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carriage whatever. It is true, I had a cane in my hard,
and was twirling it, as is my custom often in the street,
but I had no wish or intent to annoy any one. I deny
hang used coarse language to any lady at all. I would
not do such a thing.
r Ur. HARDWICK.—Who and what are you ?.—The dc-
-I!_ridant—l am a physician in Sackville-street, where I
have been for the last ten years.
r. EIA.
RDWICK—Are there none of your fr erds
"ere ?—The defendant informed ,l-e Court that he h.d
been bailed out by his brother, who was immedi ttely
Bent for.
After the magistrate had seen the defendant's fr:ends
in Private, he was told it was the wish of his friends
that he should again go into the country, and the Court
Prve him the option of complying, or of finding sureties,
self in 40/., and two householders in 201. each, for
„,111 good behaviour for the next three months. Mr.
n trdwick added, that if anything was wrong with his
mind, the public could not put up with any such am
neiginee.
The defendant said his mind was sound enough; he
had annoyed no one, and it was a great hardship to be
taken away from his duties or his recreation by a police-
rnab, and locked up for two hours. That was punish-
-I;lent before trial. He could not go to the country; his
dutlea required his attendance in town; he supported
nfluself by his writings, and he had a work in hand at
that moment.
&tr. HARDWICK ultimately fined him 40s. for the use
_e
bad language to passengers, and said, for the next
Offence he would be required to find substantial st curity
for his good behaviour for the next six months.
The defendant then left the court.
SO- DAY.)

-UTHWARK.—(THIS
William Amos, a fashionably attired man, was charged
With committing a violent assault on Sarah Ann Harris,
Whose countenance exhibited proofs of the brutality
exercised towards her.
.The prisoner had formerly lived with the complainant,
119 Was compelled to leave him owing to ill-usage.
Irritated at her having quitted him, he committed a
Violent assault on her, for which he was sentenced to
imprisonment. He had recently been liberated from
MI, and meeting with the complainant in an unfre-
quented place on the preceding night, he struck her with
great force in the face, knocked her down, kicked and
beat her in a shameful manner, and swore he would be
hung for her. He was taken into custody on the spot.
Mr. SECKER inflicted the full penalty of 51. on the
Prisoner, and ordered him to find ample bail for his fu-
ture good behaviour.

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NEWMARKET RACES.
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

Handicap Sweepstakes. T.Y.C.
African, aged, 7st 10Ib
Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b .
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. D.M

Mato Louise
Lady Lurewell . 2
• MATCH, 200 SM., h. ft. A. F.—Lord E. Russell's
ReminiscenCe, beat Mr. G. 11. Moore's Wolf-dog.
MATCH, 100 soya., h ft, A.F.—Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen
Bawn beat the Duke of Bedford's Leopard.

The Port Stakes. T.M.M.

Sting
Sir Tatum Sykes

~.eROYAL SEA-BATHIN G INFIRMARY, MARGATE.—
X sterday a general quarterly court of the governors of
this institution, founded for the purpose of providing the
Sick Poor with the means of sea-bathing, was held at
the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill. Alderman
Gibbs, the treasurer, was in the chair. The secretary
read the minutes of the previous meeting, the only im-
portant feature of which was the resolution then passed
for rendering the resident and the assistant-surgeons
Subordinate to three visiting surgeons. Mr. Wadling-
t43n, the consulting surgeon, objected to the confirmation
of the minutes, ito far as related to the change in the
Medical staff. If carried into effect, it would be a blight,
Unmerited and unjust, east en the resident surgeon. The
Chairman express( d himself opposed to the change, and
after
some discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of
Jesse Curling, Esq., that the minutes be confirmed, with
the exception of the resolution alluded to. The medical
regulations, therefore, stand as before. It was an-
licanned that the number of patients last year was 700,
end that the infirmary would be open for patients this
Year from the 1211 of May. The committee, &c., were
then re-elected, and a vote of thanks havingb?en passed
to the chairman the meeting separated.
PROPOSAL OF SIB JOHN ROSS TO REACH THE
ITO
RTII POLE.—The following is an extract of a letter
from Captain Sir John Ross, R.N., to Captain W. H.
Smyth, R N., President of the Royal Astronomical So-
ciety:—" Sir,—l beg leave to submit the following plan
and proposal to the Pr, sident and Council of the Royal
Astronomical Society for their consideration :—The
measurement of an arc of the meridian has long been a
desideratum, and the failure of every attempt that has
been made at Spitsbergen for this desirable object, as
well us the attempt made to reach the North Pole, has
been because the summer has been selected for that par-

Pose, whereas the spring should have been the sea-
80n chosen, namely, the months of April and May
for both services, but which could not be put in
execution by the means hitherto adopted. I have
now to inform the President and Council of the
Royal Astronomical Society that I have submitted a
plan to the Admiralty for carrying into execution
these double and desirable objects, by wintering at
Spitsbergen, and employing my officers and crew under
the direction of the talented son of the celebrated Pro-

fessor Schumacher, whom I have engaged for this pur-
pose ; while, at the proper season, it is my intention to
attempt to reach the North Pole on sledges drawn by
Swedish horses, being a modification of the plan pro-
posed first by Dr. Scoresby, and of which that highly
talented and well• informed individual has given his most
unqualified approbation. And, from the year's expe-
rience I have had in Sweden in that mode of travelling,
I can safely assert that there is no other officer in the
navy that possesses these advantages so necessary to
complete success, of which neither Dr. Scoresby nor
myself have the smallest doubt. I have made this state-
ment in the hope that, when duly considered by the
President and Council of the Royal Astronomical Society,
they will be pleased to signify to me their opinion on
the importance of the objects in question, and such a
recommendation for its being put into execution as they
may think tit."—Cumbridge Advertiser.
The celebrated Sculptor Bartolini, of Florence, has
arrived in Rome, to execute a bust of the Pope.
DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE MILLRANIE PE-
NITENTIARY.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest
at the Millbank Penitentiary, on the body of Henry
Wood, aged 21, late a prisoner at that gaol. The de-
ceased was admitted there on the 15th of September,
1846, having been convicted at the Central Criminal
Court on the 17th of the previous month, of larceny, on
a previous conviction, and sentenced to seven years'
transportation. He died in the infirmary, on the 6th
instant, of pulmonary consumption. On the 3d of last
December he attempted to commit suicide by hanging,
but was prevented by the warder. He was visited by
his friends, and during the last five weeks of his illness
he had everything requisite for his delicate and melan-
choly condition, under the express orders of the go-
vernors of the prison, including wine, arrow-root, broth,
&c. His friendsexpressed their entire satisfaction with
the treatment he had received. Verdict, " Natural
death."

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OP
GUILDHALL BY FlRE.—Shortly before three o'clock this
morning (Friday ), the utmost alarm was created in the '
vicinity of the Guildhall, City, by one of the private
watchmen who are employed to watch the hall discover-
ing that the contents of the cellars were on fire. The
first intimation arose from observing a dense body of
smoke filling the hall. An alarm was instantly given,
when the whole of the watchmen proceeded to the en-
trance of the cellars, and on opening the door a fierce
fire was found raging. The engine which is kept on the
premises was instantly got to work, arid the fire-plugs
having been opened, a plentiful supply of water was
obtained. In a short time there were engines in attend-
ance, and continued playing until the devouring element
gave way. The cellars being filled with coals and faggots,
and the flooring that is laid down on the occasion of ban-
quets and balls being stowed beneath, occasioned an im-
mense mass of inflammable property is) be in the cellars.
Some thousands of faggots were destroyed, while several
tons of coal were reduced to cinders. The fire must
have been burning for several hours before the discovery
was made, and but for the flooring of the hall being
covered with stone, the building would have been de-
stroyed. An inquiry, it is understood, is to be instituted
by Mr. Payne, the coroner.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL B.—There has
been a fair demand for sugars for both scale and pan
purposes, and the sales consist of 400 tons Manilla
of low quality, 700 boxes Havannab, 4,000 bags of Mau-
ritius, and 300 hhds. West India. Prices must be quoted
6d. to Is. lower. Nothing doing in rum, and prices
have a drooping appearance.
CORN LADEN Suirs.—A return was yesterday
issued, pursuant to an order of the house of Commons
(on motion of Mr. Wawn), showing the number of ships
laden with foreign corn, entered inwards at the ports of
1
the United Kingdom, between the sth day of January,
1846, and the sth day of January, 1847; specifying the
kinds and quantities of corn, the ports of landing, anti
tl c ports of discharge, and whether in ships of the
United Kingdom or any other nation, and to what nation
they belonged. This document is in continuation of the
Paliamentary Paper 162 of Session 1846. The return
Occupies nearly thirty pages of tabular statements, from
which, however, the following results appear :—The total
number of ships laden with foreign corn entered inwards
in the year 1846, at the ports of the United Kingdom,
Was 4,607. OF these, 1,770 were ships of the United
Kingdom, 20 Russian, 62 Swedish, 1,022 Danish, 352
Prussian, 677 from the German States, 179 from Holland,
53 from France, 34 Italian, 53 Au! trian vessels, 434
beloging to the United States, and 1 " unknown—
(stranded)," &c. The following were the quantities
unported in British ships:—Wheat, 663,664 quarters;
barley, 70,865 quarters; oats, 321,266 quarters; beans
and peas, 249,599 quarters ; maize and buckwheat.
47,118 quarters; flour, 815,275 cwts.; oatmeal, 1,393
Mts.; Indian corn meal, 170 cwts. There were im-
ported in foreign ships-726,220 quarters of wheat; of
barley, 287,579 quarters; oats, 452,832 quarters; beans
and peas, 204,111 quarters; rye, 70 quarters; maize and
buckwheat, 73,765 quarters; flour, 1,936,783 cwts.; and
or Indian corn and meal, 2,165 cwts.