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paniment is easy a - id graceful. It will no doubt be a favourite with y( ung ladies in the drawing-room. THE MUSIC BOOK. Part 5. Thia part fully maintains that high character which The Music Book has already acquired. It contains a ballad by Crouch, and a waltz and a song by Mrs. Gilbert a Beckett. The words of the latter are from the pen of Barry Cornwall. GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. A public meeting was held last evening in the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, convened by the central committee appointed to aid in opposing the measure of education developed in the minutes of the committee of the Privy Council. D. WIRE, Esq., took the chair, and in opening the business of the evening, he avowed that the object of those who had called it together was to oppose by all legitimate and constitutional means the plan of educa tion which had been put forth by the Government, which he considered to be fraught with imminent peril to the civil and religious liberties of the people. It WAS a plan by which it was proposed to levy a tax of not less that 100,000/. a year by the most unconstitu tional means. The Government, through the agency of the Privy Council, were about to usurp the prerogative of Parliament, and if the scheme were fully carried out it would ultimately create pensioners on the bouty of the State to no less a number than 80,000 individuals, at an annual expense of 1,750,0001. It was nothing more than a scheme to enslave the peo ple, and bind them over hand and foot to the State. He did not object to any constitutional measure that might strengthen the Church; but his objec tion was to the State coming to the aid of the Church, by establi s hi ng sc h oo l s all over the coun try, that would have the effect of destroying the fres expression of religious sentiment, by giving a tone and colour to the opinions of those who were to be the teachers in such schools. The supporters of the volun tary principle, without possessing either the revenues or the power of Government, had done three times as much for the promotion of education as the most strenuous supporters of State interference, who had hung back until they were shamed into exertion by the laudable example which the Dissenters had set before them in establishing schools throughout the land. The learned Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that a fair hearing would be given to all who might be disposed to address the meeting. The Rev. J. IL HINTON moved the first resolution as follows:—" That this meeting, deeply concerned for the welfare of the working classes, and especially for the sound instruction of the young, have with impartial at tention examined the minutes of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education of August and December, 1846 ; and feel themselves constrained earnestly to deprecate the adoption of the measures therein de scribed, as emanating from an authority not war rant( el by the constitution, as proceeding upon a fallacious and exaggerated view of the educational necessities of the country, as adverse to civil and religious liberty, as calculated injuriously to increase the power, influence', and wealth of the established church, as imposing new grievances and disabilities upon dissenters, as involving a vast outlay of money, and as extending the sphere of government patronage in a manner so highly detrimental to the public in terests." The rev. gentleman said that, after a lull of three years, it seemed they were to have another educa tion battle. Lord John gave note of preparation in his address to the electors ut the city of London, on his re sumption of office, but people looked in vain to litr Majesty' speech at the opening of Parliament for the announcement of any proposed legislative measure upon the subject, and whether the subject would be brought forward at all during the session it was hard to say. This state of uncert:-.inty was, however, termi na'ed by L,rd Lansdowne introducing something on the subject in the shape of certain minutes of the committee of the Privy Council of Education, the most important of which declared that their lordships recommended the grant of money to all schools which would submit them selves to the inspection of a government inspector. This recommendation was soon acted upon and 20,0001. was granted for the building of schools. The management of this money wai intrtretrd to the council, which con sisted of a certain number of the ministers for the time being, the only fixture being Mr. Shuttkworth, the sec retary. To think that the great question of popular education should be confid. d to such hands was in itself absurd, and to the people of England insulting. If such a power was to exist it should be vested in a man re sponsible for his deeds, for even supposing the measura to be a good one, it not to seduce them into the acknow ledgement of an unconstitutional principle. It was a step towards despotism, and one a hich ought to be re traced. For the advancement of education the plan was unnecessary, and would be found ultimately impracti cable, fur if government undertook to support schools partially, few years would elapse before they would be obliged to support them wholly ; and this would call for an expenditure of upwards of 2,000,0001. a year. There would be 60,000 state officers, and it was no exaggeration to say that this little matter would reduce half a million of people to be slavish dependants of Government. It was a scheme for extending clerical domination. The Bishop of Exeter had proposed to make all the school masters deacons of the Church. Now Sheffield would be divided into twenty-five districts, each having a schoolmaster ; thus there would be no less than twenty five newly ordained clergymen in that parish alone.— (Cheers.) Looking at the subject in all its aspects, he contended that the measure should be resisted, the Council or - Education abolished, and that no minister of public instruction should be suffered to exist.—(Cheers.) public Times complained of the phrase " Government in terference," and said that the expression ought to be " Government aid and encouragement ;" but the aid of the Government was an interference. and the terms were synon:, mous. The Reverend Gentleman concluded by suggesting that, as a general election vas approaching, a letter should be addressed to the electors of the city of London and to Lord J. Russell, telling him that they would not give him their vote if he persisted in the maintenance of this most unconstitutional measure. J. CONDOR, Esq , seconded the resolution. He con ceived that the working man had an equal right with the rich man to superintend the education of his children; but if the argument were sound that education was a matter of government, than the education of the rich as well es the poor ought to be under the Government. and he contended that it was entirely the businees of the parents. They had heard much cant about igno rance and crime being associated together ; but the blue books showed that there was a closer connexion between crime and poverty than be tween crime and ignorance. One thing was kept entirely in the back ground—he meant the large endowments of grammar-schools and trust-funds, which had been esti mated by Lord Brougham to be not less than a million and a half a year. These endowments had been enor mously abused. Originally intended for the benefit of the poor, they had been appropriated exclusively to the uses of the rich. Supposing this Government scheme to be good, still those who apprehended mischief from it were entitled to previous discussion and inquiry. It ought not to be forced upon the country by the uncon stitutional mode of an Act of the Privy Council instead of that of the Legislature. A person of the name of EDWARDS, who described himself to be a working man, here proposed an emeriti merit, the object of which was to declare that it was the duty of the Government to prevent crime and immoral ity by a general diffusion of industrial and unsectarian education. Living as lie had done for many years in the haunts of the poor, he could teetify to. the horrors of ignorance, and to the long train of vices which it engendered, and to eradicate that ignorance he con sidered was a work to which the voluntary principle Was inadequate. He continued addressing the meeting for a einsiderable time amidst much interruption. Mr. CAUST seconded the amendmen', Dr. CARLYLE having spoken in opposition to it, it was rjected, and the original resolution was carried, amidst loud cheers. Dr. Cox moved, and the Rev. B. WOODYARD seconded, the two following resolutions: —" That this attempt to carry into eff,:et so extensive a measure, by virtue of the royal prerogative and without the intervention of the L'gislature, considered in connexion with the character of the measure itself and with the liberal professions of the Administration from which it emanates, has a strong tendency to confirm the prevailing opinion, that the edu cation of the people is a matter in which the Government can neither rightfully nor usefully interfere. That, there fore, this meeting hail with satisfaction the manifest tokens of a general opposition to this unconstitutional and dangerous measure, rejoice in the formation of the cen tral committee appointed to aid in its defeat, and pledge themselves to promote that object by every means in their power ; and that, for this end, the foregoing resolutions be embodied in the form of a peti tion to the House of Commons, praying that honourable House, by express vote, to withhold its sanction from the said minute, and to address the Crown, beseeching her Majesty to revoke the order in council in virtue of which the Committee of Council on Education has assumed so unconstitutional an authority." These were unanimously adopted, and the meeting separated. Inisu RELIEF.—Un Sunday morning, the 28th ult , after an excellent sermon by the Rev. William Bridgman Simpson, at the parish church of Badworth, in the county of Nottingham—a parish with but about 450 population—the sam of 67/. was collected in accordance with the Queen's letter; and ir. the afternoon 25/. 7s. was contributed at the Ranh). School-room chapel, in the same parish. On Wednesday morning last a most disgraceful scene occurred in Barton market-place—naniely, a sale of his wife by a man living at Barrow. COAL- PIT lisrLoSJoN. BARNSLEY, THURSDAY, 11‘14. , cit 11.—After the inquest on Monday, Mr. Marshall, t u he o, V:r s k ec o r f et the magistrates ' at Barnsley, forwarded to the lancholy ary all the particulars connected with the rile would eand occurren ce, down an with a request that the Government wit 3 ingood Worki an inspector to ascertain whether the pit tong condition at the time of the deplorable catastrophe, and proper means had been taken for the purpose of keeping if ance with the abovelethe pit well ventilated. In accord y request, Sir George Grey immediately dispatched Sir hienr 13,ecp, Bart., who arrived here yesterdaN' and Mr. Smyth, a:nine the pit, and to inquire Int proceeded forthwith to ex but as the same witnesses will into the cause of the accident; tion2d before the Coroner, it of coui7eanlined as were ques tun of the evidence. From all that canl il Only be a repeti pretty evident the cause of the accident Is ascertained, it is to the carelessness of William Mathivraandte be attributed Abraha m Kral_ too, two of the un f o rtunate sufferers, as it is clearly that the explosion m ust have commenced at the hol Pr wZ e ed they were working. No safet y lamps had been discovered ire any part of the pit. On the most careful inquiry it has been found that 95 persons were in the pit at the time of the ex plosion ; 66 of whom have already been hi ought up dead, and it is calculated that out of the whole number in the pit only ten have escaped unhurt, as several lie dangerously ill at the present time, twiny of whom have not the slightest chance of recovery. An explosion took place in the same pit in July, 1845, upon which occasion three lives were lost. 'There are only two sufferers whose bodies have not yet been recovered. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1847. LONDON DISTRICT LETTER CARRIERS. A numerous meeting of the London district letter-carriers took place last evening at the Pied Horse, Chiswell- street, for the purpose of hearing a communication from Mr. Rowland Hill relative to their salaries, &c., and to consider the pro priety of laying their claims before the Lords of the Treasury. In the London District Post-office the number of letter ' carriers (including 60 supernumeraries) is 903; the wages of the supernumeraries are 19s. per week; those of the regular letter-carriers 20s. a week, whi c h, a fte r a s erv itude of 15 or 16 years, is increased to 255., and there is no rise above this sum. In the General Post-office they enter at 235. a week, and after a time rise to 255., which is again Increased to 30s. The object of the district letter-carriers is to obtain the same rate of wages as the general post car riers for their duty of 22 deliveries and 9 collections a week. The general postmen have but six deliveries a week, with the exception of the junior carriers, and no collections. The district letter-carriers walk from twenty to twenty-five a day in the performance of their official duties alone. Mr. John Richmond, a letter-carrier of fourteen years' standing. presided at the meeting last evening, and stated the object for which his brother officers had been called together. Mr. F. W. Clifton, the secretary, a carrier of sixteen years' stand ing, explained how their grievances had been pointed out to Mr. Rowland Hill, who had said that he considered the district letter-carriers insufficiently paid. The deputations appointed to confer with Mr. 11111 had expressed to him he willingness of the carriers to work hard, at the same time they wished for better pay. The condition and priva tions endured by the body generally were fully laid before Mr. Hill, who thought their case was a very hard one, and assured them it should be inquired into and remedied. The chairman stated that he had been before Mr. Smith, the superintending president of the London district carriers, upon the subject, whom he had told that the only object for their calling meetings of their body was to obtain better wages for their work, and he had also told him that he did not think the district carriers would be satisfied until they ob tained the same scale es the general post carriers. Mr. Smith's advice was, that they should accept what was now offered—that is, an increase of 2s. on the seniors' salary, and is. on that of the juniors, for the present, and wait until the contemplated arrangements should be carried into operation.—(Disapprobation.) Ultimately, a resolution to the following effect was unanimously agreed to :—" That the meeting was of opinion that the time had arrived for the London district letter-carriers immediately to lay their grievances before the Lords of the Treasury by memorial. and that a deputation of twelve of their body, with the attendance and assistance of two or more Members of the House of Commons, should wait upon their Lordships, pray ing them to take their case into their serious consideration, and grant them a scale of salary increasing according to years of service, as recommended by the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry in their eighteenth report. Also com pensation for their loss of extra-duty money, the General Post letter-carriers being now in the receipt of the same for their official losses. They trusted that their Lordships would not lose sight of the facts that, while the General Pest super numerary letter-carrier commenced his duties at a salary of 235., the London district letter-carrier began with 19s a week only, with the disadvantage of having frequently to try to maintain two houses, in consequence of his liability to be sent to numerous places within 12 or 13 miles of London, to do duty at various times, which was not the case with the former; and 140 seniors only were receiving 255. per week, out of nearly 900 men, the remainder at 20s. per week only. Great numbers of the seniors and juniors performing 22 deliveries per man, and nine collections for those respective salaries, whilst many of the General Post letter-carriers were now in the receipt of 235., 255., and 30s. per week, for six deliveries per man ; and some of the latter, in re ceipt of 255. per week, were only about four years in the service, none of whom performed more than two deliveries in the day, and the evening sorting duty, but no collection. At the same time many of the senior London district letter carriers had been in the service 30 years, and some 40 vearf." Sevcral.very able speeches followed this resolution, descrip tive of the hardships and privations endured by the letter carriers in consequence of their small pay, but the proceed ings throughout were conducted with order and regularity, nor was there the slightest improper ebullition of feeling. Thanks having been given to the chairman and committee for their services in support of the claims of their body, the meeting broke up at a late hour. SOYER'S FOOD FOR THE POOR Receipt No. 5. NOURISHING MEAGRE FOOD FOR LENT. Put two ounces of butter or oil into a two gallon and a half stewpan, peel two ounces of onions, cut thin, put them on the fire till lightly brown (stirring it now and then), and half a pound of vegetables, as turnips, leeks, celery, carrots, &c.; Co not peel them or throw away anythi4g except that part which may be iecayed, but wash them Well,cut them in a slanting direction, put them in the stewpp; and fry ten minutes longer; put in a pound and a quarter , of peas, till up with two gallons of water; let it simmer for three hours, 6r till the peas are in a pulp; mix half a pound of oatmeal with a pint of water, make it into a liquid paste, pour it into the stewpan, stirring it with a spoon ; add three ounces of salt, half an ounce of brown sugar, boil it ten minutes, and it is ready for use; a little mint, bay leaf, thyme, marjoram, winter savoury, in small quantities, is an improvement, and also soaking the peas in soft water. Although this food is entirely deprived of animal substance, yet the fari naceous ingredients will act generously on the digestive organs, particularly to a stomach which has suffered from want of food. Receipt No. 6. THE FISHER,IIAN'S FOOD FOR THE COAST. Cut four pounds of fresh fish of any kind in large pieces; put it into your pan, with three ounces of salt, half-an - ounce of sugar, a little pepper, two bay leaves, a little thyme, one quart of water, and let it stew gently ; mix one pound of oatmeal with seven quarts of lukewarm water, and pour it over the fish; stir it gently, so as not to break it too much; let it boil twenty minutes and it is done. A red herring or dried salt fish, previously soaked, is ex ceedingly good to make this food; but omit the salt if all salt fiah is used. SAVORY RICE FOOD. Having saved the bones of the previous day, a very good food may be made as follows :—Take six pounds of bones, which break into small pieces, and boil in ten quarts of water, for four hours; having added three ounces of salt, a small bunch of thyme, bay, leaf, and savory. Put into a stew-pan two onions cut thin, half a•pound cf vegetables, as carrots, turnips, celery, &c., cut very thin ; half an ounce of sugar ; put it on the tire for fifteen minutes, stirring it oc casionally ; add half pound of oatmeal, and mix well ; moisten with two gallons of the stock from the bones ; add one and a quirter pounds of rice, previously soaked: boil till tender, and serve. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 13. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MERCHANT ADVENTURERS OF BRISTOb. - - - - This was an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. The facts are as follow :—Edward Coniston left cer tain estates in trust with the Corporation of the Merchant Adventurers of Bristol in 1705, to be devoted to the erection of an hospital or almshouses in that city, for the reception of 100 boys, who were to be supported, educated, and provided with trades. The question at issue was, whether or not the trustees were entitled to any beneficial interest in the trusts, and turned upon the technical construction of the deed vest ing the trusts in the defendants, who laid claim to the sur plus that had accrued since the foundation of the charity, to indemnify them against certain sums which they had ad vanced, but which on the other side it was contended were provided for from casual sources specified in the deed. The Attorney-General opened the case, and was followed by Mr. Twiss on the same side. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBORN.) IN EX RAINEY. This day having been appointed for the bankrupt's last examination, Mr. FaamyroN, solicitor for the bankrupt, requested that the matter might be postponed, as, although they had been busily engaged with the accountant (Mr. Wright) for some days past, they had been unable to make a statement of accounts in such a complete state as would warrant them in producing it in Court. They requested, therefore, that his Honour would grant them a postponement for trio months. This would give the bankrupt an opportunity of bringing his accounts up satisfactorily, and enable them to send them in to the official assignee at the end of six weeks, giv ing him thereby a fortnight to examine into their correct• ness. He might inform his Honour that they had already progressed in some degree, for they had delivered in accounts to the amount of 4,000/. ; but there still remained about eighty to examine_ Mr. Payne (the trade assignee) had a claim to prefer relatis e to one of these accounts, in connexion with some property lodged with Coutts and Co. • and, until that question was decided, it would be folly for them to make up the statement in a hasty and imperfect manner. The official assignee ( Mr. Green) concurred in the applica tion. He conceived that time was necessary to furnish a satisfactory statement. After some further conversation, the final examination was adjourned to the 14th of May. The solicitor for one of the creditors (Dr. Ogle) wished to put a few questions to the bankrupt. Mr. COOK said that he was retained for Mr. Rainey. He had no objection to urge against that gentleman's examining the bankrupt, and therefore he wished it understood that he did not interfere with his right of doing so, but as Mr. Rainey did not come prepared for any examination in con sequence of the imperfect state of his balance-sheet, he trusted that any question, excepting in the matter of pro perty, and with a view to such property being made avail able, would not be pressed. He would therefore put it to the Learned Gentleman whether he would not prefer to leave the matter in the hands of the assignees, or wait the time when the subject would come in its proper course before his Honour. After some further remarks his Honour permitted the solicitor to put his questions, at the same time requesting him to confine these to matters important to the estate. Mr. Cools: suggested that the cash book of the bankrupt would furnish every information desired by Mr. Ogle, but this course not being deemed satisfactory by that gentleman's solicitor, he proceeded to subject the bankrupt to examina tion. The Solicitor then began a very objectionable course of examination, which was, after some little time stopped by His HONOUR, who said that he did not see what these questions had to do with the estate. The object seemed rather to be to show up the bankrupt as a man guilty of breach of trust. The proper period for such a course of ex amination would be when the bankrupt came up for his cer tificate, when these questions might be put with great pro priety. The Solicitor proceeded to put another question, when His HONOUR said that it was quite plain what the object of the examination was, that these questions prematurely asked should be the means of holding Mr. Rainey up to reprobation. He (the Commissioner) considered that no creditor had in that stage any right to put such questions. The law did indeed give the creditor power to ask such questions, when the bankrupt came up for his certificate, but it never contemplated that the bankrupt should be asked a series of questions not with the view of bettering the estate, but of holding him up to scorn and contumely. He could not therefore allow this course of examination to con tinue. Mr. COOKE was proceeding to address the Court, when His HONOUR desired that he should hear nothing further on either side. He thought he had sufficiently marked his sense of the impropriety of the course of examination, and he desired that the matter should be dropped. Mr. PAYNE then put questions relative to papers and letters still in the possession of the bankrupt or his solicitor, and they were ordered by his Honour to be delivered up to the official assignees forthwith. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsfurd, March 12. THE POISONINGS AT CLAVEIIING.-At the conclusion of the former trial the jury were challenged by the Counsel for the prosecution, and it was some time before a fresh jury could be empanelled. At a late hour the prisoner ras again arraigned upon another indictment, charging her with the wilful murder of James Chesham, another of her children, by means of poison. The same counsel were engaged in the case. The evidence was preciselYWe same as on the former trial, with the addition that it was proved there was a much larger quantity of poison in the stomach of the deceased child than appeared in that of his brother. Mr. Sergeant JONES again made a most able and forcible address to the jury, commenting upon the ab sence of all direct proof that the prisoner had ever been in possession of any poison, and also calling their attention to the fact that ha d deposed to by all the itnesses, that the prisoner had alis ays borne the cha• racter of a most kind and affectionate mother, and that therefore it was most improbable, if not indeed impos sible, that she should have perpetrated such a diabolical act, as to murder two of her children, without there ap pearing to be any wsignable motive for it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, said the case was a very proper one to be fully inquired into, as it appeared perfectly clear that there had been two most mysterious deaths by poison within a very short period, and the question for the jury was, whether the evidence made out that the prisoner was the person who adminis tered that poison. The jury, after deliberating for some time, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Thomas Newport, the person whose name was alluded to in the tormer trials, and who, it appears, is a farmer, and a man of some property at Clavermg, surrendered in discharge of his bail, and to plead to an indictment that had been returned against him by the grand jury. The indictment alleged that Sarah Chesham bad un lawfully administered to Solomon Taylor, the illegitimate child of one Lydia Taylor,:a large quantity of poison, or some other deadly ingredient unknown, and that she did thereby kill and murder the said child, and Thomas Newport was charged with aiding, coun selling, and abetting her in the commission of the felony and murder. The defendant pleaded not guilty. He was also arraigned upon an indictment for misde meanour arrising out of the same charge, and to this he also pleaded not guilty. It was then stated that an arrangement had been made that the trial should stand over until the next assizes, and he was liberated upon entering into a recognizance in the sum of 4001, and finding two sureties in 2001. each. Sarah Cheshant was then placed at the bar to take her trial as the principal in the murder of Solomon Taylor. The prisoner, who appeared quite collected, and ex hibited almost indifference to the result during the whole of the proceedings, was seated during the trial. Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Wordsworth, and Mr. T. Chambers conducted the case for the Crown. Sergeant C. Jones and Mr. Charnock again appeared for the prisoner. _ _ Mr.. M. CHAMBERS, in opening the case for the prose cution, called upon the jury to dismiss from their minds all that they might have heard, or that had come out on the evidence in the inquiry regarding the two former charges. The only object of those who conducted the prosecution was to endeavour to ascertain the truth, and they had no desire that any prejudice which might be created by former proceedings should at all affect the prisoner. Ile the re f ore reques t e d the j u ry only to pay attention to the evidence that would be produced in support of the:specific charge against the prisoner, of hav ing, by means of poison, or some other deadly ingredient, caused the death of an infant called Solomon Taylor, and he would proceed to lay before them the evi dence upon which that charge rested. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the nature of the evi dence against the prisoner, and which will be found in the following narrative, it being more intelligible in that form :—lt appeared that in the commencement of the year 1845, Lydia Taylor, the mother of the deceased infant, went into the service of Mrs. Newport, who car • ries on the busines s o f a f armer , a t Clavering, her affairs being manag e d by h er sou , Th omas N ew p or t, who was included as an accessory in the present indictment. There appeared to be no doubt that this Thomas New prt carried on an improper intimacy with the prisoner Chesham, who, as has already been stated, is a married woman, her husband being a labourer. employed by another branch of the Newport family. Very soon after Lydia Taylor came into the service Newport seduced her, and she became in the family way, and the moment the fact was discovered by her mistress she discharged her, and she went home to her mother's house at Ma nuden, a village in the neighbourhood of Clavering. Newport never appeared to deny the paternity of the child, and for sonic time he gave money to the mother. The child was born on the 18:11 of December, 1845, and was appruntly a healthy infant, and the mother and the child continued to reside at the house of the mother of the former, at Manuden, Thomas Newport continually, as above stated, sending money to Lydia Taylor . for her support. It seemed that while she was in the service of Mrs. Newport, the pri soner, Sarah Chesham, had been in the habit of coming to the house, but she hardly knew her, and about a month after the birth of the child, the mother was somewhat surprised at the prisoner coming to her mother's cottage to see her, and she then condoled with her upon her situation, and made some observations con demnatory of the conduct of Thomas Newport towards her, and she at the same time caressed the child, and ap peared to be very fond of it. The prisoner paid a second visit to the mother, and, upon her saying that she was surprised at it, and that she had nothing to give her, the prisoner said 3 he wanted to take nothing from . her, but she had brought her something, and gave her a rice pud ding, an apple tart, some tea, and other articles. Upon this occasion the prisoner took the baby from the mother, and said she would feed it. The mother told her it had been fed, and did not require anything, but the prisoner persisted in taking the child down stairs, and when Lydia Taylor went down after her in a few moments, she saw her in the act of wiping her fingers down her gown, and there was :an appearance round the child's mouth, as though it had been fed, and it also appeared to . have been sick. The prisoner, it appeared, fed the child a second time in this day, and immediately after she had done so the infant's lips and face assumed the expression as if something nauseous had been administered to it, and the prisoner herself exclaimed, " My God, Lydia, it has turned as callow as a rat." The mother asked her what she had been giving the child, and she replied, " only some sugar." The mother then observed that the child's lips looked very slimy and whi:e, and it vomited, and it was with considerable diffi culty that she could wipe the stuff from its mouth and face. From time to time it appeared that the child was continually ill, and never recovered. Upon this occa sion, when the prisoner left, she repeated her protesta tions of friendship to the mother of the child, and in vited her to her own cottage, and it appeared that she did go there to visit her, and while she was there took the child in her arms, and said that its father would soon be there. A man was at this time observed coming across the fields towards the house, and the prisoner said it was Newport, and she wanted the mother to go and meet him. She refused to do so, and the prisoner snatched up the child and ran down stairs. At this time it would appear the mother entertained some sus picions of the prisoner's conduct towards her child, and she followed her immediately, and on getting down stairs she saw her walking very fast by the side of the field ; and she also observed her again wiping her fingers down her dress, and the child appeared to have been sick, and some sort of food wee round its lips. She asked the prisoner what she had given to the child, and she replied that she had only given it a sucker, or some sweetmeat, for it to suck. The mother took the child away, and when she got home she observed some spots upon the child's dress, and when it was afterwards washed these places became holes, and it appeared as though some corrosive substance had been throw upon the dress to cause that effect. The child after thisappeared again to be very ill, and the same night, when the pri soner accompanied her part of the way home, the mother a second time saw the prisoner put something into the child's mouth, and observed that it was sick immediately afterwards, and during the greater part of the following night the child was very sick and in convulsions. In June 1846, the mother went to service, leaving her child in the charge of her mother, at Manuden, and it seemed that the prisoner went to the mother's house, and she was then observed to give the child something, which ap • peered to make it sick directly afterwards, and it never again appeared to be healthy, but lingered on to the 27th of September, when it died. At this time it ap peared that there was no suspicion of the child having come to its death unfairly, and it was buried in the usual course ; but it appeared that when the circumstances connected with the death of the prisoner's own children became known, it was deemed advisable that the body of the deceased infant should be exhumed, in order that the stomach should undergo a medical examination. This, it appeared, had been done, but no trace of any poison was discovered ; and, in addition to this favour able circumstance for the prisoner, it seemed that there were indications of disease which might have occasioned the death of the infant. The evidence was then gone into, the witness, Lydia Taylor, being subjected to a most searching cross-exa mination by Sergeant Jones ; she however persisted in the statements she made in her evidence in chief, and they supported in all the material points the opening of the counsel for the prosecution. Professor Taylor was then examined ; and his evi dence negatived entirely the fact of any poison or cor rosive substance being the cause of the death of the infant, and also that, according to his opinion, it might be accounted for by perfectly natural causes. Mr. CHAMBERS. upon this evidence, said he did not think there was sufficient to justify a conviction; and he therefore withdrew from the prosecution. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Blight, 20, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, known as David Gray Bright, by administering to it a quantity of laudanum, and David Gray, 21, a labourer, was indicted for feloniously inciting her to commit the murder. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Hawkins prosecuted, and Mr. W ordsworth defended Gray, and Mr. Charnocic, with Mr. Rodwell, appeared for the other prisoner. In this case the legal evidence was very slight indeed against the prisoners. It appeared they had been keep ing company together, and the result wee the birth of a child in the month of November last. This child died on the 11th January following, and the coroner's jury returned a verdict that it died of convulsions. From subsequent inquiries that were made, it was thought proper to apprehend the prisoner Bright, and she then admitted that she had given the child three or four drops of soap liniment, which she said she thought would do it good, and when the body was opened there did not ap pear the slightest trace of death being occasioned by poi son. With regard to the man, the only evidence against him was, that he had been keeping company with an. other young woman, and that she refused to heve any thing more to do with him after the female prisoner was delivered of a child by him, and upon this he said, that he would not mind killing the child any more than a sparrow if it was not for the law, and some other ex pressions of a similar character. Mr. CHARNOCK suggested that it would be advisable to call the surgeon as the first witness, and accordingly, Mr. Bell, surgeon, of Chelmsford, was examined, and his evidence tended to show that there was no proof of the child having died from any other than natural causes. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE upon this stopped the case, and the jury, under his Lordship's direction, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. By the JUDGE—I have never seen that old man before or since. Abraham Marsden corroborated the last witness. I did not see the mark or seal on either of the deeds or on the memorial. I did not know the old man that came in. I have never seen him since. Harrison is not that man. George Raley, a schoolmaster, the other attested wit ness, corroborated the other witnesses as to the signing, and added, that the words, " Signed, sealed, and deli vered by the said John Harrison," were not there when they signed the deeds, nor the words, " Lease for a year." Betty Guant said the prisoner's wife showed her the deeds in October last. The prisoner was not at home. She read them over. I gave information to the prose cutor, and to the constable. After he had been examined on this charge, before he was taken from the rosin, the prisoner said it was a forged deed; it was his father Elaste's doing. He said he would do anythirg if they would get Harrison to make it up. He said the same several times over. Cross examined—She expected to have part of the land. E. Sharp—The prisoner's wife asked me to take the deeds to him at York Castle (he was then in the prison on some other charge). I told him an offer had been made to induce him to give them up. Ha declined, sad requested her to retain possession of them till his return home. Cross-examined—No part of the attestation was in the prisoner's handwriting. The seals of the deeds ,were the seals of the late Mr. Lister, who was the pri soner's solicitor. Mr. Baron ROLFE told the jury that the prisoner was charged with having forged the deed, which gave the estates to the prisoner himself for life ; after his death to the prisoner's wife for life, with remainder to the prisoner and his heirs. He said there had been no uttering, and the only quzistion, therefore, was, were they satisfied that the prisoner forged the deeds. On this point, was the old man's testimony given in such a manner that they could place implicit reliance on it ? He then made some remarks on the attesting witnesses having attested the deeds without having, ac cording to their present account, seen it actually exe cuted. He said that, on his examination before the magistrates, Sugden had sworn that the deeds were lying folded up on the table when the old man came into the room. He had also sworn that the old than was like Ilarrison, but that he was not sure whether it was he or not. His Lordship also told the jury, that as the deeds had been prepared, it was highly probable that the words " signed, sealed," &c., were put on before they left his cflice ; but his Lordship did not tell the jury, nor did Counsel remark on the absence of the words " being first read over to him," which the at testation ought to have contained, as Harrison was a marksman, and would have contained, had the deeds been executed in the presence of, or the attestation drawn by, a lawyer. The jury retired, and after being absent some time, returned into Court, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. TIIE PARCEL POST COMPANY.—EXTRAORDINARY SEIZURE.—On Saturday, shortly after the public busi ness of this Court had commenced, a number of the employes of the Parcel-Post Company attended before the presiding magistrates, Sir Peter Laurie and Sir William Magnay, to solicit advice as to how they should act in the very unfortunate dilemma they were placed in. A gentlemanly-looking individual, who stated him self to be the superintendent of the Parcel-Post Com pany's office, in Fleet•street, said that in the course of the previous day, several of the company's vans, in passing through the streets with their contents, were seized by real or assumed creditors and detained. At present he had no less than 1,000 parcels at his office, and he was afraid if they were not sent out for distribu tion, they would share the same fate. Another unfortu nate circumstance was, that the servants of the company had not been paid their salaries, and should the parcels be entrusted to them it was possible they might help themselves and dispose of them. The directors had re signed, and the management of the company, i n its present state of affairs, was entirely left to his own discretion. Under such circumstances, he applied for the magistrates' advice. It was his wish that the public should have their parcels properly delivered; many of them, no doubt, were of considerable importance, and probably their non-delivery might ruin several persons. Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, remarked that the Court during the last few days had been beset by a number of poor men who had advanced 101. or 121. to the company, in order to get employment in it. Roe, the officer, informed the Alderman that several of these men were then waiting outside the Court. Here a host of unfortunate fellows, dressed in the Company's livery were ushered before the Bench. They stated that they had put in the company's hands sums varying from 91. to 12/. 104. as a security for being en gaged as drivers and conductors to the vans. Thay had been unable to obtain their salaries or any of the money they had advanced; the offices were closed, the vans were ceased, and now what were they to do. Sir PETER LAURIE asked how many had paid the se curity money. He was told one hundred. A driver wished to know what they were to do with the vans and horses they had still left in their charge. Sir P. LAURIE said they were creditors, and probably they had the best right to hold possession of them. He would advise them to place the horses and vans in the green yard. As for the parcels, however, he would wish them to understand, that shouldthey dispose of them improperly, they would certainly be guilty of an I act of felony. The superintendent remarked that he had as great a reason to complain as the drivers, for he and others had paid no less than 140/. to be employed as managers. It was, however, only an act of justice to observe, that there were several high minded gentlemen connected with the company. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, March 11. The commission was opened this morning in the Shire-hall, at half-past ten o'clock, by Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Patteson, their Lordships having been met at Lady Baybridge, and escorted into the town by John Vere, of Carlton-upon-Trent,'Esq., High Sheriff, and a numerous retinue of attendants, officers, and javelin men. The calendar for the county contains 17 prisoners— one tor shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm; one for poisoning ; one for stabbing, cutting, wounding, and maiming; one for sheep-stealing; one for killing and slaying; one for highway robbery; and the others for minor offences. In the town calendar there are also 17 prisoners—two for forgery, one highway robbery, and the rest for larceny. Among the prisoners in the town is Emmanuel White, a well-known Chartist, who is charged with forgery. After Mr. Justice PATTESON had opened the commis sion in the Borough Court, he called attention to the case of White in his charge to the grand jury.:; There are nine causes and one special jury case on the civil side, some of which are said to be of considerable interest. An indictment is about to be preferred, at the instance of the Commissioners in Lunacy, against a per son of the name of Large, lately a keeper in the Lunatic Asylum, having been guilty of alleged gross neglect in his duty. Some weeks ago a person of the name of Doubleday was removed to the asylum, after-attempting self-destruction, and committed to the care of Large, with strict injunctions on no account to leave him, as he was predisposed to commit suicide. Large undertook the patient; but instead of remaining with him, he went out of the room between eleven and twelve at night (the very first night of Doubleda y bein g in the asylum), to get his tea. He remained for a consi derable le n gt h of ti he found the p atient had been out of bed, torn up his shirt, tied it rou nd his neck, and attachin g it to the bed post, hung himself. He was quite d ea d. re turn e boiling his kettle, making his tea, &c. On his Amongst the cau ses to be heard i n the County Court is recover a an election bill aga i ns t Si r J o h n melection secrets, as it i s an act i on by one which, if not settled in q uick time, m ay let out some w h ere an admirable sermon was preached by gton, of Walesby, She r iff s ' c h a p- H o p ; ortb.hhFeol/solu Flower, t r i , n t g o h Their Lordship s attended Divine service at St. Peter's t C h h e u r R c h e v , lain, and immediat el y afterwards p roceeded t o t h e County Hall, and in both courts tried the p risoners in the to w n calendar, Mr. Baron Parke sitting in the Ni s i P r i us , an d Mr. Justice Patte son in the Crown Court. R. Roger Pockliu Sir P. LAURIE did not doubt the integrity of several of those gentlemen. He could not, however, but ex press his surprise that so many persons could be so foolish as to expend the little wealth they possessed in such hazardous employment. Sir W. MAGNA; in answer to a question from the superintendent relative to the parcels in his possession, advised them to be sent to the London Parcels Deliver) , Company, who would no doubt see them properly de livered. The Superintendent—But who is to pay the other company if they undertook to forward the parcels for the delivery of which we have been paid ? Sir P. LAURIE would advise the parcels to be returned to the receiving houses, the owners of which were to an extent responsible for them. The Superintendent said such should be done, as far as possible. The drivers begged the Alderman to direct them how to recover the moneys they had advanced. Sir P. LAURIE told them to consult a respectable lawyer. The poor fellows said they would, but declared their intention to stick to what remained of the vans and horses. IVOR THERN CHIC UlT.—Yorh, March 11. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Joshua Sharp, aged 39, a woolstapler, was pat on his trial on a charge Mr. of forgardy ery with of !I conveyance stated of land the case Mr. Overend ( H for the prosecution, and called John Harrison, the prosecutor, a man 82 years of age, who said—l live at Bramley. I know the prisoner. His wife is my sister's daughter. Her maiden name was Sarah Haste. I have land (between five and six acres) at Bradley Hill. I never conveyed it away. I never gave any deed respecting it to the prisoner. I cannot write. I never put my mark to any deed for the pri soner. Ile once wanted me to put my mark to some thing, but I wanted some one to see it that understood it. I did not see what it was. I,wouldn't say nothing. I never put a mark of nooakind nattier to that nor nowt else. I never saw it (the deeds of lease and release, which were attached together), before last October. I never had any conversation with the prisoner about dis posing of my land at Bradley Hill. I have had it 37 years. I have never disposed of it in favour of the pri soner's wife. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WiLitisis--It is happen (perhaps) four or five weeks since I made my will. Betty Guant wor (was) happe n there. She is my brother's daughter. Her husband first told me of this deed. I have another piece of land of 1 acres, in the same parish, with four houses upon it, in one of which I live. I lent the prisoner 100/. when he married. I never intended his wife to have that land, or any part of it. Richard Sugden, formerly a worsted manufacturer, examined— I was at the rrisoner's seven years ago last June. My partner, Abraham Marsden, was there too. George Haley was sent for. When he came the prisoner asked if we would sign a parchment document (the deeds of lease and release). It was not opened out. The pri soner said, " It's all right; it purports to be a deed of gift from my old uncle to his niece " (prisoner's wife), so I than signed it (both). There was no other person present. I also signed this (the memorial). I did not see the seal on it. I cannot tell whether it was on or not. After it was signed the prison er folded it u p im mediately, and took it up stairs, from whence he had fetched it. I saw Haley and Marsden sign it. Haley went away directly when he had signed. As he went away the prisoner opened a door, and an aged man en tered the room in which we were. He was deaf. The prisoner said to the old man, " It's all right, uncle." He said that in a loud voice, and then in a lower he said to Marsden and me, " This is the uncle that is making the property to my wife." The witness Harrison is not that man. Cross-examined—The old man did not say " Very well " when th e p r i s oner said " It's all right. The mat ter (the signing) was not mentioned to the old man. I and Marsden had gone to the prisoner's about business, It was done in a hurry, and I was more occupied with our own business than the signing of the deed, and I had forgot that I had done such a thing till the present question was started in October last. The deed was not on the table when the old man came in. I never saw the witness Harrison till October last. I knew at the moment he was not the old man who had come into the room. In the course of the afternoon atrangetnents were made by the London Parcels Delivery Company to for ward the parcels as directed. BO W-STREET. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Benjamin Frond, described as a builder, was charged with being concerned with Fre derick Williamson, alias John Alfred Gallon, at present under remand with forging and uttering a cheque for 171. 65., under the following circumstances : Mr. Christopher Marsh, managing clerk to Mr. Nooks, timber merchant, Commercial Wharf, Lambeth, stated that on Saturday, 27th ult., the prisoner and another man came into the yard and looked at some goods, and having selected some deals, they said they would give an order if he would take a cheque on Messrs. Ransom's, Pall-mall, for 371. and upwards in payment, but witness refused ; the cheque was signed " James E. Green," and they wanted to have the balance, above 171., out of it, or a cheque upon a bank for the amount. Witness then handed the other man a blank cheque, and he filled it up for the amount in question. The prisoner then wanted Bs. 6d. as discount upon the goods, but wit ness told him, when the amount of the cheque was paid he would do so, and not till then. They then left, say ing they would send for the goods on Monday morning. On inquiry, it was found that no such person kept an account at Messrs. Ransom's. Witness never saw them again until the prisoner was apprehended. The prisoner declined saying anything, except that he was not present when the cheque was written. A clerk from Messrs. Ransom's said that no such per sons kept an account at the bank. Mr. Henry Dearlove, a timber merchant, of the Com mercial-wharf, Lambeth, who appeared on Thursday last, to prefer a charge against Williamson, for uttering another forged cheque for 121. 17s. in the purchase of goods amounting to 61. Bs. 9d., identified the prisoner as being the person who accompanied him on the 27th of February. The signature was Chas. Kinnaire, and. upon Williamson writing his name and address, which was found to be fictitious, he received the difference in cash. The prisoners both accompanied witness round the yard, selecting the goods they required, and when their cheque was presented on the following Tuesday it WAS pronounced a forgery. Sergeant Thompson, 62 F, said that he apprehended the prisoner on the premises of Mr. Kinnaird, silver smith and jeweller, 16, Gerrard-street, Soho, where he was engaged superintending a building; and on asking him if he knew Catton, he denied that he did, but being confronted with the two witnesses they immediately identified him. Sabs -quently he discovered he had deserted his family, and was living with a woman in Wych -street, when the other prisoner was taken into custody. Mr. Kinnaird, who banked at Messrs. Ransom, found that nine cheques had been recently stolen from his book. The prisoner denied having seen the last-named cheque passed, and he never heard anything of it before. Mr. Dearlove assured the magistrate that the pri soner was with his companions in the counting-house during the entire transaction. The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. A man about 60 years of age was Saturday morning brought before Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate , for re-exami nation, charged with fraudulently obtaining goods of divers tradesmen iu various parts of the metropolis. The court was crammed with tradesmen whom theprisoner had victimised. It appeared that the prisoner called at the warehouse of Mr. Knight, house-decorator, Brick-lane, Spi talfields, on the 9th of Janu ar y last, and selected 29 pieces of stained paper, which he requested might be immediately forwarded, with a receipt and invoice, to the Fountain :ta vern, Shoreditch, and the amountran oy wasbed-bwould paid on errand-boy on delivery. Mr. Kn i g ht : s dis patched with the goods. Thelatter, however, re turned after a protracted absence, and informed his master that he bad delivered the paper to the prisoner, who desired him to wait for the money, but after a lengthened delay he found that the latter had made his exit with the property through the back door of the house and effected his escape. Lie was, however, subsequently traced by Sergeant Brannan to a coffee-shop in Tabernacle-row, Finsbury, and there taken into custody. (From cite BUSINESS.. ) e Vines awl caiL9 tia• "louse of Coa.a:4.n.f. William Ra,thbone, a blind-maker, in Clifton-street, Fins- FRIDAY, MARCH 12. bury, produced the whole of the above purloined property, and which the prisoner had sold to him for 21. 10s. on the day The following Railway Bills were read a second time , cal ' mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection: — it came into his possession. Enfield and Edmonton Extension. Several other'cases of a similar nature were brought, and MancheEter and Birmingham and North Staffordshire Ju nct i on. evidence given against the prisoner, who was committed for Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. I—Extension trial on several charges. and Amendment). THE PARCEL POST COMPANY.—On Saturday four Edinburgh and Northern (Improvement of the Ferry beoi very decent looking young men, who were accompanied i tween Ferry Port on C ra ig and the Northern Shore by Mr. Vann, a solicitor, came before Mr. Broughton, the River Tay). the sitting magistrate, to ask his advice and assistance, Axholme (from the Leeds and Selby Railway to Gait* . in a matter connected with the Parcels Post Delivery borough, with Branches). Company. The applicants in this case were the drivers of the cabs belonging to the company, and they wanted to know if they were justified in retaining the horses and cabs until they were paid. Mr. BROUGHTON said he had no knowledge of the company, or of the circumstances, except what the applicants now stated, and, sitting there as magistrate, he could give them no assistance or advice on such a subject, but must leave them entirely to the solicitor. The applicants retired in a state of perplexity, but exprussed their intention to hold possession of the horses and carts as security for their looney. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Byrne, who was said to be a medical man, residing in the neighbourhood of Oxford-street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with the following outrageous freak The servant of Mr. Taunton, shoemaker, of Marylebone street, stated, that his master's cart was standing opposite the door, about half-past three o'clock on Friday afternoon, when the prisoner, who was quite drunk, jumped in, seized the whip and reins, and drove off at a lurious rate, to the great affright and danger of the passers by. He drove round the neighbouring streets in this way for nearly an hour, when he was with difficulty stopped, and given into custody, the cart having, in the meantime, sustained damage to the amount of upwards of 21. The prisoner, who had no excuse to offer beyond that of having drank too freely, was sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days, and ordered to pay the cost of the injury done to the cart. The Magistrate was occupied the rest of the morning with hearing charges of begging, chiefly against Irish persons. WEST.,IIINS7ER. IMPORTANT TO TRADESMEN —OR Saturday John Fletcher Betts, of 262, Oxford-street, grocer, appeared to a summons charging him with neglecting to supply a carriage and horses to remove the luggage of her Ma• jesty's regiment of Scots Fusilier Guards, in obedience to a warrant issued by ono of the police magistrates of the metropolis. Sergeant Beckerson, 22 A, said that, in the latter end of February be received orders to furnish 35 waggons to remove the luggage of the Scots Fusilier Guards. De fendant received a summons, on the 26th ult.. to supply a wagon and horses on the 2d inst. Although it would be seen by this that he had three clear days' notice, he did not supply the wago❑ and horses. In conse quence of this the regiment was put to considerable in convenience ; and, after waiting two hours in expecta tion of the arrival of defendant's wagon and horses, the police had to go to several places to procure others, and were uniformly met with the reply that it was exceed ingly unfair to come to 'them without timely notice. Mr. Dalgleish, a coal-merchant, at Scotland-yard, very kindly took his horses from a wagon laden with coals, and supplied them for their use. The witness added, that the defendant had offered him l Os. on a previous occasion not to leave the summons with him requiring him to supply his carriage and horses. The defendant did not deny the charge, but stated that, owing to the severe winter, his horses were so lame that they were unequal to the duty in question. Mr. BURRELL observed, that the charge against the defendant of offering a bribe to the officer was one of a very serious character. Under the peculiar circum stances of the case, he should fine defendant 3/. and costs. Defendant undertook to send the money, and left the Court. LAMBETH. • EMBEZZLEMENT BY A NEWS - BOY.—Yesterday Wil liam Lacy, ayouth of seventeen years of age, se, vent in the employment of Mr. Tucker, a news agent in the Wandsworth-road, was placed at the bar b..fore Mr. Norton, on a charge of appropriating money received on account of his master, _ _ STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee:- 1. That in the case of the South Metropolitan Waterworks petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed 2. That in tbe case of the Westminster and Part of an diesex Sewers petitiop, for leave to deposit a petition 7, 1. 4 Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with: .'. the parties be permitted to deposit their petition acco rding!! 3. Thar the Committee having considered the Special Kt port made by the Examiners on the Glasgow, liiilnnave°e„d and Ardrossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations. 271, Branches) petition, are of opinion that, with reference to the facts therein stated, the standing orders have been comPliesn with ; and that, with reference to so much or their rer t ..., relates to the petition for the Bill referred back to the Co ' (df.. mittee for re-consideration (together with the above-nlef, tioned Special Report), they are of opinion that the staaw; orders ought to be dispensed with, and that the parties permitted to proceed with their Bill. li g 'oil Second and third resolutions agreed to.—Report to the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OF FICF ..a The following Railway Bills are appointed to be it— second time:— Mr. Tucker deposed that he had latterly reason to suspect the honesty of the prisoner, who had been in his service for about 17 months, and upon making inquiry he discovered that he had received from Dr. Leach 9s. 4d., from Mr. Phillips 155., and from Mr. Evans, landlord of the Pine-apple public•house in Hercules buildings, 3s. 3d., for which he did not account. On making the discovery, he questioned the prisoner on the subject, when he stoutly denied his guilt. On mention ing the name. of Dr. Leach, he acknowledged having me ceived the 9s. 4d., but he declared that this was the only sum he had received. He (witness) then asked him whether he received any money from Mr. Phillips or Mrs. Evans, and those sums before mentioned he also aeknowlenged to having received, and added after each acknowledgment that those were_the only sums, Mr. NORTON—How was the prisoner employed by you? Mr. Tucker—By the week, Sir; I have paid him Bs. a week, and I tear be has received many other'sums from my customers, and therefore wish for time to make some further inquiries. The prisoner, who merely expressed his sorrow for what had occurred, was remanded until Thursday next. ALARMING INCREASE OF SMASHERS.—There were no less than four persons charged with passing counterfeit half sovereigns, but though all were notorious smashers, and two of them had been tried and found guilty of that oftence, such is the lax state of the law at present, that they were obliged to be again turned loose on the public. Mr. NORTON regretted that the magistrates had not the power of dealing sum m arily wi t h such notorious offenders as the prisoners, and expressed it as his con viction that such a power would materially tend to lessen the offence and protect tradesmen from the present im pudent system of passing counterfeit coin. CURRY FISH. Put into a stew-pan one onion, a small bunch of bay-leaf thyme, and savory ; two apples, if convenient, with a quarter pound of fat, three ounces of salt, and quarter ounce of sugar, and fry for fifteen minutes. Put one pound of rice, and four quarts of water, asd boil till tender ; add one ounce of curry powder, mixed in a little water. Cut up six pounds of cheap fish into pieces the size of an egg ; add to the above, and boil for twenty or thirty minutes, according to the kind of fish. Salt and dried fish, pre viously soaked, cooked in this way, is excellent, omitting the salt. A man of the name of Richard Walter was found frozen to death within half a mile of Shepherd's Shore on Wednesday night. Deceased had been to the above place with some oxen, and it was supposed had taken too much beer, and becoming drowsy had laid down to sleep, and thus perished.— Wilts Independent. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday morning a reduction of one halfpenny in the price of the 41b. loaf was made by the bakers generally. The price varies in the several parts of the metropolis. On the Surrey side, and at the east-end, inferior bread is selling at 7d., good house hold ditto 7%d., seconds ditto 8 1 4 d., and the best bread 9 1 / 2 d., per 41b. loaf. In Oxford-street, Drury-lane, Clare and New port Markets, the prices obtained are generally one halfpenny more than those quoted—country and brown bread (on weighed), selling at 6d. per loaf; flour (best) 9►,! 2 d., seconds Bd., and inferior 7d. per quartern. . _ RAILWAYS.-By a Parliamentary return published yesterday morning, of the proposed amount of capital and of the sum authorised to be borrowed, in the Railway Bills de posited with the Commissioners of Railways for the praseut session of Parliament, it appears that the amount of capital is, 82,553,150/. ; amount to be borrowed. 41,314,259/. — making a total of capital and loan of 123,867,4091. THE LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. — The complaint, which was made some time since by an Hon. Member, of the inefficient lighting of the House of Commons, appears to have been wholly disregarded by the persons en trusted with the management of this department. Generally speaking, the light is so defective as to render it painful to write in the gallery ; and in the course of Mr. Gregory's speech last night, and for some time subsequently, the light was diminished to such an extent that the reporters fou , d great difficulty in taking notes of the proceedings. AN AMERICAN VETERAN.—The olde-t inhabitant died at Akron, Ohio, on the 3d inst. His name was John Shepherd, aged 118 years 9 months and 18 days. He fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown Flats, and was wounded at the former. He never received a pension ! An ungrateful Congress denied him that boon, because he had the misfortune to lose his papers in a fire which con sumed his dwelling. His children provided for him com fortably in his old age.—. New Yorh Sun. On 'the 4th instant the funeral of the unfortunate victims of the destruction of the Grand Ducal Theatre was solemnized at Carlsrhue. An immense crowd of the inhabi tants formed a double line to the cemetery gates. The ashes of the victims were enclosed in eight coffins, which were laid in two tombs. SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE.—The committee of the above society have awarded to the youth, George Best, who was the instrument of savi ig the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Grover and their three children at the late fire at Brentford, one of their silver medals and 203. To another youth who assisted Best on the night in question, they have awarded a silver medal. I losiEur.—i he cotton hosiery trade, though a shade mended to what it was previous to Christmas, con tinues very dull. The Leicester is worse than the Notting ham trade. Frames are constructing in that town 120 inches wide, being more than double width hitherto 'attempted ; " Gog and Magog," hitherto the widest frames known, being only 54 inches wide.—Nottingham Review. FATAL ACCIDENT TO JOHN SHIP WAY, THE STEEPLE CLIMBER.—An inquest was held yesterday, at Bristol, on the body of John Shipway, the celebrated steeple climber, who has earned a reputation by his daring exploits in ascending for the purpose of adjusting, removing, or refitting the vanes of some of the loftiest steeples in England, among which may be mentioned those of Salisbury Cathedral and the church of St. Nicholas, Bristol. The poor fellow had been engaged to lit up some scaffolding at an elevation of sixty or seventy feet, in connection with the large sugar refinery of Messrs; Fingell and Co., now in course of erection, at Counterslip, Bristol, and while crossing a plank with the end of a large iron rafter which he and some others were supporting, the plank suddenly broke off in the middle, and Shipway and another were precipitated to the ground. lie was taken up insensible and bleeding, and was carried to the Infirmary, where it was found that he had ruptured his intestines and fractured his thighs. Medical aid was unavailing, and he died after lingering several hours in great agony. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." A NEW WAY OF MAKING GROG.—A short time since, two " navvies" called at the retail shop of a spirit-mer chant in Lynn, Norfolk, and inquired for a gallon of genuine gin, wlrich quantity was forthwith deposited in a two gallon stone bottle brought for the purpose, and into which the men said they had already emptied one gallon bought at another shop. The cash being the next requisite to settle the affair between the buyer and seller, the amount was demanded— when these " gentlemen of the soil," declared they would r i z i thesect:lou rse f ‘ o v s l o N o v bi ect S e d a t t u o r , a wh y e , n o , n w i r t e h c e g i r p e t a o t fs sangfroid, r 0 i w d, a g t e h s e . worthy gentlemen stated that they had no money, and that the "liquor," therefore, must be taken back again. The " returni ng " itp wrocaeassahaving been completed, and th e gin of water int o t h e bot buyers go ne , isj e overed that they had p u t one ga ll on chant the sam e quantit p2v l lously, thu s l eav i ng t h e mer tquor, but just d e fi c i en t, b y one half, of its proper strength verted into grog. w hilst the w a t er h a d b een eon- THAMES. PUBLIC-HOUSE PROSECUTIONS.—Mr. Henry Colverd, proprietor of the Cherry-tree public-house at Bromley, was charged with keeping his place open for the sale of beer and spirits at twenty-five minutes after twelve on Sunday week last. Peter Sl‘Cardell, 339 K, stated that at the time on the above day the house was opened to a person, whom he immediately followed, and saw three persons at the bar, two of whom were smoking. There were eight other persons in the parlour, who were also drinking and smoking, and had before them a quart pot, a pint, and two glasses. • Mr. Colverd said he had been in the house two years, and the manner in which it was conducted would bear the strictest scrutiny. The fact was that the constable, Mr. Cardell, accompanied by Mr. Davis, the landlord of the Beehive at Bromley, came to his house and had a a pint of stout between them. He (defendant), con sidered that the whole was a planned thing. Mr. BALLANTINE said, the only question was, whether the defendant had' opened his house for the sale of malt liquors. If the officer had done wrong, any charge made against him would be fully heard, but he must not be taken by surprise in the hearing of another matter. The defendant was then fined 10s. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Friday morning a female named Jane Coussans, the wife of an omnibus con ductor, residing at No. 2, Cannon's-buildings, Suffolk-street, Mile-end, committed suicide under the following very dis tressing circumstances s—For some time past she has been leading a very irregular life, and during the absence of het husband a man named Cullingford frequently visited her. This circumstance came to the knowledge of her husband, and on Saturday last he met Cullingford in the Whitechapel• road, and accused him with having had an intimacy with his wife. Cullingford admitted that he had, and Coussans im mediately struck him. He was instantly given in charge of a police-constable, and on the following Monday he was taken before the magistrates at Worship-street, and after a long inquiry he was discharged. On the same evening Mrs. Coussans endeavoured to destroy herself, but was prevented by her husband. She continued very low and dejected during the week, and repeatedly said she should never be happy any more. Yesterday morning she procured her husband's breakfast as usual, and in about two hours after he had left home she was discovered suspended from a nail in the wall, between the windows. Mr. Anniugson, a surgeon, was immediately called in, and pronounced life to be quite extinct. She was years of age, and has left two children. GRAVESEND, MARCH 12.—THE LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—Mr. Carttar, coroner for the Western Divi sion of Kent, having stated his intention not to hold an in quest on the bodies of the two men taken from out the schooner sunk by the Queen Victoria steamer, and brought. to Gravesend by the undertaker Odden, the latter removed them this morning from the store in which he had them in keeping to the opposite side of the river, near Tilbury' Fort, ; where, it is presumed, an inquest will be held on them by the coroner for Essex, within whose jurisdiction they were found. Yesterday the vessel was taken from where she was run I ashore, after raising her at Shellhaven, and towed up to London, where she now lies at Smooke's Wharf, Millwall. Of the bodies of the two other persons drowned where she sunk there is as yet no account. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--TRIAL OF SPEED.— On Thursday last, Mr. Gooch, the locomotive superintendent of the Great Western line, and Mr. M Connell, the loco motive superintendent of the North-Western, or London and Birmingham line, while riding upon the engine " Great Western," with the twelve o'clock up express train from Exeter, tested the tractive powers of the locomotive agent on the broad guage, the load being sixty, five tons. It ap pears that up to the 30th mile-post the steam was cut off at nine inch, the stroke being twenty-four, and the driver was keeping his ordinary time. With this power on the engine, the speed was found to be sixty-four macs an hour. The power w as subsequently increased, and the steam further c u t off, when the speed increased to the rate of sixty-nine miles per hour. The next quarter of a mile was performed at the rate of upwards of seventy miles per hour, and the following mile was accomplished in twelve seconds, the whole being at a velocity of seventy miles an hour. It is, indeed, almost unnecessary to add that this is the greatest speed ever at tained by a locomotive engine. At the conclusion of the last-mentioned quarter the power was reduced to its ordinary rate of working. It should be stated that the trial was made on a falling gradient of four feet per mile. The power of the engine was tested a second time, while passing over a level. The steam was cut off at 131 inches, and the rate was found to be 69 miles per hour. It is expected that a greater speed will be attained with the eight-wheeled engines, which are now being constructed by the Great Western Company, at their Swindon establishment. FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.—Friday evening an in quest was held before Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of Mary Welch, aged 79 years. On Tuesday, the 2d inst., the deceased was crossing High-street, Stratford, and, being very infirm, she did not perceive a waggon, be longing to Messrs. lluffold and Co., carriers, proceeding to wards Essex. She was knocked down by the front horse, and both the off wheels of the waggon passed over her legs. Her screams alarmed the driver, who was walking on the near side of the horses, and the waggon was immediately stopped. The poor old woman was found lying under the wheel, and when removed both her legs were discovered to be broken. She was conveyed to the hospital, where she expired on Wednesday last. Verdict, " Accidental death. THE RENTAL OF IRELAND•-- Parliamentary paper, issued on Friday, gives the aggregate net renta value of all Ireland, as assessed to the poor-rate, at 13,187,4211. 6s. Bd. TUESDAY, MARCH 16. Waterford and Limerick. • , WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch►Ssle, lochney and Slamannan Railways Amalgamatio n, or Lease. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAlcn 12, I3 o r, Stock EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottinll b ac e % 55 4 ton, and Eastern Junction, Bs. 9d. dis. —...Birkenhead, Lanee rh c ' h ater Cheshire, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% P , 1,;(). and Birkenhead, Halves, 231 A --Eastern Counties, PerPen bu o ' 7,40' r 6% —East Lancashire. 1% p.—Ditto, New, I % p.- I) T o ;.tberi l (scrip), 1 lip.—Glasgow, Paisleyrand Greenock,l7 Great"' d o, (Nos. 1 to 103,000), IA dis.—Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and uperero:l dis.—Huddersfield Canal, and Railway, p.—Ditto, Extenfbr,ort, p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Sou`Ditto, 335. 9d. p.— London turd North-Western, Quarters, Ma OE' New, Quarters, 11 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares ( u tell' tension), 2% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, g ib D itto, No. 2, 22 I 4 —Ditto, 20/. Shares, dis.—Midland, 11 6 3 i 34' 401. Shares, 3% p.—Ditto, New, 3 p.—Preston and WYrM i tolh Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, % dis. ex int.—Sheffield , "„* -- o or and Crewe, % dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 161. 3d. dis. btu bury and Birmingham, 15/. 7s. 9d. shares (A), % r; 3d. Shares (B), Is. 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, Dutch Rhetilsii, 3 din. - MANCHESTER, Allies 12. 01 6 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancash i L e ' c tios , Cheshire Junction, 3-16 c.—Birmingham and Oxford J`"ire, 8 13.16—Eastern Counties, York Extensions, par —East lagt ch . " s New, 1 11.16—Ditto, New (scrip), 1% —Fleetwood, Pr es " -- 0 1 ' West Riding Junction, 5-16 p.—Hudderefleld and M a ncheste r , o r• way and Canal, 3—Ditto, Thirds, I—Lancaster and Preston, 04.' s al ten, 6 % —Leeds and Think, 2 1 4 —Ditto, New, 9-16—Londf,,ia. North-Western, New, (A), 10% —Ditto (Manchester and 1 3i njiti° ham), 70—Ditto, ditto, Quarters (A), 6% —Ditto (R), 6 ?„), (C), —Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extend t; Ara —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Great Grioow rrO Dock), 2%—North Staffordshire, 3 —North Staffordshire an d 15 ,16' Valley Junction, 1 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham 0 0 ', Go olo ' Shropshire Union, 15-16—South Yorkshire, Doncaster , an - , d or' par—West Riding Union, I%—Wharfdale, %—Whitehaven ness, 33,,. LEEDS, Kutch 12. 50 1 snob STOCK Excriama.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottlng.—ocrip), Boston, ss. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 1 N eW ,,,,r01 0 Ns. 6d. p. —East and West Yorkshire, 14s. 6d. p.—Great ,;.,tet? (late London and York), 2s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Dewsbuil , 10010 sions, Scrip (green), 9s. p.—Ditto, New Extensions, Scrip pity 10s. p.--Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.—Ditto, New, 12s. 6 d. al',„ — ,,ctiol' Preference, 285. p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcasl le ,.'[3s 6 ' . 15s. dis.—London and Brighton and South Coast, Fifteenths'p. p.--Macchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions). d 4, Manchester and Southampton, 14 dis.—North British , 641. p.—Dltto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 1% 11. ---I ',„% o rtDe'jj tensions (scrip), I Is. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 P' e t Counties Union, 30s. lid. dls.—South Yorkshire, Dona' ,cotie, Goole, 2s. 6d. est lading Union, 325. p.—York and 14e's Preference, 4 p. • HULL, Mem! 12. STOCK EICHANGE.--The sales are—North British, QU W. gll o ' Notth' Extens on (scrip), I Is. Gd p.—Ambergate, Ts . Boston, &c., CA.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West ltidink,i is r' Newcastle and Berwick, New, 35¢ p.—West Riding Union* GLASGOW, Mutes 11. 4.; STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—C a led o nian, New, *.""--$ donian and Dumbartonshire, 46s.—East Lothian Central, 5 , 11 : 0 -- CoT burgh and Glasgow, Halves, Wt.—Edinburgh and Perth ( 1 "` So , 61s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 6334—Ditto, Halve'. s_ 9 „ 8% —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5% —Kiln ut cott . , . , 4lC C ' ' Ayr Direct, 37s..—Manchester and Southampton. 17s. —S tral, 231 .— Wilsontown , Morningside, and Coltness, 661. MARKET NEWS.—(SATURD,`AY.) COVENT-GARDEN. to 13s di Pine Apples, 5s to 8s ; Hot-house Grapes, e' to to lb ; Lessert Apples, 20s to 26s ; and Kitchen ditto, v'to 141 per bushel ; Oranges, 8s to 15s ; and Lemons, 1°5,0,10t°, per 100; Filberts, 1103 to 120 s per 100 lbs. ; SiifJoebo.; 2s 3d per dozen ; Greens, 4s to 6s 6d per dozen 025 too" Brocoli, 2s to 5s per bundle ; Forced French Beano* to 50,_A$ per 100; Potatoes, 8s to 12s per cwt; Turnips, Q 9 ~ le"" and Carrots, 6s to 7s per dozen bunches ; Horseredia7orer to 6s per bundle ; Rhubarb, Is 6d to 2s 6d per busdig2, to sell Sprouts, 23 6d to 4s per half sieve; Mushroon's; per pottle ; Turnip Greens, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel; doao3; to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsnips, 6d to is 6d Ptioole• Onions, 7s to 9s per bushel ; Celery, is to 24 3d per " if ers M HONGEPORD. Although the supplies of most articles on sale toioaelf by no means large, the general demand ruled heavy g last week's quotations. At r.T7EiXTG.A.TE ATOM T.EADENEL&—.,„ttee We bad a fair demand for the primest Beef and tus-tote • full prices. Otherwise, the trade was in a sluggisuid-Ort; Beet; from 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d ; Mutton Se 4d to 4-2, -ner 4s 20 to 5s 2d; and Pork, 3s Ott to 4s by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s 6d; GC*;-. 8d Ate to 6s 6d; Ducks, is 63 to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits' 19 to Is 9d; Wild ditto, al tols 4d; and Pigeons, °"60; each; Surrey Fowls, 6s.to 85; ditto Chickens, 43 WA., to 191 Barndoor Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s per couple. Egg5!,....1"," Pt. per 100; Fresh Butter, Is ld to is 3d per lb; ttal'-' 33; and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Ve3/1 Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, gs gd to 4e 6d 4s 6d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b3. WHITECHAPEL. .vosl, Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; .siutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Bibs. BILLINGSGAE. 33 t Turbots, 8s to 17s; Brills, 2s 9d to 4s 60 ; Cod-fisb, 29 yob is ; Haddocks, 80 to is 4d ; Whitings, 4d to 8d; to sou sters, Is to 3s 3d each ; Soles, 4d to 3s per pair • Belsl, Is; and Crimped Scate, 8d to 10d per lb; dackgr" to 26s per 100; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb. r° The prices of Wheaten BreadBREAD in the metropolia4sirbe 10d to 101,0; of Household ditto, B%d to 9%d per to HIDE IMARILET. 641 u to Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 234 d to 3d per lb; (1 801 b to 721 b, 3%0 to 31Ad ; do. 721 b 801 b, 3%d to 33/4d ; u°'96lDrii 881 b, 4d to 4M d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4,40 to sd; d,°:; 11°Ip 1041 b, 5Md to 60 ; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 60 °":1 Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 7d to 5s 7d; Kent stl breds, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s Sd' lings, 6d to Bd. di° BAY MAU E TS. riOver SmaimELD.— Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 163 • '„•-oer load 31 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 'l' * ditto; Trade dull, at barely late rates. eteVer low CUMLERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 41; not - 31 5s to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11166 , sot A full average supply and a steady demand. „, WIIITECIIAPJLL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 per ditto, 31 8s to 51; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 15' Supply good, and trade dull. „0- oft THE BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT ItesTll%" heltd, The annual general meeting of this society' vitsrstnie Thursday evening, at the tavern, Aldersivsea\fr, and was very numerously attended ; among thosel,o,,(o, noticed—Mr. B. E. Green, Mr. E. Hodgson, Mt,'"ije '; Miles, Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Greenland, Mr. 13 to it a w ,flo Mr. W. Sharp, and a large body of members tr!'",,ed ltS the success of the institution, which was establis:vere 'iA ten years ago, for the purpose of relieving books' gybeor, booksellers' assistants. their widows and childrenb,,o ey•iito, necessitous circumstances." The chair was takes James Nisbet, of Berners-street, the President of tlooroaeto tion ; and after some formal busness had been gone .d btd the report of the directors for the past year was re-.OIF-00 Honorary Secretary, Mr Me rick, and received Iftl oftaa, applause. We are sorry our limits will not per Tin oea than a very short notice of the state of the institeutvosi 1.„/ closed by the report; but it will be sufficient while the amount granted in relief was larger turrlecTof former year, the funds of the society are still rap ing, having reached in a short space of time 1'4,10'0 16 000/. ; and this, notwithstanding the very libe;"Abb° A !Anions from the trade in support of the retreat tietf „of Langley, a most valuable branch of the parent s:l,'",icleiff, vote of thanks was passed to the President, Vic ear' 0° and trustees, for their assistance during the Pas- - Baldock, the chairman of the reli f committee, Paroce well-merited encomiums upon the honorary media': of the and Mr. Fellowes warmly eulogised the servic,°_, Honorary Secretary, who returned thanks for t%os,!ei ment paid him. The directors also received the ach'tee) rts ments of the meeting for the labour and attention sites, paid to the institution during the past year ; arose, 0¢• unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. Nisbet, the chalr;ostl!oo is ever foremost in works of benevolence, one of tblostit3tl merous and pleasant meetings ever held by the in separated. rill CS [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESAO 011(4: No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, definp consumption is large, and study economy. //boo ole consiiierable advantage at this establishment oial; form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of ° e. pound can obtain it on the same terms as the tr7a., 53. Black Tea 2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, Ss. Bcl., 44., 411. j, f., Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 6 „i Ilk' 4 0 Coffee 9d., 10d., Is., ls. 2d., Is. 4d., 18' _3°o frle One pound sent free to any part of town. wen 111 the country forwarded the same day; the and quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), paid to any part of England.—MANllTside. wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheal; DIE 01: On the 14th of December , 1846. at s D. ea, on board t he Ser 111 A 0 'AO on the passage from Calcutta, Thomas Cane, e l ie st son of ......, Riddell. d 9 '►B On the 6th Inst., at Worcester, Mrs. Anne Viralhouse, age th on , On the Bth inst., at the Vicarage, Ropley, Han% Bli zabe wife of tha Rev. Samuel Maddock, aged 61. ua—t re Si ° On the Bth inst., at Upper Seymour - str eet, Enston-s4 Mary Ann Gilbert, aged 63. On the 9th inst., Edward Barron, Esq., of N0rti11an__2:L............"55e1. , Lomion: erimeo in Published by XIIIRD O YOITN. O. 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Brotherton, Esq., of a daughter . the la d y On the Bth inst., at Stoke Newington , Middlesex , ° _ id William Riddell, of a son. lady a C sPtji.- On the 9th lest., at Eyarth House, Ruthin, the Lacon, R.N., of a daughter. vgd 00°°' rodjer On the 10th inst., the wife of Benjamin W. of F. Rawlings , --' ford, Essex, of a daughter. On the II th inst., in Lincoln's Inn - fields , the lady O• Esq., of a daughter. MAI:111ED. M7lll lOO jilf). On the 10th inst., at .llelksham, Wiltshire, the Rev. - son, to Einma, daughter of E. Phillips, Esq., of Melkshant. • .. An POl -....,