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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette) We have received advises from the Cape of Good Hope many days later than previous accounts. They announce the arrival at Cape Town of Sir H. Pottinger. The Haddington, steamer, with the High Commissioner on board, arrived in Table Bay on the 27th of January, and having been duly sworn into office, he immediately proceeded to busi ness, by issuing a proclamation, which we give below. The state of affairs on the frontier is represented to be anything but satisfactory. It will be seen from tile extracts, which we give below, from our Cape contemporary, that three officers had been murdered by the Kafirs. The subjoined letter from our cor respondent at Cape Town will be read with interest : " Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 2, 1847. " Sir,—lt is impossible to arrive at anything like a satisfactory account ()L . the state of things and parties on the frontier, so much party spirit seems to exist for and against the late Government measure , and such diversity of opinion as to what has been done, and whatn ought to be done ; at a time, too, when but one common feeling ought to pervade the minds of the whole com munity of colonists in the Graham' s Town andfrontier districts, that it appears anything; but creditable to subjects dependent upon the protection of the British Crown. " The recal of Sir Peregrine Maitland,e resignation ehris Force of the Eastern app Force the resignation of Sir Andries StockeflatmfhTi of his a ppofltment as com of Sir Andries Stockenstroin of mandant-general of the Burg h Distrfcts of the Capet he Colony, su in consequence of some political dissension den departure of Sir P. Maitland, as commander -in-chief, from the scene of action, before the arrival of his successor, and the devolvingH. of the entire command on Colonel Somerset, t en ded not a little to increase the deep dejection I(.w-laich Prevailed in the minds of those in Cape Town more immediately and directly . interested ' t h e issue of affairs on the frontier. But, lenarly on the morning of the 27th of January, it was announced that the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Haddington, had arrived in Table Bay during the night, having on board Sir H. Pottinger, Bart., and suite ; also Lieutenant-General Sir George Berkeley. K C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the forces. His Excellency landed under the usual salute, at eleven P.M., and proceeded to the Government-house in Sir P. Maitland's carriage. The streets through which he passed were thronged with spectators. and the cheering was deafening. He was immediately sworn into office by his Honour Sir John Wvlde, Chief Justice, and he immediately proceeded to business, by issuing the fol lowing proclamation : " Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint me to be her High Commissioner for the settling and ad justment of the affairs of the territories in Southern Africa, adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north eastern frontier of this colony, and to authorise and en join me to take all such measures, and do all such matter and things, as by me may be lawfully and discreetly done, for preventing the recurrence of any irruption into the said colony of the tribe inhabiting any of the territories aforesaid; and for maintaining the said colony in peace and safety from invaders, and for promoting as far as may be possible the good order, civilisation, and moral and religious instruction of the tribes aforesaid. Sir henry would hold a levee on Wednesday, 3d Fe bruary, and, it was expected. almost directly proceed with the new commander of the forces to the frontier, to see and to hear for himself, and form his judgment thereby. We make t'-e following extracts from the Cape of Good Elope Shippinq and Mercantile Gazette of the 29th of January : " We are gratified to announce the arrival, on Wednes day last, of our new Governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, and the Commander of the Forces, Sir George Berkeley. This arrival, so long and so anxiously looked for by the colonists generally, will, we trust, be productive of last ing good to this continent. From the extended powers with which we believe that Sir Henry has been invested as her Majesty's High Commissioner for the adjustment of affairs with the native tribes, and from his well-tried and known ability, we are led to expect that our relations with the natives on our eastern and north-eastern border will be placed on a sound and solid basis. But we would advise our fellow-colonists to wait with patience the development of any plan which may be sug gested, even though it may not be exactly the one to which they are most attached—remembering that car rying nut the object proposed is attended with difficul ties all but insuperable, and requires all the ability and all the calm consideration which any man can bring to it. We understand that his Excellency intends pro ceeding to the frontier almost immediately. The intelligence from the frontier brought by this week's post is not of great importance. It appears, how ever, from the accounts given by the local press, that there is still much of an unsatisfactory and unsettled character in the state of our Kafir neighbours. The most painful occurrence since our last is the melancholy death of three officers, killed by the Kafiri, and the acci dental death of two of the Mounted Riflemen, and Ser geant-Major Ritchie, of the 7th Dragoon Guards. The following are some of the particulars extracted from a letter, and inserted in the Graham's Town Journal:— "We have nothing but disasters of late. While we were out towards the T'Somo, Colonel Somerset sent out a party of 200 men to hold the Kei drift. These, finding themselves getting short of supplies, sent a patrol to get cattle for slaughter. After marching for some time, on reaching the summit of the Kei hills, some cattle were seen about two miles a head. Three officers and four Hottentots galloped off in pursuit, and succeeded in reaching the cattle, the infantry following slowly behind. The latter saw the former plainly bringing on the cattle, but there were several hollows or necks to pass through, in which stood thick clusters of thorns. On gaining, the first of these the infantry heard sharp firing and proceeded onward, but on reaching the spot found only a horse and three or four Kafirs dead, but neither the officers nor cattle. They returned the same evening. Two of the Hottentots came into the camp one after the other the next day, and a party was sent out in search of the missing party. The three officers—namely, Captain Gibson, Dr. Howell, Rifle Brigade, and Mr. Chetwyn, 73d, were found killed, but the Hottentots have not been discovered. On Tuesday we got down to the Kei Drift, but the river was too much swollen to cross. On Wednesday it subsided a little, and on Thursday we crossed the cavalry, in which Sergeant-Major Ritchie, 7th Dra goon Guards, two C.M.R. and two horses were drowned. Two mule waggons were also washed away. The guns, infantry, and 6.000 head of cattle were left on the other side. Besides having no food except beef, we have had wet weather all the time we have been out." PRIVATE BILLS, The following are the principal portions of the Second Report of the Commons' Select Committee appointed " to continue the Inquiry into the Private Business of the House, the expenses attending the obtaining of all Brivate Bills, including all the ex penses of the opponents as well as the promoters of Bills, and the taxing of expenses relating thereto," just printed by order of the House : " Your Committee have made considerable progress in their inquiries ; and having obtained full informa tion on the subject of fees paid to the House, on the taxation of costs, and the formation of Committees on Private Bills, have agreed to the following report upon these points, reserving the other subjects of their inquiries for a future report : " FEES OF THE HOUSE.—It appears that the fees consist of a great variety of small items, charged on every stage of the proceedings on Private Bills. These fees are so complicated as not to be easily understood, either by the clerk who has to collect them, or by the parties who have to pay them. " Since of late years all the officers of the House have been remunerated by fixed salaries, and all fees have been carried to the credit of Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament to receive them, there are now no persons individually interested, as for merly there were, in the number or amount of these fees. The House, therefore, is perfectly at liberty to make any alterations regarding them which it may think fit. " The subject has been for some time under the consideration of Mr. Speaker, and by his desire Mr. Dorington, the Clerk of the Fees, has laid before the Committee a table of fees, constructed upon a diffe rent priciple, by which it is contemplated to abolish the present system of charging a great many small fees on the various proceedings of a Bill, and to substitute a few larger fees, to be charged on the principal stages—viz., one fee on presenting the petition for a Bill, one on going into the Committee on the Bill, one for each day in Committee, and one on each of the readings of the Bill, with other minor alterations and regulations ; and these suggestions have received the decided approbation of your Committee. "Your Committee have also called for an estimate of the fees to b scheme, and of collected under the proposed new fees, calculatec'a he income likely to arise from such equal to that of rti.r amount of business annually recommend that the the year 1844. Your Committee with the assumed aheZa be fixed on such a scale as, po,sim,, nt of business, to produce, as nearly as unt received in years. They, therefor‘e7 submit to the House, that Mr. Speaker be requested ordinary adopted table of fees based on the n p.7 "" l to be Prepared with a view to such table" Vei e n iP g es ab "e stated a House, and brought into operatiO-n by the commencement of the present sessio'ne'ther from the may be. , or a s soon as .._ 41 TAXATION OF COSTS. Your Committee h ave taken evidence upon the subject, an d are satisfied that no time shout i be lost in establishing an efficient taxation of Parliamentary costs and charges in ac cordance with the opinion above expressed. In order to effect this object, it will be necessary to pass an Act in the present session, enabling Mr. Speaker to appoint a taxing officer or officers, who shall have all the powers possessed by the taxing masters of the Court of Chancery, and shall examine and tax, as well all preliminary expenses incident to applying to Parliament for Private Bills, as all charges for soliciting or opposing the same. Your Committee are of opinion that the fee to be charged upon the taxation of costs should be as moderate as shall be compatible with the due per formance of the duty ; and further, that every facility should he afforded both to the promoters and oppo nents of Private B ills, or parties liabl e t o pay such the relief which such taxation costs, for obtaining will afford. I n accordance w ith this view, your Committ ee " think that the parties who have been engaged either in promoting or opposing any private Bill, and who object to the charges of solicitors or agents, should be at liberty within six months from the termination of the session of Parliament in which such Bill may have passed, or within six months next after the Bills of such solicitors or agents shall have been lrde liveredl to the parties , to a pp l y in writing to . Speaker, w ho shall then give t he re q uisite orders fur the taxation of such charges. " Your committee also think that the parties should have power to obtain from their agents and solicitors the delivery of their bills of charges within a reason able time ; they recommend, therefore, that at the ex piration of six months from the close of any session of Parliament, it should be open to any party who has not received the bill of charges to be claimed from him for service in respect of any private business in that session, or of proceedings preliminary thereto, to apply to Mr. Speaker ; that Mr. Speaker should have power to give such directions as he may think fit with respect to the time within which such Bill shall be delivered ; that Mr. Speaker should have power from time to time to alter such directions. and to enlarge the time originally directed, or, under special circumstanced, altogether to relieve the agent or solicitor from the operation of the rule, if he shall see fit to do so ; and that, subject to such discretion of Mr. Speaker, the original direction shall be conclu sive, and the agent or solicitor failing to comply with the same shall have no power of recovering his charge against the party. " Your Committee is further of opinion that the costs and expenses attendant upon Bills promoted or opposed by corporations, and public bodies, how ever constituted, in trust for and on behalf of the public, should in all cases be taxed. " Your Committee, therefore, have requested their chairman to ask leave of the House to bring in a Bill to carry those purposes into effect. " FORMATION OF COMMITTEES OS PRIVATE BILLS. —Your Committee having taken evidence as to the present working of Committees on Railway Bills, and finding a general approval of their efficiency, are of opinion that all Committees upon opposed Private Bills should be appointed and constituted in the same manner as Committees upon Railway Bills. " Your Committee having had before them the Bill intituled A. Bill for consolidating in one Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for Paving, Draining, Cleansing, Lighting, and Improv ing Towns,' referred to them by the House, are of opinion that the measure is not of a character to be satisfactorily considered by them, and they have, therefore, requested the Chairman to submit to the House, whether the order of reference may not be discharged." ENCOUNTER BETWEEN SET TLERS AND BLACKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. On the 19th August we were enabled to furnish a brief account of a collision between a small overland party and a tribe of blacks on the banks of the River Murray, in which rencontre a man belonging to the overland party was slain. We are enabled more fully to state the par ticulars. Mr. Thomas Johnson, the "one armed man" formerly mentioned, long resident at Yass. in New South Wales, and to whom 14 horses and 51 head of cattle of the overland herd belonged, has been kind enough to furnish us with the following interesting recital. The party of six, including the narrator, Henry Jervis, George Jervis, John Jones, George Bridges, and Herbert Elder, were travelling in charge of cattle, horses, and a provision dray. belonging to himself and Elder, and bound to Adelaide, when on the morning of the 27th of June, 11. Jervis and G. Jervis rode away from the party, and were expected to return in vain all that day and night. On the 28th the reduced party encamped at a place called Mount Dispersion, whence they could hear the sound of an encampment of blacks at some distance off, on their line of march. On the following morning Johnson intimated his desire to George Bridges that they should not proceed until his father-in-law, Henry Jervis, and his brother-in-law, George Jervis, had re• joined them. Bridges said he would not wait, and "hoped they would get a good starving, as they had no business away." They started accordingly, and soon arrived at the blacks' encampment. Four or five natives only were perceptible, and these they passed without speaking. to. They travelled three or four miles along the bank of the Murray, followed by the blacks, the river being on one hand, and a thick scrub on the other. On crossing a creek, they stopped for a few minutes to see what the blacks were following them for. In a little time they started again, when the blacks cooeyed, and there arose forty or fifty more from the bank of the river and the creek, making a terrifying roar or shout. Upon this Elder, B r idges, and Jones took their arms, and stood alongside the dray; Mr. Johnson was with the cattle in advance, and all he could see, on looking round, was, that the blacks with their spears and war implements had advanced to within about ten rods of the dray, where they maintained their terrifying roar without advancing nearer. Mr. Johnson walked from the cattle towards the dray ; but before he could reach it Jones had fired a shot, which, however, he said was an accidental one. Bridges having expressed his determination to proceed, Mr. Johnson returned to the cattle, and caught his horse, which was the only one saddled. By this time Elder had joined him alongside the cattle, which some dogs belonging to the blacks were attacking ; but they were not got rid of without scat tering the cattle. On looking round towards the d ra y, Mr. Johnson saw Bridges handing some beef to the blacks, and observed that as he turned from them they speared him in the back and under the right arm, and he fell to the ground. Elder and Jones were no longer visible, and he concluded they had been speared too. Mr. Johnson rode a little way to the right, and could then see the blacks had full possession of the dray. He now saw an unarmed black coming towards him, but I seeing he was followed by two others with a spear each, he turned his horse's head to cross a creek; but before he had accomplished the passage, a spear passed over his head and lodged in the opposite bank. Thence he looked again, and saw the former contents of the dray upon the ground, also the speared man, whose dying groans were audible, but could see nothing of Elder or Jones. Mr. Johnson, being utterly at a loss to determine what he could do, remained where he stood for some time ; and having prayed to God to direct him, he resolved to retreat to a station forming by Mr. Ross, fifty or sixty miles further back than where he and his companions had encamped on the previous night. He was proceeding on his journey in that direction, when he heard a noise behind, which alarmed him much ; but he was agreeably surprised at being overtaken by Elder and Jones, whom he had given up for lost ; but who had succeeded in catch ing two of his (Johnson's) horses, and had taken a like determination with himself, to retreat towards Mr. Ross's. They, too, had given up Mr. Johnson for lost ; but meeting with the track of the mare he was riding, rightly concluded he had escaped, and that they might overtake him. Having agreed to go back to Mr. Rose's station, they had ridden only two or three miles in that direction when they met H. and G. Jer vis, who said they had lost themselves ; which was almost impossible, as they had the river on one hand, and a beaten track on the other. On being told that their relative (Bridges) had been killed, they wanted Mr. Johnson and the others to turn back ; but as they had only one gun between them, in the hand of Jones, the proposal was declined, and they all agreed to go back to Mr Ross's together. That night they passed in the bush, on the bank of the Murray, without food or shel ter, and on the following morning, having caught their horses, they mounted and rode as hard as they could towards the station of Mr. Ross. Most fortunately. on their way they fell in with a Mr. Maury and a Mr. Cart wright, with their party, provision dray, and cattle, and got a present supply for their wants. Having learned that Mr. Tooth's party was coming behind, .Johnson and Elder went to m• et them, and upon asking the assistance of Mr. Tooth's superintendent, Mr. Newman, the ser vices of an armed and well-mounted man was granted, and Elder was left with Mr. Newman. The armed man, who had served in the British cavalry, and was very properly called " the trooper," carried his musket in " a boot," and had plenty of ammunition. John son, too, was furnished with a brace of pis tols. When they got back to the encampment of' Messrs. Maury and Cartwright, they found George Jervis, and learned from him that his father, ac companied by Mr. Maury, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ross, a Mr. Walker, and two or three other gentlemen, accom• panied by two blacks, and all well armed, had just gone off for the scene of the murder and dispersion. Mr John son and the trooper determined to overtake them, and did so after about four miles' travelling. They journeyed together all that day, and encamped on the bank of the river at night. Next morning they set out again, and reached the place where Bridges was murdered about half an hour before sunset. One of the dogs left with the dray was still tbere ; the two leading bullocks were missing but the other four were found entangled in the scrub; and it was now time to encamp for the night. In the morning (July 3) all the party went to look for the remains of poor Bridges, except Jervis, who rode out in search of the dispersed cattle. After some time they found a clay mound, which was removed, and a little below was discovered the naked body of the murdered man, covered first with long grass, and then with pieces of wood, the clay being put over all. On taking up the body it was found to have been speared through and through. After giving H. Jarvis an opportunity of seeing the body of his son-in-law, it was again interred in another grave. After this, the kind gentlemen as sisted in recovering the dispersed cattle, and succeeded so well, that Mr. Johnson recovered all his horses (14). Next morning he returned with the party to Mr. New man, who kindly undertook to supply him with provi '.l°", to attempt the recovery of his remaining cattle, and to conduct him to Adelaide with his own party. T~ this the gentleman's kind assistance he was indebted for benefi t of all his cattle, except five, and for the e n ,h is ,L t a e safe convoy as far as the settled districts of the River Rufus.—South Australian Re giBter. at the Griffin, Vill SincinEd fir. Bedford held an inquest Villiers-irckt, Strand, on the body of employ of Mr• Newman, Y i s : William Barker, age I R a tcosiittt!lTeahneera,eoienasthede z d , , month, and was was seized with a fit on the a isl i i was futind necessary t, Two b ays afterwards, with his taken home and put to bed. a h m a ad e , andtwo wmaesasotovioglueanrtdthhitm..t ay he became raving while still in bed, he contrived, unse,eneohdy, h w i to get a small awl by his bed-side under the clothes, to bore a hole in his throat. andbtleiedn work the instrument round until he had inflicted a large circular wound. It was discovered almost immediateFy, and he was taken to Charing-cross Hospital, where he died on Thursday last. Mr. Stiggall. the house surgeon, could not say whether the fever under which he lank was the result of the injuries or of natural causes, and the inquest was adjourned for a post mortar; examination. MAIDSTONE FARMERS' CLUB_ r SUBSTITUTE FOR, AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN, POTATOES. (From the Maidstone Journal.) At the monthly meeting of the Maidstone Farmers' Club, at the Mitre Inn, on Thursday evening last, at which the attendance was more numerous than usual, an interesting conversation took place on the above important subject. The cultivation of root crops was the subject under discussion, but as its consideration was not concluded, but adjourned until the next meeting, we defer the general report till then. Just as the meeting was about to separate, Mr. E. P. HALL begged to call attention to a mat ter of some considerable importance, particularly at the present moment, since now was the time when alone it could be of any practical utility. During the whole of the proceedings, although the subject was the cultivation of roots, no one had mentioned that im important root the potato, in the cultivation of which so serious a difficulty had arisen. His object in rising was to mention a substitute for the potato which had been recently much recom mended, in order to ascertain before the club sepa rated, whether any of the members could support that recommendation, or discourage it, from the result of their own experience. He alluded to the Jerusalem artichoke, the proper season for planting which was now rapidly passing by. Mr. Hall then read the following statement:—" The Jerusalem artichoke is a very productive and valuable vegetable root, re sembling the potato, and may be cultivated in the same manner. The tubers should be planted six teen or eighteen inches apart, in rows three feet apart. The price of the seed is about 4s. per Winchester bushel. At a time when the potato was not very extensively cultivated, this root was pretty largely used as food for man. Few plants are more hardy, and they will succed in almost any situation, and will come up, year after year, without planting, as enough tubers are accidentally left in the ground to stock it. A patch of ground should be set apart for the growth of this root, as there is an objection to its introduction in a regular rotation. Kade states that a square patch of Jerusalem artichokes in a gar den was still productive, at the end of 33 years, throw ing out stems from 7 to 10 feet in length, although the plant had neither received any care nor manure for a very long time.' " Mr. Tweed, of Woolwich, in formed the council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, that he grew 32 tons per acre from a piece of ground (unintentionally) manured with stable dung. They were twice hoed, and the stems ran twelve feet high. On a piece of ground which was not manured the crop was only four tons.' Mr. James Gwillam, of Hartlebury, says on this subject—' I last year grew, upon one perch of ground, four bags per acre. The roots were sound and large, and an excellent substitute for the potato; and as so many unfavour able accounts are daily received of the existence of the disease this favourite vegetable has been pre viously affectei with, I strongly recommend the cul tivation of the Jerusalem artichoke. What I have disposed of has been at the ratio of 15s. per hug, or 251. per acre. I have also been informed, but do not speak from my own experience, that it is a very nu tritious food for hogs and store pigs, and when ground may also be given to horses with success." Mr. Hall concluded by saying, if any member had tried this root perhaps he would favour the meeting with his opinion as to its suitability as a substitute for the potato. Dr. PLOMLEY said the Jerusalem artichoke was a plant which had excited more attention among che mists and botanists than almost any other. Boussin gault mentioned that it derived the whole of its nitrogen from the atmosphere, and that although ammoniacal manures were useful as a stimulus, yet it did not take a particle of ammonia out of the soil, so that large crops might be grown of it, without at all impoverishing the land. It was not so nutritious as turnips, its nutritive qualities being about the same as potatoes—namely, about two per cent. It was, therefore, a very good subtitute for the potato, without robbing the land as the potato did ; for,in fact, it had the opposite effect, and it was well known that land which had grown artichokes year after year was in a better state afterwards than it was at first. Mr. BARTLETT said he could bear testimony to the longevity of the artichoke. He had attempted to clear a piece of ground from it, and for this pur pose tried to kill it with gas lime, but could not. It grew very luxuriantly, and was a very delicious vegetable. Mr. HATCH said he once grew a very small quan tity, as an experiment, and found he could never get rid of it. Mr. SAXBY wished to know the relative nutritive value of wheat at 60s. a quarter, and potatoes or vegetables of that kind at 3s. a sack ? Mr. Wurrtso said, the properties of wheat and potatoes were altogether different, and did not admit of comparison. In wheat, nitrogen and gluten formed the principal constituents, supplying food for the flesh and bo nes . P o t a t oes supp li e d f oo d f or respira tion, the carbon they contained being consumed in the lungs. It would be impossible to sustain life with potatoes alone. They must be used with milk, or some such ingredient, in order to become a substitute for wheat. It was necessary to have both, or some thing answering the purposes of both, in order to keep up a proper supply of warmth and nutriment, one being quite as essential to the body as the other. Mr. DAVIS (Linton) begged to state that cottagers in that neighbourhood had been supplied with arti choke seed by Lord Cornwallis, as a substitute for potatoes. He would also observe that he had been very successful in growing potatoes. There was a great prejudice against this vegetable just now, and many thought that it was hopeless to attempt to grow it, but he had last year grown a large crop, and the best sample he had ever seen, on Coxheath, by putting into the drills a great quantity of lime. The lime was put in seven inches deep, covered in, and never touched afterwards, except to keep the weeds under, and the crop was most excellent. The sort was regents—the soil sandy. There had been many of the nobility visiting at Earl Cornwallis's during the winter, and they all acknowledged they had never tasted any like them. This statement excited, as may be imagined, very great interest, and we earnestly hope, that under Providence, the remedy mentioned may be found generally efficacious in restoring to us this useful and delicious vegetable. As to the Jerusalem artichoke, we may add that the seed tubers may be purchased for Is. per gallon, and should be planted immediately. HEALTH OF LONDON ASSOCIA- TION. On Wednesday evening a meeting was held in the theatre of the Western Literary and Scientific Insti tution, in Leicester-square, to hear 11. Gavin, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S.E., one of the members of the Health of London Association, deliver a lecture " On the ne cessity of remedial measures to improve the health of London." The meeting was convened for eight o'clock, and shortly after that hour Mr. Rogers was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, on the paramount importance of impro v i ng , by every possible m eans , th e h ea lth o f L on d on, as no thing but the strictest attention to cleanliness, the possession of good air, and a plentiful supply of pure and wholesome water, could preserve from all the aggravated horrors of disease the many thousands who were congregated together in this vast metropolis. He trusted that the importance of the subject would be duly estimated, and that the truths which would be stated to them this evening would have the effect of thoroughly awakening their attention to a full sense of the dangers which surrounded them, so that at their next meeting, which he hoped would be more numerously attended, they would be prepared to act with energy and vigour in carrying out the measures of the health of London Association. The Chairman concluded by introducing Dr. Gavin to the meeting. Dr. GAVIN said, that in accordance with a request which had been made to him by the Secretary of the Association, he had prepared some remarks on the subject which the association were zealously engaged in promoting, and he trusted that he would be able to induce the public to aid them in a matter of the very highest importance. He then proceeded to refer to the necessity for remedial measures, which was too obvious to the most cursory observer to require him to do more than simply to call attention to the facts which the reports of the Government Commissioners and others had,,from time to time, communicated to the public; and he might observe that no public grievance affecting the public health was more deeply felt than the want of an adequate supply of pure and wholesome water. The lecturer then referred to several statistical returns of the deaths in various towns and districts, as illustrative of the influence of existing nuisances upon the public health. He also contrasted these with similar returns made from parishes in the metropolis, giving the re lative mortality as appeared by the returns among the gentry, and the trading and labouring classes. He then pointed out that to the want of fresh air, to the confined condition of the habita tions of the poor, and especially to the workshops, in which so large a portion of their time was necessa rily passed, the great mortality that prevailed among the working classes was necessarily to be traced. He next adverted to the very defective state of the sew erage of the metropolis, and referred especially to the immense outlay which had been uselessly incurred in the city of Westminster, under the superintendence of the Commissioners, who were, under the present syfesrtetmo , th a e n irresponsible authority. The frightful consequences which resulted from the defective state of the sewerage, osmost extensively and th e evidenced horrible n nuisance the ee mortalityo cesspools,f o f e house s .0 se districtsl which were most exposed to those sad 1 F. connexion with those things, he might re lamentably bad state of the ventilation in 155 pure water, t o o, the e lo wer necessary classes. ecess a r The y to supply pro m 0 t o e f things indis pe nsably at a cheap rate, was one of THE SUN, LONDON, SA,TURMAY EVENING. APRIL o, 1847. the health and comfort of the public. The sum at which the most adequate supply could le provided was one of the most trifling amount in comparison with the blessing it conferred ; and in the event of fire, the importance of having water in every way and in every place available, was a matter of the highest moment, and one which demanded the prompt attention of every member of society. The lecturer, in conclusion, quoted the opinions of several writers of eminence as to the vast importance of the matters to which he had referred, in connexion with the comforts, the health, and the well-being of society, and trusted the facts which the narrow limits of a lecture had permitted him to bring under their at tention, would not be without their effect in Aiding the great cause of sanatory reform, which was now happily in progress.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said, that after the able discourse which had been delivered by Dr. Gavin, it might ap pear unnecessary that anything more should be added ; but as the matter was of much importance, he should be glad to hear any gentleman who had any infor mation to communicate, or who had any opinion to offer for their consideration.—(Hear.) Mr. GEORGE said that the object of their meeting that evening was one of those on which the public seemed to require a good deal of information, and which was a vast deal too much neglected by them. Any frivolous subject would find ready attention, and yet what question so much concerned the well-being, the health, and the happiness of them all, as the one they had that evening under discussion ?---(Hear.) He had listened with much interest to the excellent lecture which had been delivered to them ; but there was one subject which had not been adverted to, and to which he conceived the attention of the public ' should be incessantly directed--he meant the exist. ence of burying-places in the very heart of this immense metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) Having been himself the witness of scenes in those places of so demoralising and so destructive a character, he could not help, at the present moment, al luding to this horrible grievance, closely connected as it was with the question of the public health. He complained that Lord Morpeth had not in cluied this frightful evil in the nuisances which he proposed to remedy in the Bill he had recently intro duced, and he feared that the Noble Lord had allowed himself to be deterred from effecting so great a good by the influences which they all knew could be brought to bear in such a case. With the people he was referring to, vested interests were of much more importance than the improvement of the public health.—(hear, h(ar.) Mr. George then referred to the state of the grave-yard in the parish of St. Anne (Soho, as we understood), and although he believed that things were much worse in this respect in some other parishes, yet he could not help saying that it was frightful to contemplate the spectacle that was almost daily presented to the eye.—(Hear, hear.) He found upon inquiry that every spot of ground in that grave-yard was turned over once in every three years, and before it was possible the bodies that had been interred could be in a state of decomposition.— (Hear.) Within less than two months he had ascer tained that twenty-eight bodies had been interred, and the coffins were sunk only a few inches under ground. Before it was possible decomposition could take place the bodies were removed and a pyramid formed of them as a means of making room for fresh interments.—(Hear, hear.) He declared it was hor rible to think of such things being permitted to occur in this city, and he urged upon every man to exert himself to the utmost to put an end to this state of things so injurious to public health, and to public morality, and so contrary to that respect which should be paid to the dead. The CHAIRMAN briefly expressed his acquiesence in the sentiments which had been expressed by the last speaker. - A vote of thanks was then passed to Dr. Gavin, for the able lecture he had that evening delivered ; for which honour the Doctor briefly returned thanks, And a similar vote was also passed to the Com mittee of the IVestern Institution, for giving the gratuitous use of the lecture-room. Thanks were next voted to the Chairman fur his excellent conduct in the chair, and the meeting broke up. MORTALITY IN EDINBURGH AND LEITH. _ Dr. Stark's report, which we have just received, contains the return of the mortality in this city and Leith for 1846, and also for the first two months of the current year. Last year the number of deaths in Edinburgh amounted to 4,887, of which 2,252 were males, 2,342 females, and 293 still-horn, being an increase of 865, or 22 per cent. over 1845. During the same period the returns from Leith represent 412 males, 389 females, and 64 still-born. Total 865. This is an increase of 319, or .58 per cent. above 184.5. The reason of the great increase of mortality during the past year is ascribed, by the report, prin cipally to atmospheric influences, and which is evident from the fact that all the towns where returns are kept show a similar increase. The mean monthly alternations of temperature were seven degrees more during 1846 than 1845, the sultry days of June and frosts of December (neither of which extremes were known in 1845), making this palpable increase. The g r ea t evaporat i on cause d by the heat occasioned more rain, whil e th e humi dity of the atmosphere mcreased the virul ence o f th e fulsome vapour emanating from sewers, s t agnan t waters, &c.; and these, by wea k en i ng the human ay a t e ed to increase disease, and consequen tl y . t e r m s „ te mortality. Thesecauses did not result i n an y epi demic disease wh i ch might account for the great complaints, which in creased mor t a lity, but acted nearly in a r a ti o i n a ll dis tempers,fatality, especially ab ou t th e m iddl e o f Aus tin ex cepting intestinal That the favourabl e sanatory state o f gu Edinburgh had a marked i n fl uence on i ts compa rative healthinessis shown from the per centage in mo t r h t i a a li e ty ity, In Leith b e i ng so muc h which is high situat e d, greaterof increase clean and well dra i ned , while L e ith i s no t or i ous l y otherwise. Thus , while Edi n b urg h s h owed only an increase of 22 per cent. , Glasgow was 40, and Leith 58 per cent. more than in 18 45. The average life of t han in males last year was 28 years ; females, 32 2-3 showing a mean age of 301 years. The average life of married persons proved to he 651 years, but of unmarried persons above 22 years, the av e r age was 43 years —showing a difference in favour of married persons of 141 years. Married male persons, on the average, at 5 7 1-3; females, 57 2-3. Unmarried males above 22 died at the mean age of 38 2-3, thus losing by remaining unmarried on an average 18 2-3 years. Unmarried females above 22 died at the mean age of 47/, thus, by remaining unmarried, losing about ten years of life. Thus, as the report adds, " married life, therefore, so far from tending to shorten life by the superadded dangers of child birth, &c., tends undoubtedly to prolong it." Of the different classes of society, gentry and pro fessional persons died on an average at 431 years ; merchants, master tradesmen, and clerks, at 361 ; artisans, servants, labourers, and paupers, at 271 years. The report then remarks, that by proper precau tions the excess of mortality in the lower classes might be diminished at least to that of the merchant class. It also states, that the reason the public are burdened with the maintenance of so many destitute children, is because of the premature death of their parents. Statistical accounts of the comparative mortality of other towns are then cited to show that Edinburgh is one of the healthiest, if not the very healthiest town in Great Britain, and that the proportion of deaths of children is less in this city than in London, Liver pool, Glasgow, &c., while the proportion of deaths above 60 exhibit a corresponding increase over these towns. These facts are of course the clearest demon strations of a healthy locality, and although a marked increase has taken place in the mortality of the past year, the per centage has been much less here than elsewhere. The following abstracts from the report shows re. spectively the mortality of the first two months of 1847 :-- " During January the mortality of Edinburgh, excluding 31 still births, amounted to 506 ; that of January 1845, being 329 ; of January, 1846, being 382. The mortality of Leith during January, 1847, excluding five still births, amounted to 96 ; that of January, 1845, being 64 ; that of January, 1846, being 62. " touring February, the mortality of Edinburgh, excluding 38 still births, amounted to 426 ; that of February, 1845, being 327 ; that of February, 1846, February, being 327. The mortality of Leith during February, excluding nine still births, amounted to 92 ; that of being 46." 1845, being 34 ; that of February, 1846, 1 The report attributes the increase over the same months of preceding years chiefly to the unusual pre valence of easterly winds, aged people being the greatestbut during January F o r example, the average monthly h deaths of p ersons a b ove 60 w as during last year 78, by the following 18 47, statementl3o Feb : rf ry, , 120. It concludes "It is apparent that the increased mortality of the month of January and February of this year is not owing to the prevalence of epidemic diseases, nor can it be traced to any connexion with dearth of provi sions or general distress. The whole excess of deaths is, on the other hand, satisfactorily accounted for by the increased number of deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, and from old age—two classes whose mortality is greatly regulated by the severity of the weather. —Paleclunian Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A CURE OF A DREADFUL CASE OP ERYSIPELAS BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mrs. Gibbons, of Tivoli-place, Cheltenham, was for two years so dreadfully affected with Erysipelas, that she became (however extraonlinary it may appear) both blind and deaf from the severity of the disease. During the time she was attended by several or the most eminent medical men in Cheltenham, but without receiving any benefit what ever, and as a last resource she tried Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which in two months perfectly cured the dreadful complaint, and re stored her to health. This remarkable case can be authenticated in every particular, at the Bookseller's, No. 10, Arcade, Cheltenham. — Sold by all Druggists, mid at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 24, strand. London. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 9. The sitting, were resumed today before Mr. Com missioner Phillips. IN RE JAMES ABBOTT. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Lewis Thomas for Lord Grantley, and by other creditors i❑ person. The complaint was that the insolvent had contracted debts under fahe representations. He took a house of Lord Grantley, at Wornish, and had paid no rent. He denied that he had represented himself as an indepen dent man, either to his Lordship or to any other creditor. Two creditors were called as witnesses, and thry.posi tively declared that they had given credit on the insol vent stating to them that he was a man of property. It appeared that the insolvent had started a work connected with agriculture, and he stated that he in tended to open an agricultural school. He had some premises in the Strand, and a company was to he formed wiled " The Benevolent Land Association." The scheme, however, had not succeeded. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS, in giving judgment, said he should be warranted in remanding the ins,lvent. It was a case for the full exercise of the discretionary clause, viz.—six months from the vesting order. IN RE HENRY HAYM.AN PLAYER. This insolv,‘nt, who was examined On a trial at the Central Criminal Court a short time since, was oppo,ed by two creditors. He afforded a good deal of amusement in the court by the peculiar style in which he gave his evidence. After an examination of some duration, in which more amusement was manifested than was consistent with a court of law, he was discharged. :N RE ABRAHAM LETY GOODMAN, KNOWN AS 44 GOOD- MAN LEVY." The insolvent, connected with the " turf," was heard at the close of the day (six o'clock), on his application to be discharged. He was supported by Mr. Coke. Notice of opposition hail been given, but no creditor appeared. The insolvency was principally attributed on account of the forfeits the insolvent had paid for horses not running according to the entries made in respect to the races. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS, in reference to the sche dule, said, you are lucky, Mr. Goodman. You have 5001. more owing to you than you owe. I see, however, by the first page that there are two doubtful debts, and all the rest bad. Is one farthing likely to be realised? The insolvent said there was one debt of 2001. from Mr. Gompertz which might be paid. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS-Why, I see, he is an insolvent. The insolvent said he had been so, but he had heard he intended to take the schedule off the files. The Learned COMMISSIONER told the insolvent he had heard of his name. The insolvent said it was very likely. He had, how ever, not been discharged before by the Court. Mr. CooKE observed, that the insolvent had specu lated, and was well known on the " turfi" Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said the Legislature had not thought fit to discountenance the system, and he did not know why he should sit as a censor of public morals. He found that the applicant attributed his insolvency to the forfeits he had paid. There were respectable per sons connected with the turf. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 8. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEF. John James, aged 19, was indicted for setting fire to a stack of hay, at Walton Cardiff, on the 4th of January, the property of John Philips, and a stack of hay, the property of Samuel Kingcott. Mr. Cooke conducted the prosecution. The prisoner lived at Tewkesbury, in Barton-street, and the prosecutor is a farmer at Walton Cardiff, who prosecuted the prisoner about a twelvemonth ago for felony, which it was contended was the inducing motive to the committal of the offence charged in the indict. ment. It appeared that the haystacks were in a field half a mile from Barton-street, and almost simultane ously with the alarm the prisoner was seen by a little boy coming from a lane in chat direction. He passed the house of a witness named Evans, knocked at the window, and cried out " Fire, roast beef and plum pud ding." The prisoner, who was before seen in the direc tion of Walton, appeared to have made the circuit of the town of Tewkesbury, as he was met near Gupsill. on the Cheltenham and Gloucester road, at about a quarter past five, by an old man named Stock, and they exchanged the salutation of "good night" with each other. A lad, named Francis Haile, saw the prisoner near a gate, and walked a little way together, when the prisoner pointed out the rick on fire to the lad, saying, " Whatever is that ; it is a rick or a house on fire." Some people then came up and said, "It is Mr. Philips's rick." Haile pro nosed to go to it, but prisoner said he could not now, as his shoes hurt him. He got through a hedge and wiped his shoes in a field. The prisoner was then taken into custody by Inspector Rider about eight o'clock in the evening, when his shoes were found to be very wet and muddy. They were compared next day by Moses Har ris, a shoemaker, with some foot-marks in Walten meadow, the lane near, and tha field leading to the stacks, as also where he went to wipe his shoes on the previoss night, and they appeared to correspond, but the comparison seemed to have been made in a very bung ling, and by no means scientific, manner. The chief evidence against the prisoner was his own confession, made voluntarily to Mr. Holme, banker of Tewkes bury, in which he said he set, fire to the ricks with a Wafer match, and gave a detailed account of how he did it, and where he want afterwards. He said he was sorry for burring Knight's, but Philips's served him right, and he did not mind going to gaol, as he had six months under Hampton (the keeper of Tewkesbury Gaol), and he worked him pretty hard. He concluded by saying, "Sometimes the devil has bold of me, and the❑ I will do anything to spite any body, and afterwards go to chapel and be very sorry for ir." The prisoner put in a written paper, in which he said he was " the son of poor and industrious parents, but could not obtain the means to have a professional gentle man to defend him from base and treacherous man, and that Evans, the witness, had a spite against him." A witness was called, who swore that Mr. Philips, speaking of the prisoner, said, " I will transport the scoundrel before this day twelvemonth." It appeared that the prisoner was convicted on the 20th October last, at Tewkesbury Quarter Sessions, before the Recorder, on a charge of stealing eleven eggs, the property of Mr. Philips, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. He was found Guilty, and the previous conviction proved against him. his LORDSHIP said he wished it to be understood that in all such cases a severe example would be made of tho-,e convicted of them. He then sentenced him to be transported for twenty years, Kyndou7 Philips, aged 24, was indicted for stealing at Saint Werburgh, on the 3d of March, a post letter containing a bill of exchange, the property of the Postmaster General, and forging and uttering an en dorsement of the same. _ _ _ Mr. Whateley, Q.C., with Mr. Godson, Q.C., Mr. Alexander, Q C., and Mr. Bros, conducted the prJsecu tion; and Mr. Greaves, with Mr. Skinner, defended the prisoner, a respectable young man, who was a wine merchant at Bristol. Mr. WHATELET opened the case, detailing the facts us they appear in evidence. Vronsosz called John Arthur—l live near Penzance, and am an in spector. I deal with the firm of Philips, wine-merchants, at Bristol. On the 27th of February I accepted a bill for 211. 4s. 3d., drawn by them, made payable at Mesirs. Bolitho's bank, at Penzance, on the 28th of April. I put the bill produced in a letter, in the post, and sent it, addressed to "T. R. Philips, Nelson-street, Bristol." In two or three days they wrote saying they had not re ceived it. It was posted at the Helston post-office. There was no endorsement on the bill when 1 sent it; it was drawn, but not endorsed. Alfred Robins—l am an errand-boy in Whine street, Bristol. In May, last year, I met a person in a sailor's dress in High-street. He was a young man, about five feet ten inches. The prisoner is like him. lie gave me this piece of paper, and said I was to take it into the post-office, give it to the man there, and he would give me a letter. I handed in the paper at the office, and was taken inside by a police-officer, and then went up the street with him to look for the man. We could nut office nce, s h p o el e w o ing gavethat ruethe a prisoner letter. fin A d f h te im r . . oth i e h r e e p v o id s e t re ceived the letter, _ The jury consulted together for about a quarter of an hour, and returned a verdict of Guilty, but recom mended him to mercy on account of his youth and good character. The JUDGE said he quite agreed with the verdict, and he invariably made it a rule, when persons in his situa• tion and of education committed offences, to make ex amples of them, as day by day they saw poor, unedu cated, ignorant men at that bar, punished severely for trivial offences. He should, however, take the recom mendation of the jury into consideration, or he might have transported him for life. He was then sentenced to seven years' transportation. In the Nisi Prius Court, Mr. Justice Maule and a special jury are engaged in trying a case of breach of promise of marriage—" Townsend v. Sims —the action being brought by a beerhouse-keeper against a young farmer. The case was tried at the last assizes, and a verdict then returned for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. A new trial was subsequently applied for on the part of the plaintiff, and the case was proceeding when our re port left. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, April 8. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN.) John Wright, aged 27, was indicted for violently wounding Francis M'Gill, at Pickmere, and stealing eighteen sovereigns, two promissory notes, and other moneys from his person. Mr. Trafford and Mr. Bevan were counsel for the Crown, and Mr. Temple fur the defence. Francis M•Gill said I am a draper at Manchester. On the 22d of October I slept at Northwich, and started on foot about eight o'clock the next morning towards Pick more. The prisoner overtook me at the foot-bridge, and on stepping on Sto it I felt a blow on my head which knocked me down, and I became insensible. When I recovered my senses I was still on the ground ; the pri soner was upon me, with his hand in my right trousers pocket. My silver was in that pocket. I made an elf ,rt, and got up. He then said, " Give it me, Mac, I know you have got it." I told him to take all I had, but to spare my life. I put my hand in my left hand trousers pocket to bring my purse out, and he snatched it from me be fore I had got it quite out. I again asked bim to spare my life, and he made no reply. By some means or other I got a stick he had in his hand into my possession, which he took from me, and went away towards Pick mere. In the purse he took from me were two 20/. notes, two 51. notes, and 181. 10s. in gold. He took about 31. 17s. in silver out of my right-band trousers pocket. Other evidence being adduced clearly showing the guilt of the prisoner, the jury found him Guilty. His LORDSHIP ordered judgment of death to be re• corded!tgainsthirn. NISI v PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) ATKINSON V. HORRIDGE. Mr. EGERTON stated the pleadingA, to the effect that the action was as to the sale of a horse for 1501., which the defendant warranted to be sound; to which the de. fendant pleaded that he did not warrant, and, secondly, that the horse was sound. Mr. TOWNSEND opened the case to the effect that the plaintiff is a gentleman living at Leeds, and Mr. Hurridge a gentleman well khown to the Cheshire hunt. At Chester October races the defendant's horse Paragon was standing at the Albion Hotel, at the price of 160 guineas, and another at 60 guineas. The plaintiff bought them for 210/. He warranted the horse Paragon, but declined to warrant the other. The plaintiff's groom fetched the horses away on the Monday, and they ar rived at Leeds on the sth of October; the next morn ing, at the end of a canter, the groom detected that the horse breathed thick. The plaintiff immediately sub mitted the horse to Mr. Yates, the veterinary surgeon, who pronounced the horse as suffering from a chronic affection, which being incurable was unsoundness, al though it would nut prevent the horse being hunted. Some correspondence took place, which ended in the sale of the horse for 561., and bought in on behalf of the de`endant, which sum was rAuced by expenses to 48/., and it was fwr the difference between the purchase money and that sum that the action was brought. These fact, being proved, The Learned JUDGE went minutely through the evidence. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages. 101/. 53. DOE DEM LORD DELAMERE V THORNTON and OTHERS. This was au actin of ejectment to recover possession of certain enclosed wastes in th,• lordship of Marton, in this county. The defendant had occupied under a con veyance from Mr. Court, of the manor, who had covenanted to give a good title. The question at issue wus of no public interest. Verdict fur the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. George Scott, a porter at a distillery, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hooper, charged with obstructing the Post-office constables, appointed to preserve access fur the public to the different windows in the hall. Craddock, one of the officers, made a very lung and minute statement of all that passed, as a solicitor attended on behalf of the prisoner. The officer said the prisoner came up some minutes after six o'clock in the evening, and asked where he was to put a handful of letters. Witness directed him to the proper window, where seve ral persons were standing. In a few minutes the clerk called for the officers to clear the windows, and they found the prisoner there. He said he was there before six, that he should not pay the fee of a penny with each letter: it was a gross itoposition, and he should not leave the window till his letters were taken. Witness said it wss past six when he inquired fur the window. The prisoner replied that was false, and after trying to per suade him to leave the window, they were obliged to use force, and turn him out of the hall. The prisoner palled off his jacket, and wanted to pay 51. for the plea sure of fighting with the biggest of the officers. He remained about the hell endeavouring to incite one of them to fight him till nearly eight o'clock, when the crowd, expecting to see a battle, was so great, they were obliged to give him into custody fit obstruction, by which offence he had incurred a penalty of 51. He paid 6d. with two of his letters, and took the rest back to his employers. The prisoner said he was at the window some minutes before six, but the clerk was wrangling with somebody about a letter, and the time was thus exhausted. Mr. Gordon, one of his employers, stated that he bailed him out, and he was certainly sober. The officer said he did not press for a penalty, as the prisoner did not strike him. Mr. Alderman HOOPER asked if a person arrived before six, and front the number of persons there, or an altercation as in this case, between a clerk and a cus tomer, the clock strikes before his letter can be re ceived, was subjected to an extra fee ?—The officer said yes. It happened constantly, from two or three p ers ons bringing fifty or sixty letters at the last moment, which must be cast. The ALDERMAN observed, that it was not so under the old system. Thin the officers made a line with their staves at six o'clock, and from those who were within the line and wailing to be served before the bell rung, no extra charge was demanded ; and this plan ought to be resorted to again. Tho public ought not to pay for the defici,ncy of accommodation at the Post•otfice. The officer said if the public would use stamps, they need not wait at the windows at all. Mr. Alderman HOOPER replied, a merchant's supply of stamps might be out, and the Post-office should afford accommodation under all cireum,tances. He admonished and discharged the prisoner. BO W-S TREE T. A young man of very gentlemanly appearance, look ing about 20 years of age, and describing himself as William GraLure, of the Tavistock Hotel, Covent garden, and residing at Walton house, iornersetshire, was brought before Mr. Henry, shortly before the closing of the court, charged with having altered a cheque upon Coutts and Cu., from Si. to 801., with intention to defraud the bankers. Henry Burgess, a shopman in the employ of Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, of Piccadilly, proved that. the pri soner ordered a ,quantity of goods at their shop a few days ag.), for a lady in St. John's-wood, and then asked to be favoured with a cheque for 81. upon the bankers of the firm, in exchange for eight sovereigns, which he threw upon the counter. He said that he wanted the cheque to send into the country. Witness applied to Mr. Keats, the principal, by whom the cheque was then drawn for the amount requested and handed to the prisoner, who gave the name of "J. H. Montgomery, Esq." Shortly afterwards the prisoner returned to the shop, and presenting the cheque partially torn, said he had accidentally used it to light his cigar, and begged to be favoured with another. Another of the principals, after making some inquiry of the witness, then drew out a second ch. que for the same amount, and it was given to the prisoner. Witness identified a cheque pro• duced as the same, with the alterations mentioned in the charge, which had been made since. Henry Ayling, an oyster-shop keeper, in St. Martin's court, stated that he knew the prisoner from his being in the habit of taking oysters and stout at his shop. On Tuesday last the prisoner called upon him, and requested him to go out and obtain a cheque upon a London banker for 61, and gave him six sovereigns for that purpose. Witness went to several of his neighbours, hut could nut procure one, the answer of the several tradesmen being, that ‘• the party who wanted it could procure a post ,ifiee order, if be wished to send that sum into the country." lie conveyed this answer to the prisoner, who gave him a sovereign for his trouble. On that day (Friday) he called again, and said he wished to get a cheque upon Coutts and Co. cashed, and witness said that he would call at the bank for him. It was agreed that the prisoner should call again at four o'clock for the money, which 'Wtt3 to be 801.; the prisoner observing that he would have two DM notes, ten 51. notes, and the re mainder in gold. Witness accordingly went to the bank, but on presenting the cheque was himself given into custody. lie related the circumstances at the bank, and directed the officers to his house, where the young man was taken, at four o'clock. Mr. Keats and a constable in private clothes corrobo rated this evidence, and the latter deposed that the pri soner, on being taken into custody, said that Mr. Mont gomery had requested him to obtain the cash. The prisoner aomitted the truth of the statements made against him, and begged to retract what he said to the constable, as to being requested by a Mr. gomery to obtain the money. '1 he name of Montgomery was false. His own name was Grabure. It was true that he altered the cheque, but he had not made the attempt on any other occasion. He destroyed the first cheque because he failed in altering it satisfactorily to himself. In answer to an inquiry from Mr. HENRY, he said that he was in his 18th year. Mr. 'ENRY remarked upon the indiscretion of the parties who gave the cheques upon a mere pretence that the prisoner was going to send them into the country, and also ketured the witness Ayling upon his want of caution in thfi matter. His Worship remanded him for further examination. The prisoner appeared astonished to learn that he was going to be detained in prison, and with great simplicity urged that gentle men would " stand " bail for him to any amount. He declared that imprison ment would ruin him, and, as he left the bar, he said that they might hear of him at the Junior United Service Club. He was the removed from the dock. POISONING IN NORFOLK. ATTLEBURGII, THURSDAY NIGHT.—The investigation opened by Mr. Pilgrim, the Norfolk Coroner, on the 30th ult., respecting the deaths of Mrs. Mary Pearson, aged 50, and Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, aged 56, who were poisoned by means of arsenic being secreted in the pro visions which they partook of, was resumed this moral ing, at ten o'clock, at the Greyhound Inn, Tibbenhsm, a village eight miles distant. Tne deceased, who were sisters by marriage, were the wives of very much respected yeomen living in the vici nity of Tibbenham. The evidence at the previous in quiry showed that on Sunday morning, the 28th ult., Mrs. Pearson was taking her breakfast with her husband, when she was seized with her fatal sickness. She took two cups of tea, and two or three mouthsful of bread and butter, when she was taken sick. She sent for Mrs. Everett to attend her. On her arriving, she was invited to breakfast, and had some of the tea, when she was also seiral with sickness. It violently increased, and at twelve o'clock on the same day Mrs. Pearson died, and at four o'clock Mrs. Everett followed her. The investi gation was then adjourned, for a post mortem exanainatiou of the bodies to be made. The deceased ladies being much esteemed in the neighbourhood, their mysterious demise naturally produced a most painful sensation. The jury being duly assembled this morning, ,Tames Warren, an intelligent lud, aged eighteen, was the first witness examined.—l have been a servant to Mr. Joseph Pearson, the husband of the deceased, since last Michaelmas twelvemonths. I have been in the habit of taking my meals in the same room as Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, only at another table. At dinner we sometimes dined at the same table, arid partook of the same food. 1 recollect my master and mistress breakfasting on the 28th of March. Me and Eliza Sage, the servant, were at another table. I had a basin of milk and some bread and cheese for my breakfast that morning. Eliza Sage had none. Ido not know why. I cannot say if my master had tea that morning. He always bad beer, and sometimes I have seen him take tea. CORONER —Do you know the reason why Eliza Sage did not take breakfast that morning? Witness—No, I do not; Sir. She otters not took breakfast, and some times supper. CORONER—W ho was in the habit of coming to your house? Witness—Mrs. Everett and her danghter. The ether members of the family used also to visit rat mistress. In answer to the jury, the lad stated that he thought every person in the parish believed the deceased %Tr@ poisoned. Did not know what Eliza Sage and John Everett thought. Had seen the latter speaking together. Still did not recollect who had talked to him about the deceased being poisoned. Could not say when John Everett had called at the house—whether it was a month or a day. By the CORONER—I never recollect filling the kettle. Had brought the water from the pit by the side of the road. It is a running stream. Sage used to fill the kettle. Sage told me after the death of my mistress* that she put the water in the kettle on the Sunday morning. Did not know when she told him, or where he was. On Sunday last, on going home,'he was asked. if the deceased were poisoned. Could not read or write. Had been to a Sunday school for two or three days. The CORONER ordered Lim into the care of the police. Eliza Sage, the servant, was next called. She stated I was servant to Mrs. Pearson. Up to the Sunday of her death she was in good health. On that morning I filled the kettle for breakfast. I filled it from a pail.. The kettle was in the copper-hole. On the previous (Saturday) night, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson had tea, and on that oceusion I filled the kettle. I got the water from pit that is supplied by a running stream. I took the water from a pail in a cue to fill the kettle. It was the same water as was used on the following morning, There was some left in tht kettle on Saturday night after ten , and which remained ail night. I did not throw it out when I filled it on Sunday morning. Ido not take ten of a morning, nor did I take any on Saturday night. Coaofeee—lf poison had been found in the tea-kettle , can you form any opinion as to how it got there ? Witness—l cannot, Sir. She was a good mistress to me, and lam very sorry if that is the case. The wate r remained in the tea-kettle on Sunday morning. The doctor took it away. I filled a bottle with the wate r from the kettle on the same morning, to warm my [nig' tress's feet. I put the kettle in the copper-hole in the back house on Saturday night. I placed it on the fire on Sunday morning, before I went milking. I have-not had any conversation with John Everett since the death of my mistress. My master had not mentioned to On anything about poison being in the kettle. When I first went into my mistress's service, we had some angry words, but not lately. On the Thursday before her, death, my mistress took me up i n to he r room , an d showed me some mice holes in a closet. She put some poison in the hole ;it was mixed up in something in a ba s in. I swept out the closet, and some pieces of poison wets amongst the dust, which she threw on the fire, and there was no vessel on the fire when she threw it on the fire. The kettle was not near it. On the Sunday night Mr!' John Pearson, a sister of the deceased, called at the house, and directed me to fetch another tea-kettle for, tea, as she was afraid to drink out of the one that ba d previously been in use. She was afraid to have tea roof in it. The medical gentleman had the kettle whie" boiled the water on Sunday morning. A wrong one was given them at first, but the mietak 9 was rectified, and the right one entrusted them. After medical evidence, Mr. Joseph Pearson, the husband of the deceased, er:° called in, and, after the usual caution from the Coroner; detailed a great many hearsay stories, which could not be received in evidence. He, however, stated that! niece of his, Hannah E vere tt, w h o li ve d a t N o r w ich, ye s. at his house yesterday, and while looking over a bere g e l he was informed that s h e f oun d a pi ece o f p a p er mark, poison, which c ont a i ne d a w hi te pow d er, an d w hi c h S lie threw into the fire. The CORONER said she should be summoned to Pi e evidence of what Pearson had stated with reference . W the paper marked poison. There was n o d ou bt that V'; poison had been wilfully administered to the decease; arid, therefore, they were bound to institute the 03 P il searching inquiry. d , At five o'clock the proceedings were accordingly journed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Bristol and S° - 0 , Wales Junction, Ms.—Caledonian, 4% dis.—Ditto, —Great Western, Quarters, 5 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 27- 94 '4d, New. 2% p.—Midland, New, p.—Ditto, New, 4/. 3 3 ; ; I I —Ditto (Bristol and Gloucester), 15 p.—N or th Halves, 2 1 / 2 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 ,1; u ns. Shropshire Union, 114 dis.—South Devon (6 per cent.) , 3d. p.—Taff Vale, Quarters, 27% —Ditto, New, 6s. 3d. Pb LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A large amount of railway stock' offering to-day, and sales are pressed at lower quotation, amongst which are the London and North-Western 5.„ 1. 11,' Manchester and Leeds, Dover, Eastern Counties, and , 21 1,0 land Stock. The market was very much depressed, on" .;10 little business effected, and that at reduced rates. Th e ' - cer are—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, Preferef.„, 1 1 4 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 ,4 Caledonian, Halves, dis.—Chester and Birkenhead, 40 rt .!i Eastern Counties, York Extension, 74 dis.—East Lanc a n e o (late B. and P.), p.—Ditto, New, % p.—Ditto , re d (Scrip), 7 , 4 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter s hP 17% —Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston, 4 p.—Lancasterrlit,o, Preston, Quarters, 14—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.- --13 / 0 . Preference. I'4 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 , 4 _,,j —London and North-Western, 173—Ditto, Quarters (1... B.), 16 1 4 p.— Ditto, Fifths, 13 p.—Ditto, Quarters (t ste r, 17 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 10 1 % p.—London , 31 „a, c 4 sr e0 and irmingham, 8 —anchester and Lee 3-4 ‘ (late ß Extensions), 6 R., M 2 1 4 per. Sheffield, I°3J Lincolnshire. Eighths, 134 dis.—Midland Stock, 11.1 :4 Ditto, New. 2% p.—North Staffordshire, 2t, p.—Presto n Wyre, Halves (II), 6s. 3d. p.—Shrewsbury and Birroing. ll6 s ), 15/. 7s. 9d. (A), % p.—South-Eastern and Dover (NO' Consolidated, p.—Ditto (No. 4), Quarters, 3s. 9d. P• West Riding Union, 265. 3d. p. MANCHESTER, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, lO ttirl •r g t: ham, and Boston, l, —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chesh foi 1 ,.i —Blackburn. Clitneroe, Bic, Preferentials, 1 5-16-"% if, ern Counties, York Extension, 3a—East Lancashire , o d 13-16—Ditto, New (scrip), :!,/ i p.—Fleetwood, Preston, ,90 West Riding Junction, s A—Great Northern, %—lludders!:,,,.. and Manchester Railway and Canal, I')i i Ditto, Thirds,. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Branches, Halves 'l l r London and North-Western (Manchester and 13irin c, - ,V, ham), 68—London and Manchester (Rem.'s), 491). s pa Ely and Huntingdon, li t —Manchester, Buxton, Milano:l3o Midland, par—Manchester and L e ed s , Fifth s , 4% - "'i t ield , 32/. Shares (late Extension), 2 3-16—Manchester, Sun, ity, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshi r e), 2 i 4',7 - 7-17 chester and Southampton, 'A —North Staffordshire , gsy —Oldham Alliance, 1 / 2 —Preston and Wyre, Halves 0 1 , 1 ; oir —Ditto ( B), —Ditto, Sixths, 5% —Shrewsbury A, 11 : 0 0, mingham (A), %—Shropshire Union, 7-16—South - and Dover, No. 4, 3-16—South Staffordshire, 1-16 diSi Riding Union, 1 5-16— Wharfdale (late North-Easter n), LEEDS, AI'AIL 9. ; STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—East Lancash•r e 'bsrt' n. p.—Ditto, New Scrip, T s p.—Leeds and De v ' c sca Branches Scrip (blue), 21i p.—Ditto, New Extensions enta (pink), par—Leeds and 'Musk, 2 dis.—Ditto, Prefferdoli 21s. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 15s. and Brighton and South Coast, Fifteenths, 2s. %A O, Maiton:and Driffield Junction, ss. p.—Manchester Halves (late Hud. and Shelf.), p.—Ditto, 32 1 . t n ioll' (late Extensions), 1/. 18s. 9d. p.—Ditto, West Riding . 0 4, 23.5. 6d. p.—Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ( 6 , r1 , and Sheffield, Quarters), 1 1 4 c. p.—North StaffordsV''!te s p.—Northern Counties Union, 395. dis.—NorthAve' 17s. 6d. dis. SIIEFFIELD, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE. — The sales are—Manchester, P,,," ao Matlock, and Midland, p.—Manchester, Sheffiewhittot Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 5% dis. 20/. Shares, 2 1 % dis.—Ditto, 12/. 103. Shares, 1 1 • l' s ifota' —Ditto, Docks, 2% dis.—Midland, 114 1 ,4—North S t Nio o ' shire, 2.) , 8 p.—North-Western, 3 / 4 dis.—West Riding 11. 7s. p. - .A 4 HULL, Aran. 9. 1 0 ' STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Hull and SeKV —Great Northern, J, 4 dis.—North Sta ff ordshire, 2t,;100' Northern Coucties Lnion, 10s. 6d.—West Riding 255. 6d. p. • 1847,---The following is the House list of Gov! o rP g i/ and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ellltli FOIL GOVIERNORS. - William R. Robinson, Esq., Governor. James Morris, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR. DIRECTORS. Arthur Edw. Campbell, E sq . 'Ch ar l es F re dk . H u tb, — V ' eq. Edward H. Chapman, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Williarn Cotton, Esq. James Malcolmson , Es c bg, Bonarny Dobree, Esq. H. St. John Mildrual , Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Es t' EA , Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Geo. Warde Norm an ' Esq' Hankey, jun., Esq. John Horsley P ! , r, John Oliver Hanson, Esq. James Pattison , sq Bar t John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelt'', E . Kirkinan Dirl. Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Pres cott, Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., l'h a e t the el e ction y, th e and Deputy-Governor 7 , 1 held 13th of April, s e c ioc' Directors, on Wednesday, the 14th of April, from ten Bank, for Governor T uesda in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MR. JUSTICE MAULE'S LAST.—The acco.- e 1 tion for the judges a t th e R ea di ng Assizes is extre•es° meagre. Mr. Justice Maule reminded the authoritio, Coming into court in the morning, this, the other day, in rather a humorous m ii .bre t ,. ° cornered hat, which the judge carries in his fl o Lordship cast his eyes above and around, but 1. 0 16 1, place convenient for the deposit of the judicial . 6 ; is ) His Lordship, turning round to the Under-Sheri jer is o to dressed him in a loud tone of voice—" Sheriff; take my hat back to my lodgings, there se e , be no room for it here." (fen ce Lord Adolphus Fitz-Clarence has left his rest St. James' Palace for Paris. with his little td, co lIITHS. On the 6th inst , at Oxfo R rd-terrace, the lady ° f Ft ' ill 0 , LonerLmn, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst . at llarleyford-place, Kenning toll'cO t ee i mon, Mrs. David Taylor, of a son. W stbe- On the 7th inst., Mrs. 11. Apsley Ranger, e - Ai i v villas, Harrow-road, of a son. the b On the 7th inst., at Houghton Hall, Cumberland, On le l ' of t'eter the Bth inst., James Dixon, atN Esq otti ., o ngham-place, Mrs. J. f a son. 11 13 e Y ril'' R utherfo, of a dau. On the rd g hter Bth inst., at Lavender-terrace, near Wan cit°(° Mrs. Frederick Meyer, of a son MAWED. 0 ig// ift4oo On the 7th inst., at the Abbey Church, Cirence, s . t rifiL Solly, jun., Esq., of Southgate, Middlesex, to Cori/ 0 5 '55W' of the late Captain Julius Brockman, of her Majesty DIED, ---- , CoP °l 0 On the sth inst., at Woodthorpe, Nottingham' t o. Philipps, aged E 4. ari‘' n infantshe 6th inst., at St. Andrew's-place, Regent's-1i 4 1j, daughter of of Thomas Denman Whatley, E s / 4 0 )1' 11 On the 6th inst., at Farley Hall, Staffordshire, '" Es On then th inst., in Eton College, Mrs. Sophia CO On the 7th inst., in Stamford-street, Blackfrisrs, PP". mins. tre g Jr ° On the Bth inst., William Jones, Esq., of St. Job road, Clerkenwell, aged 87. ~r a of 1.1. ;e g 0 London: Printed And Published by MURDO YO ths it% a 1-' -t rami, Printer, at 77u Nu, No. 112. strvnd. lo ,' of the Sinn la the County :of Middlesex. WOO/ 1547.