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London, England, 1846-05-22 00:00:00

THAMES.

Joseph Ady, of "something to advantage" notoriety, was brought
before Mr. Broderip, charged with fraud.
Mr. Pelham attended for the prisoner.
Samuel Smith Hill, of Vine-street, Regent-street, deposed that he
received a letter on the Ist of January, 1846, signed Joseph Ady,
stating that he could inform him of something to his advantage,
on the payment of 20s. There was a postscript annexed,
as follows :-10001. in the public funds, references to the
Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie. A long correspondence took
place between the witness and Ady. In one of the letters Mr. Hill
expressed an opinion, that his references were all fudge. Ady re-
plied that the references were not fudge ; that ho had taken a bull by
the horns and made him roar all over the world, while St. Dunstan
only made the devil roar at Temple-bar. At last the prosecutor for.
warded the prisoner ss. worth of postage stamps, and Ady sent back
a receipt, promising to return the ss. if nothing resulted from the in-
formation he had to give him. The money, of course, was never re-
turned, and no "advantage" resulted from the information.
In the cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, Mr. Hill said he was a
merchant and a shareholder in the London Joint-stock Bank, and
generally resided abroad.

IVllhim Argent, 126 H, said he took the prisoner irate custody on a
charge of obtaining 60 postage stamps, and found upon him a post-
office order, dated Hull, for U. It was signed Jahn Beadle,
_the re-
ceipt was to it "Joseph Ady."
Mr. BAODERIP —Let that bo taken care of.
After some further evidence of no importance,
The prisoner on being called on for his defence said he would leave
It to his attorney.
Mr. SAOIIE/UP said there was a prima fade case made out, and he
should commit him for trial.

ROYAL GARDENS, CHELSEA COLLEGE.—The authori-
ties of Chelsea College, having kindly granted the use of their
gardens to the Committee of Management of the new Hos-
pital for Consumption at Brompton, for the purpose of hold-
ing a bazaar and fancy fair, in aid of the funds, it has been
decided that the fête shall take place on Thursday, the 18th
of June, when, in addition to the College grounds, the old
Ranelagh gardens will be thrown open. Among the distin-
guished and titled ladies whose consent to hold stalls on the
occasion has been already obtained, are the Duchess of Nor-
folk, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Ayles-
bury, the Marchioness of Westminster, and the Viscountess
Combermere, iac. Sac. The arrangements are being made on
the greatest scale of magnificence.
THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED.—The auditor of this
district under the new poor-law was somewhat surprised the
other day while engaged in auditing the accounts of an uni m
in this county, at being addressed by a person in the room
who had a bundle, consisting of several books, under his arm,
with—" Perhaps you'll be good enough to take me next, sir."
" What are you, sir ?" said the auditor to this man of great
business. "I'm the relieving officer, sir." "What,' ex
claimed the surprised auditor, " Hav'nt you enough to do to
attend to your own duties, without coming here to pass the
parish officers accounts, go and send the overseers directly,"
" It would be of no use, Sir, they can't read or write, and I
keep the books." " Send the churchwardens here then,"
replied the auditor " That would be no better, Sir," re-
torted the relieving officer. The auditor lifted up his hands
and eyes in amazement, regretting that the schoolmaster
had been so little at home in Worcestershire.— Worcester-
shire Chronicle.

An old lady of Dawlish, seeing the men engaged in
fixing the electric telegraphs very modestly stepped forward,
and inquired of them, "if there is to be alackwire dancing on
the ooening of the railroad."—Devonshire Chronicle.
REFUSAL TO BURY A SUICIDE.—An inquest was held
on the 15th inst. at the Plough Inn, Piecombe, Sussex, on the body
of Richard Riddl.s, aged 63, who committed suicide by hanging him-
self. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The
relations took meaFures to bury deceased at Newtunber, where he
resided ; but on Sunday afternoon, when they went to the burial-
place, the curate, Mr. Brigsden, refused to bury the body or read ther
funeral service, there having been a doubt about self-murd-r.
te3l.n
Winter produced the coroner's order for burial, and the
and if theyl
reply, said he had written to the bishop on tile subjecet,xatra
shell
to
would wait the bishop's answer he would provide an
was getting very
cover the coffin anti keep in the effluvia,
offensive. This could not be ac
would not ; but allowed
get another clergyman to bury him, for body'
was interred between
the clerk to have a grave dug, and the atiehlwhheiethen said they might
live and six o'clock in the evening had neither clergyman,
or clerk, or any official with them,__ced;eadnbdttiotntohfueyneral service was read.
DEATH OF
at his scat, near Charlton, Wool.
-ICinsEt.NER A L FvEns. —This gallant
Parr's- tivel Iley
'ad"!
At.To7Ofthßhis
age, and after a brilliant and honour.
wick, in the 77th 3'
officer expired on thMe
but did not enter
born in 1769,
vanced in life,
able career in the seeravrice of his country of
'army until
sc4omy
viz., in his twenty-fourth y year.
THE NEW POTATO CROP . Vl,e regret to learn that
the disease has manifested itself in several instances among the new
potatoes in Home and Chorlton. One curious circumstance has been
mentioned to us. Potatoes of the same kind were planted in the
autumn, some apparently sound, and others diseased. On an ex-
amination of the crops. it was found that though the disease ex': tad
to both, it was most developed in those grown from apparently Sound tubercles.---HancheaW Guardian.
Timm—The seventh annual genpeerralimonesetainngd og
NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT USTl-
rhdet
affording
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relieftl ii, established for
me
members
rsgrantingofithe newspaper publishing e
trade,
Harmeride,was
held on Wednesday, at Andert on
's Hotel, Fleet-street, James Esq., president, in the chair. The report showed that the
society t
that the subscriptions of the past year were
four times greater than the preceding, and that the funded property
was now upwards of 800/. Thanks were unanimously awarded to the
press, and Mr. Terry stated that no less than 2001. of the subscrip-
tions had been contributed by the proprietors of various journals. The
officers for the ensuing year having been elected, the cordial thanks
of the meeting were awarded to the president and other officers, and
the meeting, 'which was very numerously attended. was dissolved.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—
Wednesday morning, about two o'clock, as his Grace the Duke of
Wellington was crossing the western entrance into Hyde-park on his
way home, a hack cab, which was driven "very rapidly from the
Knightsbridge-read, ran against him, and but for the presence of
mind of a gentleman who pulled his Grace suddenly back, he must
have inevitably been knocked down and run ever. The driver, who
was greatly to blame, proceeded at the same rapid pace into the Park.
His Grade acknowledged the kindness of the gentleman in assisting
him, and pursued his way apparently unconcerned, Ilib hand ap-
Mod bliilltlY touched by the wheel. .

LITERATURE.

THE BLACK-GOWN PAPERS. 2 Vole.
By L. Mariati.

Seldom is a work submitted to our criticism endued
with such peculiar characteristics as the present. In
these two volumes are a series of novelettes, written in
the purest and most elegant English, by an Italian gen-
tleman named Mariotti, one whose abilities are already
familiar to magazine readers. We observe that the
style of composition for which the author is so remark-
able has received the commendation of one of our most
facile and fastidious writers. Sir Bulwer Lytton has
observed of the productions of Mr. Mariotti, that " the
Engligh is wonderful;" and wonderful it undoubtedly is
in more than one particular. Perhaps a foreigner has
never before displayed such a fecundity of expression,
such a command of diction, such a knowledge of syntax,
such symmetry of construction, and such a power of
rhetoric, as the individual we have already mentioned.
In his former work Mr. Merlotti gave us an insight,
through the lens of his own opinions, of the political,
historical, literary, ecclesiastical, and artistic peceliari-
ties of his native land—
" Italia! 0 Italia! thou who haat
The fatal gift of beauty."
Now, however, he draws the curtain of distance from hie
country, and enables us to form some conception of the
social phases of his countrymen. He carries the reader
from sober disquisitions to attractive fictions ; he for-
sakes'the currule chair of commentary for the abandon- '
merit of familiar life. From a consideration of the gene-
ralities of his birth-place he descends to the portraiture
of its individualities ; he paints the Italian in the carni-
val, in the basilica, in the vineyard, on the highway, in
the cottage ; he depicts town society and the society of
the country ; the borgeois, and the gran' signor. "%-
native description of a remote people (that is to say, of a
people separated from ourselves as well by a difference
language as a difference of costume, of customs, or lon-
gitude) is always the most acceptable species of descrip-
tion ; but, generally speaking, the faithfulness of the
narrative is filtered away through the carelessness or in-
capacity of a translator, and the scenes become distorted
from their original significance. Here, howbeit, we re-
ceive the account pure and unalloyed from the lips of the
foreigner himself—he becomes, as it were, his own trans-
lator. Such things hare, without doubt, occurred re-
peatedly before this ; philosophy was formerly written
only in the Latin tongue, and as recently as the last
generation Mr. Beckford first produced his " Vathek "
in a charming French version. With Mr. Mariotti, how-
ever, the selection of an acquired idiom originates,
not so much in eccentricity as in a naturalised bias.
This very fact is, nevertheless, conducive to the greatest
' blemish in the effusion of this Anglo-Italian ; he is so
ostensibly a deserter from his native land in its social,
and even its religious partialities, that we absolutely
mourn over the alteration. A red Indian, bedizened it'
the foppery of an European dress, twirling a rattan in
his brawny hands, and displaying in his bronzed Visage
the inroads made by unwonted potations of alcohol, is,
to our thinking, the most sad and mournful spectacle
that can be witnessed. And it is thus sad and thus
mournful because it is in defiance of his nature ; it •
is, so to speak, a desertion of his birthright,.
Precisely with a similar feeling do we regard
any member of a civilised nation abandoning the habits,
the mode, the idiosyncrasy of his fellow-countrymen, to
turn the fribble of some antagonistic race. That is a
lugubrious sight enough, but how much more sombre
and regretful is the impression conveyed to the 'Diouf
when, in addition to these acquisitions the person la
question becomes the scoffer of the most cherished, Or
' most revered, the most idolised of the sentiments of his
countrymen. Such is the position of Mr. Merlotti
and much as we respect his extraordinary talents, we
regret their very sorry degradation. The various peca"
liarities of the Italians—peculiarities which possibly he
himself formerly possessed—only afford him an °WO"
tunity for derision ; their very religion is made the
unceasing and unseemly object of a jest. This la
painful; we repeat it with a genuine sadness of heart--
it is painful. For whatever may be our partialities for
mother Church, we cannot but confess that ridicule is
derogatory to the very genius of Christianity, when that
ridicule is coupled with anything like piety—however
much that piety may be distorted. Vulgar gibes are not
conducive to the suppression of any faith, they rather
tend to consolidate the holders of that faith into a cow
crete and embodied love for their religion. Sarcasm is
not the due helpmate of revelation; scurrilous jokes are
not the most appropriate polemical weapons. With this
fault, however, we believe we have mentioned the only
glaring failure in these volumes; and, cousequentl4
with a protest against such an unnatural display 43'
recklessness to the feelings of so considerable's portion
of Christendom, we can cordially commend the work to
the lovers of romance, of legend, of travel, of adventurt
It is a palateable melange of tragic interest and eons
interest, as instance the two very first stories, "
ring" and " Orazia." The " Organ-Boy's Progress I'
we fear, "an ower true tale," and one likely to generate
emotions of philanthropy. The " Black-gown Paper'
are clever, sparkling, lite-like, original.

MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDAY)'

MEAT 1128.743 LET S.
SournaLL, MAT 20.—Although the supplies of each kind of fat
stock here were but moderate, the general demand ruled heavy, an
in some instances the quotations had an upward tendena•
Beef from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 55 10d;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 45 8d per 81b5, to sink the
offal.

ROMFORD, MAY 20.—We had a very slow Inquiry this morning,.
and last week's prices were not supported. Beef from
2s 8d to 4e; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s
to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per gibs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 293 ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 183 ; and Mulch Cows,
with their small Calf; 161 to 181 each.
LEWES, MAY I9.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s to 45 6d ;
Lamb, bs to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4n 8d; and Pork, 4s to 40 84
per 81bs. A moderate supply and a dull trade.
• NEVIGATE 11.11 TD LEADENIZAZZ.
Prime Beef and Veal commanded a steady sale at full prices, 0t her-
wise, the demand was in a very inactive state. Beef from 28 44,..,Ato
3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to ss;
Pork, 3s 4d to 53 per 81bs by the carcase.

EMIT MAIMISTB.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 18a; Closer ditto, 4/ lOs tor
51 14s ; Oat Straw, 1112 a to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 143 to 11 156 pe
load. Trade heavy, at drooping prices.
CIIMBEELAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 4s; Clover ditto,
,4136:
to 5/ 155,; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s; Wheat Straw, I/ 14s to "
per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull.
WurrEcnsprr..—Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 4158 t°,65,1
16s ; Oat Straw,7ll 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14e to I
per load. A full average eupply, and a heavy demand.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COSY
For the Week ended May 16, 1846, made up from the Returns of I.e;
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wal
per Imperial Quarter.

irEAff
WUEAT. I BALLET. I OATS. I
3RYE. I
3BEANS.
3-
PRICE 57& Od 29s ad 24s Id 3a 5d 5s Ild
DUTY... 16s Od 9s Od 58 Od 9s 6d 7s 6d 81 6d

CORK AND WATERTFORD RAILWAY.--A meeting of
the shareholders in this project resident in Exeter was -field
in that city a few days ago, when it was unanimously re-
solved, on the motion of the Rev. C. R. Roper, seconded by
Mr. Tombs, to request the directors to proceed with that Bill.
A statue of Rossini is about to be placed in the Opera
HOW at Paris. The performance of the ceremony of the inaugura-
tion of the statue, which is trom the atelier of M. Etex, will take
place on Saturday next, when Tamburini, Duprez, and Barroihet Will
appear in Cuillaume Tell • earlotta Grisi will dance La Peri.
Ret 6 Cottereau, alias Chouan, the last of the four
brothers who gave their names to the famous insurgents of the right
bank of the Loire of '93, died lately at St. Ouen des Toits (mayerine),
at the age of 92.
SALE OF RARE MANIIECRIPTS, QUEEN ANNE'S FAR-
THING, AND OTHER COlNS.—Yesterday the sale of the valuable
library of the late Venerable Archdeacon Todd, which was cont..
minced on Saturday, was concluded at the auction-rooms of Messrs.
Sotheby and Co., Wellington-street, Strand, the sale taking place by
order of the executors. There were 1,106 lots, containing some ex-
tremely valuable religious, historical, and literary works. Amens
the most rare were the following manuscripts :—Lot
492-
"All the Subrnyss.ons and 'Recantations of Thos. Cranmer,
late Archbisshop of Canterburye, truely set forth, both
013
Latyn and Englyshe, agreeaole to the originalles, wry
and subscribed with his own hande ; a tract of six leaves ;
1555." 31. is. Lot 918. "Thomas Earle of Strafford" (a poem on his
death) ; his letter to his Majesty, from the Tower, May 4, 1641 ; hii
letter to his lady, from the Tower, May 12, 1641, upon his death;
and his meditations, a manuscript of 29 leaves. 2/. By the same
auctioneer were also disposed of, a Queen Anne's farthing, extra tine.
1713, 1/. 19s. ; a pattern halfpenny, bronze, of ditto, 155.; a William
and Mary pattern halfpenny, 195.; a George 111. pattern for a perm)"
(tin), 10s. ; nine Charlemagne silver pennies, 2/. r a silver medallion,
by Pistruccl, 1833, 21. 95. ; a George 111. pattern for a erowr, 21. 4s.
en
a silver coin of Antiochus VIII., of Syria, &c., which were the pro-
perty of the late Mr. Till, of Great Russell-street, Covent-garden.
BREAKING INTO PRISON.—On Saturday, as Aldertoll
and Clarke were watching at orr gaol, about one o'clock in the morn'
ing, they heard some one get over the top of the door of the gardl.
wall, and make his way into the garden at the back of the Ilouse.°.
Correction. He had with him a ladder, and went up as far as th!
roof. They then saw it was Robert Berry, alias " Bob the Cooper,
and ran towards the ladder, on which he descended
could, ran across the garden, and escaped over the wall. TheyfriqO
in watch for him, as it was believed that he had on the pr a
night been in communication with one of the prisoners, named E
Weavers. On being taken before H. Braddock, Esq., he said thatrs
he was only going to take some tea and sugar to Emma Weaver
He was committed for two months as a rogue and vagabond.—Bury
a were e
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begins
to-day (Friday). The arrears of the Common Law Courts have
commencement of Easter Term. In ale
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Court of Queen's Bench the earliest h
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moved In Easter Term, 1845, and in t e other Courts the pt
roceeding
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EXTRAORDINARY HIT.—On Saturday last, in a znatc_ll,,
between the Marylebone Cricket Club and eleven members of tw-
rjoradivsetrrsuitcyk,
gtahoel,gteheel
theEr ht Of
wicket 240 feet.—
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which is 26 feet, and the distance from the ' Ca'n-
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BIRTHS
On the 19th inst., at Hendon, the Countess of Kerry, of a soac•._„ot
On the 12th inst.,
a
Thomas, Esq., of a son, of
the Wife
On the 19th ult., at Funchal, in the Island of Madeira, the Rev. J. Guilletnard, of a daughter Dr• CelnYris
On the 16th inst., at Ciunb-ay, Cheltenham, the lady of • •
BerkeleY-sqUare, the lady of Le Mar o••
11. D., of a daughter.
On the 16th inst., at Ramsgate the lady of Captain James CaroP.-
bell, Royal Irish Fusiliers, of a daughter. s the
Arden • of
On the 17th inst., at Conduit-street West, Ilyde-P
aaViigioeers,
lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Irvine, C. 8., of the !Rug , s
a daughter.
~. jingu'iu
On the 18th inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Re r•
•' Packe, of a daughter.
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- • MARRIED. f Bandon '
On the llth inst., at Amereham, Mr. Watkin Doyle, O l2
grid,-
street, Camden-town, to Catherine, only daughter of Mr, T.
well, surgeon, of Amersham. Mee l'c'n
On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, William, the e widow
of Thomas Modgkinson, Esq., of Barton-ereseent, to Elizabeth,
of the late Francis Larbalestier, Esq.
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DIED. a
On the. 16th inst., at Clifton, Lucy Maria, the wife of Edmoo
Elton, Esq. rife of
On the 17th inst., in Pall-mall, the Hon. Elizabeth Ann,
William Buchanan, Esq.
On the 17th inst., at the Vicarage, North Otterington,
Marlon, wife of the Rev. F. A. Sterky.
On the 17th inst., at Clifton, Richard Nott, Esq. ts eria
major—en
Oil the 17th inst., at Charton, near Woolwich, R. A.
Peter Fyers, C. 8., Colonel Commandant of the 7th battalion _
___,
On the 18th inst., William Horace, infant son of
Wit
liew.,
Smith, Esq., of Russell-square. Agnew
On the 18th in , at Thirkleby-park, Yorkshire, Caroline .
eldest surviving daughter of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart. ,
el
Mary, re"'
On the 16th inst., at Granville,quare, Pentonville,
the late W. Weightman, Esq., aged 93.
On the 16th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Islington, C. Chubb, gig..
On the 16th inst., Harriet Staudidge, wife of Mr. Ormsby J. this
Yorkshire,
Bank of England.
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London: Printed and Published by WEIRDO YOUNG, of NO. 11_31,
Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Preen°.
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