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great effect on buildings that were going on. He con-
sidered that the oscillation of the men running up and
down the ladder and scaffold was very likely to have
caused the toppling of the chimneys when the scaffold
was removed, which the deceased and Collins were en-
gaged in doing at the time of the fall. Mortar when
used ought to be let set ; for when it is moved by the
oscillation he had spoken of it gets rotten.
The DEPUTY CORONER said he should then adjourn
the inquiry until Wednesday next.
A person in the crowd here begged permission, before
the inquiry was adjourned, to address the Coroner. His
name was, he said, John Dowler, living in Chelsea. He
was a bricklayer, and wished to give his evidence in de-
fence of his order. He had examined the materials, and
could give evidence respecting them.
The DEPUTY CORONER asked him if he was employed
en the works ?—He said he was not, but he had exa-
mined the materials since the accident, and he wi;lied
the Deputy Coroner would appoint some eminent sur-
veyor, quite unconnected with all the parties to examine
the materials, and give an unbiased and impartial opinion
of them.
The DEPUTY CORONER said he did not like volunteer
evidence, and therefore would not examine him that
night. He might, however, give his name and address
to the summoning officer, and might perhaps be examined
on Viednesday.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
Deputy Coroner remained with the jury for about a
quarter of an hour, when the inquiry was adjourned at
twenty minutes to nine o'clock.
The body of the deceased was removed immediately
after the adjournment to his lodging; at Kensington to
be " waked," and was followed by a large assemblage of
his countrymen.
Inspector Barefoot, B division, was present at the
inquiry and took copious notes of the proceedings.

THE FALL OF THREE HOUSES
AT OLD BROMPTON—INQUEST ON THE
MAN KILLED BY THEIR FALL.
On Saturday evening, at half-past six, Mr. G. J. Mills,
Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest in the
large room of the Hoop and Toy Tavern, O ld Bromptonree
road, on the body of James Casey, aged forty-th
years, a bricklayer's labourer, in the employ, of Messrs.
William and James Emmens, builders, of Rawstorne-
street, Knightsbridge, and Notting-hill, who was killed
by the fall of three new houses in the CO
Old ? oßf erection
rompton,
in Alfred-place West, Thurlow-square,
on the evening of Thursday last.
The inquiry excited intense interest, the room being
densely and inconveniently crowded by the respectable
inhabitants of the neighbourhood. Amongst those pre-
sent were Mr. Donaldson (late Chairman of the West-
minster Court of Sewers), district surveyor for the parish
of Kensington, in which the houses were erected ; and
Mr. Blore, the surveyor to Mr. Alexander, on whose
property the houses were erecting.
The jury (on which were several gentlemen con-
nected with building matters) having been sworn, pro.
ceeded to view the body of the deceased, which was
lying in an adjoining room, and which presented a
shocking spectacle. On their return to the inquest room
the following evidence was gone into:—
Patrick Marra deposed that he lived at No. 21. Jen-
nines-buildings, Kensington. Found the deceased
about seven o'clock on Friday morning in the ruins in
Alfred-place West, Old Brompton. Deceased was quite
dead and stiff, having been covered with a quantity of
bricks and mortar which had been removed from off him.
The body was brought to that house. Deceased had
been in the emplo of Messrs. Emmens all the summer,
but witness had only been on those works for the last five
weeks as a bricklayer's labourer. Witness left the build-
ings about five on the Thursday evening, leaving the de-
ceased and a man named John Collins standing on the
scaffolding, they being the two scaffolders. Deceased was
quite sober at that time. About ten minutes afterwards
witness was still in the neighbourhood, and heard the
noise of the fall of the first two houses. The scaffold
witness had spoken of was • round the chimneys of the
middle of the three houses which have fallen.
By, the DEPUTY CORONER—Received directions from
Mr. Emmens when he was present, at other times from
tha g
t entleman's son, and wh be was not present
from one of the bricklayers ofen the name of Stockwell.
Did not know the cause of the houses falling down.
Had never pointed out that the materials were improper
for the purpose, and that the buildings were unsafe.
Never took any notice of the materials. Never thought
himself in danger when on the works. Had seen the
surveyor come to look over the buildings, and also Mr.
Holmes, the head-master, who came every day. Mr.
Emmens was doing the work for Mr. Holmes. Never
heard Mr. Holmes say anything about the place being
unsafe. Could not say how often he had seen the sur-
veyor at the buildings.
John Walsh was the next witness examined.—He de-
posed that he had been engaged on the works under
Messrs. Emmens as a labourer for nearly a twelvemonth.
Was sot present when the houses fell Did not leave
them from any fear of danger, but at the usual time of
leaving the work. Did not think it was his place to ex -
amine the quality of the materials used.
The DEPUTY CORONER inquired if the man Collins,
who was on the scaffold with the deceased when the
houses fell, was able to attend and give his evidence ?
Martin, the summoning officer, said he was not. Col.
lins was still under the care of Mr. Guazzaroni, the
parish surgeon, who said he would not be able to attend
until the beginning of the ensuing week. He was in-
jured on his head, side, and arm.
The DEPUTY CORONEtt said he was afraid that would
be the case, but had he not opened the inquiry that
evening he could not have done so until Tuesday or
Wednesday next, which would have prevented the body
being removed away from that house until then.
After some-conversation bet xeen the Deputy Coroner
and the jury as to the propriety of an immediate ad-
journment,
The DEPUTY CORONER said he would first examine
Mr. Holmes, and, while doing so, directed that Mr.
Donaldson and Mr. Blore should leave the room, which
they did.
Mr. Thomas Holmes deposed that he lived in Little
Belgrave-street, Pimlico. He had employed Messrs.
Emmens to find the lime and labour in erecting the
houses, he (witness) providing the bricks. The numbers
of the houses that had fallen down were 25, 27, and 29.
The erection of those houses was commenced about two
months ago at 655. per rod, by measurement, to be
finished in a workmanlike manner to the satisfaction of
witness. The works were visited by, Mr. Donaldson,
the district surveyor, and by Mr. Blore, the surveyor
to the estate, the latter almost daily. Witness
objected to any materials he disapproved of, and de-
puted Mr. Chapple, his foreman to do so in his (witness)
absence. Mr. Chapple had done so with respect to a
hundred houses which witness had erected. Mr. Chapple
had never complained to witness that the work of those
houses had not been done properly. Never received any
complaint from the district surveyor on the subject.
Gave the usual notices required by the Building Act to
the district surveyor, which was evident by his attend-
ing. Could not say when he last saw Mr. Donaldson at
the works. It was some time ago when he saw him there.
Saw Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Donaldson's deputy, there
oftener than Mr. Donaldson. Mr. Blore was also in the
habit of visiting the works, and he expressed a wish that
hoop iron should be used to tie the walls, which was ex-
tensively done.
By the DEPUTY CORONER—Attributed the falling of
the houses to the wet weather, and the number of men
who had been running up and down the ladder and scaf-
fold for some days before, which, added to the wet
weather, occasioned the toppling of the chimneys, which
would bring down the whole of the building with it, as
it was all tied together.
The DEPUTY CORONER asked Mr. Holmes if the jury
were then to understand that the chimneys having top-
dled on a damp house had occasioned the fall ?
Mr. Holmes replied that and other things together.
The Deputy CORONER said they had then come to this
point, viz., that the accident had been occasioned by
the toppling of the chimneys upon a damp house.
Mr. Benning (a juror) wished to know the height of
the wall above the joists of the attic flooring ? Mr.
Holmes—About twenty feet.
By the DEPUTY CORONER—Witness had not got the
written agreement between him and Messrs. Emmens
with him, as he did not think it could affect the ques-
tion the jury had to decide. Formerly persons building
could put wood in party-walls, but since the New Build-
ing Act had come into operation not an inch must be
put in. In witness's opinion party-walls are not so
sound now as they were before. That was witness's
opinion as a builder. The act came into operation in
January, 1845.
The DEPUTY CORONER desirel Mr. Holmes to ex-
plain to the jury what was the difference b .tween the
modes of building walls before and after the passing of
the New Building Act.
Mr. Holmes explained that now wood must not be
put into party-walls, which might be clone before the
passing of the Act. There was no difference beyond
`that. No wood bonds were now used. The houses
were built in accordance with the provisions of the New
Building Act. Thought houses built without wood
bonds were not so safe, and that the alteration we, an
injudicious one. Had heard many other builders say se.
Buildings were more substantial wita wood bonds, and
far more safe, for hoop-iron bonds will bend. The re x•
son for leaving out wood was to prevent the extension of
fires, and therefore thou =ht the benefit derived from the
alteration was greater than the injury. The bricks
used were Cowley bricks, which were considered the
best of bricks. The mortar was good, for he had seen
worse on other buildings.
The DEPUTY CORONER having directed that Mr. Do-
naldson and Mr. Blore be re-called,
Mr. Donaldson, in answer to questions put to him by
the Deputy Coronet, without being sworn, said that he
had found no occasion to complain of the materials used
or the mode of erection, except that they put bats.
which are small bricks, at the foundation, when he wished
them to put good bricks there. His duty was only to
attend to the thickness of the wall. Mr. Holmes was
building under an agreement with Mr. Alexander (the
owner of the property), and Mr. Blore, his surveyor,
hid the right to object to any materials. Thought the
lime used good. Could not prevent builders using bats.
He had only to do with the quality of the bricks used,
and not with the form or size.
Mr. Holmes observed that he had had several walls
not raised very high, fall, and so had other builders.
The DEPUTY CORONER remarked that if a wall fall
without having the superincumbent weight upon it, it
did not-argue 'well for its security.
Mr. Donaldson further said that a house might as well
berms up in six weeks as in six months, and, therefore,
he could not complain, in this case, of haste. The chim-
neys above the attic floor, for the 20 feet, were one foot
ten inches thick, and when that toppled over, it took the
attic joists with it, which caused the front and back
walls to double in, being in a green state. The number
of labourers which follow each other closely in a string,
occasioned a continued rocking of the ladder, and caused
the accident.
The DEPUTY CORONER wished to ask Mr. Donaldson
where he derived that information from, as he was not
there at the time of the accident ? That was just what
the jury wanted to know.
Mr. Donaldson said, from the labourers. He did not
know their names. Marra was one that told him so.
The DEPUTY CORONER asked 'if the facts which had
been disclosed were known before the Building Act was
passed ?
Mr. Donaldson replied that he and about twenty other
surveyors were applied to by both members of the Lords
and Commons for their opinions on the subject, and it
was decided that keeping wood out of party-walls would
effect a great saving from fire. If a building was ex•
amined after a fire it would be seen that the wood was
all burned out, and only holes left in the walls. Thought
an iron hoop tie was as good as a wood one. No wood
was now permitted in a party-wall where there are
chimneys. Thought more timber might be put in front
walls.
Mr. Holmes, being recalled, in answer to a juror,
said,
in his opinion, bricks only being used in a wall
was no cheaper than if wood was used.
Mr. Blore, in ansszder to questions put to him by the
Deputy Coroner,
.he saw the buildings on Tuesday
ra l
last, when be co
bonding in the wall, and that there was not sufficient
told the workmen that they
must take five or six
butco was courses of bricks off. He asked
to see Mr. Emmens,
told he was not there.
He then asked for Mr. Bmme ss
son, but he was not
there. lie then saw Mr. Stockwell, the foreman, who
told him what be desired should be
d
opinion that it had not been done, as the Re was of w
before it fell, been carried up to a greatheeighall hpadia
not stay
.to see that it was done. Preferred bond
tim-
ber, but iron tying does for it. Wood bonds were liable
to fire. Thought, when lie was last there, that they
were getting on too fast, but he had no power to stop
them. In his opinion wood was the best bond and tie
to a wall that could possibly be had.
Mr. Donaldson further said that wet weather had a

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM
SlR,—Your readers will recollect that my letter of the
2d inst. was considerea worthy of a place in your in-
valuable columns of the 4th inst., and as it contained
only an outline of the plan which I should adopt in
carrying this splendid ship to sea again, I beg you
will
permit me to give a little more detail, and explain the
matter more clearly. In the Times newspaper of the
12th inst., there is a report from W. Billinton, Esq.,
C.E., who has made a survey of the ship, and seems to
throw ominous conjectures on the whole success of all
plans which have been suggested, and, strange to say, he
has not made any suggestions himself, nor even pointed
out the errors iit those plans which he condemns, but
contents himself with saying that contractors may be
found to lift the ponderous vessel. Now I really do consider
myself in duty bound to call upon W. Billinton, Esq.,
C.E., either to withdraw his objection to my plan or to
state the ground of his objection.
The plan which I should adopt in floating this mag-
nificent queen of the sea would be, to place at each side
of the ship, and at equal distance from the line of
gravity, two cast-iron hollow pillars with circular solid
bases, and constructed of such strength as would enable
them to bear the whole weight of the ship; the bases to
be constructed with ribs, and of sufficient dimensions to
support the upright position of the pillars, the top of
which should stand above the high-water line of spring
tides; or should these bases not be sufficient the ground
might be piled, and the pillars set in suitable frame-work :
then at the top of these pillars I should carry tie-beams
from the one to the other, forming a quadrangle, arid
using such other tie-beams or chain-work as might be
required to secure the vertical position of the pillars; and
from the top of the pillars on the starboard to the oppo-
site ones on the larboard I should carry a tutior-head of
wrought iron sufficiently strong to bear the weight of
the ship, and constructed in such a way as to throw the
lines of gravity as much as possible on the vertical
pillars; care being taken at the same time to brace the
pillars together with chains sufficiently strong to resist
the outwards pressure which would necessarily fall upon
them. Then from the vertex of these arches I would
suspend iron bars to the fulcrums of levers placed in
such position that the suspended iron bars would act as
fulcrums to the levers, which would be so constructed as
to enable four or five men to work them with a screw
sufficiently powerful to lift a weight of 20;000 tons.
flaying thus securely, and of more than sufficient
strength, arranged the whole apparatus, I would attach
to the ship at low water as many boats, or other floating
bodies, as I could procure, and with the rising tides I
would gradually apply the combined powers every fol-
lowing tide until I had succeeded in lifting the ship out
of the sand, and if the water should then be found
insufficient to float her, I would anchor a number of
boats at a short distance from her to break off the sea
and storms, till the next spring tides afforded me a suffi-
ciency of water; making in the mean time such repairs
as would enable me to tow her to sea; and should the
vessel when raised from the sand be capable of floating
herself, t' ere would be no difficulty in allowing her either
then or at any other time to carry away without danger
the whole of the tackle and top part of the framework,
leaving behind only the metal pillars, which could after •
wards be taken also. Since the above appeared in your
paper of the 4th inst., I have been honoured with the
opinion of many scientific gentlemen, who all concur in
saying that my suggestions are appropriate; and as the
sl,ip is now lying on a limestone rock, there would be
no difficulty in finding solid foundations for the metal
pillars. And it is quite clear from Mr. Billinton's state-
ment that before she leaves the place she must undergo
some repairs, which cannot be made until she be lifted
up for that purpose; and it would appear from Mr. Bil-
linton's survey that she is in a much more favourable
position to be lifted by this plan than what it would
from a perusal of my letter of the 2,1; and had Mr. Billing-
ton in his report favoured us with the quantity of water
drawn by the Great Britain, and also with the weight of
her engines, the contractors with whom he leaves the
ta-k would have been able to say whether her engines
would require to be removed in getting her to sea;
whether she could, when repaired, be towed out, and
whether her own steam power would not carry her out;
and, finally, whether she would not have to be moved on
what a contractor would call a gantry. The answers to
a!1 these questions would remain blank in their estimate
if they had no information but that which is furnished
by Mr. Billinton's report. There-would be no difficulty
whatever in carrying out my suggestions, and as the
weather is so very favourable, the advantage ought, if
possible, to be taken, as it would be a great risk to allow
her to remain on that dangerous coast all the winter.
I have, Sir, the honour to be, your obedient servant,
EDWARD SANDS. C.E.
Sheffield, Nov. 13, 1846.

violence.
" And all classes should be exhorted to labour not
so much for ' the meat that perisheth as for that which
enlureth unto eternal life;' remembering that we have
here no abiding place,' but are on our journey towards
that world in whichall temporal blessings or afflictions
will be thought of as utterly insignificant, except so
far as the use we shall have made of each may deter-
mine our final condition; all the dispensations of Provi-
dence, whether of adversity or prosperity, being capable
of being converted either into a curse, or, through
divine help, into a blessing, according to our conduct
under them. _

" I remain, Rev. Sir,
"Your affectionate brother ;n the Lord,
" RICHARD DUBLIN.

SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT a

" Palace, Dublin, Nov. 9."

CO rTARS.

We learn with much- pleasure, from a correspondent
that a society has been formed fir the general improve
m-nt of the labouring classes in Scotland, of a similar
description to the society in England. which has proved '
highly beneficial wherever it has been fairly brought to
bear up in a destitute population. In the northern half
of Scotland, the masses now threatened with famine,
unless extraneous aid be supplied, are chiefly dependent
on husbandry and fishing, and to improve the eircumstan • '
c« a of these classes are two of the objects contemplated,
by the promoters of the institution alluded to. It is true
as has been lately state.i in the Times, that the High-
lands abound with spots of waste but easily reclairue I
knd, which might be made to supper: a mute' Isreer po-
pulation than that which too often proves a burden to
tha proprietors and the rate-payers, and a source of just
commiseration and alarm, as at this time, to every
right-minded person in the empire ; but proprietors,
finding that large farmers are profitable occupiers, and
that small holders are very unprofitable on's, are natu-
rally averse to any extensiorn,f tip:latter. Int prospecn us
of the society before us, the failure of the Sc,,ttish and Irish
cottar system is attributed to bad husbandry—the posses-
sion of more land than the crofter can cultivate by manual
labour, and too little capital, land, and skill, to allow
of horse labour remunerating, it being an axiom in
farming, that land canna afford a pair of horses if much
under 40 acres. Founding upon indisputable facts, that
from 3f to 5 acre allotments of land, in circumstances
apparently not more favourable than are afforded in The
Highlands, are comfiirtably supporting families of average
size where a proper system of husbandry has been
adopted, the society will seek the improvement of
the crofters and small holders of Scotland by the
introduction of the system recommended by W.
Blacker, Esq., of Armagh, in his essay on im-
proving the condition of the labouring classes of
Ireland—the efficiency of which has been proved
by.raising the small tenantry of the Earl of Gosford,
under his charge, from extreme destitution to compe-
tency and comfort, which might, at this time, have per-
va led the destitute peasantry of Ireland and Scotland,
bad similar means been adopted. That the husbandry
of the crofters of Scotland is still very poor, and that it
is susceptible of vast improvement, no one will venture
to dispute. Many eff.)rts have been made by individual
proprietors to produce an alteration, but generally with
trifling success. Instead of attributing the tendency of
the Highland peasantry to cling to old abuses as a result
oefeslstseoivvmeee
itd occult principle inherent in the Celtic race, we
beesmtiatuytiobn o
e fmoretnejuosrtdlyinnary ttrioboumftedorttso
of
fn
life,ex-
discouraging them from making efforts to rise
in the scale and
of civilisation improvement.
' They require not only co be told how they may cultivate
their land, so as to remunerate themselves, but they re.
quire to be shown how it may be done, by persons
similarly circumstanced to themselves, and, accordingly,
one of the great efforts of the society will be to estab-
lish a model allo'oneet, wherever a proprietor is anxious
to convert a eiestitute population on his estate into a
coinfortably;nonsed, well-fed, and well-remunerated
tenantry. We understand that in couformity
with the suggestion of one of our principal
Higlilated. proprietors, the objects of the society
have ',peen generaked, and that the establishment
of 'infant and self supporting agricultural schools,
tha improvement of the reskiences of the labouring
classes in general, as respects cleanliness and sanatory
principles, and the saving of life from boating accidents,
which are so common on oar coasts, are additional fea-
tures of the society to the objects already adverted to--
viz., the improvement of the fisheries and cotter hus-
bandry of the country. Adequately supported, as we
hope this society will be, by our aristocracy and gentry,
and energetically and systernatieally carried on by the pro-
moters, the Scottish Society for the general improvement
of the labouring classes cannot fail of proving highly be-
neficial in its operations. Its promoters must not be (Es.
cnuragerl by repulses and disappointments at the outset.
--Inverness Courier.

Tug 'HISTORY OF MART ANNE WELLINGTON.—
By THE REV. R. COW:SOLD. DEDICATED (BY PERMIS-
SION) TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—At a
time when a great national monument is raised, con-
spicuously, to the Hero of a Hundred Fights, it is at i-
mating to find our fellow-countryman, the Reverend
Ate eor, stepping forth to lift from the rank' a private
soldier well worthy of admiration. In the volumes be-
fore us we have the stirring scenes of a soldier's life,
and the history of his daughter, wife, and widow, under
the various difficulties of a situation calling for ad the
energies of a manly heart, and all ;the strength and re-
lying lee of a woman's un:dirieking spirit. The first
and third volumes are for the most part taken up with
deinestie scenes of a most interesting character, af-
fording good examples for our soldiers, and for civilians
ako, for few can read without bent fiting themselves.
The second volume is an admirable epitome of the Penin-
sular war, from the beginning to the end—from the vic-
tory of Talevera to Toulouse—full of incidents, narra-
tives of extraordinary events, perils and preservations.
Upon the whole, vte are p:.?rsualed, whatever may be the
present impression this most interesting work may make
upon the public mind, it will stand the test of posterity.
—Bury Herald
The first purchase of gold for export since October,
1840, occurred on Friday, a small quantity having been
taken for II imburgh. It must be understood, however,
that this is an abstraction from the market merely, Ind
not from the currency. Last week several arrivals of
gold took place from Sou'h America, all of which went
to the Bank of England, as usual ; this week arrivals
still continue, but it has been found now worth while, as is
shown in the above case, for parties seeking remit-
tances to the continent to give the same price (31. 17s.
9d. per ounce) as would have been given by the Bank.
Consequently, instead of passing into the hands of that
establishment, to swell the -existing amount of the cir-
culation, the gold in question has left the country im-
mediately after its arrival, the only effect being that the
circulation remains stationary where it would otherwise
have increased. When the arrivals shall altogether
cease, and it shall prove profitable to purchase gold for
export at the rate of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce, then the
demand, operating wholly on the amount held by the
Bank, must produce, step by step, a corresponding con-
traction in the money market.
How. TO MAKE A. CHEAP LOAP.—At the annual
dinner of the Williton and Dunster Agricultural Asso-
ciation, held at Williton on the sth instant, the Rev. Mr.
Escott produced an excellent loaf of bread, which he said
could be easily made at 41d. the 41b loaf from wheat
worth Bs. a bushel. The Rev. Gentleman gave the fol-
lowing explanation of the process :—" Take a bushel of
wheat, as it comes from the mill, and remove it from the
coarse bran. Boil this bran in water, till it makes a thick
gruel. Strain this through a cloth, and mix it with the
flour, instead of water, having added salt and yeast, as
for other bread. After the sponge is set, leave it for six
hours, then knead it with the bran gruel, and let it rise
for twelve hours. Bake the 41b. loaves two hours and a
half. Now this bread could be made at the rate he had
stated ; and he would venture to say that better bread
need not be placed upon any rich man's table." Upon
; this subject the chairman (Sir W. Trevelyan) remarked
t he had heard a labourer say that he had put up an
en in his cottage, at a cost of 11, and he found, from
baking his own bread, he saved a shilling a week.
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE TELEORAPH.---LaSt
week a hawker called with his goods at, a small house
by the side of the York and, Newcastle (Brendling Junc-
tion) Railway, ab:oli half -a
mile from the station at
South Shield';, and feund an old woman at home alone.
His oily, tongue and glittering wares tempted her to
brPjalc into a piece of gold, and become a purchaser.
After ho had taken his departure by the train she de-
tected a bad half-crown among the change he had given
her. She had read the newspapers and had also heard
her neighbours talk of the wonderful electric telegraph ;
so, snatching up the kitchen poker, and climbing up the
embankment, she rushed to the wires to give an alarm.
Rut the poker ;vas not long enough to reach the ma-
chinery. Back she ran to her cottage, caught up the
' long brush," and remounting the railway, rattled the
wires of the telegraph and bawled out at the top of her
voice to ioform Mr. Johnson, at Gateshead, of the fraud,
and desire him to detain the rogue of a hawker that she
might have him punished for his crime.—Gateshead
Observer.

A VALUABLE FIELD OP TURNIPS IN AYRSHIRE.
fir. Cu hbert, of Ochiltrce, whose improvements on his
Property in the vicinity of that village are changing the
character of the place, has a small field of turnips of
three acres and one rood in extent, for which he has
been ()tiered Ero/. This shows what can be done by
skill and a 11ttiO judicious outlay.—Edinburgh Maly
Register.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 169 1846.

THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AT
PASSY.

IRELAND. 1 EDUCATION IN BIRMINGHAM.
EMPLOYMENT ON PUBLIC WORKS. 1 A committee of inquiry, appointed by the clergy of
DUBLIN, Nov. 12. With a view of preventing, if pos- the Established Church residing in Birmingham, have,
sible, the mischievous abuse of leaving the laud untilled, after a long inquiry, produced the following report on
which threatens to be one of the results consequent upon the state of education:—
the ieducernent held out by the prospect of lighter la- ' "The attenticn of the clergy having been recently
hour on public works, a placard, of which the following called to the general state of education in Birmingham,
is a copy, has been extensively posted throughout the and especially to that of the younger children, a com-
North Riding of Tipperary:— mittee of inquiry was appointed by them to obtain sta-
" TO THE LABOURING PEOPLE. tistics, and report more accurately on the facts of the
"At a meeting of the Relief Committee of Thurles, case.
held on the 29th of October, 1846, the following resolu- "From this report it appears that the population of
tions, proposed by the Venerable Archdeacon Cotton, the borough of Birmingham cannot be estimated at less
and seconded by the Rev. William Barron, were =anis than 290,000 souls;ween and of this nuomf twofif years and
" ' Resolved—That we have every reliance on the teen years, and of these probably 25,000 are in circum-
quiet and peaceable conduct of the labouring population stances to require aid in providing for their education.
of Thurles and its neighbourhood. At the same time, On dividing again this number imo two Classes, accord-
we hereby declare most positively, that we will not a big to the age at which children are deemed admissible
second time recommend for work, nor give relief to, any into infant or national schools, it is found that
person discharged from the public works by the engineer about 10.000 are between the ages of two and seven,
or those acting under his directions, or who shall in any and 15,000 between the ages of seven and fifteen.
manner oppose or obstruct them. In regard to this latter class, educational provision
" ' Resolved—That as we consider that public works, has been made, either by the Church of England or
though necessary at this time, ought not tc interfere by other bodies, for 7,749 in daily schools; a proportion
with the ordinary operations of agriculture, we will not which, comparatively speaking, must be considered sa-
recommend fur employment any person who shall have tisfactory, when it is remembered how large a number of
left hi, work in the country, or shall have refused to these are necessarily occupied either at home, in do-
accept work when offered to him by any farmer in his mestic service, or in the workshop. But in regard to
neigbourhood, at fair and reasonable wages ; and if we the 10,000 young children between the ages of two and
find any such persons already employed in the public seven, the case is very different, and altogether unsatisfac-
works, we will immediately withdraw our recommencla- tory. Provision in infant schools has been made by the
tions, and will recommend the engineer to dismiss Church of England for 2,260, and by other religious
them.' " Nl' I-10L AS V. MAHER, Chairman. bodies, as far as it could be ascertained, for 530. leaving
"JAMES B. KENNEDY, Secretary." upwards of 7,000 children, all capable of receiving in-
DAY OF HUMILIATION. struction, but debarred from it by want of adequate op-
The following is a copy of the "Circular" addressed Portunith s.
by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin to the clergy of "As practically acquainted with the value of early in-
his diocese, in reference to the observance of the 20th struetion and the circumstances of the population, the
inst. as a day of public humiliation and prayer : clergy cannot look upon this state of things without
"Rev. Sir,—l have fixed ou Friday, the 20th of No. grave concern and alarm; chiefly for these reasons:—
vember, to be observed as a day of public humiliation "1. These children cannot receive that domestic care
and prayer in reference to the impending famine. and instruction which children in a higher rank would
" I have made choice of that day as being the same do; for in many cases the mothers, as well as the fathers,
that the Lord Primate has appointed for his own diocese, are engaged in manufacturing employment, and their
and has recommended to the bishops of his province. children of necessity entrusted to the care of other chil-
" You will, of course, take care to give due notice to dren, little older than themselves, and altogether inca-
your congregation next Sunday, at the time of Divine gable of exercising over them any beneficial influence or
service, and in whatever mode you may think best, constraint, either for their physical or moral improve-
" The hour or hours for divine service I leave to your went.*
discretion ; but I think it most important that the cele- "2. The number of private or dame schools este-
bration of the Lord's Supper, once at least, should form Wished throughout Birmingham, while their existence
a part of the service on the day appointed. That holy proves the utter inadequacy of the present educational
ordinance being so peculiarly significant of the ' Corn. provision, forms but a very partial and insufficient,
remedy; the manner of instruction is loose and ill-
munion of Saints' (i e. the fellowship or brotherhood
among Christians), as to be frequently even designated directed, the instruction itself defective, and the places in
simply as ' The Holy Communion,' is the more especially which it is carried on close and unwholesome.
appropriate to such an occasion, as thus reminding us "3- When children thus brought up attain to the age
of our duty towards our suffering brethren. It is, more. of seven years, and become adnussable to a National
over, usual for the Eucharist to be administered on occa- school, the wandering and unsteady habits acquired from
sions of pressing danger ; and the practice is not unrea-
past years of idleness form a new and serious impedi-
sonable, provided men are but guarded against the error went to improvement.
of thinking that it is to be reserved exclusively for such "4. The value of labour, and the variety of employ.
occasions. ments in which the young are now engaged, make it ab-
" And when your people are especially called on to solutely necessary that education should begin whilst
et they can be spared from labour, at the earliest mo-
reflect on and turn away from their sins, it will be most Y
appropriate to remind them of one so obviously remark- went the mind and feelings are ready to receive it. In
able as that of habitually absenting themselves from the a manufacturing population, children, if not educated
Lord's table, which too many even of those who do at- very young, will for the most part not be educated at all.
tend Divine worship are guilty of. Those who are duly 5. The state of the Infant Schools already estab-
sensible of the sinfulness of such neglect will, of course, lisped in Birmingham, shows their value by the eager-
be anxious to embrace the very first opportunity of corn- ness with which the poor avail themselves of their ad -
be
mencing a new course in that respect ; which oppor- vantages. They are, without exception, well attended ;
tnnity, therefore, it is most desirable should be afforded and what is of great consequence, are found capable,
them immediately. when established in proper situations of nearly, if not
"In your sermon you will, I trust, point out to your entirely supporting themselves.
people how such a calamity as that now impending should " The remedy for the present evil would seem, there-
be viewed, and should be met by Christians. And, in fore, to consist in the establishment of infant school
perticular,you will, I hope, see the importance of guard- rooms, of a cheap and simple construction, in the most
ing against an error which is but too prevalent—l mean crowded parts of the town. More than thirty situations
that of any one who presumes to pronounce that those may be pointed out where such rooms could be advan-
of his neighbours who are especial sufferers are notes- tageously placed. But, of course, the question whether
sarily objects of Divine displeasure, on account of some this want can be supplied, depends upon the answer to
sins with whisk he thinks fit to charge them. Our Lord's this question, via :—Whether the merchants, manufac-
warning is at all times, but most especially on an occa turers, and inhabitants, who possess the means of sup-
warning
like the present, needful to be impressed on men's Plying it, feel the responsibility of endeavouring to re-
minds:—' Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners move this fearful source of misery and crime, which the
above all the Gableans, because they suffered such absence of early care and instruction necessarily produces.
things ? I tell you, nay; but except ye repent, ye shall "We are confident that our brethren of the laity need
all likewise perish.' only to have the state of the case put before them, in
"We know, indeed, the temporal calamities were, on order to secure their liberality and exertions in a case
many occasions sent as Divine judgments on those guilty so deeply involving the spiritual and temporal welfare of
of certain specified sins; but we know this only from the next generation. They will, therefore, be earnestly
Scripture—from the declaration of inspired prophets and requested to attend a meeting, on an early occasion,
apostles, who denounced, by authority from Heaven, the when details to which reference has been made can be
full
very visitations which in each instance were sent; and y laid before them, and the question decided whether
for uninspired and fallible men to take upon them to these seven thousand infants shall remain without the
pronounce any such sentence on their neighbours is not means of education, or whether a general effort shall be
presumptuous profaneness. made throughout Birmingham to remedy a state of things
piety-, but hoes
also warn those who are themselves ex- so greatly injurious to the best interests of the children
•' You should
posed to the severest portion of the general suffering not
community.
themselves, and the good order and well being of the
to be cast down in despondency, but to remember that
they are followers of a religion whose Founder was " William Spooner, M A.,ett, M.A., Rector of St George's, and
Archdeacon of Coventry.
" John Ga rb
crucified, and whose first preachers were exposed to
Rural Dean.
want, to persecution, and to hardships of every kind; all
which they endured with unshaken trust in their great " John C. Miller, M.A. Rector of St. Martin's.
Master, who has given us no promise of immunity from " Grantham M. Yorke, M.A., Rector of St. Philip's.
temporal sufferings, but who has held out to us a hope " Edward Bird, 8.A., Rector of St. Thomas's.
of a' far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,' "S. F. Morgan, M.A. Rector of All Saints.
if we endure our trials with Christian fortitude an pa- " Jsmes Prince Lee, NI.A., Head Master of King Ed-
if
faith. ward's School.
" d God M.A., Second Master of King Ed-
" Those, again, who are so circumstanced as not to be Syney ge,
likely to be, in any great degree personal sufferers should ward's School.
be warned against retzarding this exemption as any sign of "W. B. Smith, M.A., Incumbent of St. John's Dc-
their being special favourites of Heaven, and more well- ritend.
pleasing in God's sight than their afflicted brethren. They " John Casebow Barrett, M.A., Incumbent of St.
should be exhorted, on the contrary, to come forward with Mary's-
liberal an considerate kindness to relieve their dis• " Josiah All port. Incumbent of St. James's, Ashted.
d
tressed neighbours to the utmost of their ability. To " George Lea, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church.
these latter, again, you should point out the extreme " Isaac .Spooner, M.A., Incumbent of St. teorge's,
folly, as well as wickedness, of aggravating, by outrage Edgbaston.
"
and destruction of property, the distress with which M. A. Collisson, M.A., Incumbent of Bishop Ryder's.
the band of Providence has visited the land, and "G. S. Bull, Incumbent of St. Matthew's.
of making this a plea or a pretext for lawless " Daniel Ledsani, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's.
" James Oldham Oldham, M.A., Incumbent of St.
Luke's.
" Edward Garbett, 8.A., Incumbent of St. Stephen's.
" Russell Cope, Minister of St. Jude's.
" I). B. Moore, Incumbent of St. Andrew's, Bordesley."
* eiee " Sanitary Report," page 17, State of Females.

A trial before the Court of Assizes, which commenced
on Saturday morning, and was continued on Sunday till
near midnight, has elucidated the mystery which has
hung over the robbery committed at Passy, in the night
of the 6th of May last, and which, for mare than a month,
gave rise to innumerable and contradictory conjectures.
The house No. 35, in the-Avenue de St. Cloud, at Pussy,
standing alone, with a-small garden in front and yard
behind, in which are a coach house and stable with lofts
..over them, was occupied by a M. Vasseur and a young
person named I.ldlle. Milanie Lamartiniare, who lived
with him as his wire, and went by his name. They had
known each other from childhood, and had become firmly
attached to each other. M. Vasseur, who is a man of
some fortune, would have married the lady immediatel)
on his coming of age, but could not obtain the consent Of
his grandfather, who stood towards him in loco parentis
as he had lost his father and mother. Their conduct it
every respect was so correct, that every one in the
neighbourhood believed them to be man and wife. Oat
May 1, M. Passeur set out on a journey for about ten
days. Upon this Mdlle. Lamartima:e made their ser
want, Marguerite Berkeley, bring her mattress and bed-
&rig into her own room, and sleep beside her. In the
night of the sth their watch. dog, which during the day
was chained up in the yard, but in the night put into the
stable with two English dogs, awoke by his barking
Mdlle. Lamartiniare, who immediately made her servant
get up to see what had disturbed the animal. The girl,
to pacify him, threw some bread out, and then under the
pretence of necessity, went down into the yard. During
the following nighee the same alarm was repeated by the
dogs in the stable, but the watch-dog remained silent.
Again Marguerite was made by her mistress to get up.
but, on looking out of the window, she assured her mis-
tress that there was nothing to be seen. As the dog,
continued barking, Mdlle. Lamertiniare got out of be
herself, but, upon the repeated assurances of her servant
returned to it. She however had scarcely laid hersel
down again when, by the light of a small lamp in the
room, she saw a man standing by her aisle, and gave a
scream. He covered her mouth with a pillow, and, hold-
ing a poignard or knife in his hand, threatened to stai,
her if she made any noise, but assured her he would (lc
her no harm if she would inform him where her money,
plate, and jewels were to be found. He said that other
men had come with him and would murder her but for
his protection. After this, the villain proceeded to acts
of brutality upon the person of his victim, who sunk into
a fainting fit. The servant was not in the room at this
time, but came as her mistress was recovering her
senses, and gave her at her desire a glass of water. She
was then shut in alone in her dressing-room, which had
a window opening into the yard, through which she sae
with astonishment her servant come out of the conch
house. About three in the morning, after remaining
three or four hours, the man went away, and r servant
rejoined her. They locked themselves in the chamber;
but the man soon came back to take, he said, a pocket-
book which he had forgotten. In the secretary he had
found a will, left by M. Vasseur, in which he bequeathed
all his property to Mdlle Lamartioilire. This will, the,
readers of the Messenger will recollect, gave rise to many
vague and absurd reports, but which the robber said he
thought was a packet conta;ning bank-notes or bills to
the amount of 10,000 f. When he was finally retiring.
Mdlle. Larnartiniare complained that she was left without
a sous till M. Vasseur returned, whereupon he gave her
201. out of the money he had taken, and 51. to Margu-
erite Berkeley. When she became a little tranquil,
Mdlle. Lamartiniare observed to her maid that she had
not been locked up as she was, for she had seen her come
out of the coach-house. The girl replied that she had
been sent there for the umbrella, which had been seen
there by the robbers. At eight in the morning Mdlle.
Lamartiniare went to the mayor of Pussy, and gave in-
formation of the robbery, describing the only man she
had seen as short and fat, with a broad face, and a dark
beard which covered the lower part, and grew very thick
under his chin. Her deposition was confirmed by the
servant girl, who added that when the man went away
he made her give him the keys of the iron gate leading
from the garden on to the road. She said that there
were four men in the house, but she only saw two. How
they got into the premises she could not tell, as the door.
were locked, and none had been forced. On examination
of the premises by the mayor, it was evident that the
robbers were let in by some one inside, and also on ask-
ing why the watch-dog had not seized any of the thieves,
Marguerite asserted that they had shut him up in his
kennell by placing a ladder in front of the entrance.
This, however, could not be, as the dog had more than
sufficient strength to push it aside, and make his way
out. This raised strong suspicions against Marguerite.
which were afterwards confirmed by the following inci-
dent:—The brother of Mdlle. Lamartiniare and M. Fil
lion, who, after the robbery, went to sleep at the house,
went up to the loft over the coach-house, and there found
two packets of linen, one tied in a sheet, and the other
pinned up in a blue apron, evidently left there by the
thieves on the night of the robbery, and which they
could entertain no hope of getting away without the
aid of some person in the house. This circumstance.
connected with the fact of her being seen by Mdlle.
Lemartiniere coming out of the coach-house while
the robbery was going on, led to the arrest of
Marguerite Berkeley. To her accusation this infamous
woman retorted the most infamous charges against
her mistress, but which the whole tenour of her life, not-
withstanding the unfortunate relation in which, from
obstacles against their marriage, as has been stated, she
stood twards M. Vasseur, was a sufficient contradiction.
and the woman Berkeley was committed to prison. The.
truth soon afterwards came out. While at the prefecture
with three girls, named Gourvert, Beauchene, and Gil-
ardot, and a woman named Guerin, who was to be dis.
charged that day, Marguerite gave to to the last-named
a note, Written by Gilardot for her, addressed to Ras-
sa le, the keeper of a wine shop near the Hippodrome,
at the Barmere de who, she said, was her
brother-in-law. This was related by Gourvert to
Mdlle. Lamartiniere, whom she saw at the infirmary.
Being afterwards interrogated as to this act, Marguerite
positively denied it. and maintained that she had not
nor could have any brother-in law, as she was a found-
ling. She afterwards, before the examining magistrate,
repeated her vile calumnies against her mistress, all of
which, however, were after ards completely refuted.
13,:5:,2 le, on being summoned before the examining ma-
gistrate, denied all knowledge of Marguerite. but as he
bore a strong resemblance to the robber described by
11,111 e. Lamartin.are, the magistrate decided upon con-
fronting them. He sent for her without the slightest
intimation of the reason. On entering his cabinet she
found the girl Berkeley and Besta le, and almost imme-
diately recognised the latter as the man who had robbed
and so brutally ill-treated her. Berkeley endeavoured to
invalidate this declaration by observing that the robber
had a thick beard under his chin, whereas Besse le had
only mustachios and thick whiskers ; but Mdlle. Lamar-
tiniere persisted, and it was afterwards proved that
Bessede, at a period immediately subsequent to the rob-
bery, had the lower part of his beard shaved off. This
he admitted, but pretended that it was only according to
his habit during the heats of summer. Consequently
Bessede and Marguerite Berkeley were both committed
for trial for the robbery. Berkeley was also accused of
another robbery. She was, it appears, a natural child,
found abandoned at Nancy, at which place, and at
Metz, or the environs, she passed the early part of
her life. She afterwards lived in concubinage with a
man named Peyrot, whom she left, taking with her
20af., his watch, and other property. She was also
brought to confess that she had been the mistress of
Bessede, and in short had lived a most licentious life.
All the charges in the indictment were satisfactorily
proved, the jury pronounced both the prisoners guilty.
and the Court sentenced them to hard labour at the
bulks for fifteen years, and to be exposed in the pillory.
It is but just and right to add to this sad tale,
that M. Vasseur, in his conviction of the fidelity and
propriety of conduct of Mdlle. Lamartiniare, and as a
consolation for all she has suffered, resolved to make
her his wife, and by his name she appeared in court as
a witness. On applying again to his grandfather for
his sanction, he received a positive refusal; but firm in
his purpose to do justice he determined to se
n se d
cone
the
three sonmations required by the law, btt the
being delivere f the old gentleman gave his formal as-
sent.—Galignani

ARMY PROMOTION.
(From the Inquirer of Saturday).
With our feelings about war and military affairs, our
interest is not very strong in the details of army ma-
-
nagement. Yet, considering the army as one of the in
stitutions of the country at present deemed necessary,
engaged in, consistently with their sense of right, by
many excellent men, and secured by the people, for their
supposed service, at an immense annual cost, we have a
right to watch the fairness with which its honours and
rewards are distributed, and, if there is any appearance
of individuals being neglected and deprived of what they
might justly expect, because they have bestowed their
leisure in endeavouring to be useful to their country be-
yond the sphere of their profession, such a circumstance
ought to be exposed and condemned.
There are few names more honoured by the friends of
freedom and progress in the British Isles than that of
Colonel 11000piOn. His various writings show intellec-
tual qealities of the highest order, and his integrity,
consistency, and ardour, in endeavouring to serve his
country, are unquestionable, and above all imputation.
He has the distinguished honour of having first made
the real Anerits of the Corn-law question understood by
the masses ; and, by his clearness of statement, feree of
argument, variety of illustration, and brilliancy of wit,
ha.ing dispelled all obscurity, and made men feel the
real practical importance of free trade.
As a politician, Colonel Thompson has 'sometimes
been called impracticable, and there are both honest and
enlightened Liberals,. who cannot always go with him.
On the present occasion we will allow ourselves neither
to blame nor to defend him. We never heard any rea-
sonable person question his great usefulness, on the whole,
as a public man, or the disinterestedness and self-de-
votedness with which he has laboured to promote what
he thought right. Allowance must be made for differ-
ence of opinion, as to principles and modes of action ;
but an honest zeal for the public good, supported by
great acknowledged talent, and high personal character,
ought to command respect everywhere ; and what must
he the state of the country, where such qualities are a
disqualification-for advancement in the public service?
It appears from the Army List, that Colonel Thomp-
son• was the oldest Lieutenant -Colonel of 1829, and, son•
sequently, his name ought to have stood first among the
eighty-three officers promoted to be Colonels. Whence
is this omission? What will the people think of their
friend—the friend of freedom and improvement—the in-
domitable enemy of corruption, monopoly, and all mis-
government—being thus deprived of the reward of his
past services? Her Majesty's Ministers are now men
who are called Liberals,—they are meu whose public
conduct has distinctly recognised that Colonel Themp•
son has been right in his arduous Anti-corn-law struggle,
and has done a great service by his eminent success in
that cause. The Commander-in-Chief may not like
free-trade, but he has been obliged to submit to it, and
it is intolerable that he should be allowed to express his
vexation at its success, by indirectly punishing its advo-

T ICEIMPOR'fA.NNO T POST-OFFICE
The following important Post-office notice has been
,ssued from the General Post-offiee to the public.—
" NOTICE TO LETTER-RECEIVERS.
" Several cases having occurred from which there is
reason to believe that some of the receivers are in the
practice of receiving general post letters, with a fee,
after the regulated time has expired, viz., half-past five,
and sending such letters in the general post-bag, keeping
the bag_ open till called for by the collecting clerk; or
that they hand the letters to the letter-carrier, who
collects at six o'clock, I think it right to inform them
that such practice is not only contrary to the regulations,
but is a fraud upon the revenue, as all general post
letters, posted after half-past five o'clock to be forwarded
the same night must have an additional stamp upon
them, and be posted at the General Post office, or at the
branch Post-office in Lombard-street, between six and
seven o'clock, or at the branch offices before a quarter to
seven o'cllck. The receivers wiA, after this notice, take
particular care that the regulations be attended to, for
should any case be established against any one, it will
be reported to the Postmaster-General.
R. SMITH, Superintending President.
" London District Post-office, Nov., 1846."

cater.
The times have been when officers were struck off the
list of the army for giving a vote in the house of Com-
mons displeasing to the Commander-in-Chief for the
time being. It might be supposed that such arbitrary
proceedings would no longer be endured; but their
principle is completely revived in stopping a man from
the promotion to which length of service entitled him,
because, according to his conscientious conviction, he
has endeavoured to advance the true interests of his
country. The people may now see how devotion to
them is appreciated in high quarters, and to what
ext,,nt they have reason to confide in a nominally-liberal
Administration. The -y are called upon to consider
whether officers not on active service are forbidden to
express an opinion, and adopt an independent cours? on
public affairs ; whether the Commander-in-Chief,
noncon
or
any one acting for him, is entitled to punish
forniity to his views ; and whether military
.rankis dis-
tributed according to his private tastes, or is beAto,Aed
on the port of the public on those who do their duty.
We confess we are disgusted and indignant at this un-
worthy treatment of a man eminently' deserving admi-
out directing
and reward ; and we could not be satisfied with-
...
the power intrin;te.:.l to individuals in disposing o
tnublie attention to so gross an abuse off
it,s9 service of the nation.
honours and rewards

DEATH FROM INJURIES RECEIVED FORTY YEARS
A.oo.—On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker
at the George and Dragun, Floxtnn-market, on the body..

of George Jenkins, a blind man, aged fifty-eight, late of
No. 1, Queen street, Pitfield-street. The deceased, when
a child, was attacked with the small pox, which caused
the loss of sight in one of his eyes; the vye became
diseased, end grew to an enormous size, being more like
a bullock's eye than that of a human being. When about

fifteen years of age his' aunt, in a passion, struck him
with the back of her hand, and in doing so knocked the
eye out of the socket. The irritati,m thus caused brought
on disease of the hrain, and caused the loss of sight of
the other eye; and from that period the deceased was
subjected to fits of epilepsy. The deceased was for seven
years in the Blind School, and afterwards supported
himself by ropetnaking until the death of his aunt, who,
to make all the reparation in her power, left him the
house in Queen-street and 501. a year. On Tuesday lsst
the deceased paid a visit to his sister, and on his return
home in a very agitated state was taken ill. Mr. Packer,
a sargeo3, attended him, but medical aid was unavailing;
he expired in a few -hours from an attack of epilepsy.
"-rdict, "'Natural death."
)1., SUGAR-MARKET, NOV. 13.—Our raw sugar
11? dull, and prices have still r,,thee a down-
market is vt.,, The business of the week has been cx-
-
ward tendency. - •lescriptions of sugar. Raw eon
tremely limited for alt - nearly all the atocks are in
tinue in fair demand, (9,14 r-
second hands.

-Tsg.—A report has
celebrated Lola
'-tely made
has

THE KING AND THE DANSE,
reached us from Munich that the
Montes, of horsewhipping notoriety, who-
her appearance at the Hof-Theater in that city,
danced herself into the good graces of a certain roya.
author and newspaper editor, who, it is said, finds an
agreeable relaxation from his literary labour.; in the so
ciety of the fair danseuse. It is to be hoped no contre-
temps will arise to disturb the harmony that at present
exists between the pair, as the lady's anger, when roused,
is of rather a formidable characteT. The police at Berlin
can testify to this fitot.--,Axaminert
_

RAILWAY Sfl ARE MA R KET S.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, 1q p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire,
1% p.-Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.---rsiriningham and
Oxford Junction, 63/4 p.-Buckinghamshire, dis.-East
Lancashire, No. 1, New, 5 p.-Ditto, No. 2, (late Ormskirk
and Preston), 47 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 10% p.-
Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.-Huddersfield Canal and Rail-
way, 54 p.- Ditto, Extension. 1% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury,
16-4 p.--Ditto, Extension (green), 1% p.-Leeds and
Thirak, 1% dis.-Ditto, New. dis.-Liverpool and Bury,
374 p.-Ditto, New, 1 p.-London and North-Western, 196%
-Ditto, New Quarters, 13% p.-London, Manchester, and
Birmingham, Quarters (B), 71,12 p.-North British, 38-
Ditto, Quarters, 27 p.-Ditto, New. 14 p.-forth Stafford-
shire, 3% p.-North Union (A), 221-North Wales Mine-
ral, New, 13/4 p.-North Western, 16s. 3d. p.-Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 5 dis.-Shrewsbury and Here-
ford, % dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p.-
South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4,11 s. 3d. p.-Trent
Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 1 p.-Whartdale (late
North-Eastern), par-West Riding Union, 2 p.-York and
Newcastle, Preference, 43/4 p.-York and North Midand, Pre-
terence, 9% p.-Midland and Great Western, Extension tc
Galway, 23A dis.-Newry and,Warrenpoint, p.-Dense
rara, 14 p.- [hitch Rhenish, dis.-East India, Ve p.
MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales al e-Ambergate, Notting
ham, and Boston, % p.-Birmingham and Oscord Junction
6t4 p.-Blackburn, Clilheroe, &c., 1% dis.--Eawern .Ccun.
ties, 22%-Ditte, York Extension, 13/4 p.-East Lancashire,
54-Ditto, No. I, New, 54 p.-Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool,
Ormskirk, &c.), 51,E p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding
14 dis. s.-Glasgow and Dumfries, par-Goole, Doncaster,
&c., i 4 dis.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 31/2 dis.-llud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 5% p.-Ditto
Thirds, 13/4 p.-Leeds and Thirek, 2lsi dis.-Leeds, Dews•
bury, and Manchesler, 16 p.-Ditto, New Branches, 91/,,i
-Ditto, Extension, I 4.-Liverpool, Manchester, and New.
castle Junction, 5-16 dis -London, Manchester, and Birming
ham, Quarters (B), p.-Manchester, Buxton, and Mat,
lock, 1.4 c. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 1 p.-
Ma ichester and Southampton, % dis.-North British Ex
tension, 1% p -North Staffordshire, 3% p.-North Units'
218-North-Western, 3/4 p.-Oldham Birkenhead, &c.,1,5-16
dis.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B). p.-Shrewsbury and
Hereford, 9s. dis.-Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, &c., dis.
-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.-South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % p.-West Riding Union, 2 P.
-What-Wale (late North-Eastern ), 3-16 dis.-York and Car-
lisle, 13/4 p.-York and North Midland (East and West
Riding), 16 p.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK ExcamANGE.-The activity of the share trade has
continued Willi very little • relaxation since the issue of our
last week's circular, and higher prices have been maintained
until to-day, when we note a little decline in some stocks.
Dewsburys close about 15%. after having reached 16% at
yesterday's meeting, but Huddersfield and Manchesters are
firm at 6p. Ortnskirks continue very strong, closing at 64
p. cum new. It is said that Birmingham and Oxfords, and
Birmingham and Derbys are to be paid off at 10 p , with
some other little advantages on the completion of the lines.
York and Newcastle, York and North Midlands, and Ber-
wicks, are still in good favour, and change hands freely.
South Westerns are dull, as also are Midlands and London
and North Westerns. The East and West Yorkshire Com-
pany have had an offer of par from the Leeds and Thies,
which they do not seems disposed to close with, and have
postponed the question of amalgamation entirely for a few
months. North-Westerns have been easier, as the expected
arrangement with; an existing company is not completed,
but have rallied agsin to 16s. p. As this lints must eventu-
ally be taken up, we do not expect mush lower quotations
for them. The sales are-Birmingham and Oxfo. d Junc-
tion, 6% p.-East Lancashire, No. 1, New, 6 p.-Ditto, No.
2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), p.-Huddersfield and
Manchester, 6 p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 4% p.-Leeds
and Dewsbury, 15% p.-Ditto, Branches, 8% p.-Ditto, Ex-
tensions, 14 p.-Leeds and Thirek, 10s. dis.-Ditto, New,
par-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.-North
British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 575. p.-Ditto,
Extension (scrip), 21s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% c.
p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 5% dia.-
Wharfdale Junction, Bs. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid-
land, 13s, dis.-Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.-Malton and
l)riffield Junction, 13s. 6d. p.-North Western, % p.-West
Riding Union, 41. 2s.
HULL, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-To-day our market has been very
scarce of stock, or a large amount of business would have
been done, as large buyers were active. East Lancashires,
Leeds and Dewsburys, Leeds and Thirsks, and Blackburn,
Darwen, and Boltons, were particularly inquired for, and
have improved in value accordingly. The prices of all stocks
dealt in close firm. The sales are-North British, Quarters,
82s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters, scrip. 225. 3d. p. -Arnbergate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 2ys -Blackburn, Darwen' and
Bolton, 11-East Lincolnshire, 323.-Leeds and Dewsbury,
153/4 p.-Malton and Dritliehl Junction, 14s. p.-North-
Western, 13s. p.-North Staffordshire, 31% p.-West Riding
Union, 4/. 2s.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 14 dis.
-Ditto, New, % dis.-Eastern Counties, New, 7% p.-East
Lancashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk), 4% p.-Edinburgh and
Northern (Newport), 295. p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction, 3/4 dis.-Newcastle and Carlisle, 112%
scrip-Ditto, New, 6 p.-Ditto, New Quarters, 1% p.-New-
castle and Berwick, 1314 p.-North British, 14 p.-Ditto,
Quarters, 565. p.-Ditto, Extension, 225. 6d p.-West Riding
Union, 31s. p.
SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield,
_EXtensions, 37.1 dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares 17s.
Ms.-Manchester and Lincoln Union, 16s. dis.-Midland,
New, 43/4 p.-North British, Quarters (late Carlisle), 2% p.
-North Western, -54, p.-Sheffield and Lincoln, 16s. 6d.
dis. -West Riding Union, 2 p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Mid.
land, 14s. 6d. dis.
YORK, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The silos are-Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 33/4 -London .rid York, 2/. Is. 6d.-Malton
and Driffield Junction, 23j-North British, Halves, 161/2 -
Ditto, Quarters, 41. 2a.-Ditto, Extension, I/. 16-.-North
Staffordshire, 5i4-North kV e,tern, I ,% -West Riding Union,
4/. 2s -York and Newc:istle, New, 19% cum new -Ditto,
Preference, 6/. 14e, 6a.-York and Nortll Midland, Exten-
sion, 417/8-Ditto (East and West Riding Extension), 22
cum new-Ditto, Preference, 111. 1 ls. 3d.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 13.

STocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 18/. 7s. 60.
-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41. 8.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.
-Ditto, Halves, 15/, 55.-Armagh and Portrush, Bs. 3d.-
Ayr and Galloway, 11, 10s.-Belfast and County Down, 3s.
-British and Iris'. Union, 21. 35.-- Caledonian, 24/.-Ditto,
New, 21. 4a.-Caledonian and Dumbart,,nshire, P. 9s.-
Clydesdale Junction, 34L-Cornwall and Devon Central, IL
155.-Deeside Railway, 2/. 17s. 6,1.-Direct, Northern, 11.
155.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 21L-Dundee
and Perth, ex new, 25/. 55.-Ditto, New, 101.-East Indian
Railway, 155.-East of Fife, 11. 10s. &1.-Edinburgh and
Bathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 76L-Ditto,
Halves, 20/. 15'.-Ditto, Quarters, In-Edinburgh, Leith,
and Granton, 22/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 231.-Edinburgh
and Northern, 15/. 45.-Ditto, Newport, 3/. 183.-Edinburgh
and Perth, 1/. 18s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69/. lOs.-
Ditto, New Stock, 38L-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 7s 6d.-Ditto,
Halves, 81.-Glasgow, Dumfries' and Carlisle, 2/. Bs. 6d.-
Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 13s. 9d.-Glasgow and
Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91. 10s.-Glas.
gow and Greenock, 161 12s. 6d.-Ditto New, 81. 103.-Ditto,
['reference, Si. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/.
155.-Great North of Scotland, 2/-Larne, Belfast, and Bally-
mena, 105. 3d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales. IL 3s. 6.1.
-London and York, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 1/. 17s. 6d.
-.Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 341.-North British, 381. 153.-Ditto, Halves, 17/.-
Ditto, Quarters, ex new, 4/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, scrip.
11. 13s. 6d.-Ditto,- Fifths, 71. 10s.-North Staffordshire,
5/. 2s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 181.-Ditto, New, 91. 15s.
- Scottish Central. 20/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto New, 10/. 17s. 60.
-Scottish Grand Junction, it -Scottish Midland, 131. 10s.
-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewmry, Oswestry,
and Chester, 41. 135.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 131.-
Stirling and Midland, 21. 135.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 15s.
-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 10s.
GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 14

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 181—
Caledonian, 231/ —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 30s.—
Dundee and Perth, New, 9%—East Indian Railway, 14s. 9d.
_Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 20L/2—Edinburgh and
Northern, 1434—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves,
71. 18s. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 47s.—Glas-
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 325. 61—Glasgow, Air-
drie, and Monkland Junction, 42s.—Lanark and Lo'hians,
445. 3d.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d.—Manchester
and Southampton, 258.—North British, Quartets, 80s
Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 334. 9d.—Scottish Central, 201.
—Stirling and Dunfermline, 28s. 6d.—York and Newcastle,
Preference, 6%.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
(SATURDAY.)
GUILDHALL.

The woman who, under the name of Jane Harvey,
was yesterday charged bet4e Mr. Alderman Farn-
combe with an attempted fraud upon Lord A. Harvey,
M.P., was again placed at the bar this morning, when
his Lordship attended, and produced a letter which he
had just received from the clerk to the Commissioners
of Police at Brighton, to the effect that the prisoner was
not known at the address which she gave at No. 4,
Edward-place, in that town, and that there was nodoubt
she was an impostor.
She had nothing to say in her defence beyond that
she belonged to Stratfor44, that her husband had de-
serted her, leaving her with two children, and that
destitution led her to attempt the imposition.
She was sentenced to seven clays' imprisoment.

UNPARALLELED ATROCITY.—NINE HORSES POI-
SONED.—We have this week to record one of the most
barbarous cases of savage cruelty towards the brute
creation that it has ever yet been our painful dutyato
notice. Messrs. Rachsel Hayes and Co., the proprietors
of one of the coach establishments in this town, have,
within the last few months, lost no less than nine horses
on the stage between Saintfield and Belfast. The horses
were all healthy, and in fine condition, performing their
journey with ease, and after being groomed at night
would eat their oats with avidity, yet in the morning
they were one after the other found dead, so many as
three of them in a week. All this occurred at the Saint-
field stables. The superintendent there had his sus-
picions, but never once thought of procuring the services
of a scientific person to examine the bodies after death,
until Wednesday morning last, when, on the ninth horse
being found dead, he dispatched a messenger for Mr.
Hodges, the veterinary surgeon of this town. That
gentleman made au examination of the stomach, and
discovered that poison had been administered in a large
quantity to the poor animal. The poison is either
arsenic or corrosive sublimate, which of them it is can-
not be distinctly stated until the analysing process has
been gone through. Every one is at a loss how to ac-
count for these atrocious acts of barbarism and cruelty.
The proprietors arc highly resoectable, and excee
va dingly
civil and obliging to tho public. The average lue of
the horses being 12/. each, the loss sustained exceeds
100/. The matter is about to undergo a sifting investi-
gation.—Down Recorder.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of
the Court of Examiners, on Friday evening, the 13th
instant, the following gentlemen having undergone the
necessary examinations, were admitted members of this
college, viz.:—Messrs. Joseph M`Keand, Manchester;
John Bassett, Leicester; William Hatton, Egerton, Lan-
cashire; Thomas Edward Pearce Martin, Hull; Walter
Winter Walter, Stoke-under liam ; Robert Smith,
Mumby-turn-Chapel, Lincolnshire; and Roydon Jack-
'son, Manchester. The Hunterian Museum at this col-
lege was, on Friday last, honoured by a visit from the
Prince Louis Napoleon, who spent upwards of three
hours in inspecting the magnificent collection, which was
described to his lioyal highness by Prefesstor Owen.