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lows :—Eastern Union, 13, (late I. and B.), 9 —Ditto, C, 634—Great
Northern, 11 - Shrewsbu7 and Birmingham (A), 514 —Dit to, Pre-
ference, 10 !fi —York, Newcastle, and Berwick ( Newcastle Exten-
sioa),l 9 % ez div.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), B—York and North.
Midland, 49 ex div.

TO TIIE TAX-PAYERS OF GREAT

BRITAIN.

ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE LIVERP-OL FINAN
CIAL REFOR3I ASSOCIATION TO iJIE RATE PAYERS
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
On the 26:h of, February, the following resolutions
wt•re submitted to the Howe of Commons for itecOn
sideration
:
'• That
year
auto;
the,

e net expenditure of the Government for the
(Parliamentary Paper, No. 260, 1847)
5 44,422,000/. ; that the net expenditure -for
ndin; the sth of January, 1849 (Parliamentary
Sro 1,1849) amounted to 54,185,000 i; the increase
%rly 10,000,000/. having been caused principally by
ccessive augmentations of our warlike et tablistimen ts,
and outlays for defensive armaments ; that no fereign
danger, nor necessary cost of the civil Governmeili,-nor
indispensable disbursements for the services in the' de-
pendencies abroad, warrant the continuanc.3 of this in-
crease of expenditure ; that the taxes required to meet
the present expenditure impede the operations of agricul-
ture and manufacture, and diminish the funds for the em-
ployment of labour in all branches of productive industry,
thereby increasing pauperism and crime, and adding
grievously to the local and general burdens of —the
people ; that to diminish those evils, it is expedient that
this House take steps to reduce the annual expenditure,
with all practicable speed, to an amount not exceeding
the sum which, within the last fourteen years, has been
proved to be sufficient for the maintenance of the security,
honour, and dignity of the nation."
This resolution the House refused to adopt by 275 to
78 votes.

The question of a reduction in the national expendi•
ture adequate to afford relief to the people by a material
lessening of taxation, is thus, for the present, decided—
it is refused.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is reported, in the
course of the debate, to have made the following obser-
vations:—" When he found that in the last twenty years
the people of this country had been relieved from taxes
to a most enormous extent, and that those taxes were on
articles of consumption or the raw materials of manu-
facture, he was at a loss to understand on what ground
it was now, for the first time, asserted in those associa-
tions throughout the country, and in a public manner,
that taxation pressed in so grievous a manner. In the last
twenty years there had been repealed or reduced taxes to
nearly 20,000,0001. There has been imposed taxes to
about 9,800.0001., the country being relieved to the ex-
tent of 9,899,0001., or nearly 10,000,000/. of one descrip-
tion of taxes or another, taken from articles of con-
sumption and raw materials."
To these remarks the Association oppose the following
comparison of taxation in 1801, and the three years
ending sth of January, 1846, 1847, and 1848 :

1801.

1846.

1847.

1848.

Customs and
Excise...... £19,330,867 £36,339,150 £37,290,461 £35,575,3!4
Stamps ...... 3,049,844 7,871,968 7,675,921 7,671,325
Taxes, (includ- •
ing Property
and Income) 9,857,134 9,624,394 10,018,144 10,165,516
Thus taxes, strictly. so called, and paid altogether by
the wealthier classes, (including the property and in-
come-tax), have increased since 1801, on the average of
the three years ending sth of January, 1846, 1847, and
1848, by the comparatively trifling amount of 79,0004
only, while stamps (including the probate and legacy
duties, which do :not apply to freehold property, and,
therefore, press more on the middle classes) have in-
creased in the same period 4,689,0004; but the customs
and excise, which are contributed by the masses, and
which press most especially and most heartlessly on the
poor, have, during the same time, been augmented by no
less a sum than 17,070.000/.
These custom and excise taxes, taken chiefly from the
poverty, and not from the property of the country, pay
every farthing of the expenses of the State, including
the civil government, justice, diplomacy, forces, public
works, bounties, and miscellaneous; and, in addition
thereto, from one-third to one-half of the interest on the
national debt; so that property really pays not one far.
thing towards the Government and defences of the
country, and but little more than one-half of the sum
required towards payment of the interest on a debt in-
curred for its especial benefit and protection.
This is placed beyond doubt or cavil by the following
statement, taken from the official return of expenditure
and income (Parliamentary Paper, 724, 1848):-
1846. 1847. 1849.
Civil Government....£l,s6l,BB7 Z 1,582,255 ... £1,599,809
Justice
Diplomacy . ...... 353,070 ... 350,418 ... 346,945
Forces ...........
Bounties .
Public Works ... 515,531 ... 755,706 749,649
Quarantine and
Warehousing
Establishments,
Miscellaneous

136,323 ...

141,966 ...

151,649

1,555,451 ... 1,899,099 ... 3,375,252

21,369,927 ... 23,300,180 ... 26,ti14,708

Amount received
from Customs
and Excise . -

36,339,150 ... 37,290,461 ... 35,575,114

Balance ever and'

above all expen-

ses of the State,

and which goes
toward payment
of the interest on
thenational debt.

11,969,223 ... 13,9)0,281 ... 8,760,606

The House W.-Commons having decided that the ex-
penditure shall not be lsrgely reduced, the Association
appeal to the country to urge upon the Housa that tax-
ation ought, under any circumstances, but more cape-
&tally after its recent decision, to be placed upon pro-
perty and income, and fairly and equitably levied, as the
only means of insuring a wise economy in all branches
of the public service, and not, as at present, upon articles
of consumption and u,e, whereby the development of
inclu.try arid the progression of social improvement are
impeded, if not destroyed.
The time has arrived when, for its own security, pro-
perty must bear the burdens of the State, and when, to
enjoy its rights, it must discharge its duties.—By order
of the Council, W3l. FOULKES, Secretary.
Liverpool, March 5, 1349.

THE WRECK OF THE FLORIDIAN.
ILlawicn, MONDAY EVENING.--The lamentable fate
of the ship Floridian and her living freight of emigrants,
on the Long Sands, during the violent tempest on the
evening of the 28th ult., has produced a moat painful
feeling along the entire range of the eastern coast. In-
cessant kave been inquiries here as to whether any more
of the unfortunate creatures bad been preserved. With
the exception, however, of the four poor fellows taken
from the rigging by the Petrel revenue cutter, every
human being on board perished, numbering in all 171
souls.

The depositions of the surviving seamen of the Flo-
ridian have been taken by the authorities of the port,
and from them we gather an authentic detail of the cir-
cumstances attending the ship's loss. It may here be
stated that their names are henry Hill, Ephraim Stock-
bridge, a man of colour, and William Hary.
The crew, with Captain Whitmore (who had his wife
on board), amounted to fourteen, the names of whom
were Wm. Viley, chief officer, of New Londot! ; a
Swede, name not known, second officer; James William-
son, steward; Richard Ferdinand, cook; Charles Barrett,
John Tillman, Peter Davis, Edward NVoody, Charles
Thomas Balwith, John Dutch, and the above-mentioned
survivors.

After the ship struck, the terrified emigrants rushed
o, n deck, and a scene of heart rending character ensued.
poor creatures ran about in almost frantic confusion.
T he ship continued striking the shoal, and Captain
Whitmore finding, by sounding the pumps, that she had
bilged, signalled a barque (which afterwards proved to
be the l)yle) about three miles off, for assistance. The
captain ordered the men to force theiensigrants below, in
order that some means of escape might be prepared for
them, but it was all in vain, for, as the man Hill states,
What could 13 seamen do with 160 frantic passen-
gers?" The captain finding by the broken frag-
ments that were coming up each side, that the vessel
was breaking up, directed the boats to be launched.
His intention was to take the passengers to the barque.
Two, named Charles Barrett and John Tillman, got into
the first boat lowered to bale the water out she bad ship-
ped. The passengers, however, got hold of her, and
were hauling the boat alongside to jump in; but Bar-
rett, apprehensive of her being stove in, cut away the
painter, and the boat drifted astern. The life-boat, ca-
pable of containing about twenty persons, was then
launched, Captain Whitmore directing the men to stand
by, so as to prevent too many getting into her. lie was
the first to enter, with the intention of assisting his wife
into the boat. It was instantly filled, and the next mo-
ment she was capsized and all were drowned, the cap-
tain and the chief mate, who had gone to assist
the passengers into the boat disappearing with
the rest. Mrs. Whitmore, who had been un-
able from the pressure to get in, was on the
quarter deck, and witnessed the fate of her husband. To
the remainder of the ship's company it was evident that
most of those on board, about 150, would perish, as
they felt and saw the vessel fast breaking up. The sea
was lashing the ship on all sides, the water had burst
up her hatches, and her cargo of boxes, cases, &c., was
washing about her decks in all directions, breaking many
of the .passengers' legs, who as they fell were by the
next sea svashed overboard and lost. .As a last resource
it was resolved to cut away the main and ntizen mai!.
Sho had heeled over on one side, and it was hoped it
would be the means of saving her, but no axes could be
found. The rigging was separated with an idea that the
masts-, not having the necessary stay, would go over, but
they held on for half an hour afterwards, when the ship.
went in two, and the main and mizen mast, yielding by
11.,e board, fell with a loud crash. Many of the emigrants
we re crushed to death by their fail, and others were
kno.,lked overboard. hill, fiery, Stockbridge, with
ther seaman, named Davies, and four or. five passengers,
had 't
.aken to the fore-riggi.ng. Previously they had
placed several women and children under the forecastle
and in the cook• house, so as to prevent their being
crushed to death by the heavy floating masses on deck.
The enti giants huddle d together on the poop. Those in
the fore, castle, cook, and round-house were speedily
drowned by the sea tearing them away, and sweeping

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them overboard. For some time Mrs. Whitmore was
I observed in the centre of the group of unfortunate crea-
tures on the poop. She had her hands cross.-d on her
bosom, and, with her head raised to heaven, appaared to
be its deep prayer. Some were in a kneeling. position,
while others were shouting for help from the blrcpe at a
distance. Their fate was sp. edify sealed. Within a
short time a terrific sea rolled on to the wreck, an f, at
tate swoop, carried the entire poop overboard. At !oast
from eighty to a hundred and twenty unhappy creietureL,
were upon it, and for a moment or so it floated like a
raft. The next se aor so, however, turned it over, and
the living mass %vete struggling in the agonies of death.
Some thirty or forty, among whom were several females
could be observed clinging to the floating packages of
the cargo. As they rolls : over, so the poor creat,ires
struggled for a firmer hold. At length, from exhans-
tkn, they sank and were.drowntd. Before night had
set in, the wreck had broken in t%so, and the part whirl,
remained was the bow and the foremast, to which the
survivors and others clung.
The Floridian struck on the outside of the Long
Sands. The revenue cutters which have since arrived,
report that not 4, vestige of the wreck remains, the
whole having been swallowed up in the sands. As yet
none of the bodies have been brought ashore. A great
number have been seen floating, but the fact of most of
them being naked, leads to the presumption that they
had been previously picked up and stripped of their
clothing. Many of the passengers were known to have
sums of money about their persons, some to the extent
of 3001. and 4001. A large number of wreckers were
seen in the vicinity of the wreck, after the survivors had
been taken off by the Petrel cutter, and, with the excep-
tion of some of the cargo that has been landed at Rams-
gate and Margate, no other portion has been reported to
the Customs. The only emigrant saved, Wilhelm Niero,
has so far recovered as to be able to relate his sufferings,
and still remains under the protection of Mr. Billingsley,
Lloyd's agent and Prussian Consul, and receives every
necessary attention.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
Young Hernandez, the American youth, described
in the bills (and in thin instance the bills do not
exaggerate) as the greatest rider in the world, made
his first appearance here last evening, and, certainly,
whether as regards graceful poses, fearless riding,
wonderful feats of adresse and agility, and strength,
his are by far the most wonderful performances that
we have ever witnessed, or that have ever been ex-
hibited in the metropolis for the last quarter of a cen-
tury at least ; indeed, we doubt whether even
Widdicomb himself, who appeared last night,
" flourishing in immortal youth," as active, as fresh,
and as juvenile as ever; we doubt whether even
Widdicorub in the whole course of his long expe
rience has ever seen the equal of young Hernandez.
This prodigy is quite a youth, he cannot be more
than fifteen years of age, and, albeit, he is the most
daring rider, that has ever yet appeared, such
is the apparent ease and the real grace with which he
performs his astonishing feats, that the spectator
experiences none of that apprehension of danger
which, in many instances, takes off so _ma-
terially from the pleasure of witnessing similar
feats. With young Hernandez you feel sure. Some
of his feats were exceedingly wonderful. Our readers
have no doubt seen the usual performances of jumping
through hoops, over garters, over flags, through bal-
loons, while the horse is at full speed. All these
te.tts, which other equestrians perform by jumping
forwards, Hernandwz performs jumping backwards,
and performs them with an ease and a grace that no
other rider has ever approached. He performs also
a series of most novel and original tours (de force in
reality, but de grace also) on one leg. These one-
legged feats are among the most astonishing portions
of his performance. One of his leaps backward is most
marvellous. Three flags are spread out abreast of each
other ; he leaps backwards over the whole of them, his
steed being at full speed. Hernandez is the most
accomplished master of his art that has ever appeared
in England. His is the only equestrian performance
we ever recollect having witnessed, in which there
was not some portion or other approaching to a
failure, some feat attempted which missed,
and had to be repeated.' There was nothing of
this sort the case with Hernandez ; everything he
attempted was done at once, and well done. We opine
that his performances will be among the. most attrac-
tive in the metropolis. We had in addition, the crdi-
nary Scenes in the Circle, the wonderful perferm-
ances of Mr. Batty's traincd Persian palfrey,
one of the cleverest horses in existence, and some
graceful tight rope dancing. The performances com-
menced wi:h the new Mexican spectacle, which still
continues to attract crowded houses, and in which the
celebrated horse Beda delights the tz udience by his
wonderful feats of sagacity ; and concluded with the
farce of Curiosity. The house was exceedingly
well attended.

(From the Time.)
A very important addition Iris been made to the amuse-
ments in the circle of this theatre by the engagement
f a young American cquestrisn, named Ilernandi z,
who appeared fur the first time last night. Eve❑
the feats which he achieves in common with other
performers gained a novelty by the perfect ease
and finish with which ho executed them. General!)
the very best artists of the class make a hitch or
two in the course of the evening, though they always
repeat their attempts till every proposed diffi-
culty is solved. This young Hernandtz, on the con-
trary-, never so much as approached a failure ; while the
most daring leaps were taken without a show of effort,
and with a cheerful smiling countenance. Judging from
his appearance, we should say he was under 14 years of
age ; but, young as he is, he has brought an elegance
and a " poetry of motion" into the art of equitation
which has for a long time b.'en unknown at Astley'e.
lie was twice called, amid raptures of applause, by a
crowded audience.

(From the Chronicle.)
A young American rider, described as " Young
Hernandez," made his first appearance at this favourite
place of amusement last night, with decided success.
He is a youth, to all appearance about fourteen years of
age, finely formed, and with a handsome countenance.
His style of riding is remarkably fearless; and
it combines with feats of agility and strength, many
of which are unprecedented, a singular graeefulness,
which, together with the confidence he inspires,
renders his performance very surprising and agreeable.
Ameng his various feats is one requiring great strength
and skill. On a horse running at full spetd, he
jumps backwards, over three flags spread out abreast.
Ile also performs some extraordinary leaps on one leg.
Altogether, his performance is well worth a visit to the
Transpontino Circus. The rest of the entertainments
now given here are also very good. There is a srirting
Mexican spectacle, with real horses and all the usual ap-
ph knees. Miss \Voolford and Herr llengler deuce to-
gether on a double tight rope. There is a remarkably
well-trained horse, described as Mr. Batty's " Persien
Palfrey," which performs many surprising things with a
singular and pleasing docility; also a couple of good
clowns, one of whom has a well-trained deg, that does
all sort of things seemingly impossible to the canine
race; and, above all, there is still the immortal and ever-
juvenile Widdicombe in all his pristine glory.
(From the Post.)
The latest hippo-dramatic spectacle produced is en-
titled Corasco; or, the Warrior's Steed, and is composed
of a series of scenes, incidents, and situations, suffi-
ciently harrowing and exciting to satisfy the most en-
thusiastic devotee of violent sensation and sanguinary
catastrophes. The author has mingled all possible
appliances and means to promote the romanticism
of the transpontine playgoer. There are Mex-
icans and Spaniards, high priests of the sun, and
Incas and llascala warriors, and a distressed princess,
aad knights and slaves; and, though last not least., Mr.
Batty's highly-trained courser Beds, who performs a
most distinguished part in the affair, and not only serves
as a steed, but as a hewer of wood and a drawer of
water, and enacts such wonders that the bipeds of the
theatre must feel terrible goadings of envy at her unri-
valled talents, and the genuine applause she literally fore,
from the discriminative and appreciative audience. The
principal attraction, however, last night was the first
appearance in England of the celebrated American
equestrian youth Hernandez. Nothing so perfect of
its kind has been seen in our days, and his riding
is as much beyond the ordinary exercisees of
the circle as was the dancing of Taglioni above the
coarse movements of the ballet girl. There issh . and
grace,
certainty, and the most exquisite
marvellous tours de force are accomplished without the
least visible muscular exertion; indeed,t theyeresult of long seem rather
like spontaneous acts of volition than the
practice. His poses are varied as they are beautiful, and
are worthy the chisel of the finest sculptor. In form he
might serve as a model fort a youthful Apollo or an Anti-
movemeu
nous, and each
is instinct with artistic fuel-
e seen achieved by Ducrow in
his best days. eff-
ing. All that we,rivhe most celebrated coetinen-
tal riders, are transcended by llernandez. The house,
which was crowded, cheered and waved theiragin
haats,
andand
hanthterchio's,' and called for him again aA
threw bouquets, and committed every description of
theatrical enthusiasms—in fact, were literally " witched
with his noble horsemanship. Hernandez, although a
mere youth, is beyond all question the greatest living
equestrian, and may with striegent justice be styled
"The Genius of the Bing."
(From the Advertiser.)
Last night a singularly-varied series of performances
attracted a full audience to this very entertaining theatre.
Numerous novelties were produced on the occasion, all
of which passed off with decided &kit. The great hit of
the night, however, was the debut of the Young Her-
mandt.z, a very youthful American equestrian, asserted
to have been " pronounced the wonder of the world."
Without going quite so far, it is never-
theless sate to state that he is a very
surprising, Skilful, accomplished, and graceful
artiste. He achieves the un.st difii',ult feats on a horse
at full gallop, without apparent effort, and wit bout the
least hesitation, while it is always in a triumphant and
Lpleasing style. He is full of activity, lightness, agility,
aud daring; and he gained a decided and unusual suc-

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cers. He was twice called forward, and twice greeted
with hearty cheers, while bouquets in abundance were
bestowed upon him by fair tenants of the dress circle.
Among the other notabilities of the evening should be
menti'ned M. .11-chez and his remarkably clover and iri,
terestinp: little dog. Mr. Clarence subFecnently made a
fv.7ourab!e first appearance as Bob Short, in the farce of
Curiosity, which closed the performances. The house
was fully nttendcd.

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DESPERATE BURGLARY.

ONE OF THE BURGLARS SHOT DEAD.

Our readers have of late been almost surfeited with
accounts of burglaries and highway robberies. We do
not think that we have had for years to record so many
successful deeds of villany us within the last few months.
But an occurrence has just taken place which will pro-
bably tend to put a stop to the proceedings of the lawless
gangs who have infest. d this district so lung, and so
greatly disturbed its peaceable inhabitants.
Last Thursday morning the inhabitants of Littlebury,
Chesterford, Saffron Walien, and the neighbourhood,
were excite d to a reportable degree by a report that a
desperate attempt arburgisry had been made at a lone
farmhouse, about two mite:, from the Chesterford station,
and that one of the burglara bad teen shot dead by the
owners of the premises. The report turned out to be
strictly correct.
The premises (Streathall 1141) upon which the bur-
glary was committed constitute the residence and
farm-house of Mr. Nehemiah Perry, an opulent
and highly respectable landowner and occupier. They
ore situated in the parish of Streathall, about two
miles from Chesterford, the whole of which parish
is occupied by Mr. Perry, part of it belonging
to himself, and part to the arebdeaconry of Durham.
The house is an old-fashioned building, placed in a
lonely position upon a hill near the church, and at
some distance from any other houses or cottages.
Indeed the whole population of the village does not
exceed twenty persons, so that Mr. Perry's pre.
miser may well have been thought to favour the wicked
designs of midnight desperadoes, and other vile charac-
ters, who abound in the neighbourhood, especially as it
was known that the only individuals in the house were
Mr. Nehemiah Perry himself (an old man above sixty
years old), his brother, Mr. Thomas Perry, and one fe-
male domestic.

On Wednesday night these three parties retired to
rest between ten and eleven o'clock, leaving the doors
and windows perfectly secure. A little before one in
the morning they were roused by a noise below stairs ;
and the servant, fancying the cat had upset something,
was about to go and see what mischief had been done,
when she was met by Mr. Perry on the landing, who
told her there was some one in the house, and by whose
direction she returned into her bed-room.

We should here state that Mr. Perry is a man of a
great- deal of coolness and courage. He has been in
the habit, in consequence of the loneliness of his
residence and the frequency of robberies of late,
of keeping three double- barrelled guns ready
loaded in his bed-room, and has frequently ex-
pressed his determination to give any thieves a warm
reception, if they should hare the audacity to attack
him. Upon this occasion he took his stand at the top
of the stairs, armed with a loaded gun, and scarcely
had he done so when a man appeared at the bottom
of the staircase, with a lantern in one hand, and a
bludgeon or pistol in the other, and a piece of coarse
cloth over his head and face, with two apertures cut
for the eyes. We need not dilate upon the ghastly
appearance presented by such an apparition at such
an hour of the night. But Mr. Perry was nothing
daunted, either by the appearance of the robber, or the
instigation of two companions behind, who urged him
with some such words as these—" Go on, you are all
right." But not so, for upon the scoundrel attempting
to ascend the broad, old-fashioned staircase, Mr. Perry
levelled his gun at him and fired; the man fell, and, as
it afterwards appeared, was shot through the heart.
One of the robbers, seeing his companion*, cried
crtitt " Where, are my pistols r- kt4-0111fiy94.,,w1,12 ipyr
gisCols, * responded' ' Pary ""I idie•ftly y 66:"
'And pahlhg to his brother, who was now on the scene
of action, he added, "I have snuffed his candle for him.
You keep ready while I load again."
Disregarding a renewed request to "come on," the
,robbers, cowed by the vigorous measures taken against
them, removed their dead companion to the kitchen, and
finding that no breath of life remained, they decamped,
leaving the corpse there.
The Messrs. Perry, not knowing what might await
them down stairs, kept their post till the horsekeeper
came, about four o'clock in the morning, when the alarm
was given, and the premises were searched. Upon
the kitchen floor, quite dead, was found the body
of the luckless wretch who was for leading
the way up stairs. He had on, as already stated,
a course bag drawn over his face, and tied with his hand •
kerchief, with two eye holes in it ; a blue shirt, such as
railway labourers wear, was drawn over his dress ; and
over his shoes were a pair of worsted stockings, so that he
might go more noiselessly about. By his side lay a small
ash-stick.

It was now seen that an entrance had been effected by
the removal of part of a scullery window, immediately
under which stood a moveable plate-rack, which the rob-
bers appear to have knocked over, and the fall of which
awoke the inmates, and led to the fatal occurrence which
we hive described.
It seems probable that the robbers assembled first in
a barn about two fields distant from the house, and that
their number was five or six, for the footsteps of at
least four were distinctly traceable from the barn to the
house.

Various officers and others have seen the body of
the dead man ; indeed, on Thursday and yesterday,
hundreds of persons visited the place ; but no one
has been able to identify him, although some assert that
he has been in the neighbourhood during the past
year with a nut- stall and target. He appears
to be about thirty years of age ; five feet four
inches in height ; sallow complexion ; dark hair ; the
whiskers appear to have been worn large, but have re•

cently beeni;ery closely trimmed, and left very narrow.
He appears to have been quite clean shaved within a short
time of his death. His right eye-tooth is out. He had on
a white shirt, black and white neckerchief, one white
cotton stocking, blucher boots tied in three holes, cord
trousers, drab cloth double. breasted waistcoat, stout blue
cloth coat with pockets inside, black Paris hat, appa-
rently bought at Peterborough; a large pair of worsted
stockings, as we have stated, were drawn over his shoes,
and this plan seems to have been adopted by the whole
of the gang.
The courage and firmness of Mr. Perry are the theme
of universal comment. Doubtless if others of the gang,
had hid the hardihood to advance, they would have
shared a like fate w ith their deceased companion.—
Cambridge Chronicle.
An inquest was held upon the remains of the de-
ceased man on Saturday, when, after receiving all the
evidence that was attainable, the jury returned
tv verdict of " Justifiable Homicide," which they
accompanied with —an expression of the high-
est admiration of Ole intrepidity displayed by the
Messrs. Perry ; and, this sentiment was warmly re-
sponded t. 44 by the coroner and by the asembled Leigh-
boors, wbo cheered loudly when the result of the in-
quiry was made known to them.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
The following reply to the memorial presented to the
directors of the London and North-Western Railway,
showing the innumerable inconveniences of the through
traffic on the line being diverted from this town and
carried by the Trent Valley,
,has been received from
Captain Iluish :
"A memorial, numerously signed by the inhabitants
of the districts contiguous to the original or main lines
of the .London and Birmingham and Grand Junction
Railways between Stafford and Rugby, has been laid
before the board of directors. The importance of the
request contained in the memorial, and the respectability
of the signatures attached to it, call upon the directors
to assign their reasons for their being unable to accede
to the wishes of the memorialists. The Trent Valley
Railway was neither originated nor promoted by the
London and Birmingham or Grand Junction Companies.
On the contrary, they resisted it (successfully for a time)
tss an unnecessary outlay of capital for objects not at all
commensurate with the expenditure it would entail.
The demands of the public, however, and the determina-
tion of Parliament to shorten the route between London
and the north overweighed these and other considera-
tions, and the line was granted. It became necessary, of
course, to incorporate it as part of the Amalgamated
London and North 'Western scheme. The directors are not
aware that the reasons which induced Parliament to pass
the Bill, viz.—the reduction of the distance between
London end the whole of the North of England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, have lost all their force; and they feel
satisfied that, were an attempt to be made, as the memo
rialiets suggest, to close the Trent Valley Ine for
through traffic, it would be resisted by memorials from a
population very much larger in the aggregate than that
represented 'by the memorialists; while as regards the
rail way companies to the North, it would be objected to
as injurious to their traffic between London and Scotland
by the West coast.
The memorialists admit that fifteen,
minutes would be lost on each
Lt takingthroughthis calculi.
journey--prac-
tically the loss would be more—but
Lion, it will be seen that every traveller between London
and Liverpool, and Manchester, Ireland, and Scotland,
would sacrifice that time for the benefit of a corrpara-
tivelY small section of the public. With regard
to the accommodation now given to the dis-
tricts between Stafford and Rugby via Birming-
ham, the directors are not prepared to admit that it
is diminished. On the contrary, it has in many re-
spects been improved and enlarged. A
passenger leaving
London by the 5 P.M. express train can now alight at
any one of the second class stations between Birmingham
and Stafford; a convenience which could not have been
enjoyed under the old system. 0 her reasons might be
assigned to show the impracticability of reverting with
all the through trains to the old route, but it may be
sufficient to regrind the memorialists that the principal
through trains (with the exception of the express) are
the mails, and that before any change could be effected
it would be necessary to obtain the sanction of the Go-
Verntn(att. Entailing as it would an average delay of
n_(;_turyr half-an-hour upon a very large proportion of the
7F'tee correspondence of the kingdom, it is questionable
t mawur:ehtaer the Postmaster- General would, under any cir-
nces, consent to the change. In conclusion, lam
desireclto add that the directors
are fully sensible of the
importance of the__ districts represented by the memori-
alists, and it will always be their desire to study the it convenience as far as it can be done consistently with
the obligations they owe to the other interests claiming
i
their consideration as connected with the entire Londoi
mtngham Gazette.
Kid North-Western Railway."_

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We are informed that the works the Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, b
twr,en Chester and Moore, are to be resumed immQdi'ate, le-
y
Wad prosecuted with all possible vigour.
CORONERS' INQUESTS COSTS.—It appears from offi-
cial returns made to the Financial and General Purposes
Ccmtnittee of the Middlesex Bench, that from the Ist of
January to the 6th of February, in the present year, Mr.
Wakley (the coroner) held 123 inquisitions upon dead
......- bQdie-, the charges for fees, mileage, and disbursements on
am.r,l4rs3c, irrhich amounted to 3901. 11x. 10d. From the Ist of January
r...._ to.the 10th of February Mr. Baker held 148 inquisitions, the
%,-..,'M I- like charges on which ;ere 4891. 3s. 4d. In the month of
te • ~, •••• *- January, Mr. St. Clare Bedford, the coroner for Westminster,
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r,,,,,,,_,,,._4_,7,.. ', held 23 inquisitio. ns, the charges on which were 75104 10d.
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.. ,e;,..,,,,,, 0104—Ixtiuests, 299; coats, 9544 164.
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