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should show that the conduct of Mr. Wakley, in this re-
spect, was above reproach, and he should prove this by the
very tests which his Learned Friend (Mr. Ballantine) had
applied, as he should refer in proof of it to the reports
of the proceedings which the defendants had had
verified on oath. Now the libel was published two days be-
fore. Mr. Wakley hal arranged to sum up the evidence, and
to bring the inquiry to a close. On first meeting the jury,
Mr. Wakley stated that the line of investigation he should
pursue was this—first, to inquire into the man's health at the
time he was punished; and next, into the punishment itself.
The inquiry proceeded, therefore, in its natural course—in
the course laid down at the commencement. On that occasion
he stated that he considered it most important that the spine
should be examined, as the man's legs had been paralysed two
days before his death. Mr. Day was appointed, but on being
examined he stated that he could give the reason of his
his death without such an examination. But the jury con-
sidered that the spine ought to be examined, and desired the
coroner to nominate a proper person to do so, and the inquiry
was adjourn-d.
Lord DENMAN said it was admitted that the inquiry was
properly conducted, and that the summing up of the coroner
was proper and temperate- The proceedings were be-
fore the court, and were verified by affidavits. Now
he did not think that there was anything in
these proceedings proving misconduct of any kind.
He thought, therefore, the Court might save the Learned
Counsel a deal of trouble by informing him that they consi-
dered his conduct in that particular respect unimpeachable;
therefore the question would turn upon the conduct of the
coroner towards the medical witnesses.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thanked the Court for this inti-
mation, and proceeded to deal with that part of the subject.
After reading the alleged libel at length, and commenting
upon the various expressions used, he asked what they could
think of the conduct of the defendant in publishing
such an article on the very eve of the close
of the Inquiry to which it referred—an article
which charged Mr. Wakley with hinting conjec-
tural replies to private soldiers, with wishing to bring a
charge of murder to the door of a respectable medical
practitioner (Dr. Warren), and, failing him, the commanding
officer, and, failing him, the farrier; with traducing the cha-
racter of a justice; with dividing fees with his " man of all
work," Dr. Wilson ; and with seeking popularity in order to
help his fortunes at the next election? Did Mr. Healey mean
to set up that he did not know who wrote the article which
imputed such motives?
Mr. BALLANTINE said he had sworn that he did not.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said much stress had been laid
upon the speech which Mr. Wakley had delivered at Exeter
Hall. It was very natural for Mr. Wakley to have adopted
such a mode of making his sentiments known ; few,
he apprehended, in that court would like to retract
such expressions as those used by Mr. Wakley on that oc-
casion. Then, the medic al gentlemen were excluded from
the'inquestilland from the post-mortem examination, by the
wish of the jury. But even if that was indiscreet, did that fur-
nish Mr. Healey with any pretext for publishing such a libel?
He apprehended also that the Act referred to with respect to
the examination of medical men had not been unheeded but
complied with. He concluded by expressing a hope that the
Court would make the rule absolute.

PARLIAMENTARY B.':USINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the . Va-use of Commons.)

FRIDAY, NAN. 29.
mTeh,eanfodlloowrdienrgedßtaoilbwea3 read- Bills a
illssecwonerde
tpimrees,e;aled, read a first
time,
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands J unction (Cowlairs,
Cannyle, Central Junction, and Coplaw rh;11 Branches, and
Montrose-street Terminus)—" to enable ft e Glasgow, Air-
drie, and Monklands Junction Railway ,Company to make
certain Branch Lines, to extend their Ten sinus to Montrose-
street, Glasgow, and to amend the Ac t relating to such
Railway."
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands J,anction (Cowlairs
Branch)—" to enable the Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands
Junction Railway Company to make a Bra' ich from, at, or
near Whitevale-street, Glasgow, to or near: • Cowlairs, and to
amend the Act relating to such Railway."
Liskeard and Launceston Branch—" for Tri aking a Railway
from Launceston to join the Cornwall Pa ilway, near the
town of Liskeard, all in the county of Comm -all"
Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and W ea rdale, Weardale
Extension, and Wear and Derwent, and Shildon Tunnel
Amalgamation—" for enabling the Wear. Valley Railway
Company to purchase or lease the Bishop Auckland and
Weardale Railway, the Wear and Dery rei it Railway, the
Weardale Extension Railway, and the Sh ik lon Tunnel, and
to raise an additional sum of money, and for other purposes."
North -Western (Diversions at Skiptor., Casterton, and
Sedberg)—" for enabling the North-Wester n Railway Com-
pany to make certain alterations and dive rs ions in the Main
Line of their Railway at Skipton, Casterto n, and Sedbergh."
Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (.A malgamation or
Leasing—" to consolidate the Aberdeen mad Great North of
Scotland Railway Company."
Aberdeen (Brechin Branch Deviation)--." to enable the
Aberdeen Railway Company in part to ab ,er their Branch
Railway to Brechin."
Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midlan d Junction Con-
necting—" to enable the Aberdeen Railwa y Company to
make a Railway from the Arbroath and Po rfar Railway, in
the parish of Forfar, to the Scottish Midla d Junction Rail-
way, in the parish of Glammis."
Direct London and Portsmouth, and I )radon, Brighton,
and South Coast Amalgamation—" to uni ti 3 and consolidate
the Direct London and Portsmouth Railw a- y Company with
the London, Brighton, and South Coast R ai Iway Company."
Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviatit in s and Alterations
in Oldham Branch, kc.)—" for enabling the Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal Compat iy to alter a por-
tion of the Line of their Oldham Branch, rut d for other pur-
poses."

London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of the
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railw•L: i')—" to incorpo-
rate the Huddersfield and Manchester R si lway and Canal
Company, and the Leeds, Dewsbary, and IV. lanchester Rail-
way Company, with the London and Nor t 1 t-Western Rail-
way Company."
Manchester and Leeds (Alteration of Levi els of Brighouse
Branch of the West Riding Union, and new Line into Leeds)
—" to enable the Manchester and Leeds -Ra tilway Company
to alter the Line and Levels of the Brighotts e Branch of the
West Riding Union Railways, and to make. a new Line into
Leeds."

Lord D ENMAl,7said he wasV
at loss to understand Why the
medical men who had first. seen the body, and who were
ignorant of the fact that the man's legs had- been patalysed
two days before his death, were excluded from the last ex-
amination of the body.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the medical gentlemen
who were excluded knew that paralysis had taken place.
The jury considered that the examination should be made
by a medical man from London, and that none save Mr.
Wilson should be present..
Mr. BRAMWELL briefly addressed the Court.
The COURT took time to consider their decision, and
desired to have the affidavits on both sides, which were
handed in.

Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—" to Authorise certain
alterations of the Line of the Reading.Guil df Ord, and Reigate
Railway, and to amend the Act relating th er eto."
Norfolk (from Thetford 'to the Lowest t Railway near
Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth)—," to empower the
Norfolk Railway Company to make a -ft lilway from the
Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowest° ft Railway near
Reedham, with a Branch therefrom to Ha les worth."

The following Railway Bills were read a sl;cond time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of fie lection :
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgvw, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr (No. 4).
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (-No. 2).
North Staffordshire (Alterations and Bra,ach es).
North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley and. Trent Valley
Junction).
Llynvi Valley Extension.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. I.— -Yarmouth Ex-
tension).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (,Station at Shef-
field'and Branch to the Sheffield Canal).
South-Eastern ( Mid Kent and Direct Tu ntn idge).
South-Eastern (Croydon and Bromley Brramhes).
South-Eastern (Maidstone to Chart).
South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone).
South-Eastern (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction.)
South-Eastern (North Kent Live).
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle C ar( 7 Branch).
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Deviation of

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

BEAUMOIiT V. BRENDE-N.

This was a case which 3 vas tried on Wednesday last, before
Mr. Justice Coltman, and a. 'verdict was given for the plaintiff
for the amount claimed. The action was brought by a
coachmaker to recover the price of a carriage, which the
defendant, it was alleged, land seen at the plaintiff's shop,
and ordered to be put aside at the back of the shop for him.
On Monday, the 15th, by the defendant's order, the carriage
was sent home; and he was, driven out in it that day, but on
Monday it was returned, .and had never been paid for.
Two points had been raised—whether there was
an acceptance of the gads within the statute of
fraud; and if there had. been an acceptance, whether
it had not been on the Sunday, and therefore void.
The Learned Judge gave leave to move on these points to
enter a nonsuit.
Mr. PRENTICE now moi •ed for the rule, contending there
was a distinction between ielivery and acceptance, and that
if even there was a good dlelivery, which he submitted there
was not, still there had been no acceptance.—Rule granted.

Main Line, &c.).
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun ct ion, and Chester
and Birkenhead Amalgamation.
Blackburn, Darren, and Bolton Acts Amendment (Diver-
sions of Line in the parishes of Blackburn and Bolton-in-
t he-Moors).
Direct London and Portsmouth.

THE WEST HIGHLANDS.
We are glad to find that in Glengarry, Lord Ward has been
attentive to the wants of the people
ever since dearth or scarcity of provisions was feared. By a
letter from his Lordship's factor, Mr. Scott, to a pentleman in
town, we learn that not only has his Lordship provided
on his Highland estate
ample work for all the labourers, women, and boys on his
estate, who are capable of working, and that at very ample
rates of wages, but that he also supplied from fifteen to
twenty bolls of meal weekly to the very poor and infirm,
gratis ; to the less poor at half or two-thirds of the prime
cost ; and to the able-bodied labourers at the prime cost of
meal in October last. Besides this, his Lordship has an-
nually expended in improvements in Glengarry the whole
rents of the estate, less only public burdens and expense of
management ; and farther, his Lordship pays all his tenants'
shares of poor-rates and income-tax.
From Arisaig, January 19 :—"As the potatoes have
always been the staple food of the people of this country,
their state of destitution for the last half-year may easily be
imagined, and but for the aid afforded them, their condition
would have been deplorable. The noble proprietor, besides
the supply regularly given to the poor who receive parochial
aid, ordered meal to be given to the old and infirm who
cannot work; and in December last gave two bolls of oat-
meal each to thirty-three families, tenants. This month his
Lordship has given them work at draining, trenching, and im-
provina land, for which they receive meal in payment. The
Free Church have a store here, and a weekly supply is
given from it to such as are not in either of these classes.
The ensuing half-year will press more heavily on the poor,
as the little that some of them had has been exhausted.
Many also who have land will not have seed. This is an
important matter, and we hope it will be a subject of serious
consideratiox."
A Skye correspondent writes as follows, under the date of
the 14th inst. :—" The weather here for ten days past has
been remarkably fine for this time of the year. It is mild
and dry, without frost; and, were it not for the low eleva-
tion attained by the sun, even at mid-day, and the shortness
of his circuit, one would suppose we had April or October in
place of dreary winter. By the aid afforded by proprietors
and poor's boards in the western part of Skye, the people are
upon the whole as well supplied as the circumstances of the
case can well admit of. We are in daily expectation of hear-
ing as to what is doing in reference to our condition in the
south, and that we shall have assistance soon from that
quarter, which is certainly required. There was a meeting of
the poor board of Durinish at Dunvegan yesterday, when the
supplies so timeously and humanely given out by direction of
the chairman, Macleod, of Macleod, were sustained by the
other heritors. A discretionary power was still continued to
the inspector, to supply occasional aid. Petty thefts of tur-
nips, fowls, parcels of corn, &c., sometimes take place among
us, but the wonder is that they are not of more frequent oc-
currence, and of greater extent."
Another correspondent mentions that Macleod of Macleod
is making preparations for commencing a brick and tile work
on the farm of Bay. A person has been lately on the spot
(engaged from Northamptonshire) to conduct the preparatory
operations, and the locality is paid to be highly favourable for
a brick manufactory.
We understand that there is now a Governrtient steamer in
South tlist, from which barley-meal is sold at prime cost.
The people are gladly availing themselves of this opportunity
to purchase food, and will spend all their little supplies in
laying in provisions. Thu consideration now is to provide
for the future, as in a short time' toili itioney and meal will
be exhausted.—lnverness Courier. • -

THE WRECK OF THE SIRIUS.

INQUEST AT CLOYNE.

On Tuesday as inquest was held at Cloyne, before Daniel
Geran, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury, for the purpose
of ascertaining by what means two persons, names unknown,
whose bodies had been washed on shore at Ballycotton, and
who were supposed to have been passengers in the Sirius,
came by their deaths. Several county magistrates were iu
attendance, and on the part of the steam-packet company
Mr. Walsh (barrister), Mr. R. N. Parker, and Mr. M.
Con way.
The first witness called was Thomas Murphy, labourer;
who deposed to having found one of the bodies on the strand
at Ballycotton, a short distance from where the wreck lay.
Mr. Charles Lightford, of London, was examined, and de-
posed that he had been a passenger in the Sirius on her last
voyage. Witness detailed the circumstances of the vessel's
striking three times on the rocks. Did not hear any direc-
tions given by the captain. The chief mate, Mr. Byrne, was
giving a great many directions. Did not at this time see
the captain at all. There was great confusion, and the cap-
tain might have been near him without his seeing him. A
boat was let down from the sea side of the vessel which
witness understands was swamped. Captain Cameron let
down another boat, which capsized. Captain Cameron got
on the rock. By his exertions and those of the chief mate
several of the passengers were attached to the life buoy. The
peasantry swarmed down to the vessel, and took away every
thing they could. The conduct of the mate was cool and
seamanlike. •

Edward Byrne, chief mate, examined—Captain Moffatt
was on deck for an hour and a half before the vessel struck.
The captain was perfectly sober and collected at the time.
Steering the usual course, as they were, they considered
themselves before the occurrence to be four miles off Bally-
cotton. All necessary directions were given to have the
boats in readiness. }lad the boats been launched under his
directions, they would have been sufficient to save the lives
of all on board. All orders were given by the captain. Wit-
ness tried several times to make the captain leave the vessel.
He would not leave it until after one o'clock in the day. Wit-
ness had not tasted any liquors that day. When the fogcame
on, did not heave the lead, as witness did not think there was
any necessity for it.
Richard Prendergast, sub-constable, deposed as to the fact
of the loss of the ffrst boat launched. This witness's state-
ment disagreed with thitt of the chief mate, both in respect
to the launching of the boats, and the time the captain left
the vessel.

The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned."—Cork
Examiner.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—fier 2,laj€stY's brig Mutine has
been directed to land her packages, and send her super-
numeraries for South America: an the Brazils to the St.
Vincent. She is ordered to Lihbon with dispatches for Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, and, then.p_roceeqs to the Medi-
terranean. The Medea steamer, after depositing the remains
of the late Commander Hamond at Yarmouth, in the Isle of
Wight, is to be paid wages, and alab.Proceed- to the Tagus.
She will take all the supernumeraries
collected here for the
squadrwi, and then go on to the East Indie6` calling at the
Ca ',e of Good Rope to coal and water.
HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPHINX.--The reports this
morning from the officers state that the gale of the 27th
inst. had been felt in Brook Bay, that the rollers bad come
in with great force, causing the sea to reach the Sphynx,
and after high water it was found that she had been dis-
lodged from her former position, and lifted higher on the
beach, nearly her own breadth. This is a serious hindrance
to the operations contemplated. The camels, Lie., are all
sptraerptairnedt,hae innd
oitrnng
the Echo's engines are repaired in time, they

LOSS OF A VESSEL WITH PRO-

VISIONS FOR IRELAND.

PORTSMOUTH, J. 25.—A brig called the Gipsy was un-
fortunately wrecked on the Wolseners Shoal yesterday, and
one of the crew, a boy, drowned. The calamity is more to be
lamented, as this vessel was loaded with provi.!ions of various
sorts for Ireland, from Hull, the cargo having been purchased
by the subscribers to the fund raised in that port for the re-
lief of the Irish. Finding all hope of saving the brig gone,
the master, and the rest of his crew, took to the long-boat,
and made for Hayling Island; but from the fury of the gale
and the heavy sea it upset, and with great difficulty they
got on shore—one man was nearly exhausted. The exertions
of the officer and men of the coast-gaud were highly praise-
worthy iu rescuing them. The Gipsy is a total wreck, and
her cargo quite lost.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.

DEPCTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Yesterday a very numerous deputation of Members of
Parliament, and delegates from various parts of the metro-
polis and provincial cities and towns, waited upon Lord John
Russell, at his official residence in Downing-street, for tho
purpose of urging upon the Noble Lord the necessity for a
total and immediate repeal of the window-tax.
Lord Duncan introduced the deputation to the Noble Pre-
mier, who received them with great courtesy.
Mr. G. DANIELL said, as chairman of the metropolitan
delegates, he was instructed to state to his Lordship, that in
the present state of Irish affairs they had no desire to harass
the Government by pressing for a repeal of the window-tax,
but they were prepared to show that the people of England
had a right to claim an exemption from this tax, as well as
others which were not inflicted on the sister kingdom of Ire-
land. What they proposed in lieu of a window-tax was, that
the Government should bring in a property-tax for Ireland,
and tax the landed aristocracy of Ireland, who not only did not
attend to the wants of their own poor, but who paid no taxes
whatever. Mr. Daniell then proceeded to show the baneful
effects of the tax in a sanatory point of view, and declared
that any sanatory measure whlchtmitted the repeal of those
duties was extremely inefficient.
Mr. HUME, M.P., referred to the position in which the
question of the window duties stood when the present Go..
vernment were last in office, when he (Mr. Hume) withdrew
a motion he had given notice of for the total repeal of the
window-tax, on a promise being made by Lord Althorp that
in the following year half the tax should be abolished, but
which, on account of the low state of the.finances of the
country, was not carried out.
Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Berkeley, M.P.,
(Bristol), Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., and
some other members of the deputation, having severally urged
the propriety of the repeal cf this tax,
Lord JOHN RUSSELt,who listened to the remarks addressed
to him with the most profound attention, observed that
what had fallen from the members of so highly influential
and respectable a deputation must necessarily command his
serious consideration. He could assure them his attention
should be directed to all the arguments adduced with the
greatest care. He would, however, only remark that he feared,
if he should repeal this tax, there would be other parties
pressing upon him, declaring that other taxes were equally
obnoxious.
The deputation then withdrew.

The Crocodile has been prevented from going to Cork by
bad weather and foul winds. She is now ordered to take a
party of stokers for Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, to distribute
among the steam•vessels now employed on the coast of
Ireland.

Theßelleisle, troop-ship, is reported ready by to-morrow
for any service the Admiralty may require.
A detachment of Royal Marine Artillery are fitting
Lieutenant Robert's mortar in the Curlew brig, under his
directions, and in the course of next week she will be towed
to St. Helen's for the experimental firing of the shells.
The Porcupine steamer went to Yarmouth this afternoon
with a party of seamen and riggers, and a great supply of
stores of every description requisite to assist in moving the
Sphynx.
The Pelican brig has been lent by the Admiralty to the
Customs department for the use of the coast guard.
ENROLMENT OF THE DOCKYARD ARTIFICERS...-11l
furtherance of the arrangements ordered by the Admiralty
circular for this purpose, Commander Robert Jenner, recently
promoted, is appointed to superintend the drilling of the
battalion in the ship-gun exercise. The number of volun-
teers from this dockyard amounts to 2,000. The enrolment
into different companies and battalions will take place imme-
diately. The drill is to commence on the Ist of April.
WooLwicit, Ja.N. 29.—The Medea staam-vessel, Com-
mander Mason, son of, Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason,
K.C.8., left Woolwich yesterday for Portsmouth, and was
to convey the remains of her late Commander, Graham E. W.
Hamond, to Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight.
The Centaur steam-frigate went down the river yesterday,
and had upwards of 400 tons of meal and rice on board for
conveyance to the Hebrides.
The Odin steam-frigate, designed by Mr. Fincham, an d
similar in tonnage to the Sidon steam-frigate, proceeded on
Tuesday on her experimental trip as far as the Mouse Light,
and attained a speed of nearly eleven knots per hour, al-
though not sufficiently immersed to test her full speed. The
engines were made and fitted by Fairbairn and Co., and
worked very well, and from the result of the trial she is ex-
pected to be one of the fastest large steam-vessels in the
royal navy. Mr. Atherton, assistant to the chief engineer,
attended on board to report her capabilities.
The Rosamond steam-vessel was taken out of the basin
to-day.
The Tartarus steam-vessel has her steam up, and will leave
to-day for Portsmouth and Ireland.
CeATHAM, JR.N. 29.—The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Com-
mander A. U. Ingram, arrived here on Saturday afternoon,
the 23d lust., and dropped alongside the Fortitude coal depot,
and she completed shipping her coals on Tuesday last,
amounting to nearly 400 tons. A case or two of small-pox
broke out on board, and the individuals were immediately
removed to Melville Hospital; and those on board who had
not hid that eruptive distemper, or been hitherto vaccinated,
had t. undergo the operation. A few small repairs to the
ship 1. aving been completed, she will to-morrow be removed
to Gillingbam-reach, and the reserve battalion of the 56th
Regiraent will embark on board next Monday to proceed to
Gibr...tar. The strength of the battalion consists of 28 ser-
geants, 10 drummers, and 536 rank and file, with the regular
complement of women and children, under the command of
—Brevet-Majo
Lieutenant a Cut.
Lieutenant Colonel P. S. Norman, with thefollowing officers
ran, Captain A. W. Byles, Catain G. W. Patsy, Captain
B. W. Lacy, Captain R. Anderson, Lieutenant A. Mac-donald,
Ensign F. W. Fellows. Ensign W. Clutterbuck, Ensign G.
Thorne, Ensign J. H. Humphrey,- Ensign S.W. F. Cheetham,
Lieutenant and Adjutant F. Ramsay, Quarter-master J.
On'C.oenuoLraHntliugzgei,ns, Captain W. A. Con_
Swaine, Assistant-Surgeon S. W. Deeble, and Assistant-Sur-
goon May. The reserve battalion leaves at this garrison a
depot of about 60 men, in charge of Brevet-Major J. Wigg,
Ensign H. J. Tolcher,
with Lieutenant J. S. unders, and Lieutenant G. S. Hanson.
A detachment of this regiment, consisting of two sergeants,
S. H. Farrar, proceeds on Saturday morn' "ng for Sheernes
ed to Gib
two corporals, and 26 privates, in command of Lieutenant
s,
there to embark on board the vessel Carus to pro
raltar with convicts.
ordinary on the 26th instant. The marines, conistng ot
in charge
two sergeants, one drummer, and 23 private 9
at this
The Daphne, 18 guns, Captain Onslow, was paid offi into.
of Lieutenant R. Farmer, join their head-quarters
division.
1 works, in
appointed director of engineering and architecture
chairman of the
room of Captain Brandreth, and Mr. Owen,
yard on the
committee on metals, paid an official visit to thiss
Colonel J. Irving, late of the Royal Artillery, and recently
etai Mould
And returned to this yard the same day. Cal) n
the above two
Royal :Engineers, director of works, attended
26th, and Qn the following day proceeded to h erness yard,
gentleman in their inspection.

Jan.

23
22
21
26
24

Arbivath and Forfar •.• .... •• •...
Chester and B!rkenhead. ..
Dublin and Drogheda. • •• • • -•••• ••
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • ..
Dundee and Arbroath .••• • • • •. ••

233
413
693
533
287

Durham and Sunderlard .•. •
Edinburgh and Glasgorr .• •• •• • .
Eastern Counties and North Eas;ern..
East Lancasihro .• • • • • • • • • • •
Eastern Union .. • • . • ..... ....

3,216
9,037

2,257
6,330

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and. Ayr . • • • • •
Glasgow and Green0ck......... ....

Gravesend and Rochester • • • • • • • • • •
Great Southern and Western ........
Great We. tern, &e • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ipswich and Bury.. .••••••• • • • • • • .
London and North Western, &c.
London and 81ackwa11..............
London and Brighton . • . • • .. • ...
London and Croydon
London and South We5tern.........
Manchester, Bolton, and Burr...—.
Manchester, Leeds, and null Assoc—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Newcastle and Carlisle-- .. ........
Newcastle and North Shields • •
Newcastle and Berwick
Norfoll:.. • . ............
North British
Paris and Rouen ........ „ • •
Preston and Wy re • • • ... ....

624
454
2,005
915

1,871
720

1,027
16,295

16,021

434
34,101

Shrewsbury and Chester .....
South Eastern and Branches .
South Dev0n........

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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.—
At the Chester sessions, last week, three prisoners, Philip
Dixon, H. Conley, and Eliza Dixon, were indicted for bur-
glary. Dixon pleaded guilty; the other two prisoners not
guilty. The Recorder—You are charged, Dixon, with hav-
ing committed this offence after having been previously con-
victed of felony. I caution you that pleading guilty will not
make any difference in the sentence that may be awarded to
you. Dixon—lt's no u.e, sir, telling a lie about it; lam
guilty. While this conversation took place between the Re-
corder and the prisonei., Dixon stood up, resting on his elbow
on the front of the dock and apparently adjusting his necker-
chief. He then laid his held on the partition, and in the
course of a moment or two fell backwards into the dock. It
was at first supposed that he bad fainted, but his wife and
other females who were in the dock uttering a frightful
scream, it was immediately ascertained that the prisoner had
drawls a razor across his throat, and attempted to com •
suicide. An alarm was given, and the court, which wasnilt
crowded with spectators, was in a great state of exciteme. t.
imineditabtely
A surgeon was called for, and the Mayor (Dr. P. Jones), who
came
happened to be in the ad i . g jo.nill court,"
wound, forward to render assistance. After binding up e
the Mayor intimated to the Recorder that it vrti no. A
endanger life.
It
serious nature, or such as was at all likely to endo
It was a tic& wound, just over -the larynx, w
removed
nately it had not penetrate& or fatal consequences ,which
fnrtu.
most probably have ensued. The prisoner
had not
was the would
intimated his.
from the dock. He expresed his aor.ow that hne
putt ,n determi-
nation in destroying himself, but
period to
nation to take the that opportunity of
on the
,btahre tem ale
his existence. The prisoners were Placed at the a
g found_guilty.
following day, when the case being clearly proved..
prisoner was acquitted, Dixon and Conley be',
The former was sentenced to fifteen and
Scala, at Milan,
the latter to ten
years' transportation.
4adarinc•era of
VLEDI'S NEW OrErbA.—The
• the
opened on the 2d instant, with Verdi s new 0
The principal parts were sustained by A
ut t, he Milan
prima donna, Moriani, and Basini (tenors),
and
It was greatly applauded by the audience •• b Mari ni (bass).
e.sfrad
,04jAintiiiia.,,
journals criticise it severely, and prononnue'it inferi tor to the
previous works of the composer.
GoLDSmITH's AND JEW ELLER's
ANNULI try hl.
sztrunox.—Thursday evening a general in
do-
nors and subscribers to the above institution 4 the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for general was bald at the
the election of additional annuitants on
members i a
the fur b
c mantes and
th e above
for the purpose of relieving decayed 'LI' Lds, founded
business, their workmen, shopmcn, and clerks
their widows ; Mr. Sills in the chair. Tne-r '- as likewise
the institution was going on favourably -elxgeta ted that
being in-
vested in the Bank of England. A fusr,thaerls'in2kmof 7 Of. has
been set apart for building almshouse
scribers number about 1,000. Last e • iti lue year .1 sub
-
make 14 males and 6 females receiving‘ean—ng:s,, electi Insluvill
151. and the widows 10/. per annum. - annuities, the males
A corn riot took place in Okeha
per, having re fused to
Saturday last. A farmer named Hoo rliPton Mai ,
bushel, a , ket on
sell his barley for less than Cs. 6d.
starving women loudly threatened to Per
jtheir dams zowd of
the corn run out. He then acceded tocut the bags , and let
retailed it. et 6s. per bushel.— Sherhorn .ids, and
(. i) tN.CSI. Sl`(3 111.--A v2s ~ 1 e ournal•
Docks from H.
ri:op., , t.,
Jessie, arrived in the St. Katharine ' . ''= ii.u,..rv,ste
and Whampoa, has brought from the latter-menti peed .) ngLlCp:loancge
7,000 bags of sugar, in addition to a
,arge gener 0 cart.% of
Chinese produce.

661
5,366

5,433

32,897
627
4,0E3

5,071

7,099
1,611

419
16,149
2,015

475
1,262
1,367
5,002

251
6,710

827
1,230

6,63,5
1,536
367
13,762
1,641

395
1,189

675
7,575
4,833

4,597
416

4,625

SGG
593
G,037
4,177

SONG FOR PARLIAMENTARY
PARTIES. •
(From Punch.)
IT WON'T DO, JUST NOW, TO BE FACTIOUS.
Come, let us all unite, in the present awkward plight,
And most critical position of the nation,
And seriously strive proper measures to contrive,
With a view towards its prompt amelioration.
Small differences we'll blink, animosities we'll sink,
And we'll none of us be crotchety or fractious;
For once, at least, must we, somehow manage to agree,
For it won't do, just now, to be factious.
No, really, we must not be factious,
'Twould be rather too bad to be factious,
'Twould be wrong, in times like these, 'twould, indeed, be
not the cheese;
It won't do, just now, to be factious.
Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c.
Though ne'er so much inclined one may be to speak one's
mind, .
To an enemy's annoyance and vexation,
To waste his country's time recollecting 'tis a crime, -
Let him carefully suppress the observation.
Sure Disraeli will feel 'twill be wrong to badger Peel, •
So will Roebuck to vituperate his betters ; •
•
And Duncombe will refrain, very likely, to complain,
Though again they shall have opened all his letters.
Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c.
Plumptre and Spooner, too, will perceive it will not do
To be. canting upon Sunday legislation ;
And Inglis, like a goose, to vent impotent abuse
On Maynooth and comprehensive education;
And, for Old Ireland's weal will O'Connell drop Repeal,
Whilst her real want so vehemently presses,
And labour, like a man, to do everything he can
To alleviate her positive distresses.
Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c.
We're now in a condition that requires no Opposition; -
It is necessary we should be united,
Forgetting party broils, and combined in common toils,
Till, at any rge, affairs are somewhat righted.
We are in such a hobble that we can't afford to squabble,
Let us quarrel in more favourable weather;
But, whilst the storm shall last, and until the danger's past,
We must all of us resolve to pull together.
Chorus. For it won't do, just now, to be factious, &c.

BOXING IN THE. ENGLISH AND

THE FRENCH STYLES,

A novel and interesting rehearsal of an intended exhi-
bition of the art offensive and defensive took place on Thurs-
day evening, at 'remperame's, in Long-acre, under the
management of Alec Reid, ir,tendei as an exemplification of
the different styles of self-defence and personal encounter on
this and the other side of La Manche. They were illustrated
by professors of both nations, and gave a lively representa-
tion of the modes of combat prevailing in each country.
The opening display between Alec Reid and Rowe (the con-
qneror of Cullen, and twice the antagonist of Harry Broome)
was a clever exposition of English sparring. This was fol-
lowed by the appearance of Mons. J. I'. Lamy (surnamed
L'Anguille, or " The Eel"), for seven years theacknowledged
champion of Paris in the savate, or foot and hand play, pecu-
liar to Frenchmen ; his opponent, Mons. Josef, though much
inferior in stature, contended manfully. To describe the pe-
culiar activity and singular adroitness of hand and foot in this
peculiarly*national and regulated contest, would require much
space. The combatants approach each other with arms ex-
tended and open, each striving to strike the other outwards
by an inward blow of the foot, which is either parried by
the leg, or caught in the hand, as may seem best adapted Co
foil the intent of the aggressor. Lamy several times passed
his foot clear over,,the head of his antagonist which
in light play (resembling our glove-fightinOis supposed to
be "a hit," inasmif4h as the party so served.might have been
" struck," or rattier kicked, bad his advetAiry so pleased.
The activity and quickness of. Lamy were Much applauded.
Young Keene and Scott then exhibited sparring a l'Anglaise.
The exercise of the foil was then exhibited by Mons. Leon
Gillemand, one of the first fencers in 'the' country, and M.
Woollf; this was.an interesting assaut, and.elicited plaudits
from the admirera.of-the science of the small sword. After
a few intervenql-g bouts of aerate And glove, the evening
closed with an ex-citing trial of the-English mode versus the
French, between Rowe, aited-with mufflers, and M. Lamy
with a light pairof slippers.. The adive FEenchman, though
much the talleeman, hail Mit little the best of the bout, for
Rowe, after some little awk'iyafdness at commencing, became
more am fait to: he Gaul's manoeuvre, and twice succeeded
in countering his left foot kick with a right-hander on the
head. This the .Frenchman, who is evidettly a"fine-tem-
pered as well as a muscular fellow, took do good part. In
the last bout Rowe succeeded in detaining for a few seconds
Lamy's right foot in his left hand, and hitting out with the
right, till the round terminated, amid much laughter
,and
applause.

MANAGEMENT OF MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday
the report of two of the Commissioners, the Earl of Chichester
and Lord Seymour, appointed to inquire into the manage-
Merit.of Milbank Prison, was printed. A third Commissioner
was appointed, Mr. B. Escott, and as a dissentient he will
make a separate report. The document now issued bears the
date of tlfe present month, and in a communication from the
Under-Secretary of State to the inspectors of the prison, of
the 15th instant, he- informed them that Sir G. Grey had
thought it right to place the report in their hands without
delay, in order that no time might be lost in attending to
such of. its suggestions as had not been already anticipated.
Among the suggestions, which will require the sanction of
Parliament, the Under-Secretary noticed the separation of
the governing authority of the prison from the functions ex-
ercised by the inspectors, who unite the duties in their own
per Sons, and it was his intention to propose to Parliament an
amendment in that respect, of the Act 6th and 7th Victoria,
-chap: 26, lor regulating the prison at Milbank. The Secre-
tary of State .required the inspectors to prepare a code of
rules for the government of the prison, and to submit the
same to him for his approval. He requested the in-
spectors to communicate to the governoi a copy of the re-
port, as related to him, and to impress on him "the indis-
pensable necessity of exercising greater caution and self-
command in those particular points which have been pointed
out by the Commissioners as exceptions to his general high
character and qualifications for his office. Sir G. Grey
regrets to observe that in the opinion of the Commissioners
some of the officers of the prison were liable to censure from
the unsatisfactory character of their evidence and the spirit
in which it was given. As a considerable time has since
elapsed, and no complaint has in the meantime been laid be-
fore Sir G. Grey with regard to them, lie trusts that their
subsequent conduct may have been such as to render their
continuance in their offices consistent with advantage to the
public service. But I am to desire you will inform them,
that the perseverance by any officer of the prison in conduct
subversive of its discipline, will be held to disqualty them
from retaining their situations." The inquiry by the com-
missioners had reference to the petitions of a discharged
warder, named Baker, presented by Mr. T. Duncombe to the
House of Commons, and that gentleman attended the inves-
tigation with Baker, and examined the witnesses at 'his dis-
cretion. The Commissioners inspected the establishment,
and reported generally on its management. The letter from
the Under-Secretary gives the principal points in the report,
which, with the appendix, extends to sixty-ene folio pages.
The faults which the Commissioners consider the governor to
be chargeable with, relate to a too hasty method of dealing
with his officers ; the occasional use of improper or offensive
expressions ; and an inattention to the rules of the prison.
The report will probably be discussed in the House of Com-
mons in a few days.
EXTRAORDINARY VARIATION OT TEMPERATURE.—
The weather in the metropolis, during the last two weeks,
has exhibited some extraordinary characteristics, and so great
has been the variation of temperature that the climate has
been suddenly changed from that of Siberia to that of Mar-
seilles, as evinced by the comparison between Wednesday,
the 20th instants. when the thenkometer at the Royal Hu-
wane Society's reeeiVing-honserin Hyde Park, stood as low as
26 degrees, end-last Wednesday, the 27th instant, when the
mercury had attained an elevation of 48' degrees, or a varia-
tion of no less than 22 degrees. - • The barometer yesterday,
notwithstanding the. atreesphere was comparatively clear,
,
was as ltow as-29.25,10A1 eh _Monday, the 18th instant, it
PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES. -- The was up o 304•1• -4,',•
—1
.. . ..
Patrick Henry, Malabar, and Mars, from New York ; Ara- ECONOMY IN Fiaore.A.clergyman in Ireland has
bella, from Philadelphia ; Leland, from Charleston ; and sent us the following :---" One pound of whole rice, boiled'
Franklin and Swatara, from New Orleans, which were re- with five quarts of water, thickened with one pound of oat-
ported at Liverpool on the 28th inst., bring 19,780 barrels meal, will make eight pounds and a half of good food. Put
flour, 6,276 sacks, 1,585 quarters, and 10,000 bushels Indian the rice down first with one quart' of cold water, and add the
cern, '3,640 barrels Indian corn meal, 340 packages of his- renaahring feas.qitauls-sexater.a.i ate.rii,e,swells; then put in
cuit, and 16,160 bushels paddy. the pound of oatmeal, stirring all—cost 6d. Add salt or
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—We have been favoured sug. sr to suit the taste (if the rice was steeped for five or six
(says the Dundee Advertiser) with the followin excerpt of a bows, it were better); rice 3d., oatmeal 3d. per lb. I tried
letter from Mr. James Bremner,civil engineer, Wick, to a 2lbs., of rice and 21bs. of oatmeal, and the result was 221bs. of
gentleman in this quarter :—" I left the Great Britain in subs tantial food."
charge of Captain Claxton, the managing director, who is R EPRESEITATION or CANTERBURY.—There are
stuffing her larboard quarter with fagots, brushwood, sand runic fess of an election speedily taking place in tEis city.
bags, and chains and bolts, &c. It is Mr_ Brunel's plan, and In su ch an event we believe we may state that T. T. Hodges,
Lam not sure of its effects; but I hope there will be no dan- Ec 2
q will offer himself rs acr ididate. Mr. Hodges' claims
ger of her until April, when I expect to commence operations ont'll e laberel constituency of Canterbury are well known
to raise her. She has quarried down six feet of the solid and undisputable, and he will unite in his favour the suf-
rock, and turned up like a plough forward. There are four frages of all classes of Reformers.—Kant Herald.
feet of sand above the rock—in all, ten to ten and a half feet, I Mr. Miall, who contested Southwark unsuccess-
She must be raised thirteen feet perpendicular height, and fully, is to be a candidate at the general election for Edin-
then her bottom patched, launched, and taken probably to burgh, supported by the Anti-State_Church and Complete
Liverpool; but, if possible, to Bristol, by two steamers. The sSuffrage party. .
sand now in her, which the water is over, will make her J.alfrs BRADSHAW, ESQ., I.l.l):—We understand
joke."
fully 300 tons weif,ht, so that you see the lift will be no
that this gentleman has for some time past been in a state of
ht.,alth which gives considerable alarm to his friends. It is
Sir George Hamilton Seymour, the newly-ap- dot.,htful Whether he will be enabled to take his seat in Par-
pointed Minister from the British to the Portuguese Court, limn cut this session.—Kent Herald.
will proceed with his family and suite to Lisbon in her s
VS e are authorised to state That the paragraph
Majesty's steam-sloop Mede 1. The vessel is ordered to be
fitted for-the reception of his Excellency, on her return to which has been going the rounds of the papers, stating thet
Oul.ly,Esq., of AckworthA Park, intends ffering him-
she
Woolwich, from Freshwater, Isle of Wight, to which place
proceeded on Thursday with the body of her late corn- Joho
self fur the borough of
.ndover, at the ;next general ele -
wl-thout foundation. W. e are given. to understand
mander, Graham Eden W. Hamad, for interment in the tion, is
ha r. Gully any intention of going into Parliament,
family mausoleum. .
• CONVICT ESTABLISHMENTS AT WOOLWICH.—It is he
he a
would had
M.
ve solicited his old friends at Pontefract, who,
k v' e feel assure, d, would, e glad to have the honour of sending
intended, to appoint an additional chaplain, a schoolmaster, to the House .of Coinmons a gentleman so universally re.
and schoolmaster's assistant, in connexion 'with the hulks at spected.—Doncaster Gazette.
Woolwich, tor the reception o' this unfortunate class, 200 of
whom were received this week on board the Warrior ship, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. —Wi
ne, ltehaartn throughius
Royal
making the total number now on board 484. Several of the private letter from Berl
convicts, who assisted in extinguishing the late fire by the tHille.inuedi
umPerifncae Waldemar, of Prussia, will visit this
spontaneous combustion of coals in the Woolwich Dockyard,
OF BEER--We understand that the brewers
couzitry in the course of the approaching summer.
have been pardon ed. and twelve more are under . considera-
price. The tion, having been recommended to be pardoned for their of •Ltelis77cEihteey
r(tCaa4ndfe.rbruerryq)aairnit,entdheimfamrae:deriately to lower the
exertions on that occasion, and for their general good con- price .. .
con-
duct. Avery excellent regulatioa has recently been intro- sumpt_ic,n is,
,said to have fallen di considerably since the rise.
H Erma
duced, previous to the pardoning of convicts who have con- Kent
RAlL-
ducted themselves in a manner to deserve recommendation, A
el 'n Friday an accident occurred on this line w irc t
which prevents their being returned to
withouteir meansnative
of em
, v.
tc.cfDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS
I.llts
as outcasts, or thrown upon the eight o'clock a ludggaa
o gnee-train
the junc-
ployment. A printed iorm is lien , worldtto the family or friends of NmV
igehatr ehdat
have
rs
wayarp from Oldham to Manchestert
aboutattended with serious consequences.trai ,vaaan i
the convict, to be filled ulp by them, do ascertain what are his
The signals were
prospects if liberated and the following queries are put to be tion at the Middleton station
raonmo
person employ him ? If so, by the engineer coming up f
filled up by them :--Will any-train was seen
The guard put on the
state the name and eddress.'Lhaneeredles.ggege
S Has any, and what reply off his steam, and blew thewis
the engineer threw on the
Hasarly application been made put out, and the engineer on the from Oldham shut
to such person, and by whom
guard to be thrown from his
been received? If the reply satisfactory, can reference be break, but almost immediatelysdt
but no limbs broken. By this
made to the minister of the beparish or district to verify the steam
for the amelioration of seat. He was muc b
f Yorkshire had neared the junction, and
same? Altogether the arrangements -a_gain, which
hommeised,
Ol h mm
train had got on the main line it was
n, will do much to .fit them, on just as
this unfortunate class, and thet paid to their reli- time ifie traindroa
the
the other engine. Four of the last carriages
gious and moral instructs
pieces, as was also the engine, and the tender
were bra ,Icen to
their restoration to liberty, to become again respectable run int oby ,
members of society. LI, . I damaged. The stoker jumped off, but the engi.
'COLN'S was mix i
stained his position and escaped unhurt.
RoBBERY IN THE CATHOLIC.. CHAPEL,
.NEW BUILDING ACT.—On Thursday evening
INN—Shortly after
to the vestry of the above TuE
Divine service on Wednesday, Weer malt _
some expert thief made hisl
l waygold chronometer watch, with a public S leating of the inhabitants of Deptford and Green-
chainat the Swan Inn,
Y. ash was convened
se of petitioning Parliament to repeal the Me-
chapel, and stole a valuable e
belonging to the Rev. J. \V. N.,
and seals attac_e
O'Connor.Act, or the
merely en- tropolita a Building One of the sea'ls be,irs a crest of a spread eagle, , for the !slurp.
oppressive clauses contained
with the words " Dread ir was taken b W -
d The robbery is supposed to incha yEvelyn, Esq., a gFntle-
ad God." The other was
graved with the latter wor s.having
the appearance of an man ow. ning an immer_ae quantity of house property in the
have been effected bythe neighboi trhood,' and a memorial to the Commissioners of
Italian, who was observede manrking about the chapel after
Woods a rid Forests, and a petition to the House of Commons,
congregation had lest.
CORONER'S INQUEsT.—FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT. were um inimously adopted.
St•
George's Hos- EXTIiINSIVE BURGLARY AT BillonToN.—lnfornia-,
—Thursday Mr. Baker held, an inquest at -
pital, on the body of Samuel Todd, aged 58. Deceased, an tion wics last night a
re at all the metropolitan police
ila
stations,' that on the night of the 27th inst., Rose-hill'V i ,
ic agr ultural labourer, was coming. into town per waggon on
Christmas eve, to spend his Christmas. when ate Colnbrook, Brighton, the residence of Alexander Mlienzie, Esq., was
in trying to jump dawn, .he fell undcl- the fore wheel. He
where he was sound to have burglaric usly entered, and the following property was.
is ,a :-12 silver table-spoons, 2 gravy spoons, a
was brought to the hospital,
soup-
sustained a comminuted fracture of the left leg, under which ladle, 18 desseit forks, 18 ditto spoons, 12 large forks; a silver.
os '"- A 'el titt " milk - ' basin,
he sunk, and died on Wednesday Veer ct cm en teapot, ami pot, a butter withstand and soy.9i,-,RA,
death." • other *Aides of plate.