The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-17 00:00:00

LONDON AND CHELTENHAM.
Feels

Feet
From Paddington Depot to
Swindon
From Purton to Sapperton 114
From Gloucester to Chelten-
ham
From Cheltenham to Sap-
perton
From Purton to Swindon
CSI.

From Euston Grove to
Tring Summit 348
From Oxford Branch to
Andoversford .
From Cheltenham to Ditto 339
From Oxford Branch to
Tring

7 Tunnels 3

6

809

Aggregate excess 403 feet ; average each way 201 i feet,
equal to ten miles increased distance between Cheltenham
and London.

The Gradients between Oxford and London may be stated
generally to consist of sixteen feet per mile upon the Tring,
against four feet per mile upon the Didcot Line.

The Gradients between Gloucester and Cheltenham
and London, may be stated the same as above (with two
inclines of almost unprecedented steepness for Passenger
Traffic, being 1 in 30 and 1 in 44) upon the Tring Line,
against the same scale of Gradients on the Swindon Line
for forty-three miles (with one plane of 1 in 71) and the
remainder (76 miles upon the Great Western Railway) not
exceeding in any case six feet per mile. There is also an
inclined Plane of 1 in 82 on the London and Birmingham
Line near Euston Grove.

The Report alleges that the Committee of the House of
Lords deducted from the estimates of the Swindon Line,
half the Gloucester Traffic, and the whole of the Chelten-
ham Traffic, and that the Swindon Railway was declared
by a resolution of the House of Lords not to be a com-
peting Railway with the Tring Line.
It is denied that any deduction was made by the Lords
from the Swindon Traffic, and the minutes of evidence will
disprove the assertion. The promoters of that Company
did indeed show, as they were advised to do, that their
whole Traffic from Cheltenham to the Metropolis did not
exceed 36,800/. per annum, a sum obviously inadequate to
maintain any separate Line, unless combined with other in-
termediate Traffic ; such as exists batween Gloucester and
Cheltenham, and Stroud and Cirencester, with the Trade
between London and the latter commercial districts, in
which the Trim,- Line can never participate.
It was in reference to the admitted fact that no Railway
communication for the service of the Manufacturing Trade
of Gloucestershire was offered by the Tring Line, that the
Lords would not recognize it as competing in the main ob-
jects proposed by the Swindon Company, but to urge that,
as respects Cheltenham and Gloucester Traffic to London,
the Tring Line is not a competing Railway is a manifest
absurdity.
The merits of that question will be brought before both
Houses of the Legislature, and they must judge, first, whe-
ther there is a public necessity or adequate Traffic for a
second Line to London from Cheltenham, and secondly,
whether the Tring Line is the best that can be obtained.

Abundant evidence will be furnished to establish the con-
verse of both these propositions, if indeed any should be
wanting, beyond the positive admissions of the Engineers,
employed in the last Session against the Swindon Railway.
Many influential landowners on the Tring Line, have an-
nounced their determined resistance to the measure, and
will not fail to press these points to issue in opposition to
any compulsory power for taking their property, merely to
gratify the vindictive feelings of a few individuals, against the
interests of other existing companies. The circumstances
under which this scheme was promoted and is kept alive,
shall be thoroughly investigated, and it will then be ascer-
tained whether the identical parties who are now urging
forward the Tring Railway are not, in fact the most cla-
moraus in vindicating, for their own benefit in the North,
the very principle of security for incorporated companies
from competition, which they so grossly violate in this case.
The Proprietors may indeed 'passively permit the En-
gineer and Solicitors to divide the remaining spoil in Par-
liamentary warfare, but if they rightly understand or pursue
their own interests, the transfer of 41. per share into their
own pockets would be the unanimous demand of every Sub-
scriber, in preference to a blind perseverance in that which
must infallibly lead to the ultimate loss of all that has been
paid.

From the quantity of, food found in the stomach, and the
regulated process of chylification it ha been undergoing
when interrupted by death, it is evident that the act of
death was sudden, and the individual in good health imme-
diately previously ; also that she was under no terrors for
her life.; if she were, neither her appetite nor digestion
would have been good. The description of food found in
the stomach was also more varied in its kind (including
pork, bread, cabbage, pudding, &c.), than is ordinarily
given to a person kept in confinement. Not having had
any children, the child's apparel, found with the body,
would suggest either that the murdered woman was a step-
mother, or had been employed to mend clothes for other
persons' children. In either case, the loss of the parent or
the clothes must soon excite inquiries that will lead to the
identification of the body. •
The question, then, is, why was the woman murdered ?
The examination of the stomach ascertained the presence
oi a small quantity of ardent spirits—not enough for in-
toxication, but probably as much as would excite quarrel-
someness. The murder, then, must have been preceded by
altercation and blows, which could not have escaped the
notice of the neighbourhood. Jealousy is almost out of the
question. That it was money is almost equally improba-
ble. The woman's dress was of the lowest description, and
no female, able to purchase better ear-rings, would have
worn the vile filagree pattern found by the body in the dirt
near where the sack was discovered. On the whole, it is
most difficult to assume any cause which will, for any time,
seem probable.
But the great question is the post-mortem mutilation.
If it were done for the purposes of concealment, why fling
the head into the Regent's canal, where it must rise after
a few days, and throw the trunk behind a flag, on a pub-
lic road, where it could not remain two hours undisco-
vered ? The body could have been summarily disposed of
in any of the waste pieces of ground around the metropolis
in five minutes during the darkness of the night. If the
murder had been committed by the canal boatmen—it was
never the crime of one—it could have been still more
easily deposited in the earth in some of the obscure and un-
frequented spots along the banks of the canal. Might not
the mutilation have been the result of some infernal system
of superstition ?
The physiognomy would induce the medical officers to say
that the deceased belonged to the lower class of Irish. Per-
haps so ; but the mutilation is not characteristic of English,
Irish, Scotch, or Welch atrocity. It is altogether of the
French school : witness the body of the artilleryman found
last week on the banks of the Seine, minced in pieces, and
tied up in a bag. If she was Irish, that circumstance will
facilitate discovery ; for the acquaintance of the lower class
of Irish is always extensive : when they live in a large house
in separate families they are in perpetual intercourse ; 'when
in the same neighbourhood they are constantly going from
house to house. 111eantime, the finding of the legs would
.till give great help towards ascertaining the identity, as-
suming the woman to be Irish ; for the lower classes in
that country go without shoes until they become quite
adults; and thus individuals generally get some mark on
the shin or foot, which would lead to their recognition many
weeks after death.

LAND TAX.— The unequal pressure of this tax
certainly deserves the early attention of the legislature.
Amongst many other glaring discrepancies, Sussex is made
to pay 1.51 d. in the pound, while Lancashire is let off for
lid., and Cumberland for l

The harvest of last year is not yet entirely housed
in the highland districts of this neighbourhood ; the se-
verity of the winter having rendered it impossible to secure
several patches of corn even in a sufficiently dry state for
the purposes of bedding the cattle. During the late storm
the birds hays entirely stripped the ears of the grain, leaving
nothing but bundles of straw in a state of decomposition.—
Halifax Express.
OMNIPOTENCE OF PARLIAMENT.—My aunt,
Mrs. Kerwood, reading one day in the papers that a dis-
tillery had been burnt by the head of the still flying off,
said, she wondered they did not make an Act of Parliament
against the heads of stills flying off.--Correspondence of
Horace Walpole.
_ _

On Tuesday evening a numerous assemblage of
gentlemen sat down, at the new Inn, Bradford, to a standing
pie of extraordinary dimensions. It weighed upwards of
four stones, and contained a savoury compound of pheasants,
partridges, pullets, pigeons, rabbits, hares, snipes, woodcocks,
geese, turkeys, larks, and capons.—Halifax Express.

FREEDOM OF ELECTION.—Mr. L. Edgeworth said, on
the hustings at the Longford election, " I speak my own
sentiments, and boldly tell you what I will do. I will say
to my Catholic tenants, Vote for me—vote as I vote ;
and f you don't do so, I will never sign a lease for a
Catholic again, or give him the power of voting.

There are at present several fellows who are in the
habit of stealing silver spoons from taverns and coffee-
houses, and substituting others of base metal in their stead.
Wednesday night one of the fraternity committed a theft of
the sort in a tavern in Maiden-lane, Covent-garden, and es-
caped detection for the present. They have the audacity
to repeat their visits, but not in the same dress, and waiters
should keep a sharp look out when a stranger of suspicious
appearance enters a room, or who is unknown to the usual
frequenters of the apartment.
CARRIER PIGEON.—INTERESTING ARRIVAL.
few months ago we adverted to a strange traffic
which was then being carried on by means of carrier
pigeons, and the frauds thereby alternately committed on
the Stock Exchanges of France and England. Since
that time, the din as to telegraphing by means of wings
has in a great measure, if not wholly, ceased ; and as
Scotland, in this respect, was never associated with
Dover Cliffs, we confess we were totally unprepared for
the arrival of a carrier pigeon in our own immediate
neighbourhood. Yet, true it is, and of verity, that a
bird of this description landed before sunset on Monday
afternoon, at the Stakeford-foundry, Maxwell-town, and WAS
hospitably received by the manager, Mr. Pearse. Attached
to its neck were found a bit of coarse ribbon, and a note crum-
pled and soiled, containing inside and out the following mes-
sage—lnside : " This pigeon was set free at Dover on Dec.
25, 1836, at four o'clock, r.sr. Whoever finds it, and
the line attached, will please notify the same to some public
newspaper, and oblige the Marquis of Westmeath and
family.—J. Hoskins." Outside: " Whoever finds this, and
fulfils the request contained therein will be paid." The
poor bird, when it fell, was, as is said in Scotland, " sair
forfoughten ;" rain and storm having wetted the ribbon,
and fluttered its plumage ; its neck was so severely cut
that it may be doubted whether it will survive under
the kindest treatment. What course it steered after
it left Dover, until it arrived in Dumfries, it is
impossible to say. That it encountered stormy weather, was
repeatedly driven back, and was forced to seek the land in
quest of food, may be fairly presumed, but how it should
have steered its way to the banks of the Nith is a circum-
stance we cannot at all explain, unless it be that it conceived
its mission would be best fulfilled by publication in the
Dun fries and Galloway Courier !! ! Carrier pigeons are
generally trained to go to some particular place ; but in the
present instance, we presume the poor bird had been sent
off on a voyage of discovery, just as bottles filled with papers
are sometimes thrown from a ship's side at sea. Supposing,
therefore, the label to be genuine, it may be interesting to
the Marquis of Westmeath to know that his winged mes-
senger arrived at Maxwelltown, Dumfries, on the afternoon
of Monday, the 9th of January, 1837. More, therefore, in
the way of forwarding his views we cannot well do, unless
our Contemporaries are pleased to help us. Since the
above was written we have inquired after the health of
the far-travelled stranger, and are glad to find that al-
though its neck is cut it is likely to recover. Our friend
Mr. Scott, of the Maxwelltown Foundry, gill have much
pleasure, we should think, in showing so great a curiosity,
although we have no authority for saying so.--Dumfries
and Galloway Courier.

Defendant—Why, Sir, arter I'd got the batch in the oven
twice a week, he agreed for two lessons a day for I 16s.
He took off ss. because I introduced some other gentle-
men.—(laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—And were they bakers also ?
Defendant—Yes, Sir ; werry respectable journeymen.
COMMISSIONER—WeII, the best thing you can do is to
pay the money and have done with it ; or if, indeed, you
choose to waste your time, I dare say the plaintiff will be
very happy to complete the quarter, and throw you in a
lesson or two over.

" No, Sir," said the baker, very indignantly, " when once
I says a thing I means it, and so I'd rather pay the money."
An order to that effect was handed to Master Doughy,
and, buttoning his coat across his bread-basket, he danced
out of Court.

LANE v. MORTAL.—The complainant in this ease was
the very personification of one of Macbeth': witches. She
was scarcely as high as the table, and time had so withered
and tanned her skin, that it seemed to defy all sorts of
wind and weather, with a most frightful squint from a pair
of gin-ferretted eyes, the country-woman of Dan of Der-
rynane thus stated the case to the Commissioners and the
Jury :

Yer, Honour's Wertchip—l've come for sivin week's
wages, at the rate of a shillin a week, and all owin to me
in regard of this woman never paying me—(Laughter)--
and och, how I worked, and och, how I slaved, and och,
how I got up o'nights, and, bad luck to me misses, the
devil a ha'porth of coppers could I git ; och, manys the
time in ould Ireland—

Defendant--Now, my dear Mary, tell the trute ; tell
nautin but the braud trute!

Plaintiff—And don't you be afther blarneying me, Mrs.
Mortal. You owe me the money, as lam a blessid sinner ;
and if you don't pay me out of your paucket, by I'll
have the likes of it from your ugly face, you—.
COMMISSIONER—Silence. Officer, stand between those
women. Now, Mrs. Mortal, what have you say to this
charge of your " dear Mary ?"
Defendant—Pst say, you said ? Well, then, and its
meeself that can say—och, murder, it would do your heart
good to see how she robbed me ; and all the while I worked
for me poor sivin children, and me husband dapely in dibt !
she stout all that were had, and more.—(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—What did she steal ?
Defendant--Two good pillows, with the cases, and put
them in her bosom.—(Laughter.)
Com mfs sto NE a—What, the pillows ?
No, the cases, me Lord ; and she stoul a boulster, and
a tooth comb, and a pace of ivery new gownd i've had to me
back for this five years.
Plaintiff (clasping her withered hands)—Oh, dear, for the
love of Father Mooney, don't go for to swear that.—
(Shouts of Laughter.)
Defendant—l spake trute ; and one day I gave a large
piece of soap and tould her to cut it up and male a lather,
bekase it would go farther ; but she did no such thing, and,
as I'm a living 'oman, I think she ate it, for devil a bit could
I find in the wather, or out of the wather.—(Laughter.)
Here the little old Sybil broke in so vehemently upon
the plaintiff, that neither the Commissioner, the officers of
the Court, nor the Jurymen, could make themselves heard ;
and, after a short consultation, the sum of Lis. was awarded
to the beldame plaintiff. A characteristic row took place
outside the Court, and both parties were ultimately intro-
duced to the station-house.
MANUEL HOFEEXELDE N V. JOHNSTONE.—Mr. John-
stone, the defendant, was summoned by a very gaunt, long-
shanked, sheep-eyed German for the balance of one month's
wages for nursing the child of the said defendant. The pre-
sent instance afforded a most indubitable proof of the folly
and vexation of putting children out to nurse, without hav-
ing been sufficiently satisfied of the kindly qualities of those
to whom the little charged is consigned. The palpable
cunning and broken English of the plaintiff excited consi-
derable merriment.

Mr. Commissioner Dußois—Be good enough to explain
how this debt has become contracted, Mr. Hoferfelden.

Plaintiff—Sare, I stall tell you, Sare. I had a von shilde
(child) to nurse
cuISSIONER—You, Sir, had a child to nurse?
Plaintiff—l shall a tell a you, Sare, directly by and bye.—
(Laughter.) My tear wife a she take a de shilde—she
nurse—she nosh—she do every 'ting for de shilde ; but it so
very ill-looking, it not grow at all.—(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER—Very ill-looking! Do you mean very
ill-looking, or looking very ill ?
Plaintiff—Dat is te ting—look a very ill. De Madame
come and say, " What a for my shilde so ill-looking ?" Mc
say, " Ah, ah, him like his fader." De Madame go in big
rage and say she take a shilde away a! so she send de ser-
vent, and a widout any more, take away de shilde—at de
half a month—aftare me nurse a de shilde for do long time,
me claim de odare part of de month.
COMMISSIONER—What do you say to this, Mrs. John-
stone ?

Mrs. Johnstone explained, that the child was extremely
sickly, and it having been deemed requisite to give it a
change of air, it was placed under the care of the plaintiff's
wife ; but it had been found, in fact, that the husband
chiefly performed the duties of a nurse, and that the child
was miserably neglected. She therefore sent her servant
for it, and the poor little sufferer was at length located under
its own paternal roof.
The servant of Mrs. Johnstone, an intelligent-looking
girl, corroborated this statement.
The Jury fully coincided in the opinion of the Learned
Commissioner, and the case was dismissed.

Plaintiff—Den, pray vat satisfaction have I got—eh ?

. -
COMMISSIONER—The satisfaction of getting LOMB to your
dinner as fast as you please—you may go home, sir.

Donner end Bletzen (said the enraged German), dare
is neitdQr laws nor gospels in dis d—d country—but me be
revenged—me—speak a you, sir—me tell you, sar—sacre
—me—me—do away !" Here the nurse of the masculine
gender edged his way out of the Court amid considerable
laughter.

JOHN SMITH V. WILLIAM SMITH.—A most ludicrous
incident took place when these two redoubtable names were
called. No less than twenty-five litigants all cried " Here,"
simultaneously. The crier was absolutely puzzled, but,
wishing, for the best, he ventured again—" John Smith and
William Smith." " Here ! " roared a podgy-looking baker,
who had just entered the Court. Matters got still more
complicated. " Vich is the Bill Smiff wet owes nineteen
bob for bread ?" said the crier. Nobody answered. " Vich,
is the Smiff as hoes the beer score ?" " I does," said
about one half of the Smiths present, and it was a consider-
able time before the numerous family of the " Smiths" were
classified in anything like order. None would own the
" half-penny worth of bread," but nobody denied the " sack."
" But 'tis a name so spread o'er Sir and Madam,
That one would be the first who bore it Adam."—Byron.

Lord Henry Petty is going abroad again, they say
in consequence of the unpleasant circumstances in which
he has been placed. You will probably recollect that I
told you in the summer of the death of the Earl of Kerry
(eldest son of the Marquis of Lansdowne) soon after his
marriage. As it was made known that there was no pros-
pect of the Countess becoming a mother, Lord Henry met
the Marquis in Paris, and forthwith assumed the title of
Earl of Shelburne (in preference to that of Kerry) as the
eldest son and heir to the Marquis of Lansdowne. His
Lordship comes over to England, has his cards engraved,
his letters addressed, &c., due style as " the Earl,"
when suddenly Lord Dencannon brings his daughter, the
Countess of Kerry, from Ireland—a grand family meeting
is held at Lansdowne House, and it is formally announced
that her Ladyship is enciente—Lord Henry immediately
drops his " Earldom," and is off for the Continent. Tht
Countess accompanies the Marchioness to Bowood, where
her Ladyship now is, and where her accouchement is to
take place ; should she give birth to a son, the child in-
stantly becomes heir to the Marquisate ; if a daughter,
Lord Henry will, of course, resume his rank.—The Chel-
tenham Looker-on.

The Sovereign, Stokes, from-Messina; Annalia, Freeze,
Norden ; Fortitude, Thompson, Messina; Admiral Lake,
Rudd, Messina; City of Glasgow, Fairbairn, Boulogne;
Jupiter, Kraeft, Dantzic ; Louisa, Williams, Rotterdam;
City of Hamburgh, Hart, Cuxhaven; Vier Gebroeders, Fo-
kenua, Worcum ; Woodford, Sanderson, Quebec; Ebro,
Cordes, Santander; Spartiate, Cornish, Tarragona; Eliza,
Downie, Guernsey ; Europa, Donaldson, Bombay; Amy,
Fowler, Lejhorn; Orestes, Walker, Quebec; Pero, Palmer,
Cole, Cadiz ; Sisters, Hall, Cadiz ; Mary
Ann, Tucker, ; 4Tn.eENTERED.O.UTWARDS FOR LOADING.
antes,

The Monarch, P;lulertren, for Havre ; Harlequin. Spargeon,
Malta; Socrates, Ale Palf, Jamaica; Unicorn, Mullens, Elsi-
neur ; Clementina, Niosotton, Syra ; Iberia, Middleton, Lis-
bon; Union, Head, Havt.c; Concord, Cobb, Elsineur; John,
Standerring, Elsineur.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.

The Exile, Avory, for Cadiz; Oratavia, Gull, Teneriffe ;
Peter Sem, Henderson, Leghorn; Alert, Margol, Calais;
Liberty, Tulloch, Bilboa.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST.

The Nora Sophia, Gunderson, for Yorway ; Maria, Schaff,
Denmark; Mercuria, Luhse, Denmark; Maria Dorothea,
Kloppensburg, Denmark.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.
The Anolea, Wiklander, for St. Petersiburgh.
TELEGRAPHED..
Off Holyecad, outward-bound, the Anne and Jane.

EAST INDIA.

The Blake, Thompson, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed
3d September, St. Helena 9th Nov. ; the Janet, Ecott, front
the Mauritius, off Holland, sailed 30th Sept., St. Helena 10th
Nov.;• the Johanna, Maalsted, from Batavia, at Cowes, sailed
25th Sept., St. Helena 17th Nov. ; the Pera, Palmer, front
Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed 12th Sept., St. Helena 15th
Nov. ; Europe, Donaldson, from Bombay, off Margate, sailed
31st Augttst ; Mary Ann Webb, Lloyd, from Bengal, at Li..
verpool, sailed 26th August, St. Helena 29th November;
Addingham, Sedgwick, from Batavia, off Dover, sailed 13th
Sept. Cape Nov.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Catharine, Nev. 13, from
Batavia, and sailed the 15th of Nov. for Rotterdam ; the Janet,
Nov. 16, from the Mauritius, and sailed for London ; the An-
jer, Nov. 19, from Batavia, and sailed on the 20th for Rotter-
dam; the Dryade, Nov. 22, from London ; the Ambassador,
Nov. 25, from Madras, and sailed for London ; the Maria,
Nov. 26, from the Mauritius, and sailed for London ; the Da-
niel, Wheeler, Nov. 27, from Calcutta, and sailed Nov. 28 for
Liverpool ; the Maria, Nov. 28, from Batavia, and sailed Nov.
29 for Rotterdam ; the Lord Hobart, Nov. 20, from the Cape ;
the Gloucester, -Nov. 29, from the Mauritius, and sailed .or
London.

Departures from St. Helena.—The Warwick, Nor. 25, for
Liverpool, under charge of the mate, George Penny. The
captain could not proceed through sickness.
Departures from Rio.—The Paraguay, Oct. 18, and Shan-
non, Oct. 24, for Bombay ; the Conception, Oct. 20, for
Manilla.

Arrivals at Colombo.—The Arcturas, Sept. 5, from Lon-
don and the Mauritius, and was to load for London; the Mexi-
can, Aug. 30, from Bordeaux, and sailed Aug. 31, for Bombay.
Departure from Trincomalee.—His Majesty's brig Algerine,
Thomas, Aug. 27, for Madras.
Passed by the Straits of Sunda.—The Louisa Prinse, Ne-
derlunden, Sept. 25, from Batavia, for Dordrecht; the Ma-
cassar, Sept. 25, from Amsterdam, for Batavia; the Mary
Somerville, from Liverpool, and the Africa, Sept. 26, from
Liverpool, for China.
Arrival at Batavia.—The Javain, September 19, from Am-
sterdam.

Bombay, Sept. 10.—The Tweed, Smith, is to sail the 18th
inst. for Liverpool.

Extrpct from a letter dated Gothenburg, December 31,
183-:-" The winter has set in with considerable severity,
and it is more than likely the navigation will be closed for
some time to come. Since my last the winds have been regu-
larly from E. to N. E. A few clearances have taken place,
consisting of Oscar, for London ; Christine, for New York ;
Swalen, for London ; and George Washinton, for Brazil.
(Signed) "JAMES SINCLAIR."

DREADFUL EFFECTS OF THE INFLUENZA.—
(From a Correspondent.)—The melancholy effects of this
raging epidemic in the metropolis and its environs has been
most severely felt for the last fortnight. During last week
the greater number of the clerks at the War-office, Admi-
ralty, Navy Pay-office, the Stamp office, the Treasury, Post-
office, and other Government offices, have been prevented
from attending to their daily avocations ; in consequence of
which great delay was caused to public business. In the Royal
Naval Hospital of Greenwich there have been upwards of
150 deaths among the aged " old tars," and th• infirmary is
nearly filled with those on the sick list. Sir Thomas Master-
man -Hardy, the gallant Governor, has been most unremit-
ting in affording every comfort to them. At the Roy al Mi-
litary College of Chelsea, the deaths have been very great,
and numbers are confined in the sick wards. At Woolwich

the epidemic has been so prevalent, that forty to fifty men
per day, belonging to the Royal Artillery, Royal engineers,
sappers and miners, and the other troops doing duty there
in the absence of the Royal Marines at Passages and Saint
Sebastian in Spain, have been admitted into the Military
Hospital ; among whom the deaths have averaged from five
to eight per diem by violent inflammation of the lungs.
Among the three Regiments of Foot Guards, and the three
Regiments of Horse Guards doing duty at the Tower, St.
James's Palace, the Horse Guards, and at Windsor, the
epiden,i3 has raged to a very great degree ; so that many
of the soldiers who are not affected have been:obllged to do
double duty for their comrades. At the St. George's Bar-
racks, Trafalgar-square, the Wellington Barracks in the
Birdcage-walk, and the Cavalry Barracks, in Regent's-park,
and Knightsbridge, extra wards have been appropriated
for them ; and also in the Tower, where it appears to
have attacked the men with greater effect, being so near
the water, than at the other quarters in the West-end,
Yesterday the churches which have generally full congre-
gations presented a mournful scene by the non-attend-
ance of many who the Sunday before were in perfect
health, and now no more, which melancholy event was
noticed by the clergymen from the pulpit. The number of
burials yesterday afternoon in the different cemeteries in
the environs of the metropolis were as numerous as during
the raging of the cholera in 1832 and 1833. At old St. Pan-
eras burial-ground there were 68 during the past week. At St.
Martin's, Camden-town, St. Andrew's in Gray's Inn-lane,
St. 11Iarylebone, St. John's, St. Giles's, St. Luke's, Chelsea,
and the burial-grounds on the Borough and Lambeth side
of the water, where the epidemic appears to prevail the
most, from the low situation of the ground being of an ex-
tremely damp nature, the deaths have been very great. The
police force has suffered much, as out of that corps there
are upwards of 800 men unable to do duty, in consequence
of the extreme severity of the weather they had been ex-
posed to nightly for the last three weeks. In the work-
houses the number of poor who have died far exceeds any"
return that has been made for the last twenty years.
NUMEROUS DESCENDANTS.—WraxaII relates the
following anecdote of the late Duke of Norfolk—that he pur-
posed, when the year 1783 should arrive, in order to
commemorate the period when the dukedom would have
remained 300 years in their house since its creation by
Richard 111., to give an entertainment to all the individuals
of both sexes, whom he could ascertain to be lineally des-
cended from Jockey of Norfolk, the first Duke of that
name, killed at Bosworth Field :—" But having already

(said ho) discovered nearly 6,000 persons sprung from him,
a great number of whom arc in very obscure or indigent
circumstances, and believing, as I do, that as many more
may be in existence, I have abandoned the design."

, . .
On Sunday night, as two men were going from
Wellingto❑ towards Mr. Watson's house at Wellington-
hill, they discovered that gentleman's extensive stack-yard
on fire in two places. They immediately gave an alarm,
and the surrounding gentry and inhabitants hastened to
the spot, but all their exertions to stop the progress of the
flames proved ineffectual. All the produce, consisting of
seven large wheat, barley, and other stacks were consumed,
together with the farm buildings. Every endeavour is mak-
ing to secure the vile authors of this outrage, and a large
reward is about to be offered for their discovery. Mr.
Watson is fully instiied in the Royal Exchange office.—
Derky Mercut y.

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