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N°.17,799.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NING N 7 OCTOBER 11, 1849.

SALE

TION.

DEVON.
OXTON HOUSE, one of the choicest and most delightful demesnes
f and seats in the beautiful vichaity of Exeter, nrar Starcross, Drvr-
• hsh, and Chudlegh, only five or six hours' journey from London,
comprising an elegant, sub•tantial, and most comfortable Mansion,
in the midst of richly dressed park-like Grounds and wildly varied
Woodlands, through which are romantic secluded Rides and Walks
Mof several miles in extent, opening to surprising scenery.
ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
commissioned the to announce tht the above
well-known delightfulby FREEHOLDProprietor ESTATE will be OFFEREI
for SALE EY AUCTION at the New London Hutel, in Exeter,
on TUESDAY, October IG, at Two (unless an acceptable offer should
be made by Private Treaty).
It comprises nearly 700 acres of rich pasture, meadow, fine or-
chard, and arable land, in a ring ;ence, adjoining the domains of
Powderham Castle and Mamhead, overlooking the magnificent estu-
ary of the Exe, with splendid marine and inland scenery, embracing
Exeter, Powderham Castle, Exmouth, and other interesting objects.
The mansion is a handsome modern structure, with south and east
fronts, redlete with every comfort for a large ;amity, placed
on a gent'e elevation, in a secluded and romantic valley, re-
freshed by springs and rivulets, • irrigating some of the
meadows, and falling into a small lake abounding with trout,
below the house. The demesne is well stocked with all kinds
of game, and extends to and embraces a portion of the bold
slopes and overhanging wooded brows of the surrounding hills,
which form a grand boundary and shelter, with the more
bracing air from the sea. It has all the appendages and em-
, blishments of a gentleman's residence—walled gardens, conservato-
ries, flower gardens, capital stabling, rustic cotta?m, lodges, and the
shots in perfect order. There are three approaches by handsome
carriage roads, partly through the beautiful woodlands and highly-
dressed plantations. The farm is in high condition, and consists of
a good proportion of pasture and meadow land, with a newly-built
farmhouse and homestead of a superior description, and other
farm-buildings. Possession may be had on completion of the
purchase.
The mansion can only be viewed with cards, which may be had of
Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, who are authorised to treat for the sale of the property.
Particulars and orders to view may also be had of Messrs. Every
and Son, solicitors, Exeter.

TO NOBLE AND DISTINGUISHED WRITERS.

20, Great Marlborough-street.
MTILLIAM SHOBERL
has the honour to acquaint the Nobility'and Gentry, his
numerous Friends, and the Public in general, that he has com-
menced

produce additional Sunday work, both to the depart-
ment and to the public. For the letters in the first
category are for the most part distributed by the
Post-office and read by the public on the Sunday,
and those in the second are, for the most part, written
by the public and dispatched.by the Office on Sunday.
23. It is obvious, therefore, that, as far as relates
to the letters in question, the proposed change would
entirely get rid of Sunday work, as respects the
public ; while, as respects the department, it would
exchange work now dispersed through nearly a thou-
sand offices for concentrated occupation in one—the
latter requiring a less proportionate force, and falling
on such time as to be dealt with without infringement
on the hours of divine service. It is manifest, there-
fore, that as respects general supercession of Sunday
work, the balance is in favour of the proposed plan.
24. The advantage, however, by no means rests
here. The plan will be an. important aid, to will be
shown hereafter, to measures for relieving the pro-
vincial offices as regards Sunday business in general.
.25. As regards the chief office the force now pro-
posed to be employed on the Sunday would suffice for
nearly all the ordinary duties necessarily belonging
to that day, and thus it would be possible to defer
most of the work now done on the Sunday till after
midnight ; and thus *to avoid any material increase
in the Sunday force. This latter change, however,
implies the previous consolidation of the inland and
district post-offices.
26. Nay, were it thought necessary, there are
means, arising in part out of the comparative leisure
at most country offices on the Saturday, by which
Sunday work at the • chief office might be reduced
considerably below its present amount. As, however,
these means involve some complexity, and possibly
additional expense, I do not propose them at present.
But hereafter, should they prove sufficiently simple to
be reduced to practice, and not too expensive for
adoption, there can be no doubt that this prevention
of the weekly delay or irregularity in the
vast cor-
respondence which ordinarily passes through London,
so far from involving any increase in the amount of
Sunday work, would, independently of its aid to other
measures of relief, directly produce a material dimi-
nution of the same.
27. I now come to the special question of relief to
the provincial offices. The measures in contemplation
appear in the following extract from my minute of
December 6, 1848 :
" That every office in England and Wales be closed
for all purposes from ten to five o'clock on Sunday,
except for the receipt and dispatch of any mails in
the interval; but that a box be left open for the post-
ing of stamped and unpaid letters. Further, that
there be only one delivery of letters on that day."
28. This proposal having been referred by your
Lordship to the English surveyors, has met with their
unanimous and earnest concurrence. It appears,
however, that although the general rule is to have
only one delivery on the Sunday, there are several
towns in which there are two. The discontinuance 01
the additional delivery, although, with one doubtful
exception, approved of by the surveyors, might,
nevertheless, in the absence of other alterations, pro-
duce serious complaint from the public : the Sunday
transmission of letters through London, however,
would, as regards most towns in England and Wales,
withdraw so large a proportion of letters from the
second delivery (already very light), that the little de-
lay in the delivery of the residuum would be of no mo-
ment. Such withdrawal, however, it must be admitted,
is, in relation to the public convenience, an objection,
pro teento, to the plan; but, as the delivery of these
letters on the Monday morning would be made con-
jointly with that of many letters now detained till
Monday afternoon, or, in some instances, till the next
day, the measure, as a whole, would probably give
satisfaction, even in the comparatively few towns
where the delay would occur. Everywhere else it
would certainly be felt as a great boon.
29. This change, therefore being considered as
part of the general measure, I have no hesitation in
recommending that (with possibly one or two excep-
tions, which, if necessary, will be submitted here•
after) the second delivery be abolished throughout
England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland being left
for after consideration, and that the plan, as proposed
in my minute of December 6th, be now carried into
effect. The reports of the surveyors are submitted.
$O. It may perhaps assist your Lordship in deciding
the important question now submitted, if I briefly re-
capitulate the results, negative as well as positive, of
the whole of the measure.
31. First, It will prevent irregularity or delay
(often amounting to twenty-four hours) in the trans-
mission of probably 50,000 letters a week.
32. Second, It will add little or nothing to the
expense of the department.
33. Third, It will cause no increase whatever of
mail-trains or other means of transmission, to or from
London, on the Sunday.
34. Fourth, It will neither bring in nor take out a
single London letter, and therefore cannot cause
either a Sunday delivery or a Sunday collection in
London.

POST OFFICE.—SUNDAY DUTIES.
The following is a copy of the original minute on
this subject, which was submitted to the Postmaster-
General in February last :
TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
1. In obedience to your Lordship's instructions, I
beg to submit my views as to further measures for
reducing the Sunday duties of the Post•office, and as
to other improvements connected therewith.
2. The importance of affording to all connected
with the Post-office the utmost amount of rest on the
Sunday that is consistent with a due regard to public
convenience, having led to measures for the total sus •
pension of money-order business on that day through-
out England and Wales, it is very satisfactory to re-
mark, that neither the announcement of the change,
nor the experience of it thus far, has brought on the
department a single complaint from the public; and
I confidently anticipate a like satisfactory result
should the Treasury concur in your Lordship's recent
recommendation of a similar measure in Ireland and
Scotland.
3. Your Lordship will recollect that, in considering
the above improvement, the importance of similar re-
lief as respects other duties was kept in mind ; and,
from the investigations which have been made, there
can be no doubt that a further very important relief as
relates to Sunday work may be effected in all the pro-
vincial offices.
4. The consideration of this question, however, is
closely connected with that of a measure mainly re-
lating to public convenience,
,but which, contrary to
first appearances, proves on investigation to have a
direct tendency towards the same object of Sunday
relief.
5. The transmission of letters through London on
the Sunday, your Lordship is aware, has long bees a
desideratum, having been recommended by the Corn-
' missioners of Poet-office Inquiry in ,1836 (7 Report,
p. 9) ; and by a Committee of the House of Com-
mons in 1838 (3 Report, p. 10), and again suggested
by several Members of a Committee of the House of
Lords in 1847 (Report of Select Committee, Ev.
430, 445).
6. The obstacles to the adoption of these recom-
mendations were, first, an assumption that it would
increase the Sunday work of the department ; se-
cond, a fear that it would lead to a Sunday delivery
in London.
7. Both these apprehensions, as will be shown here-
after, are groundless.
8. Since the time when the above recommenda-
tions were made the importance of the change has
greatly increased, the Sunday average of letters in-
volved in this consideration having advanced since
1836 from 5,000 or 6,000 to 50,000 or 60,000, or
tenfold.
9. The importance of the change will be still more
mani'est on reference to the fact, that the present
number of London " forward letters" for a single
day much exceeds what was, in 1836, the corre-
sponding number for a whole week ; fcr the expediting
of which it was determined by Government, on the
recommendation of the Commissioners of Post-office
Inquiry, to establish day mails at an; estimated cost
of 15,000/. a year (7 Report, pp. 5 and 121).
10. The evil of the present arrangement, already
so great, is constantly increasing, partly because of
the general increase of letters, but mainly because of
the centralising tendency of the railways. The greatly
increased speed of conveyance, too, obviously tends to
make any detentions more severely felt : and the
inconvenience is particularly serious when, as occa-
sionally happens, the detention falls on a mail from
the East or West Indies.
11. The evil of detention has been found so serious
that in several cases the rule has been evaded, either
by making use of, other existing channels for the
conveyance of the mails sent on ordinary days
through London, or by the actual establishment of
Sunday cross-posts, either of which arrangements
obviously involves increased expense, trouble, liabi-
lity to error, perplexity to the public, and additional
Sunday work : thus, the mail between Winchester
and Birmingham is sent on the Sunday through
Exeter ; and again, the correspondence between the
towns served by the North-Eastern Railway and
those served by the North-Western Railway is con-
veyed on the Sunday by a mail cart, expressly
running on that day between Cambridge and Wol-
verton, through Newport Pagnel, a distance of
forty-seven miles—an arrangement involving an
expense of 1481. per annum (98/. for the cart and 50/.
for additional sorting at Newport Pagnel), besides a
direct increase on Sunday occupation.
12. Meantime the mail trains, excepting a few of
the day mails, run as on other days, and, save as
regards London, convey letters as usual, even to
London ; nearly all letters from Ireland, Scotland,
and the outports, as also all foreign and colonial
letters whatever, are brought, as on other days, the
same being partly assorted at the chief office on the
Sunday, for delivery, or for forwarding, as the case
may be, the next morning. •
13. For the performance of these duties and for
the selection and delivery of the State's letters, ad-
dressed chiefly to the higher offices of Government,
twenty-six persons are ordinarily employed at the
chief office on the Sunday, their time of occupation
being, on the average, six hours. The arrival of a
heavy mail from abroad requires a greater force.
14. To remove the evils of this weekly suspension
of the ordinary transmission through London, and
the anomalies arising out of it, and with the view of
diminishing the amount of Sunday work in the de-
partment as a whole, I propose that the existing
mail trains should bring up on the Sunday, in addi-
tion to the present bags, the forward stamped letters
—excluding, however, newspapers, Parliamentary
proceeedings, and all documents nett
paying full letter
rate. These limitations will avert, on the one hand,
any possibility of a Sunday delivery of letters to the
London public, and, on the other, any unnecessary
addition to the Sunday accounts.
15. The restriction to stamped letters may perhaps
cause some inconvenience to the public, especially at
first, arising out of their difficulty of knowing what
correspondence passes through London and what does
not ; but as it is in contemplation to confine the re-
ceipt of money paid letters to the chief office of each
provincial town, and as the deputies can be instructed
whenever the want of a stamp would cause the deten-
tion of a letter to state as much when it is presented
for prepayment (an arrangement which will be faci-
litated by the comparative leisure of blank post days),
it appears to me that the danger of inconvenience to
the public will be small, and certainly far less than
that which now results from the doubt as to whether
even stamped letters posted on blank post days will be
detained or not.
16. The inland letters thus brought in, as they
would require no accounts either to be examined or
made out, would be dispatched by the existing day
mails, in those cases where this would be necessary to
secure their early delivery on the Monday. All the
other letters, whether inland or not, would be sent
by the nigh* mails. It is obvious that under this
arrangement none of the letters in question will be
delivered anywhere on the Sunday.*
17. I should also strongly advise that in the per-
formance of the above-mentioned duties at the London
office, no infringement should be allowed on the hours
of divine service ; the whole interval from ten in the
morning till five in the afternoon being left perfectly
free, and I should propose to extend this arrangement
as fez as practicable to the existing duties at tha'
office,

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BEAUMONT, in the parish of CHESHUNT, lIERTS.
A delightfully situated Modem Gothic VILLA, with the Manor of
Beaumont. beautiful Grounds, and a valuable FARM and Orna-
ment il WOOD LANDS, the whole freeheld and in perfect re-
pit'r, with immediate possession ; also some detached Fields
and other Property in Cheshunt-street, one hoar's ride from
London.
31[ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION. at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY,
October 19, at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously
ma 'e by Private Treaty), together or in lots,
The above beautiful ESTATE, comprising all elegant small Villa,
erected about eighteen years since, replete with every appendage
for a moderate establishment, particularly as fo its domestic
offices, and very superior stabling and out-buildings, walled
garden, dairy, &c. ; the whole well supplied with excellent
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with fine elm and oak timber, and intersected by fine springs and
streamlets. There are two neat cottages for gardener and laundry,
anti various farm buildings. The neighbourhood is richly wooded,
and within the meets of two packs of hounds, and the estate is well
supplied with game, being surrounded by some large preserves. Also,
in separat • lots, some detached fields ; a house and shop, with large
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CI:Y ; at Messrs. Crawler's Offices, Cheshunt ; and of Messrs. Daniel
Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
Th

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Huston Station, October 1, 1849.

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
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beautiful ESTATE and RESIDENCE of WOODSIDE, at OLD
WINDSOR, BERKS.
nESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
OFFER by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew-
lane, on FRIDAY, the 19th of October next, at I' welve (unless an ac-
ceptable offer should be previously made by Private Treaty),
The above most delightfully situated and capital FREEHOLD
RESIDENCE, comprising a substantial mansion of the Elizabethan
style of architecture, standing'in a small park, studded with venera-
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place, Pall •mall ; and of their agents at Windsor.

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valuable LANDS, with possession.
%'IESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON. are
q directed by the Proprietor (who has removed to his estate
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October 19, at Twelve, in lots (unless previously disposed of by pri-
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The BURLYNS ESTATE, at EAST WOODHAY, in HANTi., on
the Bor.lers of BERKS.
14 ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, in the middle of NOVEMBER
(unless previously disposed of by Private Treaty),
The above very compact and most desirably situate ESTATE,
chiefly Freehtld. It is within a short drive of the largo market town
of Newbury, where there is a principal station on the Great Western
Railway, bringing it within two hours and a half's journey of Lon-
don. The Residence is very substantially built, of the early Tudor
style, with the usual appendages of a gentleman's place, but on a mo-
derate scale, and is fit in every respect for immediate occupation. It is
most beautifully situated in the ceatreof highly picturesque grounds
and paddocks, richly timbered and ornamentally watered, It is a re-
markably healthy favourite spot, and surrounded by a neighbour-
hood of the highes'. respectability, excellent roads, and the grand
and romantic scenery of Highclere and Hampstead Park. The lands
are in a ringfence, and consist of upwards of sixty acres of meadow,
arable, and wood land, finely diversified. The property affords
good ;hooting and fishing, and fox hounds hunt the parish. Two
adjoining farms may be had if desired, forming together a very com-
plete and ehoiae little domain.
Particulars may be had, and plans inspected at Messrs. Smith's
offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; also of Mr. Pinnegar, solicitor,
Newbury.

35. Fifth, While it will not affect the number of
Sunday collections elsewhere, it will materially reduce
the number of Sunday deliveries.
36. Sixth, While so far as the public is concerned,
it will leave matters precisely as they now stand in
London and the vicinity, it will tend greatly to reduce
Sunday letter-writing and reading elsewhere.
37. Seventh, It is true that, as regards the London
Post-office, it will in the first instance require the at-
tendance of about 25 persons on the Sunday, but
these will not be allowed in the slightest degree to in-
fringe on the hours of divine service ; and lam of
opinion that eventually even this limited attendance
may be avoided, and the Sunday work in the London
office reduced much below its present amount. On
the other hand, as regards the provincial offices, it
will release a very large body of persons now en-
gaged even during the hours of divine service, and
will thus afford to many hundreds, perhaps even to
some thousands, needful rest, and the opportunity of
attending the services of the day.
38. Should your Lordship approve of these propo-
sals, I submit that the necessary application be made
to the Treasury.
39. Some important measures of relief to the rural
messengers, and rural receivers on the Sunday, which
have been suggested by Mr. W. Johnson will still
remain for your Lordship's consideration, but, as
they are not essential parts of the main plan, I pro-
pose to submit them hereafter in a separate minute.
Feb. 3, 1849. ROWLAND HILL.
m

QUPERB NOVELTIES in PAPIER AIACIIE,
at 3IECIII'S 4, Leadenhall-street, London.
A visit to his establishment will prove that there is not in London
another such stock of elegance,. They consist of caddies, tables, en-
velope-cases, netting-bore.;, companions, cabinets, jewel-cases, work-
boxes, aressing-cases, tea-caddies, hand and pole screens, card-racks,
table inkstands, regency writing-desks, portfolios, playing cards, and
visiting card-cases, cigar and bottle-cases, note and cake baskets ;
also an assortment of needle-ca,es in pearl and tortoiseshell, silver
and gold pencil-cases, pen-holders, and other articles suitable for
presents. Inventor of the patent castellated tooth-brush.

THE IRON TRADE.
WOLVERHAAIPTON, WEDNESDAY.—The first of the
October quarterly meetings of the iron masters of
South Staffordshire, Shrophire, and Worcestershire,
was held at Walsall yesterday, and the second in this
town to day. That at Walsall is usually considered
comparatively unimportant, the far greater amount
of business being transacted at the subsequent me-t•
ings held at Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and
Dudley. There was an average attendance of iron
and coal masters to-day, and the settlements were
understood to be generally satisfactory.
The great staple manufacture of this district was,
however, represented not to be in the most satisfactory
condition. The small makers are in pretty full
work, but in the largest iron works there is not the
same activity. The demand is principally for home
consumption ; for iron required for the purpose of
manufacturing articles of domestic use. Of heavy
orders there are comparatively few, it being notorious
that there are many contracts on 'hand, particularly
for railways, which cannot or will not, if ever—
owing to the suspension of railway projects--be
completed for many months to come.
It has been deemed advisable to abide by the
nominal price fixed upon at the preliminary meeting
held a fortnight ago—viz., 6/. per ton for rods and
bars, and fur hoops and sheets in the same proportion.
Many of the thin coal men, encouraged by the
acquiescence of some of the masters in the neighbour-
hood of West Bromwich, are still standing out for an
increase of wages. It appears quite certain, from
statements made by all parties, that the demand for
and present price of iron will not justify such an
advance ; bat after the indecision and vacillation
manifested by some small firms it is impossible to say
whether or not the colliers will be successful in their
present attempt.
The principal meeting of the trade will be held in
the Town hall, Birmingham, to-morrow. It is pos-
sible that upon that occasion some further information
with regard to the state and prospects of the iron
manufacture may be obtained ; but, after all, little
confidence is to be placed in the decisions of quarterly
meetings.

A. WINTER STOC

I went to MOSES' noted ➢fart,
Right facing Aldgate Clock,
Ani maiked the va•ious goods Which form
The present Winter Stock.
And hivi,.g seen it, don't suppose
I felt incline i to mock ;
Tor certainly I uecer saw
So prime a Winter Stock.

he novel, stylish Over-coats,
The Dress-coats, and the Frock,
Are r ally ucli as never graced
A former Winter Stock.

For Vegts and Trowsers such as these,
My wardrobe I'll unlock ;
And so will you, when once you glanco
At MOSES' Winter Stock.

For those who take the gun iu hand
To fire at hen or cock,
Superior Shooting-coats there are
In MOSES' Winter Stock.

Prime Boots and Shoes I also eaw,
solid as a rock ;
And fanuvia aria Hats formed part
Of MOSES' Winter Stock.
MOSES and SON have flrs:•rate Furs,
For which the Ladles flock ;
And a .lendid Shawls and Hosiers form
A portion of the stock.
Bear this in mind, and don't be dear
To Wip'er's warning knock ;
Bat buy at once of M. and SON,
From such a Winter Stock.
LIST OF PRICES.

PLENDID _urirricsNc E.—dt has been truly said
that the good accomplished by the charitable and bone-
volent institutions of the metropolis, as well as by the
hand of unobtrusive private charity (which seeks no
herald to fulminate its sterling Christianity), is sufficient
in amount to redeem and atone for its manifold sins and
vices, were they—God forbid!—ten times as great. A
distinguished foreigner and diplomatist, after minutely
inspecting all that is worth beholding in London, ex-
claimed, " I have visited and admired your handsome
public buildings—l have stood upon your quays and
give you the full credit of possessing a monopoly of the
commerce of the world—your palaces, your splendid
temples raised to the worship of God, your public
buildings, and your magnificent bridges, are worthy of
the most honourable mention; but what has impressed
me the most, and has engendered in me the utmost re-
spect and veneration, are your charities." They are
supported by many even to self-martyrdom;
but the most recent instance upon record is
deserving of the most extended and honourable mention.
Mr. Bond Cabbell, whose munificence is almost un-
bounded, has recently suffered from one of the most
fearful of that family of maladies from which there are
but two means of escape—death, or the most agonising
operation that it is possible for the human frame to en-
dure. Having been relieved of the alarming symptoms
which exhibited themselves, and having known the suf-
fering incidental thereto, and being chastened as we may
say by acute agony, he has felt it well to make an offer-
ing of thanks to Heaven. The limited dimensions of
the Infirmary for Fistula and the Diseases of the Lower
Intestines have long attracted his attention, and the
patrons being desirous to erect a larger and more com-
modious building for the reception of persons thus
afflicted, but there chance of means to accomplish such
a work being meagre in the extreme, the consummation
of so good an intention was remote indeed! Chastened,
as we have said, by suffering, Mr. Bond Cabbell, to his
immortal credit, has presented the institution with an
eligible plot of land, in the parish of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born, of the value of 6,0001., accompanying his gift with
but one condition—that the edifice, when raised, shall
be named " St. Andrew's Hospital."—The Reporter for
October.

READY MADE.
Autumn and Winter Over Coats, In erery
style .
•• • £0 8 6
The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0
The Paletot, ditto-- ..... 18 0
Chesterfield, ditt0........ •• • .• 1 0 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style
of Ov. r Coat
Shootinz Coats •••••• • • • • • • 0 8 6
Lounging or Morning Coats
.......• ••• • • • 0 4 6
Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed 0 4 6
Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6
Ditto Vests .. ...... •••• 02 6
Black :;ilk Velvet Vests. ...... ....... ••• • .. 0 13 6
Dress Coats ......• •• ..... ...• 017 0
Frock Ditto ••.•.••••••.•••• • • • • • •• .• 0 19 0
Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style,
from .
Hussar and Tunic Suits ..................0 14 6
Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests • • •• •• 00 8
MADE TO ILEASTIER.
Hen's Autumn and Winter Over Coats • •from 1 1
The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma-
terial, lined • • ...... • • ... • •... 1 0
The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0
The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of
Over Coat ........ •••• • • • ..• ...... • 2 0 0
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout •
•••• • • • Autumn and. Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and 2 10 0
Doeskin— ••• • • • ..... • • ..
Best Black Cassimere ditto
•• . ••• • • . ... •
1 6 0 0 10 6
•
Autumn and Winter Vests
...
•• • • 0 8 6
Best Black Cloth ditto •• .• ...... . ..... 013 6
Black Silk Velvet ditto •• •• .•
„ Dress Coats. ..... ••• • • from 325. to 15 0
„ Frock ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • from 355. to a
0
Hussar and Tunic 5uit5........ •••• •• .• from 1 3 0
Superfine •• .....
•......
in a
Men's Shooting Coat
Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety,
A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c.
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s.

RorAL FREE HosrrrAL.—The quarterly meeting
of subscribers to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-
lane, was held last night; George Simpson, Esq., in the
chair. The report stated, that on the first appearance of
cholera two of the largest wards in the hospital, con-
taining 100 beds, were prepared for the reception of
poor persons, and both had since been exclusively de-
voted to the accommodation of such patients. The
number of deaths from cholera in the hospital had been
comparatively small, and principally among those who
had been admitted in the last stages of the epidemic.
The governors were congratulated upon the rapid de-
cline of the malady; but it was added, that the commit-
tee felt it expedient to retai❑ the 100 beds, only a por-
tion of which were now occupied, for the reception of
cholera patients, at any hour of day or night. The
report concluded by urging the necessity of increasing
the pecuniary means of the charity, on the ground that
its funds have been seriously affected by the unavoid-
able increase in the current expenses of the quarter.
During the last three months no fewer than 7,948
patients had received the assistance of the charity. Of
this number 7,671 were out, and 277 were in-patients.
The report was unanimously adopted, and a short dis-
cussion followed upon the general affairs of the charity,
in the course of which its advantages to the necessitous
poor were recommended by several speakers. All the
resolutions having been carried, the proceedings tenni.
nated.

18. By availing ourselves of the timne now occupied
by the clerks of the travelling post-office in assorting
such of the letters in question as now reach them by
the special cross-posts, I am of opinion that a force
of twenty-five men, at the expense of 3001. per annum,
will suffice for the duties now proposed ; and when
it is considered that in the single anomaly referred to
above the plan will effect a saving of 1481. a-year, it
appears highly probable that the total reductions
effected by the improvement will fully compensate
such additional expense.
19. I should add that, although Mr. Bokenham,
whom I have consulted, sees no difficulty as regards
the practicability of the general measure, he is of
Opinion that little aid can be afforded by the clerks
of the travelling post-office ; consequently, though
willing to try with twenty-five additional men, his
impression is that a somewhat larger number will be
necessary.
20. As regards the effect of the proposed change on
the amount of Sunday occupation, it is manifest
from what has already been stated, that for the
increased force at the chief office there is, to say the
least, a large set-off elsewhere. A further examina-
tion,
however, will put the matter in a light still more
satisfactory.
21. It is notorious that a blank post is everywhere
preceded and followed by a greater amount of cor-
respondence than usual. Thus in London the average
number of letters is greater on Saturday by six per
cent., and on Monday by 25 per cent., than on other
days. But, as respects the correspondence sent
through London, Saturday evening is at present in
most towns a blank post time. It therefore follows
that such correspondence is dispatched from the pro-
vinces in unusual amount on Saturday morning, and
On Sunday morning or evening, according as there
may or may not be a Sunday day mail.
22. Now, each of these augmentations tends to

THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NonL.—This emi-
nent divine, who is now on a visit to Glasgow, preached
last night in the meeting-house of the Elope-street Bap-
tist congregation to a crowded and attentive auditory.
The Rev. Gentleman selected the sth and 6th verses of
the 63d Psalm as the theme of his discourse, and de-
livered from thence an able, earnest, impressive,
and practical address. In accordance with the an-
nouncement made, he occupied on the Sabbath pulpit
of Dr. Wardlaw in the forenoon, and that of Dr. Bu-
chanan in the afternoon. On both occasions these places
of worship were crowded to excess, and tho discourses
delivered accorded with and bore out the character Mr.
Noel's pulpit eloquence has acquired.—Glasgow Daily
Mail.
CHOLERA ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP.--AC•
counts have reached Fowey from Captain T. Nickels, of
that town; who commanded an emigrant ship lately sent
from Liverpool to New York. It appears that twenty
passengers and five of the crew died of cholera on board,
the captain having had a severe attack. Four of the
passengers were taken to the hospital at New York, who
ii yo 63J3c© died, They Were Welly ftpul Ireland,

The new book, entitled the "Great Fact," with full directions
or Self-measurement, can be had en application, or forwarded, post
ree, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice—The Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with
every novelty of the season.
Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to
measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned.
E. MORES and SON, Tenon, Woollendrepers, Clothiers. Hatters,
Hosiers. Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
155, 156, and 157 Mlnories, and 07. I. $45, and 86 AWgate, City,
London; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against imposition; but leaving heard that the nntradesmanake
falsehood of being connected with them, or " it is the same concern,"
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons,
hey beg to state that they have so connexion with any other hoer•
in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far-
gate, Shenleld ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ;
'n,l t lose who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call
at or send to the Minories and ildgate, City, London ; or either of
the Branch Establishments, as above.
Tate Notice, —This Estahlis'iment is (dosed from sunset Friday,
t$ sunset Elatarisx, whin biis:noss is resumed till twely. o'clock

WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION RAILWAY
—This line is now open for universal traffic from White-
haven to Ravenglass, end the result, so far, bas ex-
ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the promoters.
The contractors are now busily engaged in pushing for-
ward the work from Ravenglass to Bootle, which is pro-
gressing with great rapidity, there being not less than.
300 " navvies " and artisans employed at it. The con-
tract for the line between Bootle and Broughton•in-
Furness, has just been let to Messrs. Fell and Joplin, of
Greenodd, near Ulverstone • and they expect to laave
their part completed by the time the line is open to
Bootle; so that early in the ensuing year the most diffi-
cult portion of the line will be finished, and opened to the
üblic.—Ccithsle Parke.

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THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIDIES.—The Revenue returns continue to indi-
cate an increase in the trade and general expenditure
of the country. It is sufficient to say that they en-
tirely confirm the anticipations on which our present
financial arrangements are founded, and prove that
we have not gone beyond our depth in the surren-
der and mitigation of taxes. The document, of course,
requires some degree of recollection and intelligence
in the reader, as the figures contained in it have
been affected by causes of unusual variety and im-
portance. Within these four years we have had a
period of extravagant speculation, followed by a
longer period of collapse ; we have had the most ex-
tensive and awful famine of modern times ; we have
had vast undertakings beyound our strength, drain-
ing our capital from its ordinary channels ; we have
had some portions of our revenue extinguished and
others curtailed by what may be called a financial
revolution ; we have stood almost alone in a deluge
of political revolution and war, of the fruits of which
our commerce has reaped its full share ; and, lastly,
throughout the entire quarter just ended the whole
land, and especially this metropolis, has been visited
with a pestilence which terrified far more than it de-
stroyed. All these causes have told upon the table
before us, and should be borne in mind by those who
wish to do it justice. On the Customs of the quarter
there is a decrese of 153,2111.; but, as in the
corresponding quarter of last year a very
much larger sum was received from the
duties on grain, against a comparatively
trifling sum in the quarter just ended, there is, in
fact, a decided increase on the remaining articles. In
the interval also between the two quarters the Sugar
duties have undergone a reduction according to the
schedule of the last Act, without, however, any dimi-
nution in the total receipts. The present return,
therefore, notwithstanding an apparent decrease, is
entirely in accordance with the monthly returns of
Trade and Navigation, in which we find our duty-
paying imports showing a safe and steady increase.
The comparison between the two years is so much
disturbed by legislation and events, that it is almost
vain to affix any specific character to the apparent
increase of 298,7361. in the year just ended. It is a
year of recovery as compared with a year of disaster.
Seven months of revolution and terror were compre-
hended in the year ended October 10, 1848 ; on the
other hand, the year just ended suffers by the reduc-
tion of duties on grain, sugar, timber, and some minor
articles. The Excise of the quarter has improved to
the amount of 185,0031., showing an increased use of
many articles necessary to the comfort and employ-
ment of the labouring classes. The largest
increase, however, we are informed, is on paper and
spirits. On the year there is a decrease of 443,9541.,
chiefly owing, it is scarcely necessary to observe, to
the continued postponement of the hop duties, but in
some degree attributable to the bad barley crop of
last year. Under the head of Stamps we find an in-
crease of 125,1081. on the year, and of 224,8051. on
the quarter, from which we are to infer an increased
amount of business transactions. It will also he
observed that several great millionaires have lately
died, leaving their property out of the direct line.
Hence an increase on probate and legacy duties.
Possibly, also, the ravages of the epidemic have con-
tributed to this item. In the assessed taxes thepe is
a decrease of 12,5001. on the quarter, but an increase
of 18,4271. on the year. As this item is an almost
invariable element, owing to the fixed and regular
character of the establishments and expenditures en
which it is collected, we must suppose some acci-
dental derangement in the accounts or the routine of
office. The Property-tax on the year still
shows a slight trace of that general wreck
which reduced so many opulent houses
to poverty. On the year the decrease is
2,2901. The quarter, however, exhibits the cheering
novelty of a considerable increase, to the amount of
21,1161. The Post-office shows an increase of
66,0004 on the year, and 3,000/. on the quarter; but
till this establishment is settled into some sort of con-
sistency, and pays all its expenses, maritime as well
as inland, we must decline to draw inferences from
its returns. The Crown Lands give the same round
sum for both the quarters, but an increase of 39,000/
on the year. This, too, it is evident is a very arbi-
trary and made up affair. The item of miscellaneous
expenses shows an increase of 121,3401. on the year,
and 7,979/. on the quarter. The aggregate result of
the above dill'. rences is that on the total
ordinary revenue there is an increase of 276,0931.
on the quarter, and 222,3671. on the year;
showing an increasing ratio of improvement. The
introduction of China money, imprest money, and
repayment of advances, does not materially affect the
result, the increase becoming 281,3841 on the quer.
ter, and 235,571/. on the year. The balance of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer's debtor and creditor
account with the nation, after satisfying all claims on
the public purse, is a surplus in the Treasury to the
amount of 544,887/. So far, therefore, we are
making all ends meet ; and were it our privilege to
take no thought fur the morrow, we might be satis-
fied with the sttstement before us. But, unhappily,
there is a future in finance as there is in other things,
though statesmen are apt to forget it ; and with that
future before us we can only allow ourselves to offer
a very mild degree of congratulation to a Treasury
which promises so little for possible emergencies and
actual debt.
CHRONICLE.—The Returns of the Revenue for
the official quarter ending yesterday are exceedingly
favourable, and convey, perhaps, the most conclusive
corroboration that can be had of the general pro-
sperity of the nation at large. In scrutinizing the
accounts of the periodical revenue, it is always neces-
sary to draw a broad line between the results of the
three months, and the results of the twelve months,
included in the return. The direct comparison be-
tween the quarter which has just closed, and the
quarter that ended a year ago, is always of the high-
est interest, because it enables us to point out,
with considerable confidence, the direction and
the degree in which we have surpassed,
or fallen short, of a previous standard. The
comparison between the official year that has
just terminated, and the official year that termi-
nated twelve months since, although exceedingly
important, does not carry with it the interest which
attaches to the comparison of the quarters, and for
obvious reasons. The causes which have enhanced or
depressed the financial productiveness of the year
have been spread over the last twelve, instead of over
the last three months, and may reasonably be sup-
posed to include influences which have either ceased
altogether, or have become less active. We will,
therefore, first of all, glance at these revenue returns,
with reference to the official quarters terminating yes-
terday and on the 10th of October, 1848. The com-
parison is highly favourable to the present year.
Under five principal heads of revenue there has been
an increase—namell,in the Excise, Stamps, Property-
tax, Post-office, and Miscellaneous. And only under
two heads has there been a very slight diminution--
namely, in the Customs and the Assessed Taxes. This
is the genet& result, and it will bear the fullest ana-
lysis. In the Excise there has been the important
increase of 185,003/.—an increase which is equal to
41- per cent. on the revenue of 4,102,5741. received in
the October quarter of 1848. This gratifying fact
must be regarded as the prominent feature of the
Return, because it conveys to us the most distinct as-
surance that the prosperity, which we know from
other sources to have been recently enjoyed by the
wealthier classes, had extended itself to the homes of
the great body of the people—from whom alone a
Chancellor of the Exchequer case hope to raise the
fourth part of a revenue of fifty millions by taxes on
the common articles of food and luxury. In the
Stamps, there has been an increase of 224;8051. over
the corresponding quarter of last year. This is an
increase equal to 15i per cent., and indicates the ex-
istence of no common degree of activity in the com-
mercial concerns of the country--especially when
it is borne in mind that there have been, during the
quarter, none of those extensive and costly transfers
of land for railway purposes which occurred so
frequently during the years immediately
n increase
1845. In the Property-tax there is a
of 21,1161., which is equal to
ted in the nearlycorre-
sponding 2 per cent. on
the revenue of 1,892,8901. "II
sponding quarter of last yr. And in the Post-office
there is an increase of 3,0e0a0/., which is equivalent to
if per cent. upon the net contribution of the quarter
ending October, 184 x• As we have already observed,
the only
instances of decrease upon the quarter occur in
the Customs andin the Assessed Taxes. in the Cus-
toms the decrease amounts to 153,2111., which is
equal to 2} per cent. upon the revenue of 5,406,483/.
received last year. Upon so large an item of receipt
the decline is in no degree material ; and it is clearly
accounted for by the abolition of the import duties
on corn, from which, in the October quarter of 1848,
a revenue of some magnitude was derived. In the
comparatively small department of the Assessed
Taxes, there is a decline of 12,5991, or 41 per cent.,
relatively to the quarter ending October, 1848.
Upon a survey of the whole results of the quarter,
there is an increase over the corresponding period of
1848 of 281,3841., including every source of revenue,
ordinary and special. The total revenue of the three
months ended October 10th, 1848, was 13,615,5101.;
and of the three months ended October lOth, 1849,
13,896,8941. If we exclude, however, the extraordi-
nary sources of contribution-4i order to obt4ia a

Jf the country—the corn-
)table. The increase of
present over the corre-
_ e, last year, amounts to more than a
..i.er of a million sterling (276,0934 and is equal
to the very respectable augmentation of 2i per cent.
Let us now tura to the comparison of the years
ended 10th October, 1848, and 10th October, 1849.
The most cursory inspection convinces us that this
comparison is less decidedly favourable than that for
the shorter and more recent period of the three
months. In other words, there had been a higher
degree and a greater diffusion of prosperity during
the concluding three months of the last twelve than
during the first three or six months of the twelve.
The comparison, therefore, is all the more favour-
able for the present condition of the country. On
the year, then, there has been an increase in the
Customs of 298,7361., equal to 1 per cent. ; on the
Stamps of 125,1081, equal t) 2 per cent ; on the
Taxes of 18,4271., equal to less than 1 per cent.; on the
Post-office of 66,0001., equal to 8i per cent. of the re.
spective amountsof revenue received in the year ended
10th October, 1848. On the other hand, in the Excise,
there is a decrease on the year of 443,9451, equivalent
to 3i per cent.—a result suggestive of very different
reflections from those suggested by the signal im-
provement under this important branch of revenue
just pointed out with reference to the quarter. On
the whole there is an increase on the total revenue of
235,5711., or of about 1 per cent. These figures
prove, beyond all cavil, that whatever may be the
abstract merit of our reformed commercial system, it
does not, at all events, prevent the increase of the
revenue, or the diffusion of the comforts and luxuries
of life among those who most require them.
lIERALD.—The Ministerial journals labour in
their vocation without exhibiting any tokens of shame ;
—nay, it is even a matter of exultation with them,
when a quarter occurs in which the revenue does not
fall off ! Three years ago we were assured that
" Free Trade " would inevitably produce such won-
derful blessings that the revenue would soon outgrow
all limit, and the only difficulty with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer would be, how he could repeal taxes
fast enough ! Now, however, the main consolation
seems to be, that we do not grow very rapidly worse,
and that there seems to be, for some time yet, a fair
prospect of being able to provide for the dividends I
The " Ordinary Revenue" for the October quarter,
for four years past, has been as follows :
Oct. 10, 1846 .. X/3,889,103
It 1847 ..-.. 12,612,191
ft 1848. • • 13,334,468
If if 1849 13,610,561
Or, we compare the whole year's accounts, as
made up at October, they will stand thus :-
1846 . . • • •.. X 48,229,756
1847 ... •.• ••• 48,542,520
1848 ... •.• ... 48,129,763
1849 ... • • ... 48,272,336
So that, on the whole, things are little better or
worse than they were in the days of Protection, so
far as the Chancellor of the Exchequer is concerned.
As to how it is, so far as the people are concerned,
that it quite another affair. But where is the pro-
mised " prosperity ?" It does not require a very long
memory to recollect that, in former years, from the
growth of wealth and population, there was a con-
tinual advance perceptible; so that, every year or
two, we were accustomed to see some obnoxious
tax repealed. We have now plenty of taxes that
are justly disliked. Such an one is the duty on
hops—a tax levied upon a home product, and
one which falls on the drinkers of beer, a class
which embraces nineteen industrious men for every
one of wealth or competence. Another frightful tax
is that on insurances—a tax utterly indefensible.
But with such accounts as these before us, how are
we to expect the repeal of any tax ? Four years pass
over—the population has grown in that time some 8
or 10 per cent—but the produce of the taxes, as pail
into the Exchequer, appears to be in the October
quarter of
1846
1849
Showing an actual decline at the rate of nearly one
million per year ! This must extinguish all hope of
a speedy reduction of taxation. We are sorry sgain
to have to remark the appearance of inaccuracy in
these quarterly accounts. In the account circulated
and published in all the papers, Oct. 10, 1848, the
" Total Ordinary Revenue" of the year was set down
as being 48,129, 7631. But in the account now ren-
dered and printed, the same " Total Ordinary Reve-
nue" for the same year, ending Oct. 10, 1848, is set
down as having been only 48,049,7681. The discre-
pancy is plain. We can easily surmise the probable
explanation. But our regret is, that there should be
any item in a great national account like this which
needs explanation.

ADVERTISER.—We give elsewhere a tabular
view of the Quarter's Revenue, ending yesterday, the
10:h instant. It will be seen that the results are
highly gratifying, much more so than could have
been expected, considering the protracted period of
commercial depression through which the country
has passed, and from which it is even now only in the
act of emerging. Not the least satisfactory feature in
the present returns is, the fact, that in all the leading
sources of revenue, with one exception, there is a
greater or a less increase as compared with the cor-
responding quarter of 1848 The exceptional source
is the Customs. Under that head we find a decrease
for the quarter of 153,2111 Put this can occasion
no surp►ise, when it is remembered that, in the
quarter just ended, one of the principal sources of
revenue in that branch has been entirely dried
up. The corn duties have been abolished,
and these, as our readers are aware, were a pro-
lific source of income to the country. It is
only surprising that, under the circumstances, the
dr falcation in the Customs should not he greater. On
the year there is an increase of 298,7361. The deficit
on the quarter, in the Customs, is more than compen-
sated by the augmentation in the Excise. The in-
crease under the latter head is 185,0031., the amount
this quarter being 4,289,5771., while in the corre-
sponding quarter of last year it was only 4,102,5141.
The increase under this head is all the more gratify-
ing, when it is recollected that the Excise is allowed
on all hands to constitute the best criterion of the con-
ditions of the people. On the year there is a decrease
in the Excise, but that is accounted for from the
postponement of the payment of the duties on
hops. The Stamps have been unusually produc-
tive this quarter. Under that head we have a
sum amounting to 1,686,7471. against 1,461.942/.
in the corresponding quarter of last year, making
an addition of 224 8051 in the present quar-
ter. Under the heads of Income-tax and Post-office,
we have small augmentations. The Income-tax is
more productive this quarter by 21,1161. than in the
corresponding quarter of last year. The Post-office
shows an increase of 3,0001. on the quarter, and of
66,0001. on the year. There is nothing in the other
items to call for remark The aggregate increase on
the year is 235 5711., and on the quarter 281,381/.
The latter would be a very gratifying augmentation
under any cirourn,tances, but it is doubly so when it
is remembered that the corresponding quarter of last
year was a prosperous one as compared with the
corresponding quarter of 1847. Altogether we are
justified in congratulating the country on the decided
change for the better which has already taken place,
and on the still brighter prospects which are opening
upon us. The country may look forward to the
future with buoyant spirits, in the assured belief, that
for a long time to come, the commerce and finances
of the country will be characterised by increasing
prosperity.

THE SURREY AND SusSEX ROADS —Yesterday
afternoon a general meeting of the trustees of the Sur-
rey and Sussex roads was held at the S,ssion-house,
Newington, when the sev6r.ll tolls were put up to
auction for the purpose of being let on 1. use for the
term of one year, "commencing at twelve o'clock on the
31st day of December next," at the sum of
23,599/. Os. td., that being "the sum produced over and
abive thi expense of collecting the same in the present
year, ending 313 t day of August." Three years ago
these tolls realised ahvut 30,8001. The followiag year
they produced be7ween 25,0001. and 261.00.r/in whena
great portion of the' proceeds became
conse-
quence o
' Nine Elms to the Wiverloo-
the Sourh-Weste'rn Railway
as the trustees, by law, are
at the amount Fre ived, when, as
having bfeetnberetemromviC,'dustroomf
r7qaduiredThweydow,eprlietlaupst
a single offer, tiny wee e taken possession
of 05. 9d. TLere was yesterday a full
trustees,z and the sum produced was, as above
stated,
,wtha2es n0t3,59
attendance of lessees of roads from various parts of the
country, none of whom felt disposed to make an offer
for the tolls, and they again fell into the hands of the
trustees. Mr. Shadbolt (the chairman) said, that they
would be again put up at a future day. A considerable
reduction is then expected to be proposed for the tolls,
below the sum of 23,5991. Os. 9d., asked for by the
trustees.

THE SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—Last
evening Mr. Bedford, the coroner, held an inquest at th©
Rose and Crown, Knightsbridge, respecting the death of
Thomas Jones, aged 60. a silversmith, who shot himself
with a holster pistol in Kensington•gardens on Saturday
afternoon last. Miss Charlotte Jones, sister to the de-
ceased, stated that she resided with her brother, at No.
42, Duke-street, St. James's. The deceased had been
in a situation upwards of 31 years, but had lately been
discharged in consequence of his inability to work, on
account of his eyes having become very weak. He was
constantly in fear of not being able to obtain employ.
ment to support himself, which rendered him very un-
happy, and his behaviour latterly had been exceedingly
strange. He left home about four o'clock on Saturday
afternoon last, and had been missing ever since until
that day (Wednesday), when she identified deceased at
the engine-house. Mr. Gardner, the surgeon, said he
had examined the body of the deceased, and found a
large lacerated wound on the left side, and the bowels
were protruding in a shocking manner. Ile could find
no bullet, and witness was of opinion that the deceased
had loaded the pistol full with powder, placed the point
close to his side, and then fired it off. The jury retnred
a verdict, " That the demand spot himself while in
state of unsound mind."