The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

N A VAL INTELLIGENCE.

WOOLWICI, DEC. 30.—Her Majesty's royal yacht
Fairy arri dat a gum ter past eleven, A.M., to-day, from
Portsmouth, and was attac,.ed to moorings opposite the
Woolwich Dockyard. She i, to be taken up to Messrs.
Perin's, at Depttbrd, the c ; st nctors of her engines and
machinery, to be examined; and any deficiency that may
be found to have taken place during her recent trips wilt
be made good during the winter season.
The only vessels building in Woolwich Dockyard at
present are—the Royal Albert; 120 guns, now hi a state
of forwardness, having the whole of her frame timbers
put together, and the greater part of her planking tim-
ber laid over the frame. The bottom or under-water
planks have been converted from beech-wood, and the
upper planks, which are 10 inches in thickness, of the
best English oak. The frame is also of the best English
oak, put together in the strongest manner. A number
of workmen are employed in preparing and fixing the
side pieces for supporting the beams inside, and Aring
the next year this magnificent vessel will be an object
of considerable attraction to visitors to the Dockyard,
as she will then be in an advanced state to show her
great magnitude, and substantial, yet elegant, appear-
ance.
The Nankin, 50-gun frigate, building under the new
slip at the east end of the yard, from a design by Mr
Lang, jun., assistant to the master shipwright at Chat-
hamDockyard, where the timbers are converted and
sent round to Woolwich Dockyard, has about one-third
of her frame put up, and a number of men employed
upon her.
The Basilisk steam-vessel, building on the slip next
to the Royal Albert, has only her keel and a small por-
tion of her frame put together, She is to be built
exactly similar to the Niger steam vessel, recently
launched from this dockyard, and will be fitted with
paddle wheels, the Niger being fitted with a screw pro-
peller, to test their comparative merits.
The timber converted for the Hannibal, of 90 guns,
has remained untouched for a considerable time; and
the Basilisk is building under the slip intended for the
Hannibal.

CORK, DEC. 2A.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Ellerslie, Harvey,
Callao; Jannette, M.Lean, Pictou ; Miramichi, Boyd, Quebec;
Sarah Botsford, M•Dowan, Clyde for Demerara, with damages
in a gale off Scilly.

FLANDERS MAIL.
ANTWERP, DEc. 26.—The two English
*steamers
Transit and Gazette, laden with twist, intended for Ger-
many, have, for the first time, taken their places at the
quay Napoleon, between ►he north musesir of the basin
and Fort St. Lawrence. We were well satisfied at seeing
these steamers so well placed, they landed their
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bales with great ease, as well as at the best port i
world.
The quay is very extensive, and only wants thespe„.„...
meta to be completed. Two more landing places NvOnO:j._%-',.4;.._
be desirable, then three steamers might easily L 4 pIIECZY
there—the railway station being but a short
from the quay—the goods might be immediately `p =''
upon the waggons.
Theilaniburgh Journal mentioned an instance of Qom, kJ
mercial probity which deserves to be recorded. dome
years ago, the house of Schlesinger and Co., of Ham-
burgh, became bankrupt, leaving debt to the amount of
150,000 dollars ; two of the partners went abroad, and
no more was heard of them. One set up a manufactory
at Bradford in England, the other went to Modena, where
he established a commercial house. The third partner re-
mained at Hamburgh, and became a broker. The affair
was forgotten, when a few days ago the creditors were
summoned and paid the whole of their claims. The
manufacturer at Bradford had returned to Hamburgh,
and in concert with the broker, who bad likewise been
prosperous in his business, he paid two .thirds of the
debt, and there is no doubt that the third partner will
follow this noble example.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 28.—We have just received the me-
lancholy news that Mr. Constantine Rodenbach, Charge
d'Affaires of Belgium in Greece, died at Athens on the
sth of Dec., at nine o'clock in the morning, at the age of
5.5, in consequence of an apoplectic stroke.
Their Majesties the King and Queen are to leave Paris
on Wednesday morning, and to arrive at Laachen on the
evening of the same day.
The .111 oniteur publishes a law, dated December 26,
proroguing till the 31st December, 1847, the law of the
18th June, 1842, which authorises the Government to
modify the regulations for the importation of goods in
transit, either direct or through the entrepot.
The Moniteur promulgates the law, dated December
24, by which the contingent of the army for. 1847 is fixed
for the maximum of 10,000 men, who are placed at the
disposal of the Government ; and also the law for grant-
ing provisionally the Credit of five millions to the War
Department for 1847. It likewise promulgates the law
for fixing the budget of the Minister of Finance for
1847, at 12,892,020.

It is believed that the Ring will be obliged very shortly
to set out again for England.—Brussels Papers, Dec. 29.

CANADA COMPANY

The general half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday, at the offices, in St. Helen's-place, at one
o'clock, C. Frankes, Esq., the Governor, in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN made a statement to the effect that
the total quantity of land sold was 14,976 acres, includ-
ing Crown re: erves of 7,797 acres, and grants in the
Huron tract of 779 acres. In the leases were com-
prised tracts of Crown reserves of 15,299 acres, and in
the Huron district 13,932 acres, making together 29,239
acres. The return for the lands sold amounted to
10,557/. ; the town lots sold were-ten, while 63 lots were
leased in the country. The receipts in Canada to the
23d November, of the present year, were 31,3441. cur-
rency, while to the same period last year they only
amounted to 26,507/., showing an increase of 4,8371.
The amount of bills received over done, including in-
_ .

terest, is about 160,0001., the necessity for using which
was not at present at all apparent. It was, therefore,
his duty simply to make a statement of the dividend on
which the directors had agreed ; that was 6 per cent.
per annum on the paid-up capital of the company of
321. 10s. per share, to be due on the 10th January next.
After a few observations, this was agreed to without
dif,sent.

Mr. ROBERTSON inquired wheth, r there was any in-
tention, as held out at the last meeting, of reducing the
expenses in Canada.
The GOVERNOR replied that the whole of those ex-
penses were but 6,5001. a year, and the serv;:ints of the
company, so far from being overpaid, were underpaid
fur their services. The dirt,ctors were anxiou, to re-
duce the expense as much as poseible, but in common
justice they could not reduce it in this particular.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired what progress had 'hem
made in_the railway?

The GovEuNon-replied that the railway in Canada,
I:ke.al other railways, was at present quiescent. The
object of the company Was to form a railway Communi-
cation between Lake Ontario and L•:ke Huron, and
there waa little doubt but that it- would be ultimat•dly
constituted; but there was a railway at the present time
in progress which would connect the city of Quebec with
Portland, and which would prove of great advantage to
Canada. As an evidence of the prosperity of the colo-
nists of the company he might observe, - that a sum
amounting to 7,1301. 18s. 9d. bad been remitted by six-
teen settlers; the number of emigrants during the year
was 32,166, showing an increase of 7,142 over the last

year.
To another inquiry,
The GOVERNOR replied that the railway was not
abandoned.
The meeting was then dissolved.

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.

MORE ACCIDENTS ON THE ICE.
On Wednesday afternoon, after a slight thaw in the
morning, the weather resumed its previous severity, re-
ducing the thermometer to 28 degrees, at which figure
it remained until nine o'clock last evening, when it
rose to 32.

HYDE PARK.—The number of skaters and sliders on
the Serpentine on Wednesday was very great. although
the ice was in the morning stated to be dangerous by the
officers of the Royal Humane Society. A young man
named Kirby, residing in Gower-street, Bedtbrd- square,
and a lad named Williams, residing in Shoemaker's-
row, Doctor's-commons, were both at once immersed in
the water by the breaking of the ice: they were, how-
ever, speedily rescued by one of the Humane Society's
icemen, aided by one of the parkkeepers. Two other
young gentlemen were afterwards immersed through the
breaking of the ice in different parts of the Serpentine,
but were saved in the like manner. A boy named
Walking, residing in Wellington-street, Blackfriars-
road, fell on the ice very heavily, and inflicted a severe
racture upon his head

Re Sr. JAMEs's PARK.—The ornamental water in St.
James's Park was on Wednesday visited by upwards of
3,oooindividuals. Severalimmersions and other accidents
took place, but fortunately none of any serious nature,
owing to the prompt and efficient assistance which was
available at all parts.
REGENT'S Para; Wednesday, a young man, namci
Griffiths, while skating on the ice in- this park, was sud-
denly immersed in the water, in consequence of the
breaking of the ice, and notwithstanding the immediate
assistance of several icemen being available, he could
not be recovered until the elapse of nearly three minutes
when he was brought forth, apparently dead ; but by
the appliance of the usual restoratives he ultimately re-
covered and proceeded homeward in a very weak -tate.
The number of visitors and pleasure seekers at Regent's
Park exceeded 4,000.
KENSINGTON GARDENS.—Both the long water and
the round pond in Kensington-gardens were on 'Wednes-
day much frequented, and beyond ea occasional break-
ing of the ice no accidents occurred.

VOYAGE ACROSS THE STRAND.—Prom the diffi-
culty experienced by passengers crossing the streets in
the crowded thoroughfares, it may be interesting to hear
the following particulars from the narrative of " A
Voyage from the Thirty-fifth lamp-post in the Strand
to the Shop directly opposite." Extract from log:
" Three o'clock, P.M. Cleared from the curb-stone,
with fair weather, hoping to reach the opposite side of
the street before dusk ; carrying main-top-coat and
reefed umbrella. 3h. 2m. Tacked Co post to avoid an
omnibus ; shipped a mud, which damaged the patent
bouts. 3h. 4m. Stitod to the south, coasting along a
reef of cabs ; nearly run down by a butcher's cart ;
passed a milliner girl in distress, whu had missed stays.
3h. 7m. Saw an apothecary's light ; tried to take au
observation, but the light was lost in a fog'of cabriolets.
3h. 10m. Rau into by a coal cart ; carried away larboard
coat•skirt ; stood off and on to wait for an opening in
the cab-bergs. 3h. 15w. Fetched the end of the coach.
stand ; baited a buss under blue colours and easy sail,
bound for the westward, rmking towards Kensington ;
hauled to the north-t sat, and. steered with great difficulty
among floes of waggons. 311. 20rn. Lighted a cigar, and
put en all steam ; hoisted the sp,ncer. 311. 301 u. Came
in sight of land, aeci two niinut,•s afterwards anchored
in the read, by

k, I rea- post

Punch

Two CIIILDREN ATTACKED BY A FERRET..---011
Friday evening, two girls of the respective ag6s of four
and five years belonging to a person named Howard,
living in the Old London Road, St, Aihan's, were
attacked by a ferret while asleep in bed. The mother
of the children, after she had put them to bed, between
eight and nine o'clock in the evening, went into a neigh-
bouring house, where—hear;ng the screams of her
children—she came home, and on going up stairs, to her
astonishment and alarm, she found the bed clothes
covered with blood, the children crying, and a ferret
fastened to the eyelid of one of them. ' The woman was
greatly agitated, but removed the dangerous animal as
speedily as possible. On examining the children, their
eye-lids and hands were both found bitten in several
places, and on the latter, the injuries were received in
the attempts to drive the ferret away. The affected
parts soon became much swollen and showed symptoms
of inflammation, and thechild
lidreerntiviqeermeeddieeparliavtetdenfotiro:
few clay s of their sight, but u
of Mr. Russell, they are both fast recovering. The
ferret belongs to Howard, the father of the children,
who kept it in a hutch downstairs, from which place it
made its escape, and found its way up stairs to the
children's bed.—Enex Herald.
INCREASE OF TITHES.—The tithe commutation
rent-charge has increased the tithes of the parish of
Northwood, in the Isle of Wight, one-third, and in some
instances one-half, of which the agriculturists loudly
complain. What was to have been for their benefit, or
professed to have been so, has had quite the contrary
effect; and the landlords have to pay 3001. fcr the
valuation, the rector being the only person really
benefited. The farmers should take care to deduct the
poor and highway rates and the property-tax, or the
rector may forget to tell them to do so, and take the
whole amount, though he is not entitled to it.
NIGHTLY SHELTER FOR THE 110IJSZLESS POOR.—
The committee of this association, on Wednesday, made
a report of the number of the houseless poor who, since
the opening of the three district asylums on the 14th
inst., owing to the fitel,mency of the weather, have
sought refuge therein. In the Central Asylum, in Play-
house yard, St. Luke's, 1,321 men, women, mid ohildre
have Lem admitted. The Eastern Asylum, Glass',ouse-
street, East Smithfield, 908 men, women, and children ;
In the Western Asylum, Upper Ogle-street, Marylebone
701. T 1 e total number of rations, during the same period,
amounted to 26,941.

THE USES OF FROST TO THE
FARMER. _ _

We extract from Bell's Weekly Messenger the follcw-
ing article, written by Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq.,

F.R.S.:—
" The effect of the low temperature of winter is u;eful
to the farmer in several ways. As, however, the good
which the frost produces is not so generally understood,
or its power so commonly assisted as is desirable,
e,let
us
at this period of snow and ice address ourselves to the
subject. The farmer of the heavy adhesive clay soil,
which are reduced to a sufficient degree of fineness only
by the most laborious exertions, is the man to whose
soils the frost affords the most valuable assistance. The
water contained in these clays, during its conversion into
ice in a low temperature of the atmosphere, expands
with a force which nothing can resist. As, therefore, the
ice pervades every particle of soil, its expulsion, es a
se ural conseqi one reduces very completely the clay
111,3 a very finely divided state. The farmers of such
soils, therefore, are much befriended by a hard winter,
like that with which we are now visited, since the frost
readily accomplishes that pulverisation of the soil whi:h
the plough and the clod-crusher can only very imper-
fectly and laboriously imitate. The action of frost on
many varieties of such soils, it may be here remarked, is
most materially aided by the land being deeply
ploughed, and laid up in higher ridges than are
commonly thought ncce:sary. By this plan, the frost
penetra'es deeper into the earth, and thus not only is the
soil more thoroughly and deep'y pulverised, but the de-
struction of grubs and other insect vermin is rendered
much more extensile and effectual. Many of these, it
well known to the entomologist, retire deeper into the
soil as winter approaches, and remain torpid during the
intense cold of the season, in places, beyond the ( rdi-
nary depth to which the frost extends. It is, therefore,
very desirable, that the usual effect of a very low tem-
perature should be facilitated as much as possible. The
action of frost upon even fish is well known, those in
stagnant fish ponds being peculiarly liable to be de-
stroyed in severe winter, This arises from two causes—
first, because, when the pond is completely encrusted
with ice, a supply of the atmospheric air, so essential to
the existence of fish, is intercepted; and secondly, be.
cause not only is the absorption of the air by the water
prevented, but the escape of the carburetted and st4hu-
retted hydrogen gases, always more or less copiously
generated in stagnant waters abounding with organic
matters, is entirely stopped •, and as these gases are ex-
ceedingly noxious to fish, this also conduces to their de-
struction. The gardener, therefore, knowing these
things, is careful to have openings in the ice daily re-
newed, through which the gases of the pond can e: cape,
anti those of the atmosphere have access to the water.
, " There-is no soil, perhaps, upon which the frost ope-
rates more rapidly and completely than upon those com-
posed of chalk. Chalk, when neatly saturated, we fine
by our own experiments, contains about 23 or 24 parts
of water ; and we can hence readily see how it is that
when such a large proportion of water is converted into
ice, it thus by its expansion so rapidly and effectually
pulverises the chalk spread over the land. It is to thi.
levelling effect of the frost that we may, perhaps, attri-
bute the peculiarly rounded smooth surface commonly
possessed by the downs of chalk formations. These
facts explain, too, why it is that the farmers who have
the most successfully practised the excellent system of
chalking, marling, or slaying light lands, have remarked
that this operation never succeeds so well as when the
earth is spread veer the land, and allowed to remain on
the surface exposed to a winter's frost. The essential
condition, in fact, to the sue .essful permanent addition to
the soil of such dressings is, that the adhesive earths
should be so finely divided as to he intimately combined
with the lighter and more sandy and gravely soil. If this
()eject is not effected—if the marl or clay is not thus al-
lowed to remain exposed to the action of the frost, and is
ploughed in in lumps, but little geed is derived from their
employment. The farmer then tells you that it does no
good to the land, that it remains uncombined with the
staple of the soil, and that " it sinks down" into the
land. This, therefore, is another instance of the success
of earthly dressings being sometimes entirely prevented
by the mere neglect of a due attention to the mode and
period of the year at which this most valuable operation
is best performed; and it is to this source that many er-
roneous statements, end much injury to the more
general adoption of one of most certain moths of per-
manently improving light lands, are owing. The owner
of such soils will do well to consider with attention these
important facts. The expense of marling or claying, if
these earths are conveniently situated, is much less than
is commonly believed. Mr. F. W. Overman, of Moulden,
in Norfolk, (who uses about 40 loads, of 40 bushels each,
per acre, on his sands and gravels) remarks:—" Land
will not always show the benefit it derives from clay in
the first crop, which is the reason it is condemned by
some persons; others dread the expense, which after all
is but little. A man to carry on his business well, and
to be always in season, must have a sufficient force of
horses; this will enable him to clay his land. Hs will
always find men ready to fill and spread at 3d. per load,
costing the small sum of 103. per acre for the permanent
improvement of his land." And he adds--" To sum up
the benefits of clay to land in various ways, it is by cor-
recting the acidity (the clay in Mr. Overman's land is,
in fact, a marl—that is, a aiatere of clay, chalk, and
sand) and giving solidity; by stiMning the straw, and
increasing the quantity and quality of the corn; by pre-
venting mildew, which this farm WU always subject to, but
which since I have clayed it it Has not been; by preventing
the turnips from beimo diseased by graping, and adding
that to the soil which thecloverlles, more particularly the
white or Dutch clover." (Jour. Roy. Agric. Soc.,
vol. iii., p. 235.) The correctness of the view of the
theory of clayitee and marling which we have taken is
also supported by the observations of Mr. Chas. Burness,
of Wobcrn. lie tells us (thif, p. 2.33)—" My system
has been to put the clay on the clover levs as early as
the crep is off. and then to get it broken in pieces as
much as possible before it is ploughed in for wheat. I
also lay it on the turnip fallows early in the winter, so
that it may have the chance of the winter and spring
frosts to get well pulverised before it is ploughed down.
This I prefer to claying on clover legs. In January, 1841,
I Bayed some laud, which was going to be a turnip hallow
the following summer, and in the month of April, when
I began to harm ow and plough the land, the clay broke
down, and slacked like lime, and worked in with the soil.
I did not see much difference that summer in the turnip
crop, as the other part of the field was sown at a diffe-
rent time, and I was not able to tell the difference ; but
this year (1842) the barley looks much stronger and
stiffer in the straw, and stands much more upright than
on the land which was not clayed. The quantity per
acre is generally fifty loads ; if more than this is ap-
plied, I should recommend it to be done at twice, as in
my opinion more at once would do harm, Nearly all the
light soil on the farm of the Duke of Bedford at this
place has been clayed, and a great deal of it twice, and
in every instance we have found its beneficial
effects. The clay may be dug from the pit at
any time when most convenient to the farmer, and if
turned_ over once or twice will mix much better with the
soil, but will be attended with more expense. ply plan
has been generally to dig and cart the clay on the field
at once." The good effect of thus exposing marl during
the winter on the surface of the land has in fact long
been remarked. Arthur Young, in speaking of the
marling of the land at Houghton, the seat of Lord Orford,
remark-, d (Annals of Agric., vol. xii., p. 51), " In marl-
ing or c aying h- has found that the longer it is kept on
the sorra, of a layer the better; the method he prefers
is to spread it on a ley of one or two years old (the latter
best), and to leave it for a year.' 11e period during a
hard frost is therefore that in which the operation of
marlingis with most advantage accomplished, for not
only, as we have already seen, is the intimate mixture of
the clay or other adhesive earths by its action then more
rapidly accelerated, but the labour of the horses in draw-
ing it on to the land is very materially reduced. The ex-
tent of this reduction of labour to the farmer's teams,
from having this work performed when time surface of the
frozen ground is level and hard, is not very generally
understood. The results of some careful experiments
made some time since may therefore be usefully intro-
duced in this paper. The following little table, then shows the average force, in pounds, required to draw a'
light four-wheeled cart, weighing, with its load, 1,00.) lb.
over the surface of different descriptions of ways :
Description of Road.
Force required to Move
ge.
Turnpike road, hard and dry the
l Carriab.
The same %I • dirty
Hard compact loam
Ordinary bye road lO6
Turnpike road newly gravelled 143
Loose sandy road
" These facts may be useful, too, in other ways to the
farmer than that for which they are hero adduced, since
he may hence very reasonably conclude, beet the wear
and tear of conveying heavy manures of all kinds, espe-
cially those brought from a distance, is much better ac-
complished during the period when the roads are ren-
dered hard by the frost, than at any other period of the
year. The action of a low temperature upon vegetation
is very interesting, and to this action of frost upon plants
I hope to be able, on another occasion, direct the far-
mer's attention."

DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS.—MEETING OF THIS
CLERGY.—ne alarming' progress which distress is
snaking in the metropolis, and the apprehensions enter-
tained that it is likely to become more general and ap-
palling, have attracted the attention of the clergy of all
denominations; and a committee of their number has
been formed for the purpose of making arrangements
for holding a general conference of ministers, in order
to deliberate on the measures which ought to be adopted
for relieving the existing distress. The conference is to
take place at Exeter-hall, and will be attended by a
very large number of reverend gentlemen of various
sects. Among those who are taking an active interest
in getting up the contemplated meeting, are the Hon and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. W. Champneys
the. Rev. Mr. Osborne, the Rev. Dr. Liefchild, and the
Rev.
Dr. F. A. Cox. It is calculated that the attendairie of
metropolitan ministers will not be less than 100.
THE WEAVIER, GLASSES BEWITCHED..—On the
morning of the 23d inst. the inhabitants of Cowes were
thrown into great consternation by the sudden fall cf
the quicksilver in their barometers (and there is hardly
a how. there without one); many of them had sunk to
28.06, and all to very nearly that point. The day was
overcast, and a light breeze from the northward; all
expected a tremend ,us gale, but there was only a light
breeze. On the 24th the day was fine, with very l'kle
wind, and the barometer got up to 28.70; on the 25th
to 29.80, with frost ; on the 26th to 30.32, the flue
weather continuing. No one can account for the great
depression.
DUTIES OF PROPERTY.—The Earl of Shannon
employs at present 400 labourers upon his estate at
Castlereartyr. He has purchased a stock of Indian meal,
which is retailed to them at a shilling a stone less than
cost price. HiS Lordship has also caused to be dis-
tributed among his tenantry, to the number nearly of
500, two stone of flour each, and a piece of beef for a
Christmas dinner. At the same time Lady Shannon
devotes her attention to providing clothing for the poor,
and otherwise attending to their domestic comfort.—
Cork Examiner.

MARKET N EWS.-(YESTERDA Y.)

HAY DIAIZiLETS.

SMITIWIELD.—Meadow Har, 218 s to 3117 s ; Clover ditto,
315 s to 4/ 165; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. A full
average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31 IBs ; Clover ditto,
31 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1183 to 11133 per load. Supply
tolerably good, and trade somewhat firm.
WHITECIIAPHL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3l 17s; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 51 ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load.
Trade dull at the above quotations.

NEWGATE AND LEADENE.ALL.
We had a very steady trade here to-day, and prices had an
upward tendency. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton,
Is 10d to 4s 100 ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 100
to 5s per 81bs by the carcase.
MEAT MATMET S.
SOUTH ALL, DEC. 30.—The supplies of each kinds of stock
being small, the general demand was somewhat active at a
trifling advance in the quotations. Beef; from 3s to 4s 40;
Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 80 ; and Pork, 4s to
4s 8d per Sibs to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, DEC. 30.—Prime Beasts and Sheep com-
manded a ready sale, at an advance of 2d per Sibs. The
value of all other kinds of stock was we'l supported. Beef.
from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ;Veal, 4s to
4s 8J ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 29s ; and quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and
Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each.
LEWES, DEC. 29.—Beef, from 3s 6d to to 4s 6d ; Mutton,
4s 5d to 5s 5d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per
81bs. A limited suply and a steady demand.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN
For the Week ended Dec. 31, 1845, made up ;ruin the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
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A RAILWAY PRINTING•OFFICE.—The capacious
building at Newton, cn the north side of the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway, known until recently as " The
Legh Arms IIotel," is being converted into a general
printing-office. A printing-office in a village like New-
ton, however humble in pretension, a year ago would
have been considered one of the greatest wonders of the
age. Wonders, however, do occasionally appear, and
one of the greatest we know of is the conversion, in such
a place, of a building larger than the establishments of
any of the metropolitan morning papers, or of the
printers to her Majesty, into a place for pressmen and
printers' devils. The fact, however, is that the London
and North-Western Railway Company, among other
amalgamations and consolidations, have contracted with
a practical person to undertake this extensive depart-
ment exclusively; and the house in question has been
selected as the best adapted for the purpose, all things
considered, upon any portion of their lengthened tern-
tory.—Limpool Standard.
THE NELSON RELlCS.—Captain Perrott, of Plum-
stead, near Woolwich, has presented to the United Ser-
vice Institution an interesting relic of the immortal
Nelson, for which he has received a vote of thanks from
the committee of council. It is a portion of the deck of
the Victory, which is now replaced by a railing and brass
plate, engraved with the words, " Here Nelson fell."
The piece of wood is finely carved into a mural crown,
and is a part of the timber cut by order of George IV..
when Prince Regent. It is now placed in a glass case
far the inspection of the public, with other mementos of
Vse illustrious dead.
MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total
lumber of deaths registered in the metropolis during
the week ending Saturday, December 26, 1846,
amounted to 1,268, of these 1,228 were from other causes
than violence, showing an increase in the number of
deaths from disease over the preceding week of five.
The deaths from typhus were 43—those from diseases
of the lungs and organs of respiration were 508. There
were no deaths from cholera registered during the
week. The number of births was 1,192. This is the
first instance for a great length of time in which the
amber of deaths registered during the weak has ex-
ceeded the number of births.
EIIYMNEY IRON COMPANY.—A special general
meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on
Wednesday, London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, fur the
purpose of confirming the resolutions and report unani-
mously adopted at a preceding meeting, held on the 1 t;th
instant (the proceedings of which:were reported in the
papers of the 17th), in reference:to the best mode of
raising the necessary sum to pay off the mortgage of
40,000/. to the Globe Insurance Company, and of
39,400/. on loan notes, for which the company was liable.
The minutes and resolutions of the last meeting were
read and unanimously confirmed, and the directors were
authorised to carry the same into effect. After some
conversation Mr. Coles Child proposed that a requisition
be presented to the directors requesting them to convene
a special general meeting of the proprietors at the ear-
liest period for the purpose of takine into consideration
the propriety of repealing the 13th clause of the com-
pany's deed of settlement, which provided that dividends
only could be declared upon the average returns of five
years.—Mr. Child said that this step was necessary, in
order to give full effect to that portion of his plan for the
relief of the company which had now received the
unanimous sanction of the proprietary.—The Chairman
(Mr. Wilson), Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and other
directors, at once expressed their readiness to act upon
the requisition to convene a meeting for the purposes
mentioned.—The requisition was at once prepared ; and
having received the number of signatures required by
the deed of settlement, it was arranged that the meeting
should, if possible, be held on this day fortnight, but, at
all events, due notice of the day of meeting should be
given to all the shareholders.
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE TO THE GOLD.— WeCIOCS-
day Mr. W. Carter held an inquest in Horsemoegtr-
lane gaol respecting the deatn of Thomas Harris,
otherwise Thomas Harrow, aged nineteen years, who
died under the subjoined circumstances:—The deceased
was a pauper, who had absconded from Epsom work-
house, and when he reached London he stole a sponge-
cake, valued at 4s. 6d., from a pastry-cook's shop. Ire
was detected, and taken to Lambeth Police Court,
where the magistrates committed him for trial at the
General Quarter Sessions. lie was conveyed to the
above prison on the afternoon of Monday, the 21st,
when the Governor found that he was in a weak end
starving condition from the want of food and exposure
to the cold. Ile was accordingly seen by the prison
surgeon, and removed to the infirmary, where he conti-
nued to get worse, and died on Sunday last. Mr.
Charles Meynaott, the surgeon to the gaol, stated that
when he first saw the deceased he was in a very weak
condition. llis feet were frost-bitten, and in a state of
mortification. Witness questioned the deceased, and
found that he had absconded from Epsom, and tramped
up to London. He had gone without food, and slept two
nights under a hedge in a field during the most severe
frost. He had extensive sloughing of both feet, and was
in a precarious condition. Witness, therefore, bad him
removed to the sick ward, where he had every attention
that his case required. If the deceased had rallied suffi-
ciently, both legs would, probably, have been ampu-
tated, as the only chance of saving his life. The
coroner briefly addressed the jury on the distressing
nature of the case, after which they returned a verdict
of " Natural Death, accelerated by exposure to the
cold."

THE NEW OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE ZION.
COLONEL PHIPPS, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO PRINCE
ALBERT.--The Store Tower, or Wardrobe Tower (and
sometimes called the " Bible Tower"), but, in reality,
Henry filo Third's Tower, which is in the lower ward of
Wildtor Castle, and nearly opposite the Deanery, the
residence for many yearn, until lately, of Lady Barring-
ton, will be the new offi,..ial residence of tl • lion. Col.
Phipps, the recently-appointed Private Secretary to his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort. This Tower will
continue to be occupied by Mr. Tutn' ull, Clerk of the
Works at Windsor Castle (in the department of the
Woods ar d Pot esls), until the Architect's Tower, which
is now undergoing con: iderabl alterations, by the addi-
tion of an extra story, is put into a habitable state for
the occupancy of that official, when he will remove fkom
his present r' sidence, which will then be taken posses-
sion of by Colonel Phipps. Lady Barrington, who left
Windsor Castle last summer, is now residing at Ramp-
ton Court Palace, where apartments were assigned to
her ladyship by command of her Majesty. Mr. Anson,
who will retain his appointment in Pr nee Albert's house-
hold, as Treasurer to his Royal High] • is, will reside in
the Norman Tower, formerly the offinal residence of
Lady Mary Fox, the late Housekeeper of the State apart-
'Lents at the Castle.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—In levelling some
ground last week at Bec-Helloun (Seine Inferieure),
there was found a leaden box containing some bones,
and bearing the following inscription engraved on the
lead :

" Ossa illustrissima D. D. Mathildis
Impt,ratricit infra majoro altare ro, erta
2 mart : 1684, in eodera loco collecata
Eode mense et Rime"
Matilda was daughter of Heery 1., King of England and
Duke of Normandy. She was the widow of Henry V.,
Emperor of Germany, and mother of Henry 11., King
of England and Duke of Normandy. She died at Rouen,
in 1167, and was buried in the church of the priory of
Notre Dame, where her tomb bore the following
epitaph :
" Ortu magna viro major, see maxima Partu
Hic jacet Henrici filia sponse Parens."
According to the chronicles of the Abbey of Dec-
Helloua her remains were removed to that abbey, and
buried sear the altar.—Paris Paper.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY AT MELTON.—It had always
been remarked that the crops upon a particular spot in
a fig ld situate in Melton, upon the confines of Ufford, a
part of the estate of Mrs. Barker, of Ipswich, were more
luxuriant than elsewhere ; and Mr. Mechi, the champion
of deep draining, having been lecturing lately at Wickham-
market, upon the great result, double crops, &c., to be
derived from the use of his favourite remedy for unfruitful
soils, attention was more particularly directed to this little
oasis, and a few weeks back the labourers, after pulling
some fine carrots, commenced digging, with a view of
examining the subsoil. They had not dug far before they
found a considerable quantity of broken tiles, of an un-
usual size and thickness. One of them was submitted to
the inspection of Mr. D. E. Davy, and afterwards
of Mr. W. Whincopp, who immediately pronounced it
to be of R. man manufacture ; and it was therefore re-
solved that the spot should be more fu:ly examined, which
was done on Friday week. A cutting was made about
twenty feet Hide and ten broad, and at the depth of
about six feet a large quantity of plain tiles, twelve
inches by nine inches in size, and three-quartere of an
inch in thickness, regularly laid over each other, were
discovered, and some fragments with the edges inverted.
At one corner of the cutting was found a large quantity
of brick earth, moulded into the form of tiles, ready for
burning, with layers of sand between each, sufficiently
indicating the character of the place—a tegularium, or
place for making tiles. A strong pavement of carburetted
earth formed a bottom on which it is probable, as ashes
were lying n?ar, the tiles were burned. Some of them
are in the possession of Mr. Whincopp, Woodbridge, and
it is, we believe, intended to enlarge the cutting, when,
possibly, something more valuable may be discovered.—
Ipswich Journal.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Matilda Boddington and Jenl,•in Hatches were egain
put to the bar on suspicion of having stolen a bundle of
male attire, which they were carrying acro,s Smithfield,
about nine o'clock in the morning on Tuesday last.
Hawkes, who is a hairdresser, was attired as a woman
in a lavender and white dress, with a black veil and
black bonnet. He had ringlets of false hair hanging
about his temples, and looked exactly the character he
had assumed. He had been allowed to put on the coat
and trousers his companion was carrying, to_see whether
they would fit him, but he was obliged to resume his
masquerading garb before he was put to the tar this
morning.
Alderman JOHNSON inquired if the policeman had
made any inquiry into the character of the prisoners.
The officer said he had, and he had found nothisig to
their prejudice. llawkes was carrying on business in
Bowling•green•lane, Clerkenwell, and was considered a
respectable man in the neighbourhood. The landlady of
the house where Boddington resided was present to
speak to her character.
Mrs. Slater, of Wingrove-place, St. John's-street, said
the prisoner had lodged in her house a fortnight, and
she had given her notice to quit on account of the late
hours she kept. As the room was not furnished she
was not required to give a reference. She had not been
guilty of any improper conduct in the house till this
affair occurred on Monday. She saw the young man
arrive in his proper dress, but he went away attired as a
woman with Miss Boddington. He changed his dress
in her room.
Mr. Alderman JOHNSON asked Miss Boddington how
she obtained her living ? The prisoner said she was
assisted by her friends, who lived in the country. She
had a sister residing at Fulham, but no other friends in
town.

Mr. Alderman JOHNSON said she had disgraced her-
self by joining in this adventure, and she must be very
careful for the future. He discharged her, and required
the barber to find a surety fur his good behaviour for a
year. _

His father, with some reluctance, became that surety.
The Court was occupied a considerable time in further
hearing a charge of feloniously stealing four plated can-
dlesticks, with snuffers and tray.
Mr. Alderman Johnson was assisted by Aldermen
Farebrother and Moon. Mr. Locke, one of the Common
Pleaders, attended with Mr. Jones, a volicitor, to sustain
the charge; and Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Moss, a solici-
tor, defended the accused, Messrs. Frederick and Edmund
Coleman, wine-merchants in Old Broad. street.
The previous evidence of Mr. Charles Green, of Assam
Villa, Forest-hill, was first read over, from which it ap-
peared that on the 15th instant a search-warrant was
issued, on the oath of Mr. Green, that the candlesticks
were lately stolen from his house, and were believed to
be lodged at Messrs. Colemen's. When Roe, the City
officer inquired for the articles they were given up to
him, and Messrs. Colrman appeared before the magis-
trate to account fur the possession of the property which
they were then charged by Mr. Green with having stolen
from him. It appeared, that early in the present year
the two Colemans, with a friend named Perry, and Mr.
Green, agreed to rent and furnish Assam Villa, and live
together. Servants, food, &c., were to be put down to
the joint account, and each pay his fourth share at the
end of the year. Perry became a bankrupt, and the ac-
count to the end of July was found to be 4121. Mr.
Frederick Coleman seceded, as well as Mr. Perry ; but
Mr. Edmund Coleman continued to reside at the villa,
as well as Mr. Green. About the end of November, Mr.
Frederick Coleman called for a division of the plate,
which was of considerable value. Mr. Green resisted it
because he was liable for the rent of the house and debts
to the amount of 501. ; and he locked up all the plate
in two cupboards in his bed room, each gentleman
having a separate room. One day Mr. Frederick
Coleman came down with a cart, and, in the absence
of Mr. Green, opened his cupboards, and carried off all
the plate, and all the furniture that was used in Perry's
room. Mr. Edmund Coleman was present, and assisted
in the removal of the property. Mr. Locke applied for
a search-warrant to seize and recover the whole of the
property, on the ground that it was a felonious taking
to enter a man's private room, unlock his cupboards, and
carry off what he might find there. If he had any right
in the property he must seek his legal rem dy, and not
resort to lawless force. Mr. Alderman Moon granted a
warrant, but restricted it to articles the private property
of Mr. Green, and which had not been purchased for the
joint use of the parties.
Mr. Clarkson now cross examined Mr. Green, who
said he was formerly a clerk in the arminghtun Railway
establishment, and then became an accountant. An
action was pending against him for detaining a bank-
rupt's books, but he should prove he had a lien on them.
He had detained another bankrupt's books till the Court
of Bankruptcy satisfied his claim. He had referred the
landlord of Assam Villa to Messrs. Vere. Had per-
mission to do so, though he had no account there. If
he had been advertised in,the swindlers' list he was not
aware of it, and should seek redress. He had employed
a solicitor to compound with his creditors a year ago.
He was nothing now. He had been nothing since Mr.
Henry Coleman lent him 1,500/. As to when he had
last any money of his own, Mr. Clarkson had no right
to fish into his private business.
Mr. Locke re-examined him, when he stated that he
was introduced to Mr. Perry to advise with him on his
pecuniary difficulties. Mr. Perry introduced him fur a
like purpose to Mr. Henry Coleman, who was involved
by railway transactions. He resolved to go on the Con-
tinent, leaving witness 1,5001. to speculate in ralways.
He bought shares, sold them, and gave the money to
Perry by direction of Henry Coleman,
Mr. Alderman FIREBROTHER asked if Messrs. Cole-
man retained the property they had carried off; or bud
converted it to their own use?
Mr. Moss said they retained it.
Mr. Alderman JouNsoet intimated that Lis colleagues
agreed with him that the taking was not felonious, he-
cause the Messrs. Coleman believed they had a right to
take care of the property.
Mr. Clarkson said, that relieved him from much that
he had to say ; but he proceeded to make some caustic
observations on the evidence of Mr. Green, He had
never in his life heeled a more impudent charge of felony.
Mr. Green threatened to make Mr. Clarkson pay for
what he had said about him.
The Magistrates concurred in dismissing the charge
against Messrs. Coleman.
Mr. Green claimed, and Mr. Moss conceded to him,
possession of the four candlesticks, snuffere, and tray.
Mr. Alderman Johnson was occupied the greater part
of the day with the further examination of Richard
Keys, the messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, who
stood remanded from Monday, the 21st inst., upon the
charge of stealing a large quantity of valuable goods
from the premises of Miss Wilkie, late of Fore-street,
wholesale milliner, where he was placed in
bankru
possession by the assignees under that lady's
to by
A boa, of the value of seventeen guineas,
and a vast number of costly articles were found
in the prisoner's house, South-street, New North-road.
The case was further remanded for the completion of
the evidence, and the Alderman proceeded to inquire
into one of the remaining charges against the prisoner
for similar robberies of the property of other bankrupts,
which had been entrusted to his keeping.
BO W-STREE 7.
A man named Timothy fflahony, who occupied a
miserable house in Shire-lane, Temple-bar, was charged
with suffering a poor family to inhabit a cellar under his
premises, contrary to the provisions of the 7th and Ith
Victoria, c. 84, s. 103 (the Building Act).
The charge was preferred by Mr. Boswood, the re-
lieving-officer cf the Strand Union, at the instance of
the board of guardians, and the defendant pleaded guilty.
Mr. Dowling, one of the guardians, described the
wretched condition of the cellar, in which an old man
and a woman nest several children had been living, with-
out furniture or light, and with nothing but a heap of
shavings for their bed. The place was desolate in the
extreme, and wholly destitute of ventilation.
It was stated that the defendant had pleaded his igno-
rance of the prohibitions of the Building Act, and that
he had received no remuneration from the poor creatures
occupying the cellar.
Mr. Mosely, another guardian, observed, that it was
not the wish of the board to press the present case, but
they desired that the liability imposed by the new Act
upon persons in a similar situation should be better
known.
Mr. HENRY commended the guardians and other
officers of the Strand Union for their general attention
to the interests of the poor, and adverted to the clauses
of the Act, which rendered the defendant liable to a
penalty of 20s. per day for suffering his cellar to be in-
habited. He regretted that there was not some better
means of snaking the provisions of the Act known
among the class of people whom these clauses were in-
tended to affect. Ile thought much good would result
from a personal visitation by the officers of the parish in
districts which the poorer classes generally resorted to,
with the view of communicating a knowledge of the law
upon the subject, and warning them of the consequences
of its infrigement.
As the guardian did not press the charge against the
defendant, his Worship merely required him to pay the
cost of the summons, upon which he was discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Thomas Te([ord Campbell was summoned before
Mr. Hardwicke for having assaulted Mr. Charles
Hartnung.
Mr. Hartnung said he was a watchmaker occupying
apartments at No. 47, Warwick-street, Golden-square,
where the defendant also lodged. On Monday last he
had occasion to open the staircase window for an instant,
when the defendant came out of his apartments in a great
rage, amid seized him by the collar, and after striking
him, threatened ho would be the death of him. The
defendant then armed himself with a poker, which he
brandished about, and renewed his threats of vengeance
on complainant. Had it not been for the landlady of
the house, complainant had no doubt that he should have
sustained further injury. As it was, hie shirt and habili-
ments were torn in the scuffle. The complainant pro-
ceeded to say that the elefendant was generally believed
to be not in possession of sound intellect. The defendant
had been in confinement for some time, and during the
period he had recently been at liberty, he had conducted
himself with so much eccentricity and violence, as to
afford ground for the opinion that he ought not to be
pe
dewrzrneiet toe-
ofd r remain
strains. t(hcooutut be
piaiinnagn
ts;ldaected underlaredhe some
t
in fear of personal violence, though there really
was no cause why the defendant should entertain hostile
feelings towards him. There were several persons with
whom the defendant had lodged present, alto had also
been threatened with personal violence by him, and who
would state their opinion of the defendant while he was
their lodger.

Mr. Ro-we, bracemaker, Air-street, said the defendant
lodged with him for a shor, time. The defendant was
very hasty in his behaviour, and had acted with m)
much violence in consequence of some imaginary of-
fence, that witness was obliged to say ho would call in
the police.

Mr. Tomlinson said the defendant had lodged with
him a short time ago. The defendant's principal occu

pation was looking through a telescope at the:stars and
giving odd names to his alli-ged diseoves ies or nt,w
planets. He 'weed freguently stand b,,tcre a I,,c,king •
glass, and af.er regarding himsoif attentively or a
short time would suddenly call out " What an ugly
I am."

Mr. Campbell, in defence, denied the assault. fie
was inconvenienced by the complainant opening the
window, and on attempting a remonstrance he was zs-
saulted. lie certainly did lay hold of the complainant
to protect himself from it:jury, but he released him ~n
being request( dto do so. "An outrage against feel-
ings, continued Mr. Campbell, "may lead to conclu-
slims, but it does not amount to an outrage in law. If
a person in a field wishes to shut a gate, and anotlh r
person attempts to prevent him, and is struck, this is an
outrage against feelings, but not an assault. This is
my case."
__

1 he landlady, Mrs. M'Cloud, said the defendant was
a very quiet and g,,od lodger. The complainant, on the
contrary, was in the habit t..f breaking the peace of her
house.

Mr. Hartnweele said, as the complainant swore he
went in bodily fear, the defendant must find bail, himself
in LW. and two sureti, s of 251. each.
William Freda. la -Norman and Charles Be oa &rood,
reported on the police sheet as gentlemen, it being whis-
pered about court that the former is an officer in the
army, were charged with knocking and ringing at
several doors in Jermyn-street, without any sufficient
occasion.
Police constable 133 0, said that while he was on duty
in Jermyn-street, that morning, about seven o'clock, he
heard cries of " Police," in a female voice, and on run
ning towards the spot found a female at the door of
No. 3, Jermyn-street, in her night clothes, aid the
prisoner Norman (who stands six feet high) endeavour-
ing to force his way in. The female told him that
she had been called up by a loud. knocking
and ringing at the door, and when she opened it two
gentlemen had endeavoured to force an entrance, and
one of them had succeeded, and was at that moment on
the stairs. He remonstrated with them on their conduct,
and after some time they were penuaded to leave ; but
immediately on quitting the house No. 3 they ran rigt.t
across the street, and knocked with violence at the
house No. 102, and rang the bells. Before he could
follow them there, they had left that door, and erossed
to the opposite side of the street, to the door of No. 15,
and there rapped and rang. He therefore took them
both into custo'y.
Susan Clarke, servant at No. 3. Jermyn-street, said
she heard a violent knocking and ringing at the d. or
that morning. On openin,e; the door the two persons in
Court asked for a party who she told them did not live
there, but the short, st of the two (Broadwood) pushed
past her and rushed up stairs, while the other detained
her at the door. She therefore called the police, and
sought their protection.
The prisoners, who seemed to be still under the power
of liquor, wore then called upon for their defence, and
Norman began a magniloquent address to the magis-
trate, and in the course of his speech charged the police-
man with perjury, in making such a charge against him,
appealing to the profession of which he had the honour
to be a member.
Mr. HaapwicK said their conduct was such that he
could not but visit it with severity. The ri
must pay 50s. each, or go to prison for fourteenp dayr. soners
The prisoner Norman craved the liberty of making
one remark. He begged to know of the mnistrate
what means of redress he could have against the
constable, for he was determined to represent his conduct
to the Commissioners of Police.
Mr. HARDWICK said the conduct of the prisoners had
been most improper, and the constable had done his
duty in a praiseworthy manner; but he (Mr. Hardwick)
did not sit there to give advice, but to give judgment on
the case before him.
A most respectably dressed, and modest ke.king,
yourg lady was brought up under the follossing circum.
stances :

Mr. Marchand, the pawnbroker, 438, Oxford street,
said the young holy in Court brought to his shop lust
night aChantillyveil, and a pearl necklace and ear.iings,
which she etrered in pledge, the veil for 2s 61, and the.
other articles for 30s. conside_red the veil, being of
lace, was worth at least two guineas, and, therefore,
sus-
pected,
from tl,e low pries, she asked, she had not come
into possession of the- articles in a proper way. lie
questionvd her, and us reranswers were not satisfactory,
t;e desired her to send the person from whom she had
had them, and ordered his shop•boy to follow her. He
went this morning to a chfice-shop in Seymour-street,
Euston-square, where the young lady slept last night,
to inquire into her statement further, and as he could
not get a more satisfactory account, he felt it necessary
to give her into custody. He said she had given him
the names of some must respectable parties.
The defendant, in answer to a number of questions
from the rna7istrate, said she had concealed her name
on Wednesday night from a wish to avoid discovering her
friends, who were most respectable. The veil was okl-
fashioned, she said, and she did not expect it was worth
more ; both it and the pads had been is her possession
since her mother's death, which occurred eleven 3 ears
ago. She added, that though her father lived in the
neighbourhood of Londcn, she was living in the country,
and quite a stranger in London.
Mr. Marchand said that some miniatures and other
small articles of value, all in the same bag from which
the veil and the necklace were taken, excited his sus-
picion the more; but takeit in connexion with the ac-
count which had now been given, the bag itself
being old-fashioned, it gave the story an appearance
of truth. He knew the parties well to whom the young
lady had referred, and offered to accompany her to their
residence on the Surrey side of the water.
Mr. HanDwicK, after consulting with the clerk of
the court, said he was s,.rongly impressed with the
truth of the statement which had been made. Mr.
Marchand, however, had acted quite properly. He
requested Mr. Marchand, according to his offer, to go
with the young lady, in order to satisfy himself of the
correctness of her statement.
A donation of 5/. from G. H. C., was received in aid
of the poor-box. _

LAMBETH.
John Robert Lee Middleton, a young man, who had
been apprehended on a warrant that morning, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of
committing a gross outrage in the house in whch he
lodged.

Games, who attended on behalf of the prisoner,
submitted, upon his client being put to the bar, and the
complainant not appearing to make the charge, that the
friends of the former had wade a fair and suitable com-
pensation to the latter for theinsult offered and injury
done to her, and under the circumstances he hoped the
prisoner might be discharged.
Mr. ELLIOTT replied that the prisoner's offence was of
too serious a character to permit of a private arrange-
ment. In fact, he had been guilty of a very serious
outrage and assault upon an infirm woman, deprived of
her sight, as well as one also upon a little girl who slept
with her ; and, therefore, the case must be heard in the
usual way.
Shortly after the complainant made her appearance,
and the case was proceeded with. From the state-
ment it appeared, that she was blind and had
bean confined to her bed for the last five weeks,
from illness, at her lodging, 5, Lambeth square. On
Saturday morning, about four o'clock, the prisoner, who
was a lodger in the house, came home, forced her bedroom
door open, and threw himself upon the bed, upon
which she and a little girl, the daughter of her nurse,
were sleeping, He first assaulted the girl in en im-
proper manner, and then attacked her. She resisted
him as well as her strength would allow her, and got
out of bed, but he caught her, tore her nightdress, and
flung her on the bed again. She called out for assist-
ance, and sent the little girl down for the landlady, but
the latter did not come to her, and she (eomplai;.a ii)
ultimately managed to get away from him, but how she
scarcely knew, and went down stairs.
In her cross-examination by Mr. Games, the witness
admitted that after going down stairs on the morning in
question, and after the alleged outrage, she had drunk
some brandy and water, which had been sent for by the
prisoner, but added that she had done so at the earnest
request of Mrs. Poulter. She also admitted having re-
ceived 21., and had a promise of a third pound from a
friend of the prisoner, as a compensation for the offence
and the injury done to her bet and other things in her
apartment by the prisoner.
Mr. Games submitted that this admission put an end
to the case.

Mr. ELLIOTT thought otherwise, and elicited from the
witness that she had been recommended by her friends
to take the money; first, in consequence of ter bad
health and her confined means; and next, in considers
tion of the mother of the prisoner, who was represented
to be a very respectable woman, to whom a prosecution
would be a very serious injury.
The little gill who slept with the last witness deposed
to having been a.saulted herself; in the first instance,
and described tha pris'mer's disgusting conduct on the
occa,ion.
For the defence, Mrs. Poulter, the landlady of the
house, and her brother, were called, but their evidence
did not contradict the testimony of the witnesses for the
complainant.

After hearing them,
Mr. ELLIOTT regretted he had not the po to deal
with the case as it really deserved, by sendin
se
g the pri-
soner to the treadmill. By sending the ce to the
jsessions lie feared, from what had already occurred, that
ustice would be defeated, and he should, under all the
circumstances, take it on himself to dispose of it sum-
marily. In doing this, he should impose the highest
penalty the law permitted, namely, 5/. for each assault
on the little girl and the poor bliud woman, or four
months' imprisonment.
Mr. Games applied to the magistrate to order the com-
plainant to give back -the 21. which she accepted as a
compensation; bu:, he refused to do so, remarking that
she was entitled to it fur the injury done to the propel ty
in her room.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ELEC-
TION OF COMMODORE.—Some of the members of
the squadron have called a special meeting of
the members for the 20th of January next, at the
Thatched house Tavern, to elect a new commodore, but
the members generally object to its taking place nt a
time when it is inconvenient for the greater number to
be present, and think that all have an equal right to
vote, and that the annual Eeneral meeting is the ,)111.y
proper time for the election to take place. At present a
great many members are in Ireland, and the great ma
jority at a distance fr:-.ln London.; no that out of 160
members, not more then twenty will attend the upecial
meeting.

TuE QuESN's BOUNTY.—Wednesday Mr. Bedford
concluded at the Grange, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, an adjourned inquest on Mary Phillips, aged 70.
From the evide'ice it appeared that the deceased had re-
ceived Bs., the Queen's Bounty, on Saturday week ; th.tt
she was very drunk the day afterwards, and that on the
following day Monday, 41i,t was found lying dead with
her skull fractured at the step of a door in Twedger's-
alley, Milford-lane, Strand. Verdict accordingly.