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London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

4TH E SUN, LON DON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1846.

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spectators.
The cavaliers then took their stations on horseback
the stall was opened, and a brave bull leaped forth. He
bounded in in the first exultation of freedom, and made
the circuit of the square in a few minutes. Ile then
s opped for a space in the centre ; tossed his head, and
urveyed—with an eye in which terror and rage were
mingled—the surrounding multitude, whose mad shouts
rase higher every moment at the gallant bearing of the
noble brute.
The rigidness of etiquette melted away like frostwork
bolero the sun the moment the animal appeared. The
alguazils, who were stationed in front of her Majesty's
Loix with their faces turned to her, forgot their respect,
scampered away, and, in their haste, were urconscious
that they not unrerely exhibited nut the front part of
their persons, even under the very eyes of royalty. The
ring was cleared in a moment, and the ground was lei t
alone to the bull and his antagonists.
The cavliers—whose only arm, I should have said,
was a short light spear with a steel point about five or
six inches long—did not quail. Their spurs were
dashed into the horse's flanks, and they bounded into
the centre of the square. The ardour was equal, but
the glory was not so. They poised their lances, and
attempted to dash them at the bull. One was thrown
from his horse at the very first encounter, and another
fell under the animal. They were both obliged to re-
tire from the arena, having received contusions from
the fall, of too severe a character to allow their remain-
ing any longer. Two cavaliers only remained at their
post, D. Antonio Romero, Lieutenant of the Maria
Christina Regiment, whose padrino was the Duke of
Abrantes; his assistants were the Chiclaneros and Labi,
two eminent toreros; the other, Cabanas, the godson of
the Duke of Osuna, a young man twenty-five years of
age, an officer in the Halberdiers. Well and bravely
did these two champions do their work. The last-men-
tioned planted with great skill and force three lances in
the bull; the last blow was mortal; but, at the moment
it was given, his horse got frightened, became com-
pletely unmanageable, and, at length, flung his rider,
who was compelled to retire from the arena. and was
carried off in the arms of the attendants. His wounds
are of a serious character.
Romero was now left alone of the four cavaliers, and,
in truth, Le was the hero of the day. His lances were
most beautifully aimed, and most accurately planted ;
his management of his beautiful and fiery charger was
so consummate, his bearing so graceful, his coolness in
encountering the furious animal before him, so perfect,
and so unusual in a mere amateur, as to excite the most
frantic enthusiasm amongst the concourse. Nothing
could give you a just idea of the prolonged shouting of
the vast multitude. Four bulls fell by his hand—•two of
which were, however, to be relieved from the death agony
by the caehete, or knife used for that purpose. The fourth,
before receiving the deathblow, made a rush at him, and
placing his horns low under the horse's belly, actually lifted
into the air the noble animal and his rider. The cavalier fell
under the horse, into whose entrails the horns had en-
tered, and both rolled together on the ground. A shout
of terror at the danger of the cavalier, and of applause
at the brave act of the bull, rent the air. It was for a
moment believed that Romero was either killed or dan-
gerously hurt, but trai.quillity was at once restored,
when, in a minute or two, both horse and rider rose
from the ground, the rider seated as firmly in his sad-
dle as if he had never been disturbed from it. Another
shout hailed this new proof of excellent horsemanship.
But the cry of admiration was beyond all description,
when the next moment the spectators beheld the bull
fall dead, in the very act of preparing for another
bound. This attack on the horse had only been a
desperate effort of expiring strength, and was made
at the very moment he received the last lance of the
cavalier.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF HORACE
SMITH. 2 Vols.

Lying before us are the miscellaneous poems writ-
ten by Horace Smith, collected together in two
delightful volumes, and embellished with a character-
istic portrait of the author. What more is necessary
after saying thus much ? All the drollery, all the
sentiment, all the elevated thoughts, and sparkling
conceits contained in these writings are already
familiar to a large majority of the reading public. It
is advisable, however, to remind those who are
acquainted with the compositions of this clever writer
that these miscellaneous pieces can only be enjoyed
by hurting after them in a variety of different publi-
cations and scarce periodicals, unless advantage be
taken of the present edition, where they are, for the
first time since their production, accumulated to-
gether. One of the authors of the ever-memorable—
and, as he himself might have said in one of his hap-
piest imitations, the never-sufficiently-by-any-means-
to-be-admired " Rejected Addresses," Horace
Smith, entered upon the literary world while yet in
the bloom of his intellect, and in subsequent
periods of his career produced these fugitive composi-
tions. Horace Smith is another brilliant reason why a
name, whish is usually treated with so much ridicule,
should be, on the contrary, in the very highest estima-
tion. Adam Smith, as the arch-authority in the philo-
sophy of political economy; Sydney Smith, as the most
epigrammatic of modern wits; Sidney Smith, as one of
our most distinguished naval commanders ; Horace
Smith, himself, his brother James, cum cateris paribus,
would be enough even to redeem from obloquy any
name that might happen to be originally execrable.
In his different writings, whether prose or metrical,
our author has striven incessantly to inculcate benevo-
lent and elevating principles. For this anxiety to
benefit his fellow-men we should have honoured him,
even if his works had been devoid of all other excel-
lence. Sometimes, indeed, he allows himself to be
carried away by a succession of extravagant conceits,
as in his " Hymn to the Flowers," where he apostro-
phizes them alternately, as "day-stars," " matin-wor-
shippers," " bright mosaics," " floral apostles," "ephe-
meral sages !" and " posthumous glories !" In this, how-
ever, he has only sinned as grievously as the great
master of poesy, Shakspere, in presuming. It is in
this identical " hymn" that first appeared, if our
recollection serves us faithfully, a very exquisite
metaphor that has since been copied from repeatedly,
or suggested similar imageries, as in the ;" New
Timon," and elsewhere. This is the verse—
" 'Neath cloistered boughs, each floral bell that swingeth
And tolls its perfume on the passing air,
Makes sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth
A call to prayer."

In " The Shriek of Prometheus," though a mere
fragment, Horace Smith adventured upon a loftier
style, and not altogether unsuccessfully. The phantom
eagle of Jove rising from the ravine where Prome-
theus is chained in the Caucasus, its breast " gorged
with the gore" of that great victim, the description
of the drop of the heart's blood of Prometheus fall-
ing from the eagle's talons " warm on the pilot's
hand," and the closing lines
" Through the whole night the Argo bore
Those throbbing hearts along the Pontic shore,"
farm a picture which long haunts the imagination.
As a specimen of the curiosities of fancy that may be
discovered in these volumes, we transcrib• this strange
sonnet " On an Ancient Lance, hanging in an Ar-
moury :

This was the last display made by the ealleros
plaza. Romero retired with some slight bruises, and
was again and again saluted with the waving of hand-
kerchiefs from the balconies, and the shouts of the mul-
titude.

" Once in the breezy coppice didat thou dance,
And nightingales amid thy foliage sang;
Form'd by man's cruel art into a lance,
Oft bas thou pierced (the while the welkin rang
With trump and drum, shoutings and battle clang)
Some foeman's heart. Pride, pomp, and circumstance,
Have left thee now, and thou dolt silent hang,
From age to age, in deep and dusty trance.
What is thy change to oars ? These gazing eyes,
To earth reverting, may again arise
In dust, to settle on the self-same space;
Dust, which some offspring, yet unborn, Who tries
To poise thy weight, may with his hand efface,
And with his moulder'd eyes again replace."
Of the spirit by which Horace Smith is animated in
regarding the phases of human life, a whole folio
volume could not afford a more thorough and truthful
indication than those six lines in " The Old Man's
Paean," where he says—
To dark oblivion I bequeath
The ruddy cheek, brown hair, white teeth,
And eyes that brightly twinkle ;
Crows' feet may plough with furrow's deep
My features, if I can but keep
My mind without a wrinkle."
Of his "comic poems" what need possibly be said ?
His Sonn?t to his Nose ! Rabelais and the Lampreys!
York Kidney Potatoes ! Patent Brown Stout ! Pitt's
Bon-mot! or that outrageous bit of facetiousness the
Address to the Mummy, beginning
" And hast thou walked about (how strange a story 1)
In Thebes's-street three thousand years ago ?"
We shall not, however, pillage further from these
laughter-moving volumes; they require no recom-
mendation, not even the recommendation of an ex-
tract.

The professional bull-fighters then continued the
combat. Montes, notwithstanding his recent wound,
never conducted himself better than yesterday. His
play of skill with the sixth bull was most artist-like and
beautiful. The others lost nothing of their reputation.
Eleven bulls were killed, and the usual proportion of
horses. The spectacle ended at six o'clock, when the
Queen and royal family quitted their balcony.
It may be necessary to say that the horses mounted by
the caballeros were of the best kind, and it is said were
given by the Queen for the occasion. The animals em-
ployed in ordinary bull fights are of the worst possible
description. The duty of the professional bull-fighters,
while the caballeros were engaged, was to attract the
attention of the bulls, and assist them when hard pressed.
They did their duty well. The balconies of the houses
were hung with splendid tape stry of various colours ;
and with the immense multitude—not less than 30,000
were present—state carriages and retainers of the gran•
dees, picturesque costume of the attendants, alguazils,
halberdiers, pages, esquires—all presented a spectacle of
a rare and most exciting character.
The last time such a display was made was at the
ceremony of the Jul a, or the taking the oath of allegi-
ance to the Princess of Asturias, now Isabella 11.

The Queen and her sister looked well yesterday.
When her Majesty and her husband presented them-
selves in front of the balcony, many vtvas were heard
and handkerchiefs waved. W hen the Duke de Mont-
pensier and his wife showed themselves, not a viva was
uttered, nor a salute returned. The son of Louis
Philippe must know from yesterday's experience that
Spaniards, when they are well pleased, can be as noisily
enthusiastic as other people. It excites compassion to
witness the desperate efforts of this poor young man to
catch a stray salute, but in vain.
The fact of the papers and letters from Portugal not
having reached here, renders the supposition probable
that the districts near the Spanish frontier are in in-
surrection.

OPENING THE PORTS.
SCARCITY AND DEARTH OF FOOD.

A grand ball was given at the palace last night. The
usual persons were invited.
The French Ambassador gives a ball to-morrow
night, at which it is believed her Majesty will be present.
It appears that presents are showered by the bushel,
on the active but inferior agents of the Montpensier
marriage, by M. Bresson. Musical boxes, watch:•chains,
shirt-buttons, are sent about in great profusion. Louis
Philippe, and his matt-of-all-work in Madrid, must
have a curLrus idea of the Spanish character. They
look upon Spain as navigators do—some unknown and
savage land, whose inhabitants it is necessary to soothe
by presents of glass beads, painted feathers, bits of
looking-glass, &c.

The Provost of Polloltsha;shas;eeeived the follow-
ing letter, acknowledging
the receipt of the memorial
of the inhabitants of that burgh to Lord John Russell,
praying for the opening
of the ports, and prohibition of
distillation from grain :

" Downing-street, Oct 16, 1846.
" Sir,--I am desired by Lord John Russell to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ult., and of
the memorial of the inhabitants of Pollokshaws which
accompanied it.
" Lord John Russell is deeply sensible of the calamity
which now presses so severely on the poorer classes of
the United Kingdom, owing to the almost total failure
of the potato crop ; but he trusts that the measures
which the Government will adopt, and the exertions of
proprietors on their own estates, will tend very greatly
to mitigate the distress.
.6 I have also been instructed to inform you, that it
is not the intention of the Government to prohibit the
r
distillation from grain.—I have the honour to be, Sir,
your obedient servant.
46 William Hecto
(Signed) 6.R. W. GREY.
, Esq., —Glasgow Al gas. Provost of Pollok shaws."

Theinvitations to yesterday's bull-fight came from
the palace. To-morrow they proceed from the Ayun-
tiamento ; and the last is entirely open to the public.—
Times. M.

G. INVENTIONACoInNsidRerAILIbIieRO
jAmDprAolvAeeciiiiinii,
TRNATEEWLLIN client; has just
been effected in the applicationpower to
yiERY AND
carriages on railways by an
officer o f a a
Vienna.oP
i promises
not only to supersede the at hat
principle in moving
heavy bodies up a plane of tri
o s
considerableertcp
relevath m, but also
bids fair to remove the possib f recurrer ice of those
appalling accident . . i ityo a,
s Which are of so frequent occurrence
both in England and Fr The inventor is Captain F.
Freisauff von Neude au:. formerly directe d the mili-
tary studies of the gsgo,nws
ofoheArchduke Charles of
Austria; and so great seemsthe
confidence inspired as
the
..
to the complete • f that the
success of the new princip..e,
celebrated engines r Gunther,from whose locomotive
. ,
factory the greater titY ilwa s
part of the engines on t Ta y
of the southern
states has proceeded, not Oialy answers
un
for its perfection, but has dertaken the c onstruction
of similar crrriages at his own expense The inven-
tion consists in making the advance of a whole train
quite independent of the :adhesion of theiil ocomotive's
wheels to the rail on which it moves, an; 1 by con-
veying the propelling power of the engine to
the axles of all the carriages, thus
making th eir advance
depend on their own adhesion. Each carriat ,e becomes
thus a locomotive, distinguished from the real locomotive
only by the. circumstance that •
the motive pc, wer is
_e
not
t isi
independently applied, but i m
engine-carriage. The whole train is t
partedhus
to
enabled
thdto
ascend any rise that may occur above
the
I
evel of the
railroad which the engine, if alone, would be able to
ascend. The same officer has also invented
a break, by
means of which a train may be conveyed dow n-hill with
perfect safety, and at an equal rate of speed. The re-
sisting power is placed without the line of road. Carriages
built, on the principle of Captain Freisauff hove been
tried at the great steam-engine factory of M. Gunther at
Wien-Neustadt, and have been found to answer the most
sanguine expectations. On a line having arise of one in
forty they drew a dead weight of 600 tons at the
(minimum) rate of one and a half German miles (eight
English miles) an hour, and conveyed the sa COQ down an
inclined plane with perfect safety.—Liters :ry Gazette,
Oct 17.
PORTUGUESE GRAPES AND ONIONO.--1 ?c• show the
extent to which the importation of these fruits have
taken place within the past four or five d .tlys, in con-
tinuation of our former notice of the subject, the follow-
ing, the most extensive of the arrivals, ma-
, be particu-
larly noticed as being beyond all former p recedent of
previous seasons for the supply of such art ;it des. One
vessel, the Countess of Liverpool, from Lisl ozmi a, brought
1,099 packages, being au entire cargo, of gfropes ; the
also from Lisbon, 914
Speedy packet., piwkages of
grapes ; the Anemone, from Oporto, 84ii ho ICE. 3, baskets,
and strings of onions, and 58 packages of 0 'apes ; the
Little John, from Lisbon, a complete cargo, consisting
of the large number of 1,134 packages of g rapes ; the
Jack-o'-Lantern, from Lisbon. 1,395 Paeltin ;et ; of grapes
and other productions ; the Black River p acket, in ad-
dition to an extensive cargo of wine and o; her produce,
n
353 boxes of onions ; the Ellen, from
-port a, nearly 400
packages of onions, &c.; the Mary, from Lisbon, 678
packages of grapes, 163 boxes of onions, 8:.( L ; the Ad-
eline, from Lisbon, 1,126 baskets of grape: ;, and 105
chests of lemons ; the Victoria, 437 ,
paces.a. 7f3s of grapes
and a variety, of other fruits ; and, final)
,y,
the Lusi-
tania, from Oporto, 102 packages of gre pes and 1,409
packages of onions, the whole the product a of Portugal.
It may with truth be remarked that the se ,pplies of these
fruits from the southern states under notic a have been of
almost unparalleled extent. This may I se readily ac-
counted for, owing to the facilities which the extraor-
dinary fineness of the weather this summe r has afforded
for their
'production. We have before p. trticularly al-
luded to the unusually large supply of Ham burgh grapes
this year, and borne testimony to the excelle a ice of their
quality, which is undoubted and universall 16 remarked,
and
it is now a matter of well-known fact, t i tat the vin-
tages throughout the whole of Europe (Eng la nd not ex-
cepted) have this season yielded a suppl: f of grapes
which, for quality us well as quantity, has p!rhaps not
been equalled, or, at all events, excelled in Vae present
genert4l9ll.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF

MURDFIZ AND SUICIDE.

On Wednesday, the 30th day of September last, George
Heal, y, of Great Gonerby, in th.o county of Lincoln,
labourer, brought to his father's house, at that place, a
girl named Mary Hill, aged about nineteen, who stayed
with him there till Thursday, the Bth instant, and on
that day, during his absence, she left the house. On
finding that to be the case, he left home the same even-
ing, saying he should be back in an hour and a half,
but never returned. On the following Tuesday morning,
the 13th instant, information was given to the police at
Sleaford, about fourteen miles from Great Gonerby, that
a man had poisoned himself at a beer-shop there called
the Plough, and an inquest was held on the body on the
following day by Mr. George Kewney, one of the coro-
ners for Lincolnshire, when the deceased was identified
as the George Healey before named ; and from the evi-
dence it appeared that he had come to the Plough on
Sunday evening very wet and without a hat, and said
that his hat had blown off in Belton fish-pond, which is
twelve miles from Sleaford, and he had fallen into the
water in trying to get it out. He stayed at the Plough,
and on Monday was a good deal in bed, hut came down
occasionally ; and at various times of the day employed
different little boys to fetch him two pennyworths of
laudanum, which he put into a sodawater bottle which
he had borrowed, saying he was going to take physic.
In the evening of Monday he was sitting with the com-
pany in the house, drinking and amusing himself, when
three boatmen came in, and one of them said to one of
the company, " That's the fellow we pulled out of the
river last night ;" on hearing which he withdrew from
the room and went to bed, and in the morning was dis-
covered dead, and the sodawater bottle under the mat-
tress with the remains of the laudanum In it, and a small
phial which he had sent for the poison, to disarm suspi-
cion, in his pocket. After hearing the evidence, the
jury returned a verdict of felo de se; and the Coroner
directed the police to look out after the girl, as the man
was a very bad character, and she had not been heard
of since she had left her father's house. On Thursday,
the 15th instant, the body of a woman was discovered in
the river Witham, in the lordship of. Harroby, close to
Grantham, and immediately adjoining the garden of Mr.
Kewney, the coroner, fourteen miles from Sleaford, which.
turned out to be the body of the woman in question, and
had evidently been in the water some days ; and an in-
quest was held before the same coroner on Friday, the
16th instant, when the most remarkable circumstances
were brought to light. It appeared that after Healey
left bis father's house he went to Lincoln in search of
the girl, and not finding her there he returned on Friday
to Fulbeck, about 11 miles from Grantham, where he
discovered she was with an aunt. He then went to the
constable's house, and in his absence borrowed the con-
stable's staff and handcuffs, stating he was the constable
of Great Gonerby (which was totally false), and was
going to take a woman into custody for stealing silver
spoons and sugar-bowls, at Great Gonerby. He then
charged two respectable persons in the village to assist
him in the Queen's name, saying he expected resistance,
and went to the house where the girl was, where by main
force he took her into custody on this pretended charge,
and conveyed her in the Lincoln carrier's waggon to
Grantham, where he took her to a respectable public
house, the Blue Man, gave her supper, and had her
Hocked up all night, stating he should take her before
the magistrates in the morning. Accordingly, in the
morning of Saturday, the 17th, at nine o'clock, he
requested the landlord to take care of the hand-
cuffs and staff till his return, and left the house
with the girl, saying he was going to Mr. Mariner's,
the clerk to the magistrates. Instead of this, which
of course he never intended, he called at the Blue Pig,
another public-house in Grantham, where Mr. Morris,
the constable of Fulbeck, puts up, and left word that
Mr. Morris would find the staff and handcuffs at the
Blue Man, where he had left them for him, and thence
he and the woman were traced to the field through
which the river Witham runs, where the body of the girl
was found, and where they w,re seen to take the river
side instead of the footpath ; and at 10 o'clock Mr.
Botherway, the occupier of such field, picked up out of
the river, within 10 yards of the spot where the body
was found, a hat with a glove and handkerchief in it,
which, on the inquest on the woman, was identified as
belonging to Healey ; and between 10 and 11 o'clock on
the same day Healey was met by a person who knew
him, on an unfrequented road, in the direction of
Sleaford, without a hat and wet up to the waist,
and he said, on being asked the reason of
being without a hat, that it had blown off in Belton
fish-pond (through which he had passed in his road
from the field before mentioned), and he had tumbled in
in trying to get it out. On the same day, Saturday, he
sold his coat at Sleaford, and in the pocket was the fellow
glove (quite wet) to the one found in the hat taken out
of the river by Mr. Botherway. Under all these circum-
stances there can be no doubt that Healey had murdered
the woman by drowning her; but, as he had anticipated
justice by committing suicide, and as there was no direct
evidence of the manner in which the girl got into the
water, the jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned."
What makes the case more remarkable is the fact,
that it was in open day that the deed was done, and
within ten yards of a hovel in which Mr. Botherway and
some of his men must have been within a quarter of an
hour of the girl being drowned, which hovel is close to
the river's edge.
From the circumstance of Healey having appeared wet
on the Sunday evening, it is conjectured that he contem-
plated suicide by drowning, but was prevented by tLe
boatmen.

• SPRING CIRCUITS.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner.
Essex—at Chelmsford, Tuesday, March 9.
Essex—at Colchester, Wednesday, March 10.
Suffolk—at Ipswich, Thursday, March 11.
Norfolk—at Yarmouth, Saturday, March 13.
Norfolk—at the Castle of Norwich, Monday, March 15.
At the City and County of the City of Norwich—the same day.
Norfolk—at Lynn, Wednesday, March 17.
Suffolk—at Bury St. Edmunds, Thursday, March 18.
Cambridgeshire—at Cambridge, Friday, March 19_
Huntingdonshire—at Huntingdon, Monday, March 22.
Northamptonshire—at Peterborough, Tuesday, March 23.
Rutlandshire—at Oakham, Wednesday, March 24.
Lincolnshire—at Lincoln, Friday, March 26.
At the City and County of the City of Lincoln—the same day.
Nottinghamshire—at Xottingham, Monday, March 29.
At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham—the
same day.
Derbyshire—at Derby, Wednesday, March 31.
At the City and County of the City of Lichfield—Thursday,
April 1.
Staffordshire—at Stafford, Saturday, April 3.
Shropshire—at Shrewsbury, Tuesday, April 6.
Warwickshire—at Birmingham, Thursday, April 8.
Warwickshire—at Warwick, Friday, April 9.
Warwickshire—at Coventry, Monday, April 12.
Leicestershire—at Leicester, Tuesday, April 13,
Bedfordshire—at Bedford, Thursday, April 15.
Northamptonshire—at Northampton, Friday, April 16.
Buckinghamshire--at Aylesbury, Monday, April 19.

SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
Jolla GREATIIED HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner.
Berkshire—at Reading, Friday, February 19.
Oxfordshire—at Oxford, Monday, February 22.
At the City and County of the City of Oxford, the same day.
Worcestershire—at Worcester, Wednesday, Feb. 24.
At the City and County of the City of Worcester—the same
day.
Radnorshire—at Presteigne, Friday, Feb. 26.
Herefordshire—at Hereford, Monday, March 1.
Brecknockshire—at Brecon, Wednesday, March 3.
Carmarthenshire—at Carmarthen, Friday, March 5.
At the Borough and County of the Borough of Carmarthen—
the same day.
Cardiganshire—at Cardigan, Monday, March 8.
Pembrokeshire—at Haverfordwest, Wednesday, March 10.
At the Town and County of the Town of Haverfordwest—
the same day.
Glamorganshire—at Swansea, Friday, March 12.
Glamorganshire—at Cardiff, Monday, March 15.
Monmouthshire—at Monmouth, Wednesday, March 17.
Gloucestershire—at Gloucester, Friday, March 19.
At the City and County of the City of Gloucester—the
same day.
Somersetahire—at Bath, Monday, March 22.
At the City and County of the City of Bristol—Tuesday,
March 23.
Devonshire—at Plymouth, Saturday, March 27.
Cornwall—at Bodmin, Tuesday, Mirch 30.
Devonshire—at the Castle of Exeter, Thursday, April 1.
At th 3 City and County of the City of Exeter—the same day.
Dorsetshire—at Dorchester, Tuesday, April 6.
At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton—
Thursday, April 8.
Wiltshire—at Salisbury, Friday, April 9.
Southampton—at Winchester, Saturday, April 10.

HOME CIRCUIT.
WILLIAM Jolt x LAW, Esq. Commissioner.
Kent—at Maidstone, Saturday, March 6.
At the City and County of the City of Canterbury—Tuesday,
March 9.
Kent—at Dover, Wednesday, March 10.
Sussex—at Lewes, Wednesday, March 24.
Hertfordshire—at Hertfor4, Wednesday. March 31.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
CHARLES PHILLIPS. Esq. Commissioner.
Yorkshire—at Sheffield, Thursday, Feb. 11.
Yorkshire—at Wakefiela, Friday, Feb. 12.
At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-
Hull—Thursday, Feb. 18.
Yorkshire—at the Castle of York—Saturday, Feb. 20.
At the City and County of the City of York—the same day.
Yorkshire—at Richmond, Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Durham—at Durham, Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Northumberland—at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Friday, Feb. 2G.
At the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—the same day.
Cumberland—at Carlisle, Monday, March 1.
Westmorland—at Appleby, Tuesday, March 2.
Westmorland—at Kendal, Friday, March 5.
Lancashire—at Lancaster, Monday, Al*rch 8.
Lancashire—at Liverpool, Tuesday, March 16.
Montgomeryshire—at Welsh Pool, Friday, March 19.
Merionetshire—at Dolgelley, Monday, March 22.
Anglesey—at Beaumaris, Wendnesday, March 24.
Cornarvonshire—at Carnarvon, Friday, March 26.
Denbigshire—at Ruthin, Monday, March 29.
Flintshire—at Mould, Tuesday, IVlarch 30.
Cheshire—at the Castle of Chester, Thursday, April 1.
At the City and County of the City of Chester—the same day.

SINGULAR SUICIDE BY A BEADLE. —On Tuesday
last Mr. Jeremiah Sinclair, beadle of Stepney Old
Church, committed suicide at his residence, No. 5.
Eagle-place, Mile-end. Mrs. Sinclair left her husband
at home, as usual, in the morning, and on her return
from work, in the evening, discovered the bedroom door
fastened on the inside. On looking through the key-
hole, she perceived something hanging. She became
alarmed, and called the assistance of police-constable
163 K, who immediately forced the door open. On
entering the room, Mrs. Sinclair saw her husband sus-
pended by a silk handkerchief from the bedpost. The
constable instantly cut the deceased down, and Mr.
Storey, a surgeon, was immediately sent for, who
promptly attended, and pronounced life to have been
extinct some hours. The unfortunate man was 74 years
of age, and had filled the situation of beadle at the old
parish church in Stepney, for the last 20 years. He had
formerly been in the merchant service, and had lost hi
right arm.