The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

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• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN [NG, JANUARY 6, 1847
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....... _ ‘‘,;)xt.l.S, JAN. 5.-The Orwell, Martin, 'Was towed cuff the i stated that, on the 25th of December, he missed one of
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274 W Ipack Sand to-day hy the Wilberforce (steamer), and a flock of fifty sheep, and on searching, with the
the ► for Hull in iew ante of his man, on the following Monday, he found the THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JAN VARY :" 1847•- -4
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- skin and entrails of a sheep He recognised the skin as
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-- CIA Et-K. ET N E WS.-(T HIS DAY). havicg been part of the sheep he had lost from discover-
No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January. 1845, and sth of January, 1847, showing the ,
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ing the marks of E. L. on the horns and on the tides of
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Increase or Decrease on each head thereof.
COR,N-EXCITANG-E-WEDNESDA X tire animal He also found a lamb with the entrails, and
the sheep he had lost was, when taken away, ready to
! QUARTERS ENDED YEAr. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR i. Year ended Jan. 5. 'Quarter ended Jan. 5. The qu
22 The show of English Wheat samples here was again very
P all ; yet, owing a , ended , 1, , ended ;; r.--.--__,...___, r___-_,__T____, ration wa
1,61/2to the extreme rates demanded by the drop her lamb. 'r-
April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5 July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, ;, Crane•cot
11212 holders, the amount of business actually passing was trifling. Mr. Dawes, a butcher at Ripley, had examined the
1845 1845 1845 1846 1846 1846 1846 1 1346 1647 1847 ;; Increase. Decrease. Increase. 1 Decrease.
o'clock la)
..... However in every instance, Monday's prices were well mutton found in the prisoner's premises, and the remains
annual mc
_supported, Iu free Foreign Wheat the -ales were to a fait of the sheep discovered by the last witness, and believed X X X £ 1 x x x x .1: x , x £ x x
extent, and the late advance in the currencies were freely Customs .• •••••• • • • . • • 4,402,506 4,409,548 4,848,363 4,354,789 18,105,206 3,961,918 4,523,391 5,310,835 4,514,721 18,210,865 ; Customs . 205 659 .... 159,932 - the meeth.
11 Ve 1 maintained. Several parcels of inferior bonded Wheat were 1,917,485 2 965,684 3,955,106 3,338,837 12,177,112 1,626,458 3,104,711 4,181,926 3,608,155 12,5')1,250 , Excise ............
.e., them to be the same.
-- commenda
'37 0-6 1 -30 1"' 1 -92 40•( 7 152 114
220,700 •• • • 51,715 bye laws c
1% P , taken on Irish
Iv firmaccount, at high rates. The Barley trade
as a,a ;
.but we can notice no further improvement in value. Mr. ROBINSON then addressed the jury en behalf of lixei'e• ••• •• •••• ••'• •'
the prisoner. Stamps. .............. 1,742,461 1,8 , , ~ ,IJ ,I ,
.- ,• , 1,685,868 1,730,41)5 1,114,364 1,740,687 6,931,114 ' ;tamps, . •
Taxes ................ 145,945 2,000,567 201,279 1,876,901 4,223,842 •• • •
. 386,985 5,026,570 1,963,882 1,009,162 1,972,128 450,219 5,395,391 Property Tax....., 368,821 ....
146,142 2,006,427 209,940 1,909,399 4,272408 Taxes
189,000 731,000 215,000 181 000 217,000 203,000 816 000 Post-office ••• • • 344,138 .... 269,318
48,566 .... 33848 -
in order Ic
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The CirainataN summed up, and the jury found the
63,234 -
Malt is s in moderate request, at unusually high rates-87s. . Property
amount of
- il ving been paid for tine Chevalier. Oats, Beans, and Peas prisoner Guilty.-lle was sentenced to ten years' trans- Post-ofece••.•• •••••• ••
Crown Lands
Tax .......... 1,9170:70g 72:090901 1,280293:080303
35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 120,000 45,000 -----, 45,000 30,000 120:000 . Crown Land 5......,. . 85,000 .. .. 14,000
5,000 -
- Dr. WE
Supported the late advances; while the top price of Flour P .Miscellaneous*.. ••• • .. 22,951 13,152 15,102 68,612 120,317 91,522 18,001 177,910 29,637 317,( 90 , Miscellaneous.- • • 19•6•;/73 •• ..
1% P ortation.
•• •• •• •• 38'955 law, said ti
was 655. per 2801bs. APPEALS.
.....• ARRIVALS. The CIIAIRMIN stated that appeal cases would not be Total .. ..
Total Ordinary Revenue 10,350,01",..9 12,411,518 12,8.62,908 12,031,676 47,65(3,161 9 735 790 12,5-3,187 13 R 89,103 12 4- 6 338 4s 1,6874.644181 ;
china
money
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China Money.• • • .... 392,06 a . • ,;" - , .
440,000 300 '5O 1 142 924 ' ' -44'0000 '227,644 ;' 8.
: '* ' ' ' '
Barley. Oats I Flour. taken before Saturday. Imprest Moneys, &c. •. ' 206,007 29,262 24,591 64,084 323,944 52,909 73,939 33,319 31,884 192,547 Imprest Moneys Sce .... 131,397 •• •• 32,`,00
~.... English wheat....
would prol
1,2.-.18..:J57
427250:278000 54.5:33.2
30900:8671,0
stand
aibt
iron(
-..- Irish .•••• • • (~•,0 qrs. 1,560 qrs. -- rs. I 1,420 AV.
Repayments ofAdvanees 418,545 182,354 473,881 404,179 1,478,959 , 456,473 111,607 199,81i2 1 302,449 1,070,411 , RepanintsufAdv'ncs: 408,548 .... 101,730
....., Foreign -- •• ____ ___ 1 __ - -
BO W-STREET-(THIS DAY). r- _____ ••••
2,600 _ 400 -- Total Incotne .• • 11,366,176. 12,623,134 13,811,380 12,800098 :0,601,988 10,249,172 13,198,733 14,350,141 1`),3,0,671 50,615,0,0
- ) ) Total .....• • • 1,248,957 1,235,925 545,332 525,459 films of the
--- Malt. 1.910 qrs.
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he would n
1 !Valiant Harrison was placed at the bar before M.
-- HITZCZIAPEI.
..kinount a;mlled to Eon- Deduct
The Aupplics of each kind of meat being on the increase,l 23:5,925 { ! mended by
Fend ...... ~2,3,07, 8,255,51;2 8,869,97.3 7,859,997 32,258,609 , 5,468,395 8,476,134 7 617 435 8 615,393 30,177 B')9 ' 529,459 [ ..,, '
-- Henry, on a charge of " being a disorderly person, and
solidated'- - -
Decrease iieerc,,Se.
the demand was in a very sluggish state, and prices were driving' through a file of foot soldiers, thereby endanger- puto, as Advances .. ••. 380,000 101,501 550,000 615,077 1,646,578 140000 91,501 '472,500 '837,500 1,5-11,e01 , The rest.
I
With difficulty supported. Beef, from 2s 8(.1 to 3s 8d ; Mut- , pato, as ways & Means
4,266,071 4,391,407 4,325,724 1E1,196,801 i 4,636,817 4,631,094 6,260,509 3,317,273 18,395,197 ; ; Increase Increase
..-• ing their lives.'
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the reason:
Mr. Mo;
2S
131;'s toni 3
s 10d' itirt)lb4,sb6sd• the g (in, of the
l'ceaalr,cat
.to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to Sergeant John Hanin t- - - 13,032/ I cat
: the Year. 19,8731 on the
Total ... . • 11,366,676 ;12,623,134 13,811,330 12,800;',03 50,601,988 10,245,172 13,198733 14;350,444 12,82-0,671 50,615,020 ; be given.
. dier Guards, said that this morning about
i - Quatter.
was marching with a single le of soldiers through the
tltallioonclot e,ni% or the Year.......... 3,713,599 1
* Exclusive of China Monev_ 39IA SPC(II‘I.I% A I)-r,-1.... ........-.,..-. .... .-- _ ._

!Valiant Harrison was placed at the bar before M
Henry, on a charge of " being a disorderly person, and
driving through a file of foot soldiers, thereby endanger-
ing their lives."
Sergeant John Hanington, of the 3d battalion Grena-
dier Guards, said that this morning about 11 o'clock, he
was marching with a single file of soldiers through the
Strand, on their way frcm the Tower, where the batta-
lion was stationed, to the tailor's, where they were to be
fitted with caps, when the prisoner, in a cart, came down
Wellington-street, " at a foot pace," just as they were
crossing the road. Although he and two of the privates
called out to him to stop, and the two privates attempted
to stop him, he still bent on. He broke through the
file, and was driving down Welliegton•street South,
towards the bridge, when he was stopped and brought
back. He did not say a word, but allowed himself to be
given in custody. There were 18 men in the file. They
were ordered to walk in single file to give as little ob-
struction as possible to passengers.
The two privates mentioned by last witness, John
Wood wall and George Macktellow, gave evidence in
corroboration. The prisoner was going at a slow trot.
He made no attempt to stop. Woodwall was obliged to
retreat, and Macktellow to spring forward in order to
avoid being run over. They had tried to stop the cart,
but could not do so. The file was completely broken.
The prisoner said that the file was already broken by
a van, and that he only passed through the opening
already made. He did attempt to stop the cart.
Ihe three witnesses denied this altogether. The van
drew up and waited till they were gone over, and the
' prisoner (whose cart was alongside the van) might easily
have done the same. The file was not broken till he
broke it. He made no attempt to stop.
Mr. HENRY said the prisoner was like most obstinate
people, he insisted that he was right when it was clear
he was in the wrong. To convince him of his error it
was necessary to punish him.
The sergeant said that if the prisoner would admit his
error and apologise, he and his comrades did not wish
to press the charge. They did not want to hurt him,
and if it was " a warning to him " that was enough.
The prisoner gave the required apology.
Mr. HENRY said that as the complainants did not
wish to press the charge, he would not inflict a heavy
penalty, but it was necessary to inflict a nominal penalty
to convince him that he was liable to punishment. He
would therefore fine him 2s. 6d., which, together with
the expense of taking his horse from the green-yard,
would be enough.
The prisoner sent for the money, and on receiving it
paid the penalty and was liberated.
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SECONDARIES'—(THIS DAY.)
BLACKMAN V. WEBB.
This was an action to recover the sum of 41., the
balance due on a promissory note. The defendant de-
nied making the note.
The plaintiff's solicitor said he should be able to prove
the defendant's signature, and that 1/. was paid on ac-
count, and called
Henry Baker.—An objection was taken to this witness
being examined, on the ground that the money was ad-
vanced by a loan society in which he was interested.
The ;-ECONDARY said that did not show that the wit-
ness was an incompetent witness: he might hold some
appointment.
The defendant's attorney asked whether witness was
in
not a shareholder as well as clerk, and was answered
the negative.
The witness then deposed that the defendant signed
the note. In he admitted entries in a Pass-book
of
Payment.; to the amount of 1/.
iinTcheeoSfECONDARY said that he could not receive evi-
hsi Payment under the plea. The defendant denied
is gnatfour the, and on that plea plaintiff was entitled to a
verdict r e amount of the bill but he had admed,
by the particulars, the payment of which washhe
only sum could be deducted, notwithstanding any evi-
dence of further payment—the difference in amount was
Only 55., but large or small, the principle was the same.
The jury gave a verdict for 41.

10,245,172
hina oney

No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the fth .Tanuary, 1846, and the sth January, 1847.
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Quarters ended Jan. 5. 1
Quarters ended Jan. 5.
e
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INCOME. 1846 1847 1 CIIABGE.
1846 1847
X. X.
_ X. X.
Customs . .
3 353 440 3,622,151 Terminable Annuities.....
••• •
•• 617,473
Stamps ............................ 1,792,402 1,740,687 Interest on Exchequer-bills issued •to Inca the charge on the Consolidated Fund .. ..
1,876,050 1,909,899 Sinking Fund .. ..... •
Taxes
Property Tax • ..... •••••••. • • .. • • .. 386,955 450,219 The Civil List . .... • . .
•• • ••• ..
Post-ollice .... . .......... .......... 189,000 203,000 Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund ••• 423,583 338,038
Crown Land 5....................... 25,000 30,000 For .Idvauces ...... ,•.. .. .
Miscellaneous .
China Money .............. —.• • • • 300,859 Total Charge • • ...... .... ..... •••—•.. • . . • • . • 8,740,084 8,024,456
Imprest and other Moneys
• ........... ..... ..... ......... 4,275,316 4,810,211
Repayments of Advances • • • • 404,179 002,449
13,015,400 12,834,667
12,815,400 12,834,667 j The Amount of Exchequer-bills Issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended
To Cash brought to this Account to be Oct. 10, 1846, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847,
applied to pay off Deficiency Bills.. 200,006 after deducting 650,0001., paid off out of the Sinking Fund •. ..
_ The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of
13,015,400
.12,834,667 ! the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services• ••••••••••••••••••••• • • •• •• • • • • • •• • • • ....
Ike Surplus of the Consolidated Ftuid, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847
The Surplus of Revenue, after providing for the Charges on the Consolidated Fund, and for the payments of
i Supply Services in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847 ••.••.•••••••• • • " • • • • • • • • • •

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OPENING OF THE SPANISH
CORTES.

MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED).
DOUGLAS JERROLD'S.

Exeter lines, the writer likewise recommends com-
promise. We have in this number a chronicle of the
result of the past session of Parliament, as far as rail-
way matters are affected, and a prophecy of the pros-
pects of the coming session—besides lists of contracts,
&c., and the usual railway intelligence of the month.

We have received the Queen of Spain's Speech at the
opening of the Cortes, on the 31st ult., of which the fol-
lowing is a translation:—
" Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies,—
"Nothing causes me more lively satisfaction than to
find myself again in the midst of you, and again to give
myself over to the hope that your loyalty and your
every effort will be consecrated to cement the union of
the Throne with the institutions of the country, and to
continue the work of the prosperity of Spain.
"I have contracted a marriage with my august cousin,
Don Francisco d'Assis Maria de Bourbon, agreeably to
my intention announced to the preceding Cortes. I
trust that Heaven will bless this union, and that you
also, Gentlemen, will unite your prayers with mine to
Almighty God. The marriage of my beloved sister has
also taken place in the way which has been already ex-
plained to the Cortes.
" In our relations with foreign Powers no change has
taken place worthy of notice. . .

1 We are sorry to see, from an announcement on the
cover of the magazine, that the writer of a " History
for Young England" has abruptly brought his labour
to a premature close. As, however, the publisher
states that this series of papers will shortly be re-pub-
lished and completed in a separate form, we hope
that the " abrupt close" alluded to only concerns the
magazine, and the world will not be deprived of this
which promised to be an excellent abridgment of
English history. The illustrations to St. Giles and
St. James are also discontinued. Of the story itself,
however, we have the 35th chapter in this number,
which thus commences :

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RIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COUT.
MURDER COMMITTED UNDER R
INSANITY.—Mary Ann
jlenY, a healthy• looking woman, aged 25, was charged,
en the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of
James Ring, an infant, to whom she had shortly before
given birth. The prisoner had been removed to this
coart by an order of the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, from the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, in
Which she was placed shortly after the occurrence, in
consequence of being afflicted with insanity, under the
influence of which, it was assumed, she had committed
the crime. As she subsequently became sane, and was
deemed in a fit state to be set free, it was necessary
that she should undergo the ordeal of a trial here, in
order that a jury might decide upon the matter, and if
proved to their satisfaction that she was not a free agent
at the time, that she might be liberated.
Mr. Duane appeared for the prosecution.
Amelia Lyons, the mother of the prisoner,
stated, that on the 22d of January last her
daughter was delivered of twins, a boy (the
deceased) and a girl. Shortly afterwards she
!appeared to be labouring under insanity, as she talked
incoherently upon religious subjects, and about her chil-
dren, and dying. On the 31st of that month, she was
in her room ; her (the prisoner's) husband was also
there. Her daughter was in bed suckling the infants.
Having observed indications of insanity on the previous
Thursday, she was afraid to leave her alone, and having
occasion to go to the fire place, she desired her husband
to watch her. She turned towards the fire, and the next
Moment the husband exclaimed, " Oh ! mother, she has
thrown herself on one of the children." He pulled her
up, but she again flew at the child, and bit him on the
cheek. 'I hey succeeded in getting the child away, on
Whose face they found two marks and a little blood. She
took the child to Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in the neigh-
bourhood, whilst her husband held her daughter down
on the bed with a sheet. She raved and besought him
to take care of her children. The child died three
weeks and two days after.
Mr. Mason, a surgeon, in High-street, Newington,
stated that the child was brought to him about ten
o'clock in the evening in question. He found his face,
especially the left cheek and the mouth, covered with
blood. On removing the blood, he found several punc-
tured wounds—one on the upper lip, one on the nostrils,
and another near the eye, which bore the imprints of
teeth. Inflammation ensued, and he attended the child
until his death. From feelings of humanity he visited
the prisoner the same night, and found her perfectly in-
sane. She was wholly unconscious of what she was
saying or doing.
Mr. Justice ERLE suggested to the jury, that if they
were satisfied that the woman was unconscious at the
time, that they should acquit her on the ground of
insanity.
The jury accordingly Acquitted the prisoner on that
aNiad.
on in
14,r. DOANE said the prisener became in a similar state
, birth of her first child.
Mr. Justice ERLE said a representation would be
Made to the Secretary of State, netting forth the state
ef her mind at the time, and the verdict of the jury,
and she would be liberated.
The woman was then removed.
!COINING.—James Morris, aged 36, described as a
sbourer, was convicted on two indictments, charging
Via with having counterfeited a half crown, and of
"ling a mould in his possession.
Sergeant Brenan, an active and intelligent officer, and
a body of constables, proceeded to a house in Duck-lane,
Westminster. He broke into a room, and found the
Prisoner with a pipkin in his hand at the window, from
Which he threw several articles, amongst which were
several counterfeit shillings. He was crushing a half-
crown mould under his feet. A counterfeit half-crown
WAS taken from him, but it was so hot that the sergeant
was obliged to put it into his pocket, and another
from the same mould was found in his possession.
There was a clear fire and a galvanic battery in the
room. The prisoner shouted from the window, and
brought some hundreds of the denizens of that part of
the metropolis, who assaulted the police severely, and
enabled the prisoner to escape. Sometime after he was
arrested at a house in the Borough in the very act of
coining; several dies and other coining implements were
found, and twenty-two counterfeit half-crowns, fifty
shillings, and a number of crown pieces. He blew out a
candle which was on the table and jumped out of the
window. Ho was, however, immediately arrested. It
appeared that the prisoner had been known to the police
as a coiner for sixteen years.
The prisoner besought the Court to deal mercifully
with him on account of his having a wife and five young
children. He said he had been driven to the crime in
him
Order
elief to provide food for them. His parish had refused
r.
Mr. Justice MAULE sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for fifteen years on each indictment—thirty
Years altogether.

THE MIRROR.
A new tale from the pen of Mr. Percy St. John,
entitled the " Miser's Will," is commenced in this
number. In this tale Mr. St. John has abandoned his
stronghold of America, and has laid his scene in
England, in London. His power, however, is not
diminished one jot. In the present number we have
only four chapters, but the interest of the reader is
completely excited. His descriptions are as graphic,
his characters as completely individualized, and his
reflections as philosophical in this as in any of his
preceding tales, and he is quite as much at home in
the streets of London as in the prairies of America.
In the first chapter we are introduced to a strange
and eccentric rich man, who shuts himself up in an
old house in the Borough, much after the fashion of
the Colonel in Eugene Sue's tale of " Mathilde."
In the second chapter we are introduced to the hero.
" About the middle height, certainly not more than
one-and-twenty in age—his features were naturally
handsome, though the good effect of them was much
marred, either by the effects of dissipation or of poor
and unwholesome living. His eyes, in which lurked a
hidden fire, were somewhat sunken, which with his
hollow cheeks was almost proof sufficient of his poverty,
if indeed his sudden interest in the beggar woman had
not made the supposition almost a matter of certainty,
for none sympathise with the poor so readily as those
who feel the most. His hair was black, and fell in huge
matted clustres over his shoulders, while a shabby hat,
rejoicing in a rim with no particular bias up or down,
but rising here and falling there according to fancy, was
of very material assistance in rendering his naturally
good looks of little moment. A blue Taglioni of anti-
quated fashion, in the pockets of which his gloveless
hands were thrust, plaid trousers, boots with more holes
than sole leather, completed his attire, save only a shirt-
collar of large dimensions and very yellow tinge, which
fell over a black silk handkerchief that encircled his
neck.

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robbery and the wound might have passed among
the serious things that lengthen even careless faces.
But how different the casualty I A man—an
old man—and the quintessence of the drollery lay in his
wrinkles—had been robbed of his other self ; had had
his very being rent in twain, and to think of his loss
was rarest comedy—to picture him writhing in the
agony of that forced separation was to crow with laughter.
Such was the compassion bestowed by men upon the old
money-merchant, as rumour, like a wild-goose, cackled
as she flew. Therefore, for a time, we will leave Snipe-
ton at his solitary hearth. No; not solitary. For now
the figure, the features of his wife—the run-away; yes,
there was the horror; there the burning truth that poi-
soned the wound—were multiplied about him. It would
have been some relief to the tortured—a passing breath
cooling the damned—to think that beautiful mischief the
victim of violence: but no; she had clubbed her share of
cunniner; she had played a free part iu the wickedness;
she had fled from him; and he could hear her laughter
at the trick. And then those very numerals—things
that in pleasant idleness of heart he had jotted
down, as fancied guards, and retinue of wealth,
to glorify and do homage to that idol of his home—
they rose in his brain like sparks of fire, and he
howled and whined like idiotcy. And at the same time,
as we have said, there was great laughter—very great
enjoyment at the clubs."

Fleicher, who has been repeatedly remanded
on a charge of furiously driving a market gardener's
cart in Whitehall, and knocking down and driving over
an old fruit woman of seventy years of age, who, with
her husband, was wheeling a barrow of fruit, was finally
brought before Mr. Henry this morning.
The complainant now said that as the prisoner was a
poor man, and had a wife and large family, and as ho
showed great contrition, and " paid every attention" in
his power to her while laid up, she " did not want to
hurt him."

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. .
" Domestic tranquillity, that first need of nations, is
strengthening itself, in spite of attempts which have
been made to disturb it. lam confident that all legiti-
mate opinions, uniting themselves on the vast and free
field of our institutions, will leave without support the
factions hostile to the public peace, and will contribute

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Mr. HENRY, yielding to the very earnest request of
the complainant, agreed to let the prisoner off un-
punished, as far as the charge of injuring her was con-
cerned, but as no man must be allowed to get into a cart
drunk and drive at a furious rate in a crowded street,
for that offence he would fine him in the full penalty of
21. As the complainant was very much to be pitied he
would order her 11. out of the poor-box.

to consolidate the constitutional Government, and to
efface all traces of the troubles which have so long agi-
tated the nation.
"In order to attain that important end, I have granted

to persons implicated in those troubles as large an
amnesty as the welfare of the State permits. It is the
welfare of the State which I shall consult, at some future
time, as to the question of extending this amnesty to
those who, for weighty reasons, have been hitherto ex-
cluded from it.

MARLBROI-STREET—(THIS DAY).
Thomas Webb and Thomas Leary were both charged
with creating a disturbance in Oxford-street, and in
several public-houses, where they called for liquor and
refused to pay for it.
Police-constable E 34, saidihis attention was called:to
a crowd of 200 people gathered in front of the American
storef, in Oxford-street, where he found the prisoners
quarrelling and vociferating. He said he bad been
obliged to take them out of the American Stores just
before.

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"It is a great satisfaction to me to be able to an-
nounce to you that, thanks to the peace and to the re-
forms to which former Cortes have given their support,
the national prosperity is making notable advances;
my efforts will before all things tend to extend and aug-
ment those advances, and I reckon on your co-operation
and assistance in this matter.
" The different branches of the administration of the
State have experienced great ameliorations; these are
owing to the zegularity introduced in the payment of
expenses in the various offices, to the preservation of the
public peace, and to the harmony and order which the
laws recently established have introduced into the
working of the administration.

"Such was Frederick Wilson, student.at-law, as he
called himself, reporter as his friends denominated him,
while penny-a•linner was the highest epithet which his
enemies could ever allow him. Whatever his profession,
however, he did but little credit to it ; his whole appear.
ance was that of one whose breakfast was rare, whose
dinner was matter of irregular occurrence, and who, if
he ever supped, did so at intervals of very great extent."
Wilson renders a service to a young girl, who is
going home alone, is by her introduced to her mother,
a Mrs. Cartwright, and it is evident that before they
part Wilson and Miss Cartwright are in love. An
apothecary, with whom the Cartwrights' lodge, waylays
Wilson, in order to pump him, and they adjourn to-
gether to a night tavern in St. Giles's, where the
author leaves them. There is one retrospective chap-
ter, detailing the revenge of a husband upon his sup-
posed unfaithful wife, and with this adventure we
imagine that the Cartwrights and the mysterious
man in the Borough are concerned. This tale is illus-
trated by several wood. cuts. " The Eagle's Nest "is
continued, and we have several other light and amusing
tales. Among the papers of more permanent value
are an article on "Education in Greece,' in which
free use has been made of the valuable and excellent
work of Mr. J. A. St. John, on the "Manners and
Customs of Ancient Greece." A "Memoir of General
Demetrius Kalerges," one of the liberators of Greece ;
and a review of " Lewis's History of Philosophy,"
in which we are glad to find the reviewer taking up
the cudgels in behalf of Locke against Victor Cousin,
and Whewell. As to Victor Cousin, the reviewer
describes him accurately, when he says, " he is a bad
reasoner, and a bad writer, a faithless translator,
tLhoecke
and a disengenuous commentator ;" while the self-
sufficient, vain, dandy philosopher of Trin. Coll.,
Cam., having first mis-apprehended and mis-stated
refutationmeaning,'sof applieshis uli
himself
miselfvsitke
gaoro. uslyto
Pro-
fessor Whewell does very well as stage manager of
the British Association, but no superficial man should
venture to meddle with Locke. The Mirror im-
proves month by month. This is the best number
that has yet been published.

Elizabeth Knight, barmaid to the American Stores,
said the two prisoners and another man came in and
called for a pot of stout. It was drawn for them, and
they drank it off, and called for another, but on being
told they must first pay for what they had had, they
began to quarrel with each other, and as none of them
had any money, it was necessary to call the policeman,
and have them turned out.
Mrs. Brown, landlady of the Three Tuns public-
house, Oxford-street, said the same persons had just
previously been in her house, and drank smne rum, and
ran out without paying for it,
Mr. lIARDwIck said there was too good reason for
believing that the prisoners were of a gang who were
perambulating the metropolis for the purpose of defraud-
ing people of their property. He sentenced them to a
fine of 203. each, or fourteen days' imprisonment, for
creating a disturbance.
Donation of 2/. from J. H. H., through Messrs. Gos-
ling and Co., was received in aid of the poor-box.

The scene then shifts to the house of Shoveller, to
which poor Clarissa has been abducted, and Shoveller
and Crossbone are congratulating themselves on the
cleverness with which they have managed the affair
when young St. James enters. Crossbone meets
him, and St. James is scarcely able to conceal his
disgust when he learns that Clarissa has been taken
off by violence, and is at that moment a prisoner.
Seizing the key of the chamber in which she is con-
fined, he rushes up to her prison, leaving Crossbone
alone in Shoveller's parlour, where he is soon joined
by the housekeeper, Mother Daws, an ugly bunch or
an old woman, who would in days of yore have been
burned as a witch. A new story, entitled " The
Dreamer and the Worker," which will be com-
pleted in the present year, is commenced
in this number. It opens with a description
of shipwreck, which is written with great power, and
which introduces to, as we suppose, the Dreamer
and the Worker—the Dreamer being Archer, a
passenger, in the shipwrecked vessel, who keeps his post
by Miss Walton and her aged father on the deck of
the shipwrecked vessel, and refuses to leave them ;
the Worker being Harding, a ship-carpenter, who
forms a raft, which he is about to launch, but is
restrained by Archer, who demonstrates to him that
the time for launching it is not yet come. The Worker
takes the advice of the Dreamer, delays his launch
until the proper moment, and both Worker and
Dreamer, and Miss Walton, and her father, are saved
and hospitably received by the inhabitants of a
Welsh hamlet, near the spot where they are
cast on shore. Forty persons, however, have perished.
" Fables for Foolish Fellows"' are continued ;" and
Paul Bell, in " Heads and Tails of Families," ad-
mirably satirizes the " unto gude," in the person of
Mr. Dabley, a man of substance and a pious man,
who always has " family devotions" at night, and
always occupies a handsome pew in the church on a
Sunday, but who is a domestic tyrant withal, and
makes his home such a perfect place of torment for
his children that they all quit it as soon as possible—
(the girls elope, one with a common soldier, and
another with a German adventurer)—and all turn
out badly. There are, we fear, too many D. tblrys
in the world. The " Pharisees of the Rail is a
smashing philippic on the Sabbatical Directors of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The following is
the concluding passage :
" But, for the present at least, the pharisaical star is
in the ascendant. They have it as yet all their own way
—these modern representatives of the mad bigots of old,
who raised their Exeter Hall like braying's, when the
Founder of Christianity healed disease and rebuked
devils, and soothed suffering upon the Sabbath-day.
The four Scotch Popes are issuing their bulls, and ful-
minating their edicts, triumphing over the free exercise
of common sense and reason ; reviling the creeds, and
slandering the motives of all who attempt to stand by
their own rights and those of society. How long shall
their reign last ? How long shall these particular dogs
have their day ? Their overthrow is no doubt fast
coming. The sense of mankind is arming and.ve mo-
mar.
shelling i
tself against them; but until the decisive
ment is at band, be content, Scotsmen, to remain what
you are—the objects of the mingled pity and derision of
the civilised world; be content to.be tyrannised over by
four Railway Directors; be content to hand yourself over,
dare not to stir—you have
body and soul, to Blackadder and though sickness
the Sabbath
and death smite your friends,
spiritural dictators—crouch and obey;. keep
as you are ordered—attempt. to think or act for your-
selves at your peril—lurk your crowded Glasgow
courts—your loathsome Edinburgh closes: the country
air—the bright sunshine of the first day of
the week,
were not intended by their Creator for you; or if they
were, four Railway Directors have decided that you shall
not enjoy them!"
The best of the light
papers of the present
number
is a graphic sketch of London skaiters, by An us B.
Reach, entitled " Winter in the Parks." g

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" In the organization of the army some reforms, im•
peratively demanded by the public good, have been
carried out. These reforms have brought about a con-
siderable economy in the expenditure, and it is great
subject of satisfaction to me that their introduction has
not infringed upon vested rights, nor caused any preju-
dice to the classes who compose this interesting portion
of the nation. In the matter of discipline and soldierly
behaviour the condition of the troops both by sea and
land could not be more satisfactory, and the fidelity of
all ranks is a sure guarantee that the sacred trust re-
posed to their care will be protected from all dangers.
" My solicitude, and that of my Government, has not
been less with respect to the navy. For the first time
since many years the expenses of all establishments have
been covered ; considerable works and repairs have been
completed in our arsenals ; an impulse has been given to
naval construction, as well in the yards of the State as in
those of private individuals, so that the vessels of our
fleet have been available for all the purposes of the State,
as well as for the protection of our mercantile marine, the
rapid increase of which gives rise to the fondest hopes.
" The amount of the revenue is increasing. and there
is ground for hope that it will be still more considerable
when the projected alterations of the tariff have been put
in force ; my Government will notify these changes to
you in a proper form.

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CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Frederick Blackstone was charged before Mr. Combo
with attempting to pick pockets in the pit of Sadler's
Wells Theatre, and also with having struck police-con-
stable 171 G, a tremendous blow on the head, with a
thick stick, loaded with lead at the end.
The policeman stated that he was on duty last night
at Sadler's Wells Theatre, when he observed the pri-
soner, who was accompanied by several other well-
known thieves, enter the theatre, and having watched
them closely, and observing the prisoner try several
persons pockets, he took him into custody, and had re-
moved him as far as the lobby, when the prisoner sud-
denly turned round, and struck him a violent blow
upon the top of the head, which felled him to the
ground. The house, as usual, was much thronged, and
a number of the prisoner's companions succeeded in
getting him away, but he was followed by several con-
stables through the crowd, and again taken into custody.
He was committed to hard labour in the House of
Correction for one month, without the alternative of
a fine.

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Two diminutive boys, named William Bailey, and
John Fully, were charged with stealing from Mr. Ayrc,
a surgeon and chemist, in High-street, Camden-town, a
number of valuable smelling-bottles, and William Har-
rison was charged with having received them, well know-
ing them to have been stolen.
The prosecutor stated that within the last few weeks
the prisoners had called at his shop several times,
under pretence of having some trifling prescription
compounded, and on almost every occasion ho missed
some article from the shop after their departure. Yes-
terday they came again, and as they were leaving he
searched them, when he found upon fully two silver
mounted scent cases. The prisoners then said they had
stolen several other silver mounted bottles from the
house and sold them for three-halfpence each to Harri-
son, who keeps one of those shops, half marine store
dealers and half confectioners, where children too often
get their initiatory lesson in thieving, by exchanging
small portable articles for" sweet stuffs."
Mr. COMBE said, that taking into consideration the
extreme youth of the two boys, and that they, as well
as too many others, he was afraid, had been made the
victims of the elder prisoner, he should admit them as
evidence against him, so as to ensure his conviction,
which would be a benefit to society.
The boys then made their depositions to the above
facts, and Harrison was committed to take his trial.

" Some alter atioLs have at the same time been intro-
duced in the subject of taxes, and the chief defects which
disfigure that system will disappear as soon as all the data,
which are now being sought for with great care, have been
collected, with a view to a just and equal apportionment
of the contributions.

SPIERS' UNIVERSAL ALMANACK and BOOK
of GENERAL REFERENCE for 1847.
The title of this book is an accurate description of
its contents. It is an universal almanack and book
of general reference, and contains every species of in
formation that those who refer to an almanack can
expect or desire in such a publication.

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" My Government will present you with the budget of
receipts and expenses for the year 1847. You will there
see the ameliorations and economies which it has been
possible to make. I regret that past troubles, and the
very reforms themselves which must afterwards produce
good results, do not permit of my making at present all
the reductions which I desire.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty walked this fore-
noon on the Eastern Terrace of the Castle, attended by
the Lady in Waiting the Marchioness of Doure.
The Bishop of Oxford left the Castle to-day.
His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Mi.
ter, and Madame Van de Weyer, are expected to
ve at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
their Excellencies Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer,
his Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, the Lady in
Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth,
and Sir Robert and Lady Peel.
The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards will
attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will
afterwards attend in the Castle.

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NE URT7
ROBBERY OF THE W HUNTICO
NGDON AND WISBEACU
RAILWAY.— Win. Poole, a very respectable young man
In appearance, and lately a clerk in the service of the
Huntingdon and Wisbeach Railway, was indicted with
stealing an order for the payment of 10L, the property of
the company.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.--The ease Of Francis Olifreres,
described in the calendar as a hair-worker, and who
stands charged with stealing property to the amount of
uPwards of 4001., was postponed to the next session.
Mr. CLARKsoN having made an application this morn-
ing to the Common-Sergeant, to delay the taking of the
Witnesses before the grand jury till that period, on the
ground of the absence of a most material one, the
Learned Common-Sergeant, upon an application for that
Purpose, refused to liberate the prisoner upon bail, de-
clining to take upon himself so great a responsibility,
R
Parties if they wished to obtain the liberation of the
risoner till the rext sessions, must go before one of the Learned Judges of the land and see if the could
persuade him to take bail. y

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" It has been equally impossible for my Government
to arrive at an arrangement of the public debt in virtue
of the authority given by me for that purpose. How-
ever, as I have a lively desire to satisfy the just de-
mands of the State creditors, as well domestic as foreign,
the measures which may appear most proper for arriving
at this end will be proposed to you at a fitting time.
" Agreeably to the law of the 9th of June, 1845, a
loan of 200 millions of reals (50 millions of francs) has
been contracted, destined to making new roads; the
works have partly commenced on several lines, forming
parts of the vast plan of internal communication which
my Government proposes to carry out.
" Besides the budget, other measures demanded by the
public weal will be proposed to you.
" A fixed and fitting endowment for religious pur-
poses and the clergy is a positive and urgent need, as
essential to the welfare of religion as it is for that of the
State. My Government will present you shortly with a
law on this important matter.

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THE LATE FIRE AT IRONGATE WHABL—RII-
MOURED Loss OF LlFE.—Notwithstanding that five
days have elapsed since the outbreak of the destructive
fire at Irongate Wharf, a considerable portion still re-
mains in a heated state, and the firemen were still
obliged to keep discharging water upon the same. That
portion of the premises that contained property belong-
ing to Mr. Powell, the provision merchant, is perfectly
cooled, and the firemen have already succeeded in
getting out nearly 250 tierces of beef and pork in a good
condition ; they have also succeeded in saving about
150 tierces of the same sort of provision, but in a very
damaged condition. The wall at the western extremity
is in an exceedingly dangerous condition, and is ex-
pected momentarily to topple over. It is so situated that
until the ruins are cleared out in that quarter it can
neither be shored up nor pulled down. The dock com-
pany have commenced erecting a substantial wooden
hoarding round the premises, so as to prevent the
rubbish from falling into the street. Mr. Cole-
man; the occupier of the wharf, has made a
most searching inquiry, to ascertain, ifpossible, the exact
cause of the calamity. The result of that investigation
showed that the outbreak was occasioned in the manner
previously stated in this journal. One of the workmen
who had been employed on the premises, and who it:is
asserted, by his fellow-workmen, was seen on the wharf
at the time of the outbreak has not since the night been
seen or heard of. Some of the workmen state that he
was seen as late as six o'clock in the evening assisting in
extinguishing the flames, whilst others assert that he
never left the premises after the fire commenced. What
has become of the party is unknown. One thing, how-
ever,
is certain, that his wife was at the ruins yesterday
morning inquiring whether any one had seen her hus-
band, as he had not been home since the morning of the
day that the fire began. During yesterday a number of
bales
of canvass and sail cloths were got out, but they
were p
larg greatlye
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personslt
bhaayse beenlost arsoc eer
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the disaster than was at one time believed, ponepgentle-
man belonging to Bridport, alone, has lost plate and fur-
niture to the value of 7001. The firemen no doubt
during this day will be able to get a deal of other pro-
perty from the ruins.
" BROTHER, BROTHER, WE ARE BOTH IN THE
Wnosc.' Ihe Hon. Captain Berkeley and the lion.
Craven, Berkeley have be ea on a visit to Earl Fitzhardinge,
at BCI keley Castle, during the last few days.—Cheltenham
Journal.

The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, at the official
residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down-
ing-street. The Governor of the Bank of England and
the Deputy-Governor attended. Mr. Iligham, Comp-
troller-General, was in attendance.
The ratification of a treaty of commerce and naviga-
tion, negotiated and signed at Athens by Mr. P. Del-
gauni, Councillor of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to
his Majesty the King of Greece, and Dr. Patrick Col-
quhoun, llanseatic Plenipotentiary at Athens, were
exchanged on the 15th ultimo, in London, by Mr. Rail',
Consul-General of his Hellenic Majesty, and Dr. Patrick
Colquhoun, on the part of the Venerable Senate of
Bremen.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
Jane Morris, a woman fifty-five years of age, was in-
„dieted for stealing Is. sd. out of a drawer in the bar of
the house of Mr. James Coles, at Godalming, on the
28th of December, where she was employed as a char-
woman. hie Coles the landlord, saw her unlock the
till and take something from it. He immediately
stopped her, and found the money produced in the
mad handed, with her, over to
Court, which he marked,
the constable.
The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to
Mercy. She was sentenced to solitary confinement for
21 days.
Wm. White, aged 28, was indicted for stealing a ewe
sheep at Ripley, the property of Mr. John Metcalfe. another count he was charged with killing the Insheep
with intent to carry off the fore and hind quarters.
Mr, Locke was retained for the prosecution, and Mr.
Robinson defended the prisoner.
Mr. LOCKE, having stated the case, called
William liolington, inspector of police at Guildfc rd,
who Was sent for on the 28th of December, and Was
show fahe place where the sheep had been slaughtered.
Near it he observed the tracks of a man's (hoes for
for some distance where the carcase had been dragged
along. From information which he received he went to
the prisoner's
r , house, where he found a neck of mutton,
and, afterwards, the caroase of a sheep tied up in a bag,
with the name was employed . upon it of Mr. Lambert, by whom White
Witness subsequently
headofthe
sheep with the carcase, as also the saddle
With the Place from which it was taken, and found them
compared the
to fit exactly. lie had also compared the prisoner's
shoes, with the marks in the field,
„and found them to
!igree, The prisoner Was apprehended at a barn be-
longing to Mr. Lambert.
theCross-examined—The foot-marks were plain, but
_ore n as nothing particular about them, and he did not
" ri3pare the nails with the indentations.
the CIIIIRMAN—He had traced the marks from the
f_osldYto the Place where the sheep was killed. The place
w about halt mile from the prisoner's house.
Mr. John Metcalfe, a farmer and innkeeper at Ripley,

" Besides these, other laws will be proposed in the
course of this session—some with a view to protect the
increase of wealth by curbing the abuses which accom-
pany the first impulse of its development, others with a
view to introduce ameliorations in the different branches
of the administration, and others, finally, with a view to
regulate the arrangements in force relative to the press
and to exceptional professions.

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COMMERCIAL MAGAZINE.
In addition to the usual commercial intelligence of
the month, this number, on the " Law and Equitable
Mortgages," shows what the state of the law is at
the present time, as lad down in all the recent deci-
sions.

Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Lord Monteagle had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

" It is thus, Gentlemen, Senators and Deputies, with
the aid of Providence, and while the efforts of all arc
directed with courage and firmness in the pursuit of the
same aim, that the ameliorations introduced in a politi-
cal, economical, and administrative point of view will
be consolidated, that fresh ones will be introduced, and
that, after so much agitation, peace, order, and prospe-
rity will be restcred to this nation—blessings to which
her great qualities and her many virtues give her so
great a claim."

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The Judges and her Majesty's Counsel will not meet
at the Lord. Chancellor's residence on the first day of
the ensuing term.
Lord and Lady Alan Churchill have left Farrance's
hotel for Blenheim.

RAILWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
This is a new candidate for the favours of the rail-
way world. It opens with a paper, illustrated with a
map, on the South-Eastern Company and the New
Kentish schemes, in which the schemes of that company,
as opposed to the schemes of the Brighton Company,
are advocated with energy and ability. - We then
have a paper on the Birmingham and Oxford Rail-
way, which is at present the great bone of contention
between the North Western and the Great Western
Companies After giving a history of the various
negotiations which have taken place on this subject,
the writer proposes the following Compromise between
the conflicting claims of the two companies :--
" The London and North Western Company think
they ought to have joint possession of the Birmingham
and Oxford Railway. We think they are reasonable in
that desire. If our surmises are accurate, the Great
Western Company are not indisposed to acquiesce in
the arrangement upon one condition—that condition
being the extension of the broad guage to Birmingham.
There -a the case in a nutshell, and we think its settle
ment might be as brief as this description."
In the paper on the capital of proposals of the
South Western, Great Western, and Bristol and

HAIRDRESSERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE EARLY
CLOSING OF SHOPS.—A preparatory meetibg was held at
the Bedford Head, Bloomsbury, last evening, for the
purpose of forming an association for the earlier closing
of hairdressers' shop in London, when a series of
resolutions having this object in view were agreed to.
It appears that this class of tradesmen are in the habit
of keeping their shops open until a late hour, especially
on Saturday nights, and the subject of discussion was
the practicability of their being closed earlier both in
the winter and summer months (sich a practice having
been pursued in Glasgow and other large towns with
success), and thus enabling the numezous journeymen
and apprentices in this business to have time for recreation
and the acquirement of general knowledge. It was
understood that a public meeting on a larger scale, with
the view of carrying out the objects of the association,
would shortly be held.
COALS AND NEWCASTLE.—On Monday last, a leg
of Mutton and a half-crown were run for by a party of
skaters, sixteen in number, on Port Holme Meadow.
The leg of mutton was one by Mr. W. Clark, butcher,
and the half-crown by Mr. C. Jacob, jun., harness
maker.—Bedford Mercury.

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POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. Yesterday information
was received by the metropolitan police that two letters
containing notes and bills of exchange amounting to
2,229/. 18s. 6d. had been abstracted during transit
through the post-office, from the firm of W. S. Chee-
them, of Nottingham, to the Commercial Bank of Scot-
land, Edinburgh. All efforts at present, either to trace
the notes or detect the guilty parties, have been un-
successful.

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FREE READING-ROOMS FOIE THE LABOURIN e
CLASSES IN THE CITr.—A society has been established,
having Lord Ashley at its head, for " the purpose of pro-
viding free reading-rooms for the labouring classes in the
city of London."
We regret to state that Mr. W. R. Cartwright, of
Aynhoe, the late representative of th e southern:division
of the county of Northampton, expircod at his residence
in that county on the 4th instant, in.,-the seventy-sixth
year of his age.

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SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.

THIS AY.
The quarterly meeting of the members
of this corpo-
ration was day; this held at the offices of the society,
Crane•court, Fleet-street. The chair was taken at one
o'clock by Sir Walter Stirling. The minutes of the
annual meeting having been read over and confirmed,
the meeting proceeded to take into consideration a re-
commendation of the committee to suspend one of the
bye laws of the society, and to sell out 500/. of the stock
in order to meet the pressing emergency of the large
amount of claims made upon the funds of the charity.
Dr. WEBSTER, in proposing the suspension of the bye-
law, said that he feared an erropeous impression haul
gone abroad that this society was very rich, and did not
stand in need of the assistance of its friends, and this
would probably account for the pre,,ent deficiency in the
funds of this charity. Sooner, however, than the opera,-
tions of the charity should be brought to a stand-stilt,
he would move the suspension of the bye-law as recom-
mended by the committee.
The resolution having been seconded,
Mr. Moult's said he thought that some explanation of
the reasons of the present deficiency in the funds should
be given. lie disapproved of the recent increase in the
salary of the secretary.
W. LANE, Esq., thought that the late grant to the
Caledonian Asylum was highly improper, and that at
least that society should pay someihing to the funds of
this society, for the use of the rooms and offices.
The Rev. Dr. Cti3IMING thought that the circumstance
should not be lost sight of, that there had been a larger
number of applicants during the last year, and also that
the allowances made to them had been larger than for-
merly.
In answer to a question put by Dr. WEBSTER,
The SECRETARY said that the amount of subscriptions
to the society was, for the years-1844, 2,3671. ; 1845,
2,6911. ; 1846, 2,7611. ; and that the number of
indivi-
duals relieved out of the funds of the society had increased
since from 2,802 in the year 1837, to 4,611 in the present
year.
The resolution was then agreed to unanimously.
The SECRETARY then said that a matter personal to
himself had been obtruded upon the meeting by one of
the speakers, containing an insinuation that h had acted
improperly with the funds of the society. He totally
denied the charge, and hoped the committee would not
separate without appointing a committee to inquire into
the subject.
A warm discussion ensued between several of the
members, but, upon the suggestion of the Rev. Dr.
Cumming, the subject was dropped, it being finally
arranged that the Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Morris) should
go over the accounts with the Secretary himself, and
report upon the subject at the next meeting of the Court.
Several other matters of business having been dis-
posed of,

The CHAIRMAN, having vacated the chair, then moved
a resolution, embodying the sentiments of the society on
the occasion of the sudden demise of their respected
treasurer, the late Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
He was a scholar, a statesman, and a man of business,
whose energy of mind was equalled only by the amenity
of his manners and• the kindness of his heart, and who
was ever ready to do all that in him lay to promote the
interests of this society and of his fellow-creatures.
W. DALLAS, Esq., having seconded the resolution, it
was agreed to nem. con., and the resolution in question
ordered to be forwarded to the Dowager Lady Shaw
Stewart, and bearing the signature of the secretary.
Mr. LAING then brought forward the motion of which
he had given notice with respect to a grant made to one
of the applicants. The circumstanco has been brought
before the committee upon various occasions. The
grant complained of was, it appeared, recommended by
Mr. Nisbet, one of the governors of the society, but in
consequence of some irregularity in the application, the
grant was reduced from the sum of 101. to 31.. Mr.
Nisbet having been taxed with the irregularity, denied
all knowledge of the subject, and a committee was ap-
pointed to inquire into this subject, which reported ,ac-
cordingly. The object of the present resolution was to set
aside the report of the committee, as not founded in fees,
and to appoint a committee to inquire into the subject.
Mr. NISBET, whose conduct had been impugned,
stated that neither directly nor indirectly dld' he kno w any-
thing at all of the applicant or the grant, and challenged
any person to say that he had ever been guilty of a
dereliction of his duty as a dispenser of the funds of the
charity.

After a few remarks from Mr. Gillespie and Rev. Dr.
Cumming, to the effect that no possible good could arise
from re-opening the case, and much detriment to the
interests of the charity might ensue by opening the
question,

A warm discussion ensued, but, upon the motion of
Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Dallas, the subject dropped, the
original motion having been withdrawn.
The other business of the meeting having been dis-
posed of the thanks of the Court were given to the
Chairman, and the meeting broke up.