The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAI;,,CII_6, 1848.

Ditto ditto .........••• 40
Ditto, Thirds ....... .8/. 65. 8d.... 3 dis. 3 dis—
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... .... ........ 11,4...... —.
Lendonderry&Coleraine 27% ...... .........
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ...... .„ ........ ... 25 — ... ..... ..... --
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.)
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 3 ......
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
..
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7%
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% .—
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25
Ditto ditto . ... —... 7
Ditto ditto ...... ...... 4%...... ........ —.
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 7l,x, ••• ••••.• .........
Do., Grimsby Dock 12%.....•
Do. Man. &Lin. Union 41.20 - -
Manchest. & Southampt. 21A......
Midland ...... 100 ......106 x. d.
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do. 401. Shares
Do. SOL Shares l5 ... .. 11%
Do. Birm., and Derby100
Do. Consol. Eristol and
Binning., 6 per et.... 100
Midlnd, Brist. F.:. Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto ll4 3s. 6d...
Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per et.gnar.loo ......
Midland Great Western
Irish
Neweasu e an d Carr 51e...100
Do. Quarters 25
Newnirket & Cliesterford 18% —
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergevenny,
and Hereford
Newry and Enrisl-'Pen 7 —
Newry, Warrenpoiat, .
and Rostrevor
Norfolk 100
......... ......
Do. New 201.
Do. Extension
Do.Gua ran teed 51,,1 pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, N orth
of Norfo1k... .

11%
79%

Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 -
Northern Counties Union 4 -
North British ... .... ... 25
Do. Half Shares 12%...... 11 1034
Do. Quarters... ...... .. 5% 4%
Do. Extension -
DAV) Thirds .....
North & South-Westorn 2 ...... - ....rt.
North Staffordshire lO ..... 9%
North Wales - . ••
North Western 6 - .....- ......•••
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 40 ...
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitcin ... 1% - ... ...... .. ..
Scottish Central
Scot. ash Midland 22% - • ..-
Di tto, New 10 - • ••• ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole ... ..... ...... 5 -
Shrewsbury and Firm... 7
Ditto ditto, Class B. 4 -
Shiewsow y & G '3g..ir
(No;. V,. Mint) - ...
Ditto Naives ... d:to 8 ...... - .. ...
Ditto Oswestry ..... 14 -
Dia.() New
Do. 8 per Cert. Pref 6 - •• • •-• •••• •
Shrewsbury rid Heretd. 2
Shropsli ire Unio.- 1
South Devon ....••• 4O -
Do. Pre erence - •••• •••, ••••
South Statfordshile 4 .. ... 11-4 ..
South Eastern & Dover. 33% 27'A ').
Do.,'No. 1 "4 -
Do~ Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... !!0 ...... - ... 1
Do., No. 4
South Wales - ..
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 3 - -
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's San. Coal. ... 6 - ••• ...........-
Taw Vale Extension ... 4 -..............-
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway ........... 17%. ... . . - -
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 - -
Watet;:ord and Kilkenny 13%.,.... - -
Waterfoid and Limerick 40 - -
VV'atertd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin - •••••••• ...... --
W est Cornwall .....

by
881,4
82%

29 p
29 p

79
2%

1514,

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23;4

281%

14

114
27 'ys

11'hitehaven & Furness 10
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 925.
Wilts, Somerset,& Wey-
mouth 3O
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick
Do. Extension No. 1. 16
Do. do. No. 2.-- ... 10
Do. (i.N E.Pref.erence 8 ...... 9 '.:4 •• •• 9%
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Hid-
ing Extension

..... 301/23A . ....... 3034 ad

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Central 01; Spain ..
Ceylon
Demerara ..... ........
Dendre Valley 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ...
Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 7 ... .. 114
East Indian ......... ...... 14 — •. ... .
Great Indian Peninsular ss. ......
Italian and Austrian. ... 4
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ila Sambre ... 6
Luxembourg 7
Lyons and Avignon 5
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege l6 ... .. 4 ... ••••.••••••
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 3 ... - ...... -
Over Ysset 413 s 4d......
Paris and Lyons ......... 10 ..... .2tiii ••••
Paris and Orleans ...... 20
Paris and Rouen ...,..... 20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
2 .......
Rouen and Havre - ..
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 6% 6
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ......
Tours and Nantes ..... ... 8

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Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasn't ...... 16
West Flanders 8%•.... ••• •••

MINES.

An g 1 o -Me x icon lOO
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30
British Iron . . l2
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

Bolonos Scrip . .....
Galvanized Iron
Ditto, New - ••• •• • ...... ••

21%

76%

6%

8%

114

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2,962

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY
LONDON, MARCH 6.—Wind W.N.W., light breeze,
and dull cloudy weather.
DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh.—
Art d. Mount Stewart Elphinston, Thompson, Peru, end
sailed for B,.rwick. Arrived from the Mauritius,
Caroline Augusta, Penang; Briton, Mauritius; Coaxer,
Barbadoes.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind S.S.W. to N.N.W.
—Arrd. Comte de Flandre, de Jachire, Gambia for
Brussels, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. Std. Windsor,
Madras and Calcutta.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 4.—The Dorothea, Ironer, Ba-
tavia to Amsterdam, put in here to-day, leaky, &c. sth.
The Salami, Hull to Smyrna, put in to-day with bow-
sprit and cutwater carried away, having been in contact.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—The schooner which struck
on the Dutchman's Bank, on the 2d instant, was the
Prince of Orange, from Bangor to Maldox. A severe
hurricane was experienced on the 25th ultimo, in lat.
44, N., lon. 30, W., by the Julinda, Hewlett, arrived
here. The Chieftain, Mackey, hence to Africa, has
been abandoned off Tuskar; crew saved, and was
afterwards passed on the 3d instant, seven miles E.
by S., from Tuskar, on fire, by the Neptune steamer,
from Waterford.
CARDIFF, MARCH 3.—The Farewell, Schroeder, of
Konigsberg, from Shields to Barcelona, foundered 26th
ult., in lat. 47. long. 9; the mate and two seamen saved.
A brig, running to the eastward, with loss of bowsprit,
foretop mast, toreyard and main topmast, was passed on
the 27th by the Eliza, Jones, put back to Penarth Roads
4th. The Eliza, Jones, from Newport to New York,
which put back to Penarth Roads Ist inst., with loss of
bulwarks and cargo shifted, will have to come into this
port and discharge part of her cargo.
The Laure (brig), of Rouen, foundered in a gale 27th
inst., in lat. 49.
The Libra, of London, was passed 28th ult., in lat. 47
N., lon. 7 W., with decks swept, bulwarks gone, and ap-
parently a mainyard for a jurymast, and the sea hi.ealt-
ing over her; 8 men were counted on deck; no assist-
ance could be rendered to her, on account of the heavy
sea; it blew a gale next day from S.W., when nothing
could be seen of her.
BIDEFORD, MARCH 4.—The Bideford, Lisbon to llam-
burgh, went on shore on the South Shoals, 29th ult., has
been got off and towed here much damaged.
KINSALE, MARCH 2.—The Waterloo, of Clonakilty,
Cork to Bantry, is totally wrecked in the harbour ;
crew saved.
DI,NDEE, MARCH 4.—The Lord Melbourne sloop, of
Goole, was brought in here to-day, after being on shore
on a bank at the entrance of the river Eden.
BELFAST, MARCH 3.—The Mary, of and for Dundee,
from Liverpool, was in contact with a vessel in tho
Lough, received considerable damage, and must discharge.
BRISTOL, MARCH 5.—A sloop, with a tanned mainsail
and jib, was seen to founder on the S.W. Patch, ono
mile N. of the light ship in the Channel during a heavy
gale. 27th ult.
I.3Asoon, MARCH 3.—The Pcince of Orange, Evans
for Maldon, in beating out to-day, got on the Dutch-
man's Sands, and fills with the tide.
WEXFORD, MARCH 4.—The Chieftain. M'Kay, from
Liverpool to Africa, was dismasted ten days ago, and
abandoned:yesterday on Blackwater Bank; crew saved.
TODERMORY, FEB. 29.—The Olive Branch, Runcorn
to AnnadAk, has put into this port, with loss of bulwarks
and stanchions, and several sails split, having been
thrown on her beam ends during a severe gale from
S.E. onthe 27th instant.
BRIDLINGTON, MARCH s.—The Maria Amelia, Nibble,
from Memel to Hull, was assisted in here this morning
leaky, having struck against the south pier in taking
the harbour, and with cargo in a very heated condition.
CAUTION TO MARINERS.
PENZANCE, MARCH 4.—lt is reported that the Staff
and Ball on the beach on the Wolf Rock have been
washed away during the late plea.

MARE; y' NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

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CORN EXCHANGE_MONDAY.

Last week's arrivals of all kinds of grain of home pro- 1
duce, including Flour coastwise, were on a limited scale;
while those from Ireland and Scotland were small. From
abroad wo received 7,487 quarters of W heat, 4,906 ditto
of Oats, 166 ditto of Beans, 448 ditto of Tares, 87 ditto
of Linseed, 73 ditto of Rapeseed, 119 ditto of Mustard
Seed, 239 ditto of Indian Corn, and 1,195 sacks of Flour.
Fresh up to-day an unustr.dly small supply of English
WFieat came to hand, coastwise and by land carriage, from
Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., hence the show of
samples—most of which were in improved condition—
was scanty. Notwithstanding, the attendance of
buyers, both town and country, was by no
means large, the demand for the finest
descriptions of white was somewhat active, at in some
instances an advance on last Monday's quotations of
is. per quarter. In all other kinds of Wheat of home
produce a steady business was doing, at tully, but at no-
thing quotable beyond, lt.st week's prices. Prior to the
close of business nearly the v, hole of the parcels found
buyers. The show of Foreign Wheat was by no means
large. Selected parcels of both red and a }lite sold
readily, at prices quite equal to those oained on this
day se'nnight. In the inferior and obtut-of-condition
sorts, comparatively little business was transacted, yet
the holders generally were firth. A very
limited quantity of Barley was brought forward,
yet it proved quite equal to the wants of the dealers.
Malting parcels moved off steadily, at full prices, but
Grinding and Distilling sorts were neglected. Not-
withstanding the show of Malt was tritliog, that article
was a very dull sale, and lute rates were with difficulty
supported, without a clearance being effected. We have
to report a small arrival of Oats, nevertheless that Grain
was iu very moderate request, at barely stationary prices.
Very fine English Beans were on show, but several
large parcels of foreign were offering. Sales progressed
slowly, at barely the late decline in value. In peas
exceedingly little business was transacted, and late rates
were with difficulty supported. Indian Corn and Meal
were somewhat easier to purchase. Flower was tolerably
steady, at last week's prices, very little really fine
American was on offer.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Halt—Chevalier...... 655t0 6.5
Red. ........ 45s to 54s Oats Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 48s 58s Lincolnsh., Feed. 19s 215
Norfolk and Lin- Potato •• .. 233 25s
celn, Red. •• .. 45s 4ss Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.. •• • • 48s 52s Black. ••• • • • 16s 15r
Irish, Red.. •••• • • —s —s Cork, 'White • • 18s 215
Ditto, White .•.. —s —s Scotch, Feed. .• .. 23s 35s
aye—Old .••••• • . • • • . —1 —s Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 345 485
New. ••••• • • • • . 323 34s Pigeons .... 38s 44s
Barley—Grinding .•• • • 27s 305 Peas—Grey .. ••• • • • 38s 43s
Malting . ........ 303 32s Maple. ••••• . • . • • 385 43s
Chevalier .. •• . 31s 33s White .•• • • • • • 36s 40s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 485 42s
f01k.... • • . 64s 565 Flour—Town-made... 41$ 465
Brown ... •• • . . • 46s 52s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 35s 388
Xiagston and Ware 66s sBs Stockta & 2:Welk 36s 35s
smxTurzzim.
From the following returns, it will be seen that the
imports of foreign stock into London have been consi-
derably on the increase during the past week; and we
may observe that their general quality has been good,
though not to say first rate:—
From whence. Beasts.
Hamburgh
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Harlingen

443

Total
Corresponding week
in 1847 397

Sheep.

Calvet.
... 12
... 11
... 96
... 15

rear.

77
438
31

Difference ...... 46 more. 341 more. 89 more.
At the outports, the arrivals have consisted of about 400
bead, and which have been mostly landed in very mid-
dling condition. The show of foreign stock here to-day
was comparately small, vix., about 140 Oxen and Cows,
260 Sheep, and 47 Calves. The Boasts and Calves were
in good condition, but that of the Sheep was inferior.
The demand was in a very inactive state, yet last week's
prices were well supported.. The supply of home-fed
Beasts offering was moderate, yet a very small number
was beneath the middle quality. The droves from the
eastern districts, as well as the steamers from Scotland,
were extremely prime. Although the dead markets
were far from active, the Beef trade this morning, aris-
ing from the increased attendance of country buyers,
was steady, though not to say brisk, at fully the quota-
tions obtained on Monday last, and at which a clearance
was easily effected. A few of the very primest Scots
sold at from 4s 6d to 4s 84, but the more general top
figures for Beef were from 4s 4d to 4s 6d per 8 lbs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex. and Cambridgeshire, we
received about 1,000 Scots, abort horns, and runts; from
the Northern, Western, and Midland districts, 1,200
Herefords, runts, Devons, short-horns, and Irish Beasts;
from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; and
from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. An un-
usually small number of Sheep was again brought for-
ward, owing to which the Mutton trade was very firm,
at an advance on last week's currencies of quite 2d per
8 lbs. Some of the best old Downs, in the wool, sold as
high as 5s 8d per 8 lbt, yet the general top price fur that
breed was 5* 6d per 8 lbs. Previous to the close of
business, the whole of the Sheep were disposed of.
There were about 300 shorn Downs offering, and which
produced from 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. Prime small
Calves commanded a ready sale, at very full prices.
Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a sluggish state, yet

the quotations were gent rail
short supply and moderate re,
Ireland no arrivals have talc(

rer 81bs. t,) si

ly supported. Pigs were in
!quest, at late figures. From
en place.

irk the offal.

s. d. to s. d. s. te s. d.
Interior Beash..... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6
•iecond quality 3 8 3 10 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 2
Prime large Oxen• • 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wether 5 4 5 is
retire Scots • . 4 4 4 6 Ditto out or the wool
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs • • 4 0 4 6
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers •... 4 8 5 8
suckling Calves —2O 0 26 0 Quarter old rigs —lB 0 24 0
nferior Sheep • .• 310 4 0 Lambs .. • ....... 0 0 0 0
surrLy AT MARKET.
I Sheep. Calves. I Pie's.
13.670 I 117 295

NEVTGATE AND x.EADENErazz,.
The supplies of both town and country-killed meat on
offer, to-day, were seasonably good, both as respects
quantity and quality. As the attendance of buyers was
small, and the weather extremely damp, the demand for
Beef, Veal, and Pork ruled heavy, and, in some in-
stances, the quotations had a downward tendency. For
Mutton, especially for Down carcasses, the sale was
steady, at full prices. 6ince our last report, about 200
carcasses of foreign meat have appeared on sale.
At per ntone y the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. I s. 4. to s. d.
Beet .inferior •••• •• 3 0 3 2 Mutton, inferior •• 3 8 310
- middling • • 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4
- primolarge 3 6 3I: prime .... 4 6 4 8
- prime small .. 3 8 31 o Pork, 1arge........ 3 8 4 4
real•• •• •• •• •• •••• a to 4 lo_ - small • 4 6 410

Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.

BOROUGZI AND spxmax.rizLms.

By water-carriage, as well as by railway, the arrival
of Potatoes since Monday last, have been extensive, and
of considerably improved quality. For all kinds, the
demand is heavy, at drooping prices. From Holland
and Belgium, i)bout 200 tons have come to hand.
HOHOUGH HOP MARILET.

Selected qualities of New Hops were in moaerate
request, at, in most instances, full rates of currency.
All other kinds were a mere drug, and somewhat easier
to purchase. In Old Hops, not a transaction took
place.

TO THE SECRETAR% OP THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Wednesday, the Ist, Lord Palmerston
proceeded with his reply to the monster motion. Of
necessity, in the multiplicity of subjects concerned,
there were many on which a diversity of opinions
has been held, both at the time when the facts took
place and at the present hour. But there is some-
thing approaching to ludicrous, in the attempt to
take a Minister to task for all that has occurred
during his political life, on which a diversity of
opinions may have existed. And the result will be
nothing but to give to the Minister attacked
and to the Ministry with which he is connected,
an accession of strength both in the House of Com-
mons and out of it. The attack, too, was particularly
unfortunate in coinciding with a period when the
Minister for Foreign Affairs was laying so deep a
claim to the gratitude of the public, by his conduct
in a crisis when the fate of Europe was to a great
extent in; his hands to make or mar. It was as if
Neptune proclaiming a calm, had been obliged to
`Aim round to chase a gad-fly that assailed him in the
It is to be hoped our brethren of France will
not tall into the mistake of announcing in a bulletin,
Le minister e Anglais chancile, sons les coups des grands
orateurs populaires.
The conclusion of Lord Palmerston's reply being
close upon the hour of six, the House adjourned.
On Thursday the principal debate was on what is
called the "Westminster New Palace and Bridge."
The history is interesting in conjunction with the
Imes.

Eleven years ago the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons were burned down. The opportunity was a
glorious one, for members of architectural and pic-
torial tastes to gratify their propensities at the public
expense. An estimate was made and agreed to,
amounting to 707,0001. Eleven years have passed,
and double the money has been expended, and the
buildings are not half done. What has been
produced is a tawdry toy, discreditable to the
country as the Chinese bridges of George the Fourth,
and only calculated for being turned at some time
into a hospital for decayed workmen like the
Tuileries. Everything has been done to outrage
popular feeling in the execution. A hall is built for
the assembly of the three branches of the Government
on occasions which require it. Half of this is given to
royalty ; two-thirds of the remainder to seats for the
Lords ; and the fractional residuum is devoted to " no
room fur standing, miscall'd standing room,"
for the House of Commons. On the outside
of the building all the hard bargains of English
history are ostentatiously paraded,—the ejected bigot,
the restored reprobate, the executed criminal, and the
unmanly pedant,—while England's " chief of men,"
the opener of the path into which the world is rush-
ing, is commemorated by the exclusion of his effigy.
The very name of the building is a studied insult to
the popular branch of government. The respectable
mover, in his antiquarian studies, has discovered that
the building where the House of Commons held its
sittings before the fire, was within the site of an aban-
doned royal palace. It was in a chapel too, and might
have been in a scullery; but this forms no reason
why for its re-construction either a palace, a chapel,
or a scullery should be provided. It is the Chinese
argument, which burned a house to roast a pig,
because the first time a pig was roasted it was by
such an accident. The tendencies of this nomencla-
ture are two; the first, to give the slap in the face to
the popular branch as above; the second, to throw
the shield of royal influences over the augmentation
of the expenditure.
But the palace is not all. The amateur legislators
think Westminster-bridge is not quite in the right
place, nor quite in the right style, to suit their toy-
house ; so it is to be pulled down,;:and: built over
again. Nor is this the end ; there is yet a further
vision in the distance, which is that of purchasing
half the Surrey side, to make " an approach " on the
opposite bank, in imitation, it is presumable, of the
view at the Madeleine at Paris. The Vatican and
the Escurial have been quoted in support already ;
and the Madeleine will bring up the rear when found
most convenient. From the Pyramids downwards,
architectural demonstrations have been evidences of the
pleasure one class has had in spending the money of
another.
Four millions is now spoken of as the ultimate
amount. The Hon. Mover defended the expense, on
the ground that it would be a great benefit to the
working classes, and that one-fourth of it might be
expected to come back to the Government in the
shape of duties on articles consumed by them :
and quoted the philosopher Southey in support
of the opinion that the more Governments taxed and
spent, the merrier for all.
This was effectively replied to by Captain Bernal
Osborne, who asked whether the money would not
have been as much expended on the working classes,
and as much of it returned to the revenue, if it had
been left to be expended by the owners. You will
see that the fallacy he exposed, is nearly identical with
that involved in the fantastic theory of the Pro-
tectionists, who take care to overlook that money
would be as much expended by the honest owner as
by the dishonest.
This case of the " Palace at Westminster" is an
evidence, not inopportune at the present moment,
that on the question of preventing foolish expendi-
ture to please foolish people, you have virtually no
government. You are an anarchy. And you
will continue so, till, with all due attention to the
different modes in which we do things here from
other countries, you make a kind of parliamentary
Three Days for the reduction of expenditure, the re-
arrangement of taxation, and the widening of' the
electoral basis as the means of holding your ground
when you have got it.
The motion was finallywithdrawn, on the Minister's
undertaking the formation of a Commission.
On Friday the debate was on Mr. Horsman's
amendment, " That if the Income-tax be continued,
it is expedient to amend the Act, and not to impose
the same charge on incomes arising from professional
and precarious sources as on those derived from
realised property." As there would not be room for
the full examination of the question, I shall only note
a few of the accidents of the debate. Mr. Goulburn
advanced an extraordinary proposition on the life-
incomes of physicians and lawyers. It amounted to
saying, that thy reason why we give a guinea
to these professions is, because we bear in mind
the condition of their wives and children after
their death; and that if it were not for these
considerations, the honorarium would be fifteen shil-
lings. The weakness of this appears to be, that it
equallyl apply to any amount of misarrange-
decision were that physicians and law-
'Anyeoeeunsltd.should pay treble income tax, there is no doubt
they would do their best to recover it in their fees,
and would partially succeed; but this would not
make the arrangement just. On the popular side,
too, there were fallacies advanced. Thus it was de-
clared that an income-tax was an evil, because it
deprived the working classes of the expenditure of the
money by the tax ees. It was only the night before,
that the other side declared taxation to be a good,
because it gave the working classes the benefit of
the
expenditure by the Government. Which points
t and ends in showing that the working classes in the
attweoaraergune&its being mutually destructive,
neither 2 damaged by the taxation of the
nor benefited by the expenditure of the
Government, except to the extent that the expendi-
ture of individuals
ao.gthge the
rreg classes,
may be for objects leading to the
further extension of industry, which the expenditure
of Governments never is. Resistance was also made
(but which possibly enough arose from some mis-
apprehension of terms) to the assertion on the Mi-
nisterial side, that if one tax is not or cannot be made
just in its bearings upon all classes, something may be
done in the way of remedy through the intervention
of other taxes which shall bear in a different manner.
Aof one tax are to be of
a
bearings of the other ;
though certainly not if they are both to operate the
truth,ttee bcetartihnegs
same way. Hence to say In the general, that one
naturegreat
to c o itifil the
unequal tax cannot be mended by another unequal tax,
is a mistake ; and so it will be found, whenever the
people are able to try their hands at application.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, March 6, 1848.

the King of Prussia with regard to the French
We are happy to announce that the line of conduct •
precisely that which might have been tiaiekrennbili)yo
is
ex-
pected from a Monarch who has shown himself ani-
mated by se constitutional a spirit at home, and who,
while ho governs his people in the way best suited to
their welfare, is ready to admit the right of other
nations to be governed after their own fancies, provided
informed,Saturdhaisy last, an official those fancies do not interfere with the general peace of
sEurope.ador
in IfMajesty's Ambas-,
de-
claration to the British Government to the effect that
Prussia would not interfere in the internal affairs of
on
France; but that while she did not contemplate any ag-
gressive military movement against the new Republic,
Londonwe are
made,well
she was resolved to resist any attempt of France to
violate the territory of her neighbours. It is needless
to add that this decimation of his Prussian Majesty has
been received with the greatest satisfaction by the Go-
vernment, for it is in point of fact an adhesion to the
principle already laid down by Lord John Russell as
that which would guide her Majesty's Ministers in their
relations with the Provisional Government of France.
From the concurrence of two such Powers in this view
of the question it follows inevitably that France may
devote herself to ithe reconstruction of her constitution
without fear of let or hindrance fr om without.—Times.
A SUGGFtrIOri TO BRICKMAKERS.—A subscriber
to the Builder thus writes:—Will you allow me (through
your paper) to draw the attention of the manufacturers
of bricks, brtificial stone, or other similar materials, to
the desirability of making ornamental or suitable plain
coverings of bands for graves, as well as borders to keep
up the earih. It would be the means of churchyards
and cemeteries always retaining a clean and orderly
I appearance, and where economy Was required, I conceive
l it would have that effect.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.

The New York packet-ship Cambridge, Captain
Peabody, arrived here from that city this afternoon,
with dates to the day of her sailing, Feb.l6, inclusive.
She brings specie to the amount of 30,0001. The
steam-ship Hibernia, which sailed from Liverpool on
the 29th ult., arrived at New York on the 16th Feb.,
after a tempestuous voyage.

There is not any political intelligence of moment

by this arrival.

The intelligence from Mexico states that Mr. Trist
had been in conference with the Mexican Commis-
sioners, and that certain terms for adjusting the dif-
ferences between the two Republics had been agreed
upon. Nothing authentic, however, was known. It
was stated that, at the latest advices from Queretaro,
there was not a quorum of Congress in attendance.
General Anorga had been succeeded by Pena y Pena
as President, and a new one was to be chosen when
Congress assembled. Reports were current that
Origaba had been captured, and that it was in quiet
possession of the body of American troops dispatched
from the city of Mexico. Colonel Hayes and 100 of
the rangers under his command had an encounter with
a party of guerillas, under Father Juranta, whom the
former defeated. The advices from the city of Mexico
are down to the 15th of January.
According to accounts which appear in the New
York papers, it would appear that the Mexicans
.are
collecting large forces to fall on General Wool, and
mean to retrieve the glory they lost at Buena Vista.
There was a rumour at Vera Cruz that Santa Anna
had made a pronunciamento, by which he called under
arms 20,000 men to continue the war. The report
had been brought to Vera Crus by an especial express,
but few believed the statement.
Little that was either interesting or important had
taken place in Congress at Washington. The Ten
Regiments' Bill was still;before the Senate ; every
member of that loquacious and august body being
determined to have his say on it, it was left for discussion
in the House of Representatives. Of course there is
nothing new in the arguments contained is the
speeches now before us.
The agitation respecting a new President was being
carried on with much vigour. Mr. Polk is doing all
he can to secure the nomination of himself at Balti-
more. A great meeting has been held at New York
to support General Taylor's claims, but the parties as-
sembled were not unanimous in their opinions, and
the consequence was that an adjournment took place
to the 22d of the same month. Mr. Clay is the
favourite of that locality.
Commercial matters generally were dull, but re-
mained without any material change from that re-
ported on the arrival of the last mail steamer here.
Flour was selling at 5 dolls. 75f. to 6 dolls. 25f. In-
dian corn, 60Ic. to 61c. per bushel. The demand for
cotton was limited, but holders acted firmly. The
provision market was firm, and sales to a moderate ex-
tent had taken place at late prices. Freights remained
nominally the same ; the engagements trifling ; 100
hhds. tallow were taken for Liverpool at 20s.

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold Count de
Syracuse had an audience of the Queen en Saturday
afternoon at Buckingham Palace. His Royal High-
ness was attended by his Excellency General Prince
Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, and the
Chevalier de Collona. His Royal Highness was
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere-

monies.
The Queen was attended by Lord Elphinstone,
Lord in Waiting, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon.
Robert Boyle, Groom in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Coburg, attended by Madame la Baronne de
Wangenheim and Baron Fritch, left Buckingham
Palace at twenty minutes before six o'clock on Satur-
day morning for the London-bridge station, en route
to the Continent.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, went on Sa-
turday afternoon by special train to Claremont, to
visit, upon their arrival in this country, the Count
and Countess of Neuilly, which title their Majesties
the King and Queen of the French have assumed.
His Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace
in the evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Ma-
jesty on Saturday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred took an airing
on Saturday in the Royal Gardens.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household,
attended Divine service yesterday in the private
chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev.
C. Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper,
went yesterday afternoon to Claremont, to visit the
Count and Countess of Neuilly upon their arrival in
this country. The Royal Duchess returned to town

in the evening.
Prince Leopold Count de Syracuse visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday,
at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, and
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at
Gloucester House. Yesterday the Prince paid a
visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours left town yesterday for Claremont.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Princess Mary, attended Divine
service yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church.
Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on her Royal
Highness.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by the Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George
Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir
John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H.
Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount
Morpeth. The Council sat an hour and a half.
Earl Spencer had an interview with Sir George
Grey on Saturday, att he Home-office.
1 deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, con-
sisting of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., Mr. Henry
Barkley, M.P.,_ and Mr. Wintorn Harris, had an in-
terview with Viscount-bilorpeth on Saturday at the
Office of the Woods said Forests, in Whitehall-place.
Lord and Lady John Russell left tewn on Satur-
day morning for St. Leonard's, Hastings.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early ser-
vice yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, and
received the sacrament. The Rev. Dr. Wesley
officiated and preached the sermon. The Marquises
of Granby and Stafbrd, Ladies St. Germans and
Jersey, Lords St. Germans, Fortescue, Ingestrie,
Ebrington, and Granville, attended the daily service
yesterday. The prayers were read by the Rev. T.
Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. H. Thomas, and
the communion service by the Bishop of London.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley ;
the anthem was " I will seek unto God," (Greene).
The sacrament was administered by the Bishop of
London. The Bishop of Manchester will preach the
sermon on Sunday next in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box on
Saturday evening, at her Majesty's Theatre, was occu-
pied by the Marquis of Anglesey, the Ladies Paget, and
Mr. Leveson Gower. His Grace the Duko of Welling-
ton was amongst the company. There were also pre-
sent:—Tho Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga do
Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marquis of Donegal,
the Earl aof Lonsdale, the Earl of Aboyne, the
Earl of Munster, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister,
his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Ex-
cellency the Swedish Minister, the Viscount Can-
talupe, the Viscount Clifden, the Countess of
Blessington and the Misses Power, the Count D'Orsay,
M. de Berg, Lady Augustua:Baring, Lady Ebringtoa,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Charles Wellesley,
Lord Sandy's, Lady Quentin, the lion. Mrs. Dawson
Darner, Lady C. Somerset. Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord
Paget, Lord Elphinstone, General the lion. C. Caren.
dish, General Sir Alexander Woodford, Hon. .
Somerset, Hon. Miss Gore, Hon. Captain Browne, Sir
Charles Shakerley, Sir Augustus and Miss Clifford, Sir
John Bayley, Sir Thomas Hare, Major Buckley, Mr.
Frank Miles, &c.
PRINCRSS'S THEATRE.—The charming and fascina-
ting vocalist and actress, Madame Anna Thillon,
perceive takes her benefit to-morrow, March F. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge patronizes the
evening's entertainment. Madame Anna Thilloa has ,
mo-
destly intimated to the public, that shewill " attempt
the coal acter of Lady Teazle, in Sheridan's incomparable
comedy of the School for Scandal. We think that the
attempt will prove a successful one—this highly gifted
lady never fails to please in all that she undertakes.
A rich treat is provided for the lovers of the
drama, and the fair artiste, on this her last appearance,
seems determined to let her patrons be fully satisfied.
Her song of " Lore rules the Palace," from the opera
of The Crown Diamond, which she sings so exquisitely,
is alone worth the visit. Madame Thillon takes her
leave of the audience as the Young Guard, and if our
anticipations be verified, she will retire amid the ap-
plauding shouts of as crowded a theatre as was ever
before witnessed.
LORD BROUGHAM.—We learn with much regret
that Lady Brougham has received letters from the south
of France which state that the Noble and Learned Lord
was detained at Cannes by indisposition. His Lordship
was too unwell to risk the fatigue consequent on travel-
ling, and therefore could not leave on his rowrn to Eng-
land so soon 45 he contemplated.

THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF

FRANCE AT CLAREMONT.

CLA REMONT, SUNDAY.
The ex-King and Queen of the French, who have as-
sumed the title of Count and Countess Neuilly, arrived
here on Saturday afternoon,
Their ex-Majesties were accompanied from Croydon
by the Duke de Nemours and the Duke and Duchess
Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
The Count de Jarnac and Generals Dumas and Ru-
migny were in the suite of the ex-King and Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Claremont shortly before
five o'clock, and had a long interview with the ex-King
and Queen. His Royal Highness subsequently returned
to town.
The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg re-
turned to Buckingham Palace at a later period of the

evening.
The Count de Jarnac also took leave of the ex-King,
and left Claremont for London.
The Duke do Nemours left for East Sheen at an early
hour in the evening.
This morning their Royal Highnesses the Duchess (le
Nemours, with their two children, the Count d'Eu and
the Duke d'Alennon, and their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, arrived here
from East Sheen, and joined the other members of
the ex-royal family for the first time since they had left
Paris.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours left Claremont at
twelve o'clock, and proceeded to town to pay a visit to
her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by the Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper,
arrived here this afternoon to pay a visit to the Count
and Countess of Neuilly. Her Royal Highness returned
to town in the evening.
The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg
arrived here this afternoon, and remained with their
royal relatives throughout the day.
His Excellency, the Belgian Minister, had the honour
of an interview with their ex-Majesties this morning.
The Count and Countess de Jarnac have also paid a
visit to the royal exiles to-day.
The ex-King and Queen are in good health, and
rapidly recovering from the excitement and fatigue they
have recently undergone.
We believe we may state on authority that the whole
ex-King's family will assemble and remain at Claremont
for the present.
The ex-King and Queen will arrive at Buckingham
Palace this morning to pay a visit to her Majesty.
We subjoin some additional particulars of the ex-
King's arrival and conduct at Newhaven, which will be
found interesting:—
The King, Queen, and a few attendants landed on the
pier from the Southampton steam-boat Express, and
were received by some of the Customs' officers, who con-
ducted them to the Bridge Inn about twelve o'clock. The
whole of the rooms there had been engaged early in the
morning for some refugees; but the proprietors scarcely
expected the honour of royalty coming to them. The
news soon spread that the King had at last safely gained
the shores of England ; but to the credit of the inha-
bitants of Newhaven, no mob raised tumultuous shouts
or noisy greetings, sounds which would have grated
rather harshly upon the ears of the royal fugitives. The
Deputy-Consul, Mr. Cole, soon waited upon their ex-
Majesties, and the King expressed his anxious desire
to communicate his arrival to Buckingham Palace.
Accordingly, having written a letter to the
Queen, it was dispatched to Mr. Iron, the
secretary of the Steam-boat Company at New-
haven, who immediately set off for Lewes to pro-
ceed to London. On Mr. Iron's departure, it being
thought proper to formally congratulate their Majesties
on their safe arrival, and to offer the hospitality of the
inhabitants of Newhaven, the Rev. Theyre, T. Smith,
the rector, the Rev. F. Spurrell, the curate, and Mr.
Elphick, the principal landowner, sent in their cards to
his Majesty, intimating they had arrived to pay their
respects; and they were immediately admitted to his
presence. The King advanced and eagerly shook hands
with all, expressing his delight at being once more
among the English, whom he said were always
his friends. Mr. Smith addressed a few words
of condolence to his Majesty, and expressed
deep regret at the unhappy circumstances which had
occurred, adding that it was no small source
of congratulation to welcome his Majesty to Newhaven
on having safely arrived at the shores of Britain.
Mr. Spurrell then informed his Majesty that they had
come also to offer such help and assistance as New-
haven afforded, adding, that should his Majesty prefer
the quiet of a private house, Mr. Elphick had come to
place his at their Majesties' service. Mr. Elphick fol-
lowed up the offer of his house by that of his carriage
and horses, and any other service he could render. In
reply, his Majesty said, he deeply felt the kindness of
all these attentions and hospitable services, and for which
he felt truly thankful; but it being his intention to pass
the night at Newhaven, he should prefer :remaining at
the inn, where he found himself comfortable, without
accepting Mr. Elphick's generous offers. " Truly happy
and thankful indeed am I," the King said, " that I have
once more arrived in England, and which I will not leave
again. The bullets were striking the windows and
doors when I escaped from the Tuileries, but here I
am, safe and unhurt. I have nothing to tax my
conscience with, and nothing to reflect upon (laying
his hand upon his ,heart), and I thank you very
much. But here are only two cards, and there are three
of you, and I wish to take care of them all three,
as containing 'he names of the kind friends, the first
to welcome me to Newhaven and to England ; where is
the other ?" Colonel Rumigny accoritingly gave the
other card, which happened to be that of the Rector of
Newhaven, to his Majesty. " Mr. Smith ;" exclaimed
the King, after identifying the individuals with their
names, " that is curious indeed and very remarkable
that the first to welcome me should be a Mr. Smith,
since the assumed name was Smith by which I escape,i
from France ; and, look, this is my passport made out in
the name of William Smith I" At the end of the inter-
view Elphick again offered his house and services,
when the King's resolution seemed shaken ; he accord-
ingly went to ask the Queen, who was in an adjoining
room, but who declined to accept the offer, end his
Majesty therefore declined too, after again and again
thanking the whole party and shaking their hands
repeatedly. The King seemed but little the worse for
the fatigue of travelling, and talked cheerfully and in
good spirits all the time. His Majesty had not changed
his dress since lie left France, and few, perhaps, would
have recognised King Louis Philippe iu a blue pilot coat,
with a pocket handkerchief for a cravat, without his
usual lofty wig, and with his face bearing proofs of being
untrimmed for many days.
About half-past two o'clock, knowing the distress the
Queen must be in from having no luggage, Mrs. Elphick,
accompanied by her sister, Miss F. Gray, proceeded to
the inn with a chest of linen and toilet necessaries, to
offer for her Majesty's use. Having sent in their cards
and explained the object of the visit to the Queen's at-
tendant, her Majesty immediately desired them to enter,
that she might return her thanks. On their entering
the room, the King, who was by this time dressed, shook
hands with them and led them to the Queen. Her
Majesty, advancing a step or two, similarly welcomed
them, and set chairs for Mrs. Elphick and her sister on
either side of her ; and having gently forced them to sit
down expressed her thankfulness and joy at her
haring arrived safely, and having met with such
kind friends. After condoling with her Majesty
Mrs. Elphick begged her Majesty to make use of the
contents of the box she had brought; but her Majesty,
with tears, distinctly, yet most thankfully, declined the
kindness, " Vous eta trap bowies," she said, "mail j'ai
ashen des habits." Atter conversing some time both
in French and English, and thankfully declining all
assistance, the King said, " Where is Mr. Elphick ? I
wish to introduce him to the Queen ; no, no, not to the
Queen, to the Countess de Neuilly." On being informed
that Mr. Elphick was in the adjoining room, the King
sent for him, and receiving him warmly again intro-
duced him to the Queen, who heartily shook hands with
him. After again declining all assistance the Queen
affectionately kissed Mrs. Elphick and her sister, who
then retired.
THE EM-KING AND QUEEN or THE FRENCH.—
NYWHAYEN, SATURDAY, MARCH 4.—Their Majesties
who slept last night at the Bridge Inn (Mrs, Smith's),
left Newhaven station at eleven o'clock this morning, by
train, via Koymer, for Croydon. His Majesty was loudly
cheered by several hundred of respectable people on his
way frem the inn to the railway. A number of persons
arrived to see the King from Lewes, Brighton, Seaford,
&c. His Majesty shook hands with several individuals
at the station. Just before the train started, Mr. Henry
Simmons, of Seaford, had the honour of congratulating
his Majesty on his safety, at the window of the railway
carriage, whom the King cordially shook by the hand,
as also did the Queen, expressing great pleasure at their
reception generally at Newhaven. Count de Jarnac, the
late French Ambassador, who arrived here last night
from Brighton, had an interview with the King, and
slept at Mr. Thomas Stone's. Their Majesties rose
about eight o'clock, and partook of a good breakfast.
Count Duchatel, the ex-Minister of the Interior, and
Mr. Lawrence, and Lady Jane Peel, had an audience at
the inn. Several gentlemen from Brighton, Lewes, New.
haven, Seaford, &a., were introduced by Mr. Peckham
to his Majesty, whom they congratulated on his safe
arrival. The day was most splendid, and the greatest
sympathy was expressed for the fallen. Monarch, who
departed in excellent spirits.
Miss

The Observer and Gratuitous Supplement, together
sixty folio columns. for Sixpence. Contents of The
Observer, March 5 :-19 columns of French News, six
columns of Parliament, one column of Marylebone
Vestry, about 100 useful Advertisements, and nearly 30
columns of miscellaneous intelligence. The Observer
of February 27, which gave 13 folio columns of Paris
news, has been twice reprinted, and copies can yet be had
at the office, 170 Strand. The extensive publication of the
Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings.
Monday's edition, with that day's markets, best adapted
for the country and abroad, is published at four o'clock
on Monday afternoon.
A most determined act of suicide took place in
Hull on Saturday. Mr. Davey, butcher, resid►ng in
Scale-lane, who has been some time labouring under
mental despondency, occasioned by pecuniary difficul-
ties, went into the shop, and, with a large knife used in
his trade, nearly severed his head from his body. Mr.
Davey, a few years ago, was a highly respectable trades-
man, and considered well off in the world.
AN OFFERING FOR CONSCIENCE SAKIL - The
clerk of the Holy Trinity Church, in Bridgewater, Mr.
John Hayward, has recently presented to that church an
oak cover for the font, six feet two inches high, designed
and carved by himself, as a memento of gratitude for
restoration to health. When we say that the donor is
an accountant, and having lost the use of his right
shoulder joint, has worked the whole of the cover with
his left hand, our readers will give him credit for much
perseverance as well as a good motive.—Builder.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The] Apollo, troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, is on
her passage from the Mauritius to Portsmouth, with
the 35th Regiment on board.
The Prince Regent, 90 gun-ship, has bent sails, and
will go out of Portsmouth harbour to the roadstead to-
morrow. The steam-frigate Stromboli, Lord Beauckerk,
went to that anchorage on Saturday, to await orders
from the Admiralty.
The order for the removal of the Royal Marines of
this division to Forton barracks, which was to take place
on Tuesday next, has been rescinded ; it is now pos,t-
poned until the Ist of April.—Hants Telegraph. The
Marines give a grand ball at their barracks in Ports-
mouth this evening.
The Java freight-ship, with the 76th Regiment on
board for Corfu, is still at Spithead. Two new cases of
measles broke out among the troops on Thursday, :and
on Saturday morning, orders having been received to
disembark those men who had never had the disease, 170
of them were accordingly landed in the afternoon.
_

The Wellesley, 72 guns, at Plymouth, flag-ship of
the Earl of Dundonald, is expected to be in the Sound
by this time, orders having been issued to expedite her.
The 90 gun-ship Aboukir, built at Devonport, on the
plan of the late Surveyor-General of the Navy, is ex-
pected to be launched on the 4th proximo.
The Driver, Spiteful, Phoenix, and Sphynx steamers,
are ordered from Woolwich to Sheerness, to be stationed
ready for service.
We have communications from the Asia, 84, Rea.r-
Admiral P. Hornby, dated January 28th, in latitude 4
23 N. and longitude 25 47 W.; all well.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTION.
Lieutenant C. Jefferies, to be retired comman3er
under the regulations of 1830.

APPOINTMENTS,
Captain E. J, Bird to the Investigator, discovery ship,
at Blackwall.
Lieutenants—Melville G. H. W. Ross, to the Investi-
gator ; Edmund E. Tumour, to command the Shear-
water, steam-vessel, at Holyhead; Richard M4Kinley
Richardson, to command the Pluto, steam-vessel, at
Woolwich; R. J. M. M'Clure, to the Enterprise, dis-
covery ship; J. M. Jackson, to the Star; J. J. Barnard,
to the Investigator.
Surgeons—W. Houghton, to:the Ganges, 84, at Sheer-
ness; R. Anderson, to the Investigator.
Chaplains—The Rev. Samuel Blackburn, to the
Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth; Rev. H. F. Edgell, to the
Havannah frigate, at Sheerness; Rev. R. B. Howe, to
the Ganges.
Naval Instructor—K. M. Knapp, to the Havannah.
Second Masters—William Fatter, acting, to the In-
vestigator; C. Smart, to the Pluto.
Clerks—H. M. Moore, to the Victory; J. H. C. Grey,
is charge, to the Andromache store depot on the coast
of Scotland; J. D. Gilpin, to the Investigator; W. J.
B. Matthews, to the Wellesley flag-ship of Earl Dun-
donald, at Devonport.
Midshipmen—J. H. E. Wemyss and J. Jenkins, to the
Powerful, at Portsmouth; F. M. Noel, to the Champion,
at Portsmouth.
Assistant Surgeons—H. Wellings, to the Albatross;
S. Adams, to the Enterprise; W. Dunbar, to the An-
dromache; H. Matthews, to the Investigator; J. Little-
john, R. C. Scott, and J. Murphy, to the Vernon fri-
gate, in the East Indies.
Master's Assistant—A. F. Gibbons, to the San Josef.
Naval Cadets—F. M. Norman, to the Havannah; G.
Tryor, to the Imaum, in the West Indies.
Coast Guard Appointments—T. E. Symonds, to the
Exmouth district; Commander A. N. Fairman, to the
Kinsale district. Removals—Lieutenant J. G. S. M.
Moore, from Lyme Cabb to Brixham; Lieutenant J. B.
Clarke, to Ilayling Island; Lieutenant J. Clarke, from
Hayling Island to Lyme Cabb.

LITERATURE.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.
Although this is, strictly speaking, a quarterly
publication, it comes this month more aptly under the
category of magazines. Several of the papers con-
tained in the North British Review for the present
quarter are as light and unsubstantial in character as
any one of the contributions in any one of its monthly
contemporaries. Take, for example, the eccentric
chapter, entitled " Criticism's Christmas Carol"—a
title by the way which, although pleasantly alli-
terative, is horribly ungrammatical, for it leaves the
mind in doubt as to whether criticism is intended to
be an impersonation or an ideality. Some portions
of the effusion are, in spite of its pervading grandi-
loluence, smart and sparkling. " The Female Cha-
racters of Goethe and Shakspere," are worthy of a
profound analysis, such as that of Pudor, or that dainty
and bewitching one of Mrs. Jamieson. The reviewer
here gives us a rapid, but in several instances very inge-
nious comment upon these commentators, a criti•
cism on criticisms, a dissection of dissections.
" The Art of Angling" is a refreshing essay,
suggested by the recent publications of Stod-
' dart and Ephemera exquisitely \Valtonian in
relish. Of the excessively
,repulsivel paper on what
the reviewer indecorously calls " Mariolatry," we can
only say that it might have been conceived by M.
Michelet and vended under the porch of Exeter-hall
by the Pere Duchesne. It were well if the writer
would read the preface to Leigh Hunt's "Jar of
Honey," and remember the eleventh commandment,
which is there spoken of—that sublime commandment
which seems to be the very epitome of Christianity—
" Love ye one another !" The placard said to have
been Feted up in the window of Messrs. Richard-
son and Son, the publishers, concluded with this
significant paragraph (see North British Review, No.
xvi., p. 341) :—" Catholics do not adore the Blessed
Virgin Mary, nor the angels, nor the saints, nor any
being whatsoever except God Almighty. All charges
against the Cathode Church on that head are grounded
on misconception if her doctrine." If the reviewer,
therefore, like the King in Hamlet, instills the poison
into our ears, he also pours out the antidote. In a
different sense from that applied to the phrase
in Divine Writ, we may say of the reviewer,
the zeal of his theology bath eaten him up. There
are three or four clever contributions of a political
character—such as one on " Settlement and Poor
Removal," another on " Colonization from Ireland,"
another on " The Scotch Marriage Act," and another
on " The Hampden Controversy." The posthumous
works of Dr. Cnalmers are also noticed at considera-
ble length, the reviewer giving of that remarkable
man a very striking biography, and a very impassioned
panegyric. Besides this, the Astronomical Observa-
tions of Sir John Herschel are mentioned in befitting
:erms of eulogium.

Lord John Russell left town on Saturday for St.
Leonard's, where he intends to recruit his health by a
residence of a few days. He suffered severely from an
attack of influenza some time since, and the urgency of
public business has hitherto prevented his complete re-
covery. His Lordship's general health is, however, said
to be unimpaired.
NOVELTY IN TUE APPLICATION Or STRAD(
POWER.—On Wednesday week, Messrs. A. and A.
Shaw, of Park-mills, Shaw, near Oldham, gave an en-
tertainment to their numerous work-people and a large
circle of friends in the new buildings recently erected
by them, on the occasion of the first starting of four
new and powerful steam-engines. The engines were
made by Messrs. E. and J. Taylor, of Marsden, near
Huddersfield, and do great credit to their mechanical
skill. Each engine is of upwards of thirty horse power,
but the chief point of interest connected with them
arises from their all being united together in one
engine-house, a thing never before witnessed in
this country. The whole power of the four engines
is concentrated at one point, and works so that
two cranks are up and two down, and thus ob-
viating the hitherto existing weakness of the or-
dinary engines, where the desideratum is supplied by
the momentum of the fly-wheel. Their first trial, com-
bined in this manner, was looked forward to with some
anxiety, and at the time appointed for starting, a large
number of spectators, including the owners, the makers,
and several iron-founders of the district, assembled to
witness their first efforts. At a given signal the steam
was turned on, and the whole moved together in the
most perfect unanimity, eliciting marks of approbation
and affording conclusive evidence of the complete suc-
cess of this quadruple alliance," where uniform motion
is indispensable. After being fully satisfied of the
undoubted success of these iron Goliahs, and the pro-
prietors having, according to custom, with all due
honours, bestowed upon the engines the name of the
" United Brothers," the whole `party adjourned to the
large building, where the evening's entertainments were
! kept up until a late hour.—Leeds Mercury.
.FIRE AT BOLIIOLD PRINT WORKS, BURY. --"

About half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, a
fire broke out in the machine drying room, at the print
works of Mr. James Sudrew, of Bolhold, near Bury,
and such was the rapidity of the flames that the roof
fell in by nine o'clock. It cannot be ascertained how
the fire originated. There were seven engines on the
spot in a very short time. The stock and premises are
insured in the West of England and Imperial offices for
8,7001., and the loss will be about 2,5001. Fortunately
no lives were lost. The fire was got under about half-
past twelve at night. The fire will throw a large
number of persons out of employment.—Manchester
Guardian.
ANTIQUITY OF CIVILISATION IN OHIO. -It 15
stated upon good authority, says a New York paper,
that the man who cut the first tree in the wilds of Ohio
is still alive. His name is Daniel Cushwell. He resides
on a small farm in Oneida county, New York State.—
Observer.
STUCCO Y. STONE AND BRICK.—The use of stucco
has been the fruitful source of much that is vile in con-
struction, and puerile and tasteless in art. Monstrous
caricatures of architecture, things utterly impossible to
be executed in real stor.e, have been perpetrated
in the counterfeit, whilst the first cost cheapness of
stucco, which is the tempting lure, soon becomes at
much a fallacy as the other advantages to which it
makes claim. It is notorious to all that can and will
judge fairly on the subject, that since the general intro-
duction of compo as an external decoration, excellence
of construction in brick-work has been almost entirely
lost sight of—one has only to approach a shamstone façade
to be certain to detect a thousand cracks and fissures in
the work, which all the future stoppings and patchings,
and at last paintings over, will never effectually conceal
or remedy. However, I firmly believe that the persua-
sion that compo is not SO cheap in the end as some sup-
pose it to be, is gradually forcing itself on the building
mind, for even in the last twelve months we may per-
ceive an inclination in many quarters to return to the
honest English practice of building in brick and stone,
when the entire expense of stone eitunot bo uffordol--.
Correspondent of the Builder.

Tr
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$.
T ill
ii1.......110•m1.1.M1
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HE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY ! LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
COMPANY. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
" Arms Pacis Fulcra." PANIES' STOCK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE. From the Official List,
Sir,-Very many schemes for the effective military PUBLISHED EVERY TUE!DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
defence of this:country, have appeared during the last
three months, in the public press. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 8.
On the other hand, the eloquence of Messrs. zOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Cobden, Bright, and others, has been zealously Dividend Amount
applied to mesmerise the " British lion," and to Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
persuade us that, even with reduced means of de- AJI/111M. Share.
- - -
fence, it will prove a safe game to continue the £ s. d. A s. d.
exhibition of the vast and increasing wealth of London Australasia •••••• •• •• 40 0 0 40 0 0
.3ritsh American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
-
within 100 miles only of an observant, envious, and Ceylon • . •... • • ...... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
warlike neighbour. commercial of Loadoe 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
With regard to the necessity of a defensive national solonial. -
Gloucestershire •.• • • • 151 per cent. - - -
organisation, I assume it at once; and now that with lonian .............. ss per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
steam many things have become possible, I hope we Lopruiltnt and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 II 0 0
_-
shall all cease to depend wholly on the " Egis" of London Joint-Stock-•••••••.....• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
"our wooden walls," and that every loyal subject Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 10100 0 00 2150 00 00 -
'will, ere long, be so armed and trained, as to feel national
30 0 0 22 10 0 -
himself able to contemplate, without apprehension of Nat. Provncial of Eng. i 6/ per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
No-efwir•e•la-n•d• :: 51.1)er cent.
20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, New... • • - - ' 5/. per cent.
the result, the eventuality of 100,000 Frenchmen 22 10 0 -
Southuen Australia
A Australia
stra1•1;:: :: 6!. per- cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 safely landed on the coasts of Sussex, Essex, and
2 10 0
-
Kent. No calculation can be wise that does not in-
Uni•in of London. •• - 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 ()
dude " preparation for the worst ;" and in reference Union of Madrid .• •• • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 ' -
to such " preparation," I here beg to remind my
fellow-citizens of the existence in London of a volun-
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
teer corps, possessing a spacious armoury-house and Dividend Amount
fine exercise-ground, and well adapted to become the Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise
Annum. Share.
" nucleus" of an efficient military organisation. I
allude to the " Honourable Artillery Company," of .e B. d. X a. .
.kibion •• •
which Prince Albert is Captain-General and Colonel, %Ili ance P. tit .• •• ••
For. 6 per let t. 510000
00
00 5101 00 00 711
and I have placed at the head of my letter, the very Ditt3 Marine... .• •• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 bo 0 -%
1735.6d.pr5h. 50 0 0 b 6 8 14%
apposite motto of this loyal corps, which furnishes, in
i‘i stli au
is
I I.C•ommercial :•.
Clericl,3led. it Gen. Life s'l: per r seheanrte 50 0 50 0 5
my opinion, the very best answer to the " Anti de-
-100 00 0 10 0 0 20%
fensive party," for "arms," and nothing but arms, are e
•31. 100 0010 0 0 -
Crown -.•••-.• .. .. 135. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
the true " supports of peace." eagle ........ ...... .. 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 6%
The history of this military association dates from Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6
a remote antiquity, and those who are desirous to
_E,ttiere.peat,a Life •••• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All pald. -
ily Lndo.wmc t Soc. 41. &i,e. 400 400 -
learnmay refer to Mr. Anthony ft ,a.
.cemasons ......... 5!. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - more on this head
Highmore's book, published in 1804, and Medicated to Liloire - 119
the Prince of Wales, then Captain-General of the yruardian .......• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45
Imperial Fire .. -•• • • 12 per sent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220
Artillery Company. imperial Life •• ••• • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1434
Although my intention is to treat chiefly of its indemnity Marine •• • • 11. 'h.& bs. 100 0 0 513 1
100 0 0 2 10 0 -
-
modern history, and to show its adaptability to the LSI; Flirifee •••••• • • • • • •
............ 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
present circumstances of our country, I venture to Legal and General Life - 50 0 o 20 0 -
offer a few extracts from some old and curious works, wild" Fire •• -••
••
10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13%
Landon Sh .......• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13%
in order to show its former scope and operation. -marine.. . - 100 0015 0 0 -
In " The Compleat Body of the Art Military," by %lea. Inylid &• •G. •e•n...L.i•f•e 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
14ational Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
Lieutenant Colonel Elton, published in 1668, and ~ clonal Lite.. -
dedicated to " the President, Vice-President, and Plliadium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2331 s
_
Court of Assistants of the Ancient and Honourable Pcikanix -•••• • • • • - - - 165
Pricru • •• .. 31. p. et. & bs. - -
Artillery Company of London," the author (page 67) ''i otector Life.... ... 51• per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0
mvident Life •••• .• • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
-
thus quaintly expresses himself :-" The great delight Rock I ife....... . - 4s. 50 0 010 0 4,4
in handling of arms in military exercises makes the Royal E' xchange • • 51. per cent. Stock. - 180
city of London and the suburbs thereof famous sun Fe
Life......• • • - - I -
through the whole world, by reason, as I con- Universal
it ivetir aLife........
te 1.- p6rs.cut. too -0
0 8 -10 0 - -
ceive, of those two great nurseries, or academies Victoria Life . • - - 40 0 -
of military discipline, the ' Artillery and Military
DOCKS.
Garden,' from whom, as out of pure fountains, all 4.114.1
our other private meetings (as of Tower-ditch, Dividend Amount
Cripplegate, &c.) are derived. The ' Artillery Garden' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
deserves the first place in respect, it is the greatest - -
s.
meeting, from whence, as out of a nursery, have been C Anmercial ....
41. per cent. Stockd. £ a. d.-
70
transplanted many able knowing soldiers, both at east and West India 6l. pc cent. Stock. _
East Country -
-
home and in foreign countries, to the great honour of 21
I andcr. - 100%
our nation." i ate) Bonds 4l. per eent. - - -
Clarendon alludes to " SergeantsAlajor-General" st. Katharine .... ••• • 5 per cent. Stock. - Ditto BondS• •• • - - -
-
Shippon Captain of the Artillery Garden, who mus- 3tithampton • • .... -1 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 22
tered in 'Finsbury-fields' - " with all the train bands of g
London, about 8,000 soldiers in six regiments." CANALS.
In a scarce book, of still earlier date, entitled, - ,
"England's Worthies," published by J. Rothwell, in Names of P , Dividend , ~,„„ Names of i Dividend
1647, Philip Skippon is thus oddly mentioned in Companies. As i
Annum! 1 2-- Companies. per Price.
Annum.
vz ian
connexion with the corps-" The martial-spirited
sparkes, of the famous Artillery-garden, of the most x , .c
renowned cite of London, to his no ittle honour, ,k,ashrit,tyc.eromit 1
19670
7121; c 118100 ..sit,feaactchlesfield: 100 2!. 10s. -
:0000
220011.. 221010)
chose him their pious and most expert gimnasiar • 'lrk nk&Abrg 150; 51. 85 Oxford.. •: • •
chus, or captain of the said Artillery-garden to BirmitOiam 3k 41. 78% Peak Forest. 78 31. log sg
, exer- C,,eevre;nytr.y........11101 265/1.• 2603 Regent'sß
ee
h d 1.7. : :
0353 11.414 s .
51843 k
cise and instruct them in the exactest rules of mar-
tial discipline, where he thus continued with much Ells rrc&Chs 133 41. 48 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130
,:o •,. ash • • .1100, 32.. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6 1
.p. c. -
honour and love for many years." .IratslienceS 100 W. 50 Stffrol &Wore 140 281. 275
Their choice appears to have been a wise one, for GrandSurreylloo - 40 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
he led the City contingent at the battle of Newberg, .irra.titih,Uunnion 115000 111.
2110. s . 21% -
Ssteovuerrnbriftdx.. 145 201. 225
and Clarendon thus describes their conduct on that icnnt & Avf-il 39 7s. 6d. 5U Wye Raid 26 1/.Bs. 30
day-" The London trained bands and auxiliary .
L.:;e4lssteLs i Y rP
ciao 314011.. 43706 Willisrrwiick&i 'OO
51.
66
regiments (of whose inexperience of danger, or of I,eic,tr &Nthi 83 41. 36 Warmwienticr ) „
any kind of service, beyond the easy postures in the :.0121inorogh'142 70!. 530 Napton.. j " - 46
Artillery Garden, men had till then too cheap an rtr..ornurtyht, 100
w Si.
5 •-•_ WBoricrinstringl 7B 2!. as
estimation) behaved themselves to wonder, were, in sfeltnMwbarylloo 10/. i - Wilts & 'irks! 67 11. . 11
truth, the preservation of that Army that day."
WATER-WORHS.
After describing the failure of Prince Rupert's
" choice horse" against that gallant band of citizens, . j Dividend Amount
Name of Company. 1 per of raid. Price
he concludes with this remark-" Of so sovereign ' Annum. Share.
benefit and use is that steadiness, order, and dexterity,
in the use of their arms which had been so much £ s. d. X s. d.
Birmingham. ••.•• • • • 1 185. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
neglected." East London...• • • • • •
• •
• 81. 100 0 0 - 175
With what success would not such men have en- Grand Junction .• .... 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82
31. 100 0 0 - 84
countered and defeated a foreign invader ? _law Rivr Lndu Brdge - 21.105. - 55
From the time of the Commonwealth up to the rauxhall -•.-- - - I 100 0 0 - 101
West Middlesex . . . 51.115s.prent.i 63 12 9 - 118
close of the eighteenth century, on every exigency
whether of civil commotion or of foreign menace, the GAS-LIGPLT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Artillery Company has always promptly responded to
the call of the authorities, while their loyal efficient Name of Company. Divpiedrent Amount
the
Paid.
Price
services have been by Ministers of the Crown, the
Commander-in-Chief and the Corporation of London '£. a. d. X. a. d. I
gratefully and repeatedly acknowledged. British ••••••.• • • • • • • 1/. 41 0 0 18 0 0 17
Ditto Provincial- -1/. Bs. '2O 0 0 19 0 0 23
My limits allow of no more than a passing glance Bristol ••••••.. • • • • .. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
at matters of detail, such as how the "Hanover Brighton ••••..• • • • . . al. per cent. 20 0 0 - li
Grenadiers" (formed in 1745) marched iCity of London ...... 10/. 100 0 0 100 0 0 290
in blue uni-
yew
.. .. 5
eontinentalConsolidat.
8925. s.
prpr
share
share
,g 0
0 3
.:50 0 37e 1 0 0 -
50
- form at the head of the Artillery Company (with Ditto,
whom they were incorporated) in a " lead, on the Equitable- •• •• -••- 15s. pr share, 50 0 0 50 0 0 . 38h
swearing-in of a Lord Mayor before the " Constable II nmdpeenreina dl e•n•t• •• ..
••
•• • •.11.. 11).,ee
rr
cc ee
inat
.. 54
(01
•0
00
4500 00 00 645
of the Tower" in 1753. But I must trespass on the London...-. -••• • • • 2M. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 10
riDltto.. - .......... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 35
patience of the reader whilst I notice the important
services of the Company (in conjunction with the naete1iiiffx.................: :: ::
..5511:1,1enrdcbennst:
15000 00 0•
9045 00 00 :pi,
London Association) rendered at the No Popery United General ...... 4% /. pr cent.l 50 0 0 60 0 0 I 17
Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - ; 56%
Riots of 1780. On this momentous occ • anon, Ditto, New .. ..... . 12s. 40 0 0 10 00 ; 114
although deserted by a panic-struck Mayor, these ---
armed citizens bravely confronted a successful mob :.xST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
(influenced by drink and emboldened by numbers and Dividend Amount
apparent impunity) defeated them, saved the Bank Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
from plunder, and the inhabitants from violence and -
From _..-
massacre. this period dates the establishment £ s. d. £ s. d
of the Matrose (or Artillery) division, which took Bank of Scotland
place when the city in acknowledgment of the se Caledonian
teidsohnLi
aln,ielliaCtioitinpan.y
6811.. per
sent.cent. 10010 00 00 1020
100 00 197%4
r,
City of Glasgow Sank . 61. perPer
cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12%
vices just mentioned, voted " two brass field • pieces Clydesdale Bank- •• • • 61. per cent. 20 0010 0 I 13
to be presented to the corps. Commercial Bank .• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 154
I now conclude my first letter by signalising the Eastern liank 6l. percent. cent. 25 o lB 0 C lON,
noble attitude of the Artillery Company, at the grand FE,aziAban.tgGelßansr
ofw sacaontk 6611..
per
cent.
1005 00 00
505 0
00 047/ ISt:
review in Hyde-park, on the 4th June, 1799. No isle of Man. Company 7/. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 8&
rational Bank ......
N°
longer connected with the now obsolete train bands of tiofScotlarn.adnßitan.k. 71. pe_r cent
20 0 0 6
50 0 0 10 00
00
64
London, or with the City Militia, created by the Act Northrt
British
of Parliatnent, in 1790, it stood on its own merits, Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 143
lElifetnerinlainlit,itokf Scotland
8811..
per Scotland
eceenntt.. 15000
00
00
5500
00
011 8170
equipped at its sole expense, as a body of well armed
and disciplined citizens, pre-eminent among the nu- Aber icen i'l ••3 and •L•ife 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 805.0. J.
B. A ccord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 0 11 0 9s.
merous military associations, which the threats of the 19 0 0 1 I 0 los.
foreigner
had evoked from the never-failing resource i!ritish Guar, Ins. -
I,aderlonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
of British patriotism. Church of Eng and Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2
Cite of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 I 21. 9-
Already possessed of field guns art and
effective r:dintalran Life Insur. Si. per cent. 100 0 5 12 10 0 17 4
company H
artillery division, the adjunction of a rifle East of Sc and Life - 10 0 0 015 0 115.6 d.
was felt to be necessary to render the corp eq al to Eng. & Scot, I.aw Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2 4
all the military requirements of that day, andu the 'i ins:: ci Co.rulecsel.nestusraeitclena 7511.. per cent.cent. 100 0 00 1100 0 0 1150
Court of Assistants provided for its establishment to Life Assoc. of Scotland. 5/. perier
cent. 10 0
10010 0 0 1 00
00 1175
NM Life - 10 0 0 11 10 0 7s.
Y
the extent of seventy men by drafts from the Light • ational Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0
Infantry (then 150 stror.g),Ni
and other companies. •
orth itritish Insur 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 60 240.
23
This measure, accomplished on the 7th Nov., 1803, .;E•coortttllsh&LlNfri
Life and
do f S.
no: r. - 0 10 0 1 11. Is
enabled the corps in 1804 to show an effective force, Scot. Al as. and Gen. Life 5/. per 20 1:1
r cent. 1 00
(3 05 1151 00
,104.
(14,i
consisting of a battalion of 800 men, in heavy march- s:ae,tit!sh aid tiuijoren Ins rncs. 65}i Iplrr
eceenntt.
5250 00 0 1 0 0 11. Os
ing order, with a strong artillery and rifle division United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 O 1 i 0 0 12953 i.
attached, ready for any and every emergency. BRIDGES
I reserve for my succeeding letters the subject of -
Dividend Amount
the internal economy of the Artillery Company, its Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
progress, and the means of adapting its scope and Annum. Share.
organisation to the exigencies of the present time,
x• a. d. Z. s. d.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Elungerford • • • • .. • • •• - 45
VOLUNTEER. Southwrk, NW' Sub./Y. - 632 12 2 - th
Ditto Nty of 7% p. c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo .......... • • --. 100 -0
0 - 5
THE WINDOW- TAX U. PLATE GLASS -The lonß , Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 1!. 53 4d. - 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 25
• wished-for repeal of duties upon plate glass has given -an- 26
Vauxhall .... ... Ay 11. 16s. 70 10 0 -
impetus to this branch of manufacture, and brought
into the field new and enterprising capitalists who ap MISCELLANEOUS.
pear to have started with the full determination of bone- Dividend Amount I
fiting the public and realising for themselves a return Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price
of profit, alone contributed to by an economy of Annum. Share.
production allied to an increase of consumption. A re-
L. a. C. £. a. d.
peal of the window- tax is only now wanting to dts- Australian t;riculturl - 100 91,30 0 0 -
enthral these beneficial efforts. This spirited
company Anglo-Mexican mint., tr. 45. 10 0 0 ; 12 0 0 16
-
have purchased an extinct, but most extensive manu- Ditto, Half Shares..- 1 210 0 -_
factory, i;anada ... • • .... • ... 61. per cent. 100 11 0 I 32 10 0 31
Y. at Sutton, near St. Helen's; and under the
~ Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. .- , - -
of "The London and 0
are bringing into the
market Manchester Glass Company City Bonds.. • • ...... 3% /. pr cent. - - 89
plate.
,glass with the sups- Comp. Cpprlisrs Eng. 51.70 0 0
per cent. 100 0 o _
rior advantages of several s . Sc Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
fi mprovements ..), Gen. Revers.
these means this company ctserftiti .. ii . - 1-'
Equitable Revcrsionry 4%,. pr cent. 100 0 0• 95 0 0 -
less than half the prices
of
18i
46
,irn
ji; nag plate glass at Gem.Steain Navigation 11.866. 13 0 0 14 0 0 24%
;
portunity we hail of seeing somewhatuirtiint gal recent op- London Institution . - 1 1
mysteries Pcninsir& Oricnt.Strn. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 59%
of the plate glass manufacture at their works we Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 95
Pleased at observing the curious and beall'AfrUls, we
;were Royal Mail Steam •• • • 3%1. pr cent. 1110 0 0 60 9 11 24%
the completion of this now no longer scarcenfach.nery South Australian ..... 6!. per cent. 25 0 0 25 o o --
foralthough Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 -
very necessary article. The practical man', Universal Salvage.. • • - 25 0 0 60 0 -
, manager, Ass

MILIT

(From the Ur

Regiment sand Corps

lat Life-Guards ...
2d do •••
Royal Horse-Gds...
tat Dragoon-Gds...
2d do
3d de
4th do
sth do..
6th do . ... .....
7th do
Ist Dragoons .....
2d do
3d do .

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per J of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
..-..
-----
X s. d. A s. d.
A astralasia ...- •• •• •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
..iritshlv orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon • . •... • • ...... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
.:ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
7.olonial. -
Gloucestershire •.• • • • 15Iper cent. - - -
lonian ••••••• • - •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2.5 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0
- 13 0 0
-
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 ..5 0 0 -
Ditto, New... - .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 16!. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New... •••• •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia •-• • • • - - 22 10 0 -
Union 01 Australia • . 61. per cent. 25 0 0
10 0
25 0 0 -
-
---
•
Union of London. •• - 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid .• •• • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
r
rN ANDiCyEIdrendCMYLPOikun7ZZS.
Name of Company. per
Annum. Shoarfe. Paid. Prise
Z a. d. X a. d.
Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Mt. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17%
Ditt3 Marine••• .. •• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 b 0 0 -
.Atlas .. .
British Commercial - 7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Clericl,sled.&Gen.Llfe 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20
C nutty .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Clcuwn .........••••• 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
Eagle ........ .. 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 644
Eng.& Scot• Law -• • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
European Life •• •• •• 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Family Endowme t Soc. 4!. & les. 4 0 0 4 0 0 -
Faemasons'......... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
Lliobe - 119
,ittardian .......• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45
!mperial Fire .. •• •• • • 12 per sent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220
imperial Life •• ••• • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1434
Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 613 1 -
Law Fire •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 2 10 0 -
Lyn, 1 ife .. •••• •• - 11. Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
whdcn Fire •• ••• • • • 108. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1334
Landon Ship .......• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13%
- 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Sled. Invlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 234
X ational Leaa Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Lite.... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
l'Alladium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. Is
Pelkan • • • • • • • • • • .. • • - - - 33
Plicenix • • - - 165
'.l otector Life .• • • ••• 54. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
mviclent Life •••• .• .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rock Life •• 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4,4
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180
sun Fire .....•. • • .. - - -
Litts Life . 11. 6s. - - -
Universal Life-- • -
V Iztoria Lite . • - - 4 0 0 -
DOMES.
- 4.114
Dividend Amount .1
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -- -
£ s. d. £ a. d.
C Anmercial ... - 70
East and West India 6/. pr cent. Stock. - -
East Country - 21
I andc: - 100%
Ditto Bonds
S t.„liitattohtaroiandse 5 per 4!. per sent. - - -
::::::::1336Lprcceennt. Stoc
k.
Ditto St_. - -
- -
g3llthampton • • .... - I 2/. per cent.. 50 0 0 50 0 0 22

'ARY STATIONS.

Service Magazine for January.)

Troops or Service
Companies.

Regent's Park
Hyde Park
Windsor
Birmingham
Newbridge
Edinburgh
Nottingham
York

Dundalk
Cape of Good Hope

Depots.

(Maidstone

Cahir..«
Athlone
Bengal
,Dublin ...
Newbridge .....
Dublin
Ballincollig
Bengal
Bombay ...
Coventry
Hounslow
Longford
Bengal
Madras
Brighton
Dublin
Wellington Barracks
Chichester
St. John's Wood
Tower ••• •

1 Maidstone

4th do ••
6th do
7th Hussars ...1

Maidstone
Maidstone

Maidstone
Maidstone

Windsor..
St. George's 8ar....
Portman-st. ...
Antigua
Newry
Athlone
Belfast
Madras
Mauritius ...
Mauritius

Glasgow

Chatham

Isle of Wight

Cape of Good Hope
Hudson's Bay

Barbadoes •
Bombay
Winchester
Bengal
New South Wales..,
Mauritius
Mauritius
Birr

Fermoy
Dublin
Chatham

Chatham
Chatham
(Isle of Wight

Plymouth
Ceylon .... ..
Corfu .
Dover
Bengal
St. Vincent
Canada
Canada

Chester
Youghal

Chatham
Castlebar
Isle of Wight

Calcutta
Bombay
Halifax, N. S
Canada ...
Bengal
Madras
Buttevant ......
Cape of Good Hope
Bombay •••
Bengal
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Manchester
Bengal
New Brunswick
Corfu
Mauritius ...

Chatham
Chatham
Isle of Wight

Chatham
Chatham

Fort George
Chatham
Chatham

Cada
Cephalonia ..,
Ceylon .... .
Jamaica ...

Gosport
Galway
Clare Clastle
Bermuda
Bermuda ...
Newport, S. W.
Cork
Cork —1
Cape of Good Hope,
Cape of Good Hope'
Halifax, N. S
Clonmel
Enniskillen .....
Dublin
Bengal
Madras.
Portsmouth
Bengal
Bar badoes

Chatham
Stirling Castle
Waterford
Jersey
Isle of Wight

Templemore
Gibraltar ....
Gibraltar
Hull ... ••••
New South Wales
Templemore
Bombay
Bury ........... ••••
8enga1.......
Winchester
Chatham.....
Limerick .
New South Wales
Barbadoes
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Mull ingar
Malta
Malta

!Chatham
Boyle

Ll. of Wight

lele of Wight

I -
Guernsey

Cork
Edinburgh
Canada
Gibraltar
Cape of Good Hope
Dublin ...
Dublin

Corfu

'Corfu
Canada

Bombay
Gibraltar

Bengal
Devonport
Halifax, N. S
Kilkenny
Madras
Dublin ......
Bombay
Weedon
Barbadoes .........•
Ashton-under-Lyne
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
Limerick

Canada
,Madras
China
New South Wales..:
Jamaica
West Indies i
Bengal
New South Wales..l
Cape of Good Hopei
Canada... I
Quebec

Chatham
,Chatham

IChatham
Exeter

Isle of Wigh t

IChatham

IChatham

Chatham

[Chatham
Kinsale
Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

Hamilton
Birr

Isle of Wight

Nenagh
Chatham
Mullingar
Chatham

Brecon

1 Chatham

TIIE WINDOW-TAX V. PLATE GLASS —The long-
wished-for repeal of duties upon plate glass has given an
impetus to this branch of manufacture, and brought
into the field new and enterprising capitalists who ap
pear to have started with the full determination of bene-
fiting the public and realising for themselves a return
of profit, alone contributed to by an economy of
production allied to an increase of consumption. A re-
peal of the window-tax is only now wanting to dis-
enthral these beneficial efforts. This spirited company
have purchased an extinct, but most extensive manu•
factory, at Sutton, near St. Helen's; and under the title
of " The London and Manchester Glass Company,"
are bringing into the market plate glass with the supe-
rior advantages of several scientifi, improvements. By
these means this company is furnishing plate glass at
less than half the prices of 1846! During. a recent
sop-
portunity we had of seeing somewhat into the mysteries
of the plate glass manufacture at their works, we were
pleased at observing the curious and beautiful machinery
for the completion of this now no longer scarce, although
linmapnraogyeerm\nitrs.
article. The practical m,
very necessary
Blinkhorn, kindly pointed out a variety
for economising time, obtaining the highest palish,
and all tending to a superiority of " metal" at less cost.
This wholesome reduction appears to be inducing the
public to avail themselves of so sanitary and decorative
a product; indeed, rough plate glass is now being exten-
sively adopted for roofing buildings. Through the cour.
tesy of Mr. Grundy, the company's representative,
Rathbone-place, London, we have beenenabled
of 12,
thus to
acquire information of so much interest at the present
period.
SUICIDE AT MALTA.—On the morning of the 23d
of February the Rev. Robert Irvine, M.A., Incumbent
of St. John's, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, who occupied
apartments at Barker's (Princess Royal) Hotel, was
found in his bedroom with his throat cut and dead, evi-
dently having committed suicide. The deceased had
recently arrived at Malta from Tunis, and no cause has
as yet been discovered for his committing the act,
though it is rumoured that some of the Rev. Gentle-
man's friends and acquaintance had witnessed in him for
several weeks previous a change in his manner. His
papers and effects have been taken possession of (as is
usual in such cases) by the Crown Advocate, who lodges
the same in the Crown Court until claimed for the de-
ceased's lawful representatives.
MODERN ART IN TILE NEW REPUBLIC.—It will
be observed, with curiosity, that nearly the first act of
the new Provisional Government of France was to place
1416:direction 9f all matters connected with the fine arts
-the
thiL.Slinister of the Interior, and to arrange for
winuar Exhibition of works of modern art at the ,V4he
to examine the pictures are to be
pained by election, and the exhibition will open on the
uth inst.—Builder.

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I7t I,4;vi

The Gazette of Friday night contains an ordinance
of the Lords of the Treasury, under the authority of the
9th and 10th Victoria, entitled " An Act for the Re-
gulation of the Customs," declaring that the limits of
the port of Deal shall commence at Sandown Castle,
and continue to St. Margaret's Bay; that the limits of
the port of Dover shall commence at St. Margaret's
(say, and continue to Copt Point; that the limits of the
:oonrttionfe
toiu
Folkestone)ngesenssh;all commence at Copt Point, and
shall commence at D u
ntgheant
etslsi lainmdi tesoonft
itnhuee ptoor
tt oa
nf
gRI ye
ye
Point; that tile limits of Newhaven shall commence at
Langley Point, and continue to Rottingdean ; and that
the limits of the said ports shall extend to a distance of
three miles from low water mark out to sea, &c,
FATAL WRESTLING. MATCII.—On Friday Mr. G.
J. Mills, the deputy coroner, held an inquest at the
13aziar Tavern, King-street, Portman square on the body
of Charles Moore, aged thirty, a cabman, killed in a
wrestlinc, match with a young man named Frederick
Peacock, now in custody. Several witnesses, who saw
the wrestling between deceased and Peacock, stated that
there was no unfair advantage taken of deceased by his
en-
gaged
Antagonist, and that there was no malice between them;
on the contrary, deceased and Peacock wero on the most
friendlyturnea
ian
vwt eerrremdsitscl.ti
wrestling
Therrit
'that
ajury,t
tl
Frederickeafter deceased
Peacock,some died,
discussion, re•
whilst
accidentally,
but whether from injuries or over excitement there was
not sufficient evidence."
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 3.—The market
has been cleared this week, at an advance on the former
currency of Is. per cwt. Very few sugars now remain
in first hands. Rum is neglected.

N s 4

!Chatham

Tralea

Sheerness
Gosport

Aberdeen
Chatham
Naas
Chatham
Isle of Wight

Chatham
Chatham
Bristol
Isle of Wight

TRE SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1848.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Hertford, Mardi 4.

CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the Lnrd CHIEF JUST/CM and a
Special Jury.)

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-KNILL V. LEWIS.

This was an nction for a breach of promise of mar-
riage, to which the defendant pleaded, first, that he did
not promise in the form laid in the declaration, and also
that sufficient time had not been given to him to per-
form the promise he had made.
Sergeant Shee and Mr. T. Chambers were for the
plaintiff; Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bovill for the
defendant.

Sergeant SEEE stated the case. He said the plaintiff
in this action was Miss Eliza Knill, a lady who had for
sixteen years filled the respectable and responsible office
of manager of the National Girls' School at Wotton, and
in that capacity she had enjoyed the esteem and friend-
ship of the vicar, and all the principal inhabitants of the
parish. She was the niece of the Rev. Richard Knill, a
Dissenting minister, who, after having devoted a consi-
derable portion of his life to religious duties as a mis-
sionary, was appointed to the ministry of an independent
congregation at Wotton-under-Edge, in Gloucestershire.
The defendant was also a Dissenting minister, and he had
likewise devoted a great portion of his life to the duties
of a missionary, and he had likewise been appointed a
minister at Wotton, but which, at the time this transac-
tion took place, he had resigned, and was living upon his
property near the town. He was a man of great respec-
tability, a widower, and had a family of grown up chil-
dren, and was, he believed, possessed of very considera-
ble private property, and he was a man of an advanced
period of life. It was the custom of Miss Knill to visit
her uncle at certain periods, and she did so in August,
1847. There was, as might be supposed, very consi-
derable intimacy between the family of the Lewiscs and
that of Mr. Knill, and in the course of that visit,
the defendant was introduced to Miss Knill, and he
very shortly afterwards proposed to her uncle that she
should become his wife, and he at the same time in-
formed him that he should be able to settle at least
1,0001. upon her. Miss Knill accepted the offer, and,
notwithstanding the position of the parties, he
must say that it could not be considered an im-
provident or ill-assorted match. The defendant, as he had
stated, was advanced in years, but he was not stricken
by years. He had no one to wait upon him but a ser-
vant, and it was perfectly clear that the attentions of a
kind and affectionate person, such as the plaintiff ap-
peared to be, must be of great importance to him. The
plaintiff also filled a position of great respectability, and
her situation was one of great importance to her. She
had a salary of 501. a year, a good house to live in, and
coals and candles.—(A laugh.) It would be very well
understood with what reverence a person in her position
would feel towards a gentleman in the station of the
defendant, and the honour and pleasure which she anti-
cipated from their union. He should read the corre-
spondence that had taken place between them, and
although in the letters there were certainly more frequent
allusions to Scripture than would probably be made use
of under such circumstances by persons of other
religious opinions, yet when they considered the
station of both parties, he was sure they would
feel that they expressed the sincere feelings of
their hearts, and that they considered the proposed union
in the light of making all their actions subservient to
their eternal welfare, and these letters ought not to be
treated either with ridicule or contempt. He had stated
that the offer was made in September, and on the 11th
of that month the plaintiff went home to Wotton, with
the intention of providiug clothes and making the neces-
sary arrangements for the marriage, and in pursuance of
such intention she gave notice of her desire to quit her
situation. A day or two after she arrived she received
the letter from the defendant, which he would now
read :

"My dear Eliza,—l received your kind letter yester-
day, and was happy to hear that you had arrived safe
at Wotton. Your aunt called on me Saturday after-
noon. I told her I had a bad night last night. Did not
close my eyes for sleep till day-break. She said you
had a sleepless night, for which I was very sorry. You
expressed a wish to her to hear how I was, so that I was
hanging about your mind. See how creatures affect us I
My servant Sarah, on my informing her what was on
the carpet, appeared to make a trial, but since she seems
to have altered her mind. She has circulated the affair
in the town, and has talked in a very unbecoming way ;
says I am town talk, and says I have not treated her
well, meaning as she knew I had left her a trifle in my
will, should she be with me at the time of my decease.
Since she has vented her spite she conducts herself
better, but it is very evident it will by no means do
to continue her a servant hero. Should she
get on the high horse again, she shall go,
and I will give her a month's wages. I feel a great
deal, and cannot bear unkindness. Nothing unplea-
sant has occurred between us till now. I cannot say
whether our affair has reached my daughter's ears ;
I rather dread it. It lies with some weight on my
mind. I cannot say how she will take it. She is apt to
be violent in her temper. This I must leave with God.
I hope we abound in prayer. I cannot forget the Snn-
day evenings' addresses from this day will I bless you'
—a covenant; God grant it may las verified in us. My
cough this morning is rather troublesome. Dear Eliza
knows my infirmities. It is all well that God does. I
need not say, whenever you feel disposed to write, drop
me a line; I shall be glad to receive it.—l remain, dear
Eliza, yours most sincerely and affectionately,
" JOHN LEWIS."
Sergeant Shea proceeded. In answer to this letter the
plaintiff sent the following:—
" My dear Mr. Lewis,—With pleasure I take up my
pen to answer your kind letter. That you hang about
my mind is indeed a truth, fur you are never out of it.
I think you are quite right about your servant, and I
hope you will act upon it, if she does not conduct herself
properly. I know you feel ngreat deal, and am very sorry
you should have any unkindness to bear. Now I come
to your daughter. She is, as we expected, I understand,
in a rage, but, knowing you told me she should not put
it aside, I do not take the least notice of it—that is,
to move me from my purpose, while, at the same
time, I am sorry for it, and feel that nothing can
be done but to take it to a throne of grace,
and there spread the matter before God. How delightful
it is to go to God and roll all our burdens on the back of
the groat burden-bearer. I have done so this day. I
went heavy and sad, but am quieted in the assurance of
faith that all will be well, and I hope, my dear Mr.
Lewis, you will not let it be a weight on your mind.
When we are doing nothing unpleasine to God, we may
with safety leave it to him and expect his blessing, but
let us, as you say, abound in prayer, in order that we
may from this day be blessed. I receive many kind
congratulations here, and shall in a few weeks, I dare
say, be free of my charge here; and now, dear Mr.
Lewis, I will conclude in your own words, that whenever
you feel disposed to write to me, I shall be happy to
receive it.-ZYours affectionately,
" ELIZ A."
Sergeant Shee proceeded—After these communications
had passed, the plaintiff of course fully expected that
the marriage would take place, and she informed her
friends of the affair, and as she stated received the con-
gratulations of her friends—what then were her feelings
upon the receipt of the following letter from the daughter-
in- law of the defendant:—
" On my arrival at home judge of my astonishment at
hearing you had accepted an offer from my father-in-
law to become his wife. The offer was most inconside-
rately made, and still more foolishly accepted. Sound
judgment seems to have been out of the question. Mr.
Lewis now sees that he has a family whose comfort and
welfare must be considered as well as his own. He sees
that the interests of the Church are committed to his
keeping, and he dares not, by causing the enemy to
blaspheme, violate his sacred trust. He sees that the
charaCter of his pastor, your uncle, is at stake, and that
his usefulness will be compromised, and he would not
for the world that offence should arise through him. I
am therefore specially requested by him to say that
he is determined to give up all thought of the union.
Your uncle will doubtless write you on the subject--
I remain, yours sincerely, " E. LE WIS."
The plaintiff was, of course, not satisfied with the match
being broken off in this manner, and she determined to
endeavour to ascertain from the defendant himself what
reasons he had for such conduct, and accordingly wrote
him the following letter:—
" Mr. Lewis—l received a letter from Mrs. John
Lewis on Tuesday morning, at the same time as you
would receive one from me. I therefore deferred noticing
that until sufficient time had elapsed to receive an
answer from you, but as this morning's post has brought
me none, I am compelled, painful as it is to me, again to
address you, and I beg to hoar from yourself what your
intention is in this matter of our proposed marriage.
Mrs. Lewis, in her letter, states that she is requested by
you to say that you are determined to give up all
thoughts of the union. Now, then, we must turn to
the other side of the question, and see what I have to
say about it, and will come at once to the point. lam
the injured party. Were lin the same position now as
when I parted with you, I would have pocketed the in-
sult, borne the mortification, and treated it with silent
contempt, but it isnot so. Could I for ono moment doubt
the sincerity of a Christian man like yourself? I there-
fore, agreeably to your wishes, having full confidence in
all you had said, began to wind up my affairs, put my-
self to expense, and, what is worse than all, gave up my
situation, and told you in my letter, I should be free of
my charge here; and after all this you can treat me
thus. Oh, well might the Psalmist say, Lord, what is
man?' Surely, well described by the prophet, 'Deceit-
ful above all things.' But I forbear, and will wait a
reasonable time for your answer, in order that I may
know how to act.
"I remain, Sir, yours, See-, "E. KNILL."
This letter produced no reply from the defendant
himself, hut a (lay or two afterwards the plaintiff re-
ceived another letter from his daughter:—
" Your note to my father has just been handed to me. I
am truly sorry to see such an unbecoming spirit mani-
fested. No insult was intended, nor has any been
offered. Your letter has confirmed Mr. Lewis 'in his de-
termination ; he will not act so diametrically opposite to
the advice of his family and friends as to proceed in an
affair so contrary to reason. Had you listened to your
aunt's advice to postpone your answer till Mr. Lewis had
consulted his family on the subject, all this trouble would
have been spared. These are certainly times when
everything proceeds with railway speed, and you seem to
have resolved to go with the times ; for it is not an
every-day occurrence for such a multiplicity of arrange-
ments to be completed in one week. But you say Mr.
Lewis requested it. Perhaps so, :but ladies are not ex-
pected to act up to the letter of every wish that may be
expressed on the spur of the moment on such occasioas,
especially when the chosen one is a youth of eighty
years. But, as you say,' I forbear.' There is only one
favour I have to ask—if you have a spark of attachment
or consideration for your uncle, let the matter rest. We
all see what you are now aiming at. The strain in
which you have addressed Mr. Lewis can only be inju-
rious to- yourself. Wishing you right views and proper
feelings on the subject, I remain yours " truly,
E. LEWIS."

The plaintiff, after this, made another attempt to obtain
an explanation from the defendant by writing to him
the following letter:—
" Mr. Lewis,—ln consequence of Mrs. Lewis's letter
to me, I am constrained, in self-defence, again to write
to you. I have nothing to do with ker. She says no
insult was intended. I would have agreed with her, if
you had really some good reasons for withdrawing, and
candidly and kindly have stated them to me yourself.
Much trouble might have indeed been spared. But
no, you have been silent, and allowed others—storm
after storm—to hurl their thunder-bolts at me, and for
what? If I know my own heart at all, I simply de-
sired to be a comfort to you. You very well know that
I said to you, ' How about your children?—for I cannot
bear to live in ill feeling with any one—shall I have in
them friends or enemies ?' and you said, Friends I
hope. I have been to my son, Richard, twice to-day,
and told him I was coming here, and he approves it.'
But,' said I,' What does Mrs. Stoner say?' You said,
I have not told her, for she is very violent in her
temper, and when she hears it, I dare say she will come
to your uncle; but I hope Mr. Knill will be very severe
with her, for I do not mean that she shall put it
aside;' and when you alluded to her in your letter to me,
you said, ' This I must leave with God.' Again, when
you mentioned money matters, I said, I can have no-
thing to do with that; there is something in the affair on
hand far higher in my view than all that.' You wanted
a companion and friend, and urged me to leave Wotton
as soon as possible to be all that to you, and because I
agreed to do so and acted upon it, I am to be treated in
this way, and told that no insult was offered, and that I
acted with railway speed, and, in a most satirical man
ner, bringing in your 'youth,' as Mrs, Lewis chooses to
call it. Now, I know of no passage in all God's book
condemning marriage in any, on account of age or cir-
cumstances, roc have I ever heard of any law of man
that countenances such treatment as I am receiving, be-
cause I had consented thereto. Now, air, my own
conscience, and I am sure I can in truth appeal to yours
also, that I have neither said, done, nor written anything
that I am ashamed should appear before your family, the
whole town of Wotton, or any court of justice. Thus
conceiving that I have right views and proper feelings'
on the subject, I again request a communication from
yourself. Without it you cannot expect that I should let
the matter rest."

The only answer she received to this communication was
the following one from Mrs. Lewis:—" Mrs. Lewis begs
to acknowledge the receipt of Miss Knill's letter, and,
at the same time, to intimate that the Rev. J. Lewis
considers her fully competent to answer any inquiries
Miss K. may choose to make." Under these circum-
stances the plaintiff bad no alternative but to institute
the present proceedings, and the jury would say by their
verdict to what amount of damages she was entitled. He
did not mean to urge that there had ever been any vio-
lent affection, but most certainly the plaintiff had been
disgraced and placed in a most painful position by the
conduct of the defendant, and was, therefore, entitled
to some compensation.
The Rev. Mr. Knill was then examined. He deposed
that he was, at the time in question, the minister of
an Independent congregation at Wotton-under-Edge,
and the plaintiff was his niece. The defendant had
been his particular friend for many years, and he was
also formerly minister of an Independent congre-
gation. In the autumn of 1847, the plaintiff was at
his house on a visit, and was introduced to, the
defendant, who afterwards frequently conversed to
him about her, and said how much he wished to make
her his wife if she had been two or three years older.
The plaintiff was about forty-five years old. The de-
fendant used frequently to say that she was a very nice
young woraan.—(A laugh.) On the 10th of September
defendant, witness, and the plaintiff took tea together,
and she was going to return the next day to Wotton.
In the course of the day he saw the defendant in the
garden, sitting under a large shady tree—(Laughter)—
and witness went up to him, when he told him he had
made his niece an offer of marriage, and that she had
accepted him. He talked very fast, and said a good deal.
—(Renewed laughter.) He at first suggested that the
marriage should take place in London, but witness
objected, and said it ought to take place there, and the
defendant assented. Witness then told him that his
niece would have a good name, and that, as he might die
in a mouth, he ought to make some provision for his
widow. He considered a short time, and then said he
thought he could settle a thousand pounds on her. The
defendant had frequently complained that he was very
lonely, as he could not talk to his servant, who had only
one or two ideas, and that he was in great want of a
friend and companion.
Cross-examined—The defendant was eighty years
old. He only went out upon one occasion with my
niece. There was no discontent among the congrega
tion on account of the proposed marriage, but the Lewis
family were of course very angry about it. He was
never accused of getting up the marriage between his
niece and the defendant, and did not leave his ministry
on account of the dissatisfaction created among the con-
gregation in consequence. Mr. Lewis was very anxious
that he should telt him when his niece was going to
leave Wotton-under-Edge. She came there the latter
end of August, and left in the beginning of September.
Miss Mary Moginie, an acquaintance of the plaintiff,
deposed that she informed her of the intended marriage,
and she was aware that she had purchased clothes to the
amount of 301., in anticipation of the marriage.
Cross-examined—Plaintiff still occupied her situation
at the school.

This was the plaintiff's case.
Sergeant CHANNELL then addressed the jury for the
defendant., and he said that no cases differed so much in
their circumstances as breaches of promises of this de-
seriptien. In some cases, where a long period of youth-
ful affection was wantonly put an end to, no damages
could be too great for the injured party, but in others,
and such a case he submitted was the present, no injury
whatever had been inflicted. In this case the parties,
one an old manof eighty, and the other a woman of ma-
ture years, certainly, were only proved to have been seen
once together; and what attachment could possibly be
supposed to exist under such circumstances? It was,
indeed, ridiculous to talk of affection in such a case ;
and, if the union had taken place, every one must sec
that it could not have been productive of anything like
bliss or happiness. It was quite clear that, as Miss
Lewis said, the offer had been inconsiderately made,
and as foolishly accepted ; but still he must
admit that the offer had been made, and the
jury were called upon to state what damage the
plaintiff had sustained by its being broken. Something
had been said about a sum of a thousand pounds being
settled upon her, but there was no evidence when she
was to have it, except that there was some suggestion
that everything was to be settled in a month, and she
was to become a widow and have the money at the same
time. What damage had the plaintiff sustained ? Look
at the ages of the parties ; and he asked them to con-
sider what happiness or advantage could be likely to be
derived from such an union. The plaintiff herself had
evidently treated the affair as a matter of business, and
said that she had wound up her affairs in anticipation
of the marriage.—(A laugh.) It was stated that she
had given up her situation in consequence ; but that did
not appear to be the case, and there was no proof of her
having suffered the slightest damage. If the jury
should, however, feel themselves compelled to give a
verdict in her favour, he felt assured that they would
consider the smallest amount ample compensation under
all the circumstances of the case.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up very briefly,
and the jury, after deliberating for more than an hour,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 501.

OXFORD el RC CI IT .—Reading, March 4.
William Wilmhurst, a gentlemanly-looking young
man, was arraigned before Mr. Justice Patteson, on
numerous indictments, for extensive forgeries. He was
charged with forging the signature of Sir E. Filmer,
Bart., M.P., for 3,7241.; a similar fraud on Messrs. Wil-
liams, bankers, of Dorchester, for 3001., by means of a
forged letter of credit, purporting to have been issued
by Cocks and Biddulph, of Charing-cross; a third for-
gery on the Old Bank, at Oxford, and others on the
London and County Joint-stock Bank, and its branches.
The prisoner was stated to have held the situation of
clerk in one of the neighbouring banks.
The forgery of the signature of Sir E. Filmer was the
first case gone into.

Mr. Keiiting prosecuted, and Mr. Cook defended.
Mr. J. Brodstreet, a clerk at the London and
County Bank, at Oxford, said that, on the 9th
of September, the prisoner came to the bank, and
having given his name and address a 3 J. M. Brown,
Esq., Park place, near rangbourne, wished to open
an account. He offered tNo drafts, one was
signed E. Filmer, Bart., and purported to be drawn
for 3,7241., on Messrs. Overend and Gurney, dated
Sept. 6, 1847. The other was on the London and
County Bank, Lombard-street, by William Taylor, in
favour of H. Brown, for 3241. He stated the larger
cheque to be the proceeds of a murtgage, which he had
foreclosed, and which had been purchased by Sir E. Fil-
mer. Having produced a letter, which purported to
have comp from Overend, Gurney, and Co., and which
tended to prove the genuineness of the larger draft, wit-
ness received them, and gave an accountable receipt for
the whole. Prisoner signed J. M. Brown in the auto-
graph book. Prisoner then said he wanted some cash,
and he was allowed to draw by cheque 301. In the
course of an hour he returned and presented another
cheque, represented to be drawn by B. Plaisted, in
favour of J. M. Brown, Esq., for 2511., on the London and
County Bank. He asked cash for the whole of that, which
was refused. He asked for an order on London, and,
after some delay, he had one for 2001., at four dap' date.
Having reason to suspect that they wero forgeries, he
traced the prisoner to Abingdon-road station, and got
211. and the letter of credit back from him.
Sir Edward Filmer said the signature was not his. He
never banked at Overend, Gurney, and Co.'s. There was
no other baronet of the same name.
The draft by W. Taylor on the London and County
Bank for 3101., as also that on the same bank for 2514,
in the name of J. B. Plaisted, being proved to be forgeries,
it was shown that on the morning of the 9th of Septem-
ber he engaged a special train to be ready at half-past
eleven on the Great Western Railway at Oxford, but he
never came.

The Learned JUDGE then carefully summed up the
whole facts, and

The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The prisoner was then indicted for defrauding Messrs.
Williams, of Dorchester, of 3001. by means of forgery,
and was found Guilty of the charge.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to be transported
for the term of his natural life.
The other indictments, of course, were withdrawn.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Winchester, March 4.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
THE QUEEN V. BISHOP—CHARGE OP FORGERY OF AN
I 0 U.
Edward Owen Bishop, who, it will be remembered,
was tried and convicted on Tuesday last, of embezzling
the sum of 1,0001., the property of the Wilts and Dorset
Banking Company, was again placed at the bar, charged
with having forged an I 0 U for 8,4771. 4s. 2d. The

indictment described the I 0 U es an undertaking for
the payment of money, and varied the amount to defraud
in many ways, the indictment being thirty-eight feet in
length.
Mr. Hodges and Mr. Massey conducted the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Poulden defended the prisoner.
It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner was
the manager of the Christchurch branch of the Wilts
and Dorset Bank, and that he had become mixed up with
a Mr. James Kemp Welsh, who was a partner in the
Banking Company of Tice, Welsh, and Company,
at Christchurch, in railway speculations, in which
he (the prisoner) acted as the broker for Mr.
Welsh. Mr. Welsh, unknown to the firm with
which he was connected as a partner, specu-
lated in railway shares, and in 1843 became acquainted
with the prisoner, Bishop, who introduced him to his
brokers, Messrs. Mullins end Marshall, of London.
They acted for him for some time, but, in 1846, the
prisoner, Bishop, asked Mr. Welsh to allow him to be
his broker, as he had a friend in London, of the name
of Clark, a broker, who was under obligations to him,
who, he said, would allow him one half per cent. com-
mission. Mr. Welsh agreed to this, and employed
Clark as his broker, Mr. Welsh was in the habit of
speculating for the account, and, as the market went
down in 1846, was generally a loser, on which oc..asions
he paid the difference to Bishop, either in money or
cheques over on his bank, and sometim.-s in orders on
his London banker. Sometimes the prisoner held his
cheques a few days for Mr. Welsh's convenience. On
one occasion Mr. Welsh gave him a blank banker's
cheque, in which he was to fill in the balance
of the difference against him on the selling
day if it was against him, and on another an I 0 U,
signed by him "'Tice, Welsh, and CO." There was
no direction in it, date, or amount. In July, 1847, the
differences against Mr. Welsh were very heavy on the
settling day, and Bishop told him that he had to call On
him for 1,0001.; upon which he said that he hardly knew
how to manage to meet the amount; that he could give
him 6001., but wished the prisoner to advance him 4001.
for a few days. The prisoner said that., it' Mr. Welch
could pay the 1,0001. at once, he would pay him back tto
4001. in a few days, and he could repay it at his conve-
nience. This was done, and in August Mr. Welch re-
payed the prisoner the 4001., saying that he had had
enough of railway shareholders, and " that he had done
of it." He then asked the prisoner if he had anything of
his (Welsh's)? to which prisoner said, " Yes, a blank
cheque and an I 0 U." Mr. Welsh then to tic the blank
cheque, saying that the lOU was of no use, and did not
trouble to take it. Mr. Welsh swore most distinctly that
the only authority he ever gave to the prisoner with
regard to the I 0 U was to fill it up with an unasccr-
tained balance at one of the settling days, if the balance
should be against him. This, however, was not dune,
and the difference at that time was paid in cash. At
the time of closing accounts with him, in August, he did
not owe the prisoner anything, nor had he any autho-
rity to use his I 0 U-in any way, or fill it up. Evidence
was then given to show that the prisoner had got into
difficulties with regard to his own speculations, had em-
bezzled the moneys of the bank, and had filled up the
IOU in question with the exact sum to cover his defi-
ciencies, namely, 8,4771. 4s. 2d. He then left his situa-
tion of manager of the bank, sending a letter of resig-
nation to the directors, and telling a clerk in the bank to

present the IU U after he left. This was accordingly
done, when the I 0 U was detained, and declared by
Mr. James Kemp Welsh to be a forgery. Inquiries
were then instituted which ended in Bishop being taken
into custody, and prosecuted by the Wells and Dorset
Bank for the embezzlement of money of the firm to the
amount of 8,4771.

The ease for the prosecution being closed,
Mr. POLTLDEN addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
commented in strong terms on the conduct of Mr. James
Kemp Welsh, contending that it was clear that he had
given an authority to Bishop to fill up the lOU in
question, and that it was impossible for them to say to
what length that authority went. They were mixed up
in railway speculations together, and this I 0 U was
given to Bishop as a security for advances made to
Welsh; as it was Welsh of course had the greatest in-
terest to show that he had not given the prisoner liberty
to fill up the I 0 U in the way he had done, for if that
authority was admitted, the bank of which he was a
partner was liable for the 8,4771.
Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up, commented severely
on the conduct of Mr. Welsh, but at the same time
stated to the jury that it did seem improbable that Mr.
Welsh should give the prisoner unlimited authority to
fill up the I 0 U for any sum he pleased. If they be-
lieved Mr. Welsh, that he gave no authority to the pri-
soner to fill up the I 0 U, they must find him guilty.
The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found a
verdict of Not Guilty.
This case lasted until eleven o'clock at ni,ght.
March 4.

This morning the prisoner way brought up and sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment on the conviction
for the embezzlement.

SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Swansca, 111.irch 4.

MURDER AT CARDIFF.—CONVICTION OF SEVEN PRI
SONERS.—John Griffiths, alias " Swansea Jack," Alex-
ander Thomas, alias " Alex the Devil;" Maria Meyrich,
single woman; and Bridget Kelly, were indicted for the
wilful murder of William Morrison; and James Jones,
Alfred Burrows, and Mary Williams, were also charged
with having aided and abetted in the commission of the
crime.

Messrs. Benson and Grove prosecuted; Mr. Allen de-
fended the prisoner Burrows.
From a mass of evidence adduced in support of the
prosecution, it appeared that the deceased entered Car-
diff with his wife, sister, and two children, on the eve-
ning of October 28. Being strangers to the place, and
not in very premising circumstances, they had some
difficulty in obtaining lodging-t. At length, liowever,
they were taken in by a p.,acetibly- disposed tnarr:ed
woman, Mrs. Morgan, residing in Whitrnore•lane. On
the evening of the 30th they were somewhat alarmed by
a great disturbance in the street, near the door; and
Mr. Morgan having gone out a short time previuusly,
Mrs. Morgan was in fear lest he should be hurt.
A cry of murder was then raised as if under the window
of the house, and Mrs. Morgan immediately proceeded
with a lighted candle to the street door, to ascertain
what was the matter. On opening the door the prisoner
Meyrick snatched the candlestick from her hand, and
struck her, at the same time asking her with an oath,
why she brought the light out ? After- considerable
difficulty Mrs. Morgan contrived to get back into the
house, but the disturbance increasing, and entertaining
her previous fears, she a second time appeared at the
door. The moment she presented herself the females
Meyrick and Kelly seized upon her by the hair of
her head, and threatened her immediate death. She
cried for help, and the deceased being the only male in
the house, rushed to her aid. There were several per.
sons round the doorway, and Mrs. Morgan was strug-
gling on the ground with three of the females at the
bar, Meyrick, Kelly, and Williams. The deceased leaned
over her for the purpose of lifting her up, when Mey-
rick seized him by the hair of his head with one hand
and his neckerchief with the other. Kelly also catching
him by his hair. In this dreadful suffering the poor man
endeavoured to rescue his landlady. When Griffiths and
Thomas, in the most brutal manner, kicked him in the
side. He reeled along the passage, and in a second or
so fell dead. His wife ran to his aid and raised his head,
but life was quite extinct. Having laid his head on her
apron, the prisoner Kelly rushed at her, and said," You
I'll serve you as they have served your husband."
She managed to escape from her fury. Several wit-
nesses identified the prisoner as being concerned in the
commission of the outrage. The disturbance in the first
instance appeared to have originated in a fight between
the prisoners and some sailors. The cruel attack on
Mrs. Morgan seemed :o have been from no other cause
than her brirging out a lighted candle and exposing the
parties who were creating the disturbance to the police
if they were any way near.
Messrs. Paine and Jenkins, surgeons, deposed to the
blows inflicted by the kicks having produced immediate
death.

Counsel having addressed the jury for the prisoner
Burrows, the Learned Judge (Williams) summed up at
considerable length, and pointed out the evidence as it
bore upon the different prisoners.
The jury retired for an hour and a half to consider
their verdict. They found John Griffiths, Alexander
Thomas, Maria Meyrick, and Bridget Kelly, guilty of
manslaughter; and James Jones, Alfred Burrows, and
Mary Williams, guilty of aiding and abetting in the
commission of that crime.—Sentence deferred.

At Swansea, on Tuesday, John Lloyd, aged 25, and
Richard Mahony, aged 27, were indicted for having
assaulted Charles Bowring, and feloniously and violently
stolen from his person coin and bank-notes of the value
of 1,0001.

The prisoners pleaded Guilty.
Evan Evans, aged 38, a weaver, and Richard Thomas,
aged 26, a woollen spinner, were next indicted for felo-
niously receiving a portion of the LOON., well knowing
it to have been stolen.
A great number of witnesses' were examined, and the
jury returned a ♦erdict of Guilty against both prisoners,
recommending Richard Thomas to mercy.
The LEARNED JUDGE sentenced John Lloyd and
Richard Mahony to be transported for the term of their
natural lives. Evan Evans was sentenced to eighteen
months' imprisonment, and Richard Thomas to bix
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE .)
William Edwards, 36, described as a cattle dealer, was
on Saturday indicted for feloniously forging an endorse•
meat on a bill of exchange for 251., with intent to de-
fraud Francis EdwarcUrticker; and Charlotte Edwards,
his mother, was indicted fir harbouring and maintaining
him, knowing that he had committed the forgery. An-
other person, named Mary Ann Underwood, was also
charged as a ptincipal, bat she did not appear to take
her trial.

Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Parry was for the
prisoners.

It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor was
a Mr. Butt, a solicitor at Ryde, and he was concerned
for a lady named Charsley, residing at Brompton•cres-
cent, and was in the habit of remitting to her sums of
money to which she was entitled as interest. On Jan.
23 he sent her a bill, drawn by the Hampshire Banking
Company upon Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co , for the sum
mentioned, in favour of Miss Charsley, payable ten days
after that date. By some accident it would seem that
the letter was sent to the house of the female prisoner,
in Brompten-square, and which it was stated was of a
disreputable character, and it appeared that it got into
the possession of Underwood, one of the inmates, who
assumed the name of Charsley. Very soon afterwards
'the bill came into the possession of the male prisoner,
who took it to Mr. Tucker to be discounted, and, on his
remarking that it must be endorsed by Miss Charsley,
he took it away, and brought it again very soup after-
wards with the name Mary Anne Charsley written
across it, Inquiries were subsequently made, which led

DIED.
On the 24th nit., at Inverness, Mrs. Margaret Bain
Chisholm, aged 91.
On the 26th alt., at Southampton, the Rev. Henry George
Maul, 8.A., aged 30.
On the 28th ult., in Hastings, Major-General Andrew
Aitchison, of the Bombay Army.
On the 28th ult., at Singleton, Jessie Dalrymple, wife of
11. Hussey Vivian, Eaq., aged 22.
On the 29th ult., at Keynsham, Somersetshire, Mr. 5.
Tanswell, aged 86.
On the Ist inst., Henrietta Mary, only daughter of Ed-
mund Barb. Esq., of Torrington. square.
On the Ist inst.,,Mr. William Thomas Hughes, of the Arta?
Medical Department, aged 47.

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