The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1847,

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The Queen, attended by the Countess of Gain.-
borough and Col. the Hon Chas. Grey, visited her Majesty
the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough-house. The
Queen also visited H.R.H. the Princess Sophia, at her reel-
deuce at Kensington. H.R.H. Prince Albert, attended by
Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Col. Bouverie, honoured the
Society for the Encouragement of Arta, Manufactures, and
Commerce, in the Adelphi, with a visit, yesterday. Lord
J. Russell had an audience of her Majesty, yesterday, at
Buckingham Palace. The royal family took their accus-
tomed walking and riding exercise yesterday, in the royal
garden. The Ouches* of Sutherland, the Marchioness of
Ormonde, Col. tke Hun. C. B. Phipps, and Capt. Francis
Seymour, had the honour of joining the royal circle at
Buckingham Palace at dinner yesterday evening.

A cabinet council was held at three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, at Lansdowne Houle, Berkeley-square. It
was attended by Lord John Rumen, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Bir George Grey, Earl Grey, Earl
Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hubbouse, the M.irquis
of Clanricarde, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth,
and the Right Hoe. T. B. Macaulay. The council sat an
hour end a half. The meeting took place at Lansdowne
House, owing to the co.tinued indi.position of the Marquis
of Lansdowne.

The Hight Hon. T. Milner Gibson has for some
days been prevented hy indisposition from attending at the
Board of Trade. The right hon. gentleman is now much
better. _ _ _

Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. H. Lambton, M.P., left Farrance's Hotel yes-
terday., for Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Prince Louis Napoleon has passed up the Rhine
to Switzerland.

PRINCE ALBERT'a VISIT TO THE SOCIETY OP
Aare.—H.R.H. Prince Albert paid a visit yesterday to the
exhibition of specimens of British manufactures, opened
by the Society of Arta and Manufactures, of which his
Royal Highness is the president. His Royal Highness took
special interest in these specimens wnich exemplify the com-
bination of decorative art with mechanical ingenuity. He
praised the specimens of enamelled and coloured glaes—a
manufacture from which, until recently, the British manu-
facturer was excluded by a prohibitory duty. His Royal
Highness remarked the deficiency of this country in bronzes,
in which we are greatly surpassed by other nations. The
specimens of oak carving by machinery he regarded as the
means of enabling the designs of the best artists to be multi.
plied and executed at a cheap rate, and expressed his hope
that the great powers of that machinery would be used on
the very best designs only of the most eminent artists. In
the precess of colouring on china, his Royal Highness remarked
that we were making rapid progress; and the excluisite vases
in china decorated with flowers were pram& The
larger specimens of decorated earthenware were commended,
especially those adorned with foliage in relief. Having
spent upwards of an hour in the rooms, his Rua Highness
retired with his suite.

(From last night's GazeUe.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, NIARCH 26.—The Queen, as
Sovereign of the Meet Noble Order of the Garter, has been
graciously pleased, by letters patent under her royal sign
manual, and the great seal of the order, bearing date this
day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually
observed in regard to installation, and to give and grant unto
the most noble Francis Duke of Bedford, Knight of the said
Most Noble Order, and duly invested with the ensigns
thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and
privileges belonging to • Knight Companion of the said
Most Noble Order, in as full and ample a manner as if be had
been formally installed ; any decree, rule, or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 29.—This day had
audience of her Majesty, to deliver their credentials from
their respective courts: Senor Narita, Envoy Extrivirdinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the court of Spain ; and
Senor Mora, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the Republic of Mexico—to which they were
respectively introduced by Viect. Palmerston, 0.0 it., her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
and conducted by Col. the lion. Sir E. Cust, K.C.11., her
Mojesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 29.—The Queen has
appointed G. H. Burt, Esq., to be Surveyor of Roads for the
Island of St. Christopher.

WAR.OPFICE, MARCH 30.
Royal Rept. of horse Gds..-Lieat Lord A. F. C. G. Lennox to he
mot, by pur., vice lion. C. H. Cast, who ret. ; Cor. Lard 0. A. Flu-
, Gerald to be lieut., by por.
3th Drag. Gds.-'Copt A. Nugent, from b..p. unatt, to be capt,vice
Connolly, who evch, ; Lieut.°. L. Robson to be cam., by 'Mr. ; Cot.
J. J. Moms., to be loot, by pur.; Ens. A. W. D. Burton, from 82nd
F., to be rm., by par.
11th Light Drag.-Lleat. W. 8. Banda to be apt, by par., vice
Forrest, who ret ; Cot L. Alexander to be heut., by put ; E. A. Cook
to be cor., by par.
12th Light Lieut.-Cot. 18. Modem, from h.-p. Unatt, to be
lieot.col., repaying the difference, vice Brev. Gol. 8. Bianca, who
mob.; Major E. Pole to be lieut..coL, by Doe. • Capt. the Host R.
Needham to be major, by par.; Lout. T. H. hif ton to be apt., by
ar. ; Gor. J. A. Digby to be lieut., by par. ; C. Goring to be tor.,
bY
IRh Light Drag.-Lout. A. Need, from 11.. p. Ifith Light Drag., to
be lieut., vice Hillier, prom. In 44th F.
Ist Kee. of F.-.H. W. Turner to be ens., without pun, rice Kee-
ned?, dm
4th F.-Ems. J. W. Perry to be Beet., by pur., via Wollaston, who
ret. ; O. T. Cocks to be ens., by per.
13rd F.-F. Corbett to be Mk, by par., vice Twigg, who re.
19th F.-M. C. Wall to be cm, by pur., vice Bears, prom.
46th F.-To he Lima. without pur Ens. J. G. Clarke, lice Camp-
bell, app. edit; Eno. J. H. Chambers, vice Mnsq who ret. To be
Ensign, by par. D. I. B. Leonard. To be Loslgm. without pur.
11. R. Wofrige. To be Adjt. Limit. C. V. Campbell, vice O'Toole,
prom.
68th F.-H. V. Joao to be cos., without pur., vioe Disrby, who rm.;
Lieut. T. W. Mover to be Min., vice Carmichael, who mama the adju-
tancy only.
82nd F.-D. S. Collings to be no., by pur., vice Burton, app. to slb
Dreg. Gds.
Bacvm-Lieot.Col. 11. Madoo, of 12th Light Drag., to be cot in
the army; Copt A. Nugent, of sth Drag. Gds., to be major In the
army.
UNATTACIfILD.—To be 3apts., without par., Lieut. J. White, from
ailjt of a recruiting district ; Lieut. L. A. Boyd, from Ilth F. ; lieut.
H. L. Herbert, from 88th F.
MIMIORANDLIC—The commission of Lieut. J. 0. Cox, In the 2nd
W.I. Vogt, has beat dated Dee. 16, 1648, instead of Aug. 6, 1840.

THE OOVEBNMENT EDUCATION PLAN.
A public meeting was held yesterday, at the Lon-
don Tavern, Bishopegate-street, in opposition to the plan of
education as set forth in the minutes of council.
The persons present were principally dissenters.
Mr. 0. W. ALEXANDIR, whom we understood to be •
Quaker, being called to the chair, stated that he had, not
without reluctance, come to the decision that it was his duty
to oppose the government scheme of education. He was
aware of the fact, that there was yet much to be
done with regard to education, but be could not
agree with the Times newspaper as to the entire
deficiency of the present system of public schools.
It was well known that great difficulties had to be
contended with in regard to providing school-rooms; but it
was one thing to assist in building school-rooms, and another
to put forth a great scheme of what were called " national
echools," but which ought to be called " Church of Eng-
land schools." In " national schools" the Church catechism
and Church principles were taught to all alike. The scheme
was agitated 'solely by members of the Church of England ;
such, he contended, could not be correctly called education.
The British and Foreign School Society had not come for-
ward in rapport of the plan, nor had the Wesleyan' and
others, He regarded the government plan as a system cal-
culated to neutralise and destroy the efficiency of the
liberal schools. He had far more faith in the voluntary
system of education as at present carried out in the support
of schools.
The RIT.CMARLIIB EITOYIL moved the first resolution,
which was to the effect that, whatever might be the value of
the educational measure proposed by government, the meet-
ing could not consent to accept it when brought forward in
a manner so alien to the spirit and principles of the British
constitution. Mr. :Ravel gave the government plan credit
for indications of kind regard for the interests of the coun-
try. Ile owned, too, that the matter was one where healthful
was very much required; but it was his impression that
government underrated the influence of the Sunday-schools.
The measure, he thought, contemplated rather the improve-
ment of existing education than the bringing of education
within the reach of those to whom it was at present unat-
tainable. He also contended that, even were the education of
the people a province of government, which he denied,
the affairs already committed into the hands of government
were so numerous as to renderit impossible for it adequately
to perform the tremendous task of educating the children of
this country ; nor was the business already in the hands of
government so satisfactorily performed as to warrant the
placing under their control the education of the people. He
had watched the Borough-road School since it had been
assisted by government, and its progress was anything but
one of improvement. He thought there was sufficient ebjec-
don to the measure on the very face of it. It could never be
carried out without inflicting wrong. The measure must
embrace the whole population or not. If the whole, • vital
injury would be done to education itself, which, if worthy of
the name, mast include religious instruction, must involve

r the development of the whole man ; and how could the
government, in justice, undertake the religious instruction
o: the whole nation ? If government were told to under-
take any matter, they were bound to take the mean. which
• they believed moat conducive to the desired end. The go.
vernment would, of course, think the instilling of Ch arch of
England doctrine. as the beat moans of giving religious in
struction. The plan would be a death-blow to the voluntary
ivatem of subscriptions. Those who had voluntarily rup-
pcn-ted rchoola would withdraw their support, and leave it
altos, nth, r to the government With rezard to *rashers,
under the present .y.tem of imincdire superintend-usce, the
mexicana° of procurable labour could be enacted from them ;
under the- government plan, on the contrary, the labour
required woold be the minimum that could, with any con-
memo, be mined.
Mr. GIIIPPM, in seconding the resolution, admitted that
the., who differ's: Irons them in this matter, did so sincerely,
and might be the hs.arty friends of education, and he wanted
thaw to grant as much to the Dimenters. He deprecated
their being called " Sectarians ;" he contended for the
liberty of sects. There were poltical sects, and why shoul•
there not be religious sects. Regarding the unconstitutional
character of the measure, be thought that that was the
point on which the ministers felt their weakness ; they had
never given the matter the consideration it required. The
measure, he contended, left an indefinitely large power of
grant in the hands of the Privy Council alone—that war un-
constitutional the Council was not an executive body. He
entirely agreed with the writer of a very spirited and able
article in the Daily Neter of that day, in which is ex-
pressed the belief that the majority of the Church of Eng-
land did not desire to establish an insidious and compulsory
conformity.
Mr. JOMEPIL STU RGIS moved the second resolution, which
WY SI follows

That even were the [manner in which this meutire is brought for-
ward unexceptionable in the judgment of this meeting, the gravest
objections exist mindful this. measure itself, to tending to enervate
the o7Mem of voluntary contributions and load educational effort., so
opening a channel through which a corrupt political induerce may at
any time be exercised on the mares of society ; and still further, and,
in the most inconsistent of all ways, mixing up the date with religion,
and tending, in numerous Memnon, to a ductviolation of the rights
of conscience; and so the commencement of a 143,01111 Of government
action which Ls capable of vast and indefinite extension, but of which
ne manean foresee the Sims.

Mr. Sturge did not deny that government might give
beneficial assistance with regard to some of the ad•
junta of ethicstion ; but he contended that it could
not undertake the religious education of the people. He
regretted that the British and Foreign School Society
had taken any assistance from government, and he would
gladly give 1001. towards a subscription to return the money
it had received. The paltry sum of 7501. which that society
had received was dangerous to the continuance of the volun-
tary system, and what would two millions annually do ?
'the resolution was seconded by the Rev. Jou"( BUILNIT,
who said that the theory of the plan of education as seen in
the minutes of council, was borrowed from France, and was
to be found in the work, entiiled " France, and ber Gov, rn-
meat," under the bead of " Public Instruction." He did
not believe there was any plan in accordance with which
government could successfully undertake the education of
the people.
The third and lut resolution was:

That, in the judgment of this meeting, the fact that all schemes for
the promotion of education by government which have been ►itherto
propounded, have teen Mural to contain elements m their operation
Incompatible with the welfare of the community ; is adapted to shake
the coaitdenoe of our legislators in the belief, now so strange' enter-
tained within the walls of l'arliament, that education is the bn.IGIY
of the government, and that it should indium them to give to this
Question a new and careful investigation.
With the carrying of this resolution, and a vote of thanks
to the chairman, the business of the meeting closed.

CONDUCT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE ST.
PANCHAS WORILHOCSIL—Yesterday at a 'fleeting of the
directors of the poor of St. Pancras, Mr. Pitt, the agent of
the board, reported that, on the previoas evening, shortly
after six o'clock, a man with bin wife and two children pre-
sented themselves at the workhouse-gate for admission ; an
insane female had just previously been admitted, and, at the
same time, there was a madman brought in a cart to the gate
for admittance. No sooner had the man got his wife and
children inside the workhouse walls, than he decamped, and
in a few moments the poor woman gave birth to a child on
the gravel-walk leading from the gate up to the house. Mr.
Pitt gave orders for Dr. Cooper, the parish surgeon, to be sent
for, and, although two or three messengers went in succession,
upwards of an hour elapsed before Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Cooper's
assistant, arrived. The woman had in the mean time been
removed to the lying-in ward. The porter and the twe
messenxers who were sent for the doctor corrobo-
rated this statement by their evidence. Mr. Mitchell,
the assistant to Mr. Cooper, admitted being sent for,
and said that he " only " waited to have his tea and
put on his coat, and that not more than half an hour
elapsed from the time of his being first sent for and his arrival
at the workhouse. He did not consider the cue of the
woman one requiring his notice, as she had been removed to
the lying-in ward.—Mr. ,I. H. Cooper, the work-
house surgeon, on being interrogated as to what
he considered his duty as the responsible medical
officer of the workhouse, contended that it was no part of
his duty, as medical officer of the workhouse, to attend mid-
wifery cases, unless they were too difficult for the midwife.
It would have been his duty, as a case of humanity, to
attend a female taken in labour in the street, if called upon
to do so. They ought to have seat for the midwife and not
for him. Mr. Churchwarden Wagstaff, at some length,
dwelt upon the circumstance, contending that in such cases
the common feelings of humanity ought to have dictated to
the medical officer that he should promptly attend. Had
death ensued, the result would have been that that board
would have been stigmatised by the coroner as inhu-
man, and been held up to public odium by the press. He
moved

That the neglect of the medical (Aker of the workhouse to attend
promptly upon two canes of emergency, namely, a madman in a cart,
and a woman taken in labour at the workhouee Ate, who had hens
delivered of a child in the open air, when specially sent for and in-
formed thereof appear to thin board tote a most reprehenvible neglect
of duty, and calculated to bring diecredit on the medical super-
intendence of the workhouse as well as upon the directors of the
Dr. Birmingham, in seconding the resolution, observed
that he was always chary in doing anything which might
reflect upon the medical officers; but he thought the neglect
was so palpable, even when the medical officer did arrive, in
his not seeing the female and her child, that he could not
refrain from condemning the conduct pursued.—Mr. Douglas,
I Mr. :Morris, and one or two other members of the board,
having also declared the conduct of the medical officer
sevaely censurable, the resolution was put and carried
nuanimously.—pursuant to a further resolution of the board,
Mr. Cooper and his assistant were called in, and had the
resolution read over to them. The chairman also admo•
niched the surgeon that in future the board expected he would
not allow any surmise, when he was sent for, that the case
was not one which came within his jurisdiction, to interfere
with his prompt and immediate attendance—Some unim
portant routine business having been disposed of, the board
separated.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOClETY.—Yesterday a quar-
terly court of the governors of this corporation for the
relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and
the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or
drowned in the merchant service, was held at the board-room
of the society, in 13irchin-lane Cornhill. —. Lindsey, Es q.,
in the chair. The report stated that the pensioners on the
books for London and the outports were 1,801 men, 2,746
widows, and 2,740 children. The receipts for the past year
from ail sources was 23,0091. 18s. 10d.' and the expenditure
24,1521. 3a., leaving a balance of 6371. 15s. 10d. The
usual business of a routine character having been disposed of,
thanks were voted to the chairman, and the court adjourned.
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE "POST-OFFICE I)IREC-
TORY."—I promised in my last a copy of the " order"
which Mr. Kelly posted in the letter-carriers' office when
he succeeded in ousting Mr. Rowland Hill. It is as
follows

Genenil Poe.ofAce, Oct. 8, 18&2. —Mr. Rowland Hill's servioce at
the Travail y having owned. an parka:llea' returns made to him con-
nected with the General PORomae are to be discontinued, and in the
event of any application from him for official information relating to
the deprtmcot, It must be referred to the Pinentaster.General for his
p's smolders:ion and declaim Any one In the service In-
fringing this order will incur the forfeiture of hi. situation, and in
the event of a sub.aorter or letter-carrier acting in disobedience to it,
it will become my duty to suspend and report him to his lordship for
immediate dismiiaal.—Fasnaaimi Katt,. . .

. .
The notice that no. present communication will be allowed
with Mr. Hill except through Mr. Kelly, was torn down
before I copied it, unluckily; but I know that copies
have been taken, and I hope to be able to obtain one—A
RAILROAD MERSENOER AND LETTER-CARRIER.—General
Post-office, March 29.
QrLEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—Yesterday, the ancient
custom of dispensing the Easter bounty money of Queen
Anne, took place at the Almonry office, Middle Scotland-
yard. Upwards of 600 poor and necessitous persons, male
and female (especially widows), of good character, and resi-
dent in the metropolis, were the recipients. The sum each
individual received was 55., in new half-crowns. The same
gift is distributed to the same individuals on Christmas-eve,
every year.
ILLICIT DlSTlLLATlON.—Frominformation received
Means. J. Lewin and Humphreys, Excise oflirs, yester-
day proceeded to premises belonging to William Skinner
(whose ease for having as illicit still in his possession was
heard before the Honourable Commissioners of Excise, at the
court, Broad-street, on Thursday last, and fined 1001.), at
No. 2, Sidney-street, Mile-end-road. Upon obtaining admis-
sion, well knowing the premises, they proceeded to the room
in which they seized an illicit still on the 25th of last month,
where they found a large still, set in brick work, fully
charged with a fire under it and at work. Skinner and his
daughter were attending the working, and were immediately
arrested by the officer,. In the still-room was a large quan-
tity of molasses, and the usual apparatus and fittings of •
distillery. From the appearance of the premises it was evi-
dent that sot the slightest suspicion existed in the mind of
the owner that he should receive a second visit from the same
officers so soon after his former detection, as the stock of raw
materials was laid in for carrying on an extensive trade.
Having secured their prisoners, the officers obtained a van,
and the whole of the seizure was conveyed to the Excise
warehouses in Broad-street.

INQUEB7S, YESTERDAT.—SUICIDE OF A GENTLE-
wAN VNINOWN.--Behre Mr. Walley, at tke White Hart,
West-end, Northolt, on the body of a gentleman whose name
and residence is unknown, about 60 years of age, who was
found dead on the afternoon of Saturday last. Thomas
Little was proceeding, on Saturday afternoon, up a lane at
West-end, near the White Hart, when he saw some-
thing lying within the hedge of a field at the side of the lane.
Upon getting over the gate he discovered it to be the body
of the deceased lying close under the hedge suite dead, with
a pistol-shot wound in his neck. He was lying on hie back,
and held in his right hand the small pistol produced, the
muzzle of which was pointed towards his head. He appeared
to have been dead ten or twelve hours, Witness gave infor-
mation of the circumstance to the police, who removed the
boopt:io the above house.—Policeman Spinks, T 94, pro-
-1 to the Vet, odd Reuel deceased as described. On

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a.'.rching his clothes. witness found iii his pockets sight
Lul-
lets, some powder, and twopence-halfpenny in copper. There
was noting on hi• persia to lead 'o his identity. Decease,
appeared to be about GO jinn of age, five feet *men ;netts
high, fair complexion, with light hair and eyes, dressed in a
black fesek coat, black velvet waistcoat, plaid trousers, and
black hat, and altogether of respectable appearance.
The jury returned • verdict, "That the deceased had
shot himself with • pistol, but there was no evidence before
them to show the state of hie mind at the time he did se."—
DETERUMED Scions.—Before Mr. Mills. at the King's
Head, Lower-road, Islington, on the body of Eiward Freet,
aged 35. Thomas Taylor, a police-countable of the S divi-
sion, and, that between eleven and twelve o'clock oa the
night of Friday hat, whilst passing along the road on horse-
back, he discovered the deceased, a short distance from the
Highgate Archway, suspended by a blue handkerchief,
which he had fastened to • tenter hook in the paling of one
of the hedges. He removed deceased, and sent for a medical
gentleman, but life was extinct. William Serret, of Horn-
sey.road, said that on the night in question they had been
spending the evening together, and had been drinking hard.
They parted between ten and eleven o'clock, when the de-
ceased said that he was going to his home at Camden-town.
Whilst they were walking along, he said to witness that lie
had an idea of destroying his life. The widow ofdeceascd said
that about four yearn since he attempted to commit suicide
by jumping over Blackfriars.bridge, but was prevented.
They had both been for some tune afflicted with illness, in
ronsequence of which they were reduced to great privation.
The coroner said, it was • lamentable fact that during that
day and the preceding one no fewer than five inquests had
been held on persona who had destroyed themselves whilst
suffering under the effects of drink.—Verdict, " That the I
deceased destroyed his life, but in what state of mind he was
is at the time there was no evidence to prove." --
DISTItEaSING SUlClD6l.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Three
Crowns, East-road, Shoreditch, on the body of Mr. Rey.
nolds, aged 49 yens. It appeared that the deceased had
carried on the business of oil and oolourman in the City-
road, for many yean past. Some time since he received a
bill for 1201. from a creditor for payment. He was unable
to pay it at that time, and being pressed by his creditor, he
became very low spirited. On Saturday night last he
appeared unusually low and despondir.g, and after business
was concluded he retired to his bedroom. On the fol-
lowing morning he was discovered by his daughter in bed
quite dead ; on his dressing table was found a bottle con-
taining prussic acid, and • piece of paper, which stated that
it was through his creditor that he had committed suicide.
Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."—lNTEMPEKANCE.—Be-
fore Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Poplar, on view of the
body of Wm. Patterson, aged 40, a labourer. On the previous
afternoon, about 4 o'clock, as a cart, drawn by one horse, was
proceeding along Limehoun-causeway, near where the de-
ceased lived, .1 puncheon of runs which was in it fell on the
causeway. The top of the cask came off, when the whole of the
contents escaped. Several persons immediately began scoop-
ing up the liquor, and drank it. The deceased, who arts
among the number, put his mouth to a quantity which was
in a pool, and drank largely. He then went into the Rail-
way Tavern, where soon after he became insensible. He
sou subsequently conveyed to the police-station, Poplar, and
was attended to by Mr. Robert, surgeon, High-street, who
by the stomach-pump drew offabout • pint of spirit. De-
ceased never rallied, and died about two o'c lock that (Tuesday
morning. Several ethers had medical assistance and rec.°, red.
The rum was above proof. Verdict, "Accidental death."—
MILLMSMIOLY EFFECTS OF INTSIIIPERANCE.— Before Mr.
Mills, at the King's Head, Lower-road, Islington, upon the
body of Jacob Stubbs, aged 47, surgeon, late of Wood-street,
Bethnal-green, which was found on Thursday last, near the
lock of the Regent's-canal, close to the City-road. It ap-
peared that the deceased, who indulged in habits of intem-
perance, went, in company with his brother, on last Wed-
nesday, to pay a professional visit to a patient in Camden-
town. Upon their returning home, they became so
intoxicated that the survivor could not positively say where
he had parted with his brother, but he believed that it was
somewhere near the spot where the body was found, and he
also believed that he had accidentally fallen into the canal.
Verdict, " Deceased was found drowned ; but there was no
evidence to prove how be came into the water."