The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-31 00:00:00

EVEN :NG 11,D1T1ON. I 04 mai a&I Governor of Lower Canada the unfortunate out- ' 'rwe.k which took place there would never have been heard .4. He could not concur in the eulogies which had been missed on Sir John Colborne, becau.o he thought it was tie injustice, the want of judgment, and the want of policy, I on the part of vir John Colborne, on the retirement of 1 Lard Gosford, which led to that insurrection. What I*meld have been the consequences in Ireland if the Lord Lietilenarit had ordered Mr. O'Connell and his adherents to be trcerght to Dublin with halters round their necks ? There vebnidliave been a littlts bit of outbreak in Ireland, he bad no doubt, if such a circumstance occurred. Such ` was the course which Sir John , Colborne had pursued—he ( had sanctioned the issuing of warrants to arrest between ftfty and sixty men in Lower-:Canada. They were ar rested without affidavit, and to this hour no one knew the grounds on which those arrests took place. He had been removed from his office as unworthy to continue in so re eponsible a situation. Hoviever, he had the support of her Nlajesty's Government ;they had gone on, and a pretty IC CW3 they bud made of it up to this time.—( Laughter. ) ; Vet they had the assurance to come down and propose a sate of the public money, which would, perhaps, { remount to 150,0001. There was on the table r,f that house an account of public money voted tr a Speaker and his two next heirs, and it appeared they rueseived 153,0001. of public money. Was the ElJnea prepared to say it would give 150,000/. to Sir J. Csetbepoe, under circumstances so extremely doubtful as to In; belts he had conferrzd on the country ? He thought Ae saner in which the rebellion was put down—villages gatieed end individuals butchered, was without example in 324; ALOT a warfare. He could not believe that any individual stho f-orked to the proceedings that took place a.ter the issrslireak in Canada. could say that Sir J. Colborne was sielei to the culogiums which had been passed ; 4,/eiso him as being a man of humanity, wisdom, and laasldestation. He thought the present vote was the most io(zn.siElerate and uncalled for that had ever taken place, ; and, if any one in the House would second him, he would svpseie: the motion. He knew nothing of Sir John Col. 4 iSiste; except as a public man. tfr H. HARDING E had heard with great regret the 21iaeacteristic speech of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny— Langliter)—but he had even expressed some doubt Outlaw he woutd. get an individual in that House to 4 troll his proposal, and ther eb y disturb the unanimit y if, bit slight to prevail in that House. But he could very "'All understand how that Hon. Member should oppose the te, because he had some recollection of a. correspon. &lola of the Hon. Member with the traitor Mackenzie. fta which he boasted that he hoped that Canada would itteow off the baneful influence of the Mother Country, &Int of course the Hon. Member for Kilkenny would have ne very great partiality for the person who had put down ; sire rebellion.—( Hear, hear.) From his (Sir H. Har d-Ingo's) personal and professional knowledge of Lord Staten for the last quarter of a century, he would say the army did not possess an officer who had gone through his striiitary career with more undeviating success and uncle ! *ling honour. He had distinguished himself for huma oil, in the Peninsula; and not only eai be an officer be -It wl by the soldiers of his own army, but also by the Por -1 banes?, for his humane and generous conduct.—(Hear.) (Sir H. Hardinge) might wish to express his sense of ttre services of Lord Seaton, but after the judicious manner which the Noble Lord opposite had recapitulated those feawices, it would be needless for him to dwell upon there; wad therefore he would only state, that be particularly ad titibed the conduct of Lord Seaton in resuming his military duties at a time of peril, when be was superseded as Go oernor-General—divesting himself of all personal conside- Notions ; which conduct, in his opinion, was a bright ex ezplc for all British officers to follow.—( Hear.) Mr. WIILLIAMS, of Coventry, rose to second the Medea of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. He did not ; desabt the valour or bravery of Lord Seaton, as a British Adler, but he did not approve of his conduct in Canada. It - vas very easy for the House to put away large sums of !money, but it was not so easy to provide a fund to meet those votes. The expenditure of the country now exceeded the revenue, and they had not yet learned from the Chan pallor of the Exchequer how he intended to meet the de ecietsey. They ought not to vote away money except under very pressing circumstances. He did not think the present case was one of that nature, and therefore he should oppose the vote. Sir H. VIVIAN bore testimony, in common with his Gallant Friend opposite ( Sir H. Hardinge), to the ad- Irable qualities of Lord Seaton. No man was more be towed is his own Regiment, or in the Army, than that Nobleman. Mr. HUME said that the Hon. and Gallant Member opposite had alluded to his correspondence with Mr. Mac- Itenzie. He begged to say that Mr. Mackenzie, at one ' time, atood as high in rank as the Hon. and Gallant Gen , thou himself. He was seven times elected for the Cow/ of York, in Canada, and he was acknowledged by %a pock of Upper Canada as the first individual desery INO 4015 support. He was not ashamed of that correspon. 4sest, sod he would say that it bad been the baneful influ• ewe it Downing-street— • N. HA RDINGE—No ; you said the baneful in -toms of the mother country. Ur. HUMS—" Downing-street" were the words he dad sad in that correspondence; but misgovernment had tad be the whole of the unfortunate results that had taken Owe ire Canada, and now they were actually about to give 83 Cows& those very measures which Mr. Mackenzie had mien:toured to force upon the Colonial Office when be ,as fa this country. In his (Mr. Hume's) opinion there was woe a single ground upon which the public money Allonid be granted in the manner proposed by the Noble bar& * CHARLES GREY bore testimony to the great _.Frees of Lord Seaton, and cordially supported the tripohlit of the Noble Lord. L HAWaEthSathhaaddno been at.! intentionpassed w upon v rLoofr Lord disputing saato cal ke °g c. l b u o m ught they were too ready il o o confer honours 41S - military services while they neglected to A r e them to objects equally deserving. Ile iiished to know whether it was the intention of the s, Lord to make this grant of 2,004)1. a-year for three Lord Seaton, his successor, and the heir of his soocessor ; if he did, he (Mr. Hawes) believed that there was tio precedent for it. It was not done in the case of Lord Nelson, and certainly the services of Lord Seaton were not to he compared to those of Lord Nelson. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the precedents that he had referred to, were those that took place in 1814, when ponsions were granted to Lord Hill and Lord Lynedoch. it was the intention of the Government that the pensions Atould continue for two lives beyond that of Lord Seaton Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Government ilaonded to adopt a similar course with respect to Lord :skeane, the conqueror of Kelat. He thought to act justly, hey ought to do so. but he looked upon all these grants lito little better than madness. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Corr.- ttl•ttee divided, when there appeared — For the original motion B2 Against it Majority for the motior The House the - n resumed, and on our admission to the crllery we found Mr. MORE O'FE ItR AL on his legs, !no ving twat the House should resolve its.tlf into a Coin -,&ttee on the Admiralty Court Judges' Salary Bill. Oa the question that the sum of 4,0001. should be granted as the yearly salary of the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Mr. HUME wished to know why the salary proposed seas to be 4,0001. He did not see that there was any necessity for granting so large a sum, and he should there- Lre move that the words " 4,0001." he struck out for the I.trpose of introducing the words " 3,0001." Lord J. RUSSELL said, that the present salary of the on gtr of the Admiralty Court was very irregular, and it was intended by this Bill to place it on a regular footing, although at the present time the salary of the Judge of the Admiralty Court might 'ate only between . 2 and 3,0001., yet in the time of war it was often as great as 7 or 8,000/ The office was one of very great importance, and could only he filled by a man of professional character. Ilut if the emoluments which the Judge derived in time of it were discontinued, the least remuneration for which th-0 s rvices of a competent Judge coud be obtained was 443 0 01. Ai F. WILLIAMS asked, was this a time, when tha gnomes of the country were in such a state of difficulty, to propose an increase of salary, without the shadow of a Season ? The office had been held for several years daring the Administration of the present Government, anii sixty never proposed an increase of his salary. But kid tho proposition was brought forward to reward a political partisan, and not for the benefit of the public. — f: Maar, hear.) In the course of lest year, the LearnQd foe* sat only twenty-tour times, and was it reasonable, ti,o close of that year, to propose an increaso of his alatry, ?—( Hear, from the Opposition.) The House of Loci would, he hoped, throw out the Bill. Cf,iouel SißTHOßP,supported the amendment. 3ir. M. O'FE RRAL said that it was preposterous to say that the services of a man of the highest legal atiliciea, having given up large professional emolument, • ItftJ 11.roapacts, should be paid by the day and hour, like a hoisc.itlayer's l a b ourer , accor ding to th e argument of the Bern. Member for Coventry.—( Hear.) MUNTZ had opposed the grant to Lord Seaton, brawe it was a grant to sons and grandsons. But as he stied to pay every man for his labour he would support tlittgrant of an adequate sum to remunerate an able mzr. kis services in an important office. —( Hear.) Dv. NICHOL said that 4,0001. a year was not too much .1'443e services of a Judge who must possess the highest tzalifications, and give up a large professional practice. nir. WALLACE supported the amendment. He triaught the Judges were all too well paid. The Committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the Resolution For the Amendment Majority - 69 Tile remaining Resolutions were then agreed to. The [louse resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. PRINTED PAPERS.-SERGEANT-AT-ARMS' STATEMENT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, that to-morrow Ito should move that the statement of the Sergeant-at- Arms relative to the action of trespass commenced against certain Officers of the House be taken into consideraticin thotirst thing after private business. EXCHEQUERIBILLS (PUBLIC WORKS) BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of she EX CHEQUER, the House went into Committee on the Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to move that a further sum in Ex chequer bills be advanced to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, for the purpose of enabling \ loans for building poor-houses and other them to grant It wae of great importance that no d public works. clay should take if place in the building of these workhouses, nd, therefore, lie had taken the earliest opportunity of pl o a a c e i n n fl a further cum at their disposal. The Right Hon. eman then proposed a resolution that a sum, not exceeding 1 200 (AN i n Exchequer bills, be advanced to the Corrunissionp'eurbsiojoi Public Works in Ireland for the promotion of works, the encouragement of fisheries, and the employ ment of the poor. Security to be given for the due ro.. rayment thereof. Mr. HUME hoped t ,be Right lion. Gentleman would pammippOßMMlNNimmempoimmine...nr....... 2( lay upon the table a continuation of the Acts of last year, in order that they might be able to see how the money had been expended. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objection to the returns being laid on the table. Mr. G 0 ULBURN did not rise to offer any opposition to the motion. Parliament having determined that a cer tain number of poor-houses were to be built, he did not think it was competent to the House to refuse a loan for such a purpose. He had no hesitation in saying that the sums granted by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland had been very beneficially employed. There was one point to which he wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The unfunded debt had been gradually progressing last 3 ear ; they had reduced it four millions, and now they were about to add to it a sum of one million and a quarter. What he wished to impress on the Right Hon. Gentleman was, that some arrange ment should be made, by which repayment made on ac count of Exchequer bills should be allowed to goto the re duction of the Exchequer bills issued. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Right Hon. Gentleman wag probably not aware of the course at present pursued. The sums received for the repayment of these loans were applied to extinguish the Exchequer bills as the money was received. Mr. WILLIAMS begged to ask what was th e p resent rate of interest on loans for Exchequer bills ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said 4} per cent. Mr. WILLIAMS said that was a higher rate of interest than was paid for funded paper. Mr. HUME thought the interest upon Exchequer bills much too high. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ad mitted that the sum at present paid was higher than that paid for funded paper ; but Exchequer bills were always liable to fluctuations, while fund e d paper maintained a steady price. After a few words from Mr. RAMSBOTTOM, the re solTuthioenHwoausseagthreeen redtsou. med, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. TOBACCO EXCISE ACTS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the House went into Committee on the Tobacco' and Glass Excise Acts. The Right Hon. Gen tleman stated that it was his intention to propose two re solutions. With respect to tobacco, it was his intention to do away with the present system of surveys. He believed there was just ground of complaint on all sides with respect to the present Excise regulations. As the law at present stood, there was a power given to the manufacturers of mixing up water and colouring matter, but the law was very difficult, and particularly with regard to the unfair trader, as it enabled him to throw in a quantity of molasses and take other steps for the adulteration of the tobacco. They must either adopt the course of making the law so stringent as to carry its intention fully into effect,, or they must adopt the course recommended by the Commissioners of Excise, of doing away altogether with the present system of surveys and permit, so as to put the fair trader upon the same footing as the unfair one, to enable him to com pete with him. Upon the best consideration he could give the subject, the latter appeared to him to be the most ad visable course to adopt, as to make the restrictions effec tual, they must be carried to such an extent as would ma terially interfere with the course of trade, and in their pre sent state those restrictions only gave the unfair trader an advantage over the fair trader. He,hoped the House would agree to his resolution which he should make the founda tion of a Bill, into the details of which, however, he did not propose to go until after Easter. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proposed a resolution to the effect that the present regulations regarding the collection of the Excise duties on tobacco should be repealed. Mr. HUME was satisfied that this was a good step, and hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would go yet a step further. It was owing to the enormous duty, 1,2a0t. per cent., levied on tobacco that these frauds took place. If that duty were reduced smuggling would be done away with ; the consumer would derive advantage, and the revenue would, he was satisfied, be increased. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would introduce some provision in his Bill to afford relief to the owners of damaged to bacco. Mr. GOULBURN agreed with the Hon. Gentleman opposite that if the duty were reduced, it might be fol_ lowed by an increase of consumption arid a decrease of smuggling ; but he looked upon tobacco in the same light that he looked upon opium.—(A laugh.) Mr. lIUME was for leaving every man free to purchase and use what he pleased, be it spirits, or opium, or to bacco, and the object of the Government should be to adopt such means as would secure the largest revenue, give the greatest possible quantity of any article at the least possible cost to the consumer, and withdraw also temptation to any violation of the law. After a few words from Lord GRANVILLE SO MERSET and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the resolution was agreed to. GLASS DUTIES (EXCISE.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that last Session his predecessor had introduced a Bill, exempting broad glass from the high duties levied upon German sheet glass, and he thought he had so defined broad glass in that Bill as to prevent every possibility of fraud. The Bill, however, had proved an entire failure, and it had been found impossible in practice to draw the line so as to prevent what was really sheet glass passing as broad glass. He would, therefore, propose the following resolution :—" That the duties now payable on broad glass do cease, and that broad sheet glass be subject to the same duties as Crown and German sheet glass." Mr. HUME thought it would be better to reduce the higher to the lower scale, instead of raising the lower to the higher. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that that would be a most pleasant way of doing what he proposed, namely, equalizing the duties, but he was afraid in the present state of things it was impracticable. Mr. HUME wished to know what broad glass was used for, because they ought not to raise the price of an article which was intended for the use of the poorer classes. fie believed it was used for the windows of poor cottages. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not fit to be employed for that purpose. Mr. G ISBOR NE hoped some provision would be made not to subject all glass to the higher rate of duty. Mr. HUME hoped before the Bill took another stage they should have some returns on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would be happy to give any returns that might be required. He had interviews with various manufacturers, who agreed in the propriety of his resolution. Mr. HUM E—He wished the Right Hon. Gentleman had consulted the consumers—the persons who used as well as those who manufactured the glass. The resolution was then agreed to, and the . House resumed. COUNTY CONSTABULARY BILL. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the County Constabulary Bill being read, EYr EDWARD KNATCHBULL would suggest, as there were two Bills on this subject before the House, that they should be referred to a Committee, who might select the best provisions from each. After a few words from Mr. SLANE Y, which were in audible in the gallery. Mr. MILES saki that great blame was due to the Go vernment for introducing the Bill of last year at so late a period of the Session. Had it been introduced earlier, it would have been scouted. He was sorry to see that some counties had adopted it, but he was happy to say Somers.eshire was not of the number. One of the oldest institutions in the county had been destroyed by this Bill. He trusted the example of Somersetshire would be fol lowed by all other counties. Ile admitted that the old county constabulary force wanted alteration, but Ir e Shouts they should alter it upon the basis of the old institution. lie trusted the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet would be acceded to, so that the House might judge of the two Bills, and adopt a system of improvement based upon the old system, and what would not entail such an enormous expense upon the rate-payers, as the one proposed. Mr. BENNET regretted to say that Wilts had adopted the constabulary force ; but it had been adopted in igno rance, and the people were now outrageous against the measure. The county-rates had been doubled in conse quence, and no more efficient protection had been the re sult. The four manufacturing towns had monopolised the whole force, and the county districts had each one police man to an extensive district, who was an object of dislike and contempt Re opposed the measure on constitutional grounds, and denied altogether the necessity for a rural police. Crime had not increased in Wiltshire during th e last forty years, so as to call for the alteration; and the defects of the old system might have been remedied without going to such an enormous expense.—(Hear.) He denied the necessity of such a force, but it was consi dered necessary the expense ought to bo borne by the pub lic for any increase of crime which was caused by the in crease of manufactures. Mr. PROTHEROE defended the Bill, because he had always found the greatest difficulty in administering justice in his own neighbourhood, from the incapability tt the old constables. e Nl t in ab is l t i e sh rs m e o n nt tit o le r d .ti to o theMgrr.aPtitAudKeioNfGthTe°coNunttirloyugfohrt tt'hnee new a fo p r p c a c i , ii f i o l g r : i a n n d h i his i c s ou o n o t n y s , ti a t i t io le n a ts s , t , althoughth o iricre increase eoyfwas crime they m a n s s it pay s n t c r t e e a n s d e d g c r h o a a r t l i t y e s t , o e 't ie reduce irly crime. approved of the Every t A a b l u a In;a laugh)—and ) — w a e n r d e o e t n ie tirel y admitted wo rn out,tl aats weretie i the Pa r :Ministers—en d pp n ro o v t ed m o a f de th a e a ßi n l e l, w bu fo t rc h e e w w a a s s n s e o e r e ry ss t a h ry ; Government lieen tirely ha a propositi on to pay part o f t h e e xpense out of the public funds. I t wou l d wor k we ll f or t h e co untry. Property would be protected, and the public ought at least to pay part of the expenses. Mr. GISBORNE thought the Bill of last year was a very good one, and created a very good and necessary force, but he objected to the Magistrates having the power of levying the rates necessary for its support. The Ma gistrates were to spend the money, but no one was to be responsible for its proper disbursement. Sir T. FREMANTLE thought the Bill required the amendment, and therefore he would support its second reading, on purpose that it should be considered in a Com mittee up stairs. Some means must be taken for increas ing the number of men, and employing the present con stables in serving summonses and other Ministerial acts. After a few words from Mr. Mit.nmAy and Mr. PALMER, _ Lord G. SOMERSET considered that if the cresent measure was amalgamated with that of the Member for West Kent, and considered before a Select Committee, an effectual measure might be framed oat of both. Mr. BRUGES was glad the Government had intro duced this Bill, and he would give it his hearty support. Nearly two-thirds of the crime of the country was in the counties, and two-thirds of that on agricultural produce. He thought, however, a more equitable mode of rating might be adopted, that the boroughs should come under the operation of the Act, and that the Magistrates ought not to have a discretionary power as to the number of policemen. Mr. HODGE S was understood to say that he should not oppose the second reading of the Bill. Mr. RICE supported the principle of the Bill, remark- TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCO" 81, 1840 ing that that principle bad actually been adopted already in the county of Kent. He deprecated delay, and he did not think any more information could be obtained on the subject. Sir. GORING thought that the measure proposed by the lion. Member for West Kent would remedy all the evils of the present system, and he wished he should be allowed to introduce that measure, and that the incon venience of having recourse to an entirely new Bill might not be incurred. After a few words from Mr. SL ANE Y, Mr. FOX- MA UL E said he had not been disappointed in his expect a ti on o f not b e i ng opposed i n b r i ng i ng in the Bill. That Bill did not introduce a new principle, but 02 C whi c h h a d l ong b een i n operation. It was the inten tion of the Government, however, as far as they could, to ameliorate the existing law, and it was for that purpose they had introduced the clauses of the present Bill. His object in introducing it nov.l was not that he might be able to proceed with it in its second stage •imme diately. He wished, on the contrary, that time should be afforded fur receiving the suggestions of parties iii any way connected with the English counties. Unless they established a constabulary in counties, whose whole duty would be the prevention of crime, it was im possible that any effectual check could be provided. With regard to the superannuation clauses, he thought it would be better to leave the discussion to county Members, who would be better able to suggest amendments and altera tions than he could. In moving the second reading of the Bill, he wished to state that he preferred having it dis cussed in a Committee of the whole House, rather than having it referred to a Select Committee. Mr: BROTHERTON thought the, manufacturing dis• tricts had quite enough to do in paying all the taxes, and a great proportion of the landlords' rents, without having any additional burdens now imposed on them. After a few words from Lord WORSL EY, The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 27th of April. Sir E. KNATCHBULL gave notice that he should move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER TO THE DUKE OF LEINSTER. Mr. O'Connell has published a letter ad dressed by him to his Grace the Duke of Leinster. Its object is to induce the Duke to conie forward with the authority of his name and the sanction of his counte nance to lead the Irish people in the struggle which, in Mr. O'Connell's opinion, a denial of justice and the annihilation of the franchise, attempted by Lord Stan ley's Bill, "is now inevitable." The Hon. Member for Dublin reminds his Grace that the " Declaration against Repeal w•as accompanied with an avowed hope and a distinct demand that the Imperial Parliament should do justice to Ireland" —that no such justice has been done—that there exists not a " perfect identifica tion of the rights, privileges, franchise;, and liberties of the Irish people with those of the British people." Mr. O'Connell then proceeds to prove his assertion— unhappily an easy task—for " Ireland is (still) de graded, oppressed, and consigned to contemptible infe riority." Mr. O'Connell declares in favour of an extensio❑ of English and Scotch, as well as of the Irish franchise. lle says.--" In making the contrast between the fran chise enjoyed by the English and Scotch, on the one hand, and that pitifully doled out to the people of Ire land on the other, I should not be supposed to express any contentment at the nature of the English and Scotch franchises. No ; /think them infinitely too limited and narrow. But this fact only places the people of Ire land in a stilt more wretched and deplorable situation." Mr. O'Connell concludes with imploring the Duke of Leinster to take his natural station at the head of the Irish people, in protection of their rights. " The declaration (says Mr. O'Connell) which you, together with that other admirable Nobleman, Lord Charle mont, have procured to be so numerously signed, is a great national service. But great as that 5m..% ice is, it consists only in words. Ireland now requires deeds. " For my pert, I place myself under your Grace's com mands. I shall be in Dublin about a fortnight ; sooner, should your Grace condescend to require it. I submit to your judgment, that all Ireland should be aroused in its peaceful strength. That from , the north to the south, a great popular demonstration should be made. Par. liament must hear the voice of Ireland—that voice must also be heard, claiming the protection and countenance of our beloved Queen, the best of her race ; the first British Monarch who knew how to appreciate the loy alty and affection of her temperate, moral, religious, and brave Irish subjects." HAIVIBURGH MAIL. HANOVER, MARCH 23.—The newly elected Deputy for the University of Gottingen has resigned, and after staying here a few dap, has left the city. The University will therefore have to choose another Deputy. It is generally believed that M. W achsmath's motion for a dissolution of the Estates will fall to the groond'for want of support. STOCKHOLM, MAacit 17.—The King has signified to the Chamber of Peasants that he cannot receive the De putation which was to present the Address The King has been a few days indisposed, but not so as to cause any uneasiness. He is now quite recovered. HANOVER, MARCH 19.—His Majesty has issued a gene ral order to the Army, in which he speaks in terms of high commendation of the proofs of attachment manifested by the officers on cccasion of the late celebration of his fifty year' service, and of the loyal devotedness of the army. HILDESIIEIM, MARc❑ 22.--The electors of this city met yesterday, and declined to elect a deputy to the pre sent General Assembly of the Estates of the kingdom.— Humbeugh Papers, March 27. BELGIAN k UNDS—Baugens, Mencit 28. Actual Debt, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, per ........... Luau of fliirty atillioux, 4 per Cent. - •- - 4 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per C ent 911 (2 Society 01 Coainwrce, 4!..dier Cent 107;,, Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 83.4 National Society. — Exchange on London (stunt) —Brussels Papers, March 28. HAMBURG BOINENI - 1 ABLE, IJAUCH 27, Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1517 1315 An. 10-Russian Loan 109% MO. Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 10:3% Russian 5 per Cent. Hopc and Co. 3d and 4th Se.ies Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 52!4 52 Ditto 5 per Cent 9S - Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo- Danis!) Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 74'j Norwegian Loan, 1034, 4 per Cent. lO2 Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 22 EXCHANGES OK LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 27.-13, 614.—Tw0 months, 13 5. CIIIINTIANIA, MARCH 14.—Three months, 4 ins. &rocKnout, AI/knelt A.—Seventy-five days, 12, 2, PETRRSBURCH, MARCH 7.--Two months, 3fil pence. VIENNA, MARCH 19.—Three months, U. 51. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, MARCH 20' Five per Cents. Metalliques Eclat per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares :62554 --Allgenzeinc Zcitung, March 25. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A full room, and a good dial of betting. THE DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Angelica colt—taken 12 to 1 agst Theon.—taken 16 to 1 agst Confederate 17 to 1 agst Launcelot—offered 20 to 1 agst Wardan—offered 25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken 28 to 1 agst Ottoman —taken 30 to 1 agst Monops—taken 30 to 1 agst Bokhara 33 to 1 agst Black Bess—taken 40 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael 45 to 1 agst Janus 50 to 1 agst Assassin 50 to 1 agst Velvet 1000 to 15 agst Melody 1000 to 13 agst Drayton 1000 to 15 ag•t Dreadnought 1000 to 15 agst Grey Milton 1000 to 15 agst Pathfinder 1000 to 15 agst Fitzroy THE OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Crucifix—offered to 1 agst Black Bess—taken 7 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh 20 to 1 agst Japonica—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES'. 5 to 2 agst Angelica colt 5 to 1 agst Wardan NEW INVENTIONS. Our attention has lately been called to two new in ventions—one American, the other, we believe, French —which seem likely to effect revolutions, of great though unequal importance, in the world of manufacture. The American novelty is a machine by which woollen cloth of every sort is produced at less than a fourth part of the cost hitherto usual. The material is not woven, but compressed. Two urchins, with the ma chine, can turn out 100 yards of the broad cloth in twelve hours ; and where 245. were demanded per yard, sir shillings afford the new manufacturers abundant re muneration. We have inspected and handled (as roughly as we liked) specimens of every variety, from the finest scarlet cloth for officers' uniforms down to blankets and carpets, and we certainly could not, either by sight or touch, distinguish them from corresponding pieces made in the old fashion. - The French device is of a very different sort, but must also have very remarkable results. Two specimens of this new manufacture were exhibited at the Marquis of Northampton's last soiree, as President of the Royal Society, and they then excited the curiosity and asto nishment of the assembled elite of our philosophers. They were rich silk curtains, having all the appearance of being inwoven in gold and silver in most gorgeous patterns of arabesque. They looked and felt exactly like the most splendid hangings of the Louis Quatorze taste ; but their cost is a mere trifle in comparison, for the gold and silver are merely woven glass. The Queen of the French and her daughters ap peared at the last balls in the Tuileries in dresses manu factured upon this principle. FROST AND HIS COMPANIONS AT FAL IIOUTH.—When the ship bearing Frost, Williams, and Jones to their destination, lay off Falmouth to refit, a benevolent young gentleman of that neighbourhood, went on board, taking with him a supply of religious books and tracts, which he presented to the prisoners, who, with the exception of Frost, received him with a careless sort of civility. Neither of them appeared to set any value on the tracts ; but Mr. Frost most politely ac knowledged the kindness which prompted the donor, and said he should feel really obliged for a c opy o f Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which would amuse and please him on his melancholy voyage. The gentleman, on his return to Falmouth from the convict ship, sent the requested volume on board without de lay ; and we are glad this erring man has thus been furnished with the comfort of re-perusing a work so replete with spirited delineations of the human heart, in the true spirit of Chris tianity, together with lively incident in abundance, as this in imitable production of inventive genius, and warm piety.-- From a Correspondent of the Merlin. SKATING.—On a shallow, shaded stream in the neighbourhood of the Old Swan, at Liverpool, there has been a good deal of skating this month. We are informed that during the frost the utmost extent of the day's thaw was only sufficient to provida a beautiful re-glazing for the next morning's diversion. EXTIIAORDINABY CASE.—At the Norfolk adjourned Sessions, John Beale, aged 41, was found guilty of entering the dwelling-house of George Bambridge, of Dit ehingliam, and stealing six bottles of currant wine, for which offence the Chairman sentenced him to seven years' trans portation. The facts of this aff a ir are s i ngu l ar . Some years since Ileale was transported for life for a felony, and was sent to New South Wales. In the colony was another convict, who was t-ansported for a term of years, of the same name as himself, but who had died soon after his arrival. On the term of his late namesake transpiring, Beale received an order of discharge from the Colonial Government, and returned to England, where he found his wife living in open adultery with the prosecutor. This fact became a great source of annoyance to him ; and, having heard that the house in which she and her paramour were living was taken im the name of Mrs. Beale, he determined to enter it, b u t was for the time prevented by Bambridge having caused him to be indicted for returning from transportation before the ter mination of his sentence • upon this charge h e was acqu it te d on the production of his fetters of dismissal, and he and several of his companions went to the house in the middle of the day, and broke in the door ; when, conceiving the place was his wife's, he took out the six bottles of wine and gave them to his companions to drink. Beale has been leading an honest and reputable life since his return ; and his neighbours, thinking the sentence very hard upon him, are getting up a petition to the Marquis of Normanby for a pardon. SCIENCE AND WAR.—As it is not improbable that a British expedition may invade China, we would recal to the memory of our Government the excellent example set by the late Imperial Ruler of France on similar occasions. The expedition to Egypt was accompanied by Denon, and a whole band of persons eminent in almost every branch of literature and science ; and the result of their enterprise has Leen the appearance of many volumes of the deepest interest and value t o those who are more the friends of peace than of war, and re joice to see any good brought out of evil.—Literary Gazette. DISTRESS AMONG THE PILOTS AND SEA MEN.—On Wednesday last a public metting was held at the Exchange, Sunderland, called by the Mayor. Resolutioiis were passed in favour of a general subscription, and for the immediate relief of the necessitous, by giving them tickets for tood. A Committee was formed to carry the resolutions into effect, and about 801. was subscribed in the room. The sub scriptions since then have been very liberal, and many familes have aireaJy received rel.ef Tyne Pilot. SI NGUL Alt CASE OF BIGAMY AND SWIN INC.—Some days ago, George Wylie, alias George Whiley, alias George Webb, alias George Wright, alias George Glover, alias George Wilson, &c. ; was charged before the Mayor. at his private residence, with having committed the offence of bi gamy in all of the above and other names, and also with having obtained money and other property to a considerable amount under false pretences. Printed bills had been issued from the Police office of Winchester, offering; a reward of 51. for the apprehen sion of the pri soner , w hi c h - coming to the knowledge of an elderly man named Fry, of Newbury, who was acquainted with his person, he traced him to Windsor, and found him in lodg ings in Church -street, where ha had been for two or three weeks past. The prisonee, who was highly respectable in ap. pearance, and had followed the occupation of a travelling book seller, denied himself as the man, but the witness Fry swearing Positively to his identity, he was committed to prison, from thence to be handed over to the authorities of Winchester, into whore custody he was delivered on Thursday morning. I n addition to the above charges, the prisoner is believed also to be a deserter.—Readiny Mercury. ROBBERY OF JEWEL LERY.-011 Thursday night an extensive robbery of jewellery took place at the resi dence of Mrs. Burrell, Green-street, Grosvenor-square. It appears that Mrs. Burrell had had a large dinner party on the evening in question, and on dressing at seven o'clock for the occasion, locked her drawers, containing the jewellery she did not require, and put the key into her pocket. About ten o'clock her maid, having occasion to go into Mrs. Burrell's dressing-room, was surprised at finding the drawer, which usually contained he- jewellery, quite open. The maid in , formed her mistress of the circumstance, and an inspection of the room immediately took place, when it was found that the drawer had been forced open, apparently by a very small crow. bar. The contents of the drawer were all abstracted. The value of the jewellery stolen is estimated at from 3001. to 40 01. What renders the robbery the more mysterious is that there was no proof of violence, except in the case of the drawer, a n d no access from the top of the house. In the same room there w as lying, exposed to view, a large quantity of silver plate, of greater value than the jewellery stolen, which was left untouched ; while, in an adjoining ro7,m, there was a considerable sum of money, as accessible as the jewellery. NEWS FROM TUE MEDITERRA- NEAN. We have received Malta papers to the 16th instant. The following naval intelligence is by the Harlequiu:— " The Hydra, war-steamer, which left Malta on the 23 , 1 ult., under command of Commander R. Stopford, arrived at Vourla on the 29th ult , and on the 4th inst. Commander Stopford effected an exchange with Com• milder Robert Spencer RAinson, of the Phcenix, whose officers and ship's company cheered him heartily on leaving, in demonstration of their good wishes for this officer's welfare. On the sth the Hydra took her de parture for Malta, where, notwithstanding heavy gales of head-winds, she arrived after a passage of 68 hours! This vessel is intended for some particular ser vice, probably on the coast of China, but awaits orders, expected from England by the Cyclops, which relieves her. Rear-Admiral Sir J. Lewis, in the Benbow, with the Implacable, Powerful, Belleisle, Edinburgh, Tyne, Daphne, Rhadamanthus, and Phoe nix, were left at Vourla. The Hastings was at Smyrna, as well as the French and Austrian squadrons. The Commanders-in-Chief of these latter have each given splendid balls at Smyrna, to which the British officers were invited from Vourla, from whence they went by the Rhadamanthus and Tyne, sent expressly by the Rear-Admiral. The Rodney left for England this morning, having been detained by the strong contrary winds, which have prevailed during the past week, and the indisposition of the Commodore, but who, we are happy to state, has recovered, and entertained a large party on board, on Wednesday, on the occasion of the vessel's approaching departure from this station." SHOCKING DEATH.—On Monday last an inquest was taken at the house of J. Edwards, on view of the body of his son, John Edwards, a fine lad about seven years old. It appeared in evidence that the deceased and a younger brother slept in the same room with their father and mother ; the former having been rather unwell, had t a k en a b o ttl e o gin up st a i rs , and placed it on the chest of drawers in the bed room. On Saturday morning last, the little boy ha v i n g s een his fathe r , when lie got up that morning, drink some gin out of the bottle, as soon as his father left the bed-room got the bot tle off the cheat of drawers, and drank near a pint of gin. Soon afterwards he became quite insensible, and although the father promptly called in Mr. Copeland, surgeon, the little boy died the same evening in dreadful agony. The jury, after hearing the evidence of several witnesses, returned a verdict of " Ac cidental death." The Somerset County Gazette, speaking of the Bath and Bristol Anti-Corn-law Meetings and the interruption caused there by the Chartists, goes the length of asverting that " there is an alliance between Toryism and Chartism. The Tory press hounds on the Chartists in their riotous proceedings. The Tories everywhere are seen encouraging the Chartists to attend public meetings, and cheering and applauding them when there. THE LATE ELOPEMENT FROM BRIGHTON.— The disconsolate husband of the fugitive lady is still in search of the guilty pair, but with what success we have not heard. We understand he is determined never: o give up the pursuit till lie has discovered their retreat. He is accompanied by Colonel French. Since the flight of the parties various tales have been unfolded of the conduct of the frail fair one towards her chil dren, which redound greatly to her disgrace if true, and there is not much reason now to doubt that she was quite capable of treating her children in the manner related of her. The greatest sympathy was excited for the unhappy husband, who, we understand and believe, was doatingly attached to his wife. —Sussex Express. HUMAN SKELETON FOUND.—A few days since, as some workmen were digging opposite the gates of Mr. Paley's house, Bowling, they found, a little below the surface of the earth, a skeleton, which was afterwards discovered to be a woman's. This circumstance has occasioned a deal of con jecture in Bowling ; some recalling to their recollection that a young woman (we have not heard her name) was missing, under suspicious circumstances, a few years since, and that she was pregnant. Her lover, of course, comes in for his share of the talk.—Leeds Times. MAJOR FORBES'S " ELEVEN YEARS' RESI DENCE IN CEYLON. " —CeyIon is at this moment a subject of especial interest, because it exhibits one rare spectacle of the blessings of beneficent government in a regenerated people. Major Forbes is just the writer from whom the British public would most willingly receive an account of this bright spot in Colonial history; he has all the frankness of a soldier mingled with the taste and judgment of a scholar, Whether he re cites the annals of ancient wars, describes the relics of former grandeur, exhibits the proofs of present improvement, or leads us into the forest jungles to enjoy the exciting chase of the wild elephants, we find him equally full of information, and, what is still more rate, devoid of affectation. This is high praise, but it may easily be justified by reference to the volumes.—Athena um. A meeting of the friends of the great principle that no minster be intruded into a congregation contrary to the will of the people, and of the spirit and freedom of the Church of Scotland, is called by the Newcastle Presbytery, to be held in the Scotch Church, Blackett-street, Newcastle. on Wednesday next, at seven o'clock, in the evening, Ralph Wal ters, Esq. to be in the chair. Several clergymen and other gentlemen are to address the meeting in elucidation and sup port of those principles which the Church of Scotland is now struggling to maintain.— Tyne Pilot. Rain has not fallen at the Cove of Cork for the last thirty-two days. The oldest inhabitant residing on the island declares that for several years such dry weather has not been experienced. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—The following Go vernment steam and surveying vessels are ordered tobe fitted oat for immediate service :—The William and Mary yacht, the Mastiff and the Fairy, surveying vessels, and the Violet and Woodlark, tenders, are to leave for their summer survey on the 7th of next month ; also the Lightning and the Firebrand Admiralty steam yachts, and the Echo, the Boxer, the Fear less, the Monkey, the Cuckoo, the Lucifer, and the Charon steam vessels are ordered to be completely fitted out. The state of the Columbia, which was nearly lost during her late voyage from St. Sebastian ought to operate as a caution to the . proper officers carefully to examine the various steam engines before they leave. The Columbia experienced most tempestuous weath,r on her voyage from St. Sebastian ; many old men of wars'-men declared tney had never seen a greater storm during the whole of their lengthened service. Great complaints were made in consequence of the crowded state of this small vessel, nearly two hundred marines and officers being on board ; many were actually exposed to the inclemency of the weather, nearly the whole of the voyage, night and day on deck. Crossing the Bay of Biscay the hurricane raged tremendous, when it was discovered the en gines did not work freely; search was made and it was found out by Mr. Price, the Chief Engineer, that some person had diabolically inserted a chisel under the engine, which was fast scuttling her; the pumps were almost constantly at work to keep her afloat. Although destined for Woolwich, she was compelled to be put into Portsmouth to be repaired. It is un derstood similar attempts have been made on other steam ves sels, which it is conjectured could only have originated in the yards. A rigid inquiry will no doubt be made into the matter. CHURCH-RATES.—In addition to the distress warrants already issued, the Churchwardens have signified to the numerous recusants their intention of summoning all who refuse to pay this unjust impost. We call upon every adherent to the voluntary principle, manfully to resist the odious domi nation of the privileged sect.—Leicestershire Mercury. The fall of the cliff's and upheaving of the bed of the sea now reaches from Whitlands Bay to Axmouth, a distance of many miles. This extraordinary phenomenon of nature forms the leading attraction of Lyme Regis, which is crowded daily with visitors, who flock from all parts to see this wonderful effect of one of nature's convulsions.—Bath Gazette. MILITARY INQUIRY.—tin Inquiry, by order of Lord Hill, is going on at Wigan, Lancashire, into the con duct of the Hon. Mr. Plunket, the Hon. Mr. Frazer, and several teller officers of the regiment stationed in that town, relating to certain outrages alleged to have been committed by them in resisting the execution of a civil process for the arrest of Mr. Frazer, for debt. The inquiry is strictly private. The parties implicated are committed for trial at the present Liver pool Assizes, but it is understood that they will traverse. The Hon. Mr. Frazer is now on the debtors' side of Lancaster Castle. It is expected that all the officers engaged in the affair will have to go into other regiments, and one of them, Lieut. Everard, has been cashiered.—Lancaster Guardian. We are authorized to state that a requisition is in progress of signature for an aggregate meeting of the citi zens of Dublin, to , ake into consideration the Bill for the re peal of the Reform Act, commonly called Lord Stanley's Re gistration Bill, read a second time on Thursday, in the House of Commons. —Dublin Post. Stourbridge Great Horse Fair was held last week. There has been a large assemblage of first-rate horses, with numerous of a secondary and inferior description. The sale of the former class of nags was not equal to that we have known at previous fairs; but there were many for which very high prices were obtained, being purchased by dealers chiefly for the London market. In the other descriptions the business done was very limited. FEMALE INSURRECTION.—Saturday there was a regular insurrection of the female inhabitants of Roches de Condrieu, in the Isere, the second within the last fifteen months, in opposition to the formation of a new cemetery, sup posed to be injurious to the interests of several individuals. Two hundred of these Amazons declared their resolution to die on the spot rather than give up their point. But the appearance of a detachment of troops, and the arrest of several of the most sturdy, soon cooled their courage, and restored order. Se veral warrants have since been issued, and some men, known to be instigators of the petticoat revolt, have been arrested. LUDLOW.—Several persons of the Tory party, amongst whom are two master butchers, were on Saturday last, served with Speaker's warrants, requiring their appearance at the bar of the House of Commons, relative to the last elec tion for Members to Parliament, in the Borough of Ludlow. There are also, actions at law pending against some of the Tory parties, which will be brought on at the ensuing Shrewsbury Assizes. COCKNEY CON.—When is a fellow nearest heaven? Give it up?—When he's out on a lark.—Literary Gazette. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning, a fire broke out on the pre mises of Mr. Gadsden, oil and colourman, in Featherstone_ street, Bmihill-row, St. Luke's, which were destroyed. Since six o'clock on Friday night fourteen fires have occurred in the metropolis and its immediate vicinity. Mr. Yarworth, who was so barbarously shot and robbed near this town, is now getting better, although his im p •ovement in health is progressing very slowly. The sum raised by subscription to repay the loss of the money taken from him, amounts to nearly 501,, which has been paid over to him. -- Ch eltenham Chronicle. Mr. Bell, so renowned for his active exertions in favour of the Circassians and of Circassian independence, had arrived in Athens, and would speedily leave for England. His health is said to have suffered from his long-continued la bours. Mr. G. BENNETT'S SECOND LECTURE.--Mr. Bennett gave another lecture on Oratory and the Drama, at the Mechanic's Institution, Chancery-lane, on Friday evening. In his former lecture he pointed out the vast advantage which the proper use of tropes and figures gave to an orator ; and in the second he showed how Much our great and immortal poet Shakspeare profited by their use in his clear, accurate, and powerful delineations of the different contending pas,ions of the human heart. He recited some beautiful extracts from that poet, which were well received, and, with becoming modesty, i gave expl anat i ons of many difficult passages occurring .n the writing s o f Sh a k spearc. He recited the fable of the Pe ly and its Members, as given by Menenius Agrippa, a n d paraphrased by Shakspeare, with the view of pointing 00 the true sense o f allegory. Th e L ecture conoluded with a recitation of Collins 's Ode on the Passicns. The house was crowded. Shafto Adair, Esq., has bean engaged in an ac tive ca nvass o f t h e county of Su ff olk, and he expresses himself highly gratified with the result of his canvass.—Bury Post. BEER BILL. Mr. PA KINGTON deferred the second reading of the Beer Bill till to-morrow. LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee on the Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill. Sir W. 'RAE had allowed the Bill to be read a second time, but on this motion he must say that there was in Scotland a very strong objection to the Bill, and to the continual introduction of English practices in the Courts of that country. He would, therefore, move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. RUTHERFORD defended the Biil, and contended that many of the exceptions to evidence on account of the kindred of the witness with the parties before the court ought to be removed. In other respects also, it was de.,irable fir the ends of justice that the present law should be altered. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, said he should be careful how he trespassed on the main principles of either Scotch or English law, but he thought this Bill merely remedied some errors so gross in the law of evidence in Scotland, that he wondered how the Country could have gone on,so long without an alteration. For instance, at pre sent no father could be evidence for or against his child, brother for sister, uncle for niece, in civil or criminal matters. In all cases the Juries would of course, as now, decade upon the sstrength and nature of the evidence. He wished one alteration had been made ; :ceording to the law of Scotland, a witness could not be questioned as to what he had testified or said on a former occasion of the same transaction. He hoped that this alteration would be introduced in a subsequent stage into this Bill, as it was one of the most important methods of discovering false wit nesses, and he thought it would tend greatly to reconcile the Scotch to trial by jury.: Mr. BLAIR said that he knew several professional men who were highly in favour of the Bill, and wished it to go further. Sir W. RAE withdrew his amendment, and the House went into Committee, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair, The clauses were agreed to, with a tew verbal amend ments, and the House resumed. The Report to bo received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House aljourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. CLERICAL DISCIPLINE.—On the Bth instant, Mr. Perriman, mason, together with his wife, took their child to the parish church to be baptized, the Rev. G. Smith, Vicar, as usual, commenced the service, and continued until he cane to the name of the child, when he refused to go on, until some other person also appeared as sponsor; he desired them to call Charles Gover, the grave-digger; this they demurred at, and said,we are the most proper persons to stand for our own child, as it is almost impossible for the sponsor to perform the promises required to be made. The mother said, " You have done it fur others, why not do it for us ?" His Reverence said, " Not to my know ledge." " Yes," said the mother, " you have done it for Mrs. ' Tinney, and Gullick, and if you will not do it for us, we will take the child to the Wesleyan Chapel ;" when the Rev. Gen tleman closed his book in great warmth, to the great annoyance of the parents. On Mr. Perriman's retiring from the church, he acquainted the Wesleyan minister of the circumstance of his child being partly baptized, and asked as a favour if he would baptize the child, which he readily consented to do, and Mr. Perryman, although previously a regular attendant at the church, has not since been inside its doors. The practice of calling the grave-digger appears to be a very old and conve nient one ; it is said the present grave-digger's father (who died drunk) stood as sponsor for upwards of five hundred chil dren, during the time he held the office, and made a consider able profit thereby, sometimes in the way of vkliat was termed by him a good drink, and at other times in money. Note— The old grave-digger died at the time Parker was elected, and was crowned, the Jury's verdict stating his death to be aided by drinking.— Western Times. MURDER ALLEGED TO ,HAVE BEEN COM MITTED SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO.—Considerable sensation has been produced in this neighbourhood (Aylesbury) by the deposition made by a woman named Rice, at the meeting of the Ashendon Magistrates, on Monday last, implicating tour re- spectable persons in the murder of a Welsh drover, said to have been committed seventeen years ago. For obvious reasons, we have suppressed our report of the proceedings, and we now notice the matter for the purpose of calling atten tion to an advertisement which appears in another part of our paper of this day, in which the parties best calculated to form an opinion on the subject, express their utter disbelief of the woman's story. In the statement, as taken down in writing by the magistrate's clerk, and attested by the oman Rice, a connected and circumstantial account is given of the occurrence—the number of blows struck, and by whom—the mode in which the body was taken away Seam the house —the description of the man's dress—the conversations which took place between the alleged murderers—with several other remarkable particulars ; which she gave in a cool, collected, and straightforward manner, never once contradicting herself. It is not a little singular that a similar report was current seven years ago, and that, at that time, steps were taken to discover the truth or falsity of the report. The not finding the body, however, arid the improbability of four persons allowing a fifth to follow them, and observe all their proceedings, while they were committing so horrible an act as murdering a fellow creature with a mallot, must convince all of the falsity of the woman's story. Should any doubt remain, the fact that the woman Rice is one of the worst of characters, coupled with the decleration of all the respectahle individuals in the township in which thi• murder is alleged to have been committed, published in the ad vertisement alluded to, must tend to remove Cut doubt. The excitement which the woman's deliberate statement has occa sioned in this town and immediate neighbourhood justifies us in, making these few remarks; while the otr'ss'on in our report of the Ashendon Petty Sessions, of all that relates to this extra ordinary case, will convey to the public our own opinion of th,, matter.—Aylesbury News. THE AssuEs.--The assizes have been the most protracted known for many years. The Learned Judges sat nine days, Mr. Baron Rolfe closing his Court at two o'clock on Friday morning; and Mr. Justice Coltman terminating his labours at the witching hour of night—a couple of hours before him. The greatest credit is due to the Learned Judges for the anxiety which they have shown to dispose of every cause in this unusually heavy Assize. The excellence of the motive is un questionable ; but we much question the goodness of the practice in sitting so late night after night. It is impossible that men drawn from open- air vocations can keep their attention alive for twelve or fourteen hours together, in a close-heated Court, to a series of complicated facts, tangled and perplexed with legal subtleties and superfluities—jury and witnesses become ex hausted, and the losing party goes away from Court, impressed with dissatisfaction at the reflection that his case had been de cided by men who had been kept out of their beds too long, and were in no humour to deliberate upon nice distinctions, for winch indeed their minds were not equal. Some alteration should be made in the system to meet the exigencies of such an Assize, for no learned Judge cul, , ht to be made a judicial Mac beth, to " murder" the " sleep" of a whole county. To Sre the same haggard, anxious faces, night after night, glancing with lack-lustre eye on the wakeful functionary who kept them from their rest, brought to one's mind the curse of the Thane of Cawdor—" Sleep no more—the Judg, - cloth murder sleep. " If estern Times. THE JEWS.—A Hamburg paper, the Drilp zeituny, says, "the Jews of Constantinople have, with their Rabbi, declared that they will not wait any longer than an other year for their Messiah. If within that time he does not appear, they will conclude that he has already come, and then they will try to discover by what religion he is already recog nized. The Rabbi is entirely of this opinion, and has even proposed to his congregation to profess Christianity forthwith." METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS BILL.— Lord Wynford has given notice that he shall on the re-commit ment of the Metropolitan Police Courts Bill, move the follow ing amendments : Ile proposes to strike out the words "Metropolitan Police District," in the third line of section the second, and introduce the words "limits of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court." To add, at the end of the said section. this proviso :—And be it further provided that there shall not be more than twenty-sev.oi Alagistrates appointed to execute the duties of Justices of Peace at the said Courts. Clause to be added after Clause 2.—And be it. further enacted that so much of the Act of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for regulating the Police Courts in the Metropolis," as authorises her Majesty to alter the n um b er o f t h e Police Courts, and to alter the number of Magistrates appointed to any of the said Courts, shall be repealed. UNEMPLOYED POOR.—Upwards of two hun dred pounds has been collected in Barnsley to reliev e the wants of the unemployed. The committee have been dis. tributing daily large quantities of tread and potatoes during the last fortnight, which has, in some ine2snre, relieved the mi sery entailed by the present scarcity of emi loyment. ABDUCTION.---A feeling in favour of Barratt, who was lately sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment for the abduction of Miss Ellis, seems to manifest itself in Peter_ borough,; and petitions for the commutation of the sentence are now getting up. CAUTION ABOUT ENVELOPES.—Letters can without detection, un lhTeeshsee a v,t s h. i a l ey y wi t n a a k x, e , taken o which eiti inut,t mad td r it e s a t d od , ocn a ne n v ( e l :L lift l 'i' f t t c ,t e :l l-' corners of the diamo n d. is up the side which is gummed down, with a knife, and dra w one of taking th e enc l osure out and then replacing it andtheregfliangsmionuot., The seal remains untouched. MENDICANCY IN IRELAND.-We have reason to know that it is not intended to press the kill on this subject, of which Lord Morpeth gave an outiine on Thursday night, in the H ouse of Commons, through Parliament in the p rese,t session. Although tho Noble Lord stated that he would not hasten the Bill through the House, his words were taken to mean that he would not press it immediately ; but we can take upon us to s i a t y a t n h i a c t , it b w a i r t r l a n c o k t .m be nte urg r ed to legislation in this i session.._ Souther n R e p or t er . of transferred to Bi rm i ng h am. Boyle, has been ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCH 30. On Saturday, the Rev. Mr. Newlands, the Scotch clergyman, whose case has been before alluded to, attended in the Crown Court, before Mr. Justice Littledale, to re ceive the sentence of the Court upon an indictment for having forcibly entered upon certain premises violently and with the strong hand, and of which offence he had been found guilty by the Jury. It will be remembered that the defendant moved the Court in arrest of judgment, on the ground that an indict ment for a forcible entry would not lie at common law. The point was subsequently argued by Mr. Chambers, who went at considerable length into the subject, and cited se veral cases on which it had been held that where the forci ble entry took place under such circumstances of violence, as to amount to more than an ordinary trespass, that a❑ indictment would lie at common law, with this distinction, that the indictment should allege that the trespass was car ried into effect by the strong band, and with a multitude of persons. Mr. NEWLANDS addressed the Court against the passing of sentence, and in support of his view of the law. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, however, decided that the in. dictment was good, and that there was no ground for an arrest of judgment. Mr. NEWLANDS then put in an affidavit in mitigation of punishment. It was to the effect, that in the proceeding he had taken, he had no desire to break the law, but had merely acted with a view to assert what he considered his civil right. He also referred to the fact that a verdict with 2001. damages had been obtained against him, and the costs of which were 240/. more ; so that he was liable to pay the sum of 440/. for the same offence, for which lie was now called upon to receive punishment, and called upon the Court, under these circumstances, to inflict merely a nominal punishment. Counter affidavits were then put in by Mr. CHAMBERS on behalf of the prosecutor, when— The COURT adjudged the defendant to pay a fine of 20s. and to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of 1001., and to keep the peace for twelve months. The fine was immediately paid, and the required recog nizance entered into. CIIECK IP. JONES. This was an action to recover the sum of 301., the ba lance due upon a bill of exchange for 501., accepted by the defendant. The plaintiff admitted the payment of 201. on account of the bill. The defendant pleaded that the amount of the bill had been fully discharged. The trial possessed no interest.—Verdict for the plaintiff for 301. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW -STREET. George Edward Boggis, who was examined at this Court on Monday week last, on a charge of making use of inflammatory and seditious language at a Chartist meeting in Abbey -street, Bethnal-green, was yesterday brought before Mr. Hall for final examination. Mr. nobler attended for the prosecution. Several witnesses were examined, but their evidence did not at all implicate the prisoner. Mr. HALL said that he saw no use in pursuing the examination further, and the witness was desired to stand down. Mr. Hobler said he had no other evidence to offer al present. Mr. HALL considered that there was quite sufficient at the last examination to commit the prisoner for ti Mr. nobler said that the object he had i❑ bringing for ward the witnesses was to put the prisoner in possession of all the evidence he had to offer On the trial. Mr. HALL told the prisoner, if he had any observation to make, he waA ready to hear it, but it should be taken down and used at the trial. The prisoner said it was the first time he had been ac cused of any offence, and he was consequently ignorant what course to pu uc. Mr. HALL—If cu are inclined to show that the evi. dente does not apply, you are at liberty to do so, but ycu are to bear in mind that I am not trying the case. The prisoner said that he bad already denied having used the language ascribed to him. The former evidence was then read over, at the pri soner's request. Mr. HALL said that the prisoner should be committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner hoped that he taken for his appearance. Mr. HALL said there was one fact which he could not kse sight of, and that was that the prisoner had absented himself for a considerable time. The prisoner said that he had evidence to sh,w that such was not the case. Mr. nobler declared that the prisoner's employers in formed him of his absence from his work, and that his whi,kerswere off on his return. Mr. HALL, said that there might be conflicting evidence upon that point, and as it was not a question for him to try, he had only to fix the amount of Mr. Hobler said that he did not wish to oppress the pri soner, who was only a porter in the house of a firm in the City, but he was alleged to have committed a very grave offence, and he submitted that the amount of bail might be the same as the Chairman Neesom was ordered to put in. Mr. HALL, was certain that the prisoner had no reason to complain of the treatment he had met with from Mr. Hobler, and he saw no reason why less bail should be taken than was required , roes the Chairman of the meeting, who was himself in 5001., and two sureties in 250/. each. Mr. flobler said that he would require forty-eight hours' notice. Air. HALL—The same notice that was given in the other cue. Mr. Savage came forward and requested that four per sons would be taken as sureties, instead of two, as it would lessen the amount upon each. Mr. HALL said that he had no objection, and after the names of the persons about to offer themselves were handed in, the prisonar was removed from the bar, IV ORSHIP-STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBLERY.-YCSter d ay , two young men of smart appearance, named James Hill and Henry Oahe, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, on suspicion of having been concerned i:; stealing 206 sovereigns and three watches, with other pr,- perty belonging- to Mr. Hawkins. a carpenter, living in Union -street, Kingsland-road. The pros: , cutor and his wife, who are elderly people, went to tea witii a son and daughter on Sunday evening, and, on entered, apparently w i t h fare keys, their chamber broken their ret urn home, found that the house had beer. into, and the gold and other property Ftolen—nearly all they possessed. The prisoner 11111 lo d g ed in the house and h a d b een home once or tw i ce d ur ing the absence of his landl or d and family, and the other prisoner had been in his company. _ Hill decl are d h e mere ly went in to clean his shoes and himself Preparatory to his spending the evening elsewhere. Mr. B follypersons k eep i n g by them such large sums of money, o f RououTom, after remarking upo n the extreme which they might deposit in a bank wit h safe t and profit, and without exposing themselves to the risk of .being despoiled of all by having it in their own frail keep ing. He remanded the case at present to give time to Sergeant Dubois, who has it in hand, to pursue his in quiries. obtain a supplyNEW VEGETABLES.—Amongst t he numerals newly i n t ro d uced vegetables, none h as b een found so highly and generally useful f or a l mos t e very culinary puryoso where fruit is required, as t h e T o b olsk r h u b ar b, The cultivation and general management i s th e most simple; the most inexperienced may of early stalks without possessing an znelt o f p I "( l . —[The wr i ter o f t h e p a ragraph has unfortunately omitted to state h ow t h e stalks were to b e o bt a i ne d. ] Li BOATS.—We understand that extensive arrangement s are b e i ng ma d e by the Shipowners' Society of South Shields, to have the Shields life - baat put in a position that w ill b e an example to all the stat i ons o f B r i ta i n . Th ey propose generously t o tax th em selves (id. per ship per voyage, to e dedu c t e d regularly when the s hi p c l ears a t th e Custom house ; and th e y recommend that every foreign vessel should beinvited to pay the s am e charge—a thing so reasonable and sojust, that we cannot conceive any one so mad or inhuman as to refuse it, fo r thi s d eserv i ng purpose, especially when th ey consider it the means of saving their own, or their friends, or their country men ' s liv es .— Tyne Pilot. THE EA RL o f D UR HAM.—The Noble E ar l is, we understand, quite recovered from his severe indisposition, EVENING EDITION, THE MARKETS. PRICE Utz BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis s 10 Loaf. Good Jircad may be had at !AI, ,0 for the FracEs OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I —s. 50s WO New English Ned C10ver...503.985, i St. Foil, . --s. 255. 60i Oid Ditto Ditto s. _s. s , Rye qrass New Foreign Ditto ...—s. tiOs. 935. racey tirstss —S• 45 ' . • ,6 ,g . Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover 5 O - s s. CO:. 7 - il ' s . . I t./ i iTt s o e , e f a s;r l s o u r iv l i e i e ig d . l . l .. g .. ---1. . 4 X 5. • a.:4 1 5 Old Ditto Ditto ...... —s. —s. —s. Ditto, for crushing... --5 42 s 4.01 —s 100 s. Irsl Now Trefoil —s. Itis 34-.lCanary Old Ditto —s. Ids. 255. 1 Hemp --s. 333• 409 Trefolium s 30i 365. i Per Bushel. le, English Carraway —s. 4,5. 525. j White Mustard...Hs. 1 1 4. •• • rd. , Foreign Ditto —s. 503. s(ls. ;Brown Ditte ......his. Od. 215, , d Coriander . —s. FL 20s. (Tares (is• 01. 9s• °"- Rapeseed, English tine (per Last) 24/. 26/ Foreign 21'• 201.' Per o art er. PRICES ON Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) East Kent Pockets...." ........... Ditto Bags Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags Sussex Yearlings Old Olds HOPS. 01 Os. 01. Os. to 01. Os. .41 Ms. 5/. 15s. to 61. OE. . 21.105. 01. Os. to 4/. 4s. . 31. 10s. 41. 10s. to 5/ 1`.2 5 . . ss. 10a. 01. Os to 4.• Os. . 3/. N. 01 Os. to 3 ss , • 0/. Os. 31. Ils. to 3/, 10, • 01. Os. 11. Iss. to 21. 105. LEATHER Horse IliL e s, r 141:C•rman Spanish Calf Skins,3o to 401h.,d0z) 40 50 --70 100 Seal Skins, large... small PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d d. Wl' 1 Cropflldes,3o to 401 b. each 11 13i 12 22 40 50 l2 16 13 24 ? --50 60 ..... Bull Hides Butts, Vitriol .. IS T 2 English ...... .. 11 15 Foreign 20 21 Foreign Hides 16 2) Dressing Hides 6 11 ---Shaved... 13 17 Basils... ..... .•• .. - - Best Saddlers' 8ide5...... 15 161 Bellies ............ ... Horse Hides, English .. I t I 5 Shoulders lO . 1 Calf Skins, if rounded t2d. to 40. por b. more. PRICE OF OIL. RapeOil,brown, per ton, 361. 0 11,Os.—Refined , 37/.los—Linseed - 241;, Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (1000), 13/.l3s.—Rape lake, per ton ,. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, dec. per 1121 b. _ s . ed. Town Tallow s3s. 6d. Yellow Soap... Yellow Russia s3s. 6d. Mottled. —s. Od• White t i • Soap Ditto ... Melting Stuff ....• ...... 38s. Od. Good Dregs' 3s. 17 ' Ditto Rough 2ss Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81h. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) Ss. Id, PRICE OF CANDLES. The price 01 good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as folloWO : "' Candles, per dozen, Ps. Od. ; inferior, 7 s . Od. ; Moulds, 9s. a Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET. a, d Adair's Buddle's West Hartley l9 9 Holywell Main ''o 0 Original Windsor's Pon top 18 0 Tanfield Moor 22 9 Townley l7 0 Wylam '0 6 Walls End Bell and Brown 21 6 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Hilda u Walls End Hotspur Walls End Northumberland 19 3 Walls End Riddell's 2l Walls End Woodside l9 0 FAlen Main 2l ( Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 22 Ships arrived since 1 . d. WalisEnd End 23 Walls 23 Walls End Lambton 23 ! Walls End Pemberton lB i" Walls - End Russell's Hetton 2 3 ° 6 Walls End Stewart's 23 Wails End Whitwell 22 t , 1 4 Walls End Hartlepool Walls End Kelloe ennant's Hartlepool 2 3 t ' . ; W..llsiEnd Adelaide' 2 2 Walls End Barrett ..... 2 1 , Walls End Evenwood l* 6 Flockton l6 Howard's Netherton Main ' 0 Walls End Devonshire ast market-day, 15. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. B eans . Peas e Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to I , s. to s. s. s. I. Carlisle 56 33 41 43 56 68 32 38 n 34 Morpeth 4t3 68 34 36 23 30 48 40 30 Penrith 55 :17 31 53 - 47 - - 64 39 26 47 Winchester 68 'lB 28 40 23 27 42 45 35, "op Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. La- Cardiff--..... 00 90 0 0 40 0 0 44 00 00 0 0 0 Carmarthen.,, 00 96 00 50' 0 0 29 56 00 00 0 0 Cowbridge...... 10 0 110 00 56: 0 0 40 50 53 00 n 0 Swansea 84 96 49 50! 2 9 32 56 60 00 v Per 8011. SO Barnardcastle II 6 16 6 8 0 9 3 7 0 8 8 9 0 12 0 7- A n 0 Durham 120 176 70 80, 6 0 8010 0 1 3 0 6 . 0 Richmond 12 0190 70 90 50 80 90 11 09 0 5 0 5t0ckt0n......... 13 0166 9 0 99 ; 6 0 80 7 6 cO O v BEETHOVEN.—The Memoirs of Beethoven-' name dear to every true lover of harmony—from the pen of his intimate friend A. Schindler, who resided with the illustrious composer for no less a period than thirteen years, will shortly make their appearance. The announcement of this vrork ha s already excited considerable curiosity, particularly in the mag i cal world, who look forward with impatience to the publication of this biography, the English translation of which Mr. Colburn has in active preliaration. THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. Colburof of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the followidf ii.teresting new works, which can be had of all Booksellers 1. Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honour to the Empress Catherine 11., written by herself; to which are sub-: joined numerous Letters of the Empress, and other celebrated personages. 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, Autographs, 2. Lights and Shades of Military Life, Edited by isisr' - General Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. 2 vols., post Colburn's Kalendar of Amusements in Town and Coun t r i i . for 1840, a pocket volume, with numerous illustrations, by Cruikshank, ss. 6d. bound.-4. Miss Strickland's Lives of O s Queens of England, vol. 2, Bs. 6d. bound, with Illustratio•i l s --- 5. Memoirs of Prince Albert and the House of Saxon y, ll l Fre derick Shoberl, Esq., new and revised edition, with additions bY authority, 1 vol., post Bvo., with Portrait, ss. 6d. bound. --6. The Court and Camp of Runjeet sing, by the Hon. G. Vi °I- o f borne,l vol., with 16 Illustrations.-7. Memoirs and Letters Malibran, 2 vols., post Bvo., with Portrait.-8. A Pilgriotg: to Palestine, by the Baron Geramb, 2 vo l s ., post B v o., w, Illustrations.-9. A Winter in Ic e l an d an d L ap l an d, by , s 1 Hon. Arthur qillon, 2 vols., post Bvo.—A n d 10. Excursion in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, by R o b ert B remn er, Beg" 2 vols., Bvo., with Illustrations. VERY FORTUNATE.--By the d ea th O f MI SS Jowett, of Bradford, which event took place last week, ait round sum of money will come to Otley, say 20,0001., to bel divided amongst four families ; and we ma y a dd, th a t out of at t a four, two will find it to be a grea t b oon , com i ng as it do., time when greatly wanted.—Leeds Times. SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHES, with or without Warmers. The price' of the Set of Four Dishes and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Ei g h t to Te o Guineas. The W armers are from Five to Nine Guineas the Set. Engravings of the vaFious patterns will be forwarded, pool free, if applicati on i s made;post paid. Th e di s h es are complete in themselves without %warmers, and the handles take off, the covers thus forming four extra dishes when required. T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &c., No. 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London. SUPERIOR LONDON -MADE WATCHE S ' —A. B. SAVORY aml SONS, Watcmakers, Corn hill, London (opp os it e th e B an k o f England), submit for se lection a very l arge STOCK o f H i ghly-finished London-Ina u WATCHE>,- - the whole o f w hi c h b e i ng manufacture d wider their owninspection, on th e i r own premises, they can afford to sell at least 251. per cen t. below the usual trade price for an ar ticle of the same qua lit y . A printed warranty is given each Watch. No. 9, PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double b acked engine -turned cas es , warranted .€4 4 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with seconds bands, and double-backed cases, warranted . 6 6 Either of the ab ove i n s il ver h unting cases, 10s. 6d. extra. A large variety o f secon d - h and Silver Watches, which ha ve . e been carefully examined, and can b e warranted at £ 2 2 s . eacn GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewell e d, i n eng ine-turned 6 gold case,, a n d go ld di a l s, warranted 8 16 .. . Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed engine -turned g o ld cases an d gold dials, warranted 12 14.6, 0 Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, 0 warranted 14 14 GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war ranted 14 14 0 Patent deta c h e d L ever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, se con d s , d ou b le-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warrante d l7 17 0 Patent detached L ever W atches, capped, jewelled in six holes, secon d s , d ou bl e-backed gold cases and gold dials, w arran t e d 21 n 0 Either (31 the Gentle men ' s W atc h es may be had in gold hunt " ' cases, for 34 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-h an d W atc h es purchased in exchange. IRTHS. On the 24th i ns t., at Hal ß e-end, Woodford, Mrs. C. Rowor tb ' of a son. On the 26th inst., in Tooley-street, Southwark, 1g". George Allen, of a son. On the 26th i ns t ., at Sandling, the lady of William Deedes, - Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th inst., the wife of Isaac Baker Brown, E gq " Cambridge -street, Edgeware-road, of a son. On the 21st inst., at Lanwysk Villa, Breconshire, M rs. Hotchkis, the wife of John Hotchkis, of a son and heir. On the 27th i nst., at Eton College, Mrs. G. A. Selwi of a son. On the 25th inst., at P a th, th e l a d y of John Ensor, „ of Rollesby Hall Norfolk, o f a daughter.On the 20th inst., at Blackheath-hill, Mrs. William O liver ' of a daughter, who survived but a few days. On the 25th i ns t., at O gwell House, Devonshire, the WI Sir Richard Plasket, of a daughter. R lE D. On the 26th i ns t. , at St. Mary's, Newington, G. E. Esq., to H enr i etta, fourth daughter of F. W. L. St"''t., i st Esq., for mer l y Assistant Military Secretary Honourable *— India Company. vary, On the 26th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, Brixton , "",- eldest daughter of Thomas Bruford, E4ct of Grove-1 0 — Brixton, to John Jones, Esq., of Bath, Soine ' rset. ,to On the 26th inst., Captain Robert Bev Berozal Arrajhe- Cecilia, daughter of the Rev. Henr: Drury, of hill. n On the 26th inst. at St. Ma r y Abb ot ' s, Kensington, Ste f hao, u lia, eldest s on of Stephen Morgan, of Harefi e ld, E sq ., to youngest daughter of the late Stephen W e ll er , ef Tenter den, Esq. 'mote ° On the 27th i nst., at Trinity Church, Islington, Mortimer Cl eo b urey, Esq., of Shepherd's-bush, to of Harriett, on l y daughter of the late William Mills, E s q" Islington. Re V. On the 25th inst. at Trinity Chapel, Edinburgh, L e ue lia, Edward B urc h Field, Mount Sorrel, Leicestershire, 5 to I au daughter of the l a t e J ames H amilton, Esq., M.D., ° f Kilda , nan, Professor in the University of Edinburgh. On the 25th inst., Mr DIE s. Johnston, D. aged 80. of hie On the 25th inst., at Meriden, Sarah Musson, daug the late Rev. Bartolomew Musson, rector of Baginton, War wickshire, aged 76. Alan On the 25th inst., in Brunswick - square, Brighton, A lan Louis Wiltshire, third son of Colonel Grey, aged 4 . h p of On the 24th inst., the Rev. James Robertson Holcom — ' f Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, and late one of the Fellows e Jesus College, Oxford, „ l o ges On the 24th inst., at Paddington-green,_Wil"ar a A - 98. Benjamin Hall, of Brynterion, near Cardigan. Esq.,_agen . ` — m r . of W impole. street,. On the 24th inst., at Box-hill, near Dorking, Surrey, G. Thompson, aged 83. fifth daughter of the lat 04 the 26th inst., at Torq uay, e Dr. Winterbottom, of Newbury, Berks: the On the 25th inst., at Charlton, Kent, Sarah, relict of late Charles Whalley, Esq. • the Devon, Auguga, On the 24th inst., at Primly-hill, Devon, Elizabet h, . w if e of Thomas Da n i e l Belfield, E dlesex. of Parson's-green, a On the 26th inst., at C anterbury, Thomas F oor d t Egg" ged 8.5. On the 26th inst., at Cheltenham. Mrs. Elizabeth Clesseld' relict of the late Richard Clement, Esq., aged 74. 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