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t ion where so much depends upon effect, this passion is,
in some degree, excusab:.., ; an for this reason effect is
the great end desired. She believes in the jewellery of
the Lowther Arcade to a great degree ; that emy:Tiura
stands higher wail her than ever did the firm of Swrr
and Mortimer with its warmest and most wealthy pa-
trons. And herein lies her greatest danger. The hand-
some presents made to some of these girls—who work
so very hard at so very small a salary—might well turn
their heads ; as might the offers of a splendid settle-
ment or establishment, contrasted with their, in most
cases, very bumble homes.
" But they have all got mothers, who are the ladies-
patronesses of strange bonnets and abnormal dresses.
The more rigid ones come to the theatre every night to
fetch their daughters home, and are allowed by the
stage-door-keeper to stand inside his lodge, and near the
fire in winter. And in no manner will they permit any
one else to see their young ladies home, unless be pays
them very great attention, or is their proper accepted
admirer. And even then he must, to find great favour
in the eyes of the mother, be somehow or other con-
nected with the profession.
"And indeed the object of the Coryphie in marriage
is not altogether to be taken out of the theatre—gene-
rally the reverse. A very lane proportion of the young
persons now enumerated in the corps •de-ballet of the
various houses as Miss' Such-a-one, are married. And,
married or single, we speak advisedly in saying that
nothing can be more exemplary than the conduct of the
ballet generally, taken as a mass. Many of them—in
several instances two or three sisters—contribute in a
great degree to the support of their family, either by
their salaries (which may be averaged at a guinea
a week in the more respectable theatres), or by teaching
dancing on their own account. An intimate acquaint-
ance with the internal economy of a theatre, and the
fortunes of those assisting to form its company, enables
us to state earnestly that amongst no other class have
we witnessed more domestic devotion, or readiness at
all times to proffer mutual assistance, in the event of
accident or other misfortune, than in the corps de ballet;
and that in contradiction to the notions of the Gents,
by no others have we seen any transgression against
propriety, or advances even supposed to be questionable,
more effectually repulsed. We do not deny that there
are several who cannot lay claim to a reputation en-
tirely unblemished ; but is as false as it is uncharitable
to suppose that the attributes of those few are alike
characteristic of the entire class."

The descriptions of the domestic and artificial (that
is stage) life of the "Ballet Girl," is as lively as it is
doubtless faithful, from the enthusiasm with which
she listens to the bang-bang of the tambourine in the
hands of the ballet master, to the delight with which
she and you hearken to the " glou-glou" of the cham-
pagne, when poured out in those long and distract-
ingly narrow glasses at the White-bait-house down
at Blackwell. In the masterly picture of Van Am-
burgh, in the den of the great lion, by Edwin Land-
seer—in this year's exhibition of the Royal
academy—may be discerned first at the foreground,
on the ledge, as it were, outside the bars of the iron
cage—a piece of orange peal—a torn play bill—a
scrap of laurel—and a bunch of flowers ! Those little
adjuncts are inimitably introduced, suggesting by
symbols, as they do, the atmosphere in which Van
Amburgh and his tame wild beasts are visible. Hen-
ning might have taken a hint from Landseer, and
thrown a bit of orange peal, a torn play bill, a scrap
of laurel, and a bouquet, into the wood-cut on the
title page, for they equilly represent the atmosphere
breathed by the Ballet Girl, and betoken the precise
character of this agreeable volume.

next.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TEETH
AND GUM S. By William Wardroper.
Mr. Wardroper in his intelligent and remarkable
little treatise upon the structure and diseases of the
teeth and gums, has stricken a severe blow at what
he calls on his title page "the pernicious practise of
indiscriminate tooth-drawing." The purpose of the
arguments employed in this publication will conse-
quently be most welcome to the multitude who
are liable to the excruciating torments of this dental
disease. Mr. Wardrope attacks all the old systems
hitherto practised by surgeon-dentists; he attacks
them boldly, but, at the same time, he attacks them
with extraordinary skill, and with much apparent jus-
tice. His reasoning is not based upon some crochet
born in his own imagination—it is founded upon the
anatomical principles established by the great and il-
lustrious John Hunter. It will be useless, therefore,
for any one to deride the propositions of the author
as those of a charlatanic innovator. A single sen-
tence extracted from the preface will show the origi-
nality, the keenness, and the common-sense that may
be expected in the treatise. " The only remedy," says
the writer " in nine cases out of ten for the toothache,
especially when the tooth has been affected with
caries, has been extirpation, and that, too, recom-
mended by all the leading men in the profession, as
the only efficacious alternative. This, when seriously
reflected on, appears to be almost as ludicrous as that a
man should suffer amputation of the head as a cure for
the headache." We recommend the pamphlet to the
notice of all sufferers, and, generally, to the conside-
' ration of all practitioners.

FINE ARTS.
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT THE BBRA
TISH INSTUTION.
On Saturday afternoon we were much gratified
with the collection of pictures by Italian, Spanish,
Flemish, Dutch, French, and English masters, tem-
porarily suspended on the walls of this excellent in-
stitution by their munificent proprietors. Every-
body knows that a " private view" implies a more
numerous assembly of spectators than is visible on
what is characterised, by way of distinction, as a " pub-
lic view." We were prepared to find a tolerable at-
tendance of visitors, but we were at once gratified
and disappointed at the number of distinguished per-
sons by whom we had been preceded. Our gratifica-
tion arose from the evidence thereby given of the
appreciation of the master-pieces of true art, and of
the visible denial that English sight-seers are only to
be tempted by novelty—no matter how vulgar and
contemptible that novelty may be. Our disappoint-
ment, on the contrary, originated in a more selfish
feeling, inasmuch as the throng prevented our ob-
taining that unembarrassed view of the paintings
which is so essential to their due estimation. After
the pictorial creation of the artist has left his
atelier—ripe with genius and blooming with inge-
nuity—the most important requisite for the mani-
festation ,of its beauty, is, unquestionably, the
point from which it is regarded. With one
or two fortunate exceptions we were baffled in our
endeavours to regard the pictures, now hanging upon
the walls of the Institution, in a proper light—and
this, from the number and curiosity of those who,
like ourselves, were engaged in the pleasant task of
inspection. What little, however, we were 'enabled
to distinguish has satisfied us that the present col-
lection is scarcely to be surpassed in variety or value
by any one of its predecessors. Some of the most
valuable among
.the private galleries of England have
given up for a time their treasures for the decoration
of the apartments of the British Institution. Among
the 1 roprietors of these paintings, indeed, may be
enumerated her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen,
the Marquis of Bute, the Duke of Wellington, Sir
Robert Peel, Lord Northwick, Sir W. W. Wynn,
the Earl of Ellesmere, the Right Hon. H. Labou-
chere, the Royal Academy, &c. &c. Among the
most striking specimens of the Italian masters is a
Guido (No. 13), being a representation of " St.
Peter," of marvellous inspiration, and of that
bold yet delicate colouring which is the chief
characteristic of that immortal maestro a
" David " (14), of Guercino—a little jewel of
' Claude (16), " The Landing of St. Paul," though
somewhat faint and decayed in tone : a portrait of
Ignatius 'Loyola, by Titian, with a haunting, pensive,
meditative, jesuitical countenance, such as arrests
attention and fastens indelibly upon the memory.
One small picture of an unpretending character (68),
a mere group of cattle standing in the foreground in
a piece of water among sedges and rushes, and backed
by a dingy waste of clouds, is a wonderful represen-
tation of nature, but to say that it is a Cuyp is to
say that it is wonderful. Among the most celebrated
paintings in the collection are the " Rateatehers," by
Wilkie ; the portrait of " Hunter," the anatomist, by
Sir Joshua Reynolds, and the portrait of " Lady
Peel," by Sir Thomas Lawrence. An original
Hogarth (149), the property of Mr. John Murray,
being "The Beggar's Opera, with the portraits of
Walker, the original Macheath ; Miss Fenton, after-
wards the Duchess of Bolton; the Duke of Bolton,"
&c., has the stamp on it of the great master. "The
Water-Seller," by Velasquez, is one of the most extra-
ordinary pieces by that glorious Spaniard ; from
the old ragged, hirsute water-seller himself
to the boy who is going to drink, and from the glass
of limpid water itself to the stone pitcher, with the
drops trickling down its sides—the painting is a
brilliant transcript of reality. Dance's " Garrick as
Richard the Third (131) ;" the " Orpheus," of the
same artist (152) ; the " Lady and Boy with Fruit,"
by Rubens (91), a picture of delicious beauty for
colouring ; and a large landscape (22) with figures
and cattle, by Cuyp, are amongst the most
i conspi-
cuous in dimension, and the last mentioned n merit
also, in the Exhibition. The cool green scenery of
Hobbima ; the rich and glowing tones of Sir Peter
Paul; the quaint odd naturalness of Teniers, espe;
cially in the " Robbers plundering a Farm-house,
(73), and most of all, in the Clown who is just going
to be pinked to the heart's content by one of the pilla-
gers; the gleaming and effulgent sun-snatches of
Claude; the animation of Wouverman, as in the
" Battle-piece," (20) where the centre-figure of the
wounded horse evidences the " power" of the master
in a significant manner; and the force and vigour of
Rembrandt contrast in a wonderful way upon the
walls of the Exhibition-rooms of the Institution.
The collection is most valuable and most interesting.

The failure of a very old and respectable house,
Cattley and Stephenson, Russia merchants, was announced
on Saturday, and created much surprise. The liabilities of
the firm are stated at 75,0001., and the assets are calculated
to yield only 108. in the pound. It is thought that this
failure will not affect the Doiyeacy of the St. reterhurgh
am of Cattley aud Co.

BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD ALARMING FIRE AT BATH.
JUNCTION RAIL BATH, Jura: 12.—At a late hour last night a fire of
THE BATTLE OF Till?, GAUGES. an extensilot....d n;,tur,,, and which at one time
BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.— This day, according to caused ft ars to he ente; tainc cLfor the safety of the mag-
announcement. an cxtruordineri general meeting of the nificent Abbe,. Church of this city, broke out upon the
shareholders of the ab,,,,e corui-thy was held at I).‘e'b premises of Mr. Long, silk-mercer, &c., within a short
Royal Hotel, for the purpose o; considering the co..duct distance from that venerable edifice. The alarm was
of the directors with vferenee to the proposed sale of first given at a little past twelve o'clock, and was quickly
the line to the Great Western, and of considering the spread throughout the city. The firemen of the different
propriety of instituting a suit or suits in equity, or of insurance companies, the police and other officers, were
instituting such proceedings in or out of Parliament as promptly on the spot. A crowd consisting of some
might be deemed advisable. Mr. P. H. Muntz, the thousands of persons was speedily collected around the
chairman of the board of directors, presided, and was building. The fire spread with amazing rapidity, and
supported by Mr. Russell, M.P., Mr. Barlow, and other seemed to defy the efforts used to subdue it. The
dirt ctors of the Great Western Company. The flames, which broke forth in all directions, threatened
" Mozley party" assembled in great force. As, how- the safety of the adjacent premises, and at one time it
ever, it will be seen-by the result, the proceedings were was thought by many scarcely possible to preserve those
unexpectedly brought to a very sudden termination. of Messrs. Shaw and Beale, the woodwork and paint of
The Secretary having read the resolution by which which were charred and blistered by the heat. Had
se as the stock of Messrs. Shaw and Beale is
the meeting was convened, these premises caught, the destruction must have been
Mr. Moiteer presented himself, and said he was happy extensive,
to announce that he believed the proceedings of the highly valuable. Large flakes of burning embers flew
present meeting would not occupy any great length of about in all directions, descending on the roofs of the
time. He regretted that a Committee of the House of houses, and many an anxious eye war directed to the
Commons had refused to allow the shareholders a hear- noble towers of the Abbey, brightly illuminated as they
ing of their case; and he regretted this the more because were by the fire, in the fear lest some of them might
the course adopted, and of which they bad a right to ignite that time-hallowed and holy pile. The exertions
complain, was taken upon objections suggested by the of the firemen and neighbours were unceasing, but the
trustees of their own property.—(Hear, hear.) The conflagration could not be subdued until Mr. Long's pre-
House of Lords had, however, done them greater mises, with the whole or nearly the whole of his valuable
justice; the Standing Orders Committee had decided that stock, was destroyed. The extent of the damage has not
the orders had not been complied with, and that before transpired, but it cannot fail to have been very eon.
the Bill now before Parliament should be further pro- siderable.
ceeded with it should be brought before the share-
holders for their approval or disapproval. He should,
therefore, content himself with moving the following
resolution:—
" That inasmuch as this meeting is informed that the
Standing Orders Committee of the House of Lords have
decided that it is the duty of the directors to lay the
Bill now before Parliament for amalgamating this com-
pany with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley
Railway Company, and selling the united undertaking
to the Great Western Railway Company, before the
shareholders (under the order known as Lord Wham-
cliffe's order), this meeting deems it right, from respect
to the House of Lords, to adjourn, in order to afford the
directors an opportunity of submitting the aforesaid Bill
to the shareholders, or taking any other steps in con-
formity with the resolution of the Standing Orders Com-
mittee; and it is accordingly resolved, that this meeting
is adjourned until Saturday, the 19th inst., at Dee's
Royal Hotel, Birmingham, at two o'clock in the after-
noon, and that the further consideration of all and sin-
gular the matters mentioned and referred to in the
requisition of the shareholders of the 29th of April,
1847, be adjourned unto, and be resumed if necessary,
at such adjourned meeting."
He (Mr. Mosley) hoped that the meeting would think
with him, that this was the most proper course to be
adopted, as it was in strict compliance with the expressed
wish of the House of Lords. The directors would now
have time to reconsider the matter, and he was not
without hope that, in the interim, some means might be
suggested by which the unseemly and expensive contest
in which they were engaged might be terminated.
He (Mr. Mozley) was not prepared to say that some
arrangements might not be made by modification
of the Bill now before Parliament, which would satisfy
the great body of the shareholders, and meet the object
which the Legislature originally had in view.
Mr. Partsorzs seconded the motion, and being put by
the Chairman, it was carried unanimously.
The meeting then adjourned until Saturda

MR. WYLD AND THE BRITISH
MUSEUM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlN—Permit me to call your attention to the recent
decisions at the police-office, Bow-street, upon certain
cases arising out of the Copyright Act, and upon the
injurious effect such decisions must have upon the ad-
vancement of art and literature. Under the old Copy-
right Act the trustees of the British Museum claimed a
copy of all books and maps, and both authors and pub-
lishers were content to supply them. Under the new
Act, the trustees claim copies of every book, map, or
publication which may differ in the slightest degree from
the original publication, and, as it was decided by the,
magistrate in Mr. Smith's case, every addition to the
original publication, if it were only the crossing of at,
or the dotting of an i, entitles the trustees of the British-
Museum to another copy of the work, and the counsel
for the trustees stated it to be their determination to
enforce their claim; unfortunately the Act of Parliament
allows of no appeal from the magistrate's decision.
If such, Sir, be the future conduct of the trustees, it
is fraught with oppression to every author and publisher
iu Great Britain. Upon the publication of maps this
decision will act as a bar to future improvement. Maps
are printed in very small quantities, and slight altera-
tions are made upon the plates each time the maps are
printed; if the intepretation of the law by the magistrate
be a correct one, the trustees of the British Musenin will
be entitled to 50 or 100 copies of many maps every year;
whatever may be the literal reading of the Act of Par-
liament, such could never have been the intention of its
framers.
The case decided on Friday, relating to my "Popular
Atlas," is a very important one. This work consists of
a republication of maps heretofore published ; the British
Museum has been supplied with the previous publics-
don, but they contend that the publication of the maps
in the serial form entitles them to other copies. If such
be the interpretation of the law the British Museum
will soon be too small to contain the myriads of amended
works, either books or maps, which the trustees will be-
come possessed of, and the effect of this decision must
be to stop the issue of works in a cheap form, and to
prevent improvements in maps and corrections of books.
should the slightest alteration (one word only) be made
in the re-issue, and the publisher omit to 'send the
amended work, he will be subjected to informations at
the public police-offices, to fines, and the enforcement of
costs. lam sure, Sir, that I have only to excite public
attention to this oppressive law through the instrumen-
tality of your columns to obtain either its modification
or repeal.—l have the honour to be, Sir,

BRADFORD.— Mr. Busfeild has sent an address, but the
Leeds Mercury intimates that it was nut published.
Colonel Thompson has declined to stand unless pre-
sented with a requisition promising success.
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. The
election movement in the City has received a fresh
impetus during the last few days, by the announcement
that Mr. William Payne, the coroner, will become a
candidate for its representation in Parliament. Mr.
Payne's high character in the City, and the general
respect in which he is held by all political parties, will
render him a powerful opponent. His intimate ac-
quaintance with the commercial interests of the City,
acquired by unceasing attention to the subject, have
brought him to the conviction, as stated in his address,
that much remains to be done, and that he is determined
on endeavouring to accomplish it. On these grounds
alone he has received the votes of many who might
otherwise have opposed him. Mr. Lyall, it is already
known, retires from Parliament at the close of the pre-
sent session, and the only candidates at present in the
field to supply his place are Mr. Payne and Mr. Alder-
man Johnson. The latter belongs to the old and well-
nigh exploded high Tory school, and pledges himself to
vote fur the resuscitation of the restrictive measures
which public opinion has so unequivocally condemned.—
Front a Correspondent.
DOVER ELECTION.—The candidates for the repre-
sentation of Dover are E. R. Rice, Esq., and Sir John
Rae Reid, the present sitting Members; and Mr. Prin-
sep, an antiquated Tory and protectionist. Mr. Prinsep
is the choice of a small clique of ultras, who have
started him to supplant Sir John Rae Reid, because the
worthy Baronet would not further submit to their ex-
tortions. Owing to a promise, given by Sir John under
misrepresentation, he is, according to his high sense of
honour, debarred from soliciting the votes of the con-
stituency (though he has declared his readiness to sit if
elected); but, from the strong feeling manifested in his
favour, his non-appearance in the canvassing arena will
be amply made up by the exertions of his friends, whose
canvass in his behalf far exceeds their most sanguine
expectations. The Prinsep faction are finding their
canvass tremendous uphill work; but we understand
that, by the aid of certain appliances, they expect yet to
make head-way. They will, however, we guess, have
their work to do; for, as we said last week, Sir John's
free-trade policy has obtained for him the support of a
large number of those who were formerly his opponents,
and from this circumstance, as well as the exertions of
his Conservative friends, to all present appearances it
seems that there will be no change in the representation
of Dover at the approaching election.—Dover Chronicle.
DEAL ELECTION.—AS we stated last week, Lord
Clinton, son of the do-what-he-likes-with-his-own-
Duke, has appeared as a "No Popery " candidate
against the two Liberals, Lord Paget and Mr. Grenfell,
but it is not for a moment supposed that he has the
slightest chance of success. Lord Clinton has trimmed
his sails according to the wind; but although a few mis-
guided persons may be caught by the hypocritical
manoeuvre, no true Protestant Dissenters can possibly
so far forget themselves as to follow in his wake, which
would most inevitably lead them back to the shoals and
quicksands of High Church oppression and ascendancy.
Both Liberals have expressed their satisfaction at the
result of their canvass, which we have reason to believe
has been extremely favourable.—lbid.

Your obedient servant,
JAMES WYLD,

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR COLIN
CAMPBELL, K C.B.—We regret to have to announce the de-
mise of the above gallant General, the late Governor and
Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, who expired between 4 and
5 o'clock yesterday morning, at his temporary residence in
King-street, St. James's. The deceased was the fifth son of
Mr. John Campbell, of Melfort, Argyleshire, and conse-
quently brother of the late Sir Patrick Campbell. He was
born in 1777, and married early in life, and leaves issue three
sons and three daughters, namely, Colonel Fitzroy Campbell ;
Lieutenant A. Campbell, 60th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Charles Napier, in India; Captain F.
Campbell, R.N.; Mrs. Phipps, married to the Hon. Edmund
Phipps; Mrs. Maclean, wife of Captain Maclean, of the
Royal Artillery, serving in India; and Miss Campbell. Sir
Colin entered the army in 1799, and almost immediately
commenced the active duties of his profession. He served
under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula, and per-
formed the duties of Assistant-Adjutant-General and As-
sistant-Quartermaster-General. For his distinguished ser-
vices at Talavera, Busaco, and Fuentes d'Onor, Badajoz,
Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nice and Tolouse, he
received a cross and six clasps. He was also at Waterloo,
where he commanded the Royal Scots, the officers of which
regiment testified their admiration of his gallant conduct by
presenting him with a sword valued at seventy guineas. He
was also created a Knight of the Order of the Bath in re-
cognition of the services he rendered on that memorable occa-
sion. The gallant deceased also, in consideration of his
eminent military services, received the order of knighthood
from Austria of the order of Maria Theresa; from Russia of
the order of St. George; from Portugal of the order of the
Tower and Sword; and the King of Bavaria nominated him
a knight of the order of Maximilian Joseph. After holding
the home appointment of Governor of Portsmouth, and the
command of the south-west district, he was appointed Lieu-
tenant-Governor and Commander of the Forces in Nova
Scotia. On his return from North America he was selected
as Governor of Ceylon, to which colony he proceeded in 1840,
and remained there up to Viscount Torrington being ap-
pointed Governor, a few months since. In August, 1836, he
was appointed Colonel of the 72d Highlanders, which neces-
sarily becomes vacant by his death. The commissions of the
gallant General were dated as follows :—Ensign, October 3,
1799; Lieutenant, August ;21, 1801; Captain, January 9,
1805 ; Major, September 2, 1808 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, May,
3, 1810; Colonel, June 4, 1814; Major-General, May 27,
1825; and Lieutenant-General, June 28, 1838.
DEATH OF MR. CHARLES SHERIDAN.—Society has
lost one of its choicest favourites and ornaments In Mr.
Charles Sheridan, who combined all the gifts and qualities
that distinguish his remarkable family—wit, beauty, accom-
plishments, the graces of manner, and the charm of a cor-
diality the most sincere and genial. We know of no one
who was more universally welcome wherever he went, and
so liked and admired. His conversation was full of liveliness
and zest ; his wit was light, easy, and managed with good
taste and feeling. His talents were excellent, and all that he
wanted was the energy for their application, which his health,
perhaps, refused him, the threatening symptom of which was
a prevailing langour when unexcited. The premature end
of one so young and so gifted seems to bear out the w
thought,
turned in many forms from Sophocles to Shakspere, don
to Jeffry, Moore, and Byron, that "Heaven sends its
favourites an early doom."—Examiner.
DERBY AND ST. LEGER SWEEPSTAKES.—On Tues-
day, at a petty sessions held at the Holborn Union Work-
house, Little Gray's Inn-lane, before Mr. Whiskin (chair-
man), and a bench of magistrates, for the transfer of licenses
for the Holborn division, the subject of sweepstakes being
allowed at the houses of licensed victuallers came on for
consideration. Mr. Elector Rose, one of the licensing ma-
gistrates, stated, that at a meeting of the licensing magis-
trates for the Marylebone division, a resolution was come to
to send a notice to all the proprietors of licensed houses in
the district, intimating that in the event of sweepstakes
being continued after the notice had been received that they
were illegal, such continumanleicneettmhweiigitthhgtbretenstpdbeaaentigter their licenses
atcome
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come to a similar arrangement with respect to licensed vic-
tuallcrs in that district. The chairman having ,
said it wouldosbasier:edthat
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to inform the
licensed victuallers in the district that continuing to hold
sweepstakes might endanger the licenses of their houses
in the ensuing March, and a similar intimation might be
given to those applying for the transfer of licenses. The
bench having entered into a resolution to that effect, Mr.
Bradshaw, the high constable, and Inspector- Dodd, of the
F division, received instructions to call upon all the licensed
victuallers in the district to notify the feeling entertained.—
Observer. from this
FRIEDuna, JUNE 1.-,-The iron railway
place to 141.41heinl was opened this day.

Geographer to the Queen and His Royal
Highness Prince Albert.

THE MURDER AT BIRKENHEAD.—BIRKENHEAD,
SATURDAY.—The coroner's inquest relating to the murder of
Thomas Finnigan, whose body was found in the Morpeth
Dock, was concluded yesterday at the Adelphi Hotel. It
will be remembered that on the night he was last seen alive
he had been to the festival of some club at Tranmere. Se-
veral days after, his corpse was discovered in the dock, a
handkerchief was found stuffed half way down his throat,
the side of his head lacerated, and the trousers pockets turned
out as if they had been rifled. A man of the name of James
Silk was taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned
in the murder. Mr. 'Vaughan, the surgeon, who examined
the body, gave it as his opinion that death had been caused
by suffocation. On the resumption of the proceedings the
Coroner informed the jury that the magistrates had directed
the capture of Ann Tobin, a young female, on suspicion of
being implicated with the man Silk in the murder. A great
mass of evidence was taken ; and although it left no doubt
toefntdhteo
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coroner summed up the evidence, and the jury, after an
' hour's consultation, returned a verdict of "Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown."
MURDER BY ADMINISTERING POISON. --- CAR-
LISLE, SATURDAY MORNING.—The greatest excitement
prevails in this city, consequent on the discovery of a mur-
der committed under somewhat revolting circumstances,
the unhappy victim being sacrificed by means of arsenic
being mixed in her food. The particulars are thus de.
scribed :—On the 29th of last month Mrs. Mary Thompson,
the wife of a millwright and engineer in Union-street, Bot-
chergate, died after several days' intense suffering. Her
death being attended with some suspicion, notice was sent to
the coroner, who summoned a jury, and on their meeting _the
inquiry was adjourned to enable Dr. Elliott and Mr. Ater-
timer, surgeons, to make a chemical analysis of the contents
,of the unfortunate woman's stomach. Dr. Elliott and Mr.
Mortimer, surgeons, deposed to having detected fifty-one
grains of arsenic in the stomach of the deceased, which was
the cause of death. They also analysed a white powder
found by the police in the deceased's husband's pocket, It
was arsenic. The husband is in custody. They likewise
found arsenic mixed in oatmeal in the house. Several wit-
nesses spoke of having heard the deceased complain of the
conduct of the prisoner in consequence of his cohabiting with
another woman. The inquest was adjourned.
FRENCH FLOUR.—Several arrivals of flour have
taken place within these last few days from France, of which
the following were from the port of Havre:—the George
brought 492 barrels ; the Burtens, 740 barrels ; the John and
Mary, 650 barrels; the Britannia, 842 barrels; the James
Watt, 457 barrels ; the Columbine, 100 barrels; and the
Betsy, from the same place, the large quantity of 1,400 bar-
rels of the article, the produce and manufacture of France.
INTREPID CONDUCT. —On Thursday, during the
time that a company of the Royal Sappers and Miners were
practising under command of Lieutenant James Liddell,
Royal Engineers, in forming bridges with pontoons, at St.
Mary's Creek, an alarm was raised that two soldier were
drowning. Lieutenant Liddell went to the spot, threw off
his sash and sword, and plunged into the water with his
uniform on, and after some difficulty succeeded in bringing
one of the men to the shore, and two artillerymen also dived
after the other man. whom they fortunately caught just as
he was sinking for the last time. They brought him ashore
and laid hint on the grass. Both the men appeared nearly
dead. They were removed to the barracks, and attended
by the medical officers of the corps. Their names are Thomas
Birt and John Masters; they are attached to No. 4 company.
The names of the two men who assisted in saving one man
are John Brady and William Somers. They also belong
to the No. 4 company of Artillery. Lieutenant Liddell
and the two artillerymen deserve the notice of the Humane
Society for their intrepid conduct in saving two lives. The
creek is not only very deep, but it is very dangerous, owing
to the numerous eddies, which have proved fatal to expert
swimmers ; and in consequence of the great number of
lives lost every summer by parties bathing, the com-
mandant last year issued an order forbidding soldiers bathing
in that place.
On Saturday, Mr. Duncombe, solicitor to the Pro-
tection Society, appeared at Bow-street Police-court, before
, claimto
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Parliament,rhouse in question was the Exeterliall Hotel, in the
Strand, the proprietorship of which hail been disposed of
before the last licensing day; and on the sth of March, ap-
plication vies made to Mr. Jardine to grant protection. He
did so; and on the Special Sessions a renewal was refused
by the Magistrates, against which refusal the proprietor ap-
pealed at the Quarter Sessions, and then the license was
granted, the Magistrates declaring they had been imposed
upon by misrepresentations to the prejudice of the parties con-
cerned. The original license was granted on the distinct un-
derstanding with the Court that the house was not
to be opened as a gin-shop, and the same li-
cense having existed up to the month of March,
but upon Mr. Nix applying for a renewal of the
license (he having held it for a considerable number of
Tears, and it being his intention to transfer it to Messrs.
Walker and Cousens) it was refused, which gave rise to the
appeal before mentioned, and on the 4th of May it was re-
newed, the Magistrates having emphatically declared they
had been deceived. Such were the grounds upon which he
(Mr. Duncombe) appeared before the Court, with the protec-
tion granted by Mr. Jardine in his pocket, for a renewal of
the same. Mr. Henry said he considered that the case was
of a very peculiar nature, the grounds stated being, in his
soopuingihotn,fogru;ituet
thes sufficient csiaemn to ftoirmet,heit pwaorutileds
be
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notice to the officer in the usual way, as some months had
elapsed since the inquiries were made which induced Mr.
Jardine to grant the protection on a former occasion. Mr.
Duncombe assured the Court that the gentlemen seeking to
have the transfer made to them were persons, to his know-
lede of the highest respectability, and upon that point no
hesitation was necessary. Mr. Henry then ordered the trans-
fer to be granted.
DEATH FROM MORPHIA.—OH Saturday Mr. \Yak-
ley, M.P., held an inquest in the Middlesex Hospital, on
scn:uhes:a se
pknaeus:dimeahwdnlpeda33asfdnr brought to the hospital the pre-
slvaatipisaoaptsur Ylehsi deedAdtg
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sion. l physician,Hlisye:
sion. He understood that
morphia, which were equal to an ounce of laudanum, and
taken five grains of
sufficient to destroy life. The deceased, who had been an
out-patient, was allowed a small quantity of laudanum, ad-
ministered in a mixture. Miss Perkins, daughter of the
proprietor of the Hope, John-street, Tottenham-court-road,
deposed that the deceased came into the house early in the
ceismdhMei
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hefbeot
morning, and asked for a glass of water, into_ which she
she
poured half the contents of the phial produced. Shh. had
a glass of gin. After which she suddenly becamearorn
• 'hie, when she was taken to thehospitaL
and ultimately insensible,
Verdict—" Deceased killed herself by an overdose of morphia,
but whether the act was intentional or otherwise, there was
no evidence to show."
We are sorry to hear that the celebrated dauseuse,
Medemoiselle Lucille Grahn, has been for some days con-
fined to her room, by an inflammation of the left foot, which
has prevented her from appearing at her Majesty's Theatre ;
but we understand that she is now much better, and will
shortly resume her professional avocations.
PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.—The first of the ecclesi-
astical districts into which it is proposed to divide this
extensive parish has been formed. It is termed the "Gray's
Inn district," and the Rev. R. Allen, M.A., has been ap-
pointed to the incumbency, on the nomination of the Rev.
Thomas Dale, U. A., the Vicar.