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IiRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL
The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the
WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till
Five.

Admission, h. Catalogue, lc.
WILLIAM BARNARD, keeper.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
On WEDNESDAY EVENING Next, .Aratt. Bth, 1846, will to
performed HANDEL'S MESSIAH. . -
Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, bliss 3f• B. Haw"' Mr.
Braham, and Mr. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per-
formers.
Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, 55.; in the
Area. 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of
Mr. Howley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr.
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec
N.B. Thla performance will not be repeated.

THE CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating
immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting
at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the
most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN-
MENT of LAIIORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the
Fine Arts, during her residence in India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry
Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale, &c. By means of the OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnificent
scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter
to Ten. The LECTURES include those on ASTRONOMY, during
Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK-
NG MODEL ascending and descending Inclined Planes, &C. &C.

Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price

rVICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH
registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince
Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c.
This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its
peculiar elasticity and llghtness, moderate price, and able defence
against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain.
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SALES BY AUCTION.

STANMORE HALL, MIDDLESEX, about Two-and-a-Half Miles
from the Harrow Station, the Birmingham Railway, and one
of the most healthy and select neighbourhoods within the same
. _

easy reach of the Metropolis.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
rpectfully apprise the public, that unless an acceptable offer
should be previously made by private treaty, the above beautifully
situated FREEHOLD PROPERTY, on which many thousand pounds
have been recently expended, will be submitted for PUBLIC SALE,
at the Auction Mart, early in the spring.
It comprises a singularly handsome and admirably-constructed
mansion, in the early Tudor style of architecture, with a beautifhl
tower and oratory. It Is most substantially built, and faced with the
grey Kentish rag and fine Caen stone, on bricked arches, presenting
an imposing elevation upon a broad bold terrace, with south-east
aspect, leading to finely timbered and varied pleasure-grounds, open-
ing on three sides to very rich and extensive scenery. It has a
capital walled garden, a greenhouse, &c. The mansion is not com-
pleted, but the original house, not having been removed, may be used
as a convenient residence during the completion of the Hew edifice.
Particulars, with plans, will be ready when the day of sale is
fixed, and 'may then be had in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; at the
Auction Mart ; of Messrs. Nelson and Wynn, solicitors, Gresham-
place, Lombard-street ; and in the interim the estate may be viewed
with cards, and Messrs. Smith are fully authorised to dispose of the
property.

FREEHOLD RESIDENCE and VALUABLE LITTLE FARM
in WINDSOR PARK.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
OFFER for SALE, early in the Spring (unless previously
disposed of by Private Contract),
The compact FREEHOLD ESTATE of BARTON LODGE, within
a few miles of Windsor, adjoining the Great Park ; comprising a
desirable gentleman's residence, on a moderate scale, with pleasure
grounds, good gardens, and a valuable farm of nearly eighty acres,
amidst the grand scenery of Windsor Park, a favourite neighbour-
hood, and in the centre of the royal hunts.
A plan may be seen, and the estate may be viewed, by application
at their offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and at Windsor.

LONG LEASEHOLD ESTATE, CUMBERLAND MARKET, near

the Regent's Park.
MESSRS.OKer
fo DANIEL
abselute SA L SMITH
B by AUCTION,
CTlONTandat SONt
Auction
Mart, in April next, by direction of the administratrix of the late
Mr. John Sheppard,
A valuable ESTATE, held under the Crown for an unexpired terra
of 79 years, and now producing, from respectable tenants, a net
rental (after deducting the ground rent of 24/.) of 2351. The estate
comprises six houses, form'ng the prominent corner on the east side
of Cumberland Market, one a coffee and chop-house, and another an
old-established dairy.

The estate may be viewed .by application to the tenants (Messrs.
.Alen, Peaple, and others) and particulars may be had when the
day of sale is fixed, upon the premises ; at the Auction Mart ; of
Messrs. Smart and Buller, solcitors, 56, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and
at Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son's offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-
mall.

PEGWELL RAY, RAMSGATE.
BEAUTIFUL FREEHOLD MARINE VILLA, with very valuable
land, &c., attached, formerly the favourite retreat of the late Sir
William Garrow, but which has been greatly improved by the
nresent possessor.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON beg
to announce that, unless previously disposed of by Private

Contract,
The above delightful MARINE RESIDENCE will be offer?d for
PUBLIC SALE, early in the spring. For situation, aspect, and
tasteful arrangement, it is perhaps -unrivalled on the coast. It is
perfectly secluded, but commands, with a full south aspect, all the
grandeur and advantages of the magnificent bay. The grounds, ele-
gant conservatories, baths and other appendages, are of a superior
character. There are al.o some neat cottages, walled gardens, and
other very valuable lands attached to the property ; and the whole
is in complete order, and the purchaser may have the modern and
appropriate furniture at a fair valuation.
It can only be viewed with cards, which may be had by principals
at their offices in Waterloo-place.

IMPORTANT FREEHOLD LANDED INVESTMENT, in a fine
healthy picturesque part of HAMPSHIRE, with beautiful and
remarkably thriving woodlands, with some fine sites for the
erection of a mansion.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
commissioned to offer for SALE by AUCTION in lots, by
direction of the Trustees under the will of the late Francis Bally,
Egq, V.P.R.S., some time in May next,
Several capital FREEHOLD FARMS, with suitable homesteads,
with some remarkably fine woods, thickly stored with the most
thifty oak, and intersected by a good trout stream. on which are two
valuable corn-miEs, situated between Winchester, Stockbridge, Rom-
say, and Salisbury, within an easy distance of Southampton and
Portsmouth, with a railway through the parish. The manor is at-
tached to the property, and the whole estate comprises about 1,500
acres, but will be divided into eligible lots for investments of various
amounts unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made for the
whole.

Particulars and plans may be seen at their offices in Waterloo-
place, Pall-mall; or at Mr. Bally's, solicitor, 37, Throadneedle-street,
London ; and when the day of sale is fixed, may be had at all the
neighbouring towns.

OAK TIMBER, of extraordinary quality and large metings.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMIII-1 and SON will
SELL by AUCTION', at the White Horse Inn, Romney,
Plants, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth April next, at Two,
Upwards of 3,000 Superior OAK TIMBER TREES, chiefly from
It to 60 feet metings, with their lop. top, and bark, standing in the
woods and rows of the Titherly and Lockerly Estates, between Rom-
Bey, Stockbridge, and Winchester, only a few miles from Eling-
wharf, 15 from Southampton, and 25 from Portsmouth, surrounded
by good hard roads, and convenience of navigation to all parts of the
kingdom. .

Alio about 200 ASH and LARCII and SCOTCII FIRS, on the same
Estates.

mr. Coates, the bailiff on the estate, will show the timber; and
particulars may be had in due time at all the neighbouring Inns ; at
the Hotels at Portsmouth ; at the Auction Mart, Loudon; of Nfr.
Bally, solicitor, Threadneedle-street ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith
and Son, laud agents and surveyors, in Waterloo-place.

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suspend any determination as to winding up the undertaking until
Parliament shall have decided on the lines which are competing for
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EAST INDIA HOUSE, Aram 2, 1646.
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appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, To-
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motions of thanks in reference to the important and decisive victory
of Sobraon, on the 10th of February last.
'1 he said motions aro now open for perusal by the Proprietors at
this House.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

THE LATE AIR. LISTON.

Mr. John Liston, the celebrated comedian, expired at
his house, in George's-terrace, Knightsbridge, on Sun-
day last, in his sixty-ninth year. He was liberally
educated at the Soho School, and his first profession in
life was that of a teacher at the Grammar School of St.
Martin's, in Castle-street, Leicester-square. In his
habits off the stage, he was retiring, and associated but
little with his dramatic brethren. He was ever ready to
recommend and foster rising talent, and by his death
the stage has lost an incomparable artist, and society a
polished gentleman. _

- Like the major part of our best comedians, Mr. Liston
was the votary of Melpomene at his outset in dramatic
life ; and as Mr. Bannister and Mr. Lewis have enacted
Douglas, so Mr. Liston, possessed of a similar degree of
appreciation of his own talents and requisites, determined
to make his first appearance in the character of Pierre.
His ardour for those pursuits under the patronage of
Thespis continuing to increase, he in a short time totally
abandoned the task of juvenile education, for the less
certain, but more alluring, profession of an actor.
After partaking of the usual cup of disappointment and
calamity, to render which agreeable dose more palatable,
he had the supreme satisfaction of viewing life in many
of its most grotesque shapes, and making large extracts
from the book of Nature, his fate at length conducted
him to the Dublin Theatre, where he "kept the even
tenour of his way" for some time, with the reputation
of being a useful, though by no means a brilliant trage-
dian. Tragedy was still the sphere in which this planet
moved, when he was engaged by Mr. Stephen
Kemble ; but be had not remained long a per-
former in the company of that discriminating
manager, when he discovered that he had totally mis-
taken his own powers ; he thought he could play
comedy—he felt equal to the attempt ; and, after some
little cogitation with himself, he resolved to try his
strength in a comic cast of characters ; as might be ex-
pected, he succeeded to perfection ; and from that mo-
ment he began to devote himself exclusively to the per-
forming of low comedy. lie personated old men and
country boys with distinguished applause in Newcastle,
and other towns which lay within the circuit of Mr.
Stephen Kemble's company, and evinced powers of very
whimsical and original humour, which were highly ex-
tolled in every play-going circle.
To the general effect of his acting, external nature
had contributed as much as study and observation of
the particular characters represented ; he had a face
which, while by some accident it was not displeasing,
presented, nevertheless, a most eccentric example of the
boldness with which nature can violate all her own es-
tablished rules of beauty and proportion. This face did
a great deal for his fame ; and no.damsel of romance
ever made a greater progress in glory and in fortune by
her lovely countenance than Mr. Liston by his grotesque
physiognomy.
The following diverting anecdote, we are Inclined to
think, oar readers will not deem misplaced :—At the
Little Theatre in the Haymarket, many years ago, Mr.
Liston was acting Lord Grizzle, the hero of the burlesque
tragedy of Tom Thumb, and among the other irresistible
drolleries which he displayed in this admirably affected
piece of acting, was a dance which accompanied his song
to Huncamunca. lie was encored in this song and
dance, and performed them a second time; and so enter-
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did not choose to gratify the spectators by re-
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he actually hid himself
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But the discontent of theo
peaole, id theho now
quite unruly, at length brought him forward, and
corning down to the lamps, he very calmly told the
audience that he had been "really too much fatigued to
repeat the dance." The people were some of them dis-
pleased, and some of them diverted; but the piece went
on very quietly, till, in the fight, some wag from the
front of the house called out to the actor who was
fencing with Liston, "Don't do too much, you'll fatigue
him l" This, of course, caused a universal laugh ; and
the next day a bulletin was posted in the green-room,
stating that Lord Grizzle's physicians were happy to de-
clare his Lordship greatly recovered from his fatigue.—
Dramatic and 2lltisfrql ReviVivi

YETIIIINSTER.—WC understand that the licensed vie.
tuallers in this district, having suffered very considerably
from the large quantities of liquors of all sorts sold by per-
sons not licensed, are making arrangements for their mutual
protection. When it is considered that publicans occupy
highly rented and rated in consequence of their being
duly licensed, it is manifestly unj us 4 that they should be under-
sold by persons who have no legal :right to compete with them.
A meeting will soon take place on •this subject, and the plan of
protection to be proposed is equs4: lly simple and efficient, viz.,
to offer a suitable reward for tit 3 conviction of any person
who shall be detected in the illei ;al sale of liquors, and to di-
vide such exper.se among the rn embers of the association, so
that no outlay will be made uni il a conviction shall have
taken place. Several of the c entry and clergy have ex-
pressed their readiness to co-opel •ate in this scheme, as many
instances of suffering and crin ie come under their notice
from facilities thus afforded fr r intemperance.—Sheyborne
Journal.

PIGEONS VERSUS STEAM.- -On Friday, two pigeons
were tossed at the starting of ti railway train at Brighton for
London, and one of the birds arri d at its horns (the Borough) in
thirty minutes less tine than the train.
A GREEDY Rau-Tr.—A p Ririe snake was lately shot,
in whose stomach were found 181 sw allows half digested. The
till wee found over a rest of yottr.,7 birds, which it was devouring,
while the old once were flying Teaming violently around it.
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
'OXFORD ClRCUlT.—lfereford, March 30.
The business of the assizes at Shrewsbury terminated there
on Saturday afternoon, and the Learned Judges arrived here
yesterday, evening, when they were escorted into the town
by Mr. D. P. Peploe, the High Sheriff; and Mr. Baron Platt
proceeded to open the commission for this county.
The following is an analysis of the calendar here, from
which it will be perceived that the crimes which form the
subjects of investigation at the present assizes are not of a
very heinous description :—Shooting with intent to inflict
grievous bodily harm, 1 ; rape upon a child under 10 years
of age, 1; sheep-stealing, 1; assault and robbery, 1 ; bur-
glary, 1.; night-poaching, 7 • stealing a post-letter, 1; con-
cealing the birth of her Child 1 ; larceny, 4; receiving
stolen property, 2—total, 20. Besides the above, there are
49 prisoners in the gaol, including 46 undergoing various
terms of imprisonment, and 3 debtors,—making a total of
69 • of which number one can read and write well, 37 im-
perfectly, and 24 can neither read nor write.
Harriet Bowhett, aged 22, was charged with having left
her male illegitimate child exposed to the inclemency of the
weather, by the side of a certain road, without clothing, with
intend to commit murder.
Mr. Greaves appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Barrett for
the prisoner.
The first witness called was John Stallard, who stated—
On the evening of the 29th of November last, while passing
through a field near Bosbury, along the footpath, I heard a
child cry about 200 yards from me, and went up to the place
whence the cry proceeded, and found under the hedge a
naked new-born child lying upon its side on the bare ground.
My wife was with me, and we took it to the Rev. Edward
Higgins, who resides about 500 yards from the spot. The field
was a ploughed field. The child was about four yards from
the path, and about 50 from the turnpike•road. The wind at
the time was blowing on the child.
Jane Stallard, wife of the last witness, corroborated bis
evidence in most respects, adding that, on taking the child
up, it was very cold and did not move at all. The Rev. E.
Higgins directed it to be put into a warm bath, and in about
a quarter of an hour it partially recovered, and it was after-
wards sent to the Ledbury Union, when tile niati-un of .that'
establishment gave it to a young woman to take care of. It
was fed with arrowroot and bread and milk, but eventually
died on the 30th of December.
Mary Jones, nurse at the Ledbury workhouse, stated the
prisoner was confined on the 12th of November last, and
that she was desirous of quitting the workhouse nine days
after her delivery, which she was not allowed to do ; but was
permitted to quit on the 29th, having on that day converted
Fart of her own garments into covering for her child, be-
cause the matron had said that she could not take it out un-
less it were dressed, and at the same time refused to supply
clothes. At the period of their departure the infant had on
its mother's flannel petticoat, shawl, and nightgown. The
union made no offer of supplying any clothes, but proposed
to send their porter to the prisoner's mother for some, it
being the custom of the union only to furnish clothing to the
children born in the union while they are inmates of the
building. During the whole period that the poor woman
was in the workhouse she evinced all due care and tender-
ness towards her offspring. She was not sent away by the
officers, but left of her own free will. With the doctor's
permission, a woman who has been delivered of a child can
go at any time from the workhouse.
William Law, master of the workhouse—On the day in
question I asked the prisoner if she were going to leave the
house. She said, " Yes." I said, " What are you going to
do with your child?" She replied, "I shall lay it at some
person's door ;" whereupon I advised her to take heed as to
what she was about. •

William Shearon, superintendent of police—l appre-
headed the prisoner at her mother's house. While going
along the road, near the spot where the child was found,
she said, "I left the child there ; I had no clothing to
cover it. I was very wet and tired. I sat down on some
lumps of dirt several times while going home. I sat up by
the fire all night when I got home. I was in a good deal of
trouble." I believe that both the prisoner and her mother
are very poor.
Amelia Howells—l live in the village of Bosbury. The
prisoner came to me on the afternoon of the 9th of November.
She and her child were very wet. I assisted to dry the child's
clothes. She left my house at a quarter to four o'clock. The
house is about three-quarters of a mile from the place where
the child was found. She was very low.

The Rev. Edward Higgins deposed as follows :—The pri-
soner was brought before me and another magistrate. 'We
thought the workhouse the best place to which to send the
child, as they were there accustomed to bring up children by
hand, and we deemed it possible that, as the mother was
charged with attempting to murder her infant, she might do
so if an opportunity were left her.
In answer to a question by the Learned Judge, this witness
stated that his reason for separating the mother from the
child was his opinion that she was an unfit person to take
care of the infant.

Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up, observed in very strong
terms upon what his Lordship termed the " iron rules" of the
Ledbury workhouse, whose officers were prohibited from fur-
nishing any clothingwhatever to a helpless naked infant quit-
ing their roof. His Lordship further animadverted upon the
mockery of the proposal of sending to the prisoner's mother
for necessaries, when it must have been known that she was
almost in a state of destitution. In conclusion, the Judge
fully vindicated the conduct of the worthy magistrates from
all reprehension, adding that, tinder the circumstances, he
deemed their proceedings most proper and judicious; but
that they would have been highly blameable had they per-
mitted the child longer to remain with the mother while la-
bouring under the imputation of a design upon its life.
fitted
jury found the prisoner Guilty of the exposure, but
ac itted her of the intent to Murder.
The Court, after an impressive address, sentenced her to
one month's imprisonment, without hard labour.

NORTH WALES ClRCCHT.—Chester, March 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE MURDER NEAR BIRKENHEAD.—This case, which has
excited considerable interest throughout this part of the
country, has to-day taken a turn which has produced no less
surprise. It was a charge against three persons, named
Robert Lynch, William Nowland, and Patrick Tallant, for
the wilful murder of Thomas Peacop, a respectable young
man who formed one of the firm of Golding and Co., corn-
merchants, Liverpool, and who resided at New Ferry, about
three miles from Birkenhead, on the Cheshire shore of the
Mersey. The prisoners were committed, chiefly on the testi-
mony of an accomplice named Michael Burns, in the month
of September last, nine months after the murder was perpe-
trated, and who was also in gaol on the same charge.
On an application being made for the appearance of Burns,
to give evidence before the grand jury,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for the Palatine intimated to
the Court that he had read over the depositions, and after
carefully considering them, he did not feel it his duty to ac-
cede to that course, as Burns would be put on his trial.
The JUDGE—I understood you intended to take his evi-
dence as approver.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for the Palatine—He has made
a statement, but it is entirely uncorroborated. I thought, in
the first instance, that he should be admitted as an approver;
but as there is no corroboration of his testimony, I do not
think it would be safe to proceed on his evidence against the
other men, as there would be no likelihood of a conviction.
I propose, therefore, to put Burns on his trial, on his own
statement, fur the highway robbery.
The JUDGE—Very well. Of course you will use your own
discretion.

Just before the Court rose the grand jury made the last
presentment of bills. They returned true bills for murder
and robbery, with violence, against Michael Burns, the ap-
prover in the Rock Ferry murder case, and ignored the bill
against the other three prisoners charged with the murder of
Mr. Peacop. _

A true bill for murder was returned against Mary Evans,
charged with poisoning her child at Bebington.
The grand jury were then discharged.
An order for the liberation of Lynch, Nowlan, and Tallant
was then made by the Court, and they were released from
prison.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PArrxsox.)
CHARGE OF 3IURDER—TRIAL OF NATHANIEL CURRIE CON-
TINUED.
This trial was again resumed this morning at nine o'clock,
when more witnesses were examined for the prosecution.
Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner in a
speech that lasted for three hours and a half, at the close of
which
His LORDSHIP summed up the whole evidence very mi-
nutely.
The jury retired at about half-past six in the evening, and
remained eut something more than an hour. On their re-
turn into Court they returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

MIDLAND CI RCUlT—Warwick, March 31.
CROWN COURT.

Tut BERKESWELL Mounin.---This morning James Read
was put on his trial for the murder of Thomas Trainer, of
Berkeswell, near Coventry. The case excited great interest,
and the Court was crowded long before nine o'clock, the
hour fixed for the trial.
On Mr. Justice Coltman taking his seat the prisoner was
placed in the dock. He is only eighteen years of ago, and
his youthful appearance created some sympathyi
n his favour.
He was attired in a light-coloured taglioni, light waistcoat,
and had on his neck a black cravat. The indictment having
been read over, the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty in a firm
and able voice.
Mr. Miller attended for the prisoner.
Mr. Whitehurst and Mr. Hayes conducted the prosecution.
Mr. WIIITEIIURST stated the case, briefly prefer ring, as he
observed, that the Court and jury should hear the main facts
against the prisoner from the witnesses themsely es.
Evidence was gone into at great length, but as we have
so recently given the details copiously, we abstain from re-
peating them. It will be remembered that the:deceased was
found dead in his house, his brains having beet I knocked out
with a bill-hook, which lay near the body. .A. young man,
supposed to have been the prisoner, was seer as if coming
at great longt.h for the pri-
soner,
from the house ; and there were various circa) -nstances con-
nected with his disappearance from the neighbourhood calcu-
lated to involve him in strong suspicion, Sze.
liir
and DULLER
exclusion of the prisoner's attorney from the- examinations
coeumadednrceesdsedbym the
denouncing juryin stroll g terms the
whicii took place before the magistrates. Mr. 31. then pro-
ceeded to iLe evidence, which was of a purely circumstantial
nature; and aiter an address of nearly two h, curs from the
Learned Gentleman,
His LORDSHIP summed. up the evidence, observing that
there were circumstances in some I,ls of the case requiring
grave consideration. One of the witnesses had stated that
he found blood upon the axe and the bill-hook, although
the surgeon had stated that there had been y one woud
inflicted upon the deceased. Relative to .the evidence
given by Mr. Lazarus, it would have been vefey important
if he could have identified the prisoner as the person who
pledged the handkerchief; but he had doubts upon that
point. The Learned Judge, in conclusion, adi 'erted to the
other important points of the evidence, and terminated his
address at ten minutes past five o'clock ; after which the
jury consulted for five minutes, and returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.

HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 31.
(Bofors Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Special Jury.)
ANGELL V. ANC,ELL.

This was an action of ejectment to remove possession of
twenty-two acres of land at Stockwell.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Petersdorff, and Mr. Bovell were
for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Chen-
nell, and Mr. Peacock for the defendant.
Thiscau
to go intoehabee t
been
so
s7le frequently reported that it will be
unnecessary particulars at any great length on
the present oeceeiou. The defendant became poswed of