The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

DoNNAR v. MACDONALD.

The judgment in this case was postponed till to-
morrow (this day).

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, FRI. 25.—A private of the 44th, named
James Alexander, will be shortly brought to trial for an
offeece which, under one of
.our laws of the 19th of
November, 1785, renders him liable to the penalty of
death. Prisoner, being on guard, and armed with his
musket and bayonet (which brings him under the law
above), accosted a Greek, from whom ho begged money.
This being refused, he seized on him, and by main force
took his handkerchief, valued at 10d. only, and which
was afterwards found on him. He has been committed
for trial, and the full rigour of the law has been invoked
by the Crown Advocate.
The United Stases steam-frigate Princeton has left
port for Messina.
Her Majesty's ship Hibernia, which at present carries
the flag of Vice-Admiral air W. Parker, is reported to
be ordered home, and is daily expected in Malta. His
flag is to ,be shifted to the .Queen, and the Admiral is
re-confirmed to the appointment of Commander-in-Chief
for a further period of three years.
Since Friday last we have not bad ' one arrival of
_steamers. The mail from the Levant is due to-day, and
will proceed to Marseilles a few hours after her arrival.
Her Majesty's steamer Antelope, long expected in
• Malta, has left Naples under sealed orders, supposed to
be ordered to Civita Vecchia.
The French steamerlthamsea, due here on the 15th or
16th inst.; only arrived this morning. She was delayed
by bad weather, and obliged to put into a port near
Tripoli, where she remained four da3s. She had on
bvard eighty-two liadjis, on return home after a pil-
grimage to Mecca, where is the tomb of their prophet.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust, from the lonian Islands
and Greece, arrived this morning.
Her Majesty's steamer Medina, with the India mails,
is in sight.
The French steamers from Marseilles, and from Mar-
seilles and ports of Italy, arrived this morning. The
arrivals to-day have been the only ones since the 15th
inst., and their entry was anxiously watched.
On Friday last a private of artillery committed a des.perate act. He placed a loaded carbine under his chin,
and blew it off. The ball passed through the upper
jaw, coming out on the left of the upper part of hTheepoornose,
i
but without injuring the eye or forehead. 7
fellow is not dead, but it is thought mposst.l3 -e he can
survive. The cause of the desperate act seems to have
been a fear of being reported by creditors, of whom ho
bought goods for re-sale to his messmates, and being
disappointed of the receipt of the amounts due by them
to him, he could not pay, and this affected his brain. He
was a man of excellent character.
Last night, at .a quarter-past nine o'clock, a private of
her. Majesty's 69th Foot, named Hussey, whilst on guard
on the landing of the Palace, leaded his gun, and, placing
it to his lett breast, shot himself. The ball passed in a
slanting direction, and issued at his shoulder. The poor
fellow is not dead, but his wound is mortal.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Eleetra, 14, Comman-
der Bouverie, is dismantling prior to being paid off. We
stated on Saturday that the violence of the gale which
this vessel rode out on Wednesday and Thursday tore
ont the " bits," but still she held fast, and whilst very
many vessels came in with loss of anchors, hers held the

grwiotniad uarnd saved the :ship. We find she was supplied
ter's anchor at the special application of her
commander, who, it is but fair to presume, did not like
)..'oto risk his ship with no better hold-fast than the treache-
rous" mud-hoOkleuesually supplii d to ship. We are in-
formed that the Electra did not bring the Forth's mails ;
and further, that the Severn left Bermuda three days
after her, and then the Forth had nut been heard of.
The following iti(annations in gunnery en hoaenrreacently passed their exami-
Excellent ;--Messrs.
Acting-Lieutenants, and Wright, Actin-I.'ie euteliants, first class ;
Mr. Russell, Mate ; and N,lssrs. Nieholl, Trevennen,
Hoskins. Simpson, Rawlins, Parrott, Scovell, and Cam-
pion, Acting Mates.
The Dauntless new steam-frigate is to be docked and
immediately fitted fur service.
Admiralty orders have been received here this morn-
ing to dock -the naval transport Adventurer, Master-
Commander-Wellington, which vessel received so much
damage in the late ia.es as to render that operation no-
tn-ssary, she having sprung a srious leak, causing her
while at sea to make 10 inches of water an hour. She
will be docked to-morrow.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson,

sailed yesterday morning for Devonport, with a dredging
machine vessel in tow. She is to complete fuel at De-
vonport, and then proceed for the Pacific.
The Fearless steamer, Second Master-Commander
Wills, sailed yesterday with supernumeraries for
Plymouth.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W.
Beauclerk, is ordered immediately on her arrival at this
port (where she is momentarily expected) to be dis-
patched to Sheerness to be paid off.
The Janus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Powell, arrived this morning from Woolwich to complete
coals, &c., and be paid advance.
The Superb, 80, Captain E. Purcell, and Sappho, 12,
Commander R. C. Michell, are to leave the harbour for
Spithead to-morrow.
The Rodney, 92, Captain E. Collier, C. 8., and the
Electra, 14, Commander F. W. P. Bouverie, are ordered
to be paid off next Thursday.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Gladiator sailed on the 28th ult. for Portsmouth and
Woolwich.
Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Sir T. W.
Carter, will go to Malta in about a fortnight, to relieve
her Majesty's skip Queen, 110, Captain H. W. Bruce.
Orders were received yesterday morning to get her ready
as soon as possible. She shipped 70 hands in about 2i
hours; 450 hands were wanted to complete her comple-
ment :of 950, including 200 marines. It is said that if
necessary 700 hands might be had at once, in conse-
quence of so many men having collected here in the ex-
pectation of being required for small vessels of war.
Letters dated at Wouhoo have seen received from the
Plover discovery ship, Commander Thomas E. L. Moore,
gone in search of Sir John Franklin. The officers and
crew of the Plover are all well.

Orders have been sent by the Admiralty to the De-
vonport Dockyard for a return of the ages and servitude
of all the officers and men employed in that arsenal.
Nine shipwrights and one ropemaker were yesterday
examined by the surgeon preparatory for superan-

nuation.
THE YACHT BRIG ARlENlS.—Yesterday morning,
about 9 A.M., the Sir Francis Drake steam-packet was
brought near this vessel with an intention to get her off
the rocks under the citadel, but in consequence of the
northerly wind having cut the tide no effort was then
made. In the course of the day her topmasts were taken
down, a large portion of the iron ballast thrown over-
board, and a number of casks placed in and around her.
About ten o'clock last night her Majesty's steamer Con-
fiance was attached to the brig, and every effort again
used, but in consequence of the continuance of the
northerly wind, and the unexpected shortening of the
tide, this attempt was also unsuccessful. She has a great
quantity of ballast yet on board, some of which is ce-
mented in between the timbers and floors, and there are
also several iron tanks containing ballast. The tides
continue to decrease for a day or two, and all expec-
tation of floating her must therefore be deferred for
the present. It' in the mean time a gale come on from
the southward, she will be most probably beaten to
pieces.
Wind, northerly; fine.
WOOLWICH, MARCH 4.—Captain Lord John Hay,
C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain
Ellice, Comptroller of Steam Machinery, visited Wool-
wich Dockyard yesterday afternoon, and accompanied
by Commodore Henry Eden, Mr. Lang, master ship.
wright, and Mr. Humphries, chief engineer, went on
board the Sampson steam-vessel, at present fitting in the
inner basin. The Sampson has been ordered to be got
ready with the greatest dispatch, and relays of workmen
are to be engaged upon the ♦essel night and day during
the next fortnight. A small steam machine has been
constructed for this yard for the purpose of boring the
cylinders, without taking them out of the vessel. The plan
has been found to answer well in private establishments,
and was yesterday tried on board the Sampson. It is of
importance when cylinders ate bored that no stoppage
takes place, as the expansion and contraction of the
metal by the different degrees of heat would prevent that
great degree of nicety required in the baring of cylinders
to preveat the escape of steam when working.

The Gladiator steam-veasel,Commander Robb, arrived
here on Friday eveninz, and has brought home the crew
of the Volcano ateam-vessel, and thi y are to be paid off
on Tuesday next. The day for paying off the Gladiator
has not been fixed.
Captain Smith, of the Rattler steam-vessel, and a
deputation from the Harwich Company, who have pur•
chased the four wooden steam vessels, Adder, Dotterel,

Otter, and Zephyr, and the Torch and Myrmidon steam-

vessels, visited Woolwich Dockyard on Friday for the
purpose of inspecting them. It is said they have been
sold to the company for 24,0001.
Six men have been dismissed from the factory depart-
ment during the last week for idling at the time they should
have been working, and one boy for having a tobacco
pipe in his pocket, the strictest injunctions having been
previously issued against taking tobacco pipes into the
yard on any pretence whatever.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3 —THE DOCKYARD.—MT. Hop-
per, clerk of works at Haulbowline, is appointed to this
yard, vice Churchward. The superannuation allowance
for smiths having undergone revision, the following is
the scale adopted:—Forgemen at 6d. 6d. per day; Ist
class firemen, at ss. 3d; leading men at testing-house,
and all leading men made previous to 1846, 241. to 341.
per annum; smiths, at 3s. 6d. per day, or from 201. to 24/.
per annum; hammer• men, at 3s. per day, or from 151. to
201. per annum. All general service labourers, entered
since 1833, will not be allowed superannuation under
any circumstances.
After the contemplated reductions in this yard are
fully completed, we learn the following will form the
complement of men who will be employed:—Singe
station men, 13 ; leaning men, 36; apprentices, 125;
shipwrights, 576; trenail makers, 5:; oar maker, 1;
caulkers, 70; pitch heater, 1; oakum boys, 15; joiners,
120; turners, 2; wheelwrights, 2; cooper, 1; smiths,
166; millwrights (metal men), 43; brazier tinmen, 3;
locksmiths, 3; plumbers, 6; engine keepers, 5; stokers,
4; workmen at saw mills, 21; bricklayer, 1; masons,
painters, glaziers, and grinders, 25; sawyers, 90; estab-
lished labourers, 190; day labourers, 175; riggers' boats'
inspectors, 7; sail makers, 48; tailor, 1; spinners, 115;
key bearer, 1; house boys, 17; women, 13, storehouse
men, 17; messengers, 8; police, 73; teams, 9.
The Belleisle, 72, fitted as a troop ship (and a most
comfortable ship, too), is to be immediately commis-
sioned at Devonport, to carry a regiment to India.
DOCKYARD REDUCTION.—After the contemplated re-
ductions in Devonport Dockyard aro completed, the
working staff of the establishment will consist of 2,236
men, women, and boys.
The guns of the following calibre have been ordered
to be discontinued in the naval service :—The 68-pounder
of 112 cwt.; the 56-pounder of 85 cwt.; and the 42-
pounders of 85, 75, and 66 cwt. each, respectively.
The Magicienne, steam-frigate, building at Pembroke,
is to be launched to-morrow and navigated to Woolwich
to be completed and fitted for sea service.
WooLwreg, MARCH s.—Admiral Sir Edward Cod-
rington, G.C.8., visited Woolwich Dockyard for the
purpose of witnessing Mr. Cochran's machine for saw-
ing futtock timbers into the required shape for the
frames of ships steam vessels at one operation. The
men were at work on the arrival of the Gallant Admiral
in converting timbers for the Brisk steam-vessel, which
is progressing rapidly in building, owing to the quan-
tity of work which can now be executed in a short
time by machinery; and he appeared much interested
and pleased with the correct work pertormed by the
machinery. The saw mills in Woolwich Dockyard are
now of the most complete description, and capable of
producing a great quantity of the very best work in a
limited time for building new vessels or for repairs.
The Atholl troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearn,
was taken into dock to-day to have her bottom ex-
amined. Although entirely built of fir grown in the
forests of Atholl, and subjected to considerable service,
she is reported to be very dry, and a comfortable
troop-ship.
The Jasper steam-vessel was taken out of the dock to-
day, and will be taken into the basin to-morrow.
The Myrmidon steam-vessel is to be taken out of the
basin to-morrow, preparatory to being tried down the
river, and the Adder, Otter, and Zephyr are to be taken
into the basin to-raorrow,the Government having under-
taken to deliver the six ♦essels sold to the Harwich
Company for 24,0001. in working order, and the neat
fittings of the vessels formerly employed on the Holy-
head station are to be left on board.
The Janus, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Powell, left Greenhitho on Saturday for Portsmouth and
Gibraltar.
It is expected several additional regiments will shortly
be sent to the East Indies, and it has been suggested that
the guns should be taken out of the Blenheim and Ajax
ships, fitted with screw propellers, each of these vessels
being capable of conveying 1,000 troops with ease to In-
dia, with the probability that they would accomplish the
vnyage in much less time than sailing vessels without the
aid of steam.

WOODEN BARN FLOORS AND RTsB
may be made impervious toburialts by followingthke.—
RATS.—Barn rn
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wide by 9 inches deep,
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tilesi- incher work,alatea
bottom with brick fists,
whilst the other has a course o
the side furthest from the building
nailed to the, outside surface of theAs this is
finished, fill in the area with the earth d c ti,„ out. The
rats will endeavour to make their entrance by burrow-
ing, but they will invariably work themselves out at
the surface, as they cannot effect their object, try how
or where they will, and, cunning as they are,- they
never t ey
never commence burrowing away from the building, but
close around it. This plan has never failed. Rid your-
self of the iti,,ide members, and no outsiders can enter.
The doorways may be similarly secured by carrying up
a dwarf wall along the opening.—Builder.
EXTRAORDINARY LEAP OF A lIARE.—One fine
morning lately Mr. George Grave, of Broughton,Newby-
bridge, was astonished to find a hare dancing about on
the warm limo that was burned down to the bottom of
the kiln. how it happened that poor puss fell in is un-
known. George Graves, jun., descended with the in-
tention of securing pussey ; but, wonderful to relate, she
sprang clear out to the top, leaving the young man dumb.
foundered. The height leaped by the hero was seventeen
feet four inches. The inside of the kiln is lined with
brick, and no fissures or projecting stones. This is no
fancy sketch, but the testimony of several hard-working
honest men.— Westmoreland Gazette.
RATS.—These loathsome and destructive vermin
swarm to so great an extent in and around the wharfs and
stables of the Adelphi, that from five to ten of them in the
course of the morning are discovered dead, amid the straw
which is thrown down for the horses' litter, being literally
crushed by the latter while in the act of turning and moving
their bodies during the night. During the last high tide,
which reached the above premises, the rats were flooded out
of their fastnesses, and hundreds
were to be witnessed at one
time immersed in the Thames, with their heads only above
water endea •
which youring to escape from the ruthless element,
hurried them
dually perished.

DESPERATE BURGLARY.

ONE OF THE BUti.GLABSSHOF DEAD.

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

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

We should here state that Mr. Perry is a man of a
great deal of coolness and courage. He has been in
the habit, in consequence of the loneliness of his
residence and the frequency of robberies of late,
of keeping three double-barrelled guns ready
loaded in his bed-room, and has frequently ex-
pressed his determination to giro any thieves a warm
reception, if they should hare the audacity to attack
him. Upon this occasion he took his stand at the top
of the stairs, armed with a loaded gun, and scarcely
had be done so when a man appeared at the bottom
of the staircase, with a lantern in one hand, and a
bludgeon or pistol in the other, and a piece of coarse
cloth over his head and face, with two apertures cut
for the eyes. We need not dilate upon the ghastly
appearance presented by such an apparition at such
an hour of the night. But Mr. Perry was nothing
daunted, either by the appearance of the robber, or the
instigation of two companions behind, who urged him
with some such words as these—" Go on, you are all
right." But not so, for upon the scoundrel attempting
to ascend the broad, old-fashioned staircase, Mr. Perry

levelled his gun at him and fired; the man fell, and, as
it afterwards appeared, was shot through the heart.
One of the robbers, seeing his companion fall, cried
out, " Where are my pistols ?" " Come on with your
pistols," responded Mr. Perry ; "I am ready for you."
And calling to his brother, who was now on the scene
of action, he added, " I have snuffed his candle for him.
You keep ready while I load again."
Disregarding a renewed request to " come on," the
robbers, cowed by the vigorous measures taken against
them, removed their dead companion to the kitchen, and
finding that no breath of life remained, they decamped,
leaving the corpse there.
The Messrs. Perry, not knowing what might await
them down stairs, kept their post till the horsekeeper
came, about four o'clock in the morning, when the alarm
was given, and the premises were searched. Upon
the kitchen floor, quite dead, was found the body
of the luckless wretch who was for leading
the way up stairs. He had on, as already stated,
a course bag drawn over his face, and tied with his hand •
kerchief, with two eye holes in it ; a blue shirt, such as
railway labourers wear, was drawn over his dress ; and
over his shoes were a pair of worsted stockings, so that he
might go more noiselessly about. By his side lay a small
ash-stick.

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

house.
Various officers and others have seen the body of
the dead man ; indeed, on Thursday and yesterday,
hundreds of persons visited the place ; but no one
bas been able to identify him, although some assert that
he has been in the neighbourhood during the past
year with a nut-stall and target. Ho appears
to be about thirty years of Eige ; five feet four
inches in height ; sallow complexion ; dark hair ; the
whiskers appear to have been worn large, but ha►e re
cently been very closely trimmed, and left very narrow.
' He appears to have been quite clean shaved within a short
time of his death. His right eye-tooth is out. He had on
a white shirt, black and white neckerchief, one white
cotton stocking, blucher boots tied in three holes, cord
trousers, drab cloth double. breasted waistcoat, stout blue
cloth coat with pockets inside, black Paris hat, appa-
rently bought at Peterborough; a large pair of worsted
stockings, as we have stated, were drawn over his shoes,
and this plan seems to have been adopted by the whole
of the gang.
The courage and firmness of Mr. Perry are the theme
of universal comment. Doubtless if others of the gang,
had had the hardihood to advance, they would hare
shared a like fate with their deceased companion.—
Cambridge Chronicle.
An inquest was held upon the remains of the de-
ceased man on Saturday, when, after receiving all the
evidence that was attainable, the jury returned
a ♦erdict of " Justifiable Homicide," which they
accompanied with an expression of the high-
est admiration of the intrepidity displayed by the
Messrs. Perry ; and this sentiment was warmly re-
sponded to by the coroner and by the asembled neigh-
bours, who cheered loudly when the result of the in-
quiry was made known to them.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

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

We are informed that the works on the Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, be-
tween Chester and Moore, are to be resumed immediately
and prosecuted with all possible vigour.
CORONERS' INQUESTS COSTS.-It appears from offi-
cial returns made to the Financial and General Purposes
Committee of the Middlesex Bench, that from the let of
January to the 6th of February, in the present year, Mr.
Wakley (the coroner) held 128 inquisitions upon dead
bodies, the charges for fees, mileage, and disbursements on
which amounted to 390/. 1 la. 10d. From the Ist ofJanuery
to the 10th of February, Mr. Baker held 148 inquisitions, the
like charges on which were 4891.3 x. 4d. In the month of
January, Air. St. Clare Bedford, the coroner for Westminster.
held 23 inquisitions, the charges on which were 75/ Os 10d.
Total—lnquests, 299; costs, 954/. 16s.