The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS FOR NECESSITOUS AND ORPHAN CHILDREN. Yesterday morning a quarterly general court of the governors of this institution was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the quarterly re port, and for the purpose of transacting other business relating to the institution ; Mr. Grocock in the chair. The imitates of the last meeting having been read, The SucavrAnY proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that the board of management had been directing their attention to canvassing the city of 1 London, and to the appointment of district committees in other parts of the kingdom, but, owing to the unpre cedented distress which had of late existed, they had not met with any great degree of success. Since the last court new donations to the amount of 2621. 7s. had been received, and new annual subscriptions to the amount of 150/. Bs. The amount of unpaid donations and subscriptions had been considerably reduced, and the old subscriptions and donations which had been re ceived amounted to 4451., altogether making an addition to the funds of the institution since Christmas of 839/. 9s. The further sum of 1,0001. had been in vested in stock, making 5,000/. now standing in the names of the trustees of the institution. The board had considered with great care and attention the contemplated election of twenty children in June next, and earnestly called upon the governors and members to give them all the assistance in their power. The annualincome of the institution was 5821. 55. The sums sub scribed by 531 donors was 6,221/. 183., and Of thethis amount sum from annual subscribers wa s 4321. ss. 5,000/ had been invested in the Three per Cent. Consols. The report was unanimously received, as was also the auditors' report. The board then entered into a long discussion with reference to some pro forma alterations of the rules of the institution, proposed by Mr. Lawrence, the honorary secretary. Some of them were agreed to, and others were reserved for future consideration. The Court then adjourned. EXTRICATION OF THE SPHYNX. (From the United Serv i ce Gazette.) The following official letters, in reference to the extrication of her Majesty's steam sloop Sphynx .from her dangerous position, will be found interesting to our naval readers : " Admiralty, March 5, 1847. " SIR, —Having laid before my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty your communication of the 4th instant, No. 315, forwarding Captain Austin's report of the Sphynx having been hove off the shore, I am commanded to signify their Lordships direc tions to you to convey to Captain Austin and to the officers and men by whose joint efforts the Sphynx has been released from an almost hopeless position, their warmest approbation and thanks for the zeal and perseverance with which their exertions were con tinued until rewarded by entire success. " My Lords have seen in the safe arrival of the Sphynx in Portsmouth Harbour, after three succe!sive failures, a proof that there is no falling off in the spirit which has always characterised the Bri tish navy. They remark, also, with pleasure, the great exertions made by the officers and men be longing to the dockyard, and the cordiality with which they co-operated with the crews of the ships employed; and their Lordship's desire that yourself and the Admiral Superintendent will immediately report upon the number of men belonging to the ser vices engaged in this duty, with a view of fixing the allowance to which they arc entitled, with the least possible delay.—l am, &c. " 11. G. WARD. " Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander in-C3hief, Portsmouth." "Admiralty, March 25, 1847. " My Lords desire that you will convey, specially and publicly, their Lordship; approbation and thanks to Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Watts, for the indefatigable exertions by which they, and the artificers under their orders, contributed so effectually to the pre servation of the Sphynx. " By command of their Lordships, " H. G. 11 ARD. " Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth." Mr. Bellamy is the Assistant Master Attendant ; Mr. Watts, the Senior Assistant Master Shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The following is the petition of the Metropolitan Working Classes Association f3r Improving the Public Health, presented t 3 the House of Commons by Lord Morpeth : " The petitioners earn their daily bread by daily labour, or daily service, and depend for their own support and that of their families on the continuance of their health ; that disease and death press more heavily on them than on the rest of their fellow citizens, entailing heavy expenses and great embar rassments, and too often bringing them, to utter destitution, and an unwilling dependence on the poor rates. " The petitioners, with their small earnings, are unable to command the means by which their health and lives may be preserved ; that they have no alter native but to live in unwholesome streets and houses, while such of them as are employed within doors are exposed during long hours of work to the impure air of shops and workhops, in which ventilation is altogether neglected. " The petitioners see no hope of escape from these evils but in the interference of the Legislature. They therefore hurnigly, but earnestly, entreat you to take their case into immediate consideration, and to pass a law by which every house shall have a constant and unlimited supply of pure soft water, a water-closet, and a drain ; and every street, court, and alley, a well-constructed sewer ; and the owners of shops and workshops be compelled to adopt an efficient system of ventilation. " That as the report of the Health of Towns Com mission has proved to demonstration that these im provements in the structural arrangement of streets, houses, shops, and workshops, are a gain to proprietors, and_a great economy to rate-payers, as well as a means of saving many thousands of lives, preventing tens of thousands of attacks of sickness, and conducing to cleanliness, decency, and order; your petitioners trust that there is no longer any obstacle to their adoption. But should they lead to any increase of expense, your petitioners are quite willing that that expense should fall upon themselves, in the shape of a small weekly addition to the rents which they now pay ; far they are fully persuaded that, besides an ample equivalent in money saved, they shall, for :he first time, possess the means of cleanliness and decency, without which the mental and moral advancement they so much desire to secure for themselves cannot possibly be obtained. " The petitioners, therefore, pray that you will be pleased to grant them a sound and comprehensive Health Bill, by which they may he shielded from the great physical and moral evils to which they are now exposed, and which, without legislative interference, they cannot hope to escape ; and they further pray that, in order to ensure the due and uniform obser vance of any Legislative Act that may be passed, an officer of health and an inspector of nuisances, armed with adequate powers for the execution of the duties of their respective offices, may be appointed in districts throughout the country, in accordance with the ex press recommendation of her Ma jesty's Commissioners." PORT or NEWCASTLE.—In consequence of app cations having been made to the Board of Customs by the inhabitants of North and South Shields for increased Custom-house facilities, the Hon. G. R. Dawson has visited the locality, and had interviews with the mer chants and memb ers o f t h e corporat i on at Newcastle, with the view of obtaining information on the subject for the guidance of the board After several a in , terviews and discussions, th e parties i met nterested upon the following arr angement, wh i ch theyai unani mously mously agreed to recomm en d to t h e boe.rlas thebaans: of future regulations, whi c h it i s poss ibl e the board will sanction :—I. That there shall be no subdivision of the port, which shall preserve its integrity ; an d t h e general registry of the shipping of the port shall be at Newcastle upon-Tyne. 11. That such auxiliary eata.blishnavn's as the Board of Customs shall see fit shall be formed at North or South Shields, or at both of those towns, which shall afford the following facilities, viz. : 7 1. Entering and clearing ships coastwise. 2. Reporting ships in wards by consiguees or their agents, and amending reports from foreign. 3. Clearing ships foreign, by exporters or their agents, laden or in ballast. 4. Enrollin g , amen di ng, cance lli ng , an d transferringinden tures of apprenticeship. 5. Entering and obtaining banded stores for ships. 6. Entering goods inwards by consignees or their agents, and paying duties. 7. Clear ing goods outwards by paid and otherwise. eipe rr rtersorth.iir gents, duty . akin;9,}o,ds out of bond, and plying duties thereo.n mova i o f goods on which rt:lzscleur.ipi duties have bonds for re . - description not been paid soastwise, and every othe ar n a ( w )f b bond required by the customs. 10. Receiving perform the exported. 11. Shipowners to ballowed l c" on goods at the are'snerregistets acts necessary for registration and for transfer auxiliary establishments. 12. Endorsing changes of masters. 13. Granting and renewing seamen's register tickets. Lusa " DOINGS" Is GARSTANG.--On Saturda y night last, a troop from the sister Island, which h a d b een perambulating the neighbourhood during the week, ap plied for their billets to the overseer, and were duly pro vided with lodgings and provisions. After making a hearty supper they retired to their apartment, where, their conversation being caraied on in rather a shrill key, they were overheard to be engaged in the interesting occupation of casting up their weekly accoants, the ob ject of which, it appeared, was to ascertain if they had sufficient "small change" to make up a sovereign, which was to be sewed up in the leader's clothes, so that they might truly turn out empty pockets. This coming to the knowledge of the police, a bill for " board and lodgings" was politely tendered to them the followintt morn ing, which, after a good deal of noisy resistance, they were compelled to pay.—Lanea,ter Guardian. GLASGOW COTTON MARK ET.— APRIL 2.—ln the beginning of the week we had r Lther an extensive trade demand for cotton, and prices advanced a little, but, partly owing to the continued dulness of the yarn mar ker, and the tightness of money, it has now become quieter, and prices are note about the same as on Friday last.—. National Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1847. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 5. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord DE/oust and a Special Jury.) CHADWICK v. lIERAPATII. ffi This was a writ of inquiry to as sess the dafmtahgeesNfoorrtha libel upon Mr. Chadwick, the chairman o the Richmond Railway, whi ch libel Wales Railway, and who also filled], was o s h e c d e n e Herapath's Railway Jour nal of the 13th of June, 1846. he had not been actuated The defendant pleade d that by any malice in publishing the libel, and that he had apologised for it, in conformity w ith the statute, and paid 51. into court ' 'as compensation. T he C ourt upon b e insufficient, and the present d emur rer held the plea to was therefore issued to assess the amount ofwr writ of damagesinquiry i tory w hi c h the plaintiff was entitled. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Peacock mere for the plain tiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff it appeared , that while he filled the office of deputy-chairman to the North Wales Railway, and chairman of the London and Richmond, a negotiation was entered into for the loan of 20,0001. to the South- Western Railway Company by the North Wales Com pany, the latter not being able at the time to use their capital or their works owing to some Parliamentary difficulties, and the South-Western were to pay 4 per cent. for the use of the money, the shareholders in the North Wales scheme receiving the same amount of inte rest upon their deposits. The South-Western Com pany refused the money, and the amount, with an addi tional sum of 5,0001., ‘a as then advanced by the North Wales to the Richmond Company, at an interest of 4i per cent. This transaction formed the subjc ct of the present inquiry, for it seemed that soon afterwards a letter appeared in Ilerapath's Journal, proressiug to be signed by one Evan Griffiths, a shareholder. in the North Wales scheme, and in which, in very offensive terms, the present plaintiff was charged with misappro priating the money of the the shareholders, and, instead of employing their funds in furthering tho works of the railway, that he had lent it to a failing scheme, where it would probably all be lost, and at the same time sug gested that the plaintiff had an interest in the contracts upon the Richmond Railway, and that the transaction was for his own personal benefit. Immediately upon the Publication of this letter application was made to the de fendant for the address of the writer, and it then appeared that there was no such person as Evan Griffiths, a shareholder in the scheme, in existence, and in the next number of the defendant's journal be expresssed his re gret that the letter had been inserted in the hurry of business, and also at the offensive observations made use of. Some further communications took place between the plaintiff's solicitors and the defendant, and the latter repeatedly offered to insert any statement of the real circumstances of the transaction in contradiction of the libellous letter ; but this, it appeared, did not satisfy the plaintiff, who required that the defendant should state from his own knowledge that there was was no foundation for the charges that he had male, but this, it appeared, he declined to do, and hence the present prpceeding. On the part of the, plaintiff the libel was put in, and evidence also given to show that, so far from there being anything injurious to the interests of the shareholders of the North Wales Railway in the transactions with the Richmond Company, they were highly advantageous to them, and that they were enabled to receive a divi dend of 4 per cent. for their money, which would other wise have been locked up at their banker's, and riot have yielded any profit. It was also shown that, instead of the Richmond Railway being at that time a failing scheme, the shares were at a premium of 61. upon 101. paid, and by the subsequent arrangement and amalgama tion with the South-Western Railway Company each shareholder received 201. for each share upon which only 101. had been paid originally. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, for the defendant, said he wished the jury to understand that his client admitted that he had incautiously inserted in his journal a charge against the plaintiff fur which there was no foundation what ever, and, whatever might be the reult of the action, the plaintiff would leave the court without the slightest imputation upon his honour. Mr. Herapath had all along admitted his error, and had endeavoured to make all the atonement in his power. Immediately after the publication of the libel, he inserted a notice expressing his regret at the offensive expressions that bad been made use of towards Mr. Chadwick, and he repeatedly offered to insert any statement in contradiction of the libel that might be furnished him by Mr. Chadwick. This, however, was not done, hut he was required to state as of his own knowledge that the charges were false, which it was impossible for him as a man of honour to do, particularly as, immediately after the publication of the letter of Evan Griffiths, he received a communication from the solicitors of Mr. Buikeley Hughes, M.P., who was then chairman of the company, the plaintiff being the deputy-chairman, in which he was called upon to contradict the statement that he (Mr. Hughes), to whom the charge was sup posed to refer, had had any share in the transaction of the loan to the Richmond Railway Company, and that, on the contrary, he had protested strongly against that step being taken, and had instructed his solicitors to take proceedings against such of the directors as they might consider had been guilty of a breach of trust in the transaction. Under these circumstances - it was im possible for the defendant to take upon himself to state what the real facts were ; but, if Mr. Chadwick had furnished him with such a statement, lie would gladly have inserted it; and he therefore submitted that the de fendant had done all in his power in reparation, and that it would be very unjust to make him pay heavy da mages in such a case. The Learned Counsel then stated that, eventually, a letter was written by the se cretary of the Richmond Railway with the knowledge of the plaintiff, in which a full contradiction was given of the charge that had been made against the plaintiff, and that this letter was immediately inserted in the defend ant's journal, and, at a public meeting of the share,- holders of, the North Wales Company, the defendant, who had made a purchase of shares expressly for the purpose of enabling him to do so, addressed the meet ing, and publicly expressed his regret at having inad vertently admitted the attack upon the plaintiff in his journal ; and, under such circumstances, he said, he could not help expressing his surprise that the present action should have been proceeded with. Evidence, documentary and parole, was then put in, to prove the statements referred to by the Learned Counsel, and the letter to which he alluded as having been written with the sanction of the plaintiff, embodying a distinct contradiction of the charges that had been made against him, and it was proved that this was immediately inserted in the journal of the defendant. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said that with regard to the publication of the libel the defendant had no de fence, for he had no business to insert a letter from an anonymous person making libellous charges, and, if he did so, he was responsible to the party aggrieved. He had pleaded that he had made a sufficient apology, and the letter that had been read, which was sent with the knowledge of the plaintiff, certainly put a very different complexion upon the case with regard to that plea. The jury would, however, look at all the circumstances, and say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to for the attack that had been made upon his character. The jury, after deliberating for about five minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiff--Damages 501., including the 51. paid into court. In the course of the day the application was renewed for the admission of Edmund Garbett, the attorney, who was committed by the Court last week to bail, but the Lord Chief Justice said that as the Central Criminal Court, where the prisoner would be tried, was then sit ting, he should not interfere. CROWN SIDE. John Durdan, the younger, a publican at Kingston, was indicted for a criminal assault upon ayoung girl who had been in his service. The details of the case are quite unfit for publication. Mr. Locke prosecuted, and Mr. Chambers appeared for the defence. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault. Lord Chief Justice Wilde finished the criminal busi ness this morning, and then tried some common jury causes ; and it is expected that he will sit again to-day to assist in disposing of the remaining business of the assize. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Monmouth, April 3. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE.) REES AND OTHERS V. PROTHEROE. Witnesses were called this morning fur the defendant, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd replied for the plaintiff's. His Lordship summed up, and the jury found for the plain tiffs for the full amount of damages claimed. The next and last case on the list was withdrawn, after an ineffectual attempt made by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, with whom was Mr. Rickards, the plaintiff, to have it deferred to Monday, on the ground of the absence of a material witness ; and opposed by Mr. Whateley, with whom was Sir T. Phillips, on behalf of the defendants. llis Lordship then proceeded to try prisoners. Mr. Sergeant Allen also assisted in clearing the calendar. There were thus three courts sitting during the greater part of the day, disposing of the Crown business. By six o'clock, when they rose, there were only nine or ten cases remaining untried. These, however, were all of the heaviest and gravest character in the calendar, standing out in contrast to those tried to-day and yes terday, which were almost without an exception, such as in any other county would have been disposed of at sessions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two boys, neither of whom was more than 12 years of age, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with haiing made several attempts to pick the pockets of ladies who were passing through the streets. The prisoners, although of such tender years, were well known to several of the City police. They had Seine time ago begun their predatory career by stealing any trifling property exposed at shop doors ; they then aimed at silk handkerchiefs in the pockets of and they ascended from gentlemen, cult one of steal . a severe 'smUts. that practice to the more dial the purses of ladies. After hiving mad e many atif g he turned insido our,. They without success, one of them re ceivedtell), face from a lady whose pocket hut the lady seemedquite enough,were then taken into cus tody,t,o think the chastisement she had inflicted justice-room. An empty purasned refused to attend the of one of them. was found i n t h e pocket The prisoners said the police were mistaken. An officer, who had up on a former occasion heeded one of the boys, said, upon secinghini 0 cage, " What !is it you again ?' Ay, ay, old fel i L t r h " replied the boy, " I am in for a skin' " (a purse). The I boy's father, one Spurrier, upon being spoken to on the -uhject, said, "'There's not a greater thief in Londo n than my son, and I hope he'll bi, transported for life." Tho mother of the tis,y said, that until within the last seven or eight months her son was its good a child as ever lived, but he happened to get into bad company and was charged with rubbery, after which he was placed amongst the most depraved thieves. From that moment he became quite careless, and would only become worse by being sent for punishment amongst experienced prisoners. One of the policemen said the boy certainly exhibited a total insensibility to disgrace, for, when in the cage and questioned about his conduct, &c., he began to dance and gave what is called the " double shuffle." The LORD MAYOR considered the case was one which showed the necessity of increasing the responsibility of parents with respect to the dishonest conduct of their children. He hoped that her Majesty's Government would, amongst their other great efforts for the benefit of society, include the consideration of the deplorable state of the thousands of poor children in the me tropolis, whose condition appeared at present to be inevitable. The wretched boys were remanded, and both swag gered out of the justice-rcom. John Hounslow, a man in the service of Messrs. Cham- hers, ironmongers, was brought up, charged with having poisoned himself. . . _ It was stated that the unfortunate man had attempted to destroy himseif in consequence of a suspicion enter tained that he had been concerned with another in robbing his masters. A person named Johnson has-been in custody for some days upon the charge of having plundered the premises of a large quantity of nails, and the prisoner was remanded until the day on which John son is to undergo a second examination. GUILDHALL. Joseph Alexander, the Polish refugee, was brought before Mr. Aldeiman Wood for final examination, charged with uttering a forged acceptance for .500 L, whereby Messrs. Fuller, the bankers, were defrauded of that amount. He was further charged with a forgery at common law, in respect to a letter purporting to be written by a person against whom he had brought an action; and he was also charged with stealing a half crown. The room was crowded to excess. Mr. Robinson, the barrister, appeared with Mr. Taylor, a solicitor, on behalf of Messrs. Fuller; and Mr. Lewis conducted the prosecution on behalf of the other parties. Mr. Jones defended the prisoner, and Mr. Wolfe ap peared on behalf of Alfred Wilbearn, otherwise John Brown, who was charged with being an accomplice in defrauding Messrs. Fuller. The charge of stealing the half-crown was first en tered upon. On the IGth ult. Alexander called in at a Mr. Alex ander's, a furrier, in Uniun-etreet, Spitaltields, and asked Mrs. Alexander to read a German letter to him. Her husband was present, but had occasion to leave the room, and her back being towards the fireplace., where the pri soner stood, he had an opportunity of purloining a half crown, which had been marked by the ser7ant and pur posely left on the mantelpiece. When he left, the half- crown was missed, and he was followed and given into custody in Chiswell street. Upon hearing the charge he at first exclaimed, " My God, I have no silver;" but lie afterwards said there was a conspiracy ag4inst and that the marked money was paid to him by prose cutor in 1/. worth of silver, and in liquidation of a debt of 81. The servant identified the marked half-crown taken from the prisoner by the police, and Mr. Alexander swore he did not owe the prisoner Si., or pay him 1/. in silver, or pay him anything. In cross-examination by Mr. Jones, the prosecutor explained that the prisoner represented to his wife that he was at , acher of languages ; but that he was not engaged to teach her, as he had been understood to say. Mr. Alderman WOOD committed him on this charge. The second charge was for uttering a forged letter, purporting to admit having received a quantity of skins, for the value of which he had brought an action against the simulated writer. Mr. Lewis, in statiry , the case, said that it would be observed that the forged letter bore a post mark in the vicinity of the residence of the alleged writer, and that two blank letters addressed by the prisoner to himself were found at his lodging. They were posted in the like manner, and the object was to have them ready to be filled up in any way that would best sustain the action brought for a suppositious debt. The production of a letter which had reached the plaintiff through the post would of course tell with the jury. Mr. Lewis ad dressed himself to the law of the case, to show that an indictment for forgery would lie where the instrument forged was of less importance than a will, writ, or deed. Mr. Alderman Noon said he would take it that the forging of any writing for the purpose of doing wrong to another amounted to forgery in law. Mr. Jones submitted that, as an action of debt was pending in another place, no proceeding could be taken in this Court in respect to the subject-matter of it that would have the effect of getting rid of the suit. The magistrate wonld otherwise be trying the case of debt. Mr. Alderman WooD said, it was quite competent to the prosecutor to proceed with any criminal charge as soon as he discovered the necessary proofs. Mr. Harris Michael, a furrier, in Castle street, Houndsditch, deposed that he had received two lawyer's letters, demanding a debt of 971., one a year ago, the other six months ago. He owed the party nothing, and handed the letters to his solicitors, Messrs. Wire and Child. No writs were issued by them, but he was served with a writ by a third attorney, who was employed by the prisoner. This was on the Ist of March last. (A letter was then put in, bearing the post-mark," Bishops- . - gate Within, July 6, 1845." It I;egan by stating that the writer feared, from the tenor of the prisoners letter, that he supposed he (the writer) had sold the skins, but he had not done so ; he had left them to be sold by commission, as the marks had not been removed well enough. The writer offered to accept a bill for 501., and referred to another transaction in mink skins. It was signed " Harris," and addressed to the prisoner Alex ander.) The witness said he was as often called Harris as Michael. The signature to the letter was an imitation of his signature, but he never wrote that letter or any other to Alexander, and never had any transaction in mink skins or any skins. He owed him nothing, and never did owe him anything. Mr. Alderman WrooD doubted whether the letter was such a one as would lead a jury to find against the sup posed writer on the trial of the action. The action was for the value of furs deposited with Mr. Harris. The letter was not precisely an admission of possession of such property. Mr. Lewis said, it was not a question whether it was sufficient, but whether it was intended to be sufficient. Whether it admitted only receiving authority to sell, or the actual deposit of the goods, would be quite a question for the jury. Mr. Child spoke to the proceedings he took for Mr. Harris. The officer deposed to receiving the forged letters, amongst a number of other papers, as documents left by the prisoner with Mr. Gates, a solicitor in Thanet-place, who issued the writ for the prisoner. Mr. Gates said, the papers he delivered to the officer were left by the prisoner for care only, and were not papers delivered to him as evidence to be adduced in any proceeding, nor papers upon which he had been con sulted. He had declined acting any longer for the pri soner as his attorney, before the prisoner showed him the letter produced. Mr. Alderman WOOD struck out the evidence as to what was said between the prisoner and his attorney, as being a privileged communication which the attorney had no right to reveal, even in a criminal case, without the sanction of his client. If such communications were not privileged an accused person would, to some extent, be deprived of the means of defending himself. The prisoner was commit ted on this charge. The third case was against Alexander and Wilbeam, alias Brown, jointly. Mr. Robinson opened the case at some length. 'We have recently stated the substance of the evidence. At the end of December the forged acceptance of 5001. was paid at Messrs. Fullers'. On the 16th of February Alexander gave charge of two persons, named Nicholas Kerp and the prisoner Brown, for committing that offence. Brown got away before they reached the station-house, and Alexander also slipped off; but there was abundant evidence against Kerp, and he was com mitted for trial. Alexander was subsequently appre hended for stealing the half-crown, and a few days after Brown was discovered at a coffee-shop in Soho. On the way to the station-house he confessed he was the party who uttered the bill, but said it was Alexander, who had given him and Kerp into custody, that furnished them with the bill. In consequence of his communi cativeness, the solicitors to the bankers sent his clerk to the station-house to invite him to make a voluntary statement. This statement was the principal new evi dence tendered to-day. It was made in the presence of a policeman, taken down by the solicitor's clerk, ani signed by the prisoner. The confession states, that he was working as a painter when Alexander called upon him on the 28th of Decem ber, and said he wanted him to do something particular for him. lie went to Alexander's lodgings, 'stopped there that night, and next morning Alexander said he had a bill of Mr. Kerp's to present, and he had 1001. to receive out of the amount. He wanted the informant to present it, and he took him to Samuel's clothes shop, in Stretton-ground, and furnished him' with new clothes, that he might go respectably. Alexander then took him to the Royal Exchange and introduced him to Mr. Kerp, saying, " This is the man I can trust it with." Kerp replied, " It is all right," and handed the bill to Alex ander, who looked at it, and then gave him (Brown) the bill and showed him the bankers (Messrs. Fuller). He obtained the 5001., and found Kerp, Alexander, and a stranger together. Alexander said, " Don't pull the money out here." They all went to the Royal Exchange, where he, by Kerp's order, gave Alexander two 501. notes, and the four 1001. notes to Kerp. Alexander said he must have gold for his notes, and he gave one to in formant to change for him, and went himself with the other. They each obtained gold for their notes, and while they were there Kerp came in to change his notes. On leaving the bank, Alexander received the 50 sove reigns from informant and went away. Informant walked with him as far as the Mansion-house, where Alexander said he had better go back and wait for Kerp. He did so; but after waiting a short time he returned alone to the outfitter's shop at Westminster. This statement is at variance with the outfitter's evi dence, which represents that Kerp, and not Alexander, had Brown, the painter, transformed into a gentleman on the morning the bill was uttered. Mr. Alderman WOOD declined admitting Brown as a witness, and said he must leave that to the discretion of the judge. The defence upon this charge was reserved. Mr. Alderman Wool) committed the two prisoners for trial, one for uttering, and the other us accessory before the fact. • The proceedings occupied above six hours. having he!en fou l Alfred Blaclaup, a youth about 16 years of age, the found o S u H t P- S TREE7'. son of a respectable Church and Co.,carpenter and builder at Hackney, was placed at the bar 1 3 4 Mr. Arnold, charged with brewers, at Cambridge-heath, with in tent to commit a felony. _ 17preinises of Messrs. Joseph Police-constable 388 N stated, that it formed part of his duty to examine periodically during the night the prosecutor's premises, which covered a large extent of ground, and were surrounded with a brick wall, enclos ing, besides the brewery, cooperage, and out-offices, a furnished dwelling-house in which the family resided, and large shrubbery. For this purpose he was intrusted with a duplicate key to admit himself at a side entrance, and on opening this door at one o'clock that morning., hearing the sound of footsteps in the court-yard inside, he proceeded to the spot, and detected the prisoner secreted between the wall and a large tree, from which he dragged. and searched him, and found in his pockets an iron chisel and bradawl, and a quantity of lucifer matches. On taking him up to the dwelling-house, at the rear of the premises, he also discovered a large flanging-iron, or cramp ended chisel, used by coopers in staving butts, and which he bad since ascertained bad been left by one of the workmen in the cooperage the night before, lying between the prosecutors' hall-door and parlour window, beneath which, in the garden mould, were distinct foot-prints recently made. On questioning the prisoner what business he had there, he told him that he had entered the premises for an exigent purpose, and acknowledged he had got there by scaling a pair of iron gates full eight feet high, which he must have had the greatest difficulty in accomplishing, as there was scarcely room to admit a person's body between them and the brick arch, and they were mounted with spik2.B ; but witness was satisfied he must have done so, as both entrances were securely locked when he had be fore left them, and he again found them so on detecting the prisoner inside. William Hockley, one of the prosecuteirs workmen, deposed to leaving the flanging-iron on the top of a butt in the cooperage at six o'clock on the preceding night, and that the spot where it was found by the police was full 30 yards from where he had left it. Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the defence, addressed the Magistrate on behalf of his client, and pointed out the utter improbability of the son of a respectable tradesman, of hitherto unimpeachable character, being actuated by the felonious intention imputed to him in this charge, which he was instructed to deny in the most positive terms, and to declare that the prisoner had been sent out on an errand by his mother at the time in ques tion, and finding one of the prosecutors' gates acciden tally left open by the constable, had entered the pre mises for the purpose he had stated to the officer, and been taken by the police as soon as he had got in. He should prove that the implements found upon the pri soner were the ordinary tools employed in his business, and he had several witnesses in attendance who would give him the highest character for steadiness and ho nesty. The Learned Gentleman then called the prisoner's fa ther, and two t-adesmen named Simonds and Harwood, the former of whom stated that his son was at work in the workshop when he left him on the preceding morn ing with similar tools to those produced, the two latter deposed that his character for probity and good conduct had been unimpeachable all the time they had known him. The constable, however, swore that the prisoner could not hare obtained entrance to the premises in the acci dental manner his solicitor had stated, and that the ac cused had three t; roes confessed to him that he bad scaled the gates ha the way he had described; and Mr. ARNOLD, under these circumstances, considered that the time and manner in which the prisoner had been detected were so replete with suspicion, that it was his duty to afford time for further inquiry, and, therefore, ordered the accused to be brought up again next week for that purpose; but expressed his willingness to accept substantial bail for his future appearance, if it could be procured. The bail was shortly afterwards put in, and the pri soner thereupon liberated. MUSICAL LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. AMAGER. —The Earl of Falmouth has recently purchased the extensive and valuable library of this deceased amateur. The pianolbrre compositions consist entirely of works of the classical masters ; the sonatas, duets, trios, quar tets, quintets, sestets, and concertos in one division alone, making upwards of 164 volumes. Of quartets for stringed instruments there are 107 volumes. The quintets occupy 68 volumes ! The sestets, septets, and ultra, for both stringed and wind instruments, are con tained in 41 volumes. There are 9 volumes of trios ; 7 volumes of violin and violoncello duets ; 8 volumes of Handel's Overtures ; 13 volumes of studios, solos, and mEhodes for various instruments ; and 23 folios of modern unbound concerted music. The collection of sacred vocal music is extremely limited, consisting only of 67 volumes ; these, however, irclude Handel's Oratorios, Mozart's Masses, Spohr's, Haydn's, and Beethoven's Oratorios and Masses. The lyrical works for voice and piano, including the best of Rossini's Operas, Weber, Spohr, Cherubini, Gluck, Beethoven, and Mozart, oc cupy 50 volumes. There are also 22 volumes of old English operas, and some miscellaneous pieces by English composers. The scores are few; these being chiefly of quartets and symphonies, in all 50 volumes. The literary and theoretical works are still fewer, consisting only of ei_tht volum.-s ! The portraits of distinguished musicians and ar,i,ts du theatre that were hung on the walls of the music room amount to 180, in frames. The noble earl who is now in possession of this collection of music and musical portraits is well known as a practical amateur on the violin.—Recozd of Musical Union. It will be recollected that on the evening of the II th January the inhabitants of the Faubotni Mont martre were alarmed by cries of "Help ! Murder !" and that on some persons proceeding to a room in the house No. 4, a young woman v+ as found lying on the floor, covered with blood, with several wounds on diffe rent parts of her body, whilst in the next room was a young man, who exclaimed, " Don't hurt me, I sur render—it is I who have killed the woman ! " At the sitting of the Court of Assizes of the Seine, on Saturday, this man was brought to trial for an attempt at assassina ticn in order to commit a robbery. His name is Mar quis, his age 22, his trade that of a cabinet maker, and his appearance particularly juvenile. On the day pre ceding that on which the crime was committed, he took a sum of 125 f. from the person by whom he was em ployed, and went for a walk. He fell in with a young woman named Senet, and persuaded her to dine with him. They then went to the theatre, and after supper went to the woman's lodgings, where they passed the night. Marquis thus got rid of his money. The next morning the woman showed him her little treasure, consisting of several pieces of gold, a gold watch, and some silver. According to his own confession, Mar quis determined to obtain possession of the money and the watch, even if he should be obliged to murder the woman. The woman went out, and during her absence he took the things. On her return she missed them, and insisted on having them returned. The prisoner at first refused, and a struggle took place. At last he gave up the money, and said that he hail only taken it by way of joke, and that he was very rich. Some time after the woman began to dress, and whilst so em ployed, the prisoner rushed upon her, and stabbed her repeatedly with a knife. She received fifteen wounds altogether, two of which were very serious. For two months her life was in danger, an f she has not yet en tirely recovered. The jury declared the prisoner guilty without extenuating circumstances, and the Court con demned him to death. He heart his sentence without the slightest emotion, and gazed unconcernedly around the Court as if looking for some one.—Galignani. FIG TREE OF SCRIPTURE.—The fig tree is fre quently mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, and is com mon throughout Palestine and the East generally. Amongst the ancient Hebrews it was known as Thaeea, signifying the tree of grief, probably from the leaf causing inflammation when applied to the body. It was from this tree that our first parents, after the fall, twisted for themselves girdles or aprons. Throughout the Holy Land the failure or destruction of the fig tree was accounted one of the greatest public or private cala mities. Hence it is said, " Although the fig tree shall not blossom, &c., yet will I rejoice in the Lord." In ancient Greece this fruit tree was well known, and exten sively cultivated. It was the pride of Attica. According to the traditions of the Athenians, figs first grew on a spot not far distant from the city, on the road to Eleusis, thence called Hiera Suke, " the sacred fig tree." So much prized was the fruits here produced, that the inhabitants were forbidden to export them. This law, however, was often contravened, and the informers against the delinquents were called sycophants, or " revealers of figs;" a word which has since been in use to characterise meaned-souled, dastardly persons, such as informers generally are. Naxos, a celebrated country in the Agean sea, was celebrated for its fig trees, which were especially cherished by Bacchus, who was the chief god of the island. Here this divinity obtained the title of "the gracious," because he taught them the use of this fruit. In the procession of this god the fig was carried next to the vine. Throughout Sussex the fig is planted as a standard teee.—Horticultural Ma gazine. _ THE RESOURCES or ENGLAND.—What is now passing in England proves that there are no eventuali ties which can p er il the repose o f a na ti on w h en th at nation obeys a w i se and vigorous Government. The 5 British nation i s smitten by one o f t h ose ca l am iti es o f which ther e h ave b een no examples s i nce the fatnines.of the middl e ages. England has the whole of Ireland upon her shoulders— -000 000 or 6,00 0 , 000 persons to feed. W or k must b e found, , 600,000 labourers employed at once, p rov i s i ons procured, bread an d mone y distri buted, and p resent necessities prov id e d f or w ithout , neglecting th e care of the future. The mos t mo d era t e calculati ons es ti mate the sacrifices of the treasury at 250,000,000 francs until the next harvest. Suppose that France, which a I.Pears to have been comp arativel y spared, should find h erself at t hi s mo ment in a similar situation, how would our f i nances res i s t the pressure of the variou s charges, which already exceed the reve n ue? We bleed o urse l ves at every vein to di str ib u t e a f ew millions by way of indemnity to the inundated vic tims of the Loire, and t o pay the labour o f t h e ne edy part of the population. What would it be, then, if individual misfortunes, instead of being counted by thousands, ac cumulated by millions? What enables England to meet unforeseen necessities is the provident economy which she has introduced for some years into the management of her finances.—Sie c i e. SUPPLY OF ' , SWA N MEAL FOR IRFLAND FROM MALTA.—It gives us real pleasure to announce that since the steam enfrine has been at work at the new bakery in the Doceyark Creek, that the Government has in a mo s t praisewo rthy roviding for the want s of the fa manner lost no time in ava i ling of this unde r t a ki ng i n wishing Iri s h. The surprising quantity of 30 o r 40 tons of meal h ave fLequetitly been :nantiftsctured in one , day. Sev era l h undred tuns have already left Malta for Cork, in a m erc h ant vessel, called the Sir Robert Peel ; another is now loaled the Altona, and her Majesty's p ship Athol will sail shortly for the same p ort, w ith a large supply.—M a l ta Mail. The Prince R oyal of Bavaria, who is at present in Napl es , i s causing a n r , r ta a monument, with a suitah!e 1 in:;cription, to be erected in honour of the Emperor Conradin, of Suabia, one of his ancestors, who 'Nal de capitated in that city in 1268. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SITTING MARCH 29. M. Bossingault read the report of a committee on a paper by M. Vincent, Pharmacien en Chef of the Navy, relative to the means employed in detecting by a chemical test the admixture of phormium tenax, or New Zealand flax, with the hemp and flax of European growth and preparation. It appears that the phormium tenax, although its qualities have been highly commended by some chemists, does not possess certain qualities essen tial for naval cordage, and it was considered important to discover the means of detecting the presence of this article. M. Vincent has found that if the phormium tenax be immersed in pure nitric acid, its fibres, owing to the presence of some azotic substance, take a blood-red tint, which is not the case with the hemp and flax ad mitted for use in the navy. Thus it is very easy, by subjecting a rope to the action of nitric acid, to discover whether there has been any admixture of phormium tenax The report of the committee confirms the statement of M. Vincent. A note was received from M. Peligot on the means of ascertaining in a rapid mannner the quantity of azote contained in organic substances. The combustion of the azotted matter is effected by a mixture of lime and soda. The ammoniac which results from this decomposition is condensed in the tube employed, but this tube,instead containing chlorhydric acid, contains a determined weight of pure sulphuric acid. Now as the ammoniac which combines with this acid reduces its: standard, it is easy after the combustion to determine the composition of the liquid, and on comparing At with what it was before to know the quantity of azote supplied by the substance subjected to analysis. A paper was received from M. J. Persoz, relative to the influence of certain manures on vegetation. Ile states that a mixture, composed of potass, dried blood, and goose dung, was found to have great effect upon vines. lle also mentioned a manure for hortensias, com posed of potass and burnt bones, treated with nitric acid. We do not go into the details of the paper of M. Persoz, for it does not appear to us to contain anything of im portance for persons who have taken the pains to real what has been written by M. Liehig on artificial manures, and to those who have not read the works of that gentle man, and who cultivate either for amusement or profit, we recommend the perusal. A curious communication was received from M. Daus bree, containing a calculation of the quantity of heat annually applied to the evaporation of the water on the surface of the globe, and of the dynamic force of the streams of continents. lle finds that the evaporation employs a quantity of heat about equal to one-third of what is received from the sun, or in other words equal to the melting of a bed of ice nearly 35 feet in thickness, if spread over the globe. The motive force of the streams in Europe is, according to M. Daub: ee equal to between 273,508,974 and 364.678,720 horses working incessantly- during the whole period of the year. M. Alexandre Brongniart informed the academy that M. Renard of St. Cloud, near Etoges (Marne), is now making with success experiments in the baking of hard porcelain with the flame of coal gas, instead of wood. A letter was received from De. Jackson, of the United States, who claims the priority of the discovery of ethe risation, complaining of the statement made by Dr. Wells on this subject. Our readers will remember that 1)r. Wells declares that he was the first person who made the discovery of etherisation, as a means of render ing patients insensible to pain in surgical operations, and that it was communicated by him to Dr. Jackson. This the latter indignantly denies, and he defies Dr. Wells to bring forward any proof of his having made such communication. As we have no means of testing the veracity of either of these gentlemen, and are desirous of not giving offence to either, we offer no opinion upon the merits of the dispute, but we woeld take the liberty of observing that both must by this time be aware, from the publication of a report of a sitting of the Academy of Medicine of Paris, that more than twenty years ago a proposition for the administration of vapour as a means of rendering patients insensible to pain, was submitted to that body by an Englishman. A letter Was received from Lieutenant Leps, com mander of the Vautour steamer, giving an account of what he calls a shower of ashes at sea. He states that on May 15 last, when the Vautour was off Cape Bungee roni, on her way from Bona to Algiers, the sky became suddenly overcast, at about nine o'clock at night, and the crew experienced a difficulty of breathing. There was then a fall of large drops of rain at intervals, and afterwards the clouds dispersed. On the following morn ing, however, the deck and rigging of the vessel was covered with a dust of a yellowish colour. M. Leps wishes to know to what cause he is to attribute the cir cumstance. The phenomenon, however, is not so rare as M. Leps seems to imagine. Several navigators on the same latitude have witnessed it, and attribute it to certain winds which drive the sands of the deserts to wards the sea. It is a well-known fact, that in the deserts of Africa the sand is, by the action of the wind, gathered into pyramidal columns, which travel at an enormous • rate, and frequently overwhelm caravans. If these . pillars of sand be raised under peculiar circumstances to an unusual height, it is easy to conceive that they may be distributed and carried by the wind to an enormous distance. But the greatest proof that can be offered of the origin of these showers at sea, is the fact ascertained by M. Ehrenberg, that in one of them were found fifty one species of animalcula peculiar to the sands of the deserts of Africa. DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—The Garden-stairs, Green wich Waterman's Floating Pier Society transmitted, through the hands of Messrs. John Graves and William Gillett, the sum of 5/. 7s. 6d. to the Lord Mayor, as conservator of the river Thames, for the benefit of the distressed people of Ireland. The deputation stated that the sum was unanimously agreed to be given to the charity through the chief magistrate, whose vigorous exertions had contributed greatly to increase the funds raised to check the ravages of famine and disease amongst our fellow subjects. The Lord Mayor assured the deputation that he should feel much gratification in paying in the amount to the fund. . AN AMERICAN TAILOR'S REVENGE.—The Revue Canadienne states that a tailor having in vain tried to obtain payment for a suit of clothes, learned that the unlucky debtor was going to a stylish party on a certain night, when he and some of his friends lay in wait, and drawing their victim into a gateway, stripped him to his shirt, and then calling a cab, put him into it, desiring the driver to take him to his destination. " WHAT PLAGUES THESE CHILDREN ARE !"—At an examination of the scholars connected with a metho dist Sunday-school in the neighbourhood of Appleby, a knowing youth, who was being examined on that part of scripture where it is related that Jesus cast seven devils , out of Mary Magdalene, thus in his turn interrogated the master :—" Ilow many devils are now supposed to exist, sir ?" " One," was the ready reply. " Then, pray, sir," again asked the boy, " what has become of the other six ?" No answer. SOVERFORD KEYNES—PUSEYISM.—The clergyman of this parish, possibly being desirous of emulating the vicar of Warminister in foolish and offensive intolerance, absolutely refused the other day to baptise a child be cause the person who proposed to become godfather had not been confirmed! The child had been brought six miles to receive the holy rite, and the parties not beirg willing to make the journey for nothing were obliged to procure a substitute for the rejected sponsor, one ap proved of. by the clergyman, and the ceremony was al lowed to proceed. And in this case what more than a mere form and ceremony could it be? For, is it to be suppose' that any person thus casually picked up, possi bly a stranger to the parties, or at any rate caring little or nothing about them, would be so likely faithfully to perform the duties of a godfather as one selected by themselves, and doubtless feeling an interest in the child's welfare?— Wiltshire Independent. The Boston Liberator mentions that among the de serters from the American army is the Reverend W. H. Barnes. The reverend gentleman having secured three months' salary in advance, shrank from the sight of grim visaged war. MURDER AUTHORISED !—Richard, a slave of Ro bert Rowan, who whipped another slave, Maria, to death, in Charleston, U. S., has been tried and acquitted be cause he did it by the direction of his mistress.—Boston Liberator. ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.—The workmen em ployed by the Hon. Mr. Neville have lately been engaged in excavating a large British Barrow, near Royston. Three sepulchral vases, with a small vessel resembling a lamp, all of unbaked clay, have been brought to light . these, with two human skeletons, and portions of two animals, one a deer, the other, as yet undetermined, have been scientifically examined, and through the kind ness of Mr. Neville we are enabled to give the following report. No. lis a perfect skeleton of a male adult 50 or 60 years of age, the bones in extremely good preserva tion, and of very great antiquity, probably more than a thousand years old. No. 2, skeleton of a lad from 12 to 16 years of age, nearly perfect at first, but great part of it was carried off, previous to examination , by theinha bitants, owing to a popular tradition that a youth had been murdered at no remote period in the barrow, in refutation of which may be stated the opinion of the gen tleman who kindly examined them, that they are the oldest bones in the barr6w. The skull of the smaller animal has been sent to Professor Owen to be resolved on. Mr. Neville observes with regard to the vessels, that they are of unbaked clay, moulded by the hand, and that a vase, disinterred by professor Henslow from a smaller barrow at Bottisham, and figured in the last number of the Archteological Journal, is a fac simile of two out of the three vessels he has discovered ; he also remarks that the bones exhibit no trace of cremation, though patches of charcoal were found in several places. The barrow is the largest of a group of five, situated on an eminence, called from them "Five Hill Field."— Cambridge Advertiser. THE LATE OCCURRENCE AT COCKBURNSPATH.— The Irish family concerned in the case of the boy found in the drain, have been examined by the sheriff-substi tute at Dunse, and remanded for further examination. A post mortem examination of the body was held on Monday, but the opinion of the medical gentlemen is to the cause of death is not yet publicly known. The woman states that they were all from Roscommon in Ireland—that they arrived in Glasgow from Belfast on Saturday fortnight by one of the steam-ships, and had been begging along the road since they had arrived in Scotland, but that they were in a very distressed state, and weak for want of food. On searching her after the first examination, above 51. in silver money was found concealed about her person. On Tuesday, the 30th, they were brought up for re examination, when the whole party, with the exception of the child five years of age, was committed to the county prison at Grcenlaw for trial for murder, and the case remitted to the Lord Advocate. It would appear that the deceased child was purposely kept from food so as to render his appearance more emaciated and distressing, and thus excite the commiseration and charity of the humane. Doubts having arisen whether the deceased could have in reality been the chill of the woman calling herself its mother, inquiries will probably be made in reference thereto which renders it necessary for a time that the names of the parties be withheld.—Scotsman. GREAT REVQLUTION IN STEAM PROPULSION. This heading will startle many of our readers. In genuity has been expended in devising an improvement on the present mode of propelling ships by steam. Against the old paddle-wheels strong objections as to the loss of power, and other drawbacks upon a steamer's progress, have been urged, which it would he useless to repeat here, for they are well known to practi ca l en gineers and seamen ; and a remedy was sought for in the screw. The serew has been only partially success ful, as its limited adaptation proves. The only - vessel of note to which it has been applied is the Great Britain, and the unfortunate termination of her career hardly gave that invention a fair trial on a large scale. But a discovery has now been perfected by Mr. S. R. Park hurst, a gentleman of great mechanical ingenuity, which must supersede the existing modes of steam propulsion, and revolutionise the traffic by sea. This invention is secured by patent in Great Britain and all her colonies, the United States, France, and all other parts of the world. It is not merely original, but like most useful inven tions, remarkably, nay, beautifully simple. The advan tages are threefold—a greatly increased rate of speed, a vastly increased power of stowage, by the reduction of the present cumbrous machinery in the holds of steamers, and reduced expenditure in the cost of the engine power. It is difficult to make ourselves clear on these points without the aid of a diagram. But we may state, briefly, that a number of submerged vertical propellers are to be fixed on each side of the vessel; these revolve in unison, and by the force with which they take hold of the water, and the power which this combined' action gives them, must send forward the ship at a speed altogether unat tainable by the present or any known system. It is asserted, by practical men, that a vessel so propelled would cross the Atlantic in nearly half the time of the best steamers now employed in ocean navigation. This invention has undergone the scrutiny of eminent and practical men in England, by whom the most favour able opinions have been expressed of its practical cha racter. During the past week experiments have been tried by the application of steam power to those pro pellers, one of which, six feet high, thirty inches dia meter, was driven by a six-horse power engine 294 revo lutions per minute, which a practical gentleman pre& nt stated would drive a vessel twenty-five miles per hour. This test has removed all doubts on the minds of those who were previously the most sceptical. We cannot dilate on the importance of this greatest of modern in ventions with regard to steam navigation ; but this we may say, that since the days of Arkwright nothing equa in importance to it has appeared, and we expect it will remain a brilliant proof of the genius and the judgment of the inventor. We understand that Mr. Parkhurst leaves by the Sarah Sands, on a temporary visit to America; the ob ject, we believe, is to lay his important invention before the Government of the United States, whose navy and commerce, we fill confident, will be greatly enhanced by the application of an invention which promises to revolutionise the whole system of navigation.— Willmer and Smith's European Times. ANECDOTE OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A MISER —One of those extraordinary personages, whose parsi monious habits and amor nu:nmi, producing eccentrici ties, such as makes the merry to laugh and even the grave to smile, departed this life at Caledon, on Thurs day, the 18th inst. The following are a few of the mis haps and traits in the story of this notorious miser, who was called Michael Bragan, alias M'Kenna. The first misfortune that befel him after his coming to this neigh bourhood a good many years ago, was, he had scraped together five pounds in bank notes, these he stealthily stuffed into the thatch at the eve of his master's house, but, the night he did so being dark, he could not after wards find the spot, nor was it discovered until the house next underwent thatching, when they were got all melted into pulp. He would not after allow the god of his idolatry , to assume such a fragile shape as paper, so his next savings were made in that more substantial metal called silver. His next hoarding was hid in the ditch of a field, and his fre quent visits to the spot attracted the notice of a servant girl of the place where he then lived, who discovered the hidden treasure to the amount of 25/,, all in half-crowns, except one sovereign ; the girl decamped with the booty, which, when lost to the worshipper, produced from him wailing and lamentation the most piteous. These savings were made, it may be easily conjectured, by privations and self-denial the most rigid. las food for many years did not amount to more than lid. per day, although he enjoyed good health, and was constantly employed. He at one time bought a pair of shoes, and to make them last long he put them by, and went barefoot until they moulded and were good for nothing. A few hours be fore his death he requested to be brought to a neigh bouring grove to get his money ; a donkey and cart was accordingly procured, when nearing the place, unable to open his eyes, ho asked his brother to lift his eyelid, that he might point out the spot. The money being secured he seemed a little at ease as he was drawn home, his guides most inhumanely allowing his head to bump about the cart like a dead carrion. Half an hour before dying, he ordered bread and tea to be got, of which he took a heavy meal, saying the while that had he done so before he would not have been so sick. His relations teasing him about the disposal of his last savings, amounting to 10/. I Is., he swore d—n him, if they vexed him more, that he would not leave one of them a far- thing.— Ulster Gazette. GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE.—Transactions this week have been very similar as to prices with those of last week. For some time past the principal founderies of Scotland have been at a stand from strikes among the workmen, but this decrease of consumption has been made up by shipments to the United States, which have of late been considerable. The numerous vessels arriv ing in the Clyde from that quarter with grain and cotton fill up with pig iron, at the•rate, in many instances, of 18s. per ton; and altogether the prospects of trade with America are very cheering. We quote the price at 71s. 6d. per ton, and with little offering at that rate. —National Advertiser. TIIE LATE MURDERS IN KILKENNY.—Thomas Roe, the man who was found wounded, and was carried to the Kells Police-station, on the day Mr. Prim, the pay - cletk, and the police-constable were murdered, died on Wednesday morning. The same day an inquest was held on his body. One of the Kells police deposed to deceased having confessed to him, shortly before his death on the previous night, that he (deceased) was one of the murderers, and that he received his wound from a pistol fired by Mr. Prim. On this evidence *the jury found a verdict of " Justifiable homicide."—Kiilienny Journal. DEEP SEA FISHERIES.—The fishing trade has been at times of more advantage to the Dutch than their trade with the East Indies, or that of the Spaniards with the West Indies. The Dutch used to call their herring trade their gold mine, and remember it in their prayers. Philip 11. of Spain agreed to pay 1,0001. to the Irish Treasury for leave to fish on the Irish coasts. The Dutch, in the time of Charles 1., paid 30,0001. sterling for a similar licence as to the British coasts ; and, in 1650, as a great indulgence, Sweden was suffered to employ only 1,000 vessels in the fishery on these coasts. In the reign of James I. it appeared that the Dutch fished in the English seas with 3,000 vessels and 50,000 men ; while 9,000 other vessels were employed conveying provisions, salt, ca-ks, t, - ) the fishermen, and taking the fish to market. Upon the whole, it was computed that the number of ships and other vessels employed by the Dutch in these fisheries in the British seas were about 12,000, and nearly 200,000 men—u number almost passing belief. Why is not this energy displayed by us at the present day ?—lnverness Courier. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days ago, a hen belonging to Mr. Richards, of the gas works, in this city, and which he had lost for exactly three weeks, was found in a deep inclosed space behind a large tank at the works. It had probably descended there through a small orifice, which was the only entrance to it, for the purpose of laying, but found it impossible to return on account of its wings being clipped, and the entrance being so high up from the ground. The poor fowl had laid one egg, the shell and the white of which she had demolished, but although tempted by a hunger of three weeks duration, she had refused to touch the yolk. There was no other kind of food or water in the cell. When taken out, its comb was blue, and it presented other symptoms of emaciation, but is now last recovering.— Worcestershire Chronicle. We have to record the demise of his Excellency Franceso Carboni, the Senior Diplomatist at the Court of Sweden, who died at Stockholm at the close of last month, in his 87th year. The deceased was Charge d'Affaires of the Duke of Lucca, and fulfilled that office thirty years at Stockholm. He was also Consul-General for Naples, Sicily, Rome, and Sardinia. His Excellency the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Baron Von Ihre, and the entire corps diplomatiquc, attended the funeral of the deceased. SURPLUS Garais.—We are glad to be informed that his Grace the Duke of Devonshire has ordered the sur plus game atChatsworth and neighbourhood to be killed, and that that is now being done. Mr. Arkwright is taking the same laudable course upon his Derbyshire estates. Let others who possess excess of game pursue the same judicious and desirable plan. Excessive game. preserving has been the very nursery for poaching, or, in other words, a premium for poaching. NARROW SCAPE FROM SUFFOCATION IN A Cutracm—On Sunday last, during the morning ser vice at Powick Church, a young lady was observed to be in a fainting condition, and the same symptoms almost immediately afterwards affected others of the congrega tion, to the number of about twenty. They were con veyed into the open air and to the adjoining houses, and after some time and trouble they all recovered, having apparently suffered severely from incipient suffocation. It was found on investigation, that the alarming occur rence was caused by the sulphureous vapour evolved in the process of combustion, from the coke used for the purpose of warming the church.— Worcester Herald. Cerreunnuy.—Some surprise has been manifested that the Judge of the Small Debts' Court for this dis trict has not appointed his circuit. But we hear that Mr. Chilton has declined to accept the office, which has occasioned the delay, and that Mr. C. Harwood has been appointed in his stead. Mr. G. Furley, solicitor, of this city, has been appointed clerk. We have also heard parties named as bailiff and treasurer, though we cannot mention them with certainty.— Dover Chronicle. The Journal de Fecamp states that an immense bank of oysters has been recently discovered between the point of Barfbur and Cape do la Heve, being ni ne leagues in length, two in width, and from GO to 90 centi metres in thickness. This bank is three leagues distant from Batfleur ' and eight from H avre . I t i s, however, in part beyond the limits assig ne d for oyster dredging; havedgint,: for French vessels exclusively. Large quantities already been taken up. A SITE AT LAST.—At length tile Wtlling!on Sta tue will be placed on a site that must satisfy the grum blers. In the very hand s o mest manner apiece of ground has been allotted to it in their own property by the pro prietors of the Thames Tunnel,—Punch. SEAHAM HARBOUR. The following is a copy of a letter addressed to th• Marquis of Londonderry, by the Chief Commissioner of Customs:— "My dear Lord Londonderry,—lt has fallen to my lot, in my official duties, to visit the ports op the eastern coast of England. I have now seen Bridlington, Whitby, Scarborough, Stoekton, Middlesborough, Har tlepool, Sunderland, Seaham, Newcastle, and flie.4wu Shields. Of all the places which I have seen, Sealeain strikes me with the greatest awe and amazement ; and I cannot help writing a few lines to yen, its author and proprietor, to express the great delight which I expe rienced in seeing the extraordinary work at that place. If you were the person to conceive, as it is well known that you were the liberal patron to execute, the ngble works of that harbour, you deserve praise for being the boldest engineer that ever undertook to overcome the almost insurmountable ob stacles of nature. I gazed with admiration and surprise at the persevering energy which could create a safe and magnificent harbour out of such a place ; and I cannot bnt wish you success and reward for your patriotic ex ertions. 'The works at Sunderland, both completed and now in progress, gave me the greatest pleasure, after your works at Seaham ; and from all that I have wit nessed at the places mentioned, I.cannot but express the great astonishment which I experienced at seeing the untiring and unlimited exertions of man in this part of the empire to increase the national wealth. " Believe me, dear Lord Londonderry, yours most truly. ' "G.E. M. DAWSON. " Newcastle, March 24th, 1847." BRETT'S ELECTRIC PRINTING TELEGRAPH. An opportunity was afforded us on Saturday of wit nessing the practical application of Mr. Brett 's electric printing telegraph, at the office of the company, in Par liament-street This telegraph has for some time past been successfully worked in America, and reports have reached this country of communications having been regularly made by it between Philadelphia a nd Pitts burg, a distance of 300 miles, with the most extraordi nary accuracy and celerity. It is also stated that the message of the governor to the Legislature of New York, delivered in Albany on the 7th of January, con sisting of two columns and a half of solid nonpareil type, was published in the city of New York two hours after its delivery, having been transmitted sentence by sentence by the te!egraph in question; and that measures are in the course of progress for the extension of this wonderful invention throughout the whole of Lower and Upper Canada, embracing at the same time Wash ington and New Orleans. The apparatus is thus de scribed in the prospectus of the company :—" At one extremity of the line is fixed a small box containing a row of keys (similar to those bf a pianoforte), and marked with the letters of the alphabet, which is connected by 'single wire to a printing machine at the other extre mity, containing a wheel, having on its circumference corresponding letters. A alight electric power is suffi cient to regulate the motion of the whole, and the in stant that a key representing any particular letter is touched at one end of the line, the corresponding letter of the type wheel prints, and the alarna-bell rings, at the other. The communications are printed on a scroll of paper of unlimited length, from which any portion of the correspondence may be cut off at pleasure." The expe riments at which we were present on Saturday were satisfactory in the extreme ; and proof was given that between 80 and 90 letters could be impressed with ease in a single minute upon the recipient paper, while the consecutive letters of the alphabet were even taken down in so short a time as eleven seconds ! The appearance of the typography is clean, but the lines are slightly irregular. It is, however, beautifully clear and legibVt and whatever defects there may be on the score of sym metry may, no doubt, be easily removed by a little mechanical consideration. The advantages which this telegraph enjoys over all others are too obvious to need mentioning. Correspondence can be transmitted from place to place, no matter the extent of distance, copies of which may be simultaneously secured at all the inter mediate stations, and printed news thus fly over the surface of the land with the incomprehensible velocity Of lightning. In a letter addressed to Sir Robert Peel, in July, 1845 e by Mr. Brett, the attention of the Government was in• vited to the following proposals:—lst. The immediate communication of orders and dispatches to all parts of the empire, and the instant return of answers to the same from the seats of local government, &c., all deli vered in an unerring and printed form. 2d. A general telegraphic post-office system, uniting the chief a nd branch offices in London in connexion with all the offices throughout the kingdom, for transmitting messages 01 , business, &c., from merchants, brokers, tradesmen, and private persons. 3d. The application of the appara4 to police, military, and naval arrangements. That the in vention contains within itself these and other advantages cannot for a moment be questioned; and it can hardly be doubted that, before long, the British public will more or less be in possession of them. Mr. Brett is likewise the originator and patentee of an oceanic line upon the same principle, which be affirms to be equally simple and practicable.—Morning Paper. To THE LADIES.—The high and universal cele' brity which Rowland's Kalydor continues to maintain,-as active yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities of the skin, is, during the period of spring, most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic, restorative, and jet gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application, 09 , unfailing e ffi cacy in removing all impurities and discol o rs Of tions ; and imparting a healthy freshness and transparency the skin and complexion. Its universally great demand OP cites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of " Kalydor" to compounds of their own manufacture, of the most deleterious character, containing mineral &stria. gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and, by their repel lent action, endanger health. It is therefore imperative cal purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are 00 the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits. HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL (s.—The sales this day were—Eastern Connties, York Extension. % dis Mallon and Driffield Junction. p.—North British, Halve s, lsY B —Ditto, Quarters, 775. 6d.—Ditto, Extension (NM' 13g. 3d. p.—Northern Counties Union, 10s. 6cl.—Shropshire Union, 11A STOCKGLASGOW EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.—The sales this day were—Airdrie and Bathgate, 78s.—Ayr and Gallo' way, 41s.—Ballochney, 46 1 / 2 —Caledonian and Dumbarton shire, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.—East 75. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 605.-:; Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 61% —Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7 5 / 13 —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5 3 / 4 —Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction' 51/2—Manchester and Southampton, 28s.—North British , 33 . —Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 27s.—Stirling and Dun' fermline, 80s. 6d. CANINE ATTACRMENT. — A short time ago Mr. Bell, of Beathwaite-green, sent his man to bring home 0 pony which he had purchased of Mr. James Holme, Uf the Strickland Arms, Sizergh Fellside. When the ma was bringing the animal away from his former owner he found that a large dog of the bloodhound breed had ae• companied him from the Sizergh Arms. The man stopped on the way for a short time at the Duke of York public house, but upon his attempting to resume his journey the dog entered a very significant growling protest, which, upon the man's pTrsisting in the attempt, deepened into rather alarming demonstrations of hostility. Apparently the animal, though he had no objection to his e quine companion taking a short journey under his safeguard , had conceived in his doggish mind a suspicion that things were now going too far, and that he was really about to lose him. He became at last so f ur i ous t h at not hing would pacify him, until the man was compelled to turn the pony's head the other way, and take him to his for.. mer owner.— Westmoreland Gazette. The following guns have been mounted at Tilbury Fort : —East Gunline, fifteen 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt. East Covertway, twelve 32-pounder guns of 56 cwt. West Gunline, thirteen 32-pounder guns of 56 0 4 ' North-East Bastion, six 32-pounders of 56 cwt. South- West Bastion, three 32-p oun d ers o f 5 6 cwt. S o uth Bastion, one 32 pounder of 56 cwt. All the above are mounted on dwarf traversing platforms. Remaining flanks, nineteen 32-pounder gnus of 33 cwt. on common carriages. Total for Tilbury Fort, 69 guns. Grand total for the defences of the Thames and Medway, 142 guns. In addition to this large armament, batteries are to be erected at Coal-house Point, a few miles below Gravesend, at the entrance to sea reach, and on the Isle of Grain, opposite Sheerness.—Chelmsford Chronicle. ] ADVERTISEMENT.] —A CERTAIN CURE OF SCROFULA OR KING'S EVIL. EY TIOLLOWAY's OINTMENT AND PILLS. -- A FRIGHTFUL CASE.—A young man named Bowman, a shoemaker, living in James-street, Manchester. had been afflicted from ehildh° with the most malignant kind of scrofulous ulcers, covering vario us parts of his body ; besides other sufferings, they had deprived him of the use of his leftieg ; yet, extraordinary to relate, this poor felleW g h . s n n e d o not theonly lead complete all use e e o u f l ulcers limbs sour.by means healed, of but the hase ttwo l o t k , F o wr e rrftile medielnes.--Sold by every medicine vendor, and at the Establish. merit of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., in Gloucester-pla?e, Lady Colthurst, of a son, still-born. On the 30th ult., Mrs. Michael Tunnacliff, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., Mrs. R. M. Smyth, Green's-row, Chelsea, of a son. On the 3d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. Gehle, of Bruns wick-square, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., Mrs. Henry W. J. Windsor, Green-lanea• Tottenham, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Spondon Hall, Derbyshire, the lady of Frederic Arkwright, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's Grammar School, South wark, the wife of the Rev. J. J. Ramsay, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, the lady of John Bead nell, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Gayton Hall, Ross, llerefordshire, the wife of Richard Potter, Esq., of a daughter. Ou the sth inst., at Writtle, Essex, the lady of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher, D.D., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, William, eldest son o f A ncurm O wen , E sq . , o f Egryn, Denbighshire, to Anna, third daughter of William Edwardes, Esq., Sealy ham, Pembrokeshire. DIED. On the 28th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper, relict of the late Francis Pepper, Esq., of Great Marlow, Bucks. On the 30th ult., in Albion-street, the Count Frederic Brancaloni, aged 14. On the 31st ult., Miss Prisca Needham, of Castle-gate, Nottingham. On the Ist inst., James Tindal, eldest son of James What man Bosanquet, Esq., of Hyde-park.stivare, aged 6. On the Ist inst., William, ellest son of Thomas Smart, Esq., of Hackney, aged 40. On the Ist inst., at Weymouth, Frederick George, only child of the Rev. William Buller. On the 2d inst., at Pall-mall East, Mrs. Edward Morton. On the 2d inst., at Eliot-vale, Blackheath, John Burford, Esq., aged 70. On the 3d inst., in Blomfield-street, Finsbury, Mr. William Pledger, Aged 64. On the 3d inst., in Westbourne-terrace, Louisa Anne, the wife of Major-General Brothcrton. On the.3(l inst., at Brunswick-square, Matilda, wife of W. Hieksop, aged 64. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112 ' Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mee, W 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct Of 1 11 0 Savoy, 111 titt: County of Middlesex, Tuesday, April 6, 1847• t ra 10 t Lit rel Ftll ~. ~,~ • OFt hoM • ' r • •• for and :alai " E and - and aigi the fon