and came back with them in half an hour, when I heard more than one shot from an air-gun. De fendants came up by us and did not see us. We let them pass, and then seized them and took theta to Linford, whre we searched them, and found on Henry the key and pump of an air-gun. John Branston, a keener, said that after one of the air-gun shots, a pheasant flew past. Defendants strug gled and got away, after being first taken. At Beck's house (where they were searched) Thomas said he was not the shooter, Henry was. Jsmes Beck said, " When at my house, defendant Thomas wished Har rison t ) go out, as he (defendant) had something to say to me. Harrison went out, and left me and Thomas alone. Thomas then asked me to unbotton his coat, as his arm was hurt. I did so, and found under it the air-gun now produced. He wished me to lay it away. I did so. It was then loaded with ball." The defendant Thomas said to the bench that he be lieved the truth had been told, with two or three trifling exceptions. Ile had never been in the wood, and never struck any one. His brother Henry said that he was in the wood, and had shot at some pigeons, when, as he was going home peaceably, Branston and the others came on them, and boat them unmercifully. The defendants were sentenced, Henry to three months hard labour, and Thomas to two months.—Leicester Chronicle. FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICE OF RAILWAY SHARES. —From the share-table recently issued by Mr. Wat son, of Glasgow, some curious particulars of fluctua tions in the prices of shares may be gathered. Thus on the Bth of January, 1838, the shares of the Grea Western Railway were at 12 premium ; at the cor responding period of 1832 they were at 13 pre mium ; in 1840 they had sunk to 1 premium ; in 1841 they again rose to 31 premium ; in 1842 they were 22i ; 1843, 26+ ; 1844, 32 ; and this year, on the same day, they had advanced to 87 premium. They are now much higher. The Liverpool and Manchester have shown the following fluctuations as to premium :-1838, 97 ; 1839, 104 ; 1840, 85 ; 1841, 86 ; 1842, 96 ; 1843, 91 ; 1844, 130 ' • and 1845, 117. London and Birming ham fluctuated from the lowest point of 61 premium (in 1840) to the highest (in 1844) of 137. The most remarkable case is the York and North Midland, the shares of which in 1838 were at 24 discount, and rose by almost regular steps to 56 premium (on a 501. share) in 1845. The South-Western have in the same period risen from 12 discount to about 47 pre mium on 391. shares. The Great North of England were in 1838 marked " no price ;" in 1840 they were at 25 discount ; in 1843 at 41 discount ; whereas in 1845 they were 47 premium on 100/. paid. The Manchester and Leeds shares, on the Bth of January of the same seven years, have stood thus:-1 premium ; 20i premium ; 10 premium ; 12 premium ; par ; 2 pre mium ; 31 premium ; 53 premium. The largest ad vance during 1844, was in Great North of England, 611.; and the greatest decrease in Liverpool and Manchester and York and North Midland, 14L—Railway Record. ALTERATIONS IN THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.— On Saturday Mr. Commissioner Goulburn presided in the Court previously occupied by Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, who in future will hold his sittings in the room where the late Sir C. F. Williams held his Court. Mr. Commissioner Evans, as the senior Commissioner, will be the Chief Commissioner. ATTEMPT TO Ron A BANK.—An attempt was made on Thursday evening last to force open the Warwick and Leamington Bank, in the Markot-place of this town. The doors had been forced by a crow-bar, but, fortu nately, the " locks, bolts, and bars," were too strong, and the attempt was a complete failure. The Yeomanry ball happening on the same evening, it afforded the thieves an excellent opportunity to accomplish their per pose.—Birmingham Journal CRICKETING CHRONOLOGY, 1844. The following is a list of the great matches played during th© year, and in what manner they ter minated:— May 6.—Marylebone and St. John's Wood, at Lord's ; Marylebone 81 and 22, total 103 ; St. John's Wood 215—not finished. _ _ _ 13. Two Elevens of Marylebone Club, A to K and L to Z, at Lord's ; AtoK 79 and 64, total 143; L to Z 73—not finished. 16. Marylebone Club and University of Cam bridge, at Cambridge; won by Marylebone, 303; Cambridge 135 and 151, total 286—won by one innings and 17 runs. 27. Two Twelves of the Marylebone Club, at Lord's ; R. Kynaston, Esq.'s side 87 ; W. Mills, Esq.'s side 73—not finished. _ _ 30. Marylebone and University of Oxford, at Cowley Marsh ; won by Oxford, 67 and 63, total 130—Mary lebone 43 and 82, total 125. June 3.—Marylebone Club and Ground and Clap ton, at Lord's ; Marylebone 128 and 92, total 220 ; Clapton 31—not finished. 10. Marylebone Club and Ground and County of Surrey (with F. Pilch), at Lord's : won by Surrey, 58 and 76, total 134 ; Marylebone 80 and 52, total 132 —won by three wickets. Nine Gentlemen and Two Players of Sussex, and Nine Gentlemen and Two Players of Hants, at Brighton ; won by Sussex, 141 and 41, total 182 ; Hants 100 and 81, total 181—won by 10 wickets. 17. Gentlemen of Kent and Gentlemen of England, at Lord's; won by England, 63 and 138, total 201 ; Kent 116 and 82, total 198 —won by five wickets. 24. Marylebone Club and Ground and West of England (with four Players of England), at Lord's; won by Marylebone, 81 and 69, total 150; West of England 97 and 52, total 149—won by two wickets. 27. Marylebone and University of Oxford Return Match, at Lord's ; won by Oxford, 77 and 82, total 159 ; Marylebone 32 and 51, total 83. Kent and Sussex, at Canterbury ; won by Sussex, 46 and 153, total 199 ; Kent 90 and 107, total 197—won by one wicket. July I.—Kent and England, at Lord's ; won by Kent 117 and 55, total 172; England 59 and 97, total 156. 8. Marylebone Club and Ground and Hampshire (with Fuller Pilch and Good), at Lord's ; won by Marylebone l 18 and 175, total 293 ; Hanta 90 and 57, total 147. _ _ _ _ . 11. Kent and Sussex Return Match at Brighton ; won by Kent 147 and 176; total 323 ; Sussex 215 and 99, total 314. 15. Marylebone Club and Ground (with Fuller Pilch) and Northern Counties (with A. Mynn), at Lord's; won by Marylebone 97 and 76, total 173 ; Northern Counties 105 and 55, total 160. 18. Marylebone Club (with Lillywhite and Hillyer) and Audley End (with Fenner, Ringwood, and Dean), at Audley End; won by Marylebone 74 and 143, total 217; Audley End 56 and 156, total 212. 22. Marylebone Club and Ground (with Wenman) and the County of Sussex, at Lord's; won by Sussex 154; Marylebone 50 and 92, total 142—won by one innings and 12 runs. 25. Marylebone Club and Ground and County of Norfolk (with F. Pilch), at Lord's; won by Norfolk 69 and 111, total 170 ; Marylebone 79 and 71, total 150. 29. Gentlemen and Players, at Lord's ; won by Players 130 and 141, total 271 ; Gentlemen 128 and 105, total 233. Nottingham and Sheffield, at Sheffield ; won by Nottingham 70 and 103, total 173 ; Sheffield 77 and 95, total 172. August s.—Marylebone Club and Ground and West of England (with four Players of England) Return Match, at Lansdowne ' - won by West of England 71 and 110, total 182 ; Marylebone 61 and 40, total 101. Gentlemen of Sussex and South Hants, at Southampton ; won by Sussex 140; South Hants 46 and 57, total 103—won by one innings and 37 runs. 8. Marylebone Club and Ground and County of Herts, at Redbourn; won by Marylebone 82 and 51, total 133 ; Herts 85 and 47, total 132—won by six wickets. _ _ 13. Kent and England Return Match, at Canter bury ; won by England 96 and 87, total 183 ; Kent 94 and 37, total 131. 16. Gentlemen of Kent and Gentlemen of England Return Match, at Canterbury; Kent 107 and 64, total 171 ; England 119 and 25, total 144, with four wickets to go down—drawn by mutual consent. 19. Marylebone Club and Ground and Sussex Re turn Match, at Brighton; won by Sussex 171 and 287, total 458 ; Marylebone 153 and 219, total 372. 22. Marylebone Club and Ground and Petworth Club and Ground, at Petworth; won by Petworth 77 and 87, total 164 ; Marylebone 47 and 116, total 163 —won by foar wickets. 26. Marylebone Club and Ground and Northern Counties Return Match, at Leicester ; won by Northern Counties 126 ; Marylebone 71 and 52, total 123—won by one innings and three runs. 27. Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells, at Tunbridge; won by Tunbridge 151 ; Tunbridge Wells, 53 and 66, total 119—won by one innings and 32 runs. 29. Marylebone Club and Ground and South Hants Club and Ground Return Match, at Southampton ; won by South Hants 107 and 85, total 192 ; Mary lebone 143 and 45, total 188—won by five wickets. September s.—Marylebone Club and Ground and County of Norfolk (with P. Pilch) Return Match, at Swaffham ; won by Norfolk 45 and 8, total 53. 7. Oxonians and Brighton, at Brighton ; won by Oxonians 120 and 61, total 181 ; Brighton 53 and 51, total 104. 9. Six Gentlemen of Nottingham and Five Players of England, and Eleven Players of Nottingham, at Nottingham ; won by Gentlemen, &c., 170 and 55, total 225 ; Players 123 and 90, total 213. 12. Married and Single of England, for the benefit of the Players, at Tunbridge Wells; won by Married 134 and 101, total 235 ; Single 82 and 144, total 226. 18. Etonians and Bright on , at Brighton; won by the Etonians 216 ; Brighton 75 and 46, total 121— won by one innings and 95 runs. DUTIES ON BALTIC DEALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ SlR,—Your Correspondent of the 22d instant labours under a mistake, when he says that the duties on Baltic deals, exceeding twenty-one feet in length, is less'iti proportion than on short lengths, because the duties are now charged on the cubic contents, whatever may be the dimensions. Formerly the duties were levied on under six feet, under sixteen feet, and under twenty-one feet — the duties amounting to a prohibition on anything above twenty one, feet. The present method of measurement is, however, pre judicial to the Baltic importers. The deals or battens are piled, and the duty is calculated on the cubic contents of the pile, no allowance being made for the loss arising from the deals not lying perfectly close together. The other day 98 loads, 45 feet of 3 by 11-inch, were mea sured by the Custom-house, 103 loads, 29 feet, and 163 loads, 5 feet 2i by 7-inch, were measured by the Custom house, 179 loads 23 feet. These differences are serious on the original cost.--I am, &c., Liverpool, Jan. 25, 1845. We had hoped that the evil spirit of incendiarism was laid in this district by the numerous detections and convictions which have taken place, but we regret to have to announce two more fires in the vicinity of this town. On Saturday night, between twelve and one o'clock, the premises of Mr. Harrison, of Timwarth, were discovered to be on fire, and notwithstanding the most praiseworthy exertions, two barns, two stables, a granary, cow-house with three cows and a calf, and from 200 to 300 coombs of corn, chiefly barley, were destroyed. One barn and the dwelling house, which were in considerable danger were preserved by covering the former with blankets and pulling down a part of a building adjoining to the latter. Mr. Harrison is amply protected by insurance ; but the alarm to his family, and to one in a delicate state of health, was very distressng, and makes the character of the act the more diabolical. The build ings, belonging to the Rev. E. R. Benyon,- were also in sured. On Sunday night a stack of beans on the lands of Mr. Gapp, of Walsham, standing alone, was destroyed by fire.—Bury Post. EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK UPON Two CHILDREN BY A RAT.—The following extraordinary circumstance took place at Wandsworth a few days since. and has created some sensation. On Thursday evening Mr. Harrington, a tobacconist in the High-street, was sitting in the shop parlour with his wife, when they were alarmed by the screams of the children, who had been put to bed some time previously. They hastened up stairs, and were astonished at seeing the bead and right hand of their youngest child, a girl about six years of age, bleeding. The other girl, who is eight years old, was also crying, and presently shrieked out " something is biting my toe." Mr. Harrington perceiving some thing move under the bed-clothes, instantly grasped it, and from the squeaking that ensued he conjectured it was a rat. He held it in one position until he was satisfied that suffocation had taken place. Mr. Harring ton afterwards turned down the bed-clothes and drew 1 1 forth an enormous rat quite dead. Its tenth were of im mense size, and quite capable of doing fatal injury to the children, liad it been undisturbed. The youngest child stated that she was awakened by the rat biting her head, and, fancying it was her guinea-pig, she put up her hand to drive it away, when it buried its teeth deeper into her head, and also bit her hand. The rat had evidently got beneath the bed-clothes to hide itself. How it came into the bed-room is a mystery; the room, as indeed was the house, was strictly examined, but no rats' holes could be discovered. It is supposed that it came in at the front door from an opposite sewer, and asscended the stairs immediately. The eldest girl was only slightly bitten on one of the toes. SUICIDE AT THE DUKE OF NORTIIUMINUAND'S.— A man named Hollick, in the service of Mr. Hughes, upholsterer, of Piccadilly, and who was employed with others in preparing the mansion of the Duke of North umberland for the reception of the family, was on Sa • turday morning discovered by his fellow-workmen to have committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the water-closets. For some days past the deceased had been labouring under a depression of spirits, but he had frequently expressed the greatest abhorrence at persons committing suicide. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSIOiV-HOUSE. Two very simple-looking girls, named Sarah Jepson and Amelia Dixon, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed a robbery in the shop of Mr. Harris, linendraper, of Bishopsgate street. The prisoners, who were well, but not gaudily, dressed, and who wept incessantly during the exa mination, attracted fur some time general compassion. They were both very young, the latter, who appeared to be the more youthful, not being 14 years of age. The shopvnan of Mr. Harris stated that the two prisoners walked together into the shop, and asked to be shown some ribbons. A box or case of ribbons was placed before them, into which they looked, but they said that it contained nothing dark enough for them, and then other pieces were shown to them. Suspicion attached to them in consequence of a noise which was heard by the person who was serving them, and who, upon looking into the case, missed a piece of ribbon, value five shillings. They were at once taken into custody, and between the slaawl and dress of the younger was found a piece of ribbon which had just occupied a position in the box. Here the prisoners declared that they had never been in disgrace before. The LORD MAYOR having asked whether the female searcher at the Giltspur-street Compter had performed her office towards the prisoners, and having received an answer in the negative, sent for that official, and gave her the necessary directions. The searcher re turned to the justice-room, and stated that she had examined the clothes of the girls. The LORD MAYOR —What sort of pockets had they ? The searcher—The younger girl had a pocket in her cloak which reaches to the very bottom of it. The LORD MAYOR—Into which a considerable quantity of goods might be conveyed ? The searcher —Certainly, my_ Lord. There is a great deal of room. There was a small pocket also loose under her apron ; but there was no money. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Sarah Dixon, what business had you to go into the shop to purchase rib bons when you had no money about you ? Amelia Jepson—But I had, Sir. I had two shillings in my bosom. Oh, dear ! The LORD MAYOR (to the principal turnkey of the Compter)—Do you know anything of these girls, 'Gooch? Gooch—Sarah Jepson, my Lord, has lately come out of the House of Correction, where she was confined six months for a robbery, under the name of Betsy Smith. Tile LORD MAYOR—What do you say to that, Sarah Jepson ? Sarah Jepson answered only by sobbing. The LORD MAYOR—It is impossible that I can do otherwise than commit these two girls for trial. It is evident that they have been deeply instructed in this dangerous system. The prisoners were then committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. A big fellow, named Patrick Tushy, who trades in Petticoat-lane, was charged with having given George Ince, an umbrella-maker, a very severe beating. The complainant, it appeared, was in the habit of attending the Petticoat-lane market, for the purpose of buying up the whalebone of old umbrellas. As he was on the look-out one day, he saw a young man enter the lane with an umbrella, and he imme diately called out to him not to sell the article for less than eighteenpence. The defendant at once struck him, whereupon he threatened to pull Mr. 'rushy before the Lord Mayor. " D—n and hang the Lord Mayor, and you together," said Mr. Tushy, " I'll knock every drop of blood you have in your body out of you," and he struck the witness a blow on the ear, which swelled one side of his head to double the size of the other, and interfered with the sense of hearing, probably for ever. The LORD MAYOR—I suppose he thought your hint about the umbrella prevented him from getting a bargain ? The complainant—No doubt that was the case, my Lord. The defendant admitted that he had committed the assault, but, said he, " I do solemnly declare to you, my Lord, that I have the greatest - friendship in the whole world for my friend Mr. Ince.—(Laughter.) Sure, don't I know him as a dealer in the lane this many a long year ; and don't we meet every day of our lives ?—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—I dare say you would have no objection to make it up ?—(A laugh.) The defendant —Objection ! I assure you, my Lord, I don't bear him the least animosity on earth. The complainant—l don't see why a man is to be knocked out of his sense of hearing for nothing, and I shall have nothing more to do NNith him but prose cute him. The LORD MAYOR—He has admitted the assault himself, and he shall not leave this without giving sufficient bail for his appearance. The defendant—Bail ! I can produce bail for 6,000/. any day. How much do you want ? The LORD MAYOR—Two sureties for 20/. each, and yourself in 401. C;LERKEIV WELL. Mr. Michael Donovan, schoolmaster at the St. Aloysius Catholic school, Granville-street, Somers town, appeared upon remand to answer the charge of violently assaulting James Cavanagh, a boy of nine years, one of his pupils. In consequence of the publicity already given to the case, the Court was crowded with spectators. The Rev. Mr. Narinckz, trustee of the school, and Mr. Cooke, a barrister, one of its subscribers, were present. Mr. Crouch appeared for the prisoner. The boy then in substance made the same statement as on Saturday. At nine o'clock on Thursday night he was dragged out of bed by Brother Luke, one of the teachers, and the prisoner came in with a large leathern strap, and, because he had his stockings on in' bed, struck him 10 or 12 times on the back with it. Mr. GREENWOOD directed the boy to expose his back. He did so; and every one present was shocked at the spectacle, several of the spectators giving vent to their feelings in exclamations of a eery unequivocal character. The marks of the stripes, which had now assumed a green and livid colour, were painfully visible. Alfred Egan, aged 11, a boy who slept in the same room on the occasion in question, confirmed Cava nagh's testimony in emery respect, as did two others of his schoolfellows one of whom swore he heard the cries of the poor child for nearly five minutes in an other part of the establishment. Mr. Crouch cross-examined some of the witnesses, and attempted to show that the boy's back had been much injured by rubbing against the bottom of the bed when creeping under it, but this supposition was distinctly negatived by all the witnesses. The prosecutor admitted that he had been well fed and comfortably clothed and lodged, but said "Bro ther Luke," as well as the prisoner, had been unkind to him. His mother was dead, and his father lived at Bristol. Mr. Broad, a surgeon, living in Goswell-street, stated that the marks on the boy's back must have been caused by brutal treatment. If injuries of the same nature had been inflicted on the side they would probably cause congestion of the lungs. The leathern strap with which the boy was beaten was produced—ft thick heavy weapon. The prisoner alleged on Saturday, that if the flogging of the boy with such a strap was improper, the authorities of the school were to blame for putting it into his hands. Mr. Cooke, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Narinckz, hoped the public press would, in justice to the esta blishment of St. Aloysius, notice the fact he was going to state—viz., that the masters had been strictly for bidden to beat the boys with this strap, except on the left hand. No corporal chastisement of a severe nature was sanctioned by the directors of the school. Mr. Crouch, on behalf of the prisoner, observed that the punishment inflicted on the boy was not more severe than on the boys at Westminster and St. Paul's Schools. The prisoner vehemently exclaimed, the boy threw himself on the floor and worked himself under the bed as soon as he touched hitn ; and protested the punishment was not greater when the boy came out than before he went in. Mr. GRERNWOWDsitid his own opinion was against corporal punishment altogether ; he thought it made the boys dull, careless, and heavy; he considered it mischievous, but the Act of Parliament permitted the master to use the same reasonable degree of punish ment as parents used. In 'the school in which he (Mr. Greenwood) was educated, a much larger one, than either of those Mr. Crouch had mentioned, cor poral chastisement was used, but never to any such extent, and only by the head master. The case was of too serious a nature to be dealt with by him, and he would send it for trial. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial, hut ultimately was held to bail to appear at the Ses sions. The prisoner's functions were suspended on the spot, and the little boy removed to St. Pancras Work house, there to remain until the result of the trial be made known. BURGLARY.- - Robert Carpenter, aged about 30, and Anne Pipes, about the same age, were placed in the felons' dock, charged with burglariously entering the house of Mr. Isaac Fordham, a glass-manufacturer, residing at 55, Hatton-garden, and stealing there from about 301. in gold and silver money, a large quantity of silver plate, and numerous articles of wearing apparel. It appeared from the evidence that on Mon day morning, between two and three o'clock, a young man namel Thomas Kays, who lodges is the same house as the prisoners, 14, Church-way, St. Pancras, was lying awakein bed, when he heard somebody at the back of the house calling " Ned," and soon after the door of the room, in which the pri soners lodged open, and a foot on the stairs ; in a mi nute after the back door of the house was unfastened, and he distinctly heard the noise of two or three men on the stairs. The party entered the prisoners' room, adjoining Kaye, on the first floor, and there was a great clatter as of tin boxes, and chinking of gold and silver. There was also a rattling of keys, which witness apprehended, from the feebleness of the sound, were skeleton keys. One of the men said, " So, your share of the money is 1/. 2s. 6d. ;" and the female prisoner said, "Now that you have done this, I suppose you will have a great spree at Brighton." Kaya further swore that he hear i the smashing of tin boxes, and that the men, after the lapse of a few minutes, went down the stairs. He Was afraid to give the alarm, lest all would escape. The men were let out the back way. The prisoner returned into his room, and believing that a burglary had been committed, on witness hearing the tramp of a police man in half an hour after, called him in, and the pri soners were secured. The testimony of the policemen 45 S and 4 S went to prove that before Kays gave the alarm two tin money boxes, much battered and injured, were found contiguous to the prisoner's dwelling. The male prisoner had on his person, when arrested, a pair of gloves, which Mr. Fordham, identified as his property, as also a pocket handkerchief, the key of Mr. Fordham's iron safe, and ten half-crowns. In the prisoner's room were found a quantity of silver taWe, dessert, and teaspoons, and a sugar tongs, also coats, hat, and vests. Mr. Fordham identified all these articles v.s his pro perty. The money-boxes were his. On the previous night his house had been robbed, the burglars having effected an entrance by means of a ladder, which had been laid against the rear of his warehouse. Police-constahle 87 S added, that a key had been found on the female prisoner which opened one cf Mr. Fordhana's desks which had been robbed, but not broken by the burglars. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoners if they wished to say anything ?—The male prisoner surlily an swered " Not at present," and the female prisoner followed his example, by keeping silence. They were remanded. BROMLEY. Mr. A. Simons, of the Sheridan Knowles Tavern, Brydges-street, attended before the Rev. Mr. Scott and Mr. Boyd, to show cause why he should not have an order made upon him for the maintenance of an illegitimate child, of which Sarah Croombridge, the complainant, alleged he was the father. A solicitor appeared on behalf of the defendant. The complainant, a very pretty girl, apparently about 18, deposed that she was delivered of an illegi timate child on the 7th of July last, and that the de fendant was the father of the child. In answer to questions by the Chairman, the com plainant said that her father lived at Wickham, and farmed a little land in that parish. The defendant came to lodge at h.'r father's house, and he used to take her out with him for a ride in his chaise, and it was upon one of these occasions, as they were re turning home in the evening, that the first intercourse took place. In the course of the evening Mr. Simons took her to a public .house and gave her some brandy and water, and the liquor took a great effect upon her. The complainant then proceeded to state that after this period the intimacy continued between them until at length she went to Camberwell, where she passed as Mrs. Johnson, and the defendant as Mr. Johnson, and she was there delivered or the child in question. While she was at Camberwell she received a letter from the defendant, which she produced. It addressed the complainant as " My dear Sarah--my dear love," and went on to say that he was not angry she had put the child to the breast, and that she might depend that it would all turn out for the best, and that so long as he lived nothing earthly should separate them, and that she might rely he would pro vide for her, and that she would not find him like the rest of his sex. The letter was signed "J. Johnson." The complainant swore positively it was his hand writing, and that this was the name he assumed during their intimacy. The CHAIRMAN asked the complainant if Mr. Simons had ever given her any money since the birth of her child, and she replied that he once gave her a half-sovereign. In answer to a question from the Bench, it was here stated that the defendant was a married man, and that he had four children. The complainant was then cross-examined by the solicitor of the defendant, when she declared posi tively that she had never been intimate with any other man than Mr. Simons. She said that she had been keeping company with a young man named Watkins, and they were going to be married, but he broke off the match and married another woman. She had been acquainted with a young man named Montague, and was also going to be married to him, but that engagement was like wiie broken off. She went to Croydon fair with Montague, and met her father and Mr. Simons. She swore positively that there had never been any improper intimacy between her and Montague. The defendant's solicitor—You have said that Mr. Simons passed by the name of Johnson • did you not know what his real name was ? Complainant—Yes. Solicitor—And were you not aware that he was a married man with a family? Complainant—l was. Solicitor—And have you not, knowing these facts, and the nature of the intimacy that existed between you, been to his house, and dined with him and his wife ? The complainant admitted this had been the case. The Rev. Mr. SCOTT expressed his opinion that this fact was as much to the discredit of the defendant as to that of the witness. The solicitor said that might be, but when the whole question turned upon the credibility of the witness, it was necessary that the magistrates should be put in possession of all the circumstances of the connexion between the parties. John Croombridge, the father, was then examined. He deposed that complainant was his daughter, but he was not aware of there being any intimacy be tween her and Mr. Simons until she brought the child home, and told him he was its father. He went to the house of the defendant in Brydges-street, and asked him what he intended to do for his daughter, and he admitted that he had been intimate with her, and expressed his willingness to give 2s. or 2s. 6d. a week for the support of the child. The defendant also gave him a sovereign, and when he saw him the se cond time, and gave him the summons, he again ex pressed his willingness to pay half-a-crown a week. Cross-examined—The defendant admitted that he had been intimate with his daughter, but denied that he was the father of the child, and said that he ought to go to John Montague. The solicitor then asked the witness whether he did not tell Mr. Simons that if he would put his name to the back of the summons, and agree to pay 2s. 6d. a week, he would hear no more about it ? The Rev. Mr. SCOTT said it was no harm if he did; and he thought it would have been a very wise course for a person in the position of the defendant, and a married man, to have avoided this public exposure. The solicitor said he was sorry to hear this obser vation, as it tended to show that the Bench had made up their minds against the defendant. The Rev. Mr. SCOTT expressed his opinion that as the case stood, there was ample corroboration of the complainant's statement, and he should feel no diffi culty in signing an order. He would add, that he thought the conduct of the defendant, as a married man, was most base in going to take a lodging in the country, and embracing the opportunity thus afforded him of seducing this poor girl. After some further conversation the Court was cleared, but in a short time the defendant and his solicitor were sent for, and the Bench inquired of the latter whether he had concluded his cross-examina tion, or whether he intended to call any witnesses ? The solicitor said, that after the observation which fell from one of the magistrates, he did not think he ought to proceed any further, but he should certainly appeal if the Bench made an order. The MAGISTRATES then expressed their unanimous opinion to be, that the complainant had made out the case, and that her evidence was fully corroborated. Under all the circumstances, they should make an order to the full extent allowed by the Act of Parlia ment, which was five shillings per week for the first six weeks after the birth, and half-a-crown per week afterwards. Notice of appeal was immediately given. HOUNDS ON A RAILWAY.—On Wednesday last the hounds of Lord Gifford, in Gloucestershire, which had met in the morning, at Minety Pond, were placed in the utmost jeopardy between Cirencester and Swin don. The fox had crossed the railway, and the hounds had come to a cheek upon the very rails, when the cry of " a train ! a train !" that made every one shudder, was heard, and a passenger train seen to be, as it were, bear ing down upon the pack with its usual velocity. The alarm whistle gave its wild scream to show that the en- gine driver was awaro of what was inevitable, but it was evident that, if the hounds could not be extricated by removal, the pace of the train could not be slacked to preserve them In an instant one of the whips was upon the line, and by the greatest effort the hounds were pre served, though the last of the pack that quitted the rail was so near one of the wheels of the engine, that for a time it was supposed to have been destroyed.—North amton Herald. INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS.—On Saturday evening a general meeting of the members of the Insti tute of the Fine Arts took place in the theatre of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, G. R. Ward, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Bass proposed a resolution, " That a vote of thanks be given by the Institute to the trustees of the Harcourt bequest, in having, in the com petition which bad recently taken place with respect to the design for an altar-piece for St. James's church, Bermondsey, selected artists as judges of works of art." No less than sixty-seven large sketches as designs had been sent in by different artists, the aggregate cost of which could not have been less than 2,0001. After some opposition by Mr. Foggo, who objected to the selection being made by artists, as liable to intrigue, the motion was carried. The Secretary announced that the Council had decided on holding conversational meetings on every alternate Saturday, at which members were requested to attend with their books, prints, &c., of interest. The Marquis of Bristol had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the; Board of Trade. -------------..---t.-.-....................... - WRECK of the WILLIAM TURN. (From the Ca)narvon Herako_,A6iir.l44 The fate of this vessel was briefly reur ar Gak last. We are indebted to the kindness a .... st d Griffiths, of 'Faldrwst, sub-agent of LleY ' f r O l l von and Malltraeth Bay, on the _Anglesey side, areal° I t owin ; ; , , list of the unfortunate sufferers. 111 , e c Y 5 0eV verbatim (1 IltJratim from the articles of to e ' e George Evans, cemmander, aged 43, of Loudon. t v roe Hector Munsurn, chief mate aged 28, of A n e jag. B. W. Manning, second mate, aged 24, of A)e..- John Nichols, carpenter, aged 24, of Scilly. , 0 . Sam M`Furlons, boatswain, raged 42, of 11;0 Richard Gilmore, steward, ' aged 25, of POD George Hooper, eook, aged 26, Poole. John Jenkins, seaman, aged 25, of London. Charles Fox, seaman, aged 24, of Wisbesrlh Robert Teed, seaman, aged 22, of Wi s bettehr ~t, Joseph Ant'nonia, seaman, aged 25, of G reen' William Hill, seaman, aged 32, of n. do, Londo William Stonehouse, seaman, aged 22 or 11)11 , e a. Llewellyn Bayncn, seaman, aged 22, Of Stil e " Isaac Thurston, seaman, aged 26, Wis beaebr John Clerk, seaman, aged 30, of LiverpeoLi L Thomas C. Simpson, seaman, aged 22, of P i ; John Stephens, seaman, aged 24, of Ghtsg° James Letto, seaman, aacd 27, of Jers e y . 00 L John Johnson, seaman,' aged 22, of Livertosr„a Philip Yates, ordinary seaman, aged 20, 0 ' f pr j , Robe rt Jeffries, ordinary seaman, aged 2 1 1 ° f o a / Henry Billing, ordinary seaman, aged 19, (3 ',0 1 10 7 ' William Malty, ordinary seaman, aged 21, „.°` OOl A er b po l John Green, ordinary seaman, aged 18, 0f i A.,.01 Jas.M`Gmlay, ordinary seaman, aged 17, 0...:, Richard Jones, ordinary seaman, aged 1 8, ',,,, i iire,,,l Giles Dore, able seaman, aged 20, Somers e L e edl, 4 From the same informant we have asee,"ri tte als4o l body was washed ashore on the evening 0 i gi . p o 1 ,0 between Llanddwyn and Abermenai. T h e vi 7t 0,0 was far advanced in decomposition.char ob i l e ber marks of a schooner and a tree, with an su i joy' The deceased was about five feet two in c ' JO He had small black whiskers. des clir ° B. W. Manning, the second mate, is thus, )wale a letter sent by his afflicted parent to gr. ' r litsl l ,I had black hair and whiskers, and had lest the.., e ttlit of his right hand. He wore a silver hunting " f l o s r o the initials " R. M." engraved on the outeidTsciitel'l,ol. had about his person an old-fashioned golv iiii fir, on one side of which were plaits of dar k ;i e lis e , l , ll ll l the other side having a red cornelian. ss io PW possession a valuable silver watch, a i l l a blri l f o, writing case, and several trinkets, araorli s , ', 0 031t,11 pin-a gold hand holding a peach. rti, s „; 00 0 '4 black leather, clasped with iron, and hear;elle,it'ol "R. M." in brass nail. He had als ° 6 §o l ' covered with tanned leather. Nobody 313- .., f description has yet been found. , A lit fy V We have been given to understand 0 5 ' ; 00 8 41 dressed to a Mr. Manning, was picked el:idoW since on the coast. It came into the Pes ses prOr 0 1 Owen, Quirt, and by that lady was kind ) Y g lil t if the mother of the deceased. Th e folloviie. e .,j, been received in acknowledgment: - l " Annadown Glebe, Can Gttlivg, joe, Jan. 18, 1845- ,ocesiSof " Dear Madam,-I deeply feel your 1 1111 ' 1 0f ) 1 1 ins me the letter addressed to my son, wh ° writ e '? home in the unfortunate vessel of v‘hich rtS.„‘CCifigil ~r 1 frog l'i ' f ai SOD was twenty-two years of age, au- Dr o. elf i.„ in a previous voyage, he lost the little finger Sli A t!' hand; he had black hair and whiskers:, do or, hear of a body washed ashore answering tiliiisolly II will you kindly lot me know; he was leY,, e 6 ii gth' it is the Almighty alone who gives roes iaei ? this heavy affliction.-Believe me. de g ' OA' obliged . r e ___.--- ....... 0 t i e i SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO MAJOR llVLift,:h bef el o 94 l to have to record a serious accident ivti l w„ ho 5 01, Hurt, on Wednesday last. The Doningtolego.ads; at Chaddesden on that day. and ran a f° „ % m ett near to Howell Hall. Here the hti ll ' - r idO i e viol in a cluster, and as Major Hurt I °ol ll/ 0 some trees, his body came in collision to t he and he was precipitated head foremost 0 0 i_t with tremendous force. The concussi°6o foro one, and on Mr. Story and Mr. F. gartl ' g o y et:t oo l' s ; saw the accident) riding up to the * 194 ve d t ° 4 that the Major was dead. Ile was cenv e 4 o , ll , ( ' ' r ,,1 in an insensible and apparently lifeless Sk ut b, .P i or,, pulse, and the blood running from the 176 ,t, ss'e f , Gisborre, surgeon, was luckily at the P ti t JO fel the usual remedies in such cases witho u t Ak i ( !er 41 Expresses were sent to Mr. flurt, ° I , VIT 0 ? to Major Gell, and to Mrs. Hurt , 1 14eftr e l . who, on receiving the melancholy lut e bit•• (l 4 diately proceeded to Hopwell Hall. ._ . . e d iS A I remained with the patient, who con tra* 0 1 1 7; of insensibility, with the exceptio n 43 d gr.l l so6l, consciousness, all night. Mr. Cad e 6/j u ltst i 'Dif d t 11 Nottingham were called in to a e° ll9 1 0 Igv. are happy in being able to announce 00 0 00 5 j borne left on Thursday morning the * 7 `or 0 0;# a favourable character, and the gantlet ne.110,,,ab,,,,,, some of his friends. It will be 6 0133 'h e ffie' C before he can be removed with safetY. -- A, 00 ,106 0 STRANGE TALE.-Wp find the I°' -,,, atty story in a letter from Munich, of the 9ti i iir 0 the Journal de Franhfort :-" The vvif e ! a le t iii:o, place, named Hilpers, has suddenlYl3%,oso4) A rich Roman Prince was living at :4 be" 7 wife, but had no male heir. The Prinee'",o4/ become pregnant, he threatened to e idet'ly the child should not be a boy. She 11/- 00, r 't girl; but the wife of a Jew tradel s 1 ) 4 , 40 being brought to bed at the same time ° ~,,a I f 11 1 wife made an exchange of the children atoe 04,00 imagined lie had a son. The boy died tt ich,! l A, I ( years, and the girl was brought t° Mtl e dsc ii at 4 o 4 real mother secretly gave her a brilliant. ° , 43 o,a'btef i tli Princess -dying, however, and there be the de'," plies for the education and support el ' 0 0%001 ir i her reputed parents, the latter fell into 1 3 „.. „.,, 0 # girl married a Jew dealer, lef- S ch . tere a „ $0,6 1 ,, after obtained a divorce. She then, Is, .!: i . 4 , of housekeeper in the family' ° I „ 07 0 ' V I and subsequently the house of r e gi on' ",;0$ e d where she embraced the Christian re":hielimirmird accept an offer of marriage from hir e ,,;,:; - to rei nised, and has produced two sons. .1":„Iho tool, on her death-bed, confessed to the pri,e s : ,eti Or r i the fraud of which she had been guilkY„', 3 t. o gisle i r meets in his hands to prove her stat ern : „ - es l' o 4 of three years the lady has succeeded .i-fothelly, / claim, and has been recognised bY, tb , e ,o ot° ,lts" settled his fortune on her sons. We s " - D ot - larity of this affair is, that Hilpers eo ll de t to .; 4, 0 d mind to solicit letters of ,tinenobility ° T, <IV date himself to this change of foriiiiiol' , SIGHT AND HEARING TE S `O,I/ C i li t he 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PI`C ' 41)1 jeSS _ A p B /1 1 Browne Clayton feels desirous o el ye aSeY e r l'f j and advantage he has derived at his 6 ,1,e ns e i e s. ,Ir years, and after two years' trial, freuid ne ctay 0 . 2 11 / 0 S. and B. Solomons newly invented 7,. 0 04 9 ,00F A 0 valuable inventions fully merit the pl" po to ro t received. Address. Adlington-hab' VP Ail Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstou.eoe ill $, r the Spectacles he has now had solve trine for, fully redeemed the assurance of thei•lefifigfet Solomons as to their excellence, alti r ase;tlo.o' , much comfort and advantage from tl'', ,4,ii, able to every other kind of glasses. l a . s b c to ,ON Park-lane.-The Hon. George Cave ° i t , ri cc l ed o g / and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-sree ora te by l l posite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I e t i ; 1 , IV of the Spectacles I purchased from Y or pivot/ use cf glasses for many years, and and w itb 0 lei/ ,, to enable me to see equal to your ~,, Gl at jci veuieiae to my eyes. Yours obedieTebrola4 Leixlip Castle, Ireland.-Improved,„. of th p otetii copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, ''",„;,; ia lc r ir,oo , of lenses, to surpass any , ever -fo e Oro, ft!' Messrs. S. and B. Solomons Invie ci f ats ° e s ee , boo , Conductor, Sound Magnifiers for des per co i, med; rte relief to old standing e,:;tl o loo l° .,,, P itb ° t s nes , • --Caution. Messrs. S. and -'-'' peed ;- 6 to otle ,L , Aurists, are not in any wa y cono ate net t Of tl3 same name in their inantl.o p re at 1 5 9 '/ 00 1 2, ,n• in any part of the country. ' e had ijoirjr oa cautious and observe -only to b i „.,, r u ,ehe oio marle-street, Piccadilly THE ROYAL COLLEGE OP Sun° Onof thhole4 of this week contains a sontradictithere j sif l : e j two l changes in the college. It states tha t oc il sO:bst t opposite tbe:0;54;11_1 any correspondence between the o°, l2 o , e ats l h ee o ,4 c / Graham on the subject of a sopp ,e _ ke ve f r AI propositions relative to a new chartel. t he ice j. ~ji by the council-no provision relatirlin bf t . . l ei any such document have been saucy.° eu 09,014 bee n rOg r Orti l and no details on the subject h av e se p a e t Medical Times., however, contain lege , a_ 3 ,, ,d y effect that the council of the C°%. e vist a ' Thursday night, to consider the P LEI tended new charter. il t ivit o ' tbe fbe d) NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC •---- d 0 o il. The Earl of Shrewsbury h as preSelin e tel , i t i e ro i of the above church, now nearly con 3 g, o in ..fo o f 4 1 some chancel window, valued 00 1 .. i. sin r .‘1 06 SO F S filled with painted glass, taiol s Ta rs' it 'iislf e , representation of the " glstory ... ei elss m itil e lf , Lord." The window is very larg7 e d to r 0 rol by 18. The consecration is exi)ec A/ 0 1 June next. (In )NlOOl O OO, ; 114 2 ; 0 HIGHWAY ROBBEILY.--"-"' . r ettl..,. - war Prickett, an Excise officer , w :"Sevin's o ito 5 Mile Bottom, on the road t, the De l : bas 4V I within a quarter of a mile 01 bo ra P .. „ 1.1 1, fr9o4, two men stopped him, one of lv si tv - Thel o s . V his neck, and pulled him 4°'%; ad. , left woe ° the money he had about him, 1 he bat" theb i li about his watch, which he ate" st _ e tillt e 'br r " and after searching him 0 !_...-C stating they did it from sheer wa n ---- Oaf °(.11;°11:( josennnpogtitfl:lKleaoiy2.3bnegesdr:tiE:sisq‘tA..,ja,otifnSaete:Fausfi:ehldtoeflirs.ecoto;lo6.6. ~;3,001,1 01 10 0: 1/1° B.riirgs• the off. lsatdor O o a : the 24thofinastd.,auagtbStearticlgatet $ 8-136 theA Rector o e f On the 1 1 1 1 a th rk 24th inst. at BeaucheOP „ 80114011 d; the 24th ' P 'Esq"f°theKeST'son• " belies'. rj. IP i i .fin n es s i t td . :, L t a h et e i cs etwifes te isu f ho t isr: no f istorop * , eldest s daughter of . Mr. L lO3 d' not etrhicse.' t-Streatilf. MARltigfl.,s, Fl ee (1, t ° Aar, w oq . ii, theon o2f6tthheinlaettaenCt.o,rio.:evr faotrie;po ~Y• r ...,.. , 7 : the same place. 1441ge' I° til lo b :: poi „co , i DOM vice, 0100 4.0 bara, the second daughter of the J 0 0" e i. w O at n ki t n li s e , l F "i s t q h ., aignesttcsia, Albion : ctorp N e tt Lo O w n e, t a h g e e 2 d 3 6 d s i . nSt., at 13inghara ."... ..- v - --- 0 O tj } 4 o. l :P b S C$ Og e e LOipton: Printed and Publiehad 4;4 IN S .-$ No. 112. Strand, Printer, Sit sos 4 Strand, in the Precinct of t be e I Middlesex, Tueslay, Janua r l 2 ' DER'