The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 30,
1847, is 345. 4d. cwt.

TRIAL FOR WIFE-STEALING IN VIRGINIA.—
ItsThtolS e
took place before the Court of Loudon County,
Virginia_ The following are a few of the particulars:—
A. coloured man, named Talbot, had been legally ma-
numitted by the will of his late master; but his wife
Maria, who was claimed by a lady named Russell, still
remained in slavery. They had been married about
three years previous by a minister of the Gospel, and
with the consent of Maria's mistress. Talbot, who, on
kis liberation, was compelled by the law of Virginia to
leave the state, made two attempts, but without success.
to purchase his wife, in order that she might accompany
him. On his finally leaving the state, Maria disappeared
about the same time. They were arrested together at
Washington, and taken back to Virginia, where his
wife was restored to his mistress, and the husband thrown
into prison, to await his trial at Leesburg, on the charge
of stealing her. The prosecuting attorney brought for-
ward Maria as a witness against her own husband, and
read the law, which declares that negroes and mulattoes,
whether bond or free, although not competent witnesses
against a white person, may give evidence against a
person of their own colour. To the great joy of the
poor woman, this attempt was over-ruled, on the ground
that she was not a free agent. In the course of the pro-
ceedings, the prosecutor asserted that the law regards
slaves not as persons but as property. He also took the
positi( n "that there is no lawful marriage for slaves,
and that they can make no contract that their owners
may not annul. The defence was ably and feelingly
conducted by three legal gentlemen, and the prisoner
was finally acquitted; but there is every reason to believe
that the poor man would have been convicted of wife-
stealing, had it not been for the inability of the witnesses
to identify him, in consequence of the darkness of the
morning on which the escape was effected.
POTATOES.—This morning (Tuesday) about seven
or eight carts of potatoes, chiefly from Strathnairn, were
brought to the market here. They were of mixed kinds,
and though generally small, were sound in appearance.
There was considerable demand for them for the table,
at lOd. per stone; and all, or nearly all, were sold. On
Friday there were about the same number of carts, but
the potatoes did not sell so readily. The people are
.renerally impressed with the idea that there are con-
siderably greater quantities of potatoes saved than the
farmers admit, and they therefore anticipate a consider-
able fall in :price, and a fair supply,
as soon 413 the seed
season is eYer.—lnverress Courier.

FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 31.—The average price of wheat
in the week ending on Saturday, the 27th of March, was
36f. 54c., and that of rye 26f. 90c. per hectolitre. These
prices sow a small diminution of 9c. on wheat, and of
21c. on rye.
The Senate, in its sitting to-day, received a commu-
nication of the report of M. Delafaille, on the project of
law relative to offences towards the King and members
of the Royal Family; and the report of Baron de Royer,
on application for a vote of credit on the department of
public works. It afterwards resumed the discussion of
the articles of the project of law on the gold coin. The
several articles were agreed to, and on the vote of the
whole law there appeared a majority of 20 to 6.
The Moniteur of to-day promulgates the law by which
the Government is allowed to authorise the negotiation,
and the quotation of the shares of the iron railways,
which have already been granted in the exchanges of
Antwerp and Brussels, when it has been proved that at
least 40 per cent. of the capital has been paid, and that
the security has been repaid according to the conditions
of the grant, of the amount of four-fifths for the railways
from Tournay to Hasselt, and for other railways.
A law of the 24th of March gives the Budget of the
Marine Department for 1817 a credit of 125,000 f. for
building a steam-boat for the passage of the Scheld.
To-day (the 30th) two vessels arrived at Antwerp,
one with a cargo of wheat, and the other with a cargo
of rye. On Sunday evening and yesterday morning a
great number of ships, sixteen of which had cargoes of
corn, arrived at Antwerp ; six other ships, laden with
corn, were at the mouth of the river.
ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 18.—An Imperial order
of the day appoints General Count V. D. Pahlen, for-
merly Ambassador at the Court of Paris, to be Inspector
General of the cavalry, retaining his former offices.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENN&, MA.ncif 24.
5 per Cent. Metalliques.• •• •• •• • • • • •• • • •• 108%
4 per Cent. ditto.. •.••••••••• • • • • • • • .• •• 99
3 per Cent. ditto• ••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • "
Loan, 1834 ........
Ditto, 1839 •• •• •• • • •• 119 -
Bank Shares ........... .
Esterhazy's Loan ........ ..........
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ...• ••••• • - • 175%
Gloggnitz • • •• • • • • •••• • • • • •• • •••••• • • •• 121
Vienna—Milan ..• • • • • • • .• • • .• • • • • •• 10914
Perth •••••••• • • •• • • • .
Grosetto •... • • ..... ..
Pesth Bridge .. • ............... .. —
11AMBURGIL EIORSENHALLE, Ifsatcli 30.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents ••• • • • ••••• • •• 109
Bank Shares . • .• . • ...• •• • • ••• • •• .• • • 1590
Anglo-Russian Loan ...... •••• • • • • 106% 10.51,
Russian 5 per Cant., Hamb. Certificate. 101% 101%
Ditto I st series Inscription ......
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series• • 96
Ditto, in Certificate• • ...............• 965
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • • 88
Ditto Stieglitz •••.•. •. •• .........
Spanish New 5 per Cent .• •• 15% 15%
Ditto 3 per Cent ..... ••••••• • • •• • • 28
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2f per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 23l per Cent ••• • • 57
Ditto 3 per Cent. .. •••••••• • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. loan, 1844.• •• 78
Anglo• Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••.• • •
National Bank Shares• • • . • • • • •• • • •• ••
iBELGIAN FUNDS.—BRINsELS, Meson 24. •
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •.... .....
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent
Ditto Three per Cent.. ................
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ......
Ditto, ditto, 1840.. •• • •
Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • -
Ditto, 1844. •• • •
Ditto, 1836. ..... .••.•• • • • • • ..........
Ditto, 1838 ••..••.••• •• • • .. ••• • •• 69
Ditto of the City, 1832 ..........
Ditto, 1843 • ••
Bank ofßelgium ••.. • • •.• •• •• ........ 881
—Brussels Papers. April 1.

LATE MURDERS IN KILKENNY.
We deeply regret to have to record the following oat- '
rage, sonnected with the late atrocious murders of gr•
Prim and Constable Yeates. Our:readers will remember
that in our last we gave a report of an inquest on thl
body of a man named Roe, who had died of a wove,'
which he acknowledged to have received from 2ittr'
Prim, when engaged with the assassins, wbc;
have escaped, in the murderous attack on OP;
gentleman. Well, on the day after the inquee"
(Thursday last, we believe), the deceased prisoner°
wife brought a hearse for Roe's corpse, but was in
formed by the police that she could not get it until the
following morning, at six o'clock. At the appointea
hour two men appeared at the police-station, and claimed
the holy, saying they were Roe's nearest relations. o_l3
their making this statement, the constables allowed thew
to take it, enclosed as it was in a shell, which bad bees
ordered by the Coroner. The men, who, it has eine°
turned out, are inhabitants of the neighbourhood ioni
which the murders were committed, immediately carri
off the corpse to the spot where Mr. Prim bad beet
murdered, and there, with the assistance of severe 2,
others of the country people, dug a bole, flung In
corpse into it, and threw a quantity of large stones sip'•
lime on top of it.
This was conduct for which we will offer no 1:411°,i
tion. We have given the above facts as they reaeitt
us; but we must also add, that we have been informti
that the people, who, as we before stated, held the ill
Mr. Prim in very great esteem, were provoked to,t-d
outrage on Christianity by Roe's wife having sliro,
she would have as good a coffin for her husband,
Mr. Prim had. The peasantry also felt very indigee's
at seeing a grand hearse brought in for the body of ti:sj
of the murderers of a gentleman to whom they g
been so much attached, and, hearing the woman hens,
that she would have a fine funeral for him ; being lea
naturally under the impression that part of the IlWal;
money would defray the expenses of such burial. 1,0
do not wonder at this; but, as we said before, we eenPof
excuse men for having acted in such gross violation
the rules of common decency. gp
It was apprehended that a collision would have tato
place between Roe's friends and the Dells people
we are happy to say that no such disturbance has tal‘
place.—Kilkenny Journal.

" The cleverest conjurors," says the Gazetta des
Tribunaux, do not always perform for the amusemeri!
of the public. A gentleman lately went to dine °his--
restaurant; the waiters placed two silver forks upon 7,
table; but when he paid the reckoning they found nr.
ther; both had been conjured away most mysteriouvij
The waiters, not duly appreciating the clever trick, 4,ee,
the gentleman to be allow( d to speak to him in priire',
He consented with exquisite politeness, but was e%cee
sively indignant when it was hinted to him that t,
missing silver forks must be in his pocket. Ile irintr
diately offered to be tearched, and at such a proof of lilt:
nocence, the waiters were confounded. The guard 10,
ing, however, been sent for, the gentleman went toeing
guard-house, and there positively insisted upon S
searched. His pockets were turned inside out—his dreif
was closely examined, but there was nothing absolute
nothing. Innocence was triumphant over column)", „lid
the injured gentleman was radiant with joy. A eunn",
old corporal, however, thought it would be as vvell s
look into the innocent man's boots, and lo! the two for%
wore found therein! How they got there was a tairae'
of legerdemain, but, the Correctional Tribunal, havenl
no admiration for such conjuring tricks, has conderan,e
the clever operator to thirteen months' imprisonment.%
AN Ecuo.—There is a singular echo in the Yicti:xl
pity of Lochcarron, which put a gemekeeper to a g, $
deal of annoyance lately. It seems he had shot a
on the opposite side of the glen, and his ear was short do
afterwards saluted with a double report from the ecba
proceededata
n d ina
severalf m a poacher's
efwrmo
hours
oe
us'r distance.
reached
Imagining that the soled
e •
Disappointed and vexed, he lay down, and yawning 11,0
These interjections were agrampus, vociferated " Hey ! how ! Haoo 11511;e
gun,the
immediatelyphleac e set
quiteroeffp eaat
teefxudhl
Echo ; the keeper started up in alarm ; his dogs
menced to bark, and as their howls were also repel" h
he fancied that he had fallen upon the den of Cerberti
and fled confounded from the spot.—lnverness Courier.,.,
PUNISHMENT OF DEATII.—ESQUIMAUX
rny.—Amongst the Esquimaux, according to Sir Pi;
Ross, the crime of murder very rarely occurs. NVI.e1e,,,-;
does, the murderer's punishment consists in u 4
banished to perpetual solitude, to be shunned by.etto
individual of his tribe ; insomuch, that even the slgtioe
him is avoided by all who may inadvertently meet it
On being asked why his life is not taken in retnrcell
was replied, " that this would be to make themSe.nre
et
hqeu a
olltyhebrad; ;anthdatthtahtebleoswe
hoorsnhiosullidrecwomoumictit
such r
answo
would ho equally guilty."
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AND MIRACULOUS ESOlrtit
—NORTHAMPTON, Thursday.—On Wednesday lit
accident of a fearful character occurred to the ladfhlo
William Smyth, Esq., of Little Houghton, near:l
town. The lady had been driven in a single 131;:i
phaeton to the railway station at Northampton, 11,760
brother, Mr. Stopford. On arriving at the std ing
the gentleman alighted, and the lady was prePerpg
to do the same, but the noise of the engine alert:aid
the horse, a spirited animal, he became restive, lb'
the servant, in endeavouring to check him, broke his
head piece of the bridle, the bit came out of ,be
mouth, and the bridle fell back upon his neck.
animal, finding himself at liberty, started off tit'oe
furious pace, Mrs. Smyth alone being in the pho.oo
Clearing the station yard, the horse dashed
the street, and continued his course over the S°ll,ol,
bridge towards the town, at a terrific rate, Mrs. s333oce
meanwhile, retaining her seat with remarkable presefiet
of mind. Mr. Harber, veterinary surgeon, of this Se.pg
was riding down the street at the time, and, obserile,3
that a collision with a cart was inevitable, he dismouee'o,
and awaited the catastrophe, with the intention of 1.130
dering his assistance. Scarcely was he on his feet w
the collision he had feared occurred, and the 1ady,..14:,0
thrown from the carriage upon the horse's back, I'veo
whence she fell to the ground behind the horse, betif_ed
the carriage and the horse. She was speedily roasted
from this frightful position by Mr. Harber, and assisybe
by him into a Neighbouring dwelling. In reply t?
anxious inquiries of those who had witnessed the sla.rd
ing occurrence, Mrs. Smyth stated that she had reestrap
no injury. The lady's escape from death, or, for,
events, from extensive injury, was most miraculous_to
had the horse moved on after the collision, nothing et'
have saved her. lost
MASONIC CEREMONY,—We understand
t of
Grtaid Lodge of Scotland have agreed, at the req.eetes at
the directors of the Caledonian Railway, to offiela,jor
laying the foundation-stone of the terminus in Let':,'„er
road, and that the ceremony is to take place on Weil'
day, the 7th of April.— Witness.
transpiredT n E Acuow
relative t 110 It uh
this
Da
partic
bee
ERtro.crousNmottihrdinerg,
of which appeared in our last. The executive hav,' hos
indefatig,atible in endeavouring to obt:in a clue, Nl' „sol,
hitherto been unsuccessful. lbe young man lodged In !Ince ;
under suspicion of being concerned in the ailair, Os Pr"
been liberated.—John 0' Groat Journal. rfurther
u 13.060-5

CURT CIRCULAR.
WINDson, raunspes.—The Queen and Prince Al-
bert
walked lis morning on the eastern terrace and
slopes
of the fastle.
Their Roy Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal took walking and pony exercise this
morning in tle grounds adjacent to the Castle.
Lieut.-Colinel F. H. Seymour has arrived at the
Castlo, and
OF E ias relieved Colynel Bouverie in the dutie.
-Albert.
querry- in Waiting to kis Royal Highness Padce

A deputation from the geteral boon of Dissenting
ministers of the three denominat'.'3' on the subject of
the Government scheme oc ...ucation, had an interview
with Lord John Russ'-''' yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Do w ;.„, street. The deputation consisted of
the liter. as..KEdpath, A.M. (chairman), Rev. Thomas
James (secretary), Rev. Dr. Hoby, Rev. J. Blackburn,
Rev. Thomas Binney, and the Rev. R. Simson, A.M.
Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, left
town yesterday on a short visit to Brighton.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) was
better yesterday. His Lord-hip received a deputation
from the Dissenting Body at Lansdowne House.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson (Vice-President
of the Board of Trade) was sufficiently recovered
yesterday from his recent illness to attend at the Board
of Trade.
A deputation to the First Lord of the Treasury, from
a public meeting of Protestant Dissenters, and of the
Friends of Sunday School Instruction, held at Finsbury
Chapel, London, on March 19, on the subject of the
Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education,
had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday.
The deputation consisted of the Rev. F. A. Cox,
D.D.,L.L.D., Mr. Thomas Thompson, and Mr. J. M.
Hare.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Chief Secretary for
Ireland, has left town.
The Earl of Minto has left town, for Scotland.
Viscount Morpeth left town yesterday morning.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey and Lady Grey have
left town, for Fallodon, Northumberland.
Lord Campbell has left town.
The Marquis of Clanricarde has left town.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
Mal-office, for the Governor of the West India colonies.
Divine service was performed yesterday (Maunday
Thursday) in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and the
Bishop of London held a confirmation of the juvenile
nobility and gentry. The Prayers were read by the
Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Lessons by the Rev. W. Hall.
The Musical service was Boyce's in A (Sir George Smart
presided at the organ). The Communion service was
performed by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Wes-
ley, and the Rev. Mr. Hall.
The Bishop of London afterwards confirmed the
juveniles present.
The Earl and Countess of Delawarr, the Earl of Mor-
ton, Ladies Braybrooke and Carrington, were among the
nobility present.
CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL MAUNDAY
AT WHITEHALL CHAPEL.—The Royal Minor Bounty
and Gate Alms were distributed to the aged and poor
on Monday and Tuesday, to upwards of one thousand
persons, in sums varying in amount from five shillings
to thirteen shillings and three pounds.
The number of blind very much increased on the pre-
sent occasion.
Yesterday the Royal Maunday was distributed at
Whitehall Chapel in the usual state, during Divine ser-
vice, accompanied by the prescribed prayers for her Ma-
jesty's long life and happiness.
The anthems selected for the occasion were:—
" Hide not thou thy face."—Farrant.
"0 Lord grant the Queen a long life."—Hara.
" Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy."
" Who is this, that cometh from Edom?"—Arnold.
The number of persons who received the Royal
Charity was twenty-eight of each sex, being the age of
her Majesty. The members increase, ono of each, an-
nually to correspond with the age of her Most Gracious
Majesty.
There was a very numerous congregation of respect-
able persons to witness this most interesting ceremonial,
who were admitted by tickets.
The clergy and gentlemen of the Chapel Royal were
in attendance. Among the clergy were the Rev. Dr.
Meath, Sub-Dean ; Rev. Dr. Knapp, Rev. Dr. Wesley,
Rev. Clarke Haden, Rev. T. Helmore, and the Rev. Mr.
Hall. Among the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal were
Messrs. Barnley, Bradbury, Machen, Wilde, and
Lockey. The boys of the Chapel Royal were present,
and also six children of the National Schools (three
boys and three girls), who attended as a reward and
encouragement for good conduct.
Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
The distributions were made by the Sub-Almoner to
her Majesty, the Rev. Dr. Jell, Canon of Christ Church
and Principal of King's College, London, assisted by
Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary to his Grace the Lord
High Almoner, and Yeoman of her Majesty's Almonry,
and attendants, under the immediate orders of the
Venerable the Archbishop of York.
The oldest recipient of the Royal Charity is 98 years
of age.
The value of the Royal Charity to each recipient in-
cluding the Silver Pennies, was 41. 7s. 4d. Each man
and woman received as many pennies as the age of the
Sovereign.
At the close of the ceremony the National Anthem,
" God Save the Queen," was played as a voluntary on
the organ.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY.
The most important feature in yesterday's proceedings
Was the retreat of the Euclid colt for the Newmarket
Handicap. sto 1 was taken early in the day, but near
the close the biddings against him rose to 7 to 1, at
Whirh price, although it was taken in two or three quar-
ters, he closed. An even hundred was laid on Vanish
against him. Sting left off at an improved quotation,
'but in other respects the business on this race
was governed by Monday's prices. The Port as
before, and very little done on the Metropolitan
handicap, 2.000 Guineas Stakes, or Chester Cup.
With reference, however, to the two last-
mentioned events, we should state that Planet rose half
a point for one, and that while Dulcet was in-
vested with the premiership for the other, Punch receded
to 35 to 1. The Derby betting was dull; albeit, Planet
Was in force at
9 to 1; Epirote in somewhat better odour
than on Monday; Glentilt and the Liberator were backed
for about 60/. each, and Mr. Martin for 1501. or there-
abouts. Closing prices :
NEWMARKET nrAmmcnr.
4 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 9 to 2
7 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—taken
7 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish
9 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool—taken
10 to I agst Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus
13 to I agat Mr. AVigram's Kesheng
15 to 1 agat Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum
16 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne
20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Tom Tullock
25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Neville's Remorse—taken
THE PORT STAKES.
Even on the field agst Sting
2 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt
17 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Bourton
18 to 1 agst Mr. G. 11. Moore's Wolfdog—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Odessa filly—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
2 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken
7 to 1 agat Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken
20 to 1 agst Sting winning Newmarket Handicap and
Port, and Planet the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes—taken.
50 to 1 agst Footstool winning the Newmarket Handicap,
Sir Tatton Sykes the Port, and Planet the Two Thousand
Guineas Stakes—taken.

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Dulcet—taken
22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant
25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb—taken
1000 to 40 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscura—t & aft. of.
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken to 501.
35 to 1 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—take 40 to 1
1000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat—taken
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp-625 to 100 t.
9 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—t. and aft. off.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—t. and aft. off.
28 to 1 agat Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonlan—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken
40 to 1 aget Colonel Anson'a Bingham
ao to 1 ago Mr. es's Pavilion
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Pedley's c,ossack—takeu
John Scott's string, including Epirote, Vanish, Tom Tol-
loch, and several others are reported to have arrived at New-
market yesterday.
NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLE CHASES, NEAR
BIRT LE Ir.
WEDNESDAY.—The North of England Steeple Chase of
10 sore. each, and 50 added, 3 miles.
Mr. Hutchinson's Walter Gay, 12st 71b (Bradley 1
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's King of the Valley, 12st 71b 2
Mr. Batty's Nutbourne, 12st
The Emperor, 12st 71b—Catamaran, 12st—The Sailor, 12st
—and The Infant, 12st 71b—also ran. Woa easy by several
lengths.
The Northumberland and Durham Steeple Chase of 5 sovs.
each, 3 ft, with 25 added, 3 miles.
Mr. W. Brown nd The Dove, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Headlam) 1
Mr. J. Smith nd Brunette, aged, 12st
The Tanner, 12st—Golden Plover, 12st—Bishop, 12st—
and Ariel, 12st 101 b—also started. Won cleverly.
The Steeple Chase Hack Stakes of 2 sovs. each and a
purse added, 12st each, one mile and a half, were won cleverly
by Mr. Foster's Langley Lass, beating four others.

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HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR LIMERICS.—On Sun-
day Mr. John O'Donovan, of Milview, whilst returning
from mass at Shanac, 'olden, was attacked by four armed
ruffians, dragged off his car, and so dreadfully beaten
with the but-ends of their guns, that he died on the fol-
lowing day. The victim of this horrible crime, who
kept corn mills, and bore an excellent character, has left
t wife and eleven children.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday last, Mrs. Lyne, a
respectable widow of SheViock, was taken suddenly ill
as she was crossing the. Torpoint passage in the steam-
bridge. On landing, she was taken into a house in
Torpoint, and medical aid procured. It was an attack
of apoplexy she never rallied, and the next morning
death relieved her from her sufferings.— West Briton.
ROYAL SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—Wednesday a Quar-
tetly Court of the Governors of the Royal Scottish Hospital
The
held for general business; Dr. Webster in the chair.
The report for the past year stated that the receipts and a
previous balance was 3,599/. 17s. 9d. The expenditure, in-
cluding relief to the poor in money and passages paid home,
which amounted to 2,761/. 10s. 6d., was 3,3231. 12s. 6d.,
leaving a balance in the Bank of England of 2761. ss. 3d.
The amount of stock belonging to the corporation is now at
the minimum fixed by the bye-law viz., 40,0001. There
was also 3,3001. stock of the fund for the various schools be-
longing to the Scotch churches in Loneon. The receipts of
annum
liiuloch fund, for granting pensions from 41. to 81. per
, was, 2,2031. 2s. 741., and the expenditure to
2,1614194. 9d., leaving g balance vt ill. 24, DN._

THE MAGAZINES.
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By
_ .

_v
v
Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. No. X.
The present number carries us through the reigns
of Edward V. and Richard 111., and Mr. a Beckett
gives us the concentrated essence of all former histo-
rian.. Horace Walpole, for instance, was the Ains-
,yorth of Richard 111. In fact, the matter may be
stated in a rule-of-three sum, thus—as Horace Wal-
pole is to Richard 111., so is Harrison Ainsworth to
Richard Turpin. This statement accurately describes
the relative merits of the four individuals in question,
but that which Horace Walpole said in sundry
volumes, Mr. a Beckett says in as many lines. Here
is the quintessence of Horace Walpole's " Historic
Doubts"—

" In the vexata questio of the cause of the death of the
princes, the guilt has usually been attributed to Richard,
because he reaped the largest benefit from their decease;
but this horrible doctrine would imply that a tenant for
life is usually murdered by the remainder-man, and tbat
the enjoyer of the interest of Bank Stack is frequently
cut off by the reversioner who is entitled to tho.prin-
cipal."
Mr. a Beckett describes the battle of Bosworth, the
" dramaticest battle in English history" in a lay
worthy of Thomas l3abington Macaulay. We give
the opening stanzas :

" Ho: trumpets sound a note or
chord, two—
Ho:r
A
prompter, t
er
e, n h
c clear
orchestra:
r t h
e ta ge
The battle we must wage.
Your gallant supers marshal out—
Yes,
es
must
asne, e
the very
themall;
i;
The rather
stout,
The under-sized, the tall;
The Yorkites in the centre,
Lancastrians in the rear,
Not yet the staff must enter—
The stage, I charge ye, clear!
Those warriors in the green-room
Must have an extra drill;
Where's Richard's gilt tipp'd baton?
They charged it in the bill.
Those ensigns with the banners
Must stand the other way,
Or else how is it possible
The white rose to display?"

Thus spoke the old stage manager,
The day before the night
Richard and Richmond on the field
Of Bosworth had to fight.

And thus the light-heed call-boy
Upon that day began
To read of properties a list—
'Twas thus the items ran.—
"Four dozen shields of cardboard,
With paper newly gilt,
Six dozen goodly swords, and one
With practicable hilt:
The practicable hilt, of course,
Must be adroitly plann'd,
That when 'Lis struck with mod'rate force,
'Twill break in Richard's hand.
Eight banners—four with roses white,
And four with roses red—
Six halberds and a canopy
To hang o'er Ricard's head;
A sofa for the tyram's tent,
An ironing-board at back,
Whereon the ghosts may safely stand,
Who come his dreams to rack;
A lamp suspended in the air
By an invis'ble wire,
And—for the ghosts to vanish in—
Two ounces of blue fire."

Thus spoke the gallant call-boy,
The boy of many fights;
Who'd seen a battle often fought
Fifty successive nights.
The frontispiece representing this battle, performed
to two in the boxes, five in the gallery, and three in
the pit, is exceedingly rich, the woodcuts are full of
fun, and the whole is got up "strictly in accordance
with the costumes of the period."

DOMBEY AND SON. Nv. VII.
By Chades Dickens.
Major Bagstock proceeds, like a consummate
diplomatist—as he is—in effecting his design against
Miss Tox's "matrimonial intentions." A perfidious
goblin, as the Major is subsequently called, he cony
mences by insinuating the ambition of that- lady to
the proud Mr. Dombey during a breakfast held at his
(the Major's) lodging in Princess's-place. The scene
is capitally described, even to the ill-starred Native
who underwent " a world of misery arising out of
the muffins, while, in connexion with the general
question of boiled eggs, life was a burden to him."
The perfidious goblin himself appears, throughout,
quite as a physiological curiosity—indulging in fat
coughs that rise into his short throat and nearly suf-
focate him—swelling and swelling exceedingly—get-
ting, what with eating, drinking, hot tea, devilled
grill, muffins, and meaning, so swollen and in-
flamed about the head, that even Mr. Dombey
shows some anxiety for him—laughing frightfully up
in the tips of his ears and in the veins of his head—
and at last getting, with immense difficulty, into his
great-coat, and being buttoned up in it until his face
looks staring and gasping, over the top of that gar-
ment, as if he were in a barrel ! Dombey and J. B.
.go down to Leamington together per railway to Bir-
mingham, and on their way thither Dombey thinks
about little Paul, and mingles the thoughts of his de-
cease with the steam-engine which is careering on
before him. Mr. Dickens then writes as follows:
" The very speed at which the train was whirling along
mocked the swift course of the young life that had been
borne away so steadily and so inexorably to its fore-
doomed end. The power that forced itself upon its iron
way—its own—defiant of all paths and roads, piercing
through the heart of every obstacle, and dragging living
creatures of all classes, ages, and degrees behind it, was
a type of the triumphant monster, Death.
" Away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, from
the town, burrowing among the dwellings of men and
making the streets hum, flashing out into the meadows
for a moment, mining in through the damp earth, boom-
ing on in darkness and heavy air, bursting out again
into the sunny day so bright and wide ; away, with a
shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, through the fields,
through the woods, through the corn, through the hay,
through the chalk, through the mould, through the
clay, through the rock, among objects close at hand
and almost in the grasp, ever flying from the traveller,
and a deceitful distance ever movfng slowly with him:
like as in the track of the remorseless monster, Death!
" Through the hollow, on the height, by the heath, by
the orchard, by the park, by the gar,len, over the canal,
across the river, where the sheep are feeding, where the
mill is going, where the barge is floating, where the dead
are lying, where the factory is smoking, where the stream
is running, where the village clusters, where the great
cathedral rises, where the bleak moor lies, and the wild
breeze smooths or ruffles it at its inconstant will ; away,
with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle, and no trace to
leave behind but dust and vapour: like as in the track of
the remorseless monster, Death!
" Breasting the wind and light, the shower and sun-
shine, away, and still away, it rolls and roars, fierce and
rapid, smooth and certain, and great works and massive
bridges crossing up above, fall like a beam of shadow an
inch broad upon the eye, and then are lost. Away and
still away, onward and onward ever: glimpses of cottage
homes, of houses, mansions, rich estates, of husbandry
and handicraft, of people, of old roads and paths that
look deserted, small, and insignificant as they are left
behind: and so they do, and what else is there but such
glimpses, in the track of the indomitable monster, Death?
" Away, with a shriek, and a roar, and a rattle,
plunging down into the earth again, and working on in
such a storm of energy and perseverance, that amidst the
darkness and whirlwind the motion seems reversed, and
to tend furiously backward, until a ray of light upon the
wet wall shows its surface flying past like a fierce stream.
Away once more into the day, and through the day, with
a shrill yell of exultation, roaring, rattling, tearing on,
spurning everything with its dark- breath, sometimes
pausing for a minute where a crowd of faces are, that in
a minute more are not : sometimes lapping water
greedily, and before the spout at which it drinks has
ceased to drip upon the ground, shrieking, roaring,
rattling through the purple distance!"
Ilavi"ts nrrixed at their destination, D orn b y
and the pertidious guinia—ttie latter more blue-
faced, more staring, and more over-ripe, as
it were than ever prowl about the more
fashionable streets of Leamington, pour passer
le temps. Here they encounter new faces—one, a
juvenile old lady of seventy, reclining in a wheel-
chair a-la-Cleopatra, rustling a handkerchief that is
faint and sickly with essences, and talking in the
most exquisitely artificial manner about the beauties
of nature, her name is Mrs. Skewton—another, a
beautiful, but disdainful lady, who droops her eyelids
languidly as though if there was anything in all the
world worth looking into, save a mirror, it certainly
was not the earth or sky, her name is Mrs. Granger,
and, if we are not much mistaken, will ultimately be
Mrs. Dombey the second—another new face is that of
a flushed page, who was the motive power of the
wheel-chair, his name is Withers the Wan.
Even in the minutest details of his de-
scriptions, Boz continues as happy as ever
to the very shed in which the said wheel-chair
was kept, a shed appertaining to a dairy,
" where new-laid eggs were produced by the poultry
connected with the establishment, who roosted on a
broken donkey-cart, persuaded, to all appearance,,
that it grew there and was a species of tree. ' The
subsequent chapter, recording a trifle of management
by Mr. Carker, the manager, is so clever from first
to last that we should be tempted to make copious
extracts but for the preoccupation of our space.
Biler comes out in a new character, as a reprobate,
and is engaged as a shopboy by old Solomon Gills.
Mr. Perch is delightfully obsequious to the manager,
and Mr. Toots is exceedingly " particular" to Susan
Nipper. The illustrations are worthy of "Phiz."

THE COLOSSEUM.—The holiday folk will be glad
to observe the announcement of a reduction in the ad-
mission prices of this pDpular establishment. The whole
of the exhibitions—how varied and interesting we have
often had ormasion to notice—may now be seen for two
shillings, the price being the bole for day or night,