The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-14 00:00:00

-1-EASTER AMUSEMENTS.

We resume our notice of the Easter Amusements,
,having been maable to give all of them, in our paper
of yeeterday.
CosMoßAMA.—This old-established exhibition,
which -now—forms part of the Prince of Wales's
Bazgar -in Regent-street, has been re-opened for the
Easter. holidays. The views are the same as they
have hitherto been, consisting of Mont Blanc, Grand
Cairo, Edinburgh, Mount St. Bernard, the interior
of St. Peter's, &c., which, in some cases, are accom-
panied with illusive atmospheric effects. This ex-
hibition is the, oldest in the metropolis, but the inge-
nuity with which nature is portrayed, by means of
optical contrivance and dioramic artifice, always
aniusegi however much the process itself has lost the
charm of novelty. •
POLYTECHNIC INSTITITTION.—The popular fame of
this old-established haunt was proved by the at-
tendance on Monday, which, though not quite so
great as usual, was still very considerable. The
features of the place are of the same character as they
have hitherto been, that is as to utility. But no-
thing, on the other hand, can be more interesting and
diversified. The galleries are filled to overflowing
with numerous works of curious invention, in which
vile mechanical genius of the age is amply exempl-
fied ; while the products of art are not wanting to
give grace to the developments of tnechanisna and in-
genuity. We need not remark that the great topics
of the day, if they refer to anything admitting of
public exposition, are here invariably the subjects
of popular elucidation. Thus we have periodical
lectures by Mr. Crispe on fire-arms, more
particularly with a view to the rifle, and the dif-
ferent locks suggested by modern contrivance. Mr.
Pepper and Dr. Bachhoffner are also to be met
with daily, and the talents of these two gentlemen as
public instructors are well known. Few men in the
same sphere of action have evinced a greater skill
than themselves in accommodating their strictures to
the homely and uneducated intelligence of the lower
classes ; and to individuals in these ranks of life—
thanks to theirco-operation—the Polytechnic Insti-
tution must have been of vast and immeasurable be-
nefit. The miscellaneous branches of the establish-
ment are replete with pleasant and entertaining varie-
ties. The dissolving views, of which an entirely new
set has been painted, are the best of their kind. Then
there is the cbromatrope, besides other optical toys.
In the lower hall the diving• bell, which seems to be
co-existent with the institution itself, is an unfailing
source of delight, as it has been for years past ; and
an individual whom we have not yet heard, one
Krausz de Fehor, is announced as the possessor of
four octaves of" voice, and the singer of thirty-six
dialects! The Easter attractions at the Polytechnic
Institution are therefore as multiform as they can well
be, and we may be sure they will not be overlooked
by the holiday-maker.
CATLIN'S AMERICAN GALLERY.—In the north-east
corner of Waterloo-place Mr. Catlin's; gallery of In-
dian life, and the prairie scenery of North America,
invites inspection. Few collections, having a direct
and specific purpose, have been so popular as this. It
consists, we need hardly observe, of a profusion of
portriitures of the aboriginal inhabitants of the vast
wilderness of North America, taken during Mr. Cat-
lin's residence in those districts in which he volunta-
rily spent a considerable number of his early years.
The paintings are executed with spirit, truth, and
freedom. But a most valuable and characteristic fea-
ture is that of the costumes brought over by Mr. Cat-
lin. These, hung upon figures the size of life, are
placed about the room, which it seems to people with
striking fidelity of nature. Mr. Catlin is generally
in attendance arid delivers occasional lectures on the
habits of the " red man," assisted by individuals
clothed for the ptirpose, who illustrate the war-whoop
and various curious customs, no doubt to the life.

CUMMING'S AFRICAN INiUSETJAI.—ihe gallery of
Mr. Gordon Cumming at Hyde-park-corner, like
that of Mr. Catlin's, is both curious and informing.
The collection of a courageous and enthusiastic
sportsman in the interior of Southern Africa, it has
a peculiarity of its own, The arms, costumes, and
domestic implements of several of the Kafir tribes
are here brought together ; besides the skins of a
variety of wild animals slain or captured by Mr.
Cumming. An hour or two may, therefore, be well
spent in this singular exhibition, which is one of
those assemblages of objects that could only result
from a peculiar love of adventure, great personal
hardihood, and indomitable perseverance.
SPRINGTHORPE'S WAXWORK. This cheap gal-
lery of waxwork has lately received several additions ;
and to those whose funds are not very profuse it may
reasonably be recommended. The collection, which
bears some resemblance to that of Madame Tussaud's,
is by no means small. The various agremens of
establishments of this kind are provided. There is a
band of music ; and there are also moving pictures,
musical toy, a rock harinonicon, and the like. Mum-
mies, murderers, and monsters are exhibited in sepa-
rate chambers ; in fact, the taste of the populace in
its widest and lowest sense, has been considered to
the utmost.

SALLE ROBlN.—After a short tour in the provinces,
M. Robin, whose magical dexterity has already se-
cured for him a considerable share of public patronage,
made his appearance on Monday withevening a new
and enlarged • programme of mechanical and optical
illusions. It would be vain to attempt to enumerate
the various inexplicable sleight-of-hand tricks which
this accomplished wizard enacts, to the infinite de-
light of the juvenile portion of his audience, and
which, in times gone by, would have earned a very
different treatment for the performer than the deserved
approbation which now greets him. It is sufficient
to say that the Soiries Parisiennes furnish to children
one of the most entertaining amusements in the me-
tropolis, and are therefore peculiarly worthy of a
visit during these holiday times.
SAVII;LE HOUSE.—The German gymnasts, under
the superintendence of Professor Krosso, continue to
go through their feats of strength and dexterity at
Saville House, Leicester-square, where they have
been located for a considerable period. These ex-
positions of bodily power, and expertness in the art
of balancing, have probably never been surpassed.
The entertainments are varied by an act of " Poses
Plastiques."
CHICKENS AND FLEAS.—Mr. Cantelo's apparatus
for hatching chickens upon the old Egyptian principle
will, no doubt, command its visitors during the holi-
day time, The process is most effectively illustrated
at the
_rooms of this gentleman in Leicester-square,
where broods of chickens are daily brought into life
by the hot-water stoves, so judiciously adjusted as to
temperature as to represent practically the precise
incubatory heat of the parent bird.—ln the same house
the spectator may also " assist" at the performances of
the Russian Fleas, which are wise in their genera-
tion, and go through divers feats after the manner of
other fleas who have escaped " cracking," and been
taught'polite accomplishments.
PRIVATE PICTURE GALLERIES.—Grosvenor, -Upper
Grosvenorstreet ; Bridgewater, Green-park; Staf-
ford House, St. James s-park ; Ashburton, Picca-
dilly; Sir R. Peel's, Whitehall-gardens; Samuel
Rogers's, 12, St. James's-place; Hope's, Duchess-
street, Portland-place; Bevan's, 4, Hamilton•place,
Hyde- park-corner ; Bridel's, Eaton-square; Gibbon's,
Hamilton-terrace, Regent's-park ; Meeld's, Grosve-
nor-street ; Sheepshanks's, Rutland-gate, Knights-
bridge. Tickets may be had on application to the
proprietors.
PUBLIC BUII.DINGS, &c.—St. Paul's Cathedral
(ten till dusk); Tower of London (ten to four) ;
Monument (nine to dusk) ; Westminster Abbey
(nine to dusk); Westminster Hall ; Greenwich Hos-
pital (nine to dusk); Guildhall (ten to three) ;
Custom-house (nine to three); Mansion-house
(eleven to three) ; Duke of York's Column (twelve
to three); Mint (eleven to three) ; Woolwich Arsenal
and Dockyard (nine to eleven, and one to four) ;
Deptford Dockyard (ten to three); Chelsea Hospital
and Royal Military Asylum (orders for the Botanic
Gardens to be obtained at Apothecaries' Hall) ;
Christ's Hospital, Newgate-street (tickets on appli-
cation); Windsor Castle (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs-
days; and Fridays, ten to four ; tickets from principal
printsellers). , ,
FaeiExEntiiiitoers, &c.—The British Museum,
- open the--whole of Easter week, except Saturday,
from ten till fuur. The East India House Museum,
on Saturday only, from eleven to three. The Na-
tional Gallery, in Trafalgar-square, the whole of
Easter week, except Saturday, from ten to five. The
Vernon Gallery, Marlborough-house, open under the
same rules as the National Gallery. The United
Service Museiiin, it Middle Scotland-yard, every day
by orders from members. The Society of Arts,
Adelphi, every day, except Wednesday. College of
Surgeonsi in Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Monday, Wed-
nesday, and Friday, by orders from members. Mu-
seum of Economic Geology, Jermyn- street, every
day, from, ten till four. The Sone Museum, Lin-
cola's. Inn-fields, every Thursday and Friday, from
ten -to five, in the months of. April, May, and June.
street, daily,
Vinnrean :Museum, Soho-square, on Wednesday and
Gas's orders from members. Medical Museum,
';'4Hospital, daily. Saull's Museum of Geology, Al-
teestreet, Thursdays, at eleven. Museum of
London Antiquities, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-
eleven to four. Entomological Merteum of the Asiatic Society, Grafton-
street, Tue-sd. Wednesdsys, and Thursdays, from
Tuesday, from
Museum, Old Bond-
street,ten to duskr.Y
theoy al ront twelve to four. Museum of
Institution,Missionary
Albemarle-street, daily from
ticket obtainable from the
?Museum, Blomfield•street,
.00logical Museum, Leices-
ter•square, daily, from ten to five.
tddeaaniillyyt:ffreooxunicre.pt
Friday,.
Dulwich Gallery,
daily,
Prinytsr. !lay,
e'er by
Hampton
i-cl from te Court Palace every
dab except --P:rk b odn to four. Botanic Gar-
dens, Itegent'S illy r era from members.
, , , —l3azaar, Soho-square Pantheon, cs
.uoursGes., -,, _ • ..,x-and
and
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,

street Bazaar. Prince of Wales's "Bazaar, Regent-
street. Western Exchange, Old Bond•street. Ba-
zaar, Langharn-place.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
The additions to the royal dinner party yesterday
were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Royal highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe
Cobourg, the Lady in waiting to the Duchess of
Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Baron Knesebeck, and Lord William Paulet.
The band of the ColdstreamGuards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture, " Sicilian Bride"
Waltz, "La Magicienne"
Selection, " Die Zauberflote"
Polka Koenig.
Irish Melody, "As a beam o'er her face" Moore.
Pas Redouble, "I Martyri" • ••• Donizotti.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended in
the Castle and played the following selections :
Overture, " Le Pniltre"
Selection, " Marguerite d'Anjou" ..• •• Meyerbecr.
Choeur et Danse d'Armide Gluck.
Finale, " Martha"
His Royal Highness Prince
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and
Albert, accompanied
Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horse-
back this morning, attended by Colonel F. H.
Seymour.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family,
and pony exercise.
took walking

The Earl and Countess of Derby left town yester-
day afternoon on a visit to the Duke of Richmond,
apt his seat, Goodwood, Sussex.
The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will not assem-
ble at the residence of the Lord Chancellor to mor-
row (Thursday), the first day of Easter Term:
The Judges will take their seats in their respective
Courts at Westminster at the usual hour.
The Bishop of Manchester had an interview with
Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home
Office.

Dispatches from the Governors of Hong Kong and
Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the
Colonial Office.

PROPOSED NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT.
Sir James Matheson, M.P., proprietor of the Island
of North Hone, has offered it as a gift to Government
for a new penal settlement. This island is situated
in the Atlantic, in latitude 59 deg. 7 min. 15.48 sec.,
and longitude 4 deg. 4. 8 min. 50.45 sec. west. It
forms part of the Lewis property. It lies 38 miles
N.E. of the Butt of Lewes, forming a nearly equila-
teral triangle with it and Cape 'Wrath. Its highest
point is 360 feet above the level of the sea. On a
clear day Cape Wrath and the Lewes and Harris
Hills can be seen without glasses. The island re-
sembles a long-necked decanter, with its neck towards
the north. Its greatest length is nearly a mile, and
its greatest breadth the same. At its north end about
half a mile of its length varies in breadth from 10 to
20 chains. Half of this portion is stratified rock,
without a particle of vegetation. The eastern shore
of this part slopes gently to the sea ; the western,
though rugged and broken, is but 90 feet in height.
The southern portion of the island is broader
and more elevated, averaging three quarters
of a mile broad, and the two hills not less than 350
feet high. The seaward bases of these hills form pre-
cipitous cliffs, inaccessible in many places. The rocks
round Rona are few and small. Gouldig Beag and
Gouldig Mohr are the only rocks, nitre than two
chains from the shore. Another
is dangerous
rock, seen at
low water, near the S.W. point, dangerous to navi-
gators anchoring in the neighbourhood. The soil of
Rona is good, and the pasture, though not luxuriant,
is beautifully green. Except about 50 acres the
whole island is arable, interspersed with a few small
rocks. A small part of the south side had been culti-
vated, and produced excellent barley. It is now
rented as a sheep farm. There are five or six ruinous
huts upon it. The smallest is said to have been a
church. There is also a grayeyard, in which is a
rude cross without any inscription. There are neither
rats nor mice, and but very few birds in the island.
There is no peat moss, and not much sea-weed.
There is sufficient spring water on the south
shore. Seals are numerous, but not easily killed,
and cod-fish are abundant. The tides rise from
five to ten feet, and the south wind prevails. The
best landing places are Foul Houtham on the south,
Skildiga on the west, and Gevah Sthu on the east.
So well sheltered is Gevah Sthu, that three vessels
anchored at its mouth six years ago, and remained
one night. But such a thing had not occurred before,
and has not been repeated since. The island con-
tains 270 acres, three-fourths of which are arable.
Some years since it was inhabited by several families,
who lived by fishing, and on the produce of the soil ;
but in attempting to land on a stormy day, all the
men war lost by the upsetting of their boat. Should
Government accept Sir 'Limes Matheson's offer of this
island as a convict prison and penal settle-
ment, it will combine the advantages of Portland
prison and a penal colony in New South Wales,
being near enough to be controlled by the
home, authorities through directors of prisons
for Scotland, or through a separate board of commis.
sioners ; and from the small size of the island, and
its loneliness, it would have all the terrors and none
of the attractions, of transportation to Australia. The
cost of maintaining a convict aboard is 401. a year.
The cost of maintaining a convict in Rona would not
exceed 15/. a year, and this on 1,000 convicts for
four years would save 100,000/. The climate and
soil being favourable, the arable parts of Rona might
be cultivated by the convicts as a garden farm. This
would be. a good training for such convicts as might
afterwards emigrate, and it would considerably
diminish the expense of the establishment. All other
kinds of labour usual in prisons, could of course be
done at Rona. As a prison made of galvanized iron
may easily be removed from one place to another, a
great difficulty is obviated as regards the expense of
buildings, which, after serving their purpose in one
locality, became useless, as now the transfer from one
locality to another is provided for.—Observer.

THE DERBY CABINET AND CHURCH

PATRONAGE.
It will be remembered, that we alluded to certain cir-
cumstances two weeks ago, which we stated would afford
a decisive test by which the ecclesiastical leanings of
the Derby Government might be ascertained. We men-
tioned that two days previous to the appearance of our
article, a clergyman had died , who held a living in Col-
chester, worth 5001. a year, and that within three hours
after his death—almost before the breath could well be
said to be out of his body—The Tractarian clergy of
the town and neighbourhood met together, and drew up
and signed a most urgent memorial to the Lord Chan-
cellor, in whose gift the living was, praying him to ap-
point one of the most rampant Puseyites in the county,
to the vacant church. That memorial was presented,
and its prayer supported by the semi-Romanist, Lord
John Manners, to Lord St. Leonards, and the latter
Noble and Learned Lord has acceded to the application.
The ultra-Tractarian has received the appointment, and
is now the rector of the church in question. This fact
sets the matter fully and finally at rest, as regards the
way in which the Church patronage of the present
Ministry will be dispensed. The Lord Chancellor can-
not plead ignorance of the Puseyisra of the party whom
he has appointed to the vacant living. He has made the
appointment with a full knowledge of all the circum-
stances. No wonder that the Tractarians hailed the
advent of the Derby Ministry to office with unmeasured
exultation. The matter is one of great gravity to the
Church, and bodes serious ill to the Protestantism of the
country.—Advertiser.

presentPresenedient servant,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The paragraph in your paper of the 12th
inst. in respect to the , Cardiganshire Boroughs is
incorrect, as the Powell family-have always supported
Church and State, and the
t cGo uo
vn
et
ryoont Member is
A CARDIGANSHIRE FREEHOLDER.
Brompton, April 13, 1852.
a staunch supporter
youorf
obedient

stilostirregttarrdous
~..,
COMPLETION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO
intelligence from the Bristol Channel,
THE BjusTOL CHANIIEL.—The Electric Telegraph Corn-
range of wire, 118
through
hhe immediate trans-
miles, from London to n addition to the advan-
tages
communication not only with
the completion polfetsiohnipopfinthge communication places the commercial
tpaagnye s haavvaeiljaubslte
community of Bristol, and..the adjacent west of England
London, but by means of the cross-country stretch of tele-
graph, already in existence between Bristol and Gloucester,
cothmeprelebtilye,dri
and Birmingham and Derby, connects the west of England
with those towns, as well as with Liverpool, Manchester. the
districts, in direct telegraphic
north of Scotland, and the whole of England. Several hun-
dred men are now employed upon the link remaining to be
completed between Bristol and Exeter, of about seventy-
three miles, and which it is expected will be finished by
June, and so complete, with the_ exception of minor commu-
nities, the telegraphic network of the country-.
THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND THE NEW
PARLIAMENT.—It is ascertained that about, one hundred
members of the bar are already, fairly in the field, as candi-
dates for a seat in the coming I arliament, and it is deemed
probable that thirty or forty more may start before the ad-
vent of the general election. 1t is not improbable that one
half of these " learned friends ' may be returned,—in which
case about seventy lawyers will be members of the new
legislature. The prospect is not
augur well a.‘ for 11 very pleasant one for the
reporters; nor does it straightforward
manner of transacting the business of the country. It is not
unlikely that some steps maY benund necessary to restrain
the otherwise interminable volubility
of these learned gen-
tlemen. It may be found expedient to limit the length of
speeches in Parliament. In
tthe French Chamber, when
they had liberty of discussion
.here, they resorted to a par-
ticular form of procedure,
which, when had recourse to
three times, brought the debate at once to a final termina-
tion.—Advertiser.
Mr. Heathcoat, M.P., the colleague of Lord
Palmerston in the representation of Tiverton, and the emi-
nent silk manufacturer of that town, has had a severe attack
of indisposition, from which, however, the H__.
vil Creatlemau
• US "dentOOd to be :10171Y recovering.

APRIL 14, 1852.

BETTING UP: Vi ONE O'CLOCK.
- - COLUMN STAKES.
• 2 to 1 on Lspidist.
Mountain De;:t arrived this Lwirtling•
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING.
The Ilunters'4Btakes of 10 sous, each, p p, the second to
save his stake; 12. st each; thorough-bred horses 10lb
extra. Once round and a dis. (9 Subs.)
Mr. E Johnson's Jack of Aconab (h b) (Mr. Gregson) 1
Mr. B.ker's Killerhy (h b) (Owner) 2
Mr. Fife's Nancy 'Banks (h b);.. (Owner) 3
Bob Acres (h b). (Mr. C. Reed), Chanticleer, (b. b)
(Mr.Featherstonhaugh), and Tanny (h b), (Mr. Purcell),
also ran.,

Bettio,g—t to 4 apt 'Jack. Won cleverly by nearly
a length.
The Ladies' Plate of 10 som, added to a Sweepstakes of
2 soya, each, for all horses, 12st each,-&c. Heats,
TY C. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Johnson Da Child cf" tlie Mist, 4 yrs (Ankle). 1 1
Mr. Ruddock's Gilley, aged (sT
_Simpson). "0 2
Mr. Smith's SeArlet Runner, 4 yrs '(sle. 0. Reed) 0 3
Mr, Blacker's Theory, 6 yrs Nark Noble) 0 0`
Mr. Laing's Wor Helen, aged (Mr. Dunlop) 0 0
Mr. Davy'a Gay. Lad, s.(li.c.r: Featherstonhaugh) 2 dr
Mr. Brown na Tha Swinger, 6 yrs (J. Pattison) 0 dr
Won easy by two lengths.
The Welter. Stakes of 3 8092. each, and 15 added, for
foisr yrs old and upwards, the second to save his stake.
Two miles. (8 Subs.)
Captain WeOrl na Miss West, aged (Owner) 1
Mr. Gregion's Count Borawlaski, 5 yrs (Owner) 2
Mr. Graham's Mystiele 6- yrs (Mr. R. Graham) 3
Mr. Lareplugh's The 'Liver, aged (Owner) 4
sto 4 agst Miss West. Won cleverly-by u length.
The Lark Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 5 added, for two
yrs old and upwards, T. Y. C. (15 Subs.), were won
cleverly by a length and a half, by Mr. Currie's Annie
Laurie, 2 yrs (W. Grieveson), beating Axwell, 2 yra, (G.
Prince), and 12 others, after a. very fine race.

MORE. GOLD.
Accounts from. Australia have, been reeeivedby the
Overland mail, mil Ceylon. , They, reach to the 10th
January, being three weeks later than the previous
advises. As far as the richness of the mines is con-
cerned the details continue of a striking character,
but a total failure of water at Mount Alexander, in
the colony of Victoria, and too much water at the
Turon and other localities of the New South. Wales
mines, had seriously checked, operations. Up to the
exhaustion of the water at Mount Alexander,. which
seems to have occurred rather suddenly, the returns
obtained by all parties realised the most sanguine
expectations, and the correspondent of the Sydney
Herald at that place states, that after full and re-
peated inquiries he was unable to meet with a single
person who had been unsuccessful. With the dry
weather, however, the earth bad become so hard
that it could only be broken with a pickaxe, and a
general desertion was therefore taking place. Four
months would most probably elapse before work
could be recommenced. This compulsory retirement,
however, would be likely to lead to new explorations.
The accounts of the conduct of the population at
Melbourne are not favourable. Scenes cf violence
and deprayity had been !common, and they
are alleged to have been increased by the
influx of the convict population of Van
Diemen's Land, which is within thirty hours'
steaming distance, the deck fare from Launceston
being 21s. With regard to the New South Wales, or
Sydney mines, it appears that all the indications on
the Turon continued to promise great results after
the subsidence of the floods. Meanwhile new deposits
had been discovered in what is called the Maneroo
district and about the Snow
be-
lieved
would prove of a remarkable River, which it was
ar
tkbable
Victoriacharacter.
mines
t Thear
are
Sydney writers contend that
not richer than their own, and tehat the
duce is solely owing to the larger numb
employed. "This, however, does not e number of
agreere
wither P
personsther o-
fact that disappointments are frequently spoken
of at Sydney, while none had occurred at Mount
Alexander. The report made to the Government by
Mr. Hargrave, upon his return from his exploratory
expedition, had not yet been allowed to transpire, and
it was consequently rumoured that it was too exciting
to he published until after the harvest had been got
in. The proprietor of the gold field in Frede-
rick's-valley bad proposed to make over his title to
that spot, consisting of 1,033 acres, to a company
to ,be called the Wentworth old-field Com-
pany, with a capital of 30,0001., in 3,000 shares
of 101. each, of which 25,000/. was to be paid
to himself, the remaining 5,0001. forming the work-
ing funds. The price of gold at Sydney had fallen
to 60s. per ounce, and the miners in consequence held
back their earnings. Nevertheless, on the 9th
January, the ship Kate sailed for London with
49,274 ounces of dust, valued at 3/. ss. per ounce,
and amounting to 160,1411. From Adelaide, South
Australia, the latest dates received at Sydney were
to the 24th December, and it is probable that the next
arrival would bring news of equal wealth in that
colony. A reward of 1,0001. having been offered by
the Government for the discovery of any gold fields
that should yield 10,0001. within two months, a Mr.
Stephen, a barrister, had announced his knowledge of
two very extensive districts, and a day had been ap-
pointed fur him to proceed to point them out. There
were, also, rumours of discoveries in many other
localities in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. Ex-
pectations were likewise entertained of the confirma-
tion of similar statements from Van Diemen's Land.
A fine specimen of quartz gold had been shown by a
man, who asserted that be had found it at Hobart
Town, and that it existed there in abundance; and
there were other less questionable stories of deposits
between Launceston and George Town. As respects
general intelligence, there is nothing by this arrival of
importance. A meeting had been held of the Sydney
Railway Company, at which a report was read an-
nouncing that Earl Grey had sanctioned the proposal
of the local Government to grant a guarantee of five
per cent. on the first 100,0001. capital subscribed,
payable either in London or Sydney. The prepara-
tory works of the line were proceeding slowly, the
number of persons employed being only 73, and, as
an engineer was expected from London in the course
of a few weeks, it was proposed to defer any more
active steps until his arrival. The news of the plan
of the home Government for a two-monthly line of
screw-steamers had just arrived, and had been re-
ceived with the anticipated derision. Great difficulty
was still felt by the shipping for want of crews, it
being found impossible to check desertion, although
in every possible instance the authorities enforced the
law to the fullest extent. Among other cases the
master of a brig named the Julia Percy had been
sentenced to a fine of 501., or three months' imprison-
ment for enticing two seamen from the ship Scotia.

IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.
A case of some importance to railway travellers was
tried at the Doncaster County Court on Monday. An
action was brought by Mr. Fairfax Fearnley, of Bishop-
field, near Bawtry, against the Great Northern Riilway
Company, to recover the sum of 581. 18s., the value of a
dreseingcase, containing various articles of jewellery,
&c., which was lost under the following circumstances:—
On the 20th of December last the plaintiff
purchased at
the booking-office at the Wakefield station of the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Rdlway two first-class tickets for
himself and wife, intending to proceed to Bawtry,
but, as the train (the Great Northern Express) did
not stop at Bawtry, they were booked only 116 far
as Doncaster. On arriving at Doncaster at a quarter
past 5 eat, and finding that there would ber no train to
Bawtry until 9 P.DI, the
plaintiff sought a safe place fur
his luggage in the interim. One of th 0 porters showed
an hour or two at the vicarage.
him a private room, and on his assurance as the safety
spend an
shortly. before nine o'clock,
of the place, plaintiff was induced to leave the dressing.
case and ,other _articles thene, whilst he and Mrs,
the
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they found that
turned out that another porter had removed
room where ISir.Fearnley had
office, where luggage wt,s generally g"
the dressing_leearste
deposited, and
whence, no doubt, it had been stolen. Mr. Blanchard,
barrister, contended on behalf of the defendants,
conveying plaintiff
the
.p from
Wakefield to Bawtry by
two separato tr, h Ley bad entered .
'contracts with him, both
of
which
into two special
They bad conveyed him and his they had fulfilled.
to Doncaster in safety, and t
luggage from Wakefield
to Bawtry in safety; and thea afterwards from Doncaster
for the loss that had occ company were not liable
the journeys. The urred in the interval between
though bound to take porter was a bailee without hire, and
the
plaintiff in hissuch care of the property left by
yet he was not re- possession as he would of his own,
responsible for its loss, except gross and
culpable negligencev could be proved against him. His
Honour the Judge
of the (Mr. W. Walker) decided in favour
defendants,

AGONIZING SCENE AT A FIRE.
_ Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before four
o'clock, the inhabitants of Nassau. street, Middlesex
Hospital, were most painfully excited. It appears that
as a police-constable was passing along the above-named
street ho perceived dense bodies of smoke pouring forth
from the basement floor of the premises No. 15, in that
thoroughfare, occupied by Mr. Charles Lansfield, a car-
penter. Ho succeeded in arousing the inmates, con-
sisting of not fewer than nineteen persons. Thuse who
were in the lower portion of the premises, upon opening
their doors, found smoke pouring up the stairs go furi-
oasly that if they remained another minute they treques-
tionably would have perished. Thirteen persent., now-
aver, succeeded, at great risk, in gaining the street, hut
six who were in the second floor, on reaching the stilirs,
vv re driven back by the hot sm')ke.
again entered their apartment, they made their
appearance at the front windows, and besought
the spectators to ftach a ladder and rescue
them. They were informed by the police that the
escapes of the Royal Society had been sent for, and that
they would arrive in a few seconds; at tho same rune
they wore urged to remain where they were until they
arrived. aim dense smoke, however, began to pour int%)
their room in such bodies that suffocation aPP",,r`w"
ceriain. One woman then got to the sill of. the tviancltoof
with an infant in her arms, and was just
the
were
jumping out with the child (four other.
n th:Eayal So-
screaming at the same window),
ciety's fire-escape reached the hou7sel.'e-Tbo
in front of the
conductor
(Weaver) having placed the tuacbtriinog
the lives of six
house, mounted and succeeded in
London Brigade and
persona. The engines of the firemen found i
parish were soon on the opt, '

~; ~stisi Y.>t~3t

tha t the flames were raging in the workshop in the
lower part of the premises. The engines having been
set to work, the firemen auveneded in extinguishing the
fir'. Unfortunately the sufferers were not insured.
The cause of the fire is unknown.

TREATMENT OF THE DEAD IN TOWNS
The annual mortality of London is about 56,000, or
154 per day, and all this enormous mass of dead, and
putrifyieg flesh, with slight exception, is deposited—
we cannot say buried—in the very midst of the sur-
vivors. Nevertheless, the sacred feelings and affections
mixed up with even the empty shells or tabernacles
once inhabited by those nearest and dearest to
us, blind the mind to the abominations and the horrors
of these intramural deposits. Were half the number of
the bodies of dead horses,„or ,double the number of
vaults
themth those
of
dead cats
such as then t7ol
catsand I°4':zn,t9oepdtio rotamongst
tan
graveyards now contain of not less rotting, not less
and
pestiferous abomination, we:: believe there would be
little difficulty in` arousing r periodical resolution
to get lid of such an evil, could it have ever
exiAted. As it is, the most salutary mode of procedure
We ears think of is, reitcratedly to disabuse the pu6lie
mind from the notion that their dead are treated in their
intramural deposits one whit more decently or reverently
than if they had been so many dead dogs or horses.
Cholera, typhus fever, consumptions, apoplexies,
sudden deaths, measles, scarlet fevers, small-
pox, and last, though most important of all,
perhaps, that slower poisoning which lowers the vitality
and impairs the stamina of the entire nation—such are
the fruits reaped from sowing in corruption such as this.
That the plague in Egypt uniformly arises first in the
close vicinity of the graieyards of the towns, has
been fully established And can we wonder that
disease and pestilence are engendered, and
life destroyed by noxious emanations, such as
these ? "We mate for ourselves the poison which we
breathe: in our perverse blindness, we sow decay, and
we reap death." Nay, to complete the circle of iniquity,
we sow death and reap decay—we infuse a leaven of
mortality in the midst of the mortal mass, and leaven
the mass of mortals, slowly but surely thereby into
masses of mortality.—The Builder.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR GULF ST. VINCENT.
After making Kangaroo Island steer E *N., through
Investigator's Straits, between that island and Althorpe
Island. Should the wind be from the eastward, you
will find no difficulty in beating through the straits, nor
anything in the way more than is pointed out in Fria-
der's chart. If bound up Gulf St. Vincent great care
is requisite to avoid Troubridge Shoal, situated on the
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ed
coming from the westward, the coarse should not be
altered until Point Marsden bears S.W. by W.IW.,
when you will be about ten miles from the high land in-
side Cape Jervis, named in Flinders's chart N.W. Bluff
when you may .shape your course for the light vessel
N.N.E., 40 wiles distant. For about six leagues up the
gulf the land is high and bold; but above that the shore
becomes very low, with hummocks of sand upon it; and
the same description of coast prevails to the head of the
gulf.
After passing the high coast land, the water shoals far
out, and in some places (when within the distance of ten
miles from the light) five fathoms will be found at a dis-
tance of four miles from the beach. Be careful of your
soundings, particularly at night; and in running up to
the light, keep as nearly as you can in between
five and six fathoms water—not approaching inside five,
as within that depth the water shoals suddenly; and if
you keep outside six fathoms, you may pass to the west-
ward of the light and not see it. In these soundings yon
will make the light ahead, which may be seen twelve
miles from the deck of a ship. The shoal—called the
Bar—at the entrance to the port, bears N.E. one mile
from the light vessel. When you are are within a
proper distance, a boat will be sent to you from the light
vessel with a pilot, and to receive all mails and letters.
Should you sight the light in the early part of the night,
you may anchor anywhere to the southward of it in six
fathoms • or keep under weigh until daylight, taking
care to be to the southward of the light, and as near it
as possible in the morning, as the tide answers early.
Where the light vessel is moored, in lat. 34 deg. 44 min.
S., the anchorage is safe; but a good full scope of chain
is required, never less than 50 fathoms; and if it blow a
full chain. Never let go the second anchor if you can
avoid it ; rather give more chain, as your vessel will
ride much easier with ose anchor down than two.

When boned down the gulf steer from the light-
vessel S.S.W. which will keep you in sight of the land
on the east side of the gulf, and out of the influence of
the tide through Backstairs Passage, until you are to
the southward of Troubridge Shoal ; but on no account
shape a course that
you may fancy will enable you to
weather the shoal (thereby laying the ship's broadside
exposed to a rapid tide running directly upon it) until
you are sufficiently to the southward to shape your
course down the strait.

In beating down the gulf, never exceed a distance of
ten miles from the larboard shore (as the opposite side
is shoal), and be careful, when standing in, to have a
cast of the leak as it is shoal a considerable distance
off, until you get down to the high land. In some places
to the northward of Holdfast Bay, there are not more
than five fathoms at a distance of within' four miles from
the beach, and the water shoals very quickly that depth;
but where the high land fronts the sea, the shore is
steep, except a reef that lies a mile off, about three miles
to the southward of Holdtast Bay. The flag-staff at
Eloldfast Bay is in latitude 34 deg. 58 min. 28 sec. S.
In moderate weather endeavour to bo as close to the land
as possible by sunset, when you will be certain of the
wind off the land, which will lead you down the coast.
Do nut allow yourself to be thrown off until you are
well down with Cape Jervis, and to the southward of
Troubridge Shoal, which is an extensive flat, and only
in the middle shows a patch of about 200 yards at high
water.

Ships bound down Investigator's Straits, meeting •
strong westerly wind, and wishing to anchor, will find
good holding ground close in on the east side of Point
Marsden, in six fathoms water. When beating care
must be taken not to stretch too far inside Nepean Bay
(Kangaroo Island), as about twe miles inside Point
Marsden a long sand spit, dry at low water, extends a
distance of seven miles, N.W. and S.F. This danger
should be guarded against by timely soundings.
Vessels coming from the eastward through Backstairs
Passage, and bound up the gull; should night be ap-
proaching, must keep on the north side of the Passage,
and haul round Cape .I!l.vis—all that coast being quite
When the gulf is open, shape a course N. by B.
rEld: for the light vessel.

THOMAS LIPSON, R.N.,
Navel Officer end Harbour Master of the
Province of Suuth Australia.
Port Adelaide, August 12, 1851.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FO it PORT WAKEFIELD
AT THE HEAD OF GULF ST. VINCENT.
Harbour Master's-office, Port Adelaide,
S-pt. 2 1851.
on leaving the light-chip steer N. W. j W., until within
lnYrioull then be in a fair way between
c'ek
will six or seven miles of the western shore, when the west
bluff • at the head of the gulf, will
hoar
Sandy and Mangrove Points, and may shape a course
northerly, towards the head of the gulf. From Sandy
Point a spit projects off three and a half miles. A flat
aobfou thte N. 11ualso runs one and a half cr two miles from Mangrove
Point; therefore,
great care must be had in the use of
the lead. Opposite Sandy Point the soundings will be
five and four and a half fathoms. Having cleared the
spit, run for the flagstaff at the entrance of the river,
which will bear N. by E. E., or N.N.E. Bring np
whenever the water may suit, as the bottom shoals gra-
dually, and is composed of soft well-holding clay.
When beating up or down, above Port Adelaide, the
lead must be attended to, Si a bank extends the whole
line of the eastern shore. At a dis,ance of 20 miles
above Port Adelaide light this fiat extends as far off as
ten mils from the land, which lies so low as to be barely
discernible.
On the west side of the gulf a shoal exists, from let.
35 deg. 11 min. to 35 deg. 20 min., which causes tho
water to shoal suddenly from eight to three fathoms.
Tuos. LirsoN, Harbour Master.

AN ENCOUNTER WITH A Boa.— Mr. Mason, in hie
recently published work, " Pictures in Mexico," relates the
following circumstance, which occurred to him while loiter-
ing along a shady path in a forest:— " I stepped aside for
a moment to admire a rich tuft of large purple flowers, my
mule having plodded on about eight or ten yards ahead,
when, as I turned from the flowers towards the path, a
sensation as of a flash of lightning struck my sight, and I
saw a brilliant and powerful snake winding its coils round
the head and body of the poor mule. It was a large and
magnificent boa, of a black and yellow colour, and it had
en wined the poor beast so firmly in its folds, that ere he
had.time to utter more than one feeble cry, he was crashed
and dead. The perspiration broke out on my forehead as I
thought of my own narrow escape; and only remaining a
moment to view the movements of the monster as he began
to uncoil himself, I rushed through the brushwood, and
did not consider myself safe until I was entirely free of the
forest."

------
SEVERN NAVIGATION.—There bas just been printed
by order of the House of Commons, in a Parliamentary
paper, a report of Mr. James Walker, the engineermto the
Admiralty, on the navigation of the River Severn.
.oiated
request of the Admiralty Mr. Walker made his re 1:t
pad d i t ional
the Ist of September last, and he also furnished anr___:red t 0
report in the following month. Mr. Walker roe eq"`
report in what manner, and to what extenti
cb improvementa
gation of the Severn might be improved betty
and the town of Worcester; whether seu9,
and, if so, what
might be carried out in independent sf eentitdhael shnooavtis-
would be the several stages,
embankments and the
their respective costs; whether e
b thewade to cover part of the
reclamation of land might no.tin
improvements of the navigation
the importance of
outlay ; and whether, if tdheotfit,
,__
public
benefit would be
of the Severn were earrite,
the the
expense incurred. Captain
fully commensurate iv' 1 . ,
of the river. The reports de-
the orderttott their execution, and
the
expected, and their great public benefit. Mr,
alterations exPee subject is one of • '
to that the great magnitude.
Walker states s.,,itrssenjlentioned,
'-handed opinion, than the re-
sj3cereibeehdeYthheadsenNtel apol
0 which he was expected
and
i.:;lr,iiinlo'firsTg:t°i t:-elircrt'L.llTelrliEali(o.4.S_Ea I,:esii, l'tNil . head-"l)
u ofr
to commit himself.
has been an immense influx of Germans intoit.nhge
mt hoeudlti weekla
there Liverpool
re-
sult of a deliberate consideration 1
shipment of 1,200. establishment, has himself superintended the
This immense number was received and
leftgua heel- epdorita inhi3 establishment ' M fields and Vulean-
streetmainder for th
within two du,
destined for in oor .
willhave
States.—Liverpool
Orleans, a few for Canada,ai
differentNew-.:s,unvdesbseyistofo-draAymtehreicaw;haobieout
l 0 oal
and the' re.
Telegraph, of e Journ .
BAD NEWS FOR BREAD EATERS.—The Do.L•er
last week, contains a strongly-worded article
in favour of a duty on corn. Immediately preceding the
effusion, the editor assures the reader that his whitings Sq. a
4_' tulder the patronage of the Queen."

SURREY SESSIONS, April 13.
(Before J. E. JOHNSON, Esq., and a Bench of Ma-

gistrates.)
MG-HATAY RUBBERY.-Theresa Kensell, 32, Ed-
ward Conolly, 36, and Robert Edwards, 43, were
indicted fcr stealing a silver watch from the person of
George Wyatt, at Lambeth.
Mr, Harrison prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock, in-
structed by Mr. IV. F. Horne, defended the pri-

soners.
Prosecutor stated that he was a solicitor's clerk,
and about eight o'clock of the evening of the 3d of
March, he went down Kennington-lane to meet a
friend near the Windmill nublic-house. While stand-
ing there, he pulled his watch out of his pocket as-
certain the time, and after he had replaced it in his
pocket the female prisoner came up and accosted him.
She asked him to cross over to Esher-street, and hav-
ing to go that way he did so. He then stopped talk-
ing to her, when she suddenly pulled his waistcoat
and ran away. Conolly then came up to him and
asked him the way to Vauxhall, and while he was
telling him, Edwards cline up and called out he was
directing him the wrong way. They both went
down a byn street, when witness's suspicion was
aroused, and on putting his hand to his waistcoat
pocket he missed his watch. He instantly went to
the police• station and gave information of the
robbery. He saw the prisoners eight or ten
days afterwards in custody, and instantly identi-
fied them.
Richard Thurle said he saw the prisoners together
on the same evening of the robbery in the New Cut,
going towards the Victoria Theatre.
Sergeant Goff, No. 8 L, said that on the 613. of
March he saw the female and Edwards in Tower-
street. Having received information of the robbery
he took them into custody, when he sent for the pro-
secutor, who came and identified them. He knew
them to live together as man and wife for some
time.
Sergeant Coombs, 10 L, said he took Conolly into
custody on the Bth of March, when he said he had
known the other prisoner some time, but had not seen:
them for a fortnight.
Mr. CHARNOCK made an ingenious defence, con-
tending that the male prisoners were unknown to each
other, and that the complainant must have dropped his
watch after he had looked to see the time.
The jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned
a verdict of Guilty against all of them.
Sergeant Romain, 14 L, was then called forward
by the Chairman, and, being sworn, stated that he
was present at the December sessions for that county,
and saw Edwards sentenced to seven years transpor-
tation for stealing two gold rings.
Hunt, police-constable, 34 M, said he was present
at the Old Bailey sessions in 1849, when the female
prisoner was sentenced to twelve months for stealing a
watch under similar circumstances. Conolly had
been summarily convicted several times.
The CHAIRMAN said that as Conolly had never been
tried in a court of justice before, they (the magis-
trates) would give him a chance to reform, therefore,
they should merely sentence him to three months at
Wandsworth : Edwards having been previously
transported, they should sentence him to ten years'
transportation, and the female to seven years' trans-
portation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Miss Annabella Bowra, a little girl about ten years
of age, the daughter of a retired gentleman, living at
4, Hill-street, Peckham, was placed at the bar before
Alderman Saioaaons, charged under the following
aggravated circumstances :
Miss Marianne Robinson, of St. James's-terrace,
Camden-town, said—l was walking with my sister
yesterday afternoon in St. Paul's-churchyard, and
while we were looking in at Allan's window my at-
tention was directed to the prisoner by two ladies,
who said, "Look, that child has just cut your mantle
with a pair of scissors; follow her, she is running '
away. 1c is that child with the red ribbons." I ran
after her with my sister, who stopped the prisoner.
The latter began to cry, and before .1 accused her she
said, "I did not cut the mantle," and at the same time
she was putting a pair of scissors into her pocket. I
then gave her into custody. The ladies told me that
prisoner had cut another lady's shawl in a similar
manner only a few minutes previously.
Mrs. Day, complainant's sister, corroborated this
statement.
Miss Louisa Messenger, of Ebenezer-place, Shackle-
well, was in St. Paul's-churchyard between
three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had
my shawl cut in several places while I was looking in
at Allan's window. My mother was with me, and
first saw the holes in my shawl, which were cut
through four thicknesses. The little girl was then
in custody.
Alderman SXLOSIONS—What is the value of the
mantle and the shawl? Miss Robinson—The mantle
is of silk velvet, and embroidered in front and round
the bottom. I give 4/. 10,. for it last autumn. It
is an expensive one, and will wear seven years.
Miss Messenger—l paid 1/. 13. for my shawl in the
beginning of last winter.
In answer to a question from the Alderman, the
complainants said the articles could not be repaired,
as the pieces were cut completely out.
David Hach, 371, said—l took prisoner into cus-
tody, and she raid "Idid not do it ; my cousin did it."
I asked her where her cousin was, and she sail " I
don't kilow, for she gave me the scissors and ran
away directly she did it." I went to her cousin's
address in the Old Jewry and saw her cousin, hut
she denied all knowledge of the transaction. Tne
officer then produced a paper containing a great num-
ber of pieces of various kinds of material, which was
seen to have been thrown away by the cousin as
.eon as the prisoner was given into custody, and
which showed that a system had been carried on by
one of the girls of wilfully cutting and injuring
ladies' shawls, mantles, and dresses ; even gentlemen's
costs did not appear to have escaped the work of the
scissors.
Alderman SALOMONS—How old is the prisoner's
cousin? Prisoner—She is fifteen years of age.
The prisoner's father attended, and said he hoped
the Alderman would not punish his daughter, for there
was no evidence to show that she had actually cut
the mantle and shawl,
and he was confident of her
innocence.

Alderman SAnomoris said it was a most malicious
trick, aria he
as could only mark his opinion of the case
by inflicting severea a penalty as the circumstances
would adolit of:
to
bthoug:ht the prisoner must be a
very vicious child
The father said tnatetritty of such an act.
very respectably, and vv., child had been brought up
once a fortnight, and he thought not in
her town more than
she ought not to be
made to suffer for what a cousin had done.
whothat in the absence of the
Alderman Saa.omolss said
testimony of the two ladiessaw the prisoner run
away, he must treat her as an accompli,
and 15s. for the
that 21. 5,, he paid for the mantleace":lol'2", and order
shawl, end he considered that
aydb
muchee n
fair allowance for the time the
dissatisfied,
and wouldh he making a
The father expressed himselfYver
and inquired if he was to have the injured articles on
payment of the amounts ordered.
Alderman SaLOMON3 said certainly
not the
d
amounts he had awarded were for the damage, and
not to replace the shawl and mantle.
After some further delay, occasioned by the father
having to send for the money, the Alderman lectured
the girl upon the impropriety of her conduct, and the
matter was then disposed of upon payment of the
amounts ordered.
MARYLEBONE.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday a man named
William Shirtlift' was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, on the very serious charge of having se-
♦erely wounded Henry Foxall, by striking him on

the head with a large hammer.
Prosecutor, the top of whose head was strapped up
with adhesive plaister, deposed that on the previous
evening he was in Bailey's beer-shop, Marylebone-
lane, when the prisoner, who was also there, began
quarrelling with another man who was sitting beside
him. The landlord laid hold of him (prisoner) to
put him out, and at length ejected him, prosecutor
having opened the front door at his (the landlord's)
request, and in the course of ten minutes prisoner re-
turned, when, without saying a word, he gave prose-
cutor, who was gaiety partaking of a half-pint of
beer, a tremendous blow on the head with a hammer,
thereby inflicting a wound, and causing him to bleed
most profusely. lie was for a time quite insensible,
and must have fallen from his seat to the floor, had
not two persons come immediately to his aid.
James Bailey, the landlord, said that on the return
of the prisoner to the house, ha (witness) saw him go
up in front of prosecutor, and draw from beneath his
coat a hammer, with which he struck him (prosecutor)
very violent blow• prisoner seemed greatly ex-
cited, and after he inflicted the injury he rushed out
into the street. Wanness pursued him for a consi-
derable distance
again%t a trues and he (prisoner)
in
the road,
When he a nc& at length ran
whe which was stinaing
secured. `'?Ped the hammer from his hand, and was
James
The former ma and John Aflen were examined.
prisoner leavuwthe—Lntow given, and the latter saw
hand. "-snup with the hannun-r in his

Sergeant It,•go.n, 18 b
prisoner, who had Leeti b, "aid "aid on laying liohl of the
(prisueer), who we. 3 the w„,l'ar'-ibY other parties, ba
" Soy ou've got me now, 1,,:v f" liquor, exclaimed,
wards said, "So help Inc, God rna?" and he after-
was all through (drink, but I hepe
produced by the rZnis
t'il:''rTY I did it ; it
nothurt."
The hammer was
heavy one, and upon it were some inerks",; it was&
The prisoner denied having assaulted of blood.
cutor, alleging that it was another man valc, prose-
blow. gave the
The prisoner stands corxnitted for
'Withwoundinz ;,,
lOW t 4 do II maa lois. eus b.)iii7 harm i but

surgeon who attended prosecutor was not present, he
(prisoner) was remanded for a week.
ROBBERY OF NOTES BY A SERVANT.—DanieI
Herrin.- was placed at the bar charged with having
robbedelais late master of 151. in bank-notes under the
following circumstances :
Mr. John Chipp, landlord of the Victoria Tavern,
Mornington-road, Regent's-park, deposed that the
prisoner was for a short period in his service as pot-
man, and that on the 26th of September last he (pro-
secutor) gave him three Si. notes to get changed of
Mr. Harris, a butcher, in Munster-street , he did not
return, and prosecutor saw nothing since of him until
the previous (Monday) evening, when he saw him
at the King's Arms, Greenwich, where he had ob-
tained another situation, and he gave him into cus-
tody.
Turner, 307 R, stated that the prisoner expressed
his sorrow for what he had done, and said that having
been robbed of 51. of the money, he was ashamed to
go back to Mr. Chipp's house. Witness searched him,
and found ou him only 6s. 10id.
The prisoner, who had not a word to say, stands
remanded till next Tuesday, when the depositions
will be read over, and he will be sent for trial.
ROBBERY OF PLATE.—Thomas Keely was brought
up in custody of Inspector Brennan, G division, on
the charge of having stolen articles of silver plate, the
properly of Mr. Ellis, of the Star and Garter Hotel,
Richmond. _ _ _

Mr. Lewis attended for the prosecution.
Some witnesses in support of the charge were ex-
amined, and as the inspector expressed an opinion that
he should, if allowed a little time, be able to bring
forward more evidence of an important nature, the
prisoner was remanded till next Tuesday.
WESTMINSTER.
Elizabeth Martin and Catherine Callaghan, two
dirty looking women, were charged with the follow-
ing disgraceful conduct :
Mrs. Ann Nicholson, a very genteel young person,
stated that on the previous evening she was walking
through Strutton-ground, Westminster, when she
was accosted by the two prisoners, one of whom
(Martin) inquired whether she wanted to purchase a
gold keeper. She immediately replied that she did
not, and endeavoured to pass on, but was prevented
by the women placing themselves right in front of
her. After pressing her to look at the ring, which
she refused to do, the prisoner Callaghan suddenly
seized her hand, and said, " Let me tell you your
fortune ;" and although Martin assured complainant
that she was quite able to do so, she declined the
offer, and again endeavoured to get away from them,
but was unable, owing to Callaghan holding her so
firmly in her grasp. Callaghan then pressed her to
cross her hand with a piece of silver, at the same time
repeating that she would tell her fortune; but com-
plainant still resisted their importunities, and, declar-
ing that she had no silver, made another ineffectual
effort to get away from them, when Callaghan observed,
"You have a ring; cross my hand with that, or give
me a handkerchief." Complainant refused, and find-
ing there was no chance of advancing, endeavoured to
escape by receding, but was obliged to desist, finding
that, owing to Callaghan's retainining her hold, she
should leave her glove and two rings she had on her
finger, in all probability, in her hand if she continued
her retrogade movement. Callaghan then had the
baseness to declare that complainant was getting a
living by infamous means, and declared that she
would put a
,spell upon her so that she should not get
any money tnat night. A policeman at that moment
came in sight, when she gave them into custody. As
she left the station they expressed a wish that she
might tumble down and break her neck.
The accused told a very lame story, in the course of
which they pretended that Mrs. Nicholson accosted
them, and entreated that her fortune might be told,
and then, without any provocation, gave them into
custody. Martin, however, admitted that she wanted
the prosecutrix to have the ring, which had just been
purchased for a penny, and which, with a second of a
similar description, was found upon the , person of
Callaghan.
Mr. ARNOLD inquired if anything was known of
the accused ? The police replied that Callaghan was
known as a low drunkard, and her companion as the
common associate of utterers of base coin.
Mr. ARNOLD said it was quite evident that in this
case they bad confederated in an attempt to defraud
by pretending to tell fortunes, and committed them
both for one month to hard labour in the House of
Correction.

past twelve o'clock, she heard a great noise in the
rooms of Mrs. 'Wheeler. It was a scuffling noise,
succeeded by a heavy fall. She was at once im-
pressed with the idea that some mischief had been
done, and she ran upstairs calling Mrs. Wheeler by
name. She tapped at the door, which was opened by
Mr. Wheeler. She asked if Mrs. Wheeler was at
home, and he answered very sharply that she was not.
His appearance alarmed her, and she ran down to the
last witness and told her what she thought. He had
something in his hand when he came to the door, but
witness did not see what it was. He appeared anxious
to conceal it. The scuffling noise lasted about a
minute. She heard Mr. Thomas Wheeler come out,
and she went upstairs with Mrs. Thompson. Mrs.
Thompson opened the door, and drew back imme-
diately, screaming out, " Blood, blood !" She had no
doubt that the act was committed by the son, Thomas
Wheeler.
Lockyer, the police-constable who took the pri-
soner, proved the fact. His attention was directed to
him by another person who followed him. He was
walking at a sharp pace, and had a bag in one hand
and a coat and stick in the other. (The witness then
proceeded to detail the admissions of the prisoner,
which have already appeared in print.) Upon him
was found a tableknife, with the blade bound up in
rags. Ile was asked if that was the knife he com-
mitted the act with, and he replied, "No; that is the
knife I meant for myself." Witness left him at the
station, and went to the hcuse where the murder was
committed. Inspector Cowling produced a carving-
knife and hatchet covered with blood. The room was
also covered with blood, and he saw in the basin a
quantity of water tinged with blood, as if some person
had washed his hands in it. The head was not lying
on the table where the dinner was, but nearer to the
room door.
Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, assistant to Mr. Berrell,
a surgeon, stated that on Saturday last he was called
upon to see the deceased woman. He went to No. 1,
Durham-place, and upstairs to the top front room. He
saw there the body of a woman lying on her chest,
the legs extended towards the door. The body was
then warm, but pulsation had ceased. He did not
notice that she was decapitated, and his attention was
first drawn to the fact by one of the women crying
out that there was a head on the table. He applied
the head to the trunk, and was satisfied that they
were parts of the same body. He had examined the
spinal column, and found that the separation had
taken place about the first cervical vertebra. The
bone had been chopped through, and the ligaments
divided with some cutting instrument. There was a
wound on the top of the head which cut through the
scalp and bone. Could not say whether death was
caused by decapitation or the blow. The cut which
divided the ligaments had been carried round in a
sawing manner, and, the two extremities of the cut
not meeting, a cross incision had been made. Was
of opinion that the first blow was given with the
hatchet.
The CORONEX then summed up the evidence with
great care. He said that he had carefully avoided
touching upon the state of mind of the prisoner, as in
all cases where injury was inflicted upon another, and
death resulted, that court could not take cognizance
i
of the mental condition of the person i flicting that
injury. In cases where persons destroyed themselves
it bad the power to inquire as to their mental condi-
tion at the time of the act, and that was the only ex-
ceptional case. It remained for them simply to de-
cide from the facts adduced whether Elizabeth Wheeler
came by her death at the hand of her son, Thomas
Cathie Wheeler. The state of his mind would be
investigated by another tribunal.
The jury. after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of " Wilful Murder against Thomas Cathie
Wheeler."

It will be recollected that Lockyer, the officer who
apprehended the wretched matricide Wheeler, in his
evidence before Mr. Norton, on Saturday last, stated
that the prisoner, upon being removed to the station-
house, desired him to be very particular in taking
care of some letters which he would find in his mo-
ther's room. The officer found a number of docu-
ments in the prisoner's handwritingp;oanreed very,of
which
the following is a verbatim copy, ape
re-
cently written, and was in a distinct legible hand :
" June, 1847.—1 start from London, London Docks,
for Bahia, South America, as clerk for a Jersey house
there, in their own ship, the only passenger. The same
year, Nov. 29 or 30th, I reach England back again,
the situation not suiting me. I was five months gone
—49 days' passage out, 57 home, and one month there.
I land at Falmouth, December. I came to London by
mail and G. W. Rail, direct to my father's house.
The first night at home I am very well, just as tho' I
had never left the country; but the next day or one after
that night, I walked over to an uncle at the West-end,
just to let him know I came back. I take tea there be-
fore a large uncommonly hot fire (from which I did take
the precaution to remove to the far end of he room), and
almost immediately after I an obliged to rush to the
private place. I leave the house on my way home, pass
into the open air, and I then find my whole system
changed, and that I must have been poisoned. I tell
my father that I'm poisoned the next day or so. He
says, You're mad, it's the change of climate.' My
mother replies the same. Well, after some time, and
a great deal of unpleasantness has passed between
us all (my father, mother, and sister), and I have charged
them with conspiracy against me, I suffer myself to be
taken to Bethlehem Hospital. Nine months after my
mother and sister take me out, after a great deal of my
entreaty and trouble. My father has died in the mean-
while, three months after I was there, that I don't
see any more of him, neither does he come to see me
while I am there, which he was well enough to do,
I think ; and I go to live with a relative, who
had offered to keep me for a few weeks, until
I could get something for myself. I stay with them five
weeks, and I am then obliged to go before a magistrate
and request to be sent to some lunatic hospital in the
country. lam sent to Wandsworth. I stop a twelve-
month there, hoping to get well. Then, after more
dreadful miserable trouble and perseverance, my mother
takes me home to live with her, February, 1851; this is
1852. A fine time I have had with her. She is kill-
ing me daily with her tongue and temper. As to go
before a magistrate to get sent to another lunatic
hospital, I won't do. I have had quite sufficient of
those horrible places; besides, if I was to go to lay
any charge against her, the woman is such a fearful liar
that the charge would rebound back upon myself. So,
therefore, I bear this dreadful fate, day after day, till I
shall now very soon be dead. You'll say, why do you
not commit suicide? but that Ido not like to do. The
case is clear to me that I fell into a trap, and this uncle,
Mr.—, was the prime cause to be revenged upon me for
some slight I had put upon him. He answers an adver-
tisement I had put in tee Times' paper for a clerk's
place, or ge:s to do so, the people, by-the-by were
no more in want of a clerk than they were in wan: of a
black man, as they can get thousands (clerks) at Bahia. It's
a regular plan to get young men to go out as clerks, and
then annoy them till they are dead, or mad, or some-
thing of that. There is something about it, too, of a
Catholic combination, for these people only look out for
decent-looking persons to go out to South America,
and Igo out unsuspectingly. No sooner do I get there
(there is no running away from the place; you have to
get a passport before you land) than a low-minded per-
secution sets in. I am insulted in all manner of ways,
and after a month there I find it not possible to live
with them, or in the place at all. The treatment
would have drove me mad. A regular dead set per-
secution at you, and if I had stopped there mad I
should have gone, and there is plenty of places I dare
say to put you away, never to be heard of more. Depend
upon it it den's take much scheming to say that a man dies
under the tropics. Well, I bargain with the captain
that brought me out to take me back. I had some
clothes to offer. After great difficulty he and the firm
consent. I agreed to pay the passage money back.
After fourteen days at sea the captain plays the very
devil with me. I found I had jumped out of the frying
pen into the fire. I expected every day to be thrown
overboard, but after thirty-six or forty days of deathly
suspense and anxiety I land at Falmouth. I was too
grateful to make any charge against bias (although that
is what I ought to have done), as I could well see I was
the victim to some clique or system. Four years
or more has thus gone on, and I feel it to be my
duty to put it before the public, if I can, to make
the best of it they can, to let them see how easy and
possible it is to impose upon a man, and rob him
of his existence conjointly by sea and land, and
by your relatives, too. I have heard of the remark, Oh,
save me from my friends.' I have been the victim of the
most dreadful system it is possible to suppose; in fact, it
is too subtle to be supposed. It's only to be known by the
reality. I can make statements respecting lunatic hos-
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" THOHAB C. WHEELER.
In the other documents the unfortunate man attributes
insanity solely to poisoning, and evinces the greatest
Possible horror of Popery.

THE MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT
Y tp A PUTNEY.
" -r"Y morning a lengthened investigation west
taken before Air. W. Carter, the coroner for Ea
urrey, and a .highly respectable jury, at the Queen's
Head public house, ° Wandsworth-lane, Putney,
Spankhurst
touching the
years, a basketmaker, of Bark-
ing, in Essex, and his two sons, Nathaniel Joseph
Spankhurst,
, aged 3y deaths or Nathaniel John
aged 10 years, and William Spankhurst,
ing of Good Friday
aged G years, who were found drowned on the morn-
late Vice-Chancellor, under circumstances of a very
painful nature. last near
raneeairaplelyrcesviednetncaeppoefartehde
Full particulars of
in this journal on Saturday last, and it will be remem-
bered tbat the bodies were discovered in a small piece
of water near the river, under the high bridge, ad-
joining Barns Elms, The two
bay* were fastened

together with string passed round their waists. They
were face to face, and about six inches from each
other. The legs of the min were found tied together,
and he also bad a ligature round his throat.
The jury having viewed the bodies in Putney
Churchyard, returned to the inquest-room, and heard
evidence of the finding of the deceased.
Elizabeth Spankhurst was afterwards examined,
and she deposed that she had been married to the de-
ceased, Nathaniel John Spankhurst, for about sixteen
months. The two boys were his sons by a former
wife, and there was a little girl still living.
About two months after their marriage the deceased
attempted to cut her throat with a razor, and he had
on various occasions threatened to destroy her and
himself. Latterly his business had been dull, and he
had given way to habits of intemperance. When intox-
icated he had frequently ill-used her, and had given
her black eyes. He bad also threatened to take the
children from her. Witness missed her husband and
the two boys on Wednesday, the 7th inst., and she
heard nothing more of them until she received the
following letter :

" April 7.
By the time that you receive these few lines, or
hours before, me and my boys will be locked in the
arms of death; and I am very unhappy to think that
my girl is not with us ; and you have no one to thank
but your own temper towards me, and I made up my
mind what I should do as I lay on my pillow this morning
before I started. And I have but little comments to
make, but your temper has been that to me that it
has preyed on my mind for some time. But it is
finished before this time. I hope that my girl will
groww ag
ov
and
ern be
your a good
happy if that I had her here with us. I hope you
tempergirif and I should have been
or the future, and you have
no one to thank but yourself for this, and I hope that
you will do well. God bless you both for ever.
N. S."
The witness further stated, in reply to the coroner,
that the deceased bad been a very unhappy man for
some time past, and she had been compelled to put
all the knives and other weapons out of his way, as
he had several times threatened to take her life. His
business had been very bad indeed, and his being
embarrassed had affected his mind. He had always
treated her cruelly, and had often struck her when she
interfered to prevent his violence towards the children,
he had some time back been under medical treatment
for nervous fever. He was a man much given to
drink, and when intoxicated was as if deranged.
Henry Hall, apprentice to the deceased, confirmed
the evidence of the wife as to his drinking habits,
and said that when in liquor he was in the habit of
abusing and speaking against her, but that when
sober he spoke very highly of her;to everybody. When
he left home on Wednesday he was quite sober, and
appeared very rational.
Mr. Superintendent Bicknell said that after making
every inquiry, be could not learn that any cry for
help, or as of a person in distress, had been heard by
any of the constables on duty near High-bridge on
the Thursday night or the Friday morning.
The coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury
returned separate verdicts, to the effect that the de-
ceased children, Nathaniel John, and William, had
been wilfully murdered by their father, Nathaniel
Joseph Spankhurst, and that the latter afterwards
committed suicide by drowning himself, being at that
time of unsound mind.
This melancholy occurrence caused a painful sen-
sation in the neighbourhood, and a large crowd as-
sembled in the vicinity of the inquest room during
the inquiry.

THE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT LYNN.
LYNN, NORFOLK, APRIL 13.—An inquest was
held on the body of John Daw this day, before Mr.
E. Press, the county coroner, when it was clearly
proved that John Daw had for a number of years, at
different times, suffered from mental debility, so much
so as at times to appear like a madman. He had left
several situations in consequence of the diseased state
of bis mind, but all was kept secret from his present
employer, to whom he had for three years been a
faithful servant, and so much so, that he bad consulted
his private medical man (Nlr. Cotton) on the
previous Monday to attend him, which he did,
but did not consider him in a very bad state, although
he had afterwards recommended that he should have
a change of scene and air, in the hope that it would
be the means of recovering him from his hypochon-
driac state of mind, which would soon degenerate
into insanity, so as to cause him to commit some
dreadful crime.
At the inquest several witnesses were examined,
but the jury were unanimously of opinion that John
Daw. being in a state of insanity, did slay Honour
Daw, his wife, a❑d Martin Dew, his son, and conse-
quently returned a verdict to that effect.