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London, England, 1849-11-17 00:00:00

delivered Miss Brooks of her child. That gentleman
stated that Mr. Rookes had fetched him between the
hours of 2 and 3 in the morning to attend Miss
Brooks in her confinement, and th•it he had paid him.
His Lordship, in conclusion, said he found Mr.
Rookes guilty of adultery within the two years from
the 20th of July last, and it only remained for him to
pass what sentence the case demanded. Mr. Rookes
could not plead that he had been tempted, and had
fallen in an unguarded moment ; neither could he
plead youth, because he was a man stricken in years.
He considered him no longer St to hold office as a
clergyman, and he therefore deprived him of all
ecclesiastical preferment which he possessed in the
diocese, especially the rectory of Nymett-Rowlaad,
or any other within the diocese ; he is hereby deprived
accordingly.
The case excited much interest, and the court was
crowded.

DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE,
NEAR MAIDENHEAD.
A few short months since we announced the pur-
chase of this celebrated mansion by the Duke of
Sutherland, from the executors of the late Sir George
Warrender ; we have now to record its almost entire
destruction, this being the second time it has fallen a
prey to the flames within the last 60 years. The
family of the Duke of Sutherland are at present in
Scotland, and the only persons in charge of the man-
sion when the unfortunate outbreak occurred were
two female servants. The accident seems to have
originated in the library, where some workmen had
been employed until nearly ten o'clock on Thursday
morning. The flames were first observed through the
front windows of the mansion about one o'clock P.M. by
some persons near the spot, who hastened to the house
and gave an alarm. Messengers were instantly dis-
patched to .1)1 aidenhead, and in a short time two engines
arrived, but the fire had by this time attained so
great a mastery that although an ample supply of
water was at hand very little effect was produced
upon the conflagration. The flames having commu-
nicated with the grand staircase, the whole of the
upper floor of the main building was speedily on fire,
and all hope of saving any portion of it being at an
end, the endeavours of those engaged were directed
to the salvage of the wings, which were connected
with the central portion by two colonnades. These
colonnades were speedily pulled down, and several
other engines having by this time arrived, from
Windsor and elsewhere, the firemen poured large
I
quantities of water over the ruins, and the flames
were at length subdued, after having consumed the
whole of the central portion of the mansion, with a
large portion of its valuable and interesting contents.
Several of the more choice paintings, of which Chief-
Ilen contained an immense number, were saved by the
exertions of the persons present, among whom the
lion. Colonel Irby, Col. Vansittart, and Mr. Raikes
Currie, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood, were
most conspicuous.
The original mansion of Cliefden was erected by
George Villars, second Duke of Buckingham, in the
reign of Charles 11. From the Duke of Bucking-
ham the mansion passed into the possession of Frede-
rick Prince of Wales, who resided there many years,
and greatly improved the place. On the 20th of May,
1795, the house was destroyed by fire, the flames
spreading with great rapidity, and leaving no portion
of the building standing, except the wings. The
house occupied a position on the brow of a lofty
eminence, overlooking Windsor Castle, which consti-
tutes a prominent object in the view. The declivity
towards the Thames is hung with natural woods, and
the meanderings of that river through the adjoining
pastures constitute one of the richest and most beau-
tiful prospects that can be imagined. The mansion
now destroyed was built on the ruins of that which
was burnt in 1795, about 25 years ago, by the late
Sir George Warrender, who made it the receptacle
of his most remarkable collection of works of art and
virtu. Many of these treasures were purchased with
the mansion by the Duke of Sutherland, Eind we fear
that a very large portion of them is destroyed.
It need scarcely be added that the lamentable acci-
dent has occasioned the deepest regret in the neigh-
bourhood.
The mansion, it is understood, is fully insured.

A GAME. WATCHER MURDERED.
A melancholy tragedy has been committed in the
remote and wild district of Bewcastle, on the borders,
between Scotland and East Cumberland. The vic-
tim, Thomas Davidson, has been for many years a
game-watcher for Sir James Graham upon the hills
and commons in that neighbourhood. On Monday
and Tuesday last a long and tedious investigation was
held before Mr. Carrick, the coroner for the eastern
division of the county, when the following facts were
proved :—" The deceased left home about nine o'clock
on Thursday morning, for his usual beat on the hills,
and not returning at night his family became alarmed
for his safety, and gave notice to the neighbours.
On the following morning an active search was
made, but it was not until Saturday morning
that he was discovered far away on the
heights, upwards of two miles from his home,
bearing evident marks of having been murdered
by strangulation. Suspicion immediately fixed
upon Joseph Hogg, one of the prisoners, a notorious
poacher in the district, who had, about a fortnight ago,
been fined on the evidence of the deceased. On that
occasion he threatened deceased. The father of the
accused is now in gaol, undergoing imprisonment for
poaching also upon the evidence of the deceased.
After a variety of contradictory evidence given during
the two days' investigation by the prisoners' friends to
prove an alibi, it was shown that the prisoners, Joseph
Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, and Andrew
Turnbull, had been seen together several times during
the week, and had been out poaching in the neigh-
bourhood where deceased was found on the day he
was murdered. After the investigation had proceeded
several hours on the second day, Andrew Turnbull
expressed a wish to make a statement to Mr.
Sftbbage, the superintendent of police, and which
was to the following effect :—" He and the prisoners,
Joseph Hogg, Nichol Hogg alias John Nichol, hid
gone out together poaching on the morning of the
day of the murder, and they then agreed that if they
met deceased they would kill him. After shooting
the whole day, they were on their return home at
night, when the deceased saw and chased them about
100 yards. Joseph Hogg and Nichol Hogg then
turned round upon and seized the deceased, and
strangled him ; but he (Turnbull) ran away, and left
the other two prisoners, and was thus unable to give
further particulars. The last that he saw was Hogg
and the deceased falling down together.' ' The pri-
soner Joseph Hogg had a scratch over his upper lip,
and a pair of breeches of bis were produced bearing
a mark of blood upon the knee. The inquest was
then adjourned for further evidence until the 26th
inst., and the three prisoners committed to Carlisle
gaol during the interval. The deceased was a steady
honest, and dutiful servant, and bad held his present
situation for 20 years.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, ter
the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of November, 1849.
MOUE =PART/ LENT.

Notes issues— ...... 28:8i8,070

Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14.635,993
Silver bullion • • • • 282,077

--
£28,818,070 I .t 28,818,070
M. Dated the 14th day of November, MA
1849RSHALL, Chief Cashier..

BANKING DEPAITYZN T.
X.
Proprietors' capital • . 14,553,000
Rest . .. .••• . • • • 3,161,032
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and DI-

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 14,228,068
Other securities .. . • 9,753,886
Notes .............. 10,402,390
Gold and silver coin.. 1,002,842

vidend accounts) .. 6,221,770
Other deposits ...... 10,352,089
Seven day and other

bills.. :..... -.. :: 1,099.295

X 35,387,186

X 384187.186
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
or, 1849.

Dated the 14th day of Novernl

DEATH OF CHARLES LYELL, ESQ., OF KINNORDF.
—This gentleman, who was for many years ♦ice-lieu-
tenant of the county, died at Kinnordy, on the Bth inst.
Mr. Lyell was educated in the College of S. Andrew's
and afterwards in the University of Cambridge, at both
of which seats of learning he was eminently distinguished.
Having passed many of his early years in England, Mr.
Lyoll returned to his paternal estate, in the parish of
Kirriemuir, in 1826, where he has constantly resided
since that time. For many years Mr. Lyell's pursuits
were scientific. He was the discoverer of a great num-
ber of British plants previously unknown. How much
his labuurs in promoting botany were appreciated by
men of the first eminence is proved by the tact that two
excellent works were severally dedicated to him by
botanists of no less distinction than Sir William Hooker
and Professor Lindley, and a genus of plants (Lyellia)
named after him by Mr. Robert Brown. In the literary
world he is known by a translation of the lyrical poems
of Dante, the first edition of which, printed at his own
cost, was so well received by the public, that a London
publisher obtained permission to print a second on his
own account. Mr. Lyell's essay on " The Anti-Papal
Spirit of Dante," shows a profound knowledge of me-
diaeval Italian literature and history, and is full of en-
larged and philosophical views. These studies he con-
tinued till within a short period of his death. He has
left an extensive botanical library, including among
them several rare R orks of the older naturalists, and his
collection of the various editions of Dante and the writ-
ings of his numerous commentators, and of authors illus-
trative of Dante and his times, are such as could hardly
be found i❑ any other private library in the kingdom.
Dundee Advertiser.

A BIPED Ht,G.-At Carlton, Arthur Cowlishaw,
of Gedling, undertook, for a wager, to drink seven pints
of ale, and eat twenty. one apples in half-an hour, which
he performed within a few minutes of the time.—Notts
Guardian.

As the diamond is found in the darkness of the mine,
as the lightning shoots with most Vivid flashes from the
gloomiest cloud, so does mirthfulness frequently proceed
from a heart susceptible of the deepest melancholy.—
.Eliza Cook's Journal