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bill of costs headed " Yourself and your dunghill,"
interspersed with the customary charges, for "
at-
tending you thereon," and winding up with the
ordinary item of "Term fee, letters, &c.," apropos
of the litigated manure. If a certiorari instead of a
wheelbarrow had been necessary to its removal, the
cost could not have been greater than that which has
been incurred. The process of taxing, which was
left to the discretion of the magistrate, materially
diminished the amounts in the two cases brought
under his notice, for one was reduced from 241.85. to
31. 14s. 4d., and the other dwindled from 211. 15s. Bd.
to twopence under three pounds. It is said, however,
that the difference will have to be made good out of
the pockets of the rate-payers, who will soon take
alarm at the adoption of sanitary regulations if there
is so much expense attendant on getting them en-
forced. In the two cases we have noticed there seems
to have been no opposition raised to the order for the
removal of the nuisances complained of; yet, though
prompt compliance was yielded, the disappearance of
two dunghills was not effected at a less charge for
law expenses than five-and-forty pounds. The sug-
gestion jnade to the magistrate, that the bills he had
just taxed would prove instructive if forwarded to the
Sanitary Commission, i 3 one that will, we hope, be
acted on. The want of improvement with a view to
health in many of the metropolitan parishes, may in-
deed
be easily understood if the costs of taking away
two dunghills in St. Mary's, Newington, are a fair
criterion of the expense that the adoption of sanitary
regulations may entail.

MURDER OF THE COUNTESS OF
GOERLITZ.

The following report of an atrocity which is re-
garded as in some respects a reproduction of the
Praslin crime, is taken from the German journal
called the Spectator. The crime seems to have been
kept quiet, as the intelligence has not appeared in any
of the chief German papers. In the not very clear or
coherent report of the Spectator, comparisons are
made between the publicity given to the proceedings
in such cases by constitutional governments, and the
very different system pursued in Germany; after
which it proceeds as follows :—the tragical death of
the Countess of Goerlitz, burnt to death at Darmstadt,
has recently thrown all the higher classes of the Ger-
man aristocracy into deep consternation. This event
has given rise to the strangest as well as the most
contradictory conjectures ; many persons were of
opinion that the Countess had committed suicide, but
this was not generally believed, as the circumstances
rendered such a supposition highly improbable.
Even supposing the Countess to have been de-
sirous of committing the rash act, it was not to
be believed that she would choose the most pain-
ful, and, till now, unprecedented means, and the bare
attempt of which would, one would suppose, be enough
to arrest her in the act. Some persons, and among
others one of her intimate friends, M. Zamp, at first
supposed that her death was caused by accident, but
all concur in rejecting this opinion. The Countess
has been burnt to death near her secretary, close to a
bell rope. Thus it is quite impossible for death to
have seized her so suddenly as not to have left her
time to pull the bell and procure assistance. But the
supposition, either of suicide or accident has given way
to that of assassination ; and, from the result of the
first investigation, this version acquires a greater
degree of probability. The Judge d'lnstruction, N.
Purgold, has found twenty-six very important evi-
dences of culpability, and has requested the Court to
have the affair thoroughly investigated; but the tri-
bunal, after a private conference, has declared the evi-
dence to be insufficient, and has rejected, in conse-
quence, the continuation of the inquiry. The decision
appeared strange, and excited general discontent.
We have it in our power to make known some of
this evidence, collected in the course of the prelimi-
nary inquiry. It is well known that for some time
past, though living under the same roof, the
Count and his wife never saw each other. On
the evening before the event, a gentleman passing
before the Count's house perceived a smell of smoke.
He, however, went on without paying further at-
tention to the circumstance ; though, on his arrival at
the house whither he was going he mentioned it to

several persons. Thus, since the smell of fire was
perceived in the street at five o'clock, it is more than
probable that M. Goerlitz, who was at home, must
have smelt it before tee. Count Goerlitz, who was

not in the habit of thinking much about his wife, was
in very great apparent uneasiness about her. He
said, and his servants have repeated it, that the
Countess was in the habit of shutting herself up in
her own . royom every evening. Notwithstanding, at
half-past ergtt, he sent the only domestic present to
find another, to inquire of him if he had no news of
the Countess.,. When the servant acquitted himself
of his errand, the wife of the latter exclaimed—
" Great God I is the Countess burnt ?" What a sin-
gular event. What a singular coincidence between the
exclamation of the woman and the explanation of the
Event, which, according to the Count, took place about
an hour and a-half afterwards, and was discovered by
him. How explain the affirmation of the Count
that at this hour the Countess always shut herself up
in her own room, when she could be nowhere found,
if he had not himself looked into his wife's room ?
Did it require the interval from half-past eight till
ten to make up his mind to force open the door—since
he had two servants with him, the wife of one of '
whom had even expressed her fear the Countess
might be burnt. When the fire was discovered, at
ten o'clock, the Count sent for the physician Stegmaur,
and at ten the door was opened in the presence of
several persons, when every one was obliged to draw
back on account of the smoke and vapour which came
forth, the Count alone excepted, who cried out
" There is my wife !" Love has quick eyes. The
autopsy has not taken place, because the Court for-
bade it. He hastened to obtain leave to hare
his wife interred. The instruction has not as-
tained whether the door was fastened on the
inside or on the outside. No key has been found.
If the door was closed on the outside, no doubt
can be entertained of the cause of the death,

and, unfortunately, this fact is too well proved ;
if closed on the outside, the absence of the
key is explained ; if on the inside, what has become
of it ? This evidence gives birth to so many con-
,ectures, that it alone necessitates inquiry. The cause
of the fire has not been discovered. There was
neither stove nor candlestick in the room. If it be
supposed that somebody ignited the fire and then left
the room with the candlestick, the fact is still more
easily explained. The Countess had been burnt by
the flames, before her secretary. No other article of
furniture has been burnt. The head, neck, and part
of the arm were carbonised. It is supposed the un-
happy woman, after being murdered, was placed over
a small stove, where she remained for some hours.
Before the door was opened the stove had been taken
away, another position given to the Victim, and the
event assumed the colour of an accident. From the
preliminary inquest, it is conjectured that the fire was
ignited to hide a murder by strangulation. If the
tribunal of the Court wishes to maintain public trust
in its decisions, the evidence given in must be made
public. It is remarked that Count Goerlitz, who
lived on very bad terms with his wife, has now as-
sumed a very different sentiment. He often visits
her grave, and covers it with flowers. We are igno-
rant whether he is desirous of influencing public
opinion, or whether he really yields to a feeling of
sympathy which has declared itself very late ; but
time will unfold the mystery which now envelopes
this affair.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN JAMES BOXES, R.N.—lt is
this week our painful duty to announce the death of our
much respected townsman, Captain J. Boxer, who ex-
pired at his residence, Snargate-street, Dover, on
Tuesday morning last, aged 69. Captain Boxer was a
genuine specimen of the true British sailor, and had seen
much hard fighting in early life. He entered the navy
about the year 1791, and retired from it on half-pay at
(the close of the late French war. He was made a post
captain in the year 1813; was one of the retired cap-
tains whose pay was lately increased to 20s. per diem ;
and we regret he was not longer spared to enjoy this
increase. When a boy,
Captain Boxer sailed with Sir
Sydney Smith, and was taken prisoner by the French,
along with that gallant officer, who was much attached
to the subject of our memoir, and interested himself in
his advancement: Deceased was mate of the Tigre, and
commanded a gun-boat at the siege of St. Jean d'Acre
(by Buonaparte), and in the expedition to Egypt; was
lieutenant of the Pompei, at Copenhagen; commanded
the Skylark at Walcheren ; and, in company with the
Locust, engaged a flotilla near Calais, destroyed one,
vessel, and captured another, in 1811.—Dover Chronicle.
GENERAL INSPECTION OF THE 63D REGIMENT.—
This regiment, which arrived at Chatham garrison on
the 29th August last, from India, after an absence of
nineteen years, was inspected on Thursday, the 7th inst.,
on the gt•neral parade ground of the barracks, by Major-
General George Brown, K.H. C. 8., Deputy Adjutant.
General of her Majesty's Forces. The inspection being
caoect
concluded, the Major-General addressed the officers and
men of the regiment, observing that some of the ac-
coutrements
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the regiment on parade was I major, io ptains, 8
ientenlints, 6 ensigns, 4 stiff, 31 iergeants, I7eda
rummers,
and 575 rank and file, including 260 recruits.
CURIOUS ACCIDENT AT TuowELL.—As two men
were returning to Ilkeston from Nottingham Goose Fair,
on Monday night, when near to Mr. Eaton's lime works,
Trowel], they quarrelled; a scuffle ensued, and both fell
into the canal. One of the men was an excellent swimmer,
and found no great difficulty in reaching the bank; but
his opponent, unfortunately, was not possessed of that
tact, and must have sunk to rise no more, had not the
other jumped in again and reamed him,—Nottingham- ham-
shire Guardian,

TAKING THE VEIL.

The attractive and impressive ceremony of taking
the white veil, preparatory to becoming a nun, took
place on Wednesday at the Catholic church, Ber-
mondsey, to which there is a convent of the Sisters of
the Order of Mercy attached. The postulant, Miss
Fox, a young lady of independent means, is a near
relative of Dr. Fox, of New Broad-street, in the
City. The church, the interior of which is much
admired for the beauty and simplicity of its ar-
chitecture, was numerously attended by well-
dressed personages, among whom were many Pro-
testants, anxious to witness the ceremony, which
was performed with much of the grandeur that distin-
guishes the ceremonials of the Chureh of Rome. The
young lady who was to take the veil entered the
church at twelve o'clock, preceded by the Superior of
the Convent, and accompanied by the Sisters of the
Order, to the number of thirty, including those of
the branch convent at Chelsea. The organ sent forth
its sacred notes, which, swelling through the aisles,
and blending with the chant of the sisters, as they
advanced in solemn procession to the grand altar,
tended greatly to give an elevation of thought and
devotional motive to the proceeding. The pro-
cession was in itself a picture ; the Sisters
of the Order, bearing each a wax light in
her hand, were attired partly in black, and partly in
white, the former being the habit of those who had
taken the black veil, which is the last solemn step in
the ceremonial of making a nun, and after taking
which there is no retreating; and the latter, that of
those who are passing through their probation, to test
the constancy of their inclination to that extremity;
an inclination which, if they approve not of at the
end of a year, they are at liberty to forego, when they
can again enter the world, and participate in all its
gaieties. The postulant, who was the chief object
'of all beholders, was attired in a muslin dress of
purest white, and most fashionable make; her hair,
in flowing ringlets, was further set off by a wreath
of flowers, all emblematical of the vanity, gaiety,
pride, and ostentation of this world. Arrived at the
altar, the sisters ranged themselves in single line at
its foot, where, with the postulant in the centre, they
knelt in prayer, the postulant bowing her head to the
floor. The officiating bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Wise-
man, followed by the Right Rev. Dr. Morris, Bishop of
Troy, who acted as assistant bishop in the ceremony,
and by a numerous train of priests of the diocese,
over which the former has been recently called
to preside, then entered the church, and having
prayed for a few moments at the foot of the altar,
ascended its steps, and again engaged in prayer. He
then delivered an eloquent and appropriate discourse,
addressed to the understanding of the postulant, and
bearing mainly on the seriousness of the step she
was about to take. He cited, in the course of his ad-
dress, numerous appropriate passages from the Holy
Scriptures, pointed out the works of mercy and cha-
rity which the postulant would have to discharge to
the poor, the afflicted in spirit, and the sick, should she
take the final vow of nunhood (for it is the peculiar
province of the sisters of the Order of Mercy to go forth
from their convent into the ranks of the poor, the
sick, and afflicted, administering to them spiritual
and temporal relief, irrespective of the personal risk
of fever and pestilence), and concluded with an implo-
ration to God to give her grace in her inclination,
and a disposition to carry out the virtues which
the vow of the order imposed, should she finally
take it. This discourse, calculated to produce a
profound impression, was listened to with at-
tention by the auditory. The postulant then
rose, and, accompanied by the Sisters of the Order,
left the church in procession, and after a short
time again returned, habited in the probationary at-
tire, an humble garb, which contrasted markedly
with her previous gay dress. The latter she had di-
vested herself of, her head-wreath of flowers included,
and now, kneeling at the altar, the officiating bishop
imposed hands upon her, and the superior of the
convent placed the white veil upon her head, which
she received with evident humility and devotional
spirit, the organ the while pealing forth the Veni
Creator and other solemn psalms, the effect of which
was heightened by the singing of Mrs. Lamont, and
the occasional chanting of the nuns and priests. The
solemn ceremony of " The Benediction !" was then
gone through, the incense smoking on the altar, as a
part of the devotional homage paid to it, and with this
impressive part of the proceeding, the ceremony
closed, the nuns and the postulant retiring to their
convent by one door, and the bishops and priests to
the sacristy of the church by another.
At Rome, when the ceremony of taking the veil
occurs, the postulant passes the three previous days
in visiting and taking leave of her relatives and
friends, from whom and some of the distinguished
branches of the nobility, she receives, to be used on
the occasion, the most valuable presents in jewels,
diamonds, &c., with which she decorates her person,
as emblematical of the gaiety of the world. She
passes, during those three days, in grand procession,
and a showy carriage, through the streets of the city,
and on the third day, lays all these ornaments aside,
and takes " the black veil," becoming from that mo-
ment a nun for the future portion of her life.
From the convents of the Sisters of Mercy, at Ber-
mondsey and Chelsea, the nuns are to be seen daily
issuing forth to the public ways,. on their mission of
mercy and charity, in accordance with their vow,
and thus and in acts of prayer, they are reputed to
pass their lives. The ceremony was throughout im-
pressive.

SUICIDE OF MR. BOND, CORONER
OF FOLKESTONE.
On Wednesday last Mr. J. J. Bond, coroner of
Folkestone, committed suicide by nearly severing his
head from his body with a razor. The whole town
was, in consequence, thrown into a state of excite-
ment ; for although the eccentricities of this gentle-
men have lately been of a character to cause uneasi-
ness to his friends, such an occurrence was not at all
anticipated. He had, on Saturday evening last,
instituted a Chess Divan, at the Shakspere Hotel,
where the second meeting was held on Tuesday
evening. On that evening Mr. Bond gave a reading
upon chess, and played two games. Afterwards the
company sat in for singing, when he sang " Auld lang
syne," and told a tale. The party broke up about
half-past twelve o'clock, when he went home, and in
an apparently calm state, retired to bei. He
remained quiet until about seven o'clock in the
morning, when Mrs. Bond, who sleeps in the room
under the one in which Mr. B. slept, heard a fall on
the floor. She immediately ran up stairs, opened his
bedroom door, and saw his feet pointed towards the
door. She at once called the servant, who came, and
they went into the room, where they saw the unfor-
tunate man weltering in his blood. Dr. Bateman
was sent for, and on his arrival, found life was extinct.
The deceased, the better to effect his purpose, had
seated himself on a chair, and placed a looking-glass
on the floor.
We must suppress further particulars until after the
inquest, which will take place on Monday. Mr. Bond
was coroner for Folkestone; therefore another must be
appointed ere the inquest can be held. By his death
the situations of clerk to the magistrates, and deputy
steward of the manor to Lord Radnor, also become
vacant.--Dover Chronicle.

STRATFORD•ON-AVON. -- VISIT OF LORD MOR-
PETH.—His Lordship, in company with C. H. Brace-
bridge, Esq., visited this town on Friday last. At five
o'clock a deputation from the Royal Shaksperean Society
consisting of the vicar, the Rev. J. Clayton, Dr. Thom-
son, W. O. Hunt, Esq., and R. B. Wheler, Esq , waited
on him at the White Lion Hotel, and escorted him to
the poet's birth-place, the church, the site of New Place,
now the residence of D. Rice, Esq., and afterwards he
met the committee of the Shaksperean Society at the
Shakspere Hall. The principal room was lit up on the
occasion, in order to affbrd his Lordship an opportunity
of viewing the portraits of Shakspere and Garrick.
The following gentlemen, in addition to the above, were
in attendance s—The Mayor, W. Sheldon, Esq., W. J.
Harding, Esq., R. H. Hobbes, Esq., D. Rice, Esq., J.
Webb, Esq., E. F. Flower, Esq., 'l'. Umbers, Eeq., and
several others. His Lordship, on examining the minutes
of the recent proceedings of the society, which were laid
before him by the honorary secretary, expressed his
perfect concurrence in them. At seven o'clock he
honoured Dr. Thomson with his company to dinner,
where a select party was invited to meet him ; and on
Saturday morning, in company with that genteman, he
visited the grammar school. The head master, the Rev.
T. R. Medwin, A.M., received him ; and his Lordship
subsequently made an excursion to the village of Shot-
tery, for the purpose of viewing Anne Hathaway's
house. At eleven o'clock he returned, and immediately
took his departure, having previously expressed the plea-
sure ho felt in making the visit.—Banbury Guardian.
SUICIDE OF A SURGEON. Yesterday Mr. T.
Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Nottingham Arms,
Nottingham-street, New-road, on the body of Mr.
Charles Smith, aged 44, a snrgeon, who committed
suicide under the following circumstances :—The de-
ceased, who it appears was highly connected, and of good
family himself, had formerly been a surgeon in the
navy. During the last few years, however, his position
was much altered ; and from his being somewhat ad-
dicted to drink, he was abandoned by many of his
friends. He had been residing in the above street, but
about three months since he was obliged to leave from
embarrassed circumstances. The deceased removed to
the immediate vicinity, occupying a room on the second
floor, and from his involved condition he became very
melancholy ; but although his circumstances were needy,
he was not in absolute want. On Tuesday last he went
home in a most dejected state of mind, and going to
the cupboard drank something from a tea-cup, which
subsequently proved to be prussic acid. Be expired in
a few minutes afterwards. Verdict—" That the de-
ceased destroyed himself by taking prussic acid, but
that there was no evidence to show- in what state of
mind he was at the time he committed the act."
LUNATIC ASTLUMs.
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in competition for
the proposed pauper asylum foThe
r ,Middlesex plans in
were sent in
countiesy in the last week.
Air ic asylum for the
of Monmouth, Herefordu Brecon, and Radnor,
is to be erected in the neighbourhOod at Abergavenny.
The sum put down for it is 20,000/ The foundation-
stone of the Birmingbacq Lanatic Asylum was laid last
week,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.

Phcenix Parker, a very young boy, and a man
named Thomas Buckeridge, were brought before the
Lord Mayor. The prisoners were known to be
members of one of those very active gangs of pick-
pockets with which the City abounds.
Parker, the boy, was the principal performer in the
robbery which formed the ground of the charge.
Jenkinson, a metropolitan policeman, saw the pri-
soners follow a gentleman and two ladies, four other
thieves being occupied in covering their accomplices
from observation. The boy dexterously slipped his
hand into the pocket of one of the ladies, and passed
something to one of the men, who, at the moment,
observing the policeman, started off, followed by the
boy, who upon being grabbed swore " he had not got
it." Moore, a City constable, saw the boy going in
custody to the station-house, and perceiving Bucke-
ridge in the crowd looking on with more than ordi-
nary interest, apprehended and conveyed him to the
same place of security, where he was quickly recogs
nised as one of the gang. Spittle, another policeman,
had been observing the movements of the prisoners
together for some time previously. The other thieves
escaped in the crowd.
Miss E. Delamere, of High-street, Homerton,
stated that about half-past five o'clock on Friday, as
she was walking with her mother and brother in
Sun-street, the boy was brought to her by one of the
policemen, who asked her whether she had lost any-
thing. She was not aware that she had, but on
searching her pocket she missed her purse, which con-
tained two half-sovereigns, one half-crown, and two
fourpenny pieces.
Jenkinson, the policeman, produced two fourpenny
pieces, which were perforated, and which Miss
Delamere identified as part of the money, which had
been in her purse. These fourpenny pieces were
found upon the prisoner Buckeridge, when he was
searched at the station -house.
Buckeridge said the police belied him. He knew
nothing of the boy, but he did look on with curiosity
at seeing such a young person charged with robbery.
—(A laugh.) The money found upon him was his
own, the produce of his industry, and as for the holes
in the fourpennies, they were almost as common as
the heads were.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR said the prisoner, who first
denied a participation in the robbery, happened to be
well-known to the magistrates of London as a person
in constant work in levying contributions upon the
public, and the removal of so active and intelligent a
member of the fraternity would be certainly a boon
to that public.
The policemen engaged in the apprehension of the
prisoners assured the Lord Mayor that it was most
necessary to caution people against the extraordinary
ingenuity of the pickpockets infesting Bishopsgate-
street and its neighbourhood. Gangs of thieves, in
divisions consisting of five or six, in each of which
was a boy well practised in slipping his hand into
pockets and passing the contents to one of his com-
rades, stood at the corners of lanes or alleys, and
quickly separated upon the approach of a police-
man, for whom they were always en the watch, and
frequently committed robberies with complete im-
punity.
Buckeridge--I am not ene of that sort.
The LORD MAYOR committed the prisoners for
trial at the Central Criminal Court.
.Henry George Pearce was charged with having
committed fraud.
Daniel C. Stocker, a licensed shipping agent, of
15, Cannon-street, St. George-in-the-East, said—
The prisoner was formerly employed by me, but I
have found it necessary to discontinue employing him
for the last three or four months. About the 23d of
September I shipped several seamen on board the
Athenian for Captain Poyntz, the part owners of
which are Messrs. Toultnin, of Great St. Helen's.
I had a claim on the owners to the amount of 31. for
agency, and also for stationary. The prisoner had
no authority from me to receive that sum, as he did
not in any way assist me in shipping the seamen.
The receipt produced by the next witness is in the
prisoner's handwriting.
Abraham Sergeant, clerk to Messrs. Toulmin, of
St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, ship and insurance brokers,
said—On the 23d of September a person applied to
me for the amount of the account for shipping the
crew of the Athenian, and he presented to me the
account which I now produce, and which is certified
by the captain. I paid the person in gold, and he
then signed, in my presence, a receipt at the foot of
the account.
The prisoner said it was true he had received the
account. He had, for three months past, to receive
a commission for the ships he recommended, and by
him the crew of the Athenian had been recommended.
He had had all the trouble, and some expense, and
the captain said so, and made out the account for 2/.
for shipping the men, and 11. for trouble, including
articles and notes for the men he had shipped.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.
Thomas Murrell, a warehouse lad, employed at
Messrs. Bradbury and Evans's printing-office, in
Whitefriars, was charged with stealing two pieces of
cast type metal, called furniture, for filling up long
blank spaces.
Mr. Bradbury, jun., stated that some articles of
this kind are cast upon the premises, and in conse-
quence of the foreman having missed about 1 cwt. of
his castings of this description, and especially 101bs
weight on Monday, and 51bs. on Tuesday, measures
were taken to detect the thief. That morning witness
secreted himself in a closet which has a window com-
manding part of the composing-room, before any of
the men came; and the foreman secreted himself in
another place, having first marked and counted the num-
ber of pieces of furniture metal on a board. The pri-
soner had no occasion to come into the composing-room,
but he came there to wash himself. Only one com-
positor was then in the room. When the compositor
left the room, the prisoner left the tank and went to
the board where the furniture was. This was out of
the view of the closet; but he heard the chink of
two pieces of metal, as if the prisoner had taken
them up in his hand. lie returned to the tank, and
looking about he saw witness in the cupboard. Wit-
ness immediately went out, and made him go into
another room, expecting to find the metal secreted
about him. Nothing, however, was found in his
possession. In the course of five minutes after, how-
ever, the foreman found two pieces had been taken
from the board and dropped into the tank, where the
prisoner
was
therewashing. The prisoner denied having
laced them .
Mr. Alderman Muscuovm put several questions to
the witness, who admitted he never saw the two
Aetaldlew;mer aenfomunud sGa underoyE thes aiLdL.tiE grate.
pieces of metal in the prisoner's possession, nor heard
them placed in the water-tank. The prisoner's lodg-
ings were searched, and some small bits of melted
typmer m.
was a case of
strong suspicion, but he doubted whether it would
satisfy a jury. He remanded the prisoner to see if
further evidence could be obtained.
CLERKEivw
William Joseph Clifton, who was charged with the
wilful murder of Matilda Clifton, his wife, at No. 6,
Beauchamp-street, Leather-lane Holborn, was again
placed at the bar for final examination.
Mr. Sidney, the solicitor, of Hatton-garden, at-
tended for the prisoner, and communicated to the
bench that a Coroner's jury bad held an inquest on
the body of the deceased, and returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter."
After some proceedings,
Mr. TYRWIIITT said he would commit him for the
manslaughter.
The depositions were then read over; and the pri-
soner, who, by the advice of his solicitor, reserved
his defence, was fully committed for trial. Bail was
accepted.

LAMBETH.
John 111-arson, a man of respectable appearance,
who described himself as a master builder, was placed
at the bar on the following charge :
Mr. Henry Doulton, extensive potter in High-
street, Lambeth, deposed that on the 24th of August
last the prisoner called at his counting-house, and
said he had a contract for making a sewer from the
new LTnion workhouse, Kensington, to the Victoria-
road, and should require 701. worth of pipes, for that
purpose. He also said that Mr. Day, of Eltham, who
was ground landlord of the property, would be in
attendance on the following day at the works, and
would give him (Mr. Doulton) a guarantee for the
payment of the piping. Witness went on the follow-
ing morning to Victoria-road, and found the pri-
soner and a person to whom he was introduced as
Mr. Day, of Eltham, waiting for him. The pri-
soner took him along a sewer that was in the course
of being made, close to which some men were at
work, and said " This is the place I want the
piping for, and I hope you will send it as soon
as possible," or words to that effect. Witness sup-
posing he would not have had the hardihood to speak
as he had done within the hearing of the workmen
unless he was what he represented himself to be, was
thrown off his guard, and, returning to Mr. Day,
asked him if he was prepared to sign the guarantee for
the 701. Mr. Day replied he was, and they all went
into a neighbouring public-house where a written
guarantee was drawn up and signed. On the follow-
ing day he sent a load of the pipes to the prisoner,
and intended to send the remainder, but from what
had been communicated to him by his carman he de-
clined sending more until the first load was paid for,
and wrote to the prisoner to that effect. Not having
heard from or seen the prisoner for some time, he went
to look after him, and then found that his representa-
tion about his being the contractor for the sewer was
false, and further, that immediately after receiving
the piping he sold them considerably under the price
charged to him. As the value of the property parted
with was not very large, 51. 12s. 6d., he (Mr.
Doulton) did not intend losing his time in pursuing
the prisoner, but he felt it to be his duty to have him
apprehended.
Robert Thompson, carman to Mr. Doulton, said he
had been sent to deliver a load of piping at the Vic-
toria-road, Kensington, about the latter end of
August, and found the prisoner there to receive it,
and the latter requested that the remainder of the 70/.
worth would be delivered as soon as possible. From a
conversation which he (witness) had with one of the
workmen, he found that Mr. Williams was the con-
tractor for buildirg the sewer, and that the prisoner
had nothing to do with it.

Robert Cockurn stated, that about the latter end of
August last the prisoner, of whom he had some pre-
vious knowledge, came to him, and asked him if he
knew any person who would purchase some stone
piping. He told him he thought that Messrs. Hum-
phreys and Thirst would, and he sold them the piping
for 4/. 19s. 6d.

Attley, 110 L, said he apprehended the prisoner on
that morning at a public-house in Chelsea. He told
him he wanted him for obtaining some piping under
false pretences, and the prisoner merely replied,
" Very well ; I'll go with you." The witness pro-
duced two cheques which the prisoner had obtained
cash for, ani which when presented were worth no
effects.

The prisoner, in the absence of his solicitor, refused
to enter upon any defence, and was remanded to
Thursday next.

A deputation from the Early Closing Association
waited upom Mr. Norton for the purpose of denounc-
ing, on the part of their body, the conduct of the
person who had been guilty of the outrage on the
property of Mr. Kingston, in the Lambeth-road,
and &so removing from the mind of the magis-
trate any feeling which he might entertain that
the association would countenance such an act; on
the contrary, they assured Mr. Norton, that the
association had always impressed the strict obser-
vance of their rules, one of which was, the employ-
ment only of such means as are of a peaceful,
persuasive, and conciliatory nature, and by refusing
to sanction any measure having a tendency to co-
erce employers, or injure their interests, however op-
posed they might be to the objects or principles of the
association.

Mr. NORTON felt sure that the association would
not encourage an act, which was, of all others,
least calculated to affect the object they had in view ;
and hoped the association would give ➢lr. Kingston
all the assistance in its power to bring the guilty party
to justice.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
FRIDAY.
FOREIGN•OFFICE, OCT. 6, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan
de Mszarredo, as Consul at Liverpool, and of Don Jose
Moreno Lopez, as Consul in Jamaica, for her Majesty
the Queen of Spain.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Samuel Cockburn, as Consul in Grenada for the Re-
public of Venezuela.
WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 8.
4th Dragoon Guards—Captain Edward Sims James,
froth half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet
Major George Wa nell Mayow, who exchanges ; Lieu-
tenant James Cunningham to be Captain, by purchase,
vice James, who retires ; Cornet Arthur Masterton
Robertson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunning-
ham ; Wynne William Rudyerd Williams, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Robertson, Oct. 8.
6th Dragoons—Captain William Payne Neale, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain. vice Mervyn Arch-
dall, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Francis Sutton to be
Captain, by purehase, vice Neale, who retires ; Ensign
the Hon. Hercules Langford Boyle Rowley, fom 6th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, Oct. 7.
13th Light Dragoons—The Hon. John William Hely
Hutchinson to be Cornet, by purchase,. vice Jenyns,
promoted, Oct. 8.
16th Light Dragoons—Garrison Sergeant Major, at
the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, Martin Kisbee (Riding-
master) to be Cornet, without purchase, Oct. 8.
6th Regiment of Foot—Alexander Shuldham, Gent.,
to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Rowley, promoted in
6th Dragoons, Oct. 8.
14th Foot—Captain George Black, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Colman,
who exchanges, Oct. 8.
25th Foot—Ensign Thomas Edwin Blomfield to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barbauld, who retires ;
George Gould, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Blomfield, Oct. 8.
30th Foot—Robert Sandford Warburton, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clubley, who retires,
Oct. 8.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Young to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Thomas Donaldson Price, who
retires upon full pay, Oct. 8.
68th Foot—Ensign Edmund David Lyon to be Lieu-
wtehnoanrt,etbiryesp;urcthheaseHvoin'coeurtahheleHEoynroeurcabhloellofoLerL.HNenoeryl,
Massey to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lyon, Oct. 8.,
72d Foot—Captain William Clung, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Thomas
E. Lacy, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John William
Gaisford, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clune, who
retires ; Ensign Charles John William Norman to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gaisford, Oct. 8.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Philip Blundell Bicknell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Combe, who retires ; Ensign
Frederick Reeve to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bicknell ; Walter Johnston, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Reeve, Oct. 8.
87th Foot—Second Lieutenant Thompson Macky
M'Clintock to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Thomas Lloyd, who retires; George Neeld Boldero,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
M'Clintock, Oct. 8.
88th Foot—Captain George Chichester, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Edward Adams,
who exchanges ; Lieut. Edward Herbert Maxwell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Chichester, who retires, Oct.
8 ; Ensign and Adjutant Samuel Dunning to have the
rank of Lieutenant, Oct. 7; Ensign Benjamin Bunbury
Manleverer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell;
John Edward Riley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Manleverer, Oct. 8.
90th Foot—Brevet Major Frederick Eld to be Major,
without purchase, vice Eyles, deceased; Lieutenant
John M`Neale Walter, to be Captain, vice Eld, Sept. 29.
94th Foot—Ensign Francis Dalinahoy Wyatt, from
17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne, whose removal
from 9th Foot has been cancelled, Oct. 8.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles James Lindam,
from 10th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice William Holden,
who has retired upon half pay, Oct. 8.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Henry Thwaytes
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dagg, appointed
Adjutant of a Recruiting District ; William Thomas
James Simmons, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thwaytes,
Oct. 8.

3d West India Regiment—Robert William Harley,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Martin,
appointed to the Royal Newfoundland Companies, Oct. 8.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Ensign Charles
Henry Martin, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be
Ensign, vice Oliphant, promoted in the 80th Foot,
Oct. 8.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain William
Thomas Colman, from 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Black, who exchanges, Oct. 8.
STAFF.—Lieutenant Robert Alexander Dagz, from
2d West India Regiment, to be Adjutant of a Recruit-
ing District, vice Thomas Dagg, deceased, Sept. 11.
BREVET.—To be Majors in the Army—Capt. George
Chichester, of the 88th Foot, June 28, 1838; Captain
William Payne Neale, of the 6th Dragoons, Nov. 9,
1846.

To be Majors in the Army in the East Indies—Capt.
George Hall, of the Madras Artillery; Captain George
Balfour, of the Madras Artillery, Oct. 8.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—JOI3II Waller, Gent., to be Assis.
tant Surgeon to the Forces, Oct. 8.

MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Adjutant, of the
7th Light Dragoons, are Joseph " Trenerry," not
" Trennery," as previrJusly stated.
BANKRUPTS.
• George John Galabin, printer, Bartholornew•close,
to surrender Oct. 19, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 25,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings Smith, Basinghall-
street.
Thomas Christian, merchant, Park-road, North Brix-
ton, Oct. 18, and Nov. 16, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Grat.am, official assignee,
'Coleman-street ; Shaw, Qum-spree, canapside.

Joseph Milstead, builder, High-street, Bromley, Kent,
Oct. 18, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at
the Court or Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assigner,
Old Jewry Chambers, City; Solomon, Chester-terrace,
Bow-road.

Joseph Featherstonhaugh and William Putterill, rail-
way contractors, Saint Martin's Stamford, Northampton-
shire, Oct. 15, at half-past two, and Nov. 22, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street, City; Ewbank, Gray's Inn.
Patrick Kevan, flour dealer, Liverpool, Oct. 19, and
Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assigeee, Liverpool ; Mitton and Co.,
Southampton-buildings, London; Smith, Liverpool.
Henry Heywood, auctioneer, Manchester, Oct. 18 and
Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Jaques, Edwards,
Jaques, and Layton, Ely-place, Holborn; Chew, Man-
chester.

George Baker, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire,
Oct. 18, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Poole and
Gamlen, Gray's Inn-square, London; A. J. and B.
Livett, Bristol.

John Rippon, baker, Bristol, Oct. 21, at one, and
Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol ; Maples and Co., Old
Jewry, London; Hassell, Bristol.

Abel Uglow, miller, St. Thomas the Apostle, Corn-
wall, Oct. 19, at half-past ten, and Nov, 17, at twelve,
at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; Clowes, Wedlake, and
Clowes, King's Bench-walk.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Craft, Spring-street, Paddington, fishmonger, Oct.
30, at half-past eleven—H. Clark, Redcross-street, City,
and Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, oil and colour-mer-
chant, Oct. 30, at eleven—F. W. Gerish, East-road,
City-road, ironfounder, Nov. 4, at eleven—W. Dicken,
Isleworth, grocer, Nov. 4, at twelve—T. Caswell. and J.
T. Tindall, Northampton and York, leather-sellers, Nov.
1, at two.

In the Country.
J. Radbone, Alcoster, Warwickshire, broker, Nov. 13,
at eleven, at the Court Birmingham—C. R. Bewley,
Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, grocer, Nov. 13, at
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Wright, Birken-
head, Cheshire, ironmonger, Nov. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool.

PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Wilkinson, Stockton-upon-Trent, wharfinger, 63.,
on any Saturday, after Oct. 14, between ten and three,
at the office of T, Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
C. 11. Perry, Liverpool, baker, 93., on Thursday, Oct.
14, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and
two, at the effici• of J. Cazenuve, Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
In the Country.
J. Berkley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, Oct. 29,
at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W.
Sharp, jun., Pudsey, Yorkshire, ale and porter brewer,
OA. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. King,
lielmsley, Yorkshire, surgeon, Oct. 30, at half-past
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Glue, Derby, victualler,
Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—W.
Ogden, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, flour-
dealer, Nov. I, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H.
Allen, Birmingham, draper, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, Oct. 29.
J. Notwell, Falmouth, grocer—J. Hay, Bath, grocer
—W. Gray, Salford, Lancashire, common brewer—W.
Clayton, Langcliffe, Yorkshire, banker.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Pickup and W. Holland, Summer Castle, Roch-
dale, machine brokers—A. Pickup, J. Schofield, and J.
Ramabottom, Bury, Lancashire, cotton spinners (as far
as regards A. Pickup)—B. B. Breach and T. B. Jef-
fery, Leamington and Carlisle, hotel keepers—W.
Hawtrey and S. W. Robinson' Fulham, stage-carriage
proprietors—H. Parkin and G. Roberts, Birstal, York-
shire, machine and cardmakers—H. Cockerell and S.
Stockwell, Fleet-street, boot and shoemakers—R. Short
and C. Short, Charles-street, Soho-square—J. Lamble
and W. Timewell, Kingabridge, Devonshire, tailors and
drapers—J. Swallow and R. Swallow, Maidenhead, corn
and coal merchants—T. Morris and G. Blackstone,
Covent-garden, hotel keepers—T. Dawber, W. Knowles,
and T. Thompson, Manchester, calico printers—J. C.
Pritchard and H.. F. Middleton, Chipping Camden,
Gloucestershire, and Blockley, Worcestershire, sur-
geons and apothecaries—J. W. Mellor and W. Twy-
ford, Manchester, stock and share brokers--H. Toshach
and R. Ramsey, South Shields, varnish and naptha
manufacturers—J. Coker and J. Dickens, railway con-
tractors—S. C. Taylor and J. Ferris, Savage-gardens,
Tower-hill, wine and spirit merchants—J. Lainson and
C. Lainson, Croydon, linendrapers—T. P. Hull and J.
Shenton, Leicester, hosiers—W. Baines and G. Baines,
Leicester, hatters—W. M'Niell and W. S. Johnsen, St.
Martin's lane, lamp manufacturers—W. Copland and
J. Jones, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, druggists—J. Simpson
and R. Hicks, Middlesborough, common brewers—J. I'.
Periam, Mary Ann Periam, and Maria Periam, Bamp-
ton, Devonshire, drapers—J. Wiseman and John High-
field, Liverpool, shoe dealers—H. T. Smith and J.
Hewitt, Liverpool, tailors—J. King, W. King, R. Bret-
tell, and J. Whitehouse, Oldswiuford, Worcestershire,
fire-brick manufacturers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
George Henry Clayton, Bunhill row, St. Luke's.
James Kirkpatrick, Northampton, tailor.
Thomas Moor, Church-street, Greenwich.
John Street, Hyde, Isle of Wight.
George Pratt, Wharf-road, Harrow-road, steam-mill
sawyer.
James Patrick, Burton Lattiwer, Northamptonshire,
butcher.
John Polley, St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire, innkeeper.
James Masters, Little Clarendon- street, Somers-town.
Edward Harney, jun., Lower Edmund-street, King's
cross, carpenter.
Thomas Vaines, Wash-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, turner.
John Noble, Scarborough, wood-turner.
William Wheelton, Stockport, painter.
Richard Crowther, Halifax, Yorkshire, blacksmith.
Joseph Fidler Smith, Crich, Derbyshire, framesmith.
Thomas Eugene Wilkinson, Needham-market, Suffolk,
baker.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A Gibb, Glasgow, insurance• broker, to meet Oct. 14
and Nov. 4, at one, within the writing-chambers of
Messrs. Reid and Towers, Glasgow.
J. Whytock, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, coal-dealer,
to meet Oct. 13 and Nov. 3, at twelve, within the writing-
chambers of Messrs. Liston and Salmon, Falkirk.
W. Arthur, G. Syme, and W. Stewart, Glasgow, mer-
chants, to meet Oct. 11 and Nov. 1, at twelve, within the
Chambers of J. Fleming, accountant, Glasgow.
A. Mackenzie, Beauly, merchant, to meet Oct. 15 and
Nov. 12, at one, within Greig's Inn, Beauty.
W. Brockie, Galashiels, printer, to meet Oct. 15 and
Nov. 4, at twelve, within the Chambers of Messrs. Hal.
done and Lees, writers, Galashiels.
M. Ritchie, Glasgow, commission-agent, to meet Oct.
14 and Nov. 2, at two, within the Counting-house of G.
Esplin, accountant, Glasgow.
A. M•Night, D. Watson, J. Watson, and J. K. Brown,
Glasgow, merchants, to meet Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, at
twelve, within the Chambers of C. Borthwick, accountant,
Glasgow.

£Tennant, Glasgow, merchant, to meet Oct. 14 and
Nov. 4, at one, within the writing-chambers of Messrs.
White and Gardiner, accountants, Glasgow.
J. M•lntosh and J. DOnaldson, Glasgow, warehouse-
men, to meet Oct. 15 and Nov. 9, at twelve, within the
Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending October 5
1847, is 245. 3is d. per cwt.

HOUSE AT STRATFORD.--The first
glance will disappoint the stranger. It scarcely re-
sembles the prints. Its location in the street range takes
away from its distinctive and individual character. You
expected something different. You expected a certain
dusky picturesqueness which you look for in vain. The
modern façade of the Swan Inn spoils its antique and
crumbling aspect; and the whole front, at first sight, has
a pettier air than the wood-engravers have given to it.
The proportions have been capriciously dealt with by the
artists, who have given you larger and broader windows,
and a more capacious shop and entry. The roof is
neither so lofty nor so rustic as that in the engravings;
the house is altogether more low-browed, the lattice more
diminutive and minute, and the butcher's stall and half-
door more squat and gloomy. But us your eye grows
accustomed to it, and begins to take in its old beams and
dingy frame-work, and to separate it from the adjoining
premises, you gradually acquire a clearer sense of the
quaint physiognomy of the house. The imagination re-
quires to dwell a little upon the squalid details before it
becomes reconciled with the impressions left upon it by
pictures and traditions.—Atlas.
FOREIGN CATTLE.—The importations of foreign
cattle are steadily on the increase—sometimes approach-
ing 2,000 head in Smithfield on Mondays—and the
animals come in better condition. They are almost ex-
clusively from Holland and Germany. It having been
reported that some of the animals were imported in a
diseased state, the government authorities have revive d
the order of 1845 for inspection. But the way in which
this inspection is made can only be looked upon an a
ridiculous farce. The inspectors attend at St. Kautz-
rine's Docks, about seven o'clock ou Sunday evening,
and then, by the light of a pocket lantern, glance at the
animals as they pass over the wharf. If the ox or cow-
can walk it declared to be sound ;if it fall down it is
left in the yard until the consignees send for it. It is I
only fair, however, to state that no disease in the foreign
beasts has yet been discovered, and that the animals look
remarkably healthy.
ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE.— Itstands on a
broken knoll on the edge of a most picturesquehe
orchard,
acrossoffiectiy charming. the meadows.
Yo u getTh a tit throughsituation
of
the about
cotatamie
per
gelisa
winding lane, dotted at intervals with old English
homesteads of the most rural
description, with their
straw eaves dipping down to the grass, and their flat
lattices opening out upon honeysuckles and wild flowers.
After crossing a little brook, which brawls through a
dell
of low shadowing trees, Shottery b
a sudden turn in the road. you come upon y
Anne Hathaway's cottage is
the last of the group ; you know it at a glance. The
artists have done more justice to it than to Shakspere's
house; but it is so like a picture in itself, that they could
scarcely fail to catch its peculiar aspect. Standing high
off the road, its outline undulating with the irregular
surface on which it reposes, you are attracted at once by
the air of unmistakeable antiquity it presents. It is
now divided into three cottages with two separate
entrances, the doors of which hang midway in the
façade from the upper level of the sloping garden, and
are reached by rustic steps, protected by wooden rail-
ings. As we approached we saw the figure of a young
woman leaning over the railing. It was impossible to
resist the image it suggested; for there many a time in
the still evening Anne Hathaway stood to watch the i
coming of her loTer!—Atlas.