The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

DEPOSITS WITH THE RAILWAY COMMIS.

ment and Extensions ; Branches to Egham, Staines,
Brentford, and Twickenham ; Branch to join West
London; Extension to Berks and Hants; from Yeovil
to Exeter, with Brandies ; Monmouth and Hereford
Deviations—Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and
Fareham.
Hartlepool and Stockton Junction—Harwich and
Eastern Counties Junction—Herne Bay and Canter-
bury Junction—Horsham and Chichester—Huddersfield
and Manchester (Branch to Aston and Guide Bridge);
Deviations ; Deviations and Alterations in Oldham
Branch, &c.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's ; Branch to Wood-
bridge; Extension to Thetford; Extension to Newmarket
and Ely; Extensions to East Dereham and Aylsham;
Stowmarket to Sudbury; Yarmouth Extension—lpawich
and Reedham.
Lancaster and Preston Junction Amendments—Leeds,
Dewsbury and Manchester (Extension to Wakefield);
Ossett Branch—Leeds and Thirsk Deviations: Branch
to Northallerton and Junction with York and New-
castle; Eaglescliff and Shillington Extension; Leeds,
Durham, and Newcastle Extension; Harrogate and
Pateley Branch; Knaresborough and Boroughbridge
Branch—Leeds Central Station—Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland Junction—Lincoln and Grantham—Liskeard
and Caradon Amendment—Liskeard and Launceston
Branch—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southby Branch—
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Acts
Amendment Junction—Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle-on-Tyne and Northern Counties Union
Amalgamation Llynvi Valley Extension —London
Bridge Termini General Enlargement—London and
Blackwall Improvement—London, Brentford, and Great
Western Junction—London General Coasting Dock,
cennecting Railway with Eastern Counties—London
and North-Western : Purchase of Showhill Branch and
Amendments of Acts, &c.; Lease and Purchase of
Huddersfield and Manchester and Leeds; Dewsbury and
Manchester; Birmingham and Lichfield Line; Bescot
and Wolverhampton Branch; Ormskirk and Rainford
and other Branches; Lime-street Station Extension;
Branches from Coventry and Nuneaton Line to Mount
Pleasant and Victoria Collieries, &c.; Kenilworth to
Beckswell, and Leamington to Warwick; Branch to
Midland at Whitacre; St. Alban's, Luton, and Dun-
stable Branch ; Newport Pagnel and Wellingborough
and Olney Branch—London and South Coast and Lon-
don and South-Western Participation in Portsmouth
Direct between Dorking and Portsmouth—London and
South Coast (Kent Branches) ; Extension to London-
bridge ; London-bridge Station Enlargement and Ar-
rangement—London and South Essex—London and
South-Western, and London and South Coast; Confir-
mation of Agreement relating to Tolls and Stations—
London and South-Western Acts Amendment ; Wim-
bledon and Epsom Branch ; Widening, &c.; Wimbledon
Shoreham Extension—London, Oxford, and Chelten-
ham, and Branches—London, Salisbury, and Yeovil—
London and Southend—Lowestoft, Alteration near
Reedham—Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and
Lynn and Dereham Amalgamation—Lynn and Ely Ex-
tensions; Deviation and Lynn Docks.
Manchester and Birmingham, and North Stafford-
shire Junction—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland Junction Deviation—Manchester and Leeds
(Alterations of Levels) ; Branch to Barnsley, and
Extension of Holmfirth Branch ; Branches, Devia-
tions, Alterations of Levels, &c.—Manchester and
Lincoln Union Deviation—Manchester, London, and
Birmingham Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire ; Branch at Bagsworth ; Junction with Midland ;
Louth and East Lincolnshire Branches; Branch to Old-
ham; Louth and Horticastle and East Lincolnshire
Branches—Manchester and Southampton—Manchester
and Southport, and Branches Manchester, South
Junction, and Altrincham—Manningtree and Methley
—Midland, Branch from Maryotfield to Bath, and al-
teration of Gauge; Cheltenham, Warwick, and Lea-
mington; Extension from Leicester to Hitchen; Exten-
sion of Nottingham and Lincoln Branch ; Gloucester
and Stonehouse Junction ; Leicester and Swanningten
Widening; Line from Erewash Valley Line to Not-
tingham and Maryfield Line; Masbrough and Norman-
ton Station Enlargement ; Syston and Peterborough
Deviations; Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster, and Goole ;
Worcester, Hereford,' and Cheltenham Lines Mold
Junction—Monmouthshire, Sale or Lease to Newport,
Abergavenny, and Hereford; Amalgamation with New-
port, Abergavenny, and Hereford.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Junc-
tion—Newcastle and Berwick, Crawlington, Percy
Main, and Killingworth, and other Branches—Newcastle
and Berwick East Coast Line—Newmarket and Chester-
ford Extension to Thetford ; to Bury St. Edmunds ;
Amendment Acts—Newport, Abergavenny, and Here-
ford ; Extension to Taff Vale Norfolk, Thetford
Branch ; Aylsham Branch ; Yarmouth Extension—
Northampton and Banbury North British Amend-
ments—North Staffordshire Branches; Churnet Valley
and Trent Valley Junction—North Western Diversions
—Northern Counties Union Deviation.
Oldham Alliance—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Extension and Amendment.
Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction—
Preston and Wyre Extension.
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—Regent's Canal,
Paddington and Limehouse Branch—Royston and Hit-
chen Amendment, Sale and Lease.
Salisbury and Yeovil—Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley,
Huddersfield, and Goole—Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Doncaster Junction—Shrewsbury and Birmingham—
Shrewsbury and Chester—Shropshire Union, to lease to
Loudon and North-Western; Shrewsbury to Worcester
Branch—Southampton and Dorchester, Bland ford
Branch; New Forest Deviation; Weymouth Branch—
South Devon Extensions—South-Eastern, Croydon, and
Bromley Branches; Maidstone to Charte; Mid-Kent and
Direct Tunbridge; Stroud to Maidstone; North Kent and
Bricklayers' Arms Junction; North Kent line; Widen-
ing of. Greenwich line ; Enlargement of Termini ;
London bridge Station Enlargement—South Stafford-
shire—South %Vales Deviation Branches and Amend-
ment—South Yorkshire—Stockton, Hartlepool, and
Clarence Amalgamation—Swansea Junction—Swansea
Valley and Branches.
Taw Vale Deviation and Branches Amendment—
Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, and Brighton Junction.
Vale of Neath Branches and Amalgamation.
Wear Valley and Weardale Valley Amalgamation -•
West Cornwall Branches—Wharfdale Amendments—
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment—Windsort
Staines, and South-Western—Windsor—Worcester,
Tenbury, and Ludlow.
York and Newcastle, Hartlepool and Great North of
England and Clarence Purchase Act; Improvements;
Wearmouth and Dock Extensions—York and Newcastle,
and Newcastle and Berwick Amalgamation—York and
North Midland, and Manchester and Leeds; Hull Station
and Branches; East Riding Canal Purchase; Harrogate
Branch; Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Extension;
Knottingly Branch,

-1 ls. "p.—York and Newcastle, New, 5% p.—Malton and
Driaieltl innetion, Igs. p.— North Western, 14s, p,
SHEFFIELD, DEcintszn 2.
STOCK EXCHANG r..—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3's. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, p.
--Manchester and Linc,eln Union, 19s 6d. dis.—Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, said Midland, I.!‘ p.—Midland (Sheffield
and Rotherham), 3.3%—North-Western, 12s. p.—Sheffield
and Lincoln, 14s. 6d-dis.—West Riding Union, 21. p.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midliand, 14s. 6d. dis.
YORK, DECEMBER 2.
Six EXCHANGE. ....The sales are—Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 314—Malton and Driffield Junction, 3/. 2s.
—North British, Thirds, 3%—Ditto, Quarters, 3% ex new
—Ditto, Extension, It. 13s.—North-Western, 31. —Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 41. Is.—West Riding Union, 41.
3s. 6d.—York and Newcastle, New, 127—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 71. 35. 9d.—York and North Midland, Preference, 12%.

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SIONERS.
Below is an enumeration of the deposits with the Rail-
way Commissioners and Private Bill-office. It approxi-
mates as closely as can be ascertained at present to the
precise number of lodgments:—
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern
Junction—Aylsham and North Walsham—Axholme.
Bakewell, Chesterfield, and Sheffield Junction—Berks
and Hants—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction; Deviation and New Branches—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, and Chester and Birkenhead
Purchase and Amalgamation—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction and Amendment—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley
Amalgamation—Birmingham, Warwick, and Stradford-
upon-Avon—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley Deviation and Branches—Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley—Blackburn, Darweu, and
Bolton; Amendment and Branches—Blandford and
Burton—Boston, Stamford and Birmingham—Braintree
and Halstead—Brandling Junction—Brighton and Chi-
chester, South Coast and South -Western—Brighton,
Lewes, and Tonbridge—Bristol and Poole Harbour-
-Bristol and Exeter (Branches); Crediton to Launces-
ton Extension; Taunton to Castle Cary (Branch)—
Buckingham and Brackley Junction, and Oxford and
Bletchley Junction Amalgamation.
Caledonian (Branches and Extensions): Branch across
Clyde ; Edinburgh Station and Branches to Granton;
Lease or purchase of Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston,
and Glasgow Southern Termini; Glasgow, Neilston, and
Barrhead purchase—Caledonian, Glasgow, Garnkirk,
and Coatbridge—Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock Amalgamation—Cambridge, St. Neot's,
and Bedford Junction—Chard Canal and Railway—
Chelmsford and Norwich—Cheltenham and Oxford—
Chester and Holyhead Extensions—Chichester and
Bognor—Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation
—Clarence and York and Newcastle Amalgamation—
Colchester and Stour Valley—Colchester, Stour Valley,
Sudbury, and Halstead Extensions; lease to Ipswich and
Bury St. Edmund's—Cornwall, Amendment of Act amd
Deviation—Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth
—Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction—Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leieester.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire' and Worcestershire Junc-
tion—Direct London and Portsmouth, Amalgamation
with South Coast—Direct London and Portsmouth,
Brighton and Chichester, South Coast, and South-
Western Acts Amendment—Direct Sheffield and Mac-
clesfield—Dover and Deal—Drayton and Bognor—
Duffryn, Llynvi, and Porthcawl, and Llynvi Valley
Amalgamation.
East Coast—East Indian—East Lancashire : Burnley
Connecting Line ; Bury to Manchester Extension ; Cli-
theroe, Milton, and Padiham Branches; Deviations and
Rawtenstall Coal Branch; Southport Branch and Preston
Extension—East Lincolnshire : Deviation at Boston ;
Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield ; Louth Navi-
gation Purchase ; Louth to Lincoln—Eastern Counties
(Braintree to Halstead) : Cambridge to Bedford ; Cam-
bridge, Royston, and Ware Line ; Enlargement of
Stations ; Hertford to Hitchin ; Ilford to Tilbury Fort,
&c. ; Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Purchase • Peter-
borough and Folkingham ; Purchase or Lease of North
Woolwich ; Somersham to Ramsey ; Spalding to New-
ark, &c. ; Shalford to the Victoria Park, &c. ; Totten-
ham to Guildford-street ; Wisbeach to Spalding ; Lynn
and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham,
Purchase or Lease—Eastern Counties Coal and Coast-
ing Dock and Junction Railway—Eastern Union (Ips-
wich to Woodbridge) : Manningtree to Harwich—
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's and Ipswich
Amalgamation—Eastern Jnion and Hadleigh Junction
(Sale to Eastern Union)—Edinburgh and Glasgow
(Amendment of Acts)—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton
—Enfield and Edmonton Extension—Exeter and Ex-
mouth (Act Amendment)—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
chester.
Falmouth and Helston—Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junction.
General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour (connecting
branch)—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction—
Glasgow, Damfriez, and Carlisle—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlise, and Glasgow, Paisley and Ayr (No. 1) Act
Amendment—Gloucester and Dean Forest (Construction
of Docks at Gloucester)—Gloucester and Hereford and
Canal Purchase—Great Indian Peninsula—Great North
of India—Great Northern (Hertford Branch)—Branch
to ilorncastle—Branches to Sleaford ; Deviations be-
tween London and Grantham; Deviations between Pe-
terborough, Boston, and Doncaster; Deviations between
York and Grantham; Extension to Leeds and Wake-
field; Isle of Axholina Extension ; Hertford, Hatfield,
and St. Alban's Branch; King's Lynn Branch; Pur-
chase of Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and other
lines—Great Western (Cheltenham to Oxford) Amend-

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DECEMBER 2. _ _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
80—Ditto, New, 8%—Birmingham and Oxford Junction.
834—Great Western, 130—Ditto, New, N—Manchester
and Leeds Extension, 1% p.—Midland, 126—Ditto (Bristol
and Gloucester), 69%—North Staffordshire, 31. 18s. 9d. p.
—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2% p.—Taff Vale (5 per
cent.), par.

LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 1% p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves,
10 p.—Ditto, Quarters, 181%4—London and North-Western,
194—Ditto, Quarters, New, 13% p.—London and Manches-
ter and Birmingham, Quarters (B), p.—Manchester and
Leeds (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 514 p.—Ditto, Quar-
ters, 5 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 6 p.—Ditto, Halves (late Liver-
pool and Birmingham), 4 p.—Ditto (late Manchester, Bol-
ton, and Bury), Fifths, G p.—Ditto, Extension, 114 p.—Mid-
land, 12.51 A—Ditto, 401. Shares, 6% p.—Ditto, New, 4% p.
—Newcastle and Berwick, 14 p.—North British, Quarters,
ex new, 2 p.—North Union (A), 221—Sheffield and
Manchester, 95—Ditto. Quarters, No. 3, 14 dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 38—Ditto, New, No. 1, 23/4 p.—York
and Newcastle, 38%.—Ditto, Preference, 514 p.—York and
Selby (East and West Riding Extension ), Preference, 10 p.—
East Lancashire, New, No. 2, 4 p.—Ditto, New, scrip, 38s.
p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3% dis.—Ditto, Quar-
ters, 14 dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% p.—Ditto,
Extension, lls. 3d. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 11% p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.—Ditto, New, 14 p.—Shrews-
bury, Oswestry, and Chester, I% dis.—Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, 13% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 61/2 p.
—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, par—Mat-
lock and Midland Jutiction, p.—Newry and Warren-
point, 2% p.—Noith Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western,
% p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury,
Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, % p.—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), 2% p.—Ditto (B), 21s. 3d. p.—. Shro-
pshire Union Railway and Canal, 3s. 9d dis.—South Staf-
fordshire Junction, 1% p.—Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand
Junction, 1% p.—West Riding Union, 1% p.—Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, 21s. 3d. dis.—Manchester and
Southampton, 1,4 dis.—Dutch Rhenish % dis.
MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 2.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 2 p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.—
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 67—Blackburn, Cli-
theroe, &c., 275. dis.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par—
Chester and Birkenhead, 52%—Churnet and Blythe, 1 dis.
—East Lancashire, No. 2, 4 1-16 p.—Ditto, New, Scrip, 2 p.
—East Lincolnshire, % p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding, % dis.—Goole, Doncaster, &c., p.—Great Grimsby
and Sheffield, 3% dis.—Great Northern (late London and
York), 14 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 323/4—Lancaster and Preston, 103/4 p. Lees
and
Thirsk, 1 dis. c. all—Ditto, New, 3/4 p. c. all—Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, Vs dis.—London, Man-
chester, and Birmingham (C), 63/4 c. p.—Manchester and
Leeds, 27 p.—Ditto Sixteenth, 84—Ditto, Extension, 15-16
p.—Ditto, Halves (Liverpool and Bury), 4 p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 4 c. p.—North Union (A), 2201/2—Ditto (B),
1504—North-Western, 1-16 p.—Oldham Alliance, 7 p.—
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 5,4 c. p.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 2% p.—Shropshire Union, 1-16 dis—
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,9-1 G c. p.—West Riding
Union, 2 p.—Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), c. dis.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 2.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 5%
p.—Ditto, No. 1, New, 4% c. p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Orms-
kirk, &c ), 5 p.—Ditto, New Scrip 2% p.—Huddersfield and
Manchester, 5% c. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5 IL—
Leeds and Bradford, 451,1 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 11%
p.—Ditto, Branches (blue), 71 p.—Ditto, Extensions
(green), 11,4 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1 n. dis.—Ditto, New,
1 ls. 6d. n. p.—Ditto, Preferentials, 31s. p.—Malton and
Driffield Junction, 1% n. p.—Manchester and Leeds Exten-
sions, 28s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton. Matlock, and Mid-
land, 245. p.—North British, Thirds, 2% p.—Ditto, Quarter
Shares (late Carlisle Branch), V,/ p.—Ditto, Extension
(scrip), 21s. Gd. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 20s.
p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 2% p.—Wharfdale Junc-
tion, 12s. Gd. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 514 p.
—York and North Midland, Preference, 10 v, p.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis. new scrip—London and
York, ss. 6d. dis.—North-Western, % p.—Northern Coun-
ties Union, 1% dis.—West Riding Union, 41. 2s.
HULL, DECEMBER 2.
STOCK EXCHAYGE.—To-day but a limited amount of
business has been done, which is owing to the scarcity of
stock which still prevails in the market. The better kinds
of stock were much inquired for, and at improved rates.
The sales are—North British, Quarters, 3% ex thirds—
Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 218. 6d. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 21.

SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1846

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young woman lying tyad -ho pa,
stunned, from which a considerable time elapsed before
she sufficiently recovered to be able to go to the station-
house and establish the charge.
When called upon for his answer, the defendant, with
great coolness, declared that the transaction originated
entirely in a misapprehension on his part, as he had
mistaken the complainant for a woman of the same
class who had just before left his company after rob-
bing him of his ring and purse, and expressed his readi-
ness to make the complainant any pecuniary recompense
the magistrate might suggest for the treatment she had
received.

Sergeant Graves informed the Bench that there was
no foundation whatever for the insinuation the defendant
had cast upon the character of the complainant, whom
he had ascertained to be a person of unblemished repu-
tation, and to reside, as she had stated, with her brother-
in-law, a man of property and respectability.
The complainant here intimated that, in consequence
of the delicate state of her sister's health, notwithstand •
ing the unwarrantable ill-treatment she bad sustained, it
was with the greatest reluctance she had come forward
at all in the matter, and hoped therefore that the magis-
trate would himself dispose of the case, as it would oc-
casion her the greatest inconvenience and annoyance to
attend elsewhere to prosecute.
Mr. BINGHAM said that he regretted his powers were
far too limited to deal with a case of such a description,
and he should therefore certainly carry them out to the
utmost extent, by ordering the defendant to pay the
maximum amount of penalty he was able to impose,
namely, V. to the Queen, or, in default of so doing, he
must stand committed to the House of Correction for two
months.

Mr. Broughton requests us to acknowledge his re-
ceipt of a letter from Lady Fraser, of the Manor House,
Exmouth, enclosing a contribution of a sovereign for
the relief of a poor man named Michael Halliday, of
Milton-street, Cripplegate, the particulars of whose sin-
gular case we mentioned upon a former occasion. Her
Ladyship requested that the safe arrival of her contribu-
tion might be noticed in the papers.

THE MURDER BY POISONING.
SUDBURY, DEC. I.—ln The Sun of Monday last was
a notice of an inquest held on the previous Friday, at
Acton, near this town, on the body of John Foster, who
was deelared by the verdict of the jury to have been
wilfully poisoned by his wife, Catherine Foster, three
weeks after marriage. By many it was thought that the
evidence was far from being conclusive against the
woman, and that it did not warrant the returning of such
a verdict. Since then, however, disclosures have been
made which tend to strengthen the presumption that the
poison was intentionally administered to the deceased by
his young wife. The coroner, Mr. Wayman, met the
jury yesterday for the purpose of having the usual
criminal inquisition document signed by the jury, when
the superintendent of police intimated to the Court that
the boy Morley, a brother of the accused, who bad been
examined at the previous investigations, was in posses-
sion of more facts in reference to the death of the de-
ceased than he had stated at the former inquiries. It
should be mentioned that at the last meeting of the jury
this lad made it appear that his sister only made one
dumpling on the night the deceased wes taken ill, of
which he ate part with his sister. On the boy being re-
called, the coroner proceeded to examine him in very
pointed terms, and it was elicited from him that on the
evening his sister's husband was taken ill she made
" two' dumplings. She gave one of them to her hus-
band, and the other she ate with witness. The one they
had between them was a little one, and was made of the
rubbings of the pan, of which deceased did not partake.
He added that when the deceased carne home from work
he and his sister had nearly finished their supper. After the
deceased was taken ill and had been put to bed. his sister
desired him to say that he had ate the same victuals as the
deceased had. It was to please his sister that he had stated
that he had ate of the same dumpling as the deceased
had ; that was his reason for telling such .an untruth.
Neither he nor his sister had any of the dumpling the
deceased ate. The deceased asked him to have a piece,
but his sister said he should not, and he had not.

The CORONER directed the boy to N.e placed under the
surveillance of the police of the district, it being evident
that he had been tampered with to a considerable extent.
It was with much difficulty, and after great reluctance
on the boy's part, that the above important facts were
elicited from him.

Mary Ann Chirery, a fresh witness, was called. She
said she was a single woman, and lived with her grand-
father at Acton, next door to the house in which the
deceased resided. She remembered that on the day after
his death, while the surgeons were opening his body,
Catherine Foster, the deceased's wife, came into the
house and sat down. On coming in she said the doctors
were going to open John's body, and she could not bear
the thoughts of being within. She asked if she might
sit there while they were doing it ? and on being told
that she mighto sat down on a chair by the fire. After
staying some time she observed to witness, "If I had
gone to Bury before I married I would not have married
him at all."

A sister of this witness deposed to the same facts.
The inquisition was then duly signed, and the jury
dismissed. As yet it is difficult to arrive at a motive
that could have induced the accused to destroy her hus-
band. As before stated, she had been married to him
only three wetk exactly on the day of his death. She is
not 18 years of age, her appearance is somewhat good
looking, but very simple. trier countenance pourtrays
not the slightest hardihood, or anything indicating her
to be a person likely to commit such a crime. On being
informed by the coroner of the verdict of the jury, she
seemed not the least affected by it, and on leaving the
room merely said, " She was sure she did not do it."

CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday last a smart
looking sailor, named John Rees, was charged with hav-
ing deserted his wife and family, leaving them charge-
able to the parish of St. Peter. A warrant which had
been issued for his apprehension was entrusted to the
care of police-constable Frederick Rees for execution.
Accordingly the constable proceeded to Llanelly, but the
fugitive had heard of his pursuer, and took to flight. A
search was made, but John Rees was nowhere to be
found, and Frederick Rees, nothing daunted, prepared
to renew the search in another quarter. Having obtained
the assistance of a constable of the Rural Police Force.
Rees proceeded to the harbour, where they were in-
formed that the runagate had taken shelter in a vessel.
They immediately commenced searching the bold, but
could discover no trace whatever of him. Loath to
give up the search, Frederick Rees gave one " last
lingering look" over the vessel, and keenly scanned its
various appointments, when lo high amongst the rigging
" suspended in mid-air," was observed the marital fugi-
tive. Up mounts the constable, and higher up mounts
the lost husband—lost to all sense of his shame. Frede-
rick, however, soon found that he was no match for
John at climbing, and therefore determined to circum-
vent him by a ruse de guerre. Giving the other police
man the wink, that worthy functionary mounted the
rigging on the other side, and so the sailor got hemmed
in. Notwithstanding, however, that he was thus held
at bay, he was still unapproachable, for the policemen
were unable to progress further up the rigging. At
length one of them taking advantage of the dusk of the
evening, drew his truncheon from his pocket, and level-
ling it at the sailor as if it was a pistol, vowed he would
blow his brains out if he did not surrender. Terrified
at the threat, the sailor yielded, and was consigned forth-
with to durance vile, and then conveyed to Carmarthen.
and brought before the mayor, who reprimanded him
severely, and sent him to the House of Correction for a
month, telling him that if he was again charged with a
similar offence, he should have three months' imprison-
met.—Cornwall Legal Gazette.
CASE OF THE REV. DR. COTTLE.—Most of our
Somerset readers are probably aware that for some weeks
past a rumour has been in circulation of a nature
extremely prejudicial to the character of the reve-
rend gentleman above-named. In consequence of
its existence, application was made by him to the
bishop of this diocese that a commission might be
issued, to inquire into the grounds of the charges
alleged against him. A commission was, therefore,
issued, and the inquiry commenced in the grand jury-
room, Taunton, on Monday. The commissioners were
the Venerable Archdeacon Brymer, chairman ; Rev.
P. W. Thomas, Rev. F. B. Portman, Rev. J. Lance.
and A. G. Lethbridge, Esq. Mr. Prideaux appeared
for Mr. Davies, the nominal promoter in the case—
attorney, Mr. W. Pinchard ; and Mr. Sergeant King-
lake and Mr. Stone for the defence—attorneys,
Messrs. Reeves. Dr. Cottle was present in his gown
during the whole of the proceedings. The Court being
declared to be a private one, we are unable to give parti-
culars of the case. But we believe we are justified in
stating that the witnesses for the promoters of the in-
quiry clearly proved that the Rev. Dr. Cottle could
not have been guilty of the charge preferred against
him. Most of the witnesses supporting the case were of
the most abandoned and infamous character, and their
evidence was one mass of contradictions. At the con-
clusion of the case for the promoters, Mr. Sergeant
Kinglake made a powerful speech, of three hours' dura-
tion, and stated that it was not his intention to call any
of the witnesses for Dr. Cottle (there were upwards of
twenty waiting to be examined). The commissioners
then withdrew, and, after deliberating for a few minutes,
returned into court, which was opened to the public, and
declared that they were of opinion that there was not
sufficient evidence to justify them in reporting to the
Bishop that there were prima facie grounds for further
proceedings. The rev. doctor then retired, with a cha-
racter unblemished by these proceedings, amid the con-
gratulations of his friends.—Somerset County Gazette.
A SINGULAR FACT.----A clergyman in Lincoln-
shire, in the course of his sermon one Sunday
afternoon,
took occasion to explain a text of Scripture which bore
upon the subject , • and
after giving his interpreta-
tion of its meaning, he said he wished, however,
to state to his hearers that commentators did not
agree with him, but nevertheless he was confident he
was right. The next morning, whilst at breakfast,
with his wife and family, he
was
smallsome farmer
sur-
prised to see from his window a worthy in
his parish coming up the walk in frontof his house with
a large sack on his back; and going to the door to inquire
the cause of this early and singular call, the good farmer
accosted him in the following terms:—" 'Why, Sir, you
said in your sermon yesterday, that common taters did'nt
agree with you, and so I have brought you some fine
kidney taters, which I think will suit your honour and
agree with you too."—Lincoln Paper.
A NEW INFERNAL MACHINE. As Mrs. of
Wem, in this county, was lacing her stays on Wednes-
day morning hint, the lace broke, when a severe shock
was experienced by the lady, bruising her back and sides
as though gunpowder had exploded near her. On ex-
amination, it was found that the lace was made from the
material now so much the subject of conversation, " gun
cotton," and had been sent by soma friend, in an envelop..
to the lady in question, as a new invention for which a
6 patent had been obtained.—Shropshire Conservative.

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Coy. kat- "Iloatri it day-break on
Tuesday, and before the evening had set in the façade in
Bow-street was completely inclosed. The alterations
and improvements in the edifice will form a complete ,
revolution. The new proprietors have selected the
plans of Benedict Albano, Esq., Civil Engineer, and
these plans have been duly submitted to and received
the approval of the official referees under the Metropo-
litan Buildings Act. As the present interior is to be
entirely removed, and the theatre is to he considerably
enlarged. it has been :Ira no •,xpens,
spared to render it one of the nio.,t CO:,-
venient lyrical establishments now in existence. In
every sense of the word, the new Royal Italian Opera
House is to be made a great Temple 01 Art.
Many erroneous notions existing as to the size of
Covent-garden Theatre, it may be as well to mention
that it will be the largest in Europe, after the great
theatres in Italy, which in point of space rank first. In
the original design, the architect seems to have taken
especial pains to construct the smallest possible interior
within the largest exterior space occupied by any other
London theatre. The room now lost in useless passages
and endless corridors is inconceivable; and when visi-
tors will hereafter gaze upon the vast interior now in
course of construction, they will indeed be amazed; for
although when completed there will be accommodation
for five hundred persons more than the largest theatre in
London now holds, and if requisite the number could be
carried to one thousand, there will be increased comfort
and convenience. Thus, the private boxes and stalls,
although exceeding in number those in any other house,
are to be each enlarged in point of space for the oc-
cupants. The private boxes will be, in fact, wider and
more lofty than any allowance previously made for those
receptacles of beauty and fashion. The grand staircase
at the front entrance will remain, and that of the royal
entrance in Hart-street ; but two new stone staircases
are to be built, extending from the pit floor to the upper
tiers of boxes. Every point connected with facility
of ingress, and, what is of more importance, rapidity
of egress, has been carefully provided for, and all the
accesses and approaches to the audience portion of
the theatre will be fireproof. The interior is to
be divided into stalls and a commodious pit, as
regards the ground floor, with separate entrances
to go in and out, so that there will be no opposing
streams. There will be a tier of pit-boxes, above
which will be the royal and grand tier of double
boxes around the semicircle. Above will be successive
tiers of private boxes, with an extensive amphitheatre
of reserved seats occupying one circle. There is to be
a capacious gallery, the entrance to which will be solely
from the Covent-garden Piazza. The Hart-street en-
trance and court-yard will be reserved entirely for
Royalty ; the holders of the property-boxes— of which
(and fortunately for the proprietors) there are only five—
entering at the façade. Here a most valuable improve-
ment will be made. Doors will be opened in the
northern and southern wings ; the former, next to
Long-acre, will lead to the box office, and the latter
will be exclusively apportioned to the pit visi-
tors. Every entrance, excepting for the Royal
family and the gallery, will be in front of the
theatre in Bow-street. But a more important
innovation for the comfort of the subscribers to the
boxes and stalls is to be made. With the sanction of
the proper authorities, a tram-road for carriages will be
constructed, and the coachmen driving in at the
southern side of the façade will set the company down
under the portico, and then drive out at the northern
side. The immense advantage of this admirable plan
may be imagined, when it is recollected that now the
carriages have to stop at the pavement, whilst the
visitors, between two files of people, have to cross the

path, ascend the steps of the facade, and cross some
yards of the portico elevation before the entrance doors
are attained. The elevated steps are to be removed, and
the space thus acquired, assigned for the benefit of the
foot passengers.
The locality for saloons, waiting rooms, and passages
affords every convenience for accommodation, and the de-
molition has supplied the opportunity of introducing a
new system of ventilation. The principle of lighting the
theatre to the best advantage, it is anticipated with con-
fidence, will be vastly improved, the experiment for that
purpose having been begun last night. The plans ex-
hibit extraordinary care in the precautions for seeing and
hearing to the best advantage. The architectural propor-
tions of the interior have been tested, so as to ensure for
the occupants of the most remote side boxes the certainty
of commanding a complete view of the stage. Mr. Costa,
the musical director and conductor, has expressed his en-
tire approval of the construction of the orchestra, which
is to enclose his formidable band of eighty-four instrumen-
talists. The principles of acoustics have been a constant
subject of study and investigation on the part of Mr. Al-
bano. The stage, in depth, height, and breadth, has
been always unrivalled, and will afford ample space fdr
the mounting of operas on the unprecedented scale pro-
posed by the managers, as also for the attractions of the
ballet, for there is to be a ballet despite of the contrary
statements of our contemporaries. The terpsichorean
arrangements and engagements have in fact long occu-
the attention of the proprietors, but they prudently
kept their plans secret until they had secured the ser-
vices of the most eminent European danseuses and of
the most experienced ballet-masters, whose names will
be published in due course. We are authorised to as-
sure our readers, that under no pretext will divertisse
ments be given between the acts of operas, and that the
ballets are not to be of interminable length and dura-
tion. The main principle of this lyrical undertaking is
music, and the promotion of high art is intended ; but
the public will not be deprived of the opportunity of
witnessing the greatest dancers, who embody the poetry
of motion.
We break off here for the present, but in a few days
we shall give further details of the vast improvements
now in active progress. The style of decoration for the
interior, after Mr. Albano has completed his plans, is to
be on the most costly scale, and the best combination of
form and colours, with the choice of drapery so as to
harmonise with the general effect, will be adopted.
It is necessary to present, of course, the occupants of
the boxes in the best light, and yet not to sacrifice the
stage effects by gorgeous glare. The eye must embrace
the entire coup d'ceil, without fatigue, and it is to insure
this object that the best talents of Paris and London
have been engaged. The stage, the procenium, the
ceiling, the fronts of the tiers of boxes, and their curtains
must amalgamate in totality of design and harmony of
meaning ; so that the general effect may be neither
staring nor monotonous, but the most agreeable and ani-
mated assemblage in form and colour produced—the
" human face divine" not being deprived of its beauty by
any tawdriness of decoration.