The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-17 00:00:00

frnE THUR,__I3.AY EVENING, SE
~NDON,
PTEMBER 17, 1846.
SUN'

OF RENFREWSHIRE.
THE PAISLEY SHAWL.
and to which, it is believed, the whole eatablishment is to THE INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
be removed from here. of a , i! ,
DEVONPORT, SEPT. 15.—Yesterday the ceremony
(From the eivateewstere eluvertzser.e.
laying the foundation-stone of th
he First Lord of Sir Walter Scott, who has left no single pout ' tof our
Military Free School was performed by
at .
of AII 'd t.' l'ty undeveloped in the course of his wondrous
E rt tic c an.. na lona i
e Royal Naval and
the Admiralty, the Right lion. the .
G.C.B. ething of that prowl fee) g 'ern which was mani-
At ten o'clock in the morning a procession started with sue_ .
wcseeinge of fictitious tis,t,ues, has more than once referred
of vatht4sigsm, 40 prothioti; of the
from the Town-hall, attended by the band of the Royal fested in his.
•
• .
Marines, and headed by seamen and marines, bearing Paisley loom.
flags and banners. They weiv followed by the infant
Since the mighty magician thus alioriej *tit the Ob-
ject, mighty changes have been effected, elicit as to place
school,; officersboyosf'
tshcehnooalv,ys.uaabdscrairbmerys:
visitors,
the
Paisley
Sib-
school,
committee.ol,girls shawl, Inot only in a much nearer approxi-
commissioners of Devonport, superintendent of police, oration for excellence to the Indian, but improvements
mayor, magistrates, and Town Council of Devonport, and facilities in the various arts connected with its pro-
members of Town Couaeit of Plymouth, architect, con- duction have been pushed to such an extent as to occa-
tractors, the clergy and minister-s of all denominations. sion as great a discrepancy in favour of the Paisley
The Earl of Auckland and the °thee' Lords of the Admi- shawl, in point of the cost of production, as there for-
ralty were immediately preceded by captains and Core- merly was in favour of the Indian in point of compare-
menders R.N. in commission, Colonels. and Majors of tive value. The Indian is, nevertheless the parent shawl,
regiments, Commandants Boyal Enginee:s and Royal and having been favoured with some remarks on the
Artillery, Colonel Beatty, Rear-Admiral i!!'ir Samuel Indian, French, and Paisley shawl manufactures, we
Pyre, Captain Sir T. Fellowes, C. 8., Major-Gen.:ral the availourselves of these to detail some interestiog facts re,
lion. 11. Murray, and Port-Admiral Sir John West. spatting them.
On reaching the grmind in Kinp,--street, the Rev. W. The Indian loom, excepting the four leafed mounting
R. Payne, the chaplain in ordinary, -offered prayer. The and treddles, is stated to be different in every particular
stone was then lowered in its place, aid adjusted by his from either the Preach or Paisley machine, having no
Lordship in the usual manner. After ,the children had harness, no boxes on the lay, no pluck-pin, no pirns, no
sung the national anthem, the Earl of eNuckland, ad- shuttles. Everything in connexion with it, although the
dressing the Worshipful the Mayor of Devienport, said, work of a mechanic, is clumsy, rude, and primitive in
that however much he had been pleased on ,Saturday, appearance, but on the whole better adapted to the In
by the honour which then devolved on him of laying., the dian mode of weaving than either the Paisley or the
foundation-stone of the great national undertaking at French loom. Even in the rude state in which we find
Morice-town, still that pleasure was surpassed by hie the mechanical operations of the natives of Cashmere in
feelings on the present occasion, when the moral and the art of weaving, they still stand, as they have stood
spiritual education of those brave defenders of their for generations, unrivalled by any other nations in the ,
country, her seamen and soldiers, was so deeply con- world in the highest branch of the art, that of producing
cerned. He had always taken a sincere and lively in- the pattern. The knowledge of their way of procedure
terest in the education of the people, especially in that is extremely limited, alike from want of European inter-
system which was entirely free from sectarianism ; and course, and from their practice of packing up their uten-
he now most heartily congratulated the Mayor of De- sits on the approach of strangers, and removing to some
vonport, and those gentlemen who had actively pro- unseen and unmolested spot, for they work in the open
moted the present measure, on the successful result air, under a climate and un a soil alike favourable to the
which had attended their efforts ; and concluded by advancement of manufactures, amidst a country rich in
saying that he should esteem it as a honour and a pri- romantic scenery, watered by numerous streams, blessed
vilege to be allowed to enrol his name in the list of sub- with abundance of produce. At the foot of their hills,
scribers to the institution. . . covered with forests and pastures, are corn fields and

Mr. Blackmore, the Mayor of Devonport, having in
suitable terms, asknowledged his Lordship's address, the
band of the Royal Marines played the national anthem,
and the ceremony, which was attended by a vast con-
course of persons, concluded.
In the afternoon the Lords of the Admiralty visited
the sail-lofts in her Majesty's dockyard, and witnessed
the result of some experiments o❑ sail-cloth that had
been previously saturated with a preparation. The
canvass, which was quite rotten in consequence, parted
with a very small amount of force. Their Lordship's
then went on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120,
Captain Milne, in Hamoaze, and minutely inspected
that fine vessel. In the evening they patronized a ball
at Elliott's Royal Hotel, given in aid of the funds of the
Female Orphan Asylum at Stoke. The front of the
hotel was brilliantly illuminated with a handsome star
and the letters "V. A." The ball was attended by a
fashionable company, and being crowded to excess, no
doubt contributed a handsome sum towards the newly-
erected institution.

orchards, with mulberry trees (the support of the silk-
worm) clustered with vines. The meadows of the valley
are famous for flowers ; the rose and violet of Cashmere
grow wild ; but there are gorgeous gardens, groves, and
fountains throughout this region, which the natives call
" the flower garden of India," " the paradise of the
world." Sixteen thousand looms, employing Three
workmen each, were at work in this region, while
the trade in shawls was yet in a flourishing condition,
and before their conquerors -had imposed the present
heavy customs on the natives. The remains of art
amongst them, at once splendid and gigantic, seem to
intimate their present rude condition to be a dege-
neracy from the past. And while we regard them
as the parents of the art of design, though the fertility
of their imagination is still the theme of wonder, the
origin of their art is lost in antiquity. In one
sense, indeed, we need never be at a loss for the source
of that inspiration which we may term the im-
pulse of the textile muse, when we recal the glowing
scenery of their lovely vale. The females of Cachmere
were once celebrated over all India, and still, though
the natives have fallen under the despotism of tyrants,
they are not surpassed in natural grace, and as brunettes
are celebrated for the whiteness and regularity of their
teeth, and the brilliancy of their almond-shaped eyes,
softened by long black lashes. The refinements
and accomplishments of superior civilisation, which
may have commended them to the luxurious tastes ci
Asiatic potentates, are, however, gone. And even the
men, though characterised by broad, brawny shoulders,
and strongly marked features, have, under the influence
of foreign oppression and barbarity, sunk from a state
of enlightenment into slavish timidity and insolence.
So far as regards habits of file, customs, religion, local
government, they have maintained their primitive
national institutions. Amongst them the law of caste
is strictly maintained, so that they abide by the here-
ditary trades or occupations of their families, and are
forbid to connect themselves in marriage with any but
those of their own caste. So that, amongst other in-
veterate habits and prejudices which they cherish, the
continued use of their rude, unimproved, and clumsy
work-looms have been especially maintained. It is
stated, however, that they have, in other branches of art,
shown an anxiety to imitate our models, and have done
so successfully ; so that, should their opportunities of
European intercourse be increased (of which there was
at one time a prospect,) our mechanical improvements
may be adopted, as far as practicable, with their
mode of weaving. It is, however, anticipated that
in proportion as the French and British improve-
ments may be introduced—dispensing with the tedious
and expensive practice of looping the weft—the higher
department of art, in which the natives of Cashmere
presently excel, runs a chance of being neglected for the
sake of meeting the increased demand, arising from the
reduction in the cost of their goods. The shawls woven
in the open air by the Cashmere peasantry are composed
of a substance totally different from the stuffs generally
used in Paisley for similar purposes, and have no affinity
in quality or appearance to silk, cotton, or what is
usually understood by woollen or worsted yarns. The
Cashmere is taken from the goat, which is a native of
Thibet and Tartary, the only countries in which it is
said to thrive. These animals are fed and tended with
the greatest care, as the fineness and quality of their
fleece, in a great measure, depend on their treatment,
and are even influenced considerably by the tempera-
ture of the climate. They are shorn once a year, and it
is only the finest quality of the wool that can be used in
the shawls. A full-grown goat does not yield more
than eight ounces that can be appropriated to that
purpose. The most that is with certainty known of the
different stages of this manufacture is, that all the pro-
cesses, from the spinning of the wool to the finishing of
the cloth, are performed by the members of one family ;
and that the dyeing of the colours, of which they
have upwards of forty shades, forms a part of the hou3e-
bold duty.
The French loom, the general and recent introduction
of which has effected such a revolution in the Paisley
shawl trade, is both simpler and more effective than
either the Indian or Paisley plan—where the Paisley lay
is substituted for the plain lay of the French. Still the
French have advantages over us, in respect of possessing
a command of card paper four times cheaper than with
us ; and also in the art of design, in which we have
scarely done much more than copy them since we began
to use the Jacquard. Previous to that time, however,
and under the operations of the Paisley loom proper, we
could set patterns at one-fourth the cost incurred in pre-
paring patterns for the jacquard. Our productions will
evidently fall short of those of the French designer, until
the art of design shall have made, under the auspices of
our Government, as much advancement in connexion
with manufactures as it has done in France, under the
anxious and watchful attention of the French Govern-
ment, now continued fur many years. Our pattern-
drawers have much progress yet to make in the prac-
tical knowledge of art itself ; they have even to study
weaving and manufacturing more attentively before we
can equal in perfection the French designer. The latter in-
variably makes it his business to obtain a knowledge of the
jacquard loom previous to entering the school of design;
and a jacquard machine was fur years after its invention
(the story of which is familiarly known to every one)
kept in the French schools of design, for the purpose of
conveying the requisite information. Even after the
pupil has passed through the school of design, he is re-
quired to devote six months to the theory of manufac-
ture, and, while at the school itself, must pass two hours
daily in studying the application of the design to the
machine, chiefly under the dirt etion of persons whose
exclusive business it is to instruct these young artists to
transter upon ruled, or what we call design, paper, the
patterns they have produced. Under these circum-
stances, the art of design in France, which, previous to
the year 1808, was at a comparatively low ebb, while
trade was limited and uncertain, has become, since that
period, and more particularly since 1814-15, when the
jacquard was much improved and fairly established,
superior to all that British artists and British capital
could attempt, owing chiefly to the increased numbers of
young men devoting their talents to the production of
shawl patterns. It is this artistic advantage alone
which bestows its peculiar feature of distinction
on the French over the British pattern, and
renders the French decidedly the best imitators
of the Indian shawl. One thing is certainly true,
the French spare neither labour nor expense in main-
taining this position. More than one-half of the goods
imported from India to this country are purchased by
French merchants or their agents, for patterns ; and as
a proof of the estimation in which the productions of the
east are held by them, " To nature and Cashmere," is a
byword of the artists of Lyons. Not only so, but in
1820 it was discovered that the French had not only
gone the length of importing and making their shawls of
Cashmere wool, but that Cashmere goats were rearing in
France.
Meanwhile the progress of the Paisley shawl manu-
facture has not been short of a marvel, considering the
pitch it has attained, deprived of almost all these advan-
tages. Forty years ago there was not a shawl loom in
Paisley. And except an attempt made at the close of
the 18th century to imitate the Indian shawl in Edin-
burgh, similar to what was doing in Norwich and Stock-
port, nothing was done to cultivate the branch of art.
Some of the English goods, it is stated, were sent to
Paisley for the inspection of several manufacturers, but
the muslin trade being then good, it was conceived that
shawls as a fancy article would be of a short-lived cha-
racter, and few accordingly were they that engaged in
them. It was Mr. J. Paterson who first embarked in the
ebeusslnsetsiffis wc,iietnhtintgo establishen the trade in the locality, and
and perseverance, attended by suc-
prevent its being transferred to some other quarter. Ile
was followed by others. But the operatives, from the
expense of erecting a shawl-loom, and the length of
time required to put it in a working condition, were
many of them long deterred from entering on this
branch of business. The decay of the muslin trade and
reduction of the price of labour, impelled them at length
to turn their attention to the shawl trade, and it was
not long arc it proved the more important of the two.
The well-known intell;g. nee, perseverance, and indus-
try of our operatives conquered every difficulty ; and
serious as the outlay of money might appear to them,
few hesitated to engage in the business. In a short
time the shawl trade began to develope itself into dif-
ferent branches. Shawls were made in spun silk, soft
silk, and in cotton, as well as in mixtures of all the
three. These goods, however, did not possess the ap-
pearance, nor did they feel as soft as the peculiar con-
struction of the Asiatic loom. To remedy this a stuff
was made from the admixture of soft wool and worsted.
The approximation, however, was not quite so com-
plete as was desirable. About 1820, Messrs. Gibbs and
M'Donald, of Edinburgh, introduced a wool from Van
Diemen's Land for shawl manufacture, and along with
it a style of figure and arrangement which placed them
foremost in the market for many years. In 1830 they
also produced admirable imitations of rich Indian

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

THE DEVIL'S ROCKS-WESTERN ISLAND.

The following has been trrnsmitted at Lloyd's
Extract from the log of the brig Packet, Wm. Squire,
R.N., Commander, on her voyage from Mauritius to
London.
SUNDAY, AUG. 23, 1846.—At 1.30 A.M. saw the
Devil's Rocks, bearing W.S.W., distance half cable's
length ; the rocks appearing in three distinct ridges
from SO to 100 feet in length, and about 10 feet in
breadth, the eastern and western ridges forming like a
cockscomb, the whole surrounded by large bodies of
kelp or seaweed ; the shoal water appearing to extend
about two miles from the coast. The latitude and longi-
tude in the chart appeared quite correct.
MEM.—These rocks are in the direct Channel course
from the Western Islands.l

STATIONS of the BRITISH ARMY
ON THE IST OF SEPTEMBER.
(From the United Service Magazine.)
Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at
which the depot of the regiment is stationed.
Ist Life Guards, Windsor 42d, Malta, Isle of Wight--
2d, Regent's-park Reserve batt., Malta
Royal Horse Guards, Hyde- 43d, Dover
park 44th, Belfast
Ist DragoonGds., Birmingham 45th, Cape of Good Hope,
2d, Dublin Isle of Wight-Res. batt.,
3d, Piershill Monte Video
4th, Nottingham 46th, Canada, Chatham
sth, York 47th, Dublin
6th, Norwich 48th, Jamaica, Newbridge
7th, Cape of Good Hope, 49th; Galway
Maidstone 50th, Bengal, Chatham
Ist Dragoons, Ballincollig 'slst, Van Diemen's Land,
2d, Dublin Chatham
3d Light Dragoons, Bengal, 52d, Quebec, Brecon
Maidstone 53d, Bengal, Chatham
4th Light, Manchester 54th, Gibraltar, Fermoy
6th, Longford 55th, Devonport
7th Hussars, Hounslow 56th, Bury, Lancashire
Bth Hussars, Cahir 57th, Madras, Chathm
9th Lancers, Bengal, Maid- 58th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
stone 59th, Dublin
10th Hussars, Bombay 60th (Ist batt.), Bombay,
11th Hussars, Coventry Chatham
12th Lancers, Brighton Ditto (2d batt.), Canada,
13th Light Drag., Newbridge , Edinburgh
14th do. Bombay, Maidstone 61st, Bengal, Chatham
15th Hussars, Madras, 62d, Bengal, Chatham
Maidstone 63d, Madras, Chatham
IGth Lancers, Bengal, Maid- 64th, Dublin
stone 65th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
17th Lancers, Dundalk 66th, Gibraltar, Clare
Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.), 67th, Cork
Winchester 68th, Dublin
Do. (2d batt.) St. John's- 69th,Manchester
wood 70th, Templemore
Do. (3d batt.), Tower 71st, Barbadoes, Isle of Wigh
Coldstream Guarth(lst batL), -Res. batt.. Canada
St. George's Barracks 72d, Gibraltar, Nenagh
Do. (2d batt.), Portman- 73d, Monte Video, Buttevan.
street Barracks 74th, Portsmouth
Scotch Fusilier Guards (Ist 75th, Athlone
batt.), Wellington Barracks 76th, Fort George, N.B.
Do. (2d batt.), Windsor 77th, Halifax, Fermoy
Ist Foot (Ist batt.), Trini- 78th, Bombay, Chatham
dad, Dublin 79th, Gibraltar, Beltnrbet
Do. (2d batt.), Edinburgh 80th, Bengal, Chatham
2d, Winchester 81st, Canada, Jersey
3d, Gosport 82d, Canada, Spike Island
4th, Madras, Chatham 83d, Limerick
sth, Fermoy 84th, Madras, Chatham
6th, Cork 85th, Buttevant
7th, St. Vincent, Newry 86th, Bombay, Chatham
Bth, Bombay 87th, Aberdeen
9th, Bengal, Chatham 88th, Malta, Ballinasloe
10th, Bengal. Chatham 89th, Canada, Hull
11th, N. S. Wales, Sheerness 90th, C. G. Hope, Chester
12th (Ist batt.) Mauritius, Isle 91st, Cape of Good Hope,
of Wight-R. b., Mauritius Isle of Wight-Reserve
13th, Portsmouth batt., Cape of Good Hope
14th, Canada, Plymouth 92d, Enniskillen
lsth, Ceylon, Waterford 93d, Canada, Carlow
[6th, Gibraltar, Athlone 94th, Men, Chatham
7th, Bombay, Chatham 95th, Ceylon, Tralee
Bth, China, Chatham 96th, N. S. Wales, Chathm
9th, Barbadoes, Boyle 97th, Corfu, Isle of Wight-
20th (Ist batt.), Bermuda, Isle Reserve batt., Cephalonia
of Wight-R. b , Bermuda 98th, China, Chatham
21:4, Madras, Chatham 99th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
22d, Bombay, Chatham Rifle Brigade (18th), Corfu,
23d (Ist batt.), Antigua, Isle[ Chatham
of Wight-R. b., Canada Do. (2d batt.), Halifax, N. S.
24th, Bengal, Chatham Isle of Wight-Reserve
25th, Madras, Chatham batt., Halifax, N. S.
26th, Dublin COLONIAL COUPS.
27th, C. G. Hope, Guernsey lit West India Regiment,
28th, Bombay, Chatham Jamaica
29th, Bengal, Chatham 25 Do., Nassau
30th, Leeds 3d Do., Demerara, Sierra
31st, Bengal, Chatham Leone, ftz•:•,.
32d, Bengal, Chatham Ceylon Rifle Reg., Ceylon
33d, New Brunswick, Clonmel Royal Canadian Rifle Regi-
34th, Corfu, Clonmel ment, Canada •
.35th, Mauritius, Charles Fort Cape Mountedßitlemen,Cape
36th, Weedon of Good Hope
37th, Newport, South Wales , Royal Newfoundland Vet.
38th, Jamaica, Londonderry Comps., Newfoundland
39th, Bengal, Chatham Royal Malta Fencibles, Malta
40th, Canterbury St. Helena Regiment, St
41st, Mullingar Helena.
° 51st-Under orders for Bengal.

INSECURITY OF POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—
A correspondence has taken place between a gentleman
in Scotland and the public authorities on the insecurity
of post-office money-orders, the substance of which
may be interesting to our readers. The gentleman
referred to having had occasion for some post-office
money-orders, was struck with the apparent mystery of
the forms, and at the same time with the fact that this
mystery gave no security whatever against fraud. The
mystery consists in the order for payment bearing ne
name, but that it is to be paid to the person named
in a separate letter from the post-office people, in which
also is the narnp of the sender. Now, supposing a per-
son to steal a letter containing a money-order, he finds
the name of the person who is to receive the money on
the back, and that of the sender in the letter. He has,
therefore, only to write the name of the receiver, and
give the name of the sender, and the money is paid to
him. Indeed, the officials at the window are not very
particular in inquiring whether they pay to the right
party or not. To render money orders secure, the gen-
tleman prepared certain simple forms, and submitted
them to the post-office authorities at Edinburgh, prepa-
ratory to replying to letters from the Treasury and the
General Post-office. These authorities frankly admitted
the defect of the existing forms, and the efficacy of the
form proposed; but they stated, verbally, some difficulties
in the way of their adoption, to remove which seemed to
the gentleman referred to, quite easy. In order, how-
ever, to enable him clearly to show how the difficulties
con: j ue removed, he requested a statement of them in
writing. The answer to this request was neither a com-
pliance nog a refusal, but an advice to apply to the Lon-
don authoriCes, This evasion is characteristic of office.
But until those ,mho have the management of post-office
concerns show a li:110 more desire for improvement in a
most important dep.',riment, the public are not one whit
more secured against fraud 1)y a past office order as it is,
than if the names of the sender and receiver were
written on the order at full length. The make-believe
of the authorities may be said 14) be a mere deception—
professing to give security where none is given. Their
refusal to listen to any improvement not suggested by
some of themselves will of course surprise no one.
At all the theatres of Paris a number of men are
regularly engaged by the management to applaud all
the pieces performed, and all the actors and actresses.
From a process before one of the Law Courts the other
day, it appears that at the Theatre de l'Ambigu-Co-
mique (one of the minor theatres of the Boulevards) a
regular mercantile company was formed for the purpose
of doing the applauding business. The rage for com-
panies is certainly great now-a-days ; but it was hardly
to be expected that the claque of a theatre would be put
into a company, and divided into shares.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
sfahcatwure
country. The gorgeous patterns of Paisley have • I e 7 7 MANSION-HOUSE
put out the Edinburgh shawls, which the national since
•'. -"l"lzcwelk Pollard, a lodger in 1 '
seems at the time of their introduction to have been Ivt rich is let out in tenements, -
a wAtse in St. Mary Axe,
inadequate to appreciate, since it was in France that • ' man Wilson, charged with ' ''''. as brought before Alder-
:;rent demand existed for them for several years, and I the 41st clause of the 9-•• • raving acted in violation of
indeed there is still a limited call from thence for these j keeping part of th- ed and 3d of Victoria, cap. 71, by
sbeWil: '7lliQ inei4nicOS construction of the weavir ' filthy and tine° - -ahouse in which she so resided in a
• the gs i Ti,,, ~,,„, . eoiesome condition.
'QOM itt tikin aftanget eperatives Of Edinburgh, and 1 aL,,,. —— , ner cf the house had, it appeared, found it ne
'heir unwilliruness to Onatore it is one s`rone ' ""1.- -in consequence of - --
-- -r/ ..
i„,..,. , ~. , . , reason j , -a.) /.. - the tenant's disinclination to
why the tiliewpis made in the city to establish the rely, ana her very disagreeable domestic habits, to make
manufacture of rich shaWls feed, importunate demands upon her for rent, as the only
In 1824.25, the Messrs Millar, of Paisley, ^ 1 practicable mode ofgetting •
e'Llt-'mPted toted bysuch rid of her attogether. Ina-
the production of shawls more closely -
evsenibling the I to et, l' t 1 a course of proceedinee she was determined
Cashmere than anything as yet i,rotiucA in the place. tba
mostaia eiittieleainbnnyance upon all the other lodgers, in
[hey procured Cashmere of natiTe growth, together leave the house'ioa
inle way? in order to compel them to
with English materials nearly similar, employed a resident. 'Tie lading
whiTh she was so unwelcome a
Frenchman to stiperinteod their work, and built a fae- bore testimony to heirngsjille? and stairs near her room
in violating the particular
tory where they could carry it on in secrecy. The ope- clause, and the coMmo'n'
rations of this respectable firm were closed in cease- with decided advantage tostehweerlawttas compared to them
pence of the commercial panic of 1826-27 ; but to their the health of the rest of' the inhabitants ts
enutlhdebfeear that
injured
superintendent belongs the credit of introducing the if tho defendant were allowed to what her whl it
toubleground, or two baelo, as It is °ailed, which, while bad been thought neceseary to what the ia',
Police Act
it adds beauty to the fabric, enables more colotoing to would do with such nu offender. try
se thrown into the patterp; as well ai a saving in the The defendant did not deny the accuracy of the
cost of the production recommending it to the general charge, but said that the misunderstanding arose from a
practice of our manufacturers. The doable back 1
on-a' dispute as to the amount of the rent due to the landlord,
improved the ground, but the tweeling cif the spotting whom she did not consider herself bound to accommo-
or colours which form the pattern—a still more impor- date by any nice attention to any part of his house.
taut improvement afterwards introduced by the Messrs. The landlord said that, as the Alderman mieht
Walker, was a positive advance in design. A protracted readily suppose, the rent was no object, in comparison
lemand for bordered goods ensued in consequence of the with the removal of the parent of such a nuisance and
ocreased beauty of the patterns produced by this ins- he would if she forthwith departed forgive not only'
the
provement of the Messrs, Walker,
rent, but all that had hitherto been done.
On the revival of business, in 1828, several houses The defendant, upon the recommendation of the
commenced the making of wool shawls, and amongst Alderman, acceded to the proposition of the landlords,
the rest Mr. Robert Kerr, after repeated failures, suc- and promised to deliver up her tenement in a clean and
coaled ; and for two or three years Thibet shawls wholesome condition.
became the staple article of the trade. These shawls The case led to some observations from Alderman
were of plain grounds, with figured borders, woven Wilson, upon the probable efficacy of a new Act of Par-
separately and sewed on. For the last ten or twelve liament, if acted upon vigorously by the authorities im-
years there have been greater diversities of style in the powered by it. The police act referred to, Alderman
goods produced, accompanied by the introduction of Vilson said appeared to him to be much too
improved facilities for their manufacture. Our menu- tardy in its operation. lie could not help
lecturers and pattern-drawers have seen the necessity of availing himself ,of the opportunity of expres-
paying more attention to the varied styles of India and sing his gratification at the very salutary and im-
of France. From these sources enriching their ideas portant Act, which had been passed at the close of the
and invigorating their fancy, they have been led to adopt last session of Parliament, intitled, "An Act for the
better methods of colouring and contrast. Our patterns more speedy removal of certain nuisances," and which,
in consequence, possess a degree of taste which does although a first and experimental carrying out of the
them infinite credit. The Messrs. Roxburgh, in parti- principles and recommendations of Mr. Chadwick's in-
sular, infused a spirit of emulation into many of our valuable sanatory report, was calculated to effect vast
drawers, by showing year after year the spirited effects benefit to the community. It was his full determine-
capable of being produced by a series of styles of pat- tion to use his best exertions to put in motion the ma-
terns of
hus increased dime
co nsntribut ions. The Mesthesrs. Roxburgh clattery afforded by the Act referred to in every loca-
lity where he possessed any influence or interest, and
sign to its present condition amongst us. he was confident that when the facilities, which the
The necessity for establishing the School of Design in Act furnished towards the removal of the pestiferous
Paisley, for which a spirited subscription is now in pro- nuisances, which were so abundant in the metropolis,
gress, will be more than Manifest from this outline of and in other parts of the country, became known
the difficulties through which our shawl trade has strum- the intelligence and
public spirit of all classes would be
gled, and in spite of which it has so far triumphed. Let combined to carry out the excellent objects of that Act
our youths possess the proper means of instruction, and of Parliament. From the first section of the Act, it ap-
receive sufficient encouragement to prosecute their peered that it was competent for the town council of any
studies in the art of design in connexion with manufac- corporate town, or for the commissioners of police, or
tures, and we may safely answer for our shawl trade the trustees for the drainage, paving, or cleansing of
soon evincing that it contains not only the elements of any town, or in case there should be no such town
its own improvement and extension, but embodies the council, commissioners, or trustees of any borough, city,
means of improving the condition of our whole cone- or place, then that it shall be lawful for the guardians of
munity. One difficulty which our trade has overcome the poor, upon receiving a certificate in writing from
is that of the introduction of the jacquard loam, not- two duly qualified medical practitioners of the filthy and
withstanding its cost, as well as the expense of setting unwholesome condition of any dwelling-house or other
up the pattern to be worked by it, the card-paper for building, or of the accumulation of any offensive or
which costs alone seldom less than 601. for a single noxious matter, or of the existence of any foul or offen-
pattern, and often 1001.—Government deriving a duty sive drain, privy, or cesspool, to bring a complaint before
thereon of 20 per cent. At present there are two justices,whoshall summon the owner or occupier, and
consequently several houses making square and unless sufficient cause shall be shown to the contrary,shall
long shawls in Paisley, which resemble more forthwith make an order in writing for the removal or
closely the Indian fabric than any ever before abatement of the nuisance in the certificate described.
manufactured here. The shawls now manufactured are There was also a provision in the Act, giving the magi-
indeed to the most superficial observer, an astonishing strates power to excuse an occupier on the ground of
contrast in their superiority of design and beauty of poverty, and to defray the consequent necessary expenses
execution to those made ten years ago. The lady of a of the removal of nuisances out of the poor rates. In
distinguished M. p. returning from the Continent lately making such valuable enactments the Legislature had
with two of these shawls, a long and a square, both of done its duty in a manner to be most sensibly felt. It
Paisley manufacture, in her possession, had them seized only remained, therefore, for the public bodies—the
for French at the Custom-house. It was in vain that Town Councils, the Commissioners for Paving, &c., and
their Paisley origin was insisted upon. The officers the guardians of the poor—to do theirs. The Act was
would not, and could not, believe it, until Mr. Kerr's for a limited definite period, i. e. until the Ist of August,
agent went down to them, and exhibiting the pattern, 1847, and the end of the then next session of Parlia-
reieved the property of tile honourable member's lady meat ; but there was no doubt that if found to work well
from the consequences of this somewhat earnest tribute its provisions would be enlarged and rendered per
to our manufacturing success. A harness finished shawl, manent.
two parts white, was shown us, which, when in London,
Mr. Kerr's superintendent found the French themselves
had copied. Entering a shawl emporium, he chanced
to make some recognition of the pattern, but learned to
his astonishment that the shawl in question was French.
It was afterwards ascertained that the French had
strictly copied this production, Mr. Kerr's number for
being 28, the French 113.

LAMBETH.
Mr. Lawrence, a man of respectable appearance, wbo
described himself as a compositor in the printing
establishment of Clowes and Sons, in Duke-street,
Stamford-street, applied to Mr. Elliott for his advice and
assistance under the following extraordinary circum-
stances:—
The applicant, who was accompanied by his wife,
stated that on the night of the Bth of May last his wife,
then present, had been forcibly carried away from her
residence in the vicinity of Stamford-street, and taken to
a house of ill-fame in Orchard-street, Westminster, by
two men, and there used in a most shameful and shock-
ing manner, by two persons, the one a cow-keeper and
the other an egg merchant. On the following morning
at about five o'clock she was turned into the street, and
made the best of her way home, but such had been her
treatment that her person was covered with bruises, and
her head was so affected that he was obliged to send her
to Armstrong's Peckham Asylum for seven weeks.
Mr. ELLIOTT, to the applicant—Have you any evidence
to corroborate this statement of your wire? Applicant—
Only this, that when my wife was coming away from the
house to which she had been taken, and where, accord-
ing to her own statement, she was drugged, she was
accosted by a policeman on the beat, who told her he had
seen the shameful manner in which she had been used in
forcing her into the house on the night before, and if she
wished to proceed against the parties, whose names he
knew, he would come forward and give evidence.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Have you since seen that policeman?
Applicant—l have not, sir, though I have taken much
trouble to find him,
Mr. ELLIOTT—How soon after returning from the
Lunatic Asylum was it that your wife made this disclo-
sure to you of her having been so badly treated? Ap-
plicant—About a month, sir; but she has since seen
both parties, and declares positively they are the persons
who used her so shamefully.
Mr. ELLIOTT—WeII, I must say I am somewhat sur-
prised at the time which has been allowed to elapse
since you were made acquainted with the circumstances.
Applicant—The fact, sir, is, that I have been endea-
vouring to find out the policeman who had seen and
knew the two persons who had seduced and ill-used my
wife, so as to be enabled at once to give them into
custody.
Mr. ELLIOTT—I cannot help thinking that the state-
ment of your wife is rather a singular one. Do you re-
collect missing her from home on the night in question?
Applicant--Most certainly I did, sir, and saw her the
following day in a dreadful state. Besides, my wife has
within the last two or three days learned from the waiter
at a public-house which the parties frequent that they
had been boasting there of what they had done.
Mr. ELLIOTT observed that it would be desirable to
have the wife of the applicant corroborated in some es-
sential part of her statement before persons of respect-
ability and character were given into custody on so
serious a charge.
Police-sergeant 22 B said that on the applicant calling
at the station-house he referred to the occurrence-book,
and could find no entrance in May last of any such cir-
cumstance occurring in Orchard street, Westminster,
though it would be the duty of the constable, if he had
witnessed it, to make a report of the circumstance to his
superior officer. He had also made as much inquiry
into the circumstances as the time would permit, but
could learn nothing of the occurrence. On that, as on
other nights, the constables would be mustered at the
station-house before going on duty, and the applicant
and his wife would, on attending there, have an oppor-
tunity of seeing each of them.
Mr. ELLIOTT thought this a good suggestion, and told
the applicant that when prepared with further evidence
he should afford him all the assistance in his power.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A few days ago a young married woman, named Ann
Guest, whose face was shockingly swollen and contused,
appeared before Mr. Broughton to obtain an assault
warrant against her husband, a journeyman dyer, living
in Whitecross-place, Finsbury.
It appeared from the woman's statement that her hus-
band, although capable of earning a comfortable liveli-
hood for his family, consisting of herself and three chil-
dren, had for a long time past abandoned himself to
dissolute habits, not having contributed a farthing to-
wards their maintenance for the last three years, during
the whole of which period they had been solely supported
by the produce of her own labours as a silk winder. On
the day preceding that on which she made her complaint,
her husband returned home in a state of intoxication,
and, because she was unable to furnish him with money
to procure more liquor, he commenced beating her in the
most brutal manner.
Mr. BROUGHTON immediately ordered a warrant to be
Issued for the apprehension of the husband, and yester-
day being appointed for the hearing, when the case was
Daniel Forrester, the Mansion-house officer, was called on,
, a Hayward, the warrant officer, informed the magis-
short time ago, employed to trace out and apprehend trate that on proceeding to the house to require the William Thomas Thomas Power, who stands charged with feaciont's attendance, he found that the wretched man
having, with others, defrauded the Clonmell National had gone before a more awful tribunal, havning committed
Bank, of which he was an accountant, of money to the a
most determined act of self-destruction.. From subse-
amount of upwards of 13,000/. The vigilant London
quent inquiries he ascertained that the deceased had dis-
officer, accompanied by Patrick Enright, a Clonmell
constable, who knew the person of Power, proceeded of his wife, who had been compelled to take refuge at
played the greatest despondency ever since the departure
with the warrant, backed by the Lord Mayor of London, the house of her brother, and on the preceding day he
to the Continent, and acting with his accustomed saga- contrived to procure a bottle of poison, the contents of
city found that the object of his pursuit was at Munich, which he was about to swallow, when he was detected in
to which place he went as rapidly as possible. Power the act by one of the lodgers, who wrested it from him,
had assumed the name of Thomas Poisk, and was sud- and took it into his own apartment. lle had only been
denly captured by Forrester, who will bring him to this there a short time, however, when he beard the fall of
country, and from hence convey him to Ireland. The some heavy body in the deceased's room, and on return-
Prisoner had absconded ewe) the bank in December, and ing found the unfortunate man lying on the floor with
the warrant and other documents necessary to legalise his throat cut, and although medical assistance was in_
his apprehension was signed on the 15th of August. stantly procured, it was unavailing, as he must have
died instantaneously.
MALES AND FEMALES BATHING AT NEWPORT
UNITED STATES.—A correspondent of the Boston MARYLEB ONE.
Transcript writes thus from Newport on the subject of EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE.--Yesterday, Mary
bathing :—" I had my prejudices against the custom of Dempsey, was brought up in custody, and placed at the
b nth sexes bathing together, but on seeing the fun at bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged with having been
Newport, my antipathy against the fashion was much concerned in a robbery of' plate to the amount of nearly
removed. The sight is picturesque, certainly. 13001., the property of James Robinson, Esq., No. 6,
Fancy an encampment of Indians, or rather Gip- Bentinck-street, Manchester-square.
soya, divested of the boiling pot, and you have the The robbery was effected on the 12th instant, when an
scene previous to immersion. You cannot tell entry was, as it is imagined, made by the thieves
the gentlemee from the ladies ; and, in fact, it through one of the attic windows, facility for so doing
is difficult to distinguish the members of your own having offered itself owing ft an adjoining house un-
family. The gents wear red flannel tunics, duck pants, dergoing extensive repairs. A reward of 20/. was inl-
and straw hats; the ladies tunics and pantalettes of the mediately offered for the apprehension of the guilty
same colour, with white collars and wristbands, and parties, and handbills were circulated throughout the
straw hats also.
There are as many as 150 bathing various divisions of police.
houses. You enter on one side, and go on to the beachJ Kibble, assistant to Mr. Wells, awnroker,
from the other, all equipped to act p
the part of sea Broad-street, Bloomsbury, deposed, that on
the previous
nymphs, or aught else that might seem an appropriate , evening the prisoner came to the shop, and offered for
character. it is really very exciting to behold the fun." pledge two 111;1334e silver teaspoons, upon which she

EXTENSIVE FORGERY OF BANK
OF ENGLAND NOTES.
On Saturday last a female of respectable appearance
and connexions was examined before the Norwich magis-
trates on a charge of forging a considerable number of
Bank of England 51. notes. The name of the prisoner
is Sarah Hannah Barker ; she had been remanded from
the previous Wednesday, The following account will
be found to contain the substance of the long examina-
tions :

About a year since the prisoner's grandfather died,
and left her a legacy of one hundred and twenty
pounds ; this sum she placed partly in the East
of England and partly in the Savings' Bank, and having
no other resources, owing to circumstances which
will appear in the ceurse of this narrative, had
been living on it ever since. About half this sum
had been thus expended. On Wednesday last she went
to the East of England Bank, and laid down upon the
counter her deposit receipt book, and 501. in alleged
Bank of England notes, which she requested might be
placed to her Credit. At the first glance the clerk saw
that they had not the usual signature ; this induced a
more minute inspeotion, when he discovered that the
numbers of all were exactly alike. In all other respects
the imitation was perfect, and might easily have de-
ceived a less experienced eye. Knowing trom these cir-
curnstances that they must be forgeries, the prisoner was
given into custody, and the police proceeded to search
the house of the prisoner, In Cross lane, St. George's
Colegate. In her house was found a bundle of notes
lying under the table—about 30 in number—in course
of manufacture—esome just begun—some spoiled, and
others nearly completed. A good Bank of England
note was also found, and the thirty, as well as the ten
presented at the bank, were all excellent imitations of
this good note. One forged note—and only one—was
found with a signature attached. The copies were done
in pen and ink, and had been traced up at a chamber
window ; she had frequently been observed by the
neighbours tracing at her window, but they con-
sidered it was to obtain patterns of fancy needle-
work. This quite accorded with the habits of the
prisoner, who lived very secluded, and when she ap-
peared abroad had a very lady-like bearing. The ap-
pearance of the forged paper was very close indeed
to the original ; it had, of course, no water-mark. The
East of England Bank had made a communication of the
circumstance to the Governor of the Bank of England,
axd he had requested one to be sent to him for inspec-
tion. Mr. Staff, the town clerk, also stated that Mr.
Freshfield had sent to him for a copy. In order to
know what steps the Bank of England would take,
the case was further remanded. Several of the ma-
gistrates believed that the prisoner was insane ;
tE
is belief was induced by two circumstances. It
seems that she had recently a warrant issued against
her for non-payment of poor rates, and when
the officer called to levy a warrant which had been
issued against her, sho attempted to stab him. At that
time the feeling of the Bench was in favour of her in-
sanity—so much so that one of the magistrates (Mr. 11.
Belinhroke) paid the demand for her. And, further,
the very act of offering at the Bank what she knew to be
forged notes, without even a signature, was evidence of
tither very great commercial ignorance, or of insanity.
Mr. Gould and Mr. N. Palmer thought no insane person
would execute notes so correctly, and apply for payment
with her deposit-book without intending to pass them ;
she might, indeed, be ignorant of the necessity for dif-
ferent numbers, and a signature fur the validity of a
note ; but this was not insanity. There is little doubt
but that the prisoner will be fully committed for trial for
the above offence after her final examination. She is
known to no one in Norwich except Mr. Havers, of St.
Paul's, whose mother her father married. She was born
in Norwich, and afterwards went to live with an uncle in
London ; here she fell in love with a clergyman, and
offered to go off with him, if he would marry her. The
ainsmr reached the ears of her uncle, who sent her away
to Norwich, where she has resided and lived on the
legacy above-mentioned. Mrs. Havers says she still
believe her grandfather is not dead; he only sleeps, she
contends, and she wishes to have him taken up, that ha
may live with her. No evidence can be ascertained of
her offering any notes to other individuals.—Bury
Herald.

• asked 15s. She said they belonged to a Mrs. Kilday,
who had lent them to her ; and on witness requesting her
to fetch the lady in order that he might be satisfied that
all was correct, she went away. In about twenty
minutes she returned, saying that Mrs. Kilday had gone
to the theatre. He told her he should detain her in the
shop until he had made some inquiry, when she expressed
her unwillingness to remain, at the same time remarking
to him, that if he found anything wrong he might give her in charge. He went in a cab, taking with him the
spoons, to Mr. Robertson, who, on examining them,
pronounced them to be his.
Ashbourne, 119 F, said that the statement made to
him by the prisoner was, that as she was standing in
Holborn with her basket, a female purchased of her twc-
pennyworth of walnuts, and asked her to pledge the
spoons at Mr. Jones's, close by ; but as she had had
some words with Mr. Jones, she objected to go there,
and accordingly she proceeded to Mr. Wells's, and of-
fered the articles in the name of Kilday.
Inspector Tedman said that in a short time other in-
formation with respect to parties implicated, and who
were not yet in custody, would most likely be obtained.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
FURIOUS DRIVING AND A SSAULT. —Edward Knight
and George Flower were charged as follows :
It appeared that on the previous evening, Knight was
driving a cab at a furious rate along the Harrow-road,
when the vehicle came in contact with a post, and was
turned over; a person named Higgs went up to render
assistance, upon which the prisoner Flower, who had got
out of a cart which had been going at a dangerous rate,
in order to keep up with the cab, committed upon him
(Higgs) an assault. The prisoners were both given into
custody. Fined 40s. each.
ROBBERY OF A WATC George Ilyde, who stood
charged with stealing a watch, the property of Elizabeth
Davis, cook to Mr. Tyers, 11, Kensington-terrace, under
the circumstances previously detailed, was brought up
yesterday for re-examination. It will be recollected that
the prisoner, who is an omnibus conductor, solemnly
denied all knowledge of the prosecutrix or of her watch.
In fact, his defence was, that the woman had mistaken
him for another man. To-day, however, Elizabeth Tay-
lor, the fellow-servant of the prosccutrix, swore that the
prisoner was the person with whom the prosecutrix had
been keeping company. —He was committed for trial.

THAMES'.
Yesterday, two important cases, prosecuted by order
of the Board of Trade, came on for hearing before Mr.
Broderip.
In the first case, John Driscoll, a crimp, of 87, Pen-
nington-street, Radcliff Highway, was charged under
the 3d section of the Act for the Protection of
Merchant Seamen, Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 116,
with supplying a seaman, named Joseph Battis, a man
of colour. with a berth on board a ship, he not being
duly licensed to do so by the Board of Trade, by which
he had incurred a penalty not exceeding 201.
Mr. Pelham, for the prosecution, said the Act pro-
hibited any person from interfering to procure seamen
on board merchant ships, unless they were licensed by
the Board of Trade. No one could plead ignorance of
the Act in the port of London, because the Board had
caused placards to be printed and extensively circulated,
which contained the principal clauses in the Act, and
cautioned all persons against offending and acting con-
trary to its provisions. The Earl of Clarendon, the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, was exceedingly anxious
for the law to be enforced, and was determined to pro-
tect the merchant seamen of the country. The assistant-
registrar of the Board of Trade had been directed by the
Noble President to attend and prove that Driscoll was
not licensed by the Board.
Joseph Battis, a seaman, was then called, and although
he had been tampered with and threatened by the de-
fendant, he nevertheless, on being exhorted by the
magistrate to tell the truth, and the whole truth, gave
his evidence fairly, and stated that in March last
he was accosted by the defendant in the West India
Dock, who asked him what he was ? and on his in-
forming him that he wanted a cook's berth, the defendant
shipped him as cook on board the Sir Robert Peel, bound
to St. John's, New Brunswick, and some money passed
between them.
Mr. Lack, assistant-registrar at the office of the Board
of Trade, said that no such person as John Driscoll was
licensed to ship merchant seamen.
Burgess, a police- constable, stated that the words
" licensed to ship seamen" were painted over the door
of the house in which Driscoll lived.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he was a
shipping agent before the passing of the Act, and did
business with a great number of masters and owners.
After the passing of the Act he did business for a li-
censed agent, named Beale, who lived in his house, and,
after that person went to prison for debt, he continued
to live in the house, and the words " licensed to ship
seamen " without Beale's name, remained. He then as-
serted that the black man had shipped on board the Sir
Robert Peel eight days before he clapped eyes upon him,
and that he was engaged by a man named Lobeck.
Battis was recalled, and in answer to questions by Mr
Pelham, said he did not know Lobeck, and that Dris-
coll had threatened to beat him with a stick so recently
as Tuesday.
Mr. BRODERIP said, this was the first case under the
third clause which had been prosecuted in that Court,
and he was glad to hear that the Board of Trade was
determined to protect seamen, and prevent their being
robbed by persons like the defendant. There were great
difficulties to be encountered in prosecuting these cases
and, without the intervention of the Board of Trade or
the registrar of seamen, the Act would be rendered nu-
gatory. The case was completely made out, and he
sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 51. and the costs.
G R EEN W ICH.
Thomas Smith, steward of the ship Grecian, from
China to London, was brought before Mr. Trail', charged
with the dishonest appropriation of two Canton crape
shawls, twenty-four boxes of Chinese artificial flowers
and butterflies, and a set of cornelian beads, the pro-
perty of Captain James M'Dowall, of the above-named
ship.

appeared from the statement of Captain M'Dowall
that he was taken ill at Hong Kong, and remained there
after the ship had sailed for England in order to
recruit his health; he desired the prisoner to take
charge of the articles in question, and to deliver them to
his wife on reaching England. Witness fortunately
recovered, and was able to quit China by an
early ship unexpectedly. The prisoner had left the
ship, but he traced him to a house in Broomfields,
Deptford, where a police-constable found part of the
property.
The prisoner denied that he had brought the pro-
perty from the ship, or knew what had become of it; he
understood that the whole of the things had been stolen
from the Grecian shortly after her arrival in St. Ka-
therine's Dock.
The police-constable had found at the prisoner's
lodgings shirts, stockings, and other articles with
the captain's mark on them, which had been worn by the
prisoner.
The prisoner said in defence that he had purchased
the things produced in China, and that the captain had
similar articles.
Mr. TRAILL said he would remand the prisoner for a
week in order to make inquiries, and further search for
the remaining property, but would take bail in 401. for
his appearance on that day.
HAMMERSMITH.
Three men of fashionable appearance, who gave their
names as Wm. Barnet, tobacconist, White Lion-place,
Paddington; George Davis, professional singer, Somers-
town; and James 111‘ Lean, who refused to give his ad-
dress, were brought up from the Westminster Bride-
well, for further examination, on a charge of having
committed a robbery on the premises of Mr. James
Richardson, the City Barge, Strand-on-the-Green, near
Kew-bridge, Chiswick.
Mrs. Rachel Richardson deposed that she was the wire
of Mr. James Richardson, landlord of the City Barge,
Strand-on-the-Green, near Kew-bridge, in the parish of
Chiswick. On the evening of Friday last, about six
o'clock, witness saw three persons of respectable appear-
ance enter the house, and went out of the kitchen and
met them at the bottom of the stairs. Finding they
were going upstairs to the public room on the first fluor,
she went up three stairs, to see if her bed-room door was
shut, which adjoined the public room. As she came
down again the three persons went upstairs, and ordered
fourpennyworth of gin with cold water, and a
glass of ale. The prisoners Davis and M'Lean, wit-
ness was sure, were two of the men. Witness sent the
drink up by a little girl, her daughter, who
brought a shilling down. After they had been there
about a quarter of an hour witness's daughter, Elizabeth
came running down into the bar, and said, " Mother,
mother," but witness was attending to two other re-
spectably-dressed men who had come in, and stood at the
bottom of the stairs, and did not therefore answer her;
but witness's suspicions were excited by her manner, and
at the same moment she fancied that she heard a rumb-
ling noise over head. The prisoner Davis had followed
witness's daughter Elizabeth down stairs, and stood at
the kitchen-door for five or six minutes. While he was
standing there witness passed across the foot of the stair
into the washhouse, for some hot water, when she fan-
cied she heard somebody at her bed-room door, and went
up two or three stairs to see, and saw the prisoner
M'Lean making from the bed-room door into the front
room, where the third man was sitting, in great
haste, and on entering it he sat down in the first chair
he came to. Witness was so agitated at what she
had seen that she made hot gin and water for Davis,
who had come down for another glass of gin and
water. Davis drank the glass of gin and water without
taking it up stairs, and the other two prisoners coming
down stairs, Davis and them left together. Wit-
ness directly went up with her daughter to her bed-room,
and found the door locked as the latter had left it, but
on entering and examining the drawers, she found that
the gold watch produced had been stolen, and also about
a pound in silver, from a basin in the drawer containing
silver money. The watch was her late mother's watch,
and on her recently taking it to a watchmaker's to have
something done to it, he said it was worth 60 guineas.
Saw very little of the third man, but thought the prisoner
Barnet very like him. Witness saw the watch safe in
the drawer at ten o'clock in the morniug.
Further evidence having been adduced,
Mr. PAYNTER said he should commit all three prisoners
for trial, but as there might be a possibility of a doubt as
to Barnet, he would admit him to bail, himself in 2001.,
and two sureties in MU each, 48 hours' notice of bail
being first given to Inspector Morgan.
The prisoners were then committed to Newgate for
trial, and the witnesses were all bound over to prosecute.

WRYICKS ON TUE THAMES.— —The LORD MAYOR
has given Captain Fisher, principal Harbour-master of
the Port of London, directions to proceed immediately
to remove three wrecks, which are likely, if not soon
taketl away or destroyed, to become dangerous impe-
diments to the navigation of the Thames. Captain
Fisher intends to carry out the intention of the Chief
Magistrate, by the explosion of gunpowder. One of
the wrecks lies off Yantlett Creek, another near the
westermost end of the Blythe Sand, and the third, (a 1
large barge laden with chalk) of Northfleet Creek.