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TIMES. Nov. 18, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this work—the volume for
1847—is now issued. It is a wonderfully different affair from the
old Directory, which Used to consist of little or nothing more than
the alphabetical list of tradesmen; it comprises now, and has for
some years, a " Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court
Directory," a " Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with
a host of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very
carefully revised, and supplies the latest information. Of course,
the postal treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and In minor
points the work seems to bear the test of search into matters in
widen changes have been very recent.
MORNING I'OS I', Nov. 19, 1846.
The forty-eightu annual publication of this admirable work has
ust been issued. Any dissertation on the usefulness of this volume,
after its well-proven rervice in almost every counting-house in the
metropolis for so many years past, must be quite unnecessary. Suf-
fice it to say, the present edition possesses all the merit of its prede-
ee-sors, while the alterations and corrections in the various depart-
ments have been carried down to the latest period.
MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546,
Balky as the proportions of this indispensable work have hitherto
been, the volume for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still
urther enlargement. The experience of 47 years has obviously
enabled the proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a Directory
of unrivalled completeness. wherein every species of fact likely to be
wanted by the merchant and trader is placed within convenient
access. The volume contains upwards of 2,000 closely-printed royal
octavo-pages, betokening a singular amount of industry as a matter
of compilation, and awakening astonietiment at the comprehensive-
ness of the machinery which could bring within a common focus
so much varied and scattered intelligence—embracing, as it does, a
multiplicity of heeds, and involving the services of a vast number
of contributors. We believe that the present volume is not to be
matched in the whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local
and specific information is no less a typographical wonder titan a
Prodigious monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so
of separate Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only
one, it seems, of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence
a veritable triumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the
ornamental. The " Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the
Government offices, and a :ecord of official personages. This is fol-
lowed by a "Street Directory," exhibiting the tradesmen in every
thoroughfare, and the points at which the streets are intersected by
those at right angles ; while the "Commercial and Professional
Directory" is an alphabetal arrangement cot the above. Then comes
a Trades' Directory," In which the names are allocated under their
respective callings. The "Law Directory" is a list of judges,
Queen's counsel, sergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cata-
logue of the various Courts of Law, their officers, and their peculiari-
ties of jurisdiction. The "Court Directory" comprises the addresses
of the nobility and gentry ; and the " Parliamentary Directory" is
a record of the Members of the House of Lords and Comments, with
an alphabetical list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning
Members to Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c.
The " Postal Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o
every POSt-OffiCe, in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places
throughout the world to which mails are dispatched from London ; the
rates of foreign postage ; the railway mails and the cross-road mails,
&c. The " City Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public
comnanies, the brokers, the incumbents and ministers of the
churches and chapels, the newspapers, &c. ; and the "
onveyance
Directory" includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices,
the wharfs, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance
Directories. These various heads will serve to indicate the multi-
tudinous nature of the contents, for out of theme come a v
aariety o
subordinate directories, which meet every concvable wnt, pre-
f
senting a curious analysis of the public and private institutions of
the metropolis and of the commercial world. Every erson is to
to be
e
found under his proper section, from a prime minispter down
sheriff's officer—every establishment, from a palace to a lodging-
house. The editor, in his preface, takes occasion to congratulate
himself on the many improvements he has this year introduced,
principally flowing from the employment of " selected agents," instead
al the ordinary carriers of the Post-office. Among the specific
alterations, the new postage treaty with Prussia, which cams into
oeratin on the Ist ot January, 1847, and disturbs to a consiet ae
extent o
the rates of postage over a great part of the Continent,d seembls
the most important
MORNING ADVERTISER, Nov. 18, 1846.
The " Post-offiee I,ondon Directory, 1847," is just delivered.
Though it is apparently limited to London. it is in reality a national
work. None of the leading towns call well be without it ; it must
be an essential to every counting-house in the kingdom, as well as to
every place of business in and about the metropolis. It is an invalu-
able work of its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de-
tails are truly wonderful. Being prepared " under the immediate and
sp .cial patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest
and completest means were, of course, at the command of the pro-
prietor, Mr. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy of the voluminous
and crowded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty-
eighth annual publication. Few commercial and trading men can
now require particular description of the reall. Important and
u useful
information, to almost every party in any sort of bus occpying
the two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages of this Di-
rectory. Preceded by an admirable and pers. icuous Map of London,
prepared expressly, it is declared, for the work, by Mr. B. R. Davies,
there are divisions comprising, among other information, "
" P " Offiarlia-
cial,"
"Street," " Cernnaercial," "Trades,' " Law," " Court,
mentary," " Postal,' " City," " Conveyance," " Bankin,," and many
other Directories.
The hope is expressed in the preface that this forty-eighth annual
edition of the " Post-office London Directory" may be found "in all
respects to equal the best of its predecessors." From very consider
able examination of the marvellously full and varied contents and
information en matters which it must be so difficult, labor' a's, and
expensive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassufhing
wish is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede-
cessors, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors.
The information is not only fuller in many respects, but there are
several important alterations and addition., largely adding to the
usefulness of the book. It is intimated, and truly, that although all
competition has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof
that there has been no relaxation in the multifarious labours to per-
fect the extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is
observed that it has been, " even in a pecuniary point of view, bene-
ficial to the public, is proved by the fact that important improves
meats and additions are annually made without any increase of
price "—a result that, it is declared, " could not have been the
case, had the public patronage been divided." With reference
to the price, we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful
how it can be prolliable to provide such varied materials
—and materials constantly changing and requiring so much
and such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify.
Nothing but a tremendous sale could make the speculation answer.
Among the important alterations will be found those introduced rote
the " Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, singularly full, usefid, and
complete ; and must much increase the daily, it might be more truly
pronounced its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, the
trader, or the protessional man. As the new treaty with Prussia
caused very considerable changes in the rates of postage as effecting
the Austrian dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the
German States, Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Meoklenburgh, Olden-
burgh, Poland, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden and Norway, Wurtemburg,
fee, acc., those changes are detailed " precisely as they arranged
to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1847." The other
changes are not only numerous, but all the intelligence is announced
to be brought down to a period as late as was compatible with the
appearance of such a volume in sufficient time for general circulation,
prior to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The
business merits of the work are of the hignest order, and render it,
of its kind, we huagine, a publication unexampled in the world for
its completeness, fulness, and usefulness.
SUN, Nov. 18,1846.
The present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the "Post-office
London Directory," and a truly marvellous effort of compilation it
is. The " Post-office Directory" has been for sonic years under
the management of Mr. Kelly. Until lie became .he manager of
this work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They
have, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory"
now rules alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had
the effect of maaine, the proprietor of this gigantic work careless.
Ile is too thorough a man of business not to be perfectly aware
that the fruits of his success can only be reaped by a continuance
of the same untiring energy by which the success was in the first
instance achieved, and accordingly we find that the " Post-office
Directory" tor 1847, is even more highly finished in all its etaborate
arrangements than any former edition of the book. The extent and
minuteness of the details furnished, render the work indispensable
to every commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably,
however, is this multifarious Information digested and arranged, that
there is not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the
articular page required to furnish the information—a marvellous
nstance of clearness of arrangement in a N% ork consisting of upwards
of two thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This
D ou
irectory is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever
offered to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen-
sable necessity of such a work, no man of business can for a mament
entertain a doubt ; and cons', ering the completeness and fulness of
the iatormaticn furnished, and the enormous outlay of time and o
capital that helveav been made in order to acquire and digest the
information,y reasonable price at which the work is published
is really wonderful.
GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846.
Kelly's invaluable work, the " Post-office Directory," has just
made its appearance for the ensuing year. The vast mass of infor-
mation which this book contains, makes it not only desirable but
absolutely necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man of
business ; and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else,
who requires to know anything concerning the trades, professions,
and localities of the great metropolis. In its present exteded fo
the book is an absolute curiosity ; the labour and expense which it
has cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been
immense. In turning over its two thousand papal, one hardly
knows which most to be struck with and admire—the excellent '
arrangement and utility of such a compilation, or the magnitude of
the oily which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover,
contains an excellent map of London and the suburbs, corrected
down to the latest strides of " bricks and mortar."
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1846.
The forty-eighth annual publication of this highly-important and
useful work has just been issued ; and we must confess that its
bulky appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect
that the price remains unaltered, although the expense of collecting
the materials must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality
of Mr, Kelly, the proprietor. In a commercial point of view, per-
haps, so book ever contained so much useful matter. Among other
information, there is an " Official Directory," a " Street Directory,"
a " Commercial. Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Direc-
tory," a " Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a "City
Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc-
tory,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and
valuable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pers ne in
ordinary life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles in
trade. Every description of information has been corrected to
the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a
clearness and simplicity which must have involved great activity of
mind and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently
engraved Map of London, more extended and accurate as to the
suburbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as complete a
reference as possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal
Directory" there are the new rates with various parts of the Con-
tinent which will come into operation on the Ist of January.
Altogether this new issue surpasses any of its predecessors ; and we
are nut surprised that other Directories should have gone to the
Lamb of all the Capulets.
BRITANNIA, Nov. 21, 1246.
The French) people have done themselves some credit by their in-
dastrial expositions. But ft must be acknowledged that, though in-
genious and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with
the industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty
Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of
more
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iority to former issues, which, though comparatively
complete classation. We find in this volume many
Pelle intelligence care exercised over every
trilling, show show t
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THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Th* annual accounts-and statistics of this great nationa.
institution have appeared in print. In accordance with
the plan pursued of late years, the following précis of
this Parliamentary paper is subjoined for the information
of the public. The total receipts of the British Museum,
in the year 1846, amounted to the sum of 49,1991., and
the concurrent payments to 45.911/, leaving a balauce of
cash in hand amounting to 3,217/. The estimated ex-
penditure for the year 1846 was 49,0421. or 3,131/. more
than the actual expense. Of the gross total expended
last year the sum of 19,4701. was appropriated to the
payment of salaries; 1,6931. to house expenses; 18,129/.
to purchases and acq dsitions ; 5,5071. to bookbinding,
cabinets, &c. ; and 9571. to the printing of catalogues,
making of casts. &c. The total estimated charge from
Lan y -day, 1847, to Lady-day, 1842 is stated to be
50.6661. The amount of grant required from the Hon.
the House of Commons to meet the estimated expen-
diture of the year ending Lady-day, 1848, is 48,5181.
Thus much for financial matters. The return of
visitors, &c., shows us that 750,601 persons visited the
general collections of the Museum last year, against
685,614 in 1845, 575,758 in 1844, 517,440 in 1843,
547,718 it 1842, and 319,374 in 1841. The number of
visits made to the reading-rooms, fcir the purposes of
study or research, which were about 1,950 in the year
1810, at present amount to 66,794 (in 1846). From
some cause, not perhaps explainable, there has been of
late years a decided falling off in the number of purely
..literary" visitors to the Museum ; for it appears that
the number of students that ransacked the bookshelves
of the library amounted to 67,542 in 1840, to 69,303 in
1841, to 71,706 in 1842, to 70,931 in 1843, and to
67,511 in 1844-all exhibiting a numerical superiority
over last year. In 1845 the number was 64,427. The
number of visits by artists and students to the sculpture
galleries " for the purpose of study" was 4,124 last year,
4,256 in 1845, 5,436 in 1844, 4,907 in 1843, 5,627 in
1842, 5,655 in 1841, and 6,354 in 1840-a decline still
more remarkable than that observable in the number of
literary frequenters. The number of visits to the print-
room was 4,390 is 1846, 5,904 in 1845, 8,998 in 1844,
8,162 in 1843, 8,781 in 1842, 7,744 in 1841, and 6,717 in
1840. The public are admitted to the Museum on Mon-
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between 10 and 4
o'clock. Students are admitted to the reading-rooms
every day from 9 till 4 ; and in summer from 9 till 7.
The return from the secretary's department shows
that the printed books registered and stamped amount to
30,550 volumes, exclusive of 5,117 volumes of the Earl of
Aberdeen's Chinese books ; and that 884 specimens of
minerals and fossils have been registered, together with
16,060 zoological specimens. The antiquities registered
amount to 210 different objects ; and the coins and
medals to 2,150 ; 730 manuscripts have been added to
the general collection since the last report, and 39
original charters. We subjoin some of the recent ac-
cessions more particularly deserving of notice, for the
edification of our literary readers:-1, a valuable car-
tulary of the alien priory of Newent, in Gloucestershire,
of the 13th century ; 2, a very beautiful book of hours,
executed in France at the commencement of the 16th
century, and remarkable for its preservation : 3, an ac-
count of the Mediterranean islands, on vellum. illus-
trated with maps, compiled, about the year 1470, by
Henricus Mertellus Germanus (no other copy known);
4, two missals and a lectionary of the Epistles, or-
namented with miniatures of good Italian art of the 15th
century; 5, a volume oeitaining a series of paintings on
the leaves of the Ficus Religiosa, illustrative of the tenets
of Buddha, presented by the ex-Governor-General of
India, the present Earl of Ellenborough; 6, about 80
volumes, purchased at Mr. Upcott's sale, chiefly con-
sisting of the official papers and letters of Sir C. Hatton
(1577 .1607); of Sir R. Browne, Ambassador at Paris
(1624-1650); of Sir William Curtius (1643-1647); of J.
and S. Dayrolles (1706-1786); of Lawrence Hyde,
Earl of Rochester, and Henry blyde, Earl of Clarendon
of Sir P: S 3 dney, J. E. velyn, Lord Anson,
7, a collection of 74 Ethiopic MSS , on vellum
(a
andnl6: ospt-ahlpe7erosrs,;)kindly presented
.by the Church Missionary
Society; and a large collection of Chinese MSS. and
maps, sent to the Museum by the late Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
In the library, it appears that there were 328,374
volumes consulted in the course of last year, or about
1,120 per day. The number of readers was, on the
average, 238 per day.
The most valuable acquisitions in the department of
" entiquities" appear to have been some interesting has-
reliefs and other sculptures from the fortress of Bou-
drum, originally decorations of the celebrated mauso-
leum; a marble bust of Apollo; a sarcophagus discovered
at Beyrout ; a valuable collection of bronzes and terra-
cottas, chiefly from the Basilicata; a large collection of
Babylonian cylinders and Oriental engraved stones ; a
very interesting collection of bronze, iron, and gold
Darnley I•lands and New Guinea; an interesting
.tAhneglso-oßrtehrasdatnngtitquaiticeosiledeitsteoonveroefd
oblecStstanfrwoinacklhine
col-
lection of Peruvian relics ; an Affgh. an cloak; a suit
.of
armour made of a crocodile's skin; several crocodile
mummies and sepulchral vases; 1,559 coins (161 gold,
ins
faced shilling of Edward VL, both n fine preservation.
lev ear
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of space precludes us from noticing the natural
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No. 61, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street.
I._AL ESSRS. MOSELY, Surgeon-Dentists, have
REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their system of sup-
plying Artificial Teeth ensures the power to masticate, without
erseding
lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or injuring
the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are uDecayed n
ee-
able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. t
extraction.
permanently filled and restored to use, sup

ATROCIOUS MURDER'
This district (Wick, Caithness) has, this week, been
thrown into a state of great excitememt, by the commis-
sion of one of those diabolical crimes which are fortu-
nately of extremely rare occurrence in this county, and
indeed in the north of Scotland. Isabella county, old
woman, apparently about 60 years of age' hasivm g
Achow Swiney, in the parish of Latheroh,be
deli-
made the victim of a most atrocious, yet evidently
borate murder. Her residence is at the end of the free
school of Achow, situated about 00
Sabb yards from any
is taught, and it is customary on that, as on other morn-
ings,s 2
of
other dwelling. On the morning
for some of the children to go to her room
morning
of Sabbath last, one of the scholars went for that
to pur-
pose, and was surprised to find no reply given the
customary salutation. Another of his school-mates
speedily followed, and discovered the body of the un-
fortunate creature lying under a quantity of straw which
had been spread over her. She was dead I The alarm
was immediately raised, and forthwith a number of the
neighbours assembled. They found that the crime of
murder had been that morning committed upon the
lonely woman, and judged that it could not have been
of very late occurrence, as the body was yet warm.
The foul deed had evidently been committed by means
of strangling, as a piece of rope was found round the
neck of the deceased. There were marks of violence on
,unds. sums
were o f money,
foun don different parts other parts of the face, one in particular on the chin,
where, to all appearance, an iron instrument had been
applied. On one of the hands there was also a blue
amounting in all
tmarkp
w. a
rSdesv Several a
twol small
pounds.
of the deceased's person, and lying between the body
and the chest. A considerable time ago, a forcible at-
t. mpt was made to break into the house of the unfortu-
nate woman, who has of late been living very retired,
having refused to domicile with any other individual.
In the district she was reputed to have been worth a
little money; but, as she was of very penurious hab ts,
and, to all outward appearance, in poverty, she was
admitted latel) upon the p,or's roll. It is said that,
since the attempt was made to rob her, she generally
slept throughout during the day, and sat up the night.
A young man has been apprehended and lodged in jail,
under suspicion of being connected with the murder.—
John o'Groat Journal.

MONEY MAREET.—The premium on gold at Paris is
10 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of X 5.40 ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold
is 0.20 per cent dearer in Paris than in London.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4321
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 10id.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.81 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.61, it follows that gold is 1.05 per cent. dearer
in Hamburgh than in London.
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During the time she was attended by several of the most eminent
medical men in Cheltenham, but without receiving any benefit what-
ever, and as a last resource she tried Llolloway's Pills and Ointment,
which in two months perfectly cured the dreadful complaint, and re-
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Mr. Cobden is at present in . ,apies, w' aron
de _Rol hschild, the head of the house in that city, has
given Min a banquet, which Prince Oscar of Sweden ho
uoured with his presence.

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REVIEW OT THE CORN TRADE
DURING TILE PAST WEEK.
(From the Mark Lane Express.)
A week of Very fine weather, and ratherjAargo arrivals
of flour and Indian corn at several of thawestern ports,
from America, have sufficed to cht-ck the upward move-
ment in prices of grain, and at some of the leading pro-
vincial markets the trade has become very dull. The
article of Indian corn, which has for a long period been
relatively higher than wheat, has been aff.eted to
a greater extent than any other by the recent receipts
from the other side of the Atlantic ; nor is this sur-
prising, when we consider the enormously high prices
at which it has till lately been selling, more particularly
as its consumption has been almost wholly confined to
Ireland. The value of wheat has been comparatively
but little influenced by the auspicious change in the
weather, and so long as the demand for shipment to
France continues we can scarcely calculate on any
material reduction. The position of the grain trade is
at present so peculiar as to render it exceedingly difficult
to speak with any degree of certainty respecting the
future. The principal cause which has operated to pro-
duce the advance has unquestionably been the purchases
made in the English markets for shipment to Ireland
and the continent ; should this unusual demand sud-
denly cease, and the prospects for the next harvest
become auspicious as the spring advances. even the ac-
knowledged smallness of our stocks might perhaps fail to
keep up present prices. That the wants of Ireland have
been temporarily provided for by the arrival at Cork of a
fleet of vessels laden with Indian corn is pretty certain, but
there is no appearance of a decreaEe in the French de-
mand. Another matter of great importance in con-
nexion with the probable future range of prices is, the
generally cautious manner in which the millers have for
months past conducted their operations. So averse have
they shown themselves to purchase more than abso-
lutely necessary for their pressing wants, that they have
permitted the French buyers to take off a large propor-
tion of the supply week after week; and we are there- EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMBNON.—On Friday even..
fore inclined to think that the millers have less wheat big last, between eight and nine o'clock in the evening,
on hand than usual. That the quantity in granary has a remarkable appearance was observed in the atmo-
been reduced to a very low ebb is quite certain; and sphere in our neighbourhood. It was a transparent
though some parties may yet be found who assert that the streamen of
it lightnclined s, extendiomeng fro e
theast to west. At the
farmers, as a body, hold largely, this can west d iwhat tmo
south—the extent
scarcely be reconciled with the fact that the de- was about 180 degrees, and the breadth between two
liveries from the growers have, ever since har- and three degrees. The centre, it is supposed was 50
vest, been on a liberal scale. The case appears, miles from the earth, and it moved 10 or 12 degrees
consequently, to stand thus—that there is at pre- towards the south, whilst the ends remained stationary.
sent a smaller amount of food in the kingdom than 'lt was distinctly visibl_ at all parts of our town for
usual ; that some of the continental kingdoms are in a about an hour. During the afternoon and evening the
worse position in this respect than Great Britain ; and air was heavily charged with electricity, so much so,
that places which in ordinary years send us supplies may that the magnetic needles, wires, &a, could not be
find it necessary to continue the purchases which they worked at the Telegraph-office.—lpswich Express.
have for some time past been making in this country. STATE OF TEADE.—MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.
The trade has, nevertheless (as already intimated), be- There has been no particular animation in this market
come dull, more particularly at Liverpool, where the to-day, but prices remain tolerably firm for both cloth
g better.
than arrivals have naturally had more influence and yarn, and upon the whole the feeling is
than in the interior, or at the ports on the east coast. The decline in the grain markets, the easier position of
Wheat was on Tuesday quoted 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. lower money matters, and the extraordinary fineness of the
there than on that day se'nnight, and flour receded 2s. weather, are the prime causes of this somewhat ira-
to 2s. 6d. per barrel ; whilst in regard to Indian corn proved feeling. Some even think we are on the point of
the depression amounted almost to a panic, similar a gradual turn towards a permanently better state of
qualities to those sold only eight drys before at 70s. to things. The country trade is mending, owing, no doubt,
725., having suddenly fallen to 58s. to 60s. per quarter. to the seasonable weather.
On Friday holders of flour and wheat were not so DEATH or LORD JAMES BRORRE.—This gallant
anxious to sell, and purchasers could scarcely buy so well young nobleman expired on board the Precursor, from
as before. Calcutta, shortly before her arrival at Suez. He
had left
The advices from Scotland are not of much interest ; India on his return to England, having for some months
the change from very cold to unusually warm weather suffered from dysentery, and other complaints peculiar
bad had its usual effect on the corn markets, and the to the climate. The deceased was born April 20th,
tendency of prices has been mostly downwards. 1823, being the second surviving son of the late Marquis
In Ireland a good deal of impression had-been made of Sligo, by the Lady Hester Caroline de Burgh, sister
by the simultaneous arrival of large supplies of Indian to the Marquis of Clanricarde. He was brother and heir
corn from the United States and from the Black and presumptive to the present holder of the title. He en-
Mediterranean Seas ,• still the- value of the article does tered the army as cornet in the 9th Lancers (which
not seem to have fallen there to the same extent as on were particularly engaged in the war of the Punjaub,
this side of the Channel. July 7th, 1843. In May, 1846, be succeeded to a lieu-
No great increase has taken place in the supply of tenantry, and exchanged into the 10th Hussars. Lord
wheat, only
6,451 quarters having arrived from our own Gough subsequently appointed him one of his aides-
coast, and 3,639 quarters from abroad, into the port of de camp.
London during the week ending this (Saturday) even- NEW MoD or TIIIEF-CATcHING.—Mr. Boru-
of Sutton Farm, having lately lost a quantity of
iug. The quantity brought forward at Mark-lane by ton,
land carnage samples from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, potatoes, gave information to the police, and on Tuesday
has been on the same moderate scale; and, notwith- night he had a heap of straw placed ut a short distance
from his potato bury, and police constable Tandy lay
standing the dull reports from Liverpool and other pro-
concealed in the straw. About one o'clock he
.saw Ed-
Onvincial markets, the trade has maintained a firm tone.
ward Blount (who is well known to the pollee), and
Wednesday several purchases were again made on
French account, and, with a comparatively languid de-
Mary Blount, his daughter, come to the bury and un-
mand for local consumption, factors experienced no
cover it. The male prisoner saw
the straw, and think-
difficulty in clearing off the supply at the full terms of
ing it something fresh, he threw a
swede at it, and then
ran away,
Monday last. Subsequently the foreign inquiry rather discovered the policeman. Both prisoners
increased; and, though the millers acted with even but the policeman captured them, and the next morning
took them before J. W(
WouldThington,
greater caution on Friday than earlier in the week, this
improvetothe
upon this
.s
themtoEsq., who committed
did not prevent former terms being obtained. Holders
of foreign wheat have manifested no anxiety to press it not be an excellent plan
new mode of thief•catching, by
taking a leisnse;;Pn. frotini‘t.he sy4em adopted by some of the
business, which may be easily accounted for when we
consider the extremely reduced state of the stocks at America
this port. The shipments lately made to the Cantinent animal ?n tans, who in their raids simulate various
have so greatly reduced the quantity in granary that we (4, • s W lint would be easier, for instance, than to
much question whether, after that bought within the tam a supply of asses' skins, in which policemen
last fortnight shall have been despatched, more than might dress in character, and while the donkey was
50,000 quarters will remain on hand. Under these sir- looking us stupid as the real-animal, the thief might be
cumatances no surprise can be felt that merchants should watched and captured ?—Shropshire Conservtve.
have become indifferent about making further sales, and, a;
FATAL EFFECTS OF PLAYING AT," CAT. —Tues.
at the cle of the
the commosencement. week, prices were quite as high as in 1f ,y Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hos-
pital, on the boe'y of James Bonny, aged four years, the
The demand for flour has not been by ion of a pastrycook. living at 39, Prince's-street, Mile-
active and the top quotation for town-madeany hamsearnes-
mained stationary. Ship flour has come. to hand rather , nd. The deceased, ons,Wheenlniensdsatyoolpaisntg, wdaoswpnlatyoiantgrikaet
e Is "pci
sparingly ; notwithstanding which, its disposal has been whatthhe eadaecte" of wood pointed at each end, his
attended with considerable plaything,is
cametr rain contact with the wheel of a tart, and he
difficulty, and former terms
lhikaieewtbsearelybeoen, supported... American barrels have Teas knocked down, when the vehicle passed over his
back, killing him almost instantaneously. Verdict,
moved n viviy ; and when it became known " Accidental death."