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METROPOLITAN SANITARY COMMISSION. The first report of the Metropolitan Sanitary Com missioners has been printed. The following is a sum mary of the conclusions arrived at : Having consulted in relation to the general ri se an d spread of cholera, the exper ience obtained in the most severely visited districts in the metropolis, and also the Most authentic records of the experience in the principal towns in Great Britain and in Europe, we find in rela tion to this disease : That amidst the town populations the cholera visits with most severity the same classes of persons and the same places, and is governed nearly by the same cir cumstances as typhus. That it has been proved by experience that those cir cumstances are generally removable by proper sanitary arrangements, and that typhus is to a great extent pre ventible; and we have every reason to believe that the spread of cholera is preventible by the like means— namely, by general and combined sanitary arrange ments. That these arrangements, instead of being incidental and collateral to other measures, are paramount, and principal, and effective, not only against cholera, but also against other epidemics. Than when the cholera first appeared in this country the general belief was that the disease spreads princi pally, if not entirely, by cocaraunication of the infected with the healthy, and that, therefore, the main security of nations, cities, and in , ',ividuals, consists in the isola tion of the infected from the uninfected, a doctrine which naturally led to the enforcement of rigorous qua metine regulations, the establishment of military and police cordons, 0 - .,e excitement of panic, and the neg beet, and otter, the abandonment of the sick, even by relations and, friends. That sir,ce opportunities have been obtained of a closer observatson of the character of this disease, and of the' mode in which it spreads through continents, nations, cities, towns, and families, facts have been ascertained wlf,ch are incompatible with the foregoing view of its, Mode of dissemination, and of its prevention. That the disease is not, as it was then generally sup posed to be, contagious, and that the practical application of that, doctrine did no good, but was fraught with much evil. That when it previously visited this country it was bellf,ved that the most powerful predisposition to this di° ease is induced by improper or deficient food, wad that, for this reason, its chief victims are to be found among the poor ; but it is now universally admitted that a far more powerful pre-disponent is the habitual respiration of an impure atmosphere; that the highest degree of susceptibility is produced where both these conditions are combined, that is, where peo ple live irregularly, or on unsuitable diet, and at the same time filthily; and that, in places in which a great degree of cleanliness is maintained, the poor as well as the rich enjoy exemption from this disease. That on an examination of the actual state of the back streets, lanes, courts, and alleys of the metropolis, it is found that in general little or no improvement has taken place in their sanitary condition since the preva lence of cholera in 1832; and that were this disease again to break out in the present state of these localities, there is no reasonable ground to suppose that the pesti lence would not spread as extensively and prove as fatal as on its former ♦isitation. In regard to this disease we fear that complete mea sures of prevention must be eventual on the c•anbination of works, which must be the subject of further inves tigations; but in respect to the immediate and special measures available fur its prevention, we find that such would be—measures of cleansing for whole lines of sewers, from their commencement, through the several districts to the outfalls ; cleansing of cesspools (wherever it may be effected into the sewers), and the removal of whatsoever may be removed in suspension in water in the various modes of flushing, by the use of ad ditional and abundant supplies of water, and we find— That it is expedient that a commission for the entire drainage of the whole of the metropolis should be ap pointed, with a special view to such measures, and with aid to carry them out. With respect to measures of alleviation of cholera, we ;find— : That it is one of the peculiar characteristics of this disease that it sets at defiance, to a great degree, the resources of medical art and science, as is too fully proved by the fact that, under the most favourable cir cumstances, of those whom it attacks there perish nesey two out of seven, and under the most unfavourable • circumstances nine out of ten. That still there can be no doubt that individuals are saved, who would otherwise perish, that are early placed _under favourable circumstances and judicious medical treatment. That although the removal to cholera hospitals, unless at a very early period of the attack, and unless the situation of the hospital happened to be highly favour. able, was proved by experience to be injurious rather than beneficial; yet among the classes most subject to this disease, there must be individuals in a state of such utter destitution as to render some provision absolutely necessary, That it is desirable that existing establishments for the reception and treatment of the sick be immediately inspected by officers especially conversant with warm : ing, ventilation, and other structural arrangements, to advise on the alterations and adaptations necessary to afford effectual aid to the individuals who may require it. That where there is at present adequate accommoda tion by proper hospitals for fever cases, such accommo dation will in general suffice for cholera, fever not being prevalent when cholera is epidemic, and fever cases being in general more numerous than those of cholera. On the inquiries we have made as to the administra tion of the law of sewers in the several districts in the metropolis since the year 1834, when the administrators of that law were examined by a Committee of the House of Commons: since the year 1842, when they were examined under the sanitary inquiry, and 1843, when they were investigated by the commissioners of inquiry into the means of improving the health of towns ; and on the best consideration we have been enabled to give to the descriptions of works which have subsequently been carried cut by direction of the courts of commis sioners of sewers, to the mode in which they have exer cised their existing powers, and to the measures fur which they have obtained, or propose to obtain, the sanction of Parliament, we find— That unnecessary expense and inconvenience to the public is consequent on the division of the natural drain age areas among several distinct authorities, and that it is impossible that improved works of systematic drain age can be carried out under arrangements that geo graphically divide the lines of watershed and the outfalls between separate and conflicting authorities. That the works which the present district commis sioners execute, and propose to execute, are uncertain, erroneous, and defective in their general principles of construction, injurious in their action, and unduly ex rensive. Taat after the authentic expositions which have been given of the principles of construction and management of improved works, the extensions of sewers or drains, ac cumulative of decomposing refuse, are acts of injury to the public health, and of waste of the public money. That the execution by the district courts of commis • sioners of large works of drainage or sewerage, without reference to any general plan or survey, involves ,crreat risk of erroneous and imperfect works andnd waste of the' rates they are empowered to levy. For the prevention of disease and saving of health and life, by early carrying out efficient works of drainage, and diminishing the mass of atmospheric impurities, by which the public health is depressed ; and for the pre vention of expenditure upon inefficient works, we feel it oir duty to recommend an immediate exercise of the powers of the Crown, and That the several commissions appointed under its satthority in the metropolis be recalled with the least possible _delay.' That. the law of sewers, now administered by nume rous persons in these separate districts, be confided to one body of commissioners for the whole of the metro polis, - That to ensure executive dispatch, and obviate that weakening responsibility which arises from its present division amongst large bodies, the commissioners - should be limited in number; and competent, through their known attention to sanitary improvement, to select and sustain the labours of paid officers and the execu tion of works in the attainment of this their proper ob ject. Though the practical consolidation which we submit as necessary, and within the power of the Crown—its rights not being, as we believe, barred by any of the local .Acts—would be a great advance upon the existing state cf things as a permanent arrangement, yet we now sub mit it tss a measure of immediate urgency to abate . epidemic disease, and to stay waste; at the same time ./c. regard it as essentially preparatory to further alte rations which we propose hereafter to submit for the consi aeration of your Majesty. Should the apprehension of the return of the pesti lence prove unfounded, as we fervently hope it may, all meaa-ures preventive of that epidemic cannot fail to be sneensful against fever, and other large and fatal classes o w f i ' t 6 b i i seese. If that which may be done within the time, every aid and exertion in carrying out such mea sures, evii,t la e e_ n lit s t e le, as compared with the magnitude of the arcely fail to repay the effort. and Concurrentlycleansing, which with the immediate works of flushing to carry .31. which the paid officers may be enabled consolidated , commission expect that the first work which a of directin g t o te must see the necessity miisi°tlproceeded with would be the general Sur. he Engineers, under the direction the officers of the Royal be tb:ction of the Board of Whatever may the e odifications of the authori- Ordnance. - ties having charge of public works f or d ra i nage and cleansing, or the ulterioretdou p a ramount and mo s t adopted, there can be no reasonaebt of the e:cecuti on measures which ma y b e - of the survey being the meas ure effected, until th e until the pressing importance. Until th e consolidati on mnadde further diztricts which we recommend is work of the survey is proceeded with, _ . inquiries and experiments based upon it are not see that it will be practicable to make satisfactory . proximate estimates of the extent and expen se of the ahem/ions and adaptations practicable in the old a n d erroneously constructed works, or the extent of new works which may be required to be done for the pur paws in question. S uch estimates would be desirable, ir. order to determine the modifications of the exe cutive agency- for conductin.g the new works by such a body ,quired.- We apprehend that for it isonly metropolis, that us the. one we recommend the whole deducible from a general complete general result s, b b (*lit out ecte b d t e rou, surrey, may be reasonably exp ran o ch of the Ad for the future guidance of this ministration. Edwin The rep,rt is signed, Robert G rosvenor, Chad wick, T. Southwood Smith, Ri c hard Owen, Richard Lambert Jones. t THE EAST IN,DIL ROESE.—Notice was issued on Saturday, at the E ast India House, that a quarterly ge neral Court of the Proprietors will be held on Wednes day, the 22d instant:l THE StN, THE MAURITIUS ASSOCIATION. We have received a copy of the following corres pondence : Downing-street, sth Nov., 1847. Gentlemen,—l am directed by Earl Grey to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ult. It has not been without some degree of disappoint ment that with the full acknowledgment of the ad vantages which will accrue to the colony from the measures which her Majesty's Government have just adopted for its relief, the members of the Mauri tius Association should now press for further measures, such as his Lordship conceives they must be aware are far beyond what he has the power to grant. _ _ Lord Grey does not think that any useful purpose would be answered by his entering into a detailed examination of the various suggestions contained in your letter, and the arguments on which you have relied for the support of them, although he is of opinion that it would not be difficult to show that many of those arguments are ill-founded. His Lordship considers it sufficient to refer you to the former correspondence which has passed on these subjects, from which you will learn that while he is anxious to afford to the Mauritius Association the utmost practicable relief, by the reduction of taxation, and by facilitating a supply of labour upon the easiest terms for the colony, it is not in his power to give to the governor the peremptory instructions fLr the immediate removal of particular taxes which are sought for in your letter. In conclusion, Lord Grey directs me to add that he is anxious at once to put an end to any expectation which the Mauritius Association may have formed, that he can ever recommend to his colleagues that they should propose to Parliament an alteration in the existing duty upon sugar of the nature which you have suggested. Such an alteration would, in his Lordship's opinion, not only be highly unjust to the British consumer, but, in the present state of the finances of this country, would be impracticable with safety to the public credit. And even if it were rot so objectionable on these grounds, his Lordship feels convinced that in its ultimate results it would not prove of advantage, even to the colonies. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, B. HAWES. Messrs. Barclay, Hunter, and others. TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. London, Nov. 18, 1847. My Lord,—The Mauritius Association have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of ith November, addressed to them by Mr. Hawes. In reply, the association beg leave respectfully to state that in their memorial of the 28th of October, they only expressed what they really felt, " extreme gratitude" for the casual relief afforded to their brethren in the colony in the hour of extreme need. The association now beg leave to express their sin cere regret that your Lordship should signify " some degree of disappointment that, with the full acknow ledgment of the measures which her Majesty's Go verr ment have lately adopted for the relief of the colony, the Mauritius Association should now press for further measures, such as your Lordship conceives they must be aware are far beyond what your Lord ship has the power to grant." This remark on the part of your Lordship con vinces the association of their too well grounded ap prehension, that in the measures of casual relief re cently granted, your Lordship and her Majesty's Government considered that something had been done of such a substantial character, as to leave the colony nothing further to ask for. It was the duty of the association to prevent such a fatal misconception, and that was the object of their memorial of the 28th of October. It is equally their duty now to repeat that the casual relief thus ac corded will serve only to keep the distressed and much oppressed people in existence for a few months ; and unless followed up immediately by the " sub stantial relief" asked for, that is, " fair encourage tnent to their industry in the colony," it would have been far more humane to have left them to their fate, even to immediate extermination. My Lord,—Your Lordship and her Majesty's Government are called upon to replace the colonies of the Crown in a position to enter fairly into the contest against the slave produce of foreign colonies— the subject to be thus contended for is the supply of our own, the British market. No other country ever offered to the world, as an open stake, their home market to be competed for—no other country seems likely to follow the same course ; but if such be the purpose, the fashion, or policy of our day, surely it should be your Lordship's agreeable duty so far to afford fair play to your own people, and your own colonies, that they should not carry " extra weight" in the contest. Your Lordship acquaints the association that you have not the power to grant what has been prayed for. This they do not perfectly understand ; but this they most distinctly know, that on the emancipa tion of slaves, the possession of the British market was pledged to the British colonist—that privilege has been taken away by power, and the colonists are all but ruined! Look again, and you see their mar ket given to the slave colonies. Last year they supplied 40,000 tons of sugar for our home consump tion, equal to the labour of some 60,000 slaves. A few years more, and our colonies will cease to grow sugar. The prosperity of the slave colonies will thus be advanced by the existing measures of her Majesty's Government, and hereafter from those colonies alone will this country derive her supplies of sugar. And thus England, instead of carrying out the much-wished-for general emancipation of slaves, and being the means of extirpating slavery from the face of the earth; she will, as the largest consumer of sugar, become the greatest encourager of the slave trade, and consequently be the immediate cause of adding one million of slaves to the present number of our fellow-men in bondage, with all their misery upon her heal. My Lord,—We entreat your Lordship will be pleased to give these views your deliberate considera tion. It may be alleged that the colonists are inte rested parties—that they have been speculators, and have been unfortunate; but when your Lordship looks around, and you see such a fearful catalogue of misfortune, the inference is, that there must be organic wrong. We have presumed to declare that the wrong is, untimely or hurried legislation, forced on, perhaps, by a power that it is very difficult to resist; but if " wrong," it is surely your Lord ship's duty, in justice to her Majesty, to yourself, and to the people of this country, to amend that We have endeavoured, humbly and most respect fully, to point out what occurs to us as remedies, and have placed them before your Lordship in the me morial of the 28th of October; but it is for your Lordship and her Majesty's Government to judge of these remedies, or to find others, to meet the exigency of the case ; and it will be our duty to work them out tothe best of our power and opportunities. To concluCe, we would submit to your Lordship that to Great Britain her ships, colonies, and com merce have been our wealth in peace and our strength and sinews in war ; these have taken ages to build up —they form together one body ; each depends upon the other and upon the country for support. Our home market is their best support. Let us then sup port each other—at least to a reasonable extent of preference; as one family let us "live and let live;" and if we have been seduced from these first princi ples of nature, and have by any act hazarded our own destruction, we ought not to be ashamed to retrace our steps. _ _ Your Lordship's next paragraph refers to previous correspondence with the association, as showing your anxiety to afford all practicable relief by the reduction of taxation and supply of labour. The association do frankly admit your Lordship's apparent disposition to remedy these evils ; it has seemed to the association that your Lordship even admitted that these reliefs should have preceded, rather than have been left tardily to follow the introduction of free-trade princi ples ; but, nevertheless, after twelve months of such negotiation, one step has not been advanced ; that most unprincipled tax, the duty of 11. per ton on the gross produce of the island exported, is not repealed: when that burden is removed, the association will most cheerfully and gratefully admit that something has been done to reduce the cost of protection. In your Lordship's conclusion a decided: negative is given to any expectation that her Majesty's Go vernment will propose an alteration in the existing duties upon sugar, of the nature suggested, " because it would be unjust to the British consumer, and also, in respect to the finances of the country, . im practicable.' " The association beg leave to express their opinion that had the relief now prayed for been granted some years back, that much less now would be required; the merchants and planters would have received them as a boon, and profit thereby ; but reform and relief sterling, come so lat e , th a t ma tt ers procee d f rom b e d t o wors e, until the w h o l e cap i ta l i n t h e co l on i es, 130 , 000 , 0001 . nextgone is g one ; 20 , 0 00,000 1 . pa id f or emanc i pat i on, also ; and you r L or d s hi p must ant i c i pate t h at i n the ° stage there w ill b e a d emand made on the revenue of thi s country for money to feed the popula tido of th e col • ' e 3. These are app a lli ng considerations, so much s o , as to impr ess t h e association with a fi rm b e li e f t h at i f the questi on was fairly puttitothe consumers o f sugar, they would, t o avert such fearful contingencies, gladly consent to pay an additional id. o L r o l r d a . per lb. for sugar position of credit sahniCril could place strength to Itinitrdies. of British growth, until your the colonies in a compete successfully with Your Lordship lastly states on sugar " would t i i t no , _n __s res.ults, prove of advanty association regret has not favoured them with the tage even to the colonies. The" associ • that your Lordship t arguments which enable your Lordsh p to arri ve at LONDON, MONDAY this conclusion. If your Lordship had kindly done so, and they had proved equally convincing to the association, this last appeal would have been unneces sary ; but in the absence of such arguments, and in the exercise of their own best but humble judgment, they can but come to one conclusion, that unless an alteration in duties be made conformable to the prin ciples' suggested in the memorial of 28th October, and also the relief from the restrictions and inappro priate taxes upon the industry of the colony, be carried out fully and without delay, the once active, enter prising, and flourishing colony of Mauritius will dwindle down, and become a mere barren military post in the hands of the British Government. Should your Lordship be kindly pleased to enter into all or any of these views, the Mauritius Associa tion again submit that to be useful your Lordship's measures should be immediate, and your orders pe remptory. The present is a moment of crisis, when it is to be decided, whether to prepare to make another crop or to abandon all future cultivation ; this is not a mere planter's question, but rests much upon the merchants' decision, whether they will cr will not mike the needful advance, to enable the planter to begin another year's work. At present the credit of the colony is demolished, but if her Ma je3ty's Government come to a speedy decision, to support and to encourage the colonies, it is to be hoped that credit may be in some degree resuscitated, and eventually restored. The association heg to apologise for so long in truding on your Lordship's attention ; the best ex cuse they can offer is, " that their duty required it." They leave it now in your Lordship's hands—the responsibility is enormous—but they trust it is a safe deposit in your Lordship's protection. We have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servants, H. HUNTER, Deputy Chairman. CHALMERS, GUTHRIE, and Co. REID, IRVING, and Co. A. A. GOWER, NEPHEWS, and Co. JOHN CLIFFORD. ROBERT IIIiERRELL. SCOTT and C.). BARCLAY, BROS. and Co. 11. D. and J. BLYTII and GREENE. EDWARD CIIA.PM AN. Per pn. of CHAPMAN and BARCLAY, EDWARD CHAPNI AN. COCKERELL, LARPENT, and Co. SCOTT, BELL, and Co. SHOCKING AFFAIR. NETHERTON FRIDAT.—A shocking occurrence has happened here, which has excited great commise ration, and formed the subject of a coroner's inquest yesterday, at the Bell Inn, in this town, before Mr. W. Robinson, one of the coroners for Worcestershire. The inquest was held on the body of Caroline Flavell, aged 16, who, it appeared from the evidence, had been stabbed in the side with a piece of hot iron, by her mother, Rosanna Flavell. It appeared that the deceased, who was a very undutiful daughter, had been in the habit of selling pieces of iron belonging to her parents (who are nail-makers), for the purpose of obtaining little luxuries, and this coming to the knowledge of her mother had much exasperated her. Both parties were at work together in the nail shop, making nails—an occupation which is carried on in this district by women as well as men—when the mother accused the daughter of having sold some iron to an itinerant sweetmeat seller. This was denied by the deceased, whereupon high words arose between them, the latter calling her mother a liar, and telling her that her accusation was an infernal lie. This so exasperated the mother that she thrust a piece of heated iron (which she had in her hand) at her daughter, and it pierced her side to the depth of several inches : the deceased screamed out that she was killed, and her mother, finding that she had seri ously injured her, swooned away, and became dread fully agitated. The young girl was put to bed, and surgical assistance was procured, but she died about a quarter of an hour after the occurrence. Mr. Smitheman, the constable, was then called in, and took the mother into custody. In his examination before the coroner, he said the mother did not deny having inflicted the injury, and made the following statement: —"My daughter is a very bad girl. We were at work together in the nail shop, and I found out that she had been cutting the rod iron, and sell ing it to the Irish people. On complaining of her conduct, she used some very bad language towards me. I was making a nail at that moment, and being in a great passion I threw the piece of iron at her, which stuck into her side. I immediately ran to her and pulled the iron out of her side. I had no thoughts or hurting her in that manner." The wearing ap parel of the deceased was produced on the inquest, and examined by the jury. On hearing the evidence of the surgeon (Mr. Mainwaring), it appeared that the rod of heated iron had penetrated the deceased's chest, under the right arm, and immediately below the fourth rib. The wound made by the iron was eight inches in depth, and it had penetrated a large vein in front of the spine, by which a considerable quantity of blood had been effused into the chest. About forty ounces of blood were found in the chest, under the lobes of the right lung. The iron with which the fatal thrust was made was produced before the jury, who, after hearing the evidence, returced a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the prisoner, who was accordingly committed under the coroner's war. rant to Worcester county gaol, to take her trial at the next spring assizes for that county. The prisoner has been in a deplorable state of grief ever since the fatal occurrence. It is expected that application will be made to the Court of Queen's Bench to take bail for her appearance. BATTERSEA. PARK. The first of a series of claims which have been made i❑ respect of property required for the intended park at Battersea, was tried on Thursday, the 2d instant, before the Sheriff of Surrey and Mr. Wallinger, acting as his assessor, at the Horns tavern, Kennington. The case was that of a Mr. Chabot, who claimed 10,2121. for three acres of land on the shore of the river. In support of his claim his counsel called the follow ing surveyors, viz. :—Mr. Charles Lee ; Mr. George Porter, district surveyor of Battersea ; Mr. Henry Arthur limit, the Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster ; Mr. George Ledwin Taylor, the surveyor to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and Mr. William Tress. Mr. Porter valued the property at ... £9,499 Mr. Tress 8,578 Mr. Lee ... ... 8,500 Mr. Hunt •.• ..• ... 7,115 Mr. Lee and Mr. Taylor also valued the property upon the assumption that the claimant might inclose a further portion of the river; and, upon such assumption, Mr. Lee valued the property at ... X 11,215 Mr. Taylor ... ... 9,642 It was elicited, upon the cross-examination of the claimant's witnesses, that he had purchased the property at public auction from the late Earl Spencer, in 1835, for 1201. The jury viewed the ground on the forenoon of Thursday, 'and, after a protracted inquiry, returned a verdict of 750/. The counsel for the claimant were Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush; for the Crown, the Attorney-General, Mr. Law (the Recorder), and Mr. Welsby. The Attorney-General did not call any witnesses. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held by Mr. Baker, on Friday, at the Rose and Crown, Cambridge-heath, on the body of Elizabeth Mitford, aged 30, widow, who committed suicide under the following distressing cir cumstances:—The evidence proved that about six months since deceased lost her husband, to whom she was greatly attached, and this bereavement had so af fected her mind that she became insane, and was obliged to be confined in a lunatic asylum, which, however, she left a month ago. On Tuesday evening she left home much depressed in spirits, and having proceeded to the Regent's Canal, she was shortly afterwards heard struggling in the water. An alarm was raised, and the I6ody got out. Verdict—" That the deceased was found struggling in the water, and died from the effects of immersion, but how she came into the water there was not sufficient evidence before the jury to enable them to decide." A TORNADO OF Burrm.oEs.—TheHanibar Gazette says that young Houston, one of the Marion volunteers, was lost on the way from Santa Fe, in a singular manner. We are told that when a hunter rides into a herd of buffaloes, it is often the case that they:become frightened, and the whole mass starts with furious speed for the mountains, and there is no way to get out but to keep the same speed,• and work your way gradually from among them; to halt would be certain death, as the mass would pass over and crush you; and hunters are often carried seven and ten miles before they can disen tangle themselves from the headlong herd. In this way Mr. Houston disappeared. When last seen he was flying over the plain, endeavouring to make his way out of a drove of several thousand, and bas not been heard of since.—St. Louis New Era. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—PORTSMOUTII, SATUR DAY.—A most awful discovery was made this morning about seven o'clock, at the house of an old and well known dealer in various stores and apparel, Mrs. Yoell, residing in St. Mary's-street, within this garri son. Smoke was observed issuing from the front win dow of the house at the above hour, which led to the inmates being summoned, when no answer being ob tained, the house was entered by the neighbours and police, and a most horrifying spectacle presented itself: On the floor of the bedroom lay the body of Mr. Henry Yoell, burned to a cinder, and Mrs. Yoell was disco vered crouched down in a corner of the same room insensible from the burns she had received. She was immediately removed to the residence of another son in Queen-street, Portsea, where, however, death put an end to her sufferings in a few hours. The frightful catastrophe is supposed to have originated by the igni tion of the bed furniture in which Mr. Henry Yoell, aged 60, a cripple and bedridden, was lying, and it is supposed Mrs. Yoell sustained her fatal injuries by en deavouring to render assistance to her son. Mrs. Yoell was 85 years of age. Mr. Piercey, surgeon, of High street, who was called in, is of opinion that Mrs. Yoell A inquest was killed by- inhaling or swa ll ow i ng some su ff ocat i ng An eeingtuaci adjo u rnedas oerpo w u e u r t d il it i , matteroe!l had u : st opened wu supposed, in end eavours to render succour to her son. Mrs. Y e a ld w i i n nd th o e n w before v sh e w to call for help or let out the smoke. to-raorrow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 4. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice WIGHT:V.IN, and a Special Jury.) GREGORY V. MACULLOCII. This was an action of debt, brought to recover the sum of 550/., money lent and advanced for the use of the defendant. The plaintiff was the well-known tragedian, who was formerly the proprietor of the Satirist news paper, and the defendant was his wife's grandson. The money alleged to have been lent was advanced monthly to the defendant, during the years 1843 and 1844, while he was residing in Belgium. Mr. WHATELEY, Q. C., appeared for the defence, and insisted that the money was not a loan, but a gift made under circumstances of a somewhat extraordinary na ture. Early in February, 1843, the plaintiff became acquainted with an elderly gentleman, named Thomp son, residing at the Priory, in Hampstead, who was the grand. uncle of the defendant, and he obtained such a hold upon the old gentleman that shortly afterwards Mr. Thompson made his will in favour of the plaintiff, making him sole executor and legatee of his will and property, amounting to 3,0001. a year. On the 6th of March following the old gentleman died, and Mr. Gre gory appeared at Doctor's Commons, to prove the will ; but at this stage of the proceedir.g, a Mrs. Le Bas, the niece of the testator, produced a second will, written, signed, and attested, with a pencil, and dated the 3,1 of March, three days before the demise of the old gentleman, whereby the property was devised as follows:—five-eighths to Francis Maculloch, one and a half-eighth to James Maculloch, and one and a half-eighth to John Maculloch, the pre sent defendant. These legatees were three brothers, but only the last of them was of age, and in order to get him out of the way, Mr. Gregory induced him to go and reside in Nansure, promising him to supply him with 101. a month. The defendant consented to do so, and immediately after he left this country the plaintiff mar ried Mrs. Le Bas, the heiress-at-law of Mr. Thompson in the event of the two wills failing, and the grand mother of the three Macullochs. Mr. Gregory then commenced proceedings to set the second will aside, but a clergyman at Birmingham, accidentally hear ing the circumstances of the matter, and the fact that two of the Macullochs were minors at school in Yorkshire, and consequently unable to interfere, induced the defendant to return from Namure, and, through his instrumentality, the validity of the second will was established in the Ecclesiastical Court. Mr. Gregory, howeVer, being dissatisfied with the de cision, carried the case before the Privy Council, when, in order to put an end to these expensive proceedings, a compromise was agreed to, and the second will was to be abandoned upon Mr. Gregory paying the three Macul lochs 15,000/., and the costs they had incurred. By this arrangement, all matters in difference between the par, ties were supposed to have been settled; but imme diately after it had been ratified, the present action was commenced to recover the money Mr. Gregory had paid for the support of the defendant, while he was residing, at his request, at Namure. Evidence having been adduced to prove that the money advanced ought to be considered in the light of a gift, Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN summed up, and The jury returned a verdict for the plantiff—Damages, 2861. 12s. 7d. EVENING, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL' RESULTS. Subjoined are the sentences as revised and settled, together with other results and adjudications. Sentence of death recorded against David Adams, aged 26, for maliciously stabbing with intent to murder. Banishment.—Transported beyond the Seas for Seven Years—Catherine Smith, Caroline Curtis, Caroline Ryan, Fanny Norman, William Gilson, jun., Thomas Jones, Edwin Probert, George Archer, James Walker, James Edwards, James Gilson, James W. Ward, Thomas Smith (19), John Davis, Enos Hancock, Edward Yoxall, Ann, otherwise John Davis (the real name of the prisoner is John Davis; he was dressed in female attire, and although he had been eight days in Newgate, his sex was not discovered till the day of trial), Thomas Smith (20), James 'Walker, Robert Jones, William Stanton, John James Johnson, Enos White, W. Wood, J. Love grove, John Davison, Charles White, John Fisher, John Edwards, J. Davison, Edward Fitch, Thomas Davis, Henry M'Alister, Edward William Plumer, C. Martin, Charles. Nicholson, Thomas James John son, alias Thomas Smith, alias John Frederick Byron, Dennis Fitzgerald, L. Jacobs, J. Jones, W. Gibbs, Richard Pitt, William Jones, Henry Fort. For Ten Years—Catherine Curtis, George Phipps, Edward Thomas; Thomas Smith, Joseph Green, Thomas Davis. For Fourteen Years—Ann Simons and Thomas Enson. For Twenty Years—Thomas Stiff (a postman). Imprisonment.—The undernamed were sentenced to be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the counties where their offences were committed ; for— Two Years—John Brown. For Eighteen Months—Charlotte Walaby, John Williams, John Chesterman, Thomas Bartru.m, J. W . Hodges, T. Brown, J. Brown, H. Gardner Webb, J. Sinclair, J. Gracey, G. Wheeler, Henry Morley, T. Holliday. For Fifteen Months—W. Farmery, alias Unson, J. Smith and John Connor. J. Jones, Miles Stanley, W. Fearful, alias J. Williams, T. Newman, Henry Young, J. Wheeler, W. Taylor (27), David Hy man, Ann Howard, Jane Page, Ann Sarah Water man, Margaret Clines, Marianne Laycock, Elizabeth Smart, Clara Barker, J. Closterman, J. _Burdet HoWe, J. Pells, George Robson, J. Bartr sm, J. Sarbey, W. Taylor, J. Irving, J. Payton, J. Parkins, G. Syms, Henry Bate. For Nine Months—Ann Davis, J. Edw:irds, J. Fulcher, A. Dowstead, J. Hurlay, W. Wil son, C. Yarnold, H. C. Wilcoxon, Charlotte Jones, J. Sea ger (Newgate), Charles Bucking, John Bristow, James Morris, George Brown, alias Dixon, J. Nile, C. Huff, J. Brown, J. Leary. For Eight Months—Thomas Day and R. Tones. For Six Months—Susan Mitchell, Elizabe th Bag ley, Mary Phillips, Elizabeth Smith, Eliza Baker, J. Chittenden, IV. Stapleton, Daniel O'Neill, Mary Low, Sarah Jones, J. Sullivan, J. Dodraan, Lavender, Mary Jones, Henry Jones, J. Gc odeve, NV. Price, J. Everleigh, R. W. Marshall, J.. Lane, James Cox, W. Green, J. Robinson, J. Darcey. J. Hornley, George King, IV. Kerr. T. John son, T. Cummins, J. Dean, William Carter, Thom: is Mack nell, F. Hawkins, T. White, T. Shores, J. Ilighley, W. King, T. Murden, F. Lapham. For Four Months—Mary Bethel, Mary Arnott, C. Austen alias Hoskin, Elizabeth Grey, Margaret Hayward, T. Yates, C. C oom b s , D w re W. Brown. For Three Months—Emily N ewman , Ell en Mar tin, Sarah Wilson, Mary Bro wn , J. B ar k e r, D . Dore, Hay Barratt, J. Little, J. Hemmings, H. Shirloy, J. Johnson, J. Maloney, W. Seaton, T. Mirla y, T. Moore, J. Desmond, J. Williams, A. Mllnttash, G. Marton, G. Bizatall, W. H. Jackson, J. Iletbraye, J. Bernegne, J. Chivorell, C. Callaghan, NV. alias J. Lea, W. Young, J. Young, J. Burton, G. Clarke, J. alias IV. Sanders, D. Millis, W. B rown, J .. G. Jo res , H . S now, J . Ayres, Smith, J. Ve a l, J. Burn, J. Ilurton. Brown, J. J e ff rey , M a ry ' W. FSmith,or Webb, T w ml.ont Evans, h s Gam mon, J. Jeffrey, J. E. Houseman (Newga te), M. Sullivan, J. B. Whitley, J. Dowse, R. M. Harvey. Acquittals.—The following were acquitted petit jury, and discharged forthwith :--George Do wling, Edward Shenton, Samuel Jordan, John Wood: Da niel Mahoney, Elizabeth Marshall, Martha White, Jane Vanderflick, Margaret Smith, Emily 'Taylor, Mary Ann Cole, Ann 'Waterman, Elizabeth Bailey, Mary Stepney, W. Crawley, Henry Keys, John Robinson, J. Gibson, sen., A. B. Muggeringe, D. Werthorpe, John Morgan, Elizabeth Baker, 'Caro line Muggeridge, Mary Anne Phipps, John Mu aday, T. Smith, Ellen Ford, J. Louch, John Watsou, George Nichols, George Barley, Henry Pitt, Thomas Gurt, John Young, Joseph Arnold, John Key, W. Cole, W.. Hickman, J. D. Hickman, Esq., Henry Moss, Walter Blake, W. D. Davis, George Blake, Benedict Murphy,. John Lavender, J. Carter, William Rowe, John Wilson, J. Batcock. Discharged by Proclamation.—The following per sons were discharged in court on the rising of the grand jury, wh o had ignored the bills preferred against them :—John Williams, aged 15 ; C. Ridley, 26; W. Percival, 15; 11. Gatteril, 19 ; W. Whilly, 22 ; Raymond Smith, 15; IV. Matley, 22; John Taverner, 41 ; J. W r i g ht, 29. Minor S en t enees and Results. --Imprisonment far 1 month, 6 ; imprisoned for 3 weeks, 2 ; imprisoned for 14 d a y s and under, 6 ; imprisoned w i t h out l a b our, 6; judgment respited on 4; traversed and remanded, 4 ; privately whipped, 1 ; acquitted and detained, 1 ; recognizance estreated, 1; called on ditto, 6 ; warrants issued for non-surrender, 3 ; surrendered in court, 19 ; pleaded guilty, 54; bailed to 13th instant, 2. The Court adjudicated on 304 prisoners during the sessions, who were committed as follows :—London, 79; Middlesex, 148 ; Surrey, 58 ; Kent, 10; Essex, 8 ; Admiralty, I.—Total, 304. Adjournment of the Court—The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, the 13th of December instant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday William Henry Capper, collector of rents for Mr. Thomas Flight, of Walbrook, was finally examined upon the charge of having embezzled several small sums of money which he had received for his employer. After hearing the evidence on both sides, The LORD MAYOR said it was evident that by the agreement between Mr. Flight and the prisoner the latter was bound to account for whatever rent he re ceived on the following day, but he had not done so; on the contrary, there were four or five instances in which sums had been received of which no account whatever had been rendered. The prisoner had pleaded a set-off against the deficiency laid to his charge ; but that had nothing to do with these cases. He could not view the matter in any other light than _DECEMBER, 6, Witt that the money had been withheld with a felonious intent. lie should, therefore, commit the prisoner to take his trial at the next sessions. WORSHIP-STREET. On Thursday last, a foreign gentleman, named Henri Poittevin, described as a " patent highly con centrated manure manufacturer," in Queen-street, Mile-end, attended before the sitting magistrate to ans wer an information charging him with having suffered a large quantity of offensive and noxious matter to accumulate upon his premises, and thereby seriously impaired the public health. Inspector Ellis, who had been directed by the magistrate to visit and examine the premises com plained against, stated that upon reaching the place he was conducted by the defendant's foreman into a spacious enclosure, about 100 yards square, in which he found three large sheds, each of about 50 or 60 feet in length and of proportionate width, and two of them open to the atmosphere at the sides. These sheds were each filled to the depth of four or five feet with a mass of compounded matter, of the con sistency of earth, to the extent of several hundred tons, and apparently composed of blood, nightsoil, and other animal substances, and exhaling such an of fensive odour that it was perfectly overpowering. The foreman then directed his attention to the third shed, which was enclosed and empty, and informed him that they had formerly been in the habit of con solidating the liquid manure by subjecting it to a powerful heat, but that they had lately discovered some chemical agents which effected the same results, and therefore abandoned the practice. The foreman added, that the value of the manure then upon the ground was at least 2,0001., and that if his employer should be obliged to dispose of it by compulsory re moval before March next, it would be attended with his entire ruin. He was then proceeding to some further explanations, when they were abruptly brought to a close by the witness being seized with a violent sickness, caused by the fetid state of the atmosphere, which compelled him to immediately retire, and the pernicious effects of which he conti nued to labour under for several days afterwards. He had since repeated his visit, that morning, and found that no steps had been taken to abate the nuisance further than boarding a portion of it up, and although the manufacture had been apparently stopped since the complaint was lodged, the offensive stench still continued with but very:slight abatement. Mr. Samuel Byles, one of the district surgeons of the Whitechapel union, whose duty comprised medi cal attendance at the Spitalfields Workhouse, stated that the defendant's manufactory was so contiguous to the latter building that scarcely 100 feet inter vened between them. The workhouse was at present unusually crowded with inmates, amongst whom febrile and other affections considerably prevailed, and he had every reason to believe that these were greatly induced by the contiguity of the defendant's manufactory, as whenever the wind blew from his premises it carried an odour in the highest degree offensive, and calculated to produce the most per nicious consequences. On such occasions whatever diseases happened to prevail in the workhouse exhi bited a great tendency to putrescence, and assumed a most malignant and intractable character. The house also contained nearly 400 children, who were more susceptible than adults to the effects of an im pure state of the atmosphere, and amongst these there had lately broken out no less than twelve cases of spon taneous gangrene, a disease which but rarely existed unless the atmosphere was very impure, and the whole of those cases had terminated fatally. He had likewise found that whenever the effluvium became powerful the adult portion of the inmates were invariably attacked with diarrhcoa of the worst form, and, as this immediately subsided on the wind changing, he felt satisfied the nuisance in question was the cause of the illness. During the prevalence of a humid state of the atmosphere, however, whatever direction the wind might be in, the effluvium was always highly offensive and dangerous, and the most serious results must ensue again if the nuisance were not abated. Mr. John Liddell, also a union surgeon, confirmed the evidence of the last witness, in whose experience he entirely coincided, and added that after his own visit of inspection to the defendant's premises he was seized with a violent sickness, which lasted three quarters of an hour, and was so seriously ill for three or four days subsequently that he was obliged to place himself under the care of the other surgeon. The odour from the defendant's manure so permeated the atmosphere that he frequently smelt it at a dis tance of three quarters of a mile, and he considered it highly dangerous and destructive to the health of the whole neighbourhood. Mr. Samuel Birch, one of the surgeons of the Lon ,don Hospital, situated a considerable distance from the premises in question, also spoke to the deleterious effects of the malaria so engendered upon the health of the patients of that establishment, whose cure was greatly retarded, and the effect of the remedies em ployed upon them partially neutralized. Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, said he could not deny the existence of the nuisance complained of, but as its immediate removal would be attended with the most ruinous consequences to his client, who had em barked a large capital in a scientific and useful ma nufacture, he trusted some temporary measures would he permitted, which, while they would protect the inhabitants from further danger, would also enable the defendant to dispose of his stock and plant, which were of great value, and would otherwise be entirely sacrificed. Mr. HAMMILL said this was a monstrous evil, proved to be attended by the most frightful effects upon the inmates of the workhouse, and as he would not allow the health of the district to be sacrificed to the pecuniary interests of any private individual, he should refuse his sanction to any suggestion which had not for its object its immediate and total sup pression. Mr. Buchanan trusted there was no wish to ruin the defendant, who was willing to do anything to prevent infection until the cold weather set in, and he had a chance of recovering some portion of the capi tal he had invested. He called Mr. Wickstead, a practical chemist, who stated that if the whole mass of manure were covered to the depth of three feet with earth, and a stratum of sul phate of lime superimposed, the escape of any volatile gases would be entirely precluded, and the injurious effects of the materials employed be so far obviated. Inspector Ellis, however, said that this would be but of temporary use, as he was convinced the whole bulk of hundreds of cartloads would be incessantly bro ken into for sale, which the defendant's foreman had ac knowledged to him was his employer's object, and who had also confessed that one ton of the manure had been dug out, sold, and carted away that morning. An animated discussion ensued between the magis trate and the parties on both sides, in which serious ap prehensions were expressed as to which of two courses suggested would involve the most danger—the removal of such an immense mass of noxious matter at once and continuously, which it was stated would take at least four or five days to effect, or to cover it up and leave it as it stood; but the whole of the medical witnesses at length came to a decided conviction that the former, if performed in the night time, was the only safe course that could be pursued; and Mr. HAMMILL, after severely reprehending the practice of carrying on such a destructive manufac ture in the heart of a densely populated and imper fectly drained locality, said that he entirely coincided in the opinion expressed by the surgeons, and as he felt it his imperative duty to enforce the provisions of such a beneficial enactment in every instance that might come before him, whatever the consequences might be to the persons proceeded against, he should direct an order to be immediately made out for the entire removal of the whole of the noxious materials forthwith. It was stated that there were other nuisances of a somewhat similar character existing in the same neighbourhood, but not of such serious magnitude as the present, and the magistrate having expressed his readiness to aid hi their suppression to the full ex tent of his powers, the persons complaining left the court avowing a determination to actively set about their prosecution forthwith. THAMES. 'Vary Ann Christopher, a woman about twenty- I lye years of age, was brought before Mr Ballantine, c hturged with robbing a soldier, named Martin Carey, of - five sovereigns and ss. Gd. in silver. `Carey was a private of the 17th Regiment of Foot, riov i quartered at Dover, and having received a knot th's furlough for the purpose of visiting his friends in I reland, he came to London on Friday, for the put. dose of embarking in a Dublin steamer on the folic 'wing morning. On Friday afternoon he called up of ► some old comrades in the Tower, and met with the prisoner in a canteen there. They left the To tvershortly before eight o'clock and proceeded to a hot tse in Johnson's-change, Rosemary-lane. The soli tier deposited his money, consisting of five sove reik pas and ss. Gd. in silver, in his trousers-pocket. whi eh also contained his furlough, and when he went to b ed he placed his trousers across the head rail of the bedstead. He was just dozing off to sleep, when he hear d his trousers removed, and jumped out of bed and fo, and the prisoner rifling his pockets. His fur louel was in her hand, and in snatching it from her it ',vas torn. He put his hand in his pocket, and found Wis mot ley was gone. He immediately seized the prisone and she clenched her hand, which he en (b aeon' •ed to open, and called lustily for the police. She tb en placed five sovereigns in her mouth, and alth Daigh the soldier and a police-constable named Bar 3ei, 88 H, who entered the room, seized her by the throat, and attempted to make her disgorge the money, she inanaged by a violent effort to swallow the whole of the sovereigns. The policeman after ward :Thund Carey's silver on the top of his bundle and cot -ered over with a handkerchief. The woman was int great pain when she reached the station• house, ancl, witl . 1 a view of recovering the sovereigns as much ay a pint ; of castor oil was administered to her. In her dere nce the prisoner stoutly denied taking the sovereica s or swallowing them, and to convince the rnagisvau4 2 - of the truth of her statement, said she had no objection to swallow a pailful of castor oil in addition to a pint she had already taken, but the soldier created some laughter by suggesting hard dumplings instead. The prisoner also declared that the soldier was drink ing all the afternoon at the canteen, and after staking his money with the landlord, offered to fight an artilleryman, and that upon leaving the Tower he fell in with two " Billingsgate chaps," with whom he remained some time. It was, however, proved that the soldier's money was returned to him by the landlord of the canteen, that he was sober when he left the Tower, and that not more than an hour had elapsed before he reached the house in Johnson's-change with the prisoner. Barnes said the woman was a well-known thief, and had been in custody before, and swallowed money to elude detection. Mr. BALLANTINE did not see the utility of giving the woman castor oil, and said he had no doubt she had stolen the soldier's money, and had recourse to a plan very common among women of her class to pre vent the money being produced in evidence against her. He committed her to Newgate for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Spencer Walsh, of No. 7, Arundel street, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having committed a dreadful assault with a poker on Willi im Prentice, greengrocer, of 30, Pitfield-street, Hoxton. The complainant, whose head was strapped up in consequence of the dreadful injury he had sustained, said he went, on Friday night, with a neighbour named Henderson, to the defendant's residence in Arundel-street, for the purpose of being witness to a request for payment of a debt for bread supplied by Henderson to the Rev. John Prendergast Walsh. Henderson knocked at the door and inquired for Mr. Walsh. The servant said he was at home, but so many persons called for debts that she was ashamed to go to him. The servant went to her mistress, and she was desired to tell witness and Hender son to fo up stairs and knock at the Rev. Mr. Walsh's door themselves. They were proceed ing up stairs when they met the defendant and his brother. The defendant asked what they wanted ? Henderson replied that he had called for a small bill for bread supplied to his father. Defendant said his father would not see them, and that he was satisfied they had only come there to provoke a breach of the peace. They denied this, upon which the defendant lifted up a stick which he had in his hand, and struck complainant on the arm. The defendant's father came out of his room, and called out, "Go it, boys, go and get the poker." The defendant went away, but shortly afterwards returned with the poker. The defendant came behind him, and struck him a blow on the head, which beat in his skull, and stretched him senseless on the ground. When witness reco vered he found the police had been called in, and the defendant was given into custody. Peter Henderson, baker, Pitfield-street, Hoxton, said he had been unable to obtain ;payment for bread supplied to the defendant's father. As the defendant's father was in the habit of contracting debts, and re fusing to pay them, witness took the complainant with him, and in order that he might hear what would be said when he applied for the payment of his bill. He acted this way because he had sum moned the defendant's father for the amount. Wit ness only heard by accident that the defendant's father had removed his residence to Arundel-street. While they were going up stairs they met the defendant, who, after saying a few words to complainant, struck him a blow with a stick, and subsequently with a poker. The blow was a dreadful one, and witness thought the complainant was killed. Not the least provocation or offence was :given to the defendant. Witness was so frightened that he ran down stairs and alarmed the house. The police and a surgeon were sent for. James Ray, who was present at the time the as• sault was committed, saw the defendant strike the complainant with a poker. The servant of the house saw the whole of the assault, and confirmed the statement of the com plainant's witnesses. She saw the blow struck by the defendant with the pokeil the blow was so violent as actually to drive the poker out of the defendant's hand. The complainant did not offer the least pro vocation. The defendant denied that he had assaulted the complainant. He said he had no stick in his hand, but his brother had. He had at one time the poker, but he did not use it. Thomas Prendergast Walsh, the brother, said he saw the poker in his brother's hand, but his brother did not strike the complainant with it; the poker fell on the banisters, amd might have touched the com plainant accidentally. The complainant and his com panion had made a noise in the passage, and had threatened to break his father's wooden leg. The father was then called. He positively denied that his son had a poker at all. Ile swore that his son had not struck the complainant with the poker, and he denied that he called out " Go it, boys ! fetch the poker!" He afterwards admitted that his son had a poker in his hand, but it was only a very little one. The poker struck the bannisters, and might have touched the complainant's head by accident. Three witnesses declared there was no truth in this evidence. Alr. HARDWICK remarked sharply on the conflict ing testimony of the defendant and his father and brother witnesses. The assault, which was of a very brutal nature, had been clearly proved, and if the complainant wished he was willing to send the case to the sessions. The complainant said this course would be very inconvenient to him. Mr. IlAanNvicK then fined the defendant 51., the full penalty, or two months' imprisonment. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVI DE N DS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. C. Broom, Laurence Pountney- hill, grocer, Dec. 16, at half-past eleven—T. Lawrence, Reading, draper, Dec. 18, at eleven—E. Dorting, Ipwich, Berlin wool dealer, Dec. 27, at twelve. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. P. Leicester, Longsight, near Manchester, slate mer chant, ld. and 5-16ths of a penny, on Thursday, Dec. 2, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Jones, Birkenhead, chemist and druggist, Is. 6d., on Thursday, Dec. 2, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Stout, Liverpool, boot and shoe maker, 3d., on Thursday, Dec. 2, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. 1 . 3. Atherley, Rochdale, druggist and grocer, 9d., on Tuesday, Dee. 14, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Frasel, Manchester. J. C. Wolton, Halst ea d, E ssex , i ronmonger, l id. , any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. G. Otley, New Bond-street, tailor and draper, any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Donaldson, Regent-street and Margaret .street, coach maker, 9id., any Saturday. between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green. Aldermanbury. W. Carpeadale, Kingston-upon-Hull, jeweller, 4s. 1 Id., on Tuesday, Dec. 7, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Hull. J. Keddy and T, Keddy, Bridlington, printers, 2s. 6d., on Tuesday, Dec. 7, or any subsequent Tuesday, between the hours of cloven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Hull. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. G. Coombs, Bristol, carpenter, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—l. nicks, Brislington, Somersetshire, tailor, Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Walkden, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, scrivener and share dealer, Dec. 24, at ten, at the Court, Sheffield—J. Spc nee, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Sharpies, jun., Daisyfield, Lanca shire, cotton spinner, Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, Dec. 24. E. Pettet, Lancaster-place, Strand, navy agent—E. Rogers, Great Urtley, Worcestershire, surgeon—T. Tily, Parsley, Gloucestershire, veterinary surgeon—l. Robinson, East Dean, Gloucestershire, grocer and dra per—J. C. Player, Dursley, Gloucestershire, draper— W. Newton, Lancaster-place, Strand, navy agent—J. Jones, Lebury, Herefordshire, brewer and corn mer chant—A. Huddleston, Bramham, Yorkshire, miller sad farmer—W. Williams, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, tim ber merchant and brick maker—C. D. Johnson, Liver pool, victualler—J. Hall, Bristol, mason. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. I. Watts and W. H. Watts, Deptford and Farnham, drapers—R. F. Butterss and J. Ferdinando, Assembly place. Mile-end-road, colour manufacturers—J. Shotton and W. Ycu les, Tynemouth, builders—W. Williams and W. Betts, jun., Harwich, contractors for public works— A. J. Alport and 11. E. Alport, King-square, Goswell road, accountants .and general agents—H. Pace and J. Ball, Funchttrch-street, ship brokers and commission agents—C. Hayward and J. 11. Hunt, Neath, Glamor ganshire, chemists and booksellers—S. Saunders and G. H. Henderson, Manchester, engineers and auctioneers — G. Robinson and J. Holcroft, Liverpool, dealers in iron work casting.; and cement—F. Banes and W. Taylor, Lisle -street, Leicester-square, gutta percha agents—F. C. Goodwin and T. K. Greenbank, Manchester, cigar merchant—G. W. Boyd, J. Tomlinson, and R. Maxwell, Liverpool, corn commission merchants (so far as regards G. W. Boyd)—J. Cookson and T. Coulthard, Bill-quay, Durham, bottle and flint glass manufacturers —W. Nance and W. J. llellyer, Portsmouth and Portsea, attorneys and solicitors—J. Metcalf and J. C. Johnson, Salford, Lancashire, composition size ma nufacturers—S. Needham and J. Pimblett, Manchester, British gum manufacturers—F. Trueman and J. 11. Enthoven, Moor. gate-street, merchants —E. Gibson and G R G. Sturt, St. Albans, bankers—A• Douglas and W. T. eed, Silver dale—F. Marriott and T. Drew, Chester and Warring. ton, woollen drapers and hatters. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. T. Johnson, Liverpool. J. Robinson, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker. W. H. Brathwaite, Oxford, journeyman carver and gilder. T. Baker, Honiton, Devonshire, contractor. W. Hearrop, Sheffield, table knife manufacturer. H. Watkins, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, mason. J. We!ch, Brotnyard, Herefordshire, printer. W. H. Court, Tit•on, Worcestershire, 13, Thornton, Redditch, Worcestershire, needle manu- facturer. W Gilbert, Cambridge, butcher. W. Plane, Cambridge, journeyman blacksmith. F. Jarman, Cambridge, fishmonger. D. Hayward, Cambridge, instructor in the game of cricket. T. Pamplip, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, beer seller. E. Voce, Swithland, Leicestershire. W. Motteram, Cambridge, publican. J. Furbank, Cambridge. W. Casey, sen., Paddington, journeyman bricklayee. W. Scott, Sheffield, brace-bit grinder. T. Noyes, Shirley, Hampshire. 11. S. Morris, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, dratir's assistant. W. Rule, Royston, Cambridgeshire, veterinary surgeon. T. Knowles, Bradford, Yorkshire, shoemaker. Millicent Osborne, It.,thley, Leicestershire, housekeeper. G. Wilkin, Sheffield, lamp-lighter. 11. Cooper, Sheffield, cabinet maker. H. Kay, Handsworih, Yorkshire, edgetool forger. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. H. Miller, Rutherglen, vie' ualler, to meet within the chamber of John Boyd, Glasgow, Dec. 6 and Dec. 27, at two. G. Brebner, Aberdeen, posthorse master, to meat within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Dec. 9 and ll c. 30, at twelve. J. Johnston, Glasgow, manufacturer, to meet within the writing chambers of Messrs. Mein and Cunningham, Glasgow, Dec. 8 and Dec. 29, at one. \V: Weir, West K►lpatrick, Dumbartonshire, farmer. to meet within the Elephant Inn, Dumbarton, Dec. 10 and Dec. 29, at two. A. Hastie, Bothwell, joiner, to meet within the writing chambers of H. Srneaton, Glasgow, Dec. 8 and Dec- 29, at twelve. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• - LI VERPOOL, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following were the transaction' this day:—Eastern Counties, 16%—Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, ii p.—London and North-Western, 154 1 ,4 -- Ditto, Fifths, 10% c. p.—Midland, :1114—Ditto, Halves, I 1 4 dis.—Preston and Wyre, 3.17 i c.—Ditto, Halves (A) , 234 p.—Shrewsbury,oswestry,,and Cheshire, 5 1 4 c. dis.—Ditto , Preference, 3 1 c. p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 314 Gf Ditto, No. 4, I% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N s ' and 13. Extensions), No. 2, 2 1 / i p.—Ditto (G.N.E. rural.), 1 1 / 2 p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 8; 7 . BIRMINGHAM, Ditc. 4. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—No official list was published by th e members of the Exchange to-day, but transactions took place at the following prices :—Hull and Selby, 99—Bristol and Birmingham, 118 LA—Original Newcastle and Berwick, 31 1 / 2 —Stour Valley, 265.31 dis.—North Staffordshire, 1,4 di —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61s. 3d. die.—Shrops hire Union, 43.4.9 d. die. LEEDS, DKc. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following prices were obtained to-day, and an average amount of business done :—East Lan' cashire. 3 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.—Ditto. Quarters, 140. dis. —Great Northern, 57i, dis.— Lancashire and Yorksbirfre Fifths, 6d. p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 475. di(-'• Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Ditto, Preference, 325. (Ho." Leicester and Bedford, 3s. 6d. dis.-North British, 1 1111 v e5 ' l24—Ditto, Thirds, 6s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension, 6d. p•—• North Staffordshire, Is. 3d. dis.—Noithern Counties Union, 745. dis.—North-Western, 4% dis.—Sheffield and Rothe. ham, 32—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 4 1 4 dis.—Y" k ' Newcastle, and Berwick, 33 1 / 2 —Ditto, No. (New fir' wicks), 2 1 / g p. _ YORK, Dxc. 3. STOCK EXCHAWGE.-The sales are-Great Northern, 4 4 North British, Thirds, 21. Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Extension, 131. 9d.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (late New . Bi wicks), 121. Ils. 34.-Ditto, G. N. 4. Purchase, 9%• EDINBURGH, Dxc. 3. STOCK Excirmiox.-The Share Market for the last three days has continued steadily to improve. Aberdeen, Airdrie and Bath ate 3/. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forf ar, 26 4 -Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 2s. 6 d.1 Caledonian, 361.-Ditto, New, 1/. 75.-Caledonian an Dumbartonshire, 1/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 59 L - ',.. 134 „ e7 side, 3/. Bs.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender,. dee and Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New; No. 1, 25L-Dit to ' New, No. 2, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 55.-Dun dee Northern Junction, 1/. 75. -Dundee and Perth, 3IL 10s_Ditto. New, 131. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 21. 10s.-East of Fite, 2/. 15s. -East Lothian Central, 11.-Edinburgh and Glasgow , 96/ * - : - Ditto, Halves, 121.155.-Ditto, New Halves, 61.-Edinhur4it,. Leith, and Granton, 151.-Ditto, Preference, 161. 129. t q • Ditto, New, 3/. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, hi. sd._Edin burgh and Northern, 17/. 12s. 6d. ox Ne yf ' ito, 2/. 55.-Ditto, Newport, 5/. 17s. 6d. ex ant. -v ditto, New, 1/. 195.-Edinburgh and Perth (N Co. ), 12s. Gd. -Ditto, Halves, 4s. 9d. -Glasgow and Ayrshl Yo. 1041.-Ditto, New Stock, 411. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, „, 1, 71. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71. 155.-GlAsPoi: Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 30 155.-Glasgow General Terminus, IW. 10s-Glasgow Greenock, 16/.-Ditte, Halves, BL-Ditto, Preference, L 1 , Nortu -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3/. 95.-Great of Scotland, 17 s. 6d.-Great Northern (late Direct No rthern), 4/. 165.-Ditto (late London and York), 21.-North 13ritish ! 27/. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 121. 10s. ex int.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 17s. ex int.-Ditto, New Quarters, Ills. 3d. scrip - D itto ' Thirds, 2/. Bs.-Ditto, Fifths, 51. 13s. 6d.-Scottish Cent ral, t e. 23/. 10s.- Scottish Grand Junction, IN.-Scottish Mid" land, 151. ex int.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 06 .1 Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester, 171. 10s.-Stirling Dunfermline, 3/.-Stirling and Midland, 61.-Wishaw an d Coltness, 431.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 321.-Ditt°, , Extensions, No. 1,13 L-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 1 2 4 ; -Direct Bombay and Madras, ls. 93.-East ,Indian, It: Os. 3d.-Great North of India, Is. 3d.-Great Southern or Madras, 6d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. GLASGOW, Dric. 3. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-Tile sales are-Clydesdale Junction. GO/. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 34-Dundee and Perth, 30/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 121. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 7s. 6d.-Midland ( 404 paid), 43. OPENING OF MILLS AND RESUMPTION OF FUJI ' TlME.—Messrs. J. and T. Sparrow, Eanam Mill, nisc h " burn, employing upwards of 600 hands, which has b een for some weeks closed, and at other times worked three days, recommenced full time yesterday (Friday) morn ing. Messrs. John Turner and Co., Throstle Nest Mills a w n e d ek E , wood Mill, employing about 1,040 bands, whi ch for a short time back have been working 3 6 hou rs P 6' per daye,omanmdenhcoepdesy, e a s r t e er n d o a w y emnoterrntianign ed a t mercial gloom will be quickly dissipated. Prsto; Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF TAMWORTII.---TA.MWORTIip SATURDAY.—Captain 1 can'- thealetvtehne cobs' didate yet in the field, Sir Francis Lawley and Slr . . John Townshend is the on y Charles Clarke having positively declined th e proffered honour. The Gallant O ffi cer, in his printed address; says—" Since my arrival in Tamworth, the nuinero.ue ~ tenders of support which I have receiv ed from all peri.l,. induce me to come forward on this occa sion as a can date for the distinguished honour of representing Y'3'!' Parliament." He makes no declaration of his polits- 10 , 1 _ opinions, having on former occasio ns contested n t t oe, borough on Whig or Liberal principles. - At prese,l; d, es not aear tat there will be any op9sition. Robert Pe el care f ull y abstains from anyp interferenc.e. and it is presumed, after having vo ted for a Libe ral in North Warwickshire, he would rather support than c!r_ pose a gentleman' who entertaine d similar views for bit own borough of " lovely " Tamworth. The friends er, Mr. William Peel also appear in different as to the result e!, the election, so that the chances are that a Townshend again represent a borough with which for ages preview' to the ascendancy of the Peel interest the name and in fluence of the family were identified. Capt. Townshend has taken up his abode at the King's Arms, the Peel head-quarters, and, as it is said, this afternoon pursued most industriously a successful canvass among the electors. B RISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 4.—The brokora offices have been but indifferently supplied with samples this week suitable for either grocery or refining pur poses; and though we cannot quote any positive decline, the market closes heavily. The demand for rum 1 10 been active, and about, 300 puncheons, principally Je' maica, have been sold at fully former rates. The ire" ports for the week have been 112 hogsheads, 3 ti erceet and 100 bags of sugar. [ADYERTISEMENT.]—The most immediate reined/ for Coughs and Colds is Holloway's Pills.—This Ol e " brated and extraordinary medicine is not only an effe c i tual cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness , or even 101 l °f voice, but is likewise a certain remedy in a ll ore. ° wheezings, shortness of breath, and esthmas. Person; VI who may be so bad as not to be able to lie do wn in lest they be choked with phlegm may be radically cure" by these pills when every other means have failed. 111 latter class of sufferers may depend upon getting vendors, 6'r Il ellas ever andtheya. did i d Professorin their l u i r o ll w P s ° y ,, relief in the first three days, and in ten days 00r:id sbl;eapl all almost i a n s e w establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTH. D M L C' On the Ist inst., at Grosv reno S park, Ca mberw ell, o ` l. Percival!, of a son, still born. ..te G. On the 2d inst., at Dorchester-terrace, the wife of Du Mann, of a daughter.. scar- On the 2d inst., the wife of P. Palmer, Esq., of fit tin's-lane, of a son. $ On Friday, the 3d inst., at Piccadilly, Mrs. Antrobus, ° daughter. MA RRI E D. On Thursday last, at South Walsham, by the Re ,A Day, rector Of Kirby Bedon , the Rev. J. Muskett, t . O only son of 11. Muskett, Esq. , of Clippesbv 1 10 , 0 !!' o f Charlotte, second daughter:of the late W. H. Jar'', r" 1 " .. Blofield Lodge, Norfolk. t • On the 2d inst., at Nuffield, W. Stanley - , Esq., of Roo.' to Sarah, widow of the late H. Turner, Esq. DIED. Dallas, relict of the late Right Hon. Lord . Chi f Jo 1c On the 2d inst., at her house in Cumberland-terrace. I.cli. Dallas. On the 3d inst., Mr. William Pardy, of the Lamb Wen' Leadenhall-market, in the 64tear of his age• ot On the 27th ult., at Powis h , y near Aberdeen, J. T lie Powis, Esq. On the 29th ult., at Edgbaston, Birmingham, S. M artipf Esq., aged 71. On the 30th ult., Mr. T. Carrick, of Queen's -role , and Brewer's-quay, Thames-street, aged 63. On the Ist inst., R. C. Smith, Esq , o f Lincoln's Inn. it. On the Ist inst., suddenly, at Lower Homerton, M'Guflie, in his 79th year. On the 2d inst., at Lewisham, R. Smith, clerk of the cheque of Greenwich Hospital, • the 83d ye m of his age. aa rmas On the 2d inst., at Highgate, Hawkhurst, Kent, Du wife of J. B. Draper. in the 57th year of her age. On the 2d inst., at his residence, Paragon, Brixton- P. Martineau, Esq in his 93d year. d 5 1 ' On the 3d inst., Mr. G. Gray, of Fl t street age ---•"" ray, Fleet-street , - USG IP 0 YO London : Printed and Published by MURD „, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at the Sun Office, I `_ . ,, ° * ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in. the caw' Esq., formerolf Middlesex, Monday, December 6,1847.