The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—We understand the Admi ralty have awarded annuities to two of the daughters of the late Lieutenant W. P. Green, R.N.; and that the same boon will be conferred upon the eldest daughter of the deceased veteran. His Excellency Lord Howden, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the River Plate, and suite, arrived at Gosport this afternoon, by the express train on the South-Western Railway, and put up at Pettet's Railway Hotel, where hie Lordship dines and sleeps this evening. The suite and personal baggage of his Lordship have been em barked at Spithead in the Rattler steam sloop, Coro mandel. Moorman. the vessel appointed for his Lordship's mission, which will sail to-morrow it is expected. Admiral 6ir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in- Chief, accompanied by his Flag-Captain, Milne, and Mr. G. B. B. Collier, Flag-Lieutenant, paid an official visit this morning, at half-past eleven, to the Salamander steam iloop, -whose crew had been previously mustered and inspected by Captain Milne. The Admiral was received with manned yards by the crew of the vessel (the band of the Victory on the poop playing the usual salute as he passed to and from her), and the other ceremonies incidental to official visits. John Barton, the marine recently condemneo to suffer death for a viola tion of the 22d article of war, in abusing and striking whilst in the execution of his duty his superior officer on the quarter-deck of the Salamander, was then sent for, having been previously brought aboard from the Victory in custody of the Provost- marshal and a guard of Matinee. The Admiral having ordered every one in the ship to be called aft cn the quarter-deck, and all being a-senabled, Captain Milne read an official letter from the Lords of the Admiralty, stating that the Earl of Auckland, First Lord, having laid the case of the con demned John Barton before her Majesty, it was the Royal command that the sentence of death passed upon him (John Barton) by court-martial, be commuted to transportation for seven years. Sir Charlts then ad dressed the culprit in a very feeling and impressive manner, enlarging en the enormity of his offence, the necessity for its suppression and punishment, sc., and hoped the prisoner would show by his future conduct his gratitude for the mercy the Queen had been gra ciously pleased to extend to him in consideration of his former good character. The Gallant . Admiral took oc casion to admonish the crew generally against similar conduct, animadverting on its dangerous tendency and the necessity for preserving rigidly proper order and subora:aation, concluding with these words:—" The strength of the navy consists in discipline." The pri soner was then taken back to the Victory, where he will remain until disposed of by the Secretary of State The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milue, was got all ataut again yesterday, having been very smartly newly rigged in the basin, the sh(xt time occupied in doing which reflects great credit upon the effieers and ship's company. She will be docked on the Fairy ccming out, arid be quickly refitted far sea-going service. Contracts were taken yesterday at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Grsport, fur 1,000 quarters of barley, at 48s. sd. and 48s. 81. per quarter, and 1,000 sacks of biscuit-meal at 50s. 9d. Die establishment is in work all day to keep up a supply for the navy, and all night for the " relief service." The Talbot, 2!, Captain Sir Thomas .Talbot, was paid off this afternoon all standing. Iler sails are unbent, topgallaot-masts struck, and as much of her running rigging and stores returned as could be dispensed with. She will be docked without dtl.,y, and refitted with all dispatch for the relief sPrvico. We were led into an error about a fortnight since in commenting upon toe fact of Captain Thompson haling brought home two freights in succession from the P ac ifi c . Sir Thomas was sent home with the first involuntarily, being ordered home with important dispa.tehe4; the freight did not amount to more than 1,000,000 dollars; the one just brought home only amounted to 60,000 dollars in specie, and was, - theref r.‘, anything but adequate to the loss sustained by Sir Thomas by the America bringing home freight out of her turn. which fcct hat deranged all the intentions of the Commander in• Chief in the Pacific, and greatly disappointed !bd . -4; 021 .ers Nilio expected to benefit by the usual train of the proceedings on that station. Sir Thomas Thompson, althotrjh a baronet, is not a rich mar, as might he supposed ; quite the con trary, and has a right to expect. rovitution of that of which he has been unjustly- deprivi d. PLY3IOI.7TH, MARCH 25.—tier Majesty's sloop Mari ner, 12, Commauder Maltisan, returned yesterday morning with loss of jibboom, bowsprit sprung, stern boat s7ove in, and thin p leaky. She w as b ou nd t o Ascen sion and the coast of Africa, and put leek to this port some weeks sin s e , d amage d under similar cit cumstances. Alter !yang refitted she left again on the 13th instant, and will now require a thorough repair. The Mariner is oveimasted and sparred; she consequently rolls heavily; and in stormy weather always incurs damage. The emigra!ion barque Belle Alliance, Captain Van• derberg, which nut back on the 233, after reaching 17 deg. 30 min. W., carried away her maintoprnast and miz-n, sprung her mainmast, and damaged her rigging, and will now require a complete refit. She was thhind to Adelaide, and has about 240 emigrants on boare. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, bancit 27.—Wind E., N.E.,,light bteene and fine. DEAL. Milieu `26.—Wind S. E. to S.W.—Arrd. Jeannette, Porto Rico, for flamhurgh. Ski, the outward bound. Arrd. from the River, Makome, Mauritius. OFF Dov Er., MAacti 26.—James Casper, Pitsburg!), Charleston, with damage from stress of weather. PORTSMOt TII, MARCH 26.—Wind S. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Maria, Kroger, Monte Video, and sailed for Cowes. Skl. Switzerland, New York. Off port, Agnes. Burgess, Jamaica. COWES, MARCH 2G.— Wind S.W.—Arrd. Esperanza, Via demonte, ilavannab. OFF T3E WIGHT, MARCH 26.—Danae, Forster, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh. LIVI.RPOOL, MABcH 25.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S. W., mode rate.—Arrd. Melpomene, Courtney, Rio Grande; Shamrock Thomas, Maracaibo; Harriet Rockwell, Garrick, Apa'a chicola; Juno, Moran, Savannah ; Phcenix, Kerr, Charleston ; Royalist, Beveridge, New York; Ralph Cross, Glover, ditto; Ceylon, Crisp, ditto; Culdie, Campbell, Bom bay ; Clairborne, Burgess, New Orleans; Robert, Henderson, ditto; Achilles, Taylor, ditto; Ocean' Queen, Warren, Savannah ; Amazon, Hayes, ditto ; Rory O'More, Wakeham, Charleston ; Nicho las Biddel, Knight, New York; Oriental, Hoyt, ditto; Vin dicator, Robinson, Quebec; Elizabth Grange, Ray, Singa pore; Kathleen, Blessers, Rio Janeiro; Palestine, Mumford, New Orleans ; Columbine, Rose, Philadelphia ; Orphan, Williams, New York; Canton, Tonge, Quebec; Safeguard, Smith, Montreal. Off port. Lord Sandon, New Orleans; William Ward, ditto; Andover, The Shamrock, ar rived here, passed on the Bth instant several casks of provi sions, apparently not long in the water. OFF DARTMOUTH, MARCH 26. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Raja, Ferguson, Sydney, New South Walea ; Otto, Jansen, Angos tura, for Hamburg; Dettmar, Otter, Havannah, for Bremen ; Salisbury, Colley, Charleston, for Havre; Roompot, Van Delder ,Batavia, for Zierikzee; Concordia, Lund, Surinam for Amsterdam ; Sarah, Jamaica; Catherine, Cuba ; Soho, Havannah; both for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Wind S.—Arrd. Lord Stanley, 1 O'Connor, Sierra Leone. Off port, Mary, Porto Rico ; Severn, Wise= xi, St. John's; Magnet, Sergeant, Berbice. BRISIOL MARCH 26.—Wind S.W. by S.—Arrd. Nep tune, More', Mauritius. • - DUI LIN, MARCH 25.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrd. Ann Smith, Bowds, New York; Ready Rhino, Fri ell, dito ; Nacoche, Smith, Baltimore. KINGSTOWX, MARCH 25.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrd. Blucher, Skerrow, Berbice; Ann Smith, Brownest, New Yo.k ; Frank lin, CoAte, ditto; Nahune Kang, Fisher, ditto. LIMERICK, MARCH 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Quinnebang, Jones, Baltimore; Rebecca, Staples, Ph lad&phia. Sld. Anna Maria, New York. :CLYDE, MARCH 25.—Wind E.—A/rd. Perthshire, John stone, Charleston ' • Triclen t, Miller, Berbice • Tslleyrand, New Or:eans. Sld. Copier, Antigua. 24. ' Sld. Oswald, New York ; Albion, Montreal. FALMOUTH, MARCH 26. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Hamilton, Duck. Callao and Cork. Off ion, John Thomas Carr, Wilkin, Mauritius; Crusader. Hay, Honduras; Avon, John- stun, St. John's, New Brunswick. • The Manacle Buoy is re ported to have shifted its position about 300 yards to the westward. The Gaulais must discharge. Huta., MARCH 26.—Wind E.—Sid. Somersetshire, Quebec. KILRUSH, MARCH 24.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Victoria, Galway, for New York. BELFAST, Maxim 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Wyndham, Wylie, Baltimore ; S a b ao , di tto; Ed ward Coppish, Baynes, Boston; Sumatra, Fessender, ditto. WARRENPOINT, MARC!! 24.—Arrd. Star, Republic, Elwell, New York. SHIELDS, MARCH 25.—The Silksworth, Johnson, left Dublin for North America on the 29th of Anust last, and has not since been heard of. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TILIFTIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of RA;' ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same Week in the previous year: 4 Week Last RI ending NAME r:' F RAILWAY. week. F: , ' , 4 Z O' .. !1. 0 . c..) ..—. - .i A liar. 20 Arbroath and Forfar •••••• • • • • • .... '257 195 19 c, jester and Birkenhead .••• • • • • •• • • 521 507 18 Dublin and Drogheda ...... ••••• • • • • 692 653 23 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 590 5 - 6 21 Dundee and Arbroath .••••••• • • • • • • • 312 263 Durham and Sunderland ....• •• • . 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• •• • • 3,243 2,67.3 21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 8,892 6,980 20 East Lancaslhre ............ •••• • • • • 845 14 Eastern Union 20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. 20 Glasgow and Greenock.. .. •.• • • •• • • 950 732 Gravesend and Rochester— • • • • .... 20 Great Southern and Western • • ...... 1,210 .- 21 Great Western, &c .• ... ........• 16,254 15,848 14 Ipswich and Bury •• • • ••• • . 422 20 London and North Western, &c ~1 London and Black wall •• • ' l3 London and Brighton ......... .. London and Croydon .••••••• • • ' • ' • • -- 21 London and South W tern Manahester, B es 20 m ancheste ; Bolton, and Bury 23 Manchester : Leeds, and Hull Assocrsoc • • 7,713 6,930 14 Maryport and ffield' and Lincolnshire 1,947 1,635 Carlisl eitrist.i.a . ....... . • • • • • 20 Midland,sBl 413 20 Newcastle and c arifisiß.lrnlindham 17.414 15,449 Newcastle and North . 7 Shields " 1.666 20 Newcastle and Berwick . 723 316 20 North British .... ..... ....111 "" • • 1,552 1,124 22 Paris and Rouen ............I• •• •• 1,344 20 Preston and Wyre•• •• • ... ... ... III': M. 0 ,7 6,572 19 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... 1 °° o 515 20 South Eastern and Branches •••• .... ,r 4 4. 19 South Devon •••••••.• • • • • • • • • .... , 7 ,: 5 ,134 20 Taff Yale •• ••••••••••••" " '• •• •• '• 1,474 762 176103 20 York and Newcastle .•• • • • 25 • • 20 York and North Midland .•••• •• •,• •• 5,790 5 ,217 ----- • BELFAST, MARCH 25.—A wreck, supposed to be of an rnglis 1 barque was passed on the 11th inst., in lat. 52 N., BELFAST, MAnen 25.—A wreck, supposed to IA Tnglis i barque was passed on the 11th inst., in lat. lon. l 5 W., by the Alga, Turner, arrived here. TEIGNMOUTH, MARCH 24. —Arrd. Teign, Charleston. WHITEHAVEN, MARCH 24.—Sld. Thomas, Baltimore. CORK, 111 A RCII 24.—Arrd. Spencer, Stanton, Manilla ; Maria Soaves, King, Jamaica; Napoleon, Collar, Honduras; Montpelier, Stoelqell, Philadelphia; Flora Jane, Whitworth, New York; Sun, ditto; St. Lawrence, ditto. STRANGFORD, MARCH 24. —Ski. James Hunt, ABERDEEN, MARCH 23.---Wind S.E.—S.d. John Hector, Henry, Chesapeake Bay. SMITHFIELD MARKET. (From the Times.) With an earnest desire to discover whether any reason could be given for the continuance of the Smithfield nuisance, we have read with the most careful attention some observations which have been sent to us on the subject of the proposed removal of the great cattle market from its present locality. • We must confess that had we wavered in the opinions we have already ex pressed, we should have been decided by the document now before, es, for the arguments we have heard on one side are strengthened by the lamentable failure of.the attempt that has been made to answer them. We will take the observations in favour of Smithfield-market paragraph by paragraph, from the first to the last; for an appeal has been made to our justice, and the appel lants must not complain if, after a due consideration of all they have to `allege, our judgment is still against them. The observations set out with falsely and foolishly accusing the public of sanctioning " the specu lations of a private company." We are not aware of any private company being in existence - which has suc ceeded in subjugating general opinion to its interests, and causing en unfounded prejudice against Smithfield market. It is obvious that the outcry now raised against this abominable nuisance is founded on long experience of its danger and inconvenience. Few people care what company, or whether any company at all, may he benefited by a change ; but there is an almost unani mous feeling that the unwht become and perilous practice of collecting cattle together in the very heart of the City is one which we ought no longer to tolerate. Oar attention is next called to an alleged prejudice against the butchers, and an attempt is made to show us that the public gord aed that of the butchers are identified. This effort to throw a sort of pathetic interest over the butchers, and induce the public to fraternize with that useful class, is simply ridiculous. Nobody wishes to hurt the butchers, but we cannot consent to run the risk of our lives, to say noshing of cur being continually disgusted, for their especial aid gratuitous convenience. We do not see the force of the reasoning that "any peculiar privilege or immunity" conferred upon the butchers " must surely be for the interest" of the public. We cannot regard the butchers as channels through which any boon whatever is certain to diffuse itself over the whole community. It is all very well to talk about "giving the butcher the free and unrestricted use" of a certain market, but surely the public may be supposed to have an equal claim at least to " the free and un • restricted use" of the streets of the metropolis. After making the most he can of the case for the butchers, the writer of the observations in favour of Smithfield proceeds to ask " what will be the feeling of the graziers" in the event of the removal of the market? We would not wilfully hurt the feelings of any class, but the sentimentality of the graziers must not stand in the way of a great public boon, more especially when their sensitiveness is found to be of the most maudlin and unreasonable character. It is hinted that they will he deeply effected by a falling off in the number of buyers in the event of the cattle being taken to any other market than Smithfield, or, at least, th ,t it will not be purchased alive in such large quantities if public abat toirs, which are suggested in connexion with the aboli. tion of Smithfield, should be resolved upon. It is gratifying to us to be enabled to relieve the apprehen sions of the graziers en this account, and we hope to spare those feelings for which, in the observations before us, so much tenderness i 3 exhibited. We think we need not enter into very elaborate calculations to Trove that whether the cattle is driven to one place or another, and wheels. r they are slaughtered on the butcher's pre:rd.-lee or at a general establishment, and whether it is purchased by them dead or alive, -it must be much the same to the graziers, so that the consumption of meat is the same by the public in general. Unless, therefore, the public should be afflicted by a loss of appetite for meat after the removal of Smithfield market, the demand is not Pr , ly to diminish, anti the graziers and breeders will have to furnish the same supply that they do at present. If the rh ad stock were obtained from a source quite diffe rent to that from which the live stock is derived, the cattle venders might fear that if the butchers bought the meat when slaughtered, the cattle would never be sold; .but the objection taken at present, is as idle as if it were said that an increased sale of a manufactured. article =lst injure the dealeri in the raw mate' ial. In a sub sequent paragraph of the observations ehich are now :he sulject of our remarks, we find it stated that " the number of persons actually annoyed or injured by the cattle is so cemparativelv small" as not to justify the change that is suggested. There is tome tiason in tl.e use of the word "actually," %i Filch is, we presume, matins to draw the distinction between those who are merely elermcd, or, to use a- common expjession, "more frightened than hurt," and those who are positively tossed or gored by street perambulating cattle. We admit that some of the fears of passengers at meeting a drove of oxen, one or two of whom may be eccentncally disposed, are occasionally more imaginary than real, but that they are often well grounded has been proved by frequent accidents. Allowance must also be made for the very serious influence of fear, whether well grounded or not, and even the consoling assurance from h considerate drover of " Bless you, ma'am, they won't hurt yea," would scarcely reconcile one of the least ner vous of the gentler sex to the ungainly gamble of an Os; in a very crowded thafroughfare. The champion of Sinithfisid endeavours still further to vk oaken the argu ment fur removal, on the - scorn of personal danger, by -11eging that "the reports of accidents are many of them mt re inventions," and others are " grossly' ekaggerated, to serve the purposes of interested speculators." We can assure the author of this remark that the day is passed when tie inventive faculty, or even the poetical power of exageratien, is cultivated by a contributor to the columns of a newspaper. Space has become too valuable to allow the admission of an infuriated ux, "except on business," into any portion of a public journal... No newspaper could afford them to allow the brute to continue his gambols down half a column for the sake of allowing scope to the inventive genius of the reporter, who is stigmatised, we suppose, as an " inte rested speculator" on our own and the public credulity. In defence of the gentlemen to whom we are indebted for this branch of our news, we may state with confi• dence that it is seldom we catch an imaginary mad bull trespassing upon our columns. When our readers meet with an infuriated brute in such a place they may be tolerably sure that it is an animal direct from Smithfield market. The advocate for the continuance of the mar ket next proceeds to argue in favour of the salubrity of slaughterhouses, and uses the proverbial good health of butchers, their families and servants, as a support to his position. We suspect that eating the meat has more to do with the alleged healthfulness than a residence in close vicinity to a slaughterhouse. If such places are conducive to health their erection ought to be a part of the sanatory regulations of every neighbourhood. It will be something 'new for the Commissioners for the Health of Towns to hear that slaughterhouses should be provided in abundance for the benefit of the inhabitants. It is not denied that abattoirs answer in Paris, but it is sagaciously discovered by the advocates for Smithfield, that because the Par- sians eat meat on a smaller scale than we do they require large establishments to slaughter it. There is something ' new in the idea that a small consumption of food requires an increased amount of convenience for its preparation. If the Parisians, who eat less meat than we do, require large abattoirs, we may presume it would be argued, that if they ate still leFs, their slaughtering establishments ought t. 5 be stiil further extend: d. Though our friend the admirer of Smithfield is evidently i;norant of a great deal, he has some knowledge which is quite new to us ; fur he has told us that " the cattle, while living, transport tly.mselves at little or no expense from the market to the of their ultimate destination." This accommo- dating willipgness on the 'art of the eat!io, to " trans p ,rt themselves at little or no expense," is in the highes' degree considerate. " But if," says our Smithfield author, " inst e ad of being at once driven there. they are first to be driven to some other place for the purpose of being slaughtered," the'expense will be enormous. We should think so, indeed ; for we. know of no cost at which the arrangement could be effected. To drive them to be slaughtered first, and then drive them somewhere else, would be a most extravagant nndertaking. This instance will furnish a very fair criterion of the value of the reasoning to be found in the observations against the removal of Smithfield market. We have long been con- vinced of the necessity for its abolition, and we need hardly may, that what has been placed before us as an argument in its behalf has confirmed us, if possible, more strongly than we ever were, in the opinfon that Smithfield cattle-market is one of the most defencelss an I offensive nuisance to be found—not in the metropolis alone, but in the whole of England. INFORMATION TO PERSONS EMI GRATING TO AMERICA. - (From the American Sun.) The climate of the United States differ in many re spects from that of Great Britain or the continent. It is colder in winter and warmer in summer. Owing, however, to the immense size of the country, extending from the Rio Grande, on the southern border of Texas, in 26 degrees of north latitude to the British possessions in Canada, and to the 49th degree of north latitude, and in width from the Atlantic to the Pacific eceans, the character of the climate is greatly diversified. It is also much influerced by mountain elevations, as well as by the sea air near the coasts, &c. Every 253 feet in elevation in a given latitude is said to be equal to a degree of diminished temperature. As the elevation increases, however, it is thought the change becomes less. Notwithstanding the diversity of soil, the difference between the degrees of heat and cold experienced in the extreme northern and southern latitudes is not so great as might at first be supposed. For instance, the thermometer rises about as high at Quebec or New York, in 41 deg. to 42 deg., as it doesin Mobile or New Orleans, in 30 deg., but the duration of heat is a great deal less at the former than at the latter points. On the other hand, ice is sometimes formed, and the ground partially frozen, at New Orleans,but the duration of cold is brief, seldom continuing longer than two or three days at a time; while at the north, the du ration of cold lasts for two or three months, closing the rivers and canals with ice. and suspending navieatien. The rivers of the west are eeldam obstructed with ice below 36 or 38 degrees of north latitude. The features of the climate against which the emi grant should provide, are first, its sudden changes. Thus in Winter as well as in spring and autumn, the therm°. nyeer will fall and rise 10, 20, 30, or 40 degrees in 24 hours.against, bs These i sudden changes, if practicable, should by . adapting the clothing to th e St ate , ol,ctaerenateei:eplerature When it suddenly charges to change is fr,oco o dl t i t is i p i t i oo lg shi toi should be p u t on . Wh en th e lacwhoarngrmhicane at the e e a t, t t h h er thinnclimateer o clothing tu n e a s y s t o n liar to the whole seasoncouritrof tli year mentioned, is pecu it no except that pottien bor- 7 &ring on the Ncitie oe% , n, not yet fairly open to!Eu- • ropean emigration. Although the changes are sud•lin, the therm often rising or falling m ore d egrees in a single eray et irt r - America titan it does in a wh o l e y ear in Great Britain, yet, in sections of the country free from stagnant water, low lands, swamps, &c., the climate agrees with Euro pean constitutions very well, especially after they have become accustomed to its frequent and sudden changes, in the higher latitudes, say between 36, 41, and 42 de grees. In winter, the young and feeble require warm clothing. Flannels and woollens of all kinds are found very useful. As most of the emigrants land in America during the hot months of summer, it is well for them to know that the climate is as much hotter in summer as it is colder than that of Great Britain in winter. In the old country (England) a man can without much inconvenience weer the same kind of cliathing the year round. Not so in the United States. Clothing, to be healthy and com fortable, must he changed with the season. Very light cheap cotton or linen goods will be often found most pleasant in summer, while heavy woollens are indispen sible in winter. It should always be borne in mind, that feeble children and adults will be most healthy in wearing flannel next their skins the year round. Labouring people generally wear flannel jackets, even in summer, as they protect them from the sudden effects of cold when overheated. When emigrants arrive in America in summer, much caution is necessary, in order to preserve the health of themselves and families. The clothing; if possible; should be adapted to the season. Young children, about the period of teething, are liable to be attacked with the diarrhoea (looseness of the bowels), called in New York " the summer complaint," and which, if not guarded against, or attended to in time, becomes dangerous. Fruit of all kinds, especially peaches, apples, melons, &c., are plenty and cheap in America, and being very palatable to emigrants after a long sea voyage, they are very apt to indulge themselves too freely, and suffer the consequences in an attack of dysentery, or cholera. morbus, which, however, if prepsrly attended to in time, is easly cured. All emigrants intending to seek a home in the West or valley of the Mississippi, - should supply themselves' with a small stock of simple medicines, such as castor oil, rhubarb, Epsom salts, calcined magnesia, boxes of seidlitz powders, a few blue pills—and, if its employ ment is understood, calomel, which, properly adminis tered, in many cases proves a useful medicine, especially in bilious and other fevers. To these articles, if deemed necessary, boxes of simple salves, lint, paregoric, and laudanum, might be added. In all cases of serious indisposition, it will be best to call in the advice of a physician of good standing, avoiding pretenders and quack medicines. The whole art of preserving health may be summed up in a few words:- Ist. Strict habits of temperance in everything, but especially in eating and drinking. As spirituous liquors are very cheap in America, many emigrants are tempted to drink to excess. The practice, if it should become habitual, never fails of undermining the constitution, and ending in the ruin of the person addicted to it., Over-eating fruit or other articles very often engenders disease. 2d. Undue exposure to night air in• a new country should, if convenient, be avoided, and proper attention paid to clothing. The diseases to which emigrants may be exposed in the valley of the upper Mississippi are few, and simple in their character anti treatment. Further south they are more serious—biilious remittent fevers occasionally prevailing during the sickly months. Early in summer s'ight cases of dysentery and bilious diseases sometimes occur, while in autumn, attacks of the ague, or " chills and fevers," especially in low places or near swamp marshes, are occasionally experienced. Fur the former, a dose or two of blue pills, or calomel, worked off with oil or salts, may be taken, fol. lowed with d'oses of quinine between the intermissions. In cases of dysentery, blue pills, followed by infusion of rhubarb aed calcined magnesia may be taken, which, with strict attention to diet—which should consist of rice soup, Indian meal gruel, or thin port idge, barley or oat meal porridge, &c. Till the disease gives way, all ani mal fond, fruit, &c., should be avoided. The diarrhoea of young children, often induced or aggravated by the use of unripe fruit, requires early and particular atten tion. The flannels of young children, on arrivin g in America, sheuld net be changed. They should be guarded in their diet. Green fruit of all kinds should on no account be allowed them. Should the disease ap pear serious, their food should consist of arrow-root, soft boiled rice, or rice wa:er, with boiled milk, &c. Their drink should be plain water, with gut-arabic dissolved in it, or flax-seed tea, cold —or, of what is still better, cold water, in which "Bane Leaves" (a p lant cultivated in America) have been steeped. The best purgative, or alterative medicine, is an infusion of rhubarb, a tea spoonful of which may be given mixed with a small quantity (say half a tea-spoonful) of calcined magnesia (Henry's if convenient) to a child from eighteen months to two years old. Where the cane becomes exhausting, tedious, or severe, it will be best to call in a physician of experience. In some instances, small doses of calomel (say two or three grains to a child from eighteen months to three years old) may be given on a little dry sugar, followed by a few mouthfulls of water, which, if neces sary, may be carried off by small doses of the rhubarb mixture or infusion. The winter complaints are pretty much the same as those which occur in the old country, and re quire about the same treatment. Children after they pass the period of teething are generally healthy under proper care, and are little liable .to disease, ii we except attacks of hopping cough or measles. They sometitnes, as in the old country, experience attacks of scarlet fever. Occa sional ablutions with clean water, with general attention to cleanliness, will be found useful as a means of pre serving health. Buildings, however ruddy constructed, should be so arranged as to be dry and airy in summer, and warm in winter, and at a distance from all (Alec tiuns of stagnant water. In settling a new place good pure thinking water should be obtained, if practicable, for family use. To understand the nature of the climate at the west, in the upper valley of the Migiissippi, we shall give ex tracts from tables of the weather kept at d.fferent places in that part of the country. As a set-off to the sudden changes of temperature, it may be remarked that the number of clear, bright, and unclouded days greatly exceed those of Great Britain, in a given year, which often imparts buoyancy and cheerfulness to the feelings. Clear and pleasant weather also renders out-doorlabour more agreeable. Dr. Drake, of Cincinnati, celebrated for his accurate tables respecting the weather, noted duwn 4,263 obser vations, from which it appears, that of 365 days in the year, about 176 were fair, 105 cloudy, and 84 variable. Dr. Beck made similar observations respecting the weather at St. Louis, and found that a single year gave him 245 clear days and cloudy, including 110 variable days. In a period of six years the moan number of clear days per annum was 172 83, cloudy ditto 164.33, variable ditto 82.1 G. The greatest number of clear days occurred in May, June, July, August, and September, and of cloudy days during the winter and other months . of the year. The prevailing winds in the valley of the Mississippi, especially in the summer, are from the south-west or west, and the climate is said to be somewhat milder than on the same parellels of latitude in the Atlantic States. In the country at the West, say in Michigan, NV is consin, upper part of lowa, &c., or that section of the country ling north of 41 deg. N. latitude, the thermo meter often falls in winter below z7re. Notwithstanding the intensity of the cold, owing to the steady clear bracing weather with which it is accompanied, persons do not feel the effects of it more sensibly than they do that of weather much less cold in England. By meteorological observations made in Bloomington, on the Alierssippi, in lowa, for 1839. it seems the mean tenperaitze was 54 deg. ; the maximum, 95 deg.; minimum, 5 deg.; clear days, i II; cloudy, 77; variable, 80; rainy, 79; snowy, 18. Warmest day, July 24th 84.74. Coldest, 29th of December, 4.40. Warmest in winter, January 10th, 56. Coldest in summer, August 30th, 50. By meteorological tables kept at Marietta, Ohio, on the Ohio River, it seems the mean temperature was about 53.54 ; the maximum 92 deg., and minimum 3 deg. The quantity of rain for the year 1839 was 33 inches. The range of barometer was from 28.80 to 30 inches. In various parts of the west, the clear clays in the year amount to from 170 to 210. As we proceed south, the mean temperature increase 9, the range.often reach ing, at Natoli( z, in Mississippi, 80 to 89 deg. The clear days bear about the same proportion. The temperature peculiar to certain latitudes in the United States bear about the same comparison with latitudes 10 or 12 degrees further north. Thus New York, which is in latitude 40 deg. 42 min. 2 sec., is as cold in winter as the climate of London, in 51 deg. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. SAMUDA'S MANU FACTORY, BLACKWALL—About a quarter before six o'clock this morning (Saturday) a fire was discovered upon the ex tensive property of Messrs. Samnda, Brothers, the eminent engineers of Blackwell. A person passing to an adjacent foundry first observed bodies of smoke issuingfrom the body of -the building used as a store-room and pattern-shop, a distinct building, ranging in extent about 70 feet by 25. The brigade engines and firemen were very speedily upon the spot, and a considerable numberof strangers were ready to lend a helping hand in extinguishing the fire very soon after the outbreak. .Notwithstanding this, however, the building was burned down, and its valuable contents destroyed, and a considerable quantity of the adjoining private property materially injured. The firm, it is stated, are insured in the Phoenix and Imperial offices. How the fire originated is not known. DEATH OF THE HON. SIR EDWARD VAVASOUR, BAB.T.—We have to record the sudden death, near Dijon, in Burgundy, of the above Hon. Baronet, who was at the time on his way to Rome. The melancholy event took place on the 15th inst. The deceased baronet was second son of Charles, 16th Lord Stourton, and uncle of the present peer. He was born May 6, 1786, and married August 5, 1813, Marcia Bridget, only daughter of Mr. James Lane Fox, and by her ladyship, who died in 1826, he had a family of five sons and three daughters. In 1826 he inherited the ancient family estate of his kinsman.. Sir Thomas Vavasour,-Bart., of Ilaslewood, Yorkshire, and thereupon took by sign manual the name of Vavasour, in lieu of his patronymic. In 1828 he was created a baronet. He was a knight of the - order of St. John of Jerusalem, and a deputy-lieutenant of Yorkshire. The deceased baronet is succeeded by his eldest son Edward, born Jan. 17, 181:3.- FROM THE GALLICIAN FRONTIERS, MARCH M— lle latest accounts from Vienna state,-in regard to the future destiny of Uracow, that the important resolution has been taken to divide Gallicia into two distinct governments, viz., that of East and West Gallicia, by which Cracow will be made the capital of the latter. The famine in the western circles of Gallicia, according to report, which we trust is exaggerated, has reached to such a fearful extent, that in some cases the starving people have seized upon the bodies of the dead and devoured them, in order to escape from the agonising death of perishing from liunger2 r cs Mr. Cayley, M.P., is suffering under a sivNi at -tack of influenza and fever, which disables him at present from attending to his parliamentary duties. WASTE 05' SILVER.—TO put the silver edging -to mtAin, which is always torn off and thrown away before converging the material to use, costs the country 20,0001. a I year.— Tire Builder. ~s _,- , , 1 Z A r'4,... THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 11447 THE FOOD QUESTION-IRISH A SCHOOLMASTER CHARGED WITH CRUEL CHA6TISEMENT. - The following case was heard at Er'ght.in on Sattir day, before. Major Willard, T. J. Bellamy, E q., and C. Carpenter, Esq., magistrates. We have abridged the report of the proceedings from the BrigAion . Guardian. PICKFORD V. WIIAKTON.—This was a charge brought by Wiliam Henry Pickford, son of Mr; Pickford, of Cavendish-place, surgeon, against Mr. Wharton; a schoolmaster, residing in Adelaide -crescent. Mr. Verrall (the clerk) having read the charge, Defendant said he pleaded Justification." Mr. Verrall—That is, not guilty. • Mr. Belltsgham, solicitor, who appeared in supßort ,cf the charge addressed the Bench, and called The ce m ? iatnant, who took off his trousera and ex hibited two or three marks on the thigh, which were. much swollen and black. He was then sworn, and stated as follows:—I am 12 years of age. Igo to - school at Mr. Wharton's, the defendant, at 10, Adelaide-cres cent. I have gone to school there 18 months. Yestcr day, as soon as we bad dined, a gentleman came to Mr Wharton's anti they went into an adjoining room. He then sent a servant into the schoolroom to say he wished to speak to one of the boys. The boy went anti came back, and said Mr. Wharton wished him to turn out those Si. OI3S in the school-roam. About ten minutes atter that, Mr. Wharton came into the school- - room an. asked to speak to Mr. Hamm end, the teacher, in the other room. Alter the teacher had been out with him. Mr. Wharton returned and asked one of the buys if he was not ashamed of these vere meat age he had tent him. The boy made no reply. He then turned round to me violently, and took my chair away. He then, to the best of my recollectiote called me an idle brute and went out of the room and letchtel in a cane or stick.—l thihk a cane,—and thrashed me with it he broke it about my back. lle then asked Cowley, one of the boys, to lend him his riding- whip ; and Cowley replied, " I would ratht r not get it. Mr. Wharton then asked the boy where it was, and he replied that it was up stairs in his drawer. Mr. Wharton then ran out of the room and returned with the whip in his hand and thrashed me with it. Major Willard—What kind of a whip wes it ? Mr. Wharton produced the whip. (It was a (o±llX.On riding whip.) Complainant—That is the whip. Ido not know how many times Mr. Wharton struck me. He was thrash ing me about five minutes altogether. (He then exhi bited a cut in his trousers which he stated was caused by the beating.) Major Willard—Was Mr. Wharton aware of where he struck ycu ? Complainant—He did not seem to be. He struck me once across the head, and once across the eye. Mr. Bellingham—lf the bench wish it, I have a medi cal man here who will speak as to the marks. Major Willard—lt is not necessary. Mr. Bellingham—l bad thought it necessary to have one or more of the pupils here to be examined. I have asked Mr. Wharton it they. are here, and he says, " cer tautly not." I complain to you that 1 e prevents the witaes , es coming. Maj r Willard—You can call the witness after he has cross examined the complainant. Complainant cross-examined by Mr. - Wharton—We dine at half- past one and generally _finish about two. You celled us into the room immediately after dinner. I can't recollect that it was on the table end the gentle. m waiting to see ) ou. Ido not recollect that you came into the room to require silence before you sent in. When ynu came into the room you ordered me to stand up to learn Euclid. There had been no fault found with me that day of the manner in which 'I learned Euclid ; there had been previously, several times. At twelve o'clock that day you said I had not done my translation properly. Itee xaMintd by Mr. Bellinghasn—Thrra was a teacher in the room when Mr. Wharton sent in the mes sage. He had not complained of our misconduct. When be heard the message he said he nought we were not making more noise than usual. Previous to his inflicting this punishment upon you, did he charge you with any misconduct ?—No, sir. Did you refuse to stand up when you were desired to do so P—No, Were you impertinent at all to Mr. Wharton said cothing. Major Willard—Did he complain in the morning ?-- Yes, - lie said I did not do my work properly, and that I could do it better if I liked. Mr. Wharton—ilad I done so previously ? Complainant—Yes. Many limes ?—Several times. • Mr. Bellingham then requested that one of the pupils whom he had caused to be summoned as a witness should be called. Defendant—l appeal to the bench whether it is de sirable for a schoolboy to be summoned to a court of justice. What evi:ience could be glven by a litt!e boy ? How would you like your own boy to be called as a witness ? Major Willard—That does rot matter, if it is ab:o lutely necessary for the proceeding in a court of justice. Mr. Verrall—There was a summons Mr. Wharton, and it was your duty to let the boys come. It was for other persons to judge whether they should be examined. Major Willard—Certainly : and it was very disre spectful to the bench. You are not ,to form an opinion whether they should be examined. Defendant then addressed the court. lle had received the father's instructions, and only a few days past, that if the boy would not learn, he was to make him. And Mr. Pickfurd also knew that he only consented to take his buys on condition that he should be at liberty to punish them if they required it, that was, to flog them. He only Punished him till he said he would learn his lesson, and he felt that he was doing his duty properly to the father and to the child. He had treated this boy with great care and caution ; and after a great deal of forberance he thought he must either punish him to make him learn, or dismiss him. He regretted that he did not do the latter. Major Willard said they had gone quite sufficiently into this case to be satisfied, without the examination of any other party, that the offence was clearly proved. The bench was also of opinion that-the child had been chastised without any necessity. There was no call at all for the severe punishment that the defendant gave him. Supposing that the boy had been forgetful, and that the defendant being out of temper, bad a weapon in bis hand, he might have struck him with it ' • but that was not all, for he asked a boy to fetch a sti c k or a cane to beat the lad with, and with that weapon he laid about the child till he broke it ; and he was not satisfied with that, but he asked a boy for his whip, and when the boy refused to go for it, he went up stairs for it himself. One might have imagined that in that interval he might have softened down in his temper ; but they found that with that weapon he punished the,boy must severely, much more than the occasion called for, and much more than a schoolmaster had a right to do. Under these circumstances they felt it necessary. for the pro tection of children who were under a master that could not command his temper, to impose the full amount of the fine that the law required. He was fined 51. Defendant—May I be allowed to say the bench has misunderstood the evidence. Major Willard—The case is closed. Defendant then paid the money, „ SUPPOSED MURDER OF A I OUIS6 WOMAN.-=-Fri day afternoon, whilst Mr. Baker, the coroner, was hold ing an inquest in Bath-street, City-road, inrnmatich was communicated to him of such a character a:; to justify the supposition that a young woman bad been most savagely murdered. It appears that between twelve and one o'clock that morning (Friday) a couple of men were engaged emptying a cesspool in a narrow court running from Golden-lane to Whitecross-street, and known by the name of Broad-yard. Shortly after they had commenced opera tions they came in contact with what they at first imagined to be. the body of a newly •burr child, but which upon fur ther search turned out to be a full-grown woman. The men imtnediately gave information of the discovery, and after considerable trouble the body was got out. Life was totally extinct. The deceased, who had the whole of her clothing on, even her bonnet, was removed to the workhouse of St. Luke; in the City-toad, where the • master of the house ordered the body to be stripped and washed. The deceased was at once identified by t be.inaster as being a poor creature who had occasionally obtained relief of the parish. She had been living a dissipated life, and had been for some time cohabiting with a man whose name at present it would not be prudent to give. The unfortunate deceased was 29 years of age, and her name Elizabeth Robinson. She is the daughter of a respectable family living at Hoxton. As soon , as vile body was washed, marks about the head and face were visible, which led to the belief that foul play had been enacted by another person towards her. On the left side of the forehead was perceived a slight extravasation of blood, and en making a more minute examination it was found that that side of the forehead and also a portion of the cheek was extensively bruised, as if the poor creature had been violently struck whilst alive with some heavy bludgeon. Upon re moving the hair on the head a little, a severe wound was dis covered upon the crown, but it is quite possible that this in jury might have been occasioned by striking her head against the wall in her descent, but from the fact. of the bruises on the forehead bleeding after the bcdy was washed. it is quite certain that they must have been inflicted during life. The Coroner gave orders to have the body opened, and a jury to be summoned. „WATERFALL.—There has been a waterfall dis covered in the St. Louis river. It empties into the western part of Lake Superior and has never been discovered by, geographers. It is said to be an immensa volume of water, second only to Niagara. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE FOR 1847.—The Wesleyan Methodist Conference will be held in Liverpool this year, in June or July. The meetings will take place, as on former occasions of a s i m il ar ki n d , at t h e B runswic k Chapel; Moss street, and will be attended by Wesleyan ministers from all parts of the kingdom. To some of the Conference meetings the ministers belonging to that denomination only .are ad mitted; to others the public generally are admissible. ST. PAUL, COYENT.GARDEN.—METROPOLITAN IM. PiOVEMENTS.--A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Paul, Covent -garden, was held, on Thursday, the Rev. G. H. Bowers, the rector, in the chair, for the purpose of hearing a communication from the Secretary to her Majesty's Com missioners for Metropolitan Improvements read, as also a resolution of the Commissioners on the subject of two reso lutions passed at a vestry meeting on the 27th of November last, relating to the proposed new street from Long-acre; and to de:ermine what steps should be taken with reference to the communication. Mr. Mosely, the vestiy-clerk, having read the letter as well as the resolution of the Commissioners, which stated that they, the Commissioners; could not under take to recommend to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to continue any measures for carrying into effect the contemplated improvement in the neighbourhood of Covent garden until the parish of St. Paul shall have given a gua rantee to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests that the sum of 1,0001. by private subscription, and 2,0001. by paro chial rates, be raised and paid over to the said Commissioners, a long discussion took place, in the course of which it was elicited that the Metropolitan Commissioners required this 'sum, in addition to 10,0001. given by the Duke of Bedford, to wards forming this street. It was at first suggested that a memorial should be presented to his Grace, asking him to subscribe the additional three thousand, but eventually it was agreed that a circular should be sent to every inhabitant asking how much he would subscribe towards the amount wasted by the Commissioners. 11.0 ten rrimi quufi th , ) with a tendency upwards. Abney was iv increased demand at n to 4 per cent. Iliac this combination of the nutritive principles con tained in the ceieals with those-in the leguminous tribes, and in the animal kingdom is absolutely necessary, not merely for health and strAigth, but for life, is proved by the experience of all nations. I have not time to adduce many examples, and it may not be necessary to do so, but I may re . er ou to the diet of the Hindoos; this consists as its basis of .rice, but in addition, clarified butter (ghee), peas, or pulse are always added. In Norfolk and Suffolk I find butcher's meat is never eaten by the peasantry, who live almost exclu sively on wheaten bread and potatoes, but a pound of cheese is said to be the regular weekly supply of each family. In Dorsetslure and Devonshire, wheaten hruad, watoes, with a little cheese, butter, or bacon; in Yuri.- shire a•id Northumberland, oatmeal porridge, bread made ~f .barley and pea meal mixed, potatoes, and cheese or Lacer,. These facts afford sufficient evidence that the poor in this country find that they cannot live without. either cheese, butter, or peas, where they oinnot afford meat. A poor woman lately died at Liverpool, chiefly through neglect in childbirth, the surgeons who were applied to to attend her refusing to do so because she had not the means of paying the fee. THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOANE.—We are happy to learn that the Lord President of the Council passed a swm fortable night on Thursday, and was considered to be rapidly recovering. It is doubtful whether his Lordship will be able or not to resume his duties before the holidays. The late Member for Cirencester, Joseph Cripps, Esq., banker, Gloucester, has bequeathed to his twelve children specific pecuniary legacies to the amount of upwards of 80,000/, and the residue amongst five of them. He directed that his freeholds should be sold, and added to his personalty, which was valued at 40,0001. Hi s e ld est son takes nearly a fourth of the property.— Worcester Chro nicle. THE LATE FATAL STEAM• BOAT COLLISION.—An inquest was held at Gravesend, pursuant to adjournment, on Friday, to inquire into the cause of death of two men, late of the schooner Rose, which was run down by the Royal Victoria Leith steam-ship, in the Thames, off Uole Haven, on the - morning of the 28th ult. It was fully proved that the place in which the unfortunate schooner was at anchor is one in which shipping ordinarily resort, 'as being sheltered from the wind, and out of the ordinary tract: of the navigation, and the circumstances of the accident were detailed in almost the same terms as when first noticed in our columns. It was endeavoured to Le proved that the collision was produced only by the steam-ship not answering her helm as readily as might have been expected, but this evidence did cot seem to satisfy the jury, who returned a verdict of Manslaughter against David Micklereid, the commander, and appended a recommendation that vessels should be navigated at less speed during the night. Loss or TILE AMERICAN BARQUE KENNER ECK, AND FORTUNATE ESCAPE Op THE CREIV..—On Tuesday the American ship Yumchi, R. Canfield, master, arrived with a cargo of Indian corn and meal for the Victualling-office at this , port The TtiniClll le Norfolk, Virginia, on the 22d o f February last; . aintiOs experienced a succession of bad wea ther. She brought to this port Captain H. B. Davis and the crew of the barque Kenneb.ck, of New York, who were com pelled to abandon their ship and cargo at sea. The barque had experienced most severe weather, and sprung a danger ous leak. On the 27th of February she was thrown on her beam ends, and the cargo became shifted, when, in order te right her, the fore and mainsail were both cut away, and part of the cargo thrown overboard. In this perilous situa tion they remained until Sunday, the 7th inst., when the Yumchi hove in sight, and seeing a signal of distress, bore down upon the wreck, and nobly took all hands on board ; but owing to the strong gale and high sea then run ning, the crew were unable to save anything but a few clothes. The poor men must have endured great hardship, and when fallen in with they were much exhaustect from their incessant labour at the pumps. It is supposed ehat the barque must shortly afterwards have sw.k.- 7 11 . 9mouth Jours2l. EXPORTATION OF GRAIN.—The high -vices of grain on the Continent are causing no little bustle in the grain -trade in Leith. Another ship was chartered on 'Wednes day by a mercantile house, to load wheat for Antwerp with all dispatch ; and so anxious are merchants to take advantage of the start in the prices on the continent, that a vessel which arrived on Thursday in the roads, with about 1,800 quarters of wheat from Pomerania, received orders on Thurs day night to proceed to Belgium with her, cargo. Another, and rather an important feature in the present stele of the grain trade is, that many of the parties who entered into winter contracts for the shipment of grain at first open water to Leith, have been giving orders to their foreign friends, through factors here, to resell their purchases at the better prices obtainable for other markets, such as France, Holland, and Belgium ; and this has already been done to some extent. —Edinburgh Evening Post. DROITWICIL—THE SALT TRADE.—fie are glad to say that the salt trade of the borough is just now satis factory, and that the works generally are in full operation. The recent partial success with the East India Company has emboldened the Cheshire and Worcestershire salt owners to persevere in their endeavours to"procure tie removal of the unrighteous thousand per cent, duty levied on all salt in our Indian dominions; arid that these efforts, may be crowned with success, we should think, must be the desire of every humane and considerate human being.— Worcester Herald. Sunderland is over-run with wretched Irish, who are in a most miserable condition, and herding, twenty and thirty together, in a single room at the low end of the town. The scenes of misery -'and want among them are indescribable, but, happily, disease has not yet appeared among them. Every cellar and room that can be procured is filled, and they subsist in common, on whatever they can get by begging and occasional work. but many of them are unable to rind employment. —Durham Chronicle. THE ‘VEA.THER.-7.NEW ROMNEY, MAUCH 23.—The late mildness of - the season has proved most favourable for the graziers in this neighbourhood. The fall of lambs is unusually gool, and, at present, unattended with loss.— Kentish 04 ferver. KENDAL—Within the last few days a letter has been received by Mr. R. Wilson, from Mr. Warburton, the Member fear Kendal, announcing his intention to resign his trust at the dissolution of the present Parliament, and retire altogether from public life.—Manchester paper. PE DESTRIAN ISM.—H AINSWORTH AND MOUNTJOY. —These men wailied their B-mile match on Thursday, at Bed dington-corner. The sum contended tor waslo toys. aside. The veteran pedestrian. whose performances in years gone by were remarkable, hail here the long odds of youth against him. He, however, looked extremely well ; and, indeed,, went so strongly to work, that we were not surprised, when six miles _ . . had been covered, in something like fitty-six minutes, to see his opponent not only considerably in the rear, but with, little chance of fetching up his lee way, he being, though so much younger, the ntore distressed man of the two. The contest, which was up and clown a (short?) mile, ended i n favour of the veteran by a couple of hundred yards. A few days ago, the wife of the Rev. J. Ryder, Vicar of Yn-waton. near Coventry, was safely deli vere d of / •r • • '; , . •• ;- A!),:alt Ct• 41, ii LiTal, Wilt) i:ao Worcuier Chronicle. .DISTRESS. The following are extracts from a letter contained in the second s'ries of the correspondence relative to the mksnres adopted for tire relief of distress in Ireland. (Just issued by order of Parliament) : • MR. T. ERICESEN TO MR. TItEVELYAN. Welbeck-street, March 9. There are two point's in connexion with the food ques tion to which I wish briefly to dile:et your attention. The first is the relative nutritive value of different corn • eien articles of food ; the second the kind of diet that should be furnished to the starving Irish. It is necessarily the objeet of r&ief committees and other charitable assticiations that provide food during the present scarcity, to furnish such food as will afferd the greatest amount of nutrition, at the smallest p expense. Now, it does not billow that the lowest priced fot4 is in the end the most economical, as it may con tain proporthnablY less nutritive matter than a higher priced article of diet. 'Thus, for instance, it has been ascertained by Liebeg, Bou , singau-lt, and others, that 107 parts of ,wheat are equal in nutriti ve p ower to 11l o' rye, 117 :if oats, 130 oe barley, 138 of It:lien-corn, 177 - of Tice. 894 of potatoes, and 1,335 of turnips. Thus a quarter of wheat at 80s. should, according to their relative nutritive. power, represent barley at 64i., .•.nd Indian corn at 625. per quarter ; and it wool,' be as , 'cerainical to buy the a heat at 80s. as the Indiatt corn at 625. 'When we compare vegetable with aninial mat t rs, we shall find ‘hat the nutritive power Of the animal food (I mean the cheaper sorts) exceeds that of the ve: getab!e 'food in a greater ratio than the diff recce in price ; thus, for instance, a pound of wheaten flour and pound of common Dutch cheese are about the same in price, say ed. ; but the amount of nutritive material eentaineti in the cheese, more particularly of that kind of nutritive matter that goes directly to the formation of bloom, bone, and muscle, and that is especially essential 'to the maintenance of the physical powers of the bedy, has been ascertained to be at least sevenfold that which is contained in the wheat; and, although either the wheat or the cheese are, separaely, highly nutritious, we shall find that the power of affording nourishment possessed by these substances will be greatly increased by their combination in proper proportions. This leads me to the second point ; the necessity of var i at i on i n diet, or rather the comination of different alimentary substances for the preservation of health and life. The body. is made up of many principles, differing from one another in composition and chemical proper ties. Now we might, a priori, suppose that textures which are chemically different require different alimen tary substances for their nourishment. The living body has no power to create any of these principles ; it must, therefore, be supplied with food containing all the ele ments that enter into its composition ; ene of the most important of these elements is a principle called nitrogen, and this the cereals contain in very small quantities intleed ; whilst, on the other hand the leguminous plants, pea=, beans, and the pulse tribe, together with all arti • n'ee. of diet-derived f rom th e animal kingdom, 4uteeieenee cially cheese, contain it i n very l aree qaantiti6. /Now, nitrogen is absolutely necessary te" the - proper nutriment of the body, and must be eupplied in some :hape. and in ' larger qUateeities. than exist in the cereals, wheat, oats, barley, rye, Indian corn, or in the potatoe. If the sys tem has to depend solely upon the amount of nitroge rued inatterteat can be obtained from this kind of fool, an immense mass must be taken into the stomach to pro vide the requisite supply of nitrogen to the system. An Irish .149ourer, though eating eight or nine pounds of potatoes daily, about the average quantity, barely obtains enough nitrogen for_ the nutrition-of his system : this quantity of potatoes not containing more of that prin ciple than, and being about equal in nutritive power to, three-quertees of. a pound of butcher'e meat. or half a pound of cheeset I would, therefore; most strongly advise the relief committees, if they wish to do something more than fill the stomach of the people, to • substitute for a portion of' the cery alto .d a certain quer tity of the leguminous food, and especially cheese. In- • stead of pure Indian corn, it would be better to furnish ten ounces of the corn, with three or four ounces of, peas, or beans (the commonest horse-beans-would be highly nutritious and wholesome), and one ounce of cheese. Otte pound of food of this kind would go as far as at least a pound and a half or two pounds co In• dian corn, in the amount of nutrition it would supply to the body. In this way the consumption of cereal food might be much diminished, the supplies in the kingdom husbanded, and a greater amount of nutritive matter, and pro tunto of health and strength furnished to the:i pc r)!... in the distressed districts, without an increase of expenditure. _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BAAKRUPTCY, March 27. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.) IN RE COX. This bankrupt had carrfedonlusiness extensively as a barge-builder at Lambeth, and he now applied for his certificate. The ease had been under the notice of the Court on several cecasions, in consequence of altegeel misconduct of the broker of the Court in making hi; valuation, and some strong remarks were made on the bankrupt's conduct, and a strong opposition made to his passing his last examination. Tip, solicitor to the as‘ignees nrw said that, after the examination or the bal,krup, they did not tie! it their duty to msk,, any opposition to his having his cer tificate, as, in their opinion, he had explained the doubtful plrts of his conduct.. HIS HONOUR said, that he had anticipated an opposi tion; hur 7:8 there was none be did nut feel ,justified in g.iving adecisi .n on the p-int at the moment, but must cons:der the differet:t facts which had betn cliched in the course ot the proettdings. Mr. Cux tto . .n •sent a 1 of the bankrup', qffairs, sitowftg that JoA,es were the result ot ur.- fore,et,t anti u...avoidahl , ..itrieulles. .• The decisi •n •Va ., regerved. SURREY SESSIONS. ✓useph (,o• cicGill, fur .tloalotisly stealing a truck, the property of Wilburn ilasgood, a r, of No. 2, Spring g7ote, Wandsworth road, was sentenced to tvw months' unprhionrneat._ Catharine Plum, an innate of St. Saviour's union, was indi:qed for teloninuAly stealing at ChriAtehuich, two pounds weight of soap, the property of the board of gUardialls. James M.Kay, the porter of the above union, said that on the eveni g of Saturday, the 13th day of February last„the prisoner was leaving the workhouse Perceiving something under her shawl, he asked to look there, when he found upwards of Ms. of s.avp. Several robberies of a similar description huvricg taken place in the work 7 hou,e, he sent for a police-c;;nstab:e and gave her into custody. The prisoner said, in her defence, that the soap in question was her perquisit es ; t h a t s h e had been a long ugue employed at the wash-tub, and the soap found on her she had saved. M . Kay said that none of the inmates were allowed such perquisites. The soap found on her had not been used. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed . up, and the jury returned a I erdiet of Guilty The sentence of the Court was, that she be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one month. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME ClRCU.ll;—Lcroes, March 26. The commission for the county of Sussex,was opened on Monday, but in consequence of the state of the 4' , lxti-inesS,i4riient it was found necessary to postpone the commencement of the Sussex assize business to Thurs day morning, when both courts were opened. On the civil side there are only fourteen causes, several of which were put down as undefended, and four of them are special jury causes. The number of prisoners for trial is somewEat greater than usual, there being forty-nine on the calendar. CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) Edwin iiichman, a farmer, near lta,ilstiam, was in dictt-d for feloniously uttering a bill of exchange for 2001., with intent to defraud the London and County Bank. Mr. Russell Gurney and Mr. Johnson prosecuted, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was very respectably connected in the county, and carried en the business of a farmer to a large extent at Hai'sham. He kept an account with the London arid County Brqnch Bank at L-wes,. and the bank had discounted bills to a con siderable amount for him. In the month of November last year, a bill for 300/., drawn by the prisoner, and which purpe:rted to bear the acceptance of a Mr. Thomas Barton, the brother-in-law of the prisoner, BO a man of considerable property, living at Ben hill, became due, and the prisoner wished to have it renewed, but the manager of the bank declined to renew thesbill to the full amount, but offered to take a fresh bid im 200L,,accept Mr. Barton. if the balance was paid in - cash I:roner l ':'no,nsented to the arrange rust, and a bill f0r.200/' was tfr‘astrir, which the prisoner 7toiffc away for the purpie of getting the acceptance of 'his brother in-law, as he represented, and a t,w days att,rwitrd:s he sent the Mil haf k to the bank apparently accepted by Mr. Barton, with cheque4 and other securi ties to the am,, ant of 5001. When the bill became due it was dishonoured, and the acceptance, upon inquiry being made, turned.out to be a nogery. The prisoner appear,tl to have borne a very high character for integ. rity up to this transaction, and it would seem that he had involved himself in difficulties by experiments in farming, and had also recently suffered much mental distress by the loss of his wife. Mr. CLARKEION made a very feeling and enegetic Ad dress to the jot y. but the evidence was of too conclusive a character to allow of any hope of a favourable result to the prisuner. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and sentence was deferred. INORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool. March 25. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr.l3.tron IIoLFE.) Mr. Ilaron Rolfe was enea.g..(l for the greater part of the morning in trying untittenqed causes, and two or three causes, after being partly heard, were referred. The business came to a stand still at half-past three in the afternoon from parties not being prepared to go on. The causes in the list were called over in their order, and no one being ready to go on, his Lordship proceeded to try some of the prisoners. There are 132 causes in the list, viz., 32 for the Iford, and 100 for the West Derby Hundred. Among these there are twelve special jury causes ; and one in dictment, the Queen v. Selby and others. CROWN ei./URT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) John Miller, 34, was charged with having, en the 26th of January last, at Warrington, feloniously stolen a mare, the property of Isaac Henshall. The prisoner had pleaded guilty to another charge, that of stealing a number of American clocks, the pro perty of his master. Verdict—Guilty. Sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. William Bannister, aged 15, was charged with having, at Heaton Norris, feloniously set fire to a quantity of cotton, belonging to James Leece and others, the cotton being then in progress of manufacture. Mr. Monk appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Grainger for the defence. Tne prisoner had been employed in the throstle room of Messrs. Leece and Company before the time of the alleged offence. David Inglis, another lad in prosecu tore' employ, while engaged at work in their factory, perceived the prisoner standing at the door of what is, called the carding room, and OR coming into the lobby, he saw him fling a lighted match into the carding room, and then run up a flight of stairs. Inglis went into the carding room, and there found some cotton, in a carding machine near the door, on fire. By the as sistance of a man, who immediately came, the fire was soon` put out. It appeared further, that the prisoner 'on his way to the factory that morning hid spoken to some other boys going to the some work, sa3ing, " Well, we are going to this happy hole again;" adding, th:3 he wished the mill might burn down before night. One of the boys said that would be it pity, as it would throw so many hands out of employ, but the prisoner said he did not care it it - did. fee said there was no cotton on the greund, and one of the boys replied that there was a load under the ga • way. But the pris eier sal i that was'nothing such a mill as that. :ieeing, however, several more loads waiting there, he observed, " Well, I suppose we must set on." It was further shown that, at about the time when the fire must have been set, anoth,r boy, who could not be idemified, was seen to run from the dour of the room where the fire was, end to run up the stairs. His LORDSIIIP here stoppe-d the case, observing . that although all the witnesses for the prosecution might have stated what they believed to be true, the case depended on evidence of personal identity, and that sort of evidepce was of a kind in which witnesses were peculiarly liable to make mistakes. With respect to the words attributed to the prisoner, such loose expressions were entitled to but . little weight.—Acquitted. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. OBTAINING CHARITY BY FRAUDULENT REPRESENTA TIONS.—Morris Lotez, a Pole, aged• eighteen, in the attire of a female, was put to the bar, charged with having solicited charity at the Synagogue in Duke's place on Thursday, twice as a male and once as a female. The prisoner, who could not speak a word of the Eng lish language, had, as might well be imagined, a great number ofJewish followers to the justice-room. Mr. Oppenheirn, secretary to the Jewish Synagogue, stated, that as the Feast of the Passover was approach_ ing, he had be e n, on Thursday, occupied in delivering Pasiover bread to the pour of that persuasion, between 600 and 700 of whom received reliet, and amongst those persons who presented themselves was the prisoner, who aweared at first dressed like a man, and was handed a tickerfor 71b. of bread, the customary allowance to a adat tention man. Soon afterwards a person, also i n t h e d ress of man, presented himself as a claimant, n n a d lle one of t t te h n o tin m n en tn in hairott,endasancaen individual at the Synagogueividual wh o h a d b een served before. As witness was not certain of the fact, it was determined that the applicant should have the benefit of the doubt, and a ticket for 71b. of bread was accordingly delivered to him, the man in attendance at the Synagogue b e ing positive that he was the identical party who had been served previously. In the latter part t,f the evening the prisoner at the bar appeared in the bonnet, shawl, and gown with which he was covered at that moment, and said he had a husband and two children, the one two, the other four years old. Witness upon that repra sentation delivered to him a ticket fur twenty pounds of bread, believing that it was correct,-and the prisoner left the room, hut upon going to the outer gate was recog nised by one of the porters, who handed him in, and said, " Here is a man you have relieved twice as a man, and once as a woman." There was then not the least question as to the prisoner's identity with the three claimants upon the charity, and he was delivered into the hands of a "Sliceman. The Loan Mavon—liid he say anything upon being detected? Mr. Opi.enheim—Lle begged obe allowed to go off, and did Lot deny that he had been imposing upon the charity." As it is our practice to give indiscriminately to p , or applicants of the Jewish religion, we are, no doubt, immensely imposed upon, and as considerably more is to be dispensed, we (bead still greater imposi tion, unless your Lordship will make an example of this p• rs ,1 7 , 0 ISLA Lo It tlUlir. I Wu woruki y,,u nave tits posed it to him? Mr. Oppenhtim—Certainly. The LORD MAYOR--Well, Mr. Lotes, what hare yCd to say in answer to this charge of disgraceful iroiw sl ' tion? The prisoner put on a crying face. The Loan MA YOR —H ave you got any fr i en d s i n the crowd behind you? The prisoner turned round, and several Jews It'll ° were standing close to the dock fell back am idst much laught,?r, evidenily terrified at the idea of being Claimed as an acquaintance. He shook his head.. With the assistance o f a gent l eman who acte d a s , terpreter, the Lard Mayor le:rned that the prisoner al no Jew at all, hut a P ro : es'ant; t h at h e bad' atsplie at tke Synagogue before, and having met with a repall : he determiiied to be even with t h e o ffi c i a l s, an d - aeeon° ingly adopted that mode of revenge. Some persons present recognised the prisoner as t ill associate of a set of .bad fell ows i u t h e ne i g hb our h o od° Wentworth-Areet. The LORD MAYOR—For the protection of charitable institutions like the one which has ni en thus lh r ' e times imposi d upit by the prison,ir, t vice a mail, a nd once trust disgrai. , .-tull: in he dress of a w otha a. I s' n• t,-).e 9 hurt to lin pri,muttierti - and hard labour tor O ff ' tn , intf , s as a rtgite and a vagabond, or etideacotir i l to procure cli,tritable' conmburi.,ns under a fraudulent pretence. The prisoner e as then taken from the bar. AIAr?LiIf)R,9 II GH-STRA:ET. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— William Wy end nn -- Louisa Higgins f.ro la up fef ferreer exauanatl gin' eh• , rg d with having. comtni'vel the following eittio s l robbery on 31 , rshell J.eies, a carpenter, living at No''' Bieeknorse-yard, Oxford street. The eorneleinaet, who exhibi , e l marks of the vitilen' s he had sustained, wes wiekine hurler. ardson day, about one e'elock in the morniee, when he was sod' denly surreunded and hustled b; several persons. T ht female prisoner threw her arms around bina,and the prisoner thrust his hand into his (complainant's) p"ek e h ; He struggled with W j nn. an d was thrown down on the pavement. The p ar ti es t h en l e f t hi m, and witness tried to rise, hut before he c , ul,l regain his feet the prison er Wynn came back and ki c ked hi m v i o l en tly e s the heal, with the re mar k, " Y ou you have some money." The kick was su i fficien,. ll ,. violent to dep r i ve w it ness o f h i s senses J ° : a short time. A police-constable came up OR heAri n P his cries, and he told him what had occurred. Witnes s afterwards went to a house with the police, and there found the two prisoners, whom he immediately reetl, nised as the persons who had been the most active to robbing and ill-treating him. Witness had about ej. in one of his pockets, which escaped the notice of the prisoners. Witnes3 rec o ll ec t e d h av i ng b een at t h e La" , of Mischief public house, w h ere hi s b oot h er lodged, kis", before the attack on him, and in front of the bar there , was the prisoner in company with some other men' Witness recollected that he pulled out his money whey in the publitehouse, in the presence of the prisoner an, his companions: It w as a pp aren tl y t hi s money w hich lea to the attack on him. The pocket in which he b! placed the money was n o t ransacked, but a pocket inl which he had some key s was t orn f rom hi s coat , and 1 was afterwards picked up near where he was kicked. The constables proved finding the witness as describe and taking the prisoners into custody.: • The male prisoner said he was not t h e i n di v id u al v lb : had committed the o ff ence . He had not been• in b Land of Mischief public•house that night, nor had IX' in the woman's company at all. One of the censtaeles :said he saw the prisoner and r the ; woman come out of a publi c -h ouse toget h er j us t be fo re, the occurrence. Mr. HeaDwecK said he should commit both prison er .. but it would b e ad v i sa bl e t o get some additional c ll . • deuce. BOW-STREET. A woman of bid eheracter, named Mary Ann Jon d 1 was charged, by policeman F 60, with b e in g drunk, . 1 7,e creating a disturbance in th e S tran d at a l ate h o ur I'M Friday night. - 11 04. The prisoner, in d e fenc e , sa id th at t h e policemen ' " a grudge" against her, and was in the habit of Nil' ing and watchin g h er o ff hi s b eat. F r id ay night le I° ,l, lowed her a s tar as th e H aymai het, as she retur ae l , continued to follow her till she arrived at her ° 1 " 1 ,,- lodging where he took her in custody without the slig ns eft grounds. lie spoke to the constable who was ea duty at the Nation a l G a ll ery as h e passe d . It was t"- one o'clock in the morning. , ;0 sl Policeman A 85, who was on duty at the NA-- -11 , 3 ; Gallery at. 1 o'clock, Saturday morning, having been 5c ,", ) tor, said that he had never, to his know - It-dia.,' seen before, and that no policeman had spoken to him der'yr the whole time he was on duty. He had seen the p o t soner before, b u t d i d not see h er F riday n i g ht that (Saturday) morning. tbe The prison r, eater some equ i vocat i on, sa i d tha t witness was the pliteman to whom F 60 had gpeltel.tbe The MA GISTRATE o f course refused to eraterta' ° p charge ag a i nst t h e polic,anar, which he said was 6-,, t he ciently answ ere d by t h e ev id ence o f A 85, an d by tar prisoner's own prevari ca ti on . Hi s W ors hi p fine" A 20s. for disorderly conduct. CLERKENWELL. tbe A showily-dre_opr.l temele, who gave her name at ce station-house-ho,e Rebecca Smith, b u t w h ose alleged P,'aai of residence in Plumrners row, Oty-road, was leen" e , be Wise, was placed at the b ar b t ,f ore Mr. Greenald charged with stealing a cash-box containing 35L g is ' no and a in silver, an d a c h eque for 7/ los. irons the 5 " -- ;, of Mr. Geor ge G rey , d raper and mercer, 35, LIPP er street, Islinv ton. It appeared that Saturday morning, about eight° 'el°c h ic •s s the prosecutor op ene d hi s s h op, and brought down -I,li/ cash-box, which he l a id u p on a d es k at the en d of t" counter, previous to his locking it up in the till. b e : few minutes afterward s th e pr i soner and a we ll-dress d man entered the shop to ge th er , w h en t h e f ema l e ealle a for some trifling article, while th e man wa lk e d up a ll t , down the shop for a few minutes, and then went ett in a moment afterwards. One of the appreetic e° came to the shopman who was serving tm „- prisoner, and told him he thought the gentl ema n Wb° came in with her bad stolen the cash-box. H e wa s in' mcdiately followed, but no trace of him could be found' and on questioning the woman as to who or what he was, she denied all knowledge of him, although she old' mately acknowledged that the man had spoken to bet in a joking way when he saw her looking in at the window, and then followed her in ; but she said she never saw him before in her life, and she persisted in this statement before th e mag i strate. Mr. GREENWOOD sa id i t wou ld b e nec essary to bar the evidence of the a pp ren ti ce, an d or d e red the case t° , be adjourned to this day (Monday) for that purpose. MARKET NEWS S ITURDA Y* ) COVENT—GARDEN. net' Pine Apples, 7s to 8s ; Hot-hou se Grapes, 5s to 7s ri c , ; ; lb ; Apples, 6s to 12s per bu s h e l ; Oranges, 88 ,0; Iss and Lemons, 10s to 14s per 100 Filberts, per 100 lbs. ; Savoys, 10(1 to Is 8d per dozen ; Gr e gf e; 33 to 4s per dszen bunches ; Brocoli, 2s to 4s per bun , ' _ Forced French Beaus, 2s to 2s 3d per 100; Potators, 8s to 12s per cwt; Turnips, 2s 6d to 4s; and Carr s si 5s 6d to 7s per dozen bunches; Horseradish, Is 6d to per bundle; Rhubarb, Is ed to 2s 3d per bundle; BPI § sets Sprouts, 2s to 2s 34 per half sieve; Turnip Greens , , per bushel ; Leeks, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; Par°, 6d to Is 64 per dozen ; O n i ons , 8 s to 9 s per b u d 's ' ; Ce°3 • 10d to 2s 3d per bundle. lIUNGERPORD. We had a very dull trade to-day for most articles, 00 quotations of which had a downward tendency. azw - cazArm B. ND' LILELDIGNII.6,36I6. d, Each kind of meat was in good s i ppl y , an d heavy delna" „ 43 at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s A to 4s 44 ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 104 ; Veal, 3s 104 to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3 4,1 to 4.484 per 81bs. by the carcase. Ducks, Is l a to 2s Gd ; Rabbits, 10d t o i s 6d ; and Pigeons, 8d to '- each; Fowls, 4s to 8s per couple; Eggs, 6s 6d to 9s per 1 1 Fresh Butter, is to Is 3(1 per lb ; Wild D uc k s i s to 2 s 3d ea NEWPO Beef, fro-'• 2s 6(1 to 3s 4 ; Mut R ton, T . 3s 6d to 4s 4d; 'A rnb r 5s 4d to 6s; Veal, 4s t o 4 8 104 ; an d P ork. 4s 4d to 58 pe r ° ms -- WHXTECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton. 3s 44 to 4s 2d; JAO4 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; an d P or k , 4 s Od to Ss ' per Sibs by the carcase. Lx.INGSGATE. and/ All kinds of FiAt were in good supply an d stea d y dem at full prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are 9 1 / 2 to lOd; Household ditto; 8d to 9d per 41os loaf. HIDE MAMELET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2%d to 3d per lb; do. 641 b tO 721 b, 3d to 34d ; do. 721 b 801 b, 3%d to 3:Yi d ; do. 801 b to° 881 b, 4d to 414 d; do. 8811, to 961 b, 41. id to sd; do. 961 b 1041 b, 54d to 6d ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; !-PIT Hides. 13s; Pollee Sheep, 5s Oct to 6s 6,1; Kent and 115',‘ ()reds, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; and Downs, 3s 8d to 48 Bd.; StletV Hogs, 6d to 9d. RAT DTA 4 , X, SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, 2/ 6s to 3 •3155t0 4/ 15s ; an d Straw, 1/ lOs to l 15 1/ s ; 145 per 110i5tt°4. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 3/ 17s - ; Clover ditt: 3/ 8s to 41 I4s; and Straw, 1/ Its to 1/ 16s per 10s , Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. IVIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ o's to 31 16s; Clot ditto, 3/ 8s to 4/ 18 s; an d S traw , I/ lOs to 1114 s Per 10 Both Hay and Straw moved off sl ,, wly at our quotations. ExrLosioN or A COAL MINE.--4Vednesday / nor% ing, an explosion took pl ace i n some coa l m i nes belonging "t B. Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, which, we are informed, burn, 'seven individuals, some o f w h om are so ser i ous l y i n j ure d tho their recovery is despaired of.— Pf r orcester Chronicle. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEL-- FRIDAY. —V 0 51 Ar ply of wheat this week is sm a ll, an d o f ot h er articles ru°'''to rate. There is a fair inq u i r y f or w h ea t, an d a di spos ition do business at some reduction, but holders are firm, end re quire last week's prices. Barley i s i n mo d erate request n,'ed decline of Is. per quarter. Beans are pl ent if u l, an d offer at Is. per quarter lower. Oats and Shelling are sold on easier terms. BIRTHS. On the 22d inst., in Temple-grove, East Sheen, the wife of the BO' George Croke Rowden, of a daughter, On the 23d fuse., at Beckenham Lodge, Kent, the lady o f 'Tolber t Wathen, Esq., of a daughter. • o On the 23d inst., at Shabde • park, Surrey, the lady of li Iw Little, Esq., of a daughter. Oh the 23d inst., at Loughton Rectory, Bucks, the lady of the John Athawes, of a daughter. son• On the '24th inst., at Rutland-gate, Mrs. W. H. Brabant, of a MARRIED. AT a • On the 15th of January last, at the Calhedral, Calcutta, tre Clark Bidwell, Esq., 01 the Bengal Civil Service, to Caroline Ern' a' eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel G. Warren, Ist Bengal 11: 10°- pcan Fusiliers. DIED. Rifle On the 1 'th inst., at Milan, Arthur Henry Dickson. c• 6( 1•• Brigade, yosingest son of L.eut.-General Sir J. Dickson, K.C.H. On the 13th inst., at Kingstown, near Dublin, Augusta Anne, of Al xander Thomas Gordon, Esq. On the I:,th inst.. near Dijon, on his road to Rome, the Hon. Sir l::,warci Vavesour, Bart., of Hazelwood Hall, Yorkshire. Ott the 18th lust, William Tanner, Esq., of Blacklands HOUSe, Wilts, aged 70. On the 21st inst., Captain Samuel Serie, late of the Lion. E. I. C• Cu thz 21st inst., at. Stoke Newington, 3lr. J C Hesse, aged 66: Ott the 2.lst iti t., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 31argantt geour, only daughter of the late Captain Robertson, r a ged 57. • /I • f ! niarkoy, W_C uality 1,14:C1' 29, 1647. NATioxm OFF] Em 1 6 11 ',„, I „.3'4tem of Di a t of the objects Z a a l fAitn — lundl ttin 2probation of s rs of those Ins Society havini ch Office in coi Z rn s t e u s u g t e e n a c ti r o a n lly w , it t: ete zu, a Committee dissemln asses, and mger the 'one N li nPresEed witi ;the discussions :: :::bri3j: :; :m il tsspue ly tdtom utufnfaagriiiedamahl Friendldr dite:uhi 1.1.. ',, , !t0 attached, hi ; ri gire an additic 4 ' 4 1 front the ri Aft er ' i nPliclty and QNsed b Ympat the lliat the ant Z i sion in sick; 4th_ e neY of aban ~,tll,7;etl e Part e o e f a th n : thratty secured 'ranee from ),„„ d ePutaWh o t met ibn tr. h em for the esta itness connect classe2 ut ing the'. un a mber,c for the prospectu Iwit l , Dt La . the Institut 4 n , 1 0n greatly c Working -. Present day Tilamas Bu John Fusee John H. Gc James Hal( henry Hun .o , eph Nap J oseph Ree ; .arnuel Tin Ex a w 'ut of 11. 65., os 24 . 2(1 t os ull Ammits t uts Life, 137 krZatnple.—A th: l ng the age annual pay ] e n Pitmenorn B Eurie benen .age 20. b,:zatnple.—A at of 1/. 6s. s• 2d., m a y /thh l l3 An it "Life 175/ Ex • 1/ wentatrwle—/ 1 t of 11. 6 s . 4 , 21 4 k 2c1., may Annuit 4, e, 1751. 1 Ex iLum of lOC artpati -- ' ll t A of 2/ 9s ketu Exam 11 2 ,. 5, °f 4s. Wi3e sharo iuPaYal ATIO This Institt with respect i 4 , 1 % on all or( ;elture of the al aq ti - optic 'crests to mec: Alaurttnees ;tea. The remar hag emoted t t 'oath ho nu e each Pollc 71 g Prern 4 Xs. 1000 3 ''':-------- ; e t The:ivisi, fee ( in ti berio ......______ I_, MY strc VlAltt , s i n In stant, an .Aril next. The Divt bey, the Btl el eePted), t IMPE: James Itlehac Charles Andres George George Thos. ] VOIJR-F . led to p, al lni insure kid urn g examp PROFITS Agejtnatt_ Insuran rates. Prospec l'oNv give abov e ; a. L E, This Sc Chensid C o IYith in Sufferin tera l i ß' , eakni i ßiv e 1 , i llU 3 Cue, 11 Y C„ gold str eet lan e ; ral ri g h by, ( t dint) "'Jocks Per; apply direct Ale; from Igewr be au, 1 4 tl