The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-10 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DRAT, MARCH 9.—Wind N. E. strong breezes.—Two Irish
steam-vessels passed for the River this day, from the west-
ward.

POKTSMOUTII, MARPII 9. —Wind E.N.E., blowing hard
and squally.—Arrived the Amsterdam, Gollons, from the Bay
of Chaleur.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8. —Wind N.E.—Arrived the Havre,
Bruce, from the South Seas.
FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind N.E., strong breezes and
squally.—Arrived the Sheldrake, packet, —, from Halifax.
Sailed the 11th ult.

CLYDE, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Antigua, Fisher, from.
Naples.
COWES, MARCH 9.--Arrived the Eleanor Sophia, from
New York.

DARTMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Arrived the Concord, Cox, from
Lisbon.

GUERNSEY, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Scandinavian,
from Copenhagen.
JERSEY, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Apollo, Sillents, from
Lisbon.

BRISTOL, MARCH B.—Arrived the Hayti, Krimes, from
Marseilles.

GLOUCESTER, APRIL 9.—Arrived the Matulina, from Leeatio
MILFORD, APRIL B.—Arrived the London, Bull, Smyrna.
WATERFORD, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Virgine, M udei
from St. Übe's.

BELFAST, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Hero, Gibson, London. .
DUBLIN, APRIL 7.—A large vessel drifted by Eagle Sand
on the 4th inst., apparently a complete wreck ; boats have
gone out to her. .
_

DUNBAR, APRIL. 6.--The James, from Wemys to this port,
was driven on the rocks this morning, but has been got into
harbour much damaged, after throwing her cargo overboard.
LowssroFFE, APRIL 9.—For the last three days it ha;
blown a very strong gale from the N.N.E. to E. N•
Several vessels drifted from their anchors last night in Yar-
mouth Roads. Upwards of 100 are in these roads ; many
with only one anchor. The John Dunn, of Newcastle, hav-•
ing lost both anchors and chains, was supplied with others
from hence, and is now riding out the gale, which con-
tinues N. E.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—The Azores packet, from St. Mi'
chael's to London, has floated off, and brought alongside the
wharf.
PADSTOW.—Part of the wreck of a vessel, timber laden'
has been driven on shore at Trevose Head, with " Brun''
wick" branded on it, 33 feet long, has been picked up.
SWANSEA.—The Peggy, from Bristol to Dublin, which via!!
on shore, has been got off with little damage, and brought
into this harbour.

The following was received at Lloyd's this morning
Foreign-office, April 7, 1837.-
" Sis,-1 am directed by Viscount Palmerston to trans,:r.it
to you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, the
copy of a despatch from his Majesty's Consul at Naples, re-
porting the loss of the British barque Portia, of London'
George Clarke, master.—l am, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
" IV. FOX STRANGWAY.
" The Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd's."
(Com)
British Consulate, Naples, March 28, 1837.
SIR,—I beg leave to inform you that I have received letters
from his Majesty's Vice-Consul at Lecce, in the Adriatic, flea!
Cape Otranto, and from 11. Ir. George Clark, master of the 11
British barque Portia, of London, reporting the total los9
that vessel on the morning of the Bth inst., at half-past on,
o'clock. The vesssel was in ballast, and was on her voyag_
from Ancona to Malta, when she struck on the ground at. ;
place called Torre de Chiarca, ten miles from Lecce, in thl,r
foggy weather, and became a perfect wreck. The crew fu)ar:
great portion of the stores of the ship were saved. The latter,
with the remains of the hull, will be sold for the benefit of ti
parties interested ; and I have given directions to the Vi_e_e
Consul at Lecce and Galipoli for the disposal of the forma-
-1 am, &c.
(Signed) THOMAS GALLW"-

AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—On Friday 111°r"";ingn:
few minutes past seven o'clock, a hostile meeting took place
siding
Scrubs, between Mr. Raystock, a gejntleinan re;
gentlemaniding in Bakeri-nstreet,stP.orjtombaA-squwoarood,.
be 'Mr. Wood, d
without effect, when tho seconds interfered, andpaafrtteiersaleer.
minutes' consultation, they succeeded in cbtainin•ards
cable arrafrom:ement, and the combatants with theirs frien
quitted the ground. The Pause of the meeting arose fro:
dispute at Covent-garden theatro, 011 Wednesday evening'Aft:,
lative to e young lady, a relation of Mr. Raystock, v-01.
w h9lO , _
R. considered was insttitga by Mr, Wod on their quitting
eqttrgi

DGEWARE-ROAD MURDER.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD CO UR T.
The trial of Greenacre, for the murder commonly called
" the Edgeware-road Murder," having been specially fixed for
this morning, the Court was crowded at an early hour, not-
withstanding no one was admitted without having an order
from, or passed by the Sheriffs.
At a quarter before ten the prisoners Greenacre and Gale
were put to the bar and arraigned—the former for the wilful
murder of Hannah Brown, and the latter with having a guilty
knowledge of the matter after the act, and with continuing to
aid, assist, and comfort the murderer.
Greenacree is a thin spare man, dark visaged, and with a
rather prominent nose ; he was dressed in a blue coat, and was
prepared with plenty of pens, ink, and paper to take notes of
the trial. He surveyed the crowd in Court with a grave,
quiet, unabashed look, and pleaded " Not Guilty," in a strong
clear voice.
Gale was neatly dressed, but appeared to feel her awful
situation very keenly. She never looked up except to cast a
furtive glance at any particular part of the Court. She
pleaded " Not Guilty" almost inaudibly. She was accom-
modated with a chair during the trial.
At ten o'clock Chief Justice TINDAL, Justices COLERIDGE
and COLTMAN, and the RECORDER, took their seats on the
Bench. Many of the Aldermen were present ; and on the
Bench we noticed Lord Nugent, Mr. Stirling, the venerable
Coroner for Middlesex, and many Magistrates.
Mr. ADOLPHUS (with whom were Mr. Clarkson and Mr.
Bodkin) stated the case to the Jury. After impressing upon
them the importance of the case, not only to the prisoners
but to the publie, he proceeded to lay a statement of the facts,
which he would prove, before them. In December last, at
No. 45, Union-street, Middlesex Hospital, there lived a woman
named Hannah Brown ; she was not in affluent circumstances,
she supported herself by washing and mangling, and appeared
to live comfortably. There were some peculiar marks about
her person, particularly a laceration of one of the ears, which
would prove to be a material circumstance in the enquiry, as
tending to identify the head which had been found in the
canal as being that of the deceased Hannah Brown. While
residing there she became in some way acquainted with Green-
acre ; how that came about he did not know, but the intimacy
became so close that it led to an offer of marriage: arrange-
ments were made, all the forms were gone through, even to
that stage which was commonly called outasked in Church, and
the wedding was to have taken place on or about Christmas.
By the 24th of Dec. she had turned nearly all her goods into
money. On the morning of that day she told her friend, or
landlady, that she was going to the house of her intended
husband at Camberwell—that she would be out all day, but
would return in the evening, and sleep with some friend or
neighbour. The woman asked her if she would take the key
of her room with her, and the answer was a remarkable one :
she said, " Yes ; for there are some little things there yet
which are not my own, and when I get them away you can
have the key to-morrow." Hannah Brown, however, never
returned. She was not again heard of alive. There was no
immediate enquiry made, because she had left under rather
Peculiar circumstances—the marriage having been fixed for
the following day, or the one after. On the 28th December
there was found in the Edgeware-road a human body ; but the
body alone—there was no bead or legs. The body was in-
closed in a sack—about which he would not then say more
than it would prove to be a material point in the case. Of
course the whole world was put in possession of the fact
through the usual means of information. In the early part of
January one of the gate-keepers of the Regent's Canal found
difficulty in closing his gate—search was made for the cause of
the obstruction, and a human head presented itself. It
Was taken to the Paddington workhouse, and found to cor-
respond exactly with the body which had been found in the
Edgeware-road. On the 2d of February, and not till then, in
an osier bed in Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell, the legs were
found, and, on being compared with the body, were found to
Jiave belonged to it. It would be proved by the evidence of
the medical men that the appearances of the body denoted it
to save been in good health. The contents of the stomach
Showed a small portion of gin, but not in anything like the
quantity necessary for putting it into the state of in-
toxication which the prisoner represented the deceased
to have been in. They would also prove that one of
the eyes had been beater, out, and that on the back part of
the bead there was a corresponding bruise which must have
produced stupor; another and a strong fact was that the head
and the body were both found to be quite empty of blood, most
probibly by the cutting off of the head. It was a well-known
fact that the blood ceases to circulate soon after death, so that
the blood must have been extracted before life was extinct,
probably while she was in the state of stupor produced by the
blow he had described. On the night of the 24th of De-
cember Greenacre went to the house of a person named
Davis, who was to have given away the bride, and told her
that the wedding had been postponed, but gave no reason for
it. Another fact which bore upon the case was, that the key
of the rooms in Union-street was sent home by a boy, who had
not been traced, in two or three days after. On the 27th Dec.
Greenacre went to the shop of a Mr. Day, and made complaints
of Hannah Brown for attempting to run him up a bill at some.
tally shop, and stated that the marriage had been broken off in
consequence. Day informed him that Mrs. Brown was his
sister, upon which the prisoner appeared much agitated, and
put an immediate and abrupt end to the conversation. Not-
withstanding large rewards being offered by both the Govern-
ment and the parish authorities, things remained dark and
dull until the 25th of March. Till that time nothing
had been found out. Well might the prisoner fancy him-
self in safety—but murder will speak out most marvel-
ously. Mr. Day wondered why, if Mrs. Brown's mar-
riage was put off, she did not make her appearance.
He had heard, as all the world had, of the finding the body
and the head. By one of those impulses for which there is
to accounting be could get no peace in his mind till he
Went and saw the head. He did so, and recognised it
at once. It would be proved that the prisoner Gale
Lad lived with Greenacre till within a very short time of
the 24th of December. She left a few days before, and
Greenacre was then alone. He then resided in Car-
penter's-buildings, Camberwell ; subsequently he removed to
Bt. Alban's-place, Lambeth. Upon the recognition of the
head by Mr. Day, the friends of the deceased procured a war-
rant for the apprehension of Greenacre. An officer went to
Is old lodgings. Some time elapsed before it was found out
Where he had removed to. A clue was obtained, and the
°facer went to the house—was admitted by the landlord, and
°°, going up stairs found Greenacre undressed by the side of
the bed. The officer asked him if he knew one Hannah
rown. He said no—he knew no such person. What !
;laid the officer—were you not going to get married to
„er_,? Greenacre then finding that subterfuge was vain,
" Yes, we were to have been married at St. Giles's
Camberwell. The officer then cautioned him, and no farther
t°uversation passed. He found Gale in the bed, and under
Zee found a watch, which would be proved to have belonged
tielhe deceased. A boa, a pair of ear-rings, and other ar-
e! of wearing apparel belonging to the deceased, were
en" in Gale's possession. Gale had left the house a few
coYs previous to the 24th. On the 25th, she was seen about the
ahuse, which was shut up for a few days. It would be proved that
tv e was seen there, and that she borrowed several pails of
afar from a neighbour. On the Ist of January she altoge-
ther returned to the house, but in the mean time she had been
;en about the house every day. About that time Greenacre
a PleYed a man whom he met on the road and a boy to take
ipe boxes for him towards the docks. When they arrived
Coo It the Elephant and Castle he stopped them, and said that
he d° ; Le would then get it into the docks himself. He said
orw" a sPeedii) going to America. Upon his using these
4, IV. Gale made use of this most remarkable expression :
rear, You have done it." The Learned Gentleman then
beeoreand commented upon the defence made by Greenacre
trad. the Magistrate. He said it would be most flatly con-
v_aticted by the evidence of the surgeons, who would state
the throat must have been cut almost before life was
'rim b It would also be proved that the sack in which
rho was found belonged to a man named Ward, a worker
raitho
Cra h g"Y, in Tottenham Court-road, with whom Green-
oew been working two or three days previous to the 24th.
,ahoge Sack, in which the body was found, had shavings of
butadhering to it. They had not been able to find
WO3l, wh ; they would produce a man who knew the sack
cow nr,4%nad looked for it two days before the 24th, but
of cr 'rid it. As it was then found to be in the possession
bad b:lnaere, the question arose whether or not the murder
G
ale, en fora long time premeditated. The question as to
'he buty knowledge rested upon her connection with
8;
own
—her leaving the house for the purpose of Mrs.
raur%d": going there—her return upon the day after the
the r—ber borrowing quantities of water—her pawning
ear..
.othes of the deceased, and her wearing the boa and the
of til;ins, and other articles, could leave no doubt in the minds
.eacoVutY, that she w 6!) knew all that had taken place. He
Cat. `epl only two cases that were at all analogous to the pre.
i_calherinehe first took place about century ago : it was that of
Hays, who murdered her husband, and disposed of the
u°43l at various
It was thatlouls places. The other took plitee bride oyears ago
lady in L. Gardelle, a Frenchman, who ed his land-
eicester-square. He cut up the body in a similar
rnanner, He was found out, and, strange to say, Greenacre
alliad taken The same line of defence as he did upon that occa-
"°- He called on them to dismiss from their minds anything
the they had read or heard, and to judge impartially upon
evidence that had been laid before them according to the
..directions they g
would receive from the learned Judes. He
?nen called—
Samuel Pegler, policeman examined by Mr. CLattesots.—
o'l' the 98th Dee'
I was in the Edgesvare-road with a person
't.d Bond. I went to a place
pointed out by Bond, and
found_ a sack containing the trunk pa
a
human body. The
arras e„, see tied with a part of the cord now produced. The
Relt had' A mark, as if it had been recently tied. I found
ase pie", of rag lying near, and upon the bag. There
"
i,ss a flag_sto.n partly covering it. The stone was in a slant-
15s g position, •leot;nir),-, against the wall. On examininn. the
27F, found some :11a,;,°gany shavings or scrapings. On the
of of March, in c onset t, onsi "rice of hearing of the apprehension-
s
N_. person, I accompanied ospector Feltham to a house,
n_ St. Alban's-street, Lambe!b, and in the back room,
d floor, I found a child's will cotton frock, patched
ita nankeen, which was also the case wit:: the rag; I found
'iiittear
lie sack. The shade of the nankeen paiCLings is alike
°.
TheAlban,s.rags found near the sack, and the frock found at St.
jam st_re.e.t, were then handed up to the jury-box.]
„co White, examined by'Mr. BODKIN.—On the 28th of
a 7 I was in the Edgeware-road, and saw a bag lying near
str,ne placed slantwise against the wall. The sack was tied
found several tithes with cord.
Zechial Higgins—On the 29th December Pegler the officer
Noted out 4 stone to me on the
Ed d Iliad geware-road. . la been

there on the 24th instant, placing a stone which the workmen
employed in repairing the road had dug up. There was no
sack there on the 24th.
Mathias Rolfe, lock-keeper at Johnston's lock, Regent's
Canal—About half-past eight on the morning of the 6th Ja-
nuary, I was called by a bargeman, who said there was some-
thing which prevented the gates closing. I procured a hitcher
and raised something which I thought was a dead dog, but
which turned out to be the head of a human being. The water
was about five feet in depth. On examining. the head, which
was taken up by the hair, I found that the right eye had been
knocked out by a stick or some other weapon. The flesh was
soft and puffed. The left jaw-bone bad been broken, and the
bone protuded through the skin. The left ear had a seam, as
if the earring had been torn out in the youth of the person, and
that it had grown up again. The bole in the other ear was
perfect. The head seemed to hare been some days in the
water. I did not examine it any further. I then fetched a
cloth, and put the head in it and took it home.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRICE—I was the first person who
took the head out. The blow over the right eye was not
done in the lock. I have every reason to believe it was not.
If it was, the wound would have been fresher.

[The hitcher, which is a wooden pole about 20 feet long,
with an iron crook at the end, was then produced, and the
witness explained to the Jury how be had raised the head
with it.]
Cross-examination resumed—The wound in the jaw was not
a fresh one. That might have been done by the gates, or it
might not, I cannot say; but I am positive the wound on the
eye could not have been done in the lock. I did not examine
the head further. I only looked at it two or three minutes.
The head was raised by the hitcher to the surface of the water
and sunk again, before I succeeded in getting it up. I left
the head afterwards at the bone-house.

By a Juror—l am perfectly satisfied I could not have broken
the jaw-bone, or injured the head in any way by the hitcher.
lam confident I did not. I saw the same head a few hours
afterwards at the bone-house. There were a great number of
persons present, and it was taken in charge by a police-officer.
James Page—l am a labourer, and on the 2d February I
was working at an ozier bed in Coldharbour-lane, near Cam-
berwell. ffound a sack among some bushes, and found in it
the legs and thighs of a human body. A man who was with
me pulled the sack open. They were taken to the station-
house, and the police took charge of them. The legs re-
mained there till after an inquest was held on them.
William Wood, policeman of the P division, assisted in
carrying the legs to the station-house, and thence to the work-
house at Paddington.
Evan Davis—l am a cabinet maker of 45, Bartholomew-
close. I knew the deceased Hannah Brown for about five
years. I heard shortly before Christmas last that she was going
to be married. About nine days before Christmas I was called
down from my workshop, and found Mrs. Brown and her beau.
The prisoner at the bar is the man. Mrs. Brown introduced
him to me. They remained about three quarters of an hour,
and the prisoner and myself adjourned to a public house where
we had some drink. He had a deal to say about America,
and said he had a large farm of about 1,000 acres at Hudson's
Bay—that he had returned from it four months previously,
' and was returning about three weeks after Christmas. On
the 22d December I saw him again, and we had some drink
at the Queen's Head. He then also spoke about America,
and we returned to my house. Mrs. Brown was there, and
they sat together on the sofa. He said '° We may as well tell
our intention before you, as we are not children. We intend
to get married on Sunday morning at St. Giles's Church,
and Mr. Davis, it is intended that you are to give her
away, and your eldest daughter to be bridesmaid.
He also added, " As you have been kind enough to offer
a dinner we shall accept of it." We then talked about the place
of meeting, and it was arranged that we should meet at a public-
house (the Angel) near the church. I never saw Hannah Brown
alive after that night. It was about a quarter past ten when I
parted from them. On Good Friday I saw a head at the
Paddington workhouse. The forehead was flat, and the eye-
brow was straight, exactly like that of Hannah Brown. In my
opinion it was her head. The teeth were like hers, and the
eye was the same colour.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRICE—I accompanied the prisoner
and Mrs. Brown about one hundred yards the last time they
were at my house. I dont recollect Mrs. Brown asking us to
have something to drink on the night after they left. I ne-
ver knew a more sober woman. There was not a more plea-
sant, agreeable, or sober woman in London.
Catharine Glass—l live in Windmill-street, Tottenham-
court-road. I knew the deceased Hannah Brown. She was
with me on Christmas Eve, about twelve o'clock in the day.
knew she was about to be married on the following day. She
was to sleep with me that night, and she promised to be with
me at nine o'clock at night. She remained about half an hour
that day. She had no marks of black eye or bruise on her
face at that time. I never saw her alive again. She was a
perfectly sober woman.
Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—I keep a mangle. I used
to see the deceased very frequently. The deceased also kept
a mangle at 45, Union-street, Middlesex Hospital. That is
very near my house. I have seen her evenings as well as morn-
ings, and she was always perfectly sober.
Hannah Davis—l am the wife of Evan Davis. I knew the
deceased for some four or five years. I saw her last on the
22d December. She came twice to my house with the pri-
soner Greenacre, and I understood they were to be married.
—( The witness here at some length corroborated the state-
ment of her husband on these points.) On Christmas eve the
prisoner Greenacre came to me and asked if Mrs. Brown had
been there. I said no; and he replied she said she would not
come. He then said that the match would not take place, as
he found she had no property. This conversation took place
at the door. I had asked him to walk in, but he would not.
lie observed that it would not do for them to plunge into
poverty. He seemed very much agitated. Mrs. Brown had a
high forehead and longish features. She had short white even
teeth. There was a slit in one of the ears. Her hair was
brown, intermixed with grey. She was fair complexioned.
Her hair was very long at the back. She was a tall, genteel,
fine, respectable looking female.
Cross-examined by Mr. PRICE—I have seen Mrs. Brown
very frequently within the last five years. She was never
long without coming to see us. She was upwards of a year
and a half in Union-street. She lived with Mr. Perring, the
hatter, as cook and housekeeper, for about two years. She
had previously lived at Oliver's, the anchorsmith, at Wapping.
She spoke in September last about taking a little shop to sell
fruit and pastry, but I don't recollect at what place. It was
somewhere in the neighbourhood. I never knew that she was
acquainted with Mrs. Glass. I became acquainted with Mrs.
Brown from my husband having lived with her in the same
family. When the prisoner was with her at my house they
appeared to be on the best terms, like persons going to be
married. Mrs. Brown invited me to spend the day in Car-
penter's place after the marriage took place. She gave me
that invitation as well in Greenacre's presence as in his ab-
sence. She said " You must notbe very nice, for we are going
to America."

Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—Hannah Brown told
me she became acquainted with Greenacre through the intro-
duction of Ward. During the time I knew her 1 should say
there could not be a more sober, industrious, and agreeable
woman.

Elizabeth Corney examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am the
wife of John Corney, a shoemaker, of 46, Union-street,
Middlesex Hospital. I knew Hannah Brown. She occupied
the front kitchen of a house of mine at No. 45. She got her
living by washing and mangling. I saw her last on December 24.
I understood she was then going to be married. She had
household furniture and little things of her own, quite suffi-
cient for her use. She sold those things before the 24th of
December. She said Mr. Greenacre wished her to sell them
for pocket-money. She disposed of her mangle. She left my
house on the 24th of December, between the hours of twelve
and three o'clock. A hackney-coach had been waiting for
her, which I saw her enter. She took her boxes with her. I
saw Greenacre a few weeks before. I believe the prisoner to
be the man who went with her in the hackney-coach.
Greenacre and the coachman helped her out with her
boxes. I cannot exactly say the time they went away.
He asked me whether she should have the key, or send it
when her week was up. I never saw Hannah Brown again.
At the time she left me on the Saturday morning between 12
o'clock and three, her person was not at all injured. I re-
ceived the key on the following Tuesday.
At one o'clock the Court and Jury retired from the
Court for the purpose of partaking of refreshment. The pri-
soners also left the Court. At half past one the Court
and Jury and prisoners returned, when the examination was
resumed. I received the key from one of the lodgers. The
lodger told me a boy brought it. Mrs. Brown had paid the
rent up to the Tuesday before ; but the rent for the last week
has never been paid. The colour of the hair, and the teeth in
the head, I saw at Paddington workhouse, correspond with
the teeth and hair of Hannah Brown ; the eye was also like
hers.

Cross-examined by Mr. Paice.—l was in the habit of see-
ing Mrs. Brown every other day. She was generally occu-
pied the whole of the day in washing and mangling. The
lodger from whom I received the key was Mrs. Oxford. The
reason Mrs. Brown stated for not giving up the key to me was
that there were some things in the room which did not belong
to her. She told me she would return on the Monday, for
the purpose of paying the rent and returning the key. I and
my husband went into the room, when we received the key.
i
The only thing n the room was an empty bird cage, of no
value. 1 believe the cage belonged to Mrs. Brown.
Re-examined by Mr. CLARKSON-Any body who had the
key, and without my knowledge, have taken things out of her
room. During the time I knew her she was of very sober
habits.

William Gay sworn and examined by Mr. BODKIN—I live
in Goodge-street, and am a broker. I am shopman to my
mistress. The deceased was my sister. Just before her
death we were not on friendly terms. I saw her the Thursday
before her death. She was alone. I saw Greenacre on
the Tuesday night following, about seven o'clock. He
came to our shop. My mistress was in the shop when he came.
I heard him tell her the wedding was put off, and that Mrs.
Brown had no property. He said that she had run him in
debt at a tally-shop; that they had had a few words, and were
not going to be married; and that he was going to take a shop
instead of going to America. I heard him say, " Mrs. Brown
will not go to tell the people we are not going to be married,
that had provided: the dinner." And he also said that he
had gone at eleven o'clock on Saturday night to tell them, be
cause she would not go. I never saw Greenacre before to my
knowledge. My sister was acquainted with my mistress
from her childhood. My mistress's name is Blanchard.
My mistress pointed to me, and said this is Mrs. Brown's
brother " Won't you walk in ?" He said " No, I am
in a hurry," and the countenance of the man changed.
He walked off, saying something which I did not understand.
He did not stop two minutes after my mistress pointed me out
as her brother. My sister had a mark on her ear. I have
seen a head at Paddington workhouse. The ear, eve, and
hair resembled that of my sister's. I told the overseer of the

poor-house he need not go any further ; I said then as I say
now that I believe it was the head of my sister. She had a
child of her sister's, which she always called her daughter.
Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE--I can't tell how long
Greenacre had been in the shop before I came up. The con-
versation that took place after I came up lasted about five or
eight minutes. What I have said about the child is of my
own knowledge, and not merely what I have heard. The
sister to whom the child belonged was next to me ; she
is not dead. Hannah Brown never had a child of her
own. I have lived with Mr. Blanchard about two years. My
sister-was a tall woman. I can't tell whether she had a round
face or a long face. It was not a long face, certainly. I had
been at variance with her nearly two years. She very often
came to my mistress's house, but I never spoke to her. She
was about forty-seven years of age, I believe. It was near
the end of the conversation that my mistress said, this is Han-
nah Brewn's brother.
(We shall give the Couclusion in a Second Edition.)

During an assault case at our Assizes, Counsel was
explaining to the Jury that medical men were obliged occa-
sionally to use technical expressions in giving their evidence,
when he was interrupted by Baron Gurney, who said, " Ex-
cept eminent men, who always use the plainest language."—
Exeter Gazette.

A Ball will be given in May next at the Opera-
house, in a style of grandeur quite unexampled in modern
times, for the benefit of the Silk Weavers in Spitalfields. The
idea was suggested by the Queen, and gladly espoused by the
King. The Lord Chamberlain and Lord Hood, who have
been placed at the bead of the Committee of Management,
have sent circulars round to certain Noblemen, requesting per-
mission to place their names on the list. The circular is in
the following terms :—" Their Majesties having been gra-
ciously pleased to signify their intention of honouring with
their presence a Ball for the relief of rho distressed Spitalfields
weavers, we have it in command to request permission to add
your Lordship's name to the list of the Committee."

Duvernay. 's benefit, which takes place at the King's
Theatre on Thursday next, will doubtless be most fully and
fashionably attended, it being the evening of her Majesty's first
drawing-room. It is expected that the Queen will honour
the occasion by her august presence.

The Right Hon: Edward Ellice has taken posses-
sion of his new mansion in Arlington-street, formerly belong..
ing to Sir Francis Goodricke. The interior is fitted up in the
most perfect Gothic style.
In Forres the cold has been more intense than at
Christmas, the thermometer standing at 24 degrees at mid-
day in the shade; the ground is covered with snow, the labour
of the agriculturist is at a stand, and the lambs are dying by
hundreds. So unpropitious a spring has never visited this
place.—Aberdeen Herald.

There had not, since Thursday, been any failures
in Liverpool: but in Manchester a very heavy one had taken
place—the stoppage of the house of Aaron Lees w.d Co., who
had three mills, and employed 2,000 hands.__ Times.

Our readers are aware that the General Assembly
directed that the Rer. Robert Young, presentee to Auch-
terarder, Perthshire, whom the major part of the communi-
cants of said parish had voted should be rejected ; and that
the patron, the Earl of Kinnoul, and the presentee, had in-
stituted an action before the Court of Session, with the view
of trying the legality of the Veto Act. The case, accord-
ingly, has been heard at great length, before Lord Fullerton,
as Ordinary. The pursuers have, to a certain extent, altered
their summons, and ir.troduced new conclusions, craving to
have it found that the presentee was illegally rejected, and
that the Presbytery are still bound to receive him on trial,
and if found qualified, to admit him. The Lord Ordinary
has ordered written pleadings to be given in.—Edinburgh
Courant.

Colonel Boutourlin dined on Friday with Count
Pozzo di Borgo, and will leave the London Hotel this morn-
ing with despatches for the Court of St. Petersburg, by the
John Bull Hamburg packet. The Colonel is a diplomatist of
long standing in the Russian Cabinet, and has recently pur-
chased a beautiful estate at Pisa, in Italy.

General Sebastiani is not expected to arrive at
Manchester House until after the reconstruction of the
French Cabinet. His Excellency, during the last week, has
had audiences, almost daily, of the King of the French, at
the Tuileries.

The annual Bath dramatic fete, which took place at
the theatre on Monday night, fully supported the high cha-
racter for splendour, and all that can mane an occasion of this
kind attractive, which it has for so many years sustained.
The Earl of Arran has taken a mansion in Wilton-
crescent.

On Wednesday last a fire was discovered upon the
farm buildings of Messrs. F. and J. Ansell, of Brantharn,
which consumed a barn containing between 80 and 90 coombs
of thrashed corn, all the outhouses, and a quantity of straw.
Every building except the dwelling-house was burnt to the
ground. Messrs. Ansell pre insured.—Bury Herald.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 3.—We have to record an-
other consequence of our six months of winter. To-day the
bakers generally have raised the price of the four-pound loaf to
Bi-d. ready money, and 9d. credit. Flour is 35., and bran ltd.
per stone.
On Saturday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, a female named Bowler, the wife of a fish dealer, was
returning ashore, when in stepping from one barge to another
she fell overboard, and was instantly carried away by the tide,
and perished. This is the second instance of the loss of hu-
man life under precisely similar circumstances that has oc-
curred within the last few days. .

On Saturday a new ship •f 800 tons, builder's mea-
surement, intended for the East India trade, was launched from
the yard of Messrs. Wigram and Green, Blackwall. Previous
to the vessel entering the element in which she is destined to
float, a lady dashed a bottle of wine on her stern, and christened
her the Seringupatarn. A vast number of persons congre-
gated to witness the interesting ceremony.
AUSTRIAN INNS.—We were led, by a very hand-
some chambermaid, up a flight of stone stairs to a door which
she unlocked with a key apparently as old as the schloss. All
over the country, the rooms at the inns are locked. This
seems rather strange, as thefts are by no means frequent. The
room into which we were shown by our fair Austrian was a
large dreary-looking parallelogram, with an arched roof and
two small windows. . The furniture consisted of a huge stove,
a spitting-box, three chairs, a small narrow sofa, a middle-
sized table on one side of the room, and a smaller one on the
other.—Austria and the Austrians.

Sarah Paul, wife of Thomas Paul, of No. 1, Shep-
herdess-walk, City-road, was safely delivered of three girls.
on Wednesday, the sth inst., who with the mother are likely
to do well. The husband, a scale-beam-maker, is out of
employ.
The linen•manufacture is threatened with a crisis.
All the German flax goes to England to be spun, and returns
in this state very dear. The English spinning-machines, of
which there are already some in Switzerland, give an even
close thread, much superior to that spun by the hand. Our
spinners will soon be completely out of work, though the
price of linen must decrease considerably.— Univet sal Gazette
of Switzerland.
The depression of trade in Paisley continues on the
increase, and consequently the number of unemployed people.
Friday night a petition, signed by 55 dyers, was presented to
the Magistrates, craving relief for themselves and families, se-
veral of them having been six weeks out of work. We believe
a number of weavers have been equally long idle.—Glasguw
Chronicle.

On Saturday a highly respectable tradesmen, resi-
ding at Hackney, called at Lambeth-street office, and stated
that his daughter, aged 25, had most mysteriously disap-
peared from her home. She had left home to make a few
purchases, and as she was of a religious turn of mind, and
had not formed any acquaintance, he could not account for
her disappearance. The father, who was overwhelmed with
grief, described her as being of fair complexion, with auburn
hair, with a mole under her chin, and her line►► marked C. B.

On Saturday an inquest was held at the Belle Sau-
vage Inn, on the body of William Snowden Moody, aged 24.
The deceased was shopman to Mr. Youen, tea-dealer, Lud-
gate-hill, and he suddenly left the shop on the previous day,
but not returning, he was sought after by the warehouseman,
who found him hanging by a cord to the banisters. The de-
ceased bad quarrelled with the apprentice, and that was the
only cause that could be assigned for the commission of the
rash act, but the Jury thought something of more consequence
preyed on his mind. Verdict, " Temporary Derangement."
ST. PET ERSB URGH, MARCH 16.—There has
been an insurrection, or rather a kind of military revolt, at St.
Petersburg : a battalion of the Imperial Guard mutinied. It
was not owing to any political origin, but to the severity of the
colonel. The Emperor Nicholas, with readiness and courage,
hastened in person to the barrack, and his presence brought back
the regiment to a sense of duty. A deputation of the soldiers ex-
plained to him their cause of complaint. The Emperor caused
the barrack to be surrounded, and the soldiers to be decimated,
they not having had cause of complaint. Some soldiers were, in
fact, executed, and the regiment sent off immediately to the
Caucasus. Poland is far from tranquil. Paskovitch, Lord
Londondery's friend, seems to wish to excite the very slaves to
resistance. He has published an order that as he passes
through Warsaw every one in the street must stand still in-
instantly on perceiving him, and take off his hat. This mo-
dern Gessler may thus find a Tell. Lately a British naval
officer at the theatre directed his opera-glass towards the box
of the Princess Paskewitsch longer than the Prince thought
polite : he caused the English officer to be arrested and sent to
the guard-house. The following morning he was told that he
was at liberty ; but he refused to stir, writing to the British
consul that he would remain a prisoner until he received re-
paration. After a world of attempts to bend the obstinacy of
the officer, he was at last induced to proceed to the palace,
where Prince Paskewitsch did at length express his regret for
the occurrence.

The mail-boat for the conveyance of letters and
passengers from Lymington to Yarmouth was unfortunately
upset on Wednesday morning, when nine persons were
drowned. The wind blew a gale from the N.E., and, when
within a mile of Yarmouth, a heavy sea struck her abaft, and
she shipped a quantity of water. The passengers, who were
chiefly women, became frightened, and rose from their seats,
when the boat capsized. The accident was observed from Yar-
mouth, and the pilot boats put off with praiseworthy alacrity,
against a heavy head sea, and succeeded in picking up most of
the bodies. Three of the women were brought on shore alive,
but, through long immersion in the water and cold, died be-
fore morning. The man who had the mail bags in charge was
saved, with the bags buckled round him. Every assistance
was rendeued by the inhabitants, additional medical aid was
procured from Newport, though we are sorry to add their exer,
tions were mostly unsuccessful.

ARRIVALS OF

GRAIN IN Li
Wheat. B
ezignsh I 4,8394ra. 7,1
Irish
Foreign I,(•50

:INDON DURING L.
arley. Date.
19t$ qrs. 9,747 qrs.
4,812
251

LSI' WEEK
ur.

8,701 sicks

SMITHFIELD MARKET
This day's supply was very good, and the sale was dull at little
alteration from the prices last quoted:

PRICES PER STONE OF IF3L

I. TO SINK TILE OFFALS.

s. d. to s. el. s. d. to s.kl
Interior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 0
Second quality ditto 3 0 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 6 310
Prime large Oxen 3 II 4 0 Coarso.woolled ditto.-- 4 2 4 4
Prime Scots. &c....
Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 6 Laige Hogs 3 6 4 2
rime small ditto 4 8 5 4 , Small Porkers 4 8 5 0
s.ickling Calves each ...17 0 35 0 1 Quarter old Pig (each) 12 11 20 0
Lamb Os Pd. to 7s. Od.
SIJPIL_ ..,Y, A_s_hs,ePepE.R I
_ I CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Calves. Pigs
650 18ri 396
!

Beasts,
2,415

,
About 50 of the Beasts.came up the St. Alban's road; about 120 up
the other northern roads; about 1350 (inel•rding Irish) from the western
a;d midland districts ' • about 195;; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire ; about 124 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder
f ens the marshes, 81C, in the neighbourhood of London.