The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

IRELAND. tn Maw, Nov. 9.—The weekly meeting of the Repeal As . socispo'it)he'd to-day at the Co ncil ation Ha ll, was ver y well -; • attended -1' Mr. O'Connell, acconspan , ed by William Smith es, • sO'Briet NO Captain Roderick, entered the Hall, and was re cess loud cheers. out notion of the Hon. and Learned Member for C crk county' atE o'DoNNtu., Esq., of Cottage, Carrick . on - S uir, .).! wan.Zl to the Chair. He briefly thanked the meeting fOr • e tiour conferred onThim, in calling him to preside at ,4% ost, respectable meeting. He hoped that he should . •rform its duties to their most perfect satisfaction. Mr. RAY read the minutes of proceedings at the last meeting. Mr. O'CossEen handed in several sums of money, and announced his intention of visiting Waterford in the course of the ensuing fortnight, for the purpose of endeavouri of ng to heal the existing differences b e tween the Repealers that district. He then acknowledged the receipt of 1/. Os. Bd. from Drury-lane Ward, per Mr. Thoma s H. O'ConnelJ, R.W., &c. &c., who acquainted them that in former days it was the custom with Irishmen in London to meet on Sunday and Monday nights, in low public-houses, at what were called smoking clubs, every man bringing as many acquaintances as he could, each man paying sixpence to be spent in the house, but now this state of things was quite changed. They met this time in public-houses, twenty meetings at one and the same time, though they had no count or squire to preside. Those public-house meetings had as presidents sometimes a lady and sometimes a lord, to whom there was paid as much respect as if the lord of the manor sat as chairman. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN addressed the meeting at great length. lie alluded in terms of deep despondency to the decline of the potato crop, but congratulated the meeting on the spirit already evinced throughout the country to refuse charity from England, and called upon them as they valued their national character to meet the present crisis with energyand resolution. Having reviewed the recent suggestions to save the potatoes, he could not conceal from himself that the awful calamity was impending, and that nothing but the merciful intervention of Providence could protect them from the most disastrous consequences resulting from the failure of the po tato crop. He did not allude to this topic with a view to encourage . t,tie sentiment of despair; on the contrary, he called on tht:lrish nation, upon that occasion, to show them selves worthy of the hig h character they were seeking to attain amongst the nations of the earth. He called on them to exhibit a manliness of determination, such as the exigence of the case required; and he congratulated them that the universal sentiment hitherto exhibited upon that subject had been, that they would accept of no English charity. The resources of that country were still abundantly adequate to maintain their population, and until those resources should have been utterly exhausted, he hoped there would be no man in Ireland who would degrade himself to ask the aid of a subscription from England. Already they had been given to understand by the English press, that in the event of their accepting any relief, however trifling, from England, they would regard them as ungrateful, if they did not abandon the efforts they were making to achieve the legislative inde pendence of their country.—(Hear.) Let them be prepared to meet whatever difficulties—whatever calamities might arise, an the spirit of men contending for freedom, and relying on Providence and on themselves. That Association had been censured for not having taken an earlier part with refer ence to the present calamity, but he did not think such censures justifiable. For his part, he did not hesitate to say that he felt there would be much danger in their point ing out anything which might have a tendency to mislead, and that was the reason why he, for one, did forbear to give any expression of opinion on the subject, until they should have made up t heir minds on what was the best course to be pursued. He had himself suggested the propriety of offering a prize for the best suggestion, having in view the prevention of the extension of the potato disease; but he was afraid that such suggestion would hardly prove effica cious at that moment. It would, however, be the duty of the Committee to watch over that subject with the most intense anxiety, and to adopt from week to week, and from day to day, whatever course appeared most con ducive to the interests of the country, and he felt cer tain that the Committee would not shrink from the task they bad so long performed of being the friends and advo cates of the Itiapeople.—(Cheers.) He had himself arrived at the concluM that remedies were almost useless, and that they should trust in Providence for averting the consequences of the Calamity. It was on the present occa sion that they felt the absolute necessity for a domestic Le gislature. Such a Legislature would call into action the combined wisdom of the nation, for the purpose of miti gating the evils with which they were threatened. What was the conduct of the Government ? A deputation, headed by the chief magistrate, of the leading noblemen and gen tlemen of the county, waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant at his country abode, for the purpose of impressing on his Excellency the immediate necessity that existed for taking immediate measures to arrest the famine to which they were exposed. How was that deputation received? It was received with contumely and contempt; It was supposed that Parliament would have been called together, and that some means might be devised wherebythepeople would be enabled to procure food—that they would promote the extension of public works, and that they would facilitate private enterprise. But expectation had been disappointed. Had the suggestions laid before the House of Commons during the last session, with reference to the relations between landlord and tenant, been adopted, an ample opportunity for the employment of labour could now be exercised in draining and other im provements. He (Mr. O'Brien) was a representative of the Irish people, and his voice ought to be as powerful in that hall as in the House of Commons ; and he would assert that the Government would commit a sin against God, and a crime against man, unless they called Parliament together before Christmas, to take the state of the country into consideration.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then pro ceeded at considerable length to advert to the foreign rela tions of England, and commented upon the many dangers which threatened her from without, and urged the absolute necessity of conciliating Ireland as the only means of escap ing the perils which environed her. The condupt of the va rious Governments of England since the period of the union was not of such a nature as ought to induce the people to be Ratified with those baneful measures. Measures which were boasted as being those of conciliation, always came alloyed with some unfortunate clauses which rendered them unpa latable. He adverted to the Colleges Act, and though lie was the friend of mixed education, he censured the Govern ment for not paying more attention to the remonstrances of the Catholic Prel.ates, who were unanimous in condemning the measure. After some further observations of a strong character, Mr. O'Brien resumed his seat , loudly applauded. Mr. O'6oNNELL having eulogized Mr. O'Brien's speech, said that the manner in which the Executive here had treated the Committee appointed to watch over the progress of the potato rot had compelled them to address the Prime Minister on the subject, and would throw on him the entire responsibility. The Irish people, it appeared, were asking for bread, and they received but a stone. He (Mr. O'Con nell) feared that some outbreak would be the result of the present scarcity, but he warned the people against resorting to violence. The Hon. Gentleman then, in an excellent speech, which the tat( ness of the hour precludes the possi bility of presenting, drew a comparison between the condi tion of the IriAi in 1782, as related by Arthur Young, and their present situation, as noticed in Lord Devon's landlord and tenant commission report, and contended that their des titution was the result of the union. Mr. Jolts: O'CONNELL, in reference to the expression of Mr. O'Brien, relative to the College Bill, repeated his argu lnenta against that measure, and pronounced it dangerous to the faith and morals of the Catholic people of Ireland. Not withstanding Mr. O'Brien's assertions about Mixed educa tion, he continued of the same opinion regarding the godless tA)llegeg scheme. Mr. S. O'BRIEN considered that he had studiously avoided giving utterance to any sentiments which he thought might prove displeasing to the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. Mr. O'CONNELL referred to the acceptance of a President ship in one of the new colleges by the Very Rev. Dr. Kirwan. That reverend gentleman was his friend, and he could scarcely believe he would have countenanced a scheme which had been unanimously condemed by the. Roman Catholic hierar chy. God help the people, but I trust the thought will not cross their minds, that the clergy will be accessible to bribery. lied any man told me that 1)r. Kirwan would have accepted a situation under the Colleges Act, I would as soon believe that a stieam could be turned up the side of a mountain. After a vast variety of routine business was transacted, the rent for the week was announced to be 300/. 17s. 6d., and the meeting then separated. avf,' THE POTATO DISEASE. The accounts received this morning from the provinces are much to the same effect as the preceding one. The Evening Mail of this evening says, in general terms, the writer's im pression :—" 1. That the crop remaining sound is even yet equal to an average one. 2. That if it can be saved, it will prove abundant for every usual purpose. 3. That a great part of it, if not the whole, may be saved by judicious ma nagement. 4. That dryness: i. e. evaporation by ventilation or otherwise, affords the best means of preservation; and we add, that the ventilating pit devised by Dr. Halpin seems the means most applicable on an extensive scale to this process." Since our last the wiseacre commissioners have issued two reports, neithea of which has added to their reputation as practical men, or the instruction of the country in the prac tical means of arresting the malady. If either we or our readers had time or inclination to amuse ourselves with a critical examioation of their labours, scientific or literary, we might have a rich fund of entertainment far a winter's evening. • Such grammar and logic as pervades the following passage'forin Ale staple of these reports, and exhibit prima facie evidence of the fitness of the inditer to become a public instructor:— "We have ascertained (says the report) that autumn planting has already been practised thsoughout Fingal, for the early supply of the Dublin market, and that although the practice has been nearly discontinued, that has not hap pmed for any reason that. affects the present question Neither do we learn that the early period at which the leaves -appear above the ground in spring is attended with any greater risk than what attends precarious clops like the potato in any season." Autumn Wanting we find has been already practised throughout Fingal ; and we commend it as a useful and pre cautionary practice; but before the sentence concludes, our ,hopes are dashed Irith the information, that -the practice has "been Fie rly discontinued, for no reason that affects the pre sent qusstion : that is to say, it has without rhyme or reason been discontinued as soon as it began. But-this is obviously not the reporter's meaning, and if in the first clause we would read formerly instead of already, we should come to something more like sense than as it stands at present, little as that sense is. We must, however, dismiSs this topic for matter more urgent, and introduce our readers to such valuable information as we have selected for their use from our loci correspondence, THE NEW COLLEGES. It is said that Mr. Edward Berwick, a Protestant Whig of the old school, has been appointed Vice-President of the Galway College. The Galway Mercurystates that surveyors are just now busily employed on the intended site of the col lege, which will occupy about eight acres. BELFAST.-11 was stated confidently in town yesterday, and we have reason to believe the rumour may be found to be correct, that the Rev. Pr. Henry, of Armagh, has been appointed by Government Principal of the Ulster College, to be estaclished at Belfast. The matter, however, is, as yet mere rumour, and as such only we give it.—Belfast Chronicle REPRESENTATION OF CORK. The Franchise Association of Cork have resolved unani mously on soliciting Mr. Alexander M'Cartby to stand for the representgAion of that city. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE, The cattle epidemic is raging to a frightful extent in Do. negal, particularly in the neighbourhood of Ballyshaunon. THE SUGAR MARKET. There has been a considerable decline in the Dublin Sugar Market, in consequence of Messrs. Roe's purchases—to which we alluded last week—being about to be thrown upon the 'market, Government having all but intimated their deter mination of not stopping distillation from grain. .EARLY OATS.—WO have learned from a corres pondent, an experienced agriculturist, that Don Oats, if sown any time before Christmas, will be fit to cut in July, a period when a supply might be much wanted, and prove a most sensible relief. We would earnestly . press upon land lords and farmers the necessity of considering this matter, as ono d ij oneutly deserving attentivue—Evening Poe. TH E ARMY. CA ?AIRY'. Cavalrye determination Deot—The c,°autho 'ritiett at the Hope Guards havli • come to th it moving the Cavalry Depot from Maidstone Barracks to \V, Tor Garrison, as soon as the Zeiss of the former place expi:es w hi c h will ta'.e place in a very short period. The INlaidlsit.,ne barracks have been found extremely inconvenient and 1,13.1' unhealthy. 13th Light Dragoons, Cahir—The' troop under Captain Hamilton, with Lieut. Gore, marched fro. m Clonmel for Cahir, 7th November, and joined head-quarten same day, having been relieved by a troop of same corps. DTFANTRY. 7th Royal Fusiliers, Depot, Naas--Lieuteninnts Penner and Whitehead have arrived at Spike Island, Cove of Cork, on board of a steam-vessel, to join the draft cons.!sting of Capt. Cockrane, Lieut. Porter, 1 sergeant, and 40 rank and file, and 6 boys, under orders for embarkation for Barbadocg, on board of the Princess Royal transport, shortly expected at Cove from Deptford. 19th (Ist York North Riding), Depe, Carlow—A re cruiting party has marched from head-quarters for Dublin, to embark per steam vessel for Liverpool, en I •;cnite for York, there to be stationed. Captains Sir M. A. Taite, Bart., and Colley, and Lieutenant Ellarman, are ordered to embark - at Cork for conveyance to the West Indies, to join tileir ser vice companies. Two companies are stationed at Castle Corner. 24th (2d Warwickshire) Regiment, Limerick—Officers on leave of absence :—Major C. H. Doyle, to the 15th gni'. ; Captains Paynter and Brown, to the 31st December ; Ensigns Payne to the 31st December, Thelwall to the 15th December, and the Hon. R. Handcock to the 14th December ; Assistant Surgeon Donald to the 20th December. Recruiting-6 ser geants and 12 rank and file. A sergeant, corporal, and 15 privates, invalids, in charge of an officer, are en route to Dublin, to arrive by 12th November, to appear before a medical board. Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Townsend is com manding. 26th (Cameronian) Regiment, Belfast—Officers on leave : Lieut. -CoL Mountain, C. 8., to Nov. 30; Captain Layard, to Dec. 31 ; Lieutenant Wallace, to Nov. 30 ; Roberts, to March 30, 1846; Ensign Mountain, to Aprill4, 1846. Recruiting -3 sergeants and 6. rank and file; at Carrickfergus Castle Fort, 1 company, consisting of Captain Edgar, Ensign Pres ton, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 60 rank and file. Major Hogarth is commanding. 30th (Cambridge) Regiment, Castlebar—Officers on leave of absence :---Lieutenant-Colonel Singleton, on appointment ; Brevet Majors Geddes and Gregory; Captain Holy, to Dec. 26 ; Lieutenants Shum, to Jan. 31, 1546 ; Tongue, to Dec. 21; Bayley, to Dec. S 1; Ensign Rose, to March 20, 1846; Quartermaster Ward, to Nov. 30. Recruiting-3 sergeants, and 8 rank and file. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ormand is commanding. Two companies stationed at Gal way. Detachments are stationed at Loughrea, Outerard, Westport, and Balinrolie. Recruiting parties are at Cam bridge, Bristol, Exeter, Aberdeen, and Iloniton. 32d (Cornwall) Regiment, Athlone—Captain Kyrle and Lieut. King, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 51 rank and file. A company occupy barracks at Longford. Recruiting-3 sergeants, and 3 rank and file. 33d (Ist York West Riding), Depot, Clonmel—Lieut. the Hon. J. Arbuthnot Keane is on leave to the 31st December; Lieut. Quale to the 31st of January, 1846. Major Galloway is commanding. 34th (Cumberland) Regiment, Depot. Fermoy—Five pri vates (invalids), in charge of a non• commissioned officer, have marched from head-quarters from Cork, there to embark per steam vessel for Dublin, to appear before a medical board, and to appear by the Ist of November. Officers pre sent at head quarters :—Major Deedes; Captains Heathcote, Talbot, and Hervey, Lieuts. Robertson and Still, Depot Paymaster, Agnew, Depot Adjutant, and Randolph; Ensigns Robinson, Palmer, and Farnet. Recruiting-5 sergeants and 16 rank and file. Officers on leave of absence :—Captain Schreiber, to the 15th of November; Ensign Fyfe, to the 31st of December; Assistant-Surgeon Eaton, on appoint ment ; Lieut. Brisbane is on leave of absence to the 28th of March, 1846, at Largo House, Fife, the seat of his relation Gen. Sir Thomas Brisbane, G.C.B. and G.C.H, colonel of the regiment, which is on the passage to Corfu. 35th (Sussex) Regiment, Depot, Charles Fort, Kinsale.— Captain Moore and Ensign O'Callaghan are on leave to the 19th of December. Recruiting-2 sergeants and 10 rank and file. Major Deedes is commanding. 40th (2d Somersetshire) Regiment—Yesterday morning the fourth company depot of the 40th regiment marched from Chatham en route for Dover, under command of Lieut.- Col. George Hibbert, C.B. The strength of the depot con sists of 16 sergeants, 16 corporals, 1 drummer, and 347 pbri vates, with the following officers—Captain John Gray, Cap tain Fred. Wm. Webber Smitb, Captain T. J. Valiant, and Captain J. M. B. Neill; Lieuts. Wm. Thomas, Robert Carey, A. A bercromby Nelson, Samuel Snelling, J. A. Macwan ; Ensigns Richard Snowden Payne, H. Thomas Fell White; Paymaster Charles Scartin gaylor, and Assistant-Surgeon H. Mapleton, M.D. The depot has recruiting in different district., 10 sergeants, 5 corporals, and 29 privates; 1 ser geant and 1 corporal on furlough. The depot will remain at Dover until the regiment arrives from India, which is ex pected in March next, it having embarked at Calcutta in the beginning of last month for England 40th (South Devon) Regiment, Depot, Armagh—Major Campbell left Armagh on the 7th instant for Dublin, there to embark for the West Indies, to join the service com panies, and relieve Major Maclean, ordered home to take charge of the depOt. Brevet Major Martin has taken the command. Two companies are stationed at Charlemont and Monaghan, which were relieved on the 7th instant from head-quarters. 48th (Northampton) Regiment, Depot, Kilkenny—A re cruiting party has marched from head-quarters for Dublin, there to embark per steam-vessel for Liverpool, en route to Sudbury, in Suffolk, to be stationed. Captain Emmett is on leave of absence to Nov. 30 ; Lieut. Henry, ditto, to Dec. 31; and Ensign O'Sullivan, ditto, to Jan. 31, 1846. 41st (Welsh) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin—Officers on leave of absence :—Capt. Donaldson and Captain Downes, to Dec. 31 ; Lieutenants Rawlins, Wells, Wetherel, and Taylor, to Dec. 31 ; Lieut. Arkwright to Nov. 30; Lieut. Steward, to Dec. 25. Brevet Major Dempster is in command of a com pany stationed at Portobello Barracks, with Lieut. Great head. Ensigns Lennox and Rawlinson, and Surgeon Wilkins, are on leave to Nov. 30. Recruiting-1 sergeant and 12 rank and file. Lieut.. Col. Gore Brown, C. 8., is commanding. 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales) Regiment, Athlone—. Officers on leave of absence :—Capt. Hart, to Jan. 31, 1846 ; Lieut. Ogilvy, to Nov. 15. Recruiting-4 sergeants and 8 rank and file. Capt. Montgomery's company, consisting of Ensigns Page and King, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 40 rank and file, joined head-quarters on sth November, having been relieved by a company of the same corps. Lieut.- Col. Adams, C. 8., is commanding. 6Gth (Berkshire), Depot, Clare Castle—One sergeant and 8 privates (invalids), have marched from head-quarters for Dublin Beggar's Bush recruiting depot, to arrive by 12th November, to appear before the medical board. Lieut. Smythe is on leave of absence till gazetted on half-pay, as staff-officer to pay pensioners. Ensign Bell is on leave to 30th November. Recruiting-3 sergeants and 8 rank and file. Brevet Lieut. Goldie is commanding at head-quarters. Cap tain Devonport is stationed at Killaloe, in command of a company. CILATIIAM GARRISO24.—The following number of troops available for duty at this garrison, according to the last re turns, are upwards of 2,000 men. The present effective strength of the provisional battalion comprises 1,420 men, and the 65th 402 men; the remainder for duty are made up by the Royal Marine corps, out of which 40 men are required for the garrison of Upnor Castle, and a guard of 13 at Fort Clarence. There are, besides, in hospital, 499 soldiers sick, including the invalids in the general hospital. A number of recruits are daily arriving from the several recruiting districts, to join the depots of those regiments serving in India. ROYALARTILLERY. — On Monday Lord Bloomfield inspected the two companies of Captain Mee and Major Lecke, which returned to Woolwich, from Canada, on Friday last, in heavy marching order, on the grand mounting parade. His Lordship "was pleased to express his approbation of the state of both companies. THE IROWTRADE-in AMERICA. By an arrival from New York on Monday, we have the following interesting particulars relative to the development of the iron trade there : " The production of iron in .Pennsyliania in 1844, was About 200,000 tons, and it is estimated that this year it will amount to about 350,000 to 400,000 tons. It is also esti mated, from good data that the total production of iron in the United States this year will not fall short of 700,000 tons, and that the consumption will amount to about 800,000 tons, leaving a deficiency, to be supplied by importation, of about 100,000 tons. We annex a table exhibiting the quantity and value of iron and steel of all kinds imported into the United States for the last sixteen years. "AGGREGATE QUANTITY AND VALUE OF IRON AND STEEL IMPOitTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. Years. Tons. Value. Per ton. 1828-29 1329-30 1830-31 ...... 51,571 1831-32 . ..... 73,979 1832-33 .. ... 80,289 ... 1833-34 1834-35 - 1835-36 1836-37 1837.33 1838-39 1839-40 . ..... 72,769 1840-41 ...... 112,111 1841-42 1842-43 1843-44 Total t0n5...1,261,074 63,837,526 dols. 50 dols. " This table shows that, notwithstanding the immense in crease in the consumption of iron in this country, there has not been any very great increase in the importation, and that. the supplies from our own manufactories have nearly kept pace with the increased demand fur consumption: " The most extensive iron works in this country are those of the Mount Savage Company of Maryland. Its present capital is 1,500,000 dollars, with power to increase it to 500,000,000 dollars. Its stock is owned principally in Europe. These are the only works in - the United States where railroad iron is manufactured to any extent, and it is calculated that 20,000 tons can be made in a year. Some of the eastern railroads now building are supplied with rails by this com pany.- The mines of the Mount Savage Company, and, in fact, all the iron mines of Maryland, are situated in the Cum berland coal region, which, • for the manufacture of iron, is said to be superior to any other. "The iron manufacturers of Great Britain already feel alarmed at the rapid increase in this business in this country." —New York Paper. • [ADvErrisEstENT.]--Deatness and Defective Vision Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas tle-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece ut wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad , anced age, and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in the most severe eases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of ' those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision,it is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera i Gia.4sem, Mieroseop es , & e .' C a pti on —M essrs . S. arid B. *IP:. moos, Opticians, h ue not in ztz way connected with a person of tit? same name in their im, late neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country, To prevent mistakes, ie cautious, and Observe—Only to Pe had at 49, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. opposite the York Hotel, awl 25, itoutii Castle-street, Edin, burgh. it E pusAr, TO BURT A CHILD.—A painful s&r!C , occprrd on Monday last, at the Church of St. Saviour's, Norwich. The body of a child, belonging; to Mr. Horth, one of the night watch, was brought up for interment, but the Rev. Mr. Beckwith, officiating for the incumbent, refused to perform the ceremony, in consequence of the child not hay ing been fully baptised. After the mourners had been de tained in the church about two hours, Mr. King, the clerk, prevailed on another clergyman to bury it.—Chelmsford CihroniCift THE SUSPICIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT BROMLEY. The• ease of tale X. 01 1 15 g.7-9Nal , klarrietAlonckten, 'was poisoned by prussic atict two years ,back at grange", iiertlttr-subeequent extraordinary conduct:Of, the Coroner_ with reference to the transaction, continue to create a great tleal-of interest in the neighb'burhood, and some circum stances have- recently transpired which render it very de sirable that the niatter should be brought to some termina tion, and that the guilty party—for that the deceased met her death bY foul play there seems to be no doubt enter tained either by the jury or the medical men who were exa mined—should be discovered, or that those against whom suspicions have been entertained should be exonerated from all share in the foul transaction. As so long a period has e lapsed since the commencement of the inquiry, it may be not amiss to state briefly under what circumstances the de ceased c,•las discovered, and the facts upon which the above opinion is lounded. It appeared that Harriet Monckton, who is described as being a fine, handsome young woman, was the daughter of •pGor parents residing in the neighbour hood of Bromley, but. they bad contrived to give her a rather better education than ordinary, and she had obtained a situation as a teacher at a school in London, which, shortly before the period at which she came by her un timely end, she had given up, and was about to take an dther of a similar character at Arundel, in Sussex, but b e f ol z proceeding to her new situation, she came to Bromley' to pass a few days with her mother. On the Monday Iv `eir she was last seen alive she left home apparently in good health and spirits, saying that she should return smartly, and was never more seen alive. Search was made for her that evening and all the next day, but without avail, !luta the evening of Tuesday, whet it was suggested by one of the party who was in search of the deceased, that they should examine a closet, situated at the rear of a Dissenting chapel in Widmore-lane, Bromley, and, upon going there, the deceased was found dead upon the floor of the closet, in a sitting position, and from the perfectly placid and composed appearance of her features, it was at first supposed that she bad died a natural death, particularly as there was no trace of any deadly instrument or ingredient visi ble by which the death could have been occasioned. The Coroner forthis division of Kent held his inquest in due course, and, at the suggestion of the jury," a post mortem examination of the deceased was made by Mr. Kott, a surgeon, residing at Bromley, and another medical gentleman. It was then dis covered, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the deceased had come by her death by means of prussic acid, a quantity being found in her stomach sufficient, in the opinion of the medical gentlemen, to have killed a dozen people. It also appeared that the unfortunate - girl was very:far advanced in the family way, and anearly full-grown child had shared the fate of its unhappy mother. Upon the re-assembling of the ' jury these additional facts were given:in evidence, and very strong testimony was adduced to show that it was almost impossible that the deceased could have destroyed herself. In the first place, it appeared by the medical testimony that the effects of the poison must have been to destroy life al most immediately, so that she must have taken it in the place where the deceased was found, but no phial or cup was discovered that could have contained the poison, either there or anywhere near the place. In the next place, if the de ceased had herself taken the poison, she would no doubt have fallen immediately to the ground, and her dress would, in all probability, have been in confusion; but, on the contrary, as above stated, she was found in an easy sitting position, her clothes apparently smoothed down, with her left hand rest ing easily upon her thigh, and with a white handkerchief under it. The impression produced by the evidence upon the jury, and upon almost all who heard it, was, that the the poison had not been taken by the deceased in the closet, but that it had been administered to her elsewhere, and after she was dead that she had been carried and placed in the position in which she was found. Some adjournments were made by the Coroner's jury, but although upon each occasion nothing transpired in any way to alter their opinion that the deceased met her death by foul play, no direct evidence was adduced tending to fix the guilt upon any individual; and since the last adjournment, which is now upwards of eighteen months ago, the Coroner has declined to call the jury to gether, although repeated applications have been made to him to do so. The jury was originally composed of fifteen individuals, but of this number one is dead, another has gone abroad, and a third has left this part of the country, still, however, leaving twelve, a number that would be competent to come to a decision upon the subject. A short time back these twelve gentlemen sent a communication to the Coroner requesting to know when he intended to call them together, and they received a reply, stating that he should do so very shortly; but since then nothing more has been heard upon the subject. The jory,. however, feel so strongly the neces sity for public inquiry into this mysterious affair, that it is understood to be their intention to apply to the Secretary of State upon the subject. T rIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1845. SHOCKING DEATH. On Tuesday. forenoon Samuel Brunt, of Clarendon-street, Hahne, aged nineteen, employed at the brewery of Mr. Joseph Bleackley, Downing-street, Ardwick, as assistant brewer, was engaged in cleaning out a porter vat, which had undergone the process of sweetening, when he lost his life under the following circumstances :—About a fort night before, five barrels of 'bottoms and nine of boiling water had been put into the vat for this purpose, and about half of it was drawn off by Thomas Dunbabin, cooper, on Tuesday morning. The deceased then went down the ladder into the inside of the vat, taking with him a boom to stir up the remaining water and dregs, so that the whole might run off together • he had not descended far before he fell to the bottom of the vat. Assistance was procured, and in about 20 minutes he was got out, by means of a hook at tached to a rope; one of the men attempted to go inside, but was obliged to return by reason of the foul air. Two surgeons attended, but animation could not be restored. An inquest was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Chapman, when it was stated by Dunbabin that the vat, which held 150 bar rels, had been emptied and properly cleaned with hot water about two months before. There was a small square door at the top, which stood open. Four barrels of hot salt and water were then put in, and closed up; this remained in a week; it was then let off, and a man went clown and swept out the vat. The bottoms and hot water were then put in as before stated; the vat was then 'closed and kept so until Tuesday morning, except when it was opened to put in some additional water. Witness had been in that brewery thiry- nine years, and they had always adopted this method of purifying the vat, except that they never used salt and water before; but he did not think anything noxious bad arisen from that, as one of the men bad gone down and cleaned out the vat when the salt and water was drawn off. He never knewtsuch an occurrence before. On half-a-dozen similar occasions he had gone into vats, but had never met with any danger. The deceased had been six months in the brewery; he had never been in a vat on a similar occasion before. The liquor was only about four inches deep in the vat when he began to stir it, the noxious vapour or gas which arose bad overpowered him. The vat was 11 or 12 feet in diameter. Witness did not consider there was any risk. The vat had been used as a porter yat 30 years; it had stood empty about five years; but it had been taken down and repaired, and was fitted again last spring; but the liquor having a tack. they had tried to purify it as stated. They did not use candles when there was a sufficient light from a window, as in this case. Wit ness has gone into a vat without danger, in some cases, where a lighted candle was extinguished by the foul air. The jury, in acreeing to a verdict of "Accidentally suffo cated," recommended that in future the trap-doors of the vats should be left open two or three days before any one went in.—Manchester Times. THE LUMBER TRADE. We are sorry to see the old objection to the " lumber trade' started in a late number of the Kingston Chronicle and Ga zette—viz., its demoralising tendency. If this objection were to be strictly acted upon we are afraid it would be of exten sive application. The Chronide may recollect what is said by the highest authority of the danger of dealing in mer chandise. If the tendency to demoralisation is to prevent a trade from being followed, we apprehend that there might .be an interdict on many trades and professions, even ex tending to that of newspaper editor. The military and naval professions would not be free from danger. We con ceive that every honest pursuit, not contrary to law, ought to stand on the same footing ; perfect freedom for all to follow it,-if they find their advantage in it. "But," says the Chronicle, "if the amount of capital employed in the lUmberingbusineSs were directed to the improvement of the country, by creating new settlements and clearing land for agricultural purposes, the province would derive permanent advantages from its outlay." The capitalist, we should conceive, must likewise be allowed to study his advantage. In so doing he is the most likely to promote the advantage of the country. The Chronicie would, of course, pass over the immoral tendency of the employment of the ship— owners in providing vessels and seamen to convey the produce of agricultural settlements to the best market. He surely would not think of the agricultural settlements consuming all their surplus produce, or their capital being diverted to the payment, feeding, and clothing of non-agricultural labourers, who could furnish nothing so cheap as it might be furnished with the money got for produce from the persons employed in the lumbering or other trade business, and paid with the capital employed in trade. In truth , there can be no thriving agricultural settlements without large bodies of non-agricultural labourers, and it is best not to interfere with their industry, nor to pronounce anathema against the capitalists who ret them in motion, no matter what may be their honest pursuit. TLe people of Great Britain and Ire land want our lumber, end pay us well for it. If we can furnish them anything else that they want, and will ex change on equally favourable terms for what we want from them, there is nothing to prevent us from making the exchange; and we may trust to the clearsightedness of capitalists for directing the employment of their capital in a way to give the most profitable returns. In respect to morality, we must just take care of our own, and leave the morality of others to - be looked after by themselves, and those whose particular charge it is ; recollecting that no lawful oc cupation or business is placed out of the pale of salvation,and that it may happeff that the " publican and sinner" may be more acceptable than they who speak disparagingly of him. Quebec Gaiette. THE APPROACHING SPLENDID BALL AT GUILD HALL.—The Ward Schools of the City, . which are acknow ledged by all who have visited them to be productive of a. large amount of good, are to derive a benefit, front the vote of the Common Council, this year, by having the profits arising from a ball, at the Guildhall, devotee to their use. For the last few years, by the generous exertions of Lord Dudley Stuart, the Guildhall Ball, which has always taken place a few days after the 9th of November, has been the means of contributing to the support of the unfortunate Poles. It was the intention of his Lordship, some weeks ago, to renew his application for the use of the Hall for the same charity, but the moment he heard that the Lord Mayor contemplated a vigorous effort in favour of the Ward Schools, he not only dropped all thought of application, but warmly offered his as sistance in promoting the object of the friends of the Ward Schools. The Committee appointed to carry into effect the resolutions of the advocates of this great charity will meet immediately, and make the most magnificent arrangements. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and great numb;rs of the nobility, have most zealously patronised the entertainment, which will be conducted by Mr. Benedict. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA —We regret to learn that the latest advices from Canada give a most un favourable account of the s'ate• of Lord Metcalfe's health. Indeed we have seen a private letter, from a gentleman whose official duties give him daily opportunities for obser vation, which represents the distinguished person in ques tion as so worn down by suffering as to make it utterly ha possible that human nature can much longer bear up, unless the creel disease (caliper of the face) to which he has so long been a inattyr,shoold take a most Bilpipected eltange. Lord Metcalfe had, lip to tlie last, possihlo moment, per yerpd in his pers - pal attention to the duties of his important oltipe i but on the day on which the letter to which we have Allotted was written, he was for the first tithe unable to heap the pain and fatigue of removal to the eouncil-roorn, and the s in en d ce isP .—r enßsklilitan:!.2 was necessarily transacted in his ab [AbvERTIsEmENT.]—ANASPASIA IN THE TREAT VENT op. CONSUMPTION.—The Dispensary for the Treatment of Consumption, Asthma, 4114 ett)er Affections of the Chest (by Anas puia), is removed from HS, Strand. to 14, f i eicester-place. Cronin, physician to the Institution, has removed from 6, Craven? otreet, titrand, to 14, Leicester-oml Leicester-square, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. t Y.,esterda4 ayouwi, an, nawd Cgiers, Fas,brought before the Eord 11. r upon - et - charge If robbery. .. James Biz;ivie, a waterman. wilar3ssdes at Gravesend, stated that on Monday morning, :about ten o'clock, he arrived at Billingsgate in the hatch-boat named the Sir Edward Cod rington,. with fresh herrings for sale. He was in partner ship with the owner of the bolt in the sale of fish, and the prisoner was a cabin-boy belonging to the boat. About two o'clock on Monday the prisoner was missed from on board, and at three o'clock witness went down into the bed-cabin for the purpose of getting the sum of 191.45. 6d., which he had placed under the head of the bed-cabin. Upon going to the spot where he had deposited the cash he found that it had been stolen, together with two bags, a memorandum book, and some papers. Witness had seen the money safe at eleven or twelve o'clock, and did not leave the boat after that time until he missed the money, and no one had been in the cabin but the prisoner and himself. Between six an& seven o'clock witness went with an officer, to whom he com plained of the robbery, to the Cit . , of London Theatre, where he found the prisoner, in the company of several girls of the town, amongst the audience. The prisoner was searched, and in bis possession was found a bag, which the witness knew at once to be his, and which contained several sove reigns, no doubt his property. Upon being questioned, the prisoner said the bag contained no book, but it did hold a shilling. John Bower (policeman 570) stated that he went to the City of London Theatre on the evening of the day of the robbery, suspecting that he should find the prisoner amongst the loose females, and he was not long there when he found that he was right in his guess. The bag which was taken from the prisoner contained 101. in gold, and there were three sovereigns loose in the prisoner's pockets. The LORD MAYOII—DO you wish to say anything, pri soner? Prisoner—Why, I took the money, my Lord, from the place where it was put, and I went along with a lot. of girls, but whether I spent the money amongst them or gave it to them, I don't know, I'm sure. As for the book that master talks of, that was in the big bag, and I tore it up.—The prisoner was committed for trial. Lewis Benjamin was charged with having picked the pocket of a gentleman of a handkerchief. Mr. W. H. Bailey, of No. 4, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico, , stated that on the afternoon of Monday, as he was passing along the north side of St. Paul's-churchyard, he suddenly felt his handkerchief removed from his coat 'pocket. Upon turning round he observed the prisoner wipe his face with the very handkerchief that had been removed from his pos session. Witness said to him, "What are you doing with my handkerchief?" to which he replied, " I didn't know it was yours."—(A laugh.) Shelford (policeman No 160) said that be apprehended the prisoner upon the charge of Mr. Bailey, and found two other handkerchiefs upon his person. The prisoner said that he had not committed any robbery. He had been in the habit of carrying three handkerchiefs for his personal convenience and accommodation, for he did not know how soon he might lose one or two in the streets of London.—(A laugh.) The Lean Marna said the prisoner should have an oppor tunity of making that defence before those who would be capable of appreciating it. The prisoner—My Lord, I hope you will order the officer to give me up my own property. The two handkerchiefs he took from me are my own. The prisoner was committed for trial. John Roberts was committed for having picked the pocket of Mr. J. T. Hyne, Treasurer of the Surrey Theatre. The robbery was adroitly committed at ten o'clock on Monday morning, in Gresham-street. The witness suddenly missed his handkerchief, and upon turning round saw his handker chief in the front pocket of the prisoner's coat; when, the prisoner following him, he stooped and slipped out the hand kerchief, and dropped it in the street. His LORDSHIP acknowledged, with thanks, the receipt of Si. from Mr. W. West, through the hands of Messrs. Hoare, the bankers, for the poor-box, and expressed his sincere hope and belief that the contributions to the poor-box of the Mansion-house, to which there were so many melancholy claims, especially in the winter months, would be numerous. He apprehended that, everything considered, the approach ing winter would tell upon the sympathies of the friends of humanity with more force than was generally expected. He therefore thought that he could not commence the duties of the office of Chief Magistrate in a more proper manner than by calling upon those who were prosperous to remember the thousands who had to contend with poverty in its most frightful shapes. Two gentlemen who were present immediately contributed a sovereign each, but would not mention their names. GUILDHALL. James Freeman, a cab driver, was brought up on a warrant before Mr. Alderman Hooper, charged with misbehaviour, in refusing for half-an-hour to leave the passage of the house of Mr. Toplis, in New Bridge-street, in order to enforce pay ment of an excessive charge. Roe, the City officer, stated that the prisoner had' treated two summonses with contempt before a warrant was issued. Miss Toplis deposed that on the 30th ult. she hired the cab in King William-street, Strand, to bring her to Bridge street, Blackfriars. She had three ladies with her. On set ting them down she gave defendant ls. 6d. He said that was not his fare. She immediately handed him her card, and said he might summon her for any other demand he might have. He walked into the passage, and said he must have 2s Bd., as extra passengers were carried; but he afterwards reduced his claim to 2s. 4d. She refused to pay him any snore, and he refused to leave the house. She called in the policeman, who declined interfering without instructions from his superior. She sent her servant to the station-house and a second policeman came, but he also declined interfering, except by expostulating with the defendant, which induced him to leave. It was between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, and he kept possession of the passage for half-an-hour. Mr. Alderman HOOPER presumed there were none but women in the house at the time. Miss Toplis said it was so. Policeman John Eve, 325, was called to prove that the defendant demanded first 2s. Bd. and then 2s. 4d. Mr. Alderman Hooreir asked him why he allowed the de fendant to annoy the ladies by stopping in the passage ? The policeman said he was young in office and did not know how to act in such a case. The ALDERMAN said that he should not have hesitated, with the authority of the lady, to use force to put the de fendant out. After receiving the card he had no pretext for stopping. The defendant said, that the pavement being up in Fleet street, he was obliged to make a circuit of three-quarters of a mile, and this entitled him to ls. 4d., and he claimed Is. for the extra passengers. Mr. Alderman HOOPER asked him if he objected to carry four without an extra fee when the ladies got in ?—The de fendant admitted that he did not. The ALDERMAN stated, that without objecting to carry four, he was not entitled to any extra fare. If h e h a d ob jected lie would have lost the job, and some other driver would gladly have taken it. The defendant had demanded 4d. more than his fare by his own showing, and he had be haved very ill in stopping in the passage and taking advan tage of the ladies being alone. Instead of imposing a fine on him, lie should sentence him to a term of imprisonment, and he committed him to Bridewell for a fortnight. BOW-STREET. Joseph Dowers alias Taylor, described as barman of the Admiral Vernon public-house in Long-alley, was charged with being concerned in an extensive robbery of boots and shoes, some months back, in Great Russell-street, Blooms bury. In April last a burglary was committed on the business premises of Mr. Tritcher, a boot and shoemaker in Great Russell-street, from whose shop about 400 pairs were stelen, valued by him at 200/. No information of the offenders could be obtained, but about a fortnight ago a man named George Hill was taken into custody at Norwich on suspicion of receiving a portion of the stolen property. Hill at once stated of whom he had purchased the property, and the pro secutor was referred to the prisoner, who, on being taxed with the robbery, declared that he knew nothing of Hill, and had never seen him before. Hill stated the particu lars of the purchase, but, in the absence of some material witnesses, the prisoner was remanded for a week. Newman, of the E division, stated that the prisoner was the landlord of the house a which he was taken, and which was of the worst description, there being at the time be tween 50 and 100 thieves in various parts of the building, engaged in rat-killing, dog-fighting, boxing, and other sue pastimes. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Harrison, George Rayner, and Elizabeth Rayner, were put to the bar charged with atteApting to pick pockets. Charles Walter, baker , lianwayitreet, said a lady came into his master's shop, about lialf•aM our b e f ore, to purc h ase some muffins. The three prisonersitho entered the shop, and while the lady was about replacing leer purse in her pocket, the female prisoner, whose movements were directed and screened by her companions, made an attempt to possess herself of it. Witness's attention was first directed to the prisoners iu consequence of seeing them attempt the pocket of the lady before she entered the shop to make her pur• chase. Witness, on seeing this second attempt at robbery, immediately took measures to have them lodged in the ens- - tody of the police. To a question from the Magistrate witness said he had often seen the male and female prisoners Rayner in the street, and had more than once noticed that they attempted to pick pockets, but he was in 'such a situation as not to be able readily to give an alarm or afford assistance. He almost al ways saw the Rayners about on the days when the Museum was open to the Thomas Harrison, in defence, said he was.a stranger to his companions. lie merely went into the muffin-shop to pur chase a couple of buns. Rayner said he went into the shop to give some refresh ment to his sister, when he was falsely charged with being a pickpocket. Mr. MALTBY remanded all the prisoners until . Monday next. _ _ • LAMBETH. Caroline Cummings, Mary Cummings, Anne Renelanan; Alice Langley, and William Goff, were further examined before Mr. Norton, on a charge of plundering Mr. Charles Shaw, a solicitor, residing at No. 11, Terrace, Walworth, of property, consisting of plate, jewellery, wearing apparel, &c., to the amount of over 600/. Mr. Parry, the barrister, attended with Mr. Shaw to prO secute, and Mr. Games and Mr. Pelham appeared on behalf of the prisoners. The evidence in the case was of so voluminous a nature that it occupied the chief clerk nearly five hours in reducing it to writing, a n d - the_ case altogethe r p resented th e most wholesale system of plunder that perhaps was ever brought before the public. The short facts of the case were these :—Some vears ago the mother of th e p r i soners Caroline and Mary Cummings lost her husband, and was left with a large and helpless family, and the circumstance becoming known to Mr. Shaw, the prosecutor, that gentleinan became the benefactor and almost the entire support of the family. When the prisoner Mary Cummings was at a suitable age, she was taken into the house of Mr. Shaw as a servant, but owing to some misconduct was discharged at the end cf two years. She was succeaded by her sister Caroline, in whom the most implicit confidence was reposed, and to whose family Mr. Shaw continued his humane assistance. Her honesty was not suspected until a few months ago, when Mrs. Shaw dis covered that a plate-chest which had been left in her care by a young lady name d C a l cra ft, during her absence in Ireland, had been empti e d o f it s va l u able contents, and the prisoner Caroline admitt e d h av i ng pa wned it, and implored forgive ness. Mrs. Shaw at the same time, unknown to her husband, supplied a sum of 271. to redeem the property, which was pleAged at the shop of Mr. Turner, pawnbroker, of Crown row, Walworth-road, and, replacing it in t he chest, locked and corded it. Ab out t h e m iddl e of the last month the ohest WO again eaniined, and it was then found that it had been forced open, an d i ts contents gone. The circumstance was mentioned to Mr. Sh aw , and that gentleman,- on making an examination of his own plate-chest discoVered it quite omPIY d and, with the exception of a few spoons and articles in daily use , every a rticle of plate, a gold and a silver watch, rings, brooches, wearing apparel, and, in fact, a great quantity of property were gone. The missing property was traced to the shop of Mr. Turner, where the principal part of it had been pawned by the prisoner Mary Cummings, and this led to the apprehension of her and her sister Caroline, The other prisoners were 1 1 1 § 0 4PPT-oheiided la consequence of their having been seen freq ue ntly to call at the house of M r . Bbuw and carry away things, and Langley and Reachmq were sworn to as having pawned various articles of property belonging to Mr. Shaw. The property produced, and which had been pawned at th9„s_pop of Mr. Turner aia.4 ilentifigd bit Mr. ghtlw ligss Chlctatt. Some idol ITV Tormea -4 the extent to whic., l l:the.w.hole.saleAystem _of plunder-and pawning had been carrieil.from the fact that from the 13th of April, 1844, to the 18th of October, 1845, no less a sum than 528/. had been obtained at the shop'of.Mr. Turner.upon pledges above 10s., and nearly 501. upon pledges varying from ss. to 10s. Mr. Turners's account of the transaction was, that when the prisoner Mary Cummings first came to pledge a silver spoon she represented that the property be longed to her uncle, a Mr. Back, residing at No. 11, on the Terrace, Walworth-road (not one hundred yards off). They believed, they said, her representation, and though property of the most massive description, sometimes to the amount of 201. a day, and upwards had been pledged, and the principal part of it bore initials, arms, and crests, none of which were suited to the name of "Back," they never took the slightest trouble to inquire who really resided at NcL 11 on the Ter race, nor to find out who the realowner of the property was ; nor had they even put a single address to a single duplicate produced, though the latter omission renders Mr. Turner liable to enormous penalties. . In the course of the proceedings Mr. Parry remarked, that from the representation of the prisoner Mary Cummings, when she first pledged the plate, that it belonged to her uncle, - an impression had gone abroad that Mr. Shaw actually stood in that degree of relationship to her and her family. This he (Mr. Parry) begged most unequivocally to deny. Mr. Shaw was no relative whatever to the prisoners. Ile had become their kind benefactor in distress, and the return they had made was that which his Worship saw. _ _ The two Cummingses, and Langley, were fully committed for trial; and the others remanded to a future day. SOUTHWARK. John Johnson, a well-dressed man, between 30 and 40 years of age, was brought up before Mr. Cottingham, charged with being concerned with others (not in custody) ikstealing a cash-box containing sixty sovereigns and some important documents, the property of Mr. William Skelton, the landlord of the Fleece public-house, in George-street, Bermondsey. The complainant stated, that on the preceding day, about half-past three o'clock, a respectable-looking well-dressed man, accompanied by a woman, entered his house, and went into the parlour. They, however, had not been many minutes there when the man came out again, and addressing complain ant, who was serving at the bar at the time, said that he wanted to write a letter of importance, that the parlour had company in it, and he therefore requested that he and the lady might be permitted to occupy the bar-parlour for the purpose. Complainant, from the apparent respectability of the parties, at once acceded to the request, and the man and woman accordingly entered the room, drew their chairs to the table, and called for pen, ink, and paper. The writing material having been placed on the table, the landlord de sired his niece, a young girl of 14, to remain in the apart ment with them while he was engaged at the bar, and the man immediately commenced writing to the woman's dictation, and both appeared to be wholly absorbed in the business. Soon afterwards, however, the parlour bell rang ; and as the waiter was out the complainant's niece left the bar-parlour to attend to the bell, and during her absence, which was very short, both the man and woman went out of the house, the former going first and the latter immediately afterwards. The complainant, surprised at the circumstance of the strangers going away in such a hasty manner without saying a word, left the bar at which he was serving, and rushing into the bar-parlour, immediately went to the table-drawer, where he kept his cash-box, and, to his utter dismay, found. it was gone, with its contents, consisting of 60 0r62 sovereigns, his license, together with the magistrates's certificate, and other documents. Upon the discovery of the robbery he gave the alarm, but before he got to the street-door both the man and woman were out of sight. He added that two strange men were standing at the bar, and that the prisoner and another stranger were in the parlour, and that the mo ment they heard the . alarm of the cashbox having been stolen, they all left the house. The prisoner, however, was followed, brought back, and given into custody. The land lord further said that he had no doubt the whole of the parties mentioned were acting in collusion, and that they formed part of a gang of well-dressed thieves, who made a point of entering the houses of licensed victuallers, and rob bing them under circumstances similar to those in which his bar-parlour had been plundered of the cash-box containing the money and documents. In reg.) , to Mr. CorrorGuAm, the complainant said, the prisoner - entered the house soon after the man and woman above described had taken their seats in the bar-parlour, but he assumed to be a total stranger to either of them, and walked into the public room, and called for spirits and water and a cheroot. Mr. Edward Neighbour was then examined, and he stated that he lived in Heath-street, Hampstead, and that on the preceding day he called to see the landlord of the Fleece, and had not been long in the parlour before the prisoner and an elderly well-dressed man entered within a few minutes of each other. They, however, did not recognise each other, and the elderly man had not been many moments in the room, when he commenced a conversation with witness on the subject of the probability of the opening of the ports for the admission of corn. While they were talking on the subject, the pri soner very rudely interrupted the conversation, and when witness expostulated with him for such behaviour, the elderly man said, " Don't take notice of the ill manners of a young fellow like him ; he is some young fellow with more money than brains, or he would not have intruded his conversation. particularly on a subject that he knows nothing about." During the disputation on the subject, the alarm given by the landlord that his cash-box was stolen was heard, and at the same moment the prisoner and the elderly man hastened out of the room, and without waiting to make any inquiry at the bar about the loss of the money, they both quitted the house, Witness, the moment he heard of the robbery, concluded that both the prisoner and the elderly man were the associates of the two persons who had been in the bar-parlour, and under that conviction he immediately pursued the prisoner, and stopped him at the top of the street. When he was brought back to the house the prisoner was questioned as to who and what he was, and his reply was, that he was in the navy, that lie had just re ceived a sum of money at the Admiralty, and he expressed the strongest indignation that he should have been suspected of any concern with the robbery that had just been com mitted. He however hesitated to give his address, saying that he lived at one of the squares at the west end of the town, and when requested to show his card he at length pro duced one with the name "J. Johnson, Bloomsbury-square," written upon it, and said that was where he lived. When the policeman made his appearance the prisoner tried to tear the card out of witness's hand, but he failed in the attempt; and as he gave such a verrunsatisfactory account of himself, he was then handed over to the custody of the policeman. Mr. CormanAm said that robberies of a very serious de scription had taken place at differentpublic-houses in the metropolis, and that they were generally committed in such a very dexterous manner as to leave no doubt that a regularly organised gang went about for that purpose ; that in the pre sent instance the complainant had boon plundered to a very serious amount, and that although there was at present only suspicion against the accused, and as it was intended that a further inquiry should take place, he (the Magistrate), there fore, under the circumstances, thought it most advisable at the present stage of the examination that the prisoner should reserve what he had to say until then. He, however, would use his own discretion on that point. The prisoner said lie had nothing to conceal; that he went into the Fleece, had a glass of ale and a cheroot in the par lour, and that while there he heard an alarm that the cash box was stolen, and he left the room and went to the bar, and had a glass of ale while standing there, and afterwards left the house, when he was followed and so unceremoniously brought back and questioned as if he were the thief. He added that none of the people in the house were his acquain tances, and that be merely went in there as he might to any other public-house of a similar description. The complainant was recalled; and he stated that the pri soner had asserted a falsehood in saying that he had a glass of ale at the bar after the robbery, when, the fact was, he left the house the moment the alarm of the cash-box being stolen was given. Mr. CorrtxmrAlit asked the prisoner if his real address was Bloomsbury• square; and, if it was, at what number did he live in that place? The prisoner said, that at present he wished to decline answering the question, and expressed a hope the Magistrate would accept of bail for his appearance. Mr. COrrINGTIAM, however, refused to accept of sureties under the circumstances, and remanded the prisoner to give an opportunity of some of his associates being taken into custody. It was stated the prisoner had been in custody before, and that he belonged to the swell mob. THE DIAMOND STEAM-PACKET COMPANY..--.The annual meeting of the Proprietors in this Company was held on Monday, in the large room of the New Inn, Gravesend; Dr. Warren in the chair.: It appeared that the receipts of the year amounted in round numbers to 27,0001., and the expenditure to 23,0001., leaving a balance of 4,000/., from out of which a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared. The Chair man stated that after a year of extraordinary competition and low fares, the Company was in a position much more favourable than it had, in the opening of the season, any hope of attaining. DISSOLUTION OF THE SONS OF THE THAMES STEAM BOAT COMPANY.—Yesterday the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sons of the Thames Steam-boat Com pany took place at the Company's office, 12, Mark-l ane . M r. Warren, having been called to the chair, read the report, from which it appeared that the Company's boats had con veyed 178,939 passengers, amounting to 6,4014 being a fall ing off of 968/. from the previous year. It then proceeded to state that they had paid 2,000/. for a new boiler; that a re cent accident had cost them 400/. ; that there was a bill to Messrs. Miller and Co. for 622/., which they could not meet; their liabilities amounting in all to 6,0001. The report sug gested the selling of the boats, and winding up the affairs of the Company. The report having been received, Messrs. Angus and Wilson were appointed directors for the ensuing year. After a desultory conversation, it was ultimately pro posed by Sir. Hewer, and seconded by Mr. Manning, "That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the best means of extri cating the Company from its present pecuniary embarrass ment would be to sell the boats and dissolve the Company; and that, ccnsistent with the provisions of the deed of settle ment, a meeting be forthwith called." The resolution was carried unanimously. PARINGDON.—RAILWAY MEETING.--A large meeting was held at the Crown Inn, on Tuesday, in pursuance of a notice that a deputation from the Committee of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway Com pany, would attend to explain their intentions and the ob- jects to be gained by such railway. Sir Robert Throgmorton took the chair. The projected line, and its probable advan tages to the district, were explained by Mr. Westmacott, of London, after which the Rev. Mr. Evanson, of Inglesham, and Dr. Mantell proposed and seconded a resolution expres sive of the opinion of the meeting in favour of the line, and Raymond Barker, Esq., of Fairford, and H. St. John Medley, Esq., proposed and seconded a resolution to petition Parlia ment on the subject, and a requisition to the county Members to support the same. P. Pusey, Esq , M.P., expressed his readiness and pleasure to dEi so; after which Mr. Barker offered to the meeting a resolution in favour of an extersioa line to Cirencester and Stroud, which Mr. Smith, of South ross, having seconded, the meeting affirmed.— Wilts Incic pendent. A LONG LOST RAPHIEL.—The Academie des Beaux Arts, at its last sitting, had an interesting piece of intelligence communicated to it by M. R. Rochette, its per petual secretary, and received by him from M. Jesi, the cele brated engraver. It was that an immense fresco, by Raphael, in admirable preservation, has been discovered at Florence, in the refectory of a convent, suppressed at the close of the last century. This work, which represents the t , Last Sup per," was generally attributed to Perrugino, but, on its being lately cleaned, Raphael's name was found on the robe of one of the apostles, with the date of 1514, when the great painter was in the 21st year of his age. This is the period of his life of which Vasari and other writers on art seem to know least, and this discovery fills up the chasm which has hitherto been felt in Raphael's career.—Galignuni. THE HERRING FlSHERY.—Providence is still blessing this part of the western coast with unexampled suc cess in the herring fishery. On Thursday night the largest take yet had was made near Mutton Island, within a mile of the harbour, and the joy of the poor fishermen is ex. ovule. We know not if other portions of the coast have been equally favoured ; but the finest field is open at present for the purchase of herrings in the market.—Galway Vi a . dicator. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. + LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12. EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Derby and Crewe, 44—Grand Junction, 229—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. M.), Hudde"r"sfield "ciriai and Railway, 9 1 ,4—Leeds and Thirsk, 13 1 / 2 —Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 2%—Mid land, , 138—Ditto, 401. Shares, 204—North Union (A), 203 —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 3 / 4 - - South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 10%.—Water ford and Valentia, I%—Datch Rhenish; 7%. LEEDS, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Brighton, 59—Midland, 139—York and North Midland Extension, 26 —Leeds and Bradford Extensions, 39—Leeds and Dewsbury, 18 3 / c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 134—Newcastle and Ber wick, 13%—North British, New, s —Wakefield, Pontefract; and Goole, 41—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 41/2—Lon don and York, 41. 11s.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 31. lls.— Cambridge and Lincoln Extensions, 4%—"Direct Northern, 2—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 44—London and York (Bawtrv), 3%—West Riding Union, 7% .-.East Lincoln shire, 0/ 4 —Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eaatern, 2s. Bd. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 2s. 6d. dis.—Leicester and Birmingham, 10s. p.—Leicester and Bedford, I.os. p.—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 p.—Nottingharu and Boston, 12s. 6d. p.—Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber gate, 3—South Midlands, 3%p.—Wakefield and B ra df or d, ss. p.—Welsh Midlands, 2%. . • • HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Huddersfield and Manchester, 13%—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 22 Leeds and Thirsk, 13%—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 17%—London and York, 4%—Grand Union, 2% —North and South Junction, 25s.—North Western, 3%. HULL, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby (10 pet cent. guaranteed), 101—North British, (Carlisle), 3 Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 1% —Derby and Gainsborough, I%—Hull:and Barnsley Junction,' 255. YORK, Nov. 12. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Mid land Extension, 26 3 / 4 —Newcastle and Berwick, 13—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3k—London and York, '4% —Grand Union, l4—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 2% — Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3% p.—Welsh Midland, 2%. BRISTOL, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 83-Ditto, New, 7 3 %-Bristol and South Wales Junction, 21. 13a. 9d.-South Wales, 4%-Vale of Neath, 3%-Welsh Midland, 21. lls. 3d. EDINBURGH, Nov. 10. STOCK Excit.cimx.-The sales are- Aberdeen, 71. 155.- Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-Caledo nian Extension, 31.-Clydesdale Junction, 201.-Direct Northern, 21. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 361.-Ditto, New,. 174-Dundee and Perth, 91.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 4/. 55.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, New, 131.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbar ton, 11.-Edinburgh, Leith, and G ran t on , 24/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 4/. 2s. 641.- Edinburgh and Perth, 5/. 10s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 721.- Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 101. 15s. -Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow Dumfries, and Car lisle, 31 . 55.-Great North of Scotland, 3/. 135.-Inverness and Elgin, 24-London and York, 54-North British, 22/. -Ditto, Halves, 54-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 95.-Scottish Central, 16/.-Scottish Midland, 41. 10s.-Scottish Western, 2/. 125.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21. 15s. DUBLIN, Nov. 11. _ STOCK FICIIANGE.—The sales are—Cork and Waterford, Ph—Dublin and Drogheda, 82—Great Southern and Western, 20—Great Southern, Clonmel to Thurles, 1% — Midland Great Western, Extension to Sligo, 2—Killarney Junctions, 114—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junctions, 3 5 4—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin,l%—Wexford, Water ford, and Valentin, 13/4. PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Notices that application is intended to be made to Parlia ment in the ensuing session in behalf of the under-men tioned schemes appeared in the Gazette of last night : South Wales Railway, with several branches. Midland Railway—Syston and Peterborough deviations and branches. Dorking and Brighton Railway, with three branches, and for letting a certain portion of the said line to the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company. Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct Railway, with a branch to join the Manchester and Leeds. Railway. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway, with three branches. Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. For a Bill empowering the Eastern Union Railway Com. pany to buy a portion of the Eastern Counties line. Sheffield; Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, with four branches. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Barnsley Branch). Ditto- I (Whales.bridge and Hayfield Branches). Ditto—(Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal, purchases). Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway, with two branches. Chelmsford and Bury Railway, with several branches. Leeds and Bradford Railway—Enlargement. Eastern Counties—(Brockley-grove and Billericay Exten sion). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal—(Brad ford Branch). Midland Union, Burton- on-Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Leicester Railway, with a diverging line to the Trent Valley Railway at Atherstone. Hull and Selby, and Hull and Selby and Bridlington Branch Railway transfer. Leicester and Birmingham Railway, with a branch to Coventry, and other branches. Leeds and Bradford Extension. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway. Harwich Pier and Railway, and branch railways. Birmingham and Worcester Direct Railway, with a branch to Redditch. Liverpool and Preston, and Manchester and Southport Railways, with several branches. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Worcester and Shrewsbury). Erewash Railway branches. Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway ; Grimsby Docks ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (amalgamation). Furness Railway, with several branches. York and Lancaster Railway, with several branches. Lowestoft and Beccles Railway and Drainage. Chester and Manchester Direct Railway. Great Western and Uxbridge Railway. Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Railway, with several branches. Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Com pany. Manchester and Birmingham Enlargement, and Branch Railways. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway, with branches and Dock. Kennet and Avon Canal Railway and Great Western Junction. London and South-Western Railway Enlargement and Extension. Newmarket and Chesterfordway. t a Gainsborough, Epworth, an eds, Wakefield and Ponte fract Junction Railway. —7 ' The Grand Trunk, or StaffOrCand. Peterborough Union Railway. . Great Redwin and Trimley Jtic s tion Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffteld unction Railway (Exten sions No. 1). _ . _ _ _ Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield anti Gainsborough Canal Company. East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway—Harrogate, Knaresborough, and York. South-Western Railway (Salislfury ExtenSion). • MaidOn and Braintree R a il wa. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Gdole Railway—Methley; As. kern, Moss, and Oakenshaw branches. Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway. Portsea Railway and Docks. • Manchester, Ilebden-bridge, and Keighley, and Leeds and Carlisle Junction Railway. • • Newcastle and Carlisle Railway ( Extension and branches). Newcastle and Carlisle Brancli Railway to Allenheads. Manchester and Leeds Railway Extedsions. Preston and Wyre Extension and Darwen Junction Rail way. West Cornwall Railway. Morecombe-bay Harbour and Railway. South Devon Railway Extensions. Dover and Deal Railway, and Cinque Ports, Thanet, and Coast Junction. Leicester, Tean, and Dove Valley, and Stafford Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Extension No. 2). York and North Midland Railway (Whitby 'and Pickering Extension). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Alterations and Extensions). Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway. York and Carlisle Railway. • Shrophire Union Railway and Canal Company—Shrews- bury and Stafford. Wakefield, Ossett, and Dewsbury Direct and Atmospheric Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Surrey Grand Junction Railway. London and Croydon Railway—Alteration and ExtenSion. Launceston and South Devon Railway. Ipswich and Bury Extension, and Norwich and Yarmouth Railways Junction. East and West India Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway. Great Grimsby and Gainsborough Junction Railway, with branches. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway. Lincoln and Grantham Direct Railway. Ashbourn and Derby Junction Railway. Walchet, Taunton, and Crewkerne Railway. St. Albans, Hatfield, and Hertford Railway. Ascott-under-Wychwood and Alston Junction Railway. Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway. Deptford, Thames-tunnel, and St. George's-in-the-East Railway; and Croydon and tlackwall Railways Junction. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway. Bolton-le-Moors and Garston and Speke Railway. Midland and Leeds and Bradford Railways. NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday was the morrow of St. Martin, and, according to ancient custom, the Judges and various members of the Privy'Council assembled in the afternoon in the Court of Ex chequer, for the purpose of performing the ceremony of pricking for sheriffs for the ensuing year. Shortly after two o'clock the Right Hon. H. Goulhurn as ; Chancellor of the Exchequer the Earl of Lincoln, as First Commissioner of Woods a n d Forests ; Sir J. Graham, as Secretary of State for' the Home Department, each attending as members of the Privy Council, entered the Court. The members of the judicial bench who took their seats were— the Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, as the Lord Chief Jus tice of England ; the Lord Chief Justice of the CoUrt of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Justice 'Erle. Mr. Baron Alderson was absent through illness. The list of sheriffs for the different counties was eventually arranged as follows : Bedfordshire—William Stuart, of Tempsford-hall, Esq. ; Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq.; and Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham, Esq. Berkshire—William Stephens, of Prospect Esq._; Wil liam Henry Stone, o f St rea tl y -h ouse, Esq. ; and John Hercy of Winkfield-place, Esq. Bucks--Sir William Robert Clayton, of Harleyford-house. Esq. ; the Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild, of Went more; William Lowndes, of the Bury, in Chesham, Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Samuel Newton, of Croxton Park, Esq. ; Sir Charles Weyer Watson, of West Wratting, Esq. ; Henry John Adeane, of Babraham, Esq. Cumberland—Joseph Pocklington Senhouso, of Barrow house and Nether-ball, Esq. ; Gilfrid William Hartley, of Rose-hill s Esq. ; Henry Duudas Maclean, of Lazouby, Esq. MllNiaMmo Cheshire—James Hugh Smith Barry, of Marb U Esq.; Ralph Gerard Leycester, of Toft-hall, Esq. ; Brooke, of Grange, Esq. Bar• ' Derbvshire—Sir RotsW Wilmot, of Osmanten, J e tt - John tell Crompton, of Esq. ; Sir Robert Bin' of Foremark, Bart. Bert ; Devonshire—Sir Walter Palk Carew, of Haccombe, Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, of Arlington-CD Bart., and Henry Chatnpernowne, of Darlington , Esrk k i e sori, Dorsetshire—Charles Porcher, of Cliffe-house, Tin E s q. ; Esq. ; Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Minster, 4 1 8, and Henry John Reuben D awso n Darner, of MIRO Ab b y, and E sq. * a Durham—Ralph Stephen Pemberton, of Barn e Vse r H f Usworth-house, Esq. ; Edward Collingwood nia ° ss iora• Sockbarn-hall, Esq.; John Fawcett, of the City of P Thr - Essex—John Clermont Whiteman, of the Gro ve, s ark' Garnon, Epping, Esq. ; William Coxhead Marsh, 01,,.4011, hall, Esq. ; Beale, Blackwell Colvin, of Mauer° Waltham Holy Cross, Esq. 10' ; Gloucestershire--Sir Charles Cockerell, of Lezincoth.„ol George Bengough, of Newland, Esq.; and John 111 - 1-- Barker, of Fairford-park, Esq. a- a Herefordshire—John Partridge, of Bisbop's - w oo 1 Sir John James Garbett Walsham, of Knill-court,l3art. John Francis Vaughan, of Courtfield, Esq. E 0 1' ; Hertfordshire—Felix Calvert, of Hunsdon-house, Humphrey Harper Berchall, of Bushey-grange, Esq William parker, of Ward-park, Eeq. FOI' ; Kent—John Deacon, o f M a bl e don, Tunbridge, and sir William Osmond Hammond, of St. Albans, Esq . ; Samuel Scott, of Bromley. ; of BarkleY,_,e_s, Leicestershire—William Anne Pochiu, o '' William Wootton Abney, of Swepstone,_ Esq.; Freeman Coleman, of Evington-house, Esq. Abbe.' 'Lincolnshire—James Banks Stanhope, of Reverley Esq.; Theophilus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding, E s q . ' Richard Ellison of Sudbrooke Haut, Esq. EA .; onmouthshire—Thomas Prothero; of IVialpaes"° n \rsilli ol Charles John Kemys Tvnte, of Cefonably, Esq.; Hunter Little, of Upper Fantygoyhee, Esq. e s elis in i Norfolk—The Hon. Francis Baring, of Little BO', , the Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, of Sandring han " Wyrley Birch, of Wretham, Esq. Es ; Northamptonshire—Allen Allieoch, of OrliagbilrYslorg9 Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick, Esq. ; and the Sion. , " tig t ad' James Finch Hatton (commonly called Lord Viscon sto No)rtne, of Kirby Hall. c , humberland—Charles William Orde, of 1' -r 4 nri TA' Esq. ; James Henry Hollis Atkinson, of Angerton, George Bandon, of Brockalee; Esq. Esq.; JPria Nottinghamshire—Francis Hall, of Park-ha , , i . e abe Vere of Carlton-upon-Trent, Esq. ; Thomas u" - Thornton Hildyard, of Flintham, Esq. Est ; Oxfordshire—Mortimer Ricardo, of Kidding tol ,p 4.; Samuel Weare Gardiner, of Combe-lodge, Whitch urco Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, of Great Tew, Estl• s oca!' Rutland—The Hon. Cha r l es G e o r ge Noel (° ° , - 1 , 0 to . called Lord Viscount Camden), of Flitteris-park ; '° son, of Wing, Esq.; Inchley Taylor, of Preston, Fah fst Shropshire—Richard Henry Kinchant, of Volt LlWasiN Esq. Purney Sillitoe, of Petwell-h a ll, Es • Jose P - Lovett, of Belmont, Esq. , Somersetahire—Richard Meade King, of Fy r Esq. ; John Matthew Quant oc k, o f Norton se .' e we don, :sq.; and Edward Ayshford Sanford, of •IV II court, Esq. Siro' s e Staffordshire-John Levett, of Wychnor, Esq," t ee ward Dolman Scott, of Great Barr, Bart.; an d - dw Frederick Gough, of Perry Barr. 111) 1 ' dl County of Southampton—John Beardmore, of 0 1 4 Fareham, Esq. ; Lancelot Archer Barton, - of„ /8 ,,, f grOb' Emsworth, Esq. ; and John Wood, of She oo°- Alton, Esq. Suffolk—Sir Robert Shafto Adair, of Flix.,itt'n'ooo Henry James Oakes, o f Nowton-court, Esq.; `"- 4; James Ireland, of Ousd en -h a ll, E sq . d ' Surrey—Charles M'Niven, of Perrysfield Osste si; Francis Bogle Shannon Wilder, of B us bridge - °''' and Lee Steere, of Jayes, Dorkiv.g, Esq „ Sussex—William Townly Vise s ed of William Gratwick Kinleside Gratwick, of* Halm Thomas Fitzgerald, of Waltham, Esq. , Warwickshire—Charles Th omas W ar d o f Clop s Esq.; Thomas Dilke, o f M ar t o k e Castle, Esq •, 4 1/ Towers Lawrence, of Balsall-h ea th, E sq . ili a l`So Wiltshire—The Hon. J aco b Pl e yd e ll B o uverie sc ° . o ssib ss called Viscount Folkeston), of Longford Castle;, DvgJ Locke, of Ashton, Giffard-house, Esq. ; Sir Fran cs Astley, of Everley, Bart. fa br Worcestershire—Edward Gresley Stone, 0, u se, court, Esq.; William Hem m i ng , o f F ox Lsdia.-41°u- Mland Joseph Frederick Led s a m , o f N or thfield, Esq. 4, •Yorkshire—George Lane Fox, of Branhant•P . pea" James Walker, of Sanh a tto n , Esq.; and . Josar Ribston- park, Esq. tie; WAI43. a ye This is the first occasion that the sheriffs for u . GOA in Wa! 111- es have been pricked on this day. — LI I ill A 0 nience had been found to arise i n consequence 0 sw is s functionaries not being nominated o n th e same n sea tlO Act, the Bth of Victoria, c. 11, was th e refore E ss oil session to enable their appointme n t t o take P"'" morrow of St. Martin. • , E s ii Anglesea—Norris Matthew Godd ar d, o f Ffrvrao the 'lis , John Lewis Hampton Lewis, of Henllys, Esq* ; clr l ° ° 'itO Hon. Spencer Bulkeley, Lord Newbor oug b, of 'Pe' Brecrmshire—Morgan Morgan, of Bodwigead, Davies Powell, of Graig y Nos, Esq. ; Penny Cefn Parc, Esq. ss itoelo l Carnarvonshire—Charles Henry Evans, of .'si sr e; Esq.; Sir Harry Dent Goring, of GraiglwYd_ mas Wright, of Berwenfaur, Esq. ece t iO r Carmarthenshire—Sir William Dundas, of Na il s co Llanelly, Bart. ; Sir John Mansell, of Llanshphalsa• then, Bart. ; Seymour Phillips Allen, of Kencerd, e Cardiganshire—Alban Thomas aldes, of T.rOsslitsil James Davies, of Trefechan, Aberystwith, Esq .; , Grey Harfordßattersby, of Peterwell, Esq. , G ott D i Denbighshire—Brownlow Wynne Wynne,. 0 iseoa; ' near Abergele, Esq. • Richard Lloyd Edwards, °,` , s ur s urf'log, near Abergele, Esq.; Richard Jones, of Per' ; Ruabon, Esq. Flintshire--Samuel Henry Thomson, of Bryn' Is • • Llewelyn Falkner Lloyd, of Naunerch, Esq.; neux Williams, of Penbedew, Esq. Glamorganshire—Richard Franklen, of Clement%sd Esq.; Thomas William Booker, of Velindra, Esq'; err Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of Rheola, Esq. of F e at' Merionethshire—Sir Rob er t 'Williams Vaugha n l l l nan, Bart.; John Griffith G r iffith s , o f F a ltuntav s e, Esq. ; and Hugh Jones, of Gurmddelwm, Esq. E de Montgomeryshire—John Foulkes, of Carno, Gatacre, of Naritymeichied, E s q. ; Christopher e' I Buy wllwarch, Esq. ss i s jti ) Pembrokeshire—The lion. William Henry Marloes ; George Henry Carew, of Carew Castle , John Harding Harries, of Trevacoone, Esq. - 0 ,, s 100 Radnorshire--Thomas Priekarri, of Dderw, ' Abraham Whittaker, of Newcastle-court, Esa• ; Williams, of the Skreen, Esq. 0 Aor itie ; l IMPROVEMENTS AT CHELSEA.—The this parish having applied for and obtained a jug," Parliament in the course of the last session, ena' sd io s i• to borrow a sum of money for the pee peee.olet o lti v ,,o certain improvements in the parish, levying a ora l ` , ' ,o the householders and inhabitants of a peunY, w h 'paet° the pound, until such loan should be repel, the u" s s' big to the parish in consequence is now beginninglsetusd, bly to manifest itself. The first improvement a very important one, has been to remove the ttl'7oB 'Ste throughout the parish, the leas es o f th e wit° l°:° ' cl• ft, being purchased and the toll-gates entifely rein°` s sel f has enabled the omnibuses which ply to BN''',, r f (VC" town, instead of staving, as formerly, on this side " o er where the Queen's-elin-gate stood, just below the r e sumption Hospital, in the Fulham-road, in or de se 0) ) the toll, to proceed, now that the gate has bee ls o, l ,' fi 'is . considerably further down the road into little Ch e tti ele,', to the convenience of the numerous highly roP ec i n 01 ,/, bitants of that locality. Other improvements ° scr, nature, which- it is unnecessary further. to P's s li, have been effected in other parts of the P a- ec o `"til l ,to the satisfaction of the particular quarter The next noticeable improvement has t eroa, g complete paving of the entire footways , the parish, especially in the King's-ros a sreo 'Fulham-road, where it was much needed. ssso •cr i s; Of course, been a work of very considerable exr., - s itb ° l o , could tot otherwise have . been accomplish ed o wls , very great outlay on the part of the inhabitan ts i s et different lines of .road, but which has now been do v e o f t; 0 putting 0 11 to any particular or iminediate a dd , l :ll l V pease or inconvenience. Other improvements course 0141;f; important nature, are in contemplation or in eolus o sJe e carried into effect, which must have the effect of n ° 00 0 0 ( 0 6 improving the:neighbourhood, and adding to the, he col 4 beauties of the parish, and at the same time, t°,`„ e sth' s ' and convenience' of the numerous highly itil s ecit' r ei ° ,i respectable inhabitants of this recently vastly l a i r s ~ much improved locality. The whole of the a sis diari e c7 l trusted to a number_ of gentlemen of high s' - w ei. e _ r influence in the parish, who have been nominated as . 6 1 0 by the inhabitants into a body of commission" s special purpose. • o l ' f et , 0 PRICE OF BREAD.—In consequence 0 n os 0 , the average price of wheat in the Edinburg)! „, lour pound loaf is reduced . one halfpenny, be en at eightpence halfpenny, ready meney, or if s toi month; and ninepence, credit. Flour 3s. Per ( 0 i re d , o pf dontan Mercury. stic s ti s s RAILWAY SURVEYlNG.—Engineers an are scouring the country around Lincoln in everi'ree, eer, and white and red flags are almost as p l en tiful as id O ti U o f demand for surveyors is so great, and the prices P ags vi mous, that it is quite common now for the in 2° l line to buy off or kidnap the surveyors of a ri v ; l t i l e. the view of preventing their enemy from iodgh , l7 4 ,r nor - , plans prior to going before Parliament. The ;` de e 44 of the surveyors of the Lincoln and Retford 'Pe r 1 0 ,0 and instead of being hard at work with his broti: s ebm• Oho' was discovered surveying a roast duck in the n et e of Horneastle.—Lincolashire Chronicle. i e ary „o , ` THE POTATO DISEASE.—it does not C at' o' B that the wetness of the summer is the cause of the bti t, t tl potatoes. In parts of the country the rain vr a lp s d 11 ; j and slight, yet the potato is there affected- acta ble al, lengthened severe winter an effect upon the Ireq' rt befr fo il THE SHARE MARKET.—The Great N „ Eastern Clothes-Line did not move a peg an,"i i - eavCpi l. and Great Trunks, which opened well, dose(' ;es te . juvenile Stag, whose scrip was at discount. • cr" ously for his par, but got no attention.-I'ench• , vt. 11 1)6'. BIRTIIS op ary If fil On the 12th inst., at Pall.mall, the wife of 13 . a glijle' tlit 1 Esq., of a daughter. of a OP ( On the Bth inst., at'Hammersmith, Mrs. Loveless, _. i'l ~O, • On the llth Inst., at Chard, the wife of the tic' ~ le Curate of that town, of a daughter. 1,11, til ! 4 0 ' - ttio6 .-- ' I 0-'O. jf On the 11th inst., at the Royal crescent, - .Nc) ~,tigr„' e ie Charles John Plutoptre, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a -‘ V." 0 1 ' On the 23d ult., at Malta, the lady of Capt. l'idY, i ` d . ..0 16 01 On the 7th inst., at Hyde-park-place, Cumberh° 0, 0 4 of J. Fletcher Fletcher, of a daughter. d l os ,d po On the Bth inst., at Brompton, the lady of Echnu n ti e r a daughter. id ae ° 0' On the 9th inst., at Pea-hill, Lancashire, the Wlfe 7 - _ m id Esq., of a daughter. ni ha d Viw -e' I° On the 9th lust., at Kensington, the wife of c ow! Es Onq., of a son. the 10th inst., the lady of Captain Hatboro, IWYSI ' daughter P O ' - -- -- JP MARRIED. On the 4th inst., Thomas Fever Gander, to Cath ar ieth di vice;sl.lllPP ter of Mr. Wilson, of Southampton-street, Strand. ta re, o f On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Hanover - reptd• , Knox, Efq., of Stratford-place, to Lucy, third a Bernal, Esq., M.P., of Eaton -square. . 1 1 : . 0 ( aged 10° DIED. e nsoa , ti, On the 31st ult., at Torquay, Mrs. Sarah W. r halal' e st C hr li On the 7th inst., at Staffield House, LedburY , Idt j d the Rev. Henry Blackstone Williams. o f the •=d' I " On the Bth inst., at Canterbury, Grace, widow AO' f lOf Admiral Joshua Sydney H inst., Charlesorton. Prof Oa o f e 0 On the 9th Bodham, M.D., e • 10 di the University of Glasgow. the Ao. On the 10th inst., at Kensington, Richard Staten , 0 ps, Richard Valpy, Jun., Esq. , th . Gad ° • On the 11th inst., George Belshaw, Es(l.l c' , "`"' , ,if , Covent-garden, aged 69. 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