The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

INDIAN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

.
The return of the revenue and expenditure of Bn-
Cali India for the last three years, presented to the Roux of
Commons on the motion of Mr. Hume, shows an excess
of expenditure over revenue,
In 18434 of £1,139,121
In Isl11-5 of
In 1845-8 of
During t'le.e three years the pen revenue, the charges of
collection, and consequently the net revenue, have scarcely

P. 13.4
INI4-3
1115-8

varied in amount ; on the whole thore has been a slight jet_
crease in the gross rev,nue, ace iinpanied by a less ramited
increase in the charges of co.locti•iu, tearing, of c nve,
increase in the net revenue. Sobj..ined is a atstement ertoo
revenue after the allowances and a•dgnm•nts p tysnle ma,
treaties or other engagements have been d,•ducred, the drugs/
of collection, and the available rovenuc for the three yew •
Gears revenue. Chlrgeaufoollection. Net revenue.
f
1843-4 20,200.1c1 . 3,027,C ,
11454-S
1845. h
The deductions under treaties, 6:c., all ,ve alluded to hen
been nearly stationary ; ere..ping slowly upw.,rd , however,
They amounted to 1,779.4041. In 1843.4 ; to 1,639,2291. in
1841-5 ; and to 1,8.59,2201. in 1845-6.
The receipts from the six principal sources of revenue,
and the charges of collecting each, are shown by the two
following tables :

OKO' 1.1031.1..

11443-4. 1841.5. 1845 E,
Z Z E
Land revenue
Muter, Akburry, 48e 810,349 ... &36,453 _ mom
Custom. • intludingduty
on 11410
Hale of salt 9,137,329 ... 2.194 CM - 1,877.212
Opium madopiumpesees 1,47.1,313 ... 1,14..0,1 ts ... 3,354,377
fuboteo 7,4,814 .. .9,823 . . 5.1,44$
_....... —.—. .—.—..-

- -
Cif 04 (11L1.11. 110 S.
Laud revenue, Sayer,
Altharry, ....... . 1,601,600 .. 0.3.3 . • I,3es,nt
- - 402,399 ... 120,4_14 ... Ity

vs.,
Cost and charges of saltiyz 3n9,1-4
Cog Iteharxesofupium. ... 626,78 n 726437
Costrzeharliesuf tonna. 21,173 ... 18,673
This shows an upward tendency in the returns from nil
these sources of revenue, secosupsnied (except in the ease et
opium) with* steady th.nigh n large decresse in threes, pi
collection. The returns of the stamp duties, the item cf
revenue next in importance, s..or a richer different stated
offers:

Grow receipt. Chime nt collodion.
11414 /:(11,061 £22,796
1144-5 417,43., 23.2311
11 15-6 408,1419
In this case a downward tendency in the return is RMS.
panted by a steady incrmeo in the char. es of collection.
There is a continuous decrease in V., Mint duties : whisk
amounted to 121,032 f. in 1883.4 ; to 1103,459 f. in 184445-
and only to 72,1161. in 184.56. This is neciinarity and;
able source of income ; bat ii•lluckily the exp,iis -s hire ben
creeping up while the returns haze been falling off. Ty
Mint charges amounted in 1813-4 to 56,7= (newly ma.
half of the receipts) ; in 1814-5 they ros • to 72,2441.
(rather more than two-thirds); ant in 1815-G they re,
ironed nearly stationary at 72,1871 (a trade nt:tre than ye
receipts).
The post-office returns show an increase in the collecting.
accompanied by an increase (less in proportion, however)
in the charges;—

1R43-1
Ih4l
IKu,

cblteecicb•.
1: ICA,. i 4.1
174,910

Charges.
5173,174
17n.r
133,,;43.

The increase in the expenditure already noticed-Vitali
both in the English and Indian diaburseraeuts, but to
greater amount in the former:—
he; Chorine Disburned
in built. in Engird'.
18434 ..... Cls,.sAti43 .C1,94,073
11144-S
1845-6

Total.
- C 18,614916
1'.04g.60
19.107,795

In the charges of the civil and political establishments
there is a downward tendency in the revenue, whichie
praiseworthy, if not tffect,sl at the coat of diminished
efficiency:—

£1,647,281
I,sri7,‘Sin
1,65,,1305
There are on the other hand three items of in,!ial expen-
diture in which tlavre is au incee.‘se, but r.g..rdel which
there is a presumption in favour of the propriety of the
augmentation as indicating more liberal expenditure, for the
purpose of adding to the efficiency of the courts of law and
the police:
Supreme court, and local courts 1013-1. 1041-5. 1811.4.
under kit jurisdiction 1:181,223 .C 104,601
Sadder, provincial, and salon
court, 1,148,090 ... 1,171,210 ... 1,109,097
Provincial police
On the other hand there are two items on which the de-
crease of expenditure appears to indicate a degree of inja-
rims parsimony. The expenditure on public works has been
decreased, although India is so much in need of better com-
mon roads and railroads ; and the navy, marine, and pilotage
charges are eurtailet, though previtnnly brought to an inja.
riously low figura:
Buildinge, rsada, gm. inclusive 1013-4. 1844-S. 18134
et repairs). £120,304 £13.5,201 £169,44:
Pilotage, he.
The accounts of Singapore and the Straits settlement show
an excess of revenue :
Revenue. Churn.
1811-4 ....... £72,621 .0.1,018
1014-8 69.137 011,47.1
1643-4 71,160 64,123
When in addition to these returns, the flourishing condi-
tion of Singap,re and the prospects of the other sentential'
are taken into account, a wish is irresi‘tib:y inspired that
the Colonial-office would taco a leaf out of the books of the
East India Company.
There is also an excess of revenue from the territory ceded
by the Burmese

1811-4
1814-5
1845-6

11, WIMP.
1;173,532
164,915
171,,5e3

.1:11.;,444
1116,510
101,423

But very different is the balance in '• Young Egypt," es
&lode has been sarcirtically denominated. litre is the date
of affairs in that acquisition :
Revalue. Charges.
11143-4 ....... •. 87,072 £718,404
1844.5 258,913 318,831
1345-8 282,377 ..... 84u,405
It is worth while analysing, as far as the details give&
will permit, the expenditure on this costly acquisition:
Total War Chit Renex.
charge,. charges. charters
1843-4 ........1718,144 1621,372 ... .08,942 ... 187,932
111144 348,331 ... 362,899 ... 182,932 .., 231,943
1845-8 ... 640,403 ... 347,447 ... 294998 ... 262,377
This statement, however, do. s not show the whole of what
Scinde costs the Company. The ordinary• military charges
not being distinguished in the Indian statements, it is impas-
sible to say how much of them are attributable to this
province.
The increase in the E.vliah disbursements is mainly re-
ferable to an increase in the furlough and retired pay to
military and marine ,ffieers, and to the augmented expends.
tare for the extension of steam communication. Teen is aa
increase for 1815-6 in the invoice value of storm consigned
to India, which is probably accidental and temporary. Ia
the interest on the home bond debt there is an increase, bat
a decrease in the amount of dividends to proprietors of India
stock

1844-3
1813-6

Intermt on home Dividends.
debt.
C59,3u3
64,349 ti2,ou9
69,271 623,163

Cbt Court.

WINDSOR, MONDAT.—Prince Lowenstein and the
Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn took their depart's.,
from t►e Castle to-day.

The Duke of Cambridge enjoyed the sport of shoot-
ing yesterday forenoon in Richmond-park.
Ihe Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Sophia yesterday.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Trearury. The
commissioners present ware the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, the Governor
of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor. Mr.
Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was in at-
tendance.
Mr. Justice Wightman had an interview with Sir
G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood arrived in town yesterday, from the seat of the Duke
of Bedford, Woburn-abbey, Bedfordshire. The rigkt hon.
baronet and Lady Mary left town in the afternoon on a visit
to the Marquis aad Marchioness of Lawsdowne, at Bowood-
park, Wiltshire.
Despatches for the Governors of the West India
Colonies, and for the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, and
also for the Lord High C,mmissioner of the lonian Islands,
were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening.

THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD.
The following letter hes be addressed to the Bishop of
Salisbury :
" My Lord,—As one of those who had, previously to
reading your letter of the 29th ult., supposed that your
vote in favour of Dr. Hampden at Oxford, in 1839, im-
plied a belief that the opposition to his appointment
as Itegius Professor was ill-founded, I stand corrected
for believing that your recent remonstrance was in-
consistent with your former judgment. Still I am at
a loss to reconcile the entire proceedings of your lord-
ship with the view you now declare yourself to have
uniformly entertained. Soon after your silent, but
now explained vote, you were selected by the same ill-
judging patron who had promoted Dr. Hampden, for
your present high position ; and one of your first acts was to
reject from ordination three gentlemen of Brasenose College,
whe, in consequence of the injunctions of the head of their
college, Dr. Gilbert (now Bishop of Chichester), did not
produce a certificate of attendance on Dr. Hampden's
lectures. You now say that, notwithstanding your silent
vote, you always entertained sentiments at variance with
those attributed to Dr. Hampden; and would have pre-
vented his appointment, had you been able, in 1839. 1 do
not understand whether you share in attributing these opi-
nions to him, but, presuming you do, why have insisted on
Dr. Hampden's certificate then ?—if you do not, why 61I1C-
tion the calumny now I—l remain, my lard, your obedient
servant, B. D. °to:v.—Oxford, Jan. 1."
A correspondent, whose letter we subjoin, show: that the
consent of the dean was not legally necessary to toe doe elec-
tion of Dr. Hampden to the see of Hereford.
Sir,—The objection made by the Dean of Hereford
to the election of Dr. Hampden, on the ground of the non-
assent of the dean, will be found baseless on reference to 33
Henry VIII. c. 27, which enacts that all peculiar statutes and
rules whereby the majority may be let or hindered by the
minority, contrary to the form, order, and cou.se of the
common law, shall be void and of none effect. The persona
called by the dean "honorary canons " are not so; as the
dean surely ought to know. The act of 4 and 5 Vic., c. 99,
declares in what cathedrals there shall be honorary canons,
and does not name Hereford. The gentlemen are non.resi-
dentiary prebends, having all the rights but not the reve-
res of their predecemon, 3 and 4 'Vie. c. 113. Whether
they have a right to vote in the chapt:r depends on the fact
whether or not the old now-residentiory prebends were part
of the chapter.—Commore Lew.

THE MURDER IN CLERKENIVELL.
Yesterday morning, at I 1 o'clock, the inquiry u to
the dcaiit of Robert Henry Blake, aged 5, and Armenia
Bitke, aged 7, was resumed.—The Coroner, on the court
being Awned, complained of a statement which appeared in
the morning papers to the effect that Mr. Blake, the father,
gave the alarm at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, that his
el 'ldren were murdered. This could not be the fact if Blake
stated the truth .—A policeman said no such statement was
mole at the police court.
S. Hewlett, a lodger at the Duke of Bedford, Golden-lane,
stated eat he was in front of the bar a little before 5 o'clock.
Robert Blake called him out and eked if he would go t • the
theatre with the woman Parker, who was with him. He
refused. Blake said, " We will go for a walk then." Parker
followed them, saving, " You shell find a complete devil in
me." She appeared sober, and not much excited. All
three then went to a public.ho use in Guorell.street, and Blake
and the woman Parker appeared inner comfortable. Having
returned to the Duke of Bedford Blake got away unseen by
Parker, but she mimed him in half a minute, and ran out
',goy excited. She mine back in five minutes, and said,
Z' It is a good job you did not go with him ; he shall repent
of this before morning. I will do something that he shall
repent, and will die at Newts-ate." She then went away.
In a few minutes witness went to her house, No. 3, Cupid's-
court. She opened the window, and said, " I have some-
thing very black in my mind, and I'll stop it before long.
You will hear of me before you see me." This was about
half, pot s ight at night.
Jane Jour., of No. 2, New-court, Doswell-street, said that
she knew R. H. Blake. On Friday evening last, about
seven o'clock, she met him at the corner of Golden-lane and
Old-street. A m and a female were with him. They
passed on into °newel' street, and witness lost sight of them
in Fan-street As they were going down Geswell-street,
witness said, as they peered, " Robert." She did not think
Harriet Parker heard her address Blske. In three-quarters
of an hour after that time Blake met her at the corner of
New-court, and said, " Make haste, Jane, for I think I am
watched." They then went to a public-hnuae at Cow-cross,
where they stepped till half-past eleven o'clock ; from there
they repaired is a house in Itell.alley, Onewell-street, where
they stopped until a quarter to ten o'clock the following
mormug. She had not made any arrangement to meet him
that night.
R. Wright, of 15, Arthur-street, said that about half-past
twelve oe Saturday morning, as he was passing dawn
Golden-lane, ha met Esther Parker with the eldest deceased.
The woman asked if he had seen Robert, for he had given
her the clip ? Site said He has gone to the play, sod he
shall repent it." She appeared at that time subs r, but very
excited. Witness afterwards saw Parker proceed in the di-
rection of her own home.
J. Moore, of No 9, Cupid's-court, said that on Saturday
morning, about 4 o'clock, he was awoke by a knocking at
the door. Hs opened the window, when Esther Parker
called out. " It is me, Mr. Moore; I want to speak to your
wife." Witness told his wife, who went down stairs, where
she remained a few minutes. Upon her return she made a
communication to him, which induced him to get up and
go for a policeman. He Mk t two constables, sod went with
them to Blake's house. They got in at the window, when
they ennui the two children lying on the bed quite dead.
The clothing of the bed was very much disturbed. In ten
minutes wierwards witness heard that Parker had given
herself up to police.eonstable Fowler.
Jane Moore, wife of la.t witness, seated that upon going
down stairs she found Path. r Parker waiting at the door.
She went into the lower room, and sat down, exclaiming,
"Oh, Mrs. Moore, I hive dune it" Witness asked her
what she had done, when Pat ker replied, " Blake came home
last night to take me to the play, and on giing ~at he met with
• woman, who took his arm, and they ran away immediately.
Witness asked her whether or not Mr. Blake had come home.
Parker replied, " No he has not ; a pretty spectacle there is
for him when he does come home," Witness naked her
what she had done, when Parker placed her hands on her
should, ci and said, " I have murdered his two children, and
lam going to give myself up." She then went away. Wit-
ness afterwards saw Parker at the police-station, when she
heard her say she tripod she should not be dragged through
the streeui, but go in a cab to the police-office, as she knew
she must go to prison.
Police-ounstable Standen, O 11, and Brown, 273 0, de-
scribed the state they found the room and the position of the
children. The former witness was of opinion that the de-
ems.id children had been strangled by the hand, front the
marks on the throats
G. Fowler, IGI G., said, that about four on Saturday
morning Parker cone to him and cold, " I give myself up."
He asked her what for, hut she refused to tell till she got to
the station-house. Auother policeman came up and asked
him what lie was gong to do with her—was it anything to
do with Cupie'acourt ? She raid, " Yes; I have murdered
the two chislren ; I intended to do the mine nine months
ago. Now I have done it, more to my sorrow ; but I knew
what I wee about."

W. Grubb. living at 3, Cupid's-emote, deposed that, on
Friday night, Parker passed Mtn uhe was standing at the
corner et the court. On her going in he saw that the
window and shutters of her room were open, and the two
deceased children sit ing on the bed at play. He was awoke
by the none in the court in the morning. Mrs. Moore or Mrs.
Matthews then called out that Parker had murdered the two
children, and upon going down stairs he saw them lying
dead.—By the Coroner : Saw nothing of Parker after
twelve o'clock on Friday night, ner did be hear any noise
or cries rill the knocking at four the nest moraiog. lie be-
lieved she was of mound mind. Quarrelling took place
between her and Blake sometimes. She appeared quite
sober when she passed him.
Policemen Kiuchin, 26 0, was next called : Had charge
of thee. II in which Parker was put from sic till nine on
Saturday morning. No promise or threat was made to her.
She spoke out loud, knowing he was present. She said, " I
committs d murder to revenge the father of two children.
They are innocent—l am guilty. lamof a vindictive mind.
Through my wickedness I have done it." He cautioned
her, and eh • paused. She then continued, " I loved him ;
I doated on the ground he walked on. lam not iike a per-
son that was drunk. I know well what I was about; I was
sober."
The Coroner thought, as this was only the second day after
the discovery of the crime, it would be better to adjourn the
inquiry, when the surgeon's concluding evidence would be
taken, and it would gave the wretched woman an oppor-
tunity of corresponding with her friends. Front the long
remand th- case coshd not possibly be sent before the present
grand jury at the ad Bailey.
The inquiry was then adjourned until Thursday next.

NllO. T ELl..—Messrs. Bevan and Goodeve re-
ceived on Saturday a let er from the solicitor of the treasury
to the effect that the gent restoring the property of her Into
husbar.d, the mur.lersr, John Tawell, which had been con-
fiscated to the crown txustees, is now signed.
LIBERAL DONATIONS YROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—
The secretaries of the British Aulciation for the Relief of
Distress in Ireland and Scotland have received from Ade-
laide, South Australia, an order front his Excellency Go-
vernor Robe, ..n the lords of her Majesty's Treasury, fee
1,0001., subscribed by the COlOltigtel for the relief of the dis-
tressed by famine in Ireland and Great Britain. A dona-
tion in wheat of similar value is shortly to follow.
•

LONDON COFFEE .AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS'
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday evening a meeting
of the in. cabers of the above association, founded for the
purpose tits telseving aged and decayed members of their
trade, their widows and orphans, was held at the Free-
masons' Ta,ern ,• Mr. Q Cniviett. president, in the chair.
The report stated that the institution, which has been eata-
bli•hed ten years, is bereaving in prosperity. The male and
female pensioners each receive 131, per annum. The balance-
sheet indica July loot showed, the receipts to be
2821. 16s. 10d., whilst the expenditure amounted to
2721. 12a. The funded capital of the society amounts to
nearly 2,0001.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITCTION.—Yesterday even-
ing a !mural meeting of the governors and subscribers to
the above charity was holden at the institution in Blooms.
bury-place, Bloomsbury-square, for the transaction of
general business, and the election of 7 additional boys,
which will make the full complement of 70 on the founda-
tion. Since the society was instituted upwards of 700 boys
have participated in its benefits.
ST. JOHN'S-WOOD AND PORTLAND-TOWN PROVI-
DENT DIEEENNAKY.—The third annual meeting of members
was held lot evening in the Committee-room, 98, St. John's-
wood-terrace. The Kee. Dr. Thompson presided. The
report of the committee for the past year was read. It con-
gratulated the members on the increased usefulness of the
institution, and the extent of its operations, and would not
let the opportunity pass without expressing their satisfaction
with the male in which those operations had been con-
ducted. Notwithstanding the fact that the number of re-
cipients had been nearly double whet it was last year, yet
that Mon are had been only gradually progressive, and they
felt that, at the present crisis, additional energy was called for
in order to m et the increasing demands on the institution,
in con.ywnec of the recent epidemic which had been
severely felt in the neighbourhood. The number amens-
bees enrolled during the year was 333, which made a total
from the commencement of 731. The number of cases of
sickness which had been attended during the year was 1,037,
making a total from the commencement of 1,769. The
number of cases at present under treatment was about 150,
of which the averts" daily attendance was 50. The num-
ber of patients attended at their own homes had been 48.
The receipts for the year amounted to 2281. 4s. ltd. ; out of
which a balance remained of 221. The remainder of the
business of the meeting comprised the election of the com-
mittee and officers for the ensaing year.
_

OUTWITTING THE REVENUE.—A laughable story
is going its niund through the Isle of Wight, at the expense
dome of her Majesty'. protectors of the revenue. We be-
lieve there are good grounds for supposing that the Coast
Guard service has on this occasion been completely outwitted
by the contrabandist', and that a goodly store of spirits have
made their way into the island, in order to be in readiness
for the Christmas festivities. It appears that on Christmas
Eve the Edward, from Cherbourg, of about fifty tone, after
firing signals of distress, came on shore sear Brook. The
whole of the Coast Guard near the spot, as in
duty bound, rendered her every assistance, rescued the
crew, which consisted of three Frenchmen only, and
landed them in safety. The tremendous hurricane which
tame on aeon Mtn' dispersed her hull and rigging over the
Wide waste of waters, and on Sunday not two of her timbers
held on to each other. Suspicions naturally arose as to the
Why and the wherefore of the Edward, of Cherbourg, find-
lag herself on the coast of the Isle of Wight without a cargo!
Several of the crew of the cruiairs which were drawn to the
spot, recognised on the shore a piece of timber, which, en
mamination, pr,ved to be the well-known boom of a cele-
brated smuggler, astern of which they had chased for many
Weary league, without getting within hail of ker.
m reply to their inquiries, rumour answered that
the crop was dim:tuned in Freshwater Bay into boats

or attached to warps. The empty craft was then worked
round the point ot Brook, where, after exhibiting signals of
distress, she was run on shore, end whilst the attention of
the Preventive Service was drawn to her danger, the whole
of her valuable cargo was lanced in safety, without molesta-
tion, and out of the cognisance of the unsuspecting protec-
tors of the constitutions of those of her Majesty's subjects
who delight in tippling in French brandies duty free. It
may be added that the sacrifice of the free trader waa com-
paratively trifling, the vessel being old and worthkss, and
scarcely safe for a *wind trip, though her spars, in the ex-
treme length and strength of material, betrayed the purpose
for which they were procured.
'TIE POOR OF ISLEWORTIL—Sir,--Those of your
readers who observed my letter addressed to you on the
29th ult., will be glad to hear that the poor of the parish of
Isleworth have nut been forgotten, although the present
Duke of Northumberland has withholden the hand of charity.
The Dowager Lady Cowper has in every possible manner
contributed to their comiort, and a committee of ladies are
zealously employed in going from house to house to find out
the poor and needy, and to do good and to distribute, It
has been a mutant for a great many years for the almoner at
Sion-house to give to the poor wide., of this parish and of
New Brentford a new year's gift. I am sorry, indeed, to say
that on the Ist of Jan., 1848, this benevolent and praise-
worthy custom ceased, and that there have been no songs of
joy in Sion this day.—Mossis ADAMS, Isleworth, Jan. I.
COAST DEFENCES IN THE LAST CENTURY. The
preparations fur the defence of London in 1798 are thus
detailed in a morning paper of April 25, 1708:
" The whole kingdom was at that period in a state
of excitement in consequence of a project believed
to be entertained by Napoleon to invade this country
by means of immense rafts, which were to transport
hither 'the army of England,' and land the troops on our
shores. The Paris papers of the day give the following as
the distribution of the French armies : ' The army of Rug.
land, extending from Brest to Antwerp, 100,000: General-
in-Chief, Buonaparte. The division of the army of the
north, quartered in Holland, 25,000. The army of the
Rhine, from Iluniogue to Cleves, conprisiug the frontier
garrisons of Alsace, Lorraine, Luxemburg, &c., 65,000.
'lhe army of Switzerland, from &ileum to eausanne,
25,000. The army of Italy, from Genoa and Chem-
beri to Ancona and Rome, 65,000. The army of the
coasts of the south, comprising the 10th military division at
Perpignan, 40,000. The army of the interior, 40,000.
Absent on leave, or sick, 40,000. Total amount, 400,000."
The private corresp indent of the Times, at Brussels, wrote
under date April 12, 1798, as follows: •In order to accele-
rate the operations of the army of England, General Buono-
parte has sent some of his ablet officers to every division of
the army. They are to receive his order, and to attend to
their execution. IR the canal of Brussels nits are construct-
ing, which are ninety-six feet in length. Several of them
are to be joined by means of iron chains. Oa board these
rafts entrenchments are to lie erected, and mounted with
cannon. Each of them is to curry 1,000 men. Several en-
ginems, appointed by Buonaparte, have the direction of
these works.' We need not inform our readers that these
announcements excited a commotion throughout the whole
land, and that preparations for defence were made in
every quarter. In London the inhabitants bestirred
themselves most actively in organising measures for
the protection of their city in case the enemy
should succeed in penetrating so ' far into the
bowels of the land. The inhabitants of the
various districts voluntarily resolved theinselvi s into military
associations, distinguished by uniform. to undergo regular
training and to St eve without pay. County associations of
similar character wire formed, and the court of aldermen
held meetings at Guildhall to decide on the best means of
raising armed corps in the different wards. The clergy
were not behind others in patriotism at this singular crisis.
A paragraph in the paper to which we have alluded was as
follow*:—. The Bi.hop of Winchester has sanctioned the
whole of the clergy of Hampshire, and especially of the
Isle of Wight, to take up arms in the prevent crisis, and also
to do whatever they may thilik best for the service of their
country.' The following also appear mas an editorial article
under the head ' Hints to Assist in the Gi m cal Detence of
London, ifcc." 1. Block-houses to be built in cash square
for corps de garde. 2 Horse to patrol the stem ts. 3. Banica-
does for each street, to be defended by the inhabitants of
the street: the earner houses to be supplied with hand
grenades; and, fir the more easy communication, passages
should be made from house to noose OR the roofs. 4. A
bell in the centre of each street, to summon the inhabitants
to their posts. 5. Corner homes and barricadoes to be the
genteel rendezvous in case of an alarm. 6. Artillery parks
to be in the squares, and as many artillery as possible
to lie pieced at the barricadoes of the main street. 7.
Night-cellars in the City and St. Giles's, &c., to he [ex-
amined, and every precaution taken that they should not
harbour improper persons. 8. All communications to lie
cut off from house to h Rine underground. 9. All obnoxious
foreigners to be sent out of the country. 10. No foreign
servants, ni or female, to be allowed. It. Prisoners to
be put into prison-ships, in the most secure •ittlatiOltS, so
that they may be destroyed instantly in cases necessary for
the defence of the country. 12. No quarter to be Riven the
enemy when found in the actual attempt of invading the
country, whether in transport., gunboats, or otherwise.
13. No Dutch boats to be allowed to supply the country with
as they carry back much useful information to the
enemy. ii. Every company of wetermen, lightermen,
lamplighters, coalheavers, hackney coachmen, &c., to be
formed into corps fur the defence of London ; they are to be
celled out in ease of actual danger to the town, and
magazines of arms to be placed in the companies' halls for
their use. 15. Fire•engines to be placed in proper sta-
tions. 16. A large corps de garde to be placed to de-
fend the waterworks and pipes which supply the town.
17. Tides de Pont to be erected for the defence of
the bridges on the Thames, and casoon works for the
southern slope of the bridges. 18. All barges, vessels,
and boats ti be taken from the Surrey side of the
Thames in case of the enemy making good their lauding."
Of course the caterers fur the theatres were not backward
in the administration of entertainments consonant with the
prevailing spirit of the people. At Astley's Amphitheatre
we find, by the advertisement, that, amongst a complete
medley of performances, consisting of burletta, billet, panto-
mime, tumbling, and equestrian exercises, a divertissement,
called 'The lintith Bulldogs against the French Rafts,' was
announced for representation. At Covent-garden, too, on
the following evening, 'by command of their Majesties,'
the performances were to be • The Raft," The Lie of the
Day,' and • Has Sequin's: Return.' It is unnecessary to in-
' form our readers that the threatened invasion never took
place."
TEE CONVICTS SALE AND WCOY.—These two
wretched men, who are ordered fee execution on next Mon-
day, hod, as far as M'Coy was concerned, nearly presented a
different termination, in consequence of a most murderous
attack having been made on him by his equally guilty com-
panion. M'Coy, it will be recollected, made a confesaion,
and which it appears treated a deep feeling of revenge in the
mind of the other. From what has transpired, it appears
that a few days since, and previously to the execution being
fixed on, Sale, on leaving his cell, had by immense exec
thin forced out of the place in which he was locked
up a portion of an iron bar, which he secreted about his
person, and with this deadly weapon he went to the day-
room. Shortly atter M.Coy was brought is, and while he
was in the act of washing himself, Sale went behind him
and struck his companion a terrific blow on the head, which
instantly felled him, and before the turnkey could render
the slightest aid he was knocked down. Fortu-
nately the turnkey was enabled to cry out murder,
and riag the bell, which brought some of the other
turnkeys to his aid. Sale swore that he would murder the
first that attempted to seize him, and that he was determined
to have M'Coy's life. The men, however, rushed on him,
and after a short but severe struggle they overpowered Sale,
and he was placed under control ; on examining his cell, to
ascertain how he had obtained the piece of iron, it was dis-
covered that he had, in the course of the night, forced it out
of the wall near the cupboard, and had succeeded in remov-
ing some of the bricks, no doubt, under the impteseion that
he should have been enabled to effect his escape. Since the
time of the order t s carry the law into effect they have been
• placed in different rooms, and six men—namely, one in the
day and two of a night, are in constant attendance, and will
continue so until they are delivered up by the governor into
the hands of the sheriffs on Monday morning next.
YESTERDAV.—STARVATION.—In the
committee-room of Lambeth workhouse, before Mr. Wm.
Carter, touching the death of Mary Joyce, aged four years
and a hell', who died from want and exposure. Upon the
return of the jury to the inquest-room from viewing the
body, Dunn, the officer, informed the coroner of the death
of another child belonging to the same family.—Caroline
Jennings stated that she was in the employ of the guardians
as a paid nurse to the sick ward for females. The deceased
' when admitted was literally starving fur want of nourish-
ment. She was much attenuated, and weak of body. Wit-
ness conveyed the deceased, with the mother and two
' smaller children, to the ward, where the former woo placed
in boil, being previously washed by the mother. When the
mother applied for a night's shelter she had the three children
at her back, fastened to her by means of a leathern strap.—
' Mr. Doke, the surgeon, ordered the deceased beef tea, wine,
and new milk. The deceased was seen twice on the follow-
, ing day, when she died.—The Coroner: What condition was
' the mother and the other two children in when first ad-
' mitted I—Witness They were very emaciated and dirty.
' Their clothes were scanty and thin. When witness
' examined the deceased she found an abrasion on the right
knee, several similar spots were on the hack and ono on the
, forehead, which the mother said she could not account for.
' Witness thought they were occasioned by the strap at her
back, in carrying the deceased with the other children.
Witness and Mr. Duke asked her particularly why
she had not made application to the union earlier, but
she made no reply. She said her husband gave
I her a few shillings and left London in search of
work in the western part of England.—Samuel
Caldagh, an assistant to Mr. Duke, said that the deceased
I had been unable to take any food. The child breathed well,
I and there were no symptoms of existing disease. Witness's
I opinion was that the child had been starved. Its weak-
; teas was entirely from the want of food. Witness at once
• ordered that the deceased should have mutton broth,
arrowroot, wine, &c., in small quantities, as it could be
i taken.—Coroner : I believe a second child has died ?—Wit-
ness : Yes, sir. The immediate cause of the second death is
I erysipelas, but the primarrcause was want of nourishment
i and exposure to cold.—Mary Joyce was next called, and
stated that she was the wife of John Joyce, a labourer.
The two deceased children were her daughters. Her hur-
t band left her six weeks since to seek work in Cheltenham, on
• the railways. When he left London witness was living in a
! lodging-house at Garret-lane, Wandsworth, which she was
I compelled to leave owing to her distress. On Tuesday night
last witness came to the workhouse fur relief, as she and her
• three children were starving with hunger and cold.—The
, Coroner Where have you slept during the time your hus-
band has been away ? Witness: I have not been in a bed
for six week*, but I and my children have been sleeping
under the hedges and in shads at night, and begging by day.