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at full terms, witmore inclination to buy than to sell. /
From Malta our letters are of the 24th of March ; in
consequence of the very reduced stte of the stock of •
wheat at that place, barley had beeu e axtensively used for
home consumption as a substitute,
and Indian corn had
been in so much request as to drive up the
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SA. for future delivery, whilst for parce on
still higher rates had been asked.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APRIL 5, 1847.
Notice is hereby given, that her Maje,ty will hold
Di awing-rooms, ut St. James's Palace, on the following
days, at two o'clock, viz. :—Thursday, 15th April ;
Thursday, 27th May next (to celebrate her Majesty's
birth-day ).
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to ap-
pear in their Collars, at the Drawing-room on the 27th

THE ROYALHOSPITALS.
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the year last past.
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Children put forth apprentices and discharged from
Christ's Hospital the year last past 194, some whereof
being instructed in mathematics and navigation were
placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships out of
the mathematical school founded by his late Majesty
King Charles II.; children buried the year last past, 11;
children now under the eare and charge of the hospital
in London and at Hertford, 1,410; to be admitted on
presentations granted to this time, 248; total, 1,658.
The names of all which, as alio when and where they
were admitted, will appear in the said hospital books.
The support of this hospital materially depends upon
benefactions and bequests. As that part of its income
which is permanent is far short of maintaining the usual
number of children whose education qualifies them for
the Church, for naval service, and for every station in
life, according to their abilities ; and as the principles of
religion, as well as the due order of civil society, are
points to which their attention is constantly directed, it
is hoped that all charitable persons will readily contri-
bute to an institution which is not only of local but of
national good.

of ulay.
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOMS, AT ST.
JAMES'S PALACE.

The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's
Drawing• Rooms, are requested to bring with them two
large cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one
to be left with the Queen's rage in Attendance in the
Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the
L')rcl Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her
Majesty.
And those Ladies, who are to be presented on Thurs-
day, the 15th of April, are hereby informed, it is abso-
lutely necessary that their names, together with the
names of the Ladies who are to present them, should be
sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before 12 o'clock
on Monday, the 12th of April, in order that they may
be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her
Kijesty's command, that no presentation shall take
place unless the name of the Lady presenting, 'together
with that of the Lady to be presented, shall appear on
the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which
names shall correspond with those previously sent in to
the Lord Chamberlain's Office.

It is particularly requested that in every case written
cards only be delivered.
[ The following article is substituted for that which ap-
peared in last Tuesday's Gazette.]
WHITEHALL, MARCH 29.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
James Taylor to the church and parish of Monzie, in the
presbytery of Auchterarder and shire of Perth. vacant
by the transportation of the Reverend George Hutchison,
late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Ban-
chory Ternan.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieut.-Colonel
Charles Oldfield Bowles to be Colonel, vice Gore Lang-
ton, deceased, April 3.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 5.

The expense of repairing and keeping up the build-
ings of this hospital (many of which are very ancient,
and originally formed part of the Old Grey Friars
Monastery) having been found to be extremely burden-
some, a fund was established in 1802, by subscription
of the governors and other friends of the hospital,
with a view to the gradual and complete rebuilding
of the whole fabric, and a great part has accord-
ingly been restored in a most commodious and substan-
tial form, notwithstanding the number of children
upon the establishment during the progress of the works.
Much, however, yet remains to be done, and the Gover-
nors regret to state the fund originally subscribed has
been completely exhausted, and a very considerable sum
expended from the general funds of the charity ; but
they are willing to hope that the generosity of the public
will afford the means of completing this great work, and
prevent the necessity of encroaching further upon the
permanent income of the hospital, and thereby diminish-
ing the scope of its usefulness.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.
Patients admitted, cured, and discharged, during the
last year, 5,831 in-patients ; 19,758 out patients ; 31,536
casulty patients, most of whom were poor, sick, and
lame persons, and many of them being destitute of all
relief have been supplied with money, clothes, and
other necessaries, to enable them to return to their seve-
ral habitations ; amounting together to 57,125 ; died,
383 ; remaining under cure—in-patients, 493 ; out-
patients, 2,798.

The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Pint.,
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, has appointed Richard Pidcock, of Woolwich, in
the county of Kent, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual
Commissioners for taking te acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the sub-
stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Kent.

BANKRUPTS.
Frederick George Wilson, draper, Pangbourne, Berk-
shire, to surrender April 21, at one, and May 18, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Peddell,
Chetapside.
William Henry Mackey, attorney, Southampton,
April 15, and May 13, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Walker, Lombard-street.
Mary Deacon, of the tirm of Mack and Company car-
rier, Norwich, April 14, ar, one, and May 20, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Wilkinson and Rasch,
Nicholas-lane, London.
Thomas Symes, scrivener, Bridgwater, Somersetshire,
April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Messrs.
Trevor, Bridgwater; Messrs. Holme and Co., New-ian,
London; Stogdon, Exeter.
John Cartwright, iron founder, Shrewsbury, April 14,
and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Smith, Wolverhampton; Smith, Birmingham.
James Bryan Ward, cheese factor, Birmingham,
April 17 and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
Hiern, Stafford; James, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. B. Oram, clerk to a wino merchant, West-square,
St. George's-road, Southwark—first div. of 3s. 2d. in
the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following
Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
J. E. Green, appraiser, Whitecross-street, Cripplegate
—second div. of 3s. in the pound, on Monday, April 12,
and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Caunan,
Birchin-lane, City.
A. Yeatman and A Lunn, chemists, Fore-street, City
—third div. of lid. in the pound, on Monday, April 12,
and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan,
Birchin-lane, City.
A. Yeatman, chemist, Fore-street, City—second div.
of 2d. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two
following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-
lane, City.
R. Mann, chemist, Huntingdon—first div. of ss. in the
pound, on Saturday, April 3, and two following Satur-
days, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry.

This being the most ancient hospital in the city and
subui bs of London, and having escaped the great fire in
the year 1666, the building, by length of time, became so
very ruinous that in the year 1829 great part thereof
was necessarily taken down. A subscription was then
entered into by many of the realthy governors and other
charitable persons, for defraying the expenses of rebuild-
ing the hospital, which was progressively eff, cted. The
funds fur this purpose having been exhausted, and
the building still being inadequate for the purposes
of the charity, it was found necessary to make
a considerable addition thereto ; and the: Governors
have removed withi❑ the last six years valuable pro-
perty on the north side of the principal entrance in
Smithfield, and have erected on the site thereof a
spacious surgery, which is open at all hours of the day
and night for persons requiring medical and surgical
assistance, with additional wards, and an operating
theatre adjoining, whereby a very large sum has been
expended, and the fulfilment of the intentions of the
benevolent founder, to afford immediate relief to the
multitude of poor diseased or injured applicants, has
been effectually promoted.
All fees on the admission of patients have been
abolished ; the sisters and nurses placed in situations of
comfort better adapted to the nature of their duties ;
and the accommodation for the in-patients so extended
as to admit 560, while their diet and general com-
forts have been very materially improved. The
accomplishment of these objects, so essential to
the welfare of the patients, has occasioned a very
heavy increase of annual expenditure. The Governors,
therefore, earnestly represent the strong claims of this an-
cient institution to the public, hoping that by their con-
tinued support and encouragement they may be enabled
to render relief to the annually increasing necessities of
the poor, and the urgent calls upon this charity.
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.
There have been cured and discharged from St.
Thomas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick,
wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 3,692 in-
patients, and 26,928 medical and surgical out-
patients, including casualties, some of whom have
been relieved with money and necessaries at their depar-
ture, to accommodate and support them in their
journeys to their several habitations; total, 30,620
Died. after much change in their sickness, 249. Re-
maining under cure, in-patients, 428; out-patients,
1,504. So that there has been, during the last year, of
poor miserable objects under the care of the said hos-
pital, and destitute of proper care, in all 32,801.
The Governors think it their duty to state that on the
rebuilding of London-bridge and the formation of its
new approaches, they made, at a considerable expendi-
ture of capital, large purchases of ground and buildings
adjacent to the hospital, and rebuilt two new wings,
affording, accommodation for about 160 patients, and, at
he same time, secured such ventilation and acconamoda-
ion as were deemed necessary for the health and corn-
'on of the patients, &c.
BRIDE WELL HOSPITAL

into
Received this hospital during the last year, under
commitments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of
this City, as criminals or disorderly persons, who have
been kept to hard labour, or to receive correction, 1,222;
apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for confinement,
32; received into the hospital during the same period
sundry poor persons who had been found wandering
abroad and begging in the city of London,l6B.
THE HOUSE OF OCCUPATION OF BHIDEWELL

HOSPITAL.
Remaining in the House of Occupation at Christmas,
1845-101 males, 92 females; admitted in 1846-48
males, 38 females; discharged in 1846-50 males, 29
females. Remaining at Christmas, 1846-99 males, 101
females. Of the number discharged, 3 were expelled, 3
absconded, and all the rest left the house under favour-
able circumstances.
BETHLEM HOSPITAL.
Remained in hospital, Ist of January, 1846, including
those out on leave of absence, 204 males, 396 females ;
admitted during the year 1846, 142 males, 171 females.
Discharged—Cured, 67 males, 96 females; uncured, 25
in ales, 62 females ; by request of friends,3 males, 12 females ;
improper objects, 17 males, 16 females. Died, 5 males, 10
females. Remaining December 31st, 1846—Out on leave,
1 male, 5 females ; in hospital, 216 males, 174 females.
The sub-committee meet every Friday, at Bethlem Hos-
pital to admit and discharge the patients from all parts
of the United Kingdom, without expense to their rela-
tions or friends.

DARING BußGLAßY.—Considerable sensation exists
in the garrison at Chatham, on account of an audacious
burglary having been perpetrated, during the night of
Friday, the 3 i instant, by breaking into the Invalid
Depot Pay-office, at the Casemate Barracks, at Gilling-
ham. The entrance was first discovered by the orderly
on Saturday morning, on his going to prepare the office
for the clerks, when he found it in the utmost eisorder.
Papers and books were strewed about the floor, as also a
quantity of lucifer matches, some of which had been
burnt; and it was evident, from the drops of tallow
about, the party bad had a candle. The cashier's desk
was the only one brokers open; and, from the destruc-
tion of the lock, some strong instrument had been used.
The whole of its contents were taken out, including a
number of India remittances, bills belonging to invalids
returning from India, amounting to about 12,000 L ; and
a large bowl, containing a quantity of copper coin, was
gone, as also several coats belonging to the clerks taken
away. The thieves, not content, took away the whole
of the keys of the several departments. No clue as yet
has been obtained of the offenders, although a strict in-
quiry is on foot by the police and military authorities.
During the day of Saturday the remittance bills, and
some of the papers belonging to the officers were found
in the trench, as also the bowl which contained the
copper money. The entrance, it appears, was effected
through one of the windows. The office is placed in a
very secluded situation, being by itself and totally un-
protected, not a sentry near it. By the cashier's desk
being the only one destroyed, it is evident that this bur-
glary must have been committed by some one who well
knew the place. It was fortunate that on the evening
of the robbery a considerable sum of money was removed
on the clerks leaving their duty at four o'clock.
THE LATE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF STAIR.—The
funeral of this lady, who died on the 17th of February,
took place on Wednesday. The funeral moved from No.
4, SL Andrew-square, the residence of her brother, John
Gordon, Esq., of Cluny, and was deposited in the tomb
of the Cluny family in St. Cuthbert's churchyard. The
body was enclosed within a coffin covered with fine
black cloth, as also a leaden coffin, lined with white satin,
and both were placed in an outer dress coffin of oak,
covered with purple silk velvet, richly ornamented. On
the top was an engraved subscription' plate, with her
Ladyship's armorial bearings, surmounted with a massive
coronet.—Edinburgh Paper'''. '
[ADVERTISENIENT.]—The
fsuilinlles„retaaniciiis
Registered Paletot of
Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present
gentlemanlylietsahas'neb en:appear-
ance,
me ra.i epalti,cle,aizhrti,calel
,hwilligthseitassounsse
has secured such general popularity.
by special command tor their Royal Highnesses Princeae
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Sax
Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several
roval visitors to the British Court. In London it can only
be purchased of the peentees, 11. J. and D. Nicoll, Couit
tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for
Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ; for Dublin, Geo.
Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and
Son, New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George-
street; and the principal tailors in other large towns.
We understand the Governor, Trustees, and Com-
mittee of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Vic-
tuallers. have again appointed their grand annual school
banquet to take place at Mr. house's, the White Conduit
House Tavern.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME ClRGUl7l—Eingstori, April 6.
Both courts were occupied to-day in dispo,ing of the
remaining common jury causes, none of which possessed
any feature of interest to justify a report.

BOYLE AND WIFE V. TARN.
This was a special jury cause, tried on Monday before
the Lord Chief Justice. The action was brought to
recover damages for the false imprisonment of the plain-

tiff's wife.
Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Ogle were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Edwin James for the defendant.

The circumstances under which the alleged false im-
prisonment arose were these :—lt appeared that the de-
fendant is a lineadraper, and the plaintiff and his wife
went to his shop and ordered a quantity of goods, which
were to be paid for on the Monday following. When,
however, the foreman went to receive payment, the par-
ties could not be found, and the plaintiff's wife, being
afterwards met accidentally, was given into custody ;
but it appeared that the charge was dismissed by the
pelice-magistrate, and the present action was brought to
recover damages for the imprisonment she had thus, as
it was alleged, wrongfully sustained.
Mr. E. JAMES, for the defendant, characterised the
action as a most Shameless and improper one to have
been brought, and said he was satisfied the jury would
consider the lowest coin of the realm a sufficient com-
pensation for the damage that had been sustained.
The jury found for the plaintiffs—Damages, id.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Monmouth, April 5.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice
Hannah Thomas, a young woman, about 25 years of
age, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegiti-
m4te child, James Thomas.
Mr. Rickards and Sir Thomas Phillips appeared for
the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke for the defence.
The prisoner became an inmate of the Usk workhouse
in December, and continued there till March, when she
was delivered of the child in question. She appeared
kind and attentive to it, and it was a fine healthy child.
On the 20th March it became unwell. On the next day
it died, and on the following day a post mortem examina-
tion was made, by which it was discovered that death
had been caused by the use of diluted sulphuric acid.
The peculiarities of the case were, that there was very
little of the acid in the stomach; that the mouth was
altogether untouched by it, though the parts of the
throat, gullet, &c., between the lower part of the mouth
and the stomach, were severely corroded and inflamed,
as if the liquid had been put into the child's throat on a
spoon, without touching the mouth, and the poor child
had, as soon as it felt the pain, attempted to throw up
the offensive matter, and so prevented much of it from
reaching the stomach. There had been a bottle of diluted
sulphuric acid lying for days before the child was taken
ill in the kitchen of the workhouse, and the prisoner had
access to it, and had heard of its poisonous qualities;
and a woman who had left some in a cup on the 20th of
March, after having washed the heads of some children
who were afflicted with ringworm, on returning again
and looking for it found that all the liquid was gone,
and the rag with which she had washed them left, and
some spots from sulphuric acid were found on the child's
cap and face. The principal question raised on the trial
was, whether the appearances on the body of the child
could be accounted for by natural causes.
The verdict was Not Guilty.
This closed the business of these assizes. It was not
over before three o'clock. Mr. Sergeant Gazelee had
risen soon after two.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL. _ _

Mr. Bampton, a coal-dealer in Brackley-street,
Golden-lane, attended on summons before Aldermen
Hooper and Weod, to answer the complaint of Edward
Kimpton, a porter to ble,srs. Christie and Manson, the
auctioneers, for detaining a chest of drawers delivered to
him and his sister by mistake.
The complainant stated, that Mr. Bampton's sister
was a purchaser of lots at a recent sale, and the defendant
attended with her to clear them. A chest of drawers
was delivered by mistake, she not having purchased any
mahogany chest of drawers. They were missed next
morning, and one of the porters remembered that she
inquired for the keys of them. As a ruse, a porter was
sent to ase.Ttain whether she had them, by taking a
bunch of keys, and offering to see if one of them was
the proper key. She immediately said she had sent them
to her brother's, in Brackley-street. The man went to
the defendant, who said, what he had he should keep ;
and he would produce nothing.
William Wells, a porter, deposed to assisting in load-
ing and putting the dust of drawers in the van in which
the defendant and his sister removed their purchases.
He also assisted in unloading the van at her house in
Great Warner-street, Clerkenwell, and in putting this
chest of drawers into the van again, that the defendant
might take them home to Golden-lane.
The clearing note, enumerating the lots the defen-
dant's sister had paid for, was put in, to show that she
had not purchased the chest of drawers.
The defendant said he had no doubt his sister had
paid for what she had. Ile had lent his sister money,
and she had transferred goods to him in payment.
What he bought he had a right to sell, but he did not
admit that be bad now or ever had the said drawers.
The 'Magistrates concurred in making an order that
he should restore the property forthwith.
Ile retired, intimating that he did not mean to submit
to their order.

liloucever, April 5.
Mr. Sergeant Gazelee opened the commission here this
evening at six o'clock. Business commences at an early
hour to-morrow.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 5.
JURIES.—It is high time that some alteration should
be made with respect to summoning juries. At present
it would seem that juries are selected from the most
ignorant class in the community, and while we are ob-
taining information as to the state of education of
prisoners, it would not be very improper to extend
our inquiries to the jury box ; and we question very
much whether the prisoners would not beat the jury in
point of learning. From the present mode of select-
ing juries it would seem that the middle men get cff
quite free. The special juries are taken from the aris-
tocracy of a county, and the petty juries are composed
of little farmers and small shopkeepers, whose attention
is never by any chance riveted to one object for more
than 10 minutes at a time, and whose minds, therefore,
are incapable of undcrst :riding a matter lasting over as
many hours.] %Another thing is, that keeping these men
from their homes for a week in au expensive assize
town is a great cruelty upon them, both as regards their
absence from home and this outlay to which they are
subjected. We can new give an illustration of the men-
tal capacity of a jury. At Bodmin a jury found a pri-
soner guilty, but recommended him to mercy. Mr.
Justice Williams wished to know their reason for the
recommendation. The jury replied that 11 were for
finding the man guilty, but one was for acquitting him
and so they recommended the prisoner to mercy. To-
day a prosecutor, in giving his evidence, said, that the
Court had misunderstood something that his servant (a
previous witness) had said. A juror wished to know
kow the prosecutor was aware of what his servant had
said. The prosecutor replied, that he heard him give
his evidence. The juror then appealed to the Judge to
know whether this was legal. Mr. Justice Cresswell
told him it was perfectly legal. It was his wish that
witnesses should always be out of court; but there was
no accommodation for them, and they were subjected to
much inconvenience if they were without the court. In
another instance a jury found a man guilty of forgery,
but not with an intention to defraud.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL )
Thomas Perral was indicted for killing and slaying
William Holland by throwing a stone at him, thereby
cuisine a compound fracture of the skull, of which he
lingered and died; and Henry Brake, George Chant, and
William Frampton for aiding and assisting him.
Mr. Moody was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
Edwards for the prisoner.
It appeared that on the 7th of September several per-
sons belonging to the two villages of Odcombe and
West Coker, being members of a friendly society, dined
together at a public-house. They remained drinking
for some hours, and, as is too commonly the case on such
occasions, there was a quarrel between the two sets of
villagers, and the West Coker men had the worst of it.
The deceased belonged to that party. They left the
house, and were proceeding on their way home, when
the prisoners and others of the Odcombe party came
after them and attacked them with stones. Perrall
threw one stone which knocked the deceased down; he
was taken home, and medical aid was procured. The
skull was found to be fractured. Another medical man
was called in, and the operation of trepanning was per-
formed. After this the deceased apparently rallied, but
he afterwards grew worse, and died on the 26th of Sep-
tember. The medical men were of opinion that the
death was occasioned by a blow from some blunt instru-
ment or stone. An abscess had formed on the brain after
the operation.
In the cross-examination of the medical witnesses, the
question set up on the trial of Lieut. Pym at Winchester
was sought to be raised—namely, that the operation
was the immediate cause of the death, and not the injury
by the stone; that although that injury might eventually
have occasioned the death, yet that the death was has-
tened by the operation.
and, for the
prosecution, Mr. Justice Erie's dictum on Lieut. Pym's
soenacuetidoins,cussion took place upon this,
trial was relied on. The prisoner's counsel, however,
would not say that the wound was not a mortal wound.
Mr. Justice CRESSIVELL observed, that it was admitted
the wound was mortal, and that the deceased might have
died in a month, but that be had died in less than a week
in consequence of the operation. The wound being
mortal, if that which was done by the surgeon was what
he considered right to be adopted, there would be no
question raised upon that point.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the
prisoners.
Mr. Justice CaEsswzm. said the prisoners bad already
been in prison six months; he therefore sentenced theta
to be imprisoned for one month.
on,

SOUTHWARK.
Joseph Sparhwood, a cab driver, and Alfred Duckett,
a printer, were charged with assaulting and robbing Eli-
zabeth Hunt of a gold brooch, in the Equestrian Coffee-
house, Circus, adjacent to the Surrey Theatre.
The complainant stated, that she accompanied a
female friend to the Surrey Theatre on the preceding
evening, and that when the performances had concluded
they went into the Equestrian Coffee-house to have a
little refreshment. Having remained for a short time
in the parlour, they came out together, and on passing
the end of the bar she (complainant) saw the prisoner
Sparkwood throw some beer over a woman with whom
he was having an altercation. She (complainant) feel-
ing alarmed, hurried forwards towards the door, but
before she got there Sparkwood made a rush towards
her, seised a gold brooch out of a handkerchief which
she had round her neck, and immediately ran out of the
house. She followed him, crying "Stop thief," and saw
him cross the road, and run down the Borough-road,
and in a short time he was brought, in the custody of a
policeman, to the spot where she was waiting. On see-
ing him the second time she knew him to be the man
who had robbed her, but a crowd of persons collecting,
Sparkwood was rescued for a time, but was eventually
recaptured and taken to the station-house along with the
other prisoner. The complainant then proceeded to de-
scribe the part taken in the transaction by Duckett,
whom she saw with the other prisoner in the Equestrian
Coffee-house. When she ran after Sparkwood, his
fellow-prisoner came up to her, asked her what she
wanted of the man, and when she answered that he had
robbed her, he (Duckett) immediately seized her round
the waist, and threw her with force to the ground. Her
assailant then ran away, but he was pursued, and also
secured.
Mrs. Eliza Gatelas, the person who accompanied the
complainant to the theatre, and afterwards to the aho,,P
house for refreshment, corroborated her evidence, and
said she distinctly saw Sparkwood make a snatch at the
cotnpl kivant's brooch in passing out of the house. She
added, that she also saw the other prisoner in the same
house, and that she could not be mistaken in the idea

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, April 5.
HOWDEN V. STANDISH.
This was an action against the late sheriff of the
county of Lancaster, to recover the amount of a debt due
to the plaintiff from a certain Professor Keller, against
whom process hid been sued out, the officer having, as
was alleged, failed through his own negligence in exe-
cuting the warrant.
Mr. Knowles and Mr. J. Henderson were for the
plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Atherton
for the defendant.
Professor Keller, as he was called, was, it appeared,
the manager of, and principal performer in, a group of
artistes who in the course of the last year repre,ented, in
various parts of the country, subjects taken from the
antique and celebrated paintings, the figures, male and
female, being arranged on a pedestal which turned round,
so as to exhibit the composition to the spectators in all
its different points of view. Mr. Keller was a powerful
man, with large beard and mustache, and possessing a
singular command over the muscles of the forearm, by
the movement of which he beat time to the music.
The professor, however,unfortunately' had got into
debt, his performances in London not having been
very successful. He came down to Birmingham, and
thence to Liverpool, where he was engaged to per.
form at a theatre erected in the Zoological Gar-
dens. The plaintiff (Mr. Howden) was a creditor, to
whom the " professor" owed something better (or
worse) than 1001., and, in the hope of enforcing the
payment of his money, had followed Mr. Keller to Li-
verpool. A writ had been sued out, and, under a judge's
order, the plaintiff was empowered to hold Mr. Keller to
bail, on the ground of his being
about to leave the coun-
try. The warrants reached the hands of the officer, a
person of the name of Lawton, on Wednesday, the Bth
of July. On that very evening Mr. Keller was to per-
form at the theatre in the gardens, and thither Mr. Law-
ton, in the company of Mr. llowden, repaired. Mr.
Lowden pointed out Keller, who was exhibiting studies
from the ancient statues, and personated Cain in a group
of " Cain and Abel." Me. Bowden, with little reverence
for the ideal, saw nothing in Cain or the antique statues
but his simple debtor, Mr. Keller, and pressed Mr. Law-
ton strongly at once to execute her Majesty's writ on the
First Homicide, or the Apollo, or the Dying Gladiator,
. as might be most convenient. Mr. Lawton, however,
" albeit unused,"
seemed to have been restrained by a
kind of superstitious awe from anything so profane—to
say nothing of the fact that the stage was some six feet
awo above the ground, and that the troupe were aware of
the danger of the chef, and prepared for resistance, toge-
ther with the advantage of beingmid the labyrinths of the
able to leave the aggres-
sors, in a twinkling, in the dark, a
:, 'cenes, should a seizure be attempted. Mr. Lawton, there-
fo.,e, thought it better to wait and intercept his victim as he
left the gardens. Accordingly after the performance was
ove l' they waited for this purpose between the gardens
and'. the hotel adjoining, at which Mr. Keller was staying.
la i jus time a hat, cloak, beard, and mustache, which

could helorg to no one but that gentleman made their NE W CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
al-R.:armee, and their identity was corroborated by the AT MANILLA.
fact, that on the arm of the figure that bore them leaned,
beyond all doubt, Mrs. Keller. The officer intimated
in the usual way his desire for a further acquaintance
with Mr. Keller. Mrs. Keller wept, presented the pro-
fessor with some money—a matter, she was aware, ne-
cessary to one's comfortable existence in a lock-up—and
Mr. Keller, after a hurried embrace to his child, was
snatched away in the clutches of the law. On arriving,
however, at his place of durance, the "caption" pro-
ceeded to disembarrass himself of his beard and mous-
tache, and appeared in a new character, as Frederick
Huson, a German artiste—a member of the troupe.
Again, on the Friday following, an attempt was made
to seize the professor. He again made his appearance
on the stage, the house being densely crowded ; again,
a muffled, bearded figure (this time more stealthily) was
seen hurrying from the garden ; again the officer made
his seizure, the person being actually pointed out by the
plaintiff himself, and again it was found that Mr. Keller
had rung the changes on his pursuers, the person seised
being one Goodman, and not the professor. The pro-
fessor himself remained in hiding for some weeks,
having sacrificed on the altar of liberty his beard and
moustache, and thus thrown the officers off the scent.
He afterwards left Liverpool with his company, and
proceeded direct to Ostend.
For the defendant it was contended that the officer
had used his very best exertions under the circumstances
to effect a seizure, and evidence was called to show that
it was by the express direction of Mr. Howden himself
that no attempt was made to arrest Keller on the stage
an attempt which, it was urged, must necessarily have
been unsuccessful, and would probably have resulted in
a terrific uproar.
A verdict was finally returned for the plaintiff.
An action on a promissory note concluded the business
of the assizes.

The following regulations recently brought into
operation at Manilla will be of interest to parties
connected with the trade of that port :
Attention having been called to the practice ob-
served in the Custom house of this capital by the
captains or consignees of vessels, of not expressing in
the manifest the contents of the bales, packages, cases,
and other sorts of packages of goods which they con-
vey, before their introduction into the Custom-house,
and in order to correct a practice which, although
founded on the tariff in force, in these islands may
give room to very great abuses, it has been decreed
as under :
Art. 1. The manifest that according to rule No.
24 of the present tariff, captains, supercargoes, or
consignees of ships, national as well as foreign, are
bound to present within 30 hours after being visited
in this port, and 48 hours if in covite, shall contain-
-Ist Class, country, name, tonnage of the vessel, and
number of crew. 2nd. The name of captain or mas-
ter. 33. The port or ports from whence she comes.
4th. The name of consignees to whom the cargo is
directed. sth. The bales, packages, casks, barrels,
hogshead, &c., of all kinds, with their corresponding
marks and numbers, expressing the quantity of each
class by figures and letters. 6th. The different des-
cription of goods or contents of the packages. 7th.
The number and kind of those that contain goods
prohibited from importation by the tariff, expressing
the foreign port to which they are destined in the
manner permitted by the law. 9th. That the ship
does not bring any other gods, and that none of those
on board are prohibited from a fear of plague.
Art. 2. Goods which on account of their nature
cannot come baled or packed up, as iron in bars or
sheets, metal in slabs, logs or beams of wood, planks,
seeds or other like articles, shall be expressed in the
manifest by the descriptions without specifying the
quantity.
Art. 3. In the continuation of the manifest, but
separately, shall be put a circumstantial note of war-
like stores and provisions, and marine, on board such
vessels.

THE DOCKYARD BATTALIONS.--The artisans, &c.,
of this dockyard have this week been organised into 12
companies of infantry, and 10 companies of artillery,
each company consisting of 85 men, making a total of
1,870 men. The infantry corps is under the command
of the master shipwright, with the rank of lieutenant-
colcnel ; to each company will be attached a captain,
two lieutenants, two sergeants, and two corporals. The
captains will be constituted of the foremen and clerks,
the subalterns of the junior officers and clerks, and the
sergeants of the leading and single station men. Of the
artillery companies, six companies are for land and four
companies for afloat service, the latter to be cal►ed the
boat brigade ; the whole under the command of the
master attendant, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
These companies have also the same complement of offi-
cers attached to them as the infantry companies ; the
captains of the boat brigade companies are the foremen
afloat, the boatswain of the yard, the master rope-
maker, and the master rigger. The men of both corps
are to have canvass dresses for fatigae duty ; and it is
understood that it is intended they shall wour a uniform
on show occasions.—Hampshire Telegragh
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTIONS ON BOARD HER
MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSELS SHEARWATER AND TOR-

ToisE—Official information has just been received at
Woolwich Dockyard that fires having broken out on board
these two vessels, through spcntaneous combustion.
The first occurred on board the Shearwater steam-
vessel (2 guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart.,
stationed at Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a
fire broke out in her coal bunker, and on the next day
in the opposite one; with the united exertions of the offi-
cers and crew, after some hours' working at the pumps
it was extinguished, but not before great damage was
done, and the fear of being compelled to run her on shore
and scuttle her. It is expected she will be ordered home to
Woolwich dockyard fur repairs. The second was on
board the Tortoise (2 guns), store•ship. Capt. Hutton,
stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for
the supply of the African steam squadron with coals.
The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was
fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re-
quisition, when, after four days and nights' hard work

tity of either of the parties.
Policeman 83 M stated, that on the preceding night,
while he was on duty in the Borough-road, opposite the
Circus, he heard the cry of " Stop thief," and saw
Spark wood running from the direction of the Equestrian
Coffee-house, and he continued his career until he fairly
tun into his (the policeman's) arms. Sparkwood made
strong efforts to disengage himself, urging his innocence
of any crime, and saying that he was running home,
where he was in a hurry to arrive, after witnessing the
performance at the Surrey Theatre. The policeman,
however, brought him along towards the " Equestrian,"
and while the complainant was relating the attack made
upon her by him, Sparkwood was rescued, and he first
ran into the public-house, and then out by another door,
and was running with great swiftness up the Blackfriars-
road, when he was again pursued and taken into custody.
The policeman added, that when he had Sparkwood in
custody Duckett came up, and he saw the former pass
something into the hands of the latter, who was also
subsequently taken into custody.
Sparkwood said he was aiming a blow at his wife,
when he missed her and struck the complainant in the
breast; that he knew nothing of her brooch, and that
this was the first time he ever had been in custody; that
he had driven a cab for years, and was known to be an
honest man, which could be ascertained at the Stamp-
office, Somerset-house, where he was in the habit of
depositing property of various kinds, left behind by mis-
take in his vehicle; that he had no acquaintance with
his fellow-prisoner, and never saw him in the Equestrian
Coffee-house.
Mr. CoTTINGEA?!—Why did you run away on strik-
ing the woman ? If it was an accident, why not have
remained in the house, instead of rushing out and then
down the Borough-road ? Sparkwood said, although
appearances might be against him, yet that he was
perfectly innocent of the offence laid to-his charge.
Duckett, in answer to the part he took in the
transaction, denied that he had been in the Equestrian
Coffee-house on the night in question, and said that he
was walking along the Borough-road, and on approaching
the. Circus tie saw a mob collected, and went over, " like
other fools," when he was immediately charged with
being concerned in the robbery and taken into custody.
He added that he was a printer, had worked in some of
the most eminent printing establishments in town, and
that his character stood high ; that his friends were not
apprised of the predicament in which he was placed,
otherwise ho was confident they would rally about him.
He added that the complainant was entirely mistaken
when she asserted that he had thrown her down.
The complainant and her witness were recalled, and
questioned by Mr. Cottingham as to whether they were
confident that they had seen Duckett in company with
the other prisoner in the above tavern, and as to
whether complainant might not have been mistaken in
her identification of Duckett as the man who had thrown
her down, and afterwards assisted in the rescue of his
fellow-prisoner ? Both complainant and witness, how-
ever, still adhered to the accuracy of their testimony, and
The MAGISTRATE said, he had no other alternative
than to commit the prisoners for trial, but be added, that
he had no objection to
THAME S. take bail for their appearance.
Lieutenant Archibald Campbell, R.N., was charged
with committing a violent assault on a woman of the
town named Caroline Thompson.
The prosecutrix exhibited a sear on her nose and face,
and stated that she was leaving Stepney-fair between
one and two o'clock in the morning, and met the defend.
ant in Arbour-street, near the Police-court. He was
very drunk, and in a state of great' excitement, and as
she passed him he took a bottle half full of rum from
his pocket and struck her a violent blow on the nose
with it. She was knocked backwards by the force of
the blow, and the blood flowed copiously from her nose
for some time. She had given no provocation whatever
to the defendant.
The Lieutenant cross-examined the woman in a very
imperious manner, and endeavoured to make it appear
that she had provoked him, but this was distinctly
denied, and she stated that the defendant was making a
good deal of noise, and acted very strangely in and
about the fair.
After a long and incoherent harangue from the de-
fendant,

Mr. YARDLEY said he regretted to see a man of the
lieutenant's rank giving way to intemperance, and so
frequently misconoucting himself. It was a great pity
he did not learn to be a peaceable man. The assault
VMS quite unjustifiable, and he sentenced the defendant
to pay a fine of 405., and in default committed him to
prison for fourteen days.

TEE ISLAND or LABUAN.—The following is an
extract of a letter from a gentleman, dated Labuan,
east coast of Borneo, December 25, 1846 :—" We are
now at the island of Labuan, which was taken possession
of yesterday by Captain Mundy, of the Iris, in her Ma-
jesty's name. There is to he a grand expedition against
the pirates r.ext April, and we may be detained on the
station till May. The treaty ceding the island of La-
buan was signed by the Sultan (sealed rather). I have
no doubt that there will be a flourishing trade here in a
few years. There is a brig laden with long-cloths in the
harbour, so that the merchants of Singapore have their
eyes here already. If the piracy could be suppressed, a
large market would be opened."

her hold was cleared, and the fire extin,;,nished, but not
till nearly all her beams were burnt from three to five
inches through ; as it was, had not the united exertions
of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews of
the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must have
burnt to the water's edge ; had she not been lined with
copper inside she must have been a wreck. It is ex-
pected from this circumstance that the Lords of the Ad-
miralty will order all vessels to have a copper lining
which are employed under similar, circumstances.
AN IRISH RAILROAD.—A correspondent of the
Railway Record gives the following sketch of a locomo
five establishment on the Great Southern and Western
at Inchicore :—" On my approach to the locomotive
work at Inchicore, to my astonishment I saw, in the
midst of a large field, a building to all appearance
tumbling to decay. There were no workshops of any
description. The blackaraiths were working in canvass
tents - the pattern makers in a temporary wooden shed
(the offices comprising a part of the same) ; the fitters
tumbling about in the half-finished running-engine
shed ; and valuable machinery lying about exposed to
the weacher." He also gave a narrative of the style in
which they run sp cial trains. On Sunday, the 30th, a
special train, from Dublin to Salins and back, was
engaged by a party of gentlemen. On the return to
the Dublin station, neither station-master nor porter
was to be seen. The carriage doors were locked, and
the party could not get out. After a short p riod of
excite meta, a gentleman was seen crawling out of one
of the windows. The example was soon followed, when
the whole got out in the space of three minutes. If
you had witnessed the scene, you could not, while you
condemned, but have laughed, for the last was a gentle-
man remarkable for rotundity, and it required three of
his friends to drag him out. If this had been a stout
lady, or any lady at all, she would have been rather
awkwardly situated.
SINGULAR DISCOVERIES AT IPSWICH. A few
day since, as some workmen were digging for a cellar in
the premises of Mr. Charles Meadows, in Tavern-street,
they discovered a considerable number of human bones,
not placed in the usual manner of sepulture, but laying
heaped together. Upon examination, it appears that a
place, about ten feet deep and two feet wide, had been
made for the deposit, at the bottom of which a fire had
been made with wood, and the bodies placed over it and
burnt, as those in the lower part show evident marks of
the fire. Upon making further search, the remains of
an urn, apparently. of Romano British workmanship,
was found, containing ashes, charred wood, and some
brass instrument, but so exydised that it could not be
made out, some bone pins, with plaited work twisted
over them. From the bones collected, many of which
are very large, it is ascertained that the remains of at
least thirteen bodies were here deposited. Several of
the sets of teeth are very perfect. Over the narrow
chamber containing these mysterious remains, and
at about six feet from the surface, was laid a round
stone, containing a large aperture in the centre ; it was,
however, unfortunately, broken into five pieces. A gen-
tleman, who is a competent judge, says it is evidently a
stone that was used for placing over a large mortar, in
which it was customary to pulverise grain, &c., and that
the pestle was passed °through the hole in the centre to
steady it. The stone is of a vey coarse material, and is
very similar to a small rough grindstone ; it is about
four feet in circumference. The bones occupy a space
of feet in depth, and must have been intered hundreds
of years. Mr. Meadows informs us that workmen have
just found another similar depository. —lpswich Express.
PORTLAND.—Within the past week a ground sea
swept the beach of Chisel-beach quite clean, and enabled
searchers after curiosities, &c., from an old wreck oppo-
site Chisel Town, to realise a few rich prizes. Some have
picked up a dozen or so of dollars, amounting in all to
sixty ; some, two large pieces of bullion, valued at 10/.
each ; others, some large pieces of gum benzoin, weigh-
ing from 201 b. to 101 b. This ship ran ashore at Chisel
Town some fifty years ago in the dead of night ; the
captain was the only hand saved, and he, through his
experience of this coast, as nothing can come ashore
here but it is dragged off the breakers recede, owing to
L the underground current. He took his station on the
bowsprit, and leaped clear of the sea. The others, buf-
feting to and fro with the waves, were soon all drowned.
Should this meet the eye of any distressed navigator in
Chisel Bay it may be a guide for his preservation. We
hope some slight harbour of refuge or cavity will be ul•
timately constructed off Brandy-row, to which vessels
driven in may run for shelter. Whilst it would afford
the mariner security, it would give security to the now
helpless town of Chisel, only protected by a mud bank,
over which, on every spring tide, wind setting in west,
the sea breaks, and threatens destruction to life and pro-
perty. One day it will go if not strengthened by a sea-
wall, and then good bye to Weymouth, for Chisel beach
is its breakwater.—Sherbourne Journal.
PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND).—It appears, from a
Parliamentary Paper, issued on Saturday, by order of
the House of Commons (having been presented by her
Majesty's commaud), that, during the week ending
March 13, there were employed in the Public Works
(Ireland) 708,002 persons, on roads, &c., and 20,736
on drainage, making a total of 728,738 persons. The
cost of labour was 236,922!., of superintendence (charged
to Baronies) 17,102/., and of superintendence (charged
to Government) 5,081!. ; total cost 259,105!. The
daily average number of persons employed on public
works, in Ireland, for the same week, was 128,181 in
Leinster, 303.614 in Munster, 86,446 in Ulster, and
210,497 in Connaught; making the gross total of
728.738 persons.
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

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ThenesvhEsil and staircase of the British Museum, to aid
the interior effect of ‘s hich polychromatic decoration has
been called in, and with considerable success too, will be
opened to the public, it is expected, on Monday next.
The exterior of the northern wing of the Board of
Trade, Whitehall, is fast approaching completion. Re-
port says, that a design to elevate the Horse Guards has
been approved by the Government. At the Carlton
Club, a part of the new facade is up ; and the
lusetini of Economic Geology, described last week, is
showing itself above ground. Mystery still shrouds the
proposed addition to Buckingham Palace ; rumour
speaks of an alteration in the elevation, but we have no
certain information concerning it. The public must pay
their money before they see the sight ; and instead of
commenting in time, with a view to obtain excellence,
must be contented with abusing the result, when too
late to amend, and sighing grumpily over Lst oppor-
tunities. When Mr. Disraeli's new Act comes into ope-
ration, these things will be better ordered. " Hang an
architect," and all will come right.—The Builder.