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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

PRIVY COUNCIL. APRIL 8.
WOOD AND OTHERS V. uOODtAKE AND HITCHING&
Mr. PEMBERTON resumed his arguments yesterday, following
the Attorney-General on behalf of the appellants. When the
Court rose yesterday he was proceeding to cite some of the
cases with respect to the course usually pursued where refer-
ence was made by one paper to another. In the case of Wood
r. Wood the testator gave instructions for his will ; he died
before the will was made, and after his death it ap-
peared that a trifling addition had been made to the
instructions ; those instructions were propounded as a will, re-
ference was made to the addition, and it was declared that the
two papers formed the will of the testator, and probate was
granted. The class of cases cited by the Attorney-General
had the strongest bearing upon this point ; in those cases re-
ference was made to the Statute of Frauds, and what degree of
reference was necessary to papers signed to snake them con-
stitute a will. In the cases of Sanderson and Jackson, Shortland
and Cheek, and Johnson and Dodson, the reference necessary was
laid down. In Hodges and Horsfall, where there was a re-
ference to an agreement, it was held sufficient to refer to it " as
per that agreement." Now, in what cases had it been held
tint the reference was insufficient, and therefore inadmissible ?
Why, in these cases, first where there was no instrument at
all; secondly, where the instruments differed in some
particulars ; and, thirdly, where there was more than
one instrument which endorsed the reference doubtful.
In Boydell v. Drummond, which was the case with respect to
the subscriptions to the Illustrations to Shakspeare, there were
two prospectuses which differed, and there the reference was
held to be bad. In Smart v. Pragen, which was the case of a
will, the papers did not answer the description referred to in
the will, and there the reference was also held to be bad.
In Dillon v. Harris, in " Bligh's Reports," the same prin-
ciple was acted upon. 1 nere the son of the tes-
tator had formed a connection with a female, which the
testator was desirous of breaking off, and he made him sign a
declaration in writing that he would break it off. The testator
then made his will, in which he made provision for his son on
condition that he strictly adhered to the solemn engagen ant he
had entered into, and which engagement the testator said had been
placed by him in the hands of his trustees and executors : the
engagement was violated, and the question was whether that
engagement had been properly referred to by the will; and it
was held that it was not,-because it had never been placed in
the hands of his trustees and executors; and in King v. Bailey,
in Milne and Keene, a similar decision had been comet°. He (Mr.
Pemberton) was not aware of any other authorities turning
upon a different principle ; he had not found any case
where a plain reference had been made to an existing agree-
ment, where the instrument produced answered the descrip-
tion, and where no other instrument was produced that the evi-
dence had not been received.' For a collection of all the cases
on these points, he would refer their Lordships to Mr. Wig-
ram's book on Extrinsic Evidence, where all the cases on the
subject would be found. Now, applying the principle
laid • down in those cases to the case at present be-
fore their Lordships, their Lordships must see whether B
did refer to any paper at all, and if so, did the paper A answer
that description ? and 3dly, had there been any other paper pro-
duced that answered that de,cription. Now, first, did Braes to any
paper at all? In the first clause in the will, the positive
clause, Mr. Wood said, " I declare my wish to be,
that my executors should have all my property that
I have not disposed of. I wish all my estates, real and per-
sonal, to go to them and their heirs." Was it possible, there-
fore, to deny that there was a reference to a previous
paper? There was a reference to persons of a certain
description, of a description that could not be created except
by writing ; he giving to those persons filling that character
the whole of his personal estate, and also the whole of his
real estate. But supposing it was said that this referred to
executors intended to be appointed, what were the next words?
Why, " I give them all my estates, real and personal." Now,
could such a gift as that take effect to persons to be named
afterwards?
Lord LYNDHURST—How would it be if it was executed in
the presence of three witnesses ?
Mr. PEMBERTON—If might then perhaps amount to a gift ;
but when a gift was made, was it not probable that the parties
in whose favour that gift was to operate, had already been se-
lected. Unless the parties had been selected, who was to be
benefited by it? and if the testator had not appointed his ex-
ecutors, for what earthly purpose could he make the gifts. In
the present case the testator had determined that there should
be executors ; he had determined that there should
be more than two, and what he said was that
he gave all his property, real and personal, among
his executors. The will could answer no purpose
whatever if it was to have reference to parties that had
not been named. Nothing was snore common than a. gift to
executors in their character of executors ; but he (Mr. Pem-
berton) had never met with a case in which a testator had made
a devise to executors, and then stated who those executors
were in another instrument. He would beg of their Lordships
to look to the other parts of the evidence, and when they
did so, he would leave it to them to say whether
there was not a distinct reference to the executors ?
When one document referred to the other in this manner, what
other instrument were they to produce ? For what purpose
could reference be made to the instructions in this will, except
for the purpose of giving effect in some manner to those in-
structions ? Did any man ever commence his will by saying
" This will is begun in accordance with my instructions ?" Why
then did the testator refer to these instructions? Because the
will with reference to these instructions was a perfectly good
will in every particular, because it supplied the only thing
wanted in the will, and that which was wanting, and the ab-
sence of which made it inoperative. But then how was the
will itself imperfect? Not because it did not contain a dispo-
sition of the testator's real estate, but because the testator had
not expressed his whole intention. It showed an expression of
intention, but an imperfect expression, and consequently by the
rules of the Ecclesia,tical Courts they must inquire whether
there was any instrument by which the imperfection of the
will might be supplied. He (Mr. Pemberton) showed the
paper by which this defect was cured. Such a paper
should be entitled " Instructions." It should contain the
appointment of executors, it should be called Instructioni, be-
cause the will referred to " Instructions." It should
contain the appointment of executors, because that
was wanting to complete the will. Now, what did they find
in paper A ? It agreed, in each and every particular. with
the instrument to which reference was made. It was entitled
" Instructions," and it contained the appointment of Execu-
tors. And, further, it. contained a prospective reference
to B. It contained an allusion to the disposition
of his real estate by a subsequent instrument.
Nor was there anything inconsistent in this ? It was said there
was this inconsistency, that there was a gift of the personal
estate by A, and also by
in B. Was there anything inconsis-
tent or improbable that the testator, when completing the in-
strument a most formal manner, _ should repeat the disposi-
tion of his personal property? But it was not a repetition
except in this sense, that it gave authenticity to the
same persons. If, then, these papers were in all res-
pects consistent, did riot the evidence before their Lordships
prove that these gentlemen must have been his executors?
All the evidence as to the appointment of executors was
equally evidence as to the bestowal of the bounty. Whenever
testator declared that he appointed executors, it was in
evidence that he intended his executors should take
the bounty, the declaration of the one being always
accompanied by a declaration of the other. The At-
torney-General had gone so fully through the evidence
that he (Mr. Pemberton) would not trouble their Lordships
at any length by commenting upon it. But he would men-
tion that with respect to that of Mary Wilkins, which had not
been referred to, she deposed to an important conversa-
tion with respect to the executors and the bounty, and that on
the very night the conversation took place she mentioned
it to a person named Jones. The accuracy of her
statement was brought to the test by cross-examination,
but no other attempt was made to dispute it. There were no
less than eight witnesses, each of whom confirmed the evi-
dence as to the appointment of executors and the disposal of
the bounty. Mr. Sutton deposed that testator told him that
he had made provision for the payment of his debts. The
Learned Judge said this did not prove anything with respect to
the bounty, but it proved the appointment of executors,
for it could only be by their appointmens he could make
provision for payment of his debts. Mr. Stephens, who had
an important interest in the settlement of his affairs, also de-
posed that testator said to him, " Tell your father that I have
made my will, and left my property to four individuals ; they
are my executors, and will pay you and your father and every
body else. Two of them are Alderman Wood and Jacob."
Now how did this affect the argument? They wanted
to know whether testator had appointed four execu-
tors, and whether these were the persons. He told
another person that he had made this provision, be-
tween the Ist and the 4th December. Was this witness to be
discredited? He had given the strongest proof of the accuracy
of his statement, for he had instructions to withdraw his father's
deposit of 2,0001., in testator's bank, if testator's explanation
was not satisfactory, but he considered it to be so, and left the
money. The Learned Judge said ' this declaration
stood alone, and was the only one made to
any witness in which reference was made to four
persons as sharing his property. and that when he
referred to Alderman Wood and Jacob, he thought
testator could hardly have referred to his will made in Decem-
ber, 1834, but to some other document which he might have
issued in the intermediate time. The Learned Judge said,
moreover, that he thought it was only a declaration of the
appointment of executors, arid did not go beyond that.
He (Mr. Pemberton) did not wish anything further. He
did not wish to get evidence of testator's intention respecting
the family. The proof of that intention was unimpeached,
and the question then was, whether the testator recognized the
appointment of executors who should wind up his affairs ?
The evidence on this point was confirmed by the evidence of
Stanley and Webb. His repeated declarations to this effect
were the subject of general conversation in the city of Glou-
cester, which appeared to have been greatly occupied with his
affairs. It never appeared that he had named to any
person that he had appointed any other executors. Not one
witness proved that testator ever hinted at any others. Why
then were these witnesses to be disbelieved, since they were all
of them persons as much entitled to belief as any in the highest
station? He (Mr. Pemberton) did not care whether B re-
ferred to A or not; what he wanted to know was, whether testa-
tor by any paper appointed executors, since the evidence was
beyond an doubt in favour of these parties, and proved that they
were entitled to probate of the will. With respect to the evidence
of Mrs. Goodlake, the Learned Judge disregarded her decla-
rations, because he could not believe she was opposed to the
will; but this he (Mr. Pemberton) thought was the very
reason for believing them. The Learned Judge fell into an
inaccuracy that pervaded his whole argument. He thought they
propounded paper A as instructions, and as if Mr. Wood had
signed it as instructions, but they did no such thing. On the
contrary, they were prepared to show that it was not his in-
structions, but prepared in consequence of his instructions.
It was entitled " Instructions," but they had never propounded
it, considered it, or imagined it as instructions in a legal sauce.
If they had, the Learned Judge would have been correct.
He submitted, in the first place, that if A referred to B, it was
plainly established, and if it did not, it was not suppressed by
B. The first question was, was this paper a testamentary in-
of
strument disposing of personal estate; it was calletd was called
`
as
instructions for the solicitor to prepare a will"—
wafs i%I what
t'.
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instructions for the will of James Wood ; but it Nvatswu'attse, raloydunim-
portant what it was called, the questionwhat
, a
were its objects and effect? In the case o
Intohr ioot
k w pap er
as so or
was styled a codicil ; the question was
co
not, and Lord Eldon there didsaidictild
idnnoottm'meatatkeer wit hsao T
t i t was
called, because calling it a di
The
paper in the present case no on
be
eciono uldthdeoucbaste,opitermatalfearseda
disposition of property, and such
not what itdot•hasatwas, called. Tecopnatperpwhats,dinacfoumrtphleerteteostnallyneinntoanrye
respect, and that em
paper disposing of the real estate. There could be no doubt
that the paper was clearly a good will, and it was open to no
other ambiguity than this, that it was called " instructions."
It was impossible that there could be a more fOrmal will than
that paper to the extent to which it went ; but supposing that
it was instructions to the extent to which the Learned Judge
had gone, could those instructions be suppressed if not ex-
hausted by the will ? In support of his proposition the
Learned Counsel cited the cases of Huddart v. Hud-
dartexpresshad not
provision. and Tovie v. Castles. Now supposing the paper
B to bsoa. will, what.
eithweasr
btyheimfapcitiea?
the formed paper,
Now was there any inconsistency between the papers A and
B ? The only inconsistency was that under A the parties took
as teams in common, while under B they did not. Then it
was said they had not proved their case in the mode alleged,
but he (Mr. Pemberton) thought it had been shown that they
had in the strictest terms, modo et forma. The Learned Counsel,
after citing !evert' cases for the purpose of proving thst the

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course they had adopted was consistent with theeeeguleispraes‘e,
tics. of the Ecclesiastical Court, submitted that Riley bildicom4,7ll
pletely established the validity of the paper. . -
trouble their Lordships upon the other panf '4" 111,
would not trouble them with any observatiete es,
because it did not affect the validity.: ses s. •
He would not make any observations to ie vs s Pee::
because the Learned Judge in the Court be • e 4
paper to be so clearly an invalid and ins •
according to all the rules of law and equity, that eia
think it necessary to inquire even into its caniellatiees• r J %-
had not heard and could not discover upon the Pliper'show that
case was to be brought forward, and he should, therefore,
leave his Learned Friend the Attorney-General to deal
with it in his reply. He would say nothing with
respect to the misconduct of some of the parties, and
he was content to take the rule which the Learned Judge
below had laid down for himself, and the rule by which
their Lordships should be guided in coming to a decision on
the present case. He was content to say, as the Learned
Judge had said, that he would not make any presumption on
the part of the executors ; the Learned Judge had said that
he would accept of no explanation ; he did not ask of their
Lordships •to accept of any, but he did ask their Lordships
not to give effect to the circumstances that had taken place
further than the Learned Judge in the Court below had done ;
lie asked their Lordships not to permit, however gross the con-
duct of certain parties might be, their indignation with respect
to that conduct to bear upon the legal consideration of the case ;
he asked their Lordships not to hold that any transactions that
took place on the part of the testator in 1836 affected the validity
of an instrument executed in 1834 ; and in conclusion he trusted
that their Lordships would not upon any ground of suspicion
confirm a decision that was against the fixed and settled prin-
ciples of the law, to which all the subjects of the realm were
bound to pay implicit obedience.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to address their
Lordships. He appeared as Counsel for those parties who
claimed under the codicil that had been so often referred to
by the Learned Judge in the Court below. He thought it
necessary in the outset to call the attention of their Lordships
to the state of the record and the parties connected therewith.
He, on the part of the legatees, was only anxious to have their
Lordships' judgment in such aform as would be effectual ; and
for that purpose it was necessary that their Lordships should
know. the position in which the parties stood. As the case now
stood, referring to the proceedings, the following was the state
of the parties. Upon Goodlake appearing to oppose the will
the executors admitted her title wHiout proof, and she gave
her evidence in favour of the will and took an active part with
the executors in opposing the legatees. At a subsequent
period Mr. Hitchings came forward, and said he was the next
of kin ; he opposed the will and codicil, but his opposition to
the codicil was very different to the opposition of Mrs. 'Good-
lake. As the case at present stood, Mr. Hitchings' title
and Mrs. Goodlake's title as next of kin was nothing, and no
tpbeersi
ro n
Lwo was
sebni
pt istl eadffitrom probatethe i
uedxgclze theta
of extbeecutcnors S
Court
rt
below,houdl
whoever claimed to be next of kin would have to go to
the Court below, and go through all the proceedings, as
if the present suit had never been instituted. The exe-
cutors here were uneer a judgment adverse to them, and it
might be doubtful, therefore, how far they could oppose the
codicil at all, because until the judgment was reversed:they
were out of Court. Supposing their Lordships affirmed the
codicil, he was afraid when the next of kin went down to
pray administration, they would not again agitate the codicil,
and again, he was afraid if their Lordships rejected the
codicil," that those who had claimed under it would not
be bound by it. It was, therefore, most important for
their Lordships to consider what the state of the
present record was, and whether they would perform their
duty by deciding upon the will, or whether that decision should
extend to the called. He doubted very much whether, as the
record now stood, any person could be heard with refsrence to
the codicil but the executors. He should therefore proceed to
argue the case upon the will.
The ATTORNET-GENERAL submitted that his friend had no
locus standi in that Court to attack the will, but that his argu-
ments must be limited to reversing She decree against the
codicil.
The SOLICITOR- GENERAL apprehended that this objection
came too late.
Lord LYNDHURSt.—We think, Mr. Solicitor, that yon may
go on, as you have a different interest, though concurring In
one object.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded. There had been
a system in the conduet of this case perfectly consistent from
the first step to the last. He should now, with as much brevity
as he could, present their Lordships with the'details on which
the question before them arose. His Learned Friend introduced
his clients as persons who had very industriously courted the
favour of Mr. Wood, with a view t i their pecuniary benefit.
Upon this he should make no observation. These per-
sons were anxiously waiting for the pecuniary benefit
that was to accrue to them from the death of the
testator. There was, in his }muse, Mr. Surman,
who had unlimited access to all his papers. The
testator was described' by the witnesses as being ex-
tremely careless respecting his papers. Ann Lewis said
that she supposed Mr. Surman had access to his bureau and pri-
vate depositories; that nothing was locked up ; that he had access
to everything in Mr. Wood's lifetime, and she supposed had .the
keys when he"died. He called attention to these circumstances be-
cause his Learned Friend said, no other will is produced. No,
it was probable that his clients had taken care to furnish his
Learned Friend with that observation. They had amp:e
opportunity for doing so. But such an observation came
from them with a very ill-grace and with as little force. Ann
Lewis and another witness had since left the town and had
never returned to it. Another witness, Wm. Moore, testified
to the same effect. This person was a clerk of the tes-
tator, and said that he had opened his drawers and
looked at his papers frequently, either for curiosity or
some other purpose. Daniel Smith also gave similar evi-
dence as to the safety of papers, which, perhaps, Osborne or
Surman might have an interest to destroy. He declared that
testator never carried a key about him, that there was Not a
key belonging to all his deposits, that was not accessible to
any person in thehouse. It was plain, therefore, that his papers
were easily accessible. Mr. Wood having arrived at the age
of 130, became seriously unwell, and it appeared that his two
executors were in town, but that a very good watch was kept
over the old gentleman that the first intimation might be given of
anything that might purpoi t approaching death. Accordingly
Osborne wrote a letter to one of the executors, which, it ap-
peared from their evidence, was despatched by post, and
which was as follows:—" I should be obliged if ycu would
mention to Mr. Chadborn, as he wished to be in-
formed, in case anything happened in his absence
to Mr. Wood, that he was this morning taken so
poorly as not to be able to dress himself, and that he
has such a tightness on the chest as almost to prevent him from
breathing." This was simply directed " Matthew Wood, Esq.,
M.P., private." Now if their Lordships would turn to Lewis's
evidence, they would find that this indisposition was
that he had a fit on Sunday, and had fallen out of bed. It
appeared that Mr. Chadborn did not go down until Tuesday;
and he (the Solicitor-General) could not help thinking that,
in the meantime, Mr. Chadborn was proving himself a
man of business, and informing himself of the most
expeditious way of proving a will, lest he .should
find to his inexpressible grief that Mr. Wood had died before
he had an opportunity of condolin with him. However, on
that day Mr. Chadborn and sir. Phillpotts arrived in
Gloucester, and found Mr. Wood very unwell. It
appeared that on the Wednesday before Mr. Chadborn
had at his house the paper, and during some conver-
sation respecting it, Mr. Phillpotts is suggested to have
said, " They ought to be together ;" and Mr. Chadborn, think-
ing what ought to be should be, put them together. If it had
not been for subsequent occurrences he (the Solicitor,.
General) should have thought that Mr. Chadborn had
taken an undue advantage of that gentleman. However Mr.
Chadbom said that paper A was brought to him, and he put
them together. He (the Solicitor-General) would be glad to
know who brought it, where it came from, and for what purpose.
But in this momentous case, and this momentous part of it, this
paper A is never seen until the testator was utterly incapable of
preventing any advantage being taken to the prejudice of his es-
tate. It was desirable to know when it was first seen. However, Mr.
Chadborn said it was brought, and no more ; and he affixes it
to the other, seals it up, and writes on the envelope " The Will
of James Wood, Est;}., 2d and 3d December, 1834." His
Learned Friend suggested this was not done without the
testator's sanction. But when they arrived at his house,
they find him quite incompetent to communicate with
them. The first moment they bound him insensible was the first
moment they put their intentions in execution. It was said
that they did not know that they were doing anything improper,
then lie supposed they did not whisper about, that there was no
aidere of
anti a
ca
at tnedml
ep to
na tt
hcco nwebe
la le
.m e nAtl. l
thHe opwaervtieers
teit Nrveasstesdeawl-edr were there,
then it was replaced. If he were addressing a Jury it might
be necessary to remark on the character of this transaction,
but it was quite unnecessary to do so to their Lordships:
It must have been done with the intention of deliberately im-
posing upon the Court. His Learned friend had said that no
other document had appeared. His (the Solicitor-General's)
answer to that was, your conduct has been such as to prevent
it. You introduce, in the most improper manner, papers that
ought not to have been introduced ; you were professional men,
and knew what the effect of your actions would be. These papers
were united. How many persons consented to that he would
not presume to judge. Was not this a moment above every
other in which they must have known that the testator's papers
ought to have been sacred? These proceedings took place
openly in the room in which the executors were assembled.
Could any person be in the roost without observing their
meddling with the papers in .a way calculated to excite atten-
tion ? Was there any doubt of the testator's condition ?
His Hon. Friend said that the executers had been charged
with murder ; that was a stionp; word, but look at Mr. Z-:other's
evidence. They would find that on the night of Tuesday they
were almost an hour dragging the old gentleman up to bed.
He did not find that Mr. Cother was aware of that until after
his death. But his condition was very serious, and he (the
Solicitor-General) should say alarming ; yet the old g
M en-
tleman was not seen by any human being except r.
Cother and the patties interested. A charge was made
that his friends were not aware of his condition,
well founded
evidence would see how far the charge was
Ii and that it was concealed from them. Those who had read the
Mr. Cother testified that Sir Matthew Wood c•a Fdthuapon him
at three or four o'clock in the afhternniuoann,daiid said
would be gltandeifht
prevailed upon Mr. Wood to see
he ld TI • •he
the following day. Mr. Smith said that he
the afternoon of
(Mr. Cother) would do so as soon a cou . us was in
' was in the habit of calling to see the deceased ; that he heard
be was ill, and went there between five and six o clock in the
afternoon. The deceased was in bed, and Ann Nicholls in his
room, Osborne in the warehouse, Ann Lewis in the parlour,
and Surma" in the shop. That seeing a sofa in the parlour,
but foundtthey
ey his
or
Tkh he
a
he asked what was the matter, and that Surman replied, the
deceased had a cold. This was after Mr. Cother had seen him;
that hearing a noise over head, he (Smith) asked if deceased
kept his bed, to which Surman answered he was up in his room,
iasnddyting
therefore Smith Sshmei trhepwlieedn itnhtionkhis o room,
to,
much altered. That Smith said to Ann Nicholls, I till "urea
Osbornedying ;
bcuatm eh e upreplaiendd
that Smith
he
wastoldbad, but that it was
expected
hica dn.t. features
the effect of the medicine, and that he
deceased
dwase .
ceased would be relieved by it. There were many modes
of relief, but the evidence
their representations his friends went
to show . that from
ntig t have gone esva3-with the
impression that he was only poorly when he was in the act of
illness was concealed was proved by Mr. Co-
tner, who testified that Alderman Wood requested that de-
ceased's medicine might be prepared without his name being
mentioned in the prescription, and that accordingly he, Mr.
Cother, personally ordered the medicine required to be pre-
pared at a neighbouring druggist's without writing any pre-
scription. The reason assigned by Alderman Wood was that
they wished to prevent any confusion in the bank. Mr. Wood
filed charging them with
being on the
died and the executors immediately commenced the examina-
tion of his papers. An allegation was
premises at seven o'clock in the morning. The
answer of Mr. Chadborn was that he was there at eight
o'clock in the morning, upon which an exception was taken
that he had not answered whether he was there at seven. Sir
Herbert. Jenner said that he had thought that objection hyper-
critical, but subsequent events showed how cautious the Court
ought to be in receiving evidence, and he congratulated himself
that he had acceded to the request of the Learned Counsel and
allowed the exception to be taken. The
answer then was that.
he (Chadborn) was not there at seven nor before eight o'clock.
dehTheberaetinsewnef was given on oath and after the most perfect
His Learned Friend said that Ann Lewis 'did
not contradict the other witnesses on thii point, but she con.
tradicted Mr. Chadborn. Now, it appeared that Mr. Bussell,
a builder, with two of his men, were, between five and six in
the morning, on the scaffolding of a house opposite, and saw

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Mr. Chadboin and Mr. PhillpOtts standing near iencwonversas liberating a short time, fostnd the prisoner Guilty, but recom-
Ito fling the country into fresh embarrassments ; BRIDGE. i equality." The effect of the forego.ng way to pro.uce c!iej
lion some minutes, and then enter the passagetloetad ~ to Mr. mended her to mercy.
:he parties, The COURT deferred passing sentence, and the prisoner was o •
Without reverting to the details of the extraor. -see ( Fee), the Btiyhtrin Gazette ) : tile heaviness in the 't. ea mat ket he e, and 'Tires dee,' 0
Wood's house. Now, looking at the conduct
i and that 'luting the whole of that period all the
(From the C'enibridge Advertiser.) PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.7- Tile Vernon. 50, Cat ten
he asked whether this early visit was riont
the
chuoluatseedctooPueldxctietlel remlloavendnafrhomwthoerrbaara:
23, was indicted for feloniously calls. (Unary expenditure of France in the years .1840, . Nfiniste rs who may chance to succeed one another
A very laudabla and, ~,,a repice to say, a suecessful Wslpei,ee,
,i,s,
too asii,lisi, citoereeciluetit•eals. toßhuemr
(cituerwseau:iisl iris
etrietnot tone'
the strongest suspicion e No
.pernon
did i t let them in. Who ing to Mary Ann Worrell, agod 17 months, bodily injury, 1841, and 1842, which we laid before our readers in the exercise of ephemeral nower will be content ff , e L
The departure of the Monarch, 84, Captain Chnm- Lc4t :ankri4lititil t'' Is
r:
eC4l4:n:Pe)a'a::ehinerf:t'thl' er'e3.l•lltueboers'
h. :
iaa, t,sget,,'• 'ill:dia. s ‘ptrurli'ac,e".ssaat,e:al :lit: ;I'l
when they arr • .
arrived. Ann Lewis no
on a recent occasion, we may remind them that it to suspend the works of public improvement, to stop character of the Medical Degrees given by this Uni- the •East. Indies, or Mediteri we an.
• ,- e ',ie. 'lris e, ea made derioe to past week, to !seise the in r ail - •
1 cline
atoocuthraatty ; there Cwenreg.;uh'oes ie.: -s,r,forselciearssh a:I:::
did? His Learned Friend said she must have known how long with intent to commit murder.
Thomas Colville deposed that be was acting landlord of
appears
,from the official reports on the supplemen-
some necessary fittings. She is, however, daily expe-.,,eyd
they staid. But what did they go for ? By their own confes-
that impulse from the coffers of the state which is versity.
which took place for Company's C°4°0";;all
sion they were there at eight &clock, and, as they stated, to the Duke of York public-house in Chelsea. On the 10th
tory crept that Credits, the grand total of extraordinary indispensable to speculative enterprise in France, Tuesday week, a paper, of which the following is a hers, from Sheerness to Spithead, has been delayed b
rebruary last the prisoner came to e otee wit a et e
consult about the papers. Then why go at five, if not to en- ea 1 • th h s • h 1. 1...
'[his afternoon much heaviness existed in the Frr",_ 41
1 private letters from China are looked for with much a
_O4O
gage in acts of saoliation? And when it was demanded of him
girl in her arms, about 17 or 18 months old. After she expenditure for the military and naval establish- and to appropriate all the resources of the country copy, was circulated throughout the University :
(the Attorney- eneral) why he did not produce other papers,
e had been a little time in the house, she threw the child ments, for the fortifications of Paris and other to repair the faults and follies of their predecessors. „ " Christ's College Lodge, March 30, 1841. to arrive.
the answer was, that there were other papers, whim, 0 .
n the ground, and some one picked it up, and put it into fortresses, for the increase of expenses in Algiers, These suppositions are inadmissible, and a scheme respectingcandidates for a Te•o large 'V
Proposed regulations . . ar-steamers, to werket, and it is impossible to quote prices,flrint
afternoon the public sales cons' ,$
thou ht of sufficient importance to destroy, and thus put ,
they t .
her arms ag , upon which she struck it some severe sin •
, license ad practicandain in Medicine, and also re- bolt and Scourge, are os. 1"....-0 named the of transactions ; Company's Congou closed aa gl
st.°4sill
Teuedee. SPICES,—This
the Court to the peril of taking their o words for their con- n for the inundations, and for some other minor items, f 6which founded
o nance is upon them must prole 'tiered to be foithwith built at
it: hhaesr been met sold at 90s for low coarse, 92s 6d to 94s for 10•;;:e 00,
tents. Should they, then, be allowed to call for other papers, blows. on the head, and again threw it on the ground, say-
would not mind having two years amounts for the last year, the present year, and the delusive to the nation and to the üblic creditor.
P spccting candidates for the Degree of Doctor of t..lini:isrl::,:c.c,lismytctil;
Pnysic.
is.:ironLie'.:io chests Cassia Lii,Tnea, and 4,320 bags Black PePPera"...'
and to say this was the only one, because no other appeared? mg, " You little —,. .
paid • frlikortl yly =it: I demand, and ail sold at full rates, v'T oil
If their objects were innocent, why this concealment? They for you?" She then seised it by the throat, and he wit- next year, to about 58,000,000/. of our money. Of
i - one Considered in itself, this state of things is bad "1. 'Filet candidates for a license ad preciicanduni
and ood heavY eye
were there again at ten o'clock. It was not unnatural that ness took the child from her arms, and held thedpris r this sum about 18,000,0001. sterling will be de- enough ; hut considered as a precedent, it is even in Medicine, being previously Bachelors of Ph. -: , , Pritchard,
long former coma tier, . -. to 4.1 for very ord dusty Sumatra,g
be se en owmoil
they should take an early opportunity of examiniug the testae until a police-officer came and took her into custody. frayed by extraordinary financial resources of past worse. Is it to be received as a constitutional doe- required to produce to the Regius leer of standine .ind me-it. • 3Aed to 31/2d.
metand mwiiitidl iainben,ttaenrd 97s for goud, being full rates; T!.!,..0t,
soh for A-elitg
tot's papers, but it was of the utmost importance to watch d ho
The police-officer and another witness were ca e , w
and present years, l •milliardof f • trine in France G Pr"-c”`:er of 'l.;iii;sic, Captein Sir W. Symonds,
prat- is expected on an official visit to this port, eic ••ompill.ed
Tee Sarvnyer of the Nevy,
their conduct. They were there from ten to five o'clock on corrob3rated this testimony.certificates of their having attende'
leaving About a - overnsoent may add, in one . e ..„, on hospital Tallow • for P. Y. Candle there has been a •'" 49
faia:ow. —Prices have further improved
oleo.
oto en
Thursday, and they were slay there on Friday. What 1
A surgeon, who was called in at the time of the offence, to be provided for out of the future resources of the way or another, one-fifth to the capital of the na- lice for three Years, exu,,iusly eof the nine terms which by Csptain Brendreth, R.E. on the spot for actual consumption, and 47$ cdl
met rates
hi paid for large parcel:,been,,?
their Lordships find they did on Wednesday? His Learned
was called to give evidence on the trial, but not answering country.' There seems to be no important differ- tional debt* by engagements which the Chambers they kept by residence
Bachelor of The new brig Bitten', 16, is getting ready for corn- an advs9ce esSs•
tor the degree of
Friend took credit for certain disclosures, but those no doubt
to his name, it proceeded without him. ence of opinion as to these facts. They are as- are called upon to sanction after they have been
served b the F. C Physic, and o.f e:seir having a'tendsd lectures on the mission lere, with ti. Fair Rosemond schooner, for the at similar ►iaotefs ;I shir6ddeliiise-erycoint, theFolrasit etlhi'r'eelel mall t`_l:6,o46leile: following st.lojects, namely—Practice of Plissic and coast of Air ca. •A . enese •
were made, because it had been suggested that Mr. Phillpotts __
y e Finance Committee in the Chamber contracted ? Or is it supposed that posterity, bur• 48s 6ii ; South American 45s to 475, good and fine desseo.
had given them (the respondents) information, and becauso Mr. C. PHILLIPS, who appeared for the prisoner, said
they feared a criminal information. But this was not the case. that even with the evidence of the surgeon, the case vould
amount to one of assault ; and on that it would not of Deputies, and by the Marquis d'Audiffret in the dened by these perpetual cnar swill be ge , athol' • Anatem and Physiology iCh 't •• B
as initial_ -r '. -Y. , emis ry 0- The 13 ,netts bra total Lisut. Atestsn, fitting out 1.
When the solicitor for Mr. Helps saw the envelope of A and only
tiny ; 'Medical Jurisprudence ; Materia M: die e and at Chat') um, is to go to the coast ol /Vrica.46s 3d 9and B 1459 d to 46'4 ar
Town Tel :ow has met with a ood demand; ales4oaa'reoo
to . as ; Cape to 4 s ; Ben s
Chamber of Peers ; they are admitted by the Minis- gent to the authors of such measures as their con- Pha • 'fhis afternoon, for Russian Tallow, prices farw,jyel
B, he observed that it had been folded more than once, and become him to offer any observation.
rmacy ; Principles of Surgery ; Principles of Mid. The naval ohituery for the list quarter reports the el ••P Y . est and for
ter of Finance N , 1. Humann, and by the
prose ,on the spot .Y. Can •at 47s ,
that the original folds were less than the later folds. He ob The JUDGE,. in summing up, sail that by a recent Act
Governor of temporaries appear to be ? It is of vital import- wirer ; Practical Anatomy for
Medicine, being previnusl; alasst:;rasd,/,)st -sces:sa,ubrir:l
two seasons. deaths or thsee Admire-els, four Captains, ten Comman- in alt: la-e. three
Months at 48s 6d per cwt. • ood opts
served also that it had been at first wafered, but afterwards
v the Bank- rou g ,
- - nt d'Ar out ; but the concord of these once to the character and welfare of a coma ,
sealed, and thereupon he said the pacer had been opened. citber f r a felon
of Parliament,. it was in thdipsCretion of the Jury to find a
verdict, in such cases is the present,
ffi.o
country "2. That candiestss for liken .. - •t. d ' Bees f i , Li, .• . • s f
When you folded the small paper it was plain that the larger or if they did not think the evidence Su Merit, a commo'n authorities, which is complete as to the actual diffl- that the fatal facilities of credit should not he
culties of the country, ceases to exist with regard to abused—nay, that they should not he used, exceptor;e,phoyuseite,i.(
~(1.1),;,e.i5i:t;,,e,,0,,i.:5,
till,lri,..q.e.ersl,irognee,,,C,,,feAlp,i..,,,iime._, b yieeh.—Bee, I2s to I3s for mi idlinrar.l2d4ogbigjoil
onelnyigpatr;lytosromldelat' al
le fiorataaec_fionr; .8a sacks, ,
r[..„7„,.010
ddl 0., and 12s fici I' r
one could not have been introduced. It was noticed also, that
assault.
quised to bring carrels evidenc, ►to the Regius Pro- tants, and ten Purees,. In ths Roysl nerine coup, sue
study of physic for five
lessor of Physic of their h,,ving been eneenet eel in the two Csloneis, one 0 tptein..trel •one First Lieutenane dline white Java at full price, ; white brought '",stieiffi„
at the signature of Ann Lewis there was a blot. If their
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of an assault, its future resources. Finance Ministers invariably they be justified by necessities which no saoacit
lors of Arts ; arid to produce t, him certificates a? their Lordships would fold the paper together, they would find a.ctstrje
and the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' impri-
guine expectations to futurebudgets, con._ have avoided, or -y too oreat qo be look with san • • f id Ih duties ye-trs eater they vet ' Grdieary yellow went at 7s to is 6d ; mr8,61,4"
gooYd, ft to 9s; low white, rather mixed with PadaY,„" Or'
responding blot, which could not have been the case if tt
sonment, and hard labour.
b hasTr:'a,es3S:deatyll
fvoer3 i
,eilyaiS ::uudito, Knurl Bird Ailen, other paper had been enclosed. It was this circumstance, o,
Charles Gough, aged 33, was indicted for feloniously growing larger as they are more remote ; and, al- left unperformed. Will the events of 1840 and •
just! 3 to sale five years, and of their having attended lectures on expedition to the Niger, uthie J(.l.rso6d, good middlieF white lOs
7sto les 6d, gond
_I_1;90,gplol
gether with certain reports that had got abroad, that induced
John Byrne, a City police constable, with in. though it is incontrovertible that the financial dif- the policy of the late French Cabinet •••f • said e
having attended on hos 441 practice for three of
p the will await her two consorts, and thegce proceed on the
svgs
hbulk,es to 8s bd, damaged 6d to 9s, the Pr'. ,a,
Carob° '
them to think that the paper had been opened, and wounding
e grevieus bodily harm.
:e rmit h' eWcoTni mw lacnhol' ont.hCe "'op stahien 'dath 6dsound It
oeeser so. s for qua .y.
1011
'another paper had been introduced. On the Thursday tent to do him som ficulties of France have gone on increasing in a future generations the burdens they will have the subjects before mentioned.met rates.
A 109 et
of the assault have already appeared inb
This afternoon the demand was dull for Bengie, 'wat-
er Friday, during the search among the papers, The particulars fearful ratio from 1830 to the present hour, during bear ? Will the Legislature of France and the "3. That every candidate for a license ad practlean- At S eit head—lndus, 84 ; Vernon, 50 ; Pelican, 18 ; were offered public sale,taken in at 9s
at
Osborne found among the other papers a memorandum signed The Sun.
Bartholomew's Hospital, said that a period of unbroken peace and prosperity, and capitalists of Europe countenance a d t darn in Medicine be required to - • Nautilus,l
e 01
by the testator, which Osborne said he gave to Mr. Chadborn, The house.surgeon at
prece en so pass an examination to arid lO. yellow.
market ,or ire
without knowing more than its general purport. By this me- the prosecutor had been under his care ever since the even with an increasing revenue, yet it is clear to contrary to prudence, so menacing to peace, so h i 1
the sat_s:aetion of the Reg us Professor ot Pio so, the In Herbeeur—Qgeen, Victory, Excel'ent, Royal Oies.—We have still to report a dull mar
_,,,,eri
vs
morandum Mr. Chadborn was requested, in case of the tea- transaction,_ and that he bad known wounds less severe to M. Humann's discernment that the next seven prejudicial to the great interests of. the country ? Professor of Anatomy, the Downing Professor of Me- George yacht, and steam-tug Eitho. descriptions of Fish Oils ; the home trade have purcusre
t tht- 0
tutor's death, to take possession of his effects and manage his
have proved fatal in other instances.
licine end a Do - . ,
much caution this week of all kinds ; for exper,e seslo
• years are to be the years of plenty, and on the Ist The discussions which will shortly take place on ' , , con of senysie to be nom' by tse
concerns. Their Lordships would find the same words in paper
Mr. C. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury on behalf of •
of e
Vice-Chancelior aid approved bythe q SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. few orders, am prices have further given way, nelerti,
oi b° Iv
A, and the evidence adduced in proof of the recognition of
the risoner. January, 1848, the finances of France are to ar- the supplementary credits, and the terms on which saenate at the first
30/ les to 311, yellow and brown 24/ 15s to -I r Ax. ~ tr
the one paper would apply equally to the other. It was said P
The LEARNED JUDGE having summed up the evidence, rive at a'state little short of perfection. Unfortu- the loan will be taken up, may furnish answers to congregation alter the tenths of October in east, s '
"4. That, in case . e .r. . (LLOYD'S.)
--ma.-- 24/ to 271 lOs for low to fine quality. Cod
.„e 01,
92/ to 941 for fine quality. Linseed Oil for I;_°:•,elirefoi
any of the three Examiners ex
competent to him to ap- •
that it did not contain any bequest, or in any other manner
J d verdict, for the common assault, and 'lately in all this we can only see the fiaures before these • -7-
questions. imes.
LONDON, APRIL 8.-1\ ind this day at noon W. ; light 29s Oil to 30a on the spot, and at 30s 3d to 305 6d 0' el.
officio be prevented by illness or absence from takin
ito pot'
dispose of the testator's property. Mr. Chadborn asked 3lr. the Jury returned a
us, and the uncertainty beyond.
1840, amounted to 4 milliards &id 303 minions of francs point a Doctor of Pit sic toe xamine in his st a•l, sub- the River and sa led—Ranger, for Hobart-Town; John Wood-
• The national debt of France on the Ist of January. part in such examination, it be g breeze and cloud.
DEAL, APRIL 7.—Wind S.E. moderate. Arrived from quality ;inferior at 281 to '9l per tun. Cocoa ?Maas ta
Phillpotts what he was to do with it ? Why, what advice. did the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
IR) have 'le efe"nms euroa rates
he want ? Mr. Phillpotts answered, "Itisof no use—put it in meat, with hard labour.
Assuming then, that in round numbers the .ex-
is,
the fire," which Chadborn accordingly did. Why did they
, •
(172 multons sterling) in capital, or 102,740 000 f. in ject to the approbation of the Vice-Chance liege to r 601
put it in the fire? Did their Lordshipt believe, because NEW COURT. traordinary credits as yet unprovided for require an
annual int•rest. .. - hall, Williams, Calcutta; Briton, Evans, Alauriiius ; James per tun. Spanish, at 66/ to 671. Gallipth at 711 - fey es
it was useless, or because it was important? Could there be (Before the RECORDER.) extraordinary milliard of francs, two means are sou- a. that there be two such , xaminations in ev ee Cruickshank, Mason, St. Vincent; Brutish Queen, St. d.fulloy
isiuvep,uporrticeeds.
haPvealmimpOroil:::
,00,24
40
John's, This afternoon at public sale 200 tuns nrd I°olo'
motive for its destruction but that it might have confirmed The Court was occupied the whole of this morning in try-
New Bruns. tek i Isabella, Quebec; Jane Mai ia, Osborne, Southern Oil sold at 23/ 10s to 27/ per tun, beig
any mo . a gested for stopping the gap ; the annual ap iro ria- year •; one in the week itnmedietely preceding tht •
they were then contesting ? Ana what security ing trivial cases of uttering lowe coin, of which there were 1 P PHENOMENA OF UNANNEALED which 1° Corfu; Royal Tar, Gibraltar • arid Lucretia, St. Martha. lower; 200 turns are declared for Tuesday.
the divoion of the Michaelmas T f'l
everything • ' h What security could be great number. The whole of the prisoners, with but one ex-
had the law given in such a case? ffund will • f -
tion o the sinkingwt give from 6a,000,00131. GLASS. other in the week, immediatelyerm al s ; tie Poursmouen, APRIL 7.—" Wind E.N.E. Sailed—Planter,
given but that the spoliators should suffer by every inference eeption, were found guilty, and severally sentenced to terms of to 72,000,000 f. per annum, and a loan of twenty- __ie._ preceding that in which Watson, for Quebec ; Horatio, Woolwich. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS:a
for such spoliation. His Learned Friend had said, " Wrong, imprisonment, from six to twelve months each. They were ,•17 • the divisien of the Es-ter Term falls. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—Sailed—Orestes, Porter, for
h e million pounds sterling will cover the remainder. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) 1 wheat, Haney. , Oats. ) Aean.- 14'1
but immaterial," and it was said that the other executors ordinary cases possessing no public interest. . • "6. 'l:nat the candidate for a license ad prectican- Quebec; Cybele, Heckler, do.
,----- sal
were not a party to this transaction. What foundation Robert Parker and Thomas Parmee were indicted for it 18 nee e.. di se i • n this country to enter into a dis- We have long been accustomed to regard the du-, COWES, Aran, 7. ..rrived—Lc. R f -
ta .. gja_si
-ama, .rbm Buenos
BPX,?ivarier. 1 s,c to ;:i
~,, to
:. v. to s..
.6. 4' i
~,,
..
in Meaicina, being previously Bacheior of Ph sie
" .8 1:1 .2r, ~5, ,
was there for such an assertion ? Should the executors take steeling 620ibs. weight of steel, value 4/. 10s., the pro- cussion on sinking funds, which have played so phenomena which precede and attend the fractur-eshellnot . . • . Y , Aires. Sailed--Isabella, Blyth. fer Mauritius.
Bran-Ince 'sB 06 , ill 36 tat 29 i •.-5 1, $ 'I.
a will made by one of the number, and should not his conduct perty of Samuel Adams, their master •; and _Henry Bur- conspicuous and so false a part in the history fof unannealed glass, as some of the most rem- • iiurination h 1 • •
o -
ereee e which k. ai occui next nut one atter his hay ng of Adelaide,
, . ~ . • , , . .
be tried in judging of the validity of the will ? He said Mr.
rows was indicted for receiving the same, knowing it to
for Port Adelaide, leaky in top sides; Mary, Bell, Citniriog ' (t 3 :31 ; - 23 1 '4.1 Pr
-.
Chadborn's conduct went to the whole matter. This was aour finances. But it is curious to remark that and inexplicable of all the manifold se passed the examination required for the Degree of Ba- for Quebec, leaky ;I. °slit* Castle, Smiler, for ditto. Sailed Chiche.ter 56 (i. 2 28 3- 22 ~.11 40 ao ifie
'eras of na-have been stolen.
mow
gentleman whose name was mentioned too often in this case, and
France, at exactly one century's distance in point tore, Many other phenomena, chelor of Physic. the Thomas Rowell, Henderson, for Gibraltar. Put back the Dan
The twoprisoners, Parker and Parmee, who had
-although curious, Grantham
• Iby which required explanation, . . . _
was accompanied circumstances . .
• '
" 7. That every candidate for the degree of Doctor
but care had been taken to prevent it. He (the Solicitor- P e
lead d Not Guilty, requested permission to retract that of time, ••is following the identical course which it might have been predicated a‘,.
or mature reflection, .to Liverpool, which put ,n here leaky, must discharge. Hailsham 6O 66 10 33 21 25 3'; ..3 ...: 0
General) understood that these proceedings might have been plea, and pleaded Guilty. took us a century of experiments to abandon. The as they are in strict ar:,cordance with the known of Physic, who has not previously obtained a licence ad FALMOUTH, APRIL 6. —luVind variable.—Sailed the Jenne Hitchin :-,3 C 4 30 :37 22 fto 34 10 e$ 0
put in a form in which Mr. Phillpotts might
have answered, The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Parker
very wo-ds of the Act of the 3d of George I. laws of nature ; but we think we may confident! -
practicanduni in Medicine, be required to produce to 1 Carolina, for St. Ti ones. Ipswich
Lewes 5O 66 29 ' 5 21 26 37 „4 St 0
60 64 30 34 :.2 23 34 ~', 13 ,
but care had been taken that they should not. He (the Soli- and Parmee, and acquitted Burrows.
Y the Regius Professor of Physic the same certificates PENZANCE, APRIL 6.—Sailed the Triton, for Quebec. Lynn 56 CS 27 31 21 38 35 44,3 , $
(1716) by which a sinking fund was created in assert, that no man, how so ever he
citor-General could not help regretting, weer, ree suggestions The prosecutor recommended the two convicted prison- e ~ , , . skillede might and pass the same examination as are required in the ThPAe BDS.TOW, AreteLoe.—Arrive_d th_e Veluna, from Quebee. gaidsto
(1 7
grs, :gg •is,-1 N
40 4, 4,00 ;1
resP ecting the papers had been made for Mr. Chadborn to ers to the merciful consideration of the Court, and they England, were echoed in the French law of 1816, be In them or any other department of natural case of candidates for a license ad practicandum in T.. "la' from 1 melly to Hoyle, which was on shore at Norwich Pet worth.. **** 53 61 27 :15 24 25 'JO Ali 86 4,,'
act upon it or not, a member of his own profession should have were severally sentenced to six months' imprisonment. on the dotation of the Caisse d'Amortisseinent. philos-ophy, could have predicted the effect pro. Medicine. rtNerthick, has one to pieces.
Rumford 64 74 30 35 24 30 34
_,',,'" 3, ca,
been a party to such an act. When their Lordships looked at _- -
LiVEttrooe, Arial. 7. Wind S. E.—Arrived the Georgian, Sandwich 56 67 134 43 27 34 33 4O r
the affidavit of Mr. Phillpotts, and read the language in which PRIESTCRAFT IN INDIA. The moneys set apart by those laws for the dis- d':,ced upon unannealed glass by the most apps- "8. Provided that the foregoing regulations shall Marshall, from Matayas ; North Star, Benedict, New Or- Tnetford
39 40 0
it was prepared, they would find that it was calculated charge of the public debts were to be applied " ts, rcntly insignificant and inadequate cause. If any not take effect until after the end of the Easter Term, leans ; Victoria steamer, Havre ; Lady Cornwall, Antwerp. yliisneaemn .....a.
.7, -2 vi gat eel g :336. 49 _
_____:„....__
el ''
to have all the effect of misleading. In this case every attempt ,
no other use or intent whatever," and in France a philosopher or chemist, for instance, had been asked 1841 ; provided also that the seventh regulation shill
ISaded the Sweet, Home,. LonginFir ; Vitula, Fielding, for 1,7_,T0u
a m th 6`2 66 51 34 24 so 40 -
Were he to follow it up ' A Bramin is the chief of sill created beings ; the
Ito Hite Video; Sidney, Ellis, Jamaica; Agnes, Lamont, Nas- HULL CORN MARKEL „o. 60.
had made to mislead the Court.
not apply to any person who was admitted ad intrand um
505.,1; 0
been forward innocent witnesses, as world and all in it are his ; through him, indeed, other penal sanction was added to the enactment, what would be the consequence of dropping a few sou; Llama, Clayton, La Guayra ; Calistni, Manger, lion- Wheat, Whit( (per Quarter)
be could show how they had put
.4s. 5:V061.
in Medicine before the Lent Term, 1336. herd he (the Hon. Gentleman) believed them, to prove that formortals enjoy life ; by his imprecations
We speak not now of the error of rite • •
he could destroye principle, grains of light sand into a goblet of glass not pro- eduns; Earl Powis, New Orleans ; Neva Bunting, leew York ;
540. 6"'" 0
which there was no foundation, They had brought forward a king, with his troops, elephants, horses, and cars; but we ask what has been the result of this absurd eel annealed, he would never have guessed that •
Notice is hereby given, that there will be a Con- Ie Jackson, H rf• • J • hive' s .1,11 Nliramich. •
eey,
.a.i .x , Jose p, •mr , 1 I , Foreigti
29st tr.
n • Barley, Malting
witnesses to say that they did not believe the codicil to be .31. r.
could frame other worlds and regents of worlds, and attempt to put a sealed purse into the hands ofeffect tumbler • eregano. onThursday next, the .sr
1 of April, when a ' Intrepid, Lever, Itithebucto ; Itobei tA. Parke, Hedderman ; Grinding
19s. 23
.40.
Wood's handwriting, on account of the way in which. certain
a the would be to shiver the into atoms. Grace will be offered to the Senate to suction t Lanai k Simpsen • Chrrles, Pearson. Quebec ; Pennth, Rus- Oats, British ou he pre- ' ' . 155.0' 40i
could ' • b •
while kept back a book in his hand- give being to new gods and new mortals. A needy Minister ?
• • 3,11; Sapph;ne, Heal ; Sorter Johnny, Little, Montreal ; . Foreign (in bond)
}ethers were written, they
As it is possible that some of our reiders may not ceding regulations and provisions.
Beans
kin • • 'which they were formed in the same manner. It Bramin is to be treated with more respect than a g.
Cambrian. Roper ; Trial, Bell, Newfoundland; Vesta,Christie, eis..e'"'4oe
writing in lit 1733, in order to keep the land-tax at ls. in understand what is precisely meant by unannealed " Whereas by a Greece of the Senate, paesed June 1, Odessa; Rattlesnake, Rainer, Peas; Grey
eas. 38•'' see
impossible but that during this search they had opportunity His life and person are protected by the severest laws .
Alexandria. Arrived off, the Blue and White
was the thought proper. The the pound, Sir Robert Walpole broke the ice, and 1821, Bache
boa. 55, s. aei
to possess themselves of any papers y
the most tremendousdenunciations
in this world, and glass, it may be proper here briefly to explain the ors of Arts, proceeding to the degree of Badshaw, from Charleston. Linseed
—s.
_,,,,t6' 3,7 L
tors were all present, but it was represented that they ~succeeded in alienating half a million from the sa- term :-- Bachelor of Physic, are required to attend the lectures Flour (per sack)
execu or the nest. He is exempt from cap.ta i I punishment
..../. " i, VESSELS signers WlTH.—Tally-ho. from Messina to Malta, Rapeseed per io quarters) ,
that they didnotobserve '
all so indifferent to this wealth,
•
of the Regius Professor of Puy sic in the inre,vol be- 4• 0
were
CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
what was going on. But they must pronounce on the conduct even for the most enormous crimes. His offences creel treasure for the current service. In 1734 he When glass, from the is fashioned
melting-pot, 28th ult , lat. 40, lon. 10, by the Oporto, arrived at Cork.
l'et lb.. - I
; took 1 200 000/ •in 1735 and 1 ing
of each by that of the others. And then there was the at:recta- against other classes are treated with remarkable lenity, , , . , ......., the produce into tumblers, bottles, &c., It is gradually cooled tween their admission ad respondendunt qucestioni and Thetis, Of Jersey, 21st ult., in the Gut of Gibraltar, by the Wheal Per Bushel. s, a. to s. d.
7() o 0 i 8eef............. ..... .. ..... e I
their admission to the degree in h •sic Cheetah, anived at Bri tol. Emma, Marseilles to Ganda- isarley ........ 8 1
3 0 4 3 Mutton ............... _
lion of sending for the Corporation for a ten days' search among while all offences against hint are punished with ten- of the taxes devoted to that fund was anticipated by being removed successively from a higher to a " Nods. ' 1 h . ' lt p ) I: r
.e is iercey given, t..at at tee ..onregation loupe, 21st ult., lat. 23, ions 34 W., by the Bouroonnais, ar• Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal ................ . .... 6 4
the papers, and when they found neither codicil nor will, they fold severity• and mortgaged. In 1739, and the eleven following lower temperature, which process is termed anneal- announced for Thursday Ist of ‘ " Grace rived in the Lou e. Mael, Begue, bound to ditto, 28th Feb., Beans .
said it should be concluded that none such ever existed. The „
The King must have a Bramin for his most confi- n, xt, tie t poi, a ,
Neese 5 0 6 0 Lamb .............. . ........
conduct in this matter was consistent with the other parts of years, it waswholly applied.
to the current ex. ing. When this gradual process is neglected, the will be offered to the Spate to allow the attendance on it. 19 lot:. 40 • Baeormais, Guadeloupe to Marseilles, 23d
alt., ' ' l'-' Hay 4l. Ins. to 5/. •Os. 03. per '
dential counsellor ; and by Bramins is he to be in-
of
, lat. 36, lon. 2i, by the Industrie, arrived at Havre. PATITPRIAI7III, itr AR K ET. _ 0;4.
she case.
justice penses every year ; and it was made to contri- most extraordinary results are found to take place. the said lectures to take place at any timp dtirinu oho ii.1.......i... I._____, .._ ___ Al_ . ..-. . .. _ .
The Court then adjourned until Saturday. structed in policy as well as in and all learning.
~.__ , ,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT-GLOUCESTER, APRIL 7.
TRIAL OF WILLIAM BOWEN FOR MURDER.

The trial of William Bowen for the murder and robbery of
Richard Yarworth, at Elmstona Hard% icke, having been fixed
for this morning, the Court and every avenue loading to it
was completely blocked up by a little past seven o'clock, and
the interest created was intense. The length of time the cul-
prit has been in prison, the cool and deliberate manner in
which the atrocious crime was perpetrated, and the various ru-
mours which have been circulated, all conspired to excite the
curiosity of the whole county ; and Gloucester at a very
early hour was crowded by strangers from all parts, but
more particularly the Forest of Dean, where the family of the
unfortunate deceased reside. _ _

At eight o'clock Mr. Justice COLERIDGE took his seat in
the Crown Court, and the prisoner was placed at ►he bar, and
pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. ALEXANDER opened the case for the prosecution. The
prisoner and deceased travelled together by the Wellington coach
on the 11th of January, 1840. When they arrived at the
Coombe-hill public-house, which stands in the centre of three
roads, lea.iing to Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, and Gloucester,
they went in, and deceased had a glass of ale, and the pri-
soner a glass of gin. They then walked out towards Chelten-
ham, and at the distance of a quarter of a mile from Coombe-
bill, the prisoner said " Stand," and immediately discharged a
pistol in the neck of the deceased, who pat out his right arm,
ppon which a second pistol was. discharged to the right side.
The man then asked for his money ; the deceased said he could
not give it him. '1 he man then rifled his pockets of seven 51.
note.', eleven or twelve sovereigns, and several bills of ex-
change. The deceased had been receiving money for
his father, who was quarryman in the Forest of Dean, and was
a fine powerful man. The deceased told the murderer not to
leave him in the road, or he would be run over, upon which he
dragged deceased to the side of the road, put his hat on his
head, and said " I am sorry I shot you, but it was your own
fault," and then returned in the direction they had come, viz.,
towards Tewkesbury. The deceased was shortly afterwards
picked up and carried to Piff Elm House, from whence he was
reknoved in April to his own home, where he expired from the
inju:ies received on the 6th of August. Handbills were issued
containing a description of the prisoner, and offering a reward
of 701. for his apprehension. The prisoner was apprehended
in Bristol on the :16th of January, and taken before the Chel-
tenham Magistrates, who discharged him after six examina-
tions. He was again taken into custody, and com-
mitted by the Magistrates from Coombe -hill. A verdict
of wilful murder was returned against him at the
Coroner'• Inquisition which sat on the body of the unfortunate
Yarworth. The trial was postponed at the. ast Summer As-
sizes, in consequence of the illness of a material witness named
Sharp. A true bill was returned against him at the last Splint;
Assizes.
A great number of witnesses having been examined for the
prosecution and defence, Mr. Maclean was about to call Ann
*own, when
His LORDSHIP told the Jury tllit it was a case of great
doubt, and if they found the prisoner guilty, it would be vir-
tually convicting the witnesses for the defence of perjury. The
witnesses for the prosecution might be mistaken as to the pri-
soner's identity, and if they had a doubt they should give it in
favour of the prisoner.
The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.
His LORDSHIP said, that from the contradictory evidence it
was a proper case for prosecution.
There was another indictment against the prisoner, charging
him with the robbery, of which he was of course alsoacquitted.
The trial lasted ten hours.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Berore Mr. Baron Gunfire.)
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.— William Hammond, aged 17,
and Richard Hammond, aged 15, were indicted, the former
for stealing a post letter containing a bank note value bi , and
two sovereigns, of Charles Nash, and the latter with having
feloniously received the note, knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. Shepherd (with whom was Mr. Adolphus) having
stated the case for the prosecution, called the following
witnesses :
Charles Nash was in London on the 27th of February last,
and on that day inclosed a 51, note and two sovereigns in a
letter to a friend at Devonport. The note was numbered
99,691 L. B. He gave the letter to Mr. Davis to post it.
Mr. Isaac Davies, a solicitor, hail received the letter from
the last witness, and took it to the Post-office receiving-house
in lermyn-street, between the hours of eleven and two, on
27th February. He gave it to the prisoner, William Ham-
Mond, to whom he paid 2d. for the postage of the letter.
Mr. J. Lamb is a clerk in the Poste-office.A letter put
into the receiving-house in Jermyn-street r_et ought _
to have been
received at the office in St. Martin's-le-Grand at half-past two
o'clock. Witness counted over the letters on that day, but did
not find any letter addressed to Devonport.
Henry Finch is a licensed victualler, llvin-
Holborn. He changed the 5/. noteing in Middle-row,
question for a lad
named Webb, in the employ of Mr. Lloyd, of Staple
soli-
citor. He wrote Mr. Lloyd's name on the note vri lei
re-
ceived it.
After a number of other witnesses had been examined,
Mr. CLARKSON, for the defence, contended that the evi-
dence against Richard Hammond was so weak as to entitle him
to an acquittal. It did not appear from any evidence that he
knew the note in question was stolen by his brother at the time
he gave it him ; and as to his subsequent conduct, they ought.
not to judge of the conduct of a youth of 15 as they would that
of a grown up person. With regard to the prisoner William,
he had never denied the crime, and had yesterday pleaded guilty.
The master of Sir James Shaw's school, in which Richard
Hammond had been educated, and Mr. Paas, a watchmaker, in
whose service he had been from the time of his leaving school
to the time of his being taken into custody, both gave him an
excellent character as an honest trustworthy boy.
Mr. Baron GURNEY summed u and the Jury, without hesi-
i o la, acquitted the prisoner. p,
Mr. Baron GURNEY having told the boy that this showed
him the value of a good character, which having always hitherto
maintained, he hoped he would maintain through life, ordered '
him to be given tap to his master' Mr.
him. Mr. Pass, who immediately
received him, andtook away
The prisoner William, having been called up for sentence was,
after a most impressive address from Mr. Baron Gurney, sen-
tenced to be imprisoned for 12 months and kept to bard labour,
one week of each month to be passed in solitary confin.meßt.
CHARGE or CHILD MURDER- —Emma Harling, aged 23,
was indicted for unlawfully attempting to suffocate Grace
Harling, a female infant child, with intent to kill and murder
her. The prisoner lived as cook in the service of Alms
Lemoine, who keeps a boarding-school in Canonbury-square,
Islington. On the 11th February last, her mistress saw her
sitting by the fire, and complaining of great illness. Mr.
Semple, a surgeon, was in the house at the time; he accusedthe
prisoner of having been pregnant, which, however, she denied.
On going to the privy, a child was found immersed in the soil,
and partially covered with ashes and mould which had
teen thrown upon it. It was got out, and means
having been used for its recovery, it revived and lived for some
time afterwards. It subsequently died, but not in consequence
of this transaction. The prisoner admitted that the child
yeas-
bens, but denied that she tad attempted to suffocate it. She
suid that the child had
it was found. dropped from -her into the place where
Mr. Cl'"lcs" -addressed the Jury for the defence.
Mr' Baron Guag4r muted up, wheu the Jury, after de-

" A Bramin is the chief of all created beings ; the
world and all in it are his ; through him, indeed, other
mortals enjoy life ; by his imprecations he could destroy
a king, with his troops, elephants, horses, and cars ;
could frame other worlds and regents of worlds, and
could give being to new gods and new mortals. A
Bramin is to be treated with more respect than a king.
His life and person are protected by the severest laws
in this world, and the most tremendous denunciations
for the next. He is exempt from capital punishment
even for the most enormous crimes. His offences
against other classes are treated with remarkable lenity,
while all offences against him are punished with ten-
fold severity.
" The King must have a Bramin for his most confi-
dential counsellor ; and by Beaming is he to be in-
structed in policy as well as in justice and all learning.
The whole judicidl authority (except that exercised by
the King in person) is in the hands of Bramins ; and
although the perusal of the sacred writings is not with-
held from the two nearest classes, yet the sense of them
is only to be obtained through the exposition ofa Bramin.
The property of the sacred class is us well protected by
the law as its power. Liberality to Bramins is made
incumbent on every virtuous man, and is the especial
duty of a king. Sacrifices and oblations, and all the
ceremonies of religion, involve feasts and presents to
the Bramins, and those gifts must always be liberal ;
the organs of sense and action, reputation in this life,
happiness in the next, children and cattle, are all de-
stroyed by a sacrifice offered with triftng gifts to the
_priests.
" If a Sudra sit on the same seat with a Bramin, he
is to have a gash made on the part offending. If he
advise him about his religious duties, hot oil is to be
dropped into his mouth and ears. This is a great
practical improvement on Professor Sewell's mere verbal
rebukes of the want of implicit acquiescence in his au-
thority as a teacher. We arc char for the superior
efficacy of hot oil in the mouth and ears. " Under the
same penance with some real oft.nces comes giving pain
to a Bramin.; Saying ' hush,' or ' pish,' to a supe-
-1 rior, or overpowering a Bramin in argument, involve
1 each a slight penance."—Elphinstone's H•'story.

In 1733, in order to keep the land-tax at ls. in
the pound, Sir Robert Walpole broke the ice, and
succeeded in alienating half a million from the sa-
cred treasure for the current service. In 1734 he
took 1,200,000/. ; in 1735 and 1736 the produce
of the taxes devoted to that fund was anticipated
and mortgaged. In 1739, and the eleven following
years, it was wholly applied to the current ex-
penses of every year; and it was made to contri-
bute to everything except the reduction of the debts
of the nation, which went on to increase.
This precedent is no less striking in illustration
of the main principle than in the minor points of
chronological detail ; and that principle is, that
funds accumulated, upon whatever system, for the
professed purpose of reducing the public burdens,
have usually served as an encouragement to the
extravagance of Governments, and as a pretext to
veil from the nation the real consequences of its
policy—in a word, to provide resources for the cor-
ruption of a Walpole, or the prodigality of a Thiers.
In England, at least, voices were raised against
that alienation of the sinking fund ; but in France
the institution has survived the principle in which
it originated, and it seems to be regarded on all
hands as the natural resource of a Government in
distress. Indeed, of late years, large sums have
been voted from it for public works of various
kinds; and, as these works will now be suspended
for seven years by the appropriation of the fund to
military purposes, the real effect of that appropria-
tion will be to paralyze an important branch of the
current service, which had been defrayed from that
source ; whilst the Administration will find itself
condemned by the engagements of this year to
fotego all assistance from a fund on which the con-
tingencies of the State have naturally been thrown.
We now come to the loan of from 20,000,0001.
to 25,000,0001. sterling, which is to cover the re-
mainder of the deficit. M. Humann claiins great '
credit for having gained time for his inevitable ope-
ration, and he boasts that he has succeeded in
placing Treasury bills to a large amount, which
will facilitate the ultimate consolidation of the
loan. With the mode of operation we have nothing
to do ; but the substantial nature of the I.oan itself
is, of course, a matter of consideraUe interest to
the European public.
The first question to be asked is, of course,
what are the ordinary "Lesources of the revenue ?
What probability is there that the future expen-
diture of France will be so diminished, or her in-
come soincree.sed, that the finances of the country
will have time to recover their equilibrium, and an
annual :surplus enable her to efface from the public
accounts the additional burdens of the present time ?
The budget of France, as calculated for the
year 1842, is taken at its maximum at 1,162,000,000 f.
or about 46,000,000/. sterling. More then half of
this revenue is raised by direct taxes on land and
on persons, to the amount of 606,000,0001. per
annum, of which 450,000,000 f. are levied upon
landed property alone, including the stamp duties
upon the transfer and hypothecation of that species
of property, being about one-third of the total
landed income of France ; another third of that
income is tied up upon private mortgages, which
are known to represent a capital of more than
eleven milliards of francs, or 440,000,000/. sterling.
From this source no further revenue can be drawn.
The revenue arising from the taxes on consumable
commodities is only 341,000,000 f., including
customs duties to an amount of little more
than 100,000,000 f., or about one-fifth of what
the revenue of Great Britain derives from
the same source. Here, without doubt, a large in-
crease might be effected, but it can only be the re-
sult of a gradual and extensive development of the
I commerce of France, under the influence of fair and
unrestricted intercourse with the rest of the world.
The various Government . monopolies produce
153,000,0001., and the domains of the state
62,000,000 f. more. But of the total revenue of
1.162,000,000 f. arising from these sources,
562,000,000 f. are required to defray the interest of
the existing debt and the expenses of collection,
&c. The revenue available for the current service
of the year is therefore reduced to about
600,000,-0001., of which nearly 5,000,000 f. are
swallowed up by the army and navy on the estab-
lishment of armed peace. We borrow these facts
from the speech of the Marquis d'Audiffret, and
from his recent publications on the subject ; but
although they were not contradicted in the Cham-
ber of Pecrs, there is, perhaps, some exaggeration
in reckoning the extraordinary military and naval
expenses, for which thefloan is proposed, as charges
p thee a rs
expendituref rom anot hoef r
la
8n dau n
in qousets tbi oe n tit
upon the current year. On the other hand, it ap-
tblelereass°euti c t eo t
the
t
amount of 86,000,000 f. by the new financial ope-
rations and by the extrao- '
estimates : 24,000 V .mnary army and navy
interest of the r ,
" • .
40t. of this increase, being the
burden on
..ew loan, will constitute a permanent
the country.
Pie only 1
. rep►y to these startling statements
Which was made by M. Humana and Count
d'Argout, who, be it observed h
, ave the strongest
interest in preparing the
giving a more cheering way for their loan by
aspect to affairs,
in assurances that Algiers would
not consisted
always cost
France 63,000,0001. per annum : that the re-im-
position of the duty on retailing wine, which was
taken off after the revolution of 1839, would wou give
' 30,000,000 f. or 40,000,0001. more, if required ;
and that the general prosperity of the country
would continue to swell the crdinary revenue, eve_
cially if it be more rigidly collected in the country
and on the frontiers. To these prospective assur-
antes, though they be not devoid of foundation. we ,
cannot attach much weight. They rest on the as.
surnption that for the next seven years n 9 new

When glass, from the melting-pot, is fashioned
into tumblers, bottles, &c., it is gradually cooled
by being removed successively from a higher to a
lower temperature, which process is termed anneal-
ing. When this gradual process is neglected, the
most extraordinary results are found to take place.
What are called Prince Rupert's drops are an ex-
cellent and familiar illustration of the anomalous
phenomena under consideration. They are formed
simply by dropping a little melted glass into cold
water, when it suddenly collapses into a small pear-
shaped drop, with a slender thread•like tail or ex-
tremity. If the thick end of the drop be held in
the hand, and the small end be broken off, the whole
of the glass will fly into shivers, imparting to the
hand a smart shock, similar to that from an electri-
cal jar. What is equally singular is, that it the
Rupert's drops, instead of being broken in the
manner described, be thrown down forcibly upon
flags, they will recoil by their elasticity, but they
will not be broken, how violently soever they be
brought into contact with the flags.
We have now to notice another of the numerous
phenomena exhibited by unanneated glass, which is
not so generally known as that of the Rupert's
drops, but which is equally inexplicable. It was.
communicated to us several months ago, by the
Correspondent whose note we here subjoin, with a
few comments appended to it:—

i TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY.
" SIR-I know you are curious in mu ters of science,
and that you occasionally give insertion to questions
calculated t ) interest your readers, or excite their inge-
nuity. The question of the bursting of the Rapert's
drops, and the unannealed wine glass, I have, in my eye
which you answered some time ago. Allow me, then,
to detail a curious accident. which happened under my
own hands, with a glass tube, and which has occurred
to several others, to whom I have mentioned it. Some
short time ago I procured a glass tube for the pur.
pose of constructing a barometer. After cleaning it well
with an bon wire, tipped with wash leather, I placed
it upon a table, and was astonished to find, in a
quarter of an hoer, the tube broken into several pieces.
On mentioning it ro a friend be immediately pronounced
it to be caused by the wire, as he had had a similar
accident. Not being satisfi:d that it could be produced
by the wire, I placed another tube with a bit of wire
in it, and was surprised to find that, in a short time,
the cube broke into several pieces. I cannot account
for the phenomena, neither is the fact noticed in any
scientific treatises with which lam acquainted. Baro-
meter-makers seem to be aware of it, and never use
wire in cleaning their tubes.

" Whereas by a Grace of the Senate, pa,sed June 1,
1821, Bache ors of Arts, proceeding to the dev,ree of
Blehelor of Physic, arc required to attend the lectures
of the Regius Professor of Puy sic in the interv,tl be.
tween their admission ad respondendunt yawstioni and
their admission to the degree in physic.
" Notice is hereby given, that at the Congregation
announced for Thursday ni xt, the Ist of April, a Grace
will be offered to the S-:nate to allow the attendance on
the said lectures to take place at any time during the
period of academical residence prior to the degree of
Bachelor of Physic."
On Wednesday, the subjnind circular was sent to
the resident members of the Senate :

" The attention of members of the Senate is requested
to a Grace which is to be proposed to the Senate to-
morrow, for confirming a HA of regulations respecting
the teerise to practise in medicine.

" It is intended to offer oppostion to this Grace,
prin'ipaily on the gronnds :
" That the Senate require longer time fur considering
any proposition of important charact r.
" That at the very end of a term the opinion of the
Senate cannot be fairly pronounced upon any measure,
especially when such measure is not proposed as the re-
sult of deliberation on the part of a Syndicate appointed
by the Senate.

Now, Sir, li shall feel much oblige!' if you, or any of
your scientific correspondents will give me an intaligible
exploration of the curious fact,—Yours, &c.,

" If any further time were allowed, a few of the
details, which seem objectionable, might be removed ;
and the scheme ea amended might be accepted as a
valuable improvement. •
" Caius College, March 31."

This circular:We believe we may state, did not pro-
ceed from a member of the medical faculty. It was
promptly repltel to by Doctor Hav la d, the Regius
Processor of Ptiysic, in the fillowitt4 pip I.:
" A paper was pliced in my heads on my leaving the
schools this afternoon, of whiel 1 had previowly re-
ceived no intimation, announcing an intention of op.
posing certain regulations which are to be brought for-
ward to-morrow, respecting the license to practice in
medicine, and which it is well known I have been in-
strumental in submitting to the Sch.tte.

" As no reason has been assigned in this paper for
opposing the regulations, on the ground of their being
at themselves in any way objectionable, I trust that the
members of the Senate iviil, in forming their opinion, not
allow themselves to be influenced by the mere authority
of an anonymous and unavowed publication. But an
explanation is due from me to the Senate in consequence
of a charge of disrespect in not bringing these regula-
tions forward till late in the term.

"I earnestly desired and endeavoured to submit the
matter earlier in the term to the Senate, but was pre-
vented from doing so by a circumstance over' which I
had no control, and fir which no person is at all to be
blamed.

VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Tally-ho. from Messina to Malta,
28th ult., lat. 40, lon. 10, by the Oporto, arrived at Cork.
Thetis, of Jersey, 21st ult., in the Gut of Gibraltar, by the
Cheetah, at-lived at Bri tol. Emma, Marseilles to G,Jada-
loupe, 21st ult., lat. 23, lon. 34 W., by the Bournonnais, ar•
rived in the Lone. Maol, Begue, bound to ditto, 28th Feb.,
lat. 19, lot:. 40 ; Bagormais, Guadeloupe to Marseilles, 23d
ult., lat. 36, lon. 27, by the Industuie, arrived at Havre.
Hogarth, bound to westward, lat. 49, lon. 14, by the Cuba,
arrived in the Clyde. Koningen der Nedeilanden, Batavia to
Dordrecht, lat. 34, lon. 16, by the East India packet, arrived
in the Texel. Eleanor, Calcutta to London, lat. 23 S. lon.
70 E; Rielard Mount, :Mauritius to London, lat. 26 S, lon.
5 W, by the Prins Van Orange, e Boer, arrived at Browers-
haven.

W. A. S.
The phenomenon, which is the subject of our
Correspondent's letter, is familiar to the barometer
makers, who, in cleaning out the interior of the
tubes, take especial care that the iron wire em-
ployed for the purpose shall not touch the glass, as
the contact of the two substances is almost uni-
formly followed by a fracture of the glass, not im-
mediately, but after a short interval. This is one
of the most extraordinary circumstances of the
phenomenon ; as it is difficult, if not impossible,
to form any rational explanation of the secret mys-
terious operation which must be going on in the tube,
between the moment of contact with the wire, and
the subsequent fracture. If, as there is reason to
conclude, the momentary contact of the wire with
the glass produce the fracture, why does it not in•
stantly take place ? There appears to be an effect,
without an adequate or intelligible cause. It seems
that this kind of phenomenon is not altogether con-
fined to glass, but occasionally occurs in cast metal,
probably fiom its sudden cooling, or from not
having been properly annealed. However that
may be, it is a fact: that the metal of which the
mirrors of reflecting telescopes are constructed; is
very apt to fly to pieces by the slightest scratch,
just like the barometer tubes, in consequence of
their coming in contact with the iron rod used to
clean out the inside.

" I think it to be most essential that no time should
be lost at present, as I have reason to believe that a
third Medical Reform Bid is about to be brought into
the House of Commons, by which the interest of the
University. as far as regards medical degrees, will be
greatly affected, to which we shall be in a better posi-
tion for offering an effec7ual opposition. shoul.l the pro.
posed regulations pass the Senate. The charge of a
want of due deliberation is not deserved, inasmuch as
the substance of the proposed regulations was first
submitted to the resident Doctors of Physic for their
consideration, and was approved of by them in the
early part of the term, and then it was laid before the
Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses for their appro-
bation ; and lastly, the proposals in their present form
were submitted to the members of the medical faculty,
by whom they were fully and unanimously approved.
" I do not therefore feel disposed to withdraw, nor
should I in my own opinion be justified in so doing, a
proposal for a beneficial and important measure, which
has received the approbation, after a long and careful
consideration, of those most conversant with the matter.
" JOHN HAVILAND, M.P.R."
" March 31st, 4 P.M."

In our recent editorial article on the
improve-
ments lately made in the reflecting telescope by
Lord Oxinantown, we stated that, in consequence
of the liability of the best metal to fly when even
slighly scratched in the operation of polishing, op-
ticians dared not meddle with mirrors of large di-
mensions, on account of the risk, and that the con-
sequence was the substitution of an inferior mrtll,
which is not liable to become fractured. The
nobleman whom we have just named, it seems, has
discovered some process for working the mirrors so
as to obviate these risks, and is said to have suc-
ceeded in constructing than of the most suitable
metal, and of six feet diameter; and, it is added,
that this is by no means the maximum, as the great
obstacle to the construction of much larger teles-
copes than have hitherto been practicable, appears
to have been surmounted ; and we may anticipate,
as the , consequence of the invention, the most
astonishing astronomical discoveries.
In conclusion, we may observe, that the pheno.
wenon of the barometer tubes, noticed by our Cor-
respondent, is to lie ascribed, no doubt, to their
perfect annealing, and that the remedy for the de-
feet would he that pointed out by Mr. Pellatt, of
London, at a late scientific meeting, from the report
of which we transcribe the following passage
" Mr. Pellatt recommended boling as a safe end
good mode of annealing all kinds of gliss; in the ordi-
nary method of annealir g. thick and thin ware is ofteli
,
subjected to the same process, and remoras in the 1,c.•
for the same period ; this would accouct for the sop,
rior dunitlon the thin tubes. lie attributed the frac-
ture of the tubes to the tension of the r Itt.;rior coatit,w,
and the vibration caused by the process of eleining
this effect was so well known that w,. old tube ,
trou
scarcely be sold, as it goneraliy broke deanzyg.

At the Caigregation, on Thursday, a division took
place in the Nun-Regent House, on the regulations.
They were, however, carried by 13 to 9. In the
Re-
gent House, there' was a division on the Grace respect-
ing the attendance on the lectures of the It 'gins Pro-
lessor. The Grace passed, howisver, by 18 against 9.

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A MAD RAILWAY PASSENGER~ti froC'
lllast, a young labouring countryman, dressed in $ rouoati
got into one of the carriages at Reading to proceed to spill.,
by one of the morning trains, and on its stopping at j
contrary to the regulations, he got out and JumPe air;
the platform in a very unusual and extraordinary
.3,111 eh
so much so, indeed, as to convince every person ivti?fo'wev
strange gesticulations that his mind was affected. lioceedf,
he was again persuaded to enter the carriage, a„,hd,P,,r, of 7,
to London with the other passencrers. Mr. "Y--'1.10"•t
Hope Inn, Windsor, and his son, with one of the
igby Ito
were in the same box, and their attention was excite.
violent manner of their fellow iassenger. whelnd gari°
1 train treated _ot
watched meat attentively. When the
ti
the )(Ring countryman suddenly made at great spee!e'
desperate attewr
jumput out of the carriage (the tram tohfTirg.°B--y'les, iyho ,hVai:sepr
D. by the firmness and prun-iptrie_ forced back Into .1
sited by his son and th
and comp, lled remam there until
trace viola,/
ton, when it was deemed necessa •
ry, from his ex
.e guard, he wastheir
to have
,him confined until taken before a Maah,trate oy
arrival at paddle
amined by a medical gentleman. Ihis was clone, and tblti,*
dical man gave his decided opinion that he was insane' ,e, f
jail
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curing him it appeared that he was in a paroxysm
hit Ni'. Btles, the guard, and every person wholooultls
him, and he broke the windows of the cab in his waY orje,
Magstrates. The Magistrate deemed it necessary °oils")
that he should be taken care of until his friends were di ise be 11'
His came was discovered to be Sanders, and he salu,„o ti`P
killed his child, and he intended to kill himself.--flu"
of $
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SUNDAY TRAVELLING--At the req- pt
Committee, which, it seems, has been for some 'l6;:b:sl`ej
in this city fur promoting the better observance °'
bath, we publish the adaress which they have jUiO 611
to the Proprietors and Directors of RailvittYi."olo":
Brit, in." We have not time to remark upon it 8' Fa S 11":
but we must say that their object of closing liailwAlu'iselif",:
clays is, in our opinion, wholly impracticable, o°l jpo',!.
hitt would be fraught with inconvenience to the ciasl';
and be of incalculable injury to the poor and mid sod eLlboo
If the Committee would apply to the BishoPschurc"
sly
p nor's in high stations who are seen rolling ti)„d Ott go
Sundays in all the luxury of private carriages, B"theto ;jet
the pomp which li% cried menials to wait tlP°Phis fr,J,
give, and should succeed in putting an end to t „° tbslltd
of Sabbath desecration, they would at least bab'e).
vent g• of a good example to point to, wbeVic eol11;a7.
upon others to give up the convenience of Fitjeit/tirt'ls'
ances on the only day a their e,)mmand,....—Cari''l of
PRINCIPAL AND FACTOR.—The Eacrot rne:e
rendon, on Tuesday, gave notice that after the
he will present to the House of Lords a Bill for ore
law of Principal and Factor.

DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Wednesday morning,
an inquest was held before -Mr. Marlin, coroner for the bo-
rough of Windsor at the New Inn, in that town, upon the
body of a child, named Robert Vickars, three years and a half
old, the son of a lady of fortune residing in Park-street, who
died on the evening of Monday last, in consequence of falling
down while playing in the drawing-room, and a drum-stick,
with which he was amu,ing himsed; penetrating his head
through the right eye. Mr. Henry Brown, surgeon, deposed
to having been called in to attend the deceased, immediately
after the accident, whom he found with a nick projecting from
the orbit of the right e 3 e, which had passed compl-tely through
the orbital bone into the head. The stick was extracted
with difficulty, and the child died in consequence of the injury
on Monday. Mary Ann Truman, servaut to the mother of
the deceased, stated that the child, who was playing with a
doll and other toys, fell upon the drum-stick, which she found,
upon entering the room (hearing his screams) sticking ,n his
•head. The deceas .d, who was perfectly sensible, said to her,
" Truman, I was running across the rooin, and the drum-
stick went into my eye." Witness found him lying on the
carpet, and attempted to drag nut the stick, but could not.
She then went for a surgeon. The Jury returned a verdict
of 4‘ Accidental death."

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ter of H. 'Norman, Esq , aged 13 months and I'

THE NELSON MEMORIAL IN TRAFALGAR-
SQUA ex.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been graci-
ously phased to present the Committee for superintending
the erection of a monument in Trafalgar-square in commemo-
of the many brilliant achievements of the late Admiral Lord
Viscount Nelson, and as a tribute to the memory of that gah.
lant and immortal hero, with a donation of a hundred guineas,
in aid of the subscription now rating to defray the expenses of
the memorial. His !loyal Highness has also been pleased to
express the interest he takes in the undertaking, and the grati-
fication he has experienced in finding that so many disin-
guished Noblemen and Gentlemen have given it their power-
ful support and patronage. Some unavoidable delay was
occasioned in the works during the late severe frost in come-
quence of the vessels laden with granite from the Fogintor
quarries at. Dartmoor not being able to come up the river;
but the workmen of Mews. Grissell and Peto, builders, of the
York-road, Lambeth, are now actively engaged on the works,
under the direction of Mr. Railton, the architect, from whose
deign and plans the column will be erected. Ey the contract
the above gentlemen have engaged to complete the memorial
in two years.
A DEEP WELL.—The present object of ex-
citement in Paris i= the Artesian well at the Abattoir of
Greneile, wirch has Ilt,n successfully completed by M.
Mulot and his son, after' seven yer.r:i'' labour. The people
flock in crowds to the pot, provided with bottles to taste
and bring away some of the water that issues from such an
immense depth. The hole is four times as deep as St
Paul's Cathedra' is Ifgh. It is stated, that when coin.
pleted, the wat 1. Hilt rise to the . height of thirty feet
above the surface.

Ar 01°1
London: Printed and Published by 111URDO
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Ofi 111,'
the county of Middlescs,....liriday, April 91 OW'