The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

SOUTHIVARK.

Joseph Sparkwood, a cab (laver, and Alfred Duckett,
a printer, were charged with assaulting and. robbing Eii-
z Abeth Hunt of a gold brooch, in the Equestrian Coffee-
house, Circus, adjacent to the Surrey Theatre.
The complainant stated, that she accompanied a
female friend to the Surrey Theatre on the preceding
evening., and that when the performances had concluded
they went into the Equestrian Coffee-house to have a
little refreshment. having remained for a short time
in the parlour, they came out together, and on passing
the end of the bar she (complainant) saw the prietner
Sparkwood throw some beer over a woman with whom
he was having an altercation. She (complainant) feel-
ing alarmed, hurried forwards towards the door, but
before she got there Sparkwood made a rush towards
her, seized a gold brooch out of a handkerchief which
she had round her neck, and immediately ran out of the
house. She followed him, crying " Stop thief," and saw
him cross the road, and run down the Borough-road,
and in a short time he was brought, in the custody of a
policeman, to the spot where she was waiting. On see-
ing him the second time she knew him to be the man
who had robbed her, but a crowd of persons collecting,
Sparkwood was rescued for a time, but was eventually
recaptured and taken to the station-house along with the
other prisoner. The complainant then proceeded to de-
scribe the part taken in the transaction by Duckett,
whom she saw with the other prisoner in the Equestrian
Coffee-house. When she ran after Sparkwood, his
fellow-prisoner came up to her, asked her what she
wanted of the man, and when she answered that lie had
robbed her, he (Duckett) immediately seized her round
the waist, and threw her with force to the ground. Her
assailant then ran away, but he was pursued, and also
secured.

Mrs. Eliza Gatelas, the person who accompanied the
complainant to the theatre, and afterwards to the above
house for refreshment, corroborated her evidence, and
said she distinctly saw Sparkwood make a snatch at the
complainant's brooch in passing out of the house. She
added, that she also saw the other prisoner in the same
house, and that she could not be mistaken in the iden
tity of either of the parties.
Policeman 83 M stated, that on the preceding night,
while he was on duty in the Borough-road, opposite the
Circus, he heard the cry of " Stop thief," and saw
Spark wood running from the direction of the Equestrian
Coffee-house, and he continued his career until he fairly
iun into his (the policeman's) arms. Spark wood made
strong efforts to disengage himself, urging his innocence
of any crime, and saying that he was running home,
where he was in a hurry to arrive, after witnessing the
performance at the Surrey Theatre. The policeman,
however, brought him along towards the " Equestrian,"
and while the complainant was relating the attack made
upon her by him, Sparkwood was rescued, and he first
ran into the public-house, and then out by another door,
and was running with great swiftness up the Blackfriars-
road, when he was again pursued and taken into custody.
The policeman added, that when he had Sparkwood in
custody Duckett came up, and he saw the former pass
something into the hands of the latter, who was also
subsequently taken into custody.
Sparkwood said he was aiming a blow at his wife,
when he missed her and struck the complainant in the
breast; that he knew nothing of her brooch, and that
this was the first time he ever had been in custody; that
he had driven a cab for years, and was known to be an
honest man, which could be ascertained at the Stamp-
office, Somerset-house, where he was in the habit of
depositing property of various.kinds, left behind by mis-
take in his vehicle; that he had no acquaintance with
his fellow-prisoner, and never saw him in the Equestrian
Coffee- house.
Mr. COTTINGTIA/Z—Why did you run away on strik-
ing the woman ? If it was an accident, why not have
remained in the house, instead of rushing out and then
down the Borough-road ? Sparkwood said, although
appearances might be against him, yet that he was
perfectly innocent of the offence laid to his charge.
Duckett, in answer to the part he took in the
transaction, denied that he had been in the Equestrian
Coffee-house on the night in question, and said that he
was walking along the Borough-road, and on approaching
the Circus he saw a mob collected, and went over, "like
other fools," when he was immediately charged with
being concerned in the robbery and taken into custody.
He added that mo was a printer, had worked in some of
the most eminent printing establishments in town, and
that his character stood high ; that his friends were not
apprised of the predicament in which he was placed,
otherwise he was confident they would rally about him.
He added that the complainant was entirely mistaken
when she asserted that he had thrown her down.

The complainant and her witness were recalled, and
queaioned by Mr. Cottingliam as to whether they were
confident that they had seen Duckett in company with
the other prisoner in the above tavern, and as to
whether complainant might not have been mistaken in
her identification of Duckett as the man who had thrown
her down, and afterwards assisted in the rescue of his
fellow-prisoner ? Both complainant and witness, how-
ever, still adhered to the accuracy of their testimony, and
The MAGISTRATE said, he had no other alternative
than to commit the prisoners for trial, but be added, that
he had no objection to take bail for their appearance.
THAMES.
__

Lieutenant Archibald Campbell, R.N., was charged
with committing a violent assault on a woman of the
town named Caroline Thompson.
The prosecutrix exhibited a scar on her nose and face,
and stated that she was leaving Stepney-fair between
one and two p_ ck in the morning, and met the defend-
ant in Arbo t, near the Police-court. lie was
very drunk, state of great excitement, and as
she' passed him took a bottle half full of rum from
his pocket and. struck her a violent blow on the nose
with it. Sher Was knocked backwards by the force of
the blow, and the blood flowed copiously from her nose
for some time. She had given no provocation whatever
to the defendant.

The Lieutenant cross-examined the woman in a very
imperious manner, and endeavoured to make it appear
that she had provoked him, but this was distinctly
denied, and she stated that the defendant was making a
good deal of noise, and acted very strangely in and
about the fair.

After a long and incoherent harangue from the de-
fendant,

Mr. YARDLEY said be regretted to see a man of the
lieutenant's rank giving way to intemperance, and so
frequently misconducting himself. Ifr was a great pity
he did not learn to be a peaceable man. The assault
was quite unjustifiable, and he sentenced the defendant
to pay a fine of 40a., and in default committed him to
prison for fourteen days.

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

NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS

AT MANILLA.

The following regulations recently brought into
operation at Manilla will be of interest to parties
connected with the trade of that port :
Attention having been called to the practice ob-
served in the Custom house of this capital by the
captains or consignees of vessels, of not expressing in
the manifest the contents of the bales, packages, cases,
and other sorts of packages of goods which they con-
vey, before their introduction into the Custom-house,
and in order to correct a practice which, although
founded on the tariff in force, in these islands may
give room to very great abuses, it has been decreed
as under :

Art. 1. The manifest that according to rule No.
24 of the present tariff, captains, supercargoes, or
consignees of ships, national as well as foreign, are
bound to present within 30 hours after being visited
in this port, and 48 hours if in covite, shall contain-
-Ist Class, country, name, tonnage of the vessel, and
number of crew. 2nd. The name of captain or mas-
ter. 3d. The port or ports from whence she comes.
4th. The name of consignees to whom the cargo is
directed. sth. The bales, packages, casks, barrels,
hogshead, (Re-., of all kinds, with their corresponding
marks and numbers, expressing the quantity of each
class by figures and letters. 6th. The different des-
cription of goods or contents of the packages. 7th.
The number and kind of those that contain goods
prohibited from importation by the tariff, expressing
the foreign port to which they are destined in the
manner permitted by the law. 9th. That the ship
does not bring any other pods, and that none of those
on board are prohibited from a fear of plague.
Art. 2. Goods which on account of their nature
canna come baled or packed up, as iron in bars or
sheets, metal in slabs, logs or beams of wood, planks,
seeds or other like articles, shall be expressed in the
manifest by the descriptions without specifying the
quantity.
Art. 3. In the continuation of the manifest, but
separately, shall be put a circumstantial note of war-
like stores and provisions, and marine, on board such
vessels.

THE DOCKYARD BATTALIONS.—The artisans, &c.,
of this dockyard have this week been organised into 12
companies of infantry, and 10 companies of artillery,
each company consisting of 85 men, making a total of
1,870 men. The infantry corps is under the command
of the master shipwright, with the rank of lieutenant-
culcnel to each company will be attached a captain,
two lieutenants, two sergeants, and two corporals. The
captains will be constituted of the foremen and clerks,
the subalterns of the junior officers and clerks, and the
sergeants of the leading and single station men. Of the
artillery con panies, six companies are for land and four
companies for afloat service, the latter to be eafied the
boat brigade ; the whole under the command of the
master attendant, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
These companies have also the same complement of offi-
cers attached to them as the infantry companies ; the
captains of the boat brigade companies are the foremen
afloat, the boatswain of the yard, the master rope-
maker, and the master rigger. The men of both corps
are to have canvass dresses for fatigee duty ; and it is
understood that it is intended they shall wear a uniform
on show occasions.—Hampshire Telegrugh
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTIONS ON BOARD HER
MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSELS SIMAIMATER AND TOR-
TolSE—Official information has just been received at
Woolwich Dockyard that fires having broken out on board
these two vessels, through spcntaneous combustion.
The first occurred on board the Shearwater steam-
vessel (2 guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart.,
stationed at Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a
fire broke out in her coal bunker, and on the next day
in the opposite one; with the united exertions of the offi-
cers and crew, after some hours' working at the pumps
it was extinguished, Put not before gnat damage was
done, and the fear of being compelled to run her on shore
and scuttle her. It is expected she will be ordered home to
Woolwich dockyard for repairs. The second was on
board the Tortoise (2 guns), store-ship. Capt. Hutton,
stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for
the supply of the African steam squadron with coals.
The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was
fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re-
quisition, when, after four days and nights' hard work
her hold was cleared, and the fire extinguished, but not
till nearly all her beams were, burnt from three to five
inches through ; as it was, had not the united exertions
of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews of
the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must have
burnt to the water's edge ; had she not been lined with
copper inside she must have been a wreck. It is ex-
pected from this circumstance that the Lords of the Ad-
miralty will order all vessels to have a copper lining
which are employed under similar circumstances.

AN IRISH RAILROAD.—A correspondent of the
Railway Record gives the following sketch of a locomo-
tive establishment on the Great Southern and Western
at Inchicore :—" On my approach to the locomotive
work at Inchicore, to my astonishment I saw, in the
midst of a large field, a building to all appearance
tumbling to decay. There were no workshops of any
description. The blacksmiths were working in canvass
tents ; the pattern makers in a temporary wooden shed
(the offices comprising a part of the same) ; the fitters
tumbling about in the half-finished running engine
shed ; and valuable machinery lying about exposed to
the weather." He also gave a narrative of the style in
which they run special trains. On Sunday, the 30th, a
special train, from Dublin to Salins and back, was
engaged by a party of gentlemen. On the return to
the Dublin station, neither station-master nor porter
was to be Seen. The carriage doors were locked, and
the party could not get out. After a short period of
excitement, a gentleman was seen crawling out of one
of the windows. The example was soon followed, when
the whole got out in the space of three minutes. If
you had witnessed the scene, you could not, while you
condemned, but have laughed, for the last was a gentle-
man remarkable for rotundity, and it required three of
his friends to drag him out. If this hail been a stout
lady, or any lady at all, she would have been rather
awkwardly situated.
SINGULAR DISCOVERIES AT IPSWICH. A few
day since, as some workmen were digging for a cellar in
the premises of Mr. Charles Meadows, in Tavern-street,
they discovered a considerable number of human bones,
not placed in the usual manner of sepulture, but laying
heaped together. Upon examination, it appears that a
place, about ten feet deep and two feet wide, had been
made for the deposit, at the bottom of which a fire had
been made with wood, and the bodies placed over it and
burnt, as those in the lower part show evident marks of
the fire. Upon making further search, the remains of
an urn, apparently of Romano- British workmanship,
was found, containing ashes, charred wood, and some
brass instrument, but so oxydised that it could not be
made out, some bone pins, with plaited work twisted
over them. From the bones collected, many of which
are very large, it is ascertained that the remains of at
least thirteen bodies were here deposited. Several of
the sets of teeth are very perfect. Over the narrow
chamber containing these mysterious remains, and
at about six feet from the surface, was laid a round
stone, containing a large aperture in the centre ; it was,
however, unfortunately, broken into five pieces. A gen-
tleman, who is a competent judge, says it is evidently a
stone that was used for placing over a large mortar, in
which it was customary to pulverise grain, &c., and that
the pestle was passed through the hole in the centre to
steady it. The stone is of a vey coarse material, and is
very similar to a small rough grindstone ; it is about
four feet in circumference. The bones occupy a space
of feet in depth, and must have been intered hundreds
of years. Mr. Meadows informs us that workmen have
just found another similar depository. —lpswich Express.
PORTLAND.—Within the past week a ground sea
swept the beach of Chisel-beach quite clean, and enabled
searchers after curiosities, &c., from an old wreck oppo-
site Chisel Town, to realise a few rich prizes. Some have
picked up a dozen or so of dollars, amounting in all to
sixty ; some, two large pieces of bullion, valued at 10/.
each ; others, some large pieces of gum benzoin, weigh-
ing from 201 b. to 101 b. This ship ran ashore at Chisel
Town some fifty years ago in the dead of night ; the
captain was the only hand saved, and he, through his
experience of this coast, as nothing can come ashore
here but it is dragged off the breakers recede, owing to
the underground current. He took his station on the
bowsprit, and leaped clear of the sea. The others, buf-
feting to and fro with the waves, were soon all drowned.
Should this meet the eye of any distressed navigator in
Chisel Bay it may be a guide for his presepreservation. We
hope some slight harbour of refuge or cavity "ill be ul-
timately constructed off Brandy-row, , to which vessels
driven in may run for shelter. Whilstit would afford
the mariner security, it would give security to the now
helpless town of Chisel, only protected by a mud bank,
over which, on every spring tide, wind setting in west,
the sea breaks, and threatens destruction to life and pro-
perty. One day it will go if not strengthened by a sea-
wall, and then good bye to Weymouth, for Chisel beach
is its breakwater.—Sherbourne Journal.

PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND).—It appears, from a
Parliamentary Paper, issued on Saturday, by order of
the House of Commons (havinc, been presented by her
Majesty's command), that, during the week ending
March 13, there were employed in the Public Works
(Ireland) 708,002 persona, on roads, &c., and 20,736
on drainage, making a total of 728,738 persons. The
cost of labour was 236,9221., of superintendence (charged
to Baronies) 17,1021., and of superintendence (charged
to Government) 5,0811. ; total cost 259,105/. The
daily average number of persons employed on public
works, in Ireland, for the same week, was 128,181 in
Leinster, 303.614 in Munster, 86,446 in Ulster, and
210,497 in Connaught ; making the gross total of
728,738 persons.
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS.—
The new hall and staircase of the British Museum, to aid
the interior effect of which polychromatic decoration has
been called in, and with considerable success too, will be
opened to the public, it is expected, on Monday next.
The exterior of the northern wing of the Board of
Trade, Whitehall, is fast approaching completion. Re-
port says, that a design to elevate the Horse Guards has
been approved by the Government. At the Carlton
Club, a part of the new facade is up ; and the
Museum of Economic Geology, described last week, is
showing itself above ground. Mystery still shrouds the
proposed addition to Buckingham Palace ; rumour
speaks of an alteration in the elevation, but we have no
certain information concerning it. The public must pay
their money before they see the sight ; and instead of
commenting in time, with a view to obtain excellence,
must be contented with abusing the result, when too
late to amend, and sighing grumpily over 1, st oppor-
tunities. When Mr. Disraeli's new Act comes into ope-
ration, these things will be better ordered. " Hang an
architect," and all will come right, —.The Builder.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ,
LIVERPOOL, APR* C. . - ' 1
STOCK EKCIIANGE.—The salsa are—East Lancashire, NeW, 1
TI.
14 p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 11f,p.,..i . .:Northern (Nos.), • I.'
to 108,000), % dis.—HuddersfielTift.C. ' rd Railway, 21
.1--
p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Soutlipo. , 2 p.—London an -`O,
North-Western, 1751/2—Loudon?lnd Manchester and Bir- •
niingbam, Quarters (8),,6 London and Brighton and
South Coast, 534—Mane s ' - and Leeds (late Hudders-
field and Sheffield), 234 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Er.: ''',4..' •1
sion), 2% p.—Ditto, Halves (late L. -and B.), 44 p.—
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis.—Mid-
land, 401. Shares, 4 p.—Ditto, New, 2-A p.—North Stafford-
shire, 27/8 p.—Preston and Wyre, 34%—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), Is. 3d. dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 363,8 ex div.—Ditto, New (No. 4), %
p.—York and North MiLiand (East and West Riding El'
tension), 11% p.
MANCHESTER, ..krair. 6.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, La'
cashire, and Cheshire, par—Eastern Counties, 1914—Ditto,
York Extension, 1/2 c.—East Lancashire (late B. and F.),
New (scrip), 11/4—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding
Junction, 14—Huddersfield and Manclitst,:x Railway and
Canal, 3,4—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction,
IVB—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A),
6—Ditto, ditto (B), 6 1-16 c.—Ditto, ditto (C), 6—Ely and
Huntingdon, 1,4 c.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (11. and
S.), 2%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsbl
Dock), 2N—Manchester and Southampton, 11-16—Nortll
Staffordshire, 2 15-16—Preston and Wyre, aives (A), 4
Ditto (B), %—Scottish Central, 7%—Threwsbury end
Hereford, I—Shropshire Union, 255. 9d.—South-Eastern
and Dover, No. 4, s—West Riding Union, 1 9-16.

• • /
HULL, Arai'', 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—York and Newcastle,
Preference, 31. 16s.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3( p.''
West Riding Union, 31s. p.

EDINIfURGIT, APRIL 5.
STOCK EiCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 271. 17s. 6(1.
-Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. Is. Bd.--"
Caledonian, 27/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 7s. U.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 2!. 75.-Clydesdale Junction. 391. bs'
-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern, 2!. 10s. 6d.-Dunblane,
Doune, and Callender, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath,
42/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, SOU.-Ditto. New, No. 2, 301.
-Dundee and Perth, 37/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 19/. 17s. 6d•
-Eastern Counties, 201.-Ditto, York Extension, 4/. 155.--'
East of Fife, 2/. 165.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 6/. 10s."'"
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 711. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves,
191. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 17s. 6d. ex div.-""
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. 2s. 6d.-Dit.to, Prefer'
ence, 211.-Edinburgh and Northern, 16/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto,
New, 4/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 71. l Os. 6d.-Ditto, ditto,
New, 2/. 12a.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 3/. Is. 6d.-^'
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 621.-Ditto, New Stock, 38/.-Ditto,
Quarters, 161. lOs -Ditto, Halves, 81.-Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, Si. 15e.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39L-Glasgow
General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, la.
-Ditto, New,.91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kit"
marnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18e.-Great North of Eng'
land, 2331 10s.-Great North (,f Scotland, 2/. 11s.-London
and York, 21.55.-Manchester and Leeds, 1081.-. Midland and'
Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 28/. hs
North British, 33/. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 175.
6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. Bs.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 19s. 6d.--;
Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 11. 6s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 61
155.-Scottish Central, 22/. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction,
1/. ls.-Scottish Midland, 21/.-Stirling and Dunfermline,
4/. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 95.-Wishaw and
Coltness. 49/.-York and Newcastle, 34/. 15s. ex
Ditto, New, 15/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Preference, 81.-Direct Born"
bay and Madras, 2s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.-Great North of
India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 35.-Madras,
lore, and Arcot, 2s.
GLASGOW, Arita. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway's
415.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, 7'4
3d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 64-Edinburgh and Perth
( New Co.), 58s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves,
No. 2, 'ZIA-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, W.
Great North of Scotland, 515.-Madras, Nellore, and Ar:
cot, Is. 6d.-Manchester and Southampton, 265. 6c1.-Y01.1"
and Newcastle, New,*lsl.

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY.—A singular apparition
is now constantly witnessed along the highway of Clie'
ton—namely, a carriage, splendid in all its appoint'
ments of horses, harness, coachman, footman, &ee
driving about in the fashionable hour of the day, its sole
tenants being two handsome small ‘s !lite dogs, some-
what of the poodle breed, which look out at each win:
dow, with pert and important air, as if conscious that
they were
" No puppies, mongrels, whelps, or hounds,
Or dogs of low degree,"
but " curled favourites of fortune," for whose eonv'e;
nience or comfort no expense is spared. The owner c°
the equipage, poodles, &c., is a lady of noble few*
who is so fond of her canine pets that even a carriage is
kept as much for their accommodation as her own, for
it is driven up to the door, and when the lady herself is
unable and indisposed to go out, the footman will throw
down the steps, and the curled darlings, descending the
well• carpeted stairs, jump into the chariot in a style
only to be attained to by quadrupeds after long custom
and practice. The steps are then put up, the door
closed, and the dogs driven off for their airing, return.
ing, with a brisk and self satisfied bark, the valedictory
hand-waving of their benefactress in the balcony above
—Bristol Times.
NEWS FOR ANGLERS.—Mr. D. Lipscombe, the
well-known angler, caught in the Teme, at Broadwas, nn
Saturday, with an artificial fly, a fine salmon, 12i1h;
weight. The fish was taken with a common fly rod Used
for trout fishing, after a gallant fight which lasted On
hour and a half. This is the first salmon known to have
been taken in the Teme with the artificial fly within liv-
ing memory. The event was celebrated by a few br°:
thers of the angle dining off the prize, who were lotr,
little elated at so good a commencement of the se city
campaign.—On the same day a gentleman of this the
caught in the Severn at Holt, while angling with
worm, a splendid trout weighing 4ilb., in the finest con
dition, measuring only twenty-two inches in its extreme
length. The fish was taken with a very small hook
(No. 8) attached to the finest gut. Last week, a trout..
of a similar kind was taken in a trap at Powick Wei",
which weighed upwards of 51b.— WorcesterAhire Chron.
AN AGED FROG.—A few days ago, as a man 0:
the name of John litany, of Abergavermy, was in the
of sawing a large block of freestone, the saw came a
contact with some hard substance, which entirely re-
sisted further progress. It was turned upside down, and
the saw entered in an opposite direction, and after Pre"
ceeding to within a few inches of the centre it encomy
tared the same obstruction as before. After being cut 0
far as practicable on each of its four sides, a wedge wag
applied, when after a few strokes with a sledge hammer
it burst asunder, awl a living frog was discovered in 6
small cavity in the centre of the hard flinty substance
which had resisted the saw. The frog must have been
confined there from a very remote period, without air:
food, or light, as the stone is without any fissure or joie;
.
within at least two feet and a half of the place where i
was enclosed. It is still alive, and appears much Wel".
active than when first discovered.—Hereford Times.
FORTIFICATIONS OF HARWICII.—The means of de•
defence at this seaport are so exceedingly deficient as to
induce the military authorities to make a strung repre;
sentation to the Board of Ordnance on the necessity e`
placing the defences on a more efficient state. It appears
that there are ten 24-pounder guns on traversing Plf,at:
forms, and the only force to work them consists 01
master gunner, one non-commissioned officer, and three
gunners of the Royal Artillery. In consequence of this
representation, an experienced officer of Artillery will it
is stated, be sent next week to examine the state of the
defences, and report to the Bord of Ordnance what i 5
necessary to be done. It is expected that some 56"
pounder guns, or °titers of heavier calibre, will be
mounted, and that a company of Royal Artillery will he
stationed to take charge of them.—Essex Herald.
FEVER ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Fever
of the very worst kind, we are informed, has broken mit
among the railway labourers employed on the Cale
donian Railway, at the Cut at Evenhead. A great
number of deaths have taken place. Some of the rural
inhabitants of the districts have been attacked with it;
and in a shepherd's family on the farm of Howeleuch•
four deaths have taken place during the last fortnight.
The huts are not fit abodes for men. Let the directors
look to this!—Glasgow Argus.
The mortality of London, and indeed, of England
generally, shows a gradual annual decrease, whilst it is Wei.
known the population increases considerably. The rates of
premium for life insurance have been greatly reduced during
the last few years, yet the offices continue as prosperous as
formerly. These facts clearly demonstrate that some cause:
either unknown or unheeded, must have produced such
favourable results. Amongst these causes, the increased
knowledge of anatomy, and the many very valuable diser_
veries in medicine, will stand most prominent. The an3_,s"
pox, that annually carried off thousands, has been 5ue,.,,,;
fully combatted by vaccination; and Gout, that used to ens.,
its numerous victims, has been thoroughly vanquished "J
Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A REMARKABLE CURE or
sides Mr. John Robinson, sen., an opulent farmer, w
DROPSY, BY HOLLOWAY'S riLLs.—At Wootton, near
who
Bedford,
some
urine
c;
ago, was in a most dangerous state, from dropsy, tieing nearly double
his ordinary size. Ile was given over by his mediCal attendants, and
was, at the time, not expected to live three days; yet from tbt
hopeless state he was cured by taking llolloway's MIS. This gen-
tleman is well knewn in all the market towns of the county. Ts°
wonders that this fine medicine does in all cases of dropsy is truly Fur"
prising, and those who are labouring under this dreadful ccmplai"
should certainly try this remedy. Sold by all druggists, and at Pro-
fessor Holloway's Establisbment, 244, Strand, London.

BIRTIIB.
On the sth inst., in Hamilton-place, Viscountess Bracklel
of a son and heir.
On the 4th inst., in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, the
Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, of a son.
On the Ist inst., in Upper Harley-street, the wife of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Percival, of the 3d Guards, of twin sons and
a daughter.
On the Ist inst., at Rayleigh Rectory, Essex, 'the wife of
the Rev. W. Twyne, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Derry, the wife of Captain Leach, of the
Royal Engineers, of a son.
On the 3d inst., in Upper Harley-street, Mrs. Henry B•
Reynolds, of a son.
On the 3d inst., at the Vicarage House, East Ham, Essay
the wife of the Rey.'W. Streatfeild, of a daughter, atill.born•
On the 4th inst., in Devonshire-place, the lady of Philip
Augustus Browne, Esq., of a son.