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SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1810.

have not supported their former value by 2s to 3s per cwt;
ordinary and unclean sorts however have brought previous

Clark, Broad-street-court, Broad-street, official assignee;
Tyas and Son, Beaufort-buildings, Strand.
1 ,ELLIS GRIFFITH, skinner, Tramadoc, Carnarvonshire,
Jan. 5, and 22, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Carnarvon.
Widdows, Copthall-court, Throgatorton-street, London ;
Griffith, Carnal voi.
GEORGE BROWN, Lrewer, Bilston. Staffordshire, Dec.
21, ar.d Jan. 19, at elt yen, at the Swan Hotel, Wol% erhamp-
ton. Walker, Furnival's Inn, London; Harrison, Stourbridge.
MICHAEL STEWART WALLACE, shipowner, C, opus-
row, Crutched-friars, Dec. 23, at one, and Jan. 22, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street,
official assignee; Johnson and Farquhar, New Broad-street.
'1 HOM AS MARSHALL, victualler, Somers'-ilace West,
New-road, Dec. 22, at two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lackingtoh, Coleman-street-buildings,
tfficial assignee; Dimmock, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury.
WILLIAM SMITH, stationer, Bartlett's-passage, Fetter-
lane, Dec. 18, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 22, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Smith, Dorset-street, Fleet-street.
EDWARD HEMMING, needle-manufacturer, Astwood-
bank, Heckenham, Worcestershire, Dec. 22, and Jan. 22, at
eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham, Worcestershire.
Dawes, 15, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street, London; Cheek,
Evesham.
JAMES ROBINSON, scrivener, Kingston-upon-Hull,
Dec. 26, and Jan. 22, a' eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Hull.
Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn•square, London ; Holden, Huil.
HENRY LEWIS, draper, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire,
Dec. 22, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon.
Clarke and Aledcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Leman,
and Ilarley, Bristol.
WILLIAM HULKE, BENJAMIN HULKE, and JOHN
EA:IT DIXSON, bankers, Deal, D,,c. 29, and Jan. 22, at
e!oveti, at the Royal Hotel, Deal. Phillips, Size-lane, Lon-
don ; Gravener and Son, Deal.

rates.

St. Jago de Cuba, good middling colory bold green
fetched 72s 6d to 74; 6d, middling 67s 6i to 703, low
middling 62a 6d to 63=, fine ordinary 53s Gd to 57:t, g, od
ordinary dingev, 485 6d to 495. Mocha is less in request
and former rates were barely maintained.
This afternoon there was no public save of any kind, and
the transactions privately were on a small scale in both
East and West India for home coLsumption, holders how-
ever appeared unwillingly to submit to lower rates. The
Foreign market is firm, and the demand steady.
RUM, 11na:suv, and IlonLANvs.—Prices have yet a
downwrrd tendency for Rum, and both shippers and the
borne trade buy with extreme caution; of Leewards the
sales have amounted to only to 100 puns at a reduction of
id per gallon, for proofs 2s 103 accepted, 2 to 7 per cent
over 2s 101 d to 3s. The sales of Jamaica arc so trifling
that they are rot worth enumerating ; of Mauritius 100
casks have been sold at 2s 7d for 1 per cent over proof;

at public sale 25 butts, 43 puns, 116 hhds, Calcutta were
all taken in, 10 to 27 per cent, over proof at 2s 61 to 3s 2d,
being an average of 2,5 d for proof, there were buyers 21
under those rates. The arrivals of Rum have been large
since this day week, and amount to 1,600 puns and hhds
Prices remain firm for Brandy, but the purchases have been
on a small scale o-ly : we quote Cognr,c first brands of the
vintage of 1836 5s 31 in }Aids, in puns 53 ld, do 1837
hhds 5s ld, puns 43 11d, do 1838 hhds 4s lie, puns 48 9.1,
do 1839 hhds 4s 9.1, puns 48 7d '_per gallon. The stock
continues on the decrease. In Geneva a fair business has
b en done for shipping at l s 1 ld to 2a, and the home trade
pay 2; 5d to 2s 61 for fine qualit3. For British Corn
Spirits the elem,nd is dull, aad prices arc on the decline,
10i is the quota:ion for cash.
T;,-day the Rum market was flit, and proof Leawards
obtainable at fs 91e1 p r gallon.
Oti.s.--For Seal Oil both for home u,c and export,
luye7s have been compiled to p'y rather huller rates
eti s 311 10; to 3.21, yellow at d brown 261 103 a 3dl.
Cod 27/10s to 271 15s. South,rn at 24/ to 26/ for ordi-
nary and tine quality. Sperm first quality at 1061 to 1071.
Liliseed Oil t 26> on the spot, and 26, 91 to 27s 6.1 for
davery in the next 2 and 4 months, Rape pale swilling
in large parcels at 425, aid brown 41s. East India Cocoa
Nut 0.1, prices uncertain. Palm at 341 to 351 For
Olive, prices continue to improve. Spanish 581.
This afternoon at public itle 200 tuns Southern Oil ail
told at 241 to 26/1.5s for low and ffee quality.
SFICES.-oJlders of b!sck Pepper arc not diToscd to

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC 10.
TERRELL V. MATTHEWS.

The arguments in this case, vvirich were part heard,
were resumNi to-day. The case came before the Court
upon exceptions and further directions. The arguments
were not concluded when his Lordship rose at two
o'cleck for the purpose of attending the House of
Lords to prorogue P:aliamcnt.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 10.
PRESTON V. Guvorf.
At the conclusioa of the arguments on this part-
heard case, which came before the Court upon demurrer,
His Hosoua postponed giving judgment. We shall
give the particulars of the case when the Court pro-
nounces its decision.

submit to any further rcduction, 'and common light Su-
matra is not to be bought ❑rdcr 3.4 d White fetched 72d
to 9.4 d fcr fair and middling quality. Prices have further
improved Is 6d to 2s for Cassia Lignea, low middling at
84s to 85i, Iniddl,ng S6s to SBa, good s9s to 90s, and fine
thin quill is worth 91s to 92s per cwt. Nutmegs taken in
at 3s 9J for good middling consumers. In Cloves a fair
business has been done; Bourbon for shipping arc selling
at Is Id to Is I4d per lb. Ginger, of all kinds, is held
firmly. For Pullen!. prices remain fFrm.
TALLOW —Fur Petersburg Yellow Candle on t:ic spot ;
prices have improved to 47:., Od to 47s 6d. For delivery in
Spring roonshE 47s 91 a 45s per cwt. For South Ameri-
can 43s to 46; 6d for low and fine quality. Town Tal!ow
firmer.

This afternoon P. Y. C. on the spot at 47s 6d, and
for delivery in spring months 47,9 d to 46s per cwt.
Factr.—There has been a good deal doing in all
descriptions this week ; of Valencia Raisins the ar-
rivals are again large, but consists mostly of one
middling quality : among the :ate ar•ivals of Currants also
there is the largest portion of ordinary parcels; with Figs
and Sultan Raisins the rrilrket is well supplied, and the
importers are pressinr, sales at the qunt,cl prices, according
to quality :of other Turkey' uit there is but little ar-
rlvcd yet, but sales have been made at the -prices quoted.
TEA—Although the accounts received China are of a
highly impertaut character, still they have had on off et on
the in ices of Free Trade Tea, and the transactions have
been only to a limited extent for actual consumption. Spe-
culators have refrained from operating, being appre•
pensive that the taking the capital of CilUSall (Tinghae)
and other proceedings of the English forces, will
speedily bring about a settlement of the misunder.
s with the Chinese. At the public sales
on Tuesday the biddings were languid, and im-
porters a ith difficulty obtained an advance of id to Id
on last Friday's sales for Congou ; other kinds went at
former prices. 0 9500 packages cff!red only 4000 were
disposed of at the following rates—Congou, good mid
coarse but fresh 24 31d to 2; 3:413, but mid burnt
blackish leaf, rather fresh, 2s 41d, but mid rather strong
rata, r blackish leaf, and full fl'ivour, 2; .ael to 2a 41d, but
mid strong Pekoe Souchong flavour, 2s 41d a 2s sd, very
fine, 24 9d ; Hyson Skin, but mid coarse 24 Id, good and
full burnt, 2s 5d to 2s sd; Imperial but middling, 3s
to 3s 31 ; Twankay, middling strong, burnt, 2,6 id to
2s 61d,mid rather strong large mixed bloom kind. 23 3d;
Hyson, fine 5s 7d a 63, but mid coarse and woody 2s 8d a
23 84, Hung Alucy, very little scented 23 44 to 2s ;
Pouchong, good ord faint old and odd 2s 2d to 2s 2+4,
musty curled and twisted Ank 2s 4: id to 2s 62d; Young
Hyson, but mid strong 33 2d ; Gunpowder good 33 19d to
4s Id ; Orange Pekoe 3i 63 per lb. Since the sales the
demand has been very limited by private treaty, and rather
lower rates have teen submitted to.
In the speculative market there was a good deal of busi_
ncss transacted on Tuesday, and of Company's Congou on
that day nearly 3,000 chests were sold for cash at 2s 31d,
and in some cases at 2s 3;71d, but at the close of the day
there were sellers at 2a 3:1; since then the market has
been very dull, and prices have fallen to 2s lid a 2s ltd
per lb, and even thereat there aro few buyers.
To-day the market for Free Trade Tea was in a dull
state, and lower rates were accepted for the small parcels
disposed of, common Congou and Twankay for cash selling
t 2s lid to 2s 2d per lb. Company's Congou dull of
sale all the day, and the closing price on 'Change was
2s Ild per lb cash.
Ries.—There has been a good demand for Bengal, and
the whole of 5,792 bags at public sale found buyers at full
former rates, good middling white fetched 12; 6d, middling
12;, good and fine white sorts would find ready buyers at
13s to 14s, but of such few pat eels are to be had. For Java
former rates are asked, but the operations have been limited
privately at 9a to 12s for low and good white. Carolina
sells slowly for home use at 313 to 86s per cwt.

COURSE OF EX CH.
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 61
Antwerp ..............12 51
Hamburg... ...... 31. B l3 11
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40
Ditto, 3 months 25 65
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine —1491
Petersburg, 3 Us 37
Berlin
Vienna, elec. fl. 331 lO 4
Trieste, ditto lO 6
Madrid
Cadiz 354
Bilboa
Barcelona ... 351
Seville ... .. 351

INGE. —( THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar 4B
Leghorn ....
Genoa
Aldan
Venice 47
Naples 4O
Palermo, per oz 121}
Lisbon 524
Oporto
Rio Janeiro 2B/.
Bahia
Buenos Ayres —
New York, 21 days' sight 464
Philadelphia
PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Portugal Gold Coin £0 0 0
Foreign Gold, bars 317 9
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 ioa
Silver in Bars 0 5 0g

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

hips arrived since

s (I.i
A;lair's
Iludrll.'s West Hartley 2l 0
Carr 's Hartley -
Garestie'd
lywea Man 11) w
Lcaze'a Main .
Itussell's High Main
'townl,y .
West Hartley 2l 0
Wy tall/
Nails E d heivic e aneC
WLlls End Clennell
Walls End Clat ke and Co l9 ,
W 11s r'nd Heaton t.
Walls End Hilda t
Walls End Killtngworth ... 2
Walls End Perkins 9.1
W. E. BraddylPstlettoa 2: 1

SHERIFFS' COURT, GUILDHALLI IVor. 10.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

RATTON-GARDEN.
EXTRAORDINARY IN VESTIGATION.—YeSterdiIy Ce-
cilia Proudfbot, an Irish woman, aged 47 years, the
wife of Patrick Proudfoot, the owner of a potatoe and
coal shop, No. 20, Tash•street, Gray's Inn-lane, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. GREENWOOD, charged
with having beaten her husband in so shocking a
manner as to cause his death. The case excited cansi-

&rabic interest, and the Court was crowded to excess
during the investigation.
Polic.:3 Constable Chadwick, No. 15, G., being sworn,
stated that on Wednesday morning last, between one
and two o'clock, he was on duty, when he received in-
formation that there was a disturbance at No. 20,.Tash-

street, Gray's Inn•lane, and that the prisoner had
beaten her husband in a shocking manner. Witness
proceeded thither immediately in company of Carroll,
another officer, and knocked at the door, which was
opened by the prisoner's husband, who was bleeding pro-
fusely, and seemA to have received most severe
injury, vvEch he said had been inflicted by his wife,
who had bitten and torn him, but he would not
give her into custody. Witness advised him to
go to the hospital, which he consented to do, and
witness supported him to St. Bartholo►uew's Hos-
pital. On his road thither witness asked him brim
the accident occurred, and he replied that his wife had
' bitten hi►n, and that he did not strike her until she had
kitten and torn him. On his arrival at the hospital the
surgeon examined him, and found that his person was
hor►ibly lacerated and torn, and his wounds were
dressed, when he was put to bed. Yesterday morning
witness mule inquiries after the deceased, when he was
informed that he was dead ; on which he proceeded to
the hospital, with Sergeant Miles, of G Division, and
procured the followiDg certificate from the house sur-
geon ; viz.

" This is to certify that Patrick Peoudfont died in
the hospital from the effects of an injury which he re-
eeivrd. in the scrotum.

(Signed) "JOHN BosTocE, House Surgeon."
Mr. GREENWOOD.—Did the deceased say anything
else to you ? Witness.—He said, I have been her
husband '27 years, and she has done for me at last. lie
said this whilst the surgeon was dressing the wound.
He was a quarter of an hour dressing the wound. The
deceased bled profusely on h,s way to the hospital.
The surgeon asked the deceased several times whi:st
he was attending upon him, whether it gave hini pain.
The deceased replied, It does, but it is of no use for me
to complain. His shoes acre lull of blood, and his
trowsers were saturated with blood. Witnes, proceed• d
to Tash-street in company of Sergeant Mibs, and .on.
the prisoner into custody, when she said, that the) (the
deceased and herseil) got drunk together, and th;.‘ dc-
ceased fell over the bedstead and injured himself. The
plisener had had eleven children by the deceased, six
of whom were dive.
S trgectut Miles.corroborated this evidence.
IVhilst the witnesses were giving di< ir evidence, the
prisoner was quite perturbed, and ciesping her haw's,
exclaimed, '° On, for God's sake let me speak fur the
sake of ins children."

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC 10.
LONGBOTTOM V. ROGERS.
Mr. BUTT stated the case for the plaintiff. It was
well known, perhaps, to the jury, that in August, 1889,
a vacancy occurred in the representation of the borough
of Southwark, through the resignation of Mr. D. W.
Harvey, and great efforts were wade by the two parties,
the Liberals and Conservatives, each straining every
neeve to secure the return of a Member favourable to
its peculiar views. On that occasion 1‘1:-. Waiter, eho
had been previously Member for Berkshire, offered him-
self to the constituency as the candidate upon Conser-
vative principles. Mr. Rogers, the defendant, a solici
tor, whose respectability he (Mr. Butt) was not in-
structed to impeach, was employed as the principal agent
of Mr. Walter, for the purposes of his election. In the
execution of this duty the defendant found it necessary
to employ subordinate :Tents to attend to the interests
of Mr. Walter in the several districts of the Borough.
A person of great respectability and influence, named
Johnson, who bad frequently before been employed
ie electioneering neuters, betti in die borough of
Southwark and in the City of London, was chosen
by Mr. Rogers, to canvass for Mr. Walter, and to con-
euct for that gentleman all business appertaining to
the election, in the parishes of Bermondsey and Ro-
iberhithe, which acre known by the eppellivion of the
•• Along-shore district." Johnson thought that he
could not better promote the interests of Mr. Wa!tvr
than by securing the assistance of the pleintiff, who was
not only a warm partisan of the Conservatives, but the
son of an eminent ship-builder, and personally well
known to, and a favourite with the electors residing in
that district. Before Johnson engaged the plaintiff, he
took precautions not to, fix himself with any responsi-
biiity for the plaintiff's remuneration, and accordingly
introduced him to Mr. Rogers as the person whom he
ished to employ, and, with the defendant's. consent,
he was employed from the 10th of September, 1839, to
the day of the election, in January, 1840. The plain-
tiff claimed a very moderate remuneration, only 20/.
for his four months' services, and 101. for money out of
pocket. The Learned Gentleman then celled
George Baker Johnson, who stated that, in August
1839, he called on Mr. Rogers at his offices in Devon-
shire-square, B:shopsgate, by that gentleman's desire.
The eletendant then told him that he would put 201. or
301. in his way if he would consent to become Mr.
Walter's agent for canvassing the " Along shore" dis-
trict of the Borough. The witness said it would be
necessary, in the first place, to make the Prince Wil-
liam Henry public-house in that distr:ct an open house
in Mr. Walter's interest, and next to employ some per-
son to assist witness, and to write letters to the electors,
as he was a poor hand at writing. Witness accordingly
opened the public-house, and sent the plaintiff to Mr.
Rogers as the assistant whom he wished to employ.
'file plaintiff asked witness to settle the amount of re-
muneration he was to receive, but th:s witness refused,
saving that he must settle with Mr. Rogers, and look
to him alone. When te saw Rogers again, that gen-
tleman said, " You have sent me an odd sort of fellow ;
I think he was tipsy." Witness replied that the plain-
tiff was not a drunkard ; he was a man who had seen
better days—(A laugh)—he was afflicted with paralysis,
but was a very clever fellow, and an out and-out friend
to the cause ; in fact, if he had any fault, it was that lie
was too fond of the ladies, and it was his misfortune to
lie a great favourite with them.—(Laughter.) To this
Mr. Rogers replied, " Well, then, let him canvass the
lgs
asked,e Laughter.) Witness
then
him, or shall I Mr. It
answered " I will." The plaintiff was from that. time,
on ro r I
"Willg ia
younk 1 a
paydi es "
until after the election constantly employed, and was
very industrious and very successful in his canvass. if
all the others had done their duty as well, Mr. Walter
would have been returned. Witness always considered
Rogers personally responsible, as far as he and the ex-
penses which he incurred were concerning.
Cross-examined by Mr. Watson—Mr. Rogers gave
me at one time 51., and at another 31. 175., to pay for
expenses at the public-house ; but I told him I would
pay nothing, he must pay every body, and me too. I put
the money in my pocket, and placed it to my own ac-
count.—(Great laughter.) I told him I would make
myte.ll safe as far as I could, and look to him for the
rest.—(Laughter.) Mr. Longbottom is a very clever
man. He is a capital man to canvass. I sent him
round to the parlours of the public-houses, to see whet
way the wind blew. He is a Tory to the heart's blood.
He can speak up bold, and vcry sanguinary.—(A
laugh.) He has not lost his nose in Tory battles, or
battles of Venus.—(Laughter.) I don't know that he
has lost an eye. One eye is covered with a patch.
I do not know that many persons entered in my books
as promised voters for Walter, were dead at the time.
put down Colonel Geteskill as a sure vote, and be was
dead two years before.—(Laughter.) It was his
brother promised to vote, and I put down all the
Gateskilis.—(Renewed laughter.) 1 was W. out of
.pocket, and Mr. Rogers gave me in all but 101.
Mr. Morris, a printer, proved that he was employed
by Johnson to print bills, &c., for Walter, and was paid
at the defendent's house. He was not paid by the de-
fendant, but by a committee sitting there.
Other •
witnesses stated that plaintiff had been an
effective canvasser, and had procured a great number
of votes.
Mr. John Honor Croucher swore that he had been
engaged in electionering business, and he con-
sidered 201. a reasonable remuneration for the services
which previous witnesses had sworn to on the part of
the plaintiff.
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KNIGHT V. EVANS.
Mr. CHADWICK JONES stated the case for the plain:-
tiff. It was an action brought for the recovery of
the turn of W. 10s. The plaintiff carried on 1;11,i-
-ness as a printer in tho Cornwall-road, Lambeth, and
the defendant was Samuel Evans, better known as
" Dutch Sam," the pugilist. In the year 1837 the
latter took a benefit at the Victoria Theatre, and
on that ocersion employed the plaintiff to announce
the different performances and inducements to those
relishing such matters in the usual form of many co-
leurod bills stuck up in the various thoroughfares.
Owing to circumstances which must be fresh in the
memory of many, in which the defendant figured for
the amusement of certain patrons, he was obliged to
leave the country for twelve months, and on his re-
turn he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to three
months' imprisonment, thereby precluding the plaintiff
from seeking the amount of his debt during that tune.
For the defence certain receipts alleged to have been
signed by Mr. Knight, were put in and witnesses called,
one of whom proved that he saw him on one occaiinn
sign a receipt in full upon receiviug 41. lOs. and al bottle
of wine.
Mr. CHADWICK JONES, after calling a number of
witnesses, who proved that the s'gnatures attached to
the receipt were not in tfie handwriting of the plaintiff,
observed, in addressing the Jury, that on examining the
receipts they would fled that the signatures to them,
bore all the appearance of basing been attached
' by tracing_ or by sonic chemical means. So opposite
were the facts sworn to by the witnesses on both sides,
that the verdict of the Jury must impugn either party
as gross and shamefaced perjurers.
The LEARNED SERGEANT having summed up, a ver-
dict was returned for the plaintiff in the full amount
claimed.
Mr. C. JONES applied to the Court to have the docu-
ments impounded, as ulterior measures be j-,er-
sutd tviCrt regard to thew,
Mi. 3crgeal.t. ARAIHN 6;::d it SVO':id got b! s. i 1 if he
were to impound them, as they might come before him
in another Court, and under move serious circumstances I

Mr. Pollack, surgeon, of Hatton-garden, stated that
he was called upon to attend the deceased, between one
and two o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he found
him severely injured and bleeding, and be advised him
to go to bed, and have a solution which was made up
for him, but it was never sent for.
Mr. GREENWOOD addressing the prisoner, said that
it was a heavy and serious charge against her. She
was not bound to say anything, but she might exercise
her own discretion ;if she wished to say anything, it
would be taken down in writing, and used for or against
her at her trial.
Prisoner—l will tell you the truth. The fact of it
is, that a robbery was committed. My husband had
been drinking all the week, and he brought home a
woman to have tea with him. He desired me to go
and pawn a silk handkerchief for 2s. 6d., and said he
would give part of it to treat the woman. She (pri-
sneer) knew that she had 2/. Is. in her box, and he
thought she would not do it. Her husband left, and
went into Davies's, the Hole in the Wall, and got 61
worth of gin on the strength of the money that she
was about to give him. She took part of it, and went
out, leaving him and the deceased sitting together with
her (prisoner's) daughter, fifteen years of age. The
deceased was not aware that she had so much money.
The prisoner sent the girl out for some gin. It was
then about seven o'clock in the evening. The deceased
pressed her to send for some more gin, when some
words ensued, and, on feeling in her pockets, she missed
her keys ; and, on searching her box, she discovered '
that her money was gone, and she charged the woman
with having robbed her. The deceased asked her " how
she dared to charge an acquaintance of his with rob-
bery," and 1/. 16s. were found upon her, but she would
not give her into custody, and she followed her and her
husband to the Hole-in-the-Wall, where he spent 3s.
Mr. GREENWOOD—You are charged with biting your
\
husband, and causing his death ; confine yourself to
that point. Prisoner—My husband returned home and.
begin to scold me, and I went to bed to shun him, and
I tell asleep. 1 never bit him ;it was the tear of my
hand ; the children told me so. I did not feel him going
to bed. He got up and laid hold of my throat, and my
i children took his hands away. He then pushed me,
i and fell over the bedstead and injured himself. I went,
to see him at the hospital, when be said that I did not
bite him. He deserved what he had got, as he was a
bad, wicked man.
Waddington, the gaoler, said that he knew the hus-
band of the prisoner to be a quiet inoffensive man, but
the prisoner was a violent woman, who had been fre-
quently at this Court charging people, and he never
heard her complain of her husband before. He
was a stout, powerful man.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired of Chadwick, the constn-
. ble, whether the deceased was intoxicated as described
' when ho took him to the hoipital.
Chadwick said that he was not. He to'd him (wit-
ness) that the injury had sobered him.
Prisoner—He was drunk wh..in he fell over the bed-
stead and ruptured himself.
Mr. GREENWOOD said that he would remand the pri-
soner, and he directed the officers to produce the house
surgeon and other witnesses who could give any, es i•
deuce Sy the next examination of the prisoner. She
was taken from the bar much agitated and excited.
The officers inquired of Mr. Greenwood relative to
their attendance before the Coroner with the prisoner.
Mr. GREENWOOD said that he would not advise with
them upon that subject, as the Coroner's Inquest was
quite an ind.•pendent tribunal.
Last night an inquest was held on the body, when a
verdict of '• Death by Misadventure" was recorded.

El/ EN LNG EDITION.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. same to be paid upon compleion of the buildings for
the Normal School and the Model Rural &101 a.%
An amendment was "unposed that the sum of
500
siJ4d be granted to-the Society instead of 1,000./.,
es rcc:-Anmeruled by the Report, and a vcry.ch ended
lonf;
cussion took phee, followed by a division, vvlo
be a considerable majority in favour of the Lt eport.—

Yesterd iy a Court was held for the dispatch of

busness.

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
The Chairman of the City Lands Committee brought
up the Report, on the reference to reconsider the Re-
port for building on ground at the west end of Cheap-
side. The Report stated that the Committee had re-
considered the subject, and directed the Cierk of the
City's Works to propose an amended plan for letting

jollrned.

LETTER FROM A SEAMAN :‘-)l4'
THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE TO HIS 17.4-
TI114:R AT PLYMOUTH.

the said ground according to an improved line, which he
has since done ; and the same having been approved
by the Committee, they are of opinion that it would be
desirable that the said vacant ground should be let on
building leases, according to the amended plan, whereby
an opportunity would be afforded of extending the im-
provemen s, at a future period, as far as Panyer'i-alley.
It is necessary to mention, that this recommendation of
the Committee, if adopted, would have the effect of.fill-
ing up tie open space near the Post-office, and thus
prevent the grand improvement contemplated of show-
ing a perfect view of St. Paul's Cathedral from St. Ma-
r, tin's:le-Grand.

The CHAIRMAN baring moved that the Report be
agreed to,
Mr. R. L. JONES said that he had had the satisfac-
tion, upon two former occasions, to prevent a similar
recommendation from being carried into execution, and
he trusted that he should be equally successful at the
present moment, for the sake of the character of the
Court, to whose aid the public looked with confidence,
judging from what had already been accomplished, lor
carrying out improvements of utility and splendour.
Every one who approached the neighbourhood of St.
Paul's, admitted that it was disgraceful to the metropo-
lis that so noble an edifice should be so completely ea-
closed that its proportions could not be properly
seen, and it was expected that Government would speed-
ily direct that, at a period when the spirit of improve-
ment was at work in every other part of the metropolis.
a commenerment should be made at the western termi-
nation of Chcapside. His object was to induce the
Corporation to abstain from filling up the spice until
the Government could interfere, as he had good rea-
sons to believe they would.—(Hear, hear.) He then
moved that the Report should be laid on the table.
Mr. Norms seconded the amendment.

Mr. BURTON supported the amendment. If they re-
solved upon building on the vacant space, they reght
eery soon afterwards fee under the necessity of pulling
doWn what they rose, end thus resemble those who
ere ited gients that they mlglit kill them.—(A laugh.)
Ths, advantages n islme from throwing open an area hy
me 115. ut w tmiclt the Celle:dr:o arel the Pe=st-effic—eeuld
he vi Leeed at frIC `, w,el{7l he. very greet ; aeld he
truAed that the Court would not allow so preposterous
a course to be adopted as had been just recommended.
Mr. EDKINS said there ,night he ground fie. del tt, if
there-existed any re is,n,b!e expectation that the Ge-
vernmeot would cause the improvement to be made ;
but he saw no reason for entertaining any hope ; the ex-
pense to be incurred by the change would be enormou,.
Sir P. LAURIE was most decidedly in favour of the
amendment. Every opportunity should be seized for
giving free air to the City, which was in several places
shut up in lanes and allieys, greatlyto the prejudice of the
public health. He regretted that in Paddington there
began to appear a disposition to build tall houses in nar-
row streets ; and in one part of the neighbourhood to
which the name of New Zealand had been given, the
miserable principle was adopted to such an extent that
the light as well as the air of heaven were almost com 7
pletely shut out, That part, ton, consisted of Church-
lands.—(Hear.) Now the City ought to follow the
example of George IV., who had caused such improve-
ments in Regent-street and the Strand, and other parts
at the west end of the town, as were alone sufficient to
establish a claim to the gratitude of posterity.
Mr. ANDERTON hoped that not only the improve-
ment which Mr. Jones wished to see accomplished
near St. Paul's would take place, but that a portion
of the ground near Ludgate.hill would be also made
subject to a plan for more completely securing the
public convenience. He hoped that the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Bishop of London would not
interpose any objection.
Mr. R. TAYLOR spoke also in favour of the amend-
ment. To agree with the recommendation of this Re-
port would tend to great inconsistency. He bad been
opposed to the plan of taking down the old houses,
for he thought at the time that it would be absurd
to remove the old buildings from which profits were
derived till a plan should be prepared for the im-
provement of the neighbourhood. That step, however,
having been taken, it would b 3 but adding one misfor-
tune to another, to fill up the space so prematurely
formed.—(Hear, hear.) He agreed with Sir Peter
Laurie in thinking that as free a circulation as
possible should be given to the air, and that the
example of the West-end of the town as to
street improvements should not be neglected. He
looked also with much satisfaction to what had been
accomplished in the east end by Mr. R. L. Jones, and
he hoped that the beautiful proportions of St. Paul's
would soon be thrown open to the public. After
suggesting other changes in the vicinity, likely, in his
opinion, to add vastly to its convenience and elegance,
he said that he felt much gratification in supporting the
amendment.
Mr. HALL said that the Committee looked very na-
turally to the enormous expense which the throwing
open of the space required for the improvement would
occasion. It could not be expected under the sum of
100,0001 ,or more. There were other parts of the
City too, in which improvements were more immediately
necessary.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUNTER said that in his opinion the City would
not at all suffer by the removel of as many houses as
should be required to effect the improvement. As they
were improving the cast end of Cheapside by building a
Royel Exelinee, they ought to i nprove the west end
by throwiee (Ten nue the firs! buildings mn time count re.
Mr. KING Said that the improvement spoken of
would, he was sure, if effected upon the scale described
to him, cost at any rate 12e,000/. He condemned
the idea or improvine at such an enormous charge, at
a time, too, when the condition of Watliog,street was
such that a person c.uld ,c,ircely walk or ride through
it without danger.—( Hear, heat.)
Mr. R. L. JONES Said he no doubt whatever that
Parliament would sanction the improvements in the
neighbourhood of St. Paui's.
Mr. BEDFORD said that the City proceeded in its
improvements, especially in Newgate-street and Far-
ringdon-street in a waggoner's pace, when they ought to
be, according to the spirit of the times, pushing on with
railroad speed.
Alderman T. WOOD said it was the universal com-
plaint that no opportunity was afforded of taking a
proper view of one of the finest buildings in the country.
He argued upon the inconvenience which would re-
sult from building upon the space to-morrow, and
learning immediately afterwards that Parliament deter-
mined upon doing that for which they would not wait.
It should be considered too that but one-third of the
property to be affected by the improvement belonged to
the• City, while two-thirds belonged to the Govern-
ment.—(Hear, hear.)
The question was then put, and Mr. Jones's amend-
ment WAS carried by a very large majority.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.

Mr. Nomits brought up the Report of the Corn,
Ccal, and Finance Committee, upon the petition of the
Brtish and Foreign School Society, praying for pecu-
niary assistance to carry out the objects of the In-
stitution.
The Report stated that the Society was established
in 1808, for promoting the daily instruction of the
children of the labouring poor on Scriptural and com-
prehensive principles. The average annual income of
the Society, arising from subscriptions and donations and
auxiliary associations, amounts to about 2,5001., exclusive
of sums derived from various other sources, the whole
of w'aich is expended in carrying on its operations. That
in the model schools upwards of 900 children are daily
in attendance, and since their establishment 50,520
have been received therein. That in the normal de-
partment more than 2,000 teachers have been selected
and trained ; the number of teachers received for in-
struction during the past year was 192, and 42 were on
11 the establishment at its commencement ; of these 86 had
been appo.nted to boys' schools, and 68 to girls' schools ;
1:3 have been connected with Societies promoting edu-
tion in foreign parts ; 54 been withdrawn for want of
talent or energy ; and 27 were recently in training.
That the local schools in London alone contain
20,844 scholars, and in the colonies every effort
has been made to establish schools upon the plan
adopted by the Society, with signal success. That
the Society arc now proceeding with the erection
of a new normal school, for the purpose of affording in-
struction, in various branches of useful knowledge, to
persons whO, having first been selected on account of
their unblemished character, and efficient talent for
teaching, are hereafter to be, if qualified, recommended
as instructors of the children of the poor ; and the
Committee of Management have made tneinselvts re-
sponsible for the cost of erecting buildings capable of
permancatly accounnodating with board and lodging at
least sixty resident conductors, together with lib: ao
and lecture rooms sullicieotiy extensive for the instru,-
tion of a much larger nun ber. That the estimated e-
pense of the erection of the proposed normal school is
upwards of 15,000/. ; and the completion of the whole,
including both the male and female departments, toge-
ther with the establiOurient of a model rural se.l,o"'
v,lll upNArds of 20,0001., towards
which the suns of 12,0001., including 5,0001, irons
the Parliamentary grant, has been raised, and for the
remainder the Committee of the Society arc respon-
sible.
eenaenrte
That the Committee having attentively consi-
dered the subject, cannot refrain from expressing their
conviction of the vast importanceef
beingthe
eminently
measures
in which the Society was engaged, as
calculated to advance the best interests of the human
race, by bestowing on he ef tLa poor a use.
ftsi and scriptural education; and g
.oeln of cpmiGr, that
Sofic:ty Merits, in nu the
nance and liberal support of the Court, now moved that
the sum of 1,000/. be granted in aid of its funds, the

MY DEAR FATIIER,--I have received your vteleml"'
letter, and happy to hear all our dear family are well,
as I am at present, although I must say
since I last
wrote to you we have bad some sharp work for the
eyes, I do assure you. First and foremost we took.
Sidon.
I was ashore with the Royal Marines, whom
we call jollies, and right jolly fellows, be!iev° me' they
as the Egyptians
arc for fighting, know to their costa
but now 1 must tell you, as far as I can learn from th
Marines, their officers proposed to send out skirn;isbers
to cover their men while they formed a landing, ant' go
'
on in what they call sections of threes, or quarter oh'
cant column. ;But our brave Commodore, who is call:.
mefissymatae, stsoitleavitea
Cha:ley, "a rum one to look at but a rare one to g'
swore he would have no " parade nonsense," but would
make skirmishers of us all ; so off we set with thr'
Torks helter skeltcr, the Devil take the hindmost•
believe our messmates the Turks thought us mad• for
moment one of them shortened sail or logged he:
the
hind, the gallant old Commodore, who was without :us
old
Besatrrawa hat,han d, let
jacket, with his shirt sleeves tucked U. and ,at!
of your trowsers." Oh, it was capital fun, er4 a
pity they were not our saucy neighbours the °th
eir
aide of the water, that we might have tried to t.ilte
the shine out of them instead of the miserable half,,
starved Egyptian recruits, poor rascals,
vith. Poor fellows, I pitied them, hut it was 00 1.13U3
of ours. Next we went to St. Jean d'Acre, a 1114,,,t10
strongo. place, and where we cast anchor, at about '--,,
clock on the afternoon of the 3d of November, beog:
quarters, and away we rattled at the fortificatiousl-1411"
after the first broadside the smoke . as so tbia, de" 5.'
'
thing could we see, but we blazed away at a
some of us put four snots in the guns at a tiine. O'h!cod
made the guns kick and sometimes stranded And, ca!llve
lhliurrilede, ft
o wdoietusute
away the breeching ; but, as we were determinfienoe
to Ito
them a good close, we did not stand unon trifi.'s):ol
we had iired away ahout two hours a most. wiek'',llbeir
from the G,rgoo st,nro.ship went slap bong into ' *
to
,'2.' -' ;1..;447. ;le of pow ler, hi ,w 1,300 men to /e;
upset their gun 4, and knocked the carriages t° pitaftery
on the ramparts, and killed their artillery-me° : 4
and would n't,
which no wonder th It they were cowed,
stand to their ,runs, and marched out of the Place' P°°.
devils. not
Some m'stakes was made br some of tbe shiPs
one
t,king their groper berths, and the Admiral fietimg. °nal
hung OUt the,sigo„
of the ships firing over into another, rite
ttialiknd\girseet
ooiniadt,io,neubtenatktlelioenokaaegotrino:ant,
many
oanthey had afterviO'"s .•
NA
great deal of cash, so I hope, rays- dear
guns aerciatsbt°r,egto' bll
you home tome prize-money,
these days. ailur
If it had not been for the blowing uP of the magi
our
by the Gorgon, as we had fired away airlic't at ted
powder and shot, they say, we should have att'lml3,o.
to storm it next day ; in that case, I think a great nu Bans
of us would lost the number of our mess, which ruel`___4,
being sent to Davy's locker, or if not to
'kinigdom rtsubit
the place was so devilish But 's we 8
k and rare
well," and we have had rare good luck
good fun, wil'icii is a rare thing
• dio their
The Egyptians stuffed bags filled with is° i. an
goy fore e
port-boles, and so could not train their
aft, and fired very bad:y„ Give my love to all .tit l'"1 •
From your loving son, .j.
St. Jean d'Aere, Nov. 6.
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