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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV,E'Y/NG, FEBRUARY 15, 1847. RELIEF OF DISTRESS (IRELAND). Two large blue books have just been laid beforeboth . Houses of Parliament, by command of her Majesty, containing correspondence (from July, 1846, to January, 1847) relative to the measures adopted for the relief of the distress in Ireland. One of these volumes includes the peculiarly the commissariat series, and the other fisheries series. The following are extracts from some of the more interesting and important of t_h r e R num ß e o r u o t u h s documents contained in these v t o h l e umes Dublin, Jan. 14, to Mr. Trevelyan, from 14, gives these particulars . with respect . to Castle,hat has been done in relation to remedial measures . 7 . In submitting to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury a brief statement of the present duties, it is necessary to snake some reference to those of the preceding season. On that occasion it will be recollected that the chief depot was at Cork, which was supplied direct from the United States, and the following depots were dependent for their supplies on that of Cork :—Dundalk, Dublin, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Longford, Banagher. There were, besides, some minor constabulary depOts established for some immediate exigency, but which rarely contained more than five to ten tons of meal. In the present season it was thought fit to leave the east, the north, and the south coast, comprising the space between Londonderry and Skibbereen to the exer cise of private enterprise, for which the commissariat arrangements of the preceding year had prepared it, but the Government undertook the su pply o f t h e west coast, which is hardly yet accessible to trade in any degree sufficient for its supply. With this object the following depots have been established : County Donegal—Dunfanaghy, Bunbeg, Gweedore Bay, Barton-port," Killibeggs, where there is also a floating depot, and both in connexion with the mills at Moan tch arl es. County Sligo—Sligo.' County Mayo—Ballina, Belmullet, Achill Island, with two depOts, Westport. County Galway—Clifden, Galway. County Clare—Kilrush, Clare Castle. County Limerick—Tarbert, Madagascar floating depot. County Kerry—Dingle, Cahirceveen. County Cork—Caetletown (Berehaven), Long Island, Skibbereen. Dublin—Entrepot for supplying Banagher and Long ford, on the Shannon. It is also intended, before the close of the month, to es tablish a depot at Cong, in the hilly country, on the bor ders of comities Mayo and Galway ; on Lough-corrib and Lough-mask. As the season advances, some temporary constabulary depots may become necessary, but from the increased difficulty of account, occasioned by these minor stations, and for other substantial reasons, it is not contemplated to increase this number more than can be avoided. Our sales have commenced this year in December, which we were enabled to postpone during the last season until the 20th May. The labour and responsibility before me is one of much greater magnitude and importance. The high prices which provisions of all kinds have reached have made it incumbent on me to reli e v e this unavoidable accompaniment of the present distress by encouraging, as much as I am able, the establishment of soup kitchens, which has also the advantage of bringing to our aid the active assistance and benevolence of the other sex. With this view I have caused all the best recipes I could procure to be embodied in a small pamphlet, which I enclose. These soup establishments have been well received throughout the country, and we are using our best ex ertions to extend them. I lay before you a copy of the instructions to corn• rnittces for the present year, and I have much pleasure in acquainting you that an increased readiness to sub scribe has already become visible, and their Lordships will perceive by my estimate the increased activity which I expect to be given to this source of relief. And now, Sir, I must not conceal from you the great natural difficulties which stand in the way of our ultimate success in this undertaking. The Baltic, the Black Sea, the American canals are closed against us, and it will require all our foresight. and all the co-operation of the public, to secure the pas sage of the people through the winter. I speak of this co-operation with some anxious appre hensions, for we must exp ec t th e d emands will increase; and I am not without fe ar th at some of the committees may relax their exertions amidst the labour, the ex pense, and, not %infrequently, th e disappointments which surround them; nevertheless, it is not to be denied that it is only by the continuance o f t h ese exertions, by the liberality of" the proprietors, an d b y the endurance of the peasantry, that this great disaster can be overcome. It would be fortunate if this important truth could be brought home to every man's conviction, for the reliance which is placed in the power of Government to effect everything exercises a most dangerous influence on all private exertion. I know not if any step could be taken to encourage this general co-operation from all classes in this great question, which is one of food . and human lif e ; and there is reason to fear, from their present tendency, that prices may rise until the spring supplies shall be received. I hope to derive much assistance from the inspecting officers, and their communications with the committees, and I attach the more importance to this measure now, as these local bodies have hitherto given their chief at tention to preparations for the employment of the people, which must now be shared by the most active exertions for their subsistence. The committees last season amounted to 648, of which 484 had funds, on whirl Government grants were given. This includes the whole season up to the end of August, and many of these greets were given at a late period. This season the committees (still in progress) number 930, and will probably reach 1,000, but as yet only 174 have received grants. The price last year of oatmeal ruled from 15/. to 17, 103. per ton in Juno and July, and it is now, in January at 25/. Indian corn was not generally in the market, but one holder, for a short period in April and May, sold at 11/. and 121.; the Government price, however, was 10/. per ton ; the price now is 171. ios. for whole corn, and 191. for the meal, and, in some situations, as high as 221, and 241.; whole wheaten meal 20/. The potato failure last year was not so remarkable for unusual deficiency as for the disease which so exten sively affected the plant, and rendered it generally unfit for food ; still the people continued to cat potatoes in sume localities until April. This season the early crop was very much diseased, and the late or people's crop never came to maturity. There were few places where any continued to serve as food beyond November, and in many they were con sumed in October. Thus the character of the present calamity is in finitely more alarming than the last ; it extends with little or no mitigation over the whole country, and comprises a loss of food equal at least to ten millions sterling. There are parts in Donegal which escaped the dis ease of last year, where there are no resident gentry, and where their means of purchase must be soon ex hausted, and being, for the most part composed of rural districts, not collected into towns or villages, the soup establishments are not adapted or applicable to their relief. In the south-western parts of Kerry and Cork the distress is not less imminent, and has indeed com menced first, but the proprietors are more wealthy, and, notwithstanding the sufferings of all kinds by which they have been surrounded, much may be accomplished for their relief by order, economy, and exertion, and I have reason to hope that this improvement is com mencing. I lay before you the last returns of the Commissariat depots, and the present state of the subscriptions, and of the Government donations given in their aid. If is unnecessary for me to enlarge on the advantage of granting these donations in aid only of a local fund, as it obtains for us an int erest i n the economy of its management, which no other system could be expected to secure. The liberality of her Majesty's Government in offer ing a donation equal to the amount subscribed, that is, pound for pound where the workhouse is full, with a dis cretion even to exceed this sum in cases of great and ac knowledged distress, is making a deep impression on the public as it becomes known, and I receive expressions from all quarters of their sense of this generous consi deration. The annexed general recapitulation of supplies will be regarded with interest:— General recapitulation of supplies provided by Go vernment in aid of the relief operations in Ireland and Scotland, since the 15th of August, 1846: Remains in the several depots in Ireland TONS. on the above date Purchases since made through the agency of Mr. Ericksen Meal ground at Malta and other supplies i provded by the Commissariat at that station _ Supplies furnished from the Naval Victual ling Stores at Deptford and Portsmouth 83 2-3 Biscuit delivered from the Ordnance Stores in Ireland .558 2-3 Total 43,6541 Which, calculating five quarters to the ton, are equal to 21 8,274 quarters. iLLBANK PRISON. The report of the Com m i ss i oners appo i nte d to i nqu i re into the m anage nt of Millb an k P r i son , an d instruc tions and order:al the prison authorii s e usel by the Secr e t ar y o f S tate to been printed and issued, having "'sequence thereof, hav e j us t havin g b een l a i d before the House of Common s , by ' conarnand, in pursuance of their address of Janua r y 20 . The Commissioners app o i n t f wM t e i r: r . ° B. th E e sco E tt. ari Th o e f Chichester, Lord S e y mour, an l a tter disagreed with po r ti ons c d , and, therefore, the Noble Lords alon© general no report, d signed the document from which the followrien; up and are ex tracts : We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed to in quire into the condu ct and mana g eme nt of your M ajesty's prison and gaol at Millbank, and of the prisoners therein confined, and into certain allegations of Edward Baker, late a warder in that prison, and also into tho conduct of the governor, deputy-governor, and other officers of the said prison, humbly beg leave to report, that we directed our attention in the first instance to various allegations contained in two petitions presented to the House of Commons, on the 15th of June and the sth of August, 1846. These petitions seriously impugned the character and conduct of the Governor of Millbank Prison ; and con. sequently imputed to the inspectors, under whose super intendence the government of this prison is placed, a culpable neglect of their duty in having permitted such mal-administration to continue. For the purpose of thoroughly investigating charges of so grave a nature, we called before us the petitioner, and after examining him upon matters in reference to which he was himself competent to furnish information, we summoned the witnesses whom he named, and ques tioned them upon oath in his presence, affording to the petitioner himself an opportunity of putting to them such interrogatories as he might think would tend to substan tiate his charges. He also had the advantage of the assistance of Mr. Duncombe, the gentleman by whom his petition was presented to the House of Commons, whom we allowed to be present during the whole period of our investigation, and who examined and cross-examined all the witnesses at his discretion. In order to check inadvertent errors, and to detect mis -statements, we ordered the books and other documents of the prison to be furnished to us, and tested the evidence of the wit nesses by a reference to these records, in every case in which such concurrent testimony could be obtained. We also had before us, during the progress of this investigation, the three Inspectors and the Governor of the prison, that they might hear the evidence adduced against themselves, question the witnesses, and afford to us immediate information upon any subject inciden tally arising, connected either with their own duties or with the accusations into which we were inquiring. The several complaints preferred against the Gover nor and authorities of the prison are then entered into very minutely seriatim; and the Commissioners then thus proceed.— Having thoroughly sifted the complaints against the Governor, and made some allowance for exaggeration on the part of witnesses, whose accusations were seldom warranted by the facts which they attempted to prove, we have no hesitation in pronouncing our opinion that ho has endeavoured to perform his duties with zeal and intelligence, and has done nothing to discredit the very high testimonials which he possesses from the officers in the army under whom he formerly served. His treat ment of the prisoners, with the exception of the two instances above mentioned, appears to have been judi cious and considerate ; cases were indeed brought un der our notice in which the prisoners complained of excessive severity, but the responsibility for these cases rests upon the subordinate officers, as it does not appear that the Governor was made acquinted with these com plaints. The substitution of the punishment of a re duced diet in lieu of a dark cell, appears to have been made by the Governor from motives of leniency, and with a view to preserving the health of the prisoners. The only faults with which he appears justly charge able, are— First—A too hasty method of dealing with his officers when reported to him by others, or detected by himself in some neglect of duty; not always giving them a suffi cient opportunity for explanation or defence. Secondly—The occasional use of improper or offen sive expressions, of which we should express our con demnation more strongly, were it not that the instances adduced by all the witnesses together amounted only to three. _ _ Thirdly—An insufficient attention to the rules of the prison; it appearing from his own evidence that he was entirely ignorant of the legal force of the old Peniten tiary rules, and that, in two important instances, the rules actually stuck up in the prison were not attended to by him. We refer to the rule requiring him to re port prisoners under punishment to the surgeon and chaplain, and that prohibiting him from sentencing a prisoner to bread and water for more than three days coatinuously. The want of a complete code of rules suited to the pre sent government of the prison has apparently given rise to many of the charges, and to much of the ill-feeling, which have come under our observation during this in• quiry. The rules of the Penitentiary still possess a legal force, but are, nevertheless, often inapplicable to the pre sent system of the prison. On this branch of the subject, however, the responsi lylity attaches to the inspectors, and not to the Go vernor. In commenting upon the conduct of these gentlemen, we are not unmindful of the other arduous duties which devolve upon all of them as prison inspectors, and upon two of them as Commissioners of Pentonville Prison. Upon them, subject to the Secretary of State,devolved the organization and arrangement of the new system at Milbank. The statute 6th and 7th Vie., c. 26, s. 8, con stituted them Commissioners for the government of the prison, with all powers given to visiting justices by other statutes. In the discharge of these functions it became one of their first duties to prepare a code of rules to be approved by the Secretary of State, for the regulation of the prison under its new circumstances, and accordingly a code was prepared, and signed by Secretary Sir James Graham. It is, however, much to be regretted that this code, which is, in fact, only an abstract of rules applicable to prisoners, does not include many old rules still in force, and is, in other respects, totally inadequate to the pur poses for which it is required ; amongst other omissions, the dietary approved by the Secretary of State is not appended to it. This is, ind ee d, se p ara t e ly p r i n t e d, b u t it is defective in not containing the punishment diet, which has been increased from half to one pound of bread. The only ether rules now in force are to be gathered from the old " llillbank Book of Rules," still retaining its obsohte title-page, and containing many regulations wholly inapplicable to the system in opera tion. Under this defective state of the rules, it is not surprising that some irregularities should have occurred amongst the officers of the prison. The regulations respecting fines are not sufficiently explicit, and the fines themselves have not been regis tered. We, therefore, recommend that a revisal of the rules should immediately be made and regularly com municated to the officers. We are also of opinion that any new rules made during the year should be inserted in the annual report required by the statute. The Commissioners (after strongly condemning the existing unlimited power of flogging) state that the ' general condition of the prison is most creditable ; and they conclude the report in the following terms : We must now advert to wl:at appears to us a defective element in the government of the prison, as constituted by the statute. The three inspectors, who constitute both the govern ing and supervising authority, are named by the Secre tary of State, and are officers serving under him in their general functions as prison inspectors. Subject to his approval, they may make any rules that they please for the government and discipline of the prison. The prison, therefore, is not only free from the control of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and of visiting justices, but is virtually unchecked by the supervision of any persons distinct from those to whom its ordinary government is entrusted. We consider it desirable that the government of he prison should be intrusted, as at present, to paid officers of the Crown, under the immediate control of the Secretary of State, and that it should furthermore be subjected to a regular system of inspection ' • but we believe it t o b e essent i a l to a v i g i lant supervision that the governing body of this as of every other prison should be kept entirely distinct and separate from the inspectors who may be appointed to re p ort periodically onits condition. ✓ We therefore suggest that such a change should be made in the government of Milbank Prison as may secure to it an independent system of in spection. The present inspectors of Milbank Prison possess powers similar to those vested in the visiting justices of county prisons, but the peculiar purpose to which this prison has been appropriated necessarily im poses on them still heavier duties. Millbank Prison is now the depot for all the con victs of Great Britain sentenced to transportation, a punishment which varies very materially according to the class of the district to which the convict may be assigned, inasmuch as the prisons of Parkhurst and Pen tonville, the establishments of Gibraltar, Bermuda, and Norfolk Island, are all available for prisoners sen tenced to transportation. The final disposal of every convict being determined upon by the Secretary of State, he is enabled to this extent to mitigate or increase the punishment awarded by the court where the prisoner was sentenced. In deciding upon the destination of a convict, the Secretary of State is guided first by such general regulations as he or his predecessors may have issued upon the subject, and next by the recommend" tion of the inspectors, who personally inspect every pri soner, examine the document transmitted with him, and inquire into all the particulars of his previous life and character. The great 'number of convicts who in the course of the year pass through this prison, amounting in the last year to 3,928, renders this investigation a task of onerous p er f ormance, as well as of heavy responsi bility. We believe that the three gentlemen to whom these duties are entrusted devote their earnest attention to the proper discharge of this important service; but we would nevertheless suggest, that while so great an inequality of possible punishment for prisoners similarly sentenced continues to exist, the regulations which may from time to time be made by the Secretary of State should be communicated to all judges and courts exercising a criminal jurisdiction, and that an annual return should likewise be laid before Parliament, showing the distri bution of convicts, detailing the offence and sentence of each, the court in which he was tried, and the final destination awarded by the Secretary of State. All which is humbly submitted to your Majesty by your Majesty's faithful subjects and servants. (Signed) CHICHESTER. SEYMOUR. Gwydyr House, January, 1847. FRENCH COMMENCE.—The Constitutionnel observes that the manufacture of guillotines wee beginning to acquire some importance, in consequence of the adoption of that in strument of death in different countries of Europe. "Paris," it says, " supplies most of these implements, which require to be made with considerable precision, to answer the mournful purpose for which they are intended. Within a short period five guillotines have been exported, namely, two to Greece, one to Denmark, and two to Germany. FEVER IN GLASGOW.—We are sorry to learn that, in addition to the epidemic which has lately prevailed so ex tensively among the poor, the typhus fever, which was so de structive in the year 1837, is now rapidly spreading among the inhabitants of the more densely populated parts of the city and suburbs. This may in part be attributed to the great influx of Irish, and the crowding together of the desti tute. The managers of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary have very properly taken advantage of a new house, intended for another charity, as an auxiliary hospital • but more accom modation must be insta n tly p rov id e d, if the citizens are to be not in protected from this contagious epidemic.— Glasgow Argus. HOSIERY. —The wrought cetton stocking trade is but the cut up branches are depressed, especially the villages,eonstrugh there have been some large orders. week, arising from of cotton hosier There was able stir in the parish of Basford, last ryn;litlaurenianrilbnegr to leave l b ea le v a e c t h h e e rs k a in n g d d o o t m he f r or finishers p hi lli. delphia and Ge The as , as ws o; , ivn a , in which places the frames have Utica and other places in the rapidly increased State of New York. pressed state. The plain silk glove trade continues in a de expectation, is improved.—N ott iz a t n v , , contrary to every LINSEED CAKE.--A vessel of large .e" in the river from Marseilles, has rotuoTtage arrived an entire cargo, consisting of the very large quantity j 36 0,000 kille granunes of !indeed cake for cattle feeding purpao,l, MARYLEBONE VESTRY. THE STATE OF IRELAND AND LORD G. BEN , TINCK'S RAILWAY MEASURE. On Saturday a very fully attended meeting of the Marylebone Vestry took place at the Court-house, Marylebone. The Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, having taken the chair, Mr. G. DANIELL rose, and said he hoped the vestry and the Rev. Chairman would not consider him out of order in taking the opinion of that vestry upon a resolu tion he intended to propose, affecting the interests of millions of human beings in the United Kingdom. They could not shut their eyes to the dreadful state of starva tion which existed throughout the sister kingdoms of Ireland and in Scotland ; nor were they less alive to what was at that time proceeding within the walls of the Legislature upon that most important subject. He thought the time had arrived when the constituencies of England should speak out their sentiments against the nefarious measure attempted to be carried in favour of the Irish landlords, and for taking sixteen millions of money out of the pockets of the people of this coun try to bo invested in the construction of Irish rail ways. There never was a graver subject either before Parliament or the kingdom at large ; and he could only designate the attempt of Lord G. Bentinck and his party as that of a band of interested and selfish men, who made the starvation of their fellow-creatures a stepping-stone to their own aggrandisement.—(Hear, hear.) So far from such a measure as this railway scheme being anything like justice to Ireland, it was a further attempt on the part of the landlords to crush the poor, and further to perpetuate their misery.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. G. Daniell) had, within the last few days, been furnished by the Hon. Member for the borough (Sir B. Hall) with a blue book on the state of Ireland, and it was enough to turn the heart sick to read of the cold-blooded and heartless tyranny of the Irish landlords towards the poor.—(Shame.) There was no rule without an exception, and there were some instances of kindness and humanity recorded ; but what could they think of the heartless wretches whose only aid towards the sufferings of the starving poor on their estates was to furnish coffins for them when they had terminated their miserable existence ?—(Shame shame.) There were such instances on record. The people of England had a right to demand that the Irish landlords should be called on to pay their rates, and that there should be an efficient poor-law established for Ire land.—(Cheers.) What was the fact? Why in some unions the cost of the poor did not amount to more than 701. or 801. a week, whilst in Marylebone it was nearly I,oool.—(Hear)—therefore, as Englishmen, they had a right to call upon the Irish landlords to support their own poor, and not come and take the money out of the pockets of the English people for such a purpose.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Daniell concluded by moving, "That the proposition of Lord George Bentiack to expend sixteen millions of money on the construction of railways in Ireland is unjust in principle, impolitic, and detrimental to the empire at large, and that this vestry cordially approve the course the Government have adopted in giving their determined opposition to this most nefarious measure." Mr. DAVID SALOMONS rose with great pleasure to second this resolution. He believed ke understood some little about commercial matterF, and he was prepared to say, that the scheme for taking sixteen millions of money for the manufacture of Irish railways was a scheme for the benefit of Irish landlords, and nothing else.— (Hear, hear.) What would be the effect of such a scheme on the money-market? Why, it would have the effect of destroying and depreciating all other se curities, and must discourage all the railway enterprises of this country.—(Hear, hear.) No one with his senses about him, when he looked to the position of all Europe, and saw that both in France and Germany there was a dearth almost equal with our own, and knew that we had to pay in hard cash for all the food imported, could but view this scheme with the greatest dread and alarm.—(Hear, hear.) The only remedy, in his opinion, was to compel the landlords of Ireland to do their duty —(Cheers)—and he considered it was the bounden duty of every constituency in the kingdom to meet and sup port the Government in their measure of giving a poor law to Ireland.—(Cheers.) He had no desire that they should do the slightest thing to stop the flow of benevo• lence which was going on to aid our starving fellow subjects in Ireland, who were deserving of the warmest sympathy; but they ought to meet and support the Go vernment in its exigency. —(Hear, hear.) Sir JAMES HAMILTON said he was desirous of offering 1 a few words of vindication on the part of the landed proprietors of Ireland, with some of whom he was con nected. Although there might be instances of neglect, he thought, as a class, they had done the best they could to alleviate the existing poverty.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Gentlemen might cry " No, no ;" but in the case of a relative of his, he (Sir J. Hamilton) thought, as a 13ndlord, he did not reap much advans tape, when last year, instead of an income of 2,500/. a-year, he only received 501. He thought the " No, no" came from gentlemen who had not travelled on the other side of the Channel.—(Laughter, and " Oh, oh.") Mr. H. C. WiLsosr said he could well appreciate the effect on the money-market by the issue of Exchequer bills by the Government to the amount of sixteen mil lions. There was, however, another way by which the money might be attempted to be raised, and that was by increasing the Income and Property -tax ; and he thought the reckless party in the House of Com mons, headed by Lord George Bentinck, would not be prepared to stand the shock such a plan would give to the nation.--(Hear.) He considered at this juncture that the Government had nobly done its duty, and that the Noble Lord at the head of it had shown that talent and courage in the emergency which was characteristic of his family. They were in this instance deserving of the warmest support of the people. Sir BENJAMIN HALL, in reply to the call of the ves try, said he understood from the best information in the City, that sucn a scheme as Lord George Bentinek's was treated as moonshine—(Laughter)—and he thought he would find it all moonshine in the House of Commons. —(Bear, hear.) For his own part ho would give it his most determined opposition. He had taken the trouble to make an estimate of how they would divide upon the motion on Tuesday next, and Lord George Bentinck would find a large majority for Ministers.—(Loud cheers.) As to the Poor Relief Bill for Ireirnd, it was a subject which required the earnest attention of every constituency in the kingdom —(Hear)—and he (Sir B. Hall) could assure the vestry that he believed the time bad arrived when there must be no more quibbling, and when the landlords of Ireland must be compelled to do their duty.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution WR3 then put from the chair, and car ried unanimously, amidst loud cheering. Mr. JOSEPH then moved that a petition founded on the resolution bo forthwith prepares], and be placed in the hands of Sir Benjamin Hall, on Monday, for presentation o the House of Commons on Monday evening. The resolution was seconded, and also carried nein. con THE REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY. The CHAIRMAN reported that the deputation from the vestry had accompanied the borough Members to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in opposition to the Regent's Canal Railway, and that the Commissioners informed then that they had taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown as to their liability to the Crown tenants, and that they would consider the whole matter as soon as they obtained that opinion. The report on the motion of Mr. Daniell haring been entered on the minutes, the vestry separated. MYSTERIOUS ALLEGED OUT RAGE AT COTTENHAM. __ A married woman, named Savage, residing at the village of Cottenham, in this neighbourhood, was (ac cording to her own statement) suddenly accosted in the public road at eight o'clock on the evening of the 31st ult., by some ruffian unknown. Before she had time to reply a plaster was applied to her mouth, she was grasped by the wrists and legs, and transported on the shoulders of the mysterious stranger over hedges and ditches, to a lonely field. There she was set down, and coolly told that her head would be cut off if she made the slightest uproar, or attempted any resistance. At the same time no indecency, approaching to felonious violence to her person, was committed, or even offered. The woman was plundered ofher marriage ring and some money. Her clothes were then cut from her person, a portion of her hair was deliberately cut off, and she was set at liberty. Thus far the woman's own story ; and whatever suspicions may hang over it, there appears to be no doubt of the fact, that she did certainly arrive at the house of a relation, at a late hour in the evening above•mentioned, in a state of absolute nudity, with the exception of her shoes and stockings, and a piece of flannel attached to one of her legs. But the mystery remains to be told. The woman had no sooner blazoned her story in the village, than two men (one of them a police-constable) traced carefully, with a lantern, the route which she said she had been carried. The impe dimenta in the shape of quickset hedges, and ditches 3 and even 3 feet wide, wore such as seemed to render it morally and physically impossible that any man could have carried a woman on his shoulders along such a route without on any one occasion placing down his burden. The clothes were found lying in a field which the woman had indicated, actually cut up from top to bottom, but the marks of the footsteps leading to and from the field, which were carefully examined and measured by the light of the lantern, were those of only one person, and moreover they exactly corresponded to the woman's own shoes. Such were the facts brought out in the examination, which ended in a finding that the inquiry should there cease and determine. But this it cannot do. It must be taken up by the proper autho ries and prosecuted to the utmost. The most inexpli cable circumstance is the stripping part of the transac tion, and the cutting off the woman's hair, and whether we suppose that the woman herself performed that office t t r o a g t e e d t u u p p o a n n haedry by e n tu t r h e e , o a r ll e t g h e a d t v i i t l la w in a : s t a h c e t r u e a l a y p e em e s r pe tt; he set e a e s e w f e a in ee n t e h e e i v a o b n l e e m c a o s t e i v e a . s — t h c e a ni b r other, tdg e an A auvtrtz era. - A PROFITABLE MISFORTUNE. --The Courrier de Lyons gives the following account of a robbery :—The curate of a parish, situate on the Loire, was returning from a neigh bouring town, after having received his salary, to the amount of 200 francs, on a spirited horse. On reaching a lonely spot he met two thieves leading a meagre horse. They stopped and robbed him, not only of his money, but of his horse, which they both mounted, leaving their hack in exchange. The priest resigned to his misfortune, proceeded on his journey with his newly-acquired property, but he was its speedily revenged by his own horse throwing riders, and running home. The curate's servant seeing the horse return without her master raised the alarm, and the villagers pro ceeded to seek for their pastor, whom they at last found slowly riding homeward. On the following Sunday, the curate in church told the sequel of the story. The thieves when they stole his horse had placed on its back a couple of bags, containing 2,000 francs. These were, of course, found by the priest on his return ; so that he had recovered his 200 francs in the 2,000 francs ; 1,800 francs still remained ; evidentlyw su h m ich in: w gth e e r te e lbescioaibecome the produce of some robbery. And in case neithe r the m ei o c ri aa 3 lb co y nor the f omtrhi the iehoopnroesorers. for The ware E r n ee g l l a a i n m d ld ed h , e that a committee meeting 91A Saturday. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. The paper road was a description of the " Helder, or Great North Holland Canal," by George B. Jackson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. This canal was constructed by the late Mr. J. Blanken, engineer, during the six years be tween 1819 and 1825, for the passage of frigates and first-class merchantmen, and extends from Amsterdam to Nieuwediep, in the Texel. The state of the navi gation through the Zuyder Sea in the early part of the 17th century having become so defective, in consequence of accumulated sand banks and shoals, that camels were necessarily made use of to lift the vessels over the shallows at Pampus, thereby incurring both extreme loss of time and inconvenience, the Dutch Government deemed it necessary to consult Mr. Bl an k en on th e possibility of remedying the evil. That engineer ac cordingly projected the above canal, which ha s thr ee di visions, the summit level being only 3 f ee t 8 i nc h es a b ove the outlets. Its length is 51 miles ; it is 123 feet 7 inches broad at top, 30 feet 10 inches at bottom, and 20 feet 6 inches deep. The pile driving and boring experi ments undertaken by him to ascertain the probability of success show that the original sea shore, being the only really hard ground in the north of Holland, is to be met with at 43 feet under the present surface of the ground, and as the foundations of the locks were laid nearly at that depth, the result of the experiments were considered to atibrd sufficient guarantee for the stability of the works. The character of the soil in that part of Holland is exceedingly treacherous, and it reflects great credit on our foreign neighbours that they were able to overcome the various difficulties with which they had to contend. The constructions generally consist of floating and swing bridges, tide-locks, passage-locks, &s. The float ing bridges are peculiar on account of their flexibility, consisting of two platforms, one fixed to each shore on piles, the end of each of which i s wor k e d b y sets o f double levers, and resting on two b oats , so that when the bridge is required to be opened both boats are with drawn, one towards each shore. The Willun lock is 297 feet 8 inches long, 51 feet 5 inches wide, the height of the lock walls being 32 feet 6 inches, a n d th e gates thereof being each 2 9 feet 5 inches by 29 feet 4 inches. The total cost amounted to one million and a half pounds sterling ; the time required by vessels to make the passage from Amsterdam to the Helder varies ac cording to their size and the means of haulage, fly-boats, with six relays of four horses each, making it in ten hours, whilst large East Indiamen require two, three, and,four days, according to the wind. The details of construction of the whole of the works were given very freely, with the illustrative drawings. In the discussion which ensued, it was stated that the only canal in this country which could be contrasted with that of the Helder was the Caledonian Canal, which was projected upon a report by Watt, commenced by Jessop, and in a great part constructed by Telford, a few years pre viously to the Helder Canal. The principal difference between the two consisted in the nature of the ground through which they were cut; the former being ex cavated entirely out of alluvial deposit, whilst the latter had to be cut out of hard gravel and in some cases rock. An interesting account was given of the mode of forming the spot for the entrance lock at the Inverness end of the Caledonian Canal. The object was to carry the work out into deep water. A large mass of eorth was deposited in the sea to the full extent intended ; upon this mound a heavy load of material was laid to consolidate the mass. After settling for a considerable time, the upper mass was removed, the excavation was made for the lock pit, and the construction was effected with comparative facility, and had endured much rougher weather since, without any symptoms of failure. The superincumbent weight which was removed being greater than any sub sequent strain, there was no danger of the lock ever sinking. The discussion was adjourned until the next meeting, Tuesday, February 16, when it was announced that the second part of the paper would be read, treating of " The method of forming facino embankments and sea defences in Holland," by G. B. W. Jackson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. GAOL BREAKING.—Mr. Bourns, the deputy governor of Newgate, and two of the turnkeys connected with that prison, fortunately discovered a plan which was laid by several convicts under sentence of transportation fir life, fif teen, ten, and seven years, to break through the prison yes terday morning. It appeared that the number involved in the conspiracy amounted to from 30 to 40 persons, and they had everything prepared for their flight, having made a hole through the root; through which any ordinary sized man could pass, and fastened near it a,rope, made out of their bed ticks, of more than 20 feet long, to raise them up and after wards lower them into one of the adjoining streets.—Dublin Mal of Wednesday. HEAT WITHOUT FUEL.—lmportant as cheap fuel may be, to be able to do without it altogether is more impor tant still. A Hungary chemist has taken some promising steps towards making, this possible. He places in contact two iron plates and a copper cylinder, highly polished, turn ing on an axis at the end of a lever, with a balance weight at the other end, to keep the plates in contact, when, by means of very simple apparatus and trifling exertion, a glow ing red heat may be produced in five minutes, and main tained with ease.—The Builder. ELOPEMENT OF AN HEIRESS WITH HER SINGING MAsTEa..—A good deal of gossip and some consternation pre vailed in fashionable circles of the metropolis yestereay, in consequence of an elopement which took place on Saturday. On inquiry the following facts were ascertained: It appears that the young lady is daughter of the principal of one of the most eminent establishments in the city, and resided at the private house of her father in B— street. She had a young man named M—, who resided in G— street, at tending her as music and singing master. It is stated that an attachment was mutually formed, and on Saturday even ing the parties left by the Holyhead packet, and on landing there took the mail for Bangor, at which place all trace of them was lost. The lady, it is said, possesses a fortune of 5,000/. in her own right. She is twenty years of age and very handsome. The young gentleman is twenty-four years of age.--DuNin Freeman's Journal. C II n T ie tg Da l l i rm A cyc Neoelndfmti the bßhcreoieoAprffir generallßl ca snc ß eoer A t,n C diifnno K u rc S hat , tarht oe,Fei courts-martial sntEttrg, the pr e ju dice nlopabf l rc oe l ecjaa ua — r hddp Major haedi j h enooi i brfn s ßa grsutwo r hl e:d o ed r oefo n folbr i radta n trhher g :_:, Ahasr t h ani7nsc i nkh ndec i s i o n commanding" on the 9th hhba o eed f July, fsosaermvt heeea; arising 54ui reprimanded,6nr t , g tofhoure out of fattheans insubordinateaac nm h doertsreiannntSs conductati m eo t oh n ni a s , Bay, Cape of Good Hope, &c., was promulgated, by which Captain Bull is ordered to be cashiered ; but was subse quentlyanother regimenta.s this se smenotrennincegornepLriimeatnedneadnt aGercaonrdt,in• restored to his rank, and allowed to exchange into commandant, before the officers of the provisional who d t l bw v o 3u a r: w t s syt a h r ;o t e d: a s i dt e nh s e d dr l e e a c j a b ho o y er a r t S otaw t battalion. THE FIRE AT CUDDESDEN PALACE.—We men tioned yesterday that a fire had broken out in the palace of the Bishop of Oxford, at Cuddesden, but we are happy to say that through the means adopted by his Lordship's domestics, aided by the villagers and workmen on the premises, it was most providentially got under without doing any very great d amage . The fire was first discovered by his Lordship's page, who, on opening the door of the library, found the room in flames. The alarm bell was instantly rung, and the villagers and others flocked to the palace ; fortunately a car penter who resided at Cuddesden was at home, he, together with his men, hastened to the spot, and commenced knock ing down the bookcases which bad caught fire, and thereby stopped the conflagration from spreading further. The fire was caused by the overheating of the apparatus con structed for warming the rooms. His Lordship was absent, consecrating a church at Tubney, when the fire was disco vered. We understand a few books and shelves only were destroyed. ROBBER SHOT. H Tuesday night, the 2d inst., between twelve and one o'clock, Mr. J. Samp son , o f Brymp ton, was disturbed b y a noise i n the poultry yard, which caused him immediately to get up and open his window. He called out to two persons whom he saw in the yard, " What is your business there?" but they did not reply, and made for the lower part of the premises, from which there is a way to the back yard, where they were lost sight of; but another, corning from the direction of the hen's roost, and who evi dently was not well acquainted with the premises, made for the orchard gate, opposite Mr. Sampson's bedroom. He called to him and said, "If you don't answer I'll shoot you." He took no notice whatever of this, but was in the act of getting over the gate when Mr. Sampson fired. The dis tance is about fifty yards. This, however, did not stop him ; a second barrel was discharged with the like result, as the e M b u e r e d n e r , badlym ur d wounded,er, '' an d for, bellowingupon like fellowa bull. made T o , ff,e cmustr3. examining the gate, there was bloo d s m e ar ed o v er the top bar, and drops of blood from the gate across t h e orchard. Mr. Sampson offers 201. reward for information that may lead ingha‘ ‘v to the conviction of the offencers.—Sherburne Mercury. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—The twentieth anniversary of the foundation of this truly excel lent charity was celebrated on Friday evening at the London Tavern, when Lord Stanley presided. Amidst all the chari table institutions with which this metropolis abounds, this stands alone as recommending itself to no particular class. Its object is, as its name implies, the relief of all whom age and distress have rendered utterly unable to assist them selves. Her Majesty has recently been pleased to become the patron of this institution ' • the festival yesterday there fore was intend e d t o serve t h e double purpose of celebrating the foundation of the institution and commemorating the patronage of her Majesty. The attendance was unusually large, and at the cross table we noticed the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Hudson, M.P. M r . Newdegate, M.P., and many ether di s ti ngu i s h e d gentlemen of all poli tical creeds. The customary and loyal patriotic toasts were given and received with the loyalty which always marks the reception of these toasts by an English audience. The Noble Chairman then proposed the toast of the evening in an elo quent and touching address. He did due credit to the objects of the Instit u ti on , an d conc l u d e d w ith a pathetic appeal to the audience in it s b e h a lf. Some years ago there were no less than nin e ty rec i p i ents o f th e b ou nty of the Institution, the males rec e i v i ng 21. 10s. per month, and the females 1/. 12s. p er mont h . Adverse circumstances had, of late years, much curtailed the utility of this most deserving establish ment, and at the present time there were only twenty four recipients of its bounty, receiving on the average 11. 12s. each per month. Of t h ose twen t y -f o ur, no less than nin e were above the a ge o f e i g ht y; n ine more had passed th e three score years and ten, which was more th an the a verage l ot of man, a n d s i x on l y were between the age of sixty and seventy ; none un d er t h e age o f s i xty b e i n g held eligible for th e bounties of the association. The healths of the Lord Mayor of London, the Lord Mayor of York, of Mr. Robarts, the President of the Society, and of the office-bearers, were given in rapid succession, when the subscription lists were The dinner ner Bathe was and in Breech round, and some thi ng lik e 1,4001. was subscribed in the room. W e trust the impetus thus given to the society mayh enable it largely t o ex t en d the sphere of its usefulness. the re elacehs,t and sty somele of excellentthose singing, of caterers, aided rs ibiyantnhoenybaonfdtohfe t e h v e en / i i .n r g ti . ller A y ir C . o i m ia p r a k n e y r, , a a d s d t e o d as m tm u as ch ter to , the per formed with zeal and assiduity the arduous duties pertainin g to his office. THE LACE TRADE.--This market shows rather an improved appearance since our last report, though its state is not very satisfactory. Some amount of goods has been dis posed of, but they have not been sold at any increase in price. Profits there are none, so far as the machine owner is concerned. 'We are not surprised therefore to learn that more machinery is daily ceasing to work. If any demand like that usual at this time of the year should spring up, prices of nets must rise considerably, as the stocks in hand are by no means 4ulcient to meet it.—Nottingliain &view. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) There were no unopposed railway cases in Mr. Smith's list to-day, and the Learned Gentleman was occupied till the close of his sitting with the opposed Caledonian cases. In the case of the Canobie Branch the opposition failed, and the standing orders were complied with. In the other two cases the opposition was withdrawn, and the customary formal proofs were completed. BLANDFORD AND BANTON RAILWAY. In this case the customary formal proofs were completed. The Examiner then adjourned. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED LIST. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. In the case of three of this company's unopposed Bills the standing orders were complied with. OPPOSED LIST. EAST LANCASHIRE (BURY AND CLITHEROE EXTENSIONS). The Examiner was occupied the rest of the day with these two opposed petitions. The allegations, however, were not maintained in the first extension Bill ; but in the second the standing orders were found not to have been complied with. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE• CHANCERY COURT. Feb. 12. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BnucH.) oxiLz. V. WHITTAKER. This was a bill filed to set aside a contract, on the ground of mutual contract. It appeared that the defendant pur chased an estate for a term of eight years, and on a suppo sition that he was entitled to a renewal of his lease at the expiration of that period, laid out a large sum of money. The plaintiff's case was that there no specification to t!,e effect, and that the purchase was only the value of the pro perty for the term stated; while on the part of the defendant it was alleged that in the proposal for the property he stated that if there was any mistake afterwards in reference to the contract, that there should be compensation on an estimate agreed to by both parties. The arguments were concluded to-day, and His Hoisoun delivered judgtnent. This was a matter to which no case of specific performance of contract could apply. The only question was as to what the vendor in tended to sell, and what the purchaser intended to purchase. It appeared that the property in question was put up far public auction, and the advertisement stated that it would be sold for under a lease of twenty years. The property was not disposed of by public sale, and the defendant purchased it for a sum of 3001. The provision he made in reference to any mistake occurring was not certainly embodied in the deed of conveyance, but, considering the advertisement, that the purchaser was now dead, and could afford no assistance, and that the discovery respecting the contract was not made for a long time after his demise, he thought it was an in evitable consequence that the contract should not be re scinded. The Bill was dismissed with costs. The other business of the Court was of no general interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 13. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LoRD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) FULTON V. DE BURGH. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Ball conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers, with Mr. Bovill, appeared for the defendant. This was an action to recover the sum of 6461. 155., alleged to be due to him in his capacity of engineer to the Oxford, Thatne, nigh Wycombe, and Uxbridge Railway Company, in which the defendant was one of the managing as well as of the provisional committee. The defendant pleaded that he was not liable. The facts in the case were unusually few. It appeared that this, like many other companies, was got up in the course of the month of September, 1845, and that for some time the meetings of the promoters and several of those who ultimately formed themselves into a provi sional committee were held at the offices of the solicitor, Mr. Gell, at Carlton-chambers ; and the evidence of the surveyor to the company, Mr. Trimens, went to prove that the plaintiff was engaged at a meeting of the com mittee, at which the defendant had presided as the chair man, in the earlier part of October, and that lie attended a meeting in that character on the 23d of that month. Ot this meeting, too, the defendant was the chairman, and congratulated the plaintiff on his appointment. Evidence was also given which went to show that the work was all completed, and the surveys, maps, books of reference, &c., all delivered to the solicitor of the com pany on the 29th of November, the day prior to that on which they were to be lodged in the Parliament-office. It was also shown that the defendant had been present at a meeting, and spoke as one of the committee, at Ux bridge, on the 15th of October, but upon an examination of the " consent " which was produced from the Regis tration-office, it appeared that the consent of the de fendant, although it was dated the 15th of October, had not been registered until the 15th November, and that that particular paper bearing the consent followed on the back several other consents of the last-mentioned date. On behalf of the defendant it was contended that even supposing the plaintiff had a❑y claim against the de fendant, it could not be taken as having commenced prior to the 18th of November, which was the day on which one of his clerks had first stated that he had been occupied on the work. The case failed in presenting any feature of interest, except so far as the immediate parties were concerned. The jury retired at ten minutes before six o'clock, and at seven returned with a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 2401. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. CHARGE OF UTTERING FORGED ACCEPTANCES.—OR Saturday John Robinson was charged with hating two forged acceptances. Mr. Thomas Trott, of No. 7, Primrose•street, Bit.:hops gate-street, builder, stated that in the months of May and June last he had transactions with the firm of Allen, Robinson, and Co., of Fenchurch-street. The prisoner was concerned for that firm. He told witness so. The firm dealt in manure, and had purchased some from him, for which they paid him with two bills ; the one fur 461. 155., drawn by All en , R o bi nson, an d C o., upon Thomas Fletcher, Esq., Liverpool, and purporting to be accepted by Thomas Fletcher, payable at Glyn and Co.'s bank, London, four months after date, and dated 20th of April, 1346. The other bill was for 281. Gs.. drawn by Allen, Robinson, and Co., upon, and purporting to be accepted by, Thomas Fletcher, Der vock, payable tour months after date, and dated Ist of June, 1846. Witness asked the prisener whether the bills were good, as he had to pay them away, and the prisoner said they were, and the persons who accepted them were perfect gentlemen. The bills were dis honoured, and witness could not find out the acceptors. Mr. Gilbert Bolding, solicitor, of Paternoster-row, stated that he was concerned professionally for Mr. Nicholay, who was in partnership with Mr. Allen, of Fenchurch-street, trading under the firm of Allen, Ro binson, and Co. In consequence of instructions which he had received, he met the prisoner on the last Sunday in August, and had some conversation with him upon the subject of bills given to Mr. Trott. lie knew a man named Tom M'Alister, as a servant of the prisoner, and he understood that Tom M.Alister had accepted the bills in his own name. Mr. Thorna , .: Trott, jun., stated that his father, with whom he lived, showed him the two bills, and afterwards he went, by his father's direction, to the prisoner, and said to him, "John, is it safe to pay these bills away? Are they good bills?" To which he replied they were good bills—he would not deceive us for the world—he would not give us any but good bills. Witness then asked him who was Thomas Fletcher, of Liverpool, and said that Mr. Fletcher was a highly respectable corn merchant, and one of the best agents of the house; and that Thomas Fletcher, of Dervock, was another of their agents, and was a safe man. The prisoner, upon being called upon to say whether he had anyViing to urge against a remand, wished the case to stand over until his solicitor should arrive. The LORD MAYOR waited for some time, but the pri soner's solicitor not having made his appearance, he re manded the prisoner. WORSHIP-STREET. CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST A POLICEMAN.— Charles Andrews Amos, a police-constable, of the H division, appeared before Mr. Broughton to answer a charge preferred against him, at the instance of the Commissioners of Police, for having grossly assaulted a young female, and then locked her up on a fictitious charge, in order to prevent a charge being preferred against him for the offence. It appeared that on Thursday last a prostitute, named Ellen Bolton, was charged by defendant before Mr. Arnold, the magistrate, with disorderly conduct, when she stated the prisoner had taken indecent liberties with her, and on her threatening to prefer a charge against him for so doing, he had trumped up the charge to screen himself. Mr. Arnold asked her if she had a witness ? She said a girl was with her at the time, and could vouch for the truth of her statement. The defendant denied the truth of her statement in every particular, and the girl not being present, Mr. Arnold adjudicated on the policeman's evidence, and ordered her to be im prisoned for seven days. After the case had been con cluded, and the girl locked up, the witness alluded to came into court, and, although she had not seen the prisoner after the defendant had locked her up, made exactly the same statement. Mr. Arnold, on hearing this, ordered the prisoner to be placed at the bar, which being done, she was discharged. The report of the case having been forwarded to the Commissioners of Police, they directed the present proceedings. The first witness called was the girl Bolton, who, having deposed to the facts already stated. went on to say that as soon as she asked the defendant the way out of Brick• lane he made use of the most filthy expres sions to her, which she took no notice of, when he pro ceeded to act in the grossest and must indecent manner, and, forcing her up a court, threw her down, where, had it not been for her resistance and the arrival of the other girl, he would have effected his purpose. On getting away she proceeded towards the station-house for the purpose of making a charge against him. when he followed and took her into custody, afterwards telling her he would let her go if she would promise not to lodge a charge against him; refusing this, she was taken to the station and locked up. She did not see her companion until after her conviction the next mora ing. She mentioned the way she had been treated to the inspector who took the charge. Jane Reeve, the girl alluded to, in every particular corroborated her. It being seven o'clock before the testimony had con eluded, Mr. bROUGIITON adjourned the case, observing that if the witnesses were speaking the truth, the prisoner should not have been sent before him for it summary conviction, but indicted for perjury. Both girls were severely cross-examined by Mr. W. Heritage for the defendant, but he failed to shake their evidence in any particular. GUILDHALL. FORGING A FITE HUNDRED POUND BILL OF Ex • CHANGE.—A middle•aged man, of rather clerical ap pearance, giving the name of Nicholas Kerp, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on suspicion of being concerned in the forging of a bill of exchange for 5001. on Messrs. Fuller and Co., the bankers in Moor gate-street. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. Mr. James Baker, a clerk at Messrs. Fuller's bank, stated that a gentleman named Hawley banked at their house. The bill of exchange produced, purporting to be drawn by B. Taylor on H. G. Hawley, for 5001., he cashed on the 29th of December, 1846. He gave the party presenting four 1001. and two 50/ notes. Mr. Henry Gerrard Hawley, a retired City merchant, living at Hackney, deposed that in December last he kept an account at Messrs. Fuller's. He did not accept the bill of exchange produced. It was a forgery. Moses Samuels, a dealer in old and new clothes, in Strutton-ground, Westminster, was next called. On the 29th of December the prisoner and another man came to his shop to purchase some clothes. His com panion was dressed in a very seedy manner, and on being fitted with a new suit he left his old clothes behind him. The prisoner paid witness in silver. They then left, and Kerp returned about two o'clock in the after noon, and took a purse out of his pocket and showed:it bim. It contained about one hundred sovereigns. On the following day they called upon him, The prisoner same first, then his companion, whom the prisoner called Brown. On th e latter entering, he observed to Kerp, "I am glad to see you, for I was frightened you would be stopped a t the Bank, as they asked you where you lived, and from whom you got the notes. You told them from Fuller's bank, and that I lived at No. 3, Bond street." Kerp asked him why they asked those questions, and Brown answered, "Because you went with four 1001. notes." They stopped at witness's house about ten minutes, and then left. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—There was no concealment; there was no endeavour to prevent witness hearing them. Mr. W. Higman, the principal at the issuing depart ment at the B an k o f E ng l an d, said he remembered t he notes being presented for payment on the morning of the 29th of December. It was not usual to take the numbers, but he identified the notes, on being shown him, by cer tain marks he had made on them. They were first pre sented to a Mr. Adams, who referred them to witness. He asked the party who brought them where ho got them, who replied, at Fuller's bank. The notes were paid. The prisoner, to the best of his belief, was the person who presented them. Mr. Clarkson applied for a remand to complete the evidence. Mr. Alderman GIBBS Bccordingly remanded him for a week. Mr. Clarkson now applied for the detention-of 2001., which had been lodged in the London and Westminster Bank by the father of th© prisoner, who had left the country. A gentleman from the London and Weqminster Bank guaranteed that the amount ahotdd be detained, HAMMERSMITH. EXCISE INFORMATIONS —Mr. Wm. Westbrook, brick maker, at Earle's-court, Kensington, appeared before Mr. Paynter to answer an information, at the instance of the Excise, for selling beer without a license, whereby he had incurred a pei ally of 20/. Mr. Sleep, the solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and pleaded not guilty. The Excise proved that the defendant had never taken out a license to enable him legally to sell beer, and called a witness who had been in the defendant's employ, who deposed to the defendant having, in the kitchen of his house in the brickfield, a regular tap fitted up for the sale of beer, and that on the day charged in the informa tion he was served by a boy, in the defendant's employ, with a pint of beer, for which, and something else, six pence was stopped out of his wages by the defendant on the following Saturday. Mr. Sleap, for the defendant, contended there was before the magistrate no proof of the sale of beer. There was nothing in the Excise Acts to prevent a master, for his own convenience, and the furtherance of his busi floss, engaging men for so much wages and so much beer. All that the Excise had proved was, that in a briclifield a boy in the employ of the defendant had given a man in the same employ a pint of beer, and that on the Saturday a sixpence of his wages was stopped. It was, however, a fact capable of proof, that in the summer time the farmers in Middlesex and elsewhere were in the habit of giving beer in part wages, in order to prevent their leaving their work to get it. Mr. PAYNTER said he did not anticipate the line of defence set up. There was, however, no proof that it was so in that case. He must, therefore, convict and fine the defendant in the lowest moiety of 5L and costs. He thought it a case for the consideration of the Excise Comniissioners. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 12.—We have no change to report in the foreign wool market this week. It is expected prices will range full higher at the approaching London sales, the quantity to be offered being but small. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, FEB. 12.—This branch of trade has been without any change this week, either in demand or prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 11.—We cannot vary our report from last week's, the demand still con tinuing languid, with prices much about the same. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, FEB. 11.—There were 1,800 bags of foreign and colonial wool offered at auc tion yesterday, scarcely half of which found purchasers. The attendance was numerousus, but there was a want of confidence exhibited, owing no doubt to the high prices of provisions; the biddings, therefore, were lan guid. The small quantity of Australian end Cape realised full prices, considering the quality and condition, which were very inferior. There was not much United States wool sold at auction, but several parcels were afterwards disposed of by private sale, at prices rather lower than previous sales. There was a good assortment of Buenos Ayres, but the prices offered were so very low that it was nearly all withdrawn. LEEDS. -We hare not bad such dull markets at our cloth-halls for some months past as on Tuesday and Sa turday. There continue to be considerable deliveries, however, direct to the foreign houses, ot goods ca l cu l a t e d for the East India and China markets, and front thi circumstance, added to the great caution exercised by the manufacturers generally, the stacks in the cloth halls are not large, end prices are firm. There little more business doing by some of the foreign house.,, but on the whole business has been dull in the ware houses since this day week. BRADFORD MARKET, FEB. 11.—We can report no amendment in the Wool market. Sales are compara tively few, and those of no great extent. The supply of wool coming to the staplers is small, which tends to keep up prices. The yarn market is still dull, and no change in price. The Russian houses are, however, pre paring for (we hope) a brisk trade in yarns for export. Plain Orleans cloths and paramattas are in good demand ; for the American market large stocks of, pieces are pur chased. Fancy crticles, made partly of silk, will, we have no doubt, have a great run during our spring trade. Merinos a t present are dead stock. The manu facturers are full of hope as to a brisk spring trade. - MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We are in no ways improving, either in our cloth or yarn markets. The depression is extreme, and without any rational prospect of improvement. A decided reduction on the nominal low rates of the day would not induce merchants to buy, except to order. There is no taste for the least speculation. TROOPS FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD Horn.--A de tachment, consisting of 35 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Sappers and Miners at Woolwich, marched from their barracks, headed by the excellent brass b an d o f the corps, to the Royal Arsenal, on Saturday morning, and embarked in the Lord Vivian Ordnance sloop for Gravesend, to be transferred to the Senator hired freight ship for con veyance to the Cape of Good Hope, to fill up the vacancies in the two companies of Royal Sappers and Miners at that station. Two officers of the Royal Engineers, and five men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, from Chatham were also to join at Gravesend for the same destination. A detachment of the Royal Artillery, consisting of 15 men of the 4th bat talion, and 15 men of the 7th battalion, embarked at the Royal Arsenal at the same time, under the command of Lieutenant Drayson, to fill up the two companies of Royal Artillery at the Cape. THE COST or FOURPENCE.—On Friday, at the Middlesex County Court of Requests, Kingsgate street, Hol born, a journeyman paper-hanger, named Barnes, appeared to sustain a summons against James Hammery, for the sum of fourpence. It appeared that the plaintiff's child went to the shop of the defendant for the purpose of obtaining change for a shilling. Three fourpenny- pieces were given, one of which was bad. Upon the coin being returned to the de fendant, he denied having given it to her, and expressed his determination of not substituting another. It having been sworn that the coin then given and the one produced in court was the same, the Learned Commissioner directed thede- de fendant to pay the am ou nt claimed—fourpence, five shillings and and the costs, five shillings a n d sixp e nce, making a total of and tenpence, the costs amounting to nearly twenty times the sum sued for. andke t h Bordeaux, has been wrecked on Creole, which was long employed betweente east ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.— Tll ern coast of the Ne fi w n o e rlea p n a s c Island of Cuba. She left Bordeaux on the B th o f Novem ber,board, including crew and passen gers. On the I of Bahama, and remained rocks off Nuevitas, Canal 19th December c she was driven on the sub marinethree nights. All notwithstanding thepassengers All hopes of getting her off, in this perilous situation during two days and added their exertions to those of the crew, being at an end, the captain ordered her masts to be cut by the board, and turned every effort to save the passengers; but before means could be taken the ship broke up. Out of 155 persons, only 82 reached the shore. Among those who were lost was the captain, M. Jules Cayol, who refused to quit the vessel until every other living person had been got off. Those sewed have been well treated by the inhabitants, and were expect ing to leave shortly for New Orleans. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The council have instituted a professorship of the Mechanical Prin ciples of Engineering, and appointed Mr. Eton Hodgkinson to the chair. The Flaherty scholarship in mathematics has been awarded to Mr. William Yool. To Mr. Robert Bald win Hayward, who was so nearly equal to Mr. Yool that the examiners recommended a division of the scholarship, the council voted a gold medal, with an expression of regret that circumstances did not admit of their bestowing two scholarships. Examiners Robert Leslie Ellis, A.M., of Trinity College, Cambridge, for the council; and Professors De Morgan and Potter. The Flaherty scholarship in clas sics has been awarded to Mr. Henry Glaldish Rosher. Ex aminers: G. S. Venables, Esq., of Jesus College, Cambridge, A.M., for the council; and Professors Newman and Malden. The 401. prize for general proficiency as a student in me dicine and surgery has been awarded to Mr. William Henry Ransom. The officers of the Royal Horse Artillery, Wool wich, gave, on Thursday last, an entertainment to their :fiends, to which were invited the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood. The Ethiopian Serenaders, from the St. James's Theatre, were specially engaged on the occasion, and gave a selection from their popular repertory with their accustomed success and effect. A large party assembled to do honour to the hospitality of their gallant hosts. FICTION.—The editor of the Burlington Free Press informs his readers, that having published " Dombey and Son," and the President's Message, he ought to be exipsed giving any more action for the precent. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Blackburn, Clltheroe, &c., dis.—Birminghain and Oxford Junction, 1.3% p.—Chester and 1 3ir kenhead, 201. Shares, % dis., ex div.—Edinburgh and Glace. ylv. Quarters, 19—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, p.—Gr eat Western, Quarters, 7 1 4 p.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 3% P Ditto, Extensions, 1% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New, Extens lon (pink), 1 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, -2% dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, Southport, 2% p.—Ditto, New (late 'West Lancashire), 2q P L Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—Lon don and North-Western, 189 -Ditto, New, Quartets, 12 p.—Manche der and Southampton, % dis.—Midland Stock,. 40/. Shares, 5'A p• ex div.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—Newcastle and Carlhie, 13—Preston ind Wyre (A), 4 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9J. 12s. 34. (B). P• —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis.—youth-Eastern Dover, No. 3, Consolidated, 1 p..—Ditto, N 0.4, Thit ds, p.—So t Trent Midland, % p.— South Yorkshire, Doncaster, a id Goole, Ui P - 1 , 6 —West Riding Union (R.), p.—York and New cast. l .o (late N. Ani D.), New, 6 p.—Ditto, Preference, 4% p. _ MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 13. S'rocx EXCPIANOE. --The sales are—Birmingham and astfordJunem lion, 8% p.— Blackburn, Clitheroc, &c., 5-16 di3.--Eastern Counticas 21% —Ditto, York Extension, % p.—East Lancashire, 1% New (scrip), 1 3-16 p.-- Fleetwood, Preston, and Wsst P' —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3 p. --L I*- caster and Preston, Three-quarters, 17 p.—London and Not di' Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 72 3 4 c.—Manchester Leeds Extension, 1% p.—Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnsh dre (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1 dis.—Manchester and Sou tb ampton, 7-16 dis.- North Staffordshire, 2 15-16 p.—Preston Wyre, 34—Ditto, Halves (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (13), 7-16 dis Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 13-16 p.—South-Eastern i od Dover, No. 4, % p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % —Southport and Euxton, 1 1 4 , _dis.—West, Biding Union, 1 19-16 p. • LEEDS, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The markets have remained dull with reduc gd quotations tor all stocks, and with the uncertain prospects of ti as money markets, and the price of corn, which is again advancing, v 4 ,%. do not anticipate present alteration tor the better. 31uch rimier/ is felt to know the particulars of the Government financial arrange ments, and in the meantime speculators arc very cent tolls. The sales are -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s. Gd. -East Lan cashire, 1X p.-Ditto, New, 1% p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 245. p.- East and West Yorkshire, 2s. 6d. dis.-Huddersneld and 31ancIliester, ”fi p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 4% n. p.-Leeds and Thirsky Preference, 245. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 11 s. dls.-- • Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 7s. Gd. dia.-Malt - NI and Driffield Junction, 235. Gd. c. p. -Manchester and Leeds, Hal cc* (late Ilud. and Sheff.) p.--Ditto, Extensions, 15s. s. cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, Its. p.-North British Qt , er ten (late Carlisle Branch), 41s. n. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), I Ai& p.-Nbrth Staffordshire, 3 n. p.-North-Western, 7s. Gd. p.-- it est Itidim: Union, 31s. Gd. p.--York and North Midland, Preferca ci`. 10% p. • EIU,LL, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCIIANGE..-Although no busing as a importance has tray pired on our exchange to-day; many orders remain unexecutf owing to a shade difference in limits, holders of stock being fin Hi whilst buyers fight shy. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEBRUARY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, New Ser - 111. 1 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, Bs. 6d. d 15. -North British, 10 p. EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 12. STOCK Exensasos.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 23L-Airdrie as Bathgate, 41. la.-Arbroath and Forfar, 287"=-Ditto, - Harf Shares; lb , 55.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. Os. 6d.-Caledonian, 271.-Ditto, Nee 2L Gs. - Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. 135.--Clydesdale Junettol 39/. 53.-Deaside, 31. 58.- Direct Northern, 21. lls. 611.-Dunblan , Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 43/. e $c new Ditto New, No. 1,32 i- Ditto, No. 2, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Na' No. 3, 41. 17s. Gd. -Dundee And Perth, 22 Ditto, New, 151. 7P. 61.-East 01 Fik, 2/. 165.-East Lothian Central, 2/. 2s.- Edinburf, 1 111 and Bathgate, 51. 4s. -Edinburgh alai 4.w, 77/.-Ditto, 1 113 Shares, 20,, ss.- Ditto, Quarter., 19.. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ,- ton, 19/. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 20'. IN. -Edinburgh and Northern~ 16/. 7s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, New, 31. 13e. 6d.-Ditto, Newport. 5/. Gs. Gd.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21 10s.-Edinburgh and Perth (Old). 11. 18s. 6d.-Ditto (New), 21. Bs. 6d. -Glasgow and .Ayrshire, 614- -Ditto, New Stock, 341.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16/. 10a.-DittO. Halves, No. 1, 71. 155.-Ditto, No. 2, 91. ts.-Glasgow, Dumfrie and Carlisle, 61.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Ter minus, 12/. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.--Ditto; Halves, 91: -Ditto, Preference, 81. ss.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossarlo 61. 17s. 6d.-Great North of England, 2371. -Great North of . Scot land, 21. 55.-London and York, 31. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension% (scrip), 2/. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, lOU-Ditto, Sixteenths. 71. 155.-Ditto, Extensions, 3/. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 321. 15re. -North British, 351. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 17s. 6d.-Ditt o l. Thirds, 31. 125.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 35.--Ditto, New Quarter. (scrip), 11. 7s. Gd.--Ditto, Fifths, 71. 2s. W.-Scottish Central, 214 7s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, I/. Is. Gd. --Scottish Midland, 224 55.-- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. IN.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 81. N.-Ditto, New, 11. Os. W.-Stirling and Dunfermlinfor 3/. 12s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21. IN.-Strathern Junction, 34 35.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 155.-York ' and Newcastle, 361. 105. -Ditto, New, 111. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 9 1. - Direct Bombs. and Madras, 3s. 6c1.-East Indian, Bs. 6d.- Great North of India" 3s. Gd.-Great Southern of Madras, 35. Gd.--Madras, gad Arcot, 2s. GLASGOW, FLEW:TART 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, Caledonian, New, 445.- Caledonian ansi Dumbartonshire, 488.-Directg Northern (scrip), 505.-Dundee and Perth .28 3 -East of Fife, 51s. East Indian, Bs. 9d.-East Lothian Central, 41s. 6d.-Edinburg?- and Glasgow, Halves, 20% -Ditto, Quarrel's, 191.-Edinburgh and Perth, 505.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 651,-; -Ditto, HalveSs. No. 2, 91. Is.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar.drossan, 6% -Great, Southern of Madras, 35.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Dir , ct, 32 5. -Man cheater and Southampton, 325. -Midland, Halves, 51. 165.-North British, Thirds, 71s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6a..-Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 275.-Scottish Ce n tral, 2414-SceStish Midla nd Junction, 22%-Stirling and Dunfermline, 335. CHEMICAL MIRACLES.—At the Court of the Duke of Brunswick, Professor Beyruss promised that during dinner his coat should become red ; and to the amazement of the Prince and hi s o th er guests, it actually became that colotsre M. Vogel relates the fact, but does not reveal the secret made use of by Beyruss, but he observes that by pouring lime water on the juice of the beetroot a colourless liquid is obtained; and that a piece of cloth steeped in this liquid, and quickly dried, becomes red in a few hours, simply by contact with the. air; and further that th e e ff ec t i s acce l era t e d i n an a partmen t '' where champagne and other wines are being plentifulli poured out. It has been proved by recent experiments the & wool dyed by orchil of a violet colour, or stained blue by the acidulated sulphate of indigo, in a bath of hydro-stilphur i acid, becomes colourless, yet resumes the blue or the violet on exposure to the free air. Either explanation applies to the modern fact, and indicates the possiliiiity of reviv l iet ancient prodigies; it also discovers the m,anner in amidst fie, ing tta-ches and smoking incense, in tbetsanc tuaries of Polytheism, the veil concealing the i sa n d cred ed hue? may have been seen to change from white to a b‘e- - i r fright and which spectacle was considered as the presage the ful disasters. Blood boiling on the altars, or i ndicative marbles, or in the vases of the temples, were alai of perils and calamity. In Provence, in the sixteenth century, when a consecrated phial filled with the blood of St. Magdalene, in a solid state, was placed near her pretended head, the blood became liquid, and suddenly boiled. The same phenomenon was exhibited in the Cathedral of Avellino, with the bloood of St. Lawrence; and also at Bisseglia, with that of St. Panteleon, and of two other martyrs. In the present day, at an annual public ceremony at Naples, some of the blood of St. Januarius, collected and dried some cen turies ago, becomes spontaneously liquified, and rises in a boiling state to the top of the phial that encloses it; These phenomena may be produced by reddening sulphnrio ether with orcanette (onosma Lion.) and mixing the tincture with spermaceti. This preparation, at ten degrees above the freezing point (centigrade) remains condensed, but melts and boils at twenty. To raise it to this bemperature it is only necessary to hold the phial which contains it in the hand for some time.— Thompson's Philosophy of Magic. Emroa. MuTANTun.--On last Sabbath, DUn f. ieg time was adjusted to London time, and to effect this our public clocks had to bF accelerated twenty-five m i nu tes.' This was a process sufficiently simple—setting the hands to half-past seven in the morning, instead of five minutes pest that hour; but the confusion produced was petfectly chaotthe ic. The country people who throng into our churches at ringing of the bells " were perfectly astounded to hear their jangle when they had yet miles of their journey firm. Deuce citizens, not long out of bed, were startle(' at their coffee by the unexpected, and till now welcome peal, and left the second cup untouched. The alarm was so great, that we doubt not many china sets suffered break age on the occasion : and we dare say some not very die: ritable suppositions were cherished, to the effect that the bell man was either " blin' fou," and had mistaken the hour, or bad set the bells a-ringing so long before their time out of pure mischief. In some of the churches the congregation had met, but there was neither minister nor precentor. In othersr the clergyman and clerk were present, but only a tithe of the people,'abd then, long after the exercise bad commenced , the remaining portions came horning in, in hot haste, as h pursued. The reason that our clocks had fallen so far be- hind exists, we need scarcely state, in the between, the longitude of Dumfries and G reenw i c h, and the neglect of causing them to be adjusted weekly —Dumfries Standard. MURDER AT A CLIRISTENING.—A dreadful murder was committed on Sunday evening at Newborough, in the southern division of the county of Northuirberland, about • four miles from Hischam. There had been a christening that day, which in that part of the country is usually a season of great festivity ; and after the parties had been to the church , they repaired to an inn in the village of Newborough partake of some refreshment. While there, a man named • Welsh, who is a labourer in a quarry in the neighbourhood , took some improper liberties with the females of the christen ing party, and made use of indecent language, which called for the interference of the father of the child, a person of the/ name of Proud. When Proud and his party left the house , Welsh followed and went in the same direction ; and some wrangling took place between the parties on the road. They had not, however, proceeded far, when Welsh went up to Proud, seized him by th e head, and pulling it back, cut hiS throat with a knife so severely, that the unfortiznate victim died almost immediately. After committing the ho; rid deed Welsh ran off, and called at the same public-house the ply bad been at, where he c a ll e d f or a p o t o f w hisky, and hailPs drank it, he stated to the mistress of the house that it W 1 the last time she would see him. He then left, and hastened to the Four-stones station of the Newcastle and Carlisle', R ilway. On reaching it he seems to have been entirely overcome, partly by the liquor be had taken, and partly by the exertions he had made to fly from the locality of his ' crime. In,the meantime intelligence of the murder spread over the village, and the constable ( Mr. Riley) was dispatched on horseback in pursuit of the murderer, whom he found ar a public-house at the Four-stones "station, and lanmediselY, apprehended him. An inquest was held on Tuesday before . , d t e h t e a i e l eodroinnerfor evidence , t he e a o n u a n t t 3 h •, e w j u h r e; r t e h t e u f m a c e t a d a aMb v ro er 'Se d t i se c tp t aht o ee f dn were Reed, Murder" against the prisoner, who was committed on the coroner's warrant to Morpeth gaol, for trial at the ensuing assizes. ANOTHER CAPTURE OF ♦N ILLICIT DISTILLERY.- From information received, Messrs. Bayfgd and J. Lewin', officers of Excise, yesterday proceeded to the house of Mr. John Hatfield, Trafalgar-street, Whitechapel, where, after obtaining admission, i❑ a back apartment they found a large copper still, a quantity of fermented wash, molasses, spirits,' and the usual fittings of a distillery. The process of distilla tion was not then going on, but it appeared to have been re cently suspended. They accordingly seized the still, appa ratus, and utensils; but, in consequence of there being no fire under the still, they were not empowered to take the proprietor into custody, although he was on the premises at the time. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of the Rev. Charle s L. Royds, of a son. e wife On the 11th inst., at Emmanuel Parsonage, Camberwell, th of the Rev. Robert Fayrer, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., in Torrington-square, the lady of W. 11. Harrison' Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., the laay of Edward Morris, Esq., Gloneester" road, Hyde-park-gardens, of a son. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Kirtlington, Edmund Antrobus, Esq.. o 1 ! 1. r.; for East Surrey, to Marianne Georgiana, oldest daughtor George Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington-park, Oxfordshire. DIED. On the 10th inst., at Belle Vise House, Chelsea, Charles Ilatehett, Esq., aged 82. f pie On the 10th inst., at Liverpool, Jane, the wife of Captain G ille Dunslevie. On the 10th inst., Thomas Hayes, Esq., of Darby House, StznburY. Middlesex. On the 10th inst., at Aldwick, William Titchener, E s q.. aged 67. of On the 11th inst., at °Afield, Ilornsey, George Buceiton , Esq.. ° Doctor's-commons, aged 63. On the I th inst., Jecosho, wife of Themes Nett, Esq., of Mes" --- burgh-square. ate On the I lth inst., at Kentish-town, Elizabeth, relict of the Mr. Charles Ernest Christian Hering. Wan t On the 11th inst., at Manchester-street, Michael Ffenshavf, vn of H. S. Russell, Esq. On the Ilth inst., at Denmark-hill, surrey, Vice-Admiral Vo r i Young, aged 86. On the llth inst., at Wokinghem, Berke, Thomas QueotorY_L ". On the 11th inst., at Islington, Joseph Chippindale, E9(l-, aged ' Londnu: Printed and Published by IifIIRDO YOUNO, of No. 114 Printer, at The au- , "ifice, N 0.112. 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