The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of July, 1847, present, the Queen's most excellent Maj.-sty in Council, this day the .itight Hon. William Sebright Lascelles and the Right Hon. Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Bart., were by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accord . ingly. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to ap point the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, Presi dent of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard (com monly called Viscount Morpeth) to be Lord Lieu tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of the county of York, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUDY 21, 1847. It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a dis patch, dated the 3d instant, from Sir Hamilton Seymour, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary at Lisbon, containing a Decree of the Queen of Portugal, of which the following is a translation DECREE. The motives having ceased for which the Bar of the river Douro was declared in a state of blockade, under decree of the 20th of October last, I am pleased to cause it to be published, that the t own o f O porto is open to . navigation, as was previously to that decree, as also all other ports in the river Douro. The Ministers, &c., of the several departments shall so cause it to be executed, &c. Palace of Necessidades, July 1, 1847. (Mann Regis) RAINHA. Countersigned by all the Ministers. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 23. The Queen has been graciou'sly pleased to appoint the Hon. Frederick Bruce to be her Majesty's Consul General in the republic of Bolivia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint James Brooke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul General to the Sultan and independent chiefs in the island of Borneo. CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, JULY 22. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Reverend William Henry Dickinson to be one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 23. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward M'Evoy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vavasour Carter, who re tires; John Jestyn Williams Fredericks, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Evoy, July 23. Sth Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant Ro bert Webster to be Quartermaster, vice William Tiller, who retires upon half-pay, July 23. 24th Foot—Ensign Henry John Hinde, from the 50th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hibbert, who exchanges, July 23. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Edward Cochrane Forster, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bur rell, appointed to the 45th Foot, July 23. 50th Foot—Ensign Edward Georee Hibbert, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hinde, who exchanges, July 23. 72d Foot—Sergeant Major John Lindsay to be Quartermaster, vice William Hume, who retires upon half pay, July 23. 90th Foot—Paymaster Henry Yielding Eager has been superseded, for being absent without leave, Mar. 6. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Arthur de Vere Viscount Malden to be First Lieutenant, ;by purchase, vice Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, Bart., who retires ; Arthur Warren, Gent.," to be second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Malden, July 23. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Geddes Sansoni Twynam to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brereton, who retires; Ensign William Charles Bruce, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twynam, July 23. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Bedford Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, July 23. GARRlSONS.—Quartermaster William Hume ' from the 72d Foot, to be Town Adjutant o f Gibraltar, vice Campbell, deceased, July 23. MEMORANDIIM.—Captain John Smith (2d), upon half pay unattached, has been permitted to assume the name of " Dodsworth," in addition to and after that of Smith. The commission of Lieutenant Rutherford, as Adju tant to the 70th Foot, has been antedated to 27th April, 1837. The Christian name of Cornet Garland, of the 11th Light Dragoons, is " Lester," not Lister, as pre viously stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Henry Thynne Lascelles, commonly called Viscount Lascelles, to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 16. BANK RUPTS. William and John Hammer, coach-makers, White chapel- road, to surrender July 30, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Parnell and Co., New Broad -street. Edwin Charles Powell, baker, Bermondsey, July 30, and September 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. George Brown, builder, Southampton, July 30, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildinga ; Newman, Southampton. Thomas Yates, joiner, Liverpool, Aug. 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple, London; Snowball, Liverpool. John Corker Whittaker, licensed victualler, Man chester, Aug. 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Wathen, Basinghall-street, London; Fogg, Tib-lane, Manchester. Stephen Keen, brick-maker, Hillingdon, Middlesex, July 30, at halt-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin•lane, Cornhill ; Newbon and Evans, Doctors'-commons. John Smith, plumber, Croydon, Aug. 3, at three, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Haniland, Bouverie street. Frederick Cornell, ironmonger, Halsted, Essex, Aug. 6, at halt-past two, and Sept, 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchureh-lane, Lombard-street ; Hindmarsh and Son, Crescent, Jewin street, Cripplegate. Henry Tamlyn, coal-merchant, Totton, Hampshire, Aug. 4, at eleven, and Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Tilson and Co., Coleman-street ; Randall, Southampton. Charles Houghton, ironmonger, Dudley-grove, Pad dington, Aug. 6, at three, and Sept. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Messrs. Brady and Son, Staple Inn. Thomas Hutchins Pinder, tailor, Southampton, Aug. 7 and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurc'n-lane, Lombard street ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Hard wick and Davidson, treet. Thomas Perry, builder, Westminster. road, Aug. 7, at one, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street ; Collins and Rigley, Crescent-place, Bridge street, Blackfriars. Thomas Marriott, victualler, Moor-street, Seven-dials, Aug. 4, at thr ee , an d S ept. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings, City ; Cattlin, Ely-place. Jobn Donaldson, brewer, Wigton, Cumberland, Aug. 5, at half-past ten, and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lazenby, Wigton ; Willis, Staple Inn, London ; Ingledew, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Christopher Martin, plumber, Darlington, Durham, Aug. 5, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 16, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Newburn, Darlington; Earle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Henry Wanstall, grocer, Durham, Aug. 5 and Sept.l6, at half-past one, at the Newcastle • upon-'Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon ; Crosby and Compton, Old Jewry, London ; Hodge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Moor, Durnam. Richard Rich, currier, Bodmin, Cornwall, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Wallis, Bodmin ; Turner, Exeter ; Stpgdon, Exeter. George Winne% coach-builder, Worcester, Aug. 4 and 31, at twelve, at the District Court. Whitmore, official • Birmingham assignee, Birmingham Finch, Wor cester ; Mottram and Fowles, Richard Watkins and Samuel Birmingham. ch Watki ns , tailors, Man g•rA 3 and 26, at twelve, District Court. Hobson, official at t h e M anc h ester Wood and Fraser, Dean-str assignee, Manchest er; and Welco, Manchester.eet, S o h o, Loudon ; Claye George Wilson, ironfounder, Salford, Lancashire, Aug. 5 and 27, at twelve, a t t h e Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; , Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London ; Atkinson, I S a unders, and Atkinson, Manch es t er . Robert Kippax, cotton spinner, Colne Lancashire, Aug. 3 and 26 , at twelve , at the Manchester Dist r i ct Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Cragg and Jeyes, Bedford-row, London ; Alcoek and Di xon, Burnley. William Francis Westall, wine merchant, Manchester, Manchester Di s t r i ct Aug. 3 and 27, at twelve, at the Court. Hobson, official assignee. Manehester • , Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Bagshaw, Ste venson, and Lycett, Manchester. John Jewry, jun., boot and shoemaker, Cardiff, Aug. 5, and Sept, 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, o ffi c i al assignee, Bristol; Trebern and Co., Barge yard-chambers, L on d on; Sabine, Bristol. Sept. George Coo m b s, builder, Bedminster, Aug. 6, and S 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assign ee Bristol; Trehern and Co., Barge yard-chambers, Lond on Joseph Smith, worsted spinner, Bristol. twelve, and Aug. 31, at inner, Kendal, Aug. 5, at Court. Hope, official - eleven, at the Leeds District assignee, Leed - lane, London; Hodgson, Bradf _Leeds s, Taylor, Nicholas ord; Bond and Barwick, NEWSP4.vtIe DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Stafford, share agent, Vi'a re f k::::=1J-. - K ....„4 4d. in e _ e p _ ord-court n onnd, on any S , City-final ( , Me: Green, Alderm an b ury. aturdays at the office „. C:Edmondstone, paper manufacturer, Over Dar w - Lancashire-first div. of 2s. i n t h e pound, on Tuesden; Aug. 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office f o Mr. Riau, itsncheztor. • . W. Smith, printer, tittoxeter—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, on any day, excepting Tuesday and Saturday, until Aug. 12, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. H. C. Howells, jun., share broker, Bristol—first div. of 10d. in the p. 'Lind, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall• street. C. Paddon, clothes salesman, Milner-place, Lower marsh, Lambeth. Aug. 13, at eleven—J. Barwise, watch maker, St. Martin's-lane, Aug. 13, at two. —A. Quarter man, glover, Oxford, Aug. 14, at eleven—H. S. Brazier, tailor, Oxford, Aug.....14, 5 at twelve. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MA- GISTRATES. A meeting of magistrates of Middlesex took place on Thursday, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, for the transaction of county business. There was a numerous attendance of justices. Mr. Pownall, after being relected chairman for the en suing year, took the chair. The minutes of the last court were read and confirmed. THE BRITANNIA. BRIDGE. A NEW WONDER OF THE WORLD. The following description of this stupendous work is given by a correspondent of the Manchester Examiner : The Menai Strait is an arm of the sea, separating the island county of Anglesea from Carnarvonshire on the mainland of Wales. It is fourteen miles long, vary ing from 200 yards to two miles in width. An impetu ous tide sweeps through it, which, at one time, with the mid water and under water rocks, rendered its na vigation exceedingly dangerous. The worst of the rocky dangers have been removed, and vessels of the largest size may now pass Carnarvon Bay, on the south. of Anglesea, to Bangor Bay, on the north, without sail ing round Anglesea, should the stormy weather or con trary winds at Holyhead render the passage of the Menai Strait preferable. The necessity of a passage across the Strait was, ori ginally, to connect the island and the mainland; and while that was all, the passage was by ferry boats upon the water. Ultimately the harbour of Holyhead, on the extreme west of Angleeisa, the nearest point to Ireland, was decided upon as the English landing place. Roads were made from England through Wales, and a bridge, unequalled in beauty and magnificence, suspended by ponderous chains, on lofty piers, was thrown across the Strait, at a narrow point about two miles from Bangor. In process of time it was deemed expedient to super sede the turnpike roads leading to Holyhead by a rail way. At first it was proposed to use the suspension bridge for the railway trains, by having stations at each end, at which the locomotive engines would be detached, and between which a stationary engine would draw the trains. The bridge was declared capable of sustaining a weight of 2,600 tons, of which 1,094 tons were its own weight; thus giving a surplus strenth of 150 tons. If the bridge was covered with loaded railway carriages over all its length, and on each of its roadways (it is divided into two, with a spacious pathway between), the weight of the carriages would have been 265 tons. leaving still surplus strength of 621 tons. But other objections to its use for railway trains arose, chief of which was its undulatory motion. One would suppose that the wind would cause it it to swing to and fro, rather than to heave up and down in undulations. But it has hardly any sideway or swing ing motion. Nor had it now as much of the undulatory motion cs it once bad. Mr. Fisher, the resident engi neer, told me that he had known it heave six feet above and deflect six feet below the level in gales of wind. It has been improved by adding weight to the roadway, and tension rods between the chains, so as to prevent that extreme motion which in gales of wind ran along it like a heaving wave from end to end, tearing up the flooring which formed the paths and waggon tracks. Still, it is undulatory. I stood on it in a gale, and felt it heaving beneath me as a ship heaves when a billow passes underneath. This being a characteristic insepa rable from its construction, it was resolved that a new bridge should be erected for the use of the railway on a new principle. The inventive genius of Robert Stephen son declared that this new bridge should be two iron tubes, or railway tunnnels made of iron plates, laid parallel to each other, on piers built on the rocks be neath. If we suppose ourselves stationed in a boat in the middle of the Menai Strait, a few hundred yards distant from the new bridge on the south side, and suppose it finished, we shall see a wonder of the world of this kind; first, there is the middle pier rising out of the water founded on the Britannia rock, from which the bridge takes its name. This rock can be seen at low water. The breadth of this pier is 62 feet by 53 feet and a quar ter of an inch. The blocks of stone are seven and eight feet long by three and four feet in breadth and deepness, and they rise, stone upon stone, until the pier is two hundred and thirty feet high. At the distance of four hundred and sixty feet on each side of this centre pier there rise, near to the water's edge, two other piers of the same gigantic breadth and height; while on each side of these two piers, at this dis tance of two hundred and fifty feet, there rise two walls. Continuing outwards, the wall on our right hand, on the Carnarvon shore, does not extend its ponderous bulk far back, for the land is high and bold, and the railway comes along its elevated brow and at once lays hold of the bridge. But on our left hand, which is the Anglesea shore, the wall is the forehead and end of a mighty em bankment, on which the railway is raised to the level of the bridge. There, then, are the four spaces before us, across which, in the iron tubes the railway is laid, namely, two spaces on each side of the centre pier of 460 feet each— (let the reader measure 460 feet on a street or on a road, and he will wonder at the vastness of this struc ture); aed two more spaces of 250 feet respectively, at each end. The tubes are eight in number, each of them 30 feet on the exterior side, and 27 feet high in the in terior. Each is 14 feet wide, and they are laid in couples parallel to each other. Taking ourselves in our boat underneath the bridge, and looking up, glancing from the Carnarvon side of the Strait, we see two tubes, ra ther, we should say, masses of iron, for they do not seem to be tubes, lying side by side from the wall al ready named across the space of 250 feet. They have each a hold upon the stone work, several feet at each end, and they rest upon moveable rollers and balls made of gun metal, the hardest known; those rollers and balls resting on beds of metal, and moving outwards or in wards as the massive tubes or iron expand with heat or contract with cold. Next we see two others of the same height and width, viz., thirty feet high and fourteen feet wide, lying side by side across the next space of 460 feet, and resting on the masonry as the others. Thirdly, we see two more Vida side by side acruaa a space of 460 feet; and lastly, two crossing the space of 250 feet. In the whole, with the breadth of the piers and the landward buildings, the length of the bridge is one-third of a mile. In height the three piers are as already said, 230 feet. But they are seventy feet higher than the tubes. These are so masssive that their actual elevation above the water seems less than it really is; and so dead and in elegant to the eye that it was necessary to raise the piers seventy feet above them, to give a show of ele gance to the structure. Measuring trom low water mark to the bottom of the tubes, the height is 130 feet, the tubes being thirty feet on the side, and the piers seventy feet above their upper surface. As ornaments to the two walls which rise upon each shore, are four lions, two at each end of the bridge. The lions contain about 8.000 cubic feet of stone. They lie couched, and yet the height of each is twelve feet; the greatest breadth across the body is nine feet; the length twenty-five feet; the breadth of each paw two feet four inches. As we are now so high as to see the lions in detail, we may look into the interior of the iron tubes. They are made of plates of iron of various thicknesses, rivetted together. The iron increases in thickness as we proceed towards the centre. We now see that the roofs of the tubes are formed of cells, and also the floors. Those cells are formed of iron plates set on edge, the cells of the roof being within a fraction of one foot nine inches square, and those of the floor being one foot nine inches wide, and two feet three i nc h es deep. The rails on which the trains run are laid on those cells of the floor. The flat bottom, the two upright sides, and the flat roof of each tube are formed of plates, the thinnest of which is a quarter of an inch, and the thickest twelve sixteenths of an inch, but the number of them laid to gether and the internal joining cannot be yet explained. The weight of each of the four long tubes will be about 1,300 tons ; the weight of each of the four short ones sbout 600 tons. In the whole there will be at least 7,600 tons of iron used. No contracting estimate of the expense of the iron part of the work has been made, as the work may cost more or less, according to circum stances. The masonry was contracted for by B. J. Nowell and Co. at 130,000/. ; but, from alterations in the plans, it will cost (suppose no farther alterations be made) 200,0001. They expect to finish the masonry by August, 1848. It will contain one million and a half of cubic feet of stone. The report of the Committee of visiting justices of the House of Correction was brought up. The number of prisoners was 1,165 of whom 888 were males, 277 fe males, and 18 children. The rules and discipline of the gaol had been duly observed. The average number of prisoners is 1,000, but there have been no deaths for some months past. The report was received. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction was read. The number of prisoners was 778, of whom 575 were males. There were 203 children under instruction. Of these there were 31 ignorant of their alphabet on admission, who were discharged able to read and write. In the Country. T. Bourne, corn factor, Liverpool, Aug. 13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—T. Bointon, money scrivener, Pickering, Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Shea, woollen • warehouseman, Aldermanbury, Aug. 14—W. S. Brown, the elder, and W. S. Brown, the younger, ship chandlers, Broad-street, Ratcliff, August 13—G. Burbidge, auctioneer, Moorgate street, City, August 14—H. Morant, fishmonger, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, Aug. 13—C. Vyse, draper, Ludgate-street, Aug. 13—J. and J. Collins, jewellers, Bath, Aug. 17—T. Herbert, grocer, Llanelly, Breconshire, Aug. 13—J. Burrell, surgeon, Wakefield, Aug. 17—J. Harland, banker, Merrick, Yorkshire, Aug. 17—G. F. Howe, merchant, Chester-place, Ken nington, Aug. 15—J. Parker, corn chandler, Clapham, Aug. 13—W. H. Noyes, registrar of births and deaths, Longparish, Southampton, Aug. 13—E. Jones, jun., Paper manufacturer, Watling street, Aug. 13—P. Black inore, saddler, Little James-street, Bedford-row, Aug. 14 —W. Bainbridge, grocer, Corrie-place, Old Kent-road, Aug. 18—A. Norval', painter, Liverpool, Aug. 13—R. Wilkin, quarryman, Beddgelert, Merionethshire, Aug. 13 —C. H. Perry, baker, Liverpool, Aug. 13—J. Spray, framesmith, Gelding, Nottinghamshire, Aug. 13—T. Shipman, jun, W. Birks, and B. Shipman, lace manu facturers, Nottingham, Aug. 13—J. Lee, cabinet case maker, Four Oaks, Warwickshire, Aug. 14—J. H. Mackay, merchant, St. Helen's-plaee, Bishopsgate- street, Aug 13—J. L. Wilke, tailor, Worcester, Aug. 13—H. H. Facey, builder, Exeter, Aug. 13—W. Shuker, licensed victualler, Salisbury, Aug. 13—W. Thomas, grocer, Treforest, Glamorgaushire, Aug. 13—J. Green, lodginghouse keeper, Greenwich, Aug. 13—J. Tyler, hop merchant, Worcester, Aug, 13—T. Barraclough, woollen cloth manufacturer, Halifax, Aug. 13. When I was there in May fifty vessels, of sixty or seventy tons each, were employed in conveying the stones to the works; the red sandstone, of which the mein side courses are built, from Runcorn—th e bl ue limestone, of which the outside courses are built, from the sea sea shores of Anglesea. The quarries en the Anglesea shores opened for this work extended over twenty miles. In the whole there were 1,300 men employed,6ooof them at the bridge, the fortnightly wages of the latter amounted to 1,3001. 3,000 cubic feet of timber had been used at that time for stages and scaffolding. Two steam engines were at work on each shore, and a third was being erected on the Britannia Rock, in the centre of the Strait, to hoist the stones, grind - mortar, saw timber, and perform other heavy work. On each shore there was a limekiln, the chips of the limestone falling from the irons of the hewers being burned into lime; and the chips of the red sandstone being ground to powder to make mortar with the lime. There were seventeen gauntries with travelling crabs on each for moving the blocks of stone. Railways diverged and converged, on which trucks run along; and every heavy weight in the building of this wonderful structure was moved as if men were gods, who only willed that huge blocks should take motion, and they took it. The building of the iron tubes had not then begun ; but the stages upon which they are to be built are erected, extending along the Carnarvon shore *built a quarter of a mile. The plates of iron are in prepara tion at different places in England and Scotland, and they will be conveyed separately to Wales, and put to gether on these stages. The tubes will then be con veyed from the shore and elevated to their places in this L ing for ? way. We shall imagine ourselves present while the mighty thing is in process of being done ; each of then' requiring only about six or eight hours to be removed on tte hilt Dearly from the stage upon the shore. and raised to its lofty elevatiop, imagine then, the day.is it not a scene *orth lit- ttert4s the Hold tide no* flowingt, to the high shores of Anglesea, A mile below, on the wooded slope, is the ' We are on the shore Of Carnarvon, looking beautiful residence of the Marquis of Anglesea ; and does ,i woz of this great day, is the colunin Mated to eom hietiorate the Marquis and Waterloo, the column hay dpposite to us, overlooking the great !mit the Whitler mune of " Lord Anglesea's Leg," he hating got this column lest e. 1 h i; of Belgium. Stephenson g o the /Lams aehleve a triumph in aft this day, as undovbted as was on the Anglesey hills because he day triumph of war of Wellington and Anglesey on that a y 1 How glorious for him and for England if he nothing h ere ; h e has fecitmd everything to certainty. put why sa y 6re He will triumph. He ri sks The tide is now favourable. A line of barges lying side by side have been placed beneath the stage on which 5' 116 d r the tfeat thasses of iron has bee n built. The sta g e is remove.) and the tube of 1 ,800 t ons rests u p on the barges. They are towed out upon the water with their monster freight, are brought round, and drawn forward until they a n d i t occup y the space between two of the piers. side width o f the tube b e i ng f o urteen feet, there is a They are moored and made fa st there. The out groove in each of the piers wider than that ; and at the bottom of the piers stones have been left out to admit the ends of the tubes into the grooves. Those groves extend upwards as high as the iron is to-be elevated, namely, one hundred and thirty feet. At a height con iidersbly above that, within an archway which is in , THE SUN, LONDON, SATUR DA Y EVENING-, JULY 24, 1847;1 each pier, an hydraulic press of great power is stationed. A chain of remarkable construction, which we cannot now stop to examine and talk about, extends downward from the hydraulic press, and is fastened to the end of the tube. The press is put to work, and it has the power of lifting the mass of iron six feet. This we see, looking only at one pier and at one end of the tube. But a second press and chain are employed simultaneously with this at the other end. When they have raised the large thing six feet, iron girders of great strength are placed underneath it, across the groove, the ends of the girders rest ing on the stone work of the pier which abuts on each side of the groves. These being placed, the press stops and allows its iron burthen to rest on them, and the chains are slackened. While slackened, a line, or section of each chain, measuring six feet, is removed. Each is again fastened to its load; the presses are again at work, and the tube is raised six feet higher. Again girders (or bearers) are laid across the grooves; again the gigantic wonder of the world rests in its upwards progress; and again the chains are shortened by six feet each; and again and again the press goes to work. And now this ariel tunnel is high enough—its bottom being 130 feet above the water. The iron beareg, which is never to be removed, and which has upon its upper surface the rollers and balls of metal already named, is placed underneath each end ; the press allows the obedient monster to sink into its place; and there it is more solidly at rest than any one will be in his bed to night who has been witness to this day's mighty enter prise. To• morrow and the next to-morrow, and the next again, and so forth, the others will be raised, and laid in their places, never to be shaken by gales of wind or deflected by railway burthen. Their own preponderous weight will keep them immoveable ; the augmentation of burthen will only strengthen them—at least we are told so. PAWNING LINEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your well known readiness at all times to ad vocate the cause of the industrious poor induces me to draw your attention to a practice, so fraught with moral evil to the employed, as well as certain risk to em ployers, that, should you incline to notice it in your journal, and comment upon it in your usual able manner. I think much good might accrue from it. I allude to the case of laundresses, and the system of raising money on the linen entrusted to them, induced, it is alleged, from the want of certainty with which they receive payment from persons employing them. This fact was brought under my knowledge in the following manner:— Having for some time been dissatisfied with the irre gularity with which our linen was returned from the person who undertakes my family's washing, and an noyed by the detention of various articles (not untie quently for several weeks together), the cause was more thoroughly investigated, and on application being made at a pawnbroker's in the vicinity of the washerwoman the lost linen was found there amongst numerous other articles of table linen, sheets, gentlemen's fine shirts, silk handkerchiefs, &c., many of which were recognised as belonging to other parties known to the person making the inquiry, and marked with the owner's names in full. A remark of the pawnbroker's, on some surprise being expressed was, " This is no single case, for not one washerwoman only, but hundreds adopt the same plan;" and from what has since come to my knowledge it ap pears that it really is a frequent practice with laun dresses though I believe more particularly in the neighbourhood of London. In the case in question I fully believe nothing dishonest was intended, the washer woman did not attempt to deny the fact, though ex pressing regret at being obliged to have recourse to the plan ; still she appeared surprised at any impropriety being attached to it, having learned the system from her former mistress ; other laundresses in the neigh bourhood did the same, and she was in her turn teach ing it to her own assistants. But when the poor woman assured me that many of the ladies for whom she washed often only paid their bills monthly or quarterly (very few weekly or regularly), and put the question, how was it possible for her, without capital, to provide herself even with the necesary articles for carrying on her business, and support a little family entirely dependent upon her earnings, without some such loan? I could but feel she had been placed in difficulty, and that such cases should be made public, as well as brought before individuals who may also be thus inconsiderately placing in diffi culty and temptation those whose dependence for sub sistence is on the labour of their hands. I am respectfully yours, THE MISTRESS OF A FAMILY. STRIKE AT THE COTTON MILLS. The larger portion of the works of the Hull Flax and Cotton Company are stopped, and have been so since Monday week, owing to a strike of the hands. The fol lowing is a copy of the placard distributed by the fac tory people on Wednesday :—" Strike of the Strippers, Grinders, and Scutching men of the Hull Cotton Mills. Apppeal to the Public.—The above strike took place on Monday last, July sth, 1847, on account of our wages being reduced from I Is. a week to 10s. Id. which, from the great price of provisions, &c., it is impossible to exist upon, we are therefore compelled to appeal to a ge nerous public to assist us in endeavouring to repress op pression and maintain our rights.—Hull, July 6tn, 1847." This strike is the first which has taken place since the opening of these works, and is attributable to the following circumstances:—On Thursday, the Ist instant, th• insp.totoir or Caotoriou in this district caused to be delivered to the manager of the company's mills a copy of the new Act of Parliament for regulating the hours of labour in factories, prohibiting the employment of the operatives more than eleven hours per day. Ac companying the Act was a circular calling the attention of the priprietors and managers of the mills to its pro visions. Notice was immediately given to all the a ork people, who were at the same time inform, d that a re duction would be made in the wages of those working by time, proportioned to the decreased period of labour Their answer was that they would require the same wages as before, to which the manager replied that would not be given ; and that they might take a week to consider the subject. The whole of the time hands stood out ; and their absence from' the works compelled the cessation from lab iur of some others whose opera tions depended upon those of the time-hands. The total number of unemployed were thus about 1,500. In some other departments of labour in which the parties are paid by piece, the operations are being continued as before. In Hull the reduction is in exact proportion to the reduction of time, viz., one in 12, or per cent. The Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company have informed their operatives that they have resolved to bear part of the loss with them, that is to say—the loss of interest, consequent upon the unemployment of their capital dur ing one twelfth part of the time which it has hitherto been worked, or equal to one month in every year.— Hull Advertiser. PRECURSORS OF OUR MODERN " GIGANTIC ENGI NEERS "—ln 1802, says Mr. Samuel Angell, in Ihe Builder, Mr. Ge , irge Dance submitted to a Select Com mittee of the House of Commons a design of great mag niticence and practical utility ; it consists of a double bridge, in the place of old London-bridge, to admit of the passage of ships by the alternate ele vation of a drawbridge on either of the two bridges, whilst an uninterrupted way over the other would be afforded at all times for carriages and foot passengers, without impeding the navigation, and with out the necessity of such elevated arches as the height of ships' masts require. The plan embraced the embank ment of the river both above and below bridge, the erec tion of quays and a line of warehouses extending from the Tower to the bridges,with dock entrances,and terraces on arches, the Custom House being placed in the centre. Besides these manifestly advantageous alterations, he proposed to throw open to the river the noble monument erected by the genius of Wren, making it the focus of an extensive amphitheatrical area on the north side of the Thames, and to erect a naval trophy in the centre of a similar space on the Southwark side. The bridges were to be perfectly level, consisting eac h o f s i x arches of great span, independent of the centre or drawbridge. Its very magnificence and the necessary sacrifice of valuable ground were the principal reasons of its non-adoption. A failure in this account, however, was not confined to the city architect, for among many bold and ingenious designs submitted to the House of Commons at that period, I find one by Messrs. Telford and Douglas, to replace old London-bridge by one of cast-iron of a single arch, 600 feet span, and 65 feet in height I Mr. Dance appears to have been consulted on the subject of the approaches to this pons triumpluilis. THE CONDEMNED YOUTH WILLSMORE, FOR TUB MURDER NEAR ROCLIPORD.—CHELMSFORD, THURSDAY. —The wretched youth, James Willsmore, who was left for execution by Baron Parke for the murder of John Terry, near Rochford, will, in all probability, have his life soared. It will be remembered that the convict struck the unforttinate man on the head with a hoe, which, fracturing his skull, terminated in death, and, although that violence was used in order that he might more successfully carry out his intention of robbery ; yet there is every reason to suppose that he did not meditate the awful tionsequentes that ensued. That inference it appears has been bottle out bj , Many circumstances, and the inhabitants for miles rotilid of all grades of society, entertaining that presumption, are eletting themselves to their utmost to save him from the scaffold. testarday a very large meeting Was held at the Shire Hall, fur the purpose of themutialising het Majesty to spare' his life, urging his youth, the Slitehdd of malice prepense, and the sparing of the feelings of the townspeople, which Would naturally be considerably shocked by a public execution, The memorial has been signed by several of the county magistrates, and even, it is said, by the very justices who Committed him, The jury strongly recommended him to the clemency of the Crown, and it is believed that after all the extenuating circumstances have been laid before the Secretary of State, the Learned Baron who presided at the trial will not stand in the way of mercy, and that Sir G. Grey will be induced to advise the Crown to reprieve him. The unhappy youth, who is confined in the convict's gaol at Springfield, is said to conduct him self in a manner befitting the awful position in which he is placed. He does not deny striking his unfortunate victim over the head with the hoe, but positively declares that he had no intention of taking away his life. The convict, as before stated, is quite a boy, being only in his sixteenth year. He is daily visited by the chaplain of the prison, whose exhortations are listened to with much attention by the doomed youth. A Deputation from the Hibernian Fisheries Asso ciation,had an interview at the Home-office yesterday with Sir William Somerville, Secretary of State for Ireland. Sir William expressed his cordial approbation of the objects, and his determination to assist in advancing the views of the association to its fullest extent. SUICIDE IN JERSEY.—On Friday morning, about ten o'clock, Captain Thomas Calder, of the Royal Navy, who resided in the parish of St. Lawrence, blew out his brains with a pistol._.. An inquest was held on his body , in the evening, and a verdict returned, " Died by his I own hand, whilst is &IWO Of tteD 3 POrgq deringemento" PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Thorp, J. Thorp. J. Terry, and J. Scholefield, sawyers, Bradford (so far as regards James Thorp)— J. Farrington, G. Greaves, and J. Greaves, yarn doublers, Manchester—R. Bradley, H. Ford, and W. E. Parker, sharebrokers, Manchester—R. Walker and L. Pluright, spinners, Huddersfield—A. Hale and A. E. Brown, confectioners, High-street, Clapham—J. Gillett and W. Colbourne, agricultural implement makers, Brailes, Warwickshire—J. Atkins and T. Blake, grocers, Commerce-place, Lansdowne-road, South Lambeth-- F. Binns, Z. Drake, and B. Woodcock, chemists, Hud dersfield (so far as regards F. Binns)--H. Tootal, J. B. Tootal, and J. W. Garnett, Wakefield—E. Leaf, J. W. Barnett, F. Scotson, and S. T. Carnegie warehousemen, Cheapside (so far as regards S. T. Carnegie)—.J. Cliff and J. Husler, stone merchants, Isle of Dogs—T. Cook and H. Payne, beersellers, Kennington-lane--T. Win tinhorn° and J. Sabin, booksellers, Oxford—P. Oliver, J. Griffiths, and R. Griffiths, miners, Pew y Cefn Mines, Cardiganshire—J. Burley and J. Thompson, finishers of fancy woollens, Halifax—J. Barber and W. North, jewellers, York—W. H. Dobson and R. Dewsbury, woollen drapers, Leeds —C. M. Collett, G. Laurie, and T. A. Attree, attorneys, Chancery-lane (so tar as regards C. M. Collett)—J. Aitchison and T. Esthering ton, carpenters, Pitt-street, Old Kent-road—H. Fisher and N. Fearon, commission merchants, Liverpool—S. Sergeant and C. Lazarus, coal merchants, NeN Crane wharf, Wapping-wall—T. Brock and W. Briddon, drysalters, Liverpool—W. Brown, G. Smith, W. Smith, and T. Haddock, Lanchester, Durham (so far as regards W. Brown.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Boyd, dealer in shares. Glasgow, July 30, and Aug. 20, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Ritchie, Glasgow. George Taylor, porter dealer, Aberdeen, July 29, and Aug. 23, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Henderson, Aberdeen. G. and J. Ireland, merchants, Dundee, July 28, and Aug. 18, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee. and Co., muslin manufacturers, Glasgow, July Aug. 24, at two, at the chambers of Mr. ~ Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending July 20, 1847, is 255. 10d. per cwt. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail 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 : Week ending Last week. P,M • el 'a 3 t '4: Q•CID ....." C .. c..)..e July 18 Vance 27, and Fleming, NAME OF RAILWAY. Amiens and Boulogne . .............. Arbroath and Fortar • .. .... Chester and Birkenhead . • Dublin and Drogheda. .• • . Dublin and Kingstown .. • . •• •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •• • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire Eastern Uni0n.................. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • . • • Glasgow and Greenock ......... Gravesend and R0che5ter............ Great Southern and Western Great IVestern, &c • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ipswich and Bury • • •• • • • • • • Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. London and North Western, &c. London and 81ackwa11.............. London and Brighton . • • .. London and South Western Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Scary port and Carlisle • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Carlisle • • Newcastle, Berwick, and /forth Shields Norfolk • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • North British Paris and Rouen . .................. Preston and Wyre • ... • • • ........... Rouen and Havre Shrewsbury and Chester . • .......... South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon Taff Vale .... .. • • • • • ..... Whitehaven Junction ... • • • • • • .. York and Newcastle . York and North Midland . 780 965 1,260 1,021 4,231 11,615 1,012 1,068 3,369 1,563 1,705 21,190 1,282 46,471 1,445 9,489 11,801 8,911 2,179 602 20,831 2,5r2 1,982 2,524 2,073 9,215 3,919 529 10,241 1,426 224 774 / 4 38 1,379 345 3,795 9,723 213 8,802 8,457 2,262 1,25.5 20,075 9,243 1,240 633 9,200 6,615 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 2 2.—Captain R. L. Warren, son of Vice-Admiral Warren, of Portsmouth, is appointed to the command of her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, 26, at this port; she is a sister ship to the Amphitrite, and will have the same armament, and a crew of 240 officers and men. A Court-martial was held this day on board the Victory, for the trial of Dr. J. Caldwell, supernumerary surgeon on board the Spiteful, charged by Commander Meads with repeated acts of drunkenness. After a careful investigation of the facts, the charges were declared by the Court to be fully proved, and they sentenced him to be dismissrd her Majesty's service. The case only occupied two hours. The Court was an unusually full one, and was composed of Rear-Admiral Parker, C. 8., President; Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Ii C. 8.; Captain John Pascoe, of the Victory; Captain M. H. Dixon, of the Caledonia; Captain Sir J. Stirling, Tint., of the Howe; Captain the Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, of the Victoria and Albert ; Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Captain Sir H. Leeke, K.H., of the Queen; Captain Stephen Lushington, of the Vengeance; Captain Alexander Milne, of the St. Vincent; Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, of the Odin; Captain Sydney Colpoys Dacres, of the Avenger; Capt. Thomas Rodney Eden, of the Amphitrite; and Mr. G. LW.iTtGhhoreueethe advantage t t ham, Deputy Jud ge -Ad vocate . Trincomalee, of s ter White's h ship to ow,s the commissionedAmphitrite, at this port by Captain Warren, late of the Magicienne, son of AFdemryiraeltetnar.reieene.r. brought to this p or t l a t e l y from She erness b y the officers and ship's comp an y o f t h e Scourge bomb- vesse l , is commissioned by Command er Wallcox, nephew of the late Commander of the Ordinary at yacht returned to h arbour after the Fairy The e s port. this Themorning. Bloodhound steam- vesse l , Lieut.-Commander Phillips, left to-day for Cork. WOOLWICH, JULY 22.—Her Majesty's steam-packet Garland, Captain Smithett, is placed under orders to take over their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and suite to Calais or Ostend on Friday (this day). Their Royal Highnesses are expected to embark at Dover at about half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Hall, returned to Woolwich yesterday afternoon. A fine teak vessel of 600 tons, named Sir George Pollock, was launched on Saturday, the 20th of March last, from the building-yard of Mr. Mould, at Moulmein, in the East Indies. She is an improved model of the Sir Robert Sale, constructed by the same enterprising builder. She attracted a great concourse of people in that infa n t colony, one of the finest teak-wood countr i es 11Atrvet w the world ; and the pl ace i s o f great interest to the Gov ernment and shippi ng i nterest . s e p rf a n te l e c t yl e in e d h e s r tr h ue erm tion e , tic h a a ll s y h c e l e o n sed la , id of d S ow ir n W a m d: joining the saw -mills in Woolwich Dockyard, which wi l will admit largesthitaythinegthe description of timber, for the pur posefilled with chloride o l f u s moisture extracted and the pores dry rot by Sir William 13uurfor preserving wood from the the dimensions of the gigantic u!tt'u cycilinder may be formed, process. Some idea of when it is stated that it is u 4 1 , , :1 e f 80 feet in length iston is not yet and 6 feet in diameter insfde.ar n th g e th, wh a a g rf ro w o a v l e l placed, but it will be of considerableeplie. c pressure, bweeonrkcuint.inTthhee gperawneirteiewho;lclr filoarviitngto THE PATENT Laws.—Attentioll at the n general election is sought to be called t o the pre e sen sli t i o n p g . pressive nature on the poorer classes of the law of letters patent. It is certainly high time some modification of the law took place, as they act with great discourage ment to the inventive genius of the poor artizan from whom very frequently emanates many a useful and import ant invention, which has only served to enrich his more affluent employer, and frequently placing him in a worse position than previously. The present exorbitant charges for letters patent for the United Kingdom is 4001., whereas a 15 years patent in France may be had for 151., and 4/. 3s. 4d. annually, in addition ; 1n Belgium and Holland a much lower charge is made. FRENCH LUNATICS. The following correspondence, between the chairman of the committee of justices, and the Secretary of State for the Home department, relative to a French criminal lunatic who had attempted the life of the King of the French was read:— " House of Correction, Tothill-fields, " June 15, 1847. " Sir—l am requested by the visiting justices of this prison to call your attention to the following case:— " Peter Tesside was convicted of an assault, at the April Middlesex Sessions, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment, then to be discharged on entering into his own recognisances. Since his confinement in this prison he has evinced strong symptoms of insanity, and I now forward to you a certificate declaring him a_dangerous lunatic. "The visiting justices have instituted inquiries, and find that Peter Tesside is a native of France; and learn from M. Voullon, of Stratford-place, the director of a charitable institution in this country for the relief of Frenchmen in distress, and under the immediate patron age of the French government, that Peter Tesside not long ago threatened to take the life of M. Voullon, be cause that gentleman declined to grant him a settled an nuity, instead of affording him occasional relief, and upon examination a loaded pistol was found upon his person. M. Voullon states, that after this occurrence he applied to the French Amdassador to send Tesside to France, but owing to his possessing no French passport to this country, the application was refused. Tesside's having no passport is thus accounted for:—About the period a the last attempt upon the King of the French, Tesside ' was found in the Chateau d'Eu scarcely covered with clothing, but armed with a loaded pistol. After exa mination before the French authorities, he was sent in charge of an officer to Calais, and thence transported to England, and left without a passport. It is believed that Tesside has been more than once an inmate of a lunatic asylum in France. The visiting justices consider this case, especially with reference to Tesside's transpor tation to England under such circumstances, of sufficient importance to call your attention to it. The visiting justices are aware that it is not usual for her Majesty's Government to send criminal lunatics, unless convicted of some high crime or misdemeanour, to Bethlehem Hospital, but they are also aware that exceptions to the general rule have occurred, and submit that Peter Tes side's case might reasonably be admitted among them, instead of fixing the burden of his maintenance on the county of Middlesex. "I have the honour, &c., (Signed) "F. P. WALESBY." " The Right Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Bdxt., M.P." To this letter a reply was received on June 21:— " Whitehall. "Sir,—With respect to your letter of the 15th inst. respecting Peter Tesside, an insane prisoner in the House of Correction at Westminster, I am directed by Secre tary Sir George Grey to inform you that an arrange ment has received the sanction of the British Govern went, and has been proposed to the French Government for maintaining at the expense of the countries to which they belong, French pauper lunatics in England, and English pauper lunatics in France; and in anticipation that such arrangement will be carried into effect, Sir G. Grey has taken measures for communicating with the French ambassador at this court with a view of a provi• sion being made by the French government for the maintenance of Peter Tesside in the lunatic asylum fur the county of Middlesex, to which asylum Sir George Grey will issue a warrant for the removal of the pri soner, as soon as the arrangements connected with his maintenance can be completed. " I am, &c. " S. M. PHILLIPS." Considerable delay took place, during which time the excitement of the unfortunate man disturbed the whole gaol, and the chances of his restoration were lessened by want of proper treatment, and the crowded state of the prison. A representation upon this subject was made to the Home-office, after which, on the 10th July, a com munication was received directing the removal of the lunatic to the county lunatic asylum. Mr. WALESBt cautioned the visiting justices of that asylum against permitting the escape of the unfortunate man, as he would most certainly commit murder. He was active and quick in his movements to an extraor dinary degree, and required to be most carefully watched. He was decidedly a murderous monomaniac, having been confined in six or seven lunatic asylums, and having attempted to take away the lives of several persons. The report was received. A county rate of one half penny in the pound Was agreed to. Mr. WALESBY brought before the court the want of accommodation felt by all parties frequenting the Ses sions -house, and gave notice of a motion urob the subject, with a view to bring it formally under the con sideration of the next meeting of magistrates. After transacting some routine business, the Court adjourned. BRITISH MUSEUM COMMISSION, COPY OF A COMMISSION FOR INQUIRING INTO THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. f VictoriaGrea Great B , ri b t y ai n th e a o g d r a c l e re o l a f o G d od of h , Queen, te United Defender nder Kingdom oithe Faith, to our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Francis, Earl of Ellesmere ; the Right Re verend Father in God Edward, Bishop of Norwich ; our right trusty and well-beloved councillor Henry, Lord Langdale ; our right trusty and well. beloved Lord John Wrottesley; and our trusty and well•beloved Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart.; Sir Charles Lemon, Baronet ; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Knight ; Andrew Rutherford, Esq., our Advocate for Scotland ; Joseph Hume, Esq. ; Samuel Rogers, Esq. ; and Richard Monckton Milnes, Esq., greeting— Whereas we have deemed it expedient that a commis sion should forthwith issue for the purpose of inquiring into the constitution and government of the British Museum, into the administration of its funds, and the organisation, arrangements, and present condition of the several departments of that establishment, with the view of ascertaining in what manner that national institu tion may be made most effective for the advancement of literature, science, and the arts. Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal and abi lity, have authorised and appointed, and do by these presents authorise and appoint, you the said Francis Earl of Ellesmere, Edward Bishop of Norwich, Henry Lord Langdale, Lord John Wrottesley, Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir Roderick lunpey Murchison, Andrew Rutherford, Joseph Hume, Samuel Rogers and Richard Monckton Milnes, or any five or more of you, to be our commissioners for the purpose aforesaid ; and with the view of enabling you, our said commissioners, to form a sound judgment on the premises, we do hereby authorise and empower you, or any five or more of you, to call before you all such per sons as you may judge most competent, by reason of their situation, knowledge or experience, to afford you correct information on the subject of this inquiry, and also to require the production of all books, documents, papers and records which may appear to you, or any five or more of you, calculated to assist your researches in the execution of the trust hereby reposed in you, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. And we do also give and grant unto you, or any five or more of you full power and authority, when the same shall appear to be requisite, to administer an oath or oaths to any per son or persons whatsoever to be examined before you, or any five or more of you, touching or concerning the premises. And we do command and require of you to report to us in writing under your hands and seals, as soon as the same can reasonably be, your several pro ceedings by virtue of this our commission. And we will and command that this our commission shall con tinue in full force and virtue, and that you our said commissioners, or any five or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. And we hereby command all and singular our justices of the peace, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, constables, officers, ministers, and all other our loving subjects whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, that they be assistant to you and each of you in the execution of these presents; and for your further assistance in the execution of these presents, we do hereby authorise and empower you, or any five or more of you, to appoint a secretary to this our commission, whose services and assistance we require you to use from time to time as occasion may require. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made paten Witness ourself at Westminster, the 17th day of June in the tenth year of our reign. By Writ of Privy Seal. (Signed) L. EDMUNDS, Clerk of the Cro wn , Crown-office, July 12, 1847, [AbVtAnBtmENT.]—ln personal appearance s atiotit which all are more or less interested, nothing is so fre e:fen:o,Hz or fre quently neglected as the hair. Itoss and Sons-, *ho fet• fifty years have introdtteed all the yading iiiiptilibinelita in ornamental hair request puone attention to their ladies' and gentlemen's head dresses and perukes, fronts, scalps, &c., which they exhibit in splendid glass-ease 6, enabling every one to seleet *hat is most becoming at once. For lightness of construction and for an elegant and natural appearance they are unrivalled ) and 6: 1 _1 divisions being transparent, admit the sitin of the head to be seen through. Likewise, being made of naturally curling hair, they never assume the stiftuess that is observable with all that is artificially prepared. Address, effßoecste4s an a d eu S re on o s f , yat: l l 9 s:o and 120, I3ishopsgate-street. A rA x DVERTISEMENT.]-THE EARL OF A LDRORO UGH l o:a ° tht wAT's l'iLLs —An astounding cure by this miraculous Medicine. after every • Sextract from his dated other means had failed. ea Lordship's lette- Professor Rollowl o acr fth : et w l T zga l y u o is:t E o 2 m the : r: d` I'.disorder ine villa g t moMessina, acquaintli ver a i lydoustomachthat Leghorn, yourF ea all l . pills the l , most h lB a 4 v s e , eminent tme b c y ure au aa: e :se cin ase eyen ' been able to etue . 7, at home ancrall over the continent, had not Ma rienbad. (si gned ,' ~ .ni,LY. not over the waters of Carlsbad or Ma taabcTuthyilis3...tunesseceo4idul‘tw-..oon2(raldierr,,Puelatroanpliluirtwi ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 22. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) Mathew Rhodes, John Morris, and Thomas Cooper, were indicted, the two first for stealing two and a half gross of cabinet keys, the property of Thomas Turner, at Wolverhampton, on the Ist of July last; and the last with receiving them, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Woolrych appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Kettle defended Rhodes and Morris, and Mr. Sergeant Allen defended the receiver, The prosecutor was a lock and key manufacturer at Wolverhampton. Rhodes, a lad of 14, was in his ser vice as warehouse boy at the time of the robbery, and had been so for three years previously. Morris also had been in his service, but was dismissed for miscon duct, about three months before the robbery. Cooper was a lock and key maker, also at Wolverhampton. It appeared that Morris, on the evening of the Ist July, went with the keys in question to Cooper's, and sold them to him at Is. 6d. a gross, the ordinary price being 2s. 9d. Cooper the next evening produced some of the keys and showed them to his men, and said they should work better, as he had bought those at the rate of Is. 6d. the gross. The men said this was a very low price, and that it would be better for him to throw them away. They had seen Morris go away from Cooper's the preceding evening, and knowing that he had been in Turner's employment inquiry was set on foot. It was discovered that he had been seen of late frequently in company with Rhodes, and on the constable going to Cooper's he first denied having lately bought any keys, and afterwards said he had bought five or six as samples, and produced a few, and then, on being pressed, pro duced two gross, and subsequently produced a half-gross more, which he refused to give up and handed to his daughter, who endeavoured to run off with them, but was overtaken and seized by the constable, and notwith standing her and her father's resistance was obliged to give them up. Cooper then said that he had bought them of a man who gave his name as Rowley. Morris, on being arrested and confronted with Cooper, denied that he had given his name as Rowley, and Cooper did not contradict. Morris said he had got the keys from Rhodes, and the latter denied that he had given them. They were identified as Turner's, and it was proved that Rhodes had opportunities of knowing in what part of the warehouse they bad been deposited. Mr. KETTLE and Mr. Sergeant ALLEN having ad dressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients, and several respectable persons having given Cooper an excellent character, His LORDSHIP summed up. The jury, utter a short consultation, returned a ver dict of Guilty against Morris, and of Not Guilty against Rhodes and Cooper. Morris was thereupon sentenced to two years' impri sonment and hard labour. Mr. Sergeant Allen assisted to-day in trying pri soners. NORTHERN CIRCUI I.—York, July 22. THE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD. At the opening of the Crown Court this morning, Mr. Mass renewed his application to Mr. Justice Wightman, of which mention was made in our report of yesterday. The Learned Counsel said, that Mr. Sergeant Wilkins having read, according to his Lordship's wish, the affi dav;t to postpone the trials of the other indictments against Reid, for the murders of Ann Wraith and Caro line Ellis, he now begged to move, upon the ground set forth in that affidavit, that the postponement be allowed. Mr. Sergeant Wimuss said, that he must resist this moion, which was of a most unusual kind in the criminal history of this country. Although in point of form it was proposed to try Reid for two different offences, he had, in fact, already been tried for them in the case already disposed of. There had been no les; than four examinations before the coroner of the witness M'Cabe, and, if it had been expedient to obtain other information from him towards a future proceeding, there was no reason why that might not have been had previous to the trial on Monday last. The deficiency in the evidence was now, in fact, sought to be supplied by the man whom they, for the defence, and all who had heard him in the witness box, must suppose to have been one of those im plicated in the crime. The affidavit, although made by Mr. Led) ard, the attorney for the prosecution, stated the name of no fresh witness whom it was thought pro per to call, and nothing of the particulars of the eviderce which the prosecution expected to be able to adduce. His LORDSHIP observed that it was a matter of so much importance, both to the public and the prisoner, that he should take time to consider of it belore he would decide upon the course to be pursued. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) George Bradley and James Bradley, who were yester day tried for the murder of Mr. John Riley, at Sheffield, were again tried to-day on the charge of robbing the deceased, and taking from his person a silver watch and I Is. in silver. After a long trial the prisoners were both convicted. Sentence—to be sever - ally transported for 15 years. John Lawton (on bail) was indijted for having, at the township of Quick, in the West Riding, on the 18th of March last feloniously committed the crime of arson, in setting fire to some heath. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Granger to defend the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS opened this case for an ac quittal, stating, that it was supposed that the prisoner had fired the heath under a mistaken notion that he had a right to the land, although that was negatived by the award of the commissioners for enclosures under the statute. An acquittal was therefore taken, no evidence being (.ffered. On application being made for costs, his LORDSHIP declined allowing them any further than to those who appeard for the prosecution upon recognizance or subpoena. AQUATICS. THAMES REGATTA. The committee of management met on Thursday at Searle's, and sel'cted the following waterrnen to contend in the oars and scullers races, at this first aquatic meeting:— Pair Oars—Shelton and Meckiff—J. Deubledee and H. Piner—C. Campbell and Barrow—R. Newel and G. White—H. Green and G. Saunders—W. Pocock and J. Hubert—R. Coombes (the champion) and C. Perry—J. Phelps and W. Williams—F. Lett and Deal—Collier and Kelly—Prince and Watts—G. Campbell and Braith waite. Scullers—Doyle, M'Kenney, Short, Goodrum, Leach, H. Tarrant, H. Campbell, T. Ceombes, J. Wilson, Church, T. Cook, Messam. HERNE CLUB. On Wednesday evening last the annual four oared scratch match for silver cups took place from Putney to the end of Chiswick-eyot, between the members of this club, when the undermentioned crews contested and came in in the following order, viz.:--1. Black and White: 1 Dale, 2 Whittenham, 3 Shekel], 4 Hoffman; Taylor coxswain. 2. Pink: 1 Whitehouse, 2 Rowland, 3 Freeman, 4 Ddukes; Cross cexswain. 3. Blue: 1 Underwood, 2 Hallett, 3 Hay, 4 Dowling; Combe cox swain. A lair start was made, Black and White being rather astern of the other, when the word was given. Off the Duke's Head the boats were even, from this point to Finch's the contest for the lead was severe, but Black and White gradually drew ahead, and although hard pressed several times by Pink, increased their distance at every stroke, and eventually won by about a dozen lengths, Pink being second. HEARTRENDING CATASTROPHE.—THREE CHIL DREN DROWNED.—A mo.t mournful occurrence, result ieg in the death of three children, took place near Carsethorn, on Friday last. From what we have been able to learn, the dreadful catastrophe occurred under the following circumstances:—Peter Hair, an Irishman, who gains his living by travelling the country and vending broom bosoms, after lodging all night with his children, two boys and a girl, at Lochise, near New Abbey, took the road with them in the morning in the direction of Carsethorn. The party took a near cut across the sands, the father allowing his children to amuse themselves at the water's edge, while he , it is supposed, was busy with his occupation. While the heedle,s trio were engrossed gathering shells on the sand-banks, the tide was creeping up stealthily and cutting them off from the main-land. At last the children were roused by the noise of the rushing waters, and quite bewildered and ignorant of the locality, they ran from the still uncovered ground which they occupied into the tide. The distracted father soon joined them, and did his best to save his precious household, now in deadly peril. He caught hold of the two youngest, and made a desperate attempt to bring them on shore, but, from sheer exhaustion, he had to let go. The eldest boy, who could swim a little, managed to keep his head above water f or a w hil e , but his strength was insufficient to strive against the tide. A boat, manned by Captain Blair, reached the place too late to s ave t h e c hild ren, b ut in time to take in the old man, who but for it must also have shortly perished. He was conveyed to the Carse; and, on being brought to consciousness, his agony must have been extreme. After the tide had ebbed the bodies were discovered ; the two youngest lay locked in each other's arms, at a little distance from the scene of their death ; while the body of the eldest child was found at a distance of about half a mile below. The funeral of the children, thus cut off by a stroke in the morning of life, was to take place on the evening after the mournful tragedy occurred.—Dumfries Standard. GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM.--Th e proceedings of a general court-martial ho lden at this garrison on the 31st of December, 1846, for the trial of private Abraham Goods, No. 2,475, of the reserve batta lion of the both Regiment, having been laid before the Queen by Field Marshal the Commander -in-Chief, was p rom ulgated on Saturday,the 17th inst., in the presence of the prisoner and the troops. The prisoner was tried upon the following charge :—" For having in the lock-up room at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, on or about the 18th of December, 1846, offered violence to Sergeant-Major Samuel Grix, his superior officer, when in the execu tion of his duty, by striking the said Samuel Grix with the butt of a firelock. Upon which charge the Court found the prisoner guilty, which being in breach of the articles of war, and taking into consideration his former convictions and general bad character, does in virtue thereof sentence him the said prisoner to be (from the expiration of his former sentence by District Court martial) transported as a felon for the term of fourteen years. Her Majesty was pleased to approve and con firm the finding and sentence of the Court, and to com mand that the prisoner be transported accordingly be yond the seas to such place as her Majesty, by the ad vice of the Privy Council shall think fit to direct and appoint. The sentence of this court-martial, together with her Majesty's pleasure thereupon, will be duly notified to the Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench or Common Pleas, as directed by the 18th clause of the Mutiny Act. (Signed) John Mac donald, Adjutant-General." The prisoner was removed to the prison of the main guard to await an order for his remevel. The 56th Regiment is et Gibraltar. _ SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN O F • NAVAL OFFICERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM " SIR,—I think the commercial world, and the Pliwei generally, cannot know that a school was esta blish some years since at New Cross, Deptford, by th e aid oE a noble bequest of the late Dr. Bell, and the assistane.n of Alderman Lucas and a few other benevolent in duals, duals, to enable officers of her Majesty's navy ( 5111° serve so much at our hands, since it is owing? th e — achievements and daring that England has attained her present pre-eminence, and her merchants and the nnou l nity generally, the wealth which has flowed in up ollll9 /' to educate their children at a reduced rate, and to PO; vide for the gratuitous education of their orphan i s Tl they would have come forward with alacrity, end have availed tliems.lves of the opportunity to enrol w :e. names in support of so noble a cause. Too true g ee that the instituti:m has not met with that aisist' all n d which it had every reason to expe c t from the public, 4,0 consequently the council was oblig e d at the outset clog the admission to the school with an entrance -fee 10/., in addition to the payment of 25/. per a nnutth the e This entrance n - eity I am satisfied is a bar to placing of many a ooy at the school. because his P re ::: cannot command the funds ; still the council sal they cannot do without it. This entrance fee can be beluga up for the trifling sum of 25/., entitling the purchaser o f the debenture for two lives constantly to have the so; A a naval officer in the school, and who will thereby g e to first-rate education on his parent paying the of tnas°dsistlt. sum of 25/. a year ; and t . the gratification to educate many orphans of those who have fallen in country's service. after For want of this support, this noble institutiont ;rid an outlay of may thousand pounds is in danger of t 5. 4 11 171 to the ground, or of being diverted from its °14 ..„ 57 1 - 0/ purpose. Surely in this crisis there must be i hs noble hearts who will readily step forward Ba r e ly%vi . trifling sum to aid in averting such a calamity-- there must be many of our merchants and weal o f tizens who will readily admit that they owe 016 2., 0 0r their prosperity to the security afforded theta de d " wooden walls," and the gallant hearts who comm a t' them, and who will therefore be proud of the opPnr7ibe now afforded them of showing their estimation o it i t by service; and surely there must be many of our vi e d i st ; aristocracy and landed proprietary who, knowi n g t he they owe the quiet enjoyment of their possessiouS seeds • sanctity thrown around our shores by the gallan t ad) of ",the za e heroes of bygone days," will be found t° h - „ forward and assist the members of th a t service to WPIi We all owe so much. I firmly b e li e ve there are ~.,0 1 11 sw-h; and to them I would e ar nes tly a ppeal, sq - 0 you, for assistance to enable the council to carry 00 " objects of the R.)yal Naval School. e foe I feel that I am occupying a large portion 0 " t he space, and will conclude by referring your reader s tir°d, to secretary, Mr. Eames, R.N.S., New-cross, Deptf ° de whom I have sent my name as a subscriber for onc ou r benture to commence the list.—l am, Mr. Editor , I most obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL MAN/ „, 0 Who thinks the Royal Navy de gno much at our hands. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET' LIVERPOOL JULY 23. STOCK EXCHANgE.—There has ' been rather a disa ur e market. The sales are—Chester and Birkenhescitbolo Huddersfield and Manchester, p.—Leeds and Pe v a)) , WA, p. ex int.—London and North-Western, Quarters( ter, mo cha' 16% p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 9N p.—London, c l~ and Birmingham, Quarters, New (C), and Leeds, Fifths, 4% Nv p.—Ditto, Fifths (late 69 '0 6 '11 1 ! Union), Is. 3d. p.—Midland Stock, 125—Ditto, Nel l Vaiw' 3 1 / 2 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4% p.—5° 1111 ,35. 0 (A), 215—Shropshire Unio n R a il wa y an d Canal, 1 1 . w ' do.) —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds (issued at 674 c ot. 14 dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference (guar. 6 Pe r till 1850), 4 p. MANCHESTER, JULY 23. gOttl STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate , 010 ham, and Boston, 255. 6d. dis.-Birmingham en" OOP Junction, 7V B p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and Wes t v; btb * lis dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, "'Sloe 2 dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3% dis ccishi fili castle and Berwick, New, 4% p.-North Staff% 2 11-16 c. p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7 ' l York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 p. 110. LEEDS, JULY 23. hire' p. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-East Lance s 6 d• 6d. 6d. dis.-Ditto, New, 14s. dis.- Ditto, New Scrip , 4 p"* . --Great Northern, 365. 6d. dis.-Leeds and Dewsb il l'Leo", Leicester and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis.-Manchester an r 321. Shares, ss. dis.-Ditto ( West Riding Union dile" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland, 78.,...r t0 %/4 6 Midland, 1254-Newcastle and Berwick, 9 41. Bs. 9d. p.-North B r iti s h, Thi r d s , 295. p.-:' ° l 7- -- rls 11 " -- fordahire, 21. 14s. p.-N or th-W es t ern , 34 5 . - Newcastle, Preference, 4 p. GLASGOW, JULY 22. 11 04' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and lodit 495.-Caledonian, New, 395.-Direct Bomba..,y e . n h ci pr0 ,1 4 ., 13 , ,,„ 7 25.-East Indian, 4s. 9d.-Edinburgh and iNo.„."' - 2, 6Yo n .. 46s -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, - 10 ' 0 0 10 r Great Indian Peninsular, •zs. 3d.- Manchester and So . ton, New, 228.-Z;orth British, Thirds, 50s. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) OP* An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Nth of Victor ia ' 84,. the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of Jul , ' 1 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. ,00 015,6 1110 VI, Notes issued.... • ... 23,232,875 Govern men t debt • • 0.. 0 0 Other securities •" • 014 2 :54 l r bid 14 bullion 1~3`90 Silver coin and M. MARSHALL, Chef C Dated the 22d day of July, 1847, BANKING DEPARTMEN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,55:3,000 Kest ••••• • • • • • 3, 5 67, 54.1 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,559.853 Other deposits ••• • • • 8,640,327 Seven day and other £2 3,232,875 Government swirl' . 540 ties (including Dead iipthoi) Weight Annuity) • • 0, 782, 60 6 Other securities •• • • 461'0 Notes • • •• • • • oh Gold and silver cola' • 832,755 3% MARSHALL, Chief Ciksblet. .£32,173,478 Dated the 22d day ofduly, 1847 SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF Two CHILD- he- Thursday Mr. Wiliam Payne, the City curowbit an inquest at the White Swan, Temple-street.oo the friars, on the body of a male child unknown- d at evidence it appeared that the deceased was 'll FOCI early hour Hull morning, carefully tied UP ;ite and floating down the Th ames , nea rly OP' izele"( Grand Junction Wharf, W hitefriars. It Wa s , 0 0 . .., diately taken ashore. and M r . H utc hinson, s ur , b ' e , V k i Farringdon street, was ca ll e d t o exam ine the s n " e ; don dl y result of that g, rifleman's examination lef t 11 : 0 des" that the child had been born alive, but whether it nr offi had been caused by violence the evidence failed_111;p00" The same afternoon Mr. Joseph Payne, the 01. 001 coroner, held an adjourned inquest at the seh n d y of ue Black Raven -court, Seething-I ale, on the l ? ri ° g of t i ; newly-born female child, found on the eee n v i- ,, s t In i lo 16th instant, on one of the windows of the ''' c iducell h - 0 Warehouse, in Seething lane. The evidence n ,eo o o f ", 0 this case was similar to the above. The wi r l^ ha d b e 'io had examined the body proved that the child dit born alive, but how its death had 'been prodeeetoroide impossible to tell. The Learned Coroner i n up said, it appeared to him that the present sv be the usual couree adopted of disposing of ne 0 0 ' jet children, f,r ithin the last three days as mall' tie s h i a m d ila b r een circ h u e r i n d s o tu n ac t t h s e i b n odi t ( h .s e of children fee l ' turned a verdict in each case of " Fo . und :r p h e enali viltil°ll sufficient evidence to account for death." t AMERICAN PRODUCE.—A vessel of sinful. n fi r ita Ao ° - has arrived in the Commercial Docks from Ne w i6r.. named the Baring Br ot h ers , h av i n g on bca ru bo O P l bushels of wheat, 34 tierces of pork, and 500 • crate ° o f 500 barrels 01 flour, the p ro d uce o f th e United . 00 .1 America. This ext ens i ve i m p or t at i on in a f e d jo_, 4 P ' small tonnage into th e es t a bli s h ment m entien e ds A P' instance of the extent to which all kinds of n,figly made available at this time for the introduction A and articles of food. lves, P" SALMON FISHINGS.—The fishings in the now improving rapidly. Grilse have entered 1, " 0 0 01- 0 freely, and considerable numbers are taken i° '401 6 1 0 The water is rather low for the angler, lon fo t o' o4 sport is obtained. Sea-trout, weighing fr e ° ll o at 181 b., are also in great plenty. Salmon ~rier• 1.0 grilse Bd., and trout 6d. per lb.—lnverness Co• e o f t o GOLDEN EAGLE.—A remarkable ineta l ; c l o seli a ty strenth and endurance of the eagle occurred k. the shooting grounds of Knockie, in. Stratbe r ci r g o l u it, Richmond, gamekeeper there, having watnbe.c _,i jar rv i o I eagle take his station frequently on a Ps rti o aren,i laid a large iron trap for the royal bird. 1a ° be bel be id few days it was caught; but, spurning t° w hich half fetters, bounded off, drawing out the stake and e ress eel the trap, and in this manner—carrying fi ve bv 4. 4 pounds of trap and chain fixed on to it s 0- 0 e and re-erossed several times. After the laps of Gleake° the eagle was found dead on the heights .; w ee ''' - o ets riston, sixteen miles from the place where w i n ce 0 1, The score of vermin taken at Knockie is ° a re 'Ltd spring extends to 112 head. Among thou of wimP wild cats, martins, pole cats, and varieties vermin.—lnverness Courier. I n.,- or e, FALL OF Two HOUSES.—ThUrSdai /00-6Cep about five o'clock, the house No. 4, W elle jos "n at, fell with a l o ud cras h i n t o the back Pr el l 3, o rtot i- of Fairfax, Hoop and Grapes, Cable-street. roil s 1 0 210 the house was uninhabited at the time, or s e ar , the t he life might have been the eonsequence . ,_ n earil 513 r morning, between six and seven o'clock' tort'' whole of one side of the extensive coach - 04. of in.,,,,00$ Oxford-street, fell into the street. Freln„ e t he P" casualty, the thoroughfare in front is stopped. fa o f he 11- BIRTHS. t he the On the 21st inst., in Wood-street, Lieutenant G. C. Fowler, R.N., of a sea. ~a ri d -p On the 23d inst , at We mouth Port' , /400 wife of B. B. Hewitt, Esq., of a son. , „ ier .roauf On the 22d inst.. at Eltham-place , 0 1 ° 1310 Brixton, Mrs. John Bishop, of a son. !- On the 24th inst., in Lamb's Conduit-street' Woolivi Barton, of a daughter. he ti O ° lie MARRIED. Geo rge o f t On the 20th inst., at St. Pancras Church' itig hte , Knipe, Esq., 89th Regiment, to Jessie Maria, uo late Sir Simon Howard, of Carlisle. 0 14 ' DIED. ciai 118111 co up On the 12th ult., at Belle Plain e, St. Lu Es Ou q., aged 54: e , , A berdee n ' 16th inst., at the Royal Hotel' Douglas, Esq., Lieutenant RN. " • a Na' ,0 . 0 -8 Lond on : Printed arhl Published by MT.TILDO O 4 , and, Printer, at The Sun Offic e , N 0.115, StrA n ,.`" "i s i Ow' of the Savoy, in this County of Sliddles" 9 • ° f l4 ' .. 1847.