The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

ANSELL V. ATKIWS.

This was an action to recover the sum of 111. 55., for goods
sold, and the defendant pleaded a set oft'.
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The plaintiff is a carman, and the defendant a corn and
coal merchant in Islington. The proof depended on rather
singular testimony.
For the plaintiff a discharged servant of the defendant was
called, who proved that a certain quantity of straw was taken
in by him, but he could not remember any clover, coal, or
flour being sent back in return, or at any other time. On the
contrary, a discharged servant of the plaintiff's was called,
and swore that, to the best of his belief, he did not deliver
so much straw as spoken of, and he swore to deliveries of
clover, beans, &c., over a period of four months, although
the defendant in the particulars of his set-off only claimed
for during two months.
After a great deal of argument and attempted explanation,
The UNDIR-SHERIFF left the case to the jury, and they
gave a verdict for 1/. 9s. lid., being the difference between
the claim and set-off; without taking into consideration the
contradictions on either side.

SUMMER CIRCUITS.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Wednesday the Right Hon. Sir Edw. Hull Alderson, Knt.,
one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and the Hon. Sir John
Williams, Knt., one of the justices of the Queen's Bench, the
judges appointed to proceed on this circuit, finally appointed
the days for holding the assizes in and for the several coun-
ties comprised in the circuit—viz, for
Buckinghamshire, Friday, July 10, at Buckingham.
Bedfordshire
'Tuesday,N ~ 14, at Bedford.
Huntingdonshire, Friday, „ 17, at Huntingdon.
y ~ 22, at the Castle, at Nor-
Caomeoblrk Cambridge.... Wednesda idgeshire
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Norwich and City, Same day at t whe Guildhall.
Suffolk Tuesday, ~ 28, at Ipswich.
The days for holding the Assizes in and for the several
counties on the Northern, Western, Midland, Oxford, Home,
and North and South Wales Circuits have not yet been
finally appointed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE:
MANSION-HOUSE.
Alderman Gibbs was occupie,i during the greater part
of yesterday in an investigation which had been com-
menced on the preceding day, and which, from the na-
ture of the charge and the respectability of the party ac-
cu-ed, excited considerable interest.
Mr. Clarkson attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Ballantine appeared for the defence.
Mr. Hertry Sharpe, of the firm of Sharpe and Co., of
Paternoster-row, warehouseman, appeared 'voluntarily
before the Lord Mayor, under the circumstances de-
tailed in the following evidence:—
Mr. Benjamin Lewis, of the firm of Lewis and James,
Gutter-lane, Cheapside, linen and Manchester ware-
houseman, said—The defendant was in our service as a
traveller, and left us about the 18th of February last.
He was subject to a three months' notice, which was
given to him in December; but I paid him on the 18th
of February to the Ist of March, and discharged him.
A few days before the 28th of February we missed some
French cambric handkerchiefs and some 1, rench cambric.
We keep a book called the " Selling-book," in which
entries are made of the stock; and when goods are sold
they are entered in the waste-book, and from the waste-
book the selling-book is marked off, and, on missing one
of the articles—a piece of cambric—we took all our
stock over again, and then we found a deficiency, allow-
ing for that sold, of 16 dozen of 7s. French cambric
hankerchiefs, and four pieces of cambric, the amount of
which, together, would be 471. 19s. In consequence of
this deficiency I consulted Mr. Depree, my solicitor, and
John Forrester, the officer, and hearing that some cam-
brics answering the description of those we had lost
were in the possession of Mr. Sharpe, and I having sus-
pected him all along, I caused some steps to be taken;
and eventually some goods were sent to our warehouse
by a Mr. George Hayter, which goods are now pro-
duced. We had on the Ist of January two pieces of
" demi" French cambric in stock, No. 28,286, marked
46 in our selling character. They are made originally
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piece of goods. The number has been evidently broken
out of the selvage of the cambric. It is not customary
to sell cambrics without a ticket ; and I believe the tear
on the selvage is where the ticket has been. The
dozen of cambric handkerchiefs produced is also part of
what Mr. Hayter sent to us. It has been
orignally made a double piece, awl I produce from our
own stock the corresponding, dozen, which has once
formed part of the same piece of cambric; and, on com-
paring it with a magnifyiag-glass, I find that all the
threads agree, and I have, therefore, no douht that it
once formed part of our stock. The number of this
article is 1,660, and we lost two dozen of that number ;
we had five in stock on the Ist of January ; and I believe
the other piece produced is the fellow of No. 1,660, but

I cannot swear to it. Last Thursday I saw Mr. Sharpe
at my counting-house (in consequence of Forrester
having been to him.) I first said lam ready to hear
anything you have to say. He began by saying it was
a very unpleasant thing about these earnbrics, or some-
thing to that effect. He then proceeded to state that he
purchased them of a Mr. St. Croix, a friend of Mr.
Besson, of Jersey, and introduced by Mr. Besson when
that gentleman was last in town, and that he bought them
at Kinner's Hotel, in Crown-court, Cheapside—(Mr.
Bisson was a customer of our's, and therefore I knew
when he was in town), that St. Croix was a little French-
man with a tuft under his chin. I think he
further said that it was a regular transaction.
He said he had an invoice of them made out in pencil,
and he invited me to come over to his counting-house
and he would show me the invoice in his books; and I
did go over, and saw his books, in which I saw what he
said was a copy of the invoice in his book; and I think
he added that it was in the handwriting of Mr. Murray;
and he looked in his desk for the invoice, but he said he
could not find it. I then came away, and went back
with Mr. Leary, and asked him if he could show me a
receipt for the money, but he could not; but he showed
me two entries. which he represented as payment to Mr.
St. Croix, but I did not understand them. He showed
me a margin number in the invoice-book, beginning at
231 to 357. He said he paid St. Croix 36/. 175., less 10
per cent.; but I can't swear whether that entry related
to the 361. 175., but I saw 725. put down. The num-
bers the handkerchiefs bore were 349 to 353.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lloyd, the solicitor to the de •
fendant.—On the paper-wrapper of the cambrics, I find
numbers corresponding with the numbers in the invoice-
book. The prisoner did not deny that he had sold them
to Mr. Hayter. The other goods produced bore a simi-
lar character, but I cannot identify any except those two
pieces. He bought the cambric of Bertrand, of Cam-
bray, in France ; the handkerchiefs of Holland and Du-
bois, of Valenciennes. I cannot say when he bought
hem without referring to our books. I believe I saw
them last in stock on the 31st of December. We had
then about 97 pieces of demi cambrics, and of full-
length cambrics about 200. I believe we have bought
more since of the same sort. I sent Mr. Snockhill to
purchase the goods of Mr. George Hayter. I don't
know a person named St. Croix.
Mr. George Hay ter said he was a warehouseman, in
Bow-lane. In consequence of a request made to him, he
went to Mr. Sharpe's warehouse on Friday, the 22d of
May, and saw the goods now produced, and also Mr.
Sharpe, and asked him what the goods were. He replied
that they were some samples left for sale by a Mr. St.
Croix, and that they were 25 or 30 per cent. under the
regular price. Witness said that if they were so cheap
ne could sell them, if he were allowed to take samples,
which was agreed to. He looked at a few, and they
appeared to be cheap ; and next day he called again,
and told Mr. Sharpe that he had a customer coming to
his warehouse to look at them, who would, if they were
as cheap as had been represented, buy them. Mr. Sharpe
then said they should be cheap, that they were goods
not in his firm's line, and that his partner had made ar-
rangements with St. Croix, from whom they expected to
get consignments of French waistcoatings. Mr. Sharpe
then tied them up. There were fourteen pieces of cam-
bric and cambric handkerchiefs, and Mr. Sharpe gave
witness a card of the quantities and prices. Mr. Sharpe
asked him to whom he should sell them, and he replied
to the retail trade. After a little more conversation
witness took the goods to his warehouse, and then went
to the house of the prosecutor, and while he was there
Mr. Sharpe came and called him out. They then went
to witness's warehouse, where witness having stated
that he did not consider some of the goods so cheap as
had been represented, Mr. Sharpe altered the price of
them to a lower figure. Subsequently Mr. Brockhill
culled at the warehouse, purchased the goods, and ob-
erved that they should be sent to the premises of Messrs.
Lewis and James. Again, on the 29th of May, he saw
:dr. Sharpe, who called upon him, and said it was a very
unpleasant piece of business they had got into. Witness
said it was all right with him, as he could show where
he got the goods from ; and Mr. Sharpe said, " Oh, yes,
I can clear you, and I can also show where I got the
goods." Mr. Sharpe then gave, what witness told him
was a different account from what he had given before ;
and he said that the account was different, unfortunately.
The witness, on cross-examination, said that on going
es see defendant, my object was merely to buy goods.
The goods were open in the warehouse. He went to
Messrs. Lewis and James's, to get goods to compare with
them. Mr. Sharpe expressed no surprise at seeing him
at Messrs. Lewis and James's, and made no observation
on the fact.
-.Mr. E. Hayter, warehouseman to Messrs. Lewis and
James, gave evidence to the effect, that he believed that
the goods produced were part of the missing stock.
John Forrester, the officer, said in consequence of in-
formation I received, I went to Mr. Sharpe's warehouse,
and said I have come to ask you a question or two
about some cambrics which Mr. Lewis lost out of his
stock some time back, and which you sold to Mr. Hayter.
I want you to tell me where you got them from. He
:aid he bought them of a Mr. St. Croix, introduced by a
gentleman of the name of Bisson, of Jersey, and that
Mr. Bisson was present at the time he bought them ;
that he received an invoice or bill of narcels written in
pencil, but it was in French. He said he did not know
vho Mr. St. Croix was, and where he lived, but he be-
lieved him to be an agent to some French house. He
said he could not find the bill of parcels then, but he
thought he should be able to find it at another time, and
he asked me if he had not better see Mr. Lewis, and I
,aid he might do as he pleased. He did not say when
the transaction took place, but he said that Bisson and
St. Croix were stopping at Kennon's hotel together.
This morning I went to Mr. Sharpe and asked him to
come down here and have this matter investigated, and
he readily came down. I did not consider him in cus-
tody, but Ido now so consider him. I consider him in
willing custody. He understood who I was, andiin fact,
addressed me by name.
Mr. Philip Bisson, of Jersey, draper, said—l know
the accused, and dined with him this day. At the latter
end of April I was here, on my usual journey, at Ken-
non's hotel, and there was a lot of pretended cambrics,
but I did not see them opened, but Mr. Sharpe said that
they were French cambrics, and he asked me to propose
to sell them to Mr. Nash, at Cowper's. I believe they
were taken by the boots to Nash, to whom I afterwards
went and offered them for sale. They were afterwards
sent to Kennon's with my address, and they were left in
the bar for Mr. Sharpe ; and I told Mr. Sharpe that Mr.
Nash would not give the price asked as they were rather
out of condition. I know half a dozen persons
of the name of St. Croix, of Jersey. I never
introduced a person of that name to Mr. Sharpe,
nor was I present when any cambrics were
bought by Mr. Sharpe of a person named St. Croix, nor
did I see anything of any invoice. I was not living
with any person of that name in April last. When Mr.
Sharpe told me to apply to Mr. Nash, he did not
tell me any particular place in that house to go to.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—l dined with Mr.
Lewis yesterday. I was nearly all day with him. He
offered me
.a bed. The defendant has some goods of
mine. Mr. Lewis saw me on Tuesday, and told me it
would be right to come to town to see about the goods.
I have never recommended Mr. St. Croix to the de-
fendant, but I have recommended foreigners to him, and
I have recommended him to many persons whose names
Ido not know, but who are coming to London. He
has near 6001. or 700/. of mine in his hands. I only
saw the paper, not the cambrics. No doubt it would
injure the prosecutor's trade Mr. Sharpe's setting up in
the place where he carried on business against that firm.
I have an excellent opinion of the defendant, as well as
of the prosecutor, and neither of them attempted in the
slightest degree to influence my testimony.
Mr. Ballantine said it was absurd to suppose that a
gentleman who maintained so high a character, and to
whom property to an enormous extent was constantly
intrusted, would be involved in the transaction dis-
honourably.
Alderman Gibbs appointed Saturday for signing the
deposition, previously to sending the case to the Central
Criminal Court, and took bail for the appsaranc of Mr.
Sharpe at the Session-house, himself in 2001., and two
sureties in 100/. each.
THE SCRIP FORGERIES.—John B. Falkner, and Rou-
t/dm Fabian, accused of having forged the Buckingham-
shire railway scrip, were again brought up.
Mr. Ballantine requested to be furnished as speedily
as possible, with copies of the minutes and depositions
in the case, as it was his intention to apply forthwith
to the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of his clients,
for their liberation on bail ; inasmuch as the strongest
doubts were entertained whether the statute of the 11th
Geo. IV. and Ist William IV., cap. 66, sec. 10, was ap-
plicable, under any view of the case, to the offence
with which the prisoners were charged, since as docu-
ments such as they were charged with having forged
were not in existence when that statute was passed, the
alleged forgeries would not come under any of the de
nominations specified in it.

Alderman Orinns, with the advice of Mr. Goodman,
(the chief clerk), however, considered that the forged
documents would come under the terms used in the sec-
tion of the Act above quoted, of " any acquittance or re-
ceipt for money," or " any warrant, &c., for the delivery
of, &c., any security for payment of money." In pur-
suance of that view of the Alderman, the prisoners were
therefore committed " for feloniously, &c., and against
the peace, &c." in which it will be perceived by profes-
sional readers, that the offence charged is brought
within the terms of the Act, with great legal acumen
and ingenuity.
The commitment is as follows :—" For feloniously
forging, and for feloniously uttering and disposing ot;
knowing the same to be forged, in this city, eleven ac-
quittances and receipts for money, to wit, for the sum of
105/. each, and five warrants for the delivery of certain
securities for the payment of money, to wit, for the de-
livery of fifty shares of the value of 20/. each, on a cer-
tain provisionally registered railway company, called the
Southamptonshire Railway, and Oxford and 13Ietchley
Junction, with latent to defraud the raid Levy Solomon,
against the form of the statute in such case made and
provided and against the peace, &c.

MARSTON; OR, Trio SOLDIER AND STATESMAN, By
the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D., Author of " Salathiel."—We un-
hesitatingly pronounce the romance of "Salathiel " to be the
most splendid and most powerful fiction that England has
given birth to within the last twenty years. Take it for all
in all, it is the master-piece of the age; and we greet with
heartfelt satisfaction the publication of "Marston" from the
same rich, brilliant, and glowing pen. Intimately conversant
with all the horrors of the French Revolution—with all the
sanguinary and frightful scenes by which its earlier period
were desecrated—Dr. Croly has here produced a work of ap-
palling power. It points an important moral to the world,
more especially to England--" That in all violent political
change the humblest ranks are sure to suffer most; that
their bodies are used merely to till up the trench over which
their leaders pass to power; that their severest sacrifices only
turn a demagogue into a tyrant; and that the only alterna-
tives of a democracy are national decay or military despot.
ism." 'We doubt whether there be another writer living who
could so effectively have performed the task.--Nava and
Military Gazette.

ALLEGED MURDER in SHADWELL
On Wednesday a coroner's jury was convened at the Hal
Moon, Lower Shadwell, before Mr. Baker, jun., on view of
the body of Anne Sloman, who came by her death in a mys-
terious manner at the house of 6, Labour-in-Vairo street.
Shadwell. From the defence insinuated in the statement or
the man Gibbins, who stands charged with having caused
her death, he would evidently have it inferred that the de-
ceased (who, according to his statement before the magis-
trates, was very much gone in liquor at five o'clock on Mon-
day evening), must have gone home and have fallen down
stairs in the course of the night, thereby sustaining the
injuries from which she died. The appearances of the place,
however, coupled with the position in which the body was
discovered, render that supposition very improbable. Neither
is there in the vicinity in which she lay any wood, or
other hard substance, which would inflict a wound of the
shape of that which the deceased's head exhibits. Indeed,
nothing on the staircase indicates any sign of a fall, but there
are other marks which tend to show that there had been a
struggle in the parlour, and that the death-blow had been
inflicted there. On the wall is the perfect impre,-sion of a
female hand, which must have pressed there with great
energy, so closely is the outline delineated, and there are
also spots of blood on the parlour door. The spots on the
wall, spoken of by Mr. Ross in the examination before the
magistrAte, would correspond with the supp(A:ion that in
dragging the body of the deceased from the parlour to lay it
in the position in which it had been fowid, her head touched
the walL One of the most mysterious portions of the case
is, that so little blood was to he seen. The spots on the
wall, door, and staircase, together with what was found on
the sacking on which the wretched creature's head rested,
were as nothing in proportion to the wound. The only way
in which the phenomenon can be accounted for is. that the
blood was shed in the parlour, and was subsequently washed
away by the spirit and water with which the apartment had
been afterwards flooded. Indeed, more blood by far has
oozed from the wound since the body was removed up stairs
than was visible on its first discovery. The appearance of
the house, which consists of four apartments, was wretched
in the extreme.

The jury, having viewed tl.e body and the premises, ac-
companied by Mr. Ross, the surgeon, who pointed out the
appearances which he had already observed, returned to the
inquest-room, when
The CORONER said that, having two previous engage-
ments, he would only call such evidence as would prove the
identity.

Anne Sloman, the mother of the deceased, a widow, re-
siding at 108, Eastfield-street, Limehouse, was then called.
She said the deceased, whose name was Anne (not Jane)
Sloman, was her daughter. She was an unmarried woman,
and lived for some time with Gibbins. They only went to
the house in Labour-in-Vain street that day week. She was
28 years of age. Witness saw deceased alive for the last time
about half-past two on Monday, in the house where she re-
sided with Gibbins. There was another woman, who witness
understood lived there. Deceased went out with witness, and
was quite well and in good spirits.
This was the only evidence taken on Wednesday, when the
further hearing was adjourned until ten o'clock this day, the
coroner ►equesting that Inspector Valentine would have the
man in custody on the charge in attendance.
The result of the post mortem examination made by Mr.
Ross tends to confirm the supposition that personal violence
had been used. The marks on the face alluded to on the trial,
and of which he then expressed a doubt as to whether they
were the results of violence, he now feels satisfied were pro-
duced by blows. There was a slight fracture of the skull
under the wound. One of the large veins had been ruptured,
causing extravasation of blood on the surface of the brain,
from which death ensued.

HORRIBLE MURDER and SUICIDE.
The neighbourhood of Widegate-street, Bishopsgale, was
thrown into a state of great consternation on Wednesday, by
the rumour that a man named Towny, residing at No. 13,
in the above street, had committed suicide, having first
murdered his wife. It appears that the deceased and his
wretched partner were the parents of three children, the
eldest of whom, a girl about thirteen years of age, went to
the lodgings occupied by her parents, a second pair back in
the house in question, about fur o'clock yesterday after-
noon. She knocked at the door, but receiving no answer, the
girl looked through the keyhole, and saw her father in a po-
sition which led her to believe he was in a fit. Having
given the alarm, the door, which was locked, was burst
open, and Towny was found vile dead, suspended from the
bedstead. A paper was found pinned to his coat, which con-
tained a statement of the motives that induced the unhappy
man to commit the rash act, viz., the dread of approaching.
starvation. Towny carried on the business of a jobbing
tailor, or " slobberer," as it is technically called, and had
been out of work for a considerable period. About three-
quarters of an hour after the discovery of his dead body, in
pushing the bedstead nearer the wall, the body of eis wife
was discovered on the floor under the bed. The poor woman
was also quite dead, and from the appearances presented, it
was evident that she had been inhumanly strangled.
Her hands were tied together, and were tightly and
convulsively clasped. It is said she was given to drink-
ing, and it is supposed that her husband, on going home
about two o'clock, found her lying on the bed 'intoxi-
cated, and he thereupon proceeded to tie her hands.
The act of strangling her was not accomplished without a
scuffling noise, which excited the notice of the neighbours.
They called out, supposing them to be fighting, and the
noise ceased, the woman being unable to offer much resist-
ance, either from the effects of the liquor she had drunk, or,
as is conjectured, from the operation of some drug which had
been administered, with or without her own consent, by her
husband. The ill-fated woman was at the time of her death
in daily expectation of her recouchement, and it is considered
remarkable that the manner of her untimely death did not
bring on the pains of premature parturition. It is rumoured
that Towny or his wife made application to the parochial
authorities for temporary relief during the period of her con-
finement, and that relief was refused them unless they went
into the workhouse, with which condition Towny could not
bring himself to comply. The truth of this, and other ru-
mours in connexion with this lamentable affair, will undergo
full investigation at the inquest, which is expected to be held
this day (Thursday). According to some reports, the
wretched husband took the life of his wife with her own con-
sent, but this is scarcely consistent with another statement
which appears entitled to credit—that he has repeatedl been
heard to threaten her life, and that he has on previous occa-
sions proceeded to various acts of ill-usage. Three children
are made orphans by this lamentable occurrence, which,
from the circumstances of the woman's condition, the alleged
refusal to give her temporary relief, and the misery which
they were known to have endured during the period of the
husband being out of work, has created the greatest sym-
pathy in the neighbourhood.

THE MURDERS BY POISONING

IN NORFOLK.

HAPPISRUrtGIT, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The inquiry wal
resumed yesterday morning at the Harbro' Hill House of this
village, before the same coroner and jury.
According to the instructions of the coroner the remains of
Maria Lacey were exhumed, but the body was quite decayed.
The body of the child, Hannah Peggs, was disinterred on the
previous evening at Hingham. The skeleton only remained.
The jury being duly empannelled to inquire into the cause of
the death of Maria Lacey and Hannah Peggs, the following
evidence was taken:—
Elizabeth Peggs, daughter of the late Jonathan Balls,
deposed that she had seen the coffins and knew one to be
her deceased sister's and the other her child's. The latter
had been buried about seven years. It was first taken ill at
her house. It was In the habit of going to its grandfather's
house all day long, while she was out at work. On Saturday
the 7th of June, 1839, the child came home unwell and died
on the following Friday. It was sick just before it died.
The old man (Balla) only came to witness's house once before
the child died, at least, after being attacked, and that was
on the day it died. It expired about five minutes after he
arrived. Witness was with him all the time. She had no
reason to suppose it died from any other than natural causes.
She thought it had the small-pox. An inquest was held on
the body. Mr. Clowes, the surgeon, attended, and witness
considered that it died of the small-pox.
By the CORONER—She never purchased any poison nor
did she eversee any—remembered being taken in just before
her sister died. That was about eleven years since, She
was seized in a field and was violently sick. Had not been
to her father's shortly before, nor did she recollect her father
coming to her house. Mr. Dicks attended her first ; Mr.
Hewet, after. She thought it was the fever.
By the jury—Did not say that she could have transported
her father years ago if she had liked.
Witness was further examined as to the death of her
sister's infant, but proved nothing material. Of her sister
she said they all thought she died from the lying- in and
from the blow. Mr. Dicks attended her. 'Witness did
not tell Mr. Dicks anything about it. She did not hear that
her sister was beaten at Happisburgh fair. She was there
just before she died. Did not hear Lacey say if his wife got
better he would use her worse than ever ho did. Had seen
him treat her kindly.

Mary Green saidher father proposed the marriage between
ker sister and Lace, because her sister was in the family way
by him. Her father promised to give them some things, but
did not. Lacey used to " cheek" her about it. Witness was
at the death of her sister Her further evidence was quite
immaterial.

Ann Lawson, wife of George Lawson, labourer at Happis-
bugh, on being sworn, state.: that she had known the de-
ceased Mrs. Lacey before she was married. Did not know
what became of the child that was born about a year after
marriage. Witness visited her when she was dying. Wit-
ness, on laying her out, noticed a mark on her body. It ap-
peared like a kick, almost like a blow from the toe of a shoe.
She did not know if any doctor attended her.
The investigation was adjourned with a view of hearing
the result of the medical examination of the remains of the
deceased.

MR: HARRIS'S THEATRICAL COLLECTION.--In the
theatrical collection of portraits to be sold, on Monday next,
by Mr. Edmund Robins, it is not pretended that it will rival
Charles Mathews's, which has found a sort of parental abode
at the Garrick Club, but the one which is to be sold unre-
servedly on Monday, was formed by the Mr. Harris, who for
half a century was the principal proprietor of Covent Garden
Theatre. There are some valuable morceaux of our renowned
favourites, and it includes the celebrated picture that had
nearly provoked a chancery suit by Col. Berkley—the beau-
tiful picture of Miss Foote in the character of Maria Darling-
ton..os
She appears in thisjpart to have surpassed any preovNiveuy
attempt to combine dancing and acting, and a moreimagine.
hasl
picture altogether it would be difficult to
haas
been whispered that the Duke of D,!vonshirheohasa
wish to possess this treasure. Mr. Clint,expressednted it,
I led Countess. Clint h s
amazing likeness of the accomplished always accounted it his best effort; ittlswstillpsaid to be an
all praise—his theatrical
picture of Liston is piquantbeyond
only fifty guineas for each likeness. Miss
several beautiful specimens in this rare little assemblage. His
clients
Foote paid
paid h.timsogainas for Maria Darlington. There
f Emery, as ke; that
is really beyond all praise. Monday is doomed to dis-
persen retend
.in
_ this delightful although g little
collection.
is the celebrated picture o
FIRE AT FREEMASONS' HALL.— kl• (-dnesday, between
the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, the greatest excitement
was created in the immediate vicinity of Lincoln's Inn -fields
in consequence of a report being circulated that the Free
masons'-hall was on fire. Very speedily the several engine
s
of the London Fire Establishment, together with those of th•
parish, and two escapes belonging to the Royal Society fo,
the Protection of Life from Fire, reached the spot ; it wa,
then ascertained that the gallery at the end of the gran,
hall had, from some cause that could not be satisfactorill
explained, become on fire. From inquiries made on th,
spot, it appeared that whilst the Freemasons were holdin4
one of their general quarterly courts, the members of th.
craft experienced a strong smell of burning wood. At firF
no particular notice was taken of that circumstance ; bu•
shortly afterwards the Earl of Zetland, the Grand Master
noticed smoke issuing from the top of the splendid statue°,
his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. An instant
alarm was then raised ; the business of the Freemasons war
abruptly terminated; and very speedily the numerous do.
mestics of the place were engaged in procuring bucketsce
water, which they discharged upon the gallery; this had the
desired effect of preventing the flames from extendicg, bue
upon the arrival of the firemen, they commenced tearing in
the flooring of the gallery, where they found the jointing are
rafters smouldering away. With the assistance of mor
water, the whole of the fire was extinguished. It is, however.
to be feared, that the statue of the late illustrious Grans:
Master has suffered to some extent by the disaster.

MEXICAN CRUISERS.
It will be recollected that before Almonte broke up
his mission in this country, he stated positively, that in
the event of a war between the United States and
Mexico, the latter would corer the sea with privateers
under the Mexican flag. There is a great deal of anxiety
beginning to be manifested for the result of this threat.
Almonte, at the last accounts, was at Havannah. It
seems that he was sent there under the pretext of being
accredited as a Minister to France; but instead of pro-
ceeding to Europe, he remained at Havannah, and scut
his secretary back to Mexico. Who knows that this
was not a mere feint, and that Almonte knew what was
to take 'dace on the Rh) Grande, and went to Havannah
for the purpose of issuing letters of marque, as he threat-
ened when at Washington?
This is certainly a menacing and important view of
the case ; and what makes it more disastrous is the
probability that it is true. The amount of American
property in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and in the
South Seas, is worth probably one hundred millions of
dollars, belonging to all the sea-ports in the United
State . The tonnage enrol:erl, and belonging to the
United States, apornaches 3.000,000, about one• half of
which is actively engaged in the foreign trade. This
tonna':.e, estimated at the moderate sum of 60 dols. per
ten, for vessel and cargo, would make the amount of
property now at sea 90,000,000 dols. But this is a lolowestimate, both as to the vessels at sea, and their
estimated value. To the shipping interest of the
countt y generally, the past season has been, perhaps, the
most active and prosperous experienced for many years.
The o naparative' destitute and meagre show of ship-
ping which the various ports throughout the United
States now present, is sufficient evidence that this esti-
mate of property at present afloat is not exaggerated.
There are 657 whalemen at sea, which may be valued et
twenty millions of dollars. This immense amount of
propt'rty is at the risk of being taken by these cruisers ;
anti the first information we may get, may be disastrous
the shipping interest to an extent beyond any antici-
pation of the public. The effect of such designs as those
attributed to Almonte and the Mexican Government,
will be felt in all the principal seaports. The
first result will he the complete explosion of the in
surance companies, and the effect of the:e explo-
sions wilt materially injure the banks in all the large
cities. The aggregate result will be the bringing about
a revulsion more disastrous in its effects than that of
the year 1837. There will probably be another revul-
sion in commercial interests, and particularly in the
shipting business in all the great cities. The amount
of American property that may be lost in this way is
incalculable.

This is the view of the disasters that may be pro-
duced by the present war. Another is, the effect which
the distribution of the funds of the Government may
cause in the rise of breadstuffs and the munitions of
war in the Western States and in the Gulf of Mexico, to
supply the army on the Rio Grande.
Thus it will be seen, that while the Atlantic cities and
coast will suffer terribly, the west and south-west wl.ll
be benefited by the vast expenditures that will be re-
quired to bring the war to a sec 'essful and honourable
termination. These expectations are gloomy on 011 e
side and glorious on the other. We must take them as
they come, and do the best we can. An imbecile Govern'
meet has brought us into this condition ; and having,
elected them, we must make the best we can of a ban
bargain, and fight it out with the best energy And
courag's we have.—New York Paper.

LLOY'D'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, JUNE 4.—Wind this day at noon, E., light
pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather.
DEAL, JUNE 3.—Wind N.N.E—Arrd. from the River and
sailed for, Cressy, Mollison, Calcutta ; Westminster, Hovey
New York.
DARTMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Wind E.—Arrd. Lotus, Santander
BRISTOL, JUNE 3 —Sid. Steadfast, Merritt, Antigua.
NEWPORT, JUNE 3.—Sid. Iris, Safstrom, Singapore.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3.—Wind S.W., light.—Sld. Paramatt*
Bloomfield, Valparaiso.
CLYDE, JUNE 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. May 30, BlakeleY'
Gibson, Singapore and Manilla ; Lalla Rookh, Burrow*
Barbadoes. 1. Jamaica, Martin, Montreal ; 2. Casket,
Ritchie, Tobago.
Lady
WATERFORD, JUNE 2.—Wind E.S.E. to
Campbell, Power, Quebec.
CORK, JUNE L—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Mary Morris, 1308t00.
BELFAST, JUNE 2.—Wind S.E.—Slot. Belinda, Quebec.

MARKET NEWS. -(YESTERDAY)'

MEAT MARI:CET.
SOUTITALI„ JUNX 3 —On the whole, the supply of each
kind of tat stock here to-day was moderately exten!lver
while the general demand was steady, at our quotations.
Beef from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s W
6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 6:1; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink
the offal.
ROMFORD, JUNE 3.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs
ecninianded a steady sale, at full prices; otherwise, the de-
mand was in a slu,;:4-ish state. Beef from 2s 6d to 4s; Glutton,
3s to 4s 4d; Lard', 5s to 5s 106 ; Veal, 4a to 43 6d; and Pork,
48 to 4s 6.1 per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295; quarter-
old store Pigs, 18s to 19s; and Alileh Cows, with their small
Calves, 161 to 181 each.

LEWES, JUNE 2.—Beef from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to
4s 4d; Lamb, .r.",s to 6s 6d; and Veal, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs.
A moderate supply, and a steady trade.
INTEIVGALICE AND T.EII.IIXLIVHELTAL.
We had a fair average supply of meat on sale to. day.
Generally speaking the demand, owing to the warm weather,
was heavy. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2a 10d tO
4s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d
to 4s 10d per 81bs.

MILIZIEETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4/ ; Clover ditto,
41 5s to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s; Wheat
Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at the above
quotations.

CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 53 to 41 Os ; Clover
ditto 4/ 5s to 5/ 14s; Oat Straw, 11 13s to 1115 s; Wheat
Straw, 11 15s to 1/ 17s per load. A fair average suPPIY,
and aheavy demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/3s to 4/ 4s ; Clover ditto,
4/ 5s to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw,
1/ 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORI
For the Week ended May 30, 1 K 46, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale°
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAs•
PRICE .. 1536 4d 28s 4d 23s 9d 32s 4d 35s 10d 134 s 2'14
DUTY... 17s Od 9s Od 5s Od 111 9s 6d 7s 6d 85 6.

Yesterday Ibrahim Pacha paid his farewell visit to
M. Guizot, and in the evening, at nine o'clock, went to the
Royal Observatory. His Highness, who was received by bf•
Arago, looked at the heavens through the powerful telescope
of the establishment.— Galignani.
A " CONJUROR" IN TR ,ÜBLE.—WINDSOR, JUNE 3.--
Yesterday morning, a person named George Robert young,
the assistant conjuror to his brother, Mr. E. W. Young, " the
Great Northern Wizard," who has been exhibiting at the
trates
theatre
(Mr. Adams in this towthe mayor, ann, was broughtd
Mr. Le before the sittin
charged ag
having committed' a violent assault unpongh Mr. Wood, the
superinten'lent of the Windsor Gas Works. It appeared,
from the evidence of Mr. Wood, that on the evening 0r
_
Saturday last the complainant saw the defendant's brother,
the real conjuror, in the yard of the Star and Garter rep:
when, the brother, who was exceedingly drunk, abused .51r_
Wood, because the company had refused to trust him for9°
gas supplied at the theatre during his performances. NlV!n.f.
the altercation was going on, the defendant, whon
Wood had never before seen, rushed out of the tap, in a
state of " furious intoxication," knocked down the com-
plainant with his fists, striking him on the head and body
without saving a word. The defendant, who appeared to be no conjuror" before the bench, said, in his defence, he did
strike Mr. Wood; but the fact was, he wr,s so drunk (having
been drinking a good deal in getting his brother's traps
packed up), that he really did not know what he was about,
and had not the least recollection of what had taken place.
Mr. Wood recommended him to the mercy of the magistrates,
observing that all lie desired was protection from the as-
sistant conjuror's violence. The Mayor told the defendant,
that in consequence of the kind recommendation of Mr.
Wood. they were disposed to treat the case far more leniently
than they otherwise should have done. They should there-
fore inflict a small fine; which, with the costs, amounted to
13s. 6d. The money was shortly afterwards paid, and he was
then liberated.

THE LATE MELANCHOLY CASE OF POISONING IN
ANNAN.—We understand Professor Christison reports that
he has discovered common arsenic in the sediment of the
porter left in the bottle fro..n which the late Rev. Mr. Dobbie
and his wife, and their friend Mr. Pool, had drunk. The
i
precise quantity has not been ascertained, but he thinks t.
will not be less than a dessert spoonful. There must
been negligence of the most culpable kind in the cleaning of
that bottle at least.—Dwmfries Courier.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] )SFIERVILLE GARDENS--'
Messrs. Ross and Sons beg to inform the public, that they
have purchased the two bears, born and reared at these gar-
dens, and intend shooting one of them on Tuesday, the 9th
of June, when a irr9nd gala is to take place; any one pre-
ferring to have the fat direct from the animal can do so, by
applying on the 10th of June, at their establishment, 119,
and 120, Bish,pagate-street. There is no doubt that bear's
grease, in its pure state, is decidedly the most nourishing ar-
ticle for the hair hitherto discovered, and used alternately
with their botanic water, is the only thing that will restore
it ; numerous instances of which occur daily.

BIRTHS
of the Ash"
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. Benjamin Williamson,
bourne-road, Derby, of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Rochester, the wife of Henry Char--
Hawkey, Esq., of a son.
On the Ist inst., at Kennington, the wife of Nowell Stowers,
of a son.
On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. Henry Hills, cf Wes,
' ''--
Kingst,n, Surrey, of a son.
OO •
On the Ist inst., at Ware Vicarage,
Herta, Mrs. BlakesleY, son.
On the 211 inst , at
.Norwood, the lady of Mr. J. Maitland,
On the 2d inst., at Gracechurch-street, Mrs. C. Ray,
of a daugn
On the 2d inst., Mrs. C. Farlow, of the strand, of a son. ...„,,00n
On the 2d inst., at Millfleld-lane, Mrs. J. J."
Miles, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Gloucester-place, Portman-square, the wife or
Joseph Ronsor, Esq., of a daughter.
°I
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hie

MA RRIED. vet On the 3d inst., at the Parish Church, St.3fat lebone, bY e
Georgn
Rev. Dr. Thomas Bunbury Gough, Dean of Derry, the Hon•
S. Gough, of the Grenadier Guards, only son of the R4ighlf
General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief in the Esq.,
Indies, to Jane, second daughter of the late George Arbuthnot,
of Elderslie, Surrey, and Upper Wimpole-strcut,

DIED.
(Iv. 4,, 91 nit., at Kimberley, the Right Hon. John Lord Wode"
beg*. i VI•
ta tat of December la.st, at Wellington, New Zealand, Harold
MacLeod, of MacLeod, aged 24.
On the 20th ult., Rebecca, the wife of Peter Yzarn, Esq., of He"-
hill, Surrey, aged 63.
On the 24th ult., Ann Hannah Richardson, daughter of MO.
of
O Long-lane, Bermondsey.
n the 2sth 11,1, Mr. Benjamin Edmonds, of Albion-grove, Barnsfr
burOy-park, Islington.
n the 30th tilt , at Epsom, Hugh Montgomery Campbell, Esq"
of
the Holies, Staffordshire.
On the 30th ult., at Dorset-place, Clapham-road, Martin Forster,
of Lawrence Pou Utley-place. f
Esq., John
On the 30th ult at Ramsgate, John Lewis, the child
o
Fagg, of Gloucester-place, Portman-square. late
On the Ist inst., at Turnham-green, Mary Anne, relict of the
Stephen Leach, Esq.
of Upper-street,
On the Ist inst., Mr. John Anthony Wiley,
Islington, aged 45.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG.
Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct
or the Saws', in the County of Middlesex, FrWAY, Ifil"
5,1846. of No. 112,